Recalling the ceremonial launching of the 'dgħajsa tal-pass' in Birgu, when the boat would attract the admiration, and sometimes, criticism of people walking around it, Mewweġ enters a dialogue with the passing of time.
Mewweġ, an interactive installation by Enriquè Tabone, inspired by the concept of the cradle will be at Couvre Port as part of Birgufest 2014, from Friday 10th to Sunday 12th October.
Addressing a press conference earlier this week in Birgu, Valletta 2018 Foundation Chairman Jason Micallef said: "Valletta 2018 is not just about activity within the city but also about seeing small-scale activities take shape across the islands and among community groups. Valletta 2018 is playing a pivotal role in the fostering of talent and ideas".
Birgu has served as the backdrop for a number of Valletta 2018 events including 'Qatt ma Ninsa – Life at Sea' at the Maritime Museum, in June and the performance inspired by the same event 'Qatt ma Ninsa – Birgu' by Teatru Manoel Youth Theatre, last month.
Enriquè Tabone's art is inspired by experimentation with a wide range of materials and media. The artist sees herself as an extension of the medium she is working with and vice versa. She intervenes in the material, developing an understanding of what it can do and the media it may be applied to. She uses this creative process to express feelings as well as evoke thought in the audience.
The installation, commissioned by Valletta 2018, was created using translucent perspex and candles whereby candleight is reflected by the material. A torque motor creates a continuous motion to the installation. Almost 40 pieces make up the installation with each of these fitting into each other like a jigsaw puzzle. A press fit technique was used in the assembly of Mewweġ.
Recalling the ceremonial launching of the 'dgħajsa tal-pass' in Birgu, when the boat would attract the admiration, and sometimes, criticism of people walking around it, Mewweġ enters a dialogue with the passing of time. It distils the delicacy of the framework and transforms it into a movement suggesting, possibly, hope. It invites us to experience it in our own way and weave our own stories around it, seeing it with its play of light and shadow but also beyond that which can be captured by the naked eye.


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Q: How can I toy with this .py file? I'm learning Python just so I can tinker with the files from AIMA easily. I know Java and C++, but I find the AIMA code on the repositories to be too obfuscated. The Python code looks simpler and more elegant...yet, I don't know Python.
I wanna import the functions in search.py.
I tried creating a search2.py file like this:
import search

class Problem2(Problem):
    pass

on the folder where search.py is and got:
~/aima/aima-python$ python search2.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "search2.py", line 3, in <module>
    class Problem2(Problem):
NameError: name 'Problem' is not defined

Why is this?

A: When you import search, you define the name search, as a module created from executing search.py.  If in there is a class called Problem, you access it as search.Problem:
import search

class Problem2(search.Problem):
    pass

An alternative is to define Problem with this statement:
from search import Problem

which executes search.py, then defines Problem in your file as the name Problem from the newly-created search module.  Note that in this form, the name search is not defined in your file.

A: You have two options here:

*

*Instead of import search, write from search import Problem

*Instead of class Problem2(Problem), write class Problem2(search.Problem)

A: If class Problem is located in the search module, you have to import it either like that from search import Problem or use it like that:
import search

class Problem2(search.Problem):
    pass

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Adidas Gazelle Shoes The month of January is quickly coming to an end and Jordan Brand will finish it off with a BANG! With a total 5 Air Jordans set to release this weekend, this month was filled with more than enough from the Jumpman. So will you be picking up something from the Chinese New Year Collection this weekend or perhaps the Jordan 8 Take Flight? Aside from retros releasing this weekend, adidas unveiled their first ever Ultra Boost Cleat alongside a new colorway of the Ultra Boost 3.0 that features a silver Boost midsole, two firsts for adidas.
Ever since we saw the triumphant return of the adidas Gazelle earlier this summer, every version has been built in suede. Adidas Gazelle For Sale That's about to change this fall, as the revamped Gazelle designed to its early 1990s specifications arrives in this stealthy all-black leather look. The murdered out Gazelle features nothing but black leather and rubber from top to bottom—except for a touch of gold foil for the Gazelle branding on each later side.
The triumphant return of the Adidas Gazelle Purchase this summer continues with a special "Ostrich Pack" edition. For this latest duo of the revamped Gazelle that we've already seen in a wide variety of suede colorways, the iconic model features a subtle touch of textured ostrich leather for only the medial side's stripes, while the lateral stripes are made smooth tonal leather to match the black or golden yellow suede.
It's hard to call it a comeback since it's already been one of the most reproduced and worn models in the adidas archives for many years now, but the Cheap Adidas Gazelle is about to make a serious push this summer in a refurbished vintage construction. With extreme attention to detail, adidas Originals replicates the shape and materials of the early '90s version of the Gazelle with premium suede, leather interiors, and off-white soles for a vintage look.
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The 172km Yichang-Badong section of the Chongqing-Yichang expressway has been completed and put into service.
The journey time from Wushan county in Chongqing to Yichang in Hubei province will be shortened to about two hours after the whole expressway is completed.
The Yichang-Badong section is connected with Wushan-Fengjie expressway in Chongqing.


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Hugh Maxwell (1787 – March 31, 1873) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Early life
Maxwell was born in Paisley, Scotland in 1787.  He was the son of William Maxwell.

After immigrating to the United States in 1790 around the age of three, he graduated from Columbia College in 1808 where he was classmates and close friends with Gulian C. Verplanck, later a New York State Senator and member of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career
After graduating from Columbia, he studied law and was admitted to the bar and built up a lucrative practice.  In 1814, during the War of 1812, he was appointed Assistant Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Army.

New York County District Attorney
From 1817 to 1818 and again from 1821 to 1829, he was New York County District Attorney. On September 15, 1826, Jacob Barker, Henry Eckford, and other leaders of Tammany Hall were indicted for allegedly committing millions of dollars in acts of fraud against banks, insurance companies, and private citizens, and Maxwell subsequently prosecuted them for "conspiracy to defraud." The first trial ended in a hung jury in October 1826, although some defendants were convicted in a second trial. Eckford, a famous shipbuilder and entrepreneur of the time, was not prosecuted again after the first trial and sought an apology and public statement of his innocence from Maxwell, but succeeded only in getting Maxwell to make a statement that Eckford had been duped by others into illegal acts.  Eckford challenged Maxwell to a duel in December 1827, but Maxwell ignored him.

Collector of the Port of New York
After his term as New York County District Attorney ended in 1829, he resumed his law practice for the next twenty years, occupying a prominent position in the New York bar, along with his law partner, Ogden Hoffman.

An ardent Whig, in 1849, Maxwell was appointed by President Zachary Taylor as Collector of the Port of New York and remained in office through the Fillmore Administration until 1853, when his term expired. Afterwards he resumed the practice of law, but retired after a few years.

Personal life
Maxwell was married to Agnes Stevenson (1796–1866), with whom he had four children: Hugh Maxwell, John Stevenson Maxwell (1847–1918), Ann Eliza Maxwell, and Agnes Maxwell.

He was a member of the New-York Historical Society and was elected a member of Saint Andrew's Society of the State of New York in 1811, serving as manager from 1826 to 1828, second vice-president from 1828 to 1832, first vice-president from 1832 to 1835, and as President from 1835 to 1837.  He was known for his love of classic literature and he entertained friends, including Thurlow Weed, William C. Rhinelander (grandfather of T.J. Oakley Rhinelander) and James Lenox, at his library, considered one of the best private collections in New York.

Maxwell died on March 31, 1873 at his residence, 14 St. Marks Place in New York City.  He was buried at
Oak Hill Cemetery in Nyack, New York.

