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using log4net;
using Mono.Addins;
using Nini.Config;
using OpenMetaverse;
using OpenSim.Framework;
using OpenSim.Region.Framework.Interfaces;
using OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Reflection;

namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules
{
    [Extension(Path = "/OpenSim/RegionModules", NodeName = "RegionModule", Id = "WindModule")]
    public class WindModule : IWindModule
    {
        private static readonly ILog m_log = LogManager.GetLogger(MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType);

        private IWindModelPlugin m_activeWindPlugin = null;
        private Dictionary<string, IWindModelPlugin> m_availableWindPlugins = new Dictionary<string, IWindModelPlugin>();
        private string m_dWindPluginName = "SimpleRandomWind";
        private bool m_enabled = false;
        private uint m_frame = 0;
        private uint m_frameLastUpdateClientArray = 0;
        private int m_frameUpdateRate = 150;

        private bool m_ready = false;

        //private Random m_rndnums = new Random(Environment.TickCount);
        private Scene m_scene = null;

        private IConfig m_windConfig;

        // Simplified windSpeeds based on the fact that the client protocal tracks at a resolution of 16m
        private Vector2[] windSpeeds = new Vector2[16 * 16];

        #region INonSharedRegionModule Methods

        public string Name
        {
            get { return "WindModule"; }
        }

        public Type ReplaceableInterface
        {
            get { return null; }
        }

        public void AddRegion(Scene scene)
        {
            if (!m_enabled)
                return;

            m_scene = scene;
            m_frame = 0;

            // Register all the Wind Model Plug-ins
            foreach (IWindModelPlugin windPlugin in AddinManager.GetExtensionObjects("/OpenSim/WindModule", false))
            {
                m_log.InfoFormat("[WIND] Found Plugin: {0}", windPlugin.Name);
                m_availableWindPlugins.Add(windPlugin.Name, windPlugin);
            }

            // Check for desired plugin
            if (m_availableWindPlugins.ContainsKey(m_dWindPluginName))
            {
                m_activeWindPlugin = m_availableWindPlugins[m_dWindPluginName];

                m_log.InfoFormat("[WIND] {0} plugin found, initializing.", m_dWindPluginName);

                if (m_windConfig != null)
                {
                    m_activeWindPlugin.Initialise();
                    m_activeWindPlugin.WindConfig(m_scene, m_windConfig);
                }
            }

            // if the plug-in wasn't found, default to no wind.
            if (m_activeWindPlugin == null)
            {
                m_log.ErrorFormat("[WIND] Could not find specified wind plug-in: {0}", m_dWindPluginName);
                m_log.ErrorFormat("[WIND] Defaulting to no wind.");
            }

            // This one puts an entry in the main help screen
            //                m_scene.AddCommand("Regions", this, "wind", "wind", "Usage: wind <plugin> <param> [value] - Get or Update Wind paramaters", null);

            // This one enables the ability to type just the base command without any parameters
            //                m_scene.AddCommand("Regions", this, "wind", "", "", HandleConsoleCommand);

            // Get a list of the parameters for each plugin
            foreach (IWindModelPlugin windPlugin in m_availableWindPlugins.Values)
            {
                //                    m_scene.AddCommand("Regions", this, String.Format("wind base wind_plugin {0}", windPlugin.Name), String.Format("{0} - {1}", windPlugin.Name, windPlugin.Description), "", HandleConsoleBaseCommand);
                m_scene.AddCommand(
                    "Regions",
                    this,
                    "wind base wind_update_rate",
                    "wind base wind_update_rate [<value>]",
                    "Get or set the wind update rate.",
                    "",
                    HandleConsoleBaseCommand);

                foreach (KeyValuePair<string, string> kvp in windPlugin.WindParams())
                {
                    string windCommand = String.Format("wind {0} {1}", windPlugin.Name, kvp.Key);
                    m_scene.AddCommand("Regions", this, windCommand, string.Format("{0} [<value>]", windCommand), kvp.Value, "", HandleConsoleParamCommand);
                }
            }

            // Register event handlers for when Avatars enter the region, and frame ticks
            m_scene.EventManager.OnFrame += WindUpdate;
            m_scene.EventManager.OnMakeRootAgent += OnAgentEnteredRegion;

            // Register the wind module
            m_scene.RegisterModuleInterface<IWindModule>(this);

            // Generate initial wind values
            GenWindPos();

            // Mark Module Ready for duty
            m_ready = true;
        }

        public void Close()
        {
        }

        public void Initialise(IConfigSource config)
        {
            m_windConfig = config.Configs["Wind"];
            //            string desiredWindPlugin = m_dWindPluginName;

            if (m_windConfig != null)
            {
                m_enabled = m_windConfig.GetBoolean("enabled", true);

                m_frameUpdateRate = m_windConfig.GetInt("wind_update_rate", 150);

                // Determine which wind model plugin is desired
                if (m_windConfig.Contains("wind_plugin"))
                {
                    m_dWindPluginName = m_windConfig.GetString("wind_plugin", m_dWindPluginName);
                }
            }

            if (m_enabled)
            {
                m_log.InfoFormat("[WIND] Enabled with an update rate of {0} frames.", m_frameUpdateRate);
            }
        }

        public void RegionLoaded(Scene scene)
        {
        }

        public void RemoveRegion(Scene scene)
        {
            if (!m_enabled)
                return;

            m_ready = false;

            // REVIEW: If a region module is closed, is there a possibility that it'll re-open/initialize ??
            m_activeWindPlugin = null;
            foreach (IWindModelPlugin windPlugin in m_availableWindPlugins.Values)
            {
                windPlugin.Dispose();
            }

            m_availableWindPlugins.Clear();

            //  Remove our hooks
            m_scene.EventManager.OnFrame -= WindUpdate;
            m_scene.EventManager.OnMakeRootAgent -= OnAgentEnteredRegion;
        }

        #endregion INonSharedRegionModule Methods

        #region Console Commands

        /// <summary>
        /// Called to change the active wind model plugin
        /// </summary>
        private void HandleConsoleBaseCommand(string module, string[] cmdparams)
        {
            ValidateConsole();

            if ((cmdparams.Length != 4)
                || !cmdparams[1].Equals("base"))
            {
                MainConsole.Instance.Output(
                    "Invalid parameters to change parameters for Wind module base, usage: wind base <parameter> <value>");

                return;
            }

            switch (cmdparams[2])
            {
                case "wind_update_rate":
                    int newRate = 1;

                    if (int.TryParse(cmdparams[3], out newRate))
                    {
                        m_frameUpdateRate = newRate;
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        MainConsole.Instance.OutputFormat(
                            "Invalid value {0} specified for {1}", cmdparams[3], cmdparams[2]);

                        return;
                    }

                    break;

                case "wind_plugin":
                    string desiredPlugin = cmdparams[3];

                    if (desiredPlugin.Equals(m_activeWindPlugin.Name))
                    {
                        MainConsole.Instance.OutputFormat("Wind model plugin {0} is already active", cmdparams[3]);

                        return;
                    }

                    if (m_availableWindPlugins.ContainsKey(desiredPlugin))
                    {
                        m_activeWindPlugin = m_availableWindPlugins[cmdparams[3]];

                        MainConsole.Instance.OutputFormat("{0} wind model plugin now active", m_activeWindPlugin.Name);
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        MainConsole.Instance.OutputFormat("Could not find wind model plugin {0}", desiredPlugin);
                    }
                    break;
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Base console command handler, only used if a person specifies the base command with now options
        /// </summary>
        private void HandleConsoleCommand(string module, string[] cmdparams)
        {
            ValidateConsole();

            MainConsole.Instance.Output(
                "The wind command can be used to change the currently active wind model plugin and update the parameters for wind plugins.");
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Called to change plugin parameters.
        /// </summary>
        private void HandleConsoleParamCommand(string module, string[] cmdparams)
        {
            ValidateConsole();

