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Le bâtiment de l'Agneau d'or à Subotica () est situé à Subotica, dans la province de Voïvodine et dans le district de Bačka septentrionale, en Serbie. Il est inscrit sur la liste des monuments culturels protégés de la République de Serbie (identifiant SK 1788).

Le bâtiment a accueilli la « maison de l'Armée populaire yougoslave » (JNA).

Présentation
Le bâtiment, construit en 1857, était à l'origine une kafana et un hôtel à l'enseigne de l' « Agneau d'or ». Cet édifice doté d'un rez-de-chaussée, appartenant à Andras Lichteneker, a été adapté en 1886 sur des plans de Geza Kocka, un architecte de Subotica, qui lui a ajouté un étage dans un style éclectique. L'hôtel a été adapté en 1904 selon un projet de Titus Mačković qui lui a donné un aspect Art nouveau, singulier dans l'œuvre de cet architecte.

Le bâtiment se caractérise par sa division verticale en trois parties asymétriques. Au rez-de-chaussée se trouvent des arcades aux courbes ovales ; le portail latéral, doté d'une double porte en bois, est orné de verre teinté. Les fenêtres de l'étage, en forme de rectangle allongé, sont pour certaines divisées en trois parties sous la forme d'un « Y » irrégulier ; la frise qui court sous le toit est ornée d'éléments ovales qui portent des motifs floraux.

À l'intérieur, le hall principal, l'escalier et les fenêtres donnant sur la rue Vuka Karadžića ont conservé leur décor Art nouveau ; les autres pièces et la façade conservent encore le décor éclectique du milieu du .

Notes et références

Article connexe
 Monuments culturels du district de Bačka septentrionale

Subotica
Monument culturel protégé en Serbie
Agneau
Subotica
Subotica


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Robert Pattinson Flirts With Mia Wasikowska
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Robert Pattinson Flirts With Pretty Co-Star On The set Of His New Movie
Robert Pattinson seems to be doing just fine following split from sour-faced Kristen Stewart – he has been linked to Kristen's friend Riley Kough, and now he is apparently flirting up a storm with his co-stars on the set of new movie 'Maps To The Stars'.
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Granada Gold Mine Starts Drilling at Granada and Announces Financing
TSX VENTURE: GGM
www.granadagoldmine.com
Mr. Frank Basa reports:
ROUYN NORANDA, QC, Oct. 9, 2018 /CNW/ - Granada Gold Mine (TSX.V: GGM) ("Granada Gold" or the "Company") announces that it has started its autumn drill program at the Genesis Project at Granada. Program objectives are:
Begin drilling mag targets defined by drone-borne magnetic survey covering the extended LONG Bars zone
Extend underground gold mineralization towards the Cadillac trend to the north
Test for silver and base metals in the core
This program is designed to enhance its flagship gold property by continuing to explore the remaining 80 percent of unexplored 5.5 kilometer east-west mineralized structure, the Granada Gold Mine, in the province of Quebec, Canada.
Figure 1: Location map of the drill program underlain by the Drone Airborne survey at Granada
"Again, we are very excited to expand the exploration of our gold deposit at Granada," stated Frank J. Basa P.Eng., President and Chief Executive Officer of Granada Gold Mine. "These are highly prospective areas for production – our major focus."
The company has applied to extend the permits to carry on with the exploration program at Aukeko.
The Company also announces a non-brokered private placement offering of 2,942,140 units ("Units") at a price of $0.15 per Unit for gross proceeds of up to $441,321. Each Unit is comprised of one common share of the Company and one share purchase warrant. Each whole warrant will entitle the holder thereof to purchase one additional common share of the Company at an exercise price of $0.18 per share, for a period of three years from closing, subject to TSX Venture Exchange ("Exchange") approval.
The proceeds of the Private Placement will be used for surface exploration, trenching, and historical resampling of drill core on the Company's Granada Gold Property in Québec and for general working capital purposes.
All securities issued in connection with the private placement are subject to a four month and a day hold period in accordance with applicable Securities Laws.
Claude Duplessis, P. Eng., of Goldminds Geoservices Inc., a geological, environmental and mining consultant, is an independent qualified person in accordance with National Instrument 43-101, and has reviewed and approved the contents of this news release.
About Granada Gold Mine Inc.
Granada Gold Mine Inc. is developing the Granada Gold Property near Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec. The property includes the former Granada gold mine which produced more than 50,000 ounces of gold in the 1930s before a fire destroyed the surface buildings. The highly prolific Cadillac Trend, which has been the source of more than 50 million ounces of gold produced in the past century on a line running from Val-d'Or to Rouyn-Noranda, cuts through the north part of the property.
An updated Mineral Resource Estimate and revised Block Model dated June 30, 2017, with effective date of May 16, 2017, includes the first material estimate of high-grade gold resources discovered in zones at depth immediately north of the LONG Bars Zone open-pit deposit.
An initial Inferred underground resource of 10,386,500 tonnes grading 4.56 g/t Au at a cut-off grade of 1.5 g/t (1.5 million oz. Au) has been outlined along 600 metres of strike, north of the original near-surface discovery at Granada. Open-pit-constrained resources have 625,000 ounces Measured at 1.14 g/t Au and 182,700 ounces Indicated at 1.26 g/t Au with a cut-off grade of 0.39 g/t Au (807,700 ounces M&I at 1.16 g/t Au) representing a major increase in Block Model estimates for Granada vs. 2012 Block Model.
The Company has obtained all necessary permits for the initial mining phase, known as the "Rolling Start", for which stripping has already begun, and has been conducting exploration drilling in order to expand the reported mineral resource for the property. Additional information is available at www.granadagoldmine.com.
The Company has signed a provisional milling agreement with Canada Cobalt Works (TSX-V: CCW) to process an initial 600,000-to-2,000,000 tonnes of mineralized material at a grade of 4.5 g/t Au. Canada Cobalt Works has retained the engineering firm Wood Group to undertake the necessary studies to obtain the required permits to install a 600-tonne-per-day mill at the Castle mine site in Gowganda, Ontario.
As well, Granada Gold has selected Ausenco Limited to commence a feasibility study for the development of a producing mine with a capacity of 80,000-to-100,000 ounces of gold per year at its 100-percent-owned Granada property, located in Quebec in the town of Rouyn-Noranda.
"Frank J. Basa"
Frank J. Basa P. Eng.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Service Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. This news release may contain forward-looking statements including but not limited to comments regarding the timing and content of upcoming work programs, geological interpretations, receipt of property titles, potential mineral recovery processes, etc. Forward-looking statements address future events and conditions and therefore, involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those currently anticipated in such statements.
Granada Gold Mine
Daily Change: 0.005 2.94
Granada Gold Mine to Begin Bulk Sample Program of High-Grade Mineralized Structures at Surface
Granada Gold Mine Intersects 11.45 g/t Gold Over 33 Meters, Supports Continuity of High-Grade Structures
Granada Hits From Surface, High-Grade Material of 7.67 g/t Au Over 15 Meters in Drill Hole GR-19-C on the Extended LONG Bars Zone
Granada Hits Near-Surface High-Grade Material of 48 g/t Au Over 0.5 Meter in Drill Hole GR-19-E on the Extended Long Bars Zone
Granada Increases and Closes Private Placement for $925,380
Drill Program at Granada Gold Mine Begins on Near-Surface Mineralized Structures
Granada Gold outlines expanded metallurgical test program for the recovery of low-grade gold, cobalt and nickel
Granada Gold Mine: Pre-Concentration Tests of Low-Grade Gold Mineralization Shows Potential to Deliver Higher Grade Concentrate
Pre-concentration test results on low-grade mineralization at Granada Gold Mine return 6.0 grams per tonne gold
Granada Gold Provides Exploration Update for 2019
Granada Gold Mine Invites Investors to Meet Management at PDAC BOOTH 2738
Granada Gold Mine Announces Filing of NI 43-101 Technical Report for The Granada Gold Project, Quebec, with Restated Resource Estimate


Following the 2016 referendum, economic uncertainty has spread across several industries within the UK economy. This report is Oxford Economics' and Thomson Reuters' exploration of the impact of the UK's potential departure from the EU on the legal services industry.
The report uses several research techniques including economic modelling, face-to-face and telephone interviews, and an online survey to explore the possible outcomes of Brexit for the legal services industry under two scenarios. The first scenario assumes the UK enters a free trade agreement with the EU. The second scenario, the 'Downside', assumes the UK and the EU enter a WTO agreement.
The headline result is that we estimate turnover for the legal services sector could be £580mn lower by 2020 if the government fail to agree a transition deal for legal services.
The report also explores the structural changes that could occur in the legal services sector post Brexit. These changes are likely to vary according to firm size and specialty.


