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HAY's reproduction of Børge Mogensen's classic J41 chair has a slightly slanted backrest and widely-spaced spindles creating an uncluttered design that offers a timeless quality. With a broad plywood seat and frame in solid oak or beech, the design is both hard-wearing and comfortable. Available in oiled, matt lacquered or painted finishes.
By Børge Mogensen
Børge Mogensen (1914-1972) was one of the most important furniture designers of his generation. Having started as a cabinetmaker, like many other designers, he developed into an accomplished furniture designer who created functional and affordable furniture for the everyman. Mogensen studied at Copenhagen school of Arts and Crafts from 1936-1942 under the watchful eye of Kaare Klint as his mentor. After completing his studies he initially went on to work with Klint, from whom he learnt to produce simple and functional furniture. Later on, Mogensen also succeeded his former mentor as designer at the Museum of Decorative Arts in Copenhagen when Klint died in 1954.


Appearance: Pete's blonde hair and blue eyes have turned black and gray respectively since the accident. He wears comfortable clothes often with a long gray overcoat (he is almost immune to temperature extremes and wearing a long coat in New Mexico amuses him). His costume is a deep red, metallic bosysuit with gold gloves and boots. When he activates his forcefield he appears to be a flaming man made of molten gold.
Personality: Pete is still a soldier, he serves the American People as Firelord as he did as Lt. Peter James, the uniform is just different. As the most potent of the Atomic Rangers and the most tactically sound, Pete is generally considered the teams leader.
Quote:"Remember Kids, don't play with matches and you won't get burned."
Background: Peter James was one of a number of former soldiers working for the defense contractor, PulseTech. James had shown technical know how and a disciplined approach that PulseTech looked for and he eventually became the project leader for the Furite Blast weapon. The weapon was a design of flame thrower that didn't rely on a large fuel pack for energy. The cells that Peter and his team had developed were in their prototype stage when Pete, having been in meetings all day came to the lab late one night and saw one of his team busily copying files. Knowing industrial espionage when he saw it; Pete immediately called security and in a fit of overconfidence, confronted the man.
The spy, a VIPER undercover specialist, proved to be Pete's physical superior. During the struggle, Pete was knocked into the prototype. The spy had sabatoged the prototype and he simply detonated it.
For a second Pete thought he saw the golden light he'd heart about. He felt no pain and when his eyes adjusted to the light and sound around him, he realized that he had been transformed by the Cell's explosion. The security team arrived and took both men into custody. Pete went peacefully and figured out how to "power down" really quickly. He decided to put his new abilities to the good of the public. Pete took the name Firelord from a comic book in his youth (and he's received permission from the creators and owners of said character in exchange for producing the Atomic Rangers and Firelord comic lines based off of his image and adventures).
Powers/Tactics: Firelord's tactics stem from the versatility of his abilities. Able to create and manipulate fire and his "Firey Arsenal" allows him to affect a wide variety of potent attacks. His defenses are average but he has enhanced speed and reaction time, he tends to keep his distance.
Appearance: Rose is short but has a powerful build. She wears her hair in a bun and loose clothing in her job as a librarian. When active as the Flying Lotus, she wears a tight, red top and billowy white kung fu pants. She wears a white domino mask as well as letting her hair down.
Personality: A very civic minded woman, Rose has accepted the role of heroine in her community by her family's elders. She feels proudest when she helps the people in some way. She is often more comfortable in her role as heroine than librarian, but she finds the work in the library to be equally fulfilling.
Quote:"I do not think that your present course of action will bring you the desired results."
Background: Rose Chen is a librarian by day and a superheroine by night. She uses her Kung Fu skills and quasi mystical abilities to battle crime in New Mexico along with the other members of the Atomic Rangers.
Powers/Tactics: A mystic based martial artist, Rose is skilled in hand to hand combat and capable of great physical feats. She is deceptively strong and hearty.
Campaign Use: Standard costumed martial artist but she operates in an out of the way place.
Player: NPC; Member of the Atomic Rangers.
