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Motoring: Mini is maximum fun
Nauman Farooq | Interrobang |	Sports | January 30th, 2012
A few weeks ago I attended the 2012 North American International Auto Show. This week, I'll tell you about the car that took me there, the Mini Cooper S Coupe.
This latest version of the Cooper model can be seen as a last hurrah for the current platform, since an all-new model is in the works currently.
So what does the Coupe have that the regular Cooper doesn't?
Actually, the better question would be what the Coupe doesn't have, and the most notable thing would be the lack of back seats. The back seats in a regular Cooper are pretty small, so for the funky Coupe model, Mini decided to get rid of them. So now you won't be able to cram in an extra passenger or two for a ride. On the plus side, the trunk is now much bigger. Do I see the lack of passenger carrying a negative? No, not one bit.
Not only will you be less harassed to transport people, you also end up with a vehicle that looks extremely cool. My family typically doesn't bother commenting on any car I ever bring home, but this one got everyone talking, and they all loved it.
The love affair with this car's looks continued at the border. Crossing into the U.S., I usually get a million questions regarding why I am driving a car that doesn't belong to me. This time around, the only questions I was asked were about the car and how cool the customs agent thought it was. This happened on both sides, going into the U.S. and coming back into Canada. So if you want a car that creates a favourable buzz, this is it.
If, however, you want a comfortable, quiet car, look elsewhere. On the highway, it's fine — it rides well and the only discomfort you'll feel is from a high-revving engine (it cruises at 3000 rpm at 110 km/h) and some road noise. But in the city, where the Mini should be king, it is quite jarring. This is a very stiff car and you will cringe and curse every time you go over broken pavement and train tracks. So it's a small car that isn't great for the city, and it's not exactly ideal for the highway. What it's brilliant at is tackling twisty roads.
If you like small cars that can out-handle just about any kind of car on the road, this is your car. All Minis handle well, and this Coupe model seems to take that to a whole new level. This is where the extra stiffness comes in handy, and you can feel the chassis working with you to tackle any twisting tarmac you can think of. I love it.
I also loved its engine, which, like in other Cooper S models, is a turbo-charged, 1.6-litre, fourcylinder engine that produces 181 hp and 177lb/ft of torque.
Couple that with its excellent six-speed manual gearbox, which sends power to only the front wheels, and you get a car that will plant a smile on your face every time you punch the accelerator. You'll smile even harder when you put it in sport mode, which tightens the steering but sharpens the throttle. It will tempt you to go fast.
If you do find an area that is okay for going fast, don't worry about stability. The Coupe has an electronically controlled rear spoiler that rises up at 80 km/h and goes back down again when speeds drop below 60 km/h. I like this spoiler.
I also liked this performance car's fuel economy. Most cars that are fun to drive will cost you a kidney to keep them running. The Mini Coupe, even despite my spirited driving, managed 8.0 litres/100km during my week. That is extremely impressive.
Continuing on with its impressiveness is its price. You'd think a special car like this would cost a fortune, but a base Mini Coupe with the naturally aspirated engine is yours from $25,950. The Cooper S version, like my tester, starts at $31,150. The top-of-the-line JCW version with a bigger turbo that develops 208-hp is yours from $38,400. For the style and performance these cars offer, they are great value.
So if you do mostly downtown driving, look elsewhere. If, however, you live near some great, twisty, back-roads, then this Coupe is the car for you.


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Spoilers for the Season 6 episode of The Blacklist -- "Bastien Moreau: The Conclusion" are revealed below.
Red is finally free on The Blacklist! The "Concierge of Crime" is back in action and not for the reasons I thought he might be. It turns out, Cooper's appeal to the President worked, and Red was given 48 hours to track down the assassin Bastien Moreau. In return, he would have his original immunity deal put back in place.
Well, Red came through. In the end, Liz and Ressler captured Bastien Moreau a.k.a. The Corsican. Soon after they did, he was shot and killed by one of the President's aids. Tracking down what Moreau knew about the conspiracy will likely comprise further episodes of The Blacklist.
Thankfully, the Task Force will have Red to aid them in that search. He is free and, as of the conditions of his immunity agreement, so is Vontae Jones! According to the terms, Vontae has been paroled. That was the good news, now the bad.
At the end of the episode, Samar informed Cooper she was leaving the Task Force. She did not reveal her reason for why to Cooper. However, viewers know that it was due to the events of the episode. She blames herself for the death of Christopher Miles. With Samar's condition getting worse and Red now free, the show has potentially set him up to save her.
Just like Red getting executed seemed impossible, Samar leaving the Task Force forever is hard to believe. A temporary thing? Sure. Forever? No way. Or at least, I hope not. At the end of the episode, Red said he was going somewhere, claiming he had no idea where that was. He could already be off on a mission to save Samar.
So far, The Blacklist has not tipped its hand regarding how much Red knows about Samar's condition. Chances are, he knows much more than he has let on. There have already been hints that he probably does. Again, it is important to remember The Pharmacist, aka Dr. Stark.
Earlier in Season 6, Red sent the Task Force after him. Following his capture, Dembe and he had a private conversation. In said convo, Dembe made it clear that Dr. Stark was working on something for Red. There is a strong chance that whatever it is, it has to do with Samar. She is the only person viewers are aware of who requires medical intervention.
Dr. Stark is a bio-scientist and a biohacker. Who better to work on Samar's case than him? He may already be developing something to help her. A medically-advanced cure is the only way to save Samar at this point.
Why Red is keeping his potential work on Samar's case so secretive is anyone's guess. Perhaps he does not want to give her or anyone else false hope? It's possible.
NBC has revealed that Samar will make a "life changing decision" in the first half. She already left the Task Force, so could this next move mean her breaking up Aram? That does not work for me. Maybe they will get married? Now that would be great!
In the second half, The Blacklist teased that a case will have repercussions that will alter the Task Force forever. Why does that not sound like a good change? Either way, fans will have to tune in and find out what it is.
With Red free, The Blacklist can now turn its attention to saving Samar. Find out if Red is involved with helping her when The Blacklist continues with new episodes airing Fridays at 9 p.m. ET on NBC.
Do you think Red will save Samar?


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Q: Content not getting added \ showing in a QWidget I'm trying to add content to a QWidget, but nothing ever shows. The window comes out blank, empty without any content I'm trying to include.
mainwindow.cpp
#include "mainwindow.h"

#include <QApplication>

MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) :
    QWidget(parent, Qt::FramelessWindowHint | Qt::WindowSystemMenuHint)
{
    mainWin = new QWidget();

    // Create the button, make "this" the parent
    m_button = new QPushButton("My Button", this);
    // set size and location of the button
    m_button->setGeometry(QRect(QPoint(100, 100), QSize(200, 50)));

    hlayout = new QHBoxLayout;
    hlayout -> addWidget(m_button);

    mainWin -> setLayout(hlayout);
}

mainwindow.h
#ifndef MAINWINDOW_H
#define MAINWINDOW_H

#include <QHBoxLayout>

class MainWindow : public QWidget
{
    Q_OBJECT

public:
    MainWindow(QWidget *parent = 0);

private:

    QPushButton *m_button;

    QHBoxLayout *hlayout;
};

#endif

main.cpp
#include "mainwindow.h"
#include <QtPlugin>
#include <QApplication>

#include <QDesktopWidget>

Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(BasicToolsPlugin)

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    QApplication app(argc, argv);
    MainWindow window;

    QDesktopWidget dw;

    int x=dw.width()*0.7;
    int y=dw.height()*0.7;
    window.setFixedSize(x, y);

    window.show();

    return app.exec();
}

What is it that I'm missing, or doing wrong?
Thank you all in advance.