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Collectors of the Port of New York
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Politicians from Paisley, Renfrewshire
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Yeah! Burger – Crazy Children Approved!
In a perfect world I would joyfully cook grandma's Korean recipes from scratch to the happiness (or sometimes horror) of all my apartment neighbors, but we all know that perfect is the alien universe about 1 zillion light years outside of my galaxy.
No, in the reality that is "every year of my life gets more complicated and challenging since having children" we have several go-to restaurants within a few miles of our home that we seriously keep in business with my hangry money.
#1 on our list is Yeah! Burger in Virginia Highlands. Grass fed beef burgers, fresh, organic condiments and sides, free range chicken, creative specials, craft drinks–I dare someone to call Yeah! Burger "junk food." And in a world where the "gourmet burger" can run you upwards of $20 without any of the above adjectives, how lovely is it that you can get one at Yeah! Burger for about $8 to $11, which includes locally sourced, high end ingredients in a clean, casual environment? Really, I'm not being paid to make this up. It's just all true!
I attempted to document some of our favorite menu items from our last visit, but its very hard for children to understand why grown people want to photograph food when it could be going into their mouths. Here are the fastest photos I ever took.
This is just one of our many meal combinations that includes a lot of family style sharing. Even Arden who is not a big fan of burgers yet (maybe because they are still bigger than her head), will eat some salad and chicken to balance out her healthy portion of fries.
We pay about $40 on a typical visit, which is not cheap, but convenience, out of this world quality, tastiness, "fast food" (we try to go on week nights and around 5:30), outstanding customer service, and good loyalty perks puts Yeah! Burger at the very top of our go-to family restaurants list.
Thank you, Yam Burger–christened by our 3 year old who kept mixing up "hamburger" and "yeah burger," for many delicious meals!


There nothing more frustrating than not being able to find two matching knitting needles when you are desperate to start a new project.
I have been in that position many times, most often because I have too many projects on the go or I am using one of the needles as a stitch holder.
But sometimes is it simply because although I have several knitting needle holders I forget to put my needles back when I am finished with them!
As your collection of knitting needles grows, you are going to have to decide where (and how) you are going to store your needles when they are not in use.
Some people (my mother included) store their knitting needles in a spare vase or a tall jar. My Grandmother used to keep hers in a large ceramic bowl - she had a lot of knitting needles!
If you want to use a 'special' knitting needle container there are several different types of holders available on the market, from solid plastic holders like the one in the photo above to canvas rolls or tubes to cloth needle rolls.
Each has its own advantages and disadvantages and the choice you make will depend on personal preferences and the size of your needle collection.
These cases are great for single and double pointed needles and each case will hold quite a large number of needles.
But if you knit using circular needles, then this type of needle holder on its own might not be the best choice for you.
This style of knitting needle case can be found in most good knitting supply stores in Australia. These two are ... and you should be able to get one from any store that stocks items from Birch Haberdashery.
If your needle collection is not too big and you need space for your circular needles or other knitting accessories, a needle roll case might be a better choice.
This case from Birch has room for at least twelve pairs of needles and has a little bit of room for your other accessories.
Alternatively, you could look for a roll case with pockets like this lovely silk one.
This case has space for twenty sets of needles (in two rows) and also has three large pockets for your circular needles and your tape measure.
Although to be honest, it does get a big bulky when it is full!


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Electric vehicles are unreliable and not cost-efficient – especially in cold weather
Globalists pushing for the switch from gas-powered to electric vehicles (EVs) have a lot of explaining to do as people are starting to see the unreliability of EVs, especially during the cold season.
Business Insider recently published a story about Xaviar Steavenson and his sister Alice, who wanted to find out what it was like to drive a Tesla. The siblings rented one from Hertz and set out on a road trip from Orlando, Florida to Wichita, Kansas.
As they headed north and the temperature grew more and more frigid, the battery drained faster and faster, coming to a point where they had to stop every 1.5 hours to charge the car. Worse, the cost of charging the car ended up being $25 to $30. (Related: EV charging now nearly as expensive as filling up a car with gasoline.)
"Just in one day, we stopped six times to charge at that cost," Xaviar told the news portal. It also took one to two hours for the car to charge, so the siblings ended up spending more time stopping and charging their car than they did on the road.
When asked for a comment, the car rental company's representative told the Insider: "We have not experienced a significant increase in communication from customers about the battery of their EV rentals. However, battery range varies by the vehicle manufacturer and can be influenced by multiple factors, including weather and driving conditions."
The Steavensons are not the only ones with a nightmarish experience driving electric cars.
A 44-year-old radio host from the city of Lynchburg in eastern Virginia said it was 19 degrees Fahrenheit, or minus seven degrees Celsius, when he was left stranded just before Christmas because his Model S wouldn't charge. "Tesla S will not charge in the cold. Stranded on Christmas Eve!" Domenick Nati tweeted.
Meanwhile, a man in Kansas found that the driving range of his EV plunges by as much as 50 percent in frigid weather.
Western Journal reported that it is not just the cold weather that is causing problems for EV owners. "There are numerous stories of EVs stalling in the middle of the road for no apparent reason and of EV owners complaining about the insane amount of time and money it takes to charge EVs, even in normal weather conditions," the media outlet noted.
South Korea to impose $2.2 million fine on Tesla for false advertising
Tesla's robocars are also not performing as advertised in other countries with cold weather. In South Korea, antitrust regulator Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) said it would impose a 2.85 billion won ($2.2 million) fine on Tesla for failing to tell its customers about the shorter driving range of its electric vehicles in low temperatures.
According to the agency, the EV brand has exaggerated the "driving ranges of its cars on a single charge, their fuel cost-effectiveness compared to gasoline vehicles as well as the performance of its superchargers" on its official local website since August 2019.
KFTC said the driving range of the Tesla cars plunge in cold weather by up to 50.5 percent versus how they are expected to perform.
On its website, Tesla provided winter driving tips like pre-conditioning vehicles with external power sources and using its updated Energy app to monitor energy consumption, but it failed to mention the loss of driving range in sub-zero temperatures.
Last year, KFTC fined German carmaker Mercedes-Benz and its Korean unit 20.2 billion won ($15.9 million) for false advertising tied to gas emissions of its diesel passenger vehicles.
Visit RoboCars.news for more nightmarish stories about EVs.
Watch the video below that talks about the dark side of electric cars.
This video is from the Willow channel on Brighteon.com.
Consumer Reports poll: Gas-powered cars more reliable than EVs.
EV NIGHTMARE: Man spends 15 hours to travel 178 miles, proving EVs are unsuitable for long-distance travel.
EV NIGHTMARE: California grid operator asks electric car owners to avoid charging their vehicles.
EV price hikes cancel out $7,500 tax credits offered by government under Inflation Reduction Act.
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Tagged Under: deception, electric cars, electric vehicles, electricity, Elon Musk, flying cars, future tech, green deal, hidden costs, inventions, robocars, tesla, transportation, truth
Junk scientist Al Gore goes on unhinged rant on climate change at WEF – claims "oceans are boiling" and rants about "rain bombs" (Video)
Sweden finds Europe's largest deposit of rare earth elements … but it will take over a decade to start mining them
Biden, Trudeau, and Mexican president sign declaration making North America more woke
CCP proves 'climate' fight not really about climate
Global warming DEBUNKED: Study predicts Europe to get COLDER over the next 15 to 20 years
More bans! NY Gov. Hochul seeks gas heating ban in new homes and buildings 'because climate change remains the greatest threat to our planet'
Another ploy to control people's lives: Biden administration plans to ban gas stoves
Globalists' 'net zero' crusade will lead to end of modern civilization
Social media influencer exposes problems that come with owning a Tesla Model 3
STUPID: Sunak plans to end UK's energy crisis by reintroducing policy that caused it
Own nothing and be happy: World Economic Forum wants to get rid of private car ownership
Electric vehicle push blamed for 1,350 layoffs at Illinois Jeep plant as production moves to Mexico
Demand for electric cars in the UK plummets due to surging price of electricity


Top ASX Listed organisation is looking for a Technical Infrastructure Project Manager to manage large-scale migration projects. You will be supported by a combination of matrixed teams, which are comprised of geographically disperse suppliers, and cross-functional teams.
Web Operations and Infrastructure Data Center migrations, Network, Servers, Firewalls, Cloud etc.
Identify multiple Workstreams, take ownership or work with assigned lead as needed.
Plan, track, coordinate and negotiate GM's priorities at any given time.
Develop, track, and maintain milestones, schedules, minutes, status reports, and other project artefacts and technical deliverables.
Develop Expertise: This includes learning the technical environment the client operates in, understanding new technologies and change that are constantly introduced, knowing standard operating procedures, and asking the right questions.
Add Value: Quickly assess technical risks, drive technical problem solving, and cut through layers of complexity to determine what is really going and support client teams.


