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Facebook says iOS 14's new privacy tools could harm its ad business
By Shubham Agarwal	 July 30, 2020
Apple has made it even more difficult for developers to mine your data on iOS 14. One of the new additions prevents advertisers from covertly tracking you across nearly all apps and websites, and Facebook, for one, is not looking forward to it.
On Facebook's second-quarter follow-up earnings call, David Wehner, the company's chief financial officer, called the forthcoming update a "headwind" and said it will "make it harder for app developers and others to grow using ads on Facebook and, really, outside of Apple, to some extent."
More importantly, Wehner hinted that iOS 14 could potentially hurt its ad business, the social network's primary source of revenue, in the fourth quarter of 2020, which is when Apple is expected to broadly roll out the update.
"I think we've seen these online platforms like Facebook and targeted ads have really been a great help to help small businesses during a time when that lifeline online is so important, and we are concerned that aggressive platform policy changes will cut at that lifeline at a time when businesses really need it to grow," he said.
The particular feature in question is iOS 14's new ad tracking consent option. iPhone developers will soon have to explicitly ask users before they can track them across apps or websites they don't own.
Each device has a unique ID that advertisers employ to collate the personal data they've collected on you from thousands of services, and then use that data to identify you. This enables them to show you ads that specifically cater to your interests — irrespective of which app or website you're on. iOS 14 doesn't put an end to this practice, but it makes it mandatory for developers to offer an opt-in switch.
Facebook isn't alone, however. A group of several European advertisers has expressed similar concerns, and argued that the new pop-up warning carries "a high risk of user refusal."
Since its beta release, iOS 14 has already unmasked how many developers such as TikTok were secretly reading everything iPhone users copied on their phones. The practice has also reportedly landed LinkedIn in a lawsuit by a New York-based iPhone user who alleged that the Microsoft-owned company reads the clipboard information without consent.
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In the movie, Ripley has a number of agonizing moments waiting for the Elevator to arrive. It only seems fair to give your Marines the same opportunity for anxiety.
Assume that the Elevator squares on the Map represent two Elevators, each of which holds up to 8 Marines. When the Marines arrive at the Elevator, there is a delay of 0 to 9 Turns for each Elevator to arrive. This means that the Marines have to allow a little extra time as they race to safety, and that they might have to risk leaving part of their unit behind. The Players should be able to choose whether they will leave in the Drop Ship or wait for teammates whose Elevator is running slow.
Of course, it is possible to send someone on ahead to hit the button, or even to leave a team behind to keep the Elevator in place. The down side is that these groups might well be attacked by any number of Waves of Aliens.


Outwith our regular Sunday teaching, worship and fellowship programmes, we also have a number of midweek gatherings.
Meeting together is vitally important to family life and we have a number of ministries that run during the week. We meet as a church for our prayer meeting, a men and women separately and as smaller home groups.


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Renminbi at a crossroads?
15th Dec 2016 by CTMfile
China's currency has lost almost 6 per cent of its value against the US dollar since the beginning of 2016, arousing fears of further depreciation. Much has been said and done about the renminbi, with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) last year giving the currency a vote of confidence with its inclusion in its basket of reserved assets, the Special Drawing Rights (SDR), effective from October this year. But since the beginning of the year, capital has been moving offshore and recently China's State Administration of Foreign Exchange (Safe) has made several moves to shore up the currency and control outflows by announcing that capital account transactions exceeding $5 million from corporate bank accounts must be reported to Safe, as reported in The Corporate Treasurer.
These capital controls are the Chinese government's way of stemming the outflows, which have amounted to $530bn in the first nine months of 2016. The boom of investment and capital inflows into China, encouraged by the yuan's appreciation over the past decade, is now over.
Capital exodus
The Financial Times wrote yesterday – Managing the inevitable decline of the renminbi – that concerns over "slowing growth, a mountain of corporate debt, recurring asset price bubbles and President Xi Jinping's anti-corruption drive" are fuelling a capital exodus from mainland China. The newspaper adds that the result is "a grinding depreciation, giving companies and individuals yet more reason to pull money out."
The FT goes on to speculate that one measure the Chinese government could take would be to allow a one-off devaluation of the yuan, which could stem outflows as investors would no longer expect any further fall. It could also remove the managed floating rate, which sees the Chinese currency valued according to a narrow range, related to a basket of currencies – and this would have much the same effect as a one-off devaluation. Douglas Bulloch, writing for Forbes, explains why the yuan's depreciation in recent years is causing such a problem for the Chinese government and for foreign investors (Why China's Falling Exchange Rate Undermines Their Reserve Currency Ambitions).
Corporate treasurers will be keenly following these developments and assessing how to manage their own exposures with regards to the yuan and any operations in or with China.
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The BAH musical journey is coming to the Hotel Los Pescadores. Patti and her staff will host the 2018 Baja Blues Against Hunger on February 6, 2019 • show starts at 6:00 PM. Party with Sweet Sixx & The Wild Pack with their special guest Miguel Kosa and all the incredible local blues musicians. EVERYONE is WELCOME to jam, dance and have a swing good time. PLEASE bring a non-perishable food donation to help the people of Los Barriles. All food donation goes to help those in need - music, and meals can heal. All Blues JAMMERS are welcome! Please sign up to play & FANS reserve your seats to party! We will arrive on 4-February, so come by and say hi!
Hotel Los Pescadores is a very special boutique Hotel and bar/restaurant, located just 2 clicks north of downtown Los Barriles. This is a unique, beautiful and relaxing location on the East Cape; approximately two hours north of Cabo San Lucas and one hour north of the Los Cabos International Airport. Hotel Los Pescadores is situated in an ideal setting to truly enjoy the Baja experience and one heck of a great jam venue.
Join us for a cold one and a special night with guests musicians and jammers playing the BLUES with the host band "Sweet Sixx and The Wild Pack" to raise food for the community. Please bring a non-perishable food donation to help those in need and be ready for a rockin' good time. Music and meals can heal.


Roncegno rises in the Valsugana valley, at the foot of the Lagorai range. Renowned spa resort, it is a favourite destination for those who are looking for a holiday of relaxation, wellness and health thanks to the beneficial effects of its waters, rich in arsenic and iron, ideal to regenerate body and mind and to relieve stress. The mild climate, the beauties of nature surrounding it and the wonderful panoramic position make this resort even more attractive to the eyes of the tourist, that here can not only enjoy the beneficial effects of the thermal waters, but also practice outdoor sport activities and discover the charm of the surroundings.
Trekking lovers can walk among the characteristic rural buildings called masi, explore the chestnut forests or choose more challenging, but also very enchanting, routes among the wild uncontaminated nature of the Lagorai range. There is no lack of orienteering and mountain bike trails, like the cycle path along the Brenta stream, and just out of the town you find a tennis center and a golf course near a charming biotope. Only 15 km from Roncegno there is Arte Sella, international biennial exhibition of contemporary art where the artists exhibit their works outdoors, while the ski center Panarotta 2000 and the Caldonazzo Lake ensure an exciting active holiday to all the winter sports and water sports lovers.
If the natural landscape surrounding Roncegno doesn't lack in charm, the town center too has a lot to offer to its visitors. In the past the renowned and elegant Palace Hotel spa hosted famous names of the Central European aristocracy. Destroyed during the First World War, it was rebuilt in Liberty style and today it is surrounded by a large and wonderful park. The Church of the Saints Peter and Paul holds a precious altar piece by Francesco Guardi, while in the hamlet of Marter definitely worth a visit is the Casa degli Spaventapasseri, an exhibition of pictures and more than sixty scarecrows collected by Flavio Paganello during his journeys around the Province of Trentino. In Marter there is also the Tor Tonda, medieval fortress built to guard the ancient road along the Brenta stream.


Human research using a CBD supplement further corroborates the potential benefits of modulating the endocannabinoid system in IBD/IBS. In a 10-week study of patients with ulcerative colitis given a CBD-rich botanical extract, the primary endpoint of percentage of patients in remission after treatment was similar between the placebo and CBD group.42 However, subjective physician's global assessment of illness severity, subject global impression of change, and patient-reported quality-of-life outcomes were improved in the CBD group. Additionally, the placebo group experienced more gastrointestinal-associated adverse effects. Furthermore, in human colonic cultures derived from ulcerative colitis patients, CBD suppressed enteric reactive gliosis and reduced inflammation, thus inhibiting intestinal damage.25 The researchers concluded, "Our results therefore indicate that CBD indeed unravels a new therapeutic strategy to treat inflammatory bowel diseases." Clearly, as another group of researchers stated, the endocannabinoid system "in the gut is a potential therapeutic target for IBS and other functional bowel disorders."


