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USSHER - VIS
USSHER, Kitty (Burnley)
Occasional articles for New Statesman magazine. (Up to £5,000)
My constituency party received a donation from North West TUC, which had originally been given to the NW TUC by Thompsons Solicitors. (Registered 6 March 2007)
VAIZEY, Edward (Wantage)
Edexcel plc (non-executive); educational services.
Fees from appearances on The Wright Stuff (Channel 5). (Up to £5,000)
Fees from The Guardian (up to 31 December 2006). (Up to £5,000)
Fee for speech to the IFS Proshare Awards dinner on 23 November 2006. (Up to £5,000) (Registered 5 December 2006)
Fee for speech to Baird's Communications on 7 December 2006. (Up to £5,000) (Registered 12 January 2007)
Fees for appearances on Sky News. (Up to £5,000) (Registered 16 January 2007)
I received sponsorship for my participation in the Westminster Arctic Challenge, February 2007, from:
Blackwells Publishing
RM plc
Milton Park
The surplus funds went directly to my nominated charities.
VARA, Shailesh (North West Cambridgeshire)
Saffron Ridge Ltd; a family company which deals mainly with property and property related matters.
In connection with my participation in "The Daily Politics" programme on the BBC (from 8 May-3 July 2006) I received free personal training from fitness training company Bodydoctor Fitness over a seven week period. I received no fee for participating in the programme. (Registered 25 July 2006)
Two flats, in London and Northampton, from which rental income is received.
a) Saffron Ridge Ltd.
Non-practising solicitor.
VAZ, Keith (Leicester East)
I am invited from time to time into the directors' box at Leicester City Football Club to watch matches.
26-30 August 2006, to Yemen, as a member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Yemen, for meetings in Sana'a and Aden. I was the guest of the Yemeni Government who paid the costs of the visit. (Registered 14 September 2006)
I own a property at 144 Uppingham Road, Leicester, which is used as my constituency office.
I receive rental income from a flat in London.
VIGGERS, Peter (Gosport)
Residual Lloyd's underwriting involvement through Equitas.
Chairman of the Trustees of Lloyd's Pension Fund.
Occasional fees for speaking to MBA students from the University of Arizona. (Up to £5,000)
VILLIERS, Theresa (Chipping Barnet)
Technical advice, analysis and drafting assistance in relation to scrutiny of the Finance Bill 2006 provided by Pricewaterhouse Coopers to the Opposition Treasury team (approximately 36 days between 7 April and 4 July 2006) and KPMG (approximately 15 days between 8 May and 11 July 2006). (Registered 6 July 2006)
Technical advice, analysis and drafting assistance in relation to scrutiny of the Finance Bill 2007 provided by PriceWaterhouse Coopers (involving staff time of approximately 3 days per week) from 29 March to 29 June 2007; and from KPMG (involving staff time of approximately 1½ days per week) from 30 April to 31 May 2007. (Registered 14 June 2007)
VIS, Dr. Rudi (Finchley and Golders Green)
Annual donation to my constituency party from Amicus Union, of which I am a member.
Christmas hamper received from the Japan Centre Group. (Registered 8 January 2007)
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Making an interactive campaign map
By Charlie December 18, 2017
Charlie: I just finished running a five-day 40k narrative campaign, because nothing says top-notch adulting like spending annual leave on an epic wargames bender.
It was basically a roleplaying game where all the encounters were 40k battles. It was unclear to me if that would work in reality, but there was only one way to find out. I figured it was going alright when halfway through the campaign the players started saying things like, "when we do another one of these..."
When I was figuring out how to run this thing, a concept that occurred early in the process was some sort of interactive map. The idea was that threats and situations would be highlighted on it, and the players would then decide which of their units to send to each of the engagements. Obviously that meant the players had to be able to interact with it, and I had to be able to change things on it as the enemy reacted.
So then, today I'm going to go through three things:
How I done made the map.
How I done made it all interactive and stuff.
How I'll improve on it next time.
Thing the First: how I done made the map
The four word answer is: Google Earth plus Photoshop. If you're willing to indulge me while I put on a stripy top and a beret so as to wax lyrical about how maps fit into my "creative process" and facilitate the creation of a "synergistic multimedia experience," then keep reading this section.
I often find making the map is a good first step when creating a story world. This might seem arse about face, but I find making something visual often gives me more ideas. I started off with some satellite imagery (thanks NASA) being careful not to use an easily recognisable land mass (so, avoiding coastlines then...). Next, I dropped it in a bucket full of Photoshop juice, brought it up to a simmer, and stirred until I had it looking like part of a planet, with stars in the background and a tint for the atmosphere. If you actually want me to go into more detail about the Photoshop side of things, let me know in the comments. Technically, the attempt to make it look pretty is unnecessary, but I enjoy it. Plus if something looks like a toddler drew using haemorrhoids for crayons, I can't take it seriously.
The basic map
Having a map got me thinking about what sort of a world it might be. All that green said 'agri world' and all that desert said 'agri world with some climate issues.' This gave me the idea of having a pre-Imperial culture that had farmed so extensively that their main area of production ended up collapsing thanks to topsoil loss and subsequent desertification. That in turn gave me the idea of something valuable in the old capital that would be worth excavating. A few ideas later, I wrote everything down in the wiki we keep for our little corner of the 40k mythos.
Thing the second: y'all wanted some interactivity.
I'm not a computer programmer. I can't make a networked app that lets multiple people interact with a layered image with drag and drop functionality plus rudimentary text editing. But you know who can? Motherfudging Google, that's who. Enter stage left Google Drawings. I created icons for all the players' units, plus other icons as needed, such as the players' strike cruisers, enemy contact markers, and so on. I exported them all from Photoshop as .PNGs so as to maintain transparency, then created a Google Drawing, and dragged all the icons in. Every icon you see in the images below can be clicked and moved about at will by anyone with access to the file. These, in particular, are Tom's screenshots of the first campaign turn.
In case you're wondering, the E30 B45 type-stuff represents auspex readings; E means the amount of energy detected, i.e. vehicles, and B represents bio-signatures. Add them up, and you have the enemy army's power level in 40k 8th edition, plus a rough idea of how many lascannons you wish you had.
As the second day (in narrative time) began, a summary was added as a sidebar:
Note: the space marine units can't be seen because the players had put them in
their deployable FOBs (Forward Operating Bases). They were in a margin on the
left, like the strategic summary on the right.
The campaign had a specific sequence, with simple rules for injuries and persistent vehicle damage, but I'll go over that another time.
Thing the Third: what to improve for next time
The main thing was to increase the visual distinctiveness of the players' units. Right now, you have to use your army roster to know which unit is "Blood Angels Heavy Support Choice IV." The new convention will probably be squares for infantry, circles for characters, upward-pointing triangles for ground vehicles, and downward-pointing triangles for flyers. There's also something to be said for letting the players make their own icons; I made these as a stop-gap in case neither of the players had time, and sure enough, they were painting models right up until the moment of planetstrike.
Right... hopefully that's of some use to anyone out there who plays map campaigns. If you're curious about other elements of the campaign, then the good news is that Jeff, Tom and I all have more posts planned on that front.
~Charlie
Charlie Narrative Gaming Orks Samalut IX Space Marines Warhammer 40k
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AWWWWWWWWW, YEAH!
That looks deeply epic, and the maps are beautiful. I for one would definitely like a little more detail on photoshop jiggery-pokery as I'm as amateur as it gets. Also, the use of google drawing is intriguing, you'll have to show me that sometime.
Hope an epic time was had by all.
Charlie 22 December 2017 at 21:00
I've started writing multiple replies to this and have, in the end, concluded that a video would be much the best way of demonstrating my meagre methods. Suffice to say much was accomplished with Gaussian blurs. I appreciate this is the most low-budget of non-answers, but I might be able to answer more specific questions, since I don't know what you want to know and what you already understand.
Sorry Andy!
Samalut IX Campaign: the Raven Guards' report
Salamut IX Campaign: After Action Report

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It's the early 1970s, a time of great social upheaval as the struggle for civil rights rages on. Ron Stallworth (John David Washington) becomes the first African-American detective on the Colorado Springs Police Department, but his arrival is greeted with skepticism and open hostility by the department's rank and file.
Undaunted, Stallworth resolves to make a name for himself and a difference in his community. He bravely sets out on a dangerous mission: infiltrate and expose the Ku Klux Klan.
Posing as a racist extremist, Stallworth contacts the group and soon finds himself invited into its inner circle. He even cultivates a relationship with the Klan's Grand Wizard, David Duke (Topher Grace), who praises Ron's commitment to the advancement of White America.
With the undercover investigation growing ever more complex, Stallworth's colleague, Flip Zimmerman (Adam Driver), poses as Ron in face-to-face meetings with members of hate group, gaining insider's knowledge of a deadly plot. Together, Stallworth and Zimmerman team up to take down the organization whose real aim is to sanitize its violent rhetoric to appeal to the mainstream.


