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Empress of the Deep: The Darkest Secret
Empress of the Deep: the Darkest Secret must be one of the not so many games that I dare to call "excellent". And I think a lot of other people will join my opinion. It has all the features that are necessary for the game to deserve such a remark: polished graphics, awesome sound and really thrilling story. The game starts when a girl, who has been sleeping for over a century, wakes up in an unknow place, without knowing who she is and what she is doing here. At this particular moment, you must think that such kind of an idea for the gameplot is far not new for the casual games today. But read to the end and you will be surprised.
You will for sure be amazed by the graphics.
It's just unbeliavable and because of this it will be a great pleasure for you to uncover the next locations. Also the scenes are not stable. So, the main heroine awakens and hears a voice of a man telling that her name is Anna and she should trust him, Jacob, because he is a real friend and only he can help her. She has nothing else to do and thus agrees. And indeed the voice always helps and never lies to Anna. Later she starts investigating the locations and finds out herself at the bottom of the ocean.
For example, there are three so called main Vaults: Vault of Art, Vault of War and Vault of Science. If you enter the first one, you will find out there a lot of human masterpieces. There is even the Mona Lina and far more. And you can watch them in close. When you enter the Vault of War, the scenes will be a little bit dreary with striking lightnings. Besides, you will be followed by Jacob's mysterious voice (and not only his). The voicing is splendid. By the way, there is also a written form of the text voiced so that it would be conventient for you. And all these together will make you feel being in a distant dream with you as a main hero.
But let's return to the plot and your main goals. Your mission is very important: you are to save people. But from what and how will remain a secret till the end. As for the secrets, I must admit that the game is just full of them. Every time you think that you have solved one, another mystery appears. There are also a lot of items scattered around that you should collect. But you never know when you will apply them: right now or at the end of the game. And all that even rises your interest of passing the game to the end.
As for genre. The game repesents a mix of HOG and quest. But there are not so many "pure" hidden objects scenes you should explore. I mean there can be only one object on your way you should notice and collect. There are also a lot of mini-games of different kinds. For exaple: activate 10 hidden purple orbs or light up a particular amount of orbs by rotating them and more.
There is also a book, which consists of several parts. One of them tracks your success. Another calculates the number of flowers collected (you'll know what they for only after collecting them). Also it contains clues and map.
On my opinion, there is only one disadvantage of the game: its shortness.
But maybe it's an advantage and all the players who liked this game will be awaiting for a new release. Any way, if you start playing, it will be hard for you to quit the game without passing all the levels till the end. That's why don't start playing if you have no free time. Firts of all prepare approximately three hours and get a lot of pleasure.
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Q: Strings == operator compares refrences or not? public class Test
{
    public static void main(String args[])
    {
        String a="meow";
        String b=a+"deal";
        String c="meowdeal";
        System.out.println(b==c);
    }
}

According to me == operators compares refrences . So b==c should print "true"
But it prints "false" . I checked by printing hashcode of "b"and "c" .
Hashcode of both are same

A: == compares references, but the reference to b and c are different - they're two different String instances although the contain the same content.
If you want to compare the content of both Strings, use equals().

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According to me == operators compares refrences .

That is correct.  The == operator compares references if both operands are reference types.  (It is not correct if either operand is a primitive type ... but that's a different topic.)

So b==c should print "true" But it prints "false" . I checked by printing hashcode of "b"and "c" .

Your reasoning is incorrect.
   String a = "meow";
   String b = a + "deal";
   String c = "meowdeal";

In fact, when that code has finished b and c refer to different string objects that have the same value.  In fact, the JLS states that the + operator creates a new string objext ... unless the expression is a constant expression.  (And it doesn't qualify as a constant expression in this case, because a is a variable.)
So b == c is false ... BECAUSE == is comparing references, and the references are different.

A: You should use b.equals(c) for objects and == for primitive types

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Call-out To All Comrades
By Kitchen March 20, 2022 March 20, 2022 News
Call-out to all friends, members and comrades of Kesha Niya People are needed to revive Kesha Niya's participation in the fight against the violence of the french-italian border and elsewhere!There… Continue reading
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Update Of The Situation At The French-Italian Border In April
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The Charlotte 49ers have signed Florida-transfer Braxton Ogbueze, a point guard who was a top-100 prospect when he left Charlotte's United Faith Christian Academy two years ago.
Ogbueze (6-foot-0) didn't play much last season for the Gators, getting in just 23 games and playing a total of 107 minutes. He'll have three seasons of to play with the 49ers when he becomes eligible in the 2014-15 season. He began his high school career at Vance High, before transferring to United Faith, where he averaged 21.9 points and 3.8 assists as a senior. He shot 60.9 percent from the field and 54.2 percent from 3-point range his senior season.
Ogbueze's father Godwin is a former Clemson soccer player and is eighth on the Tigers' career scoring list.
Ogbueze is the second transfer the 49ers have signed recently who won't be eligible until 2014-15, joining forward Bernard Sullivan from Clemson.
Another transfer, shooting guard Ben Cherry (Tulane) will be eligible for the 2013-14 season. The 49ers also signed freshman forward Cameron Blakely last week.
There is still plenty of room on Charlotte's roster for next season, with forwards Darion Clark and E. Victor Nickerson transferring out.
Good stuff. But, how do these guys help us in 2013-14? Are the 49ers just going to be better at practice than in games? Unfortunately, this means we may have another year of Minor Major.
The culture changed in which way? We are now Transfer Out and Transfer In U? Wait, what were we before Mi-Major? What a sad state of affairs.
Troll. Who said next years team will be bad? Return too potential all league guys who are still young. Think we will finish top 4 in league. Trajectory is positive if you are paying attention at all. Clark and Nickerson are replacement role guys.
Great pickup for Major. Ogbueze was ranked 4 stars on Rivals/Scout and received a 96 grade on ESPN coming out of high school. Rivals had him at #48 best in the class on 2012; also 6th best PG guard in the nation. With a deep back court of Lester, Henry and Ogbueze in 2014, Charlotte will eat C-USA teams alive. I'm excited to see what the next few years bring. I love that Ogbueze shot over 50% from the field too. He will provide a great outside threat will be able to knock down 3's.
Is this the best pickup for Charlotte since Braswell? Goldwire?
...Great pickup by Majors after Andrew Wiggins went to Kansas.
Love all the scrubs we're picking up from other teams...all ex-local guys too. Guess there wasn't much of a sell job for Low-Major to make. "Uh...you got six open schollies and II want to play in front of my friends and family...if I can't play where I'm at. Can I use your gym?"
Misery love company! Get a life! There are over 340 Division I basketball programs! Talent has to be spread over this number of schools! After the BCS schools take their pickings, there isn't a lot to croak about! Let's sees, we are picking up an ACC-caliber player and a SEC-caliber player and all you can do is be negative.
Doesn't anybody love you? Is not your glass half full instead of half empty! oh misery loves company! Go Niners and continue to represent Charlotte and Metrolina! Oh by the way, who did you play for?
These are phenomenal pickups!! I can't believe there is any negativity. Ogbueze, Blakely, Sullivan, Clayton, Henry, Lester and Thorne. This is seriously a Sweet 16 caliber squad. E-Vick and Clark are no where near the caliber players we gain.
I don't think that Major is the coach for Charlotte. It has nothing to do with race and everything to do with his inability to recruit with the "big dogs" and build a culture. I think Melvin Watkins was the best coach at recruiting that Charlotte has ever had.
I think it's time to move on and find a good young coach that is willing to commit to the players, program, school and community and Shaka Smart has done at VCU.
Well - i am not an Alan Major fan.. But i will give him credit for getting two four star recruits on transfers. Braxton was the top recruit for Florida last year and Bernard was the top one for Clemson two seasons ago. Now if we can just put together a decent season this year. With transfers he has made it hard to get fired at the end of the next season because he can point to these two as the guys that turn it around. My guess is Major is here for a few more years unless Judy gets fired.
GO NINERS!! Trolls: just GO!
We are going to win the CIAa next year and we WILL make it to the D2 playoffs! You trolls can kiss my tightie white! Word!
The average transfer rate for NCAA D1 basketball is 2 per year. No need to jump off the ship. Looking forward to Braxton being a Niner!
Most teams have fans that always look forward to next year. We Niners have surpassed that standard. Yessirree. We don't mess with looking forward to next season. We look forward to 2 seasons from now. We now think it's ok to not be good next year as long as we have hope for 2 years in the future.
Yes, looking forward to one year clearly precludes looking forward to the other.
Oh wait. This just in. It is possible to be better next year and better still the year after.