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Weinberg Violin Sonata no. 1
performed by Linus Roth and Jose Gallardo, or below by Yuri Kalnits, violin and Michael Csányi-Wills, piano
(cover image by Thomas Cigolla)
I used to record a podcast.
And one of the people on my radar I'd intended to interview before I didn't have time to continue it was Linus Roth. He's recorded all of Weinberg's violin music, the sonatas for violin with piano, the solo sonatas, along with concertos, etc., on Challenge Records, and I was interested to talk to him about his experience and insight with the works. Weinberg wrote six sonatas for violin and piano, three for violin solo, as well as a sonata for two violins, a sonatina, concertino and concerto, and some other works.
Today we begin with his earliest published work for the violin as solo instrument. He wrote 'Three Pieces for violin and piano' in 1934, but the work doesn't carry an opus number. Today's sonata was written in 1943, while the composer was still in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. Jump back to the article from last weekend on the string quartet for how the composer ended up there, but he was leaving his home and eventually ended up in Moscow.
From the first notes, it's one of those things that grips me a little bit, instantly gets my attention. The violin's very first utterance is haunting, melancholy, passionate, sincere… It first speaks in unison with the piano. Things get a little chaotic here and there, but also come to a standstill in either long pauses or quiet, static passages. This sonata-form first movement approaches the maniacal but never quite reaches it. David Fanning at Gramophone says that this and the second sonata present a composer who is "gradually taking command of the duo sonata genre, with some help from Schubert and Prokofiev," and we can hear both of those influences, as disparate as they may seem. While the composer may not plumb the depths he seems to have promised us, it's certainly a compelling first movement, and ends subtly but powerfully.
The second movement couldn't begin any differently. Now you hear Schubert more than Prokofiev, right? But let's not continue to talk about Weinberg solely in terms of other composers. It is lyrical, beautiful, and almost purely carefree until we reach the middle portion of this ternary-form movement, and even then, it's more plaintive than violent. Only the faintest remnants of the first movement are found in this tender central movement. Its ending, too, is so different from the terse final gesture of the first movement.
Finally, then, the finale. One would almost expect, like the string quartet, that after the juxtaposition of the two earlier movements, that we'd have a fireworks-spectacle of white-hot intensity for the finale, but it begins rather idyllically. There's almost a sense that we're heading toward a fugue of some kind. There's at least some very pleasant contrapuntal movement here, and it's actually pretty sunny. This is the longest of the three movements, and while, yes, again, we're hearing what we now associate with the rawness of Soviet composers, this work isn't just that. There's a crystalline clarity, light humor, and undeniable craft to the sound of this movement (and the work overall) that perhaps hints more at Prokofiev than the composer's friend Shostakovich, but Shostakovich only wrote one sonata for the violin, and it's a dark work.
While the finale also looks towards the rawness of later works from more noted composers, it is actually overall relatively bright. The finale is much more lively than the other two movements, but overall the most powerful moment of this work 22-ish minute work is when that opening phrase from the first movement returns in the finale, out of nowhere, in the way you suddenly remember a dream you had hours after you left your bed. It's quiet, subdued, but extremely powerful, and at a stroke casts a shadow over the optimism of this entire work, ending with a question mark rather than a period, as if perhaps the composer was already aware of the tragedies and sorrows that would soon come.
But even despite that, it is an early work. It's very engaging, vivid, memorable, even, but I'm not surprised we don't see it on recital programs across the planet. In the program notes for the Challenge records release, Jens F. Laurson says that "what [the work] suffers from inexperience it makes up with its relaxed, lyrical ways."
James Manheim calls the first sonata "an imperfect early work, with repetitive passages," but also credits Weinberg in saying that the work "has what you might call a typical Shostakovich structure of feeling before Shostakovich himself came up with such a thing." I appreciate the credit that that statement gives to Weinberg, who as we can see is clearly on the precipice of absolute greatness. I'm eager to get to the rest of the violin works.
But we'll do a cello work on Thursday, in keeping with the pattern we've set the past four or five weeks. Stay tuned for that, and see you then! Thank you for reading.
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Jay Graham, a former player and assistant for Keyport, has been hired as the Red Raiders' next head football coach, the school announced in a press release on Friday.
Graham succeeds John Paczkowski, who resigned earlier this month for personal reasons after two years as head coach.
Paczkowski went 9-12 in two seasons, going 6-5 last season and leading the Red Raiders to the semifinals of the Central Jersey Group I playoffs.
Graham was the head coach at Holmdel in 2014 and an assistant at Lakewood last season. He was previously Keyport's defensive coordinator and associate head coach under hall of fame coach Mike Ciccotelli for 12 seasons.
Ciccotelli was proud to see one of his former players take over the program.
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Q: Creating multiple new columns conditional on values of previous columns with modified names in R I have a dataframe that looks like the following, but with more columns and rows.
dog_c  cat_c  cheese_c  hat_c
3      4      3         2
3      1      2         5
5      2      1         4

I would like to create a dataframe that looks like the following. I want to square all the values in a given column from the original dataframe and then create a column name that's the same as the original but with a 2 on the end. I would then like to attach it to the original dataframe.
dog_c  cat_c  cheese_c  hat_c  dog_c2  cat_c2  cheese_c2  hat_c2
3      4      3         2      9       16      9          4
3      1      2         5      9       1       2          5
5      2      1         4      25      4       1          16

I know I could do this in the following way for each new column.
df$dog_c2 <- (df$dog_c)^2

Does anyone have suggestions for how I can do this more efficiently?

A: You could do the same directly for dataframe as well :
df[paste0(names(df), 2)] <- df^2
df

#  dog_c cat_c cheese_c hat_c dog_c2 cat_c2 cheese_c2 hat_c2
#1     3     4        3     2      9     16         9      4
#2     3     1        2     5      9      1         4     25
#3     5     2        1     4     25      4         1     16

If you want to do this in dplyr, you can use mutate_all
library(dplyr)
df %>% mutate_all(list(`2` = ~. ^2))

If we want to do this only for selected columns, we can do :
cols <- c('dog_c','cat_c') #Use regex if there are lot of columns.
df[paste0(cols, 2)] <- df[cols]^2

#  dog_c cat_c cheese_c hat_c dog_c2 cat_c2
#1     3     4        3     2      9     16
#2     3     1        2     5      9      1
#3     5     2        1     4     25      4

Or use mutate_at with dplyr
df %>% mutate_at(cols, list(`2` = ~.^2))

data
df <- structure(list(dog_c = c(3L, 3L, 5L), cat_c = c(4L, 1L, 2L),
cheese_c = 3:1, hat_c = c(2L, 5L, 4L)), class = "data.frame",
row.names = c(NA, -3L))

A: We can use mutate with across in the devel version of dplyr
library(dplyr)
df1 %>%
    mutate(across(everything(), list(~ .x^2), names = "{col}2"))
#  dog_c cat_c cheese_c hat_c dog_c2 cat_c2 cheese_c2 hat_c2
#1     3     4        3     2      9     16         9      4
#2     3     1        2     5      9      1         4     25
#3     5     2        1     4     25      4         1     16

Or for selected columns
nm1 <- c('dog_c','cat_c')
df1 %>%
    mutate(across(all_of(nm1), list(~ .x^2), names = "{col}2"))
#   dog_c cat_c cheese_c hat_c dog_c2 cat_c2
#1     3     4        3     2      9     16
#2     3     1        2     5      9      1
#3     5     2        1     4     25      4

Or with data.table
library(data.table)
setDT(df1)[, paste0(nm1, 2) := .SD^2, .SDcols = nm1]

data
df1 <- structure(list(dog_c = c(3L, 3L, 5L), cat_c = c(4L, 1L, 2L),
cheese_c = 3:1, hat_c = c(2L, 5L, 4L)), class = "data.frame",
row.names = c(NA, -3L))