The 12-month pilot program is a collaboration between Food Innovational Australia Limited (FIAL) and Grocery Accelerator, a UK program that helps food and grocery companies in a similar manner to technology accelerators.
The UK Grocery Accelerator Program will be tailored to each participating company and provides end-to-end support such as documentation requirements and the identification of potential trade buyers, distributors and export partners.
The program will further provide mentoring from the Grocery Accelerator's team of local industry experts, monthly webinars and access to consumer insight tools to test how a brand may perform in the UK.
FIAL General Manager Commercial, Rod Arenas said the UK Grocery Accelerator Program will provide exporters with the knowledge, capabilities and connections needed to succeed in the UK and Europe.
"This pilot program aims to reduce the cost and exposure to businesses of trying to break into the UK and European markets through facilitating meetings with buyers, including the negotiation process for securing a deal to get products onto shelves," Arenas said.
Companies interested in the UK Grocery Accelerator Program can find out more information and register interest here.


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The Study of Religious Experience: Approaches & Methodologies by Bettina E. Schmidt (Ed.)
Brand New Paperback ISBN 978-1-78179-257-5
The renowned scientist Sir Alister Hardy approached the complex field of religious and spiritual experience in a similar disciplined and scientific manner in which he approached natural science. Asking people from the public to send him accounts of first-hand experiences with spiritual or religious powers he established the Religious Experience Research Centre that has remained at the forefront of the academic study of religious experiences. This book will take his work forward and show how to study religious and spiritual experiences in the 21st century.
The Study of Religious Experience aims to show how a range of disciplines - including anthropology, philosophy, religious studies, theology, biblical studies and history - approach the topic of religious experience, how this approach is applied and what contributions they make to the study of religious experience.


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module BackchatResource
  class Exception < StandardError

    def self.find_exception(e)
      new_exception = if e.respond_to?(:data)
        exception_data = JSON.parse(e)
        code = exception_data['errors']['code']
        exception_klass = backchat_exceptions[code.to_i] if code
        exception_klass.nil? ? e : exception_klass.new
      else
        e
      end
    end

    # Hash mapping error codes to exception classes.
    def self.backchat_exceptions
      {
        123 => BackchatResource::SampleException,
      }
    end

  end
end

class BackchatResource::SampleException < BackchatResource::Exception
  def message
    "This is a sample exception"
  end
end

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MIDL_INTERFACE("B05B4BC5-3BB3-4341-BE96-5215B9D5F99D") IDispSvrVideoPlaneCallback;

namespace DispSvr
{
	struct VideoProcessorStub
	{
		GUID guidVP;
		D3DFORMAT RenderTargetFormat;
		VideoProcessorCaps sCaps;
		ValueRange FilterRanges[6];
		float fFilterValue[6];
		TpfnVBltFactoryMethod pfnVBltFactory;
		VideoProcessorStub *pDelegateVPStub;
	};

	/// D3D9PlaneConfig is a static storage to save settings that do not change when planes are created or destroyed.
	struct D3D9PlaneConfig
	{
		VideoProcessorStub *pVideoProcessorStub;
		TEXTURE_USAGE_FLAG eTextureUsage;
	};

	/// Plane object represents IDispSvrVideoMixerPlane and IDispSvrVideoMixerVideoPlane and
	/// delegates commands to the underlying mixer implementation.
	class CD3D9VideoMixerPlane : public IDispSvrVideoMixerVideoPlane,
        public IDispSvrVideoMixerDependentView,
        public IDispSvrVideoMixerPlaneStereoControl
	{
	public:
        static HRESULT Create(const PlaneInit &InitOpt, CD3D9VideoMixerPlane **ppPlane);
		virtual ~CD3D9VideoMixerPlane();

        // IUnknown
		STDMETHOD(QueryInterface)(REFIID riid, void **ppv);
		STDMETHOD_(ULONG, AddRef)();
		STDMETHOD_(ULONG, Release)();

		// IDispSvrVideoMixerPlane
		STDMETHOD(GetPlaneDesc)(PlaneDesc *pDesc);
		STDMETHOD(SetExternalSurface)(const ExternalSurfaceDesc *pEx);
		STDMETHOD(UpdateFromBuffer)(UpdateBuffer *pBuffer);
		STDMETHOD(LockBuffer)(LockedRect *pOut, const RECT *rcSrc, DWORD dwFlags);
		STDMETHOD(UnlockBuffer)();
		STDMETHOD(SetPlanarAlpha)(float fAlpha);
		STDMETHOD(GetPlanarAlpha)(float *pfAlpha);
		STDMETHOD(SetPosition)(const NORMALIZEDRECT *rcDst, const RECT *rcSrc, const NORMALIZEDRECT *rcCrop, float fAspectRatio);
		STDMETHOD(GetPosition)(NORMALIZEDRECT *rcDst, RECT *rcSrc, NORMALIZEDRECT *rcCrop, float *pfAspectRatio);
		STDMETHOD(SetDirtyRect)(const RECT *rcDirty);

		// IDispSvrVideoMixerVideoPlane
		STDMETHOD(SetVideoProperty)(const VideoProperty *pProperty);
		STDMETHOD(GetVideoProperty)(VideoProperty *pProperty);
		STDMETHOD(SetColorControl)(const ColorControl *pCC);
		STDMETHOD(GetColorControl)(ColorControl *pCC);

        //IDispSvrVideoMixerDependentView
        STDMETHOD(SetDeptViewExternalSurface)(UINT uViewID,  const DispSvr::ExternalSurfaceDesc *pEx);
        STDMETHOD(UpdateDeptViewFromBuffer)(UINT uViewID,  DispSvr::UpdateBuffer *pBuffer);
        STDMETHOD(LockDeptViewBuffer)(UINT uViewID,  DispSvr::LockedRect *pOut, const RECT *rcSrc, DWORD dwFlags);
        STDMETHOD(UnlockDeptViewBuffer)(UINT uViewID);

        // IDispSvrVideoMixerPlaneStereoControl
        STDMETHOD(SetStereoStreamMode)(STEREO_STREAM_MODE eMode);
        STDMETHOD(GetStereoStreamMode)(STEREO_STREAM_MODE *peMode);
        STDMETHOD(SetPlaneMetaData)(const LPBYTE pMetaData, DWORD dwSize) ;
        STDMETHOD(GetPlaneMetaData)(LPBYTE *ppMetaData, LPDWORD pdwSize);
        STDMETHOD(SetOffsetProperty)(const DispSvr::StereoOffsetProperty *pProperty);
        STDMETHOD(GetOffsetProperty)(DispSvr::StereoOffsetProperty *pProperty);

	protected:
		CD3D9VideoMixerPlane(const PlaneInit &InitOpt);
		STDMETHOD(_QueryStatusOfExternalSurface)(PLANE_ID PlaneID, const ExternalSurfaceDesc *pEx, UINT uDeptViewID = NULL);
		STDMETHOD(_SetExternalSurface)(PLANE_ID PlaneID, const ExternalSurfaceDesc *pEx, UINT uDeptViewID = NULL);
        bool IsVideoPlane() const { return m_InitOpt.PlaneID == PLANE_MAINVIDEO || m_InitOpt.PlaneID == PLANE_SUBVIDEO; };
        HRESULT PrepareDeptViewBuffer(PLANE_ID PlaneID, UINT uViewID);
        HRESULT Init();

    protected:
        IDispSvrVideoPlaneCallback *m_pPlaneCB;
        IDispSvrVideoMixer *m_pMixer;
        CD3D9VideoMixerModel *m_pModel;
        CD3D9TexturePool *m_pTexturePool;
		LONG m_cRef;
		PlaneInit m_InitOpt;
		bool m_bExternalSurface;
	};
}

interface IDispSvrVideoPlaneCallback : public IUnknown
{
    virtual const DispSvr::D3D9PlaneConfig &GetPlaneConfig(DispSvr::PLANE_ID PlaneID) = 0;
    STDMETHOD_(void, OnVideoPositionChange)() = 0;
	STDMETHOD_(void, OnDestroyPlane)(DispSvr::PLANE_ID PlaneID) = 0;
	STDMETHOD(OnCreatePlane)(const DispSvr::PlaneInit &pInit) = 0;
};

