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When James asked me if he could send RefactorMyCode to Digg, I said: sure. After all I spent lot of time on caching parts of the site so it would be fast. Ben and Fred also helped me spread the word with their networking ninja skills. By the time I went home that day it gained 30-40 diggs, but disappeared on the other link sites (reddit and ycomb hacker news). The server had no problem handle the load.
I kept checking my stats until I fell asleep.
7 AM: Checking my site… Huh! Not responding…
It's on programming front page of Digg, Reddit and Delicious! 20 000 visits! My heart is pumping!
What can I do ?
I tried multiple things on my poor little 200 MB of RAM Dreamhost account. Whenever a new dispatcher process is started it's killed right away due to the incredible number of simultaneous visits. I read some comments on Digg, damn those people are mean, :(. I make some coffee and realize the only solution it to put an index.html file at the root and turn Rails dispatching off. Doesn't seem to work, I can't even serve a static page! 15 minutes later it works! The home page shows the last snapshot of the live site I could take. And visits keep going through the roof, 30 000.
It was better then nothing and I think it was less frustrating for people to see at least the facing page.
On my way home I was pretty desperate that the only solution was to move everything to a new provider. That means it will be down until I can get an account and resetup the whole app (installation of Ruby gems for syntax highlithing require some black magic and lots of luck). That's too long!
So there I was, yesterday night, trying to find a better solution with my site busting the 50 000 visits mark.
I was caching almost everything on the front page, but with fragment caching, the request had to go through ActionPack. What prevented me from using full page caching was the login and account link and the "Your submissions sidebar". Each are specific to a user, so it's impossible to cache those. But still, security is checked on the server. So I though: I can show everything and show/hide relevant links with javascript. This way everyone would have the same HTML and it could be cached. That's what I did. You can check the HTML source of the page and see the trick. I'll go into more details in a future post.
After all this, the site is now back online. Everything seems to be working well now. Even though the traffic is going down a little bit, I still got 5800 visits today (at 1PM).
Thanks to all the people who talked, commented or blogged about or digged/voted for RefactorMyCode! You made it happend (made it popular that is, not crashing it, that was only me)!


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Apple's MP3 shop isn't the only legit music store online. Here are the pros and cons of four music downloading services:
APPLE iTUNES
PROS: If you are among the 28 million iPod owners out there, the Music Store is your only option for downloading music online. It's not the worst fate: iTunes offers reliable, easy-to-use software, and more than 2 million songs and 2,000 videos to purchase.
CONS: Unlike other services, there's no way to preview entire songs--only 30-second snippets. Also, while other services offer subscriptions that let you load unlimited amounts of content onto a player--for use (or "lease") for as long as you subscribe to the service--iTunes has never offered that sort of deal. Instead, you must pay per song or album.
PROS: The famous outlaw of digital music was reincarnated as an upstanding service. If you pay the $15 Napster To Go monthly subscription, you can listen to plenty of tunes, watch videos and even load unlimited songs on compatible players.
CONS: Napster software is pretty shaky, and it can make the PC slow down at times or freeze temporarily.
PROS: A solid alternative to iTunes, Rhapsody began as a PC-based music-on-demand service. As is the case with Napster, the $15 monthly fee covers all the music you can listen to, both on the PC and on compatible players. If you want to buy songs outright, à la iTunes, you get a 10% discount on the standard price.
CONS: Real claims that iPods are compatible, but some of Apple's newer devices are not. And even iPod models that work with Rhapsody do not support the service's best feature--the all-you-can-download music option available to subscribers on a month-to-month basis.
PROS: This service is as much about the community as it is about the music. If you already use Yahoo! for your e-mail or your personalized home page for news, sports and weather, this music store wants to connect you with others on the Yahoo! network and let you instantly share tune suggestions with friends. It's also user friendly and easy to download to the PC. And the fee for the service is surprisingly low: $60 a year gets you most of the benefits of Napster and Rhapsody for about a third the cost.
CONS: The system still needs work. The section that is supposed to help you find new music can be tedious, and it currently makes some misguided assumptions. If, for example, you say you like classic rock, must you also dig Herman's Hermits? Maybe not.
• Apple iPod Nano What hasn't been said about the planet's sexiest player? Maybe that a fancy stopwatch feature is buried in the Extras menu, or that it's got a combination screen lock to prevent overzealous revelers from messing up your party mix. If there's a downside, it's that the device is almost too small--it can even get lost in your pocket. apple.com $200 to $250
• Dell DJ Ditty This Bic-lighter look-alike is among the first flash-memory MP3 players to be compatible with subscription download services like Napster, Rhapsody and Yahoo! Music (see story above). At 512 MB, the Ditty can hold only about 120 songs, but it's easy to use and great for a workout or commute. dell.com $100

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Do you teach beginners?
Of course! The start of a musical journey can be the most exciting time! I teach children and adults of all ages. That said, unless your child shows particular aptitude or interest at an early age, I'd recommend waiting to start lessons until around the age of 6.
How do I pay for my lesson?
You can pay via cash or bank transfer at the time of your lesson. Alternatively you can use my online booking page which takes payment at the time of booking.
How often should I have lessons?
If you are looking to make consistent progress, I'd certainly recommend weekly or fortnightly lessons. To get the most out of your lessons it is vital to practice regularly – ultimately, you get out what you put in. Some people come for a one-off lesson for audition prep, others come every week to keep on top of their progress.
The train is late/I've got car trouble/I can't make my lesson, how do I cancel?
If you can't make your lesson for whatever reason, please contact me as soon as possible on firstname.lastname@example.com so that I can still offer the slot to another student. However, if the cancellation falls within 48 hours of your lesson, then it will be charged at full price.
Please note, I have a cat at my home. She is hypoallergenic (for those who are allergic to cats like I am) and very friendly. If you'd rather not meet Eva then just let me know when you book and I'll make sure she isn't around to disturb our lesson.


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I personally know a lot of police officers that have been patiently waiting year after year for the development of a quality Level III Retention Holster that will accept the RMR. The wait appears to be over.
Welcome to the model 6364-6360-MOS, at least that is that model that I was given. The MSRP that I was given seemed very low for this model, especially when you compare it to the same holster without the RMR capability, so for now, I will list the MSRP as "TBD".
Per Safariland, the only model of holster that will be available with the RMR in a Level III configuration will also be a light bearing holster. If you opt for no light capability, you will be left with a Level II capable holster.
Safariland advised that this holster should be available within 30-60 days as of SHOT Show.
For more information, please visit: http://www.safariland.com/


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Stained Glass Panel Sky Hares
Made by Tamsin Abbott
Hand painted stained glass, strung and ready to hang.
24 x 17 cm
Collect from gallery £490
Including UK delivery £510
Tamsin's work is influenced by the Herefordshire countryside, the orchards, the hills, the woods and all the plants, birds and animals that grow and live.
Tamsin works on mainly British made mouth blown glass, in fabulous colours. She completely covers the glass with a special black glass paint which is totally opaque. When the paint is dry Tamsin then scrapes back into it using a variety of simple tools. She uses the paint like a scraper board which is working in the negative to achieve an effect rather like a woodcut.


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After watching Yorgos Lanthimos' Greek film DOGTOOTH a few nights ago, I had to rapidly reshuffle my top ten list admist this project (EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP was sadly the casualty in this case), and I got great pleasure in making something as strange and fucked up as possible for this strange, fucked up movie that hardly anyone reading this blog has had the chance to see yet. DOGTOOTH has traveled the festival circuit for the past 2 years, released on a limited scale here in the states this year, and as for what the film is about and how this poster relates to it, I'll let this speak for itself and hopefully entice some readers to seek out this funny and disturbing movie. But it was fun playing around with this compositional style and making something totally abstract, something I'd like to do a lot more of.
Three more to go, and I should add that larger versions of each poster can be found on my Flickr page in all their flawed hi-res glory.