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The expert speaker for January is Sandi Vasoli, author of "Je Anne Boleyn". Sandi speaks of her visit to the Vatican Archives to see the original letters which Henry VIII wrote to Anne Boleyn while they were courting.
This talk goes into her visit, the experience of actually holding the letters, and what she could tell about Henry's state of mind by the way the letters were written. It's a fascinating talk!
An article about the tradition of taking down Christmas decorations at Candlemas.
Historian, author and TV presenter Lucy Worsley has published her schedule of talks for 2015 on her website - see www.lucyworsley.com/talks/.
One which will be of interest to Tudor history lovers is the one on 23 March 2015 when she will be "talking, with others, in the Great Hall at Hampton Court about our BBC Two documentary about the christening of Edward VI." Keep an eye on her website for further details.
Information on Tudor-themed TV programmes coming to your TV in January 2015.
An article about the feast day of Epiphany and how it was celebrated in Tudor times.
On this day in history events for 5 January to 11 January.
A quiz on the dastardly doings of the Tudor era.
Claire discusses the New Year gift rolls of the Tudor monarchs.
New Year Magazine with a huge 70 pages of Tudor madness!
On this day in history events for 29 December to 4 January.
A quiz on executions and torture.
A short Christmas message from Claire Ridgway and family, including some footage of the Belen scene at Macael in Spain.
On this day in history events for 22-28 December.
Here's the fifth episode of the BBC documentary "Secrets of the Castle".
A video looking at Christmas traditions in the Tudor era and today.
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Here's the transcript/screen capture from the live chat with Linda Porter last night. There's lots to read on this transcript and we had a fantastic time, Our thanks goes to Linda Porter for her expert talk and the time she spent in the chatroom.
Details about the live chat on 15 December 2014.
On this day in history events for 15-21 December.
A fun quiz on Sir Walter Ralegh.
Here's the fourth episode of the BBC documentary "Secrets of the Castle". Enjoy!
A video on sources for finding out more about Tudor life.
Sources for finding out more about life in Tudor times.
On this day in history events for 8-14 December.
A fun quiz on Richard III.
Claire talks about the Richard III DNA findings.
Episode 3 of Secrets of the Castle.
Reviewers needed for a fantastic new Wars of the Roses fiction novel – "The Claimant".
Our December talk is by Linda Porter, author of "Crown of Thistles: The Fatal Inheritance of Mary, Queen of Scots". In this talk, Linda looks at the lives of three queens of England – Katherine Parr, Mary I and Mary, Queen of Scots.
The live chat will be on Monday 15th December at 7:30pm UK Time (That's 2:30pm Eastern time/11:30am Pacific time/8:30pm Central European Time).


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Ball tampering crisis: Steve Smith's father stands by son amid controversy
By Sacha Mirzabegian
The father of embattled Australia cricket captain Steve Smith has said he is standing by his son but has also admitted to tuning out to the scandal because it is too painful to bear.
Smith, vice-captain David Warner and opening batsman Cameron Bancroft have all been sent home from the tour of South Africa after a Cricket Australia investigation found that they were the only players who knew of a plan to tamper with the ball in the third Test.
The trio are expected to face significant sanctions with CA expected to finalise its findings on the matter on Thursday.
"I'm deliberately not reading about it or watching it on TV, as I don't want to know," Smith's father, Peter, told The Daily Telegraph.
Smith with his fiance and his father Peter and his book launch. (Instagram)
"Steve knows we're supporting him, he's our son, we're there for him no matter what.
"It's a very difficult time for the family, for all of us, not just Steve.
"We're speaking to him on the phone every day. He's been calling us."
(AAP)
Australian cricket captain Steve Smith departs from Cape Town International airport. (AAP)
Mr Smith coached the Australian captain until his mid-teens and it was clear the skipper showed enough potential to play senior state cricket. Even though Smith was coached by professionals from that point on, Smith snr has stayed involved, albeit in the background.
Smith, who has said that the 'leadership group' hatched a plan to use sticky tape on the ball against the Proteas in the third Test, has not spoken since then despite being hounded by media packs at Cape Town and Johannesburg.
Warner leaving Cape Town International airport. (AAP)
Stand-in skipper Tim Paine has already said that Smith is 'struggling' as the enormity of what he's done starts to sink in, and Cricket Australia boss James Sutherland confirmed the skipper was still in a bad place at a press conference to
"He's distraught," Sutherland said. "Very upset.
Despite Darren Lehmann being cleared of having any knowledge of the ball tampering crisis, it's believed Cricket Australia is looking to implement a succession plan with former Test opener Justin Langer firmly in the picture.
Dropped Test opener Matt Renshaw has been recalled to the side and is on his way to South Africa to play in the fourth Test at the Wanderers.
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A stage actor and producer, William along with Sessue Hayakawa founded the Haywoth Film Company. He also organized and served as president of the Multicolor Film Company. Worthington and actor Herbert Rowlinson appeared in the 1915 film "Damon and Pythias" which was the first film completed on the new Universal Pictures lot.


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By Reginald Stanley. Posted August 2, 2014, 3:45 PM.
Thunderstorms, courtesy of a slow-moving upper High Pressure system, is bringing scattered rainfall to the region Saturday. This is forecast to continue into Sunday.
Thundershowers moved west of the mountains Saturday morning, with rain in the Inland Empire first being reported just before noon. Precipitation totals, as of Saturday afternoon, have ranged between nothing and 1/3 of an inch. French Valley currently leads the WeatherCurrents stations in rain totals, with 0.30" recorded so far. In southeast Wildomar, Reginald Stanley recorded 1.05" .
Station outages occurred in Anza and French Valley around mid-day Saturday, most likely due to thunderstorm activity.


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import scala.tools.nsc.interpreter

import _root_.jline.console.completer.ArgumentCompleter.{ ArgumentDelimiter, ArgumentList }

// implements a jline interface
class JLineDelimiter extends ArgumentDelimiter {
  def toJLine(args: List[String], cursor: Int): ArgumentList = args match {
    case Nil => new ArgumentList(new Array[String](0), 0, 0, cursor)
    case xs => new ArgumentList(xs.toArray, xs.size - 1, xs.last.length, cursor)
  }

  def delimit(buffer: CharSequence, cursor: Int) = {
    val p = interpreter.Parsed(buffer.toString, cursor)
    toJLine(p.args, cursor)
  }

  def isDelimiter(buffer: CharSequence, cursor: Int) = interpreter.Parsed(buffer.toString, cursor).isDelimiter
}

