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Thriving Tundra Bushes Add Fuel to Northern Thaw
Spread of taller vegetation could exacerbate warming in northern latitudes
Contact: Margie Wylie, [email protected], +1 510 486 7421
Left: Current deciduous shrub distribution. Right: Simulation of bare ground converted to deciduous shrubs. To enlarge, select image. (Celine Bonfils)
Carbon-gobbling plants are normally allies in the fight to slow climate change, but in the frozen north, the effects of thriving vegetation may actually push temperatures higher. In a series of climate simulations performed at NERSC, a group of researchers found that the spread of bushes, taller ones especially, could exacerbate warming in northern latitudes by anywhere from 0.6°C to 1.8°C per year.
What's more, taller species have the potential to warm tundra soil more deeply, threatening to thaw permafrost in some areas. That means more of the greenhouse gases now locked up by a year-round freeze could be released into the atmosphere, increasing warming even more. Their results were published in Environmental Research Letters.
"Until now, most climate model studies have only focused on the climate effects induced by a complete tundra-to-forest conversion," said Celine Bonfils, a scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and principal investigator in this study. While warming could eventually lead to northward forest expansion, "we don't expect a full-scale conversion of tundra to forest anytime in the next century," said Tom Phillips, one of Bonfils's collaborators on the study, also of LLNL. "More likely you'll see shorter shrubs or new species that are taller moving in gradually."
That is, in fact, what has been happening to some tundra regions. The authors point out that one study found a 1.2% increase per year in coverage in Alaska.
To better understand the more likely short-term fate of expanding and invading shrubs, Bonfils and colleagues simulated two, more realistic, although still idealized, scenarios: the expansion of the short shrubs that already grow on the tundra, and the invasion of taller shrubs. In both cases the team found that temperatures rose, as expected based on earlier simulations involving forest expansion, but the rise caused by taller shrubs was striking, says Phillips, a coauthor of the study.
"The physics of what's happening here is pretty straightforward," says Phillips. "Shrubs tend to darken the land surface, so it absorbs more sunlight, warming the ground and increasing evaporation." Plants also suck water from the soil and transpire it into the air, a process called evapotranspiration. That water vapor, in turn, acts as a greenhouse gas, trapping heat, raising temperatures, and creating more favorable growing conditions.
"These runs, performed at NERSC, show for the first time that the strength and timing of these two mechanisms greatly depends on the height of the shrubs, and the time at which branches and leaves protrude above the snow," explained Bonfils. Taller shrubs darken the ground earlier in the spring and transpire more efficiently than shorter shrubs, thereby increasing soil warming and making the permafrost less stable.
"These simulations mainly focus on the biophysical effects of shrub height and expansion, but they did not include the biogeochemical effects. In other words, the plants were not allowed to gobble carbon as they grow," added Bonfils. "In expanding and growing taller, the plants will remove some greenhouse gases from the atmosphere, but probably not enough to negate the warming and permafrost destabilization induced through reduced reflection of sunlight and increased transpiration. New climate simulations would be needed to verify this hypothesis."
NERSC PI: William Collins
Lead Institution: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Project Title: Investigation of the Magnitudes and Probabilities of Abrupt Climate Transitions (IMPACTS)
NERSC Resources Used: Franklin
DOE Program Office: Biological and Environmental Research (BER)


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The Frenchman's triumphal smile vanished. Disbelief froze him in place momentarily. And that was enough. Santiago's gloved left hand held the blade fixed at his own gut while his right hand slashed the end of the duel across the Frenchman's throat. The Frenchman refused to believe it even as his body slumped and his life emptied out on the filthy street.
Nine months later and a quarter of a world away another moonless night ushered Santiago De Soray into an unusual gathering. Constable Avdan smoothed his moustache as he motioned him to stand beside the Englishman, Brighton, one of his dinner partners from the previous night. They were in the last cargo room astern, adjoining the makeshift stable that housed a prized Arabian mare on its way to be sold to some European nobleman. There was obviously a body on the table at the end of the room, covered by a sheet. At the arrival of the Dutch Doctor, another of the dinner party, the door was closed and the constable recounted the conditions under which the body was found.
Santiago had been asked to join in because his passport, issued by the Spanish Government's Branch of Protection and Public Safety and countersigned by the French Consul in Barcelona, suggested to the constable that he might have some investigative experience. Doctor Bernice Vedeen had been asked because it was her money that was financing the bulk of this trip. The constable had barely finished his summary when Brighton took over. The Englishman wiped both face and brow with his kerchief despite the absence of perspiration, out of nervous habit. The constriction of his throat, whether from horror or excitement – it was hard to tell – made his voice half an octave higher, in obnoxious contrast to the gentle lapping of the waves outside.
"Look here," Brighton's attempt at turning the cadaver's face was foiled by the onset of rigor mortis. He had to lift the whole torso to allow the lamplight to shine on its neck, "twin puncture wounds, body all but drained of blood… again!" Santiago De Soray was the first one of the others to approach the cadaver. He eased Brighton's grip off the dead man's arm and restored the body to the table. A thin trickle of blood exuded from the lower wound and flowed along the gold chain around the neck to puddle on the table.
"Vampires, I tell you." Brighton insisted.
The doctor too had reached the table. "Mr. Brighton, what do you make of this?" There was almost no Dutch accent in Bernice Vedeen's English. De Soray stepped aside as the petite doctor's gloved hand raised the bloodstained gold chain so that the ornate cross at its end dangled freely.
Brighton was livid at the barrage of ridicule. His voice was about to return when the doctor faced him squarely and demanded, "Was he a hemophiliac?" She returned to the table and daubed the trickle of blood still flowing. Her eyebrows asked the question again.
Well past midnight, Santiago De Soray stepped out onto the modest promenade to consider his own affairs. For him this was a return trip, with little accomplished. At least there had been no attempts on his life for over six months. But the questions still remained. Every lead in Russia turned out to be barren. Yes, he had a list of names that kept recurring in his investigation, of people and organizations possibly connected to the Frenchman; but their agendas were so esoteric, their publications so blatantly bizarre that, if anything, they had to be purposeful distractions, meaningless. And that in itself was a bothersome thought. As Descartes so well put it, to be deceived requires one to be the target of a deception and, of course, the existence of a deceiver. Did they, whoever they were, know he was looking into their affairs? Or was the mesh of confusion a general protection against any prying eyes?
Indeed, why should anyone have targeted him? He could not pinpoint a single mistake he had made to attract attention, not a careless word in wine or passion. Old enemies were long dead. He was almost ready to believe that that duel had been pure coincidence and not a response to his casual inquiries. If so, this trip would have been a wasted affair, except for the doctor.
To him she was an enigma. With impeccable logic she had drawn on a vast body of literature to challenge the neo-cabbalistic ranting of Brighton at dinner the previous night. For every unexplained mystery he brought up she had a physical or psychological explanation. But later when Santiago asked her directly if her conclusion was that evil was a purely human invention, with motives and powers strictly limited to the natural, her answer was a categorical 'No'. And to prove it she recited for him, in order, a crisp summary of the arguments raised at that table that night, and her counter arguments, this time punctuating every one of them with a precise citation from Holy Scripture. How she could deny the existence of golems, vampires, and goblins with the same vehemence that she could accept the existence of a God, was beyond Santiago's rationalistic mind.
He needed someone like that, someone that could think with clarity and conviction, yet along entirely different lines from him. By himself he was getting nowhere. Yes, she could help… He shook his head at the vanity of the thought. He could never ask her.
A curl of cigarette smoke reminded him he was not alone on that deck anymore. Another shadow had come to share its thoughts with the night and the softly rolling water. It was Brighton, and he approached the Spaniard.
"You think me a fool." He spoke absently, almost as if he were speaking to himself. His eyes only met Santiago's briefly and then they returned to the eastern horizon. The faint lightening of the sky confirmed that dawn was, at most, two hours away. The Englishman drew in a full breath of smoke and then let it out slowly. "Everyone has heard of the battle of Balaklava." Santiago nodded, and Brighton went on. "Decisive and bloody, it was. As I walked through that field of carnage, a whimper called me to the side of a man that had been left for dead. Both legs had been crushed, right arm severed at the elbow, but he still clung to life.
"I realized then that I had met him in the barracks the previous week. I had thought him an interesting character with whom to color one of my stories, Quincy Rabelaire. He was a young aristocrat, disaffected with life, who had joined the army in search of adventure… brilliant, educated for a career in medicine and then abandoned it. World-traveled. I spent the next two weeks visiting him at the hospital. He seemed to be taking quite stoically the loss of legs and arm, and then he told me a story of his youth.
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"At the pause of the last spurt, his air almost failing, he managed to orient himself towards the dim daylight high above and he started to swim for his life. But then something made him glance down and he saw it, something like a gigantic catfish, resting at the bottom of the hollow, receiving into its massive mouth the fish and debris that the current of its own creating had brought to it. Their eyes met. In that instant he knew that his life was at the mercy of that creature. If it opened its mouth one more time and sucked in the river, he would surely die. But it didn't. It had proven its point. It let him swim away back to his world of fools and mortals.
"Rabelaire spent the next three days in shock, speaking to no one, haunted day and night by those eyes. In the end, he had to return to the river. Tying a long rope to the trees by the shore and then firmly about his waist, he dove in, loaded down by a sack full of stones. With that weight he sunk directly to the hollow, and there he walked in the presence of one of the ancient gods. Yes, a god, that is what he called it, for those eyes that we only see glazed in asphyxiating desperation were alive down there with human, nay superhuman, intelligence. It watched him as he came closer. It was over thirty feet long, at least one ton of muscle and sinew under smooth gray skin. Its massive jaws could have easily swallowed him, but it had no such intentions. They just stared into each other's eyes, and Rabelaire understood that this creature had lived for centuries, perhaps millennia, ever growing, never dying.
Brighton lit another cigarette. The eastern sky was clearly brighter than the rest of the heavens. Dawn was indeed approaching, and the Englishman seemed to breathe easier. He rested his back against the railing, took another deep breath of warm smoke, and met the gaze of the Spaniard again. "Rabelaire left that hospital determined to return to the Amazon because, finally, the words, the thoughts of that ancient one made sense. The delirium, the pain in that hospital brought it all back. 'Life and death, healing and slaying, are in the blood.' Those were the monster's words. Those were Rabelaire's parting words to me from his Bath chair.
"That was almost two years ago. Last summer his father died. At the proceedings for the settling of the estate, along with instructions for the disposal of the fortune, a letter requesting my attendance was found. The signature was authentic, the motives beyond guessing. All the land was to be sold to buy a castle in Moldavia. The house furnishings, including unopened trunks from South America, were all to be sent there. And there were further instructions for me: to return the next week to the garden behind the manor.