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It was a difficult morning. Jason wasn't sure what hurt more—his throat from fighting off sickness, his head from drinking too much the night before, his chafed knees from squeezing too hard or his heart from having to say goodbye to his elephant. We were all dragging, knowing we would have to say goodbye today. Breakfast was very quiet as we toasted our bread over the open fire. The excitement of Ella performing in the show that day played as a good distraction. She was equally excited and nervous because this meant she would have to perform her least favorite approach to getting on her elephant in front of many people—over the head. After the morning prayer to Ganesh—her show went off without a hitch. It was great to watch everyone in complete amazement as the girls spoke Thai commands to their elephants and got on and off with such ease and grace—we had all come a long way since just 2 days ago.
It was all so funny to watch the elephants herd towards everyone as they panicked and fumbled, surrendering their entire bunches of bananas. (sound familiar?) This had to be the best entertainment for the elephants everyday!! We felt such a kinship with our elephants. I really was struggling to imagine how long it would be until we could return. The transformation was nothing like what we expected… who knew 3 days could be so impactful and life changing. It was refreshing.
As we boarded the bus back—my feelings could not have been more opposite from the first day when I questioned whether we could last the full 3 days. The fact was we were attempting to figure out how we could stay even longer… as we pulled away we all strained peering out the back window attempting to say one final good bye.
When we arrived back to our luxurious hotel in Chaing Mai we were greeted with cool fresh mint rosemary soaked towels and a refreshing cocktail of our choice. As we sat in the air-conditioned plush lobby—waiting to be escorted to our room by the Bellman carrying all of our luggage–our two worlds were colliding. I struggled to figure, which I preferred. The longer I sat soaking in the luxury, the more the past few days began to seem… simply but a dream.
I loved that entry. Nice written and gets to the heart of the struggle on how to live the authentic life and what that really means. Miss you all.


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Kärlek efter noter är en svensk dramafilm från 1935 i regi av Gösta Rodin.

Om filmen
Filmen premiärvisades 2 september 1935 i på biograf Odéon i Norrköping. Den spelades in i Filmstaden, Råsunda av Martin Bodin. Som förlaga till filmens specerihandlare använde manusförfattarna Anders Sandrew och hans speceributik.

Så vitt känt är inte filmen bevarad.

Roller i urval
Sigurd Wallén - Karlsson, specerihandlare
Sture Lagerwall - Bertil, hans son
Karin Swanström - fru Blomkvist
Sickan Carlsson - Ingrid, hennes dotter
Eric Abrahamsson - Tranman
Gull Natorp - fru Tranman
Maritta Marke - Greta, deras dotter
Arthur Fischer - Nyman
Nils Wahlbom - Johan
Thor Modéen - Strömberg, teaterdirektör
Åke Söderblom - Kalle
Wiktor "Kulörten" Andersson - inspicient
Helge Mauritz - hjälten
Bellan Roos - Märta, en jungfru
Carin Swensson - Betty, en jungfru
Gerd Lövli - Elsa

Musik i filmen
Det gör man blott när man är kär, kompositör Emil Rehman, text Åke Söderblom
Gubben Noak, text Carl Michael Bellman
I en wienermelodi, kompositör David Lundahl, text Harry Iseborg
Kärlek efter noter, kompositör David Lundahl, text Harry Iseborg

Referenser

Filmer 1935
Svenska dramafilmer
Svenskspråkiga filmer
Svenska 1930-talsfilmer
Förlorade filmer

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Q: use post_event in trigger in sqlite database like firebird using post_event trigger in sqllite
i want to use post_event in trigger in sqlite database like post_event trigger in firebird
i wonder how to use this to send event to delphi application with alert
i try the post_event in firebird and it send note to delphi applicaton but it did not work for sqlite
trigger
after update, insert, delete
post_event 'name';

throhght the document i foind thaat i have to use special function but i did't find the function file and how to use it?

A: If I understand correctly, you want POST_EVENT functionality for your Delphi application backed by SQLite.
SQLite does not provide this functionality natively, but a custom extension function can do so.  For example, the commercial products FireDAC and AnyDAC register such a function for SQLite backends.  (I don't use either product — that's just what a quick look around the Firebird/Delphi community suggested.)

