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Passage To India By Foster
Passage To India By Foster In his novel A Passage to India, Forster uses a series of repeated misunderstandings between cultures, which become hardened into social stereotypes, to justify the uselessness of attempts to bridge cultural gulfs. In many instances, the way in which language is used plays a great role in the miscommunication between the English and the Indians, as well as among people of the same culture. This is exemplified in the way in which people use the same words, but do not hear the same meaning. It is also displayed through the British characters Aziz meets and befriends, through a series of invitations and through time and true mistakes.
Upon Meeting the British: Two significant instances of miscommunication occur when Aziz meets the British characters in the novel that will end up being very close, yet controversial friends. Upon his encountering Mrs. Moore at the Mosque, he sees a British woman and right away develops a series of misconceptions about her. He believes that she is like all other British women (bring up conversation on women being alike): Madam, this is a mosque, you have no right here at all; you should have taken off your shoes; this is a holy place for Moslems. I have taken them off. You have? I left them at the entrance.
Then I ask your pardon. I am truly sorry for speaking. Yes, I was right, was I not? If I remove my shoes, I am allowed? Of course, but so few ladies take the trouble, especially if thinking no one is there to see (18). What Aziz finds is the unexpected fact that she is like Aziz in many ways, or as he describes her, "Oriental" (21).
Yet, when seeing this side of the British woman, he again breaks his connection with her when she speaks of her son: And why ever do you come to Chandrapore? To visit my son. He is the City Magistrate here. Oh no, excuse me, that is quite impossible. Our City Magistrates name is Mr. Heaslop.
I know him intimately. Hes my son all the same, she said smiling, (19). It does not occur to Aziz that Mrs. Moores son may be part of the Indian race. It is something that is not understandable at first. Another British character that Aziz makes a connection with is Mr.
Fielding. When Aziz arrives at Fieldings home to meet him for the first time, he has the same type of miscommunication that he does with Mrs. Moore, yet is is displayed in an opposite manner: "Lifting up his voice, he shouted from the bedroom, Please make yourself at home. The remark was unpremeditated, like most of his actions; it was what he felt inclined to say. To Aziz it had a very different meaning" (66). Aziz understands Fieldings remark as a warm invitation, whereas Fielding has a routine of making the remark.
People Saying One Thing and meaning another, usually just to be polite: A. Invitations The matter of invitations in the novel creates a cultural misunderstanding between the Indians and the British in the sense that the Indians make invitations just to be polite, which the British take literally. This causes offense in some cases to the British involved, whereas the Indians see it as a normal part of their society. This is first apparent at the Bridge Party, where Adela and Mrs. Moore are introduced to Mrs. Bhattacharya: When they took their leave, Mrs.
Moore had an impulse, and said to Mrs. Bhattacharya, whose face she liked, I wonder whether you would allow us to call on you some day. When? she replied, inclining charmingly. Whenever is convenient. All days are convenient.
Thursday.. Most certainly… What about the time? All hours. Tell us which you would prefer. Mrs. Bhattacharya seemed not to know either.
Her gesture implied that she had known, since Thursdays began, that English ladies would come to see her on one of them, and so always stayed in. Everything pleased her, nothing surprised. She added, We leave for Calcutta today. Oh do you? said Adela, not at first seeing the implication. Then she cried, Oh, but if you do, we shall find you gone. Mrs.
Bhattacharya did not dispute it. (44). Mrs. Bhattacharya doesnt think of the invitation in the same way Adela does.
The same is for Aziz when inviting the two women to the Marabar caves. "He thought again of his bungalow in horror. Good heavens, the stupid girl had taken him at his word! What was he to do? Yes, all that is settled, he cried. I invited you all to see me in the Marabar Caves." (79) Misunderstanding of time: Misunderstanding of time occurs not only between the two cultures, but is also apparent amongst the Indian society. The difference between the different races of Indians is displayed here.
The first example of misunderstanding time is given at the beginning of the novel, when Dr. Lal sends for Aziz. Another case in which there is a misunderstanding of time occurs at the Bridge Party. The guests, Inidian and British, have different ideas of time, which is displayed in the way the guests arrive.
The narration states that "the Bridge Party was not a success at least it was not what Mrs. Moore and Miss Quested were accustomed to consider a successful party. They arrived early.. but most of the Indian guests had arrived even earlier, and stood massed at the farther side of the tennis lawns, doing nothing," (38). Communication on the same level: There are several instances where the British and Indian cultures are communicating on the same level. The first time this is demonstrated is among the Indian culture, when Aziz dines at Mahmoud Alis house.
The servants are asked if the dinner is ready and they reply that it is, when in fact, it is not. Aziz and his friends, however, understand the meaning in what the servants say. "They [the servants] meant that they wished it was ready, and were so understood," (8). Ronny Heaslop, having lived in India, and understanding a slight bit of the Indian culture, does realize the true meaning of the invitation. B.
Other Fielding, having lived among the Indian culture for some time, is on the same level of communication that Heaslop is, as far as undertanding the invitation goes. Another invitation that is given to the two True mistakes and gossip: Some of the misunderstandings in the book take place due to flat out mistakes, which at times involve gossip. This occurs first when Aziz offers his collar stud to Fielding in an 'effusive' act of friendship, Heaslop later misinterprets Aziz's missing stud as an oversight and extends it as a general example: "..there you have the Indian all over: inattention to detail; the fundamental slackness that reveals the race" (82). We later see Azizs biggest mistake of all, becoming the turning point of his relationship with Fielding.
Jump in, Mr. Quested, and Mr. Fielding. Who on earth is Mr. Quested? Do I mispronounce that well-known name? Is he not your wifes brother? Who on earth do you suppose Ive married? Im only Ralph Moore, said the boy, blushing, and at that moment there fell another pailful of the rain, and made a mist round their feet.
Aziz tried to withdraw, but it was too late… However did you make such a mistake? said Fielding," (338). The end of the novel displays a circular pattern that has developed throughout, in the sense that the cultures are no better in their understanding of one another than they are in the beginning. If the British were to really try to understand the Indian, the cultural barriers might weaken and the British might begin to see their equal humanity and this of course would make the British role as conquering ruler more difficult.
One of the major themes of E. M. Forster's novel A Passage to India is cultural misunderstanding. Differing cultural ideas and expectations regarding hospitality, social proprieties, and the role of religion in daily life are responsible for misunderstandings between the English and the Muslim Indians, the English and the Hindu Indians, and between the Muslims and Hindus. This is why Mrs.
Moore is so revered by Aziz and the other Indians. She is too new a visitor to have become hardened, not having been there the six months Aziz and his friends agree are required for English ladies, and she still treats the Indians as people. She never advocates British withdrawal but she doesn't understand why they can't be more 'pleasant' to the natives. Perhaps there is a clue to answering this question in the experience Mrs.
Moore has at the Caves.
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The Chinese telecom giant has managed to source formerly American components from elsewhere.
After having been blacklisted in the United States, Huawei smartphones – which used to be built with a number of U.S. made components, are now being manufactured with parts sourced elsewhere. The Chinese telecom giant has managed to replace its American made components in order to create its popular devices without anything made in the United States.
A recent analysis has shown that the new devices are already being manufactured by the company.
The analysis was conducted by U.B.S. and Fomalhaut Techno Solutions, a Japanese tech firm. The results of that test were spotted by the Wall Street Journal, which originally reported on the lack of U.S. parts in the latest Huawei smartphones, reported RT.
"When Huawei came out with this high-end phone – and this is its flagship – with no US content, that made a pretty big statement," said Christopher Rolland, semiconductor analyst at Susquehanna International Group.
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In May 2019, the United States placed Huawei as well as 68 affiliated firms on the U.S. Entity List following accusations from the Trump administration of spying for China. Huawei and Beijing have both denied that the company was spying on behalf of the Chinese government. That said, the U.S. moved forward with its ban, which would require Huawei and its affiliates to have to obtain special permission to purchase any components it would require for the manufacture of its devices.
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Kernaby History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
The history of the Kernaby family goes back to the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. It is derived from the family living in the region of Carnaby a parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Literally the place name means 'cairn-settlement' from the Celtic carn, cairn + Scandinavian by, meaning 'settlement, village.' [1]
Early Origins of the Kernaby family
The surname Kernaby was first found in Carnaby, a parish, in the "union of Bridlington, wapentake of Dickerin in the East Riding of Yorkshire. The church is a small edifice, with an embattled tower." [2]
The first records for the family are found here in the Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls of 1379: Rogerus de Carnaby, brasiator; and Johannes Carnaby. [3]
Later records of the family were found further to the north in Caithness, Scotland, specifically with the spelling Carnabay, but that sources notes the family was "from Carnaby in the East Riding of Yorkshire." [4]
Important Dates for the Kernaby family
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Kernaby research. Another 143 words (10 lines of text) covering the years 1552, 1669, 1677, 1407, 1404, 1541, 1595, 1645, 1624, 1628, 1629, 1640, 1640 and 1642 are included under the topic Early Kernaby History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Kernaby Spelling Variations
Until quite recently, the English language has lacked a definite system of spelling rules. Consequently, Anglo-Saxon surnames are characterized by a multitude of spelling variations. Changes in Anglo-Saxon names were influenced by the evolution of the English language, as it incorporated elements of French, Latin, and other languages. Although Medieval scribes and church officials recorded names as they sounded, so it is common to find one person referred to by several different spellings of his surname, even the most literate people varied the spelling of their own names. Variations of the name Kernaby include Carnaby, Carnabey and others.
Early Notables of the Kernaby family (pre 1700)
Notables of the family at this time include Sir William Carnaby (died 1407), English politician, Member of Parliament for Northumberland in 1404; Leonard Cornaby, High Sheriff of Northumberland...
Another 27 words (2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Kernaby Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Migration of the Kernaby family
Searching for a better life, many English families migrated to British colonies. Unfortunately, the majority of them traveled under extremely harsh conditions: overcrowding on the ships caused the majority of the immigrants to arrive diseased, famished, and destitute from the long journey across the ocean. For those families that arrived safely, modest prosperity was attainable, and many went on to make invaluable contributions to the development of the cultures of the new colonies. Research into the origins of individual families in North America revealed records of the immigration of a number of people bearing the name Kernaby or a variant listed above: Elizabeth Carnaby who settled in Virginia in 1741.
^ Harrison, Henry, Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary Baltimore: Geneological Publishing Company, 2013. Print
^ Black, George F., The Surnames of Scotland Their Origin, Meaning and History. New York: New York Public Library, 1946. Print. (ISBN 0-87104-172-3)
Kernaby (English)