Appearance: Classically handsome hero with blue eyes, blonde hair and all american muscular physique. His armor appears to be a modern version of roman Legionairre armor with a full face plate (only his eyes showing) and armored leggings. His armor is silver, his cape is white with blue trim. The Plume in his helm is blue.
Personality: A thrill seeker and lover of fame and glory, Alex has taken to the role of hero quickly. Responsibility has been a little slower in coming. He tends to fight harder in front of cameras and pretty ladies. He won't abandon his team but he might try to cut and run if they meat too much resistance.
Quote:"The pain I will heap upon you will be Legion, get it?"
Background: Alex Reece has superhuman physical characteristics. He claims to have gotten them after being bitten by a radioactive scoprion, but no one believes him. He does not show up on Mutant Scanners though. When he and some other wannabe heroes failed to make the highly publicized Victory Squad, they decided to form their own team. A fellow hero, Widget, helped him build his armored costume and flight suit.
Powers/Tactics: A flying brick with high agility and low super strength. He backs this up with boxing skill.
Appearance: A tall and buff young man with perfect teeth, skin, and hair. He wears a white body suit with blue gloves, boots, belt and harness.
Personality: Lifter is an easy going fellow. He has spend most of his life as a beach bum and body builder, but now he sees his superheroic career as a higher purpose. He has actually started taking criminology classes at the local university (one of the team's weaknesses). He's proven smarter than he appears.
Quote:"If I stop lifting, I die."
Background: Lifter is a mutant with superhuman strength. His upper limit has never been tested but he tires quickly if he routinely lifts more than about 25 Tons. He was born and raised in So Cal, and moved to New Mexico to try out for the Victory Squad, but like many others he was left off the final roster. When a number of the jilted heroes decided to stay together and form a team, Lifter agreed to lend his strength to the cause. Jason's younger sister has also started attending school at St. John's New Mexico. She has also exhibited limited superhuman strength and often gets under Jason's foot trying to "Help Out" she calls herself Thundara.
Powers/Tactics: Lifter is a standard brick but he can really push himself beyond normal limits. His STR for Pushing is 100. For normal use, his strength is 50.
He is slightly more agile and quicker than the average person. He can take a beating too.
Appearance: Wendy is a fit and attractive young woman with a cheerful personality and an adventurous streak a mile wide. She will try almost anything once. She can be serious, but she doesn't like to stay that way. The Sunset Kid wears a stylized armored cowgirl uniform. Combat boots instead of cowboy boots, a white hat, her trade mark round glasses, and a leather duster. Her hi-tech guns appear to be vintage six shooters. Her lasso has a metallic golden sheen.
Her pants and neckerchief are red, her duster is gray, and her shirt is denim blue. Her boots, gloves, and belt are black.
Personality: The Sundset Kid is a "gimmick" and she knows it. She is popular with the media, having charm, wit, and grace when being interviewed. She tried originally to be a "true cowgirl" in her Sunset persona, but she eventually gave it up. She is more confident in the public relations part of hero-ing; setting a good example, doing public service announcements, et al., but she can hold her own in a fight. Wendy is in this for the thrills and the chance to do well.
Quote:"I do believe I have you covered, Shadow Dragon. What are you doing in these parts anyhow?"
Background: Wendy Allusade was always fascinated by tales of the old west. Her family moved to New Mexico when she was eleven. She began riding horses that summer. When she graduated high school she joined a local rodeo, by this time she was a fair trick shooter, rope user, and all round showman. She worked for a few theme parks on the west coast but felt a call to something higher. She began college later that year taking pre-med. Working a local theme park to earn her tuition; Wendy found herself in the papers one day when a young kid attempted to rob the gate. She used her lasso to stop him, and although the robbery was real; most of the customers present thought it was part of the act. Wendy enjoyed the media coverage, and the owners of the park, in gratitude paid for her entire freshman year. She continued to work as a trick shooting, lassoing cowgirl on weekends, but began to feel that maybe she could be more.