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March 22, 2012 / 11:36 AM / 7 years ago
UPDATE 4-India joins China in boycott of EU carbon scheme
* India says carriers will not share emission data with EU
* India's stand could harm Free Trade Agreement talks
* Airlines have signed up for right to free permits
By Anurag Kotoky
NEW DELHI, March 22 (Reuters) - India joined China in asking its airlines to boycott the European Union's carbon scheme on Thursday, confirming what a senior Indian government source previously told Reuters and stoking a diplomatic row over the issue.
"Though the European Union has directed Indian carriers to submit emissions details of their aircraft by March 31, 2012, no Indian carrier is submitting them in view of the position of the government," India's civil aviation minister Ajit Singh said on Thursday.
"Hence the imposition of a carbon tax does not arise," Singh told lawmakers in a written reply.
The European Commission was not immediately available to comment.
India's opposition to the Emission Trading Scheme (ETS), a major plank in the bloc's efforts to curb carbon dioxide emissions and combat global warming, could damage the chances of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) it is negotiating with the EU.
On Monday, a senior government official told Reuters that India would ask local airlines not to buy carbon credits from or share emissions data with the bloc.
Since January this year, all airlines using EU airports start to become liable to pay for carbon emissions, but no carriers will be handed a bill until next year.
Initially, they will also be given free allowances to cover the bulk of the cost.
The March 31 deadline is one of a series for airlines to comply with various EU requirements. Documents seen by Reuters showed that airlines, including from India and China, have previously signed up to become eligible for free allowances.
Foreign governments, including the world's top three carbon emitters - the United States, China and India - say the EU is exceeding its legal jurisdiction by charging for an entire flight, as opposed to just the part covering European airspace.
In a meeting last month in Moscow of the so-called "coalition of the unwilling", countries opposed to the EU law including India, agreed on retaliatory steps, although it did not agree on enforcing them.
China said in February its airlines were barred from participating in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme unless they gained government approval. Beijing has also suspended the purchase of $14 billion worth of jets from European maker Airbus .
The EU's Climate Commissioner Connie Hedegaard has said the EU only adopted its current policy because efforts to agree a United Nations scheme to curb rising aviation emissions had failed.
She has repeatedly said the EU will stand by its law unless the United Nations' International Civil Aviation Organization can come up with a global plan.
The European Parliament has also reiterated support for the carbon charge and officials say it could decide to express its anger at India by blocking the Free Trade Agreement with the country.
Already, differences over duties on cars and market access for software and services have threatened the trade deal.
"It would probably be extremely difficult, if not impossible, to get the FTA through the (European) parliament if India does this (ignores the EU's ETS aviation law) and India is in the last stage of this negotiation," said Glyn Ford, a former European lawmaker who now works at Brussels-based consultancy GPlus.
Carbon prices on the EU's ETS have fallen to levels far below those needed to encourage low-carbon investment.
On Thursday EU carbon permits dropped nearly 9 percent to an intra-day low of 6.70 euros before recovering slightly to close at 6.93 euros.
Traders said part of the reason for the fall was the possibility of weakening demand for permits following India's statement on the ETS.


For the historical vignettes in the upcoming CNN six-hour, six-part miniseries Pope: The Most Powerful Man in History, cinematographer Dane Lawing wanted each era to have its own look and a distinctly cinematic feel. To achieve this, he relied exclusively on Cooke S4/i prime lenses.
Conversations at the 2014 edition of the National Association of Broadcasters show, held earlier this month in Las Vegas, focused in part on the remarkable number of company mergers that were announced – Quantel and Snell & Wilcox was a standout – but most talk centered on the fact that there were 4K products in seemingly every booth and, everywhere you looked, a surprising number of new cameras, in different shapes and sizes. That several came from unexpected companies only added to the chatter. More complete articles about all of these products can be found elsewhere in the Report but here, briefly and in alphabetical order, are Digital Cinema Report's Top Ten Products of NAB 2014.