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* Nico González (* 1998), argentinischer Fußballspieler, siehe Nicolás González (Fußballspieler, 1998)
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CH	Round Table Game Discussions Might and Magic
Mod Request
The role-playing games (I-X) that started it all and the various spin-offs (including Dark Messiah).
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Postby jermungand » May 1 2020, 14:44
I'd have put this under the thread for the M&M 6/7/8 merge mod currently being worked on. However, since that area seems to be largely preoccupied with the technical ins and outs of getting the merge to work in the first place, I didn't want to go on a tangent with that conversation and decided to post this topic separately.
Someone should take some creative liberty with the merge, and scale up the curve in difficulty. As it's currently put together, with three times the number of monsters/dungeons appropriate to your level, two-thirds of those challenges will be rather dull after you've leveled up from completing the first third of them.
In tandem with the difficulty, the ceiling for character progression and for powerful items should be raised however possible. More levels of mastery for skills and more tiers for promotion would be ideal.
Toward the end of the game you would of course, be fighting Titans that are 3x as deadly, while equipped with armor/weapons that are about 3x as good as any top-tier items from any single M&M game, after having played for about 3x as long and being about 3x the usual late-game level.
To do this, the items list for loot/shop would of course be intermingled throughout the continents to some degree, with new values given to the items so that they may sit within a taller hierarchy of usefulness. If "Rusty Mail Vest" becomes the universal +8 starting chainmail, then MM6's modest but less decrepit-looking basic chain would become the new +12, etc. The random treasure drops/chests would be readjusted on a treasure level scale of 1-18 instead of 1-6.
A 3x larger Might and Magic game that is as tall as it is wide. Ah, the dream.
raekuul
Re: Mod Request
Postby raekuul » May 1 2020, 14:48
you could turn up the bolster meter in settings
You need to install the base mod first, and then install the latest GrayFace patch on top of that.
The key to cross-timeline travel is casting Town Portal at a High Magic Spot.
raekuul wrote: you could turn up the bolster meter in settings
What does the bolster do, exactly? In any case, I suspect that would still leave a lot of improvements yet to be implemented.
Bolster affects how much HP the monsters have, how much damage they deal, how hard they are to hit, and what abilities they have. Off, or 0%, uses the original numbers, 5% is "slightly higher but also gives the abilities", 100% is the default value for Merge, and 200% is Tryhard Mode. I play on 5% to just get new abilities on the monsters, since the rest of the system needs a pretty thorough overhaul.
The main thing about the Merge Mod is that it's "balanced" with the assumption that you'll hop between continents as you go (rather than clearing the games one continent at a time), and that you started in Jadame. The starting areas are more-or-less not affected by Bolster at all, while there is (or at least, seems to be) a limiter in place that prevents end-game areas from getting the full Bolster effect, so Bolster mostly affects the middle parts of each game.
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With over 100 million mobile subscribers and 36 million gamers, Japan is one of the largest mobile app markets in the world. For marketers, the opportunities are significant – but it's important to bear in mind that local in-app preferences differ to the global market, and extra effort is needed to ensure your app is successfully localized and distributed.
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Yen is the only currency used in the Japanese market – and there are no denominations of it beyond the decimal point. So, 100JPY would be seen as normal by users, whereas 101.23JPY might appear strange. Consumers also tend to prefer prices with fewer digits (e.g. 990JPY is preferable to 1,000JPY).
As mentioned earlier, subscription apps are a growing trend here – buoyed by the fact that many Japanese consumers have already encountered this payment model in the pre-smartphone era. Price-wise, entertainment apps typically cost between 900-1,500JPY.
Music apps usually offer a 1-3 month free trial, followed by a monthly cost of between 500-900JPY after the trial period. Dating apps tend to offer a range of subscription options, such as per month, every 3 months, or every 6 months.
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The Japanese language has a wide range of nuances in the way its written and spoken.
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Example: A senior and mentor-like character is first introduced in the game with a casual and slightly gruff tone.
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Example: However, later in the same app, this character suddenly has a more formal tone, which feels out of character.
Current: "Please share your thoughts."
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As with any language translation, be aware that different UI layouts will restrict the character length. Words in English may also end up being much longer or shorter when they're in Japanese. Some developers try to get around this potential problem by changing the font size, but this can make the game's UI look unpolished and confusing.
Example: Comparison of wrong and right use of font
Developer: Pixio
Example: Another potential issue to look out for after translation is awkward line breaks. Never start a new line mid-word, with a punctuation, or with a Japanese Particle (は、を、も、)
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Be aware that if your asset does not provide the character/kanji then one kanji in the word may have a different font from the rest. There is a distinct visual feel for every font that can aid in reenforcing the feel of you app.
Last but by no means least, don't make the mistake of using Chinese characters for Kanji. There is a noticeable difference, and users will definitely spot the error.
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When preparing your app for the Japanese market, consider using local publishing entities or marketing teams to adapt its look and feel. Even if your localization appear fairly minimal, it's vital to have a native Japanese speaker check that everything looks and sounds natural, and you're delivering a polished user experience.
There are many ways to make your app feel more relevant to Japanese users. One way is through affiliations with seasonal events such as sakura season, golden week, or new year. You could also develop anime-like marketing assets or adopt monetization models that people will find familiar.
If you do decide to promote your app during certain times or events in the cultural calendar, a good understanding of typical user behaviour during these moments will help you plan your campaigns better.
For example, knowing that people are likely to spend more time in your app during long holidays such as new year (January), Golden Week (end of April to early May), and Silver Week (mid September), means you can adjust your marketing or in-app experiences accordingly.
It's also fairly common for Japanese companies to pay bonuses twice a year (usually June and December). So shopping apps often run special sales campaigns during long holidays at the end of the fiscal and school year (around April), and during the school holidays in spring (March), summer (July-August) and winter (late December to new year).
App icons