A: Your code is not complete. I had to make some fixes (includes, declarations) to compile it.
Anyway, to start to see something, you have to either replace:
mainWin = new QWidget();

with
mainWin = new QWidget(this);

or replace:
mainWin -> setLayout(hlayout);

with
this -> setLayout(hlayout);

In the latter case it doesn't make sense calling:
m_button->setGeometry(QRect(QPoint(100, 100), QSize(200, 50)));

since position and size of m_button is handled automatically by the layout.

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In December 1978 the leader of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Deng Xiaoping launched a series of economic reforms (known as gǎigé kāifàng (改革开放 ) in Chinese). Some of the most significant newly implemented measures were the decollectivization of agriculture and the opening up to foreign investments. The establishment of this new economic structure based on market economy principles emphatically drew the line dividing China's rural and urban landscapes. In urban areas, particularly coastal future megacities such as Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou, foreign investment stimulated the local economy – wages of residents increased and living conditions improved. Yet, these economic reforms were ineffective in alleviating problems in the lives of China's huge rural population. While coastal cities were growing into future Londons, and New Yorks, rural China was and still is waiting.
With the desire of improving their lives, millions of Chinese farmers have been migrating to fast developing urban China – new hubs of capitalism and free market. Since the end of the 20th century the number Chinese migrant workers (known as floating population or liúdòng rénkǒu (流动人口) in Chinese) has been increasing. Reaching 230 million people in 2011, China's floating population adds up to 17% of China's total population – making their annual journeys the greatest migration of people in the world's history. The migration happens on two different scales. At the national scale, farmers move from central China to the east coast's urban centers. At the provincial scale, farmers from rural areas move to their province's capital or other provincial fast developing urban spaces.
No matter if we take the economic, social, or cultural perspectives, rural and urban China are very distinctive spaces. Whereas cities like Shanghai embody a super-capitalist, western way of life, parts of rural China still consider electricity a luxury. Thus, it is hard to imagine what it is like for a Chinese farmer to be forced, out of need, into becoming a migrant worker and to move between these two different worlds. Maybe, it is the first time that he takes the train. Departing from her family's land with little money and a few clothes, she leaves her life behind for a new one. Hours or days later, they both arrive in Shanghai's railway station, Guangzhou's underground bus terminal, or Kunming's South Station – some of China's most crowded places, without really knowing what comes next. They see so many cars, lights and people for the first time, and they hear street vendors shouting over an unstoppable background of honking taxis. They smell the dark exhaust of buses as they accelerate to get to the next stop, and observe stress on every street and in everyone's eyes. That is how I had imagined the first day of a farmer in a Chinese city. I had a chance to fill in the blanks of my story in China during the fall of 2013 when I was studying geography at Yunnan University in Kunming, a Chinese second tier city.
At Middlebury I had already had an opportunity to deepen my knowledge about the geography of migrant workers. But physically being in China gave me the chance to approach and interview them and uncover the real stories behind the Chinese rural exodus. What were their reasons? How did their lives change? Are they happy? Happier? As they move between the very contrasting rural and urban spaces, I originally assumed that migrants' definition of their own identity would face some changes, be contested, or even profoundly transformed. I thought that to integrate into urban society, Chinese migrant workers would have to relinquish some of their farmer's identity and trade it for a partially assimilated townsman or townswoman's identity. The reality is all so different. Based on existing research and my own interviews, I found that an overwhelming number of migrants have a very clear idea of their own identity: while they live and work in the city, they do not regard themselves as urban citizens but still entirely conceive themselves as farmers.
I am walking down QiánJú Street. Bus 54 is racing up in zigzags between cyclists, scooters, and honking taxis. In front of me a group of cheerful children in school uniforms are walking back to their homes. Sitting on my left is an older man who plays a traditional Chinese string instrument called the jīnghú. I notice him everyday as I stroll by, the tranquility of the man stands out in this turbulent environment. Another two hundred meters and I will arrive at the local food market. I turn left, pass an ordinary restaurant, circumvent a family driving on their electric scooter, and there it is: mangos, pomelos, melons, apples, bananas, pears, chestnuts, walnuts, 等等 are pilling up arranged by size and quality. Behind the fruits are the vegetables. After the vegetables the meat stands, and in the rear of the market are the fish still swimming in the accommodated basins.
At the end of the first series of stalls I meet with two migrants selling clementines and steamed sweet corn. Qín jiànjūn (秦建军) and Huáng méi (黄梅) are originally from Xuānwēi in northwest Yunnan and moved to Kunming in 2001. Their children's education was the principle reason for Qín and Huáng to abandon their farmer's life and move to Kunming. They married a few years later in 2005, and their first child was born not long after. Their son is now 7 years old and goes to an elementary school in the city. Like most of the other migrant's children, the couple's son cannot afford to attend the expensive better public schools. Their second child, a girl, is still in Xuānwēi where she lives with her grandparents. Qín and Huáng have not seen their daughter for almost a year now, but they hope she can come to Kunming in a few months; this way she too will be able to receive a better education.
Across from the busy street a young woman is selling shoes and dresses in a small shop. I often see her sitting outside observing people and life as it passes by. Her name is Zhānglì (张黎 ), 19 years old. She comes from a rural town situated in the south of Sìchuān (四川). Sichuan is the province north of Yunnan; it is also the province that has the largest outflow of migrants in China. Zhāng was 2 years old when together with her parents they moved to Kunming eager to find a less tiring job. Since the family arrived in Kunming 17 years ago, Zhāng has not gone back to Sichuan. She has no farming experience, and yet when I ask her how she would describe herself she tells me without hesitating: "I am a farmer." When I query her opinion on locals she asks me to wait until two clients leave the shop. She then says: "when they speak the local dialect I do not really understand. Some of them are a little weird too; they will buy meat for their dogs and cats but they cannot afford any for themselves. They treat their pets like their own children. People do not act the same in Sichuan." As a foreigner I cannot grasp the difference that Zhāng so strongly senses between her hometown in Sichuan and Kunming. Even though she spent nearly all her life in Kunming, she does not feel she fits into the local landscape. I am surprised that Zhang, who has only spent the 2 youngest years of her life in Sichuan, speaks so vividly about it.
The main culprit behind this social and spatial urban division is the Chinese household registration system, or Hùkǒu (户口) in Chinese. China's government established this new system in the late 1960s in order to better control population flow. From then on, every Chinese is, according to birthplace and family background, assigned to either the agricultural or non-agricultural status. Before the 1978 Reform and Opening up many migrants were actually sent back to their rural homes from the cities because their household registration status was "agricultural." This way Chinese cities would not become overly crowded, and rural China would keep a necessary labor force to work on the farms. After 1978 the function of the household registration system changed. To fulfill the need of a large workforce in the fast developing coastal cities, Chinese officials turned a blind eye on illegal migrants working in cities with the agricultural status. There were good reasons why the Chinese government did not choose to simply abolish this law that was not any longer fulfilling its initial role. An "illegal" migrant in the city has only limited access to working, medical, welfare, housing, and education rights. Under these circumstances Chinese migrants have thus become a highly exploitable and very cheap labor force. There have been numerous analysts attributing much of the recent Chinese economic success to the national household registration system and its significant success in producing over two hundred million highly exploitable workers.
It is sometimes possible for migrants to change their household registration status from the agricultural to the non-agricultural status, but the process is tedious and selective – reserved to the wealthier and better educated. The ones unable to change status are subjected to the manifold consequences of this law. Economically speaking, the average income of a migrant worker is three times less than that of a local resident. Moreover, most migrants can only find employment in the 3D sector: Dirty, Demanding, and Dangerous. From a social perspective, for employment and economic safety in the city, migrants rely on a unique social network of migrants coming from the same hometowns. From a cultural standpoint, because migrants work, eat, and sleep only surrounded by relatives or individuals from their hometowns, a cultural bubble is created in which communities of migrants can keep their own religious, linguistic, culinary, and other cultural landmarks. Thus, the household registration system remains the structural force in place alienating migrant workers from the urban society at the economic, social, and cultural level.
Wángguó fā (王国发) is the exception that confirms the rule. Coming from a rural town in the North of Guìzhōu (贵州) (Guizhou is the province east of Yunnan province) he tells me that he feels half farmer and half urban citizen. According to him his sense of personal identity was affected by his economic situation. Wáng is self-employed as a wood carver, and with an average income of ¥5000 a month he earns significantly more than most migrant workers. He tells me that he even has time to go hiking with friends, friends whom he proudly says are from all backgrounds: Chinese and foreigners, locals and migrants. For Wáng being successful economically meant locals conceded his belonging to Kunming's landscape and enabled him to broaden his social network. His many friends also had an impact on his own cultural identity. He now believes his two children should marry who they want and study what they are interested in; viewpoints which he says are not common in his hometown. But more importantly Wáng's household registration agricultural status has lost all its meaning for him. He says agricultural or non-agricultural status "they are all the same thing." Nonetheless for most migrant workers, agricultural or non-agricultural statuses are not the same and keep playing a primary role in their day-to-day life and long distance future.
Over the last decade, because of pressure from diverse parties, minor changes have been made to the household registration system. Most notably (and recently), during the CPC's Third Plenary Session that took place in November 2013, changes were made to give individuals from both agricultural and non-agricultural status equal rights in third-tier cities. But the Chinese government still hesitates to give full rights to migrants in the bigger second and first-tier cities. Economically speaking it could lead to a disaster. What would happen in Guangzhou to the 420,000 migrant workers employed by Foxconn, a multinational electronics manufacturing company, if they suddenly had working rights? Would prices of our iPhones and iPads suddenly increase? Or would Foxconn and other multinational companies move to different places offering a more exploitable workforce?
As I walk back up the QiánJú Street, I see all these people who have left their farmer's life in the hope of finding a better one in Kunming: the servant working in the ordinary restaurant and the workers with their yellow helmets that she is serving, the taxi driver who passes by and the man at the street corner who repaired my shoe for ¥3 this morning, the old couple that sells dumplings outside of the Yunnan University, and the security guard that sits in front of the hotel I stay at. Most foreigners do not notice that they all come from very different places. They seem to all fit too well in this urban landscape. Yet when you ask them, they will tell you they do not.