Training intensely for the next three years while allowing her studies to slip, she made herself a modern day desperado outfit (lightly armored) and took her skills to the streets. As the Sunset Kid, she tried unsuccessfully to join the publicity seeking Victory Corps. The Corps was a publicity stunt by a few local heroes who held a public "try out" for their team. Wendy's skills intrigued them, but she was passed over in the end. A few of the others who weren't chosen decided to form their own team known as the Atomic Rangers; Wendy was asked to join and accepted. The Atomic Rangers are now based in New Mexico on land owned by Wendy's parents.
Powers/Tactics: Thanks to Widget, the team gadgeteer, the Sunset Kid has some true firepower at her hips. She wears a light armored costume, has a concealed radio, variable ammunition six-shooters, and an extremely sturdy lasso. She also has "Copper", the robot horse. Copper can fly as well as cruise at high land speeds. Sunset has trained diligently to be able to ride and fight while Copper is in the air. She has also studied Flying Lotus's Kung Fu and can hold her own in hand to hand combat.
Campaign Use: The Sunset Kid is a half hearted attempt at a serious superhero. She is along the lines of Shooting Star of Marvel Comics fame. Not only is she an able combatant and spokes person; she has completed her medical certification and is a licensed Doctor. She is an expert at meta-human treatment; at least as far as her team mates go.
Appearance: A short man, but thickly muscular. He has thick black hair and beard, brown eyes and an infectious grin. He wears a gray jump suit with black boots, gloves, and utility belt. His holster and combat harness are white. THere is a white "W" in a black circle on his right shoulder. He wears a headset/goggle combination but doesn't try to hide who he is.
Personality: Although he's been accused of having "Short Man's Syndrome", Perry has never considered himself angry or overcompensating for anything. He has an incurable scientific curiosity and a desire to experience new things. He also holds his fellow man in high regard and has sworn to protect the innocent from the machinations of a gaggle of morally stunted intellectuals.
"I wonder what this does."
Background: Perry Walters, short in stature but great in intellect, collected his first PhD from CalTech when he was only 15. He has an extensive list of patents to his name. He decided to become more than a wealthy industrialist and after a brief but intense training period, he developed an arsenal of crimefighting tools and embarked on a career as the heroic Widget. He tried to join the Victory Squad but was practically laughed out of the auditions. He and some of the other "cast offs" formed the Atomic Rangers.
Powers/Tactics: Skilled in a variety of sciences, Widget has produced a veritable arsenal of equipment in which to fight crime. He also has spent much of the last three years rigorously training his body, and has become a skilled, if unorthadox hand to hand fighter.


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5 of the Best Intelligent Sci-Fi Films of the Past Decade
Since it won the Future Film Festival Digital Award at the Venice Film Festival in September, we've been hotly anticipating the release of clever sci-fi film Arrival. From Denis Villeneuve, the director of Sicario and Prisoners, Arrival opens in cinemas on the 10th of November, with science fiction fans hotly anticipating the latest in a wave of 'smarter than the average blockbuster' movies.
When mysterious spacecraft touch down across the globe, an elite team – led by expert linguist (seriusly, how cool id it to have a linguist as the lead in a big budget film?) Louise Banks (Amy Adams) – is brought together to investigate. As humanity teeters on the verge of global war, Banks and the team race against time for answers – and to find them, she will take a chance that could threaten her life, and quite possibly the entire human race.
Over the last decade, intelligent science fiction has made something of a resurgence (bad choice of words) and in anticipation of the latest sci-fi Arrival (puns in an article with the word 'Intelligent' in the title, really Sean? -Ed), we're looking back at some of the most thought provoking sci-fi films to appear in cinemas over the last decade.
5. The Martian (2015)
Based on the classic novel of the same name, The Martian is a gripping film about a manned mission to Mars which received critical acclaim across the board, including numerous awards and nominations for its lead, Matt Damon. When astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew, he finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile angry red planet. With only meagre supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive. In his own words, he needs to "science the shit" out of it - and he does so, quite literally at times! What makes The Martian so refreshing is the fact that science is the good guy for a change, as opposed to the villain as it is so often portrayed in mainstream cinema.