A query retrieves entities from Cloud Firestore in Datastore mode that meet a specified set of conditions.
The query operates on entities of a given kind; it can specify filters on the entities' property values, keys, and ancestors, and can return zero or more entities as results. A query can also specify sort orders to sequence the results by their property values. The results include all entities that have at least one value for every property named in the filters and sort orders, and whose property values meet all the specified filter criteria. The query can return entire entities, projected entities, or just entity keys.
When executed, the query retrieves all entities of the given kind that satisfy all of the given filters, sorted in the specified order. Queries execute as read-only.
Note: To conserve memory and improve performance, a query should, whenever possible, specify a limit on the number of results returned.
Every query computes its results using one or more indexes, which contain entity keys in a sequence specified by the index's properties and, optionally, the entity's ancestors. The indexes are updated incrementally to reflect any changes the application makes to its entities, so that the correct results of all queries are available with no further computation needed.
The index-based query mechanism supports a wide range of queries and is suitable for most applications. However, it does not support some kinds of query common in other database technologies: in particular, joins and aggregate queries aren't supported within the Datastore mode query engine. See Restrictions on queries, below, for limitations on Datastore mode queries.
To learn how to install and use the client library for Cloud Datastore, see the Cloud Datastore Client Libraries . For more information, see the Cloud Datastore C# API reference documentation .
To learn how to install and use the client library for Cloud Datastore, see the Cloud Datastore Client Libraries . For more information, see the Cloud Datastore Go API reference documentation .
To learn how to install and use the client library for Cloud Datastore, see the Cloud Datastore Client Libraries . For more information, see the Cloud Datastore Java API reference documentation .
To learn how to install and use the client library for Cloud Datastore, see the Cloud Datastore Client Libraries . For more information, see the Cloud Datastore Node.js API reference documentation .
To learn how to install and use the client library for Cloud Datastore, see the Cloud Datastore Client Libraries . For more information, see the Cloud Datastore PHP API reference documentation .
To learn how to install and use the client library for Cloud Datastore, see the Cloud Datastore Client Libraries . For more information, see the Cloud Datastore Python API reference documentation .
To learn how to install and use the client library for Cloud Datastore, see the Cloud Datastore Client Libraries . For more information, see the Cloud Datastore Ruby API reference documentation .
Note: The properties being filtered on must have a corresponding predefined index which can be defined in your index configuration file (index.yaml).
A query can specify an entity kind, zero or more filters, and zero or more sort orders.
A query's filters set constraints on the properties, keys, and ancestors of the entities to be retrieved.
The property value must be supplied by the application; it cannot refer to or be calculated in terms of other properties. An entity satisfies the filter if it has a property of the given name whose value compares to the value specified in the filter in the manner described by the comparison operator. If the property of the given name is array-valued, the entity satisfies the filter if any of the values compares to the value specified in the filter in the manner described by the comparison operator.
Cloud Firestore in Datastore mode natively supports combining filters with only the AND operator.
# key_filter(key, op) translates to add_filter('__key__', op, key).
Elements of the ancestor path are compared similarly: by kind (string), then by key name or numeric ID. Kinds and key names are strings and are ordered by byte value; numeric IDs are integers and are ordered numerically. If entities with the same parent and kind use a mix of key name strings and numeric IDs, those with numeric IDs precede those with key names.
Queries on keys use indexes just like queries on properties and require custom indexes in the same cases, with a couple of exceptions: inequality filters or an ascending sort order on the key do not require a custom index, but a descending sort order on the key does. As with all queries, the development server creates appropriate entries in the index configuration file when a query that needs a custom index is used in the development environment.
A sort direction (ascending or descending). By default the sort order is ascending.
If no sort orders are specified, the results are returned in the order they are retrieved from Datastore mode.
Note: Because of the way Datastore mode executes queries, if a query specifies inequality filters on a property and sort orders on other properties, the property used in the inequality filters must be ordered before the other properties.
# non-key filter require a composite index.
ancestor_key = datastore.key "TaskList", "default"
Most queries return whole entities as their results, but often an application is actually interested in only a few of the entity's properties. Projection queries allow you to query for just those specific properties of an entity that you actually need, at lower latency and cost than retrieving the entire entity.
Projection queries require the specified properties to be indexed.
A keys-only query (which is a type of projection query) returns just the keys of the result entities instead of the entities themselves, at lower latency and cost than retrieving entire entities.
It is often more economical to do a keys-only query first, and then fetch a subset of entities from the results, rather than executing a general query which may fetch more entities than you actually need.
A keys-only query is a small operation and counts as only a single entity read for the query itself.
You can use all of the filtering and sorting features available for standard entity queries, but note these limitations.
A projection query that does not use the distinct on clause is a small operation and counts as only a single entity read for the query itself.
Projection queries can use the distinct on clause to ensure that only the first result for each distinct combination of values for the specified properties will be returned. This will return only the first result for entities which have the same values for the properties that are being projected.
Consider the following when your query includes properties with array values.
Because of the way they're indexed, entities with multiple values for the same property can sometimes interact with query filters and sort orders in unexpected and surprising ways.
even though neither of the entity's individual tag values satisfies both filter conditions.
Similarly, the sort order for multiple-valued properties is unusual. Because such properties appear once in the index for each unique value, the first value seen in the index determines an entity's sort order.
and the query results are sorted in ascending order by the property, the smallest value of the property is used for ordering.
and the query results are sorted in descending order by the property, the greatest value is used for ordering.
other values do not affect the sort order, nor does the number of values.
This has the unusual consequence that an entity with property values 1 and 9 precedes an entity with values 4, 5, 6, and 7 in both ascending and descending order.
If a multi-valued property is used in an equality filter, any sort order on that property is ignored.
and the query results are sorted in ascending order by the property, the smallest value that satisfies all of the query's inequality filters is used for ordering.
and the query results are sorted in descending order by the property, the greatest value that satisfies all of the query's inequality filters is used for ordering.
Warning: Including more than one array-valued property in a projection will result in an exploding index.
Query cursors allow an application to retrieve a query's results in convenient batches without incurring the overhead of a query offset. After performing a retrieval operation, the application can obtain a cursor, which is an opaque byte string marking the index position of the last result retrieved. The application can save this string (for instance in your Datastore mode database, a cache, or embedded in a web page as a base-64 encoded HTTP GET or POST parameter), and can then use the cursor as the starting point for a subsequent retrieval operation to obtain the next batch of results from the point where the previous retrieval ended. A retrieval can also specify an end cursor, to limit the extent of the result set returned.
// Get the cursor for the next page of results.
// pagination using limits and cursor tokens.
* Fetch a query cursor.
Caution: Be careful when passing a cursor to a client, such as in a web form. Although the client cannot change the cursor value to access results outside of the original query, it is possible for it to decode the cursor to expose information about result entities, such as the project ID, entity kind, key name or numeric ID, ancestor keys, and properties used in the query's filters and sort orders. If you don't want users to have access to that information, you can encrypt the cursor, or store it and provide the user with an opaque key.
Although Datastore mode databases support integer offsets, you should avoid using them. Instead, use cursors. Using an offset only avoids returning the skipped entities to your application, but these entities are still retrieved internally. The skipped entities do affect the latency of the query, and your application is billed for the read operations required to retrieve them. Using cursors instead of offsets lets you avoid all these costs.
A cursor can be used only by the same project that performed the original query, and only to continue the same query. It is not possible to retrieve results using a cursor without setting up the same query from which it was originally generated.
If any of the following items are changed, a cursor can still be used for subsequent retrievals.
If any of the following items are changed, a cursor cannot be used for subsequent retrievals.
An exception is if the original query's final sort order was on __key__. In that case, you can use the cursor in a reverse query, which is the original query with each sort order reversed. The reverse query can modify the start cursor, end cursor, offset, and limit.
Cursors don't always work as expected with a query that uses an inequality filter or a sort order on a property with multiple values. The de-duplication logic for such multiple-valued properties does not persist between retrievals, possibly causing the same result to be returned more than once.
New Datastore mode releases may change internal implementation details, invalidating cursors that depend on them. If an application attempts to use a cursor that is no longer valid, Cloud Firestore in Datastore mode raises an exception.
The cursor represents the location in the result list after the last result returned. A cursor is not a relative position in the list (it's not an offset); it's a marker to which a Datastore mode database can jump when starting an index scan for results. If the results for a query change between uses of a cursor, the query notices only changes that occur in results after the cursor. If a new result appears before the cursor's position for the query, it will not be returned when the results after the cursor are fetched. Similarly, if an entity is no longer a result for a query but had appeared before the cursor, the results that appear after the cursor do not change. If the last result returned is removed from the result set, the cursor still knows how to locate the next result.
When retrieving query results, you can use both a start cursor and an end cursor to return a continuous group of results. When using a start and end cursor to retrieve the results, you are not guaranteed that the size of the results will be the same as when you generated the cursors. Entities may be added or deleted from the database between the time the cursors are generated and when they are used in a query.
Entities of the same kind need not have the same properties. To be eligible as a query result, an entity must possess a value (possibly null) for every property named in the query's filters and sort orders. If not, the entity is omitted from the indexes used to execute the query and consequently will not be included in the query's results.
Note: It is not possible to query for entities that are specifically lacking a given property. One alternative is to add the property with a null value, then filter for entities with null as the value of that property.
A query can't find property values that aren't indexed, nor can it sort on such properties. See the Unindexed properties section for a detailed discussion of unindexed properties.
Filter("Created >", time.Date(1990, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)).
where("created", ">=", Time.utc(1990, 1, 1)).
When a query does not specify a sort order, the results are returned in the order they are retrieved. As the Datastore mode implementation evolves (or if a project's indexes change), this order may change. Therefore, if your application requires its query results in a particular order, be sure to specify that sort order explicitly in the query.
Queries that include an equality filter for a given property ignore any sort order specified for that property. This is a simple optimization to save needless processing for single-valued properties, since all results have the same value for the property and so no further sorting is needed. Multiple-valued properties, however, may have additional values besides the one matched by the equality filter. Because this use case is rare and applying the sort order would be expensive and require extra indexes, the Datastore mode query planner simply ignores the sort order even in the multiple-valued case. This may cause query results to be returned in a different order than the sort order appears to imply.
Datastore mode transactions operate on entities belonging to up to 25 entity groups, but queries inside transactions must be ancestor queries. All queries performed within a transaction must specify an ancestor. For more information, refer to Transactions.
Only indexed properties can be projected.
Projection is not supported for strings that are longer than 1500 bytes, byte arrays that have more than 1500 elements, and other properties explicitly marked as unindexed.
The same property cannot be projected more than once.
Properties referenced in an equality filter cannot be projected.
(projected property used in equality filter) is not.
Results returned by a projection query should not be saved back to your Datastore mode database.
Because the query returns results that are only partially populated, you should not write them back to the Datastore mode database.
Projection queries convert timestamps into integers.
In the results of a projection query, Datastore mode converts timestamp values to microsecond integer values.


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Avakov, Taylor discuss political situation in Ukraine ahead of snap elections
Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov held a meeting with U.S. Chargé d'Affaires a.i. in Ukraine William Taylor, the press service of the Interior Ministry of Ukraine reports.
"Today, June 24, Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov met with U.S. Chargé d'Affaires a.i. in Ukraine William Taylor. Avakov congratulated Mr. Taylor on his appointment, who since June 18 has headed the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine for the second time, and expressed confidence that the activities of such an experienced diplomat would benefit both Ukraine and the United States," the report says.
The sides exchanged views on the internal political situation in Ukraine in the context of the pre-election process, as well as on the prospects and possible configurations of the reboot of power.
In turn, the parties paid great attention to the role and tasks of the Interior Ministry in ensuring equal rights and free expression of the will in the elections to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
The parties also discussed some issues of the Ukrainian-American technical cooperation in the security sector, promising areas of attracting the American side to further strengthening and developing of units of the Interior Ministry's system.