Many app developers also make their app store icon stand out by tweaking the design to mark special occasions, milestones, or big updates. For example, 200万 ユーザー ("2 million users"), ー周年 ("1 year anniversary"), 大型アップデート("Major update".)
5 User acquisition
Via Google Play Store
In Japan, the Google Play Store is a little different to the rest of the world. For example, you can create locally-relevant deals, and also have your app featured in the 'Deals & Promo' section.
Pre-registration is also widely used and early access is possible. Google Play Points are available in Japan too, with users receiving 1pt for every 100JPY they spend – which can then be exchanged for various in-game items and/or Google Play Credits.
Japan is a highly-sophisticated market for online advertising, offering possibilities for deep links, ads, YouTube partnerships, and social media campaigns. Facebook and Instagram are also very popular, and Twitter is commonly used by the younger generations.
Both OOH and TV are popular advertising methods, and there are many specialist agencies who can help you with this.
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Investors have been reflecting on the strength of the recent bear market rally, which kicked off earlier in the month with the October consumer price index reading and gained some steam with last week's reading on wholesale prices. Traders last week were hung up on messaging from Federal Reserve officials, who were less impressed with the figures and reassessed their optimism around the possibility of slowing inflation.
Ed Yardeni of Yardeni Research said that in his view, the Oct. 12 low was the bottom and the S&P 500 could rise to near 4,300 by the end of the year, he told CNBC on "Closing Bell: Overtime" Friday night. The benchmark index currently sits at 3,965.34.
"What's making the big difference in the market is the resilience of the economy, it's been spectacular," he said. "Everyone's been debating whether we're going to have a soft landing or a hard landing – meanwhile, there's no landing whatsoever. The consumer didn't get the recession memo and they keep spending."
Retail sales increased in October, but on the corporate level Target reported slowing demand and Amazon announced it will lay off 10,000 employees — although Home Depot and Walmart have reported strong results.
"Despite what holiday season spending may suggest, retail stocks tend to be in the top three for November, but in the bottom three for December, and somewhere middle-of-the-pack in January," Liz Young, SoFi's chief investment strategist, said in a note this weekend.
"Seasonality has a place in market analysis and has some predictive power. But the power of the economic cycle is stronger, no matter the time of year," she added. "With 375 basis points of Fed rate hikes so far, an inverted yield curve, spikes in inflation, and commodity prices still a part of the narrative, we can all but conclude that we are late in the economic cycle."
This week, a historically quiet one ahead of Thanksgiving, investors will be busy with another group of retail earnings to digest before the start of the post-holiday shopping season. Best Buy, Nordstrom, Dick's Sporting Goods and Dollar Tree are among the companies on deck.
Investors will also get a flurry of economic reports, including durable goods, new home sales, unemployment claims, and consumer sentiment, as well as the release of the minutes from the last Federal Reserve meeting.
The week ahead is a short one. The market will be closed Thursday for Thanksgiving. On Friday, the stock exchanges will close at 1 p.m. ET and the bond market will close at 2 p.m. ET.
Stock futures open little changed Sunday night
Stock futures opened little changed Sunday evening ahead of another batch of retail earnings to kick off a shortened week for the Thanksgiving holiday.
Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 41 points, or 0.1%. S&P 500 futures inched up by 0.03% and Nasdaq 100 futures added 0.2%.
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Members of LEAP's team spent last week exhibiting at the 2017 Avalon Airshow. After hundreds of conversations with people from various engineering backgrounds, including existing customers, Prime defence contractors, affiliated suppliers and ultimate end-users of aerospace technology (such as officials from the Air Force and Navy), one strong central topic emerged. Hint: it was not the public unveiling of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter in Australia, nor the visit from the (current) Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
You are likely already aware that developments in sensor technology have reduced costs, broadened capabilities and given rise to the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT or, more commonly, IoT), which has in turn amplified the amount of data that is available to engineers to unprecedented levels. We can now have much greater knowledge of the operating conditions, loads, deflections and strains that our products experience in the real world.
In essence, this data allows engineers to adjust their original assumptions concerning operating conditions or boundary conditions, so that simulations more accurately reflect reality.
The impact of this useful insight gathered from IoT data analytics should not be understated. If you can identify that your product had been operating 'out of spec' or design envelope, you can better understand the reasons as to why some products have failed out in the field (or, at the least, failed to perform to expectations) – and verify this using simulations retrospectively. However, it is clear that by limiting the use of IoT data to this use-case only, we are also missing a huge opportunity!
This missed opportunity is a reflection of the bubble that many engineers and analysts operate in. Engineering issues expand beyond simply designing a product to perform adequately within a particular specification. Modern engineering and operations managers expect to have access to complete and constantly up-to-date picture of the entire product lifecycle, starting with product development but also extending to service contracts and product retirement. No longer can our design engineers pretend that engineering issues disappear once a product is shipped out the door!
Operations engineers responsible for service scheduling have historically worked to rigid and inflexible timetables (which are often set early on by product designers, informed by some limited analysis of historical data). Partly, this conservative approach was necessary due to the lack of feedback from the field about real-world product operations. Modern technology now allows us to easily collect and update all the digital information about an individual asset (ie. for each aircraft in a fleet).
- ongoing advances in hardware & engineering software that makes it possible to automate high-fidelity multiphysics simulations, combined with system-level models.
Wrap this all up and what do you get? The ability for service and operations engineers to combine IoT data with simulation tools such as ANSYS to make smarter and better informed decisions – individually for each asset!
The potential for digital twin concept involving multiphysics simulation - image courtesy ANSYS Inc.
So in future, if your IoT data identifies that a product has been performing 'out of spec', besides building this knowledge into your next design requirements, you can utilise the Digital Twin of that individual asset to run updated simulations (for example, updating boundary and operating conditions, and refreshing your durability and fatigue life calculations), and quickly make an informed decision on whether to schedule early maintenance on that asset – thus reducing the risk of early product failure (and unplanned downtime). Conversely, if one particular asset has had an easier life than expected, you could use that Digital Twin to decide to postpone any costly maintenance and avoid unnecessary downtime.