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Lucid Benchmarked a Vintage Lotus in Developing This 1000-HP Electric Car
The electric-car startup promises Bugatti acceleration and Maybach luxury in this 1000-hp electric sedan with self-driving tech.
By Chris Perkins
It seems every week there's a new electric car startup trying to "disrupt" the auto industry in the vein of Tesla. Faraday Future, LeEco, and NIO all spring to mind. A fourth, Lucid Motors, recently entered this space with its headed-to-production Air sedan, but there's something different about these folks: They want to build an autonomous electric car that's a blast to drive.
Lucid's Chief Technical Officer, Peter Rawlinson, has a strong resume: He previously served as a chief engineer working on the Tesla Model S, and before that helped develop the second-generation Elise. Rawlinson isn't the only auto industry veteran at Lucid: Design boss Derek Jenkins penned the current Mazda Miata. With gearheads like these guys, it's no wonder Lucid's first project was a 900-hp electric van that smoked a Ferrari 458 Speciale and a Nissan GT-R in a drag race.
We caught up with Rawlinson in New York to see a very early prototype of the Air. He made some very bold claims about this new creation.
"This is a car with Bugatti-level performance," Rawlinson told Road & Track. Lucid claims a 0-60 time of less than 2.5 seconds, with 0-100 and 0-150 performance to make a Veyron sweat. Top speed should be "way over 200 mph" too, though Rawlinson concedes the Air won't be able to spend as much sustained time over 200 mph as a current conventional supercar. The company has already done high-speed testing at 160 mph, but Rawlinson says the big 200 should come soon.
The Air offers brake-based torque vectoring, identical to the system that lets the Tesla Model S P100D get traction to do0-60 mph in under 2.3 seconds. The car pictured here is equipped with a 130-kWh battery pack good for a claimed 400 miles of range, though a 100-kWh battery will be standard.
Rawlinson's especially proud of the interior packaging. "This a [BMW] M5-eater, but yet, it's got the interior features of a Maybach," he said. The company paid a lot of attention to downsizing all the drivetrain components to maximize interior space. Rawlinson says that this offers an S-Class-sized interior in a car with E-Class exterior dimensions.
Rawlinson contrasts this approach with Tesla, where, he says, his engineering team only began work after Franz Von Holzhausen's exterior design for the Model S was completed, forcing them to defer to the design that was already established.
After sitting in the rear, we can confirm that this car is gigantic on the inside. Order the right option packages and you'll get rear seats that recline almost horizontally, all the better to enjoy the large glass panorama roof.
Lucid is aiming for a base price of $60,000 before federal EV tax credits. For that, you'll get a 400-hp rear-wheel drive model with a more conventional interior. The automaker has yet to finalize option pricing, but the 1000-hp model with those recliners will likely cost substantially more.
As you'd expect with a futuristic electric car, the Air will offer full self-driving capabilities, but Rawlinson insists it's still a driver's car. We're inclined to believe him, since his benchmark is one of the greatest driver's cars of all time: The Lotus Elan.
Rawlinson still owns the 1967 Elan S3 he bought when he was 21 years old, and he has no intention of selling it. Colin Chapman–he who championed the "simplify, then add lightness" dogma–is his hero, he says, and the Air benefits from the Lotus founder's influence.
Rawlinson paid special attention to the Air's steering, striving to give it better feel than what you experience in modern luxury cars, which he considers "antiseptic." The Air uses double-wishbone suspension up front and multilink suspension at the rear, with inverted air springs that Rawlinson claims reduce unsprung mass. He fought especially hard for specific front-suspension geometry that gave him the "finesse" he wanted while meeting front-overlap crash safety standards.
"This will be an autonomous car, but I don't want to have it drive me–I want to drive it," said Rawlinson.
Lucid has a long road ahead of it before this concept car can be put into production. While the Air pictured here looks nearly showroom-ready, it's actually an engineering prototype that's been "beautified" for the upcoming New York International Auto Show. In fact, it's chassis #001.
The company has yet to build its Casa Grande, Arizona factory, first announced last year. That doesn't give Lucid much time to hit its production target of late 2018 or early 2019. The startup will also have to compete with upcoming all-electric luxury cars from established players including Mercedes, Jaguar, Audi, Volvo, and others.
It'd be easy, then, to dismiss Rawlinson's claims as typical Silicon Valley bravado. But the executive's claims aren't baseless hype.
"I'm really careful to make accurate statements," said Rawlinson. "There's no smoke and mirrors for us."