            // wind <plugin> <param> [value]
            if ((cmdparams.Length != 4)
                && (cmdparams.Length != 3))
            {
                MainConsole.Instance.Output("Usage: wind <plugin> <param> [value]");
                return;
            }

            string plugin = cmdparams[1];
            string param = cmdparams[2];
            float value = 0f;
            if (cmdparams.Length == 4)
            {
                if (!float.TryParse(cmdparams[3], out value))
                {
                    MainConsole.Instance.OutputFormat("Invalid value {0}", cmdparams[3]);
                }

                try
                {
                    WindParamSet(plugin, param, value);
                    MainConsole.Instance.OutputFormat("{0} set to {1}", param, value);
                }
                catch (Exception e)
                {
                    MainConsole.Instance.OutputFormat("{0}", e.Message);
                }
            }
            else
            {
                try
                {
                    value = WindParamGet(plugin, param);
                    MainConsole.Instance.OutputFormat("{0} : {1}", param, value);
                }
                catch (Exception e)
                {
                    MainConsole.Instance.OutputFormat("{0}", e.Message);
                }
            }
        }

        private void ValidateConsole()
        {
            if (m_scene.ConsoleScene() == null)
            {
                // FIXME: If console region is root then this will be printed by every module.  Currently, there is no
                // way to prevent this, short of making the entire module shared (which is complete overkill).
                // One possibility is to return a bool to signal whether the module has completely handled the command
                MainConsole.Instance.Output("Please change to a specific region in order to set Sun parameters.");
                return;
            }

            if (m_scene.ConsoleScene() != m_scene)
            {
                MainConsole.Instance.Output("Console Scene is not my scene.");
                return;
            }
        }

        #endregion Console Commands

        #region IWindModule Methods

        public string WindActiveModelPluginName
        {
            get
            {
                if (m_activeWindPlugin != null)
                {
                    return m_activeWindPlugin.Name;
                }
                else
                {
                    return String.Empty;
                }
            }
        }

        public float WindParamGet(string plugin, string param)
        {
            if (m_availableWindPlugins.ContainsKey(plugin))
            {
                IWindModelPlugin windPlugin = m_availableWindPlugins[plugin];
                return windPlugin.WindParamGet(param);
            }
            else
            {
                throw new Exception(String.Format("Could not find plugin {0}", plugin));
            }
        }

        public void WindParamSet(string plugin, string param, float value)
        {
            if (m_availableWindPlugins.ContainsKey(plugin))
            {
                IWindModelPlugin windPlugin = m_availableWindPlugins[plugin];
                windPlugin.WindParamSet(param, value);
            }
            else
            {
                throw new Exception(String.Format("Could not find plugin {0}", plugin));
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Retrieve the wind speed at the given region coordinate.  This
        /// implimentation ignores Z.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="x">0...255</param>
        /// <param name="y">0...255</param>
        public Vector3 WindSpeed(int x, int y, int z)
        {
            if (m_activeWindPlugin != null)
            {
                return m_activeWindPlugin.WindSpeed(x, y, z);
            }
            else
            {
                return new Vector3(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
            }
        }

        #endregion IWindModule Methods

        public void OnAgentEnteredRegion(ScenePresence avatar)
        {
            if (m_ready)
            {
                if (m_activeWindPlugin != null)
                {
                    // Ask wind plugin to generate a LL wind array to be cached locally
                    // Try not to update this too often, as it may involve array copies
                    if (m_frame >= (m_frameLastUpdateClientArray + m_frameUpdateRate))
                    {
                        windSpeeds = m_activeWindPlugin.WindLLClientArray();
                        m_frameLastUpdateClientArray = m_frame;
                    }
                }

                avatar.ControllingClient.SendWindData(windSpeeds);
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Called on each frame update.  Updates the wind model and clients as necessary.
        /// </summary>
        public void WindUpdate()
        {
            if (((m_frame++ % m_frameUpdateRate) != 0) || !m_ready)
            {
                return;
            }

            GenWindPos();

            SendWindAllClients();
        }

        private void GenWindPos()
        {
            if (m_activeWindPlugin != null)
            {
                // Tell Wind Plugin to update it's wind data
                m_activeWindPlugin.WindUpdate(m_frame);
            }
        }

        private void SendWindAllClients()
        {
            if (m_ready)
            {
                if (m_scene.GetRootAgentCount() > 0)
                {
                    // Ask wind plugin to generate a LL wind array to be cached locally
                    // Try not to update this too often, as it may involve array copies
                    if (m_frame >= (m_frameLastUpdateClientArray + m_frameUpdateRate))
                    {
                        windSpeeds = m_activeWindPlugin.WindLLClientArray();
                        m_frameLastUpdateClientArray = m_frame;
                    }

                    m_scene.ForEachRootClient(delegate(IClientAPI client)
                    {
                        client.SendWindData(windSpeeds);
                    });
                }
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Calculate the sun's orbital position and its velocity.
        /// </summary>
    }
}


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Q: PHP Calculated Value connected to the Parameter i have a question. It's about a calculated data, that depends on a String - Parameter that i will give to the function.
For Example:
    function calculatedData($parameterString){
         //CALCULATION
         return RandValue;

    }

Theoretically i mean this for example. I will call the function calculatedData with the Parameter "Arthur", the function must create a calculated value that depends on the String "Arthur".
If i call the function twice with the Parameter "Arthur" it should return the same calculated value than the call-function before.
EXAMPLE:
1. Call Function -> calculatedData ("Arthur") -> Returns for Example 3482
2. Call Function -> calculatedData ("Lukas") -> Returns for Example 8542
3. Call Function -> calculatedData ("Arthur") -> Returns for Example 3482
I hope you understand what i mean.

A: Here an example of a function which will hash a string to hexadecimal value (unique) and then convert to int :
function getHashCode($string){
    return hexdec(hash("adler32", $string));
}

echo getHashCode('my string'); // 297927582
echo getHashCode('other string'); // 528811226
echo getHashCode('string my'); // 314377118

You can change the algorithme (adler32) to another to avoid collisions. I used adler32 to limit the size of the int.

A: I think you want that random value should be string. If you want that the random value should be string of any specific length then you can simply send md5 of input string.
function randomData($parameterString){
  return md5($parameterString);
}