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Q: Cannot disable text input based on dropdown list selection I have an html form with a drop down list :
<select id="pjsaupf" name="pjsaupf" onChange="changeState()">
        <option value="nu">Nu se aplica</option>
        <option value="pfa">Persoana Fizica Autorizata PFA</option>
        <option value="pja">Persoana Juridica Autorizata PJA</option>
</select>

-- also tried with onchange instead of onChange. Nothing changed.
And i want that when i select the option with the value "nu" to have the following text form disabled, and when choosing "pfa" or "pja" to be enabled :
<input type="text" id="company" name="company" class="form-control" placeholder="Companie" disabled>

I tried many javascript codes, I will post the most relevant ones. The problem is that when I select "nu" , the "company" is disabled, and it it okay, when i select "pja", it is enabled, and it is okay, but when i select "pfa" it is disabled but should be enabled here..don't figure out what's wrong..
javascript codes:
<script>
function changeState() {
    if(document.getElementById("pjsaupf").value == "nu") {
        document.getElementById("company").disabled=true;
    }else

    if(document.getElementById("pjsaupf").value == "pfa") {
        document.getElementById("company").disabled=false;
    }
    else
    if(document.getElementById("pjsaupf").value == "pja") {
    document.getElementById("company").disabled=false;
    }
}
</script>

and the alternative code :
<script>
var select = document.getElementById('pjsaupf');

function changeState() {
    switch (this.value) {
        case '1':
            document.getElementById("company").disabled=true;
            break;
        case '2':
            document.getElementById("company").disabled=false;
            break;
        case '3':
            document.getElementById("company").disabled=false;
            break;
    }
}

select.addEventListener('change', changeState);

</script>

EDIT : I'm running on localhost

A: I tried your code, and it seems that everything is working fine. When you select nu, company is getting disabled. When you select pfa or pja, the company is enabled.
Try running the same code in Incognito mode. I think your javascript is cached by your browser and it is not getting updated with the latest code.
Following is a demo:

function changeState() {
    if(document.getElementById("pjsaupf").value == "nu") {
        document.getElementById("company").disabled=true;
    }else

    if(document.getElementById("pjsaupf").value == "pfa") {
        document.getElementById("company").disabled=false;
    }
    else
    if(document.getElementById("pjsaupf").value == "pja") {
    document.getElementById("company").disabled=false;
    }
}
<select id="pjsaupf" name="pjsaupf" onChange="changeState()">
        <option value="nu">Nu se aplica</option>
        <option value="pfa">Persoana Fizica Autorizata PFA</option>
        <option value="pja">Persoana Juridica Autorizata PJA</option>
</select>

<input type="text" id="company" name="company" class="form-control" placeholder="Companie" disabled>

A: It does appear to work as-is however, I would like to suggest a more streamlined approach:

function changeState() {
  // this one Boolean comparison is the value you need
  document.getElementById("company").disabled = (document.getElementById("pjsaupf").value == "nu");
}
<select id="pjsaupf" name="pjsaupf" onChange="changeState()">
  <option value="nu">Nu se aplica</option>
  <option value="pfa">Persoana Fizica Autorizata PFA</option>
  <option value="pja">Persoana Juridica Autorizata PJA</option>
</select>

<input type="text" id="company" name="company" class="form-control" placeholder="Companie" disabled>

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Should our team have BA specialists or should we have generalists?
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My answer to all of these questions is "Yes." Maybe that sounds like a cop out, but let me explain. The answer is that business analysis should be happening at all levels of the organization and, to some extent, by everyone. The focus should not be on who is performing the analysis or where analysis is being performed; it should be on what needs to be done in order to be effective.
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Love it Gilles. Keep spreading the good word!
Thanks! for sharing your experience.
Yes, yes, yes! We need to make sure the right analysis capabilities are available, enabled, and facilitated. We can bring it and help others do it better and better.
So, you agree Mark?!!! How did I know you already had this mindset?!