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Q: creating sessions and validation of data in php I created a PHP script for retrieving data from a table and storing data upon selection in another table by submitting the form. I have trouble in creating sessions for storing values and validation of data. How can I create a session and validate the data upon selection of the items in drop down.
<?php
$servername = "localhost";
$username = "root";
$password = "";
$dbname = "leave-form";

$dbh = new PDO("mysql:host=$servername;
dbname=$dbname", $username, $password);

$dbh->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);

if (isset($_POST["submit"])) {

    try {

        $sql = "INSERT INTO authority (emp_name, repo_auth, contr_auth)
VALUES   ('" . $_POST["emp_name"] . "','" . $_POST["repo_auth"] . "','" . $_POST["contr_auth"] . "')";
        if ($dbh->query($sql)) {
            echo "";
        } else {
            echo "";
        }
    } catch (PDOException $e) {
        echo $e->getMessage();
    }
}
?>

Admin

    <form name="registration" action="" method="post">

                Employee name:

                    <select name="emp_name">
                        <option value=""> -----------Select----------- </option>
                        <?php
                        $stmt = $dbh->prepare('Select name from people');
                        $stmt->execute();
                        while ($row = $stmt->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC)) {
                            echo '<option>' . $row['name'] . '</option>';
                        }
                        ?>
                    </select>

                Manager:

                    <select name="repo_auth">
                        <option value=""> -----------Select----------- </option>
                        <?php
                        $stmt = $dbh->prepare('Select name from people');
                        $stmt->execute();
                        while ($row = $stmt->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC)) {
                            echo '<option>' . $row['name'] . '</option>';
                        }
                        ?>
                    </select>

                Senior Manager:

                    <select name="contr_auth">
                        <option value=""> -----------Select----------- </option>
                        <?php
                        $stmt = $dbh->prepare('Select name from people');
                        $stmt->execute();
                        while ($row = $stmt->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC)) {
                            echo '<option>' . $row['name'] . '</option>';
                        }
                        ?>
                    </select>

                    <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Register" />
                    <input type="reset" name="cancel" value="clear"/>

    </form>

A: You can do it like this way :
SESSIONS :
Sessions are most important & a very easy main element of PHP.You can use Session to store values in it and then you can access those values across other pages of your PHP Script.Unllke COOKIES Sessions are alot secure than Cookies as Cookies are saved on client side and can be manipulated which can cause more harm than anything else while on the other sie Sessions are server side.You may store some value in a Session but the actual Session is stored on the server.You can't manipulate it so that's why it's more secure to use Sessions instead of Cookies but both have their roles in use of each other at certain places in your code.!
How To Create A Session :
Creating a Session is very easy,
A session can be created like this way :
$_SESSION['session_name'] = $value;

2nd you can now access your session in your other PHP script pages like this way:
$stored_value = $_SESSION['session_name'];
echo $stored_value;

Note : Remember to run the session_start() statement on both these pages before you try to access the $_SESSION array, and also before any output is sent to the browser.Simply add session_start() at the full begining of your each and every page in which you are going to use Session either for setting a Session or if trying to retrieve one.!
SIMPLE USE OF SESSION :
Scenario :
For Instance I want to create a Session upon logging in and then to be able to visit other pages with the established Session until the session is destroyed.!
So Here is exactly how can I do it :
On Login Page (index.php or login.php) :
<?php
session_start();
// Add session_start() just right after the PHP Starting Tags
// Or you will be getting Header Sent Already Error

if ($db_username == $input_username && $db_password == $input_password) {
    $_SESSION['user'] = $db_username;
    header("Location : home.php");
} else {
    echo "Username & Password Is Wrong";
}
?>

And now on your home.php you can access the data which can be only accessed if session is there like this way :
On Home Page (home.php) :
<?php
session_start();
$user =  $_SESSION['user'];
if (isset($user)) {
    echo "Welcome User : ".$user;
} else {
    // If Session is not there you will be redirected back to login page.!
    header("Location: login.php");
}
?>

And now if you want to logout so you can destroy session like this way by just visiting the logout.php page :
Logout Page (logout.php) :
<?php
session_start();
if (session_destroy()) {
    header("Location: login.php");
}
?>


Logistics is an important aspect of Smart Cities and drones are expected to revolutionise this area. But how can individuals receive drone deliveries conveniently at home – even when they are out? The German startup WIN-PORT (a composition of "window" and "transport") is in the course of developing a solution.
This interview was originally conducted in German and translated. The initial version can be found under Startup Profil WIN-PORT: Drohnenlieferungen ans hauseigene Fenster.
Thank you for sharing some insights about WIN-PORT. In a nutshell: what do you do and what problem do you solve?
WIN-PORT offers a solution, delivering packages to recipients' windows using drones. Currently, the system is used for intra logistics of big companies and hospitals. In the long term, we intend to make the system available to private users, as soon as legislation and technological developments allow it. This will make the expensive final delivery section of today's transportation system much more cost-efficient.
How did you come up with this idea? What is the story behind it?
We looked into possible applications of innovative ideas and asked ourselves: where else could drones be used to deliver parcels? A lot of people do not have a garden but nevertheless want to make use of drone deliveries, without having to leave their apartments. Furthermore, the industrial sector that still relies on cumbersome and therefore costly transportation systems has shown growing interest in our product, since we are offering a modernized version of the pneumatic post that can be used for urgent deliveries on factory premises.
How big is the team behind WIN-PORT, how did you get to connect and what backgrounds do you have?
The team of WIN-Port mostly consists of a group of friends, who bring their personal strengths to the table. The interdisciplinary cooperation from the fields of technology, economy, computer science and marketing is especially important. However, we also integrate input from behavioural science.
We think that projects carried out by friends will be more common in the future and we want to set an example in our region. Several experienced management consultants and renowned professors have joined our project. It is important to us that we see eye to eye in all matters and share the same goals.
Your drone delivery solution is not yet on the market. What will be your next steps? What are the milestones you want to reach next?
At the moment, we are testing our prototype and working together with a drone expert who is able to offer transportation that is autonomous and, most of all, safe. Safety and reliability are our undisputed priorities. We will not enter the market before being able to ensure absolute safety. As soon as reaching this achievement, we will equip our first industrial customer with a WIN-PORT solution. Additionally, we will launch pilot projects with big postal operators like the SWISS Post. Simultaneously, we will be expanding our patent internationally.
Is there a way people can support you?
In the near future, we will be set with private and state subsidies. However, we are always open to interested investors, who can identify with our vision and want to profit from its great scalability.
Can you give us a little insight into how you first came into contact with drones or smart cities in general?
We are broadly interested in future issues, and drones and smart cities will inevitably play a big part in all this. To us, the third dimension has the biggest potential, since it is largely unexploited. Even the long-held dream of transporting people with drones seems to be on the brink coming true. All of this will massively influence our cities. Considering the trend towards megacities, we have to address the issues of energy and emissions. Even here, drones offer the possibility of tending to a great number of people quickly, conveniently, efficiently and sustainably.
Temporary installation of WIN-PORT using a clamp connection.
What do you see as short-term and longer-term opportunities for drones to impact logistics or the way we live in general?
In the short-term, drones will be responsible for a massive increase in efficiency, mainly on industrial sites and in rural areas. The new regulations concerning drones limit private use to a sensible scope. At the same time, possibilities for commercial use are being extended and the general ban on non-overlooked flights will soon be lifted. With the development of technical capacities and the increasing acceptance of the population, drone delivery will be implemented even in densely populated areas. Of course, we will need regulations, so drones will not have a negative impact on cities or even be a hazard. In terms of noise minimization for example, we continuously see interesting solutions.
Is there a specific development you are currently excited about? And on the other hand, do you think there are specific obstacles that we need to overcome in Europe?
We are also working on a project dealing with autonomous driving, which is another topic we are very interested in. Drones profit from the automotive industry's rapid progress in camera technology and algorithms. Bosch wants to put robo-taxis on our streets in 2018. We also concern ourselves with M2M communication and developments like the possibly next generation Blockchain IOTA and of course Artificial Intelligence. In our opinion, Europe is well-positioned in this field. It is important to provide incentives, so that the necessary expertise of European universities and companies remains in Europe, and expert knowledge is maintained. However, despite all the advantages of Artificial Intelligence and the extensive use of sensors, one should not dismiss possible downsides. We will need regulations early on.
What do you think will our life in smart cities look like in 5' 10 and 25 years?
The rapid technological development – which can be explained with Moore's law – will change many aspects, also in smart cities. For example, the development of autonomous vehicles will lead to a reduction of cars of up to 80%. In turn, many parking spaces in cities will be obsolete. Kids will be able to play near to streets with a smaller risk, restaurants will be able to expand, cities will become more green. Singapore is already a great example of this.
The development towards a sharing economy will probably affect the housing market and together with the trend towards home offices, will lead to mixed property use. Flexibility is an important factor for the younger generations in choosing a job. They prefer work, leisure time and living to be close together. With WIN-PORT they will be able to post and receive deliveries quickly and at any time. Communication between smart machines will lead to convenient and useful simplifications.
Despite the euphoria, from a political point of view there are no clear approaches to how society will deal with the consequences of these massive and dynamic changes. Difficulties in adaption will bring some uncertainty.
How do you evaluate the overall career opportunities in the smart city sector?
The loss of jobs through digitization has already been widely discussed. The question should now be: how many jobs will be lost? However, the smart city sector surely is an industry in which new jobs will be created. In urban development especially, there is already a huge demand, and with time it will surely increase even more. It will be extremely dynamic and everybody should be prepared for this, as we certainly won't be able to turn back time.
What characteristics and skill sets should someone bring to the table trying to have an impact? What traits would you deem most important to successfully move into the smart city sector as a university graduate, startup entrepreneur, or job seeker?
Generally, the demand for creativity is bound to increase. It will definitely help if one likes to design, if one is optimistic and if one is not afraid of change. Hierarchies will be flatter and emotional intelligence more important. Because of this it will be more important to have experience in different areas and to develop social skills – smart cities need smart residents.
What advice would you give to graduates who want to join the smart city industry or a smart city startup?
Be familiar with a wide range of topics. It is important to broaden your horizon and to connect different fields, to contribute to a more positive future.
Which three qualities should your ideal candidate have?
To us, a high level of understanding and openness to change are very important. This should be mixed with a good sense of humour. With this, anything is possible!
Jakob, thank you very much for this interview!


