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'Last Stories,' by William Trevor
William Trevor was born in May 1928 in County Cork into a middle-class Protestant family during Éamon de Valera's new Catholic Ireland. Not surprisingly, the author wrote about characters who often resided on the margins of life, their wants and desires just out of reach. In one of his most well-known stories, "The Ballroom of Romance" (1972), Bridie, who cares for her infirm father, fails to find love amid a small circle of aging, whiskey-soaked suitors at a rural dance-hall. Like this portrait of Bridie, a quiet yearning and loneliness pulses under the faintly optimistic veneers of many of his characters. Despite the hopeless nature of things, a reader often finishes a Trevor story with a modicum of hope, a reminder of both the frailty and resilience of the human spirit.
On Nov. 21, 2016, Trevor died at age 88. His final collection of 10 exquisite narratives is aptly titled "Last Stories." Similar to his previous works (32 books that spanned more than a half-century), the author charts the unremarkable lives of men and women who rarely leave their small towns, usually in Ireland and England. As he deftly excavates his characters' inner worlds, Trevor once again produces a sort of subtle alchemy on the page. Common and uncommon distresses emerge: a broken friendship between two women over a man, a middle-aged inventor's delusional obsession with a younger woman, an amnesiac painter's romance with a prostitute. Many of the stories telescope on two to four characters and how they move through the world — whether it's through their grief, heartbreak or physical hardships.
Like Alice Munro, Trevor magically compresses these private narratives, advancing through entire lifetimes in the mere space of 10 or so pages. As a result, the steady passage of time changes Trevor's characters, like the soft contours of a stone worn from the elements over the years. Take the opening story, "The Piano Teacher's Pupil," of this collection: The reader meets Elizabeth Nightingale, a lissome piano teacher in her early 50's. Despite the loss of romantic love, the teacher finds satisfaction in her students, and a percolation of joy stirs inside her when a prodigy walks into her home one day. "Within this small boy, so modest in his manner, there were symphonies unwritten, suites and concertos and oratorios," writes Trevor. "She could tell; she didn't even have to think." Complications arise. During every lesson, the prized pupil steals something from Miss Nightingale's home: a snuffbox, a porcelain swan, a scarf. Throughout the narrative, an unspoken bewilderment forms and decades later, morphs into an unconditional acceptance. Similar to other Trevor stories, it is the absence of one character that allows for another character's understanding to take shape.
"At the Caffè Daria" moves between the perspectives of childhood friends, Anita and Claire, and how their friendship is splintered apart when Anita's husband leaves her for Claire. During the opening pages, Claire tells Anita about his unexpected death. "Anita is less affected by her husband's death than she was by his saying they had made a mistake in marrying," writes Trevor. "With terrible tenderness he murmured it and then, regret becoming sympathy, offered his prediction: that for her one day there would be someone else too. There never was. She knew there never couldn't be." The author doesn't stop at this heartbreak, but by the story's end, delves deeper in what has been lost between Anita and Claire.
In the concluding story, "The Women," an adolescent discovers the unlikely identity of her mother. Trevor writes of Cecilia's first impressions of two women who strangely appear at her boarding school one afternoon: "Sunlight came through the trees in shafts, new beech leaves making dappled shadows on the women's clothes. How drab those clothes were, Cecilia thought. How ugly the taller woman's features were, the hollow cheeks, her crooked teeth, one with a corner gone, Her friend was dumpy." Later, in the story, Cecilia goes on vacation with her father with hopes of learning the truth. "Cecilia knew it; and emulating his skill in living with distress, allowed his silence to continue because there was nothing else to reveal," writes Trevor. "The women nurtured in the lonely lives they shared a fantasy that dressed things up a bit. They sought out girls without a mother, befriending them in order themselves to befriended. There was excitement in the shadowlands of what might have been, in the bluster of daring and pretending, and drama that made a talking point."
Trevor once defined a short story in an interview with the Paris Review as "the art of the glimpse." He would go on to say: "It should be an explosion of truth. Its strength lies in what it leaves out just as much as what it puts in, if not more. ... The novel imitates life, where the short story is bony, and cannot wander. It is essential art."
These 10 stories satisfy on many levels — the masterful craft, the emotional precision, the agile interplay between the past and present. Thank you, Mr. Trevor, for all that you gave your readers during your lifetime of writing. All of those glimpses of grace, sadness and truth.
S. Kirk Walsh has reviewed books for the New York Times, the Boston Globe and other publications. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com.
Last Stories
By William Trevor
(Viking; 213 pages; Viking, $26)


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Massey University's School of Music and Creative Media Production is expanding industry partnerships for its 2019 Bachelor of Creative Media Production (CMP) programme, after a successful pilot with Television New Zealand.
Through 2018's partnership with TVNZ, graduating students secured roles at screen and digital production companies including Weta Digital, South Pacific Pictures and more. The initiative pairs Bachelor of Creative Media Production students with real world clients and mentors to respond to industry briefs and challenges.
This year's expanded programme will see Massey students working with TVNZ, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the NZ Drug Foundation, SWIBO, Wellington Regional Economic Development Agency, Oculus and several New Zealand film producers.
Creative Media Production graduate Courtney Gilbert successfully pitched her project Kiwis Can Fly to NZ on Air's children's platform HEIHEI and created a fun 3D animated series for children which follows Kōri, a determined little kiwi who dreams of flying. Undeterred by his anatomical restrictions, Kōri and his best friend Moemoe the takahē believe they can cure his inability to fly.
Kiwis Can Fly was picked up and is now broadcasting to New Zealand children via HEIHEI. Ms Gilbert is now working at longstanding production company Gibson Group and hopes to create more episodes and develop a slate of original content for both New Zealand and international audiences.
Kim Harrop, TVNZ scripted commissioner and commissioner for HEIHEI, says the partnership with Massey University is about discovering Aotearoa's next generation of storytellers and supporting them on their content creation journey.