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'Girl with a smile' found dead in children's play area after leaving house party
Erin Donald was remembered at an inquest into her death as someone who always helped others
Jonathan HumphriesCrime reporter
Erin Donald was a passionate campaigner and volunteer
A 22-year-old volunteer described by her mum as 'the girl with the smile' was found dead in a children's play area after leaving a house party, an inquest heard.
Erin Donald had texted a friend saying "see you soon in heaven" after unexpectedly leaving the party in the early hours of May 29 last year.
The passionate social campaigner, known for her volunteer work with substance abuse and addiction services, was remembered at an inquest into her death today (April 22) as someone who always helped others.
It comes as her mum raised concerns about the numbers of people suffering with mental health problems.
Erin, a social work student at Liverpool Hope University, was found in the early hours of the morning by a dog walker in Springfield Park, Knotty Ash, close to Alder Hey Children's Hospital.
Andre Rebello, senior coroner for Liverpool and Wirral. recorded the medical cause of death as hanging, the ECHO reports.
He told the inquest: "Erin had a history of anxiety and depressive illness and there was some previous self harm, including a previous overdose. She was open to mental health services.
"On May 28, she attended a house party with her friend, a male. She was in a good mood, accounts given state that she was socialising normally and alcohol was taken.
"Witnesses state that cocaine was also taken. At about 1.45am the boy realised that Erin had left without alerting anyone.
"There was an exchange of texts and they arranged to meet in nearby residential streets. He saw her about 2am.
"Around 20 minutes later a text was received from Erin saying 'see you soon in heaven'. He frantically tried to call but she ended the call.
"He tried to contact Erin's family but there was no response. He said he had received similar texts previously and was not immediately concerned for her welfare."
The recorded a conclusion of death by suicide
The court heard Erin was found dead by a children's climbing frame at 6.37am, and a police investigation established there were no suspicious circumstances.
Mr Rebello said while there was no evidence of what was going through Erin's mind, the effects of cocaine, particularly when combined with alcohol, may have "altered her thinking".
He said: "Cocaine is a very dangerous drug, there's not really any medicinal use at all.
"People take it for a euphoric feeling because it is an upper, but when you take something that raises your mood it can also get rid of your inhibitions.
"We all have a desire to survive, but sometimes when the way we are thinking is altered by drugs or alcohol, we do things that we would never normally do without drugs or alcohol...
"You can get a euphoric feeling and then after that you can feel awful, and if you have a depressive predisposition or illness... it can enable us to do things that we may have threatened before or it may make problems feels much worse than they really are."
Erin was found in the early hours of the morning by a dog walker
The court also heard Erin had also been awaiting a diagnosis for possible Emotional Unstable Personality Disorder (EUPD).
Mr Rebello recorded a conclusion of death by suicide.
Erin's mum Jane Donald, speaking after the hearing, told the ECHO her daughter had been passionate about social issues and had volunteered at a number of organisations while studying, including Addaction and the Brook.
She said: "Everything was about helping people. When she was talking about her volunteering and her work she was so passionate.
"But to us she was just Erin, always smiling. She was the girl with the smile. But there are so many people suffering with mental health now, it is rife."
Former solider took own life after being unable to work in Covid restrictions
Tragic death of Burnley mum, 27, who was 'beautiful inside and out'
Ms Donald, who attended the inquest with her daughter, and Erin's sister, Eva Donald, said Erin had suffered with her mental health since around 15.
She said: "But we will remember her as always helping others, the girl with the smile."
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Yves Saint Laurent reinvented the clothing we live in
Yves Saint Laurent studies a creation in the Dior workroom in March 1958. When his mentor, Christian Dior, died suddenly the year before, Saint Laurent replaced him as chief designer. (World Wide Photo)
Saint Laurent in Paris in November 1957. As often as he was declared a fashion genius, he was described as a tormented man who struggled with clinical depression, alcoholism and drug addiction. (Agence France-Presse)
The designer and models after a show in February 1963. As one writer put it, Saint Laurent's fashion was "the antithesis of the haute couture school with its premise of buttressing and correcting the woman's silhouette." (Agence France-Presse)
Saint Laurent poses with models after the presentation of his spring collection in Paris in February 1964. His dismissal from Dior had helped him launch his own company. (Michel Lipchitz / Associated Press)
Two of Saint Laurent's muses, Betty Catroux, left, and Loulou de la Falaise, flank the designer outside his London boutique in 1969. (Associated Press)
Pierre Berge, Saint Laurent's business partner and onetime lover, welcomes the designer and the actress Catherine Deneuve at a 1992 event in Paris. Saint Laurent "was born with a nervous breakdown," Berge once said. (Pierre Guillaud / Agence France-Presse)
Saint Laurent waves to a Paris audience in October 1993 after the presentation of his 1994 spring and summer ready-to-wear collection. (Remy de la Mauviniere / Associated Press)
Though famously shy, Saint Laurent was also savvy when it came to generating publicity. (Thomas Iannaccone / For The Times)
The designer, with a model in bridal attire, acknowledges the audience at the end of a fashion show in March 1995. (Lionel Cironneau / Associated Press)
Saint Laurent arrives in June 1999 at the 18th annual American Fashion Awards in New York, where he was honored for lifetime achievement. (Stan Honda / Agence France-Presse)
Model Laetitia Casta with the designer at the end of his spring and summer show in Paris in January 1999. (Frederick Florin / Agence France-Presse)
Saint Laurent brings flowers to a model at the end of a 2001 show. (Jean-Pierre Muller / Agence France-Presse)
Saint Laurent with model Laetitia Casta, left, and actress Catherine Deneuve at the Georges Pompidou Center in Paris, where the designer staged a retrospective of his work soon after announcing his retirement in 2002. (Jean-Pierre Muller / Agence France-Presse)
Yves Saint Laurent announcing his retirement in January 2002. "In many ways, I feel that I have created the wardrobe of the contemporary woman," he said in his speech. (Remy de la Mauviniere / Associated Press)
By Booth Moore
Times Fashion Critic
In this era of insert-name-here celebrity clothing lines, it's easy to forget that fashion was once a medium for change. In this respect, Yves Saint Laurent, who died at his home in Paris on Sunday after a long illness, was a revolutionary. There is virtually nothing about the way we dress or the way we shop now that was not a result of his 44-year career.
He created the wardrobe of the modern woman (the pea coat, the pants suit, the peasant blouse), opened our eyes to ethnic beauty and global style, and set us on a course toward the democratization of fashion, even as he elevated the rarefied haute couture to "the rank of art," as French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Monday.
Saint Laurent's dramatic collections set the stage for the runway extravaganzas we see today, and his themes (safari, bohemian, ballet) set fashion codes that continue to be copied on the racks and the street. It was he who laid the groundwork for this spring's clothing-as-canvas trend, which has even trickled down to the Gap, when he married fine art and fashion with his famous 1965 Mondrian shift dress.
"Yves not only had great intuition about fashion but was also a great businessman," said Tom Ford, who designed the YSL ready-to-wear line from 2000 to 2004. He "pioneered the structure of the contemporary fashion house when they introduced ready-to-wear and licensed products. Contrary to the image that Yves created about himself, I always found him to be very quick when it came to business and to have a kind of intuitive compass that always led him in the right direction."
From Saint Laurent's first collection, presented for the house of Dior in 1958, the Algerian-born designer reinvented the clothing we live in. His trapeze dresses became instant classics, firmly establishing Paris as the center of the fashion universe for the second half of the 20th century.
He launched his own label in 1962. Just as women were starting to enter the workplace, he gave them the clothes to compete on a level playing field. If it were not for Saint Laurent, who sent pants down the runway in 1962 and again in 1966 as part of Le Smoking (the female version of the tuxedo), Giorgio Armani might not have an empire and Hillary Rodham Clinton might not have a uniform.
"He gave women the power to be themselves through clothing," said Diane Charbonneau, co-curator of "Yves Saint Laurent," a retrospective that runs through Sept. 28 at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, before moving to the de Young Museum in San Francisco in November.
"YSL followed the liberation of women," the designer's longtime personal and business partner Pierre Bergé told reporters in Paris on Monday. "I'm not saying he invented it, but he played a part in it." It was nothing short of a miracle for someone who suffered from emotional problems throughout his life, along with drug and alcohol abuse.
Saint Laurent even paved the way for today's cheap-chic titans -- H&M, Zara, Target -- and the overall democratization of fashion, when he launched his Rive Gauche collection in 1966. These lower-priced interpretations of his couture pieces were aimed at younger customers and sold out of his Left Bank store. "Today, fashion is part of life," Charbonneau said. "But before it was for the elite."
While many runway collections now exist to create an image that sells cosmetics, fragrances and accessories -- the bulk of today's designer business -- Saint Laurent's collections were full of clothes that were meant to be worn. He designed timeless pieces such as the safari jacket, anticipating that women would not want to overhaul their wardrobes from season to season.
"He was avant-garde in that thinking and almost counterproductive to his business as a couturier," says Doris Raymond, owner of Los Angeles vintage store The Way We Wore. "He had that mindfulness of not being wasteful."
He always looked to youth culture and the street, something that has become a hallmark of today's designers, including Marc Jacobs and John Galliano. Saint Laurent was influenced by beatniks and hippies. He caused a stir in 1971, at the height of the Vietnam War, when he showed camouflage on the runway, a motif we see now on everything from baby cargo pants to Manolo Blahnik pumps. He was also the first to show transparent blouses in 1968 -- for better or worse.
He took inspiration from all parts of the globe, turning ethnic dress into haute couture, and spending much of his time in his house in Marrakech. The boho chic that is a staple on the runways, at the mall and in our closets, can be traced directly to Saint Laurent's 1976 Russian collection. "It brought an ethnic luxe spirit to fashion," says Cameron Silver, the owner of L.A. vintage boutique Decades.
Saint Laurent was one of the first to put black models on his runway. The model known as Mounia, Saint Laurent's protégé and one of the first black supermodels, said on French radio on Monday, "He made me proud of my color."
Gucci brought the YSL brand in 1999, a year after Saint Laurent stopped designing the Rive Gauche collection. Ford designed the ready-to-wear line from 2000 to 2004, despite a deafening lack of endorsement from Saint Laurent. It is now designed by Stefano Pilati.
Saint Laurent retired from haute couture in 2002 with these words: "I have nothing in common with this new world of fashion."
How wrong he was.
booth.moore@latimes.com
Times staff writer Achrene Sicakyuz contributed to this report.
Mass murderer? Cult leader? Musician? Charles Manson's son wrestles with father's legacy
Mass murderer? Cult leader? Musician? Charles Manson's son, Michael Brunner, wrestles with father's legacy and notoriety
Behind the story: A quest for new information leads to Charles Manson's son


Summary of the video: In each paragraph where you describe your teaching methods, reflect on how effective that teaching approach was for helping students achieve the key learning goals.
What types of assignments did you design?
What lessons did you learn about your students' needs?
How did/will you respond to any challenges that emerged?
What feedback from students, peers, or mentors did you receive directly about your teaching?
What will you change next time in response to this feedback?