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posted Jul 16, 2017, 12:32 PM by Joreth InnKeeper [ updated Sep 6, 2018, 5:45 PM ]
The Wedding Banquet (1993)
www.netflix.com/title/60011421 - Netflix
http://amzn.to/2uoDg3C - Amazon
The DVD summary says
"Successful New Yorker Wai Tung and his partner Simon are blissfully happy, except for one thing: Wai Tung's conservative Taiwanese parents are determined he find a nice girl to marry! To please them and get a tax break he arranges a sham marriage to Wei Wei, a sexy go-getter in need of a green card. But when his family swoops down for the extravaganza, Wai Tung would do well to remember that at a traditional Chinese wedding banquet, sexual repression takes the night off!"
I was actually prepared for this to be a crappy movie. I expected the summary to be like so many others - vaguely written so I could interpret it as suggesting a potential poly story, get me hopeful, but ultimately to let me down with sex-negative values and a cautionary tale against bucking "tradition".
I am so happy to have been wrong.
One of the benefits of polyamory, in my opinion, is that polyamory is a fundamental change of mindset on what makes a "family". Regardless of what form any given poly group takes, or even what any individual thinks "counts" as polyamorous, the underlying requirement for polyamory is to be able to design your own relationships based on the needs and wants of the individuals involved. And I think that's a valuable paradigm shift no matter what relationship structure any given family group ends up as. With polyamory becoming a "movement", that is, a recognized word and concept demanding social acceptance, we are seeing more people designing their own relationships, whether they call it polyamory, or even whether it "counts" as polyamory, or not.
I think that families have always done this, but I think there has been more heartache and more lies to cover it up. The Wedding Banquet illustrates, not only the lies and heartache that goes into forcing a family group to look like it's "supposed" to rather than what it is, but also the changing climate of society where acceptance of alternative family structures makes for more happiness than adhering to "tradition" under the erroneous belief that "tradition" has always been so, therefore it's the best way ever, did.
Wai-Tung Gao is a Chinese immigrant and American citizen living in New York with his boyfriend, Simon. They have a stable, happy relationship and have been together for 5 years. But Wai-Tung's family is very traditional Chinese. Mr. Gao was a commander in the army and has survived a stroke only by the thought of living long enough to see his first grandchild. Mrs. Gao signs Wai-Tung up, without his permission, for every matchmaking service she can find in an effort to get him married, to carry on the family name and honor his family. They are completely unaware that Wai-Tung is gay and that he lives with Simon.
Mr. Gao invested in an apartment building for Wai-Tung to own and manage, and in the loft of that run down building lives Wei-Wei, another Chinese immigrant who is a struggling artist. Because Wei-Wei can't hold down a job and her art is not generating any income, she lives in substandard living conditions by renting the loft, which is not zoned for habitation, at a very low price. The building is a dump, the air conditioning and the water are always broken, and she has to call Wai-Tung all the time to fix things.
Wai-Tung takes pity on Wei-Wei, and lets her slide on the rent sometimes, even though she makes him uncomfortable by flirting with him and expressing envy that Simon has such a handsome boyfriend. Eventually, she loses yet another job, and when Wai-Tung comes over with Simon to install a new air conditioner, she confesses that she will have to move back to China because she has no money and she can't find a "stupid American" to marry her for a green card.
Later, Simon suggests to Wai-Tung that marrying Wei-Wei would solve everybody's problems. Getting married would get Wai-Tung's family off of his back, and Wei-Wei would have a green card and a place to live so that she wouldn't have to go back to China. Wai-Tung is resistant, but Simon convinces him to try it.
So they move Wei-Wei into their basement bedroom until the immigration process is over, and Wai-Tung tells his family that he's getting married. Things seem to be running smoothly, until Wai-Tung's parents announce that they're coming to America for the wedding. Naturally, everyone freaks out, but Simon takes it upon himself to coach Wei-Wei about the things a wife should know about her future-husband, and Simon and Wei-Wei switch bedrooms.
The parents arrive, and Wai-Tung goes through the charade, looking very uncomfortable every step of the way, but Simon watches over him a bit bemusedly. Simon never once exhibits any sort of jealousy or resentment, even when praise for Simon's meal all goes to Wei-Wei because part of the scheme is to convince his parents that she is a worthy wife, including being a good cook.
Now, a gay couple who needs a woman as part of the household is a pretty good place to start changing the social climate about what constitutes a family. I don't know that *I* would necessarily call it "poly", if it's only the two men who have a romantic relationship, but two men and a woman who share a dwelling and raise children certainly qualifies as "family" in my book. Especially when all parties are there with the blessing and welcome of everyone else. We can quibble about the fine print of whether it's poly or not, but I don't think it really matters in the long run. If a family of that arrangement wants to call itself poly, I see no benefit in arguing the point, and plenty of sex-centric and sex-negative harm in insisting on arguing the point.
The question comes in when this family is arranged for the purpose of hiding the true arrangement from other people, namely, the parents. Because of my opposition to the way marriage is handled in this country, I actually have no issues whatsoever with a couple marrying for the legal benefits that marriage offers, such as a green card. I know it's technically fraudulent, but since I have a problem with the whole foundation of a government tying legal benefits to emotional entanglements, I see no *moral* problem with this situation. So, that leaves us with the parents.
If it weren't for the parents, and the green card, the threesome would remain a twosome, and that's where the discussion of "is this poly?" comes in. That's what makes this situation more complicated than the hypothetical gay-couple-and-woman-form-a-family that I posed above. This arrangement is being done for the benefit of people who are not part of the relationship.
So, for about 2/3 of the movie, I was composing in my head the review for this movie with this in mind, leaning towards "not poly" but still a good movie - especially for those interested in LGBT issues. But then I changed my mind. I've decided this is, at the very least, poly-ISH, but in order to explain it, I will have to give away some spoilers.
It was Simon's idea for Wai-Tung and Wei-Wei to get married and, although he is against lying in the first place, because he loves Wai-Tung, once he has committed to the charade, he never wavers on that score. He never accuses Wai-Tung of turning on him, of switching teams, or of leaving him. He never accuses Wei-Wei of moving in on his turf, of trying to steal Wai-Tung, or of being a homewrecker. He embraces Wei-Wei as part of the family and does his best to smooth things along.
Wai-Tung's parents insist, as part of their family honor, on throwing a huge wedding banquet after Wai-Tung "shames" them with a quickie City Hall wedding. The fraud starts to weigh heavily on the bride and groom as they are forced to go through tradition after tradition, meant to cement the marriage and instill the pressure of honor and family on the couple. But Simon goes through it all, supporting the couple and keeping the peace. As the best man, he gets to remain by Wai-Tung's side, but never as the jealous secret, always as the supportive partner whose lover is in a difficult position.
His apparent enthusiasm for the wedding festivities is how I imagine any poly OSO would act when his partner marries another. It's how I imagine Franklin would have behaved if I had married my metamour Maxine for the health benefits - a business arrangement between trusted friends that he would celebrate and support. Even through the enforced kissing of the bride and groom, and the regular reminders of the hetero marriage while being completely ignored and left out by the entire wedding party who are unaware of his relationship to the groom, Simon faces the whole ordeal with good humor and compassion.
Wei-Wei has a crush on Wai-Tung from the beginning. As the farce continues, she is reminded over and over again how serious and important marriage is, and she seems to be having doubts. But as the banquet drags on, and the alcohol flows, she appears to leave behind the tension of her secret and falls into the role of the happy bride.
Eventually, the end of the reception draws near as wedding guests are passed out on the hotel ballroom floor and the bride and groom are obviously drunk and exhausted. The "happy" couple withdraws to their complimentary newlywed suite upstairs while Simon takes the groom's parents home. As Wai-Tung collapses on the bed, room service knocks on the door.
But it's not room service.
Too late to stop at Wai-Tung's command, Wei-Wei opens the door to yet another Chinese wedding tradition - the Newlywed Invasion. The peer group of the bride and groom invade the couple's room on their wedding night to drink and play games, both encouraging the consummation of the marriage and interfering with it. They bring card tables and folding chairs, and appear to be settling in for one hell of an all-night-long party. The guests demand that the bride and groom play little games, like blindfolding the groom and making him find maraschino cherries placed on the bride's stomach and chest with his mouth, while she writhes beneath him, tickled by his seeking.
Wai-Tung tries to get his guests to leave, and they finally agree to leave after one more game. The bride and groom are to get under the covers and take off all their clothes. The guests will not leave until every single article of clothing has hit the floor. So the couple complies, and the guests leave. Finally, Wai-Tung and Wei-Wei are left alone, naked, in bed together.
Wai-Tung starts to fall asleep, but Wei-Wei has other plans. In an alcohol-induced fugue, she seduces Wai-Tung and we are led to believe that they have sex.
After the wedding, Wai-Tung, Wei-Wei, and Simon go back to their pretend family while Wai-Tung's parents hang around for a couple of weeks. They end up staying much longer than planned because Mr. Gao's blood pressure is too high to risk flying. So now things start to get a little tense. Simon, although he still supports the sham that was his idea and still does not resent Wei-Wei, is nevertheless getting irritable at not being allowed to sleep next to his partner, and at having their sex life curtailed. Wei-Wei is getting cranky because she is required to sleep every night next to a man she has a crush on, knowing that he would rather be in someone else's bed. Wai-Tung is stressed out because his parents are still there, he is married to someone he didn't want to be married to, Simon is continuing his social life without him, and he has to constantly soothe everyone else's hurt feelings.
A couple more weeks later, we learn that Wei-Wei is pregnant from her wedding night. Simon throws a fit, but not because Wai-Tung had sex with Wei-Wei - Wai-Tung had already confessed to getting drunk and things getting "a little out of hand". No, Simon is pissed because Wai-Tung did not have *safe* sex, and now their family can't go back to normal after the parents leave, as was the plan. Simon decides that he is leaving when the parents do and Wei-Wei decides to have an abortion, since the marriage was never supposed to last anyway, so it's not fair to have a child in that situation - after all, once she has been granted citizenship, she will be free to divorce and marry again for love.
Then Mr. Gao has another stroke, and after watching his life fall apart around him, Wai-Tung finally confesses everything to his mother. She is devastated, she doesn't understand what she did wrong to get a gay son, and she insists that the father never be told.
One day, Simon is out walking with Mr. Gao. Simon regularly walks with and cares for him since his stroke. Mr. Gao says, in English, "happy birthday Simon" and hands him a red envelope. Simon, surprised, says "you speak English?" Mr. Gao has hidden this fact even from his son, who has had conversations and arguments in English around his parents, believing that they could not understand what was being said.
Simon opens the envelope and discovers a thick wad of U.S. bills. Suddenly, it dawns on Simon that red is the Chinese color for marriage, and that Mr. Gao gave this exact same gift to Wei-Wei when he arrived, as the traditional wedding present. [inserted video clip of the conversation between Simon and Mr. Gao].
The next day, Wei-Wei and Wai-Tung leave for the abortion clinic, and Mrs. Gao, suspecting what they're about to do, tries to stop them, or at least tries to go with them to make sure they are really only "going shopping". But the couple leaves without her. On the way to the clinic, Wei-Wei has a change of heart. She tells Wai-Tung that she wants to keep the baby, and if Wai-Tung wants to help, he can find her an apartment with no rent, but if he doesn't want to help, then to just stay out of her way.
Wai-Tung, upon hearing that he is about to be a father, decides that he will be a part of his child's life. But first, he should ask Simon how he feels. Wei-Wei agrees that they ought to talk to Simon.
Wai-Tung and Wei-Wei come home, and Simon approaches them, his face full of concern, and asks if everything went OK and how does Wei-Wei feel? [inserted move clip where Simon is asked to be one of the fathers of the baby].
And THAT'S where this movie became a poly movie for me.
Simon looks at them incredulously for a moment, then a tentative smile appears as he realizes what they're asking. The three embrace in a group hug. It became a poly movie here because it was no longer a business arrangement, and it wasn't even really a Vee anymore, in spite of who is having sex with whom. Even if, sexually, the arrangement is still two gay men and a single mother, the inclusion of Simon as a parental participant made this, to me, a poly family. It wasn't a gay couple and a single mother, and it wasn't a gay man with his lover, and his baby-mama as two arms in a Vee. It was a family of three parents. And that made it poly in my eyes.
Finally, the parents leave and the movie ends with the three main characters in a group hug, watching the parents go, with Wai-Tung in the middle.
Even though this movie ended happily with a baby on the way, I do not believe that it falls under the RBAMP fallacy (Relationship Broken Add More People). The group relationship was not hopelessly flawed and only "saved" by the addition of a baby. The group relationship actually worked just fine. At first, it was little more than a business arrangement, but the characters grew closer together as they lived together. The conflict came from outside, from the parents, who represented all of society and the social disapproval of alternative relationships. Once there was honest communication, and once the family was able to stand on its own and the parents left, things worked out just fine.
This movie touched me because I could relate to each of the characters, at different times in my life. I remember when I was too afraid to tell my parents about being poly. I know how stressful it is to not be acknowledged by my partner because he's afraid to tell his family about me. I also know, even though I disapprove of the lie, how to feel support and compassion for my partner and to aid him in the deception, for his sake. And, I know how it feels to have a crush on someone who doesn't return my feelings, and to be so poor and so out of options, that a business marriage seems like a perfectly reasonable solution.
This is yet another one of those fuzzy-border poly-ish situations. I enjoyed the movie, and I recommend watching it.