#endif  // _DISPSVR_D3D9_VIDEO_PLANE_H_


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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using OpenQA.Selenium;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Support.PageObjects;

namespace FinnAngelo.Tomfoolery.Selenium
{
    //http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6453623/problem-with-pagefactory-initelements-in-webdriver-api-c-sharp-net
    //http://relevantcodes.com/pageobjects-and-pagefactory-design-patterns-in-selenium/

    internal class DuckDuckGoSearchPage
    {
        protected readonly IWebDriver _driver;

        public DuckDuckGoSearchPage(IWebDriver driver)
        {
            _driver = driver;
            PageFactory.InitElements(_driver, this);

            _driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("https://www.duckduckgo.com/");
        }

        [FindsBy(How = How.Id)]
        private IWebElement search_form_input_homepage;

        [FindsBy(How = How.Id)]
        private IWebElement search_button_homepage;

        public DuckDuckGoSearchResultsPage Search(string searchStatement)
        {
            search_form_input_homepage.SendKeys(searchStatement);
            search_button_homepage.Click();

            var page = new DuckDuckGoSearchResultsPage(_driver);
            return page;
        }
    }

    public class DuckDuckGoSearchResultsPage
    {
        public IWebDriver _driver;
        public DuckDuckGoSearchResultsPage(IWebDriver driver)
        {
            _driver = driver;
            PageFactory.InitElements(_driver, this);
        }

        [FindsBy(How = How.Id)]
        private IWebElement links;

        [FindsBy(How = How.ClassName)]
        private IList<IWebElement> result;

        public string GetLinks()
        {
            return links.Text;
        }

        public List<string> GetResults()
        {
            return result.Select(r => r.Text).ToList();
        }
    }

}


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package com.nitsoft.util;

import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.DecimalFormat;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.GregorianCalendar;
import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.TimeZone;
import org.joda.time.DateTimeZone;

/**
 *
 *
 * @author Hiromi Yasufuku
 */
public class DateUtil {

     public static final String _DATE_MAX = "9999-12-31 23:59:59";
     public static final Date MAX_DATE = new Date(9999,1,1);
     public static final String _DATE_MIN = "1000-01-02 00:00:00";
     private static TimeZone _tz = TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC");

     /**
      * convert from MMM/dd/YYYY
      * @param dateStr
      * @return
      * @throws ParseException
      */
     public static Date getDatefromString(String dateStr) throws ParseException {
        String actualDate="";
        String[] dates = dateStr.split("/");
        System.out.println("date leng"+dates.length);
        if (dates.length >=3) {
           actualDate= dates[1] + "-" + dates[0] + "-" + dates[2];
           DateFormat mediumFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yyyy",Locale.ENGLISH);
           return mediumFormat.parse(actualDate);
        }
        return MAX_DATE;
     }

     /**
      * This function is use to convert string date format to data format
      * @param dateStr
      * @return
      */
    public static Date toDate(String dateStr) {
        return toDate(dateStr, null);
    }

    /**
     * Convert string date format with time zone
     * @param dateStr
     * @param tz
     * @return
     */
    public static Date toDate(String dateStr, TimeZone tz) {
        if (tz == null)
            tz = TimeZone.getDefault();
        if (dateStr == null)
            return null;

        SimpleDateFormat fmt = null;
        if (dateStr.length() == 19) {
            fmt = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
            fmt.setTimeZone(tz);
        } else {
            fmt = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss z");
        }
        try {
            return fmt.parse(dateStr);
        } catch (ParseException e) {

            return null;
        }
    }
    /**
     * Convert date to XML format
     * @param date
     * @return
     */
    public static String formatXml(Date date) {
        return formatXml(date, null);
    }

    /**
     * Convert date with time zone to XML format
     * @param date
     * @param tz
     * @return
     */
    public static String formatXml(Date date, TimeZone tz) {
        if (tz == null)
            tz = TimeZone.getDefault();
        if (date.after(getMax()))
            date = getMax();
        SimpleDateFormat outputXmlFmt =
            new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
        outputXmlFmt.setTimeZone(tz);
        String result =
            outputXmlFmt.format(date) + " " + getGMTString(date, tz);
        return result;
    }

    public static String toStringWithoutGMT(Date date) {
        return toStringWithoutGMT(date, null);
    }

    public static String toStringWithoutGMT(Date date, TimeZone tz) {
        if (tz == null)
            tz = TimeZone.getDefault();
        if (date.after(getMax()))
            date = getMax();
        SimpleDateFormat outputXmlFmt =
            new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
        outputXmlFmt.setTimeZone(tz);
        return outputXmlFmt.format(date);
    }

    public static String toDbString(Date date) {
        return toDbString(date, (TimeZone) null);
    }

    public static String toDbString(Date date, String timeZone) {
        return toDbString(date, TimeZone.getTimeZone(timeZone));
    }

    public static String toDbString(Date date, TimeZone timezone) {
        if (date == null)
            return null;
        if (timezone == null)
            timezone = TimeZone.getDefault();
        SimpleDateFormat dbFmt = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
        dbFmt.setTimeZone(timezone);
        return dbFmt.format(date);
    }

    public static String toDateString(Date date, TimeZone timezone) {
        if (date == null) return null;
        if (timezone == null)
            timezone = TimeZone.getDefault();
        SimpleDateFormat dbFmt = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd");
        dbFmt.setTimeZone(timezone);
        return dbFmt.format(date);
    }

    public static Date getMax() {
        return toDate(_DATE_MAX);
    }

    public static Date getMin() {
        return toDate(_DATE_MIN);
    }

    public static String toYYYYMM(Date date) {
        return toYYYYMM(date, null);
    }

    public static String toYYYYMM(Date date, TimeZone timezone) {
        if (date == null)
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("date is null.");
        if (timezone == null)
            timezone = TimeZone.getDefault();
        SimpleDateFormat dbFmt = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMM");
        dbFmt.setTimeZone(timezone);
        return dbFmt.format(date);
    }

    private static final SimpleDateFormat _fmtYear = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy");

    public static int getYear(Date date, TimeZone timeZone) {
        if (date == null)
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("date is required.");
        if (timeZone == null)
            timeZone = TimeZone.getDefault();
        _fmtYear.setTimeZone(timeZone);
        try {
            return Integer.parseInt(_fmtYear.format(date));
        } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
            throw new IllegalStateException(
                    "Failed to format date : " + e.getMessage());
        }
    }

    private static final SimpleDateFormat _fmtMonth =  new SimpleDateFormat("MM");
    public static int getMonth(Date date, TimeZone timeZone) {
        if (date == null)
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("date is required.");
        if (timeZone == null)
            timeZone = TimeZone.getDefault();
        _fmtMonth.setTimeZone(timeZone);
        try {
            return Integer.parseInt(_fmtMonth.format(date));
        } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
            throw new IllegalStateException(
                    "Failed to format date : " + e.getMessage());
        }
    }

    /**
     * Get UTC time now
     * @return
     */
    public static Date getUTCNow() {
    	int offset = TimeZone.getDefault().getOffset(new Date().getTime());
    	return new Date(new Date().getTime() - offset);
    }