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Case Western Reserve study finds 'universal pre-kindergarten' prepares students for academic success
Children who participate in high-quality "universal pre-kindergarten" (UPK) programs are better off—both academically and socially—than their peers who attend other top-ranked programs in Cuyahoga County, according to a new Case Western Reserve University study.
The study tracked hundreds of students in 12 public school districts in Cleveland and its inner-ring suburbs that use UPK and its high-standard curriculum designed to prepare students for kindergarten. The goal: to evaluate the effects on kindergarten readiness and third-grade reading proficiency—something that hadn't been studied before.
"This is our most conclusive work on this topic," said Rob Fischer, an associate professor at the university's Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences and co-director of the Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development.
"We did this study to examine kindergarten readiness," he said. "We found that there were not only gains, but substantial gains for those children who participated in UPK. Simply put, these students were more ready than their peers when they arrived at kindergarten."
UPK uses county funds to further enhance the quality of "high-quality" pre-school education.
Researchers said the study is significant because it provides some metrics showing the program works.
Researchers compared results of children in local schools who participated in UPK with thousands of children who attended high-quality non-UPK preschool programs—those rated 3 to 5 stars on the state's SUTQ rating system. Administrative records housed in the CHILD System were used to select study groups. The idea was to match children from the same backgrounds—age, gender, race, maternal education level, socioeconomic status and neighborhood disadvantage—for an accurate snapshot.
The study, done in coordination with Cuyahoga County's Invest in Children, found that:
66% of children who received a "high dose" of UPK—those with 18 months or more enrolled in the preschool setting—were "on track" for language and literacy milestones at kindergarten entry, compared with 47% of similar children who attended pre-school at a high-quality non-UPK site.
Children who regularly attended UPK sites scored one-third standard deviation points—or roughly 5%—higher on third-grade reading proficiency tests than those who didn't.
Children who received a "high dose" of UPK scored seven points higher on the Social Foundations test for kindergarten readiness than those not enrolled in UPK.
"Experiences in early childhood—both positive and negative—are vitally important to predict wellbeing later in life, but research into this topic has been limited by the absence of solid data," said Elizabeth Anthony, research assistant professor at the Mandel School. "This study builds on earlier evaluations of UPK, but is the first rigorous assessment of the program's impact on young children, with the data to support it."
The universal pre-kindergarten model
Cuyahoga County's Invest In Children agency launched its multi-million-dollar UPK program in 2007 with input from national experts on its design, evaluation and financing,
The initiative got a boost in 2016, when Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish and County Council approved a $10 million expansion. Private investors kicked in an additional $12 million; the program doubled the number of UPK seats from 2,000 to 4,000 through this year.
"We recognize that this is working," said Rebekah Dorman, director of the county's Invest In Children initiative. "With the passage of the HHS levy, we will be able to maintain at our level of commitment. For us, early childhood education is an important value—really, a priority."
This story appeared in The Daily on May 22, 2020.


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The contractor, whom I've since hired as my cook, cleaner, and factotum, showed me a design called The Ultimate Iguana Habitat in a Better Homes & Lizards issue. Since I am the ultimate Iguana it seemed to be destined that I should have the ultimate pad. Yeah Baby! Some significant details had to be worked out of course since the article touting the habitat wasn't real long on details in certain areas of the construction. Here's a picture from Better Homes & Lizards showing what we were trying to build complete with fancy interior plant mural and decorations. It is 8' long, 6' 7" tall, and about 34" deep.
I had a few basic needs which my new pad needed to satisfy. First it had to be warm, and not too expensive to heat. Second it had to be easy to keep clean (I don't want my maid service to have to work TOO hard afterall). Third it needed to look nice and be safe and comfortable to live in. Finally it had to be portable, since I don't plan on living in this apartment forever.
The design is warm. The walls, floor, and ceiling are all 2 1/2" thick, and consist of foam insulation sandwiched between 1/8" plywood. The edges of the "sandwich" are made of pine "2 x 4's" which are actually 1 1/2" x 2 1/4", and they give each wall section some weight and rigidity.When the plywood skins are nailed on the overall thickness of each wall section becomes 2 1/2". Here's the basic components laid out showing how they form the sandwich. Note that the foam panels I used are 4' x 8' and one side has a reflective finish. This shiny side, even though inside the sandwich, helps to keep heat reflected back into the enclosure. This picture shows the "back" of a wall section since the reflective side of the foam is face down.
The design is also easy to clean. The assembled wall sections were painted with one coat of a good grade of primer (white) which seals the wood and makes it ready for the two final coats of water based paint (also white). White surfaces have almost as much reflective ability as a mirror so I was sure my pad would be bright and cheerful. The paint was from Sherwin-Williams and was chosen to be the most moisture resistant, mildew-resistant, and stain resistant paint they had. Both it and the primer went on VERY thick due to some material in the paint. This stuff has some nasty warnings on the can about how dangerous it can be (if inhaled. Probably due to Californias idiotic Proposition 65 law), but after it dried there is no detectable odor or taste from it. Cleaning the interior is easy because I lined the floor and my upper shelf with vinyl flooring. Sometimes mistakenly called "linoleum", the stuff you really want to use is vinyl flooring. Linoleum is made from linseed oil, and is more easily affected by cleaning chemicals, so vinyl is the better choice. It wasn't cheap, but nothing is too good for my pad. All edges/corners/joints inside the pad are sealed with a good grade of caulking to make the pad truly waterproof and well sealed.
The design is portable. The pad is assembled of 4 wall sections, a roof, and a floor. They assemble using 4" long lag bolts (hex headed wood screws basically) which go through the pine boards in the edges of each wall. When it comes time to move these will be removed with a power screwdriver w/ socket attachment, the walls seperated, and moved to whwere ever. The top, bottom front and back are the heaviest, since they are either the larges or have glass or heavy plywood in their construction, but they can still, barely, be moved by one muscular contractor or hired hand. Two people can easily move each section. When assembled the unit is heavy and very rigid. However it can still be moved around my apartment (whch has a linoleum tile floor) because of the teflon slider-pucks screwed to the bottom of the pad. See How My Pad Was Built!
All information on this site is © Robert Allen, All Rights Reserved, unless otherwise noted. Information here may be used freely as long as it materially benefits Iguanas and credit is given to this site and to the habitat design work of James W. Hatfield III, author of "Green Iguana, The Ultimate Owners Manual"..


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Q: Javascript calculate same weekday next year I have some trouble to calculate the weekday of a given date next year. For example: Tuesday, 19. April 2016 is the given date. Now I would calculate: TUESDAY, 18. April 2017. It is very important that the weekdays are always the same.
My problem are the leap-years. I hope you could help me.
$('.changeYear').click(function() {
        var appointments = [];
        for (var i = 1; i <= 22; i++) {
            var date = $('#tr-fix-tag-' + i).val();
            if (date !== "") {
                var splittedDate = date.substr(5).split('.');
                appointments.push(new Date(splittedDate[2], splittedDate[1] - 1, splittedDate[0]));
            }
        }

        var counter = 1;
        $.each(appointments, function() {
            var field = $('#tr-fix-tag-' + counter);
            var date = $(this)[0];
            var newDate = new Date(date.setFullYear(date.getFullYear() + 1));

            if (isSchaltjahr(newDate.getFullYear()))
                field.val(formatDate(new Date(newDate.setDate(newDate.getDate() - 2))));
            else
                field.val(formatDate(new Date(newDate.setDate(newDate.getDate() - 1))));

            counter++;
        });
    });

A: If you want to add a year and keep the day the same, you can adjust the resulting date by however many days are required to the nearest date of the same day, e.g.

