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It's 2021 and I finally beat Banjo-Kazooie
by Aaron N. Hall | Dec 4, 2021 | IMO, Video Games | 0 comments
Banjo-Kazooie reentered my life when I bought an XBox Series S and signed up for Game Pass. I was tickled to see that a remastered version was available on the library, especially since I had the game as a kid but never managed to beat it.
But now I'm 30 years old, renting a townhouse, and writing novels. Not a kid anymore. So I guess it's high time I conquered this game, right? Here are my takeaways.
First off, this game is just oozing with charm. Everything is bright, colorful, delightful… even some of the character dialogue is clever. Every level and environment is chock full of personality. We just don't see games like this anymore, and it's a darn shame.
Now let's talk about the music. The soundtrack to Banjo-Kazooie rips. My head gets bobbing whenever I hear the ditty for Treasure Trove Cove, and that's not the only banger in the game. Whoever they hired to compose the music did a fabulous job.
The array of moves available to Banjo and Kazooie also make for some exciting platforming. The controls handle pretty tightly–hats off to the crew that adapted the N64 classic to XBox consoles. Overall, handling Banjo and Kazooie just feels good. It's a polished platformer that feels calculated and refined.
Camera angles. Camera angles! I don't remember the camera angles being this bad on the N64, but I would have moments that were downright frustrating. Like, I would carefully navigate a narrow path, but the camera hits a foreign object, snaps to a different angle, and suddenly I'm falling to your death. It drove me insane.
Also, at points this game was hard. Like, unnecessarily hard. I'm looking at you, engine room of Rusty Bucket Bay! I can't tell you how many times I died trying to get the stupid Jiggies associated with that room. My parents and roommates had to put up with my frustrated outbursts too many times. Whoever designed that room, I hope life has brought you more than its fair share of suffering.
Maybe I'm looking through my nostalgia goggles, but overall, Banjo-Kazooie was a delight. It's one I'll likely visit again, and since it takes up less than 1GB of space on my hard drive, it'll probably have a permanent home there. Glad a gem like this withstands the test of time and remains a fun game. "Guh-huh!!"


Building community around your child with ASD/NDD is one of the most important activities parents and caretakers can engage in. What this might look like will vary from child to child depending upon their interests, sensory challenges and flexibility. By looking at what is available in your area, and taking into account the child's personal preferences, programs can be created that will expand self- esteem and confidence. Interactions with the community, whether it be speaking with a clerk at a grocery store, taking a public bus or joining a local volunteer group can bring joy and happiness.
What are my child's interests? What are his/her likes and dislikes? What makes your child tick or motivates them?
What kind of support will he need to successfully participate? How can I build support around these activities? Does your child need a one-on-one aide to participate?
What opportunities are available through school, after-school programs, or school sponsored clubs?
What kind of sensory integration or processing issues does your child have? What kind of environment works best for him/her?
There are ways to support your child to help make community interactions successful. Social Stories are a great tool for describing what a new situation might be like, and what the social expectations would be. Using Visual supports, such as the ones described in the book" Making Visual Supports Work in the Home and Community: Strategies for Individuals with Autism and Asperger Syndrome" are also a way to let the child know what is going to happen and help ease anxiety in a way that has visual imagery and less language than social stories.
Building community around a child has the added benefit of teaching important life skills. No matter where a child lands on the spectrum, these are skills that need to be directly taught. What do you need to do to get ready to leave? What do you need to do to complete the Girl Scout project? As a child learns to interact in the community, they gain necessary skills they will need to be more independent.
Each child with autism will have a different measure of success. For some, putting on clothing, remembering to eat, or simply being able to navigate daily tasks will be the goal. For others, it will be remembering to get to class, or performing tasks at their jobs.
As your child grows you will see some of the early work on life skills paying off in certain areas. In some areas, they might always need support in others they will become more and more independent. Below is a helpful list of categories for the basic skills necessary to meet future success within the community at large.
Executive Functioning Skills: These are organizational skills that are needed to understand the passage of time, organize materials, and plan how to get something done. They also are the skills used to self -regulate and control behavior. It will be an on-going process to build this skill, as it is something that is challenging for most of those with ASD/NDD.
Practical Living Skills: These skills encompass finding information (internet, books, newspapers etc.), money skills (budgeting, bank accounts, credit cards, making change), travel (reading a map, using transportation, planning a trip), clothing (care, laundering, organizing), home care (garbage day, housecleaning, doing dishes) cooking, and shopping. One of the best ways to teach these skills is through involving your child in your daily routine, rather than doing everything for them. The earlier you include your child in activities such as cooking, cleaning, and laundry, the longer they have to develop comfort and routines in these important areas.
Personal Care: This would involve personal daily hygiene, exercise, and nutrition, dealing with an illness such as a cold, and coping with stress. Create and rehearse relaxation routines, make task breakdown lists for showering, toileting or tooth brushing if steps are missed without prompting.
Personal Safety: A tough topic to teach! Many children with ASD/NDD will memorize rules like don't talk to strangers, but not understand who a stranger is (is it the neighbor who says hi every morning but you do not know his name, the clerk at the store or the stranger at the door?) or when it is OK to break this rule. Learning to navigate sidewalks, crossings and the community environment can also be a challenge. These are two good resources that address the full range of safety challenges.
The Autism Safety Project is designed to provide families affected by autism with tips, information, expert advice and resources so that everyone in our community can stay out of harm's way.
ASAN, Autistic Self Advocacy Network's – Autism & Safety Toolkit was created by autistic self-advocates, focusing on safety issues that can affect them and the tools to deal with them.
Social Skills: Areas that need to be developed are working in a group, making friends, asking for help, dealing with family relationships, communicating over the phone, how to start a conversation and how to end one, etc. Social skills is a broad topic. Although social rules and etiquette can be taught, think about teaching flexibility in thinking and perspective taking.
A Quest For Social Skills For Students With Autism or Asperger's: Ready-To-Use Lessons with Games, Role-Play Activities, and More!
♦ being able to explain your disability either by the use of written words, pictures or gestures.
♦ It is never too early to begin to teach self-advocacy skills.
The acquisition of life skills is an on-going process. All skills take time to acquire and become fluent with.You may want to talk to your child's school about integrating life skills into their education plan.
Models appropriate behavior in stressful situations, including waiting, transitions, birthday parties, handling criticism, & more.
♦ Inside Out: What Makes a Person with Social Cognitive Deficits Tick?