"Producing a TV series is no mean feat – especially when it comes to 3D animation. We were blown away by Courtney's dedication to her work last year, the quality of her work and the savvy way she took her project from concept through to successfully selling it in a very competitive marketplace.
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It's a sad day for the South Africa. After a lengthy battle with pancreatic cancer, South African music icon Johnny Clegg has passed away at the age of 66. The star was a game-changer in the local music space and spoke out about the inequality people of colour faced during the Apartheid era. While many at the time were trying to segregate Africa, Johnny was on a mission to unite. His music had an impact on all South Africans and his work ultimately became the soundtrack to the lives of so many.
Johnny was born on 7 June 1953 in Bacup, Lancashire, England and moved to Johannesburg, South Africa with his Rhodesian mother when he was 6 years old. His exposure to Zulu migrant workers during adolescence introduced him to the culture and music. His involvement with black musicians often saw him arrested during Apartheid.
At the age of 17, together with Sipho Mchunu they formed their first band called Juluka. At the age of 33 in 1986, during the height of Apartheid, he partnered with Dudu Zulu to form his second inter-racial band called Savuka. Clegg also recorded several solo albums and enjoyed international success selling out concerts wherever he performed.
Apart from lecturing at the Universities of the Witwatersrand and Natal respectively, Johnny studied anthropology and combined his studies with music.
He was awarded by a number of local and international bodies for his contribution to music and society notably by the French Government in 1991 with a Knight of Arts and Letters, and in 2015 he was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. In 2012 he received the Order of Ikhamanga from the South African government. He was awarded a number of Honorary doctorates by the Universities of the Witwatersrand (South Africa), KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), Dartmouth College in the USA and the City University of New York.
He authored and published the book "UkuBuyisa Isidumbu" (1981, Ravan Press), and presented papers on "The Music of Zulu Immigrant Workers in Johannesburg" in 1981 at the Grahamstown International Library of African Music and "Towards an understanding of African Dance: The Zulu Isishameni Style" in 1982 at Rhodes University.
Shortly after his diagnosis, Johnny embarked on a final world tour where he shared his music with those who felt moved by it one final time. The tour was a huge success and hundreds of thousands of people flocked to the shows to get a final glimpse of the star on stage before he retired. Johnny's cancer returned more rigorous than ever not too long ago and, unfortunately, he succumbed to the disease on 16 July 2019. Johnny is survived by his wife of 31 years, Jenny and their two sons Jesse and Jaron.
Rest in peace, Johnny. You truly changed the nation. Hambe kahle.
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Careers. We can have real ones in our virtual lives or pretend ones. Either way, this new release from PILOT is a wonderful addition to your home or public office. The Dellinger desk for faMESHed comes in both PG and Adult versions. A large selection of animations (guys, gals, couples) come with the set which weighs in at a mere 4 land impact.
There are six "career" choices to pick from. The rolled working drawing even comes as a treasure map for those modern day pirates and gold doubloon hunters. I picked the fashion drawings and had great fun designing a corner of a new set at MOSP. While it isn't completed you can see the possibilities. I had some themed props to add to the room including some mesh clothes which definitely add realism. I made my own designer wannabe cork board to remind myself how creative I am -- even if I can't sew :D.
My sweater (actually a VERY short dress *wink*) is a new release from PARDISIS. Great detailing, it is lightweight and feminine and perfect for moving into Fall. And there are some cute socks included in the set. Check out all the colors at the NEW shop.
The drafting set is beautifully detailed and coordinates nicely with other PILOT releases. So if you have four measly "prims" available on your land, get on over to faMESHed and check this out.
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A MAN who spent almost 30 years as a football manager in Huddersfield has died.
Jimmy Maher, 67, of Deighton, had spells at several clubs in the Huddersfield District League and the Sunday League.
He had played in his younger days with Brook Motors but had to give up at 29 because of a heart condition.
He then took up coaching and management and over the years was involved with several clubs including Paddock Commercial, Moldgreen, Little John, Huddersfield YMCA and Milnsbridge Lib Club.
Mr Maher was also a league representative for some of the clubs at the Huddersfield District League.
In his younger days he had also been a useful table tennis player.
Mr Maher was born in Dublin but moved to Huddersfield at the age of 14.
He started work as an apprentice electrical engineer at Brook Motors but then transferred to the Scottish & Newcastle Brewery and spent 25 years working as a fitter in pubs and clubs across Yorkshire.
He later spent a few years working as an administrator for Kirklees Council at The Deighton Centre.
Mr Maher leaves a widow, Veronica, four children – Claire, James, John-Paul and Thomas – and seven grandchildren.
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Real talk: The winter season comes with its perks of being able to curl up by the fireplace, not have to shave your legs till Spring, binge watch Netflix on those rainy days and have an excuse for not going out hah.
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We get to hear this one again and again. But even after knowing this how many of us actually imply this tip in our life. In order to get rid of all the toxins, it is very important to drink as much water as possible throughout the day. This will not only help you in obtaining a clear skin but will also help in maintaining a proper health. Try to drink a big glass or mug of water to drink a large quantity of water in one go.
Exfoliating in the winter may seem counterintuitive, but it's actually the key to clear, glowing skin. To help maintain a nice glow, it is still okay to exfoliate one to two times per week in the winter months to help eliminate the dead skin on the surface which can lead to dullness. Try our Green Coffee Bean Sugar Scrub or Tropicana Sugar Scrub.
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The low moisture in the air during winter can cause your skin to feel dry. Investing in a humidifier can help counteract that since they add moisture back into the environment. Humidifiers help your skin retain hydration, so this is one purchase that's totally worth it.
It's not just the skin on your face that's prone to dryness in the winter—your hands are often left vulnerable to the same environmental elements as your complexion. One of the easiest ways to prevent dry hands is by adding a hand cream to your skin care routine. Stash one in your kitchen, bathroom, and at your desk—trust us, your hands will thank you. Apply hand cream after doing the dishes, washing your hands, and using hand sanitizer (many of which have drying formulas). Did you know? Our body butter doubles up as a hand cream and contains no drying formulas and is 100% natural.