function sameDayNextYear(d) {
  // Copy date
  var t = new Date(+d);
  // Get current day number
  var startDayNum = d.getDay();
  // Add one year
  t.setFullYear(t.getFullYear() + 1);
  // Move to closest day that is the same day number
  var diff = startDayNum - t.getDay();
  // If diff is more than 3 days, need to subtract rather than add
  diff = (diff > 3) ? diff-7 : diff;
  t.setDate(t.getDate() + diff);
  return t;
}

[new Date(2016, 1, 13),  // Sat 13 Feb 2016 - Sat 11 Feb 2017
 new Date(2016, 1, 5),   // Fri 05 Feb 2016 - Fri 03 Feb 2017
 new Date(2016, 1, 6),   // Sat 06 Feb 2016 - Sat 04 Feb 2017
 new Date(2016, 1, 29),  // Mon 29 Feb 2016 - Mon 27 Feb 2017
 new Date(2016, 2, 1)]   // Tue 01 Mar 2016 - Tue 28 Feb 2017
 .forEach(function(d) {
  document.write(d + '
' + sameDayNextYear(d) + '

');
});

The above will work for any day in any year, leap or otherwise.
However, for some dates this means it will go to the next or previous month (e.g. 2016-03-01 goes to 2017-02-28). If you don't want that to happen, you can compare the start and end months and either add or subtract a week to get back to the original month (so to 2017-03-07).

A: I'd use this, and walk in the direction of your target day:
var DayOfWeek=[
    "Sunday",
    "Monday",
    "Tuesday",
    "Wednesday",
    "Thursday",
    "Friday",
    "Saturday"
]

function GetDayOfWeek(year, month, day)
{
    var monthAdjust = [ 0, 3, 2, 5, 0, 3, 5, 1, 4, 6, 2, 4 ];
    year -= (month < 3) ? 1 : 0;
  var leap = Math.floor(year / 4);
  var greg = Math.floor(year / 100);
  var modern = Math.floor(year / 400);

    return DayOfWeek[(year + leap - greg + modern + monthAdjust[month - 1] + day) % 7];
}

A: This is the quickest way that i could get it to work. This could probably be optimized a lot.
Here is a DEMO https://jsfiddle.net/92fLoryo/
Pretty much it gets the date of next year, and then it subtracts and adds 7 days to that date looking for the same weekday. And it will pick the closest to the date.
function getNextYearWeekday(today)
{
  var weekday = today.getDay();
    var temp = new Date();
  temp.setYear(today.getFullYear() + 1);

    var previous = 0;
  var next = 0;

  // Check Previous Days
  for (var i = 0; i < 7; i++)
  {
    temp.setDate(today.getDate() - i);
    console.log(temp);
    if (weekday == temp.getDay())
    {
        previous = i;
    }
  }

  // reset the date
  temp = new Date();
  temp.setYear(today.getFullYear() + 1);

  // Check Next Days
  for (var i = 0; i < 7; i++)
  {
    temp.setDate(today.getDate() + i);
    console.log(temp);
    if (weekday == temp.getDay())
    {
        next = i;
    }
  }

  // reset the date
  temp = new Date();
  temp.setYear(today.getFullYear() + 1);

  // find out which one is closer
  if (previous < next)
    temp.setDate(temp.getDate() - previous);
  else
    temp.setDate(temp.getDate() + next);