    /**
     * Convert date to specified time zone
     * @param date
     * @param tz
     * @return
     */
    public static Date getConvertDate(Date date, TimeZone tz) {
		if(date == null) return null;
		int offset = tz.getRawOffset();
		if (tz.inDaylightTime(date)) offset += 3600000;
    	return new Date(date.getTime() + offset);
    }

    public static Date getUTCDate(Date date, TimeZone tz) {
		if(date == null) return null;
		int offset = tz.getRawOffset();
		if (tz.inDaylightTime(date)) offset += 3600000;
    	return new Date(date.getTime() - offset);
    }

    public static String toString(Date date) {
		return getConvertDateString(date,_tz,"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
    }

    public static String getConvertDateString(Date date, TimeZone tz, String fmt) {
		if(date == null) return null;
		SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat(fmt);
		Date newDete = getConvertDate(date,tz);
    	return format.format(newDete);
    }

    public static Date addDate(Date date, TimeZone tz,int add) {
        Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance(tz);
        cal.setTime(date);
        cal.add(Calendar.DATE, add);
        Date toDate = cal.getTime();
    	return toDate;
    }

    ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    // Private methods.

    private static String getGMTString(Date date, TimeZone tz) {
        DecimalFormat fmt = new DecimalFormat("'GMT'+00':00';'GMT'-00':00'");
        int off = tz.getRawOffset();
        if (tz.inDaylightTime(date))
            off += 3600000;
        off = off / 3600000;
        return fmt.format(off);
    }

    /**
     * Generate an rfc822 date for use in the Date HTTP header.
     */
    public static String gethttpDate() {
        final String DateFormat = "EEE, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss ";
        SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat( DateFormat, Locale.US );
        format.setTimeZone( TimeZone.getTimeZone( "GMT" ) );
        return format.format( new Date() ) + "GMT";
    }

    //We use Joda API time to convert

    /**
     * Convert date to UTC standard based on local TimeZone
     * @param date to be converted
     * @return converted date
     */
    public static Date convertToUTC(Date date){
        DateTimeZone d = DateTimeZone.getDefault();
        return new Date(d.convertLocalToUTC(date.getTime(), false));
    }
    /**
     * Convert date to UTC standard based on specified TimeZone offset
     * @param date to be converted
     * @return converted date
     */
    public static Date convertLocalToUTC(Date date, int userTimeZone){
        //DateTimeZone d = DateTimeZone.forOffsetHours(userTimeZone);
        DateTimeZone d = DateTimeZone.getDefault();
        return new Date(d.convertLocalToUTC(date.getTime(), false));
    }
    /**
     * Convert UTC time to local time based on specified TimeZone offset
     * @param date to be converted
     * @return converted date
     */
    public static Date convertToLocalTime(Date date, int hour){
        DateTimeZone d = DateTimeZone.forOffsetHours(hour);
        return new Date(d.convertUTCToLocal(date.getTime()));
    }

     public static String convertToLocalTimeString(Date date, int hour){
         String dateString="";
         Date _date =convertToLocalTime(date,hour);
         String DateFormat = "yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss";
         SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat( DateFormat, Locale.US );
         dateString=format.format(_date);
         return dateString;
    }

    public static String getDefaultExpiryDocumentDate()
    {
         //Date newExpiryDate = new Date(2000, 1, 1);
         //DateFormat fortmatDate = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd 23:59:59");
         //return fortmatDate.format(newExpiryDate);
        return "2012-01-01 23:59:59";
    }

    /**
     * Checking the date of the end of Month
     * @return true/false
     */
    public static boolean isLastDayOfMonth() {
        try {

            Date today = new Date();
            Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
            calendar.setTime(today);
            calendar.add(Calendar.MONTH, 1);
            calendar.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, 1);
            calendar.add(Calendar.DATE, -1);

            Date lastDayOfMonth = calendar.getTime();

            DateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
            //System.out.println("Today            : " + sdf.format(today));
            //System.out.println("Last Day of Month: " + sdf.format(lastDayOfMonth));
            if (sdf.format(today).equals(sdf.format(lastDayOfMonth))) {
                return true;
            } else {
                return false;
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
            System.err.println("Checking isLastDayOfMonth error: "+e.getMessage());
            return false;
        }
    }

     /**
     * Checking the date of the end of Month
     * @return true/false
     */
    public static Date getLastDayOfNextMonth() {
        Date lastDateOfNextMonth=null;
        try {

            Date today = new Date();
            Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
            calendar.setTime(today);
            calendar.add(Calendar.MONTH, 2);
            calendar.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, 1);
            calendar.add(Calendar.DATE, -1);
            lastDateOfNextMonth = calendar.getTime();
            //DateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
           // System.out.println("Next day            : " + sdf.format(lastDateOfNextMonth));

        } catch (Exception e) {
            System.err.println("getLastDayOfNextMonth error: "+e.getMessage());
        }

        return lastDateOfNextMonth;
    }

//    public static Date convertLocalToUTC(Date date) {
//        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not supported yet."); //To change body of generated methods, choose Tools | Templates.
//    }

      public static Date addDays(Date date, int days) {
        Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
        cal.setTime(date);
        cal.add(Calendar.DATE, days); //minus number would decrement the days
        return cal.getTime();
    }

    public static Date setTime(final Date date, final int hourOfDay, final int minute, final int second) {
        final GregorianCalendar gc = new GregorianCalendar();
        gc.setTime(date);
        gc.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, hourOfDay);
        gc.set(Calendar.MINUTE, minute);
        gc.set(Calendar.SECOND, second);
        return gc.getTime();
    }
}


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Quartz Daily Brief—Americas edition—Tunisia's Nobel Peace Prize, Canada's asylum meddling, digital rat brains
By Richard Macauley
October 9, 2015 This article is more than 2 years old.
What to watch for today and over the weekend
The EU begins relocating refugees. A plan to redistribute 40,000 refugees begins with a group of Eritreans in Italy who will travel by plane to Sweden. Migration authorities have not said how many refugees are traveling today, but Sweden has agreed to accept 821 refugees from Italy.
Nepal reaches the deadline to appoint a prime minister. The country's constitution dictates that a new head of government be appointed today, a week after parliament's session began. With at least one major party refusing to participate, it's unlikely that the politicians will reach a consensus—meaning that Nepal's president will resort to calling for a majority vote.
The Draconid meteor shower returns to Earth. Tendrils of debris from a comet will hit Earth's atmosphere, resulting in an estimated 600 meteors per hour. Some satellites could be damaged during the storm, but the International Space Station should be just fine.
The Nobel Peace Prize went to the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet. The quartet—made of legal, human rights, labor, and trade and industry groups—were chosen for their work in the "building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia" following the 2011 revolution that kicked off the Arab Spring. They formed a "peaceful political process" that averted the threat of civil war in the country, the Nobel committee said.
France confirmed it hit Syria with more airstrikes. Fighter planes destroyed an ISIL training camp in Raqqa, in the country's north, and more attacks will follow, defense minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told Europe 1 radio. The purpose was to attack camps that France believes are training fighters to bring violence to mainland Europe, Le Drian said.
There's a second US investigation into Volkswagen. Federal and California regulators have begun an investigation into a second computer program in VW's diesel cars (paywall), which are at the heart of an emissions scandal that has rocked the car company. VW has withdrawn its 2016 models of its diesel cars from environmental certification.
Glencore announced cuts to zinc production and jobs. The Swiss-based mining giant—which has been pummelled by financial markets recently—will slash production by 500,000 tonnes (551,200 tons), or 4% of global supply, to counteract prices falling to multiyear lows. The announcement, along with 500 job cuts that will mainly affect Australian workers, sent the price of zinc up by 6%.
Canada's government admitted to meddling with Syrian asylum applications. Prime minister Stephen Harper intervened in one Syrian refugee's application for asylum and ordered an audit of every UN-referred Syrian refugee (paywall), causing a delay to the application process. The admission has put asylum back in to the national conversation, ahead of a federal election later this month.
Libya responded skeptically to a UN-proposed unity government. Ministers from both the Islamist-backed government in Tripoli and the internationally recognized government in the nation's east rejected a UN power-sharing deal that includes representatives from all regions. Both parliaments must agree to the arrangement for it to go ahead.
A study found a new demographic time bomb in China. A third of all men currently under 20 years old will die prematurely due to high rates of smoking, according to a major study published in the Lancet. Two-thirds of young Chinese men smoke; by 2030, up to two million smokers could die every year from smoking-related illnesses.
Thu-Huong Ha on how turning authors into celebrities is bad for reading. "Literary prizes reward artistic brilliance. They help writers earn a semblance of a viable living. But is the public's attendant fascination with prize-winning authors healthy? Our laurel-heaping impulse seems increasingly to contribute to a culture of turning authors into celebrities, where readers follow the author instead of the book." Read more here.
Microsoft can't decide if it wants to kill the laptop or revive it. Hedging bets might be the right thing to do.
Creative thinking is an acquired skill. It requires practice and a willingness to be embarrassed.
There is only one word to characterize the world's reaction to the refugee crisis: indifference (paywall).
To overcome procrastination, be more selfish. How much will you personally benefit by completing a task?
Name-dropping never hurts. Even gratuitous mentions of famous people help break the ice with new contacts.
Researchers have reconstructed part of a rat brain in a computer. It's part of a project that eventually wants to recreate a digital human brain (paywall).
A lake in India is so polluted that it sometimes catches fire. The toxic froth in Bangalore is covered in a flammable foam.
"Phone pinching" is going viral. Take a picture of your expensive gadget in peril, held just barely between thumb and forefinger.
Geese are the best weed-killers. Savvy farmers are deploying feathered flocks instead of goats or pesticides.
Twitter is helping geologists detect earthquakes. Social media can sound the alarm where seismic sensors are lacking.
Our best wishes for a productive day. Please send any news, comments, weed-killing geese, and pictures of your phone in peril to hi@qz.com. You can follow us on Twitter for updates throughout the day.