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We'd only been in the air 2.5 hours and we were touching down in what felt like 'a world away' from Xi'an. The sky was clear, the air was warm and thick with humidity …. a blanket of lush palm trees stretched out as far as the eye could see. My heart lifted…possibly the only problem I'd face on this holiday was an unsuspected falling coconut. China and the tropics aren't two words you would usually put together, right? China's all about being a contrast of strapping concrete jungles and ramshackle villages, often side by side….the old and the new….the Ferraris and the Tuk Tuks, all cobbled together to make up the world's biggest and busiest population. Nestled in China's south west, in Hainan Province, Sanya it seems, is an exception to China's manic rule. 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WHAT: PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on improving the health and safety of people and the environment, today announced that it will showcase its new XRD 4343RF and Dexela® 2321 X-Ray detectors at the annual China International Medical Equipment Fair (CMEF) Spring 2015, the largest Asia-Pacific exhibition of medical equipment, products and services.
PerkinElmer has deployed more than 35,000 X-ray detectors as X-ray system components for medical, dental, veterinary and industrial testing and brings over 20 years of experience collaborating with customers to integrate flat panel components for X-ray applications such as digital radiography and fluoroscopy.
"PerkinElmer offers industry leading X-ray imaging technologies that can be easily integrated into our customers' systems for enhanced image quality, reduced radiation dose and controlled costs," said Brian Giambattista, President, Medical Imaging for PerkinElmer. "We are pleased to share our innovative solutions with a wide range of companies from the medical equipment marketplace in China and throughout the Asia-Pacific region."
WHERE: National Exhibition and Convention Center, Shanghai, Hall 8.2 Booth K06
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Dexela® 2321 (in development): a state-of-the-art 23 cm x 21 cm real-time X-ray detector designed for use as a component in mobile C-arm and other fluoroscopy systems. This detector has a CsI scintillator and exceptional low dose DQE. It employs advanced, low noise CMOS image sensor technology for high speed real-time imaging within demanding surgical applications.
XRD4343RF (in development): a 43cm x 43cm detector intended for use as a component in radiography, fluoroscopy and cone beam CT systems. Its design will enable enhanced performance, providing outstanding X-ray imaging for both fluoroscopy, radiography and cone beam CT applications. The detector offers frame rates up to 50 fps and has a direct-deposited CsI scintillator for superior image quality.
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The fine art print is the culmination of the expressive visualization of the photographic artist. It represents the nexus of mechanical technique and the highest aesthetic and emotional aspirations experienced and communicated by the artist.
Fine art printing really begins with a negative correctly exposed for the subject/scene. To paraphrase Ansel Adams' famous musical analogy - the negative is the score, the print is the performance. It will be difficult or impossible to ever work a fine print from a poorly exposed negative (in darkroom vernacular, to make it sing). If the notes are there, it will be possible to achieve your unique artistic interpretation (i.e., visualization). And for me, life is far too short to waste time beating a recalcitrant negative into submission. Making a negative will be covered in a future article.
I chose the following scene because it is a recent work of an expansive landscape that requires a decent negative and entails a typical amount of manipulation to arrive at a fine print - and it is also one of my favorite places in the Sierra. A proof has already been made that suggests the likely direction of the printing session. I've chosen my favorite paper style and contrast, and decided to invest in a fine print. 11X14 sheet paper is used as the base size for the potential fine print because it is the smallest amount of real estate that I feel I am able to work artfully and effectively under the enlarger for both medium and large format negatives. Also, because of the amount of detail typically present in my negatives, it seems that a certain amount of enlargement is necessary in order that the negative can "breathe" - 16X20 mostly being the optimum enlargement.
Notice that the print has been cropped from the original full frame proof. This was decided upon for both aesthetic and technical reasons.
Keep in mind that the series of print scans below are actually from 8X10's, by necessity, as they are the largest scan I can manage on my flatbed Epson 4990 scanner - revisited after printing an entire series edition ranging from 11X14 to 20X24 (as is the case with all GSP's represented digitally on this site).
I always use full sheets for every size of sheet paper, even when determining initial exposures. I need to see a range of test exposures over the entire image area to make a proper proof quickly and economically. In my experience, exposure information acquired for the whole print is actually less wasteful than the otherwise conservative method of using half or partial sheets primarily in "important" or key regions. To my way of seeing, all exposures must be seen in context of the entire print area. This is particularly advantageous for landscapes that include a lot of sky since I can usually get a fairly good idea of just how much burning will be required (almost always) to bring out proper sky color and cloud definition. A thoughtfully exposed test print can save many full sheets from wastage in the WORK PRINT stages of of creating a fine print.
Determining the correct initial exposure is a simple matter of exposing successive sections of the print under the enlarger with a card large enough to to cover it completely, at a uniform time interval. This first step is identical to Making A Proof. In the beginning, it may take some familiarity with the intensity of the light source to balance the enlarger's lens aperture with intervals sufficient to provide a maximum amount of information to determine which areas of the print should be held back (i.e., dodged) and which need additional exposure (i.e., burned). Incidentally, this is the one time when the card is not kept constantly moving. Simply laying it on top of the easel and moving it between exposures will reveal more and more of the print, resulting in well delineated, easy to read test strips.
My personal visualization of the scene when I took the picture.
The exposure that will result in the least amount of manipulation by dodging and burning.
Keeping the "big picture" in mind may serve as a more forthright explanation of why a use full sheets of enlarging paper.
The STRAIGHT PRINT (or proof) received 24 seconds total exposure, with the enlarging lens aperture open to f11. From here on in, I use short bursts of light from the enlarger at the same increments (8 seconds) as used in the TEST PRINT. This is indicated in the first box of the PRINTING RECORD as: 8 seconds X 3 = 24 seconds total. Working in incremental bursts of light both facilitates multiple dodging steps and matches more precisely the amount of light delivered to the initial TEST PRINT.
Close, but no cigar. In my entire time printmaking, I have only made one fine print from a single base exposure, and that was only for a one or two enlargements, as larger sizes required subtle burning to bring out the same detail in the negative as the smaller prints without burning.
In this case, the right side is in deep shadow and should be held back a bit to resolve the forest and lake outlet. Ditto the foreground grasses. A good TEST PRINT will usually give me a pretty good idea on how to proceed. See the test strip at 16 seconds?
Fooled you! DODGING is really the second work print I made. I went back to make the STRAIGHT PRINT just so that you could see the progression. Because I'm working in uniform 8 second increments, I am able to split the regions held back (i.e., dodged) into 3 separate movements (there's that musical double entendre again) totaling 24 seconds.
8 seconds - expose (+8 seconds) the entire print.
8 seconds - dodge (-8 seconds) right side peak, forest, and lake outlet.
8 seconds - dodge (-8 seconds) foreground grasses.
The result is that the entire print received 24 seconds while the right side and foreground received only 16 seconds. Note that the demarcation (the red lines) of dodged areas in the work print is not precise. The card is kept in quick and constant movement some distance from the print (creating the card's penumbra - or partially shaded outer edge shadow), preventing hard lines of exposure from developing, as was necessary in the TEST PRINT.
The wedge of forest and talus on the left can be burned down (+8 seconds) to a more pleasing (realistic?) tone. Two burn cards held together in a suitable wedge shape, held above the area to be burned, and kept in constant motion will do the trick.
The fallen log at the lake's outlet is too "hot". It can be burned down (+16 seconds) to ameliorate its brightness and to to reveal texture present in what is likely to be one of the denser areas of the negative. This is accomplished by holding two cards covering the entire print, with a narrow ever-changing slit between them to expose only the log.
Burn the the clouds to reveal their majestic castellations and the sky to a level of gray which suggests the deep blue color of a clear summer's day in the High Sierra as I visualized it (+24 seconds), keeping the card - guess what - constantly moving.
Lather, rinse, repeat. An infinite number of fine art prints can now be made by following the exact same conditions of the PRINTING RECORD (if you are rich!). The finished print may also be found here.
My print exposures are recorded in absolute time increments - a specific amount of time in seconds for the stipulated enlarger, lens, aperture, paper, developer, etc. It would perhaps be of more general usefulness to express these times as relative percentages of the base exposure. However, since I normally print several sizes at the time I begin an edition, it is easier for me to translate absolute exposure times into proportionate light values as I progress in size, than to calculate exposure times from percentages. It just fits my peculiar workflow better.
Note that in order to conserve space I often combine exposure steps logically in a single box. The first box contains both the initial exposure and the dodges. Also, I have indicated the changed enlarger lens aperture (i.e., opened up) in the final box for the last bit of sky burning.
Now that I already know where I am going and how to get there - by following the PRINTING RECORD's recipe - the TEST PRINT can often be skipped when making greater enlargements. The first exposure for a STRAIGHT PRINT may be estimated by doubling exposure from 11X14 to 16X20, and increasing by 50% from 16X20 to 20X24 - either by increasing the time or opening up the lens - or both. In fact, the STRAIGHT PRINT, and most of the intervening WORK PRINTS may be skipped, as well. Although specific amounts of dodging and burning can change substantially from one print size to another, the total number prints required to arrive at a FINE PRINT may be reduced and much time saved by combining steps before processing the paper. Depending on the complexity of the print, it is possible to make the initial FINE PRINT with only a couple of sheets of paper.
Of course all this ease of printing tends to fall apart when printing mural sizes on roll paper. It is often impossible to match sheet sizes with identical roll paper. So I must begin testing paper all over again. Here is the exception that proves the rule about my penchant to use full sheets for the TEST PRINT. I cut only enough paper from the roll to test key areas of the negative, but at least I already now generally what areas of the print will require some degree attention from the last sheet size PRINTING RECORD.