Operation Christmas Smile (a project of Caring Big Foundation) serves as an entity that works closely with businesses, for-profit, non-profit, and community organizations in efforts to collect items donated by the local community, and distribute them to orphan and foster children. More importantly, we were established to aid local organizations in the efforts of helping orphan and foster children enjoy the seasons. Our mission and goal is to place a care package or gift into the hands of every orphan and foster children in the city of Phoenix and the surrounding metropolitan area. Would you please join us by participating in our drives? It would mean the world to these children.
Our Goal: 1400 children to receive a care package or gift.
Send a thoughtful holiday card with your care package to inspire a child.
Share our events with your family and friends online.
See how you can volunteer your time or business as a drop-off site next year.
No time to spare, then feel free to make a donation, every little bit counts.


Karen Woodward: Has dystopian fiction taken over from paranormal romance?
Has dystopian fiction taken over from paranormal romance?
Dystopian fiction has taken over from paranormal romance as the genre du jour for the young adult (YA) market, following the success of Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Game. Simon & Schuster paid six-figures for a YA dystopian trilogy by Andy Fukuda, with Venetia Gosling buying UK and Commonwealth rights, and the first book, The Hunt, due in spring 2012.
She also mentions that time travel stories could be the latest trend. I thought it was an interesting article.
This is a picture of English Bay, I was standing where Denman meets Beach Ave. Not the best picture, it didn't capture the cozy feeling of darkness that sometimes descends on the city around twilight.


A bill to modernize Indiana laws related to HIV, or human immunodeficiency virus, was heard by lawmakers Wednesday. The proposal would update laws to reflect current science and medicine.
Indiana laws related to the transmission of HIV were written in the '90s. Rep. Ed Clere (R-New Albany), who authored the bill, says a lot has changed since then.
"When I was in high school HIV was a death sentence and it's not today, thankfully," says Clere. "Today it's a chronic condition."
IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI Associate Professor Dr. Carrie Foote leads Indiana's HIV Modernization movement. She has lived with the virus for 30 years.
"Thanks to the advances in modern medicine, I am here with a very successful career and my husband and teenage son do not have HIV," says Foote.
The bill removes stigmatized legal language, changes penalties and updates duty to warn laws. Dr. Bree Weaver, HIV expert at Indiana University's School of Medicine, says people don't get tested for fear of prosecution.
"Outdated and stigmatizing laws are negatively affecting our ability to bring people with HIV into care and thereby bring the HIV epidemic to an end," says Weaver.
HIV modernization legislation can encourage testing, reduce stigma and eliminate barriers to effective treatment.
Amendments will be made to the bill before a committee vote.


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HomeGENERALTurkish Engineer's Three Patents Shaped the US healthcare system
Turkish Engineer's Three Patents Shaped the US healthcare system
Turkish scientists shaped the US healthcare system with the patents they received. İzmir University of Economics, Faculty of Engineering and Computer Sciences Assistant Dean, Department of Software Engineering Faculty Member Assoc. Mehmet Süleyman Ünlütürk reduced the workload of nurses working in this country with 3 different software programs he developed on behalf of General Electric in the United States of America, and enabled them to have a fair working system. Assoc. Dr. Ünlütürk also signed the system that allows the information of emergency patients not to be seen by everyone, but only by the nurses.
Associate Professor. Ünlütürk stated that the quality and safety of the service received by patients in the USA is of great importance and that human-oriented studies are carried out, and said: "General Electric asked me to develop software, especially taking into account the problems experienced by nurses in their working systems. In the work we started as a team, we primarily focused on ensuring that nurses work fairly among themselves. The program was designed to have 3 patients for each nurse, but in some rooms only one patient could stay, while in another room 3 seriously ill patients could stay. This resulted in unfair work. With the system we have developed, there are 3 patients for each nurse and these patients are allocated to the nurses according to their status."
'SAFETY OF PATIENT INFORMATION IS IMPORTANT'
Emphasizing that he cares about the confidentiality of patient information, Assoc. Dr. Ünlütürk stated that sharing patients' information is prohibited under the American Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA). Stating that before the patent, the information of the patients who came to the ED was presented on a system called a whiteboard, in a way that could be seen by everyone, Assoc. Ünlütürk said, "Therefore, there were great security problems. With the software we have developed, the information is now only visible to the nurses and responsible persons in that department. This prevents the information from leaking out," he said. Informing that patent development is labor-intensive and results from a close examination of that profession, Assoc. Ünlütürk said that they created software so that patients' information can be accessed and used instantly from other units in the hospital, and that nurses and health workers have access to information about the patient. Associate Professor. Ünlütürk reported that the patents he invented are widely used in US hospitals today and that the problems related to a professional group are minimized.
'TURKEY IS NOT READY YET'
Assoc. Dr. Ünlütürk noted that it is difficult to develop such software to address the problems of nurses in Turkey, and that the 'companion' approach comes to the fore in the Turkish healthcare system. Stating that the nurses could not find the environment to reflect the education they received, Assoc. Ünlütürk said: "Turkey should definitely benefit from the qualified work force of nurses in the health sector. Therefore, at the moment, there is not much opportunity for us to develop a software that both has big problems and reduces the workload. In addition, only the USA grants patents to software in the world. When we come to Europe and Turkey, we cannot obtain patents for our software."
Some of the hospitals where the software is used in the USA are: Texas Children Hospital, Columbia Medical Hospital, Chicago Decato Memorial Hospital.
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Rory McIlroy's father won more at the British Open than Tiger Woods
McIlroy has won all the majors in his first quarter century
Image: Reuters/Cathal McNaughton
Kabir Chibber
PublishedJuly 20, 2014
Rory McIlroy has won the British Open for the first time at the age of 25. Not that his father ever doubted it: Ten years ago, Gerry McIlroy and three friends placed £100 on young Rory winning the British Open before his 26th birthday. The odds were 500-to-1. That means the four of them have now won £200,000 ($342,000).
Which is impressive—though not as impressive as the young McIlroy's prize money of £975,000 for winning at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club and becoming the third-youngest person to complete a career grand slam of golf's three biggest events.
The bet also meant that McIlroy's father earned more from the 2014 British Open than Tiger Woods did—as Woods would have to have finished in the top 15 to match Gerry McIlroy's payout. Woods finished in 69th place.
With Rory McIlroy continuing to perform at the highest level, his father might consider placing another bet or two on his son's future.