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7 Best Things to Do in Freiburg Germany For a Fun Trip
Located on the edge of the Black Forest, Freiburg is surrounded by Vineyards in Baden-Württemberg area. This Medieval university city is one of Germany's most livable cities. The green movement was born here in the 1970s. One of the most sustainable cities in the world, Freiburg is currently a stronghold for the Green party. You can access the cable-car from the south of the city to the top of Schauinsland mountain. The city of Freiburg is also a starting point for the Black Forest. We have listed some of the top things to do in Frieburg.
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1. Freiburg Minster
This Gothic marvel is surely one of the first things you will have to see after you reach Freiburg. You will be amazed by architecture that you will want to view this spectacular tower from every possible angle. This building was started in the 13th century as a Romanesque church and it took around 300 years to complete. The Swiss historian, Jacob Burckhardt in 1860s said that the tower which stands at 116-meters is the most beautiful in the world, and many will agree to it as the years come by. The tower is hollow and it heavily ornamented. This was the highest tower in the world for the first three years post-completion. On the front face is a breathtaking 418 stone figured sculpted at the end of the 1200s. After you enter, you will see Hans Baldung Grien's altarpiece from the Renaissance period. There is also a flight of stairs to reach the viewing platform at 70 meters.
2. Münsterplatz
Around the minister is a pedestrian path that is made up of cobblestone and enclosed by historic monuments. You will also find the daily market set up in this space on all days except Sundays. The bombs of 1944 almost destroyed the square. The path along with the minister and the Wentzingerhaus building at the southern part of the square was able to come through intact. Built around 1760 by architect, painter and sculptor Johann Christian Wentzinge, this Baroque mansion is now a small museum that talks about the city. You will find more than 150 stalls in the market selling things ranging from regional produce to handicrafts and even exotic spices. You will also find lines of snack bars that sell freshly book food, an example is the Freiburg style wurst in a toasted bun.
3. Historical Merchants' Hall
This majestic Renaissance building can be found in the southern part of Münsterplatz. This is constructed as a market storehouse. You will find the hall with its front painted in red and the windows having glazed patterned tiles. The building can be traced back to the beginning of the 1530s. The four statues represent three Holy Roman Emperors and one Prince – Maximilian I, Charles V and Ferdinand I, as well as Philip I of Castile, son of Maximilian I. You will also find under the window the coats of arm of the five dominions which are under the control of the House of Habsburg. These coat of arms and the five statues were created by Hans Sixt von Staufen, the Renaissance artist
4. Freiburg Bächle
You will find these little waterways in many grooves across various streets in the Old Town. Called the Bächle, the source is the Dreisam river. The earliest recordings of Bächle states that it was used initially to fight fires, provide travelling traders with water and sometimes open sewers as well. Out of the total stretch of 15 kilometres, around 6 kilometres of Bächle is underground. These tiny streams of water help to keep things cool in summer. Local legend says that if one accidentally steps into one of the Bächle, the person will marry someone from the city of Freiburg
5. Augustiner Museum
Initially a monastery, this has now been converted into a chic gallery for art from the Middle Ages to the Baroque period. Works from Lucas Cranach the Elder, Hans Baldung Grien, Matthias Grünewald also paintings from the Speyer Altarpiece by Master of the Housebook can be found in this gallery. A cluster of Medieval wooden sculptures is displayed on the upper floor and on the first two floors you will find Original Medieval stained glass taken from the Freiburg Minster. On the ground floor, you will find Baroque figures, painting and statuettes. You will find grandly sculptured shapes arranged along the pillars in rows.
6. Schwabentor
This is one of the two Medival gates you will find in Freiburg. Build around the 13th century, Schwabentor, you will find the oldest crossing on the Dreisam River. Built from red sandstone, Schwabentor is a three-storied building. Though built in the 13th century, few additions like the half-timbered extensions and the staircase tower were built around the 16th century. There is a painting of a merchant on the town side of the building. Many stories were built around this painting and the most popular one was that of a man who tried to buy the city of Freiburg with sacks of gold, but later upon opening it found only pebbles and sand. It was said that his wife has replaced them. On the city side of the arch, a little above the keystone, you will find a Boy with a Thorn engraved in Romanesque style. This can be traced back to Ancient Greece.
7. Schlossberg
This 450-meter hill in the Black Forest stands as a protection for the city of Freiburg from enemies in the east. Many forts were built in Schlossberg around early 1000s owing to the vital location. Most of these structures have fallen down, but reconstruction works are in the cards. The latest addition is the funicular railway that you can use to go from the foot of the hill to the mountain top in three minutes tops. The Schlossbergturm was constructed around the early 2000s and offers a breathtaking view of the city
We are sure you are blown away by the amazing things you can do in Freiburg. Do reach out to our destination experts at Pickyourtrail to craft your dream Germany holiday package. Guten Tag!
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NYC Libraries Take A Stand Against Book Banning
The New York Public Library launched a new initiative giving readers across the country access to banned books for free
By Barbara Russo April 26, 2022
The New York Public Library is taking a stand against book banning by launching Books for All, a new initiative that gives readers across the country access to banned books for free.
The available book titles are:
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson (Square Fish / Macmillan Publishers)
King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender (Scholastic)
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers/Hachette Book Group)
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (Little, Brown and Company/Hachette Book Group)
The books are available now through the end of May with no waits and no fines. New York Public Library cardholders will have access to the books beyond May, the library said.
"These recent instances of censorship and book banning are extremely disturbing and amount to an all-out attack on the very foundation of our democracy," Anthony W. Marx, New York Public Library president, said. "Knowledge is power; ignorance is dangerous and breeds hate and division. Since their inception, public libraries have worked to combat these forces simply by making all perspectives and ideas accessible to all, regardless of background or circumstance."
While book banning has long been attempted and fought by public libraries, the topic has been in the news even more than usual lately. The American Library Association announced this month that they tracked 729 challenges to 1,597 individual library, school and university books in 2021—more than double the challenges tracked in 2019. The books being challenged often focus on race, LGBTQ+ issues, religion, and history.
"All people have the right to read or not read what they want," Marx added. "We are all entitled to make those choices. But to protect those freedoms, the books and information must remain available. Any effort to eliminate those choices stands in opposition to freedom of choice, and we cannot let that happen."
Publishers Hachette Book Group, Macmillan Publishers and Scholastic partnered with the New York Public Library on the initiative.
The Brooklyn Public Library launched a similar initiative this month, Books Unbanned, which offers resources for teens who want to fight book banning. The library's website features a variety of ways teens can get involved in the cause. Teens in NYC can join the library's Intellectual Freedom Teen Council to combat censorship. Additionally, they can read the library's "always available" books that have recently been contested.
For a limited time, people ages 13-21 outside of New York State can apply for a free BPL eCard, which provides access to the library's full eBook collection and learning databases. More information is available on the website.
How to Access the New York Public Library's Unbanned Books
The selection of unbanned books can be browsed, borrowed and read on any iOS or Android device via SimplyE, the library's free e-reader app.
To access the books:
Download The New York Public Library's free SimplyE app
Verify that you are at least 13 years old
Locate The Books For All collection
Locate unbanned books"within that collection
Browse, check out, and read desired books from any iOS or Android smartphone or tablet
For more information, visit nypl.org/spotlight/books-for-all.
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DTI is an Orange-level, Relativity Best in Service, premium-hosting partner offering clients more Relativity expertise than any other vendor. Under the agreement, DTI will provide Phillips 66 with hosted kCura Relativity workspaces and support services including electronic data processing, project management and managed document review. During the initial phase of the project, DTI migrated approximately five terabytes of active case data from the heritage Phillips 66 internal litigation support application to the hosted Relativity environment.
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Click here to watch this webinar on-demand • (Online event completed) Wednesday 18th August 2021• 4.00pm – 5.30pm (Australian Western Standard Time)• Register here to obtain Zoom login details Several organisations worldwide are engaged in digitalising environmental assessment. The Danish DREAMS project presents a list of international frontrunners highlighting organisations, initiatives, partners and key takeaways….
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The jury of the International Haarlem Organfestival has declared Geerten van de Wetering (Netherlands) as winner of the 52ndt Haarlem International Organ Improvisation Competition. He also awarded the Audience Prize.
The finale took place on Friday evening 20 July in St Bavo's church in Haarlem with three finalists: Gabriele Agrimonti (Italy), Lukas Grimm (Germany) and Geerten van de Wetering (the Netherlands).
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Myths, Myths and Legends in GTA Vice City, Proven Myths,
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Ghost Ships
For the myth in GTA San Andreas, see Ghost Ships (GTA San Andreas).
Sea outside of the game's boundaries
The Ghost Ships are a popular myth in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. They are a proven phenomenon, and they can be witnessed at any time in the game.
If the player looks closely out to the sea, the silhouette of ships can be seen in the far distance. They will appear for around the time-span 5-10 seconds, and then fade out of view and disappear with no explanation. The ships usually appear very far out to sea, near the horizon line. What is very strange is that the ships do not look like any of the boats that regularly spawn in the waters of Vice City. They look like little navy ships.
It is possible that game developers implemented these ships to add more detail or realism to the game. Nevertheless, it is impossible to reach the ships by sea or by air, because the ghost ships are beyond the boundaries of the game. Shooting at these ships will trigger no response. At rare occasions, the game malfunctions and the ships tend to travel above the sea level, giving the impression of flying and give the player a creepy feeling, but this just a glitch, although, this glitch is hard to come across.
These 2D Ghost Ships can be classified from the internal files of the games. They are named as Boats_1 to Boats_8. According to the official data in the game files, there are four ships and 8 files, 4 other being the same but flipped horizontally. Two of them being yachts, the other two are a sail boat and a cruise ship. Technically speaking, the ships are not solid; They are simply 2-dimensional gray textures that appear against the backdrop of the sky. They may spawn moving very slowly, and then they will fade out of view.
Players have connected the Ghost Ships myth with the Chartered Libertine Lines Shipwrecks that can be found at the bottom of the ocean in various places around Vice City. Players have also said that the Ghost Ships could be manifestations of the ghosts on the shipwrecks, but after the whole things became classified, it is considered to be yet another hoax.
The Lost Sailor
Main article: The Lost Sailor
It has been rumored that the waters far away from the shoreline are haunted by a sailor who was lost at sea. However, it could be a possible glitch.
GTA Vice City Myths & Legends - Ghost Ships HD
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Ghost boat in San Andreas?
Nunyabidness
I was at fisher's lagoon, the dock with the wheelchair, and i dove in, looking around (saw a dolphin (didn't think it was important, ...	 2014-10-08T20:36:01Z
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Maybe just a normal boat?	 2014-10-12T00:04:53Z
a new myth
Myth hunter
It does not seems to be a myth. This type of boats are regularly seen around the sea. 2014-10-07T13:45:18Z
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BUSTED!	 2014-10-07T15:23:11Z
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A new iMac is coming, and this time around, rumors suggest that Apple is finally ready to supersize the display—or at least release a bigger version than the 27-inch display that we're all used to.
Per MacRumors, credible leaker l0vetodream tweeted over the weekend: "The iMac's screen is really big, bigger than the biggest one." That by itself might not seem like anything, but it's important to keep in mind that Apple hasn't redesigned the iMac in nearly a decade. The last time we saw a design refresh was way back in 2012. Sure, the line has seen upgraded components over the years, but otherwise, the iMac has sort of stagnated in the design department, especially when compared to Apple's other products.
Back in January, Bloomberg reported that the new iMac all-in-one would likely take its design cues from Apple's Pro Display XDR monitor. In terms of size, that would mean we're looking at a possible 32-inch display. While the 27-inch display is considered the flagship, Apple also offers a smaller 21.5-inch version. Per Tom's Guide, that too could be getting a bump up in size to 24 inches.
Those are some significant upgrades in screen real estate. This is especially true when you consider the new iMacs are rumored to have slimmer bezels. Apple will also purportedly do away with the hideous metal chin at the bottom of current iMacs, as well as shave down the curved back into a flat one. The move sounds similar to what Apple did with the iPhone SE and the iPhone 12 Mini. By axing the home button and bezels, the iPhone Mini was able to bump the screen size to 6.7 inches from the SE's teeny 4.7-inch display.
Apple is in spring cleaning mode when it comes to its product inventory. In recent weeks, not only…
Bloomberg cites anonymous Apple sources as saying the iMac redesign will be "one of the biggest visual updates to any Apple product this year." And while a bigger, nearly bezel-free screen would be a marked change, it wouldn't be all that different from the Pro Display XDR. Apple leaker Jon Prosser hinted late in February that the iMac would come in multiple colors: silver, space gray, green, sky blue, and rose gold. That would definitely count as a "big visual update," and would be incredibly reminiscent of the colorful iMacs of yore while dovetailing neatly with the new iPhone 12 colors. However, Prosser has a pretty hit-or-miss track record with Apple rumors, so take that with a large grain of salt.
What we do know is that the new iMacs will be the first to sport Apple Silicon, making the 2020 iMac the last to sport an Intel chip. Apple began its shift from Intel-powered devices to its own ARM-based SoC last year, so it makes total sense that the iMac's design is getting overhauled now. A "big visual update" would help consumers easily differentiate the forthcoming iMacs as part of the Apple Silicon-powered era. That's bolstered by the fact that Apple's also been clearing out its iMac inventory in recent weeks. Last month, Apple discontinued the iMac Pro. A few weeks later it axed two more configurations of the 21.5-inch iMac.
Rumors had Apple hosting a launch event in March, and were later revised to April. (Purportedly, Apple seeded those rumors itself to root out leakers.) There's a slight chance we could hear about the new iMacs then—though it's more likely that Apple will wheel out a new iPad Pro and Air Tags. We'll likely have to wait a few more months before we know what the new iMacs really look like, but it's fair to say that big changes are coming.
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Q: Insufficient Privileges exception when calling DataCloud.FindDuplicates.findDuplicates For some users, calling DataCloud.FindDuplicates.findDuplicates throws an Insufficient Privileges exception.
It would appear to be a permissions issue but I have not been able to figure out what permission to grant to allow a user to call this method.
Any pointers would be much appreciated!