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There's an interview with Spiderweb Software's Jeff Vogel up at RPGWatch this evening, during which we learn about the game designer's day-to-day responsibilities, the reception they enjoyed with Avernum 2: Crystal Souls, any potential plans they're mulling about for Avadon 3, and more.
Couchpotato: What's your opinion on the game industry, and the current state of Indie games?
Jeff Vogel: I really can't say much about the AAA game industry. I don't pay enough attention to it. I play some big AAA releases (like Bioware stuff), but not a lot. I mostly play indie games.
As for indie games, there's a lot of money being made and a lot of remarkable, innovative titles being produced. So much cool stuff out there. Competition is really tough and a lot of young developers are getting their dreams crushed, which really sucks. But the opportunities are there and the games are cool. I really am blown away by the quality and innovation out there.
Couchpotato: Your latest remake was Avernum 2: Crystal Souls and it seems sales were decent from your latest blog update. Is there anything you wish you had more time to change?
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Getting a dream job in a renowned company is not a cakewalk for most of the individuals as the competition level is very high. There are thousands of people in the market who leave no stone unturned to topple one another and grab the job. In such a situation, it can be really hard not to feel like just another face in the crowd. The job market has certainly become very overcrowded and that means the traditional method of sending out resumes or flipping through newspaper classified sections…Continue
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We're excited to announce the launch of the 2013 Sourcing and Recruiting Industry Survey! It's been about 18 months since our last survey was completed, it provided great insight into sourcing salaries and the state of the industry in early 2012.
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On this Labor Day in the United States, may your day be filled with a complete lack of labor and a full day of relaxation. And may you take the spirit of reduced labor with you when you return to the office. Reducing labor intensity at work is a worthy goal for all. The time it saves can be invested wisely — on employees, customers, or even on more time off.
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Edward E. Roy was not even out of his teens when he fought in the battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. The battle raged day and night from February 19 to March 25. By the time the Americans declared the island secure and the Marines raised our flag, captured in that famous photo, one in three of his comrades-in-arms were dead or wounded.
"There were dead people all over the place," Ed tells me. "I was lucky." Well, not as lucky as all that. But we'll get to that later.
Ed is soft-spoken and shy, with a sweet smile and disposition. He is only one of 20 Iwo Jima survivors who live in Wyoming. Recently, at the Wyoming Veteran's Memorial Museum near the airport, Ed received a plaque on which was mounted a vial of sand from Iwo Jima. The plaque is now on display at the museum.
Now, I'd heard of "the sands of Iwo Jima," but I had no idea how infamous those sands were until I heard Ed's story and did some research on my own. Here's what I learned:
Ed's unit, the 5th Marine Division, was the first to storm the beaches on the morning of the first day of battle. All the previous night, America's Navy and the Army Air Corps had bombed Iwo Jima in an attempt to "soften the target" so that when the Marines landed, they would meet as little resistance as possible.
The Japanese island was of strategic importance to America because it was midway between Tokyo and the American bomber bases in the Marianas. An American air base here was vital for its
B-29 bombers, who needed it for occasional refueling, for meeting with escort planes, and for landing when they'd been crippled from a mission over Japan.
So, after a night of American bombing, on the morning of February 19, the 5th Marine Division went ashore. They were met by two surprises. The first was the discovery that the sand on Iwo Jima's beaches was actually loose, course, volcanic ash which made it nearly impossible for the infantrymen to find their footing and made it completely impossible to dig foxholes. The second surprise was the eerie silence. There was no enemy fire. Some of the Marines speculated that maybe the bombings of the night before had eliminated the Japanese defenders. Patrols were sent inland to investigate.
Little did they know that the entire division was in the Japanese cross-hairs. That the enemy had a 360-degree view of the island. That the previous night's bombing had done little damage because the Japanese, brilliantly anticipating America's battle plan, had spent months creating a system of tunnels and firing positions beneath the island's mountain and its volcanic sand. That their weapons, including heavy artillery hidden behind reinforced steel doors, were poised and ready for the 5th Division as well as the 3rd and 4th Divisions which were now coming ashore on other parts of the island. That the Japanese had planned all along to bide their time until the beaches were packed with American equipment and Marines.
The Marines were unaware of their fate until that first patrol, making its way inland, came upon a hidden line of Japanese bunkers. Suddenly, the enemy opened up in a blaze of machine-gun fire, mowing down row after row of Marines. Then they trained their heavy artillery on the beaches.
Somehow, through all this, and over the next 34 days and nights, Ed was not wounded. Despite the intense combat which was sometimes hand-to-hand. "I was young and I wasn't afraid of anything," Ed says.
So, Ed came through the battle unscathed. Until...
The day after the Americans declared the island secure. Turns out, it wasn't that secure after all. It seems many Marines, and maybe Ed was one of them, fell victim to a series of surprise attacks by lone, surviving Japanese soldiers. These soldiers would wind through the maze of underground tunnels, wait for their opportunity, and then, from a bunker that had previously been declared "cleared" by the Americans, would emerge and fire their machine guns at a passing Marine. Ed spent a month in the hospital and then returned to his unit.
The American victory at Iwo Jima, supported by the Navy and Army Air Corps, was largely attributed to "the inch-by-inch tenacity of the foot soldier."1 Admiral Nimitz, commander of the Navy's Pacific Fleet, said of those servicemen, "Uncommon valor was a common virtue."
Edward E. Roy, who returned to the States at the end of the war, married and raised a family in our town, and is a member of "the greatest generation," is a perfect example of that valor.
I'm honored to have met him.
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Responsive Prototype (Web)
It would be great to see a responsive preview that would fit to screen for the link generated.
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Rebecca Rumble commented
Agreed, I've shown designs to clients and they will say things like the text is too small when really it's because they are viewing it on a smaller screen so are seeing it at a reduced % size. It would be good to share a link that will display an artboard based on their screensize (or even just displayed a warning to say that this artboard was designed for 1336 and your screen is 1024 so it has been reduced in size).