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Exports of palm oil, related products to hit RM100b in 2021 — Zuraida
November 18, 2021 15:17 pm +08
BANGI (Nov 18): The oil palm industry is expected to contribute an export value of RM100 billion in 2021, an increase from the RM73.3 billion recorded last year, said Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Zuraida Kamaruddin.
She said the stable oil price performance had generated significant export revenue for the country.
"Actually, the oil palm sector could be contributing up to RM120 billion in export value if not for the labour shortage due to the freeze on new foreign worker intake and lower palm output which led to a RM20 billion shortfall," she told the media after the launch of the Mechanisation and Automation Research Consortium of Oil Palm (MARCOP) here on Thursday (Nov 18).
Crude palm oil (CPO) price hit a record high of RM5,404 per tonne on Nov 3, 2021.
The average CPO price for January-October 2021 surged by 65% to RM4,276.50 from the RM2,583.50 achieved in the corresponding period last year.
Meanwhile, elaborating on MARCOP's establishment, Zuraida said the consortium received a total allocation of RM60 million for agricultural mechanisation technology research and commercialisation.
It will focus on mechanisation and automation technology in the Industry Revolution 4.0 (IR 4.0) framework such as drones, robots and sensors for integrated and systematic operations to resolve issues faced by the oil palm plantation sector.
"The Plantation Industries and Commodities Ministry is targeting three years, that is, until 2024, for MARCOP to find the direction and usage of technology that can reduce labour dependence especially in oil palm harvesting," Zuraida said.
MARCOP main committee chairman Datuk Mohamad Nageeb Abdul Wahab said CPO production is expected to be below 18 million tonnes this year, 20% lower than the possible 20 million tonnes due to the shortage of 75,000 workers following the Covid-19 pandemic.
"MARCOP's main focus is to resolve the problem in harvesting fresh fruit bunches which currently involves the use of nearly 80% foreign labour.
"We hope that with [the introduction of] automation, it will be able to attract the interest of locals to venture into this field and reap higher earnings," he added.

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This entry was posted in Daily Prompt, Poetry and tagged Daily Prompt, Poem, Poetry on February 17, 2018 by Pete.
Thank you! The Daily Prompt is always fun to do things a little different – draw people in to the saving message of Jesus Christ. I like to have fun with it!
Yes! Courage… sacrificing oneself for another in order to rescue them is the ultimate demonstration of courage. And Jesus demonstrated that better than anyone…all for us! Love this, Pete!
Thanks Lynn. Our courageous, mighty, loving Jesus! Oh, how I love Him.