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require '../vendor/autoload.php';
require 'config.php';

use Aura\SqlQuery\QueryFactory;
use Aura\Sql\ExtendedPdo;

$query_factory = new QueryFactory('mysql');

$insert = $query_factory->newInsert();
$update = $query_factory->newUpdate();
$delete = $query_factory->newDelete();

$pdo = new ExtendedPdo(
    'mysql:host='.$mysql_host.';dbname='.$mysql_db,
    $mysql_user,
    $mysql_pass,
    array(),
    array()
);

function pdoSelect($select) {
    global $pdo;
    $sth = $pdo->prepare($select->getStatement());
    $sth->execute($select->getBindValues());
    return $sth->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
}

function pdoInsert($table, $data) {
    global $pdo, $insert;
    $insert
        ->into($table)
        ->cols(array_keys($data))
        ->bindValues($data);
    $sth = $pdo->prepare($insert->getStatement());
    $sth->execute($insert->getBindValues());
    return $pdo->lastInsertId();
}

function pdoUpdate($table, $id, $data) {
    global $pdo, $update;
    $update
        ->table($table)
        ->where('id = ?', $id)
        ->cols(array_keys($data))
        ->bindValues($data);
    $sth = $pdo->prepare($update->getStatement());
    return $sth->execute($update->getBindValues());
}

function pdoDelete($table, $id) {
    global $pdo, $delete;
    $delete
        ->from($table)
        ->where('id = :id')
        ->bindValue('id', $id);
    $sth = $pdo->prepare($delete->getStatement());
    return $sth->execute($delete->getBindValues());
}

//d(pdoDelete('songs', 2));

//$update_data = array(
//  'filename' => "testtesttest.mp3"
//);
//d(pdoUpdate('songs', 19, $update_data));

//$insert_data = array(
//    'name' => 'dsadsafoo',
//    'artist' => 'dsadsazim',
//    'length' => 55,
//    'filename' => 'dsadsam'
//);
//d(pdoInsert('songs', $insert_data));

//$select->cols(array('*'))->from('songs');
//d(pdoSelect());

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A controversial Mandatory Amber Alert went out Monday Night in California "As of January 1, 2013, AMBER Alerts™ will now be automatically sent through the Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) program to millions of cell phone users," read a statement on the amberalert.gov website.
If you have a WEA-enabled phone (Wireless Emergency Alert Phone), the partnership means you are automatically enrolled for the three different alerts: Presidential, Imminent Threat and AMBER Alerts, explained the statement.
The Amber Alert while helpful caught thousands off guard, as they slept, drove, or went about their business. The alert will sound at full decibel even if your phone is on vibrate. The California Highway Patrol even acknowledged the text message caught some by surprise."That Amber Alert tone you received on your cellphone might have scared some of you, but we need all eyes for this," read a tweet from the CHP Southern Division.
Tap on your messaging app, then press the menu button, then settings, scroll down to emergency alerts then un-check amber alerts, and whatever else you don't want..


Truth be told, I always used to think that Disneyland was overrated. Let me explain why. I remember my parents taking the entire family (of 8) to Disneyland when I was 10 years old, that's 20 years ago! I don't really have a ton of memories from that trip other than getting autographs from Mini Mouse and Mickey, and wearing a dress that my mom made me just for our Disney trip. I mean, it was so long ago that my memories are so subtle and so long ago that I never developed any strong feelings or connection to Disney.
I hear stories of people going multiple times a year since they were babies, or every holiday. But for me it was just 1 time. So, I decided that I should give it a change to "change my mind." Beckham is turning 2! What a perfect time to go! The whole planning of this trip was so exciting, and being there and witnessing Beckham's face light up everywhere he looked, happy people all over, music, food, performance etc, well.... that won me over.
Now I get it why it's such a big deal for people!! How can you NOT fall in love?
He was tall enough to ride!
Well, this weekend you would have, anyway. I surprised Bequer for his birthday weekend by taking him to a really cool spot in Prescott, Arizona. Neither of us had ever been, so it was a total breathtaking moment for me as well. We breathed the air and of course took some cool shots. Here's to remembering that year when you turned 34 and you looked extra handsome at Watson Lake Park!