Wanna take bets on how long it'll take before you hear, "I'm borrrrred!" or "What are we doing today?" Of course, there are tons of activities and events happening near and far, within the community and beyond. Some are free, some are ticketed and they're usually well publicized online.
But sometimes, you need ideas for when you don't feel like getting out of your pjs (like Dec 26 -- unless you brave the mall!). If the next couple of days are an indication, it's going to be a DEEP FREEZE of the holiday break, so we all need some indoor activities to keep us sane and satiated.
Have you been to an Escape Room? We did, and it was tons of fun. Escape Room The Game has 4 escape rooms, all in a box. Break the codes and clues to get your way out the room. Good for older kids and adults. I plan on bringing it along to our friends' home on New Year's Eve. Each escape is timed for an hour. $60 on Amazon -- and you could even have it before Christmas!
Have your kids heard of Smoochins? They are basically small spongey-like creatures, and you can make them! This Surprise Maker Kit comes with a mold and you squeeze the goop inside and grow your own Surprise Smoochins. It's a bit strange, but your kids (and mine!) will go crazy for it. I haven't taken this one out of the box yet, cause I want it to be a surprise, but I did see it at an event, and I'm confident it'll be a hit!
My kids love to craft. I'm not surprised, but I'm not always in the mood to paint or glue or make a complete disaster of my kitchen. Linkt Craft Kits are great for kids who love to create. Make bracelets earrings, necklaces -- each kit is different. Not designed for little kids, as there are lots of pieces but perfect for school aged kids. Also good for birthday parties and get togethers. $30 at Mastermind Toys.
Admittedly, not the quietest toy on the block, but the Little Tikes RC Wheels Tire Twister will be a hit. It's like two toys in one: spin and flip the car within the tire (which also moves), or take it out and use it as a remote control. If they didn't get enough toys on Christmas, this one is a pretty cool one. $80.