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Cochrane coach set for national stage
Riley Cassidy
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Published on: March 7, 2019 | Last Updated: March 7, 2019 8:07 PM EST
Randy Peron (pictured) will be assisting the U15 Team Alberta girls basketball head coach Robyn Fleckenstein to earn the province some glory on the court at the national championship this summer. Courtesy of Randy Peron / CT
A local Cochranite has made the cut and was announced as a member of the U15 Team Alberta women's basketball coaching staff.
Randy Peron, who residents may recognize as the head coach of the Cochrane High Cobras senior girls' basketball team, is making a return to coach the best U15 girls in the province to take on the rest of the country later this year at the Canada Basketball National Championship in British Columbia.
Peron is no stranger to coaching Team Alberta, and this year will mark his eighth in total as either an assistant or head coach of a men's or women's Alberta provincial team.
Peron said he's been waiting in anticipation for weeks to hear the announcement, and he's happy he's received the green light.
"Head coach Robyn Fleckenstein was pushing for me to be her assistant for a couple of weeks. I said yes excitedly, because I loved coaching Team Alberta as part of the coaching staffs that I've been in in the past. I'm looking forward to it this summer."
Of the eight Team Alberta groups he's coached in the past, he's been a part of gold, silver, and bronze medalist teams, and has helped bring other groups within a few points of earning medals as well.
He said he's found a good report with the U15 Team Alberta's current head coach Robyn Fleckenstein after working along side her at a coaching certification course, and looks forward to working along side her in preparation for this year's championship.
"We just clicked while doing part of the course together. She mentioned that she was looking for one more assistant coach, and we were talking about my history, and it just made sense that she wanted me to be a part of her team."
"I've never coached with her before, but I think it will be a good match for Team Alberta this year.
As a man who lives and breathes basketball for 10 months out of the year, he said he's looking forward to another opportunity to represent the province.
"It's always fun to go to nationals, because you get to play the best provincial teams in Canada. This is an event that a lot of university and NCAA coaches attend, so it's a big thing for Canada Basketball. Being a part of it is something that I just love doing."
"There's no greater feeling than representing your province and representing your country."
A confirmed date for the national championship hasn't been confirmed, but sometime in August Cochranites can expect to see one of their fellow neighbours on the court to earn the province some national recognition in the basketball scene.
Bearspaw speed skater earns Gold at Canada Winter Games	Chaos move on with sweep in round one


Few chess boards in America have the history of the Drueke chess boards. These boards are neither veneers nor inlays - they are actual solid blocks of wood made from Padouk and Maple. Additionally, they can be recognized by the signature grooved edging around the playing surface.
This chess board is beautiful in person. It's squares are one and three quarter inches and the red Padouk squares are especially striking. The board accommodates a 3 inch King very well. Ebony pieces particularly contrast well with the board. Well worth the price of the board. Highly recommended.


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Q: how to disable push notifications by condition in Flutter? I have an application, I want to send notifications only to authorized users,
authorization occurs by token if the token is empty, then the user is not authorized, for authorization and storing the token I use the shared_pref package. How can I disable notifications if the user is not logged in?
Token validation is only done in MyAppState notifications I need to disable in the same place
void main() async {
  WidgetsFlutterBinding.ensureInitialized();
  await Firebase.initializeApp();
  await Permission.notification.request();

  if(Constants.USER_TOKEN.isEmpty) {
    FirebaseMessaging.instance.setAutoInitEnabled(false);
  }
  RemoteMessage? initialMessage =
      await FirebaseMessaging.instance.getInitialMessage();
  if (initialMessage != null) {
    if (navKey.currentState != null) {
      if(Constants.USER_TOKEN.isNotEmpty) {
        navKey.currentState!.push(MaterialPageRoute(
            builder: (context) => NotificationScreen()));
      }
      print('Message');
    }
  }
  await _messaging.setForegroundNotificationPresentationOptions(
    alert: true,
    badge: true,
    sound: true,
  );
  FirebaseMessaging.onMessage.listen((RemoteMessage message) {
    RemoteNotification? notification = message.notification;
    AndroidNotification? android = message.notification!.android;
    if (notification != null && android != null) {
      flutterLocalNotificationsPlugin.show(
        notification.hashCode,
        notification.title,
        notification.body,
        NotificationDetails(
          android: AndroidNotificationDetails(
            channel.id,
            channel.name,
            channelDescription: channel.description,
            icon: '@mipmap/ic_launcher',
          ),
        ),
      );
    }
  });
  FirebaseMessaging.onMessageOpenedApp.listen((RemoteMessage? message) {
    print("On message opened app: ${message?.data}}");
    if (navKey.currentState != null) {
      if(Constants.USER_TOKEN.isNotEmpty) {
        navKey.currentState!.push(MaterialPageRoute(
            builder: (context) => const NotificationScreen()));
      }
    }
  });

  var initializationSettingsAndroid =
      const AndroidInitializationSettings('@drawable/ic_notification');

  var initializationSettingsIOS = const DarwinInitializationSettings();

  var initializationSettings = InitializationSettings(
      android: initializationSettingsAndroid, iOS: initializationSettingsIOS);
  await _messaging.requestPermission();
  String? token = await _messaging.getToken();
  if (token != null) {
    print("FIREBASE TOKEN $token");
  } else {
    print("CANNOT TAKE FIREBASE TOKEN");
  }
  if (Platform.isIOS) {
    var APNS = await _messaging.getAPNSToken();
    print('APNS: $APNS');
  }
  runApp(const MyApp());
}

class MyApp extends StatefulWidget {
  const MyApp({super.key});

  @override
  State<MyApp> createState() => _MyAppState();
}

class _MyAppState extends State<MyApp> with WidgetsBindingObserver {
  getToken() async {
    SharedPreferences pref = await SharedPreferences.getInstance();
    setState(() {
      Constants.USER_TOKEN = pref.getString('login') ?? "";
    });
  }

  @override
  void didChangeDependencies() async {
    super.didChangeDependencies();
    await getToken();
  }

A: Use deleteToken which invalidates the current token and getToken again to get a new one when enabling.
getToken() async {
    SharedPreferences pref = await SharedPreferences.getInstance();

    setState(() {
      Constants.USER_TOKEN = pref.getString('login') ?? "";
    });

if(Constants.USER_TOKEN.isEmpty()){

    // delete firebase token

}else{

    // get firebase token

}
     }


For the Voya health savings account (HSA), Voya Investment Management is providing manager selection and oversight and has constructed the HSA investment menu that includes a mix of funds managed by Voya Investment Management as well as other well-regarded managers.
Voya Financial, Inc. launched a new suite of health savings and spending account solutions as benefits for employers to offer their employees.
The suite of solutions will initially include the following tax-advantaged accounts: a health savings account (HSA) to be used in combination with high deductible health plans (HDHPs); a health flexible spending account (health FSA); a limited purpose FSA; a dependent care FSA; and a commuter benefit account.
In addition, HSA account holders with $2,000 or more in their HSA may choose to actively manage their account and select their investment options within their HSA. For the Voya HSA, Voya Investment Management is providing manager selection and oversight and has constructed the HSA investment menu that includes a mix of funds managed by Voya Investment Management as well as other well-regarded managers.