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Voiteq launches its 'next generation' business intelligence solution, VoiceMan Data Analysis, at IMHX
Sep 15, 2016 Voice, Exhibitions and Events, Retail Ed Holden Comments (0)
Voiteq, global provider of Voice-directed work solutions, has launched its powerful 'next generation' business intelligence solution VoiceMan Data Analysis at IMHX 2016.
Committed to providing its customers with highly reliable and innovative solutions, Data Analysis has been developed to meet the growing need for actionable insights in the supply chain; providing understandable and usable information to improve business processes and performance.
With Data Analysis, customers are able to benefit from interactive visualisations; supporting more informed decision-making for both short and long-term planning.
With the latest business intelligence technologies, VoiceMan Data Analysis uses predictive analytics for users to test future 'What-if?' scenarios.
An easy-to-use application, the new solution doesn't require any changes to be made to existing host systems and data visualisations are available at the touch of a button, whether it's for one site or multiple operations across the network.
Isabel McCabe, managing director, Voiteq Ltd said: "Supply chain is under increasing pressure to reduce costs and meet ever increasing demands. So visibility into logistics operations is vital. Customers are realising that big data is the solution and are looking for more powerful tools to access the information needed to run smarter operations.
"We've always been at the forefront of the voice market and our latest solution proves that we are staying ahead of where our customers need to be. We have invested a lot into our data capture and reporting methods. Understanding the market and our customers' needs, we are now taking data to the next level, moving from static reporting to providing a platform with dynamic, advanced, interactive data analysis capabilities. VoiceMan Data Analysis is the next generation analysis tool."
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In addition to current and historic information, VoiceMan Data Analysis includes predictive analytics, calculating future outcomes for proactive management and allowing 'What-if?' analysis of future scenarios, including year-on-year comparisons. Data Analysis can also be used to simulate the short-term impact of operational changes, such as reallocating resources or workloads around a busy distribution centre. This gives managers the ability to plan ahead and proactively manage service levels and performance.
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Data Analysis works in near real-time providing clear visibility of critical operational information and processes; converting raw data captured by VoiceMan into valuable, actionable information and making it available for deep-diving analysis by managers and staff in a single site or across a warehouse network.
Big Picture and Tiniest Detail
Data can be analysed with a high degree of granularity without 'walking the floor' – ranging from identifying bottlenecks, weekly and daily shortage counts, mismatches in staff deployment to reviewing productivity rates by person, team or zone, and much more. Historical information can be retained for long-term analysis. This allows for precise comparison of performance over time against standard or bespoke KPIs or amongst individuals, teams and sites.
Flexible Access
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Data can be filtered as required, and then exported to CSV files for seamless integration into other reporting tools. Data Analysis users can also query the data warehouse directly, enabling customers to add VoiceMan generated data into any existing investment in business intelligence.
Interactive Visualisations
Rather than traditional reports and dashboards, Data Analysis offers more sophisticated, interactive visualisations including a blend of text, charts and images that can be viewed on desktop, tablet or mobile devices and feature touch-friendly user interfaces. With the ability to drill down and move through data to access the information when needed – users don't have to switch from report to report or across applications.
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Roger D. Blackwell, Ph.D. is a Professor of Marketing at The Ohio State University. He is also president of Roger Blackwell Associates, Inc., a consulting firm in Columbus, Ohio, through which he works with many of America's most successful companies.
He was named "Outstanding Marketing Educator in America" by Sales and Marketing Executives International and "Marketer of the Year" by the American Marketing Association and he also received the "Alumni Distinguished Teaching Award", the highest award given by The Ohio State University.
He is considered to be one of the founding fathers of Consumer Behaviour as co-author of one of the leading books in this field entitled Consumer Behaviour, 9th Edition. It is used by business schools throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Africa, and recently translated into Russian and Portuguese. He has also written 23 other books on marketing strategy, research, and global marketing including From Mind to Market.
Roger Blackwell has been cited by The New York Times as one of the top speakers on the lecture circuit and heralded as a marketing and retail "guru" with the ability to mesmerize his audiences. Having lectured around the world, he is often quoted in publications such as Business Week, USA Today, Forbes, and The Wall Street Journal and has appeared on numerous television programs including CBS This Morning.


VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Feb. 9, 2017) - GoldQuest Mining Corp. (TSX VENTURE:GQC)(FRANKFURT:M1W)(BERLIN:M1W) ("GoldQuest" or the "Company") is pleased to report on progress for the expected 40 hole, 10,000 metre drilling program on its 100% owned Tireo properties in the Dominican Republic.
To date, 16 holes have been completed with a single drilling crew. Hole 17 is in progress. So far, 8 targets have been drilled of the 20 targets in the current program, totaling 4573 m (see map, http://www.goldquestcorp.com/images/GQC_Feb_2017_Target_Inventory.pdf). Assays from 3 targets have been reported.
Dr. Alan Galley, a Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide (VMS) specialized geologist who has worked extensively on gold-rich VMS deposits, is on site with the Company's exploration team reviewing the drill core and data and is assisting in optimizing future drilling in this campaign. An early return to the Cachimbo VMS discovery area (see release of 11th January 2017) is being planned with the deployment of a second drill crew.
"The drill program is proceeding well and, as usual, we will issue assay results in batches," commented Bill Fisher, GoldQuest's Executive Chairman. "Based on favorable - but early-stage - results, we look forward to deploying a second drill crew on the Cachimbo discovery to accelerate our exploration activities there. We believe that GoldQuest is well-funded and positioned to be one of the most active mineral exploration and development companies of 2017."
The near-surface Cachimbo discovery was found in the third target drilled, intersecting a new Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide (VMS) zone which returned 14 g/t gold, 74 g/t silver, 12% zinc and 1% copper over 5 metres. The hole was collared 80 metres from at-surface sampling that returned 167 g/t (5.4 oz/t) of gold. The new mineralization is open in both directions along strike and is located 20.5 kilometres south of GoldQuest's Romero gold/copper project, hence is a new occurrence.
GoldQuest is a Canadian based mineral exploration company with projects in the Dominican Republic. The Company is permitting the Romero Gold Copper project, following the publication of the Pre Feasibility Study on November 11th 2016, as well as drilling the surrounding Tireo district. GoldQuest is traded on the TSX‐V under the symbol GQC and in Frankfurt/Berlin with the symbol M1W.
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The Reagan I Knew
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William F. Buckley, Malcolm Hillgartner
No two people were more important to American conservatism in the postwar era than William F. Buckley Jr. and Ronald Reagan. Buckley's writings provided the intellectual underpinnings, while Reagan brought the conservative movement out of the wilderness and into the White House.
The pair met in 1961 when Reagan introduced a speech by Buckley. When nobody could turn on the microphone, Reagan climbed out a window, walked along a ledge to the locked control room, broke in, and flipped the correct switch. Buckley later described this moment as "a nifty allegory of Reagan's approach to foreign policy: the calm appraisal of a situation, the willingness to take risks, and then the decisive moment leading to lights and sound."
For over thirty years, the two men shared jokes and vacations, advised each other on politics, and counseled each other's children. When Reagan was elected president, Buckley wrote him to say that Reagan should not offer him any position in the new administration; Reagan wrote back saying he had hoped to appoint Buckley US Ambassador to Afghanistan (then under Soviet occupation). For the rest of his term, Reagan called Buckley "Mr. Ambassador." On the day the Soviets withdrew, he wrote Buckley to congratulate him for single-handedly driving out the Red Army "without ever leaving Kabul."
Yet for all the words that have been written about him, Ronald Reagan remains an enigma. His former speechwriter Peggy Noonan called him "paradox all the way down," and even his son Ron Reagan despaired of ever truly knowing him. But Reagan was not an enigma to William F. Buckley, Jr. They understood and taught each other for decades, and together they changed history.
The Reagan I Knew traces the evolution of an extraordinary friendship between two American political giants.
Publisher Name Blackstone Publishing
Imprint Blackstone Publishing
Publication Date Oct 13, 2008
Social Sciences » Politics & government » Political structure & processes » Political leaders & leadership
Biography & Memoir » Biography & non-fiction prose » Biography: general » Biography: historical, political & military