A widely acclaimed sci-fi masterpiece steered by the inimitable Christopher Nolan, Inception was nominated for eight Academy Awards, of which it won four, including one for its mind-bending cinematography. Leonardo DiCaprio excelled in the lead role of a thief who steals corporate secrets through use of dream-sharing technology and is given the near impossible task of planting an idea into the heavily protected mind of a CEO. The really cool thing about Inception is that it is filled with all sorts of clues and hints as to what exactly that iconic ending means, so it demands repeat viewings and rewards keen-eyed viewers who pay attention to the small details.
3. Ex Machina (2015)
Starring Alicia Vikander and Domhnall Gleeson, Ex Machina follows the story of young programmer who is selected to participate in a highly secretive ground-breaking experiment. In a secure facility, he meets a breath-taking humanoid A.I. named Ava and is asked to evaluate her humanity and figure out whether or not she is truly a sentient being. But is there more to this experiemnt than meets the eye? Is Ava everything she says she is? And what is her creator's true endgame in all of this? Ex Machina will leave you guessing right up to the very end.
2. Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt take the lead in Edge of Tomorrow, also known as Live, Die, Repeat (and based off the awesomely named All You Need Is Kill manga). When an alien race hits Earth with an unrelenting assault that cannot be repelled by the world's united military powers, Major William Cage (Cruise) is dropped into a battle that amounts to little more than a suicide mission. Killed within minutes, Cage finds himself inexplicably thrown into a time loop, forcing him to live out the same brutal combat over and over, fighting and dying repeatedly. But with each battle, Cage becomes able to engage his adversaries with increasing skill, and eventually forges an alliance with legendary Special Forces warrior Rita Vrataski (Blunt) and they go on a mission to rout the alien menace once and for all. Now, if they could just rid us of bad knockoff sci-fi movies once and for all, that'd be great...
1. Looper (2012)
With the compelling tagline "Face your future. Fight your past.", Looper was a hit with audiences and critics alike in 2012. A mind-melting time travel sci-fi, Looper is set in the year 2074, a time when mobsters have come up with a novel way of getting rid of someone real smooth like; they send their target 30 years into the past where a so called 'Looper' (slang for hired gun) lies in wait. One such Looper is Joe (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), and he is very good at what he does. That is, until the mob decides to "close the loop", sending back Joe's future self (Bruce Willis) for assassination. As one might expect, Joe isn't too keen on killing himself, so forges a weird, almost "father-son" dynamic with his older self as they try to figure out a way to evade time-travelling assassins and take down their former employers.
Have you got any favorite clever sci-fi movies? We'd love to hear your thoughts in the comments section!
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Online videos now account for 50% of all mobile traffic, and 92% of mobile video users share the videos they watch with other users. In addition, 68% of all viewers share the videos they have watched, meaning that their friends will see it, and then their friends… and so on. Youtube receives over 1 billion unique users each month, and Facebook is the most common social platform in which viewers share these videos.
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Giacometti, Alberto älbĕr´tō jäkōmĕt´tē [key], 1901–66, Swiss sculptor and painter; son of the impressionist painter Giovannia Giacometti; b. Stampa. He settled in Paris in 1922, studying with Bourdelle and becoming associated first with the cubists and then the surrealists (see cubism ; surrealism ). His Slaughtered Woman (1932; Mus. of Modern Art, New York City), for example, is a violent surrealist work. Giacometti abandoned surrealist images in 1935. In the 1930s and thereafter, he created highly original sculptures of elongated, emaciated human figures, usually in bronze. He also made open cagelike structures (e.g., The Palace at 4 AM, 1933; Mus. of Modern Art, New York City) that were equally powerful.


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The PGA TOUR opens 2022 in paradise as Round 1 of the Sentry Tournament of Champions gets underway Thursday from the Plantation Course at Kapalua.