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Q: How can I get datediff with groupby in pandas? I have a dateframe 'df' which stores users' orders:
    user_id order_date
0         a 2018-01-17
1         a 2018-04-29
2         a 2018-05-19
3         a 2018-05-21
4         a 2018-06-15
5         b 2018-09-18
6         b 2019-01-30
7         b 2019-02-01
8         b 2019-07-03
9         c 2019-07-31
10        c 2019-12-10
11        c 2019-12-12
12        c 2019-12-24

The 'order_date' is already ordered. I want to know the date diff of different users of different orders. I need to use 'groupby' to seperate the users and then calculate the datediff. The result should be:
    user_id   datediff
0         a         NA
1         a        102
2         a         20
3         a          2
4         a         25
5         b         NA
6         b        134
7         b          2
8         b        152
9         c         NA
10        c        132
11        c          2
12        c         12

I know how to get this by using a naive loop. How to get it in a better way like shift or rolling?Btw, you dont have to get an exactly the same result. The 'NA' could be 'NAT'. The '102' could be '102 days'.
Further more, how can I get the means of datediff of different users? The result should be:
    user_id   mean_datediff
0         a           37.25
1         b           68.00
2         c           48.67

For user a, the mean value is (102+20+2+25)/4=37.25, not 149/5.
And the last step is add the 'mean_datediff' to the original df. The expected output is:
    user_id order_date mean_datediff
0         a 2018-01-17         37.25
1         a 2018-04-29         37.25
2         a 2018-05-19         37.25
3         a 2018-05-21         37.25
4         a 2018-06-15         37.25
5         b 2018-09-18         68.00
6         b 2019-01-30         68.00
7         b 2019-02-01         68.00
8         b 2019-07-03         68.00
9         c 2019-07-31         48.67
10        c 2019-12-10         48.67
11        c 2019-12-12         48.67
12        c 2019-12-24         48.67

A: Use DataFrameGroupBy.diff for difference, Series.dt.days for convert timedeltas to days:
df['order_date'] = pd.to_datetime(df['order_date'])

df['datediff'] = df.groupby(['user_id'])['order_date'].diff().dt.days
print (df)
   user_id order_date  datediff
0        a 2018-01-17       NaN
1        a 2018-04-29     102.0
2        a 2018-05-19      20.0
3        a 2018-05-21       2.0
4        a 2018-06-15      25.0
5        b 2018-09-18       NaN
6        b 2019-01-30     134.0
7        b 2019-02-01       2.0
8        b 2019-07-03     152.0
9        c 2019-07-31       NaN
10       c 2019-12-10     132.0
11       c 2019-12-12       2.0
12       c 2019-12-24      12.0

And if necessary integers add Series.astype with Int64, working pandas 0.24+:
df['order_date'] = pd.to_datetime(df['order_date'])

df['datediff'] = df.groupby(['user_id'])['order_date'].diff().dt.days.astype('Int64')
print (df)
   user_id order_date  datediff
0        a 2018-01-17       NaN
1        a 2018-04-29       102
2        a 2018-05-19        20
3        a 2018-05-21         2
4        a 2018-06-15        25
5        b 2018-09-18       NaN
6        b 2019-01-30       134
7        b 2019-02-01         2
8        b 2019-07-03       152
9        c 2019-07-31       NaN
10       c 2019-12-10       132
11       c 2019-12-12         2
12       c 2019-12-24        12

EDIT:
For new column filled by means use GroupBy.transform with lambda function:
df['mean_datediff'] = (df.groupby(['user_id'])['order_date']
                         .transform(lambda x: x.diff().dt.days.mean()))
print (df)
   user_id order_date  mean_datediff
0        a 2018-01-17      37.250000
1        a 2018-04-29      37.250000
2        a 2018-05-19      37.250000
3        a 2018-05-21      37.250000
4        a 2018-06-15      37.250000
5        b 2018-09-18      96.000000
6        b 2019-01-30      96.000000
7        b 2019-02-01      96.000000
8        b 2019-07-03      96.000000
9        c 2019-07-31      48.666667
10       c 2019-12-10      48.666667
11       c 2019-12-12      48.666667
12       c 2019-12-24      48.666667


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Program III available for 24 hours -
from 00:00 to 23:59, May 24 - Moscow time /
from 5pm, May 23 to 4:59 pm, May 24 - NYC time
People on Sunday
by Tulapop Saenjaroen, Thailand, 2020, 20'
Episodic stories of moving-image-related workers who are employed in the same performance-art-video project about free time.
by Ann Oren, Germany, 2019, 5'
How to overcome the locked-in syndrome of the computer screen? A meditative reflection on the urban jungle with the color blue as the main protagonist. It is the third installment in an ongoing series of Ann Oren's Video Journals.
Ink in Milk
by Gernot Wieland, Germany, Austria, 2018, 12'
Twelve minutes unfold a whole life: in sketches, metaphor-rich picture sequences, drawings and sculptures, Wieland resurrects the disturbing world of a child, tells of darkness in the light; of the illness schizophrenia. Mixing different materials is a central motif of Wieland's painting, both as a visual artist and filmmaker.
An Apple, Three Toasts, a Yoghurt
by Anita Čeko, Croatia, 2019, 8'
An apple, three slices of dry toast, a yoghurt, and an athletic track from the director's very old diary entries evoke in her memories of important moments in her life.
Clean with Me (After Dark)
by Gabrielle Stemmer, France, 2019, 21'
On YouTube, hundreds of women film themselves doing housework in their homes.
*not available in some countries by request of right-holders
by Curtis Miller, USA 2018 9'
A meditation on anticipation and falling, Do It Again combines three moments of shared looking at Chicago's Marina City; the climactic scene from Buzz Kulik's The Hunter, a re-enactment for an All-State commercial, and a tight-rope walk of Nik Wallenda.
by Azar Saiyar, Finland, 2019, 7'
A narrator asks: "Do you know this bird?". The video quotes both public and private archival images in which birds are in the centre – birds as individual living beings but also as creatures habiting the world and stories created by humans.
Some films from programs I-II are still available
till May 26, 23:59 Moscow time / 4:59pm NYC time
The Mermaids, or Aiden in Wonderland
by Karrabing Film Collective, Australia, 2018, 27'
Aiden is one of the stolen generation, now he has come back, in order to wander the land, and find the future in his past. When he is forcibly expelled from "the institution," he wanders a country in ruins. He finds state workers in hazmat suits hunting down Indigenous youth in order to return them to "the mud," a bubbling inferno of tubes and pain.
"We are delivered to the end of the world, with eternal fracking fires burning, hospitals filled with the dying. While it is never explicitly stated, indeed much in this experimentalist fable is inferred, or else tossed off in mysterious asides, the sickness is capitalism. The fable tells the story of Aiden, who was stolen from home at an early age, so he knows little of his culture, and can barely recall his family. This film is a journey of reclamation, a way to step back into some of the traditions and practices that have been taken away.
Karrabing Film Collective (established 2013, Australia) is a grassroots Indigenous media group consisting of over twenty members. They approach filmmaking as a mode of self-organization and a means of investigating contemporary social conditions of inequality. Screenings and publications allow the Karrabing to develop local artistic languages and allow audiences to understand new forms of collective Indigenous agency. Their films represent their lives, create bonds with their land and intervene in global images of Indigeneity." - Mike Hoolboom.
Read full essay about the film at
http://mikehoolboom.com/?p=20937
California on Fire
by Jeff Frost, USA, 2018, 25'
California on Fire utilizes time, sound, and the catastrophic effects of climate change as a backdrop to examine loss. Each of the film's five chapters are based on the stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, sadness, and acceptance. To create California on Fire, artist Jeff Frost trained as a firefighter, gained full access to more than 70 wildfires, and shot over 350,000 photos from 2014 to 2019. It has been featured in PBS Newshour, TIME Magazine, National Geographic, and Artnet.
Engagement Rate Formula
by Adrián Melis, Spain, 2019, 10'
*Engagement Rate Formula is a video in which Melis proposes a serial production of social media's Like icons made out of plaster material. Once the 500 likes has been reached, those are packed in boxes in order to being sent by postal mail to the Moira refugee camp, in Lesbos island, Greece.
Likewise, Melis establishes contact with different humanitarian organizations to talk about potential collaborations and to get advise about his proposal. This way, the artist generate conversations which border on the absurd and surreal. Engagement Rate Formula proposes from irony the translation to real material of a digital reality immersed in false commitment.
* The engagement rate is used to measure the level of interaction by followers from content created by a user. It is calculated as total engagement divided by total followers, multiplied by 100.
by Julius Continental, Germany, 2020, 13'
Laika is in a state of inner turmoil and her perspective on nature, surrounding her both physically and medially, is shifted. A vision of intimacy lets her calm down.
by Peter Burr USA, 2019, 6'48''
Drop City is a portrait of a computer desktop community. It takes its name from the first rural hippy commune in America, a settlement in southern Colorado that formed in 1965 constructed of discarded junk, salvaged car tops, and other detritus fashioned into inventive living structures. A decade later Drop City was completely abandoned. Nothing is left of it today.
"I was there the other day. So weird wandering thru those deserted ripped-off structures that so much love & agony & labor went into building. There were ghosts behind every broken window & half-off-the-hinges door. Sad hippy ghost town with a pile of human shit deposited on the drainboard next to the sink. Too many rats packed into too small a space. I guess we'll go down & scrounge what we can." (Peter Rabbit on Drop City)
The Lake and The Lake
by Sindhu Thirumalaisamy, India/USA, 2019, 38'
The Lake and The Lake dwells in the peripheries of Bellandur lake in Bangalore, "India's Silicon Valley", where the act of observation is interrupted by flying foam, noxious gases, daydreams, and questions from passers-by. Despite its spectacular toxicity, the lake remains a valuable resource and refuge for counterpublics. Standing alongside fishing communities, migrant waste workers, private security guards, street dogs, and children, it is evident that there is no nature that doesn't also include all of us.
"The lake is choked with dense white foam that is lensed with lyric abandon in the film's surreal opening. It appears like movie snow floating in the ghost light. In the artist's words: "bubbles of wealth surrounded by pools of neglect." Could something so beautiful be toxic?
On a sunset balcony a friend or familiar poses her camera-phone against the skyline, and flicks through a hundred views, variations on a theme, offering a rosy hued, sundrenched beauty. But where is the garbage, the shit, the unwanted? Cropped and disappeared. As if one could become a tourist in the only city one's ever lived in.
In place of a polemic, a broadsheet, or an overview: there is a search. An attuning. A being with." - Mike Hoolboom.
by Marina Smorodinova, France, 2019, 15'
A kommunalka in a city center of Saint-Petersburg : seven rooms, a shared kitchen, long corridors. Between yesterday and today: a few hours of the life of its inhabitants.
Medusa and The Abyss
by Felicity Palma, USA, 2019, 11'
Notions of belonging and the ethics of travel are questioned through female rite and ritual, pointing at the pervasive and contradictory presence of history and myth in present-day Sicily.