Many employers now see voluntary benefits as mandatory for their companies and employees. Providing choice is seen as instrumental to attracting and retaining good employees, especially the new millennial workers that are so vital to most firms.
However, there is a lurking danger in that choice when employees are not educated on the importance of protecting against low incidence but high severity events. One such situation is the financial impact of an accident or illness.
Nearly 71% of all Americans do not have adequate savings to handle the basic "emergencies" of life according to a survey by Bankrate. Experts uniformly recommend individuals have at least six months of expenses saved in a readily available cash savings vehicle, but only 29% of respondents indicated they have such a reserve of cash.
Clearly even a short-term disruption in income will devastate most households. However, the emphasis in voluntary benefits seems to be directed toward new programs with "sizzle" but not a lot of "steak" when difficult financial times arrive.
Programs like legal plans, employee purchase programs, critical illness policies and even pet insurance are making inroads and claiming wallet share from employees at the expense of vital insurance like short-term and long-term disability programs.
A recent survey by LIMRA, an association of financial services and insurance companies, indicated that 65% of respondents surveyed indicate that most people need disability insurance, but the figure shrank to 48% when people were asked whether they believe they personally need it. There was an alarming reduction to 20% when people were asked whether they actually have disability insurance.
Everyone agrees that disability insurance lacks the cachet of some of the new glitzy programs that appeal to the immediate gratification most of us crave. We all understand everyone loves their pets, but the reality is we are setting employees up for a tragic result if we don't encourage them to consider the critical importance of protecting income.
According to the Social Security Administration, 1 in 4 people who are 20 years old now will be disabled for more than 90 days before they reach age 67. Even so, only 41% of employers offer long-term disability insurance, according to LIMRA. The cost of basic group long term disability insurance is a mere fraction of the cost of health insurance, at approximately $256 annually per employee based on a 2016 LIMRA analysis, making it a great option for employers to offer more benefits to employees without breaking the bank.
Even those employers that provide these programs should consider supplemental disability insurance for higher income employees. Group long term disability does not fully protect most employees and those that earn the most are the most vulnerable. Executive disability insurance plans have been available for years for larger employers, but these plans are now common in mid-size to small companies too, as insurance carriers have extended lower pricing and underwriting concessions to smaller groups.
Planning now to better educate your employees and provide more valuable disability income insurance programs will pay dividends in attracting and retaining employees and, more importantly, will help avert a tragic situation where an employee loses their lifestyle because they allocated precious dollars to a pet insurance plan.


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Local group formed to attract MLS expansion franchise to St. Louis
Associated PressFeb 17, 2016, 6:40 PM EST
ST. LOUIS (AP) Dave Peacock, the former Anheuser-Busch executive who led the failed effort to keep the Rams in St. Louis, is part of a group trying to attract an MLS expansion franchise to the city.
The NFL task force had proposed a $1 billion riverfront stadium that would also be suitable for soccer. The new task force, which also includes Cardinals President Bill DeWitt III, is being called the MLS2STL Group.
The MLS board of governors has said it supports expansion to 28 clubs, with a 24-team league by 2020. Atlanta, Los Angeles and Minnesota will join the next three years and Miami, backed by David Beckham, is the likely 24th team.
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Dan Courtemanche, MLS executive vice president of communications, said the league is evaluating future expansion plans and anticipated announcing a process and timeline "in the coming months."
MLS commissioner Don Garber said in a statement that St. Louis was a "tremendous soccer market" and that he anticipated working with the group to "further evaluate St. Louis."
Garber visited St. Louis last May and said then that the city would be a top contender in expansion if stadium plans are fulfilled.
The league will be seeking committed local ownership, a comprehensive stadium plan where the ownership controls the venue, markets attractive to sponsors and TV partners and with a history of strong fan support for soccer matches and other sporting events.
[ MORE: Will Ferrell quips on MLS, LAFC on Fallon ]
Several soccer exhibitions over the last few years have all been strong draws in St. Louis.
Jim Woodcock, senior vice president and partner at FleishmanHillard public relations, also is a holdover from the NFL group.
Other members include Jim Kavanaugh, an investor/owner of St. Louis Football Club of the United Soccer League and St. Louis Blues of the NHL, and Chris Zimmerman, president and CEO of Scottrade Center, Peabody Opera House and the Blues.