The Cherry used for this custom watch box has a subtle pattern with multi-hued colouring. The scene in the centre of the top was bordered with Wenge bands which were accentuated with veneer-thin edges of black-stained Poplar.
The upper was divided into three equal compartments, separated by solid Cherry dividers.
The drawer was left without compartments to allow maximum flexibility for storage of watch bands and parts. Drawer sides were made from solid Cherry.
Solid brass drawer pulls with matching Cherry wood inserts.
Sides were solid 1/2" (13 mm) thick Cherry.
Top was made of 1/8" (3 mm) Cherry, bordered with Wenge and Cherry, and laminated to both sides of 1/4" (6 mm) plywood. This construction not only makes the interior of the top as attractive as the exterior, but also prevents warping of the top.
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'The Good Place' had a controversial ending. Here's what the show's philosophy adviser had to say about it
By Lottie Elizabeth Johnsonlottiejohnson@deseretnews.com
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Ted Danson and Kristen Bell in the afterlife sitcom "The Good Place."
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Note: This article contains spoilers for all seasons of "The Good Place."
"The Good Place" explored a lot of questions over its four-year run: Did Aristotle actually know what he was talking about? Is drinking almond milk a sin? Is it noble to fix a broken tricycle for a child who is indifferent to tricycles? And just what are the ethical consequences of buying a tomato?
But the biggest — and most controversial — question came during the show's finale last month: Is finitude necessary for life to have meaning?
The answer to that question is a solid no for Pamela Hieronymi, who was a philosophy adviser for the NBC sitcom.
"There's an ongoing philosophical debate about immortality and whether it would be a good thing or a bad thing," the UCLA professor told the Deseret News. "The view that was taken by the show, namely that an infinite trouble-free life would be meaningless … I disagree with that."
Left to right: Jameela Jamil as Tahani, Manny Jacinto as Jason, D'Arcy Carden as Janet, Kristen Bell as Eleanor and William Jackson Harper as Chidi in the NBC sitcom "The Good Place."
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But Hieronymi made her mark on the show in other ways. Her influence began early on, as showrunner Michael Schur ("Parks and Recreation," "Brooklyn Nine-Nine") was developing the idea for "The Good Place" — a story NBC gave him absolute freedom to create.
As he was reading Aristotle and toying with different conceptions of the afterlife, Schur cold-emailed the UCLA professor and asked if she'd be interested in talking about the philosophy behind his show.
'The Good Place' just ended. Why was the show so successful?
Hieronymi isn't much of a TV watcher, but she rarely turns down an opportunity to chat about ethics. So she said yes. A few days before her meeting with Schur, she Googled his name.
"Oh wow, this is a big deal TV guy," she said.
A controversial ending
The NBC sitcom about four people navigating the afterlife put an entertaining twist on philosophy. It also came with a lot of plot twists.
Twist No. 1: At the end of season 1 we learn that Michael, the charming architect played by a bow tie-wearing Ted Danson, is actually a demon. The self-absorbed Eleanor (Kristen Bell), indecisive ethics professor Chidi (William Jackson Harper), celebrity name-dropping Tahani (Jameela Jamil) and clueless Jason (Manny Jacinto) were in the Bad Place all along, selected by Michael to torture each other for eternity.
Twist No. 2: The four humans designed to torture each other had actually helped each other become better people. The rest of "The Good Place" follows the unlikely friends as they try to make it to the real Good Place.
Twist No. 3: The Good Place isn't that good.
Kristen Bell as Eleanor Shellstrop and Ted Danson as Michael in the NBC sitcom "The Good Place."
In the show's penultimate episode, the group reaches its destination and quickly discovers that everyone in the Good Place is bored. Turns out having every desire instantly fulfilled is only exciting for so long. After some thought, Eleanor proposes an afterlife solution that the longtime Good Place residents approve with ecstatic cheers: the chance to leave.
Good Place residents can stay as long as they like, waiting for friends and family on Earth to join them. But when they're ready, they can walk through a doorway that will presumably end their existence. Just having that option seems to immediately lift the residents' spirits.
"I don't understand why you would think that removing the limit of life would suddenly deprive it of meaning." — Pamela Hieronymi
Hieronymi said that storyline reflects the view of the show's other philosophy consultant, Clemson professor Todd May, who writes in his book "Death" that "the fact that we die is what makes what we do and who we do it with matter."
Both Hieronymi and May have cameos in the show's finale. May's brief moment in the spotlight shows him discussing a line from "Death" with Chidi.
Hieronymi, who stands firmly on the other side of the debate, said she considers May to be an "immortality curmudgeon."
"I don't understand why you would think that removing the limit of life would suddenly deprive it of meaning," she said.
The final episode of "The Good Place," which aired Jan. 30, shows Eleanor, Chidi, Tahani and Jason living through thousands of Jeremy Bearimys. They each live out their personal versions of paradise and resolve the issues they had on Earth. And eventually, they each peacefully come to the decision that their time in the Good Place is up.
Jameela Jamil as Tahani in the NBC sitcom "The Good Place."
But it's Tahani's choice that Hieronymi said she respects the most. Instead of walking through the door, the socialite who spent her mortal life bragging about her faux philanthropy actually chooses to become a philanthropist, designing afterlife tests that will help more people make it to the Good Place.
"In my opinion, Tahani got the right answer," Hieronymi said. "I think that's the way I would've ended the show, is let it be this ongoing process of becoming better yourself and then facing the challenges of also helping other people as they come in."
Messy philosophy
Hieronymi has one line in "The Good Place" finale: "Bring ponchos. It gets messy."
It's the warning she gives when Chidi — who even in the Good Place continues to teach people ethics — tells his class they'll be studying the trolley problem the following week.
It's the perfect line for the professor, who had a lot to do with "The Trolley Problem" episode from the show's second season — in fact, at the start of that episode, Hieronymi's name is written on the blackboard Chidi uses for his lessons.
Professor Pamela Hieronymi's name is seen on the blackboard during "The Trolley Problem" episode of "The Good Place."
To prepare for the episode, Schur invited Hieronymi to the writers' room to break down the moral dilemma the trolley problem poses. Yes, most people would agree that it's best to pull the runaway trolley's lever and switch tracks in order to kill only one person and save five, Hieronymi told the writers.
But what about a scenario where a transplant surgeon has five ailing patients each in need of a different organ? Do you sacrifice one healthy patient to save the other five?
"That's the Trolley problem," Hieronymi said. "Why is it that we're getting one answer in one case and the opposite answer in the other case? And that's used to sort of reveal that in the first case you're focused on outcomes — like a consequentialist or utilitarian — and in the second case you tend to focus on rights and respect — what gets called a deontologist."
Those contradictions literally come to life in "The Good Place." And the professor is right — it gets really messy.
Throughout "The Trolley Problem" episode, Michael creates and recreates the experiment for Chidi and Eleanor — and it turns out the problem is a lot more complex than it is on paper.
Pamela Hieronymi and Todd May, the two philosophy consultants for "The Good Place," made cameos in the show's finale, which aired Jan. 30.
"It's just a simulation; I would never make you kill real people," Michael calmly tells a traumatized Chidi, whose indecisiveness has caused him to run the trolley over five people.
"Oh well that's reassuring because some of the parts of the fake people flew into my mouth!" Chidi responds.
"The Trolley Problem," in all of its hilarious messiness, is one of the show's most popular episodes. But it isn't Hieronymi's only mark on the show.
The 'spine' of 'The Good Place'
Hieronymi almost stood Schur up for their first meeting back in the fall of 2015. A self-described "absent-minded professor," she got lost in her musings and lost track of time. A phone call from Schur brought her out of that world, and she rushed down the street to the coffee shop to meet him — 45 minutes late.
Over coffee, the pair talked for more than three hours, covering everything from utilitarianism to contractualism. Hieronymi liked the overall idea of "The Good Place," but there were some aspects she disagreed with — like Schur's idea of a point system that ascribes value to good and bad deeds determining who ends up in the Good Place (Example from the show: Hugging a sad friend gets you 4.98 points while stiffing a waitress costs you -6.83 points).
"It absolutely generates this problem about the motives for doing the things that get you points," Hieronymi said. "You can't aim at the points and earn them at the same time."
So Hieronymi introduced Schur to T.M. Scanlon's "What We Owe to Each Other," a book about contractualism that Schur has since called the "spine" of his show (the book is both a conversation piece and a literal prop throughout the series).
The professor used the example of a driver cutting off another driver to explain why it's important to consider the implication of an action and not just the good or bad result of that action.
"That person has maybe cost us 15 seconds in our attempt to exit the freeway. So the actual cost of that, the thing they actually brought about, wasn't a big deal," she said. "But they think they're special. The disrespect that they have shown is all out of proportion with the actual cost they've incurred to us.
"The central wrongdoing is thinking you're special, thinking that you get to make an exception for yourself," Hieronymi continued. "That was actually the thing that Mike (Schur) was most interested in."
And that became the heart — or spine — of the show. As the series goes on, the flaws and limitations of the point system are revealed, leading to the shocking discovery that no one has made it to the Good Place in 521 years. Contractualism reigns supreme as new afterlife tests give people the chance to help each other and redeem themselves.
That storyline has Hieronymi's name written all over it, but the professor still takes issue with the skeptical view of immortality put forth by the ending — although she feels a little better about it when she thinks of it in the context of a TV show coming to an end.
"If a TV show keeps going on forever it becomes meaningless; that seems correct to me," she said. "Bringing the show to the end, and bringing the show to the end when Mike Schur was ready to, and not due to external forces — that's a really nice angle on it."
Ending aside, though, Hieronymi values "The Good Place" for doing something few, if any, TV shows have done before: Finding an entertaining way to bring philosophy into the mainstream.
"It's such a feel-good show. It's hard not to enjoy watching it," she said. "The storyline is exploring philosophical questions rather than explaining philosophical theories, and that to me was the more interesting part."
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The new Municipal Center of Sport and Recreation Arena in Mielec is a recreation and sports hall for more than 3000 viewers, a training arena, a warm-up room and section with a 25-metre swimming pool, an audience for 400 people and a SPA area. Size of investment: 27,859.5 m2, 160,220.88 m3.
According to the work schedule, the facility is to be ready in December 2021. What will it look like? See the visualizations prepared by the architectural firm Metropolis.
The integrated work system at BIM is becoming increasingly popular on the Polish architectural and construction market. Architects (the group surveyed in 2015 and 2019) have shown a clear increase in both their awareness of the advantages (76% in 2019 against 46% in 2015) and their professional use of BIM (43% in 2019 against 25% in 2015).
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Q: oracle- JOIN 2 tables with 2 ID's in common table "team1" :
id      country
1        India
2        Pakistan
3        srilanka
4        England