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Coming out as an emotional resistance to prejudice #srhr #sogi #feministkg
Dastan, an activist and a gay man, talks about how the lack of accurate information about sexual orientation affected his emotional health and self-understanding during adolescence.
In this interview, Dastan shares that before coming out to his parents, he himself was homophobic, in that he accepted public opinion and believed that being gay was something shameful. He believes that the complete lack of sexual education in school contributed to his misconception of his own sexual orientation during adolescence.
Dastan speaks with an activist from Bishkek Feminist Initiatives:
-How did the lack of information affect your understanding of your sexual reproductive health and rights?
-The effect of getting incorrect information was that I fell into a terrible depression, which lasted for years: my grades dropped, I had a number of problems. And it was due to the fact that my parents and I had no access to accurate information concerning my sexual orientation. For example, when I told my parents I was gay, they began to try to treat me, and to look for information wherever they could. They found conflicting sources of information. They didn't like the sources that said "It's normal and natural." My parents stuck with the opinion that "It's an illness that can be cured." Then there was a period of every kind of treatment by means of different religions. My parents went to the national center for mental health, where people were quite decent and said that it wasn't an illness. They were given the number of a psychotherapist, which my parents needed more than I did. My mom became an ardent believer in any religion that might save her son. Every morning we had to drink holy water, read the Koran, light candles and say prayers, and put something under my pillow. Psychics made us buy different calendars to hang on the walls of my room; of course I was embarrassed to invite my friends over. Nothing came of any of these treatments.
-Your parents vehemently fought your sexual orientation. What about you?
-At the beginning, when I first realized that I might not be heterosexual, I tried to get more information. Naturally, I thought that it was all terrible and wrong. I went to a psychologist, and came to the conclusion that that was useless. Most doctors said that it was not an illness. I was lucky that the people around me were understanding and that I had access to resources where I could find books to read. But many LGBT people, especially in rural areas, don't have that. This leads to depression, suicidality, and unprotected sexual activity among LGBT youth, because it seems to them that they have nothing to lose, that they're universally hated no matter what, so why take care of themselves?
-What made you decide to tell your family?
-I remember that I was afraid and ashamed to say the word "gay;" even now it sometimes scares me. I called myself bisexual, or requested, in general, not to be called anything. I knew I had to be honest, especially with my family, because if you're gay you lead a secretive life. You have to lie and conceal so many things. I got tired of all of that, and decided to tell them, knowing that they might kick me out of the house. I understood that their reaction might be wrong. Then I realized that people don't just change their relationships. They had known me for a long time. Some said, "Well, alright," and for some, it was a shock. I realized that in order for there to be change in Kyrgyzstan, as many people as possible need to come out. I understand that for a lot of gay guys, this is extremely difficult, and they live in the closet. But if it's at all possible to come out, then it has to be done.
-What does open acknowledgement of sexual orientation achieve?
-The more people there are who open up about it, the more people will understand that there are many of us. I actually know a lot of LGBT people; after I came out I realized that they were among my high school and college classmates, and among my relatives. You realize that there are a lot of us in Bishkek, and people just don't know it. I think there are a lot of us, but at the same time we're taunted like second-rate people. Coming out is fighting prejudice; it will lead to less prejudice, less violence, and less hardship for all of us. It doesn't necessarily have to be done publicly, openly; it's enough to acknowledge it in your family circle or in safe communities, among people you trust.
-How advisable is it to come out in Kyrgyzstan, knowing that you could face violence?
-Yes, you do have to protect yourself before coming out, but it's still extremely important to do. Otherwise, the things going badly for us now will get worse and worse. LGBT people are socially vulnerable: if someone finds out, they are bullied, beaten, kicked out of the house, and raped. And if LGBT people are silent, it will only continue. It's time to stop putting up with humiliation and fight against the hate and violence towards LGBT people. In order to do this there needs to be more open acknowledgement, more brave, open LGBT people.
The government must introduce sexual education in schools, rather than complicating the work of organizations already working on sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR). The government should encourage any programs that focus on action promoting SRHR. Because one of the country's priorities is the protection of its citizens' health and rights. If the government doesn't do this, then it will put the health of its whole population at great risk.
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10 Basic Principles of Animation
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Disney's 12 animation concepts were first developed by creators Ollie Johnston and Frank Thomas in their 1981 book The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation. This book examines the work of leading Disney animators from the 1930s to the present, and Johnston and Thomas distill their approach to 12 fundamental concepts of animation.
These rules, which serve as the foundation for all animation practice, learnt in best animation institute in Kolkata; are applicable in a variety of fields. While the most obvious use is for animating a character, these principles are also an indispensable reference in other fields, such as when incorporating motion into the application with CSS animation.
Here are the ten major ones taught in animation institute in Kolkata.
Squash and stretch
The aim of squash and stretch is to give drawn objects a feeling of weight and versatility. It may be extended to specific objects, such as a bouncing ball, or to more complicated structures, such as the muscle strength of a human face. A figure bent or crushed to an excessive degree may have a comical impact when taken to an extreme.
The most critical feature of this concept of practical animation, though, is that an object's volume does not change when squashed or stretched. If a moon's circumference is extended vertically, its width and depth in 3 components would compress commensurately horizontally.
Anticipation is used to get the viewer ready for an event and to make the action feel more believable. A performer must bend the legs first before leaping off the floor; a golfer must swing the club around first. The tactic may also be used with less physical movements, such as a character staring off-screen to predict the appearance of another, or concentrating eyes on an item that a protagonist is about to pick up.
This concept is similar to staging, which is used in theater and film. Its aim is to guide the audience's eyes and interest apparent what is most important in a scene; Johnston and Thomas described it as "the representation of some idea in such a way that it is absolutely and undeniably clear," whether that idea is an event, a character, a phrase, or a mood.
This can be accomplished by a variety of techniques, including the location of a character in the frame, including use of foreground and background, and the perspective and orientation of the camera. The idea behind this method is to stay focused on what is important while eliminating needless information.
Straight ahead action and pose to pose
There are two distinct techniques to the method of painting. Straight ahead action sequences are depicted frame by frame from early part to finish while "pose to pose" means drawing a few main frames and only filling in the gaps later.
"Straight forward action" produces a more seamless, complex impression of movement which is better for creating believable action scenes. In another hand, maintaining proportions and creating exact, persuasive positions along the way is difficult. "Pose to pose" fits well in dramatic or intense scenes where structure and relationship to the environment are more important. A variation of the two methods is often employed.
Follow through and overlapping action
Follow along and overlapping motion are two closely connected methods that tend to make movement more believable and give the appearance that characters obey physical rules such as the concept of inertia.
"Move through" means that poorly coupled parts of a body can begin to move once the character has ended, and the parts should continue to move past the stage where the character stopped, only to be "pulled down" into the axis of rotation or show varying degrees of oscillation damping. "Intersecting movement" refers to the ability for various parts of the body to move at different speeds, such as an arm moving at different times.
Slow in and slow out
Genuine structures, such as the human body, plants, and cars, need time to accelerate and decelerate. As a result, in terms of achieving more natural motions, more pictures are drawn at the start and end of an action, producing a slow in and slow out effect. This term stresses the intense poses of the piece.
To highlight faster action, fewer images are drawn in the center of the animation. This theory extends not only to characters transitioning between two drastic positions, such as running and walking, but also to inanimate, directional movement, such as the tennis racquet in the preceding example.
For greater realism, most natural motion appears to take an arched course, and animation can follow this idea by following inferred "arcs." This technique can be used to rotate a joint on a moving arm or to move a hurled target around a velocity vector. Mechanical action, on the other hand, usually runs along straight lines.
Arcs appear to flatten out in going forward and expand in turns as an element's speed increases.
Secondary action
Including secondary events in addition to the main action brings a scenario to life and can serve to sustain the main action. An individual walking may waive their arms or hold them in their pockets at the same time, talk or whistle, or show emotional expressions gestures. The crucial thing to remember about primary actions is that they strengthen, rather than detract from, the actual portion. Then if that's the case, such acts should be avoided.
The number of sketches or frames for a particular action, which corresponds to the pace of the action on screen, is referred to as timing. In a strictly physical basis, proper timing causes objects to appear to follow physical rules.
For example, the weight of an object determines how it responds to an impetus, such as a push; a lightweight object would respond quicker than a heavily weighted one. The importance of timing in determining a character's mood, sentiment, and response cannot be overstated. It may also serve as a means of communicating facets of a character's personality.
Exaggeration is a useful effect in animation because animated movements that aim for a flawless approximation of reality will seem flat and boring. The degree of exaggeration relies on whether the goal is realism or a specific form, such as a cartoon or the style of a specific individual.
Disney used the classical concept of exaggeration, which was to hold true to fact when portraying it in a wilder, more dramatic way. Other types of exaggeration include the mystical or unreal, changes in a character's facial features, or elements in the plot itself. When using exaggeration, it is critical to exercise caution.
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About Us/ About
The London Chorus Sweet Adelines is a vibrant group of 50+ women who LOVE to sing 4 part acapella harmony.
We represent the London Chapter of Sweet Adelines Inc which was founded in 1954 and is the oldest existing Ontario Chapter (second oldest in Canada). We are part of Border Lakes Region 2, which encompasses Southwestern Ontario and Northern Michigan.
Each year, worldwide regional competitions are held in the Spring and our Chorus has won first place six times. London Chorus has competed Internationally in Los Angeles, Atlanta, Portland, Indianapolis, Houston, Honolulu, Las Vegas and St Louis.
We have just completed a successful competition at the Sweet Adelines International convention in St Louis. We are looking forward to our Regional Competition in Dearborn coming up in April 2019.
We accept paid singing engagements but also provide community service through selected benefit performances. In the past year we have performed for the Heart & Stroke Difference Makers Luncheon, the Country Classic Auction raising money for LHSC, OnStage for WAYS and a London Childrens Connection Child Care program.
Sweet Adelines is a worldwide organization of women singers committed to advancing the musical art form of barbershop harmony through education and performances.Our nonprofit corporation was founded in 1947 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where international headquarters is located.We have approximately 30,000 members in more than 600 choruses in the United States, Canada, Australia, England, Finland, Germany, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Scotland, Sweden and the Netherlands.
We rehearse at The Church of the Ascension at 2060 Dundas St East in London, Ontario every Wednesday night at 7pm
Come out and join us any week for fun, friendship and harmony.