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Moon Knight: Everything you need to know about the new MCU superhero
byN. Nandinee
Credit: Marvel Studios
Moon Knight is all set to embrace the chaos!
Marvel Studios is back in the game yet again with another action-packed, original live-action mini-series that will introduce us to an all-new drama with its newest hero, Moon Knight.
Unlike the other Marvel characters like Spider-Man, Captain America, or Ironman, Moon Knight is a lesser-known character who has only appeared in comic books. However, Moon Knight has recently emerged as a primary fan favorite among many die-hard Marvel fans.
Take a look at some character stills from Moon Knight's official Twitter page:
The many phases of Marvel Studios' #MoonKnight, an Original series streaming March 30, only on @DisneyPlus. (2/2) pic.twitter.com/NkSjIin8u3
— Moon Knight (@moonknight) March 10, 2022
The series, laden with Egyptian mythology and iconography and directed by Mohamed Diab and filmmaking duo Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead, includes a new genre of Marvel Cinematic Universe hero who is vengeful and complicated.
This mini-series broadens the scope of the MCU's ever-evolving storytelling with its darker, serious themes. Moon Knight, starring Oscar Isaac, Ethan Hawke, May Calamawy, and others, is intense, mysterious, and thematically edgy.
Check out the official trailer below:
Here's everything that you need to know about the character before you watch Moon Knight on Disney+
Who are you, Moon Knight?
Credit: Marvel
Moon Knight is a vigilante who exacts vengeance on Earth after receiving Egyptian God Khonshu's ceremonial armor, which was granted to all of God's warriors all through the generations. He has taken on Khonshu's earthly form and his vengeful fist.
Moon Knight was bestowed with unique abilities by Khonshu, the Egyptian God of the Moon and self-proclaimed God of Vengeance. Moon Knight fights all perceived wrongs while carrying out Khonshu's orders and bringing vengeance to Earth.
Moon Knight's debut in the world of Marvel comic
Credit: Marvel Comics | Werewolf by Night #32
In August 1975, Moon Knight debuted in Marvel Comics in Werewolf by Night #32. Dough Moench created the character, which Don Perlin illustrated.
The history of Moon Knight in the comics
Credit: Marvel Comics
Moon Knight, a.k.a. Marc Spector, first appeared in 1975 in issue #32 of the horror comic Werewolf By Night. He was created by writer Doug Moench and artist Don Perlin as a mercenary hired to capture series protagonist Jack Russell, only to later take pity on him and join forces against his employers.
When the character was spun off into his comics, he was radically reimagined as a pulpy, Batman-style hero. The origin story of Moon Knight, as told in 1980's Moon Knight #1, follows Marc Spector, a member of a mercenary band led by the ruthless soldier of fortune Raoul Bushman.
Marc Spector is now juggling four different personas, including his costumed identity as Moon Knight. Marc's tenuous grasp on reality is repeatedly suggested throughout his original comic series — not only does he treat his alter egos as separate people, but it's heavily implied that Marc's visions of Khonshu are mere hallucinations.
Later writers would expand on this concept by establishing that Marc has had Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) his entire life and that his alter egos are fully-fledged alternate personalities. While the veracity of Marc's DID has never been called into question, his relationship with Khonshu is a different story.
For most of Moon Knight's history, it has been unclear whether Khonshu is an actual entity who did what he did.
What makes Moon Knight unique from other characters?
The six-issue 2014 run by writer Warren Ellis and artist Declan Shalvey is mainly responsible for Moon Knight's rise in popularity over the last decade. Ellis completely reimagines Moon Knight and his character — previously, he was a brooding and insane vigilante who frequently claimed that he wore all white because he wanted his targets to see him coming.
The result is a stylish, trippy, awe-inspiring comic part of a police procedural and horror anthology. The following comic volume, 2016, run by Jeff Lemire and Greg Smallwood, builds on the previous volume's foundation to create something even more captivatingly strange.
The 14-issue epic by Lemire and Smallwood foregoes the episodic format to delve deep into Marc Spector's psyche, revealing just how broken and distant he's become due to Khonshu's manipulations.
Moon Knight has established the Midnight Mission, a congregation where people in distress can come to him directly for help after finally breaking free from Khonshu's influence. Not only that, but he's begun going to therapy regularly since realizing the importance of his mental health.
Moon Knight, however, is no longer alone and in his fight against evil after being isolated for so long. At the moment, it's unclear how much of the Moon Knight series will be based on the comics. However, it has been revealed that the Mr. Knight costume will make an appearance.
What is Moon Knight's Earthly connection?
Moon Knight's human alias is Steven Grant, a mild-mannered gift-shop worker who suffers from blackouts and flashbacks to another life. Diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder, he is forced to share a body with mercenary Marc Spector. Moon Knight appears to exist as Marc Spector's alter ego. They must traverse their complicated identities to Egypt's powerful gods.
Official synopsis of Marvel Studio's Moon Knight
Moon Knight follows Steven Grant, a mild-mannered gift-shop employee, who becomes plagued with blackouts and memories of another life. Steven discovers he has dissociative identity disorder and shares a body with mercenary Marc Spector. As Steven/Marc's enemies converge upon them, they must navigate their complex identities while thrust into a deadly mystery among the powerful gods of Egypt.
Who are the cast members of Moon Knight?
Oscar Isaac plays Steven Grant / Marc Spector / Moon Knight
Ethan Hawke plays Arthur Harrow
May Calamawy plays Layla El-Faouly
Gaspard Ulliel plays Midnight Man
Lucy Thackeray plays Donna
F. Murray Abraham plays Khonshu
How many episodes will be there in the Moon Knight?
It will have 6 episodes, and each episode will be released every Wednesday, just like the previous Hawkeye series.
Some newly released trailers and featurette –
Welcome the Knight
Introducing Moon Knight Featurette
Watch Marc Spector embracing the chaos from Marvel Studios' Moon Knight beginning March 30, 2022, on Disney+.
N. Nandinee
She is a writer who enjoys exploring various subject areas to broaden her artistic pursuits and learning.


I was reading a book about The Blind Traveler, a Lieutenant James Holman, of Her Majesty's Royal Navy. He traveled the world after he became blind. He then proceeded to write several books about travel that were better than books by authors who could see. He relied on the observations of others, and used his other tactile senses to describe famous works of art and architectural gems.
Perhaps nowhere I have been has the unique smells, or more delicately, fragrances of the Hawaiian Islands. As soon as you step off of the plane, you can smell the native flora and feel the heat and humidity, where the "air is so dewy sweet, you do not have to lick postage stamps".
They say people from the Midwest, who have never seen an ocean, smell the warm, blue salt water of the Pacific. For people who get crazy over food, the smell of Kona coffee and huli-huli chicken are their first smells. And it is distinctly different than the smells of the Indian and Atlantic Oceans.
What are the 5 best smells in Hawaii?
Ahi Poke with shoyu and pepper water from Kahuku Superette. I'm talking about when it's fresh!
White plumeria (frangipani) flowers blooming along the Ala Wai Canal in Waikiki.
Any of the forest trails after a hard rain.
Korean BBQ! The smell is addicting… once you get it a couple times, your nose is always pulling you back to where you got it.
The fresh, salty, humid air when the waves are big and the wind is strong. Makapu'u and Bellows AFS have some great air during a mildly windy 3 foot + day on Oahu.
Feel free to add your own. I do not miss the smell of burning sugar cane fields, or seaweed drying on the white sand beach.