The star-studded field includes Jon Rahm, Phil Mickelson, Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas, Brooks Koepka, Bryson DeChambeau, Collin Morikawa, Patrick Reed, Xander Schauffele and Hideki Matsuyama.
Here's everything you need to know to follow the action, including Featured Groups for PGA TOUR LIVE and newly expanded and extended coverage on ESPN+.
Sentry Tournament, how to follow
Television: Thursday-Friday, 6-10 p.m. ET (Golf Channel); Saturday, 6-10 p.m. ET (Golf Channel); Sunday, 4-6 p.m. ET (NBC), 6-8 p.m. ET (Golf Channel)
PGA TOUR LIVE: Thursday-Saturday, 2:15 p.m.-6 p.m. (Featured Groups). 6 p.m.-10 p.m. (Featured Holes). Sunday, 1:30 p.m.-4 p.m. (Featured Groups), 4 p.m.-8 p.m. (Featured Holes).
PGA TOUR LIVE is available exclusively on ESPN+
Radio: Thursday-Friday, 4–10 p.m. ET; Saturday, 5–10 p.m. ET; Sunday, 3–8 p.m. ET. (PGA TOUR Radio on SiriusXM and PGATOUR.com/liveaudio)
Note: The weekend TV windows could change based on NFL windows.
Featured Groups:
Viktor Hovland, Brooks Koepka
Phil Mickelson, Hideki Matsuyama
A new career as a mental coach, alongside some of the best golfers in the world to drag them to success and support them in times of difficulty. This is what Michael Phelps, the most decorated athlete in the history of the Olympics, seems to have undertaken (also in the name of friendship). A great golf enthusiast, many now define him as the "secret weapon" of green totems such as Jon Rahm, number one in the world ranking, and Jordan Spieth, the Texan who, after a long period of crisis, is back in 2021 to amaze.
"He's a good guy, he's been through a lot as a sportsman and he's the greatest Olympian of all time with a lot of tricks up his sleeve. I'm not going to reveal what I asked him but I can say that he has helped me a lot in the last period. ". These are the revelations of the Spaniard Rahm. For the legendary swimmer, nicknamed 'the Baltimore Shark', important words also came from Spieth, today 12 / o in the world ranking. "The mental aspect is something I've worked on a lot with him lately. I'm really lucky to have him around. Besides, he's a great lover of golf and having him now more and more in our world is an added value." This is the opinion of Spieth who yesterday, alongside Phelps, played the Pro-Am of the BMW Championship, the second event of the Play-Offs of the Pga Tour starting today in Owing Mills (USA), Maryland.
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	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types"
	"github.com/docker/docker/container"
	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/pubsub"
)

type supervisor interface {
	// GetContainerStats collects all the stats related to a container
	GetContainerStats(container *container.Container) (*types.StatsJSON, error)
}

// NewCollector creates a stats collector that will poll the supervisor with the specified interval
func NewCollector(supervisor supervisor, interval time.Duration) *Collector {
	s := &Collector{
		interval:   interval,
		supervisor: supervisor,
		publishers: make(map[*container.Container]*pubsub.Publisher),
		bufReader:  bufio.NewReaderSize(nil, 128),
	}

	platformNewStatsCollector(s)

	return s
}

// Collector manages and provides container resource stats
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	m          sync.Mutex
	supervisor supervisor
	interval   time.Duration
	publishers map[*container.Container]*pubsub.Publisher
	bufReader  *bufio.Reader

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Australia, Perth
Cost of living in Perth, prices and what it is like to live for an Expat, quality of life / hardship, and compare cost of living for Expatriates as at January 2021.
What is it like to live in Perth?
Perth: Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. Perth ranks fourth amongst the nation's cities, with a growth rate consistently above the national average.
Economy: Perth dominates the Western Australian economy by virtue of its population and role as the administrative centre for business and government, despite the major mining, petroleum and agricultural export industries located elsewhere in the state. Perth's function as the State's capital city, its economic base and population size have also created development opportunities for many other businesses oriented to local or more diversified markets.