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AFRICAPITALIAM, Conscious Capitalism
Conscious Capitalism 2
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CONSCIOUS CAPITALISM & OUR MISSION:
Our mission is to be the best in the world in micro hydro electric and water resource management: by evolving innovative damless hydroelectric and water transfer technology. We create Today's Tall Tree Nurseries to support Micro Finance for women farmers and their families using the Carbon Tax Fund, a new form of foreign aid. We export Mechanization into Africa for more productive agriculture. We do all this under the umbrella of Conscious Capitalism.
Conscious Capitalism
Africa is most affected by businesses than any other social organizations, bringing people together to help other people and bringing value and food for Africans – not entirely for profit but a by-product of a higher purpose.
Conscious businesses are a better way to do business. It will start slowly like a small path in the forest with a local cluster, but it will expand to a broad highway, because it lifts people out of poverty and creates prosperity. Partners of conscious businesses are dedicated to the company's purposes. Our children and grandchildren will flourish in ways that we cannot imagine.
"Business as usual" will not succeed: we need a new paradigm for business: a conscious business, which have four tenets:
A higher purpose of caring: why our business exists and why you were born
Harmonious Integration of all stakeholders: including landlords, suppliers, the community and the environment. We wish to build partnerships that share our common purpose.
Conscious Leadership: motivated by the firm's higher purpose.
Conscious Culture: to innovate continually
Living Water MicroFinance Inc. is a heroic conscious business because it creates value and lifts Africans out of their poverty, creates stability for the family and helps build communities with technical schooling. Not by crony capitalism where the select few use the coercive power of government for their advantage.
Living Water MicroFinance's Purpose
to evolve a more sustainable and efficient agricultural system using micro finance
to raise awareness of healthy eating
to help end poverty using irrigation and electricity
to make Conscious Business a dominant economic system
It is socially irresponsible to run a business that does not consistently generate profits, yet these are not the primary goals.
Africans feel more fulfilled when their work is more aligned with their passion: to help fellow Africans. Positions become available and careers are created through the collective intelligence of teamwork, where creative ideas of individuals are bounced around the team and get improved.
Plato discovered his ideals: the Good (service to others); the True (furthering human knowledge) and the Beautiful (excellence and the creation of beauty). We add a fourth: the Heroic (the courage to do the right thing to change and improve the world greater than most would think possible.
Living Water Microfinance Conscious Capitalism
Leadership matters a great deal—especially spiritually and emotionally mature leaders. Leadership is mostly about change, innovation and transformation. Managers do not make history, but conscious leaders do: they motivate others to share in their dream with a sense of urgency. Conscious Leaders commonly have high analytical, emotional, and spiritual intelligence. Individual are empowered to make decisions which encourage creativity and innovation and a creation of greater value and enhanced efficiency in Africa which is not well known for competence. These individuals begin to commit themselves with their whole heart to do what they most love and what is meaningful in life for them.
Living Water Microfinance Compensation
There is total transparency as to compensation: everyone knows what everyone is making. When a team increases productivity, everyone on the team shares in the bonuses. The total compensation including bonuses of any team members is capped at nineteen times the average pay of all the team members. Some other companies have unrealistic ratios of 400 to 500 times.
Past a certain point, it isn't healthy to want more. This salary cap attracts the right type of people: those who care more about the purpose of the company than personal gain or power. The leadership team decides what percentage of this overall salary should be devoted to benefits.
The first challenge most businesses face is inadequate capital. Without capital or funding, most businesses could not ever reach their full potential—to grow and to innovate.The company has a fiduciary responsibility to make money for investors, but only to the amount of their investment. We ask investors to commit on the long run in order for the company to fulfill their purpose, just as they would commit to their own family. This funding is superior to charity because 100% can be returned in the long run unlike a 30% tax credit. There is an alternative part of the fund which is treated as charity for tax purposes. This part of the fund is returned to the donor in the form of a funded safari and/or mission.
In fact, the conscious business of Living Water Microfinance Inc. promises superior long term results, because of its rich potential: Carbon Tax funding for unlimited tree seedlings on unlimited land with fertilizing techniques, irrigation and electricity – supported by micro finance for women farmers who manage new fruit and nut trees for the tree's lifetime.
Living Water Microfinance Global Citizenship
The best way to alleviate poverty in a community is to introduce micro lending. The average loan is $133 and over 90% of the loans are made to women farmers. The money is recycled back and is loaned out again and again; it stays permanently in the community.
The Environment as a Stakeholder
While we hear adults talking about local interests and national priorities, we are leaving a planet which has become worse and worse for our future children and grandchildren. Earth cannot sustain another traumatic round of undisciplined growth, a repeat of what started with the first Industrial Revolution. Unfortunately, to an alarming extent, this economic growth continues unabated.
The environment is the only silent partner. We are all part of the environment. We live in it and it affects us and we affect it with our carbon footprint. We need to safeguard and nurture our common environment for future generations – and not to exploit it on the short term.
There is a strong case for carbon credits support for forests instead of pastures. There is now 40% more wood in US forest than there were 50 years ago. Because of the increased forest cover, some scientists believe that the United States absorbs as much carbon emissions as they emit.
The first step is to partner with other stakeholder like current businesses and NGOs that already have a good track record. The future is still in our hands.
African Monsoon Climates
Monsoon climates typically have two distinct seasons: wet and dry. Information about when and where the monsoon will arrive is important for farmers, especially as almost two-thirds of India's fields lack irrigation systems. The complexity of climate systems makes forecasting the monsoon tough. It is erratic anyway: four years in every ten, it is abnormal. Furthermore, humans are changing the environment. Clearing forest and vegetation means less water is stored in the land, for example. Air pollution is a huge problem, too, much of it caused by cooking at home.
The Irrigation System & Carbon Tax Fund
Forestation and Irrigation
Right now deforestation is causing 15% – 25% of the problem of global warming. The carbon dioxide capture of the trees addresses global warming, so the Carbon Tax Fund will support any forestation.
The land may be owned by a landlord, who may wish to become a partner in the irrigation system. The landlord must agree to parcel one quarter of his land to be subleased to women farmers and her family upon agreement to maintain the trees over 50 years for a nominal rent.
Each individual farmer has a stake in protecting these productive trees. The women farmers receive micro finance assistance to continue to increase the production of the land in the form of seed, fertilizer, chickens and fish hatcheries. The women farmers are also supported by their Christian community with weekly democratic meetings supported by a pastor or a priest.
The remaining land is partnered with Living Water Is Corporation, a conscious business,that will hold 51% control of the remaining land in exchange for providing irrigation and eventual electricity. The orchards provide income to the women farmers and their families from the fruit, nuts or palm oil. The foliage trees support the animals on the farm.
The carbon tax fund receives a guarantee by a third party, Living Water Is Corporation, to complete Phase 1 and 2 and to maintain all the orchard and foliage trees over 50 years with 5 year audited reports. The government of the African country can also help with agronomist support.
Rabbit Fish Farm
Together the rabbit farming and fish farming introduce inexpensive fertilizer for the tree nursery. Living Water Microfinance Inc. supports rabbit fish colony farming. Rabbit Farming does not need large tracks of land. According to an FAO Report:
30% of the world land is used by livestock pasture.
33% of all grains are fed to livestock
70% of all soy beans is fed to livestock
70% of all deforestation is used by livestock
33% of all water pollution is caused by livestock production
18% of all greenhouse gases come from livestock.
One of the most sustainable forms of meat protein to farm is fish. For every pound of meat produced, fish consume less than 15% of the feed required by land animals such as cattle. Farmed fish are a staple not just for industrialized countries, but even more so for emerging nations of the world. Aquaculture is emerging as an important substitute for wild fish whose stocks are being depleted at an alarming rate.
The survival of the human race in the next millennium will be tied to the success in managing fresh water.
The failure by government to provide water through irrigation projects has been cited as one of the biggest bottlenecks small scale farmers are facing.
LIVING WATER FOR LIFE
Water is at the core of sustainable development. Water and economic development are closely associated. A water-secure world is more than a goal unto itself. It is a critical and necessary step towards a sustainable future. Water is a central pillar of sustainable economic growth.
GLUT OF CARBON DIOXIDE TACKLED
According to a 2011 report, somewhere between 52%-65% of green house gases are carbon from fossil fuels, and 15% resulting from deforestation. Yet, how else can we help rid ourselves of the glut of C02?
We sell agroforestry to the African farmer as adaption first and mitigation as a bonus.
Our Mission: to help solve the problem of carbon dioxide build up in the world by growing and managing mature forests of foliage, fruit and nut trees that eventually are used in lumber — not firewood. The Carbon Tax Fund supports a Micro finance initiative to support women farmers and their families who will nurture these trees over their lifetime. The Net Present Value of each tree is $0.49/tree
Let us analyze the average of ten polluting power plant: 20 million tons/year. In 10- 15 years it will be polluting at the rate of 200 (20 x 10 years) to 300 (20 x 15 years) million tons/year. During the same period of time our agroforest will soak up: 1.09 billion to 1.5 billion tons CO2 emissions. That translates into allowing 5 to 5.5 polluting power plants in the United States to adjust to more sustainable power systems over 10 – 15 years. We can identify ten landscapes for our agroforest efforts, which will address 50 to 55 polluting power plants.
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Bergen Brunswig to focus on supply channel cost-management strategies after calling off Ivax merger.
BERGEN SUPPLY EFFICIENCIES REMAIN "CENTRAL STRATEGY" AFTER COLLAPSE OF IVAX MERGER agreement, the pharmaceutical and medical/surgical product distributor said in a March 20 release. "One of Bergen Brunswig's central strategies is to pursue opportunities to manage supply channel costs" through in-house programs, alliances or acquisitions, Bergen said.
Subject: Bergen Brunswig to focus on supply channel cost-management strategies after calling off Ivax merger.


Amy Gaukel focuses on achieving the Lassonde School's commitment to put students first.
She is responsible for ensuring that every Lassondian receives an exceptional student experience with the advice, support and services they need to become the Renaissance Engineers of the future.
Amy joined Lassonde from Seneca College of Applied Arts & Technology.
She completed a Master of Education specializing in Higher Education Leadership from the University of Calgary and has a BA (Hons.) in Political Science and General BA Development and International Studies from Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo.


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Q: Using Java unable to save to text file I'm trying to get my submit button to save the GUI in a text file, I've made the GUI and the button listener ...etc but I'm having trouble making the method that saves the information from the GUI into a text file.
so far i have:
public void save() {

    File k1 = new File("documents/"+"newfile.txt");
    try {
       k1.createNewFile();
       FileWriter kwriter = new FileWriter(k1);

       BufferedWriter bwriter = new BufferedWriter(kwriter);
       bwriter.write(txtField1.getText().trim());
       bwriter.newLine();
       bwriter.close();

    } catch (IOException e) {
       e.printStackTrace();
    }
}

but it doesn't seem to work, nothing happens; is there anything I'm missing?