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Bay of Kotor, Montenegro
Town of Kotor - historical timeline
Bay of Kotor - historical timeline
About the cultural heritage project
The Bay of Kotor in Montenegro, which has been World Heritage Site since 1979, has been facing unprecedented degradation during the last decade due to unplanned and excessive development that has been carried out without implementation of any study for protection and management of cultural landscape. And now, when you look at the images of cobbled hills of Bay of Kotor, destroyed picturesque seashore villages, masterpieces of fortification and residential architecture in danger, you might wonder how come the most beautiful things that we, as citizens of Montenegro could be proud of, are about to vanish just because of us.
The cultural heritage is, after all, a civilisation code of one area and thus the cultural language of architectural heritage. This is not a photography project because I am not a professional photographer, nor it is a project for architectural restoration because I am not a restorer yet, nor even a tourist guide because I do not work in tourism sector. This is The Archive of Landscapes that will never be the same again and as harmonious as it used to be. Over the past decade, the landscape of Bay of Kotor has degraded very much and has been turned into excavations site, into trenches and landslides between concrete structures.Bay of Kotor is a bay in Montenegro where various cultures overlap due to Roman, Byzantine, Venetian and Austro-Hungarian rule. Today, the devastation of the cultural landscape and the architectural heritage has worsen, which implies that the Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor will most likely lose the UNESCO status of the World Cultural Heritage Site acquired in 1979.
On this occasion, I would like to ask all scientific organisations in Montenegro, state bodies, dedicated experts and foreign organisations to come to Bay of Kotor and to give the utmost scientific support in maintenance, protection and regeneration of cultural landscape of UNESCO Natural and Culturo-Historical region of Kotor, so that its outstanding universal value can be preserved and left for the future generations to come.
Bogdan Kusevic, MSc Arch
Piacenza, May 2017.
The cultural heritage project 2017 titled "The Archive of Landscapes" aims at raising awareness about the degradation of cultural heritage and landscape in the UNESCO Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of KOTOR, providing an insight into the appearance of the landscape during the last decade.
The website "The Archive of Landscapes" was developed entirely during my master studies in architecture at Politecnico di Milano from 2017 to 2018. The main purpose of creating this website was to present the permanence of the landscape in my homeland to my mentors, to gain the feedback from the community about the most important areas considered for valorisation, and to inspire the members of the local community to think creatively about how the local cultural heritage can be preserved. During my studies, the responses of the community members were included as the basis for future research about the local heritage, and the results of that work were published online in the form of a research paper in both English and Montenegrin language. Furthermore, the responses obtained were helpful and were used for determining the zones for protection and valorisation of the most valuable part of the cultural landscape in the town of Prčanj.
As my wish was to make general public aware of the importance of valorisation of the cultural landscape in the Bay of Kotor, the contents of the thesis were made public while it was being written. In that way, the project of raising awareness about the significance of the cultural landscape of the Bay of Kotor titled "The Archive of Landscapes" was born.
Thank You for visiting "The Archive of Landscapes", The cultural heritage project 2017 website! Share it on social media to help raise public awareness about importance for preservation of cultural landscape of UNESCO Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of KOTOR
Piacenza, July 2018.
I am an architect based in Kotor. In July 2018, I obtained the master's degree in sustainable architecture and landscape design at Politecnico di Milano. Before that, I acquired a bachelor's degree and a specialist's degree in architecture at the University of Montenegro - the Faculty of Architecture, where I studied between 2010 and 2015.
Many years before I enrolled in architecture school, I started to observe, document and photograph the buildings in my homeland. My passion for cultural heritage and photography continued during architecture studies, when I found an immense inspiration for landscape photography in my hometown Prcanj. Furthermore, my grandfather was an artist-photographer whose photographs allowed me to examine the tremendous change in the landscape of the Bay of Kotor for almost an entire century.
The cover photo above represents the street called Ulica Lukovica - Lukovic Street situated in the town of Prcanj in Montenegro. It is one of the most beautiful Baroque coastal streets in the Southern Adriatic. However, this street, together with other settlements which belong to Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor under the UNESCO protection are now facing the unprecedented degradation because of poorly planned and excessive development. I appreciate the cultural landscape of my homeland very much as well as the native traditional building techniques and, above all, the local architectural heritage, so my photographs almost always represent the landscape with its unique architectural particularity. Harmony of the sea, the mountains and the palaces lined up along the waterfront is probably one of the most picturesque scenery in the entire region, especially in the morning.
Belonging to the native population of Bay of Kotor, I feel overwhelmed by this scenery because this is the place where I have been living since I was born. I think that photography could have a big role in raising awareness of the general public about the heritage, its role in the local community and its peculiarity on the global scale. Here, in the area of Bay of Kotor, sometimes referred to as "The most secure port of the world", the echo of the past centuries has been overwhelmingly present. Today, landscape has changed in a negative way but there is still a hope for its preservation and regeneration.


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Golden Jubilee celebrations at Stoke-on-Trent school
To celebrate 50 golden years, St Mary's Catholic Academy in Norton is inviting pupils past and present to a special Mass this month.
Bishop David McGough, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Birmingham, will celebrate Mass at St Mary's Catholic Church on Monday 17 September at 10.30am.
This will be followed by a buffet at the school, on Ford Green Road.
This special event kickstarts the build up to the church's Golden Jubilee on 24 September 2019.
The church relocated from its former setting in Brierley Street, Smallthorne, in 1969. The school as its known today was opened a year before.
As part of the celebrations, there are plans to publish a book of the history of the church and school.
If you have any photos and recollections, or would be prepared to take part in an interview with pupils from the school, please contact the Head of School, Mrs Rathbone, at [email protected]


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Q: Vue CLI install issues i'm learning Vue.JS and i need to install Vue CLI.
NodeJS : v13.8.0
Vue CLI : v4.2.2
I installed NodeJS without problems but when i go to my folder on terminal and install Vue CLI with (npm install -g @vue/cli) i got a lot of errors.
MacBook-Pro-de-Cedric:excli cedric$ npm install -g @vue/cli
npm WARN deprecated core-js@2.6.11: core-js@<3 is no longer maintained and not recommended for usage due to the number of issues. Please, upgrade your dependencies to the actual version of core-js@3.
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules/@vue/cli
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules/@vue/cli/node_modules
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules/@vue
npm ERR! code EACCES
npm ERR! syscall access
npm ERR! path /usr/local/lib/node_modules/@vue/cli
npm ERR! errno -13
npm ERR! Error: EACCES: permission denied, access '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@vue/cli'
npm ERR!  [Error: EACCES: permission denied, access '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@vue/cli'] {
npm ERR!   stack: "Error: EACCES: permission denied, access '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@vue/cli'",
npm ERR!   errno: -13,
npm ERR!   code: 'EACCES',
npm ERR!   syscall: 'access',
npm ERR!   path: '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@vue/cli'
npm ERR! }
npm ERR!
npm ERR! The operation was rejected by your operating system.
npm ERR! It is likely you do not have the permissions to access this file as the current user
npm ERR!
npm ERR! If you believe this might be a permissions issue, please double-check the
npm ERR! permissions of the file and its containing directories, or try running
npm ERR! the command again as root/Administrator.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /Users/cedric/.npm/_logs/2020-02-09T15_09_00_595Z-debug.log

I can create a project via terminal with: (vue create nameofproject) but it also contains error and i can't lauch npm run serve
gyp: No Xcode or CLT version detected!
gyp ERR! configure error
gyp ERR! stack Error: `gyp` failed with exit code: 1
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onCpExit (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/configure.js:351:16)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:321:20)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:275:12)
gyp ERR! System Darwin 19.3.0
gyp ERR! command "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd /Users/cedric/Documents/Projets Site Web : Apps/VueJs/excli/projet/node_modules/fsevents
gyp ERR! node -v v13.8.0
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v5.0.5
gyp ERR! not ok

Successfully created project projet.
Get started with the following commands:

 $ cd projet
 $ npm run serve

MacBook-Pro-de-Cedric:excli cedric$ npm run serve
npm ERR! code ENOENT
npm ERR! syscall open
npm ERR! path /Users/cedric/Documents/Projets Site Web : Apps/VueJs/excli/package.json
npm ERR! errno -2
npm ERR! enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/Users/cedric/Documents/Projets Site Web : Apps/VueJs/excli/package.json'
npm ERR! enoent This is related to npm not being able to find a file.
npm ERR! enoent

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /Users/cedric/.npm/_logs/2020-02-09T15_18_01_082Z-debug.log

If someone know how i can fix that it would be veryyy nice.
Thanks

A: If you are on mac then try sudo npm install -g @vue/cli instead of npm install -g @vue/cli for the global installation.

A: It's since the path of Node module has been missed, you can just type sudo npm install -g @vue/cli to install Vue, which means install vue under the global environment, either you can re-set your node module path.

A: You have to execute npm install -g with superuser right (with sudo for exemple on linux) because it seems like your npm's directory is under superuser right.
You can also change the npm's default directory


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By James J. Ehrmann	Uncategorized
It's All 'Greek' to Me
Few television shows have drawn as much attention from the fraternity and sorority community as ABC Family's Greek (airing Monday nights at 10:00 p.m. EST). Perhaps this is because the show uses Greek Life at fictitious Cyprus-Rhodes University in Ohio as the centerpiece of many storylines and delves into issues that hit home to us like recruitment, pledge education, hazing and social functions.
Predictably, the show drew scrutiny from leaders in the fraternity and sorority community, who worried that the show's portrayal of large parties and casual alcohol consumption diminishes the importance of Greek Life. Indeed, the plot is a bit sensationalist at times and, undoubtedly, members of the Cyprus-Rhodes Greek Community face more unlikely situations than most Greek communities face in one year (or than this guy faces in one evening).
However, we should accept this fact of dramatic television: it will always trend to the sensational. I'm sure most trial lawyers roll their eyes at shows like Law & Order and very few medical professionals experience shifts similar to those portrayed on Grey's Anatomy. And let's face it: the themes that make us cringe – from loud and boisterous social events to the casual execution of hazing – are, unfortunately, regularly perpetrated by a few deviant members of the Greek community. And while these aren't your members, or students on your campus, they wear Greek letters all the same.
What we should recognize are the helpful lessons that are pulled from the show's script. In the first episode of Season 4, for instance, the Kappa Tau Gamma Fraternity needed to appoint a new pledge educator (Wade, the previous new member educator, was expelled for launching a police car off a parking ramp). Rusty, the nerdy sophomore, is hastily appointed and begins the task of educating the new members on relevant fraternity history.
Super-senior Cappie, however, does not trust that Rusty will be able to handle the task on his own and appoints other senior brothers to oversee and oftentimes undermine Rusty's legitimate educational efforts. This textbook scenario of 'too many pledge educators in the pledge meeting' explodes when Rusty insists that his pledges are required to go to a campus event. Cappie counters by telling the pledge class that they 'don't have to go' and can instead stay at the chapter house playing video games.
Do older members undermine the efforts of your Candidate Marshal? The topic of establishing a Candidate Education Committee – and weighing the pros and cons of utilizing assistant candidate educators – is explored in the new Marshal Officer Manual.
Additionally, an old interfraternal friendship is ruined when Evan Chambers, a senior member of Omega Chi Delta, abandons Cappie and other members of Kappa Tau Gamma during a campus prank (see: expulsion of Wade above). Evan claimed that the move was necessary, an action that won him favor within his own fraternity, even with the cost of abandoning a close friendship with a member of another fraternity.
Can you name one chapter on your campus for whom members hold disdain? Instead of focusing your efforts on 'getting even' or making life miserable for another fraternity on campus, dedicate your chapter's efforts to improving campus relations with other student organizations (both Greek and non-Greek). In fact, these efforts will serve your chapter well in the 'Campus Leadership' subcategory of the Pursuit of Excellence Program.