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Home » Impact » Spearheading networking and cooperation activities
Throughout the Heschel Center's history, the organization has been characterized by what might be called a "small institutional ego." In other words, because the Heschel Center works through networking and partnerships to create a different discourse and a paradigm shift in relating to society and environment – and especially because it does not compete with other organizations over one agenda or another – it has had the advantage of connecting different organizations and different agendas. This has enabled us to work together with many bodies, collaborating and leading inter-organizational processes.
Our ability to create a dialogue, to convene various institutions, and to build collaborations, was expressed in a networking tool created by the center: the annual "Maof" conferences held by the Center since its inception.
Each "Maof" conference was an attempt to bring to the table different players who usually do not sit with each other. The first conference, in 1999, brought together, for the first time, representatives of various organizations in the broad environmental field that had simply never convened before. This conference outlined the path of the environmental movement for years to come.
Each year, the conference focused on the needs and agenda of a different target audience. These included: the heads of environmental organizations and movement, Green Now – local election activists (there were two conferences with this emphasis), food, environmental and social organizations, Galilee and Northern activists, community workers and activists. Most recently, the 2016 Maof Climate Conference, with over a hundred participants, was held with the express goal of initiating the Israeli climate movement (see below).
These conferences, together with the publications and the development of leadership in frameworks like the fellowship program, have positioned the Heschel Center as the leading body in terms of framing, spreading and implementing new ideas, and of building conceptual and practical tools for the entire social-environmental movement.
The climate conference created a significant resonance in the environmental movement, which started the climate movement in Israel and gave birth to initiatives in the field that are still developing and taking shape.
Both independently and within the framework of the umbrella organization of the environmental movement "Life and Environment" [E1], we have been very active in crafting the movement's policy, and in establishing the coalition of movements "Paths to Sustainability" [E2]. This Coalition was the civil society's representative to the United Nations Conference on Environment and Climate, and was responsible for producing shadow reports to analyze and critique government policy in these areas.
The Heschel Center has produced a number of documents of national importance to promote environmental policy in general, and climate in particular:
The Shadow Report for Government Action for the Johannesburg Summit (2002)
Interim Report on the Implementation of a National Strategy for Sustainable Development (2005, submitted to UNCSD)
Analysis of Strategies for Sustainable Development of Government
Ministries in relation to the State Budget (2006)
The Government of Israel and the Climate Crisis: Meeting Resolutions and International Commitments (Bali, 2008)
Israel Facing the Climate Crisis: Risks vs. Economic Opportunities (2009)
National Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Program in Israel: Recommendations of Environmental Organizations (2011)
Climate Roadmap Policy Paper (April 2015)
It should be noted that Heschel's former CEO, Dr. Eilon Schwartz, served as Chairman of Life and Environment in 2008-2010. Former CEO Dr. Orli Ronen, as well as current CEO Victor Weis, also served and are serving as active board members.
In this vein, when a number of foundations (CRB, Cummings, Dorot, the New Israel Fund) joined forces to establish the Green Environment Fund (GEF, 2001-2014) and sought to develop a strategic vision for the environmental field in Israel, it was Eilon Schwartz to whom they turned
for help in formulating their vision.
Before Facebook gained momentum as a networking tool among environmentalists, we created the first environmental social network – Green Change – which for many years connected thousands of activists in hundreds of fields throughout the country.
Here is a partial list of partnerships with other institutions in Israel:
Social and educational organizations:
Association of Community Centers, Shatil, Alma College, Karev Program for Involvement in Education.
INJAZ - Professional Center for the Advancement of Arab Local Authorities, Shachaf Communities - Intentional Communities throughout the country.
Itach Maaki, a women's right organization, the Israel Democracy Institute.
Authorities and government ministries: Environmental Protection, of course, but also Agriculture, Health, Education, Housing, Welfare, Interior (the National Planning Authority, and regional centers); Center for Local Government, Center for Regional Councils, Forum 15 of Local Authorities.
Environmental organizations: Association of Towns for the Environment Beit Netofa Valley (Sakhnin), Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel, LINK, CFE-Citizens for the Environment in the Galilee, Adam Teva V'Din (the IUED), Israel Energy Forum, Israel for Bikes.
Research and the Academy:
The Jerusalem Institute (in the WorldWatch mentioned above, 2030 scenarios and an urban sustainability project), the Van Leer Institute, Porter School of Environmental Studies, Tel Aviv University, Kibbutzim College, Oranim College, Tel Aviv-Jaffa College. The borders of the country are not the boundaries of Heschel's cooperation.
Cooperation with foreign organizations includes:
The EU's LIFE program
"The Natural Step," originating in Sweden, now global with an Israeli branch
The New Economics Foundation - British NEF
"International Center for Local Environmental Initiatives" (ICLEI) promoting urban sustainability and local environmental initiatives
Projects funded by and in collaboration with the Heinrich Böll Foundation (Germany) - HBS
The leading American Jewish environmental organization Hazon has long been a partner in a number of projects, the largest of which is the Siach project.
The goal of Siach was to build a network of environmental and social activists in the Jewish world on three continents: Israel, the United States, and Europe, and it has involved hundreds of activists in these countries, including representatives of 40 Israeli organizations.