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The Lit. Chick
Book review by Heather Brush
"The Quickening Maze" by Adam Foulds, Penguin, 272 pages, ISBN: 0143117793.
As if portraying the characters of two notable poets were not enough, Adam Foulds penned an exceptional depiction of the process of insanity. "The Quickening Maze" is not a brand new book, but it is a memorable one, and it was a finalist for the Man Booker Prize. It is based on real events regarding the poets John Clare and Alfred Lord Tennyson. John Clare was admitted, in 1837, to an asylum in High Beach on the outskirts of London after years of struggling with alcoholism, neglect and depression. In 1841, he escaped, only to near starve himself on a foot trek some 80 miles to find his childhood love – by then, deceased. While in the care of his doctor, he continued to write what has been said to be the sanest account of mental illness ever to be penned.
"The Quickening Maze" is the story of the asylum days, told in the viewpoint of Clare, the asylum's peculiar owner, Dr. Matthew Allen, Allen's teenaged daughter, Alfred Lord Tennyson, and various local characters and other residents of the institution.
Foulds' prose is like poetry itself, quietly full of depth and intrigue but straightforward and precise. There is a progression in the chapters that leads a reader to feel the growing insanity of the atmosphere, not just in John Clare but in the doctor, the other patients, the attendants, and society. The chapters grow near chaotic toward the end, demonstrating the intensity of feeling, an example of the 'quickening' portion of the title. The stories are an interweaving maze, from the happenstance rescue of a female resident from harm to the near wanton desperation of Dr. Allen's 17-year-old daughter's interest in the visiting Alfred Tennyson. Tennyson stays in residence in support of his committed brother, and is a great distraction to the family and ultimately, an investor in Dr. Allen's ideas.
Of interest to me was the portrayal of the youngest child of Dr. Allen's, growing up in the company of the insane, building snow creatures with them, seeking affection from these strangers when her own mother would not offer it. And so even the youngest of characters is woven into the plots and becomes a memorable persona.
John Clare is given permission to go outside the walls of the asylum and finds himself amongst the gypsies who live off the land. He is treated as one of them there, but upon his return he is punished for staying out overnight. He is made to endure treatment in solitary darkness. This chapter is especially memorable, deep in the mind of the deranged.
This is not an action packed, demanding attention sort of book, but a novel that quietly gets under your skin and into your brain. It is historical in certain facts and feel and novel in reading, interesting in examination of old treatments and consideration of the mentally ill. The characters involved, whom we recognize but really cannot know, entice a reader to seek an understanding of themselves. This alone would have drawn me in to read the book, but combined with the fine writing and compelling setting, I couldn't put it down; it haunts me still.


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Fort Lauderdale Spring Break Guide
Not sure where to go when traveling to Fort Lauderdale for Spring Break? My Fort Lauderdale Spring Break Guide will show you just where to go. Fort Lauderdale has been a very popular alternative to Spring Breaking in Miami because it is more economical. The beaches are awesome and there are some amazing bars to check out down here.
Where to Stay
To be honest I thought it would be a waste of time to come up with a list of hotels. Everyone's budget is different when you are in college. I suggest you stay anywhere on Fort Lauderdale beach, 17th Street Causeway, or near downtown. Renting an AirBnB is also a great option!! Get $40 off Airbnb here.
Daytime Drinking
Below is a list of the best places to day drink in Fort Lauderdale. They are all unique in their own way. My favorite place on the list is probably the pool at the W Hotel. Elbo room has been around for ages (my dad went there for Spring Break when he was in school). I would be cautious of the bathrooms there though. Blondies is a local spot and has great people watching views.
Nighttime Drinking
If you google the best bars in Fort Lauderdale I guarantee half of these places below will not show up. It is great to get a locals perspective when you are traveling anywhere, and these are the best spots to go in my opinion. If you are looking for a college bar then definitely hit American Social, where a lot of people from FSU hang out.
Fort Lauderdale Brunching
- Coconuts: Amazing Sunday brunch on the water. Don't miss the Lobster Benedict or Chocolate Fudge Swirl Pancakes.
- OB House: Downtown breakfast spot with unique menu items
- Louie Bossi: Las Olas trendy Italian restaurant and cool spot for drinks
- Pelican Grand: Great weekend breakfast buffet and one of the only hotels on the beach
- Foxy Brown: Amazing brunch on Saturdays. Bold items such as Banana Bread Grilled Cheese and Banana's Foster Pancakes.
Fort Lauderdale Casual & Healthy Dining
- Myapapaya: Fresh food and cold pressed juices made here daily.
- Green Bar & Kitchen: Vegan restaurant and smoothie bar on 17th street. They make Vegan taste GOOD.
- Day Market Kitchen: Market 17's lunchtime spot. Amazing salads, sandwiches, and infused waters. Don't go there without trying to cuban sandwich.
- Fresh First: Healthy diner with a lot of gluten free items on the menu
- Jugo Fresh: Inside of the whole foods in the center of Fort Lauderdale. Great smoothies and unique cold pressed juices. The Acai Bowls are killer.
Fort Lauderdale Outdoor Dining
- Coconuts: Waterfront dining with amazing seafood. Be sure to try the oysters.
- Boatyard: This was the old Bimini Boatyard. New decor and better menu.
- Pelican Landing: Cool spot overlooking the intercostal and yachts on 17th street
- Kaluz: A little north but great American Food on the intercostal
- Aruba Beach Cafe: Nice outdoor dining spot with live music in Lauderdale by the Sea area
- Rustic Inn: The best garlic crabs in the world. This place is loud and touristy but totally worth it.
If you have any questions or suggestions about the Fort Lauderdale Spring Break Guide, contact me!


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Daniele Sollo is officially one of the featured artists for the Italian luthier Biarnel. Check here for details.
Daniele Sollo is officially one of the featured artists for the Italian luthier Biarnel. Check here for details.
Daniele Sollo will be live with Höstsonaten at 'tBlok in Nieuwerkerk aas den Ijssel (The Netherlands) on February 2018 the 11st. The show starts with the prog band la Fabbrica dell'Assoluto.
An important italian newspaper – Il Secolo XIX – talks about Höstsonaten. The article describes the band and the its discography focusing on the future gigs, especially the venue at Terra Incognita Festival in Quebec City, Canada.
Daniele Sollo is proud to introduce the new album by Stefano Agnini. This record features Daniele Sollo on bass guitars in many tracks. The album will be released on March the 10th. For further informations and purchasing, click here.
Symphonic progressive group Höstsonaten will be live at Canadian Terra Incognita Festival. The band by Fabio Zuffanti and Luca Scherani will be the headliner performing group on May the 21st: opening bands will be Il Paradiso degli Orchi (Italy) and Comedy of errors (UK). Höstsonaten will be playing songs from the latest album, "Cupid & Psyche Symphony N1", plus some songs from previous albums, including "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" .
For further informations about the festival, click here.
The symphonic progressive rock group founded by Fabio Zuffanti – featuring Daniele Sollo on electric basses – will be on stage at Genova on October 2016 the 22nd. The show starts at 21.00 and it features a dance performance plus an opening concert by Consorzio Acqua Potabile, an Italian progressive rock group founded by Alvaro Fella (lead singer of Italian prog rock Jumbo).
An interesting review about Symphony n.1: Cupid & Psyche was written by Massimo Mascellani on Ages of Rock, an Italian progressive rock webzine (text in Italian and English languages).
A quattro anni di distanza l'inesauribile Fabio Zuffanti rimette mano al progetto Höstsonaten ; ispirato dalla favola di Apuleio il nuovo lavoro, ottavo della serie ed interamente strumentale, si intitola infatti Symphony#1: Cupid & Psyche ed è pubblicato da AMS Records.
Italian progressive rock webzine Hamelin Prog reviewed the new album by Höstsonaten.
Höstsonaten è un progetto ideato e capitanato da Fabio Zuffanti che ha prodotto, dal 1996 a oggi, sette album in studio, uno dal vivo e una raccolta di rarità…
Here is the official press release about "Symphony n°1: Cupid & Psyche", the new album by Höstsonaten.
The new album by Höstsonaten, called "Symphony #1: Cupid & Psyche" and featuring Daniele Sollo on bass, will be shown at Z-Fest, a special event with Fabio Zuffanti and other guests. This event will take place on April 2016, the 1st at Legend Club in Milan. Only at this event, a special edition of the album can be purchased.