    return temp;
}


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Hakeem Butler
Hakeem Butler News
Waived by Philly
Butler was waived by the Eagles on Monday.
Analysis: Butler failed to make the cut as the team reduced the roster down to 85 players. The Cardinals' fourth-round selection in 2019 will hope to latch on with another team, but Butler's chances of playing in the NFL this season are slim.
Aug 23, 2021 4:17 PM EST
Signs with Eagles
Butler signed a contract with Philadelphia on Monday.
Analysis: Butler landed a spot on the Eagles' reserves/future list after spending the 2020 season developing his new role as tight end with the practice squad. The 24-year-old saw one target during his two matchups this season as an Eagle.
Jan 4, 2021 2:21 PM EST
Waived by the Eagles
Butler was waived by the Eagles on Saturday.
Analysis: In the two games Butler played for Philadelphia he was strictly a special teams player. Expect Butler to continue developing in his new tight end position with the Eagles' practice squad should he pass through waivers.
Oct 31, 2020 10:01 AM EST
Philly debut must wait
Butler (healthy scratch) is inactive for Sunday's game against the 49ers.
Analysis: The Eagles promoted Butler from the practice squad ahead of Sunday's contest, but he'll need more time to pick up the offense before being trusted in game-time action. Butler is being asked to learn the tight end position in Philadelphia, so the team may consider him more of a developmental project than a player expected to contribute in the near future.
Oct 4, 2020 4:12 PM EST
The Eagles signed Butler off the Cardinals' practice squad Tuesday.
Analysis: The Eagles are listing Butler as a tight end, so he'll add depth at the position since Dallas Goedert (ankle) was placed on IR and will miss the next three weeks. The 2019 fourth-round pick was a standout wide receiver at Iowa State in 2018 but spent his rookie season on IR and failed to make the Cardinals' 53-man roster this year. At 6-foot-5, 225 pounds, perhaps he can operate at tight end, but his signing should be of little concern to fantasy managers.
Sep 29, 2020 12:41 PM EST
Gets chance on practice squad
The Panthers signed Butler to the practice squad Friday, Alaina Getzenberg of The Charlotte Observer reports.
Analysis: Butler spent his entire rookie season with the Cardinals on injured reserve after the team selected him in the fourth round of the 2019 NFL Draft, and he wasn't able to make the team's final roster this season. It was somewhat surprising to see the Cardinals even pass on signing Butler to the practice squad, but he'll now get another chance to show his worth at the NFL level in Carolina. The former Iowa State standout is a raw prospect, but he did put together an impressive final collegiate season in 2018 (60/1,318/9), and his rare combination of size and athleticism still hints at developmental upside.
Sep 18, 2020 8:48 AM EST
Sent away by Cards
The Cardinals waived Butler on Friday, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports.
Analysis: Butler has had a star-crossed run in the pros since the Cardinals made him a fourth-round pick in the 2019 draft. One of three rookie wide receivers for the team last year, he kicked off camp working with the deep reserves and eventually suffered a season-ending avulsion fracture in his hand last August. After spending his entire rookie campaign on IR, Butler didn't get a chance to show his worth on the field this offseason due to the ongoing pandemic and now finds himself searching for employment. If he passes through waivers unclaimed, though, Butler may end up on the Cardinals' practice squad.
Sep 4, 2020 1:12 PM EST
Looking to bounce bak
Butler (hand) told podcaster Marchie Murdock that he's ready for practice.
Analysis: The 2019 fourth-round pick spent his entire rookie campaign on injured reserve after suffering an avulsion fracture in his hand during the preseason. There's no clear path to a top-three role in Arizona, but Butler could battle Andy Isabella, KeeSean Johnson and Trent Sherfield for the No. 4 receiver job, a spot that actually carries a bit of weight in Kliff Kingsbury's offense.
Jun 26, 2020 11:15 AM EST
Moved to injured reserve
The Cardinals placed Butler (hand) on injured reserve Sunday, Darren Urban of the team's official site reports.
Analysis: Butler was in a precarious spot before being diagnosed with an avulsion fracture early last week. Larry Fitzgerald and Christian Kirk are locked into the top two spots at wide receiver for the Cardinals; fellow rookies Andy Isabella and KeeSean Johnson looked far more comfortable in the offense; and holdover Trent Sherfield picked up where he left off from the second half of last season. The final nails in Butler's coffin were the injury, which was followed by the signing of veteran wideout Michael Crabtree. Because Butler landed on IR before Week 1, he'll remain there for the entirety of his rookie campaign.
May land on IR with hand injury
Butler has an avulsion fracture in his hand, making him a candidate to be placed on injured reserve, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reports.
Analysis: Butler reportedly missed practice the past two days, after finishing with no catches on one target (22 snaps) in Thursday's preseason loss to Oakland. The rookie fourth-round pick didn't seem to be making a push for a significant role in the Arizona offense, but his draft status presumably would've ensured him of a spot on the 53-man roster. While it isn't clear if Butler will be placed on injured reserve, coach Kliff Kingsbury did say the 23-year-old will be held out for the rest of the preseason, per Darren Urban of the Cardinals' official site. Given his slow progress this summer, an IR stash might be the best outcome for all parties.
Aug 20, 2019 10:16 AM EST
Working on his game
Butler worked on his route footwork on the side with offensive assistant Jerry Sullivan at Sunday's practice, Darren Urban of the Cardinals' official site reports.
Analysis: Butler has had an up-and-down training camp, hauling in impressive catches while at the same time having difficulty with drops on deep balls. In the Cardinals' first preseason game last Thursday versus the Chargers, he played the second-most snaps among the team's wide receivers (32 of 68 on offense), but his sole target went for just six yards. Granted, he worked with reserve units for most of his time on the field, which hindered his output but also displayed his current standing in the receiving corps. As a 2019 fourth-rounder with plenty of potential, Butler shouldn't have a problem making the 53-man roster. That said, he may be buried on the depth chart to start the campaign behind holdovers (Larry Fitzgerald, Christian Kirk and Trent Sherfield) and fellow rookies (Andy Isabella and KeeSean Johnson).
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Influencer Marketing in Hong Kong
With more than seven million populations, Hong Kong's attraction is twofold: it is a gateway to opportunities in Mainland China; and it is a regional base for expansion across Asia.
From a marketer's perspective, it is necessary to have a presence in Hong Kong because Hong Kong is a hub for headquarters – more than 2,400 global companies have set up their regional headquarters in Hong Kong.
The robust growth of the digital transformation in Hong Kong has led to an upsurge in demand for digital advertising and online marketing services.
The latest annual survey conducted by the Hong Kong Advertisers Association and market-measurement company Nielsen found that Hong Kong's 100 major marketers plan to spend, on average, about 51 per cent of their budget on digital advertising and 49 per cent on traditional media campaigns.
2017 would likely be the first time ever for online advertising spending (51%) to surpass that of offline (49%). Out of the 51% of the digital advertising, quite a significant portion are ads spend on social media. With the rise of social media in this digital era, comes along a new marketing activities in the form of Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) or Influencer Marketing. Based on the Google trends statistics, micro-influencer marketing is exploding and growing rapidly.What was initially quite an experimental advertising channel for some is now one of the fastest growing forms of digital advertising.
Here's a quick low down on the social media and influencer marketing landscape in Hong Kong.
The total population of Hong Kong stands at 7.389 million people as of June 2017.
In 2017, 67.75 percent of the population in Hong Kong accessed social media. In 2021, this share is projected to reach 69.88 percent.
In 2019, the number of Facebook users in Hong Kong is expected to reach 3.76 million, up from 3.5 million in 2017.
Revenue in the "Digital Advertising" market amounts to US$733m in 2017.
Hong Kong market's largest segment is the segment "Banner Advertising" with a market volume of US$328m in 2017.
US$947m of total revenue in the "Digital Advertising" market will be generated through mobile in 2021.
The retail industry accounts for the largest revenue share, that is 4.3 % of Display Advertising revenues in 2017.
Over 70% of Instagrammers in Hong Kong are between ages 18 to 34. Hong Kong Instagrammers have high spending power, are highly educated while 80% of them are employed.
Male Instagrammers love trends and the latest products: 75% said they are trends-conscious and 61% actively keep up-to-date with the latest products, trends and topics.
More females on Instagram who love to shop: 72% said they enjoy shopping, 66% said they want to be perceived as someone who has taste and a sense of beauty and 72% said they want to be different.
Top Influencer Marketing Statistics Every Marketer Should Know
70% of teenage YouTube subscribers trust influencer opinions over traditional celebrities.
86% of women turn to social networks before making a purchase.
32% of influencers who currently work with brands cite Facebook as the best platform, followed by Instagram at 24%.
71% of consumers are more likely to make a purchase based on a social media reference.
86% of the most-viewed beauty videos on YouTube were made by influencers, compared to 14% by beauty brands, themselves.
57% of beauty and fashion companies use influencers as part of their marketing strategies.
On average, businesses generate $6.50 for every $1 invested in influencer marketing.
Why Influencer Marketing?
Brands looking into influencer marketing should take note of the trends in the industry in order to fully strategise their campaign. We have identified 3 prominent trends of influencer marketing coming 2017:
Trend #1: Emphasis Towards Content Marketing
In 2016, we have seen and experienced both the good and not-so-positive impact influencer marketing can bring to a brand. Some prominent mistakes made by brands include the overuse of influencers, selecting influencers irrelevant to your brand and so on. But one big mistake that should be avoided is the posting of content which is irrelevant to the audience.
Coming 2017, the emphasis on quality content will be largely noticeable. Content posted by Hong Kong influencers not only have to be engaging and interactive, it also have to be new, natural, suited to the influencer and brand, shareable and encompasses a call-to-action to be able to reach out to a wide network of your target and produce positive results. Consequentially, brands which invest greatly in creating quality content will have an edge over the rest
Trend #2: People-Centric Influencer Marketing
Most brands and marketers are focused on tapping on the hype of influencer marketing without considering the rationale behind those marketing efforts. In the upcoming year, it is crucial for brands to become more people-centric and focus on the audience when implementing each campaign.
Influencer marketing in 2017 will need to provide consumers with what they desire and explain how purchasing your product or service will add value to their life. With many marketers executing their marketing campaigns without much thought regarding their audience, being the first few to resonate with the audience will bring your brand ahead.
Trend #3: Hong Kongers Becoming Risk-Adverse