Saudi Arabia has been in the news recently for several interconnected reasons. Underlying it all is a spendthrift country that is rapidly becoming insolvent. While the House of Saud remains strongly resistant to change, a mixture of reality and power-play is likely to dominate domestic politics in the coming years, following the ascendency of King Salman to the Saudi throne. This has important implications for the dollar, given its historic role in the region.
There are investors that stay away from investing in gold because it is an 'unproductive' asset: the argument points out gold doesn't have an intrinsic return, it doesn't pay a dividend. Some go as far as arguing investing in gold isn't patriotic because it suggests an investor prefers to buy something unproductive rather than investing into a real business. In many ways, it is intriguing that a shiny piece of precious metal raises emotions; today, we explore why that is the case.
The cost of U.S. regulations is larger than Germany's economy, amounting to a $4 trillion loss to the American economy, the Free Beacon reported.
The study by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University found that regulations over the past several decades amount to a loss of $13,000 for each American worker, the Free Beacon reported.
Once again, the inalienable right to self-defense comes in handy for an innocent American citizen.
Just last week, an 80-year old man in Fairmont, West Virginia, was awoken in the middle of the night by someone knocking on his front door. Wisely, he answered the door with a concealed firearm. Upon opening the door, a young woman begged to use his phone and was quickly followed into the house by two seemingly armed thugs. The men brandished their weapons and threatened the elderly man while informing him that he was being robbed. However, this was no shrinking violet they were dealing with, and the man swiftly pulled his own weapon and opened fire.
Three of the four shots connected with their intended targets and the elderly homeowner then contacted the police. When the authorities arrived they found the elderly man waiting in front of his home with the bodies of two of the tree intruders. One, 28-year old Larry Shaver was dead from a gunshot to the head, the other, John Grossklaus, had been incapacitated by a gunshot to the abdomen.
Lindzen notes that the two groups of scientists who disagree on the effects of burning of fossil fuels largely agree on a surprising number of points.
· The climate is always changing.
· CO2 is a greenhouse gas without which life on earth is not possible, but adding it to the atmosphere should lead to some warming.
· Atmospheric levels of CO2 have been increasing since the end of the Little Ice Age in the 19th century.
· Over the past two centuries, the global mean temperature has increased slightly and erratically by about 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit or one degree Celsius.
· Given the complexity of climate, no confident prediction about future global mean temperature or its impact can be made.