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I am really sorry, everyone, but due to some dental surgery, I have not been able to get the next two pages done. I try to sit down and concentrate, and all I can concentrate on is pain, so I'm going to have to take a break until I feel better. I'm getting a little bit done everyday, but it's not enough to get them in at all a timely fashion. So again, I'm sorry, and I'll start updating again as soon as I can.
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I remember how "distracting" that can be too.
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Welcome! You have accidentally reached the blog of a heteroclite follower of Jesus: dave wainscott. I'm "pushing toward the unobvious" as I post thinkings/linkings re: Scripture, church and culture. Hot topics include: temple tantrums, time travel, sexuality/spirituality, U2kklesia, role of the pastor, God-haunted music/art..and subversive videos like these.
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It goes with saying people are hired with the best of intentions. And then for some reason things begin to go wrong. A support person isn't performing. A subordinate isn't developing. A manager isn't contributing.
All too often our reaction is do little if anything. We wait, we hope, we encourage, we threaten.
All the while we are hoping that the problem will resolve itself.
Through no one's fault, we suffer a "work quake."
The economy changes.
We lose business.
A major client leaves.
Suddenly there is not enough work to support the current staff.
We hang on as long as we can but, inevitably, we have to face the reality of layoffs or permanent downsizing.
The problem is compounded by the fact that most employers are not trained to know how to compassionately terminate an employee. There are questions that need answering. They often need help formulating a plan.
Employers' questions include:
- What do I say when I terminate an employee?
- How do I say it?
- What do I tell the other employees and when?
- How do I deal with the existing workload?
- Should terminated employees stay and "wrap up loose ends" for a few days or leave the day they are terminated or laid off?
- How much outplacement assistance should I provide?
- How long should I provide the help?
Employees' questions include:
- What do I say if people ask me why I left my job?
- What do I tell my family?
- Will anyone want me if I've been fired?
- I have to find a job. What should I do first?
- I don't know what I want to do for a living. Where do I go for answers?
Prior to termination I help the employer by:
- Role- playing the termination process to assist them in knowing what to say, when to say it, and how to say it.
Following the termination I help the employee by:
- Role -playing typical employee reactions and how to deal with those reactions.
- Preparing a termination letter.
- Role- playing the meeting with remaining employees
- Working through the fears and anxieties associated with the loss of their job.
- Assisting them in organizing and implementing a plan that will identifying work environments providing the greatest career and financial satisfaction.
- Helping them target organizations of interest.
- Coaching them in preparing for the interview (including salary negotiations)
- Advising them in preparing and effectively using written correspondence (proposals, resumes, cover letters, etc.)


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Early on the morning of June 12th I stepped into a long line to check in for my flight with the Panamanian airline COPA. I was surprised the flight was so full. The only business COPA does out of LAX is a daily back-and-forth between Los Angeles and Panama City, so I was fairly puzzled as to why there were so many people and so few of them were Latin Americans. I mean, it's not the holidays, it's not tourist season, in fact, it's rainy season! What I failed to realize was that June 12, 2014 was the first day of something that's kind of a BFD in every other country in the world, the FIFA World Cup. I quickly learned the three guys in front of me and the two guys in back of me, and many of the other passengers, were headed to Brazil via Panama.
As for me, I was heading to Panama to visit with family and see if I could score a new genealogy find or two. And with the help of my trusty in-country research assistant, Tio Lucho, I did. We went to the Registro Civil and managed to catch them during a lull. A lovely and patient woman who shares the first name of my late Tia Ilka (fate?) searched the database for death records for my maternal great-grandparents. We know that they were not born in Panama so I was hoping we could find some other records of their lives there, most likely marriage and/or death records. Since we did not have cedula numbers or dates of death for any of them, and their French names almost always get misspelled and/or Hispanicized in especially creative ways, it started out as a disappointing errand. I was not surprised when Ilka could not find anything related to my maternal grandmother's parents, Louis Joseph Colomb and Catherine "Edelanive" Mondesi of St. Lucia. Next we tried my maternal grandfather's parents, Francois Isambert Vallee and Adele Cadignan of Martinique. And we found them! As the World Cup commentators would yell, "Goooooooooooolazo!"
Of course, tracking them down took quite a bit of searching. As I've recounted in previous posts, my great-grandfather's given name, per his Martinique birth registration, was Francois Isambert Vallee. However, family in Panama always referred to him as Simon Vallee and it has been the family's experience in Panama that the French spelling of Vallee (two e's) often gets reduced to the the Spanish Valle (one e). Given all of that it was not surprising that his death record was under the name of Simon Valle. According to the death record he died at 5 p.m. in Panama City's Hospital Santo Tomas on March 6, 1938. The causes of death were listed as nephritis (kidney inflammation), congestive heart failure, and anasarca (massive swelling). His age was listed as 49, which is consistent with the September 18, 1888 birthdate in Francois Isambert Vallee's Martinican birth record. The birth record listed his parents as Marie Victiore Bapin and Theodore Vallee, which is a comfortably close match to the Victoriana Bappe and Teodoro Valle named in the Panamanian death record. Score!
In Simon's death record his wife was listed as Josefina Gadian, which we can accept as a pretty clear misrepresentation of my great-grandmother Josephine Cadignan's name. Her own death registration identified her as Josefina Cadian de Valle, who died of arteriosclerosis (plaque buildup in the arteries associated with coronary heart disease) at Hospital Santo Tomas at 2:30 pm on February 7, 1935 at the age of 44. Her parents are listed as Jose and Diamantina Cadian of Martinique. Taken together, these bits of information in her death record do not tell quite as neat a story as Simon's. This table (Goooool 7-7-14 table) allows us to weigh the likelihood that Adele Cadignan, DOB April 4, 1893 and Josefina Cadian de Valle, DOD February 7, 1935 are the same person. (The numbering below corresponds to facts listed in the table.)
1. See previous posts (here and here) for a discussion of why, to this point, we have been working with the belief that Adele Cadignan and Josephine Cadignan are the same person.
2. The age reported in the death register would put Josefina Cadian de Valle's year of birth at around 1891. This is pretty close to Adele, who was born in 1893 per Martinique vital records, but does not provide the same satisfaction we had in aligning Francois/Simon's age at death with the date of birth from his birth registration.
3. Adele's birth record lists her mother as a Rose Lubin Rose while Josefina's death record lists her mother as a Diamantina Cadian. It is mainly the name Diamantina that has the potential to upset the narrative we had been developing of Adele/Josephine this far. And oh, the plot thickens. In Louis Vallee Cadignan's birth affidavit, his maternal grandparents are listed as Joseph Cadignan (consistent information) and Matilde Joseph – not Diamantina or not Rose. This twist is pretty vexing, but given the context in which that birth affidavit was created (see here), it ultimately does not carry much weight. Furthermore, with the death record having been created after Josephine's death, it is unlikely that whoever provided the information about her parentage for the Panamanian death registration could have firsthand knowledge that would trump the attestation given by her father Joseph Cadignan and his witnesses when he registered Adele's birth.
4. The name of Adele's father according to her birth record, Joseph, is the French version of Josefina's father's name, Jose. It's definitely possible that the Panamanian authorities recorded Josephine's and her father's names under their Spanish cognates.
5. The death record stated that she was married and gives her last names as Cadian de Valle, which is conceivably a misrepresentation of Cadignan de Vallee. It does not name the husband as Simon (or Francois), but provides enough circumstantial evidence to make it likely this is the same Josefina Gadian referenced in Simon's death registration. So what do we conclude? In my estimation, the preponderance of evidence suggests that Adele Cadignan and Josephine Cadignan (a.ka. Josefina Cadian/Gadian de Valle) are in fact the same person. The discrepancy between the birthdate and age reported at her time of death is noteworthy, but not in itself enough to disprove the Adele = Josephine assertion. It was surely not unheard of for people during this era, especially migrants with perhaps little or no education, to not know their exact date of birth or age. Or for the people left behind to provide such information at the time of death to not know this information nor have access to the relevant documents. The inconsistencies with Adele/Josephine's mother's name across three different documents is the biggest bump I've encountered on my rocky road to the past, but considering the context in which each of these records were created makes me confident in my assessment that the birth record trumps the other two.
I feel confident in asserting the following:
Adele "Josephine" Cadignan de Vallee was born on 4 Apr 1893 in Le Francois, Martinique and died in Hospital Santo Tomas in Panama City, Panama on 7 Feb 1935.
Francois "Simon" Isambert Vallee was born 18 September 1888 in Le Vauclin, Martinique and died in Hospital Santo Tomas in Panama City, Panama on 6 Mar 1938.


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This video series is designed to help our Indian Youth build self-esteem and resiliency. The modules cover possibility thinking, creating positive self -images, how to change beliefs and attitudes, how to goal set and become strong young people. There are a total of 10 videos. Each video is 28 minutes long. Includes Natural Path to Growth Workbook.
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In the long run, we might need some extra sections, though I think PM has too many bits at the moment, rather than too few.

In the short run I would greatly prefer masterly inactivity.

 I don't know the optimum solution, but I'm not sure anyone else will for a few years.