table "team2" :
id    name       name2
1      2          4
2      1          3

i have to combine two tables
another table when retrieve the data that time in place of 2 , 4 Pakistan,England

A: It is about the self join of team1 table (lines #15 and 16):
SQL> with
  2  team1 (id, country) as
  3    (select 1, 'India'     from dual union all
  4     select 2, 'Pakistan'  from dual union all
  5     select 3, 'Sri Lanka' from dual union all
  6     select 4, 'England'   from dual
  7    ),
  8  team2 (id, name, name2) as
  9    (select 1, 2, 4 from dual union all
 10     select 2, 1, 3 from dual
 11    )
 12  select b.id,
 13         t1.country,
 14         t2.country
 15  from team2 b join team1 t1 on t1.id = b.name
 16               join team1 t2 on t2.id = b.name2
 17  order by b.id;

        ID COUNTRY   COUNTRY
---------- --------- ---------
         1 Pakistan  England
         2 India     Sri Lanka

SQL>

A: Just showing another way of writing the same query with aggregate functions and grouping.
with
   team1 (id, country) as
     (select 1, 'India'     from dual union all
      select 2, 'Pakistan'  from dual union all
      select 3, 'Sri Lanka' from dual union all
      select 4, 'England'   from dual
     ),
   team2 (id, name, name2) as
     (select 1, 2, 4 from dual union all
      select 2, 1, 3 from dual
     )
SELECT
    T2.ID,
    MAX(CASE
        WHEN T2.NAME = T1.ID THEN T1.COUNTRY
    END) AS TEAM1,
    MAX(CASE
        WHEN T2.NAME2 = T1.ID THEN T1.COUNTRY
    END) AS TEAM2
FROM
    TEAM2 T2
    JOIN TEAM1 T1 ON T1.ID IN (
        T2.NAME,
        T2.NAME2
    )
GROUP BY
    T2.ID
ORDER BY
    T2.ID;

Output:
        ID TEAM1     TEAM2
---------- --------- ---------
         1 Pakistan  England
         2 India     Sri Lanka

Cheers!!