Four weeks ago, I found out that after just eight months of employment, I was getting laid off from my full-time job in public relations and social media. I had one month to try to figure my life out…and well, as of this past Friday at noon, I am officially unemployed.
The last four weeks have been confusing, sad, happy, bitter, embarrassing, exciting…all at once. For awhile (and even still currently as I type this), I was too ashamed to admit to the fact that I had been laid off and that I was feeling so many things at one time. But, I'm hoping that writing and connecting with others who have maybe gone through the same situation will bring some semblance of clarity into my life.
When I received the news that I was laid off, I was shocked (…and weepy). I hadn't seen anything coming whatsoever. I had planned to stay at my job for at least three years to grow and develop my career and hone in on "what I wanted to do when I grew up." My plans were ripped out from under me without any of my control (as life so frequently loves to do), and I was left in a place of total surprise and a lot of great big unknowns.
Honestly, I didn't cry much the first few days because I think I couldn't really wrap my mind around it. Total state of shock.
One of my first reactions to the news (which is hardly shocking if you know me at all) was stress. Job hunting anywhere is hard. Job hunting in San Diego is notoriously hard. Unless you're in the biotech, tech or armed services sectors, career availability in San Diego can be pretty limited. On average, it took me about six months to find each of my previous jobs…and I immediately tried to fathom being unemployed for six months and trying to figure out how I would manage.
While I feel okay financially, it's been impossible for me not to stress about money, especially as the holidays hit. Hello, Christmas shopping, fun, festive activities, travel, food, you name it. Goodbye non-existent income! And while, I'm proud that I have a few months saved up, it stresses me out to touch that account, especially when I was hoping I could add to it and use part of it for a larger trip in 2019. But, that's what savings are for, right?
I'm also stressed about what this is going to look like to future employers. I know that I can explain the layoff during interviews, but what happens when my resume is tossed even before the interview stage because it looks like I'm job hopping? Will companies even begin to consider me as a viable candidate?
Finally, I am stressed about my mental state. I thrive - and keep my anxiety at bay - with routine. If I'm unemployed, how can I have a routine (that feels like I'm fulfilling a purpose)…and what's going to happen with my anxiety levels?
I was sad when I got the news. Honestly, I'm still sad. I didn't really foresee this chapter in my life happening again (I was unemployed for a few months following college graduation)…and it's difficult to not feel totally dejected and rejected to an extent. And trust me…nothing is sadder than going to a wedding and seeing so many people from your past and explaining your current layoff situation.
I know hundreds of thousands of college grads are unemployed. I know I'm not the sole case, but I have a big sense of shame in admitting I'm a top-15-college-grad, and I was laid off. I've never once judged any friend or acquaintance on their layoff, but I've suddenly become so harsh to myself (read above: why is it sad for me to admit that to people at a wedding?!). I'm slowly working on practicing greater kindness with myself.
It's not all tears and sad faces over here though - I promise. I fully believe everything happens for a reason and one door closes for a better to open…and that possibility (however far down the line) excites me.
I'm excited to not work with some particularly difficult individuals and to not feel attached and bound to my phone at all hours. I'm excited to have some time to pursue hiking, reading, writing, spending time with my cat Walt and projects around the house. I'm excited that I have the potential to maybe choose a new career if I wanted…maybe even break from the 9-to-5 (though, I truly am a rare one who likes working in an office).
I'm honestly not sure what I want to do next. I hadn't really thought this far ahead…because I had a three-year plan.
So, for now, I'm trying to ask myself to stay curious. To keep asking: What do I want? What do I like to do? Where can I see myself?
I can't say I have many answers yet, but being laid off has provided some solid time for self-inquiry and reflection that may have been needed all along.
So, here I write on my first day of unemployment - confused, sad, angry, excited, anxious, inspired and just about everything in between.
I don't know what the next step is, but what I do know at this point is: I won't settle. I'm not getting a job to get a job. It's time to figure out what's right for me…and just what that next door might be.
Have you ever been laid off? What did you learn?


I was born and lived in Rochford until I got married and when I was a youngster, I went to school locally. First of all, I went to the infant intake in the St Andrews church hall on the corner of Ashingdon Rd, then into the main school building where I remember being in Mrs Brazier's class.
When I went up into the Junior school part of the complex, we used to have swimming lessons. As there wasn't a swimming pool in Rochford, we were bussed to a swimming pool at Battlesbridge; if I remember rightly, it was an open air pool that was reached down the narrow lane by the side of The Hawk public house. It was very cold and again, if I remember rightly, it was filled with water from the nearby river so there was salt water in the pool.
Does anyone else remember this? It would be nice to hear from you to compare memories etc. I can't remember if the lessons were weekly or further apart. The headmaster when I was there was Mr Baltrop (not sure of the spelling). I was there from 1955 until 1961.
This page was added by Len Bickford on 30/12/2012.
Hi Heather, Thanks for your input. I'm afraid that I don't remember the names though, sorry about that but too many years have passed me by ...lol not to say that they weren't there though. If you want to add any other memories then please feel free to do so, or if you prefer, someone can come and see you. Without being rude, you must be about the same age as me, so you must have lots of memories too, I sometimes need others to bounce off to start my brain working, so who knows what might come out from us both.
We must have been in the same class. I do remember the swimming lessons, they were not weekly though.
Do you remember Malcom Hawes, Anna Weston, Mavis Jones? Would love to hear more.


"Better" meaning more exciting. It is an action RPG. It has vehicular combat, which Fallout lacks. Players can build/upgrade/savage for vehicles and Max. And thank goodness Max now has an Australian accent.
The movie is a blessing for these guys.
Doubt it'll be good but still looks better than Fallout 4.
It is Mad Max though so I'll at least give it a shot.
Is it directly based on the recent movie? Or is it a different story, but set during the events of the movie?
They say it is its own thing based in the Mad Max universe.
The promotional material about this game has been awesome so far ... but i'll still wait for a month after release before seriously considering buying it.
It does look impressive and I have to admit that the survival and limited resources aspect appeals, the open nature of the terrain will probably make the vehicular sections a lot less fiddly as well, one to watch most certainly.
Then it's worth keeping an eye on. I'm not a fan of games that are a direct translation of a movie.
But it seems the cars have "global hitpoints"? There is a green bar that shows the current car health. Would like it more if it had been like in e.g. Interstate '76 back in the old days, with a damage model for wheel, engine, chassis front, left, right,... etc.
Hm. The Fallout series are not action games...sooo? Looking better is not difficult, but graphics don´´t make a good game experience. So we will have to see if that game is any good.
"A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, the man who never reads lives one."
It seems to be post apocalypse batman/shadows of mordor type game, but instead upgrading your gadgets or sword/wraith power you upgrade your car. So not necessary bad game, but absolutely different kind game than what Fallout 4 aims to be.
I really like what I've seen so far, but one thing I did not like was the convoy chase part, they were driving in circles. I hope thats just because thats a limitation of the demo and the maps in the final game will be large enough to support long point to point chases. I hate the idea of driving on invisible circuits.
Can we get a gyrocopter instead?
Oh, and I wonder if we have to drive these small cars or it is possible to upgrade to one of these huge trucks.