It would be worth someone who knows a bit either creating, or scavenging some elementary stuff on Perl 6 and/or Parrot. There doesn't seem to be very much stuff on the site at the minute, judging by searches for Perl 6 which finds only three :-

[id://151380|kiat]

[id://39619|Anonymous Monk]

 [id://71933|kha0z]

 It would be useful to have some introductory nodes here. I certainly took significant time to form even the haziest idea of what Perl 6 was, and why...

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Ola/Uber Type Taxi Booking App in your Car Rental Agency Name:
More and more users prefer to choose online cab booking app like Ola & Uber for travelling comfortably to their destination. On demand cab booking apps are found to earn more than traditional taxi services as it helps the driver to optimize the time and services. Hence, businesses and entrepreneurs are truly inspired for taxi dispatch software development.
We are one of the leading taxi app developers in India. With the advanced features and specifications that we offer in our taxi booking app solution, we get plenty of requests to develop taxi/cab booking softwares for start-up companies, business owners who are looking to widen their established businesses in taxi across the globe. A taxi mobile app can make the drivers life easy as well. If you are seriously planning to develop a custom taxi app like Uber, then you must have a glance at the varied features which drives a successful mobile app for taxi business solutions.
Taxi Booking App like Ola/Uber :
TripMegaMart.Com is a global mobile app development company in India, which helps startup ventures develop Ola like app with innovative and highly advanced features using cutting-edge technologies.
Key Features of Ola type App:
- Multiple types of car categories to choose from like – Mini, Micro, Share, Sedan, Prime, Auto, Rentals, Outstation, and Lux
- Your Rides, which shows the history of the rides taken before
- Rate Card, which shows an estimated rate for rides
- Wallet Money, a wallet integrated into the app
- Refer App, which allows to share app with others
Real development cost of Taxi booking app like Ola:
When anybody intends to develop an Ola like app, the first thing comes to his mind is how much it costs to develop an Ola like app. The cost of Ola like app depends on the following factors:
Our Taxi Booking App Platform (Android):
The development cost of a cab aggregator app like Ola is suprisingly less than the yearly insurance premium amount paid by you for a luxury car (base plan of 5 cars and 1 city). When you think about more cities and more cars, please talk to our sales persons.
App Design:
An attractive and simple app design is requisite in Ola like app to grab the attention of users. Good app design relatively costs higher, but TripMegaMart has proven expertise in designing an eye-catching app at an affordable cost.
Driver App:
Driver app would have features and functionalities like signup, and the access to the name and photo of the rider who requested rides, and distance, pick-up, and drop-off points for the requested ride.
App Size:
App size means the total number of features and functionalities that an app would have.
App developers:
The development cost of cab booking app like Ola also depends on the developers' geographic location. For example, if you develop the same app from other developers, you might have to spend significantly a bigger amount than developing the same app from TripMegaMart. When you develop the Taxi Booking App like Ola from us, the quality remains the same, but the cost remains low. We also used to give ready demo for the app to understand the functionality in a better way.
Mobile wallet:
By integrating a mobile wallet into the main app, you can eliminate many payment hassles and enrich customer experience.


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But my first task of the day was to lug polyhedra, laptop, speakers, projector, Ethernet cable, paperwork, to PSU for the sa: class, unit 4 of 5, giving Nick a lift in the process. Today we covered the MVC design pattern, using our "cave painting" delegates: Vector, Edge and Polyhedron classes for a Model, VPython and POV-Ray for Views, naked Python for the Controller (M = Model; V = View; C = Controller).
Jennifer used the time alone to surf the net, took off about the time I got back, perhaps to rendezvous around dinner, maybe OMSI tomorrow? She's from Miami, thinking to relocate to either Portland, Seattle or the Bay Area.
Now at Barcamp, I'm awaiting the Python Meetup while taking photos of some prototype XOs. This is the first time I've been this up close and personal with these machines. They're smaller than I'd expected, but that doesn't detract from their attractiveness.
Knitting (the activity with needles and yarn) seems in, as a unisex activity. Bagels and tacos with fixin's, coffee and sodas for drinking. And Bubble Tea: pretty sweet, and I forgot to ask for tapioca balls with my first one (an error since rectified).
The geeks are cramming into rooms, earnest, polite, and serious, trying to make intelligent use of their limited time. Networking skills aren't among the easiest to develop. Stay relaxed and enjoy real time visits with your peers, is my advice.


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Neuron Signaling Persists, Faintly, Even When Key Presynaptic Proteins Are Absent
Results from experiments in mice revise a long-held hypothesis that certain protein scaffolds are needed for synaptic activity.
Ben Andrew Henry
Oct 31, 2016
The paper
S.S.H. Wang et al., "Fusion competent synaptic vesicles persist upon active zone disruption and loss of vesicle docking," Neuron, 91:777-91, 2016.
Hair trigger
Neurons send each other signals by firing neurotransmitters across synapses. A stash of neurotransmitter-packed vesicles hunkers close to the presynaptic membrane so the vesicles can fuse with the membrane and release their cargo as soon as an electrical impulse pulls the trigger. An elaborate scaffold of proteins coordinates this vesicle docking, and scientists long assumed these proteins were essential to neuron signaling. For years, Harvard Medical School neuroscientist Pascal Kaeser has wanted "to test that very fundamental hypothesis" by "entirely [removing] that structure."
Still talking
Kaeser and his colleagues recently got their chance. By genetically altering mice to disable key scaffolding proteins, they prevented vesicles from docking at the presynaptic membrane in cultured neurons. The results "blew us away," Kaeser says. He expected a total shutdown of neuron signaling, yet vesicles continued to fuse with the presynaptic membrane, though much more slowly.
A simpler time
By stripping out scaffold proteins, the Harvard team might just have turned back the evolutionary clock, says Reinhard Jahn of the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Germany. Neurons evolved those proteins as improvements to accelerate regular pathways for vesicle secretion, says Jahn. "Maybe we reduced a synapse to one of these more simple pathways of secretion, and that pathway still works," Kaeser observes.
Defective docking sites are implicated in a range of neurological disorders, from autism to schizophrenia, Kaeser says. "If we could disrupt the entire thing, maybe we could start understanding . . . how it is put together."