A: You're file is called .txt - perhaps insert a name in the first row:
File k1 = new File("documents/filename.txt");

A: You should be getting an error when running that code.
The problem is that the document directory doesn't exist or it is not where you expected.
You can check for the parent directory with:
if(!k1.getParentFile().exists()){
    k1.getParentFile().mkdirs();
}

Alternatively you need to set the file to be a more precise location.
org.apache.commons.lang.SystemUtils might be able to help you out here with user home.

A: My guess is that the file is being created, but not in the directory that you expect.  Check the value of the user.dir system property and see what it shows.  This is the current working directory of your JVM.
You may need to either:

*

*Specify a full path in the code (as Martin suggested), e.g. new File("/home/foo/newfile.txt")

*Change the working directory of the JVM.  The way that you do this depends on how you are launching it (e.g. if you are running the java command directly from a CLI, then just switch directories first, if you are running from an IDE then change the launch configuration, etc.).

As far as I know, you cannot change the working directory at runtime (see this SO question).

A:
i was just think is there a easier way, for example i already have the Jfilechoser open a "save as box" when the "submit" button is pressed so is there a easier way to create the file (saving the gui infomation in a txt file) ?

This is a continuation on your previous question. You should just get the selected file and write to it with help of any Writer, like PrintWriter.
File file = fileChooser.getSelectedFile();
PrintWriter writer = new PrintWriter(file);
try {
    writer.println(txtField1.getText().trim());
    writer.flush();
} finally {
    writer.close();
}

Don't overcomplicate by creating a new File() on a different location and calling File#createFile(). Just writing to it is sufficient.
See also:

*

*Java IO tutorial

update here's an SSCCE, you can just copy'n'paste'n'compile'n'run it.
package com.example;

import java.awt.Desktop;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.PrintWriter;

import javax.swing.JFileChooser;

public class Test {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
        JFileChooser fileChooser = new JFileChooser();
        if (fileChooser.showSaveDialog(null) == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION) {
            File file = fileChooser.getSelectedFile();
            PrintWriter writer = new PrintWriter(file);
            try {
                writer.println("Hello");
                writer.flush();
            } finally {
                writer.close();
            }
            Desktop.getDesktop().open(file);
        }
    }

}

A: Your code is working for me with minor change.
As a debugging process, I would completely delete the directory path and try to use a file only..
instead of
File k1 = new File("documents/"+"newfile.txt");
use
File k1 = new File("newfile.txt");
Check where your file is generated and then create directory there..
Good luck!!