In 2015 we have revived the Breting name in honor of the eldest brother to create modern, exciting designs and re-establish the name with Swiss quality & precision manufacturing.
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Greetings and wishing you all a joyous and spontaneous 2013.
We are gearing up for the West Coast Seth Conference in Los Angeles and working on the e-book edition of the first two volumes of The Early Sessions. They should be available on Kindle, Nook and I-pad shortly. The 9 volumes of The Early Sessions consist of the first 510 sessions dictated by Seth. These 9 volumes, considered by Seth to be foundational in the study of his work, contain amazing gems of wisdom and important teachings found no where else in the Seth material. For regular book editions click on the link.
An incredibly exciting book w hich provides instructions and information for those interested in working with Dreams, Lucid Dreams and Out of Body Experiences. This book was originally written as a sequel to the Seth Material, and is considered by many to be one of the most advanced and knowledgeable works in the area. It contains Seth's most comprehensive coverage of dreams and obe's and includes techniques for recalling dreams, becoming conscious in the dream state (Lucid Dreams), and inducing Out-of-Body Experiences.
For regular book edition click on the link.
multi-dimensional universe. Further, we will endeavor to introduce the Seth material and its concepts to as many people as possible.


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Q: Migration from ASP.NET Core's container to Autofac I'm using ASP.NET Core and its builtin container. I want to migrate my registrations to Autofac.
The Autifac docs don't have a "migration guide", so I want to be sure I'm doing things correctly.
ASP.NET Core container             -> Autofac
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// the 3 big ones
services.AddSingleton<IFoo, Foo>() -> builder.RegisterType<Foo>().As<IFoo>().SingleInstance()
services.AddScoped<IFoo, Foo>()    -> builder.RegisterType<Foo>().As<IFoo>().InstancePerLifetimeScope()
services.AddTransient<IFoo, Foo>() -> builder.RegisterType<Foo>().As<IFoo>().InstancePerDependency()

// default
services.AddTransient<IFoo, Foo>() -> builder.RegisterType<Foo>().As<IFoo>()

// multiple
services.AddX<IFoo1, Foo>();
services.AddX<IFoo2, Foo>();       -> builder.RegisterType<Foo>().As<IFoo1>().As<IFoo2>().X()

// without interface
services.AddX<Foo>()               -> builder.RegisterType<Foo>().AsSelf().X()

There are more variations (e.g. delegates, IEnumerable<>), but these are the main ones.
Is this correct? Am I missing some nuance somewhere, because Autofac is quite complex.

UPDATE
Comments so far are of the "but why" variety, but that doesn't matter (though I've explained our reasoning in some of those comments). This is a legitimate question. If you have experience with both containers, I'd really appreciate your input.
(As a short summary of those explanations - in our many years of experience, we've learned the hard way that providing two ways to do the same thing is never a good idea, because it increases your odds of failure by 100%. So choose one way and stick to it. A year from now some junior dev will blow something up because he gets confused by the alternatives.)

A: You should use the .AddXxx methods from Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection to register it and pass the IServiceCollection to autofac.
This makes it easier to change between containers.
Of course, if you need certain features of Autofac/3rd party IoC container (autodiscovery etc), then you need to use the containers native methods.
private readonly IContainer container;
public IServiceProvider ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
{
    // your normal registrations
    services.AddSingleton<IMySingleton,MySingleton>();

    var builder = new ContainerBuilder();
    builder.Populate(services);

    // build container
    container = builder.Build();

    // and return it
    return new AutofacServiceProvider(container);
}

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2013

Scourge of browser vendors everywhere, WaSP buzzed its last in March. Dave Shea's CSS Zen Garden celebrated its tenth anniversary in May, and Google Glass was released. Ever broad in its interests, 24 ways tamed Grunt, URLs and GitHub Pages, encouraged readers to write and publish books, and leavened all that with goodies on project management, web typography and SVG.