Poets Corner packs a punch!
MEMBERS of an Ashton community centre are delighted after a project they worked on for years has finally achieved some recognition.
People at Broadoak community centre who took pictures of the developing landscape of the canal in Stalybridge have been given a council grant to enable them to exhibit their work.
"The people at the community centre did approach a number of organisations with their work but nobody wanted to know. Now with this grant from the Economic Development Unit they can show everyone what talent they have and their work is really second to none. It just shows, talent is everywhere.
We want to put some culture back into Stalybridge. It's about time people with talent were able to show it"
The exhibition will run until 23 August at the People's Gallery on Melbourne Street in Stalybridge. The gallery is open 10.30am to 3pm weekdays.
Livewire musician and songwriter Darren Poyzer (grab his CD 'Passion and Conflict'...poyzer.com) blew me away with just two songs he wrote himself.
It was the passion,evident as he sang,emotion stretch on his face,as he strummed away (acoustic) as the sun slowly set.
Beverly Warner held the audience in the palm of her hand! It takes guts to stand up and be counted for Jesus Christ,and she sang her heart out in flawless metzo sporano,accompanied only by a CD,powered by a stereo run on batteries. I never knew the meaning of pride until I heard her sing,and her voice is beautiful.
David Borrell is an artist and poet. His poems are as powerful as the pictures he paints and his daughter Nancy individually revealed such strength and beauty,in what they had to say.He was witty,and laid back,with poignant 'punchy' poems. Nancy was outspoken and brilliant,and I detect a touch of the thespian in her presentation and delivery. Catch her while you can - in fact catch them both.
Gwenda Warrington moved us all when reading out poems by Walter de la Mare ( A horse called Dobbin),and William Wordsworth (I wandered Lonely as a Cloud),and Margaret Cooke was charmingly funny,and honest,with her pithy poetry and anecdotes. She is always an amazing lady,very down-to-Earth,and with a heart of Gold.
Local Artist John Kimpton,read a poem about a Liverpool Christmas (in a Liverpool accent),and one about "Blue Skies",which he wrote when he was 15.
Stuart Valentine was excellent,especially with his epic protest about the closure of the Palace Cinema in Stalybridge - "The Last Picture Show!" and "Shutdown". Stuart is an exceptionally talented individual,whose work merits publication,and I think we'll be hearing more of him. David Mellor was the first poet to be introduced,and he proved his mettle as a "seasoned performance poet" with a strong oral delivery. He included a poem written by fellow poet Kitty Warner "Words" (Kitty is currently on holiday).
Leon Rafnson is an American from Minnesota,whose voice booms with clarity and command. His "The Badger and the Hen" was a 'classic',it was charming,witty and eloquent,and captured our hearts.
Steven Ollerenshawe made an excellent compere,adding a sense of harmony throughout the manic energy of the evening.I want to thank John Kimpton for kindly purchasing a portable PA system,and all of my kind and encouraging colleagues at The People's Gallery,plus everyone who took part,to prove that Poet's Corner packs a punch!
The next gig will be on September 13,weather permitting,at Stalybridge Town Hall Gardens,at 7pm. Mid September sees a series of weekly gigs held at the Q pub in Stalybridge.For details telephone (0161) 338 8333.
A LEADING Tameside artist is unveiling a new exhibition and supporting a valuable community art scheme. Art fans can get a glimpse of the latest work from Lizzie Van Dottie when she launches her new exhibition at the People's Gallery in Stalybridge. The Ashton based artist said as well as showing off her latest work she is delighted to be able to support the Melbourne Street gallery - which focuses on local artists and community art schemes. Lizzie told the Advertiser that her exhibition portrays a variety of different topics, including her heroes from the '60s and a variety of paradoxical self portraits. And she added that the exhibition is being held as a tribute to a close friend who is currently battling with a serious blood disorder.
"I wanted to pay tribute to my friend and fellow artist David Vaughn who has been a great inspiration to me over the years. "He is currently in hospital at the moment because he is very poorly and I just want to wish him all the best," she said. Anyone interested in Lizzie's work can catch the exhibition until the end of the month.
HAPPY memories of Ashton market have been captured by a local artist. A man and his dog, a child throwing a temper tantrum and shoppers waiting for the bus are just some of the many daily scenes brought together in a book by Stalybridge artist John Kimpton. But after the tragic fire which devastated the town's indoor market, John has now joined forces with Ashton's marketing manager Peter Hawley to sell the remaining copies at £8 each and donate all profits to the Phoenix Fund "I shopped there regularly and enjoyed the bustle of life in and around the market," John said.
PLACE your bids for a very unusual painting!
AN ART extravaganza is set to raise vital cash to help Ashton's market traders -but we need readers' help. Artists John Kimpton and Henry .Buckett have teamed up to hold a massive art auction for the market hall Phoenix Fund. Artists across the borough are being urged to join the charity effort and donate a piece of their work. And Tamesiders are being given the chance to snap up the one-off paintings and help a good cause at the same time. Henry, who runs Henry's Art Studio, above Henry's Consoles on Melbourne Street, Stalybridge, said: "I ran a second-hand book stall and then a sweet stall in Stalybridge market for about five years until they closed it down because business was so bad. "
I managed to get through it but I know what it's like to struggle, so I thought it would be nice to do something for the Ashton traders. I would hate to see the market go." Around 80 artists have already promised paintings for the charity collection but Henry is appealing for many more. He said: "I would like to at least double that amount and hopefully raise thousands of pounds. This is an opportunity for unknown and professional artists to exhibit their work - it can be in any medium and on any theme - and also for people to pick up a unique piece of art. "
Many of them are of local scenes and we've also got a couple of the market hall." Ashton Town Hall will host the auction on Wednesday, 25 August, starting at 6.30pm. All paintings can be viewed at 'Henry's Art Studio' from 11-24 August and on the day at the town hall from 11am. An auctioneer is also needed to donate their time and expertise on the night. Anyone who can help should call Henry on 304 9284.
AN artist is helping people piece together images of Ashton's famous market hall. John Kimpton has designed a jigsaw puzzle featuring pictures of the Victorian hall and its shoppers. The 96-piece limited edition set, entitled 'When the Clock Stopped', will be sold to raise money for renovation of the Grade Two listed building which was destroyed by a fire four years ago. John, 45, who lives in Glossop, was a regular visitor to the market during his childhood and found it a rich source of subject material. Over the years he sketched the characters he saw there which were published in a book, The Art of The Community.
A series of his sketches - sponsored by the Advertiser - are also mounted on boards surrounding the old market. John was commissioned by markets manager Ian Kelly to do the jigsaw, now on sale at the market office for £14.99.
"I've been sketching around the market place for years, it's a really interesting place," said John. "The clock tower features on the jigsaw and there are various pictures of the people around the market. I've tried to make sure the pictures show people caring for each other These are people who are at the market, people who make up the community not figureheads or people in authority- the people who live there, who care about the area and each other"
ON READING J Clementi's letter concerning the Palace and the Metro cinemas, I see that he suggested a songwriter should write a song entitled "It's A Long Way To The Nearest Cinema."
I must point out that over the last two months I have written an epic poem entitled "Last Picture Show."
The poem is in eight parts and explores the history of the cinema since 1960 with special attention to the Palace in Stalybridge. Within this epic poem, the blandness of the multiplexes is highlighted.
I see that Mr Clementi expressed concern over the future of the Metro building and I have read that the amusement arcade will continue to trade there. I feel that the Metro should continue as a cinema through community involvement.
Some examples of community-owned cinemas exist in Middleton, Crosby and Stockport. In the meantime we should pot only push for the maintenance of the Metro as a cinema but also support the efforts of those wishing to restore and reopen the Theatre Royal.
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This is the main entrance to Winstar World Casino.
Abby and I just returned from a Christmas excursion to Winstar Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma. Abby's best friend Sharon had some free rooms, so she invited us to tag along. She hadn't been to Winstar for some years and it has grown by leaps recently, so she wanted to try it.
Winstar is noted as one of the largest casino floors in the world, and after visiting, I would believe it. We stayed at the hotel at one end of the casino, and on the first night of our visit, I walked the length of it, and it took me 30 minutes to the end and back. And as my fans know, I am a very fast walker.