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Title: Shades of Love Box Set
Authors: Reana Malori, Suzette Riddick, J.L. Campbell, Annamaria Bazzi, Janae Keyes, Toye Lawson-Brown, P.C. Zick, Hebby Roman, Caroline Bell Foster, Stacy-Deanne
Genre: Multicultural Romance
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Whether prince or pauper, beauty or beast, cupid entangles unsuspecting hearts. From the exchange of a glance to the throes of romance, follow these couples as they discover that love has no limits. Indulge your taste for adventure with ten diverse tales from familiar and exotic parts of the globe. Shades of Love is brought to you by a select group of award-winning and best-selling writers, whose stories feature couples who close the cultural divide through their love.
Novels Included:
Reana Malori - Claiming Lana
Jake Bradford and Lana Miller are two strong-willed people who seem to be sworn enemies. That all changes in the blink of an eye when they're thrown together for an important project. When passion simmers just under the surface, the outcome is not what either of them could have expected, but exactly what they needed.
Suzette Riddick - Caliente Nights
Nursery school teacher Jeanette Adams and athlete Alonzo Castro are immediately attracted to each other. He is aware of his Cuban mother's disapproval, but it's not enough to keep him from pursuing the African American beauty.
J.L. Campbell - The Blind Shot
Kofi Danquah and Regina Chu are settlers in a foreign land, but the one thing they have in common is their attraction to each other. As their relationship moves from platonic to passionate, so does their families' opposition to their love … but Kofi and Regina want what comes naturally and they won't be denied.
Annamaria Bazzi - When East Meets West
Winter Portobello, a coed from a faith-based Italian family falls in love with a fellow student, Samir Chamas, a Lebanese immigrant. Together, Samir and Winter must prove their love to be as strong as the hearts that bind them, despite the cultural and religious differences that threaten to destroy the Chamas' family.
Janae Keyes - Would Smell As Sweet
Sick of feeling like a prisoner in her own home, Shayna moves the small town of Cotton Springs, Texas. She puts the pieces of her life back together and finds romance, but Happily Ever After only lasts until Shayna's stalker finds her hiding place and turns her dream into a nightmare.
Toye-Lawson Brown - Postcards from Havana
Arlene Joy never expected to win a five-day trip to Havana, Cuba. After meeting Arlene at a fiesta, Vincenté Martinez is happy he came home.
P.C. Zick - Third Base
Baseball star Tomas Vegas loses focus on his game when he meets Adriana Moretti from a tight-knit Italian family. When she falls for the handsome Puerto Rican, their families attempt to pull them apart, which only brings them closer together.
Hebby Roman - The Best Game
After years apart, Liana De Leon and Damian Escobedo meet again in their San Antonio hometown. Liana wants to escape her high-profile life, but coming home isn't working out the way she planned. Instead of the quiet life she envisions, the city's most eligible bachelor is set on winning her heart and making all her dreams come true.
Caroline Bell-Foster - Small Town Boy
They were first loves, but tragedy struck before Kerry and Noah could explore their lives further. Years later, can the British politician and the American Country singer ever re-connect?
Stacy-Deanne - Sometimes Money Ain't Enough
Raquel Hood has everything a woman could want; money, beauty, and an entire town under her command. But after meeting Tobias, Raquel realizes that sometimes money ain't enough.
Reana Malori is an Amazon Top 100 bestselling author of sensual and contemporary romance. She hopes to weave stories that pull the reader into her world and helps them to share in her universe, even if only for a short time. Her stories feature women you'd love to hangout with and men who love them with everything they have. Sign up Reana's newsletter: http://eepurl.com/bcEYjf or visit her website at www.reanamalori.com.
Suzette Riddick enjoys writing romance novels with real life situations readers can relate to. She's an Amazon bestselling author of African American Romance. In 2013 she was nominated for an Emma Award and was a featured author in USA Today ~ Happy Ever After. To learn more about Suzette and her books visit her website at www.suzetteriddick.com.
J.L. Campbell is an award-winning, Jamaican author who writes contemporary romance, romantic suspense, sweet romance, women's fiction, as well as new and young adult novels. She is a certified editor, who also writes non-fiction. Visit her on the web at www.joylcampbell.com or lrd.to/JLCampbell
Annamaria Bazzi - Love is an important part of life, not just something to be experienced but also to be read. After thirty-one years of marriage, and still going strong, Annamaria Bazzi believes in the happily ever after. This strong belief transcends into her romance novels—every person deserves his and her own happy ever after. Annamaria writes contemporary romances to bring new love experiences to her readers. She also writes young adult sci-fi/fantasy and dabbles in paranormal short stories. Visit her website: http://www.annamariasbooks.com
Janae Keyes - Janae Keyes is an American mom, wife, and hopeless romantic living in Europe. She loves to explore various cultures coming together through the magic of love. Residing in a suburb of Brussels, Belgium, with her husband and daughter, Janae loves to share her passion for romance with others. To learn more about Janae, visit her website: www.JanaeKeyes.com.
Toye-Lawson Brown is an Amazon bestselling author of multicultural romance novels. In 2014 she was nominated by the B.R.A.B Book Club for Breakout Author of the Year.
P.C. Zick - Bestselling and award-winning author, P.C. Zick, creates contemporary romances with a social consciousness. She describes herself as a storyteller no matter what she writes. Strong female leads, handsome and heroic men, and descriptive settings grace more than a dozen published novels. Visit her website at www.pczick.com.
Hebby Roman is a New York traditionally published, small-press published, and Indie published #1 Amazon best-selling author of both historical and contemporary romances. Her book, BORDER HEAT, was a Los Angeles Times Book Festival selection. She has been a RONE Finalist three times and in three different categories. Visit her website at: http://www.hebbyroman.com or Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorHebbyRoman
Caroline Bell Foster is an internationally bestselling, multi award-winning British author of diverse romantic fiction and named as one of the most influential people in culture & entertainment in the East Midlands, England. To learn more about Caroline please visit her website: www.carolinebellfoster.com
Stacy-Deanne (Dee-Anne) is an award-winning author of sensual romantic suspense, contemporary romance, and women's fiction books. She's written Amazon Top 100 bestsellers, and her work has been praised and reviewed in USA Today numerously. Stacy's books are full of passion, thrills, intriguing characters and so much emotion you can't get enough! If you want something different and unpredictable then definitely check out her work. Sign up for Stacy's mailing list: https://goo.gl/forms/vmXN2PASIAScrY...


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is a 2019 Japanese anime television series created and produced by Nexus. The series was directed by Masaharu Watanabe and written by Jukki Hanada, with original character designs by Shinichirou Otsuka, and music composed by Kenichiro Suehiro. Granbelm aired from July 5 to September 26, 2019 on the Animeism programming block. The series follows a group of 7 magical girls that pilot giant robots called "Armanox", where they fight in a battle royale where the winner obtains the title "Princeps Mage", allowing the user to wield all the magic inside the "Magiaconatus".

Premise
Long ago, the world was rich with magic, until the wizards and witches used magic to wage war on one another, bringing the world to the brink of destruction. To prevent this, a group of wizards sealed all the world's magic into a device known as the , and since then, magic has been largely forgotten and wizards have been slowly disappearing, with just a few magical families existing all over the world.

In the modern age, however, magic is making a resurgence thanks to the Granbelm, a tournament involving magical girls that pilot giant robots called , with the winner becoming the  and becoming able to wield all the magic inside the Magiaconatus. Mangetsu Kohinata finds her ordinary life forever changed when she discovers she is a mage and earns her own Armanox, the White Lily. As Mangetsu fights in the Granbelm, she meets other girls who fight to have their wishes granted.

Characters

Main characters

A seemingly normal high school student who suddenly finds herself caught in the middle of the Granbelm. She has no particular talents or aspirations, so she tries to be as helpful and friendly as possible to make up for it. Beneath this facade, however, she is very insecure about her being "empty." After meeting Shingetsu and becoming friends with her, she slowly begins to open up and decides to help make her wish come true. She is eventually revealed to actually be an artificial being created by the Magiaconatus to help Shingetsu win the Granbelm.

Her Armanox is , a white mecha with a sword as its primary armament, through she also has some ranged attacks. Though untrained, as a being made by Magiaconatus, she possessess enormous magical readings and can sometimes enter a state of extreme concentration, during which she is capable of overpowering her opponents through brute force. Shingetsu also teaches her how to summon her own familiar, Orca, a whale-like magical spirit that aids her in battle.

Her given name literally means "full moon", mirroring Shingetsu.

A mysterious young woman who moved back to Japan from Germany in order to compete in Granbelm. Although she is initially opposed to Mangetsu entering Granbelm, she teams up with her and teaches her how to fight, which leads to their friendship. She was once friends with Anna Fugo, until the latter's jealousy towards her magical talents ended their friendship. This led her to hate magic resulted in her wish for winning the Granbelm being to erase it completely. It is eventually revealed that the Magiaconatus already decided for her to become the Princeps Mage and the entire Granbelm is actually just a test to determine if she's worthy.

Her Armanox is , a black mecha capable of both melee and ranged combat. Due to her experience as a mage, she possesses a large arsenal of spells and tactics. Her trump card is Growth, a spirit that takes on the form of a giant golem.

Her family name literally means "new moon", mirroring Mangetsu.

Granbelm participants

A proud mage descending from one of Europe's most powerful mage families. She was once friends with Shingetsu, until she learned that she was brought in to become the family's successor over her, which led her to try to defeat her throughout the Granbelm to prove herself. By the time she discovered her mother wanted her to live a life free of the pressures of being a mage, it was too late as her jealousy of Shingetsu and obsession with beating her had caused her to fall into madness. She is the third mage to be eliminated from the Granbelm, after being defeated by Shingetsu. Afterwards, her existence was erased from the world, causing everyone not present during the battle to forget about her.

Her Armanox is , a red mecha resembling royalty. Despite having very low magical power, she is able to fight in the Granbelm due to her Armanox providing her with a great deal of magic. She specializes in her family's trademark magic of temperature control, allowing her to manipulate both fire and ice. She is also able to make decoys to fight her battles for her.

A carefree mage who descended from a very minor mage family and the pilot of . Although she was initially Anna's lackey, she really has no loyalty to Anna and only followed her orders out of convenience's sake. When she learns Anna is a weak mage, at least compared to Shingetsu, Suishō stops working for her. It is also heavily implied, and later confirmed, that she was the one who cursed Kuon's sister Shisui into a coma. However, Kuon discovers that Shisui actually tricked Suishō into consuming a part of her soul in order to give Kuon a chance to win the Granbelm.

 A young mage that initially worked for Anna and the pilot of the . She is the first opponent Mangetsu defeats in the Granbelm. With her stone shattered, Rosa can no longer participate in the Granbelm and Anna throws her out of her house. In the new reality created after Anna's defeat, she is the elder daughter of the Fugo family.

A mage who hails from Hong Kong who fights in the Granbelm with tactical assistance from her sisters; Nana and Mimi. Although she's an adult, her child-like body has caused her to be assigned to a middle school, where she becomes acquainted to Kibō, Mangetsu's younger sister. She is the second mage to be eliminated from the Granbelm, after being defeated by Mangetsu. Afterwards, she continues to keep an eye on events and later begins investigating the phenomenon where Anna was erased from reality, which eventually leads her to uncover Mangetsu's nature as well as the truth behind the Granbelm.