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Biosimilars Global Congress 2016 Europe
London, UK
Biosimilars is a type of biological product that is similar to another drug, which has already been approved by the US FDA or European Medicines Agency. Due to their high degree of similarity with the biological reference product, they have no clinically evidenced and meaningful differences from the reference product in terms of quality, safety or efficacy.
The increasing pressure to decrease healthcare expenditures, growing demand due to its cost-effectiveness, expanding occurrence of different diseases, increasing numbers of biologics losing their market exclusivity, positive outcomes in ongoing clinical trials and rising demand in various therapeutic applications are all contributing factors for growth of the biosimilars market. Between 2015 and the end of 2019, 39 biologics with combined US sales of $41 billion, representing 30% of the total market will lose their marketing exclusivity. This resulted in huge interest by big pharma and biotech company venturing into the Biosimilar sector in order to gain a slice of multibillion worth of biologics market. Other factors increasing the demand for biosimilar drugs include rising disease incidences across the globe and better access to healthcare for all nations.
However, circumstance such as high manufacturing complexities and costs, rigorous regulatory requirements in countries, and innovative strategies by biologic drug manufacturers to restrict the entry of new players are restraining the growth of this market.
In this congress, we will cover a diverse range of topic and address the challenges and obstacle encountered by the industry from development to successful market of biosimilars. This will also offer and provide a unique platform for knowledge sharing and convergence from Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology, Regulatory and many more.
Gain Latest Insights On:
- Learn the current global regulatory guidelines and considerations for developing and bringing the next generation of Biosimilars to the market
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News: HIP 2003
HIP 2003: Black British dance festival
18th – 30th November 2003
Following two highly successful years, Hip hits the London stage again this November with a dynamic two-week event of black dance, workshops and talks at the Place. Its eclectic line up turns the spotlight on African, Caribbean and Black British dance to capture the coolness, the inventiveness, the energy – in short, the hipness – of its practitioners. Artistic Director Brenda Edwards was the first black woman to dance with the English National Ballet, and she continues to break boundaries and confound expectation with a programme that displays the diverse range of Black British and international dance today. Hip artists fuse concept and choreography to present new work that moves with ease between African, Caribbean, contemporary and balletic styles. In doing so their work forms a new vocabulary that accepts no limitations and soars above the restrictions that racial politics have placed on dance with style, humour, grace and imagination.
Hip – one of the few Black dance festivals in the UK – has successfully opened up the debate about Black British dance since its inception. Now making its third appearance, Hip opens with Homage – a long-overdue tribute to 1940s Black British dance pioneers, Les Ballets Negres. The performance will include a rendition of the late William Louther's work, performed by Stuart Thomas and Namron, a founder member of London Contemporary Dance Theatre.
The evening will continue with The 70's Company Mass Movers, Carol Straker and Leon Robinson, Archivist and Director of Positive Steps.
This is followed by Two's Company – an international pairing of two exhilarating solo artists. South African born, London-based dancer and choreographer Jane Sekonya will present *'The Period Piece*, a work commissioned by Hip, while award winning South African performer and choreographer Boyzie Cekwana will present *'The (re) definition of'*. This emotive work evolved from an improvisation process that investigated a re-definition of identity, place, context space and gender.
Colin Poole and Ballet Soul
Poole will present his second solo commissioned by Hip, 'The Box Office' (- his very popular 'Cool Memories' launched the 2001 Festival. He will also be presenting his darkly humourouas work 'Bad Faith'.
Ballet Soul is a new performing dance company, launched by Benjamin Love and Beverley Mason to develop and produce new repertoire showcasing young, gifted ballet dancers who capture the imagination of a growing and vital audience for dance. The company's unique profile is fundamentally rooted in and reflective of Britain's cultural heritage. Completing the first week's programme, 'Hipstars' will feature premieres by two of the most exciting choreographers working today. David Brown (former Monte/Brown Dance, USA) will re-create an existing work, 'Labess and Maquette', as well as creating a new work for a company of UK-based dancers. Barcelona-born Rafael Bonachela will present highlights from a new work which will be fully premiered at the Purcell Room in 2004. He has worked in dance, music and film and is perhaps best known for his work with Kylie Minogue – including her 2002 award winning 'Fever' world tour. He is currently a member of Rambert Dance Company and was appointed as Associate Choreographer in April 2003.
Ronald K. Brown
As one of the highlights of this year's Festival award-winning New York-based performer and choreographer Ronald K. Brown will make his UK debut at the Queen Elizabeth Hall before touring to Manchester's Royal Northern College of Music. Widely considered to be one of the most exciting talents in the USA today, Brown's unique style blends traditional African-American dances with edgy, contemporary urban hip-hop dance styles and spoken word. Hip audiences will have the opportunity to see 'Evidence', featuring some of his most groundbreaking work.
Week two of the programme will be kick started by three performers with attitude. The Three Graces are Juliet Ellis, Nejla Y Yatkins and Greta Mendez. Be warned: these x-rated and satirical dance and live art performances are not for the lighthearted!
Following this, 'Trans – Fusions' will focus on exciting new solo performers, groups and companies, including Boy Blue, Maxine Bunting and Diane Mitchell. 'Eyeland' will see a cast of solo performers from the Caribbean presenting their unique fusion of traditional dance styles, resulting in an edgy, creative, contemporary world dance feel. The programme will include Christopher Walker (Jamaica), Neila Ebanks (Jamaica), Tania Isaac (St. Lucia) and Celia Grannum(Barbados).
Hip closes with *'12 × 1* – a line up of twelve highly individual dancers each performing a short solo. Jazz, contemporary, African and Caribbean dance are all represented in a line up featuring some of the most influential figures in Black British dance. The performance will feature soloist dancers, such as Jason Piper Bawren Tava, Robert Hylton, Andrew Obaka, Alan Miller, Noel Wallace, and Francis Angol, Yvette Campbell, Jane Sekonya and Godiva Marshall.


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A popular attack to level at successful companies these days is that of unfairness, specifically with a new measure called the "CEO-to-worker pay ratio."
The statistic purports to compare the pay of the chief executive with that of a median worker at the same company, and in doing so, expose inequality in the name of social justice.
Though media outlets have quickly seized upon the CEO-to-worker ratio as a tool to decry growing inequality, their ire is misguided. The statistic doesn't really tell us as much as we think, and making the data public may actually worsen the problem.
First, the CEO-to-worker pay ratio is misleading (as is common with quick, catchy statistics meant to provoke political anger).
Take the campaign catchphrase from Hillary Clinton that "the average CEO makes about 300 times what the average worker makes." Mark Perry of the American Enterprise Institute demonstrates that this statistic includes only about 300 CEOs from large, publicly-traded companies in the S&P 500.
When the data is expanded to include all 250,000 CEOs from across the country (not just the most wealthy), the ratio is closer to 4 times (not 300). According to Perry, when all CEOs are considered, "the average worker last year saw an increase in their pay that was more than 30% greater than the increase in pay for the average US CEO." That's something you'll never hear from proponents of the statistic.
There's also doubt about whether this ratio is really relevant to purchasing decisions.
For example, research by Harvard Business School professors concluded that consumers would be more willing to buy products from a company that had a 5-to-1 pay ratio instead of 1000-to-1. But the study simply asked the subjects for their preferences – it did not measure actual buying decisions. It also assumed that consumers would know the exact pay ratios of each company while shopping.
In the real world, it's unlikely that consumers will take the time to look up each company's pay ratio and willingly pay more for towels, cereal, or televisions (some of the products measured by the Harvard study) in order to avoid supporting companies with a high ratio.
Tellingly, the study's sample also included more than twice as many Democrats as Republicans. Democrats were much more likely to say that this ratio would play any role in their buying decisions.
Even if you believe that the CEO-to-worker pay ratio is too high, there's evidence that public disclosure requirements actually make it higher. In his book Predictably Irrational, Dan Ariely argues that requiring companies to disclose the salaries of their highest paid executives actually led to drastic increases in compensation for these executives. "Rather than suppressing the executive perks, the publicity had CEOs in America comparing their pay with that of everyone else," said Ariely. "In response, executives' salaries skyrocketed."
There's also the question of authority. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently adopted a new rule that requires companies to disclose this CEO-to-worker pay ratio every year. Leaving aside the fact that this reporting requirement will cost over $500 million a year (money that could instead be spent on creating new products and hiring more employees), should we really use the power of the SEC for a political agenda?
Thaya Knight, the associate director of financial regulation studies at the Cato Institute, wrote in the Wall Street Journal about some of the other consequences of the SEC's new rule. Companies are unlikely to cut CEO pay in response to political pressure over a high ratio, especially when the CEOs can easily go elsewhere.
"More likely is that the company will try to goose the ratio from the other direction, by figuring out how to shed its lowest-paid employees," said Knight. "It might lay off full-time permanent staff, and replace them with a raft of contractors and temps provided by staffing companies, which are explicitly not included in the calculation of the ratio."
It's okay to be upset about the discrepancy in pay between a retail CEO and a cashier. But forcing companies to publish misleading statistics that may end up hurting the lowest-paid workers is not the way to solve the problem.