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Q: A problem occurred evaluating project ':app' Trying to resolve Again and again I got this error. Whenever I'm trying to start the app it opens the "Edit Configuration" window instead of starting it up, and it shows an error at the buttom: "Gradle Project Sync Failed. Please fix your project and try again"
So I am trying to Clean / Rebuild Project, and I keep getting this error:
Launching lib\main.dart on sdk gphone64 x86 64 in debug mode...
Building with Flutter multidex support enabled.

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* Where:
Build file 'D:\Buis Talk\buis_talk\android\app\build.gradle' line: 27

* What went wrong:
A problem occurred evaluating project ':app'.
> Could not get unknown property 'plugin' for project ':app' of type org.gradle.api.Project.

* Try:
Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output. Run with --scan to get full insights.

* Get more help at https://help.gradle.org

BUILD FAILED in 10s
Running Gradle task 'assembleDebug'...                             12.0s
Exception: Gradle task assembleDebug failed with exit code 1

What should I do here, Here is my code.
buildscript {
    ext.kotlin_version = '1.6.10'
    repositories {
        google()
        mavenCentral()
    }

    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.1.0'
        classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
        classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.3.13'
    }
}

allprojects {
    repositories {
        google()
        mavenCentral()
    }
}

rootProject.buildDir = '../build'
subprojects {
    project.buildDir = "${rootProject.buildDir}/${project.name}"
}
subprojects {
    project.evaluationDependsOn(':app')
}

task clean(type: Delete) {
    delete rootProject.buildDir
}


Looks like a good companion plant for an area spprox. 900 feet from house water not easily available and near a Blue Spruce.
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High School Musical 3: Senior Year (High School Musical 3: Fin de curso en España y High School Musical 3: La Graduación en Hispanoamérica) es la secuela de la película juvenil musical High School Musical 2 de 2006 y la tercera y última entrega de la Saga High School Musical. Como las películas anteriores, está dirigida por Kenny Ortega y protagonizada por Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel, Corbin Bleu y Monique Coleman. Debido a los enormes niveles de audiencia de sus predecesoras por televisión se decidió convertir esta tercera parte en una adaptación cinematográfica, ya no producida por Disney Channel, sino por Walt Disney Pictures. Fue estrenada el 24 de octubre de 2008 en Estados Unidos resultando un éxito en taquillas en todo el mundo tras recaudar más de 252 millones de dólares y ubicándola dentro de las 25 películas más taquilleras del año. En Hispanoamérica se estrenó el 11 de diciembre de 2008 en Disney Channel.

Argumento
El equipo de baloncesto Wildcats de East High compite contra su rival de mucho tiempo, los West High Knights en el último juego de campeonato de la temporada. En la mitad, Troy reúne a sus compañeros y lleva al equipo a la victoria. En la fiesta de celebración, Troy y Gabriella discuten sobre su futuro desconocido y el poco tiempo que les queda en East High.

En la escuela, la Sra. Darbus se da cuenta de la falta de estudiantes que se inscriben en el musical y Sharpay sugiere un espectáculo de una sola mujer. Kelsi inscribe a todos en el aula, para consternación de la clase. La Sra. Darbus anuncia que el programa se llamará "último año", que se enfocará en el futuro de los graduados, y revela que Sharpay, Ryan, Kelsi y Troy han sido considerados para una beca en la Juilliard School, pero solo uno lo hará. ser elegido. Sharpay se desespera por ganar y, sabiendo que Kelsi les dará las mejores canciones a Troy y Gabriella, Ryan intenta persuadir a Kelsi para que les dé una canción prediciendo el futuro de ella y de Ryan. Más tarde, Sharpay se hace amigo de Tiara Gold, una estudiante británica transferida y trabajaron juntos contra Troy y Gabriella para el musical.

Mientras está en la azotea, Troy le pide a Gabriella que vaya al baile de graduación y ella le enseña a bailar el vals, mientras que Taylor rechaza el patético intento de Chad de invitarla al baile. Mientras que Troy y Chad le roban la ropa a Jimmie Zara y a su compañero por toda la escuela desnudos en el teatro, como para un recuerdo del anuario. Más tarde cede cuando Chad vuelve a preguntar frente a todos durante el almuerzo. El grupo ensaya para el musical con una escena sobre su noche de graduación. Al día siguiente, Ryan y Kelsi ensayan, lo que lleva a Ryan a invitar a Kelsi al baile de graduación, mientras Troy y Chad recuerdan su pasado en Reilly's Auto Parts. Tiara se entera de que Gabriella ha sido aceptada en el Programa de Honores de Stanford Freshman e informa a Sharpay, quien convence a Troy de que él es lo único que impide que Gabriella vaya. Troy convence a Gabriella de que se vaya y ella se va a la universidad al día siguiente.

Troy y su padre, Jack, discuten sobre a qué universidad asistirá, y Troy conduce a East High desconcertado hasta que finalmente grita a todo pulmón en el teatro. Al presenciar esto, la Sra. Darbus revela que envió su solicitud para Juilliard. Troy recibe una llamada de Gabriella diciéndole que aunque lo ama, no volverá a Albuquerque para el baile de graduación o la graduación. Sin embargo, el día del baile, Troy visita a Gabriella en la Universidad de Stanford y tienen su propio baile de graduación. Mientras tanto, Sharpay se prepara para el musical en East High, y Troy le envía un mensaje de texto a su compañero de equipo Jimmie Zara para que sea su suplente porque llegará tarde al espectáculo.

Kelsi y Ryan comienzan el espectáculo; como suplentes de Troy y Gabriella, Jimmie actúa con Sharpay y la avergüenza, aunque el público aplaude. Troy y Gabriella aparecen durante la segunda mitad del espectáculo y cantan a dúo juntos. Tiara traiciona a Sharpay, diciéndole que Tiara se hará cargo del departamento de teatro el próximo año. Sharpay finalmente aprende cómo se siente ser manipulado y humillado, pero interrumpe la actuación de Tiara y la eclipsa.

Al final del musical, la Sra. Darbus revela que tanto Kelsi como Ryan han ganado la beca Juilliard, y Troy revela que eligió asistir a la Universidad de California en Berkeley para estar cerca de Gabriella, jugar baloncesto y actuar en teatro. Taylor revela que asistirá a la Universidad de Yale con honores para estudiar Ciencias Políticas, y Sharpay y Chad revelan que asistirán a la Universidad de Albuquerque para Artes Escénicas y baloncesto, respectivamente.

En la ceremonia de graduación, Troy da el discurso de la clase después de ser seleccionado por la Sra. Darbus, y todos celebran haber terminado la escuela secundaria. Los seis protagonistas caminan hacia el escenario y hacen sus reverencias finales cuando se cierra el telón. En el final, se revelan bloopers de las escenas de la película.

Reparto

Principal
 Zac Efron como Troy Bolton.
 Vanessa Hudgens como Gabriella Montez.
 Ashley Tisdale como Sharpay Evans.
 Lucas Grabeel como Ryan Evans.
 Corbin Bleu como Chad Danforth.
 Monique Coleman como Taylor McKessie.

Secundario
 Robert Curtis Brown como Vance Evans.
 Jessica Tuck como Darby Evans.
 Bart Johnson como Jack Bolton.
 Alyson Reed como Ms. Darbus.
 Olesya Rulin como Kelsey Nielsen.
 Chris Warren Jr. como Zeke Baylor.
 Ryne Sanborn como Jason Cross.
 KayCee Stroh como Martha Cox.
 Matt Prokop como Jimmie «Rocketman/The Rocket» Zara.
 Jemma McKenzie-Brown como Tiara Gold.
 Justin Martin como Donny Dion.
 Leslie Wing Pomeroy como Lucille Bolton.
 Socorro Herrera como Mrs. Montez.
 David Reivers como Charlie Danforth.
 Yolanda Wood como Mrs. Danforth.