Perhaps a setting in prototype mode would be useful so you can say "on resize" go to this "artboard" instead?
Francis Wu commented
I just created a new feature request along similar lines, but not exactly, and more dev-centric: https://adobexd.uservoice.com/forums/353007-adobe-xd-feature-requests/suggestions/39981817-responsive-layout-rules-and-layer-navigation-for-d
TL:DR; I want to make it easier for designers to share with devs how a design's responsive layout is supposed to work, and to share share with devs what UI components are reusable.
Feel free to upvote and share.
Anonymous commented
Having prototypes restricted to canvas size designed to, and not respond to the device previewed on, makes it less than optimal to conduct effective User Testing. Specially when unmoderated. Other prototype tools are responsive to the device being used. Seems logical in todays world with infinite aspect ratios.
I'm a BIG advocate for XD at work, but can not justify the use of an XD prototype for user testing unfortunately.
Roy commented
Similar to the Chrome dev tools, it would be great to have responsive device viewing options toolbar in the Preview window that would allow me to pick or type viewport/device sizes and resolutions in order to automatically resize the viewport to the selected size. See attached image.
At the very least, some indicator text or flyout that shows the active viewport H x W which would change as you resize.
Sabin Antony commented
From the home screen, need to select multiple artboards, there you can give any dropdown or checkboxes to choose 4 or 5 artboards at the same time. After selection file opens with selected artboards.
Once I create one "repeat group" in the first artboard and it will create its "responsive view" automatically in other artboards. Other artboards will show recommended option, as which alignment is fit to that screen.
Requirement:- If I created 4 boxes in one row, this group of 4 automatically show its responsive view in other artboards.
( Tab - 2 box in one row
Mobile - 1 box in one row )
If a user wants to change alignment they can choose other options. If they don't want "repeat group" in one specific screen, Either they can choose custom or delete the whole group.
Patrick Whittingham commented
I would like to allow the percentage to the width/height properties (ie, width: 45%). Also, the following from CSS:
max-width, min-width, max-height, min-height.
As you can see these properties will give the artboards, elements, and components a more flexible framework. People will be able to see my mockups regardless of which smartphone/tablet they are using.
There are other properties which could be added, I guess you get the picture.
Patrick Whittingham commented
It would be nice to allow the width & height of artboard, objects, images, and components to be set to auto. This would work like CSS so that one can create a site for any phone, tablet or desktop and those items (ie, component) would fill the screen accordingly. Currently, the artboard is width/height are hardcoded and only works for one size (ie, iPhone 6/7/8). A true responsive design would make XD very useful. I can send a mobile portrait (ie, URL) to allow one to see my design regardless if the phone is a iPhone SE, iPhone 10, and any Android vendor.
Derek Rudel commented
Adobe needs to make some big strides in competing with other tools like InVision or this one: https://www.justinmind.com/support/liquid-layouts-and-breakpoints/ which supports exactly what this request is for. I'm beyond surprised this isn't in active development as it would be SO valuable for users that are needing to create responsive designs for multiple devices/breakpoints.
Ray Villaraza commented
Spend all this time making it responsive in Design view, but it's not responsive in Shared view... kind of defeats the purpose in my opinion to have done all the responsive work for yourself and not have anything to show the clients or the developers...
So there will 3 conflicts. Viewing on web with a desktop machine(Design1).... Viewing on mobile (Design2)....Viewing on XD player (Design3). We can not know which platform will be used when viewing prototype. Fixed Bottom menu development is not a real big issue for Adobe. Thank you very much
Helle Elaine, what i mean is that just like instagram if you have a fixed bottom menu; the menu should accomodate itself to the browsing area. The bottom fixed menu on XD does not fix itself to the browser but to the bottom of the XD project. So this is a challenging but very important to make it view on mobile.
alex commented
Request preface
Looked through 4 pages (+ i dont know how many others) on "responsive columns" but was unable to find a request that mirrored my own. Also, perhaps I don't fully understand the "responsive resize" feature that currently exists.
If I have two boxes (text or images) next to each other on my desktop artboard. I want to have them stack vertically on a smaller artboard. Currently they are being resized, a.k.a. squished together which works for somethings but not all.
So I have two boxes/columns which are both divided into two columns for a price box display. Using the current "responsive resize" feature on a smaller artboard the two boxes are made less wide when I just want them to both be 100% width and stacked on top of each other vertically.
Feature suggestion
Add a media query type feature, after a certain width the boxes no longer resize and instead the second box is pushed below the first box and both are made to be 100% width.
Derek Rudel commented
It would be great to be able to scale the browser/preview window to engage with the a responsive web prototype or experience accurate orientations for different devices.
Many of my designs are for websites, and being able to view a fully responsive prototype would be game changing.
Also being able to limit which objects are shown at different break points would be super helpful.
Thank you all, but when we share it on mobile that time we face missing fonts issues. As far as i see it is not like Flash, embed fonts & go. Maybe you can request a checkbox for us to export fonts as shapes for sharing only. Thanks.
If you are using android device sharing on web with fixed positioned bottom menu app is impossible. Android nav bar covers the whole bottom menu and it is useless...
Blake Barr commented
XD needs the ability to change artboards between different output models (like Android and iPhones) by selecting a new size and dynamically repositioning and resizing objects, much like InDesign and PowerPoint do.
Art Vandelay commented
When we perform remote user testing with prototypes, we can't know the viewport height of the display of external testers. I therefore need the viewport height to adjust to whichever screen it's being displayed on automatically.
Also, is there a way to implement a normal scrollbar on the right hand side? Now users often can't see that they can scroll down, as there is no scrollbar.
Thank you
Jamie commented
It would help communicating with clients if we could show them the desktop, tablet and mobile design all within the same prototype. Perhaps there is a way for a designer to designate at certain break points when the design will shift to different sized prototypes?
Prashant commented
You have not provided feature to make designs responsive. You can also give sharing XD files within software so that the person don't need to open folders and can directly share files with peers.