Destination: Daytona Beach Shores and Ponce Inlet, April 1-April 6, 2018.
This was my first time driving from Michigan to Florida. I've flown into Orlando and visited that area before, but this was a new trip for me. I love traveling to new places!
I believe Florida's East Coast would be an amazing place for a destination elopement or wedding because the beaches and skies are so beautiful. There's usually a good amount of wind and waves, and the sky usually has more clouds than the west coast which is sheltered because of the Gulf of Mexico. Although, the sun doesn't set over the ocean on this side of Florida, so you'd have to be mindful of the exact location you choose.


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/*Program to read the already stored database/dataset
and display the information of parts of the email using rdf model
*/
//import all the classes
package check;
import static com.hp.hpl.jena.query.ReadWrite.READ ;
import static com.hp.hpl.jena.query.ReadWrite.WRITE ;
import com.hp.hpl.jena.query.ReadWrite ;
import com.hp.hpl.jena.query.Dataset ;
import com.hp.hpl.jena.query.Query ;
import com.hp.hpl.jena.query.QueryExecution ;
import com.hp.hpl.jena.query.QueryExecutionFactory ;
import com.hp.hpl.jena.query.QueryFactory ;
import com.hp.hpl.jena.query.QuerySolution ;
import com.hp.hpl.jena.query.ResultSet ;
import com.hp.hpl.jena.tdb.TDBFactory ;
import com.hp.hpl.jena.query.ResultSetFormatter;

import com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.Model;

import com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.*;
import com.hp.hpl.jena.vocabulary.*;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.Scanner;
import com.hp.hpl.jena.sparql.sse.SSE ;

import com.hp.hpl.jena.update.* ;
import org.apache.jena.atlas.lib.StrUtils ;
import org.apache.jena.atlas.logging.LogCtl ;
import org.apache.jena.query.text.EntityDefinition ;
import org.apache.jena.query.text.TextDatasetFactory ;
import org.apache.jena.query.text.TextQuery ;
import org.apache.jena.riot.RDFDataMgr ;
import org.apache.lucene.store.Directory ;
import org.apache.lucene.store.RAMDirectory ;
import org.slf4j.Logger ;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory ;

import com.hp.hpl.jena.query.* ;
import com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.Model ;
import com.hp.hpl.jena.sparql.util.QueryExecUtils ;
import com.hp.hpl.jena.vocabulary.RDFS ;

public class test4query extends Object {
		public static String[] arr=new String[30];
	    public  void  mai (String s) {
	        //String s;
	        //load the dataset
	        //String query1;
	        //query1="hjcooljohny75@gmail.com";
	        //query1 = (String)(subjectentry.getText());
	          //  s="SELECT ?x WHERE { ?y <TO:> '"+query1+"' . ?y <SUB:> ?x} LIMIT 20 ";
	            System.out.println(s);
	        String directory = "EMAILADDRESS" ;
	        Dataset ds = TDBFactory.createDataset(directory) ;
	        ds.begin(ReadWrite.READ) ;
	        Model model = ds.getDefaultModel() ;

	         QueryExecution qExec = QueryExecutionFactory.create(s, ds) ;
	         int i=0;
	         try{
	         ResultSet rs = qExec.execSelect() ;
	       String x=rs.toString();

	        while (rs.hasNext()) {
	            QuerySolution qs = rs.next();
	            String rds;
	            if(qs.get("x")!=null)
	            rds = qs.get("x").toString();
	            else rds="hi";
	           // String em = (String)rs.getString();
	            if(rds==null)
	                break;
	            System.out.println(rds);
	           arr[i] = rds;
	           i++;
	           //System.out.println(arr[i]);
	           //for (int i =0; i < arr.length; i++){

	       }
	       } finally
	        {qExec.close() ;
	        ds.commit();
	        ds.end();
	       }
	         for(int j=i;j<30;j++)
		        	arr[j]="hi";
	        for( i=0;i<30;i++)
	        	System.out.println(arr[i]);
	        //arr[0]="hi";
	   // return arr;
	         //   try {
	              //      ResultSetFormatter.out(rs) ;
	               // } finally { qExec.close() ; }

	            // Another query - same view of the data.