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Going to a library brings a smile to my face, even if I'm there to pay a fine. Seriously! One recent busy Saturday between grocery shopping and the other busyness of the day, I stopped off to return some overdue books and pay a fine, and found myself grinning and suddenly happy, just because I was spending a few minutes in the library. It's like magic, and I was thrilled and grateful to notice this amazing effect.
I rarely spend long periods of time in the library now. I probably walk through the doors of my local library once or twice a month. Every time I do, I feel right at home, and there's a little pull that tempts me to stay longer. Every library I've walked into has been a place where I'd be happy to stay for hours: from the tiny library in Sioux Lookout, Ontario, to the grand Library of Parliament here in Ottawa, which I was fortunate enough to see on a tour with a friend.
I've been going to the library since before I can remember. I have fond memories of taking out as many books as the library allowed in summer and on March break. One year, I worked my way through every available colour in the series of fairy tale books that included The Red Fairy Book and The Blue Fairy Book. The Thunder Bay library had a surprisingly large number of them.
I love libraries wholeheartedly, without reservation, the same way I love books and stories in other forms.
My local branch has certain areas of seating where conversation is encouraged — a smart move, given that it's right beside a high school. Once Thing Two was there with a friend, and staff offered snacks and pens as a way to promote the use of the social space.
This week I heard a story on the radio that brought all sorts of happy library thoughts to mind, and magnified them to include an appreciation of people who love libraries. It's a story of everyday library users against government, and it has a happy ending.
The Saskatchewan government was planning to cut funding to libraries in its upcoming budget, a move that would mean cutting services in small towns in the province, and possibly even closing some libraries. Library patrons protested, wrote letters, staged read-ins. People who'd never been involved in a protest in their life came out in small towns and cities. A facebook group gathered some 8,000 members.
People in small towns who rely on libraries for internet access, people scattered across the province, banded together online and showed up to tell the government how important some voters consider libraries to be. Some of the protests involved sitting down outside government offices and reading. And the provincial government actually listened to the people and reversed its decision.
I heard an interview with the woman who started the facebook group, and she said some of the people who protested had never even seen a protest, and had to watch videos online to find out how to do it. That says a lot about how much other people believe in libraries too.
I love the accessibility of libraries. A library is a great place to spend a couple of hours. It's safe and warm, and it's perfectly acceptable to hang out there for hours — without having to buy coffees. love the possibilities of a library: who knows what book I may discover while browsing the shelves? I also enjoy looking at the different kinds of people who go to libraries. I automatically feel a sense of kinship with them.
In fact, I think I've finally realized why I always had trouble settling on my happy place. You know those exercises where you're supposed to picture yourself in a place where you feel content? I always tried a beach or a forest, which are places I love. But I never could quite settle in the mental images. Now I'm almost certain that I've found my happy place. Certainly, I don't feel like grumbling when I'm at the library. I think even if Grumblings sneaked into the library with me, he'd succumb to its charm and either get lost in a good book or tuck his head beneath his wing and snooze. He'd know as soon as he felt my happiness that there was no point in trying to cause trouble.
Any library stories you want to share? What's your favourite library? Share in the comments or send me an email, at susan at goodbyegrumblings.ca.
←I thought I was cranky. Turned out I was sad.
Word lover. Story addict. Daydreamer. Optimist. Ottawan. Treehugger. Scouter.
I remember smelling the children's books in the children's section when the library was upstairs in the Earl Armstrong arena (now a seniors' centre). Loved it!
I remember that too. Nothing like the smell of books, old, new. In the summer, before summer jobs, I'd wait anxiously for the afternoon when the library would open. I couldn't understand why it wasn't open all the time. I still think 24/7 libraries is a great idea.
I, too, love my public library for all the reasons you listed. I am encouraged to hear that there is a government that listens to its people, especially about libraries.
When I lived in Washington, DC I went to the Library of Congress a few times. That is an impressive place.
It is encouraging, isn't it? Thanks for commenting.
I love the image of a happy Grumblings- he's probably tucking his tail around him, too, as he drifts off. Or should that be "tale"?
Libraries are special places that always teach us something. Sometimes it's just the reminder to count our blessings.
Like the way that, during inclement weather – which is the best time to be in a library anyway — city libraries often manage to gracefully shelter smelly homeless people. Seeing this, one can't help but be reminded that we are all just people.
Yes, people who all deserve to hang around with books. (-: Maybe the library should have dragon chairs… it would be a novel idea.
ooooh… now you're making a folio 't of me.
Time to close the chapter on this one?
And lest you forget, I was a volunteer librarian for over 5 yrs. Perhaps that was part of the secret the night we met.
Kindred spirits who love stories — it was magical!
I love them too! The smell of books, the silence, the complete and utter lack of rushing… I understand why it's your happy place.
Who is Grumblings and why say goodbye?