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The Status of EU Sustainable Fisheries Partnerships in the South West Indian Ocean – summary report
By Stop Illegal Fishing:15th Nov, 2019: EU IUU Regulations
Stop Illegal Fishing, in cooperation with WWF has produced a summary of 'The Status and Future of Fisheries Partnership Agreements in the South West Indian Ocean'. The summary will be launched, alongside WWF's report: 'Out of Sight, Out of Mind: the EU's External Fishing Activity and the Sustainable Development Goals' at an event hosted by the European Economic and Social Committee on November 15th 2019.
The full report, due for full release in late 2020, draws on Stop Illegal Fishing's long experience in the South West Indian Ocean region and describes the development of the EU bilateral fishing agreements with countries in the SWIO since the 1970s. These bilateral agreements, negotiated and concluded by the European Commission (EC) on behalf of all EU Members States, have evolved to become Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreements (SFPA). SFPAs sit within the framework of the external dimension of the EU's Common Fishery Policy (CFP) and enable EU vessels to fish surplus stocks in the partner country's EEZ within an agreed framework of cooperation.
For SFPAs to continue to create mutual benefits for the coastal States and the EU within the changing dynamics of global fisheries, there are some challenges to overcome. These include an improved system for reporting what has been caught, better information transparency, stronger links to the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) conservation and management measures, and clear delineation between how the EU Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (IUU) Regulation is applied compared with the SFPA mechanism.
This report outlines the SFPA mechanism and details the opportunities available to the EU and countries in the SWIO to improve their SFPAs. Alternative solutions that could be adopted in the future are also explored, such as the possibility of a regional SFPA or incorporation of broader ocean approaches, to embrace the development of sustainable blue economies, within the region.
SFPAs, when transparent and well-managed, can benefit both the EU and the coastal State. To secure the future of fair and equitable SFPAs in the SWIO, a series of recommendations are made to guide future SFPA negotiations. These include:
Improve the system for EU fishing vessels to report their catches to coastal States under SFPAs, enabling coastal States to monitor fishing activities more effectively, evaluate catches and manage their fisheries.
Increase transparency in the negotiation of SFPAs, by involving civil society and relevant regional organisations such as the IOTC.
Increase transparency on all access agreements made by coastal States, both public and private.
Ensure figures used in SFPAs are relevant and credible by ensuring that the number of vessels covered is realistic, the amount available to catch is consistent with IOTC conservation and management measures and scientific evidence, and the price per tonne is based on reasonably expected first sale values.
Increase the focus of SFPA sector support to coastal States for implementing their national development policies and strategies, including for catching and processing, with an aim to improve social and economic benefits from the fishery while ensuring sustainable development and exploitation.
Increase recognition of regional and sub-regional processes and instruments, such as agreed minimum terms and conditions for fisheries access, towards maintaining long-term access for EU fishing vessels and improving the sustainable management of fish stocks.
Negotiate with countries in the SWIO region that do not have an SFPA or have a dormant SFPA, with the aim to secure wider access for EU fishing vessels to available resources and to improve income for the coastal States.
Download 'The Status and Future of Fisheries Partnership Agreements in the South West Indian Ocean' here.
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02.04.2021 Author: Konstantin Asmolov
Will South Korea become a QUAD+ Member?
Region: Eastern Asia
The US government is seeking to include Korea in an expanded version of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD), a strategic forum created in 2007 to contain China. The Quad is made up of Australia, India, Japan and the United States, but the US wants to expand it by inviting South Korea, New Zealand and Vietnam. This project is known as QUAD Plus.
So far the QUAD is relatively informal, but even under Trump there have been attempts to turn it into something greater, preferably the equivalent of an "Indo-Pacific NATO," which would be both an economic and a military bloc. In this context, it is essentially a reincarnation of the concept of SEATO, but four countries are not enough for the functioning of a full-fledged military bloc, which is why it needs allies like South Korea and even Vietnam. As noted by US Deputy Secretary of State Steven Bigan: "The Indo-Pacific region lacks strong multilateral structures. It has nothing like NATO or the European Union there."
NEO expert Vladimir Terekhov notes that since late 2019, the QUAD has begun to become more institutionalized, but for now it remains one of many forums where the US and its allies discuss pressing regional issues. However, if its format is expanded, the likelihood of it becoming an "Asian NATO" will grow significantly.
The change of administration had no effect on these plans, and the anti-Beijing and anti-Pyongyang course only intensified. So on March 12, 2021, Joe Biden and his colleagues from Australia, India and Japan reaffirmed their commitment to the complete denuclearization of North Korea and stressed the need to immediately resolve the issue of the Japanese citizen abducted by North Korea.
But Seoul does not want to damage its relations with Beijing and so far has shown a rather ambiguous stance. When asked on September 25, 2020, ROK Foreign Minister Kang Gen-hwa was asked if her country would be willing to join Washington's initiative to expand the QUAD, which currently includes Australia, Japan and India, her response was mostly negative. "We don't think something that automatically shuts down and excludes the interests of others is a good idea".
On November 13, 2020, Seo Joo-seok, deputy director of the National Security Administration, stated that South Korea had not received a formal request from the United States to join the QUAD.
On February 18, 2021, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken agreed to meet regularly with his colleagues from the other three QUAD member countries. The agreement was reached during a virtual meeting attended by Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne, Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi.
On February 22, 2021, Ned Price of the US State Department stated that the United States will continue to develop the QUAD:
"This is an example of the United States and some of our closest partners coming together in the name of a free and open Indo-Pacific region."
On March 8, 2021, Hwang Ji-hwan, a member of the South Korean Presidential Policy Advisory Panel, told the American Journal that South Korea "may be considering joining the QUAD in an attempt to influence US policy toward North Korea". Afterwards, however, First Deputy Foreign Minister Choi Jong-kyung disavowed this: "South Korea has consistently opposed the creation of a regional structure that excludes a particular country".
On March 10, 2021, the Blue House stated that South Korea would consider joining the QUAD in a "transparent, open and inclusive" manner. Moreover, this time again, he did not confirm whether or not the US request for South Korean participation had been formal.
The QUAD issue has not yet been mentioned in the joint statements of Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin during their visit to South Korea or in the program of Defense Minister Seo Wook's visit to India: "The upcoming talks will focus on defense cooperation between the two countries".
Let us draw some conclusions. At the moment, the QUAD is more of a regional forum that has not yet acquired the features of a political or military bloc. This allows Seoul to maintain a certain distance and hold its ambiguous stance.
On the other hand, there has been no official request for Seoul to join the QUAD+, and without it, there has been no response.
It is likely that the United States expects that further confrontation with China and/or North Korea as a forced ally of China will lead to some developments that could push Seoul to join the QUAD as a necessary response. In this sense, the situation resembles the THAAD story, when Park Geun-hye said neither yes nor no for a long time, and then quickly and without prior preparation made this decision in the face of the North Korean nuclear tests.
From the author's point of view, the accession of the ROK to the QUAD is inevitable — if not under Moon, then under his successor. At best, Seoul will reprimand itself with somewhat of a special status, which will allow this to be presented to domestic audiences as a diplomatic victory: "We negotiated, not capitulated." The worst would be full acceptance of US conditions, very likely justified by the current activity of North Korea.
The fact that this has not happened so far is due, on the one hand, to fears of harsh Chinese sanctions and, on the other hand, to Moon Jae-in's populist image as an independent politician. In this context, it is undesirable for Moon to take measures that would harm his public image, unless there is a clear justification in the form of, say, North Korean provocations. In addition, his status as a "lame duck," which doesn't really help him in the long-term future, for now allows Moon to stall for time. The process of forming an anti-Chinese alliance will take time in any case, its final stage could happen as early as 2022, and then the burden of choice will fall on his successor.
Konstantin Asmolov, PhD in History, leading research fellow at the Center for Korean Studies of the Institute of the Far East at the Russian Academy of Sciences, exclusively for the online magazine "New Eastern Outlook".


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Hozier at Fox Theater Oakland
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Get ready for the "Take Me To Church" phenomenon live in concert!! That's right, it's none other than the incredible HOZIER, on tour in 2018 with a fresh album full of new material!! It's all happening at the Fox Theater Oakland on the Tuesday 16th October 2018 – tickets expected to sell out fast, so don't miss out!! Get yours NOW while you have the chance!!
"Very excited to announce the upcoming tour for later in the year, which will coincide with the releasing of new work," Hozier revealed in a statement. "The completion of the record is fast approaching and I'm eager to share it with everyone." The North American tour that will start in Ottawa's CityFolk Festival on September 15, and will hit 17 major cities across the US, including stops in Chicago, Los Angeles and New York.
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This is my firt TAS submission. I do not know much what to say, I used a lot of Dodge nd I played all the time in 25% slow. Taking damage (zombies) take more time than to use dodge system, also, dodge take more time than to avoid zombies. Sry Inglish.
Mothrayas: The quite low rerecord count relative to the movie's length and the comment that the movie was played in 25% slowdown indicate that TAS tools were not used effectively enough (most notably with frame advance not being used). As a result, the movie has visible rooms for improvement in many places.
On top of that, voter response appears to be mixed, and the low entertainment rating of the published movie indicates that the relatively long runs of this game do not seem to hold enough entertainment value for the Moons tier. I did not see much in this movie to warrant a higher tier, either. Therefore, unless a future run of this category does significantly better in entertainment value than both this movie and the previous one, it would not be publishable anyway for failing to meet Vault goal choice requirements.
Rejecting due to lack of optimization, and due to being a non-Vaultable category with mediocre audience response.