A: API needs to be enabled in your org to use.
https://help.salesforce.com/articleView?id=000005140&type=1
Follow these steps and see if you can narrow down the issue.

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*If your org has already API enabled, check those user's Profiles and search for "API Enabled" and Tick that checkbox with Administrative permissions.

*findDuplicates(sObjects), verify if user have Object and field level access for the sObjects being passed to findDuplicates()

*Follow this article to check FLS and Object level access issues https://help.salesforce.com/articleView?id=admin_insufficient_privileges_map.htm&type=5

*Check if the user has access to DuplicateRecordItem and DuplicateRecordSet Objects. Both at Object and field level.

*If you are using a Connected App, OAuth policies apply if the connected app is OAuth-enabled. The Permitted Users policy determines who can run the app. See if Permitted user policy is set to "All Users may self-authorize". Use this guide https://help.salesforce.com/articleView?id=connected_app_manage_edit.htm&type=5
Hopefully, this should solve your problem


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package org.kairus.kairusTeam;

import org.jbox2d.common.Vec2;
import org.kairus.api.Game;
import org.kairus.api.Robot;
import org.kairus.api.Team;
import org.newdawn.slick.Color;
import org.newdawn.slick.Graphics;

public class ballUnstuckModule extends RobotModule {
	ballUnstuckModule(int robotNumber, Team team) {
		super(robotNumber, team);
	}

	int range = 22;
	Vec2 lastBallVel = new Vec2(0,0);
	float ballVelThreshhold = 0.25f;

	@Override
	int assessUtility(Team team) {

		Vec2 ballPos = team.getBallPosition();
		Vec2 myPos = team.getRobots()[robotNumber].getPosition();

		Vec2 ballVel = team.getBallVelocity().mul(1);
		if (Game.simulation && ballVel.x == 0 && ballVel.y == 0) ballVel = lastBallVel;
		lastBallVel = ballVel;

		//System.out.println("Vel: "+lastBallVel.length()+" dist: "+MathFunctions.distance(myPos, ballPos));
		if (MathFunctions.distance(myPos, ballPos) <= range && lastBallVel.length() < ballVelThreshhold){
			return 85;
		}

		return 0;
	}

	@Override
	boolean execute(Team team) {
		Robot me = team.getRobots()[robotNumber];
		Vec2 pos = me.getPosition();

		int spinDirection = 1;
		if (pos.y>=SCREEN_HEIGHT/2) spinDirection *= -1;
		if (team.getTeamNumber() == 1) spinDirection *= -1;

		team.SetSpinInput(robotNumber, spinDirection);
		team.SetSpeedInput(robotNumber, 0);
		//System.out.println("Running!");
		idealPosition = pos;
		return true;
	}

	@Override
	void render(Graphics g) {
		Robot me = team.getRobots()[robotNumber];
		Vec2 pos = me.getPosition();
		g.setColor(Color.green);
		g.drawOval((float)pos.x-range, (float)pos.y-range, range*2, range*2);
	}
}


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Софія  () — жіноче ім'я, від грецького «Σοφία» — «мудрість, розум».

Інші форми імені: Софійка, Сонечка, Софі, Софа, Фія.

Ім'я Софія поширилося, ймовірно, з християнством. Зараз це дуже вживане ім'я в багатьох країнах. Особливою популярністю користується в романомовних країнах (Іспанія, Португалія, Франція, Італія, Румунія, Молдова, країни Латинської Америки). Побутує у формах:
 «Софія» (Україна)
 «София», (Болгарія)
 «София», «Со́фья», (Росія)
 «Sofia» (Іспанія, Каталонія, Італія, Португалія, Греція, Швеція, Німеччина, Фінляндія, Норвегія)
 «Sofija» (Словенія, Хорватія, Сербія, Литва, Латвія)
 «Sophi» (Персія)
 «Soňa» (Чехія, Словаччина)
 «Sonia», «Sonja» і «Sonya» (Англія, Італія, Іспанія, Румунія, Португалія, Данія, Німеччина, Сербія, Фінляндія, Норвегія)
 «Sophie» (Англія, Німеччина, Данія, Франція)
 «Sophia» США
та інших.

Іменини: 30 вересня.