Being risk-adverse, Hong Kong consumers are increasingly relying on influencers and word-of-mouth to decide on their purchases. This should be seen as an opportunity to leverage on the available influencers to bring about more sales through the online platform. To be able to leverage on influencer marketing to provide a form of reassurance for the consumers would definitely bring about positive impact on your brand's ROI.
Influencer marketing would hence be a great platform to reach out to the Hong Kong market, especially the young Hong Kongers who constantly look online for reviews. These characteristics of the community is what make influencer marketing extremely effective in Hong Kong.
How To Get Started With Influencer Marketing?
Reaching out to Influencer Personally or through Influencer Marketing Agency
You may ask, what are the various ways to engage Instagram influencers in Hong Kong to perform influencer marketing? There are simply two options: businesses to reach out to influencers personally, or go through an influencer marketing agency.
On the surface, it may seem reasonable to reach out to influencers personally with the presumed low cost and easy reach. However, with the vast amount of influencers in Hong Kong, each focusing on specific topics of interest, performing influencer marketing and liaising can be a real challenge. To execute an effective influencer marketing campaign, one should be sure to read up on the various aspect of influencer marketing from the various articles and ebooks available online.
Alternatively, an influencer marketing agency would be of great help in terms of identifying the right influencer for your marketing campaign, negotiating prices and measuring results.
Hong Kong Fastest Growing Influencer Marketing Agency
StarNgage is an Influencer marketing and reporting platform allowing brands to customise, manage, launch, and measure digital advertising campaigns on Instagram. StarNgage empowers brands to partner and advertise with everyday influencers - the same way you would on search engines or social networks!
StarNgage provides 4 main services: Targeting, Identifying, Amplifying and Tracking.
Set your targeted customer profiles and categories while indicating preferred Cost-Per Engagement
Search for category-specific and brand aligned Influencers with the right profile to promote your campaign through our patented matching algorithm
Mobilise Influencers to create optimised visual content that engages your targeted consumers, amplifies your brand, and generate online buzz
Track your influencer marketing performance through our dashboard and measure your ROI. Pay based on desired results.
How To Choose Your Influencer Marketing Goals and KPIs
The Most Common Influencer Marketing Campaign Goals
After activating more than 10,000 influencers across 120 campaigns, we've seen influencers used in many different ways. Here are the most common goals we saw across our campaigns.
Content Generation
The Most Common Influencer Marketing Campaign KPIs
Can be measured based on the number of followers of influencers. Easy to measure, but the least valuable.
Easy to measure and one of the most important performance based metrics
Includes any social action (like, comment and share). Requires a hashtag or unique link for proper attribution. More value than a click.
Includes installs, sign-ups, form completions and purchases. Hardest to measure, requiring a pixel & unique link or a promo code for attribution.
How To Choose Your Influencer Types
The Pyramid of Influence
The Pyramid of Influence encompasses the full spectrum of your influencer relationships. Here is a breakdown of how that pyramid works from the top down. Not all influencers are the same. Over the past few years, there is a big shift in focus from these high-end influencers to micro-influencers. To explain the different types of influencers, StarNgage uses the Pyramid of Influence. Influencers with a high reach and lower relevance, like celebrities and thought leaders, are at the top of the pyramid, while those with lower reach but higher relevance, like advocate and current customers are at the bottom. Micro-Influencers is a mix of people who have reach, but more importantly, have a high relevance among their audiences. Their influence lies in their niche understandings and the mutual trust with their audiences.
Spectrum of Influencers
The term 'influencer' used to describe celebrity and social media elite. But the mass adoption of social media leveled the playing field to include bloggers, instagrammers, youtubers and even everyday consumers. As such, the industry is working to establish a common taxonomy to talk about influencers. Influencers can be identified among the following three types:
Mega-influencers
Actors, artists, athletes and social media stars who have 500k+ followers and drive 2% to 5% engagement per post. They have the highest reach on the influencer spectrum, with their influence driven by their celebrity (they tend to be brands in their own right). They have the lowest overall resonance when it comes to driving actions on behalf of a brand.
Macro-influencers
Professional bloggers, and YouTubers who have large base of 50,000 to 500,000 followers and drive 5% to 20% engagement per post. They have the highest topical relevance on the spectrum, with category-specific influence – such as lifestyle, fashion or business.
Everyday consumers who have 500 to 100,000 followers and drive 25% — 50% engagement per post. They have the highest brand relevance and resonance on the spectrum of influencers, with influence driven by their personal experience with a brand and their strength of relationship with their networks.
Social Media Influencer Landscape in Hong Kong
Mega-influencers: Earn their living some other way (e.g. athlete, actor, artist, top model, celebrity), and monetize their influence as a secondary source of income. (For example G.E.M. 鄧紫棋, 陳奕迅 Eason Chan, 余文樂 Shawn Yue, 古天樂 Louis Koo, 周慧敏 Vivian Chow)
Macro-influencers: Earn their living as an influencer (e.g. professional blogger, creator, or journalist). (For example Janice Leung Hayes (e-ting),Yina Goh, Daniel Haddad (Hungry Hong Kong) and Ruth (Blue Balu))
Micro-influencers: Consumers who have relevant influence and may not know it, or aspire to become a macro-influencer. (For example rachttlg, Visala Wong, Sonia Hoi and Mellow Mayo )
Brand Advocates: Consumers who are passionate and willing to share, but have little influence.
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How To Choose Your Influencer Marketing Content Types
Plan Your Content Type Before Activating The Influencers
Brand Generated
Brand creates the content and influencers are activated to share it with their networks.
Influencers don't add any personalization; they simply share the content. Least risk.
Less Creativity and personalization. Least impactful.
Co-Developed
Brand develops guidelines for the content and influencers create their own content based on adaptation. For example: "Share a picture of your selfie in Singapore Botanic Garden".
Moderate Impact Pontential.
Mild risk.
Influencer Generated
Content is generated by Influencers based on their creativity. Brand gives loose and generic direction.
Influencers have full creativity with loose guideline from brands. Maximum impact.
Review process is needed as part of risk management as the risk is higher.
How To Choose the Right Incentive for Your Influencer
Plan Your Incentives Before Activating The Influencers
There are different factors you should consider before making a decision on what kind of incentives you offer to your influencers.
Exclusivity: Incentives should be exclusive to only influencers that you like to activate in order to motivate participation in your influencer marketing campaign.
Influencer type: Most of the mega-influencers and macro-influencers will require cash payment, while micro-influencers will consider other form of compensations aside from cash.
Brand affinity: The most enduring and valuable level of influencer relationship is based on the mutual belief that the influencers and the brand share common values. It is advisable to activate relevant influencer who is passionate about your brands for best results. Branded incentives will work best in this case.
Fulfilment Effort: If more effort is required by the influencer to create and share branded content, then a higher incentive value is needed.
Types of Incentives
For most of the mega-influencers and macro-influencers, you will have to use payments for incentives. However for micro-influencers, some of them are open to receive VIP treatments and special branded incentives other than cash.
When activating micro-influencers, the most popular incentive is an exclusive experience. This type of incentive works best when they are passionate about your brand. This could be in the form of a discount, gift card, limited product giveaway, VIP free trial etc.
Micro-influencers are more than happy to receive non-monetary rewards such as recognition. You can do this by featuring their content on your owned media such as Website or share their voices and give them a limelight on your social media channel.
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Tolko's High Level Division reaches historical 1 million hours incident-free
We're excited to announce that at approximately 3:30 pm MT on June 25, 2019, our High Level team officially became the 1st division at Tolko to reach 1 million hours without a single recordable incident!
This achievement is a testament to the hard work and determination of our employees in High Level for their continued dedication and commitment to workplace safety and for living Tolko's safety values each and every day. High Level Division has had several major successes over the past year: reaching 250,000 hours zero RIR in May 2018, surpassing 500,000 hours zero RIR in September 2018, followed by another safety milestone of 750,000 hours zero RIR in January 2019.
Brad Thorlakson, President and CEO says that High Level Division is leading the organization in safety and building our Culture to Care.
"One million hours without an incident is leading for Tolko and leading for Alberta," says Brad. "We are very proud of all our employees and the dedication they have. At the end of the day, there is no job at Tolko that is worth getting hurt for and we believe that a successful organization is based on a solid foundation of safety".
Jim Baskerville, VP SBB says that High Level has done a fantastic job of continuing to set the bar for improvement "very high".
"This is a great example of what can be accomplished by a focused effort of people working together – well done by all in High Level," says Jim.
Troy Connolly, VP Solid Wood knows that reaching 1 million hours is a landmark achievement even in the best of times. Having spent four years in High Level as Area Manager, Troy is well versed with the challenges the team faces in their day-to-day operations.
"When you take into consideration the recent disruptions, such as wildfires and evacuation notices you can only reflect on the level of commitment and teamwork it took to reach this milestone," says Troy. "This achievement exemplifies the commitment of the team to Tolko's number one value – the safety of our employees. I'd like to take this opportunity to congratulate each and every employee at our High Level division for a job well done!"
Dave Gillespie, Area Manager, Operational Services & Alberta Lumber was the plant manager of High Level Division from 2015–2018. He reaffirms that High Level employees have proven to everyone that the Journey to Zero is achievable.
"I would like to congratulate every employee of High Level Lumber Division for achieving the 1 million hour RIR safety milestone. This is an outstanding achievement and is a result of highly engaged and committed individuals, focused on safe production, personal safety, and the safety of their team mates."
High Level Division's Plant Manager, Gary Ross is extremely proud of his team and the growing culture of caring that is helping to define their site.
"Congratulations to our entire High Level team in surpassing this incredible milestone," says Gary. "This achievement is only met through the collective efforts of every single employee on-site working towards a common safety value. It is a privilege to be a part of this journey to zero and to work with so many talented, caring individuals. Way to go team!"