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"Meritocracy is a ghost"
Intellectum, Greece
Victor Tsilonis
With sharp drops in advertising revenue and drastic public cuts, the financing system for Greek journals has never been less transparent. As the "networking" factor attains new levels, meritocracy seems a far-off dream says Intellectum editor Victor Tsilonis.
Intellectum receives no funding at all from the Greek state. The large part of the budget – around 65 per cent – comes from sales and advertising. Since the crisis, advertising revenue has dropped. At the same time, sales have gone up, as the journal becomes better known. The remainder of the budget comes from donations from Intellectum "members". They include businesses that advertise in the journal but whose primary motivation is to donate. We run a donation campaign before the publication of every issue. Since the crisis, this source of income has also been declining sharply. We do not benefit from any "hidden funding" via rebates and the like. Do we make use of voluntary unpaid work? Certainly, yes, all the time! There is no other way!
Financing European cultural journals
Like other types of cultural organization reliant on public funds, cultural journals throughout Europe have felt the impact of recession. In addition to funding cuts, journals are also having to negotiate the upheavals taking place in the print sector.
Through a European survey of financing for cultural journals, Eurozine takes stock of the situation of the network, in order to communicate its experiences internally and to others who hold a stake in European cultural policy today. [more]
Read the statements here:
Varlik, Turkey
Ord&Bild and Glänta, Sweden
Vikerkaar, Estonia
Wespennest, Austria
Sodobnost, Slovenia
Host, Czech Republic
Res Publica Nowa, Poland
Mute, UK
Blätter für deutsche und internationale Politik, Germany
Funding for journals is, in theory, available from the Greek Ministry of Culture. It is often the case that journals are funded indirectly, via other programmes not expressly focused on journals. In order to get that funding you obviously need to have personal contacts with officials at the Ministry of Culture or at OPAP Sport Limited, the lottery and betting company that funds culture in Greece. Nowadays, those that do receive this kind of funding don't shout about it, so it's not transparent as to which journals actually do benefit. In any case, there are probably no more than two or three.
The drastic decrease in funding sources has raised the "networking" factor (to put it politely) to a whole new level – you won't get any funding unless you can pull a dozen strings. This applies to private as well as public sector funding. Meritocracy is a ghost hunted by Intellectum and a few brave others for many years, and will no doubt elude us in the years to come. One shouldn't forget the golden rule that you can only catch a ghost after you die!
All Intellectum's content is available on the website (www.intellectum.org), although we are always one step behind the current printed issue. We have also introduced a web-only column called "Fingerprints of the day" that are no longer than 700 words and that focus on current news. The social media have an invaluable role to play in making the journal known to a wider public, since most of the time no other form of advertising is possible. So far, our online activities have remained immune to the crisis. Despite this, we have no plans to discontinue the print version, which we still consider necessary despite the high costs.
We have also set up an e-shop where you can buy print copies of Intellectum as well as Intellectum T-shirts, though sales are still relatively low. We intend to expand the customers' options, for example by enabling them to purchase Intellectum in .pdf format for a low price. It is worth mentioning that, despite our efforts, publishing in .epub format has not been possible because companies and stores (such as the Apple Store) seem to be interested only in books and not journals.
More and more, we are going "beyond publishing" and now even have our own web-radio show every Sunday. We also organize exhibitions of artists who provide their work to Intellectum for free, as well as cultural events and public lectures. All these "extra curricular activities" are in order to make the work of Intellectum better known.
What can Eurozine do to consolidate the position of cultural journals in Europe? A European network of journals has a heavy burden to bear, which becomes even heavier during this period of crisis. Running collective projects with the journals and assisting journals from economically vulnerable EU states may be a critical factor. After all, what is European journals network without the journals?
Original in English
First published by Eurozine
Contributed by Intellectum © Victor Tsilonis / Eurozine
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We're bouncing back
Ladies with big boxes
May the horror and shame unite us
Overcome fear!
An appeal by the Ukrainian journal 'Prostory'
'We would prefer to talk about art and literature, but right now we are asking for solidarity. Overcome fear, close the skies above Ukraine, save those who may tomorrow join the ranks of the killed and wounded.'
Read in: EN / RU
For a free Ukraine!
Freedom, dignity and security: our belief in the aspirations that animate civil society is why we affirm our support for Ukraine today. A statement by the editors of the Eurozine partner journal 'Esprit'.


As we write in our new report, The State of Minnesota's Economy: 2017, Minnesota's economic growth is lagging. New data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis for the second quarter of 2017 bears this out.
Yesterday, the BEA released its figures for state GDP growth in the second quarter of 2017. As shown in Figure 1, Minnesota clocked in at a 1.2% seasonally adjusted annualized GDP growth rate. This is lower than 43 other states.
For the US as a whole, second quarter GDP growth was estimated as 2.8%. As Figure 2 shows, over the last year US growth has risen from 1.9% to 2.8%. In Minnesota, it has fallen from 5.8% to 1.2%.
Thats the short run quarterly, what about the long run annually?
Quarterly figures can be more volatile than annual figures. But even the annual data shows the same trend since the turn of the century. Minnesota's economic growth has lagged the US average since 2000. Our state's economy is now 2.5% smaller than it would have been if we had matched the national growth rate since then.
Furthermore, this is not the result of economic convergence. Minnesota is not doomed to its European growth rate by its relative affluence and North Dakota is not bound for its Chinese growth rate by virtue of its relatively lower income. This is what the economic theory of convergence might suggest. But, as I wrote last week, new research shows that convergence hasn't been happening between high-income and low-income areas of the US over the period covered by our report.
Minnesota's relatively slow rate of economic growth is just that; Minnesota's. Much depends on trends at the national level, but the variations suggest that local factors play a role as well. What are these factors? How might we improve them? That is the subject of our new report, The State of Minnesota's Economy: 2017.