Політичні, громадські та релігійні діячки
 Софія — християнська свята
 Святі Софія, Віра, Надія й Любов — мати та доньки, християнські святі
 Софія Грецька та Ганноверська — королева Іспанії
 Софія (Гриньова) (у миру Гриньова Софія Євгенівна; 1873—1941) — релігійна діячка, схиігуменя, настоятелька Київського Свято-Покровського монастиря (1913—1923)
 Софійка Гошко (нар. 2005) - топова студентка ФПМІ ім. Івана Франка і просто класна людинка.
 Софія Прусська (1582—1610) — курляндська герцогиня.
 Софія Прусська (1870—1932)Софі — грецька королева.
 Софія Прусська (1668—1705) — брауншвейзька і люнебурзька герцогиня.
 Софія Прусська (1687—1757) — прусська королева.
 Софія Прусська (1719—1765) — бранденбурзька маркграфиня.
 Софія Чарторийська — українська княгиня
 Софі́я Гале́чко — перша українська жінка-офіцер (хорунжа УСС)
 Софія Олексіївна — цариця Московська
 Софія Янів — громадсько-політична і культурна діячка, педагог, пластунка
 Софія Олексин — найкращий хореограф України

Мисткині
 Софі́я Парфано́вич — українська письменниця, громадська діячка
 Софі́я Станке́вич — українська маляр і графік
Софія Тобілевич — акторка характерного плану, перекладачка
 Софія Ротару — співачка
 Софі Лорен — італійська акторка
 Софі Марсо — французька акторка
 Софія Коппола — кінорежисерка

Науковці
 Софія Русова — педагог, громадська діячка
 Софія Ковалевська — математик білоруського походження

Посилання
 Ім'я Софія

Жіночі імена
Українські імена

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Project won't close Galax street — for now
Vaughan-Bassett Furniture's current expansion won't require closing a section of Railroad Avenue in Galax.
By April Wright, Reporter
Wednesday, July 14, 2010 at 7:00 am (Updated: July 14, 7:05 am)
Vaughan-Bassett Furniture will not continue, for now, plans for an expansion project that would have required closing a part of Railroad Avenue, said Doug Bassett, Vaughan-Bassett's executive vice president and COO.
Vaughan-Bassett broke ground for its $1 million, four-phase, 16,000-square-foot expansion in May and plans to be finished with construction by the end of the year, as announced at a press conference on June 2.


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Q: How to find if there's a value in a column of a view in xPages I am using a view in an xPages.  There's 10 fields at the top that allow you to make a search.
This view show the results in 10 columns , let's say A to J.
Sometimes, I have values for 10 columns but sometimes, there's values in just some of those columns.  By Example A, B, C, F, G, H, I, J.
The view is populated by a SELECT in a Oracle table.
Is there a way to only put visible the columns that contains at least 1 value in the search result.
No sure I am clear enough, but if you have any idea or need a better example, please let me know.
Thanks for your input.


Coming over so very unexpectedly… 2016 will mark my 20th birthday. It seems that only a week ago I've started my second year at uni, and here we are, a time of changes is coming. Changes everyone is hoping for… Although this year seemed so short, looking back, I can see joy, achievements, struggle, and quite frankly, life. To me, it seems as if I live super independently. At a glance, 2015 appears as a year of constant work. However, although pleasure comes in second place, my year was great. Hard, SURELY, but great.
There is nothing more comforting than an evening of reflections with quiet music and fairy lights hung in the room, creating a mysterious and magical atmosphere. On such evenings I like to slow down for a moment and reflect on the things that are important to me in life, make plans or make resolutions. Every day, probably like most people, I'm too busy to spend time on such "trivial" things as figuring out whether what I do in life is right, am I lost somewhere, or if something could be done better. Sometimes, however, we must talk to ourselves to find out what we really want and need. The period of upcoming Christmas and soon New Year's Eve, when the gloomy-days are replaced by thinking, we turn on to the resolution-making mode.
For a long time I wondered under what slogan should I start living by and I think I finally found it. I admit, this phrase is quite trite, but if you translate it into certain situations of our lives, it seems very real.


Opinionated: choices made already, take it or leave it.
Tight integration. But, what's new? Commercial services have always leaned away from pluggability (interoperability) and towards completeness (isolation, creeping featuritis, etc).
Single page Web applications (SPA): no middle tier, business logic moves to client, cloud is just storage (nu, and RESTful services, mashed up).
Persistence, or distributed storage, or offline?!
Widgets and templates (DOM recycled unexpecedly), pages?
($ mrt also works) and open the app at http://localhost:3000/. Delete the "meteor" section from smart.json to skip checking for updates to Meteor every time we run it with mrt.
client/: assets (automatically minified and combined) sent to client (browser). Subscriptions?


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is a mecha anime television series that aired from 1981 to 1982 in Japan. The show was also popular in Hong Kong and was aired there around the same time.  There are 52 episodes that were aired at 30 minutes each.

Original story
The story is about a young boy named Hiro Taikai who finds a gold lighter which turns out to be the giant Golden Warrior Gold Lightan, who has the mission to save the earth from an invasion by King Ibalda.  Gold Lightan joined forces with his robot teammates to ruin the plots of King Ibalda and destroy invading alien robots by using his surpassing hand and leg strikes.  Hiro also founded a group called the "Bratty Rangers" with his friends.

Concept
The robot is usually disguised as a tiny gold Zippo-style lighter in Hiro's pocket. When called upon, Gold Lightan transforms into a giant robot towering at 30 meters and weighing 200 tons.  All robots in the show are sentient and do not require pilots. Usually the robot ends a battle with a trademark golden hand stab move which drives a hand strike cutting the enemy robots body, pulling out and smashing the heartbox energy device.

Staff
Presenter: Kenji Yoshida
Planners: Ippei Kuri, Shigeru Yanagawa
Producer: Tomoyuki Miyata
Series Composition: Akiyoshi Sakai
Chief Director: Koichi Mashimo
Character Design: Ippei Kuri
Mecha Design: Shoji Kawamori
Music: Masayuki Jinbo, Masayuki Yamamoto
Animation director: Takashi Nakamura (Episode 6, 22, 30, 41, 48)
Key Animation: Takashi Nakamura (Episode 41)

Characters

Lightan Robots

Media

Anime

Episodes
This is a list of episodes from the television show Golden Warrior Gold Lightan in order by production number.

Manga
On December 23, 2022, a spin-off manga written by Ruma Onbutsu and illustrated by Lotus and Rena Mikami began serialization on the Comic Polca website.

Merchandise
In 2005, Hong Kong Bandai reissued the semi-original robots as part of the Soul of Chogokin label.  The individual robots were released with a hard plastic display case, robot footstand, red carpet storage box, interchangeable gold hands pieces, and an enemy's heartbox energy device.  This version also feature the robots with high quality 18K gold plating.  The toys can be purchased individually or as a set.  There are 2 known sets in the reissues. one is the first generation grey box, available in Hong Kong and Japan, featuring 6 of the robots;  the other is an exclusive redcarpet wooden box set, known to be available only in Japan, featuring all 11 robots.

Later, in 2005, replicas were re-released by Hung Hing toys in Hong Kong and Macau featuring the robots built in cheaper die-cast metals. The texture and few minor details were inconsistent between the products.  Multiple variations of the toys were sold as well.  One such version is the large toy Gold Lightan measuring at 11.5 inches in height when standing in robot form, although only 2,000 were manufactured.  Additionally, at the base of the foot, of the toy, is a label counting the manufactured number out of 2,000.  Other variations include team robots in different colors or grey low weight plastic/silver exclusive to Hong Kong and Macau.

There are more variations and replicas of Gold Lightan than any others because it is the lead robot in the series.  There are other design variations. For example, older models of I.C. Lightan uses AA batteries to light up its LED eye, while newer reissues of the toy uses flat button or coin batteries. None of these re-releases are completely identical to the original 1980s GB series Chogokin toy launch from 1979 to 1983, by Popy Pleasure.  The originals are valued at a higher price, as they were constructed with different grades of diecast metals as well as high quality acrylonitrile butadiene styrene.

In 2006, Bandai released a new version of the Gold Lightan in their Soul of Chogokin line-up - GX 32 The Gold Lightan. Not only were they considered to be one of the most detailed and sophisticated Gold Lightan toys yet, they were plated with 18K gold, as their predecessors were.  Aside from being able to transform into a lighter, just like the original toys, its joints were well structured.  The package comes with a stand, interchangeable hands, and a heartbox energy device.  The toy was a success and was well received by fans in Japan and Hong Kong. This caused Bandai Hong Kong to make a singular stand showcase just for the Gold Lightan, itself.

The titular robot is a playable character in the fighting game Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars. When he fights, he can only be single as opposed to character doubles, since he is so big and powerful.

References

External links
 Tatsunoko Database
 Soul of Chogokin Gold Lightan at CollectionDX
 Lightan Toys

1981 anime television series debuts
Super robot anime and manga
Tatsunoko Production
TV Tokyo original programming


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Q: What is passed with the bind in JS? I am binding a select of a custom control to a function.  I just want to clarify when I bind something like this
auditFileUpload.bind("select",  uploadSelectfunction);

I know I can use the following function
uploadSelectfunction(e)
{

}

how is e getting passed? is it the events? or the object itself?
if I had a function like this, how would I bind it?
uploadSelectfunction(e, datatype)
{

}

auditFileUpload.bind("select",  function() { uploadSelectfunction(events, "CSV"   });

I tried events, it doesn't work..
sugesstions? clarifications?