When Will Civil Services Prelims Results Be Announced By UPSC?
ClearIAS.com in this post is sharing the details of last 5 UPSC Civil Services Prelims Dates along with the dates of announcement of the results. Hope this post will give some clue on the probable date of announcement of IAS Preliminary exam results.
Though the time taken by UPSC for calculating IAS Prelims results was near 3 months in 2008 and 2010, it seems UPSC has turned quicker during last couple of years. UPSC has taken only 2 months and 1 week before coming up with Prelims result in 2011 and 2012. Going by the same trend, 2013 prelims result can be expected on the first week of August. Candidates should not be surprised if the results are announced much earlier say the last weeks of July as in 2012.
What next if successfuly cleared IAS Prelims?
The candidature of the successful candidates is provisional. In accordance with the Rules of the Examination, all these candidates have to apply again in the Detailed Application Form (DAF), which would be available on the website of the Union Public Service Commission www.upsc.gov.in . All the qualified candidates are advised to fill up the DAF and submit the same ONLINE for admission to the Civil Services (Main) Examination. The DAF will be available on the website of the Commission.


Have you ever perused through Scripture, plucking out various Bible quotes, hoping to find an answer you've been waiting for? I'm here to tell you that you may never find it there. But that doesn't mean that all hope is lost, nor does it mean that the Bible is good for nothing. It may just mean that God desires a different kind of relationship with you than you've been taught to believe. We're going to explore that relationship in this post.
Are You Waiting For A Rescue?


Flourished along the River Neretva, Mostar is a beautiful old city which is considered as the cultural capital of Herzegovina region. Being famous for an old bridge Stari Most, Mostar got its name by that. The old Mostar city is spread across one side of the river, where as the newly built city is evolved on the other side. Yes, they had a war and Yugoslavia had broken into pieces but now all these places are as normal as any other country.
We were interested to visit some place with historical importance that should also host alluring nature. Bosnia and Herzegovina came with a complete package. The country is blessed with opulent waterfalls and mountains, charming with historical monuments and also less crowded in contrast to most European cities.
Here are some clicks from our Mostar trip which you may want to add to your bucket list.
Stari most is an old bridge built during the 17th century by Ottomans across the Neretva River. During the war the bridge was destroyed and rebuilt on recent years. Stari most is the pride of Mostar which will be bustling with tourists almost all the time. An early morning walk near the bridge may provide you with an opportunity of taking the pictures with very few people around. We strolled upon the cobbled lanes, among the ancient buildings and street shops filled with trinkets, arts and artifacts.
This is an ancient mosque located just few steps away from the bridge. With an entrance fees visitors are allowed to climb the minaret, from where one can have a glimpse of stunning view of the surroundings.
We hired a taxi and drove till Kravice waterfall. This place is around 40km from Mostar and not easily accessible by public transport. However there will be guided tours from Mostar which cover the nearby places.
We paid an entrance fees and climbed down to see the waterfall. The roaring white water was bursting down with foams and formed a beautiful green lake underneath. The river divaricated into multiple falls making it more spectacular. We visited this place on an early spring and the water was still freezing cold.
Our taxi driver stopped at an entrance, pointed at the hilltop and told us that is where we should go. He chose to sit with his friend as he comes to that place every other day. We dragged our feet on a hot midday to the top of the medieval town Pocitelj. Stone roofed houses, a beautiful mosque, bell tower, citadel welcomed us. From the top vantage point, we could see the whole town lying beside river Neretva.
Blagaj is a village surrounded by rocky hills and is a place where the river Buna originates. There is a Dervish monastery called Blagaj Tekke on the bank of the river.
Kajtaz house is one of the old Turkish houses left in Mostar. It was once Harem section built for the four wives of Kajtaz. When we searched online about Kajtaz house, it showed that 4 pm is the closing time. It was already 3:30 pm and we ran as fast as we can, from our homestay to Kajtaz house. But as we rang the bell a lady opened the door and took us inside. Her name was Indira. She told that house will be open till 7 pm and it was a relief as we had plenty of time to explore. Indira served us with refreshing welcome drink, rose lemonade and took us around the house.
If you visit the newer part of Mostar city, you can still see the buildings which remind about those dreadful days of war. It was a nightmare for those who lived and suffered and lost their beloved ones. Now these ruins repleted with mind-boggling street arts can be seen everywhere, when you are plodding among the busy streets of Mostar.


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Anthony's Marvel and DC Comics picks for December 2018
September 19, 2018 Anthony Media
I take a look at what Marvel and DC Comics are releasing for the final month of 2018, including a new ongoing series for Miles Morales.
Anthony's Marvel Comics picks for August 2018
May 25, 2018 Anthony Media
A look at what Marvel comics of interest are coming out in August, including the long-overdue return of the Fantastic Four's own book.
Anthony's Marvel Comics picks for June 2018
March 23, 2018 Anthony Media
A look at what comics are coming out from Marvel for June 2018, including a "Marvel Two-In-One Annual." Plus: the Kingpin appears in "Moon Girl?"
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A look at what's coming out from Marvel Comics for November 2017, including Mark Waid taking over writing duties for "Captain America."
Anthony's Marvel Comics picks for July 2017
April 19, 2017 Anthony Media
A look at what comics are coming out from Marvel for July 2017, including a new Peter Parker/Miles Morales miniseries, "Spider-Men II."
Miles Morales to get his own animated theatrical film
March 8, 2017 Anthony Media
Miles Morales will get his own animated Spider-Man film (unconnected to the Marvel Cinematic Universe) from Sony Pictures Animation in December 2018.
The "Spider-Man: Homecoming" trailer shares a few of Miles Morales' elements?
December 9, 2016 Anthony Media
The latest trailer for 2017's Spider-Man film, "Spider-Man: Homecoming," has been released. Miles Morales fans will find a few familiar elements.
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A look at what's coming out from Marvel Comics for October 2016, including an all-new "Champions" series, Squirrel Girl's next storyline, and a new Luke Cage miniseries.
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Ернестинська лінія Веттінів — нащадки курфюрста Саксонії Ернеста.

Виникнення
Ернест та Альбрехт III Саксонські, сини курфюрста Фрідріха II (1412–1464), довгий час спільно правили батьківським спадком, при цьому Ернст, як старший, носив звання курфюрста. В 1485 брати поділили володіння між собою (так званий Лейпцігський поділ), заснувавши дві гілки династії Веттінів — Ернестинську і Альбертинську лінії. Альбрехт і його нащадки отримали власну територію з центром в Дрездені, якою вони правили з тих пір як саксонські герцоги.