Andreas commented
Hi there,
is it possible to publish a single project with different devices (i.ex. with Web 1920, iPad and iPhone) as protype link? right now i have to publish a web 1920 prototype, a iPad prototype and iPhone prototype etc.
thanks in advance and merry xmas


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4 Raise thine eyes in compass, and see; all these men be gathered together, they be come to thee; thy sons shall come from [a]far, and thy daughters shall rise from the side. (Raise up thine eyes, and look all around; all those who be gathered together, have come to thee; thy sons shall come from afar, and thy daughters shall be carried at thy side.)
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On May 30, 1954, 60 years ago, Chicago's iconic red streetcars were retired from regular service, and simultaneously, trolley service ended on five CTA routes. To commemorate the occasion, CERA ran a red car fantrip two weeks earlier on these lines. This was the first of its kind, and longtime CERA MemberBernard Rossbach organized it. For our June program, Bernie will revisit that celebrated sojourn in detail.
There were other later red car fantrips to be sure, up to just a few weeks before the end of streetcar service in Chicago in June 1958, but this one was special since it used the cars for one last time on the final routes where they ran in regular service. Be sure to join us for an entertaining and informative slice of Chicago history.
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Bernie Rossbach hangs out of the 479 on 38th Place west of Halsted. (Ray DeGroote Photo)
A CTA #80 trolley bus, running on parallel wire, passes the fantrip cars on Irving Park Road just west of the North side "L". There were very few sections of shared wire between streetcars and trolley coaches on the CTA system. Note the grade crossing underneath the "L", leading to Buena Yard. (Bill Hoffman Photo – Wien-Criss Archive)
A photo stop on Irving Park Road near Graceland Cemetery. (Bill Hoffman Photo – Wien-Criss Archive)
The 473 at Cermak and Kenton, the end of Route 21. Just a few years earlier, passengers would transfer from Chicago Surface Lines streetcars to those of the Chicago & West Towns Railways. Since the abandonment of West Towns trolley service in 1948, the area behind the red Pullman has been paved as a bus loading/unloading area. (Bill Hoffman Photo – Wien-Criss Archive)
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Lucy Preston is too good and pure for this world. That's all I have to say about this episode.
Tonight's Timeless flipped the coin on its head and, instead of taking us to the past, the show brought us an incredibly important historical figure to the present. When a mission goes wrong in 1934, Rufus and Wyatt have no choice but to bring a young JFK back in the Lifeboat with them, effectively stranding Flynn in the past until they could go back and pick him up.
But of course things don't go as planned and a scared and confused teenage JFK escapes the bunker and goes out into the world in 2018. His adventure in our world is equal parts funny and endearing and sad — and Grant Jordan, who plays young John Kennedy, is absolutely fantastic. But all of that only served as a conduit for the story Timeless really wanted to tell this week: the whole drama between Wyatt, his not-so-dead-anymore wife Jessica and Lucy.
Lucy is a pure, selfless soul and way too good for her own good. I understand why she did what she did, I really do. It hurts, especially because it's so obvious that she's not okay, but what else would you have her do? Say "yeah, Jessica, he really loves me and you missed your chance. It's your own fault for being dead for six years. But thanks for your blessing, bye!"? That's not our Lucy and we would have immediately cried out that it was completely out of character for her to just let Jessica go.
Lucy Preston is such an inherently good person and she has seen what Jessica's death had done to Wyatt, how far he was willing to go to get her back. It's like she said, he deserves to be happy and I think she genuinely believes that having another shot with Jessica will make him happy; and that's all you ever want for the person you love, right? No matter what, you want them to be happy, even if that means breaking your own heart.
And that's exactly what Lucy is doing. She's being the bigger person here by choosing to let him go so he can finally have what he's always wanted. This road is going to be hard and painful and I can already see Lucy spiraling into her own abyss of pain, while trying to put on a brave face for the world. It's not going to be pretty, but I have to believe she will come out on the other side of this stronger than ever.
Like Agent Christopher said, it's been a really tough week for her — no, scratch that; it's been a really, really tough year. She's lost everything and now she's just lost her one constant in this whole mess. Watching her wake up from a fevered sleep asking for Wyatt was just about as heartbreaking as when he told her Jessica was alive. Even though it was painful to watch her go through this, that first scene with Jiya was everything I've ever wanted to see between these two characters. I feel like Lucy and Jiya don't interact nearly as much as they should on this show, but that quiet scene as Jiya is taking care of her showed us just how strong their friendship actually is. I really hope we get to see more of that in episodes to come.
The same goes for Agent Christopher. I absolutely loved that scene in the kitchen. Denise is such a mom and she knows Lucy is suffering, so she's going to try and support her in any way she can. Her entire debacle with Carol Preston — whom I still hate, I don't care what she's doing to try and redeem herself — only showed that she really cares about Lucy and she will do her very best to protect her from any harm. The line "if you were my daughter, I'd be so proud of you" must have cut so deep for Lucy and I have no idea how she didn't just immediately burst into tears. I know I would have.
And then there's Jessica, who actually seems to be a real cool chick. I was so set on hating her and so sure that she was a filthy, evil Rittenhouse agent, but you know what? I like her. Maybe that's exactly what they want me to feel, so they can stab me in the back afterwards and reveal she's actually evil, but as of right now I just think she's just another innocent who got caught up in this mess.
Tonya Glanz is doing such an amazing job, and I know it must be a daunting task coming into a show knowing your character will probably be hated by the fans. But she's actually made me not only like Jessica, but empathize with her. Their entire trip to the hospital was as entertaining as it was cringe-worthy — and I wanted to smack Wyatt upside the head so many times — but Jessica actually showed a maturity that I didn't believe we would see in this character. Being willing to step aside so her husband could be with someone else took guts and strength and I don't know if a whole lot of people would do that.