	    }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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Misleading Advertisement about Lung Cancer
Did Rush Limbaugh's Cigar Smoking Cause His Lung Cancer?
Smoker's Bargain
Heart-rending effects of cigarettes publicized
Rate films with smoking 'R' for their influence on kids
Smoking Ban Arrives, Benefits Exaggerated
By ACSH Staff — May 10, 2005
A prominently placed advertisement by the Lung Cancer Alliance in yesterday's New York Times conveys the important message that lung cancer, which kills more people than many other forms of cancer combined, is worthy of more attention and research than it currently receives. Unfortunately, however, the well-intentioned advertisement is also misleading and has disturbing implications.
The ad features a photograph of a lung cancer patient who has never smoked ("This lung cancer patient can't stop smoking. Because she never started."), and states, "There's no question that millions of lung cancer patients have died because of smoking. But it's also true that over 50 percent of people now being diagnosed with lung cancer are non-smokers or former smokers." However, it is extremely misleading to lump the two groups together by saying that "over 50 percent" of lung cancer cases are diagnosed in non-smokers and former smokers. In fact, since approximately 90% of lung cancer cases are due to smoking, the majority of those in this "over 50 percent" group are former smokers, as opposed to non-smokers. Further, using the word "but" at the beginning of the second sentence implies that lung cancer diagnosed in former smokers is not actually also due to smoking, ignoring the fact that an elevated lung cancer risk lingers in former smokers long after they quit smoking.
The ad continues: "In spite of this, the stigma of smoking is still so great that lung cancer is underfunded, under-researched, and generally ignored by Congress." It then discusses the toll of lung cancer, and concludes, "It's time to treat lung cancer research with the same urgency that we bring to every other major cancer. Because the most lethal cancer in the country can no longer be hidden behind a smoke screen."
It is odd that the advertisement focuses on the lung cancer cases supposedly unrelated to smoking as the reason that lung cancer should receive further attention and research. Even if all cases of lung cancer were due to smoking, would that make the disease and the more than 160,000 deaths it causes annually in America not as worthy of further attention, research, and resources devoted to its prevention and treatment? The line of reasoning in the ad seems to reinforce the unfortunate stigma on smokers who develop lung cancer as being solely personally responsible for their own demise, their fates somehow less worthy of attention than those of non-smokers or those who were able to overcome their addiction to tobacco.
While lung cancer in non-smokers is disturbing and worthy of more research, it is not the primary reason for the urgency for devoting more attention and resources towards preventing and treating lung cancer. The fact that lung cancer is the number one cause of cancer death in America, and that we know which one specific behavior causes the large majority of its cases, should be enough of an impetus for us to focus more on lung cancer as the urgent public health issue that it is.
Rivka Weiser is a research intern at the American Council on Science and Health.
To view more articles, visit ACSH Health Issues on tobacco.
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The clock on the dusty mantelpiece chimed quietly in the silence. It had no audience.
Two children, similar in age, careered on the outside lawn with their arms lifted high like wings. They were good children, not quite angelic, but good nevertheless.
As Esta looked through the kitchen window at them, she knew that she should count herself fortunate, count her blessings.
Her eldest daughter must have sensed her mother's searching eyes. Stopping in mid- flight, she stilled herself, bringing her arms sensibly back to her sides. Brushing fallen strands of hair behind her ears, she raised her eyes to her mother's. A small spark of hope flickered across her face as she offered an unsure smile.
Esta, cut off from her daughter by the translucent glass between them, dipped her head quickly and continued to slice the courgettes in a robotic fashion. Staring at the pointed blade, she noticed her blurred, obscured reflection and the shadowy outline of her face. Transfixed for a moment, she ceased her cutting.
Her younger child, having seen her sister's fallen flight, came quietly to her side. Taking the descended arms in her own, she looked up at her sister and lifted the defeated arms outwards again to her own head height.
Martha, realising her sister's need, resumed her part in the scenario, only this time the tips of her wings faced downwards, rather than to the skies. Circuiting the garden several remaining times, their voices and sound effects had quietened. Pulling their game to a close, each girl ventured to the back door. Taking a breath in, they removed their school shoes, placing them meticulously side by side and entered the cloud.
Samantha Lewis, taking a leap into the writing pool.
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This was all the more extraordinary for the understated manner in which the story was told. Powerfully emotive writing. Well done.
You have managed to convey the acceptance by the little girls of their mother's mental illness so well in so few words. Powerfully emotive indeed. Well done – more please!
Thought provoking and easy to read. Well done Samantha!!
Beautiful. Hooked from the first line. Subtle and mysterious with a strange, graceful tension. Loved the integration of imagined and domestic worlds. Making me think. More please for me too!
What a lovely storey, well done hope this leads to greater things.


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Yes, you heard it right! The fourth episode named "The Spoils Of War" of the seventh season of Game of Thrones has surfaced on the internet prior its original premiere date, i.e. 6 August 2017.
Earlier this week, news broke out about the hack of HBO's servers which sacrificed more than 1.5 Terabytes of data which included much more than GoT scripts. The video that has surfaced online shows two watermarks throughout. The first on the top left says "For Internal Viewing Only and the other on the bottom right says "Star India Pvt. Ltd.". The episode also shows the runtime in the center below.
The fourth installment airs on 6th August in the U.S., 7th August morning on Hotstar in India and 8th August on Star World. The Star India logo shows that the hack is somewhat linked to India. As soon as the episode surfaced online as Google Drive links, they were taken down due to copyright issues. However, the episode is available on many online websites including torrents in a lower quality.
The following information can be extracted from a screen grab (above) from the episode.