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University Credits
What does "University credits" mean?
University credits (often referred as credit hours) are a tool to measure the amount of work produced by a student about learning, including self-study, in order to acquire knowledge and skills in training activity in the courses of study.
Can be recognized also credits arising from professional or work experience?
The universities with which we cooperate may recognize credits arising from current or previous skills acquired in the workplace or through professional demonstrable experiences, e.g., learning qualifications, job duties/professional experiences and current language certificates, professional qualifications. This process is called in many different ways, e.g., Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL), Prior Learning Assessment (PLA), Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR).
By whom are credits evaluated?
The evaluation of the credits allowable by the universities with whom we work can be carried out as follows:
- directly by the institutions themselves in a predeterminated way and according to the teaching on the chosen course of study;- by international agencies for the certification of skills, recognized by the accreditation bodies of the universities or by the same universities, such as, e.g., UK NARIC, International Education Research Foundation, California University FCE.
Note that the recognition of prior learning conducted by universities is usually valid only for the institution itself which conducted the assessment, while the one performed by international agencies is generally recognized by all universities.
International Studies Ltd offers a preliminary free evaluation of previous learning to all the students who wish to enroll in one of our courses of study.
The Courses
How are courses delivered?
The courses are delivered in classroom or online with e-learning method: the platform on our site can easily be accessed through the area reserved for the courses and the teaching material in pdf/ppt format.
The web service in always active and in each case the candidate can take advantage of a personalized tutorial service and also live chat service.
Where to take an exam for the courses?
The theory exams are supported by the candidate in classroom or online.
The theory exams are supported by the candidate in classroom or online.
For online courses the practical tests related to fundamental subjects are given in the presence of tutors appointed by the university, in charge of overseeing the proper conduct of the tests.
Other written assignments can be done indepentently by the students that will upload them in our e-learning platform to be evaluated by the professors.
Who attend the graduation ceremony?
The graduation ceremony is attended by the Dean of the chosen university or a representative designated by him/her, who confers the British or other foreign degree according to the course of study.
The graduation ceremony is attended by the Dean of the chosen university or a representative designated by him/her, who confers the British or other foreign degree according to the course of study.
Recognition in the EU
Are the foreign degrees recognized in the EU countries?
There is no automatic mechanism for the recognition of academic qualifications at the European level because education systems are the responsibility of national authorities in the EU countries, which determine the applicable rules, including those relating to the recognition of foreign academic qualifications (click here for details).
This however does not mean that you cannot qualify for the foreign degree as long as the same has been issued by universities accredited by government bodies and/or recognized and approved agencies. It is clear, moreover, that normally the owner must verify the possibility, exhibiting only the title obtained abroad in its original form, e.g., to participate in competitions without having to initiate proceedings for recognition or join associations/professional bodies, even if this practice is not mandatory in all European countries to practice the profession.
Which are the rules related to the recognition of professional qualification in the EU countries?
From 2005 the recognition of professional qualifications is regulated in Europe by the Directive 2005/36/CE, amended in 2013 with the Directive 2013/55/EU which introduced many new elements compared to the pre-existing European legislation.
The amendment was part of the actions of the Single Market Act I considered a priority for the development of the EU Internal Market, in particular to facilitate the mobility of professionals.
The Directive has been implemented by the Member States introducing the new rules into their national law or through the national ENIC NARIC centres (see here the adopted modalities by UK NARIC) .
Universities in the U.S.
The course of university studies in the United States is structured differently from the European one and is divided as follows:
- "Core Courses", courses of general education with programs that provide the foundation of university education compulsory for all students, that cover subjects such as, e.g., Mathematics, Humanities, Natural and Social Sciences;
- "Major Courses", simply defined as "Major", are courses that generally begin in the third year of study and are inherent in the chosen field of specialization of which some are required and others are optional;
- "Minor Courses", are the second level of specialization of university studies and provide a smaller number of courses to be taken with a course of study that may be related to that performed for "Major Courses" or completely different;
- "Academic Tracks" at the time of the choice of specialization, the student can follow a given path composed of a group of academic courses that focus on a specific discipline of study or complementary that can be customized to follow the interests of the student.
The system relating to university credits provides for the division of teaching units in semesters or on an annual basis; each subject is passed attending courses or carrying out training or practical activities, to reach the minimum number of credits awarded.
The structuring of the courses as described above allows flexibility, dynamism, richness of content and multi-disciplinarity.
It is possible to obtain credits through projects, papers or checks and evaluation tests carried out during the course, or even attending conferences, seminars, or conducting and participating in additional activities, including sports can make to achieve additional credits (for courses delivered online, however, apply to the possibilities listed above except the last that is valid only for courses taken on-site).
Finally, for those who always attend the campus, it is possible to obtain credits, taking tutoring or assistance to teachers.
The U.S. university system focuses on the teacher-student relationship, since being able to choose the courses to be taken, the interest and motivation of those who attend are implied (perhaps it is even more emphasized the relationship that is created between the teacher/tutor and the student in online courses).
The active participation to lectures, both provided on college campuses and online, is generally required because this method may be in the final evaluation of the course. Interactivity is very important, both in person in the classroom and in distance learning, through questions, tutorials, multimedia, insights, etc.
It is also worth to point out that a student who attends a University in the U.S. is unlikely to assist in his studies for a typically "front" lesson (the classic lecture where the teacher talks and the students silently take notes). In fact, teachers often urge students to perform the same operations that also will be evaluated: at the time of the presentation of projects or voluntary supplementary activities, students themselves lecture by presenting the results to the other participants in the course.