Our room was on the twelfth floor, which afforded views of the countryside. Winstar is in Thackervile, Oklahoma, just one mile north of the Red River and the Texas border.
The casino itself is populated mostly with machine gambling, versus live games of chance like poker, roulette, or blackjack. There were a huge number of slot machines, but also other games like video poker and keno. Abby and Sharon played video poker almost exclusively. Their game is "Double Double Bonus" poker, which they claim pays out better.
Abby looked sweet and soft on Christmas morning, so I made this image of her in window light in our hotel room.
The Gran Via Buffet was excellent, with a large selection of hot, well-cooked, tasty foods of many cuisines.
The Matadors Pizza made me a nice veggie calzone, as well as a very nice slice of Alfredo Florentine pizza.
The Terrace View Café seemed understaffed, and took too long to serve us.
Since the Chickasaw Nation owns both Winstar and Bedré Chocolates, staff gave us chocolate samples every chance they got.
Since the gaming was mostly machine gambling, the clientele tended to be the "nickel slot" crowd: older, smokers (or vapers), physically unfit, unhappy. Looking in their eyes as I walked, I got a sense of despair.
The one time Abby played a slot machine called "Lucky Ducky," she got excited like a kid, clapping and cheering, "Come on, Ducky." It was pretty cute, and it worked, because she hit something big and immediately cashed out.
Center kiosks featured free soft drinks and coffee. I drank the coffee, which was pretty good. I though about buying a glass of wine or a beer, but like most bars and pubs, the cost per drink was quite high.
A bit to my surprise, on both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day the place was jam packed, with literally thousands of gamblers.
This is our hotel. The tower on the left, where we stayed, connects directly to the casino.
Sharon and Abby both felt disappointed by the rooms, which were nice, but didn't compare with their favorite casino, Quapaw, Oklahoma's Downstream.
Though I don't care for either, valet and bellhop services were available.
I spent more time walking and watching than gambling, and made a few photos while I was about, including a lovely image of my wife. Casinos say they don't permit photography on the gambling floor, which I believe is to keep patrons and investigators from discovering how they cheat. Still, I saw several people making phone selfies.
Although it wasn't an entirely positive experience, I'm glad I was able to spend the time with my wife. Sharon is a much more dedicated gamer, so Abby and I had plenty of alone time. It was nice.
This is the main entrance to Winstar World Casino at night. Compare it to the daytime image at the beginning of this post.
Abby looks gorgeous in that photo.
Ah, then we were probably within a couple hundred yards of you on the 24th, depending on when you arrived. We were heading south on I-35 and passed the casino at 10:55 a.m. (and stopped for 15 minutes at the Gainesville rest stop just across the border).
(1) as you noticed, they do permit selfies with phone cameras though. I've noticed this same dichotomy in many businesses.
(2) In March 2004, the Seminole Nation reopened their casino at 99 and I-40, and invited the newspaper (me) to cover the event, specifically mentioning photographing their new machines inside. When I arrived, the guards on site hadn't heard of this invitation and wanted me to get *only* the ribbon-cutting outside. I was pretty snotty about it and refused to cover the ribbon-cutting until they let me inside with the camera (where I got a pretty crappy photo), saying the only reason we'd come was the chance to go inside; they could have sent us the ribbon-cutting photo themselves.
Before we went to press, they called and begged us not to publish the interior photo, saying they'd given permission "by accident". I don't remember if we ran it or not.
And yes, that is a particularly well-done photo of Abby. I'm glad all of you had an enjoyable time.
That places exterior has always fascinated me with its around-the-world architecture. It would be cool if the interior of each section matched up.
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The University of Puthisastra (UP) is a private university in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. UP has more than a decade of experience in promoting excellence in health science and technology and aims to train and inspire the next generation of doctors, dentists, pharmacists, nurses, midwives, laboratory technicians, computer scientists and technology entrepreneurs. UP has a strong commitment to supporting education and research to improve health, social and economic outcomes, and to support educational and research capacity building in Cambodia. In 2021 UP became the first university in Cambodia to be listed in The Times Higher Education Global Impact Ranking Tables ranked in the Top 101-200 in the World for "Decent Work and Economic Growth" out of 685 institutions worldwide.
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Our client was riding his motorbike along a suburban road on which there were cars parked on both sides. As our client was riding, a car driver pulled out from the left directly into his path. As a result, our client had no choice other than to swerve right. The result was that he collided with a parked car and suffered a really serious shoulder injury.
The defendant and his insurers denied the claim and stated that the motorbike rider has simply lost control of his vehicle without any fault of the motorist.
Initially, our client instructed another firm of solicitors to handle his claim. The case reached a point where the defendant and his insurers offered a £10,000 payout.
Following the initial £10,000 offer, our client consulted us and we took over the case. We advised our client to reject the £10,000 offer, which we felt was nowhere near sufficient to compensate for the severity of injuries our client suffered.
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The Trump Administration Set a Record-Low Limit for Refugee Admissions. It Let In Half That Number.
A displaced Syrian woman holds a toddler in camp "Hope" in the Syrian village of Kafr Lusein in September. Omar Haj Kadour/Getty
A year ago, the Trump administration cut the United States' annual limit on refugee admissions to the lowest level on record. The 45,000-person cap for the 2018 fiscal year, which ended on Sunday, was less than half the 110,000-person limit set by the Obama administration in 2016.
The reality for refugees ended up being far worse. Government data show that the United States ended up letting in only 22,491 refugees in the last fiscal year, just under half the cap. The country has admitted more refugees in every year since at least 1980, when the modern refugee program began. The sharp cutback comes as the number of people across the world who have been forced from their homes reached a record high of 68.5 million last year, according to the United Nations.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced last month that refugee cap for this fiscal year will be 30,000, another record low. As with last year, there is no guarantee that the Trump administration will reach the cap.
The numbers were not a surprise. State Department data on refugee admissions are updated in real time, and it has been clear for months that the Trump administration would fall far short of reaching the cap. In October, the Trump administration effectively banned refugees from 11 countries, most of them with Muslim majorities, for 90 days. Melanie Nezer, a senior vice president at HIAS, a Jewish group that helps resettle refugees, told Mother Jones at the time that the new restrictions meant that the United States was "highly unlikely" to reach the 45,000-person cap.
The drop in refugee admissions from majority-Muslim countries has been particularly severe. In the 2016 fiscal year, for example, the United States allowed in 12,587 Syrian refugees. That fell to 62 in the last fiscal year. The Trump administration has also been far less likely to let in Iraqi refugees with ties to the United States, such as those who served as military interpreters.
Final numbers just provided to me by @statedept show that 51 Iraqi refugees with US affiliations (e.g. former military interpreters) were allowed into US in FY 2018.
FY 2017: 3051FY2016: 5129FY 2015: 7122
— Yeganeh Torbati (@yjtorbati) October 1, 2018
Reuters reported last month on the wide range of steps that the Trump administration has quietly taken to slow down refugee admissions:
The administration has instituted opaque and complicated new security vetting procedures that have bogged down admissions and eliminated many candidates for resettlement who would previously have been accepted, many of the officials said. It has extended the strictest kind of vetting to women as well as men from 11 countries, mostly in the Middle East and Africa. And it has reduced by nearly two-thirds the number of officials conducting refugee interviews, reassigning about 100 of 155 interviewers to handle asylum screenings for people already in the country, including those who crossed the border illegally…
One primary source of the long delays, five current or former officials told Reuters, is the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which shares responsibility with other intelligence agencies for Security Advisory Opinions, the extra background checks now required of most refugees from the 11 countries.
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Butler County Middle School
505 Ward Ave
Morgantown, KY 42261
www.butlerschools.net
Butler County Middle School serves 469 students in grades 6-9.
Butler County Middle School placed in the bottom 50% of all schools in Kentucky for overall test scores (math proficiency is bottom 50%, and reading proficiency is top 50%) for the 2018-19 school year.