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PointRoll Delivers Online Ads, Local Service in a Pizza Box
PointRoll Inc. promoted its online delivery service for newspaper circular ads last week by sending a beaten-up pizza box — but no pizza inside — to ad agencies, large retailers and reporters covering the advertising industry.
The service, PaperBoy Local Delivery, incorporates interactive online ads with market-specific content on Web sites including Yahoo, USAToday.com and the 217 local online publications represented by Gannett Co. Inc., Knight-Ridder Inc., Tribune Co. and Real Cities Network. PointRoll is a subsidiary of Gannett.
The service springs from a partnership between PointRoll and ShopLocal, a company specializing in promotional content for the Web. The ads are expandable banners that include features such as e-mail signup, store locators, send to a friend, video and shopping lists. The product went live Nov. 1.
The pizza box was adorned with PointRoll's PaperBoy logo as well as a return-to-sender stamp, several images of First-Class stamps and an airmail slip. Inside, it included a paper liner made to look like it had pizza grease stains on it. Interactive marketing agency Sharpe Partners, New York, created the campaign, sent to 3,500 creative and media professionals. E-mails promoting the product also went to a broader audience the week of Nov. 7.
Sharpe CEO Kathy Sharpe said the box was designed to bring home the message that some things are better delivered locally.
"When we were concepting this in terms of the theme of local, we thought about the fact that there are certain things that should be delivered locally, and pizza came up as one of them," she said. "We wanted to show that the pizza box had been around the world, and that the pizza was gone."
The team also wanted to develop something that communicated the PaperBoy message "but at the same time made fun of one of our industry's best loved traditions: media graft," she said. "This kind of humor is very much a part of the PointRoll brand personality, so the pizza box strategy is not just greasy, but dead-on target."
Sharpe also said that the pizza box mailer was appropriate because the product "doesn't really have a presence in the real world, so to take the message into the real world and give people something they can put in their hands was something that we thought was a great augmentation to the online work."
As for how the company created the pizza grease stains, Sharpe said, "let's just say it took awhile to clean off the scanner."
The message is reinforced by copy printed inside the top of the box that said, "[S]tale, generic national ads tend to get a stale response. If you're looking to connect with customers, you need to speak to them directly. Locally. With a message intended just for them."
The call to action invited recipients to visit www.paperboydelivery.com/pizza or call for more information. The Web site features a moving graphic of the same pizza box. The microsite, which went live Nov. 1, is seen only on the box, so "we are able to track people with the box," though Sharpe has no numbers to report yet. Ads ran on Adweek.com, AdAge.com, ClickZ.com and several industry-related blogs the week of Nov. 7 and will run until year end.
Melissa Campanelli covers postal news, CRM and database marketing for DM News and DMNews.com. To keep up with the latest developments in these areas, subscribe to our daily and weekly e-mail newsletters by visiting www.dmnews.com/newsletters
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using UnityEngine;
using System;
using LuaInterface;
using SLua;
using System.Collections.Generic;
public class Lua_UnityEngine_HingeJoint : LuaObject {
	[MonoPInvokeCallbackAttribute(typeof(LuaCSFunction))]
	static public int constructor(IntPtr l) {
		try {
			UnityEngine.HingeJoint o;
			o=new UnityEngine.HingeJoint();
			pushValue(l,true);
			pushValue(l,o);
			return 2;
		}
		catch(Exception e) {
			return error(l,e);
		}
	}
	[MonoPInvokeCallbackAttribute(typeof(LuaCSFunction))]
	static public int get_motor(IntPtr l) {
		try {
			UnityEngine.HingeJoint self=(UnityEngine.HingeJoint)checkSelf(l);
			pushValue(l,true);
			pushValue(l,self.motor);
			return 2;
		}
		catch(Exception e) {
			return error(l,e);
		}
	}
	[MonoPInvokeCallbackAttribute(typeof(LuaCSFunction))]
	static public int set_motor(IntPtr l) {
		try {
			UnityEngine.HingeJoint self=(UnityEngine.HingeJoint)checkSelf(l);
			UnityEngine.JointMotor v;
			checkValueType(l,2,out v);
			self.motor=v;
			pushValue(l,true);
			return 1;
		}
		catch(Exception e) {
			return error(l,e);
		}
	}
	[MonoPInvokeCallbackAttribute(typeof(LuaCSFunction))]
	static public int get_limits(IntPtr l) {
		try {
			UnityEngine.HingeJoint self=(UnityEngine.HingeJoint)checkSelf(l);
			pushValue(l,true);
			pushValue(l,self.limits);
			return 2;
		}
		catch(Exception e) {
			return error(l,e);
		}
	}
	[MonoPInvokeCallbackAttribute(typeof(LuaCSFunction))]
	static public int set_limits(IntPtr l) {
		try {
			UnityEngine.HingeJoint self=(UnityEngine.HingeJoint)checkSelf(l);
			UnityEngine.JointLimits v;
			checkValueType(l,2,out v);
			self.limits=v;
			pushValue(l,true);
			return 1;
		}
		catch(Exception e) {
			return error(l,e);
		}
	}
	[MonoPInvokeCallbackAttribute(typeof(LuaCSFunction))]
	static public int get_spring(IntPtr l) {
		try {
			UnityEngine.HingeJoint self=(UnityEngine.HingeJoint)checkSelf(l);
			pushValue(l,true);
			pushValue(l,self.spring);
			return 2;
		}
		catch(Exception e) {
			return error(l,e);
		}
	}
	[MonoPInvokeCallbackAttribute(typeof(LuaCSFunction))]
	static public int set_spring(IntPtr l) {
		try {
			UnityEngine.HingeJoint self=(UnityEngine.HingeJoint)checkSelf(l);
			UnityEngine.JointSpring v;
			checkValueType(l,2,out v);
			self.spring=v;
			pushValue(l,true);
			return 1;
		}
		catch(Exception e) {
			return error(l,e);
		}
	}
	[MonoPInvokeCallbackAttribute(typeof(LuaCSFunction))]
	static public int get_useMotor(IntPtr l) {
		try {
			UnityEngine.HingeJoint self=(UnityEngine.HingeJoint)checkSelf(l);
			pushValue(l,true);
			pushValue(l,self.useMotor);
			return 2;
		}
		catch(Exception e) {
			return error(l,e);
		}
	}
	[MonoPInvokeCallbackAttribute(typeof(LuaCSFunction))]
	static public int set_useMotor(IntPtr l) {
		try {
			UnityEngine.HingeJoint self=(UnityEngine.HingeJoint)checkSelf(l);
			bool v;
			checkType(l,2,out v);
			self.useMotor=v;
			pushValue(l,true);
			return 1;
		}
		catch(Exception e) {
			return error(l,e);
		}
	}
	[MonoPInvokeCallbackAttribute(typeof(LuaCSFunction))]
	static public int get_useLimits(IntPtr l) {
		try {
			UnityEngine.HingeJoint self=(UnityEngine.HingeJoint)checkSelf(l);
			pushValue(l,true);
			pushValue(l,self.useLimits);
			return 2;
		}
		catch(Exception e) {
			return error(l,e);
		}
	}
	[MonoPInvokeCallbackAttribute(typeof(LuaCSFunction))]
	static public int set_useLimits(IntPtr l) {
		try {
			UnityEngine.HingeJoint self=(UnityEngine.HingeJoint)checkSelf(l);
			bool v;
			checkType(l,2,out v);
			self.useLimits=v;
			pushValue(l,true);
			return 1;
		}
		catch(Exception e) {
			return error(l,e);
		}
	}
	[MonoPInvokeCallbackAttribute(typeof(LuaCSFunction))]
	static public int get_useSpring(IntPtr l) {
		try {
			UnityEngine.HingeJoint self=(UnityEngine.HingeJoint)checkSelf(l);
			pushValue(l,true);
			pushValue(l,self.useSpring);
			return 2;
		}
		catch(Exception e) {
			return error(l,e);
		}
	}
	[MonoPInvokeCallbackAttribute(typeof(LuaCSFunction))]
	static public int set_useSpring(IntPtr l) {
		try {
			UnityEngine.HingeJoint self=(UnityEngine.HingeJoint)checkSelf(l);
			bool v;
			checkType(l,2,out v);
			self.useSpring=v;
			pushValue(l,true);
			return 1;
		}
		catch(Exception e) {
			return error(l,e);
		}
	}
	[MonoPInvokeCallbackAttribute(typeof(LuaCSFunction))]
	static public int get_velocity(IntPtr l) {
		try {
			UnityEngine.HingeJoint self=(UnityEngine.HingeJoint)checkSelf(l);
			pushValue(l,true);
			pushValue(l,self.velocity);
			return 2;
		}
		catch(Exception e) {
			return error(l,e);
		}
	}
	[MonoPInvokeCallbackAttribute(typeof(LuaCSFunction))]
	static public int get_angle(IntPtr l) {
		try {
			UnityEngine.HingeJoint self=(UnityEngine.HingeJoint)checkSelf(l);
			pushValue(l,true);
			pushValue(l,self.angle);
			return 2;
		}
		catch(Exception e) {
			return error(l,e);
		}
	}
	static public void reg(IntPtr l) {
		getTypeTable(l,"UnityEngine.HingeJoint");
		addMember(l,"motor",get_motor,set_motor,true);
		addMember(l,"limits",get_limits,set_limits,true);
		addMember(l,"spring",get_spring,set_spring,true);
		addMember(l,"useMotor",get_useMotor,set_useMotor,true);
		addMember(l,"useLimits",get_useLimits,set_useLimits,true);
		addMember(l,"useSpring",get_useSpring,set_useSpring,true);
		addMember(l,"velocity",get_velocity,null,true);
		addMember(l,"angle",get_angle,null,true);
		createTypeMetatable(l,constructor, typeof(UnityEngine.HingeJoint),typeof(UnityEngine.Joint));
	}
}


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Home 1994 BMW 530i Rear Axle
Rear Axle for 1994 BMW 530i
Cv Joint Boot Kit 2
Without 318i, 325e. 740i, 740iL & 750iL. 735iL, to 4/91. To 1/91. To 11/1991. Series 5, 6. M5. From 11/1991.
Companion Flange
525. Manual trans. 530. 735. M3.
Housing Seal
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Series 5, 6. M5. Rear. 840, 850. 840Ci, 850Ci. 740i, 740iL, 750iL. Inner.
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Without 318i. Rear. 735. Series 5, 6. 525, 535, 530, 540. M3, 325 series.
Pinion Shim
Series 3 & 5. 524td, 528e, 533i, 535i. 318i, 325e.
Series 5, 6. 735. M3, 328is,ic. Z3, all. Z3. 3.0l. Z3. 3.2l. 328i, ci. 323is, ic. M3, 325 series. Z3. 2.5l.
Series 5, 6, 7.
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Side Gear
Without limited slip. Series 5, 6.
Side Gear Washer
Series 3. All models. Series 5. Without limited slip. 735. Without limited slip. 318. Series 6.
Without limited slip. Series 5. Series 3. Without 633, 635CSi/733i/735i.
Series 5. Without M5. With 533i, 535i.
Thrust Washer
Without 318i. Series 6, 7. Series 3. With limited slip. 328is, ic. With limited slip. 328i, ci. Without M5. 325i, 325ic.
Series 3, 5. Without M5. 318. Without 318i. 318i. With limited slip. 318i, is, ic, ti.
Series 3, 5, 6. Without 318i, 733i, 735i. Without M5. 325i, 325ic. With limited slip. 328is, ic. With limited slip. 328i, ci.
Without M5. 633CSi, 635CSi.
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With M5.
Without M5. 318. With 318i.
With M5. With 733i.
Without M5. With limited slip. 328is, ic. With 735i. With limited slip. 328i, ci.
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Without 318,325iX,M5,740,750. Without 318i, 633CSi, 733i. With limited slip. 328is, ic. With limited slip. 328i, ci.
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Without 318,325iX,M5,740, 750. Without 318i. With limited slip. 328is, ic. With limited slip. 328i, ci.
Without 318,840,850,M5. With 524td, 528e. With 533i, 535i.
Bearing & Hub Assembly
Series 5, 6. Series 7. 735.
Lock Plate
Series 5, 6. Series 7. 735. Series 3. 318. Convert old style,.
Axle Cover
Differential Cover, Rear
Series 5. 525, 528, 535. Series 7. 735.