Números musicales
 Now Or Never - East High.- Gimnasio East High School
Según Kenny Ortega, se puede ver en esta canción como Troy, a través de la canción y el baile, se enfrenta a un gran dilema en su vida: es un gran cantante y quiere actuar en el teatro, pero también es un gran atleta. En la película se cuenta todo para que podamos comprender el dilema por el que pasa.
 Right Here, Right Now - Troy y Gabriella - Casa del árbol
Este dueto en la casa del árbol trata sobre lo mucho que disfrutan los dos en ese lugar y en ese momento. Es una escena mágica, afirma Kenny Ortega.
 I Want It All - Ryan y Sharpay - Cafetería de East High school
Esta canción es la versión de Sharpay sobre cómo ve ella el colegio dentro de su mundo de fantasía, según Ortega.
 Can I Have This Dance - Troy y Gabriella - Azotea de East high school
Ortega cuenta que se inspiró en Fred Astaire y en Ginger Rogers, y en todos los bailes de Gene Kelly. Comenta que quería encontrar un momento romántico para que bailasen en los brazos del otro, alejados de todo y de todos.
 A Night to Remember - East High - Auditorio de East High school.
Según el productor Bill Borden, el concepto original de la película siempre fue el de tener un gran baile de promoción, y se enfocó de manera diferente.
 Just Wanna Be With You - Ryan, Kelsi, Troy, Gabriella - Sala de Música y Auditorio
Uno de los temas del número es el de vivir el momento y no preocuparse demasiado por el futuro, explica Lucas Grabeel.
 The Boys Are Back - Troy y Chad - Lote De Autos

 Walk Away -Gabriella - Casa de Gabriella
Vanesa Hudgens nos explica que Gabriella tiene que tomar algunas decisiones sobre su novio, la universidad y sus amigos, así que decide hacer lo que cree que es correcto y marcharse.
 Scream - Troy - East High School
Troy comienza en la cancha de baloncesto, pero termina en el escenario. Eso lo explica todo, adora las dos cosas, nos cuenta Zac Efron.

También Zac Efron menciona que esta canción le pertenece a Jiggs, "Sí, es totalmente suya ya que se siente altamente identificada con las lyrics de la canción."
 Senior Year Spring Musical - East High - Auditorio
 We're All In This Together (Versión Graduación) - Coro

 High School Musical - East High - Campo de fútbol
A la hora de crear el momento final de la graduación, Kenny Ortega se inspiró en una película de Fred Astaire. Cuenta Ortega que parecía como si todo fuese un escenario, pensando que eso atraería a un nuevo público. Todo el campo se convirtió en un escenario, y se remató con un enorme telón rojo.

Banda sonora

La banda sonora de la película fue lanzada el 21 de octubre de 2008 en Estados Unidos.

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Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure es un spin-off de High School Musical en donde Ashley Tisdale, una de las protagonistas de la saga, retoma su papel como Sharpay Evans.
La película se ubica después de la graduación cuando Sharpay junto a su perro Boi parte para Nueva York en donde espera cumplir sus sueños de trabajar en un musical en Broadway. La película fue dirigida por Michael Lembeck y se estrenó en 2011 en Disney Channel. Cuenta con una pequeña participación de Lucas Grabeel como Ryan Evans, hermano de Sharpay.

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Otterlo, Netherlands
Samantha Hull
The Cyclops by Odilon Redon looks lovesick.
The giant one-eyed creature stares into your soul as if he's screaming, "Please, please love me dear viewer!" Turns out, symbolist Odilon Redon successfully captured a look of longing out of this monster.
According to Greek Mythology, the Cyclops Polyphemus fell madly in love with Galateia, one of the fifty Nereids, or goddesses of the sea. From behind his boulder, Polyphemus attempts to woo Galateia with soft melodies and milk and cheese. Dude knows a way to a woman's heart. But poor Polyhemus didn't stand a chance because the nymphs spurred his advances and plucked the handsome Sicilian young man named Akis to swoop in and take Galateia for himself. Polyhemus in a fit of rage, crushed Akis with a boulder. Don't mess with monsters man.
Odilon Redon was determine to paint the imaginary in all of his paintings and The Cyclops is no exception. Redon captured our heartbroken monster in the moment he sees Galateia for the first time. But his giant eye stares blaringly into the viewer's soul. By exaggerating the size of the cyclop's eye, Redon implies that the eye, full of wonder, is a reflection of a human soul.
Symbolism, the precursor to it's brother, Surrealism, allowed artists like Redon to rebel against Naturalism which was all the rage in the late 1800s. Symbolist painters believed art should reflect an emotion and not mimic the natural world. Symbolists used Greek Mythology and mainly woman subjects (surprise!) to recall the most important themes in their art: love, fear, death, sexy time, and unreciprocated affection.
Love? Check. Death? You betcha. Sexual awakening? Yep. Unreciprocated affection with a dash of stalker-ish tendencies? That's right. Is the Cyclop's eye staring straight into your soul making you feel things you normally hide? Good. Congratulations, you have been successfully had by a symbolist painting. Welcome to the club, my friend.
"Le Cyclope, c. 1914." Kroller Mueller. Accessed November, 2018. https://krollermuller.nl/en/odilon-redon-the-cyclops-1.
Myers, Nicole. "Symbolism." The Metropolitan Museum of Art website. August, 2007. Accessed November, 2018. https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/symb/hd_symb.htm.
The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica. "Galatea." Encyclopedia Britannica. April, 2017. Accessed November, 2018. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Galatea-Greek-mythology.
The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica. "Polyphemus." Encyclopedia Britannica. May, 2018. Accessed November, 2018. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Polyphemus-Greek-mythology
The Annotated Mona Lisa section on Symbolism from "The Nineteenth Century: Birth of the 'Isms'" p.124-125
Here is what Wikipedia says about The Cyclops (Redon)
The Cyclops is a painting by Odilon Redon depicting the myth of the love of the cyclops Polyphemus for the naiad Galatea who is shown lying naked. It appears Polyphemus has hidden himself from the nymph, behind the rocky terrain, too shy to directly confront her "helpless" form. The Cyclops seems to love his victim, gingerly guarding her while simultaneously keeping her selfishly to himself.
The painting is exhibited at the Kröller-Müller Museum in the Netherlands.
Check out the full Wikipedia article about The Cyclops (Redon).


The rebuilding of the cab of Gloucester Power car 51118 is now showing great signs of progress as the pre-cut front sheets are welded into position, giving an idea of what the completed vehicle will look like.
At the same time all the interior sliding windows and quarter lights are being removed so that new ones can be made.The current plan is to proceed until the bodyshell is complete and watertight before deciding on the next step to be taken.
A cold and damp Pentrefelin shed saw several members at work over the weekend. The weather was typically winter Welsh and the units were all frozen over.
Perhaps the biggest achievement was the successful completion of repairs to a dripping tap in the Class 104 toilet compartment. This might not sound like much but it involved the removal of much of the plumbing and then the sink itself so that the appropriate joints could be dismantled and new seals fitted. The sink is now fully reassembled and we hope this job won't have to be done again for a while.
Elsewhere in the depot work has started on the M-Exam of the Class 127/108 unit. This is the six-yearly heavy exam and to make a start we changed all the filters, some of which are in pretty inaccessible places. Unfortunately a bolt securing one of the filter bowls was broken and this had to be changed for one from stock.
A large contingent of seats has been loaded into the van and transported to the trimmers. These are for the centre section of Class 104 50528 and once this is done this will be the second time that this set has been retrimmed during its preservation career.
Work is progressing well on the cab rebuild of Gloucester 51118. The driver's side pillar repair and corner is now more or less complete and there was a major step forward when the new laser-cut cab front panels were delivered this week.
The Class 141 worked both days at the weekend at the Midland Railway but during the week it had attention to one of its speedometers which had stopped working. A small rewire has cured the problem but the speedo is still slow at returning to zero and we'll be looking at replacing it.
Also fixed was a fault on one of the power doors which had become defective. This was traced to a terminal block in the electrical cubicle which was not allowing current to pass through and has now been fixed.
Work is progressing well to rebuild the cab front of Gloucester Driving Motor Brake 51118. Repairs to the corner structure on the secondman's side have been completed and the fabricated new corner section has been welded in.
On the driver's side cab corner metal is being carefully cut out to see what work will be required, while at the same time repairs are being carried out to the frame. The method of repair being used is different to that used on the trailer as this time we are able to do the work without taking out the cab desk, something that will save us a great deal of time later on.
A first coat of top coat green has been applied to the newly-completed secondman's side of the coach which really brings the project to life.
It seems that the winter 'shutdown' period gets shorter and shorter each year. This time we had exactly seven days between the last duty of 2016 (on New Year's Eve at Llangollen) and yesterday's Sunday service at the Midland Railway Butterley.
Sam Bridges sent us this picture of a rather overcast Butterley and with the 141 awaiting its first passengers.
At Llangollen work has progressed on the Cravens trailer 56456. The last of the full length pieces of timber that will eventually support the new ceiling panels have been fitted into place as has the curved timber fitting to the toilet end wall.
Members tackled some of the 'matters arising' from recent running days on the Class 104 unit. Adjustments were made in the throttle motor box on 50454 where engine no 1 wasn't doing much in the first two positions. A couple of air pipes were also exchanged as they were leaking. A blowing throttle motor piston on the other vehicle was also sorted out.
At Butterley work's been concentrated on rebuilding the framework for the cab on Gloucester Power car 51118. Currently the corners and corner panels are being rebuilt and panelling fitted to the sides, just ahead of the cab doors. Work to remove the remaining sliding lights and quarter panels is also under way.
A Happy New Year to all of our readers, supportes, and volunteers.
There were some interesting workings at the Llangollen Railway's 'Winter Warmer' event last Friday and Saturday which saw a four-car unit hauled by a Class 26 locomotive and also hauling two box vans, much in the style of the 1950s.
In the workshop at Pentrefelin the repainting of the Wickham progresses with undercoat now applied to the secondman's side of the power car. A badly dragging sliding door on the cab of the trailer was repaired after it was found that bolts had fallen out of the top bracket.
Elsewhere there was a van running between Llangollen and Butterley taking seats from the 108 and the 104 for retrimming and also spare seat frames from the 104 which will go to the power coaters in due course.