It only took one look at Wyatt around Lucy for her to realize his heart didn't belong to her anymore, despite what the soldier was telling her. And I truly believe Wyatt is so hell bent on getting another chance with her out of guilt and a sense of duty, but that will only carry them for so long. Even though we found out Jessica and Wyatt have a long history together, it is pretty obvious that things were not perfect in their marriage. Cheating, Wyatt? Really? Shame on you.
So I truly believe that things will come to a head between Wyatt and Jessica, and that will be sooner rather than later. And that brings us to my other point in this review:
Wyatt is a conflicted idiot. Look, I get it. Dude is in an impossible situation and he doesn't know what to do. His wife is suddenly back from the dead, but now he has all these feelings for Lucy and he just doesn't know how to deal with everything. To make matters even worse, he made the mistake of bringing Jessica to their secret bunker, so now she's actually staying with them, so he has to be around her and Lucy ALL THE TIME. He's so happy Jess is alive again, so now he doesn't have to carry the guilt he had been feeling for the past six years, but he also doesn't know how to ignore his feelings for Lucy. It's not a switch he can just turn on and off and that only became more obvious the longer the three of them were out looking for JFK together.
Speaking of which, what the hell was he thinking, letting Jess come on this mission with him? And more than that, what was Lucy thinking, volunteering to go with them?! Jiya's shared look with Rufus represented all of us and, just like her, we knew that could only mean imminent disaster. While I'm happy to see Wyatt squirm uncomfortably in this situation, I also know and understand this is hard for him too. Lucy is not the only one suffering.
Just like I understand why Lucy told Jessica all that, I get why Wyatt needs to try again with his wife. While he may be an idiot about it, he is a really conflicted idiot and it was good to see that his feelings for Lucy are just as strong as ever — Jess or no Jess. When he tells her he has no regrets, that is both a relief and a knife to the heart for Lucy because it's nice to know that he feels the same way, but it's still incredibly painful to know she's still losing him anyway.
Sigh. These two idiots.
- Rufus really needs to get his head out of his ass when it comes to Jiya's visions. I love him to death, but he's being such a jerk about this. She's obviously struggling with them and he's like nope, don't want to hear it. You can keep all of that premonition crap to yourself. That's not how a relationship works, Rufus. Grow the hell up.
- They're really driving it home with the whole fate vs free will thing. Is time a fixed thing or can they actually change things? One could argue that they have changed a lot, but why do some things seem to be fixed in time? That puritan dying last week and JFK still getting shot — despite knowing his fate and trying to change it — point to a fate outcome. But Lucy's sister was erased from existence and Rittenhouse brought Jessica back, so what gives?
- That fight scene between Emma and Wyatt was badass. Both Matt Lanter and Annie Wersching killed it in that scene.
- Wyatt took the shot when Flynn was holding Lucy hostage in the Pilot. Tonight, he could not take the shot at all. Let that sink in and tell me that Lyatt isn't end game here.
- Susanna Thompson really excells in being a "caring", evil mother. Carol Preston and Moira Queen could definitely exchange some notes, but I doubt Moira would ever accuse her kids of witchcraft in freaking colonial Salem. I still hate you, Carol, and I hope you burn in hell.
- That said, that entire sequence between Carol and Agent Christopher was so good. I loved seeing Denise in her element and outsmarting evil Mama Preston.
- Lucy, you're going to need to start fighting for what you want, girl. You can't be selfless all the time. Like Jiya said, what about your happiness?
So what did you think, Clockblockers? What's your theory on the fate vs free will debate? Do you think Wyatt is an idiot? Do you think Lucy is too good for her own good? Tell me all about it.
Timeless returns next Sunday, April 22, at 10/9C on NBC.


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New Gameplay Features in the Supernatural Expansion Pack
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The Sims 3 Supernatural is focused on bringing new life states to the game, and establishes an appropriate setting for these creatures to live in one town with Moonlight Falls. This guide will cover the largest gameplay additions for owners of this Expansion Pack.
New Occult Life States
First, let me point out that the new Supernatural states can be selected in Create-a-Sim. So, you can start with Sims of any type save for Mummies, Simbots, Imaginary Friends or the Supernatural Zombie. This means that including those listed below, you can also make Ghosts and Genies in CAS.
Note the new option to customize the look of your Supernaturals. You can change a fairy's wings, give vampires fangs and tattoos and change your Werewolf's look when transformed. Check the links below for full information on each.
Fairies are tricksters that can project Auras that can be beneficial to Sims. They can also shrink down to interact with a few objects. They regain magical power while inside the Fairy House or the new Train Set. You can visit (or woohoo in) the Fairy Arboretum lot. Sims can look for fairies here and get fairy dust, or request to become a fairy themselves.
Werewolves here are the classic type, an ugly distorted face with a very hairy body. Their speciality is their ability to use their heightened senses to hunt insects, gems, and metals. They undergo a forced transformation at the full moon. While in werewolf form they can bite other Sims to curse them with Lycanthropy and make them change two days later.
Witches get a variety of spells to use to benefit themselves and other Sims, curse Sims by turning them into a Toad and can even turn one collectible like a seed into something else, like a gem or fish. They regenerate magical power by flying in the new Broom Arena. They can also magically upgrade objects. Upgrade a wardrobe to make it magical, which will work like the time machine or graveyards catacombs. Sims can also woohoo in a magical wardrobe.
Vampires are not new, they came with Late Night. They come with either expansion. They've been updated a bit to have their own Lifetime Wish, Turn the Town (drink from 20 Sims and convert 5 into vampires). They can wear sunscreen to minimize the effects of the sun, or take the new Immortal lifetime reward to avoid the Sun's effects permanently and stop aging. There are also a few new interactions available to vampires, and their fangs can be customized in CAS.
This new life state is quite Simple. Zombies are socially inept, move slowly, and exist only to annoy Sims with their moaning interactions and an attempt to bite them. If they succeed, the Sim will be transformed to a Zombie for two full days after suffering an apparent death. Protect your garden from these with fences and gates.