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Apple, Foxconn factory revamp vow raises bar on U.S. firms in China, auditor says
Apple supplier Foxconn agreed to reduce working hours for employees while protecting pay and benefits as remedial measures after a review of the company's facilities, a move that could raise the bar for the rest of the sector, said Auret van Heerden of the Fair Labor Association
FP Tech Desk
By Poornima Gupta
SAN FRANCISCO — A month-long investigation by the Fair Labor Association covering three Chinese factories run by Apple Inc's main contract manufacturer,
Foxconn, revealed a host of issues from excessive overtime to problems with overtime compensation.
The D.C-based non-profit group has been conducting its probe at Foxconn facilities in Guanlan, Longhua, and Chengdu in China since February after Apple joined the group this year. The world's most valuable technology company hopes it will counter criticism it does not care about worker issues in its manufacturing chain.
Foxconn agreed to reduce working hours while protecting pay and benefits as remedial measures.
Reuters spoke with FLA President Auret van Heerden after its report was released. Here are edited excerpts from the interview:
Q: How did this package come together?
A: We had a closing meeting where we had the owner of Foxconn, CEO of Foxconn, the (senior vice president of operations) of Apple. We had a very big delegation of top managers from all sides. And they were very, very open to these recommendations.
Terry Gou, CEO of Foxconn, came up with a number of suggestions himself and he has really decided to get ahead of this game, in a way. He decided to not just look at incremental changes. He is really pushing the envelope. His decision to go to full compliance … sets a very high bar for the rest of the industry.
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Q: What are the next steps?
A: Apple has asked us to look at eight or nine of the final assembly suppliers – the key ones. That will last the rest of the year. Apple is an affiliate of the FLA. They also have a regular due diligence cycle, which they have to go with. We are not just looking at the final assembly but taking more of a risk-based approach and trying to identify three or four different levels of the supply chain where the greatest risks lie, and starting to analyze those.
Q: Any companies you are going to be looking at apart from Foxconn?
A: We're still planning that, so I can't give you any exact names right now.
Q: Would reducing overtime hours impact volume?
A: I don't think so. They can't afford any kind of interruptions in supplies. So that's one of the reasons why this plan needs to be implemented over a one-year lead time. They need to obviously hire a lot more workers to make up for the reduced hours.
They need to build dormitory facilities for those workers, make sure they're trained so that there is no wobble in the output.
Foxconn doesn't only supply Apple. It supplies 50 percent of, I guess, the consumer electronics (industry). So there are a lot of people who have a lot riding on this.
Q: How far-reaching is this action? Would it have an impact on the electronic supply chain?
A: Apple and Foxconn are obviously the two biggest players in this sector and since they're teaming up to drive this change, I really do think they set the bar for the rest of the sector.
And if you look at the labor market situation, there's a very tight labor market in China right now. There's a shortage of workers.
Foxconn is proposing this better deal … This will start to attract more workers, and the best workers. So I think their competitors will be obliged to offer a similar package just in order to get enough workers.
Q: Was it your recommendation on overtime hours that Foxconn has agreed to implement?
A: It was their recommendation, they really bought into this. This is really coming from them. They decided to do this and they're driving this in. They know they have to do this on all their lines because otherwise workers on the other lines are going to protest that they want the same deal.
Q: Was it stressful to do these audits? Can you give some color?
A: It was certainly the biggest exercise that we or anyone has ever undertaken. This is by far the biggest factory assessment that has been done to date. And just the logistics of interviewing 35,000 workers over a three-week period was quite challenging.
I would say that what we found is pretty much in line with what we find elsewhere in China, so there weren't any surprises in that sense. The hours of work situation is what you really expect to find, and in a way what was quite interesting is what we didn't find.
We didn't find any child labor and we didn't find any wage violations. We didn't find any forced labor. But again I would say that tracks pretty much with the Chinese labor market situation.
And then I think for us really the most eye-opening part of it was this agreement to cut hours to Chinese legal limits. Not just to go to Apple code standards but to go beyond that. That was the biggest surprise for us.
Q: Is this a watershed moment in the Chinese labor market and would this have an impact on the wage situation in China?
A: Certainly the Chinese government has made it quite clear that they want wages to continue to increase in double-digit figures for the next five years, and they've signaled that clearly. They've even made some projections of it so we will continue to see wage increases.
And I think this additional free time workers have will mean they can consume more. And that again goes to one of the Chinese government's economic objectives – to boost domestic consumption. In that sense, Foxconn would be setting something of an example. That's very much what the Chinese government wants to see.
Q: Will this agreement lead to any problem in supply?
A: No. I'm sure that in making this commitment they've already done their homework and they know exactly how they're going to maintain supply at the same time.
Q: How do you plan to keep track of whether Foxconn is implementing these changes?
A: We will conduct onsite verification visits. We have detailed action plans with the actual deliverables, the names of the people who are responsible and the deadlines. We will continue to update those and we will report out publicly. This is something we will follow closely.
Q: Will this come to fruition in one year or will we see changes soon?
A: Some of the action items were immediate and they were dealt with on the spot, and others have one-month, three-month, six-month timelines. We have a list of items, we're checking them off as we go along, and the big one – of course the hours of work one – is due to be completed by July 2013.
Q: The survey reveals that many workers want to work more. That seems counter to what Apple and Foxconn are striving for.
A: It's an interesting finding. We find that in a lot of developing countries, workers have ambition, they have aspirations. Particularly migrant workers go to find work with a view to make as much money as they can in the shortest time possible. So they do push for extra hours, especially overtime hours that are paid at a premium.
There's something of a tension there between our code standards and our legal standards, which call for shorter hours and the objectives of these migrant workers. This will call for very, very careful consultation with workers to make sure that they don't resist this plan.
Q: Is Apple footing the bill for this?
A: I'm not party to those discussions as to how they are going to absorb the costs.