A: The events parameter is simply the first parameter passed to the event handler/method. Just pass that on:
auditFileUpload.bind("select",  function(events) { uploadSelectfunction(events, "CSV"

In the original version uploadSelectfunction is simply a pointer to a function that happens to take one argument. That events argument is defined inside the select event.
If you put an inline method instead (as you have done) you need to accept the events parameter, and pass it on to your code.


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Le gorgonie (Gorgoniidae ) sono una famiglia di coralli dell'ordine Alcyonacea.

Descrizione
La famiglia comprende octocoralli coloniali caratterizzati dalla presenza di spicole calcaree lunghe meno di 0,3 mm, che esibiscono complesse sculture verrucose disposte in serie ordinate. I polipi sono retrattili e possiedono uno stelo proteico di gorgonina.

I vari generi si differenziano per la quantità e la morfologia delle spicole, oltreché per la forma delle colonie, che può essere a frusta, ramificata, reticolata o frondosa.

Distribuzione e habitat
La famiglia ha una distribuzione cosmopolita. La maggior parte delle specie è diffusa nelle acque calde dell'ecozona neotropicale, ma alcuni generi, come per esempio Eunicella, Leptogorgia e Lophogorgia, si trovano nelle acque temperate dell'Atlantico orientale e del mar Mediterraneo.

È diffusa dal piano infralitorale a quello batiale.

Tassonomia

La famiglia comprende i seguenti generi:
Adelogorgia ,  1958
Antillogorgia ,  1951
Eugorgia ,  1868
Eunicella ,  1869
Filigorgia ,  1937
Gorgonia ,  1758
Guaiagorgia ,  1997
Hicksonella ,  1910
Leptogorgia ,  1857
Lophogorgia ,  1857
Olindagorgia ,  1981
Pacifigorgia ,  1951
Phycogorgia ,  1850
Phyllogorgia ,  1850
Pinnigorgia ,  1997
Pseudopterogorgia ,  1919
Pterogorgia ,  1834
Rumphella ,  1955
Tobagogorgia ,  2007

Alcune specie

Note

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Alcyonacea
Taxa classificati da Jean Vincent Félix Lamouroux


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"Westside Pau Hana" Fundraiser with Rep. Cedric Gates: Photos & Mahalos!
Mahalo nui loa to all who helped make the 03/22/17 "Westside Pau Hana" joint fundraiser with Rep. Cedric Gates a huge success!
Wednesday, 03/22/17, 5-7:30pm, at the Mandalay Restaurant.


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Heart of Sharjah – a journey through history
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Under the directives of H.H. Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq) has embarked on a major project to develop Heart of Sharjah as part of its efforts to protect the emirate's valuable cultural heritage.
Scheduled for completion in 2025, the 15-year restoration project is the first of its kind in Sharjah and the largest heritage project in the region. It aims to restore and revitalise the traditional areas of Sharjah to create a tourist and trade destination with contemporary artistic touches, yet ensure that it retains the feel of the 1950s to reflect what Sharjah was like over half a century ago. Destined to become a vibrant cultural destination, the new Heart of Sharjah will feature hotels, restaurants, cafes, retail outlets, art galleries, traditional and contemporary markets, archeological sites, museums, play areas and commercial offices.
The story begins in a small region in the eastern part of the Arabian Peninsula, where the first nucleus of Sharjah started to take shape. Now many centuries later, the 'heart' of Sharjah is still beating strongly, with the sounds of traditional traders and workers still emanating from every corner of the emirate's old areas.
A visit to Heart of Sharjah is a journey through history, with its souqs, forts and traditional buildings that feature authentic architectural styles all representing the emirate's unique character. An excursion to the Heart of Sharjah is a trip to the glorious past, a past that has shaped the Sharjah of today.
Heart of Sharjah is a destination rich in evocative memories and stirring tales of its founding fathers. Its traditional buildings and facilities are part of the emirate's authentic history and its priceless social, cultural and political lifestyle. Heart of Sharjah is home to treasures and artworks left by the UAE's ancestors to remain as iconic monuments and to stand as testimony of the emirate's incredible cultural legacy.
Heart of Sharjah is situated in the old part of the city of Sharjah in the northern UAE and, according to historical sources, its location contributed to the development of the country's trade. Al Sharif Al Idrisi, an 11th century Arab geographer, recorded that there was an early port in the existing location of Sharjah, and in the 18th century it was one of three main ports on the coast between Qatif in Saudi Arabia and Sir in Ras al-Khaimah, facilitating the trade of rice, dates and pearls with the Iraqi city of Basra.
Sharjah's port remained the most important one in the Arabian Gulf region until 1820, when it was completely destroyed by colonialists. It was subsequently re-established, becoming a focal point of intercultural communication and contributing to significant trade in the region. This commercial activity helped Sharjah's inhabitants build houses, markets and mosques, many of which remain as a testament to the city's growth and development throughout the ages.
Since the mid-1950s, Heart of Sharjah has been excluded in urban development plans in order to preserve its important heritage and landmarks. In 2014, the Heart of Sharjah was registered on the tentative list of World Heritage Sites by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, UNESCO, thus stressing the need to preserve its rich cultural legacy.
Having Heart of Sharjah on UNESCO's World Heritage Sites' tentative list is an official acknowledgement of the archaeological and historical richness of the UAE. It also contributes to preserving, safeguarding and restoring the area as per the international standards determined by UNESCO. The inclusion of Heart of Sharjah on the final list will be an opportunity to promote the site on an international scale, ensuring its placement on the global tourist map.
The success of the project lies in preserving the historical value of Sharjah's old area and in highlighting its fundamental significance in the emirate's rich cultural development. The old area is home to traditional houses that were used by Sharjah's ancestors and founding fathers, as well as the first schools in the emirate, making it a link between Sharjah's prestigious past and its bright future.
"Heart of Sharjah is the cultural, social and commercial heart of Sharjah and has an invaluable historical legacy. With the continuous development of all aspects of the emirate, including its tourism sector, we felt that it was vital to embark on the development of this area to preserve its heritage landmarks, not only for our generation, but also for future generations. We want it to serve as a living memory of the UAE nationals who have lived on this good land for hundreds of years," said Yousif Al Mutawa, Manager of the Heart of Sharjah.
Heart of Sharjah also houses the Bait Al Naboodah museum. A fascinating feature of this traditional Sharjah dwelling is its large courtyard surrounded by walls built through the inventive use of coral. The museum reveals to visitors traditional methods of air conditioning and decorative carvings in both plaster and wood. It also highlights the daily family life of a pearl trader through displayed works from Arabian craftsmen from a bygone era. The museum is currently closed, but will reopen as soon as essential maintenance and renovation work has been completed.
Not far from Al Eslah School Museum, visitors can explore the lifestyle in old Sharjah and find out more about its traditional celebrations, local cultural works and spoken historical tales, by visiting the Sharjah Heritage Museum and its six distinctive galleries.
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No duty of care for accountant who introduced tax scheme promoters
In Alastair Graham Knights, Evergreen Trees and Shrubs Limited and Knights Investment Management Limited v Townsend Harrison Ltd, EWHC 2563, the High Court (HC) adjudged that an accounting firm neither had nor breached, a duty of care when providing introductions to providers of tax avoidance schemes.
Alastair Graham Knights, Evergreen Trees and Shrubs Limited and Knights Investment Management Limited (the Claimants) were introduced to tax scheme and investment promoters by Townsend Harrison Ltd (THL), their accountants.
THL was not authorised by the Financial Services Authority and was not permitted to recommend particular investments.
THL was authorised by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) to provide advice on investments in general and to refer clients to third parties.
These facts were communicated to and understood by the claimants through engagement and limitation of liability letters.
The tax schemes failed and led to additional tax liabilities. One foreign exchange trading investment resulted in the majority of the funds invested being lost.
The claimants alleged that THL owed them a duty of care which they breached by introducing them to the tax scheme promoters ultimately causing them to suffer a loss.
The HC dismissed the claims finding that:
THL had no advisory duty of care in respect of the tax schemes as:
The engagement letters provided by THL to the claimants made it clear that it could not recommend specific investments and it was unauthorised to do so.
Limitation of liability letters were provided by THL to the claimants which confirmed no tax advice was being given on the effectiveness of the tax schemes and deferred that advice to the scheme promoters.
There were no clear agreed terms covering any due diligence that the claimants alleged that THL was to undertake.
Correspondence from the claimants confirmed their understanding that it was not THL's position to give advice on the schemes and that they understood the consequences of the investments being made.
The claimants did receive tax advice from the tax scheme promoters which pointed against THL being subject to an advisory duty of care.
The considerable delay between the advice being received, the tax schemes failing and the claim did not support the assertation that the claimants had relied on THL's advice.
Even if there had been a duty of care owed by THL in respect of the tax schemes, the HC was not convinced that the claimants would not have entered into the tax schemes anyway, with or without the advice that was alleged.
The claimants were experienced businessmen and sophisticated investors and it was not inappropriate to be introducing them to promoters.
Had there been a duty of care breached, the losses would have arrived from that breach of duty.
Any loss suffered would have needed to reflect the difference between the tax charge resulting from the failed tax scheme and that which would have otherwise occurred (including taxation on funds extracted).
Firms that have received commissions from introducing clients to promoters of tax schemes will want to read this case in detail.
While this case was certainly a positive outcome for THL, the result did rest on its facts. A lot of the alleged advice was undocumented and the judge put little weight on submissions by both the claimants and defendants due to the passage of time.
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Alastair Graham Knights, Evergreen Trees and Shrubs Limited and Knights Investment Management Limited v Townsend Harrison Ltd EWHC 2563