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2 groups gather in Placer County for anti-racism protests
Two groups gathered in Placer County on Sunday for anti-racism protests. The first group gathered in Rocklin from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the area of Sunset Boulevard and Stanford Ranch Road. The demonstration was meant to show solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement and also send a message that racism will not be allowed in the community, according to protest organizers. Around 200 people were seen protesting in Rocklin. Demonstrators were asked to wear masks and social distance. Shortly after the Rocklin protest ended, a new group began to protest in Roseville near the Galleria. The Roseville protest was scheduled from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. More than 100 people were protesting in Roseville in the intersection of Roseville Parkway and Galleria Boulevard.
PLACER COUNTY, Calif. —
Two groups gathered in Placer County on Sunday for anti-racism protests.
The first group gathered in Rocklin from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the area of Sunset Boulevard and Stanford Ranch Road.
The demonstration was meant to show solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement and also send a message that racism will not be allowed in the community, according to protest organizers.
Around 200 people were seen protesting in Rocklin. Demonstrators were asked to wear masks and social distance.
Shortly after the Rocklin protest ended, a new group began to protest in Roseville near the Galleria.
The Roseville protest was scheduled from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.
More than 100 people were protesting in Roseville in the intersection of Roseville Parkway and Galleria Boulevard.


I make websites for a living, but we call them webapps to drive the point that our websites are better. Ehm.
I used to do contracting a lot. This often meant coming somewhere, fixing something, getting fired for being too expensive, then getting called back to fix something else.
In the dark ages (~2002 for me), writing websites meant mashing some HTML, CSS and maybe some cgi/perl/PHP together. We dealt with myriad of browser incompatibility issues, but it was hard to stuff up an entire project.
Sure, if your server or DB died, you were screwed - until you fixed it... which you did and things were good again. What I mean by entire project is that our grand website was made of a grand total of ~40 completely separate pages - if one was broken or slow, it didn't impact other pages.
Fast forward to 2004 and Macromedia Flex. We were building RIAs. We felt like proper application developers. All our code was compiled into a single bundle (back then an swf ). We had amazing transitions strong types, classes, good IDE and life was sweet.
Everything worked well in every browser and we kept on adding features... until it wasn't. Working. In any browser.
Turns out, if you stuff a lot of code in a single bundle, things tend to go wrong.
One memory leak here or infinite loop there can bring your great app to halt. That can be fixed.
Real trouble hits when your app starts getting slower and slower in a creepy way as you add more and more features (which your users demand). Splitting your bundle might help, but ultimately a user who clicks around your app all day long will load too much code.
Suddenly, things are annoyingly slow and users don't like your app.
Today, npm is full of awesome libs and even fuller with less-than-awesome ones. Careful what you use. Check bundle sizes. Be lean and be safe 🙀.
Enough lecturing. Let's shamelessly plug in some stuff I worked on!
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Cob Jockey: Team Practice #3: With Video!
Team Practice #3: With Video!
I am so incredibly grateful to Austen from Guinness on Tap for shivering at my barn for an hour and a half during team practice today and taking these videos. It's the first time I've ever really seen Connor jump!
The short version of today's team practice is: 1. Gait adjustability and 2. Remember to ride him like he's green.
On the flat, she called out a number and we would have to ride that "level" of the gait we were in, with 3 being a working trot/canter, and 5 being "as much as they can give you." She focused on the hind legs continuing to be engaged in the shortest trot/canter, and not letting them get strung out at the strongest trot/canter. When she asked for a 4 canter the first time to the left, Connor gave me a cheeky little buck, which Austen got on video.
Next, we all tried jumping the hogsback for the first time. Connor wasn't bothered by it, and I found it easier than usual to find a good distance to it. Not sure why.
She asked the other riders when they knew Connor and I weren't going over, and everyone said back by the rail, a few strides out. Connor wasn't looking for the fence, and got caught off guard. That's my fault.
All in all, he felt a little tired from the beginning after getting all that energy out at yesterday's lesson, and he was not as sharp on my aids as he has been lately, but he still looked great and had enough gas in the tank for all of the jumping that we did. His canter work was great to see as well, since this time last year we couldn't even canter half of a 20m circle! Slow and steady is producing a careful and confident little jumper, if I will only remember to be less of a pilot and more of a rider.
Yah for video. You guys are looking great!
You should, she's amazing! We also have clinicians in regularly - Cathy Jones Forsberg, Nad Noon, Nancy Kleiner, Chris Ruysen - if you are ever interested in riding with any of them. We're a half hour south of Indy off of I-74.
Love the video! Seems like that was a really great experience.
Yay Video!! He is looking great. I am so out of the loop due to work. I saw team practice and thought is was something like a drill tream :/ Great that you get to work with other horses.
Oh don't think I haven't made a drill team joke multiple times since we started these team practices! Haha. Especially about Connor and the 17 hand fellow doing a drill!
Love seeing Connor move in the video! Great job!
Thanks, me too, honestly! I never get to see him.
Great videos! He jumps so cute. :) I think you guys look great!
Connor looks so smart! That's a real spooky course, he's popping around nice and easy... I foresee you having lots of fun this year!
Thanks. He has grown up so much mentally, it makes a big difference. Two years ago I didn't think we'd ever be able to jump stuff like this.
Thanks! We mostly use the short standards in the indoor because it's too small to ever jump very big, and they are light and easy to move. Our full-height standards and wings are in the outdoor or across the field, too cold for that right now!
You two look fantastic! Connor's an adorable little jumper, I love his flippy little back end over some of the fences. I also think we need to somehow be in the same place at the same time and do a chestnut-flaxen-sport-pony pas de deux. Or something. It would be cute overload.
Yay! I'm glad the videos turned out, and weren't too shaky! You guys looked really freaking good!
Thank you thank you THANK YOU, they are wonderful. I learned so much about both of us from watching those. Wish we lived closer to each other!
It was great to see you and Connor in action! His canter is looking really good and I love how his tail swings in trot.
Looking good! What a great lesson you guys had.
And I'm with Allie, but we should find as many flaxen chestnuts as we possibly can! Muahahahahaa!
Flaxen chestnut pony (breed) drill team???
You two look great! :) Like I've said before I am sooo envious of that beautiful mane and tail.
This gives me confidence that Gavin could jump!
Hey Erika, great to hear from you, and thank you! Gavin can totally jump, I have yet to meet one of Lisa's that couldn't jump the sky. My trainer is constantly saying how much scope Connor has. I know it's hard to see, but he got some serious air over that barrel jump the first time we took it. Gavin will do it too!
You two look great! Connor's canter is looking so balanced and powerful.