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You can cancel for free to 23:00 hour 30 days before arrival. In case of cancellation to 23:00 hour 14 days before arrival 50% of the booking will be charged.
In case of cancellation to 23:00 hour 7 days before arrival 70% of the booking will be charged.
The three-star resort Relais du Plessis SPA Resort is located in France's renowned Loire Valley. Hiking and cycling enthusiasts will enjoy their stay thanks to the many marked trails in the area. The surroundings are also ideal for horse riding, fishing, mountain biking and canoeing. After an active day of adventure, you can relax at the wellness centre.
On a summer´s day, you can take a dip in one of the beautiful outdoor pools. To fully unwind, you can visit the wellness centre and treat yourself to an hour or two in the sauna, hammam or Jacuzzi. You can also try out a variety of beauty and health treatments.
Children have been thoroughly considered at this holiday park. Besides the pool (and toddler's pool), children can enjoy themselves in the playground and on the various playing fields. During high season, there's a Mini Club for the littlest guests.
The park has its own restaurant serving delicious French cuisine with breathtaking views. You can also enjoy a drink on the terrace of the cocktail bar.
Relais du Plessis SPA Resort is in the Loire Valley. The area is known for its rolling hills, medieval villages and historic castles. The charming towns of Vienne and Touraine are definitely worth visiting, and the gardens of the Loire Castle Le Rivau are spectacular. Besides walking and cycling, the area is also popular with golfers. Canoeing, hiking, horse riding, fishing and mountain biking are also among the possibilities. There are several lakes in the area where you can sunbathe or enjoy a swim. For an outing with the kids, you can go to the nearby Aquarium of Loudon or Futuroscope theme park.
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YBS have completed the first phase AHU replacement programme on a Yorkshire Office Refurbishment project and are very pleased with the results. Replacing an AHU in a live building to a high standard has its own complications, but doing 6…
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SAN FRANCISCO – New Orleans has had a couple of encouraging outings recently, and this afternoon, the Saints get their stiffest test.
Fresh off a 27-20 victory over the Los Angeles Rams, the Saints have another NFC West battle against one of the surging teams in the NFL, the San Francisco 49ers, in a 3:25 p.m. matchup in Week 12 of the 2022 NFL season.
Saints quarterback Andy Dalton and company will face a 49ers defense ranking first in the NFL in total defense (283.9 ypg) and fourth in opponent points per game (17.3 ppg).
The San Francisco defense is strong against the run, allowing a league-low 3.4 yards per carry and a league-low 81.1 rushing yards per game. Meanwhile, the Saints average 4.7 yards per carry, led by Alvin Kamara, the versatile running back who leads the team with 511 yards on the ground and is second on the team with 385 receiving yards.
Like New Orleans, the 49ers have faced their shares of ups-and-downs this season. Their 2021 first-round pick Trey Lance entered the season as the starting quarterback but suffered a season-ending injury in Week 2. Veteran Jimmy Garoppolo has started since and has led San Francisco to a 5-3 record, completing 67 percent of his passes for 2,159 yards and 15 touchdowns to four interceptions with a 104.1 passer rating.
The Saints, at 4-7, are on the edge in a lackluster NFC South race. The 49ers (6-4) are emerging as the team to beat in the NFC West.
New Orleans is aiming to post consecutive wins for the first time under head coach Dennis Allen. Rotating in Taysom Hill at quarterback has proven effective in the team's latest two triumphs, sandwiched around a 20-10 loss to a struggling Pittsburgh squad.
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Emoia est un genre de sauriens de la famille des Scincidae.

Répartition
Les espèces de ce genre se rencontrent en Océanie et dans les îles de l'Asie du Sud-Est.

Liste des espèces
Selon  :
 Emoia adspersa (Steindachner, 1870)
 Emoia aenea Brown & Parker, 1985
 Emoia ahli (Vogt, 1932)
 Emoia aneityumensis Medway, 1974
 Emoia arnoensis Brown & Marshall, 1953
 Emoia atrocostata (Lesson, 1830)
 Emoia aurulenta Brown & Parker, 1985
 Emoia battersbyi (Procter, 1923)
 Emoia baudini (Duméril & Bibron, 1839)
 Emoia bismarckensis Brown, 1983
 Emoia boettgeri (Sternfeld, 1918)
 Emoia bogerti Brown, 1953
 Emoia brongersmai Brown, 1991
 Emoia caeruleocauda (De Vis, 1892)
 Emoia callisticta (Peters & Doria, 1878)
 Emoia campbelli Brown & Gibbons, 1986
 Emoia coggeri Brown, 1991
 Emoia concolor (Duméril, 1851)
 Emoia cyanogaster (Lesson, 1830)
 Emoia cyanura (Lesson, 1826)
 Emoia cyclops Brown, 1991
 Emoia digul Brown, 1991
 Emoia erronan Brown, 1991
 Emoia flavigularis Schmidt, 1932
 Emoia guttata Brown & Allison, 1986
 Emoia impar (Werner, 1898)
 Emoia irianensis Brown, 1991
 Emoia isolata Brown, 1991
 Emoia jakati (Kopstein, 1926)
 Emoia jamur Brown, 1991
 Emoia kitcheneri How, Durrant, Smith & Saleh, 1998
 Emoia klossi (Boulenger, 1914)
 Emoia kordoana (Meyer, 1874)
 Emoia kuekenthali (Boettger, 1895)
 Emoia laobaoense Bourret, 1937
 Emoia lawesi (Günther, 1874)
 Emoia longicauda (Macleay, 1877)
 Emoia loveridgei Brown, 1953
 Emoia loyaltiensis (Roux, 1913)
 Emoia maculata Brown, 1954
 Emoia maxima Brown, 1953
 Emoia mivarti (Boulenger, 1887)
 Emoia mokolahi Zug, Ineich, Pregill & Hamilton, 2012
 Emoia mokosariniveikau Zug & Ineich, 1995
 Emoia montana Brown, 1991
 Emoia nativitatis (Boulenger, 1887)
 Emoia nigra (Jacquinot & Guichenot, 1853)
 Emoia nigromarginata (Roux, 1913)
 Emoia obscura (De Jong, 1927)
 Emoia oribata Brown, 1953
 Emoia oriva Zug, 2012
 Emoia pallidiceps (De Vis, 1890)
 Emoia paniai Brown, 1991
 Emoia parkeri Brown, Pernetta & Watling, 1980
 Emoia physicae (Duméril & Bibron, 1839)
 Emoia physicina Brown & Parker, 1985
 Emoia ponapea Kiester, 1982
 Emoia popei Brown, 1953
 Emoia pseudocyanura Brown, 1991
 Emoia pseudopallidiceps Brown, 1991
 Emoia reimschiisseli Tanner, 1950
 Emoia rennellensis Brown, 1991
 Emoia ruficauda Taylor, 1915
 Emoia rufilabialis McCoy & Webber, 1984
 Emoia samoensis (Duméril, 1851)
 Emoia sanfordi Schmidt & Burt, 1930
 Emoia schmidti Brown, 1954
 Emoia similis Dunn, 1927
 Emoia slevini Brown & Falanruw, 1972
 Emoia sorex (Boettger, 1895)
 Emoia submetallica (Macleay, 1877)
 Emoia taumakoensis McCoy & Webber, 1984
 Emoia tetrataenia (Boulenger, 1895)
 Emoia tongana (Werner, 1899)
 Emoia tropidolepis (Boulenger, 1914)
 Emoia trossula Brown & Gibbons, 1986
 Emoia tuitarere Zug, Hamilton & Austin, 2011
 Emoia veracunda Brown, 1953

Publication originale
 Gray, 1845 : Catalogue of the specimens of lizards in the collection of the British Museum,  (texte intégral).