The percentage of students achieving proficiency in math is 43% (which is lower than the Kentucky state average of 46%) for the 2018-19 school year. The percentage of students achieving proficiency in reading/language arts is 55% (which is lower than the Kentucky state average of 56%) for the 2018-19 school year.
The student:teacher ratio of 17:1 is higher than the Kentucky state level of 16:1.
Minority enrollment is 11% of the student body (majority Hispanic), which is lower than the Kentucky state average of 23% (majority Black and Hispanic).
Butler County Middle School's student population of 469 students has stayed relatively flat over five school years.
Butler County Middle School is ranked within the bottom 50% of all 1,263 schools in Kentucky (based off of combined math and reading proficiency testing data) for the 2018-19 school year.
The diversity score of Butler County Middle School is 0.20, which is less than the diversity score at state average of 0.40. The school's diversity has stayed relatively flat over five school years.
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Butler County School District
Source: 2017-2018 (latest school year available) NCES, KY Dept. of Education
The nearest high school and middle school to Butler County Middle School is Butler County Learning Center (1.3 miles away)
The nearest elementary school is Morgantown Elementary School (0.1 miles away)
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Grades: PK-5 | 654 students 0.1 miles 210 Cemetery Street
Butler Co. Area Technology Center
1.3 miles 179 Academic Way, Suite 400
Butler County Learning Center
Math: <50% | Reading: <50%
Grades: 6-12 | 16 students 1.3 miles 178 Academic Way, Suite 200
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Grades: 9-12 | 639 students 1.4 miles 1852 S. Main Street
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Dawson, Georgia
The R.E. McDowell & Co. Farming Implements brick wall was in such sad shape that the artist took the easy way of doing his mural on seven panels which were attached to the wall.
Notice all the rubble on the ground. I had no idea where it came from.
Also R.E. McDowell & Company had long since moved on to greener pastures.
For more murals check out Oakland Daily Photo Monday Mural
Posted by John @ Beans and I on the Loose at 8:12 PM
TexWisGirl June 30, 2013 at 8:16 PM
easy way to clean up the look of a building, i suppose!
Oakland Daily Photo June 30, 2013 at 9:21 PM
Oh dear, if the rubble was part of the wall, the mural won't last long. I like the way the modes of transportation represent different eras. Makes me wonder what the historic downtown looks like. Thanks for contributing to this week's Monday Mural.
Carole M. June 30, 2013 at 9:51 PM
the mural has stood the test of time since its owners have moved on
Nice mural. I wonder how old it is. It's only when you look closely that you can see the panels of the mural.
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biebkriebels July 1, 2013 at 2:33 AM
A cryptic greeting from Honolulu above me...
But the mural is very nice, I hadn't noticed the rubbish in front when you hadn't mentioned it ha,ha.Had to laugh about your text about the green pastures!
s.c July 1, 2013 at 3:34 AM
But historic downtown Dawson still exist or is it in the same state as the wall.
Shaun July 1, 2013 at 3:53 AM
I like the rubble at the bottom it sort of says. From something old comes something new. Really nice.
MarkD60 July 1, 2013 at 6:10 AM
It looks like a window...
Small City Scenes July 1, 2013 at 6:27 AM
I like murals like this--reflecting other times. MB
RedPat July 1, 2013 at 10:32 AM
Hopefully that rubble has been dumped from somewhere else!
Marleen July 1, 2013 at 11:51 AM
Carletta July 1, 2013 at 1:25 PM
I look for and take photos of the old 'ghost' signs on a building so I like the writing that can still be seen.
If the brick is in such bad condition painting on the panels was a good idea in that if the building were to be raised the mural could be saved. At least I think looking at the lower left of the mural it appears to stand out from the wall?
Wonderful find!
theconstantwalker July 1, 2013 at 2:11 PM
Great to see John... many thanks for sharing.
Randy July 1, 2013 at 2:22 PM
That's a nice one!
EG CameraGirl July 1, 2013 at 3:30 PM
It's well done even if it isn't painted right on the bricks.
Lea July 1, 2013 at 6:34 PM
It's like a parade for some kind of festival!
Lea's Menagerie
Felicia July 1, 2013 at 7:47 PM
great paint job.
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2012-13: Michael McNiven played for the Halton Hurricanes minor midget AAA team in Ontario. He had a 1.48 goals against in 22 games. McNiven was selected by the Owen Sound Attack in the fourth round (66th overall) in the 2013 OHL Priority Draft.
2013-14: McNiven played junior A hockey with the Georgetown Raiders in the Ontario Junior Hockey League. He was 21-10-0 with five shutouts and had a 2.60 goals against and .916 save percentage in 35 regular season games. The Raiders finished second to Buffalo in the West Division and reached the playoff semifinals against the Toronto Lakeshore Patriots. McNiven had a 2.70 goals against and .908 save percentage in 13 playoff games.
2014-15: McNiven appeared in 24 regular season games as a backup to 19-year-old Jack Flinn in his first season with the OHL's Owen Sound Attack. He was 15-8-0 with two shutouts and had a 2.79 goals against and .914 save percentage. The Attack finished fourth in the Midwest Division, falling to Guelph in a first-round playoff series. McNiven was ranked 21st amongst North American goaltenders in the Central Scouting rankings but was not selected in the 2015 NHL Draft.
2015-16: McNiven attended training camp with the Montreal Canadiens as an undrafted free agent and was signed to a three-year entry-level contract by Montreal before returning to Owen Sound for his second OHL season. Taking over as the starter in goal for the Attack, he was 21-18-10 with three shutouts in 53 regular season games and had a 2.94 goals against and .902 save percentage. Owen Sound finished fourth in the Midwest Division, falling to London in a first-round playoff series. McNiven was 2-4 with one shutout and had a 3.67 goals against and .875 save percentage in six playoff games.
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McNiven has the prototypical size of an NHL goaltender and uses his size to advantage. He moves well in the crease — making powerful but controlled movements. He has an active glove and plays an aggressive game when the puck is in close to the net.
McNiven emerged as the starting goalie for the OHL's Owen Sound Attack in 2015-16 in his second season with the club. Signed to an entry-level contract after attending Montreal's 2015 training camp as an undrafted free agent, McNiven is a long-range prospect who will have time to continue developing at the major junior level before challenging for a spot in the organization.
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Photo: Daniel Carr was a surprise contributor with the Montreal Canadiens this season. The undrafted free agent appeared in 23 games with the big club, scoring six goals and adding three assists. (courtesy Steve Babineau/NHLI via Getty Images)
There isn't one guy who really stands out among the Montreal Canadiens prospects. General Manager Marc Bergevin hasn't hit one out of the park so to speak just yet, although that could be coming with the ninth pick in June's NHL Draft. But if we are going with the baseball analogy, he has hit a lot of singles and doubles. Read more»
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Troy Grosenick and Michael McNiven lead the way with a pair of must-see saves. A pair of Finns showcase their skills, while the Czech Republic hopes David Pastrnak joins them in time for the World Junior Championship. Finally, the Pittsburgh Penguins put their spin on a holiday cult classic in this must-see edition of Prospect Impressions. Read more»
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The company assumed a $47.9 million loan to develop The Cameron, a 349-unit luxury community in Tempe.
StreetLights Residential has broken ground on its first luxury multifamily community in Tempe and third project in Arizona. Dubbed The Cameron, the 349-unit property will feature landscape designs by Linda Tycher & Associates, interior designs by 5G Studio and overall architectural direction by WDG Architecture. According to Yardi Matrix, StreetLights assumed a $47.9 million construction loan for The Cameron, held by Zions Bank.
The community will have four stories and comprise studios, one-, two- and three-bedroom units, ranging in size from 504 to 1,660 square feet. Interiors will feature natural stone, metals and warm wood designs, with granite and quartz countertops, custom cabinetry, stainless steel appliances and a surround sound system. Common-area amenities will include a resident bar, private dining space, a fitness center, yoga lawn, creative space, a swimming pool and bocce ball courts.
StreetLights Residential's newest luxury community will be situated at 2092 E. Rio Salado Parkway. Adjacent to the property is Tempe Marketplace, a large strip mall featuring multiple shopping and dining destinations. The Cameron is on the southern bank of Salt River and minutes away from Arizona State University, Tempe Campus. Major thoroughfares nearby include Loop 101 and 202, which provide access around the Phoenix metro.
"The Cameron speaks to StreetLights' core design philosophy—it is built for longevity and will be a place that is endearing to the community based on its architecture, planning, and landscape design. We are excited to see our vision come to life—a new community that yields a modern, comfortable lifestyle with a full suite of amenities—set in booming and highly desired north Tempe," said Doug Chesnut, StreetLights CEO, in a prepared statement.