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ACLU DEFENSE OF MUSLIMS IS POLITICAL
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The ACLU of Southern California and the Los Angeles chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations recently sued the FBI for violating the rights of Muslims by sending an informant to spy on them in a California mosque. The FBI was investigating possible terrorist threats, but the lawsuit claims it was guilty of "indiscriminate surveillance."
The ACLU is motivated by politics, not principle. In the late 1970s, after Rep. Henry Hyde authored a bill to restrict federal financing of abortions, the ACLU dispatched an agent to spy on him. The agent followed him into a Catholic church on Sundays and took notes of what happened. This was done to show that it was Hyde's Catholicism that accounted for his pro-life stand.
It is a little too late for the ACLU to feign outrage over FBI agents spying on Muslims in a mosque: it cares not a whit about religious rights, unless they serve a political purpose. That's why the ACLU is so fond of defending the religious rights of prisoners, but is noticeably silent when it comes to the due process rights of Catholic priests accused of crimes that allegedly happened decades ago.
The FBI has a job to do in tracking down suspected terrorists, and if that warrants surveillance in a house of worship—including a Catholic church—so be it.
By Bill|2013-01-17T18:16:24-05:00April 20th, 2011|Categories: Catalyst, Features|Tags: April Issue 2011|Comments Off on ACLU DEFENSE OF MUSLIMS IS POLITICAL


TrouwAmsterdam is a late night restaurant, club and art space situated in the former newspaper printing warehouse of Dutch national newspapers Trouw, Parool, NRC and Volkskrant. Trouw is a temporary project, conceived in a time of worldwide crisis and tries to fuse music, food, and contemporary art and culture together in an unconventional way.
If you are coming from Schiphol airport, it's best to buy a train ticket to Amstelstation at Schiphol and then change trains on Amsterdam Central Station. You will first need to get to Amsterdam Central Station to take another train to Amstelstation. Last train stops at 1.01. am.
Trouw is 10 minutes away from the Amstelstation. Walk from the station to the Prins Berhardplein (roundabout) and take the third road to your right. This is the Wibautstraat. You will find Trouw futher down the Wibautstraat on your right hand side.
Metro 51, 53 and 54 stop in front of Trouw at the stop Wibautstraat. The last one stops at 0.39 am.
MediaLAB Amsterdam is a new creative studio in the heart of the Amstelcampus. The space brings together thinkers and doers from the creative industries and education to conduct applied research on innovative interactive media applications. The research projects focus on urban screens, locative media, data visualization, interactive TV, gaming, the future of publishing and e-learning.
From here, it is a 20 minute walk to MediaLAB Amsterdam. Walk from the station to the Prins Berhardplein (roundabout) and take the third road to your right. This is the Wibautstraat. Continue until you reach Eerste Boerhaavestraat. The Hogeschool van Amsterdam is the large building at 2-4 Wibaustraat. You will find the MediaLAB entrance behind this building.
You may also take the metro (lines 51, 53 and 54) from the Amstelstation to 'Weesperplein'. From here, follow Sarphatistraat to Rhijnspoorplein (two lanes of traffic will turn into one). Turn right on Rhijnspoorplein and cross the canal/Mauritskaude (a major road). This will turn into Wibaustraat. The Hogeschool is the first building to your right after the canal, and the MediaLAB is just behind this. Enter up the stairs and through the courtyard.
Tram 3 stops on the corner of Wibautstraat/Ruyschstraat. Walk north one block on the Wibautstraat, to Wibaustraat & Eerste Boerhaavestraat. Turn left and you will find the MediaLAB behing the large building (the Hogeschool van Amsterdam). Enter up the stairs and through the courtyard.
Metro 51, 53 and 54 stop at Weesperplein. From here, follow Sarphatistraat to Rhijnspoorplein (two lanes of traffic will turn into one). Turn right on Rhijnspoorplein and cross the canal/Mauritskaude (a major road). This will turn into Wibaustraat. The Hogeschool is the first building to your right after the canal, and the MediaLAB is just behind this. Enter up the stairs and through the courtyard. The last one stops at 0.39 am.
Op de Valreep ("In the Nick of Time") is an Amsterdam squat; the building, a former animal shelter, was reclaimed as a creative and cultural space in 2011. Op de Valreep can be a bit difficult to find, so we recommend printing a map and taking it with you.


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Regierung Jan Šrámek steht für folgende tschechoslowakische Exilregierungen:

 Regierung Jan Šrámek I (21. Juli 1940 – 12. November 1942)
 Regierung Jan Šrámek II (12./14. November 1942 – 5. April 1945)


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The Gophers' Flaws Were Exposed in 92-65 Loss to No. 13 Illinois
Credit: Patrick Gorski-USA TODAY Sports
By Sam Ekstrom - December 16, 2020
The Golden Gophers survived numerous scares in their first six games, all of which they were favored at home. Heading to Champaign, Ill., for their first Big Ten battle against a bigger, faster Illinois team would be a true litmus test. The result: A non-competitive effort that unveiled a handful of alarming deficiencies. It wasn't a mystery that the Gophers might struggle against elite competition with such a new-look team that had looked disjointed in the non-conference season, but the depth of their issues may be more glaring than fans imagined. No. 13 Illinois won 92-65 and led by as many as 36 late in the second half.
"We weren't great all around," head coach Richard Pitino said in summary.
Handling the otherworldly strength of Kofi Cockburn was the A-topic for the Gophers coming in, but they failed that test. Center Liam Robbins logged his second foul at 16:28 of the first half, which set the table for Cockburn's 33-point, 13-rebound night. Minnesota built an 18-10 lead early in the game but then went into freefall. Illinois outscored them 30-7 over the next 12 minutes as the Gophers went ice cold and Cockburn scored the majority of his 16 first-half points. Robbins wasn't able to stick around long in the second half either, fouling out after just 16 minutes played.
Robbins has shown a fouling proclivity early in the season that could prove to be a hindrance against Big Ten big men, and Pitino said after the game he'll need to work on his technique. It certainly put the Gophers behind the 8-ball against Illinois, who outscored the Gophers 48-14 in the paint. Cockburn bullied the likes of Jarvis Omersa, Eric Curry or whoever had the misfortune of switching onto him in the post. Not only that, the Gophers largely avoided setting foot in the paint in the first half, settling for four makes out of 14 three-point shots and a series of floaters and runners that clanked off the rim.
"We were still getting to the rim, just not finishing," said point guard Marcus Carr, who finished with a team-high 16 points. "Then we were taking a bunch of outside shots that were allowing them to get out on the break and stuff like that."
Choosing not to challenge Cockburn much down low kept the Illini big man fresh and out of foul trouble. It also put the onus on the Gophers to hit 3s, which they've struggled to do for several years. They entered the game 255th in the nation from beyond the arc (29.2%) and will likely drop after finishing 7-of-28. Gabe Kalscheur's shooting slump continued, and Both Gach had his most ineffective performance of the year, missing all nine of his field goals.
With Robbins on the bench, Kalscheur and Gach off-kilter and Carr getting repelled around the paint, Minnesota had no scoring threats. Their 27.5% shooting percentage for the game was their second-lowest mark since Basketball-Reference began tracking game-by-game data in 2010.
"We can't rely all on three-point shots all the time," Pitino said. "We've got to continue to get to the foul line, which I thought we did a decent job of, but we missed 12 of them."
The Gophers were supposed to be a better offensive team than a year ago, but they are unbalanced when Robbins doesn't make an impact. Curry, Omersa and Brandon Johnson are all fine players, but not even collectively do they appear able to replace the presence Minnesota lost when Daniel Oturu went to the NBA. And Robbins is still getting his bearings in the Big Ten against players like Cockburn, who is fiercer than any competition Robbins faced in the Missouri Valley last year.
Likewise, when Carr slows down, so do the Gophers. His 3-for-13 night resembled several of his performances from 2019-20 — high volume, low efficiency. He also has the ability to create in transition, but the Gophers scarcely had a fast-break opportunity, getting outscored 23-4 in transition.
Certain players were supposed to step up this year so Carr wasn't alone as a scorer. Kalscheur was supposed to rediscover his freshman form, Tre Williams and Isaiah Ihnen were supposed to become valuable bench pieces, and Brandon Johnson was supposed to be the steadying grad transfer. Thus far, we haven't seen those impacts.
Perhaps more alarmingly, the Gophers lacked the bluster to fight back in the second half as the Illini whooped it up on the bench in front of an audience of zero. Minnesota has an older team now, but age doesn't always equal leadership. The Gophers needed more from their elder players Tuesday night, but instead they got overpowered and outclassed.
"It's not really a confidence thing," said Carr. "Sometimes when you're on the road stuff doesn't go your way."