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Seed Specifics
Fortunately, a Ph.D. in botany or genetics isn't necessary to grow plants successfully from seed. But this chapter on seed basics will help you better understand what seeds are, where they come from, their role in plant reproduction, and why they are so critical to the health and survival of plant species. It will also help you appreciate—the next time you head for the pumpkin patch, perennial r, fields, or woods—the wonders of these typically tiny parcels of life, which contain all the fundamental parts of a mature plant—leaves, stem, and root.
A complete, or perfect, flower contains both a female part—the pistil, usually composed of a stigma, style and ovary—and male parts—stamens, usually composed of a filament and an anther. An incomplete flower is either male or female.
And Then There Were Seeds
Plants didn't always produce seeds. Millions of years ago, when the world was mostly water, swamp, or just plain wet, terrestrial spore-producing plants like ferns and mosses were supreme because they used water to facilitate reproduction. Once the continents began to drift apart and land rose, the earth's climate began to fluctuate. The seasons were born. Seed-bearing plants were one adaptation to these drier conditions. Scientists divide these higher plants into two groups: the gymnosperms (gymno, meaning naked, and sperm, meaning seed), such as pines, firs, and cycads; and the angiosperms (angio, meaning contained in a vessel), or flowering plants. Seed-bearing plants, which are of most interest to the majority of gardeners, represent one of the most important steps in the evolution of the plant kingdom.
The life cycle of a gymnosperm is clearly represented by the white pine, Pinus strobus. Every spring, pollen-bearing male cones appear at the ends of the tree's lower branches, clustered just below the new crop of needles. When mature, the cones release clouds of pollen, which are carried by the air to the female cones growing at the trees' tops. After being fertilized by the pollen, the individual eggs mature into embryos. That process takes a minimum of 13 months, not including an additional year or so for the seeds to fully develop. Finally, mature and winged, the seeds gently glide to the ground, where they will lie through winter, waiting for spring's warmth to prompt them to germinate.
Fabulous Flowers
About 75 percent of all the seed-bearing plants on earth today are not gymnosperms, but rather angiosperms. All angiosperms produce flowers, which botanists define as shoots, modified for reproduction." Although gardeners value flowers for their shapes, colors, and fragrance, nature designed them solely as a means of reproduction. As a result, most flowers have similar elements.
First, the typical flower has a receptacle, a structure that holds the rest of the floral parts together. Before opening, the flower petals are protected by a calyx, an outermost whorl, or ring, made up of modified leaves called sepals. A second inner whorl, called the corolla, is made up of petals. Collectively, the calyx and corolla are known as the perianth of a flower.
Petals are often brightly colored in order to attract insects and birds (a few flowers, such as the poinsettia, appear to have brightly colored petals that actually are modified leaves called bracts; in a handful of flowers, such as tulips, these colorful parts are called tepals, because it's difficult to determine if they are sepals or petals). Petals can serve as both beacons and landing fields for insects, and many petals even have lines on the surface that act as arrows, leading pollinators to the flower's center.
Inside the whorl of petals are the stamens, the male parts of the flower (see illustration, above). The typical stamen consists of a long stalk, or filament, with a swollen tip called the anther, which is the structure that produces grains of pollen. The female part of the flower, known as the pistil, usually includes the stigma, the sticky portion that traps pollen; the style, the stemlike portion that holds the stigma where it can best catch pollen; and the ovary, the swollen base of the pistil. Inside the ovary are immature seeds, or ovules, waiting to be fertilized.
When flowers have some form of all these parts, they're known as complete. Complete flowers are also known as perfect flowers, because they contain both male and female parts; imperfect flowers have either male or female parts, either stamens or pistil, but not both. Plants, such as sweet corn, squash, and cucumbers, that contain both male and female flowers are called monoecious. When the male and female flowers occur on different plants, as in hollies, asparagus, and persimmons, the plants are called dioecious; to produce flowers—and seeds—you need to have both a male and a female plant in your garden, or at least in the immediate vicinity.
Seed pods come in many different shapes and sizes, such as: false indigo, Baptisia australis (A); wisteria, Wisteria sinensis (B); husk tomato, Physalis alkekengi (C); poppy, Papaver somniferum (D); mamane, Sophora chrysophylla (E); and flax, Linum perenne (F).
Green Genes
Flowers usually must be pollinated for seeds to form. There are two basic kinds of pollination: self-pollination and cross-pollination. Self-pollination occurs when the pollen of a flower fertilizes that same flower or another flower on the same plant. The typical self-pollinating species has perfect flowers, the ones with both male and female parts. Peas, lettuce, tomatoes, snap beans, and snapdragons are examples of self-pollinating plants; they can be grown from seed without fear of crossings that may result in plants with unwanted variations from the parents.
Cross-pollination results when pollen from one flower fertilizes a flower on another plant. The flowers of cross-pollinating plants can be either perfect or imperfect. The constant mixing of genes that occurs with cross-pollination is crucial in helping species remain healthy and vigorous.
After centuries of observation, we know that cross-pollination is carried out naturally by several types of pollinators. The most important pollinators are the wind, insects, birds, bats, and, finally, water. Wind-pollinated plants normally have no nectar, no fragrance, and no brilliant colors to attract wildlife. Instead, their floral structure is suited to sending and receiving pollen on the breeze. Grasses are a good example; although their flowers are visible, they are tiny.
Plants that are pollinated by insects, birds, bats, and other wildlife tend to have bright, attention-grabbing flowers—real advertisements for themselves. The payoff for the pollinating animals is food: either pollen, which is eaten by some insects, or nectar. Many flowers are specifically designed to accommodate the animals that will pollinate them. The foot-long spurs of the Christmas star orchid depend on a specific moth with a foot-long tongue; the stink of carrion flowers attracts the tiny flies that transport its pollen; flowers pollinated by bats tend to open at dusk, the same time that bats become active.
We humans are also adept at a specific type of cross-pollination, known as hand-pollination. The objective of hand-pollination is to avoid random cross-breeding—and thus to guarantee that the seeds you save will produce plants like their parents. To insure this, you must prevent insects from visiting the flowers of plants you've selected for seed saving. Then you must perform the insects' job yourself.
On a microscopic level, pollen can vary greatly from plant to plant: willow (A), dandelion (B), apple (C), ruellia (D), mimulus (E), pine (F), chervil (G), passiflora (H), robinia (I), rhododendron (J), buckwheat (K), acacia (L), geranium (M), and sunflower (N).
Sex To Seeds
Imagine it's a bright sunny day, somewhere in the temperate zone. The sun is high in a blue sky and a breeze moves across a field of waving grasses and brightly colored wildflowers. You stop at a clump of sundrops, a day-flowering species in the evening primrose family. On top of a two-foot stem, bright yellow, four-petaled flowers are in full bloom. From stage right, enter a bumble bee, his hind legs bright yellow from pollen. The bee buzzes in flight, then spots the flowers. It swoops down and sticks its tongue into the four-pronged stigma at the flower's center. As the bee moves about in a somewhat clumsy way, pollen grains attach themselves to the stigma.
What happens next takes place on the microscopic level. When a grain of pollen becomes attached to the stigma, one of its two cells stimulates the creation of a pollen tube that grows inside the style, creating a path between the stigma and the flower's ovary. Once the tube is complete, the second cell divides into two sperm, which use the pollen tube to reach the ovule. One sperm joins with an egg to create a zygote, a fertilized egg; the second sperm fuses with other nuclei to form the endosperm, a food supply contained in the seed.
As time passes, the zygote becomes the embryo of the new plant. The seeds of flowering plants come in a great variety of sizes, shapes, and textures, but the embryonic plants contained within have the same basic design, with a rudimentary leaf or leaves, called cotyledons, as well as a root tip and a stem. (Cotyledons are the first leaves to appear after a seed sprouts; they are followed by the plant's true leaves.) Most flowering plants have two cotyledons, and thus are called dicotyledons, or dicots. The monocotyledons, or monocots, a smaller group, produce only one seed leaf when they sprout. Plants in the grass family, including corn and grains, are monocots.
In flowering plants, the seed is encased in the ovary, which enlarges into a fruit. The fruit may be red like an apple or a rose hip, green like a cucumber, purple like an eggplant, or brown like an acorn. In plants like tomatoes, the fruits become increasingly soft and fleshy as their seeds mature; in other plants, such as garden peas or winter aconite, the fruit wall becomes increasingly dry and eventually splits. Oriental poppies form hard, dry fruits that disperse seeds through small openings like a salt shaker's; other species, such as cherries, have a soft fruit that surrounds a hard pit, or stone, which contains a seed.
No matter what size or shape fruit it is encased in, once the seed, with its embryonic plant, has formed completely, growth stops and the seed typically enters a period of dormancy. The tiny plant consumes minute amounts of energy from food stored inside the seed—just enough to keep it alive, until it germinates and grows.
TOP: Seeds that stick to clothing or fur: needle grass, Aristida
oligantha (A); squirrel grass, Hordeum jubatum (B); with one seed at
right; and a pod of the unicorn plant, Proboscidea louisianica (C),
shaking seeds.
BOTTOM: Seeds dispersed by mechanical means: squirting cucumber, Ecballium elaterium (A); impatiens, Impatiens aurella (B); witchhazel, Hamamelis virginiana (C); and Cardamine hirsuta (D).
Spreading The Treasure
After the development of the seeds and fruit, the next order of business for any flowering plant is dispersal—getting the next generation out into the world where it can find suitable habitat to germinate and grow. Anyone who has ever tramped through the woods with a longhaired dog or wearing wool pants knows how some seeds travel: They become affixed to clothing and fur by using hooks, barbs, and even Velcro-like natural structures to guarantee their dispersal around the country, if not the world. The seeds of mistletoe are covered with a sticky substance and become attached to birds and other animals. We humans unintentionally spread seeds in other ways: as discarded foodstuff or as unintentional traveling companions, hidden in pants cuffs, or stuck to the mud on dirty boots and shoes—and we spread them intentionally by buying or collecting seeds and planting them in our gardens.
Plants don't require humans to spread their seeds, however. Small seeds often use the wind to blow them from place to place. Some seeds, like those of orchids, are dustlike; others have plumes, like dandelion or milkweed; or, as do the seeds of maple, they have wings that enable them to glide through the air.
Whether by rain, streams, or ocean currents, many seeds are distributed by water. Very small seeds, especially if they are light in proportion to their size, float. Corky seeds, like those of the carrot family, can stay afloat for weeks.
Seeds are also spread by animals that eat fleshy fruits. The seeds in these fruits often pass through animals' alimentary tracts unharmed; in some cases, the journey through the digestive system even speeds up germination. Beetles, ants, and scores of other insects carry seeds from one location to another. Finally, plants themselves are responsible for spreading seeds: A number of species, such as the yellow-flowered creeping oxalis, shoot their seeds into the air. The record is probably held by the West Indian swordbean, whose large pods snap open with a crack and propel their seeds at least 20 feet. Less impressive is the squirting cucumber, an annual vine whose fruits push their seeds out in a lump of semi-liquid mucilage. Not neat but effective.
Seed Steadfastness
Wherever they land, seeds can remain in suspended animation until conditions are right to spur germination. While some seeds, given water, will germinate immediately, many others follow an internal clock which insures, as much as possible, that when the seed does germinate, conditions will be conducive to its growth. For example, some seeds require a period of exposure to cold temperatures to break dormancy -- nature's way of making sure that seeds of plants in the temperate zone don't germinate until the killing cold of winter has passed. Gardeners need to simulate these natural conditions in order to get such seeds to grow. (See "Special Handling")
The seeds of some plants can remain dormant for months or even years. While the seeds of most species remain viable for only a few years (some for only a few days), others have remarkable longevity. Although many of the tales of sprouting seeds that were found in centuries-old tombs are apocryphal, there is good evidence that some seeds have astonishing durability. The record for longevity probably goes to an Arctic lupine from the Canadian Yukon—seeds germinated after they had been frozen and buried in an ancient rodent burrow for 10,000 years.
Scientists believe that the seed coat is the mechanism that allows a seed to be viable for so long. Typically, this structure consists of an outer and inner cuticle, often impregnated with waxes or fats, which are surrounded by one or more layers of thick-walled, protective cells that are so hard that it is difficult for water to seep into the interior and trigger germination. Sometimes this makes the gardener's job more complicated, requiring special measures to prompt a seed to germinate (some seeds won't germinate until the protective seed coat has been roughed up a bit, as it is when seeds pass through an animal's gut). But mostly, it's a boon, because seeds often must be stored for weeks or months, and in some cases years, before they can be planted.