У той час як ернестинський курфюрст Фрідріх III підтримав реформацію, Альбертинский герцог Георг Бородатий виступив проти неї. Тільки його брат Генріх V (1538–1541), який успадкував Георгу як герцог, ввів реформацію в Альбертинській Саксонії.

Втрата курфюрства
Попри те, що він був протестантом, альбертинець Мориць Саксонський в 1546 став на бік імператора Карла V проти протестантських князів Шмалькальденського союзу, очолюваних його двоюрідним братом курфюрстом Йоганном-Фрідріхом Великодушним.

Після поразки протестантів в Шмалькальденській війні в 1547, Мориц, у винагороду за надані послуги, отримав від імператора титул курфюрста і більшу частину володінь Ернестинської лінії. З тих пір Альбертинська лінія стала головною в династії Веттинів.

З втратою курфюрства і постійними поділами спадщини (і пов'язаним з цим дробленням володінь) ернестинська лінія з середини XVII ст. назавжди втратила своє значення в Священній Римській імперії.

Саксен-Кобург-Гота

Пізніша побічна гілка Ернестинської лінії, яка правила герцогством Саксен-Кобург-Гота, завдяки вдало укладеним шлюбам, в XIX ст. набула міжнародного значення. Члени цієї лінії вступили на престоли кількох європейських країн. Сьогодні члени ернестинської лінії правлять в Бельгії та у Великій Британії (під назвою Віндзорська династія).

Побічні лінії і ернестинські доми
 Саксен-Веймар
 Саксен-Гота
 Саксен-Кобург
 Саксен-Майнінген
 Саксен-Хільдбургхаузен
 Саксен-Айзенах
 Саксен-Кобург-Гота

Веттінські лінії і князівства 1485–1918 (зображення)
Огляд ліній і князівств Веттінів, які виникли з Лейпцігського поділу 1485 (для збільшення клацнути на зображення).

Див. також
 Альбертинська лінія Веттінів

Посилання
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Good Bison Frontman Pablo Alvarez Is the Official Guinness World Record Holder for Longest Marathon Freestyle
Celia Almeida
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Celia Almeida | December 5, 2017 | 9:42am
Good Bison's Pablo Alvarez freestyled for more than an entire day — twice.
Pablo Alvarez freestyled into a camera on Facebook Live for 25 hours last year in an attempt to break the Guinness world record for longest freestyle rap marathon. His tonsils swelled, he couldn't eat, and he nearly lost his sanity.
Then he found out his attempt didn't count.
Though Alvarez and friends had streamed his freestyle online, they were naive to Guinness' rigorous standards. The stunt needed to be filmed entirely by one steady camera, and independent witnesses needed to filter out of the room every four hours. After learning of his oversights, Alvarez decided to forgo Guinness record certification. He did not want to go through that kind of physical and mental strife again.
So when viral video content creators Super Deluxe offered Alvarez the chance to try again, assuring that this time all stipulations would be met, he hesitated. "When the idea first started getting thrown around I was not particularly excited about it, because I had already done it. I already knew what it did to me physically and mentally," he says. He was also apprehensive to showcase his rap skills in a setting where, eventually, he knew he'd start repeating himself. "When you're freestyling nonstop for that long, eventually there's a lot of nonsense that comes out, where you become a little bit repetitive, and I am really hard on myself when it comes to my lyrics."
Even in the context of a freestyle rap marathon lasting longer than one whole day, Alvarez was concerned with lyrical content because he was representing his band Good Bison. The group recently released its new mixtape That's Bodhi, recorded with the help of JHawk Productions, who's also worked with Tyga and Iggy Azalea this year.
Backed by a green screen and a beat, Super Deluxe streamed Alvarez's rap for 26 hours on its website and Facebook Live. Viewers were encouraged to leave comments about their favorite TV shows, movies, or location for Alvarez to work into his freestyle.
"It was basically the same thing we had done [previously], but bigger and better — with a budget and with a team of people that were working to make sure that everything went smoothly and it was all being captured the way that it needed to be for Guinness," he says.
Super Deluxe changed the visuals on the green screen in real time according to viewer comments or Alvarez's lyrics. He rapped as he got his hair braided one hour. He can still be seen smiling as he raps four hours into his odyssey, but by hour 23 he hangs his head in his hands and his eyes strain. "Around hour 15, hour 18, it just starts to definitely get a little bit tough, and I'm feeling sleepy, leaning back more on the couch and closing my eyes, and just kind of flowing a little bit slower… It's hard because you feel like you said everything already."
Guinness technically allows for a five-minute break every couple of hours, but Alvarez wanted to rap the whole way through. He survived on only a smoothie and fruit juices for the duration of his stunt and used the bathroom once. The Super Deluxe crew clipped a mic on his shirt and cameras followed him just outside the bathroom. Incredibly, his record stands at 25 hours, 56 minutes, and four seconds, because the three minutes and 56 seconds he spent in the bathroom were not captured on the same steady camera, so Guinness counted the time as a break.
Alvarez says he wasn't fazed by the technicality. After Super Deluxe combed through the 26 hours of video and compiled witness testimonies, he was certified by Guinness as the world record holder, even with those minutes shaved off. Per Guinness, he officially broke the record on August 31, 2017. "This time there's no denying this went down, and I officially broke the record."
Good Bison at R House Wynwood. 6 p.m. Thursday, December 7, at R House Wynwood, 2727 NW Second Ave., Miami; 305-576-0201; rhousewynwood.com. Admission is free.
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Celia Almeida is the former arts and music editor of Miami New Times. She enjoys crafting Party City-grade pop-star cosplay in her spare time. Her pop-culture criticism has been featured in Billboard and Paper.
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Mattie Boi begging for mercy.
GEO arrives to TV Introduction class tattered and scarred. GEOs loyal GEO Crew try cheering him up to find out through Brians epic informant skills that GEO was reminded of the cruel fate of his only hero. Mattie Boi then decides that he will be going on the dark side. The DASTARDLY DAVY!!!! mysteriously materializes out of thin air and tells GEO his Fascist ways wont get him anywere as him and Mattie Boi dissipate into Davys insidious lair deep within Wolf Pond. On the next day Bossman A+ puts the now fractured GEO Crew on a IMPORTANT MISSION!!!! to interview the Green Club. GEO, Adrian and Nickie boi fill the halls with obnoxious laughter as they walk to the class with the rest of the sadly now fractured GEO crew. Bove is starting to doubt whether he should stay in the GEO Crew but stays for the time through GEOs boisterous reassurances. They make theyre way there to find DAVY and Mattie boi now reclassed and armed with one of DAVYS DIABOLICAL weapons: DOUCHEBLAST!!!! This however fails as GEOs powerful Major Tordo Holy Weapon swiftly overwhelms Doucheblast as Brian, Adrian and Nickie boi scare off DAVY. Mattie boi realizing he lost tries running away but Bove corners Mattie boi and says, "HERES THE TRAITOR!!!! YOUR MAJESTY!!!!" The desperate Mattie boi replies, "Please your OMNIPOTENCE, HAVE MERCY!!!!" GEO sensing an opportunity says, "TILL YOU SCRUB ALL THE FLOORS IN TOTTENVILLE, THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT MERCY. TAKE HIM AWAY!!!!" Bove with renewed confidence in the GEO Crew and the GEO Adventures says strongly, "YES, MY LIEGE!!!!" After scrubbing all the floors in Tottenville and making a oath to support Fascism Mattie boi is welcomed into the GEO Crew once again. They end the day in BK where Brians informant skills net them a SWEET discount which GEO uses to stuff his brains out in BK.


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