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Notes et références

Eugongylinae
Genre de sauriens (nom scientifique)

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


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Writer and social activist Hannah Brencher brings inspiration to NKU
Olivia Adkins
Hannah Brencher on the stage giving her speech Tuesday night.
Silvana Hill, Staff Writer
The simple act of reaching out to others for the sake of a better world is something many people strive to do. Some make a career out of helping others, whether through social work, medicine or activism. Some, however—like Hannah Brencher—become inspirations to others almost accidentally, and begin making changes they never expected.
In an event Tuesday evening hosted by the NKU Activities Programming Board, Hannah Brencher shared her story with an audience of NKU students.
In addition to the Wall Street Journal, Brencher has been mentioned in Oprah, Glamour, Men's Health Magazine, the Chicago Tribune, and international publications like the UK's Guardian, Brazil's Mulher, and Chile's El Mercurio. Now the founder of The World Needs More Love Letters, a worldwide love letter writing and empowerment organization, Brencher has been a TED talk speaker, is in the process of publishing a memoir, and blogs at hannahbrencher.com.
Conveying a humorous and heartfelt message of love, self-determination, and the familiar search for the meaning in life, Brencher spoke on her journey to self-actualization and fame in popular media.
"I have never been nervous to share a story," Brencher said. "My friends always say I'm the one most likely to get into the white van offering free candy because I think there's a story in that."
Brencher's legacy of storytelling and connection in a social media-saturated age began in 2010 following her college graduation. Living in New York for a year of volunteer service, Brencher took up residence on the third floor of an immigration center attached to a church, living on a stipend of $25 per week.
"People were always stopping to talk to you," Brencher said of her Bronx neighborhood. "They were always willing to put down whatever they were doing just to see how you were doing."
In spite of the connections she made while a New York resident, Brencher succumbed to the loneliness and uncertainty of post-graduate life in an unfamiliar city and sank into a depression—a word, she said, she was reluctant to use at the time of its onset.
"I felt like it had such a stigma at the time," Brencher said.
Brencher described an epiphany and lifting of her depression after writing a letter expressing sympathy and understanding to a lonely woman on a subway. The act of writing the letter, though it never reached the woman herself, changed the course of Brencher's life. She continued writing inspiring letters and leaving them in places around New York City.
"I kept writing these letters until I filled an entire notebook," Brencher said. "I started to rip them out of the notebook. I would write on the front of the letters, 'if you find this letter, it's for you'."
After leaving many letters anonymously, Brencher published a post on her personal blog regarding her project, with an addendum offering handwritten letters for anyone who requested one. Overnight, her post went viral, and Brencher's email inbox filled with hundreds of heartfelt personal stories and requests for letters from all over the world.
"Our generation has a hard time connecting with one another. We have a hard time paying attention to one another," Brencher said. "I got messages from hundreds of people asking me for a reason to wait by the mailbox."
Determined, Brencher set out to send 400 letters to those who had requested them, chronicling the act on her blog. By the time she had written 397 letters, she was contacted by a Wall Street Journal reporter who had interviewed a recipient of one of Brencher's handwritten letters. Brencher was featured in the newspaper—and her simple act of reaching out evolved into a social movement.
NKU freshman accounting and finance major Brigitte Waldrop attended Brencher's talk with little prior knowledge of her work. The experience, she said, was "beautiful".
"It seemed really interesting when I saw posters around campus," Waldrop said, who attended the event on a whim after getting out of work early. "It was very tear-provoking. I heard of her on the news, but this is the first time I've actually heard her speak. It makes you realize that life is short, and it makes you feel better to think about others than yourself."
Waldrop plans to read her memoir "If You Find This Letter", to be published in the winter of 2015.
Brencher's journey, though she described it as emerging from the most difficult point of her life, has reached people in more places than she ever dreamed. With mentions and features in publications around the globe, her aim to connect with others has not only succeeded, but served a purpose.
"I want to circle back to a moment," Brencher said of her lifelong goal. "Maybe you've had it before, when suddenly you look up and ask yourself, 'What am I doing here, and why am I here?' We can become so content to just survive in the world that we forget that we're actually called to change the world."
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Why can I not just be clean and tidy? It's not that difficult! Come on.
Why did I not see that? What's the problem with me?
When you don't know why it took you 1,5 hours to walk half a mile and what happened.
By the way: time–what's all that about anyway?!
When you check your watch every two minutes on the way to an important meeting and arrive half an hour early.
The most successful people have routines, and stick to them! Yeah. Sure. They don't forget what they had decided to—oh bummer I was meant to call the dentist.
When you have various drinking utensils TICK spread across the house because you forgot you already had one; or you TICK need one for coffee, one for water, and a herbal tea would be nice, too … TICK oh and look there is Fentimans lemonade. We don't have enough cups.
I love photos of tidy houses. I adore tidy houses. I feel like I am in a battle every single day. So far the war has not yet been won by me. It makes me feel inadequate.
When someone less assertive asks you for something TICK in the middle of a conversation and it does not reach TICK–oh my pencil is so nice and smooth, TICK look how the lines change depending on the pressure I use; it looks really grainy; can I make the grainy go away, and make the drawing smooth?
I literally do not hear it. It's not even that I ignore it. It never reaches the spheres of consciousness. I am so ashamed. I do not want to ignore someone.
When you hear yourself talk obsessively TICK but you can't stop. If I try to stop my head would explode. Seriously, like in Dogma when God speaks. I am still talking about something really important TICK work related, probably over-explaining some theories. And this is the best movie-ending ever! Meph. Love it. O.k. colleagues are taking notes and I think I am TICK done with talking through the 3D mindmap in my head so the physical pressure in my head and my tummy-pain are gone. Meph. TICK Seriously, so funny. Is this how to spell mep?
I wish I could stop. I try sitting on my hands. Taking notes in old scripts. Doodle. And I still will interrupt someone in the middle of their sentence.
You find yourself desperately digging for any recollection of the thing that less assertive person mentioned TICK in the middle of a conver…It's so great that most of my colleagues, look straight at me and explicitly state what they want to know or to do. This clock is so damn loud.
By the way: ticking clocks in all offices? Have you ever heard of Chinese torture?
Yes. I actually took Alzheimer tests online because it is so bad. The memory. TICK doesn't help.
I should just set up cameras around the place for some good old slapstick.
The white noise in my head so loud. Desperately trying to catch something that has a shape, a smell, a colour, a sound, a story, an emotion. Something, please something tangible. More input drowns in noise. My skin feels as if the epidermis is missing. It burns; there are too many smells, feelings, noises, faces, colours encroaching. I love semicolons; they stand for flow; there is never truly an end to a sentence.
Panic. Team away day. Means: a night spend running ptsd like flashbacks of faces, snippets of communication, bowling alley: do you want to kill me with sensory overload? Coming out of the underground in Time Square (NYC), breaking stuff in Rock Cafe shop into which you fled to have time to figure out which way is up, collapsing in ASDA finding yourself on the floor, your ears ringing, it's all flashes of colour, smell, light, noise. The world began to wobble. My place within the noisy wobble became lost. The ground is reassuring.
Mindfulness. Gym. Knitting. Music. Writing. Drawing. Dancing. Singing. Just going out: up the mountains, into the hills, into the freezing sea, on the bike, on my feet. All that helps.
Proclaiming dawn of a new day.
A new chance to be.
So I shall truly live.
This day that I claim.
This is the final image of the latest #Love&Life series of photo poems, which all were inspired during a visit at the Camas Centre on Mull.


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