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MLB Reacts
SB Nation Reacts
Vast majority of Mets fans confident in where the Mets are going
Here are the latest SB Nation Reacts results.
By AA Editorial Apr 15, 2021, 7:35am EDT
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Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across MLB. Each week, we send out questions to the most plugged-in New York Mets fans, and fans across the country. Sign up here to join Reacts.
According to the latest SB Nation Reacts survey, 90 percent of Mets fans are confident the team is headed in the right direction. That's down slightly from 93 percent last week and 95 percent to start the year.
A part of any fan's confidence in the team is based on how well the team can get outs. 63 percent of Mets fans are confident in the team's defense.
Defenses around the league are dealing with a couple of changes this season. One that theoretically should help while the other makes things more difficult.
After a few years of rising home run totals, the league reportedly made a change to deaden the baseballs used in games. However, if this has happened, fans haven't yet noticed.
One undeniable change is a carry-over from last season when MLB decided to start each extra inning with a runner on second base. The rule was implemented to increase scoring in extra innings and ideally prevent them from going into multiple extra innings.
While there is no doubt fans have taken notice of this change, it doesn't mean they like what they see.
To vote in the Reacts surveys and have your voice heard each week, sign up here.
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I still hate football
I have hair, which I sometimes get cut. And this week, that meant talking about football.
I hate football. I hate all sport, in fact – at least in its big, jingoistic, corporate-capitalist permutation. But for the first time in my life, I now actually know something about it.
That's because I've ludicrously ended up in the work Fantasy Football league (for the uninitiated, it's a game where you build an imaginary team using players from around the world, and score points based on how your picks perform in real-world matches).
Knowing I'm about as sporty as a Gregg's steak bake, a colleague sarcastically asked if I wanted to join in, and I said yes just to annoy him. With a squad full of players from Panama and Iran, I was already on -8 points by the end of day one. I'm aiming to do as badly as possible. Continue reading "I still hate football" →
An Oxmas Carol
A long addendum to the post about Oxbridge. A few days after finishing it, I ended up in Oxford – partly through sickening hypocrisy, partly because I wanted to visit one of my oldest and closest friends who studies there.
It was interesting for two reasons: one, because it reaffirmed everything I remembered about Oxbridge. And two, because it was a rare chance to commune with someone with a very similar worldview to mine.
Oxford is different to Cambridge. It's noisier and busier, and there's a lot more of it. It's a city. Cambridge is just a glorified town.
But the universities are near-identical. They're both made up of thirty-odd self-contained 'colleges', fabulously rich and bafflingly archaic. And they both serve the same mainly white, wealthy, South-Eastern demographic. Continue reading "An Oxmas Carol" →
Oxbridge should be got rid of
Every now and then, the media will fuss about Oxbridge. Usually it's in response to some new set of figures that show it's (still) excruciatingly privileged.
Everyone will broadly agree that's bad, there'll be a flurry of public outrage for about ten minutes, you'll see a bit of back-and-forth in the broadsheet opinion pages, then the issue will vanish. Nothing will change. Continue reading "Oxbridge should be got rid of" →
Why Trump won (and why Farage won, and why people like them will keep winning)
A million hacks are taking to a million laptops to write about Trump – but the take-away message is simple.
Trump won by tapping into the broiling, misguided but ultimately understandable anger felt by poor white America. In a sense, it's the same story that brought about Brexit.
Neoliberalism rigs society in favour of the wealthiest. Inequality balloons. Industry dies, and life gets hard for working-class people.
They get angry. They look for someone or something to blame. Poorly educated, and with worldviews shaped by the scandalously impartial corporate press, they don't blame those most responsible: the banks, the media, the Right, and the captains of corporate capitalism.
Instead, they blame the most vulnerable people in society – women, black people, Muslims, gay and transgender people, disabled people, all of whom have suffered under centuries of structural injustice – and the liberal end of a managerial, stage-managed political elite. Continue reading "Why Trump won (and why Farage won, and why people like them will keep winning)" →
Let's not repair parliament
The Palace of Westminster needs £4bn in repairs, and will probably get them. It's another reminder of the thoroughgoing rubbishness of the case for austerity.
For years, the message beamed down from Whitehall has been that past governments spent too much. The country was in too much debt, and, as a result, there had to be massive cuts in public spending.
In fact, austerity has always been about the neoliberal power elite restructuring society in its own interest. The cuts overwhelmingly fell on services ordinary people depended on – and that rich people could make a lot of money out of if they were privatised.
The much-banged-on-about 'deficit', the gap between what government spends and what it brings in in taxes, is about £69bn. That sounds like a lot of money. But between 2009 and 2015, the wealth of the richest thousand families in Britain rose by 112% to £547bn. ONS figures from 2014 put the UK's total private wealth at £11.1trn – and estimated the richest 10% of households owned about half of that. The same year, Bank of England economists estimated UK corporations were sitting on £500bn that they were refusing to invest. Continue reading "Let's not repair parliament" →
Radical Atheism and Human Suffering
Further to last month's introductory bit on Radical Atheism, the rubbish new secular belief system we recently made up – a post on Radical Atheism and human suffering.
There's probably not a god. Life has no big, grand, capitalise-able 'Meaning'. It's just physics and biology. Humans are just sacks of chemical reactions. But there's still right and wrong. And it's intimately linked to our millennia-spanning pedigree as social animals.
It's bad to hurt others. It's good to help others. And it's bad not to help others when you can help others. Without those basic moral precepts, humanity wouldn't have survived anywhere near this long. For prehistoric hunter-gatherer societies, hyper-individualism wasn't an option. You helped each other out, played fairly, shared the spoils equally. Or you died. For 90% of human history, nearly two hundred thousand years, that's how we lived – millions of years if you count the earlier hominids we evolved from. And it was that social, co-operative lifestyle that the species uniquely adapted to suit. It fundamentally shaped what we are, and what humans need to life emotionally healthy, fulfilling lives.
Radical Atheism is about taking that basic morality – and the implications of atheism more generally – to radical conclusions. If it's got a central, overriding belief, it's this: that in an incalculably vast, godless, meaningless universe, the only thing left that really matters is human suffering. Continue reading "Radical Atheism and Human Suffering" →
You Can't Win: Charlotte Church and The Logical Gymnastics of the Sociopath Right
Russell Brand at Saturday's demo
Those text-on-picture memes that clog up the internet and mean nobody has to think of anything themselves any more are generally very annoying, but a few manage to be quite good. One currently doing the rounds quotes dead Canadian economist J.K. Galbraith: "the modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy – the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness".
After last Saturday's End Austerity Now demo in London, the Right did an excellent job of proving Galbraith's observation still applies. Taking to their computers in droves, irate right-wingers condemned any and everyone who took part in the event – but saved particular disdain for Charlotte Church and other celebrity leftists who turned up.
In doing so, they demonstrated their usual logical flexibility when it comes to attacking egalitarians. If you're poor and you complain about a politics scandalously tilted in favour of the richest, you're jealous – engaging in divisive class warfare, being anti-enterprise, threatening Britain's future prosperity. If you're rich, and you do the same, you're a hypocritical champagne socialist – the implication being that you can only complain about capitalism if you're poor. Except you can't, because then you're engaging in divisive class warfare, being anti-enterprise, and threatening Britain's future prosperity. Continue reading "You Can't Win: Charlotte Church and The Logical Gymnastics of the Sociopath Right" →