New Town - Moonlight Falls
Sims players can explore the new town of Moonlight Falls in Supernatural. It's populated with all the appropriate denizens, from Fairies, Vampires to Werewolves and features some nice spooky architecture. The town features the new way to get around, LLAMA (like TARDIS from Dr. Who) allow Sims to step into the phone booth and reappear in another location. This is every bit as good as Bridgeport's subways, and much cooler to use. Sadly, you won't be playing for tips in these booths.
Lunar Cycle
The Sims 3 Supernatural features a new Lunar Cycle. This is a 6-day cycle (default, max 10) with multiple moon phases and of course a Full Moon. While the moon is full, Sims will get a big mood boost but may do lunatic actions and start fights, or simply hug other Sims. All Sims seem to benefit the same from this with a +40 mood boost for the entire night. Zombies will spawn during the full moon, and more ghosts will roam the neighborhood. You can stop the lunar cycle or lock it in a particular phase by going to the options menu.
New Skill - Alchemy
Alchemy is the skill to come with SN. Its only purpose is to make potions, although at level 10 they get an opportunity chain to make the Philosopher's Stone (which can also be bought as a LTR. Potion effects range from making a Sim vomit, curing disease, transforming them into Zombies temporarily or permanently, and even making a Sim a young adult again just like the super-expensive Young Again LTR. Another big feature of this is the ability to make potions that transform a Sim into the various Supernatural states at will.
New Career - Fortune Teller
Fortune Teller is a traditional rabbit hole career that works out of the new Gypsy Caravan lot. Upon reaching level 6 in the career, you'll get to choose between the Mystic and Scam Artist paths. Mystics are very good at giving Sims private readings, while Scam Artists can make big money hosting a Psychic Convention.
Bonehilda is the most horrific maid a Sim can hire. Purchase Bonehilda's Living Quarters from Buy Mode - Sort by Function - Entertainment - Misc for $3,999. Once purchased, she can be summoned and dismissed by clicking on the Living Quarters. While out and cleaning, she can also repair broken objects. However, squeamish Sims will run in terror from her.
One of the new recipe ingredients is Honey. Sims can buy Beekeeping boxes in the Outdoor - Outdoor activities tab. Use the smoke interaction before harvesting, cleaning or feeding the bees to avoid getting stung. Honey is harvestable in the morning and afternoon (3am and 2pm seem to be the times). There's about a 75% chance your Sim will also get a honeycomb with the honey, which is worth at least $35 but can be worth significantly more. Honey itself is $14.
New Traits, LTRs and LTWs
There are nine total new Lifetime Wishes. All relate to either one of the Supernatural life states, Alchemy, or the new Fortune Teller career.
Supernatural Lifetime Rewards:
Alpha Dog
Flying Vacuum
King of the Fae
Magic Hands
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New Collectibles and Recipes
There are three new gems available: bloodstone, moonstone and sunstone along with 3 cuts (sun, moon, gemdust). Three new fish: toads, fairy damsel fish and luminous salamanders. There are about a dozen new cooking recipes with Supernatural, and many new plants.
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I really thank you for helping me out with all the tips and info on your site, you really have become pretty popular amongst Simmers. I have a serious problem-I'm sure you can help, I have two sims, one is a witch, the other is a vampire. My vampire drank the Zombification elixir, the one my witch made and my vampire can't bite people, like it won't make them turn into zombies. When I click on other sims, my zombie only has the following options: Arghhh, Braaaaaiiins etc. I tried all the options available, but the other sim won't turn.
I think you would know how to solve this problem.
Does this mean I have to go and buy another game just to play this one?
I adore vampires and wish to turn mine into vampires since they're all human Sims right now. Using the mailbox I chose for one of my Sims to 'know everyone' in hopes I can find out who's a vampire in my town without spending hours trying to get the 'hunted' moodlet.. however it doesn't actually say!
The only thing showing which Sims are of Supernatural Life State is that they have a glow around their picture in the relationships section. They all have different coloured glows, but I'm not sure what they mean? Do different coloured glows signify what Supernatural type they are? Is there an easier way to change my Sims into vampires?
vampires have a purple one
werewolves have a brown one
and fairies have greenvampires also have a grey-ish color to their skin.


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Because no two automated-driving technologies are exactly alike, SAE International's standard, J3016, defines six levels of automation, intended to classify a system's sophistication for use by automakers, suppliers, and policymakers. In this definition a vital change occurs between Levels 2 and 3, when responsibility for monitoring the driving environment shifts from the driver to the system.
The Partial Automation capability of L2 means that the car can steer, accelerate, and brake in certain circumstances, but requires driver involvement to carry out tactical maneuvers such as responding to traffic signals or changing lanes, as does scanning for hazards.
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While on paper this may seem fairly straightforward, in practice the technology behind the system is a quantum leap forward in automated driving.
Central to Audi's Advanced Driver Assistance System Platform is the zFAS control unit, which combines multiple computing tasks on one powerful main board. The most demanding role being sensor fusion where the signals from multiple sensors like stereo cameras, radar, lidar and multi-axis acceleration sensors are merged and transformed into a 360-degree digital environmental model. This in turn is used by all the driver assistance systems including those responsible for autonomous driving to compute their respective actions.
- The zFAS – Produced by Delphi and located under the driver's seat features four processing chips:
- The Nvidia Tegra K1 is dedicated to processing data from the four cameras used to create a 360-degree surround view of the vehicle when maneuvering in tight spaces
- The Mobileye EyeQ 3, processes the more time-critical data from the stereo front camera and driver monitoring camera, required for L3 automated driving
- The Altera Cyclone V chip with an integrated ARM processor, is used for most of the sensor data fusion
- An Infineon Tricore chip is responsible for making and executing decisions such as planning the vehicle's trajectory and speed
Furthermore in the zFAS multiple microprocessors and microcontrollers share the workload. Basically, an application processor handles the compute-intensive image processing and low-level data fusion tasks, while the host processor is responsible for the safety-critical aspects like object fusion, decision making and vehicle communication as shown in the block diagram.