The end to end supply chain for apparel manufacturing in intimate, active & swimwear, is a strategic and unifying component of MAS. MAS supply chain embodies a spectrum of manufacturing facilities, each with its unique expertise, creating masterpieces with meticulous attention to detail ranging from fabric and fabric printing to an array of trims including elastic, lace, hook and eye tape and other accessories and embellishments.
Noyon Lanka is a knitted lace manufacturer producing multiple forms of lace, TRISCHEL is a vertically integrated circular and warp knit fabric facility, the Stretchline Group designs and produces narrow performance fabrics including elastics for a wide range of apparel. Textprint Lanka is a fully integrated fabric printing operation with the ability to print on both cotton and synthetic fabrics , Prym Intimates designs and manufactures a wide range of accessories and embellishments for intimate apparel. 'MAS FABRICS Matrix, is the largest advanced knit technology center in the region dedicated to manufacturing revolutionary Knitted components'.
MAS offers a unique value proposition to its customers with its supply chain. Not only it feeds its internal operations but also works closely with its global clientele to deliver a holistic supply chain solution.
Noyon Lanka is a joint venture operation between MAS and Noyon Dentelles, France.
Trischel is the warp and circular knit fabric operation of MAS.
The Stretchline Group is a three way joint venture.
Textprint Lanka is a fully owned operation of MAS and is the only operation in South Asia.
Prym Intimates is a joint venture between the Stretchline Group and Prym Intimates Group.
Silueta began its operations in 2004. Since its inception, it has grown to claim its place as a critical link.
Noyon Lanka is a joint venture operation between MAS and Noyon Dentelles, France, which is an organisation with over a century of industry experience. This venture gives MAS the ability to manufacture intricate lace using Jacquardtronic, Textronic and Raschel technologies. Also supported by a 100 year old design archive, Noyon launches 600 designs annually across various types of lace including multi way stretch, high tenacity and engineered lace fabric. Noyon Lanka is the only knitted lace manufacturer in South Asia and works closely with clients globally to design and create customised lace fabric that are functional and "fit for purpose" in the final garment.
Trischel is the warp and circular knit fabric operation of MAS. It manufactures a range of Tricot and Raschel fabrics as well as circular knits, specialising in fine gauge and functional fabrics that are utilised in garments from lingerie to swimwear and sportswear. Trischel's offering ranges from 32g, 36g and 40g Tricot and 50g circular knit fabrics including luxurious, soft fabrics as well as performance enhancing high modulus fabric solutions. Trischel is unique in its operations as it is a fully vertically integrated operation with the latest technology from warping of yarn to knitting, dyeing and finishing of the fabric all under one roof. This makes Trischel the only one of its kind in South Asia serving a global clientele.
The Stretchline Group is a three way joint venture between Brandot International, Charnwood Elastics UK and MAS. The Stretchline Group specialises in the design and manufacture of elastics for a wide spectrum of clothing. Stretchline's offering ranges from knitted, woven, jacquard and printed elastics, including patented products such as Fortitube bra-wire casing, Locksafe ravel-free elastic; Stay4sure silicone coated narrow fabrics, Bondelast and Fit-J elastics. Stretchline serves a global clientele from five manufacturing operations across Sri Lanka, Indonesia, China, Honduras, Mexico and from its marketing offices in the USA, UK and Hong Kong.
Textprint Lanka is a fully owned operation of MAS and is the only operation in South Asia that has state of the art synthetic fabric printing technology alongside cotton and lace printing technology. Textprint offers the latest technology in flatbed, rotary and high speed digital printing with a unique capability in combining foil, ink, burnout, glitter and textured designs. Textprint is uniquely integrated with its own design and development team and CAD operations to screen engraving, steaming, washing, finishing, lace splitting and scalloping. The Textprint operation is located in Sri Lanka and serves a clientele across the globe.
Prym Intimates is a joint venture between the Stretchline Group and Prym Intimates Group PLC of Germany. Prym is a total accessory solutions provider for the intimate apparel and swimwear sectors and completes the integrated supply chain of MAS for the intimate and swimwear business. Prym Intimates maintains a delicate balance between style, comfort and durability in its design and manufacturing process. Ultrasonically sealed shoulder straps, hook and eye tapes, patented SoftSeal hook and eyes, innovative 3D bra wire solutions, PET coated and galvanised underwire, rings and slides, bows and motifs are all part of the product portfolio of Prym Intimates. The manufacturing operations of Prym Intimates are spread between Sri Lanka and China with its sales offices in Germany, USA and Hong Kong supporting an international client base.
Silueta began its operations in 2004. Since its inception, it has grown to claim its place as a critical link in the MAS supply chain. Silueta has also been recognised by Victoria's Secret and Marks & Spencer as an Official Launch Vendor. Driven by the organisation's core business, the moulded bra cup operation has not only added value to our product offering but also increased our reach into the global arena of lingerie. This is evident in our clientele that includes La Senza, Intimissimi Lingerie, Soma Intimates, Triumph and Sloggi.
The Close Comfort Project (CCP) echoes Silueta's innovation-driven culture. This project utilises patented technology for silicone and flock application on garments. Branded 'Silsoft', this technology paves the way for numerous apparel solutions such as customised compression for shape and sportswear.
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East Valley Students Upset Over Stolen Money
Something unfortunate happened at Coachella Valley High School over the weekend.
"We walk in," said Mariana Rios, vice president of the Associated Student Body, "and we realize we were broken into. That's when we ran."
The ASB's heavy-duty safe was gone.
The club's leaders believe the break-in happened sometime between 11:00 p.m. Friday and 7:00 a.m. Saturday during the school's Homecoming weekend.
School officials say the suspect –or suspects– broke into the back of the ASB office. The stolen money was supposed to fund all of the events for the whole year, including the junior-senior prom.
"They took money," said ASB representative Alejandra Bayardo, "and they also took our senior experiences because we won't have enough money to do lots of events that we had planned."
The Riverside County Sheriff's Department is reviewing surveillance tapes taken from inside the activities office.
A $1,000 reward is being offered to anyone with information leading to an arrest.
ASB leaders have no idea who did it — whether it was a classmate or an adult.
The Arabs won their Homecoming game that Friday night. But now, the school has to work twice as hard to win back all that stolen money.
"Maybe with the economy right now, everyone's in desperate need of money," said Rios. "They thought it was easy to take money from students. They didn't realize it would actually hurt us."
If you have any information about this incident, call (800) 78-CRIME or report the incident online at www.WeTip.com. You can remain anonymous.


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Judge rejects O-Care subsidies challenge
By Elise Viebeck - 01/15/14 01:40 PM EST
A federal judge has rejected a key lawsuit against ObamaCare, ruling that the reform's insurance subsidies are lawful in states that did not create their own marketplaces.
The decision deals a blow to critics of the Affordable Care Act, who saw the long-shot case as a final way to undercut the law after the Supreme Court largely upheld it in 2012.
If successful, plaintiffs in Halbig v. Sebelius would have blocked premium tax credits in 36 states where the federal government is running an ObamaCare marketplace.
The discounts are intended to help lower-income people who do not qualify for Medicaid pay for private health plans.
Dismissing the lawsuit Wednesday, U.S. District Court Judge Paul Friedman wrote that the subsidies should be available in all 50 states, regardless of whether they created their own ObamaCare exchanges.
"The plain text of the statute, the statutory structure, and the statutory purpose make clear that Congress intended to make premium tax credits available on both state-run and federally-facilitated Exchanges," Friedman wrote.
He added that there is "no evidence in the legislative record" that lawmakers intended to limit tax credits to people enrolled in state-based marketplaces.
Supporters of ObamaCare cheered the decision as a final defeat for lawsuits that would topple the law.
"We are thrilled with this outcome," Families USA Executive Director Ron Pollack said on a call with reporters.
"This [suit] was probably the most significant existential threat to the Affordable Care Act. All the other lawsuits that have been filed really don't go to the heart of the ACA, and this one would have."
The Halbig suit was the brainchild of Michael F. Cannon, the Cato Institute's director of health policy. Cannon and the plaintiffs vowed to appeal Friedman's decision to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.
"This ruling will not be the last word," Cannon said Monday, calling the government's position "untenable."
"The court acknowledged the tax rules are clear, yet overrode that clear language based on the absurdity that an exchange established by the federal government was actually 'established by the state.' "
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History. Hulk Hogan and Brutus Beefcake began their careers more or less at the same time, quickly becoming lifelong friends and would team up from time to time. Their most well known "Pre-WWF" teams were as "Terry & Ed Boulder" and as "Hulk & Dizzy Hogan", billed as brothers.
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The accident happened while a woman friend was parasailing. Brutus was 30 yards in front of her and was to hold the boat back until the air caught the parasail and lifted the woman into the air.
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Long before he cut and strut his way into the hearts of WWE fans in the 1980s, Brutus "the Barber" Beefcake was born Ed Leslie.
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Edward Harrison Leslie ( born April 21, 1957 ) is an American semi-retired professional wrestler, best known for his work in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) under the ring name Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake. He later worked for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) under a variety of names.
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BRUTUS THE BARBER BEEFCAKE IS BORN! Brutus broke out on his own and became white hot after Roddy Piper defeated Adrian Adonis in a Hair vs. Hair Match at WrestleMania III. Having problems with Adonis prior to the big bout, Beefcake helped Piper shave off Adrian's beautiful locks in front of more than 93,000 WWE fans.
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Is Bobby The Brain Heenan still alive?
Beefcake has actually been a part of the Winchester community since 2001. Originally from Florida, Beefcake now lives peacefully here with his wife and daughter in town.
Who is Brutus Beefcake married to?
Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri (Persian: حسین خسرو علی وزیری; born March 15, 1942), better known by his ring name The Iron Sheik, is an Iranian retired professional wrestler, amateur wrestler and actor. He is the only Iranian champion in WWE history, having won the WWF World Heavyweight Championship in 1983.
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64 years (July 2, 1957)
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#1 The Disciple Often seen holding his leader's championship belt whenever the Hulkster reigned supreme, The Disciple looked cool but seemed to serve little to no purpose. Already a veteran performer when he joined the nWo, years earlier The Disciple went by the name Brutus Beefcake and was a popular WWE wrestler.
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