Hello! I really hope that spring has found you wherever you are (if in the Northern Hemisphere, ha). If not, I hope it comes very very soon! Spring is actually on the way out here in CA but we are still enjoying it to the fullest. Things have been busy in my Woodberry Way world and I thought I'd give some updates today.
I finished up one of my WIPs (works in progress)- that's always a good feeling! It's especially satisfying to me when it's a scrap quilt like this one. I saved the triangle cutoffs from the flying geese in my Star Kisses Quilt, sewed them into pinwheels, cut square cornerstones from my scrap bin, and followed the layout for the Chandelier pattern found in Vanessa Goertzen's latest book for charm squares. I love how it turned out!
It was quilted by Starlit Quilts (as usual!) and I had her back it with fabric from her Etsy shop- just a simple small gingham check in teal. I did hand binding this time with Bonnie and Camille's Hello Darling green dot. Such a happy finish!
I've also been doing some fabric pulls for my 5th (!) Jumping Jacks quilt. Every year I make a quilt for my British mom to give to one of her sisters for Christmas. She pays for the fabric and longarm expenses, and I get to make lots of fun different color combinations of one of my favorite patterns! This top pull was what I wanted to make, but this year's aunt wanted more of a traditional Union Jack palette, so we came up with the second one. It's still a work in progress, can't wait to get started. You can check out #leavittquilts on IG to see some others I've made.
We've had several rainy days this month and for whatever reason I've been wanting to do a lot of charity sewing. I found a few different causes going right now if you're interested.
My friend Briawna is collecting blocks for a charity auction quilts. It's an easy scrap busting block, and they look amazing all together. You can also buy raffle tickets to buy one of the quilts!
Quilters is Canada are collecting blocks to make quilts for the families of the hockey players who died in a terrible bus accident. I love being able to contribute to things like this. I send my love and prayers and tears with those blocks and it makes me happy to know they will be gifted a big cozy quilt to remind them of how many people are thinking of them during this very difficult time.
A fellow quilter lost her young daughter unexpectedly to the flu a few weeks ago. I have been really torn up about this one. She is collecting cat blocks to make mini quilts for all of her daughter's classmates. Heartbreak. I wanted to make a quilt just for her, so I put together this heart quilt today and yesterday, only to find out that someone else had already made a quilt for her in the very same pattern! So I am going to send her a different kind of package and save this for something else.
It was a really fun, easy quilt to make. I followed the layout for the tutorial by Diary of a Quilter, but cut my squares to 4" instead, and swapped the outer rows for a 4.5" cut border. This design is a wonderful stash buster too! I'm pretty much out of low volume scraps.
Lastly, I am loving all the new fabric lines coming out right now! I can never justify purchasing full fat quarter bundles, and I'm never in love with every single print enough to want a FQ of each anyway, so I opt for smaller precuts usually. I bought two mini charm packs of Ella and Ollie by Fig Tree Quilts with no particular plan in mind, but ended up sewing them together the minute they arrived in the mail! I'll share more details on this one when it's finished.
Happy Spring, be back soon!
Love the above heart quilt. Someday I need to make a smaller one with just 2.5 squares for a baby size quilt. Yours is so pretty with the aqua fabrics. So much heartbreak - my heart breaks for all involved in the above mentioned incidents.
Alison I love your quilts! I've purchased several of your patterns, they're awesome. I enjoy reading your blog so much. You're such a kind, caring person. I want to make some blocks for the horrible accident in Canada. My prayers are with the grieving families. Wishing you & your family the best! Suzann H.
Everything you make is so fresh and beautiful! Always a treat to see you have a new blog post.


The joke has been told by generations of Jews, most famously Golda Meir, the former Prime Minister of Israel. Why did Moses lead us to the one place in the Middle East without oil?
But an updated version may be required if Harold Vinegar and his colleagues get their way. Dr Vinegar, the former chief scientist of Royal Dutch Shell, is at the centre of an ambitious project to turn Israel into one of the world's leading oil producers.
Israel Energy Initiatives, where Dr Vinegar is chief scientist, is working on projects to extract oil and natural gas from oil shale from a 238 sq km area of the Shfela Basin, to the south and west of Jerusalem.
Oil shale mining is often frowned upon, not least by the environmental lobby, as a dirty process that is both energy and water intensive. IEI believes that its technique will be cleaner than that of other operators because the oil will be separated from the shale rock up to 300 metres beneath the ground. Water will be a byproduct of the process rather than being consumed by it in large volumes.
According to Dr Vinegar, Israel has the second-biggest oil shale deposits in the world, outside the United States: "We estimate that there are the equivalent of 250 billion barrels of oil here. To put that in context, there are proven reserves of 260 billion barrels of oil in Saudi Arabia."
The marginal cost of production, IEI estimates, will be between $35 and $40 per barrel. This, Dr Vinegar points out, is cheaper than the $60 or so per barrel that it costs to extract crude from inhospitable locations such as the Arctic, and compares with $30-$40 per barrel in some of the deepwater oilfields off the coast of Brazil.
"These Israeli deposits have been known about, but have never been listed before. It was previously assumed there was not the technology to deal with it.
David Fuller's view Israel already has a high-tech economy and the successful development of its oil shale reserves within a decade would make it an extremely wealthy country.
More importantly, effective oil shale technology, developed within a decade of shale gas technology, is another 'game changer' for the global economy.
Less than ten years ago many of us were seriously worried about 'Peak Oil', due to the finite supply of conventional crude supplies and a remorseless increase in demand for the world's most important commodity. For a global economy run on oil, the prospect of a worldwide shortage and a series of price spikes in energy costs were a recipe for widespread recession and even depression.
There are risks to the upside for oil prices over the next few years, as we have been reminded by recent events in the Middle East. However, 10 to 15 years from now the world will be awash in oil and gas, due to the development of supplies previously locked in shale rock. By 2025 I would not be surprised to see the price of crude oil lower in real terms than it is today.
This unexpected bonanza of cheap oil and gas should underwrite a global GDP growth supercycle of unprecedented proportions. With the supply of fossil fuels secure for decades, only an exogenous event of biblical proportions could derail this growth supercycle.


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Babaçulândia é um município brasileiro do estado do Tocantins. Onde mora o notável Gabriel Antônio Gonçalves. Localiza-se a uma latitude 07º12'17" sul e a uma longitude 47º45'25" oeste, estando a uma altitude de 178 metros. Possui uma área de 1916,4 km², e sua população estimada em 2004 era de 10 888 habitantes.

História
A povoação de Babaçulândia surgiu em 1926, quando Henrique Figueiredo de Brito se instalou na margem esquerda do Rio Tocantins. O primeiro nome do povoado foi Nova Aurora do Coco, devido a quantidade de coco babaçu que havia na região, sendo a seguir chamada simplesmente de Coco. O município foi instalado em 1 de janeiro de 1954, e foi desmembrado do município de Tocantinópolis.

Segundo o historiador Raylinn Barros da Silva, por sua posição geográfica, muito próxima à cidade de Araguaína, maior centro urbano da região a partir dos anos 1960, Babaçulândia foi favorecida pelo crescimento de Araguaína, atraindo turistas da cidade para suas praias e atrações turísticas, como o Rio Tocantins.

Geografia
Limita-se ao norte com os municípios de Darcinópolis e Wanderlândia, ao sul, com o município de Filadélfia, a leste com o estado do Maranhão, e a oeste, com Araguaína. Seus acidentes geográficos mais importantes são a Ilha São José, e os rios Tocantins e Rio Corrente.

Economia
A primeira atividade econômica na região foi a extrativista, com a extração do coco babaçu e, em seguida, a agropecuária. Com a abertura da Rodovia Belém-Brasília, a cidade sofreu uma estagnação, pois o comércio voltou-se para a rodovia, e o impulso econômico e urbanístico voltou-se para os povoados que surgiam a beira da estrada, ficando as cidades ribeirinhas do Araguaia e Tocantins entregues ao esquecimento econômico.

Em 2007, segundo os institutos SEBRAE/SEPLAN-TO/DPI havia 100 empresas em Babaçulândia.

Religiosidade
Ainda segundo o historiador Raylinn Barros da Silva, os missionários orionitas, pertencentes à Congregação da Pequena Obra da Divina Providência, fundada por Luís Orione, foram os padres que estabeleceram a religiosidade católica em Babaçulândia. Eles foram os primeiros religiosos que construíram as primeiras igrejas católicas na cidade.

Turismo
As praias do Tocantins eram fonte de renda da população ribeirinha, até a construção da barragem de Estreito (MA). Há outras atrações turísticas na cidade, como a Cachoeira do Jenipapo, a Serra da Matança onde se encontra um abrigo sob rocha utilizado pelos índios Krahô como refúgio no século XIX, entre outros pontos turísticos que são pouco frequentados, a escola de talaricagem Gabriel Antônio Gonçalves Lima é uma atração recorrentemente visitado no turismo da cidade.

Municípios do Tocantins