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Remember that this is a normal 2.2.1MWM with the addition of few new functionalities, so if your mod worked before(on MWM) it will also now.
What i meant above - in short: it will keep crashing if you use sh*tty, badly compiled mods. :pathead:
Any error not reported on the known bugs list is not my responsibility, the game has been tested step by step for an year from 20 persons and from about other 30 on its final stage for one month before the release without having any bug of sort.
In the package you'll find a clean preinstalled game with only few mods, drop it wherever you like and play.
- The game saves only on main menu
- Cheats has been shortened in: money(ex begformoney), promotion(ex fastpromotion) and cheating(ex ilikecheating).
- It is not a miracle, set it accordingly to your pc specs to prevent lags.
- The game was designed to work on 16:9(generally wide) screens, if you have a 4:3/5:4 screen unpack the "4_3_resolution_classes.rar" from "*\BB93_SLRR2015\sl\Scripts\game\".
- You can use your own cars as menu one simply saving them as "Menu" from Main Menu's "Save Car" button or delete it from Options "Delete Car" button.
- Track's fog is set consequently to max view distance.
- Sometimes you could get the error "!missing 'return (expr)' at java.game.Vehicle.toString" in error.log, it means that one or more of your cars have broken VT and Main javas, doing so it prevents crashes.
- It is compatible with LE2MWM, thought it'll remove my custom "by-tyre-size" catalog.
Fixed Keys:
Keyboard 7 - Random Left/Right camera tilt
Keyboard 8 - Left(-) camera tilt
Keyboard 9 - Right(+) camera tilt
Keyboard 0 - Zero camera tilt
F6 - Live garage(sequential Wrench(mount/unmount), Screwdriver(fine tuning), Painter, Off
F7 - Quick repair and car repositioning(if upside-down)
P - Car coordinates(for map makers)
N - Show/hide Minimap
L - Lights switch
Editable Keys:
Numpad * - Music volume up
Numpad / - Music volume down
Known bugs:
- Could happen that your car floats and slip with zero grip, delete the options save(*\save\game\) to fix it(alternative solution; drift mode: on, restart, drift mode: off, restart, enjoy).
- If you press the N button(minimap enable/disable) on a track without map your game will crash.
- LE2MWM doesnt work(crashes at catalog), you can use LE2BB93 but it'll make you lose the fantawesome tyre catalog(link below).
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- DO NOT delete the stock cars folders for any reason, they contain stock cars physics and some javas and are meant to stay there to have full compatibility with mods that use them instead of having their own(otherwise enjoy the crashes ), you'll find a backup of complete original cars and only compatibility mode inside "*\cars\racers\".
- DO NOT use SLRR Editor on the AlfaRomeo_Bialbero.rpk since it is like my LS3, it fits every car by its own and once you use SLRR Editor it'll f*ck up and not work anymore properly, so simply remove the rpk everytime you use it or deal with a broken engine.
- DO NOT drop the game above an older installation.
- DO NOT ask me for javas, not publicly nor in pm, i will release them once i feel to do it. I will delete everything as soon as i get the first request of release. Well i felt like doing it, it's included in the main game download since 05/Jan/2015.
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Kinuyo Tanaka as Oyû Kayukawa in Oyû-sama (1951)
Based on Jun'ichirō Tanizaki's 1932 novel The Reed Cutter (Ashikari), Kenji Mizoguchi's period melodrama was not one of his proudest works, but set within his confidently formalist frame what could have been a sappy studio picture becomes a semi-accomplished tone piece, beautifully photographed and economically shot in a series of long-take static tableaus and vital tracking shots. Even though it's melodrama the film is still painted in relatively small strokes. It's a film in which people fall in love upon first sight of each other, and emotions are not disclosed or explored, they are impulsive and declared. But actress Kinuyo Tanaka (Oyû), despite being terribly miscast, is on remarkably restrained form here. As an actress she is best known for her expressive emotion and the ability to consume a frame, especially in Mizoguchi's own Yoru no onnatachi (1948), which critic and commentator Tony Rayns describes as a performance of "animal like ferocity." Although there are moments of showboating (Shizu collapsing at her sisters feet begging her not to marry a sake salesman) Mizoguchi generally keeps the tone calm and collected, successfully creating mood in confined areas. Cast members Nobuko Otowa and Yuji Hori also do a good job of treating the melodrama with gravitas, but this creates some distance between us and the characters plight...
Mizoguchi had been making 'women's pictures' (an emerging trend for a popular market) for the Shôchiku Studio during WWII, where he established himself as a talented feminist filmmaker - although compromises had to be made as Japan had its eye on propaganda pictures. He soon moved to the Daiei Studio, which had undergone a turbulent couple of years when its head was accused of war crimes, for which he was absolved in 1948. Mizoguchi had a keen eye on the project he wanted to make (the superb Life Of Oharu, 1952, review coming soon) but was forced to compromise for some time as the studio found the picture over-expensive and troublesome in terms of foreign relations and political neutrality with the US. It's obvious that Oyû-sama is a compromised work, and one without Mizoguchi's heart completely in it. Of course, that's not to say the film isn't totally without merit. The screenplay by Yoshikata Yoda may be unfaithful to the source material (told in flashback with much more depth and nuance) but it is loaded with expressive feeling, best summed up by Shizu's line to Oyû, "for you I am willing to live my whole life in the shadows." If it sounds like unrealistic or clichéd then try to remember that the film is melodrama, and is dealing with quite profoundly untouched matters of a sexual nature, set in Japan's Meiji Period (1868-1912). Some of the dialogue may ring false, but the heightened sense of emotion is handled with care by the performers and director, and serves to mask a controversial and unfamiliar subject with a style audiences would recognise and could relate to. The ending is powerfully ambiguous, with Shinnosuke (Hori), after leaving his child to Oyû, wandering into the marsh - perhaps to live as a hermit, or perhaps to commit suicide. But on the way, in a stunning shot that sees the sun (its first appearance) shine directly over him, he sings "it was never destined to be this way." Surely destiny, as a device, was built for melodrama?
It's questionable whether the film A) addresses its themes correctly, or B) effectively employs melodramatic convention in softening the blow of said themes. Personally I was never fully attached to the characters, who seemed to exist in a limbo between melodrama and realism, a fine line that Mizoguchi would address perfectly later in his career, but with not enough compassion here. I wish the themes were deeper, but perhaps any sort of cerebral digging would be to misunderstand the formal point of Mizoguchi's cinema. It's an interesting feminist text, but still pales in comparison to the strength shown in later characters such as Oharu. It could easily be read as a piece on sisterly loyalty, and the films most heartbreaking moment comes when Shizu dies in Oyû's kimono, after giving birth to the child which is rightfully her sisters. But even then it's not totally accomplished. Mizoguchi's words on the film in 1952 were that it was a "job that didn't turn out well... I suppose the problem with the film is that I was trying to be fashionable." I don't think it's as bad as he thinks it is - indeed, the film is cleverly composed, almost theatrical in places, and has moments of visual beauty that can only be matched in this period by Kurosawa. The biggest problems lie in the director simply not caring enough for his material to give it the backbone such a complex novel deserves rendition of, and the fact that his address to both subject and melodrama are uneven. The cast do their best, turning in admirable performances, but ultimately the film suffers. Sporadically engaging but always technically proficient, it has moments of greatness but patches of a filmmaker treading water in hope of his dream project, which would turn into his feminist masterpiece.


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Returning to the city mere months after their last performance, Getintothis' Shaun Ponsonby gets the lowdown on the Funk & Soul Club's latest gig.
Funk continues to take centre stage in Liverpool, with a welcome return for the Hot 8 Brass Band with Liverpool Funk & Soul Club.
Returning to the city a matter of months after their last appearance at the Arts Club for a performance we determined "loud, boisterous and truly spectacular" the New Orleans natives will this time be taking to Magnet.
For over two decades, this eight-piece have been tearing stages apart across the globe, throwing traditional marching music, hip hop, R&B, funk and New Orleans mardis gras into a blender and earning a Grammy nomination in the process.
Are you ready for the elements? Earth Wind & Fire making their way to the Echo Arena this summer!
Showing the city's cosmic side, two collectives of Liverpool funkateers will be opening the show.
First up, the insanely funky BlowBack Horns. Very similar to Hot 8 Brass Band, the group are largely instrumental but are often joined by rappers and vocalists on stage.
Secondly, Galactic Funk Militia – who this writer can't help but confess an undying love for. Continuing to shake the foundations of this cosmic nation, GFM are going from strength to strength winning over audiences with each successive gig. This one will likely be no exception.
The Liverpool Funk & Soul Club are proving that The Funk is very much alive in the city, and gigs like this reveal why. Not to be missed.
- The Hot 8 Brass Band play The Magnet, Liverpool on Monday, May 16


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