Her Armanox is , which unlike of Armanox takes on the form of a spaceship rather than a mecha. Because of this, it relies on stealth and its powerful long-range abilities to fight. However, its true form is that of a huge mecha, several times larger than other Armanox, which uses its sheer size and longer reach for close quarters combat.

 The younger daughter of the Tsuchimikado family. She participates in the Granblem in the hopes of finding a cure for her sister Shisui, who has fallen into a magically induced coma. She later becomes enemies with Suishō, suspecting that she is responsible for her sister's condition. She also agrees to an alliance with Mangetsu and Shingetsu, so they can survive the Granbelm. Kuon is one of the very few that remembers Anna after her defeat in the Granbelm causes her to be erased from history. As the Granbelm continues, Kuon realizes Suishō consumed a part of Shisui's soul and Suishō uses this particular information in an attempt to demoralize Kuon, but Kuon later discovers that Shisui only did that so that Kuon could have a chance at winning the Granbelm. Despite her renewed efforts, however, Kuon is killed by Suishō and the Magiaconatus alters reality so that everyone, except the remaining Granbelm fighters, forget she ever existed, much like Anna before her.

Her Armanox is the , which can manipulate the environment and uses light-generated fans for battle.

Supporting characters

Mangetsu's younger sister, who is unaware of her role in the Granbelm. In reality, however, she and her family are just being made to believe that Mangetsu is her older sister by the Magiaconatus. After Mangetsu's true nature is discovered, she and her family forget she ever existed.

Nene's younger sister, who gives her tactical assistance in the Granbelm. She has the appearance of a high-school student.

Nene's youngest sister, who gives her tactical assistance in the Granbelm. Despite being the youngest her mature appearance makes her seem like she's the oldest.

Anna's younger sister. Much like Anna, she knew Shingetsu since childhood, but unlike her sister, she never stopped loving her and hoped she would return to the Fugo family. After Anna is erased from reality, she forgets she ever existed and now believes Rosa to be her older sister.

 The Fugos family's servant.

 The elder daughter of the Tsuchimikado family and Kuon's sister. She has been placed into a coma and Kuon participates in the Granbelm in order to save her.

Production
The producer of Granbelm, Takayuki Nagatani, approached the animation studio Nexus in wanting to create a new series with them. Nexus told Nagatani that they are interested in creating an anime that features a "chibi-style robots", and Nagatani accepted the idea as he also love those kind of anime. Nagatani left the creative process to the studio while he would organize it. While hiring the Granbelms staff, Nagatani and the studio firstly decided to bring a director, with Nexus suggesting Masaharu Watanabe as the director for the series since they worked with him in his production of Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World, thus Watanabe was appointed as the director. The series composition was handled by Jukki Hanada. When deciding on who should be responsible for the series' character design, the staff discussed that they wanted "mellow visuals for the animation because it's the story of girls fighting with all their might", hearing that, director Watanabe suggested Shinichiro Otsuka, who's known for illustrating the artwork for Re:Zeros light novel. For the mecha designs, Nexus recommended Jimmy Stone.

Nagatani stated that Anna, a controversial character in the series, is the character he liked the most and stated that he understands her "personality" and sympathized with the character for carrying a "heavy burden". He praised Hanada on his ability for making each of the main characters "charming as well as unique", and states that "each character has their own great attributes" but Anna is the one that fascinates him the most. Nagatani thinks that as the story progresses, the viewers' favorite character will change. During the scenario meetings, the staff had agreed on the idea of "girls and magic" themed-series. When asked on why there aren't any male character in the series, Nagatani replied: "We decided that the Granbelm would be an all-girl battle pretty early on. I can't even recall us talking about any male characters joining the battle. We called the participants of the battle 'witches' and the story was about the female line of the family. I think that's why we didn't even consider a male character. I'd say that it naturally became an all-girls affair."

The anime was announced by Nexus on March 1, 2019. The series is directed by Masaharu Watanabe, with Jukki Hanada handling series composition, Shinichirou Otsuka as the original character designer, and Kenichiro Suehiro composing the music. Infinite is producing the anime. Eir Aoi performed the series' opening theme song , while Uru performed the series' ending theme song .

Release
Granbelm aired from July 5 to September 26, 2019 on the Animeism programming block on MBS, TBS, and BS-TBS. It is streaming on Crunchyroll, which teams with Sentai Filmworks to release the series on home video in the United States.

Episode list

Reception
Granbelm was well-received by critics, with Andy Pfeiffer of Anime News Network listing the series as one of the best series of the summer 2019 anime season. Patrick Frye of Monsters and Critics described the series as "a mashup of multiple genres from super-powered robots to magical girls with a tragic destiny ala Madoka Magica", while also noting that its "battle royale" is similar to the Fate series. Frye nevertheless wrote that the series "manages to stand on its own by having fun character development and enough major plot twists to surprise audiences" and states the finale "provide a satisfying spectacle".

See also
Magic Knight Rayearth

References

External links

2019 anime television series debuts
Anime with original screenplays
Animeism
Crunchyroll anime
Magical girl anime and manga
Mecha anime and manga
Nexus (animation studio)
Sentai Filmworks


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Yesterday, some of us teamed up with BP or Not BP to attend the 'Science Museum Lates' themed around the BP-sponsored Cosmonauts exhibition with the aim of highlighting BP's environmental record, history of funding anti-science climate denial lobbyists and raising the question of its involvement with the Science Museum.
As scientists we believe that a company with such a history and a business model that is scientifically incompatible with a sustainable future, one where we limit the damage of climate change by limiting the global rise in temperature to 2C, should not be associated with a museum dedicated to the dissemination of science to the public.
We must stand by the research on climate change and not allow oil companies like BP and Shell [see note 1] to distort the narrative by sponsoring our scientific and cultural institutions. A "science museum" should not partner itself with a company that is disregarding the science and exploring for new sources of fossil fuels, at a time when we need to be leaving known sources of fossil fuels in the ground.
We hope to draw attention to this incompatibility of this company and other Fossil Fuel companies like it with Science and with the Science Museums acknowledgement of climate science and sustainability as a key theme of the decade.
The science museum has a duty to represent and communicate the scientific consensus. In 2016 we now have a well established scientific consensus on climate change and even an international political one through the Paris Agreement [see note 2] and this has to reflected at every level of the science museum including its funding partners.
1. The Science Museum has also had a controversial history with Shell, who sponsored the Climate Change exhibition. Questions were raised about to what degree shell was able to influence the content of the science.
http://www.theguardian.com/…/shell-sought-influence-directi…
http://bp-or-not-bp.org/…/science-museum-drops-shell-as-sp…/
Indeed, after the stir about it, the Science Museum declared it had now no plans to renew its deal with shell.
http://www.wired.co.uk/…/shell-science-museum-sponsorship-e…
2. The Paris Agreement actually goes further than 2C and commits countries to attempt to pursue 1.5C as a safer target to aim for. The process of thought goes along these lines: Science says limiting increase in global mean temperate to 1.5-2C stands the best chance of minimising the possibility of runaway, catastrophic climate change. They then work backwards with climate science to calculate a range of emissions that would likely be responsible for such an increase. They then work out how much of the known fossil fuels reserves would give out that amount of emissions. Fossil fuel companies currently are not only planning to fully use their reserves but are also actively looking for more. Their forecasts appear to be in line with around 4C increase in global mean temperature (see note 3).
IPCC summaries and documents on scientific consensus: http://www.ipcc.ch/
Full Paris Agreement text: https://unfccc.int/resource/docs/2015/cop21/eng/l09r01.pdf
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Afrosternophorus hirsti est une espèce de pseudoscorpions de la famille des Sternophoridae.

Distribution
Cette espèce est endémique d'Australie. Elle se rencontre en Nouvelle-Galles du Sud et au Queensland.

Description
Les mâles mesurent de  à  et les femelles de  à .

Systématique et taxinomie
Cette espèce a été décrite sous le protonyme Sternophorus hirsti par Chamberlin en 1932. Elle est placée dans le genre Afrosternophorus par Harvey en 1985.

Étymologie
Cette espèce est nommée en l'honneur d'Arthur Stanley Hirst.

Publication originale
 Chamberlin, 1932 : On some false scorpions of the superfamily Cheiridioidea (Arachnida - Chelonethida). Pan-Pacific Entomologist, ,  (texte intégral).

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Sternophoridae
Espèce de pseudoscorpions (nom scientifique)
Faune endémique d'Australie


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