The safety-relevant portion of the function is handled by an Aurix multicore microcontroller from Infineon. "You need to differentiate between the computational tasks associated with the graphical procedures and the really safety-critical decision making," explains Thomas Boehm, Senior Director, Chassis and Safety Microcontrollers at chipmaker Infineon.
For decision-making and communications, the real-time requirements are significantly higher. These tasks have to meet high functional safety standards such as ISO 26262, and the Aurix architecture therefore provides lockstep mechanisms—two identical cores that perform the same computational tasks; if the results do not match, a safety interrupt stops the system.
Furthermore, in mission-critical systems such as autonomous emergency breaking it's vital that if a fault occurs the system fails-safe, ensuring a safe recovery.
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- In the safety-relevant systems of today's vehicles, the most common response to a failure is to deactivate or reset the faulty function - this is known as Fail-Silent.
- Fail Silent system development is well covered by ISO 26262. While easy to implement, it is effective in achieving a safe state and preserving it.
- Systems with Fail Operational behavior, on the other hand, maintain full or degraded functionality after a malfunction has been detected.
In higher level automated driving systems it is no longer sufficient to simply deactivate a function to reach a safe state. The safe state has to ensure continued, if reduced, power and functionality. Thus, systems with conditional automation L3 are generally Fail Operational systems, implemented as 1oo2D (one-out-of-two with diagnostics).
In these highly automated systems functional operations must continue in case of a fault - a behavior referred to as Fail Operational with Fault Tolerant capability.
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Therefore in Fail-operational/fault tolerant systems it is important that redundancy is engineered into the system. Thus, each subsystem is basically defined by an "M-out-of-N" (MooN) architecture. An M-out-of-N system contains N identical components and works on the principle that if at least M out of N components are functioning correctly, then the system is error-free. Commonly L3 systems are MooND which means they also carry out diagnosis.
Thus, a 1ooN architecture corresponds to a parallel subsystem (the "safest" architecture) and a NooN architecture corresponds to a serial subsystem (the "least safe" architecture).
Another example of this is Triple Modular Redundancy (TMR), which is actually a 2oo3 system. If at least two components (a majority) out of three are working correctly, then the system is considered functional.
Commonly critical components are replicated and on the basis of majority voting, a decision is taken. In SoCs, the redundancy in hardware can take many forms: Replication of cores performing safety critical tasks (a.k.a. Lockstep), delayed lockstep (1oo1 system), asymmetrical lockstep, and Triplevoting (2oo3 system).
In high-level safety compliant devices, the cores performing the safety-critical tasks are also replicated and the applications operate both cores in lockstep mode, comparing the results to make sure the redundant processing yields identical results. If the identical result is not obtained then it is assumed that a fault has occurred.
Furthermore, in lockstep, the same set of inputs is sent to both the cores at the same time, which perform the same calculations in the same clock cycle. The results are compared regularly to detect when a failure, whether transient, intermittent, or permanent, has occurred. On a mismatch in the outputs, generally a fault is flagged and/or a restart is performed.
But, while spatial awareness using multiple sensors provides better performance than using a single sensor, it's vital that all the information gathered is correctly 'fused' to guarantee functionally safe operation. This is particularly true in 'lane-depart' systems where information gathered from forward and rear facing cameras, radar and lidar are required to work together to enable a safe and smooth transition.
ADAS Sensor and fusion system architecture options
One approach to achieve this, using multiple sensors, is to first perform single sensor tracking and then fuse the tracks from the different sensors.
In this, the data association algorithm plays the vital role of forming an appropriate and valid set of tracks from the available tracks at the fusion center, which are delivered by the different sensors' local systems. The architecture of the data association module has to be designed taking into account the fusion strategy of the sensor fusion system, the granularity and the quality of the data provided by the sensors.
The figure below shows a functional view of the data flow in a fully equipped sensing and control system for an autonomous vehicle.
On the left are the input sensors, including global positioning (GPS), inertial measurement unit (IMU), cameras, lidar, radar and ultrasound. Each sensor has a certain amount of dedicated sensor processing that processes raw data in order to create an object representation that can be used by the next stage in a hierarchical fusion system.
The conceptual view shown in the figure depicts different types of sensor fusion occurring at various levels. For instance, raw data from a pair of cameras can be fused to extract depth information, a process known as stereo vision. Likewise, data from sensors of different modalities, but with overlapping fields of view, can be fused locally to improve the tasks of object detection and classification.
What's more, object representation provided by on-board sensors, whether originating from a single sensor or via fusion of two or more sensors, can be combined with additional information from nearby vehicles and the infrastructure itself. This information comes from dedicated short-range communication (DSRC), also referred to as vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) communications. On-board maps and associated cloud-based systems offer additional inputs via cellular communications.
So while Level-3 automated driving is already here it is clear that the complexity of the technology requires that manufacturers fully understand the ISO safety requirements and analysis needed to ensure vehicles operate safely at all times, and in the event of a mission-critical fault are able to fail safe.
Christiaan Hetzner; Automotive News Europe; First impressions of Audi's self-driving system; September 2017; http://europe.autonews.com/article/20170909/BLOG15/170909839/first-impressions-of-audis-self-driving-system
Audi Media Center; Audi; Automated driving at a new level: the Audi AI traffic jam pilot; July 2017; https://www.audi-mediacenter.com/en/press-releases/automated-driving-at-a-new-level-the-audi-ai-traffic-jam-pilot-9300
Christoph Hammerschmidt; EETimes; Why Audi's zFAS Is Blueprint for Next-Gen Domain Architectures; March 2016; https://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1329234
Deepak NegiNeha Bagri,Vikas Agarwal; EDN Network; Redundancy for safety-compliant automotive & other devices; March 2017; https://www.edn.com/Pdf/ViewPdf?contentItemId=4429463
Embedded Vision Aliance; Scalable Electronics Driving Autonomous Vehicle Technologies; https://www.embedded-vision.com/industry-analysis/technical-articles/scalable-electronics-driving-autonomous-vehicle-technologies