In a few of my Facebook Live videos lately, many of you were asking to see more details of the hot cocoa bar since you were able to get peeks at it in the background.
So, I thought it would be fun to show you just how easy it is to put together and give you a closer look at all of the details of my hot cocoa bar and maybe you'll be inspired to clear off a surface and create one in your own home this year!
How easy is that? It truly only took me about 10 minutes to put together if you don't count digging around in the freezing cold attic (and banging my head on the rafters multiple times!) for the little trees.
So, where do you usually start when it comes to your Christmas decorating? And do you think you might be adding a hot cocoa station this year? I promise it will be a hit!
I hope you all have a fantastic weekend and as you head into this next week where we will pause to give thanks, that you will create time to reflect on this past year and remember how much we all have to be thankful for.
I'm raising my hot cocoa mug to you sweet friends…cheers!
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What is your hot cocoa recipe?
My hot cocoa bar is out too! It's turned into a hot cocoa/s'more/snack bar over the years lol. I even had to relocate it this year so I'd have more space. I put it out early for the same reason of the kids asking for it. The only problem is that they go through it so fast that I'm constantly running up to the store to buy marshmallows and other things.


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Still Mandatory
Released on the first new moon of the new year, 'This Again! Still Mandatory' is a different outlook on things past. 'Mandatory' and 'THIS,' two tracks from our debut album 'eye draw(s) the line,' morph into tracks at first seemingly unrecognizable from their originals. Yet if you listen closely you'll see them as they were, though outfitted with a disparate face.
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When it comes to swing trading don't ever forget this; Buy'em tight, sell'em loose.
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After much hassle (see here) I finally got SimCity4 installed on my Mac today and I am unbelievably disappointed. The game is so buggy and unstable that I've seen pre-alpha releases of software perform better. Both my Macs are dramatically above the minimum spec but the game does not work on either. On my Mac Mini it crashes each time you try to load any city and on my better half's G5 iMac it just freezes every few minutes and forces you to do a hard reset of the machine. The only way I can describe this game is un-playable. If you're tempted to buy it, don't! It is so bad I've just emailed to the shop that sold me the game asking for a re-fund because the product they sold me is sub-standard. TBH I am tempted to take them to small-claims if they don't comply because I genuinely feel defrauded here.


Spring Fashion is in the Air!
Spring is right around the corner- which means…new fashion is needed! I have these adorable Superga Sneakers from Soft Surroundings in a maroon print, but that colorway is more for Fall. Time for a new fresh print! The pink version of this satin embroidered sneaker is so adorable! These are not your ordinary sneaker- these … Continue reading Spring Fashion is in the Air!


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R516-1. Purpose: To establish a student fee policy for the Utah System of Higher Education (USHE).
3.1. Approval by the Board: All general student fees are subject to Board of Regents approval, normally in conjunction with annual determination of tuition rates. Course fees do not require Board approval but the Board will monitor such fees. Course fees will also be included in determining financial aid cost of attendance and the level of student contribution toward their total education costs. General fees other than tuition may vary according to specific institutional needs.
3.2. Advisory Board: Each institution shall establish a student fee advisory board to oversee the creation, review and maintenance of required student fees and the advisory board membership shall include currently enrolled students.
3.3.1. Fee Creation: The creation of new student fees shall be supported by a demonstrated need, clear statement describing the fee, and a sound budgetary plan.
3.3.2. Fee Review: The student fee advisory board shall periodically monitor and annually review student fees. Processes and discussions should focus primarily on— but not be limited to— the adequacy of the fee in accomplishing the stated objective. Fee account fund balances should be minimal or, in cases where fund balances are accumulating, be supported by a plan for use of the funding.
3.3.3. Fee Maintenance: Fee amounts may be increased or decreased as necessary to adequately accomplish the stated objective. Changes resulting from a fee increase shall be supported with adequate documentation describing the rationale for the increase and the planned uses of the additional fee revenue.
3.4. Fee Reporting: The student fee advisory board may require an annual report from each student fee program manager.
3.5. Demonstrated Student Support: If an institution is proposing to increase general student fees, the institution shall submit a letter to the Board regarding fee increases from student leadership at the institution.
3.6. Option to Waive General Student Fees: General fees other than tuition may, at the institution's option, be waived in whole or in part for students.


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Fiction A to Z
by Jesse Ball
What it's about: The widowed father of young man with Down syndrome is dying -- and must figure out how to provide for his son after his death.
Why you might like it: Consider this a non-traditional road novel; the unnamed narrator takes a long-postponed cross-country trip with his son, paid for by his role as census-taker for a mysterious governmental agency.
What reviewers say: "strange and wonderful" (LitHub); "an understated feat" (The Washington Post).
Summer Hours at the Robbers Library
by Sue Halpern
What it's about: A trio of oddballs finds a home of sorts in the Carnegie library of a declining industrial town in New Hampshire.
Why you might like it: Authentic characters, unexpected and evolving relationships, and multiple narrators keep the story moving forward.
For fans of: other book-oriented novels with quirky characters, like Felicity Hayes-McCoy's The Library at the Edge of the World or Rebecca Makkai's The Borrower.
Speak No Evil
by Uzodinma Iweala
What it's about: Star athlete Niru is bound for the Ivy League...until his loving but traditional Nigerian parents discover that he's gay. The repercussions are violent and far-reaching.
Why you should read it: Cross-generational misunderstandings, as well as cross-cultural complications, are sensitively portrayed. Niru is a complex young man trying to come to terms with being a young gay black man.
Is it for you? Readers who prefer happy endings will want to look elsewhere.
by Shobha Rao
Starring: motherless Poornima and penniless Savitha, whose deep friendship sustains them in their rural Indian town.
What it's about: Separated by acts of cruelty and abuse, the two young women must navigate the world alone, each searching for the other.
Why you might like it: Narrated in the girls' alternating voices, this debut novel offers a vivid portrayal of contemporary India, as well as a devastating exploration of gender inequalities and human trafficking.
The Arctic & the Antarctic
What it's about: Eighth-grader Bee Branch has been promised a trip to Antarctica by her parents, tech guru Elgin Branch and architect Bernadette Fox. Until Bernadette -- whose creative genius is outstripped only by her social anxiety and agoraphobia -- disappears.
Why you might like it: A compilation of emails, faxes, official documents, and letters forms the basis of this delightful, charming, witty novel.
South Pole Station
by Ashley Shelby
Starring: floundering but talented painter Cooper Gosling, who gets to spend a year at an artists' colony in Antarctica, where she is drawn into the complex social and political dynamics of the isolated station.
Why you might like it: This humorous, inventive debut novel combines science, art, and the politics of climate change -- with plenty of quirky characters to drum up complications.
For fans of: oddball workplace comedies, exotic locations, and complex social situations. For a warmer setting, try T.C. Boyle's The Terranauts.
by Dan Simmons
The story: Captain Crozier must find a way for his crew to survive the deadly attacks of a sea monster, in a novel loosely based on the mid-nineteenth-century Arctic expedition originally led by Sir John Franklin.
Why read it now: the series is now airing on AMC. It began on March 18. Read it before you watch!
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