Inflation: 0.7% for Australia as at September 2020.
Perth Population: 2 Million (2020 est.)
Expat Life: Australians typically talk directly rather than around issues, generally do not like class orientated structure, preferring informality and modesty such as first names even in a business setting (although dress tends to be formal), respect the opinions of others, and enjoy a good debate. Australians typically take turns in paying for beverages, and often use humour to establish rapport. The safety risk for expatriates in Australia is low. Risks include low levels of petty crime in busy tourist areas.
Health Care: The standard of healthcare in Australia is very good however costs of treatment for expatriates can be high. The official Coronavirus COVID-19 total reported cases for Australia as at 14 January 2021 is 28,658, with 909 deaths. The rate of deaths per 1 million population is 35. Current active cases is 1,875.
For other areas within the country see Australia.
What is the cost of living in Perth?
The cost of living for expatriates in Perth as at January 2021 is high in comparison to other places in the world, with an overall Cost of Living Index (COLI), for all 13 basket groups, of 78.42 (New York =100). We have collected prices for the same items, world wide, based on Expat spending norms, in or closest to the location, and converted them to $USD so that we can compare the cost of 13 different baskets in 780 global locations. For each basket, compared to New York, the equivalent cost in Perth is as follows:
2) Clothing: Cost is high for items such as business, casual and children's clothing and footwear. A basket costing USD$1,000 in New York costs USD$1030. Average price for an international brand of mens jeans is USD$64, a quality international brand of running shoes USD$86, mens leather shoes suitable for office wear USD$94 while a medium size international summer dress from a global chain store is USD$39.
3) Communication: Cost is very high for various communication costs such as home telephone rental, internet subscription, mobile service provider tariff and data costs. A basket costing USD$200 in New York costs USD$284. Average price for a monthly standard plan internet subscription is USD$47, while the benchmark mobile tariff is USD$0.34 per minute.
4) Education: Cost is average for items such as creche / pre-school fees, primary school fees, high school fees and tertiary study fees. A basket costing USD$30,000 in New York costs USD$20700. Average annual private international school fee (excluding extras) USD$13,362 for Primary School, and USD$14,870 for High School.
6) Groceries: Cost is average for items such as consumables, cleaning products, dairy, fresh fruit & vegetables, general food products, snacks, soft drinks. A basket costing USD$1,000 in New York costs USD$790. Average grocery prices in a major international retail store for 1 kg apples is USD$3.52, 1 kg oranges USD$3.05, 1 head lettuce USD$2.02, 1 kg potatos USD$2.57, 1 kg boneless, skinless, chicken breast USD$9.06, 1 kg cheddar cheese USD$8.91, 1 dozen large eggs USD$3.78, 500g loaf white bread USD$2.34, 1 L full cream milk USD$1.42, and 1.5 L water USD$2.15.
7) Healthcare: Cost is average for general heath care, doctor visits, hospital stays, non-prescription medicine, and medical insurance. A basket costing USD$1,000 in New York costs USD$650. Average healthcare cost for a private practice Doctor visit for an uninsured patient is USD$53, and a private hospital stay per day including nursing care, medications, diagnostic tests, food, and related costs is USD$1,621.
9) Miscellaneous: Cost is average for items such as dry cleaning, linen, magazines, newspapers, office supplies, and postage stamps. A basket costing USD$500 in New York costs USD$345. Average price for dry cleaning (1 mens 2 pc suit) is USD$6.68, while an international newspaper is USD$2.06.
10) Personal Care: Cost is high for items such as cosmetics, hair care, and toiletries. A basket costing USD$500 in New York costs USD$375. Average cost for a mens haircut and blow dry is USD$30, while a womens hair colour, cut and blow dry - medium length is USD$150.
11) Recreation & Culture: Cost is high for items such as books, cinema, sport and theatre tickets. A basket costing USD$500 in New York costs USD$410. Average price for a latest release international cinema ticket (average of on and off peak where applicable) for one adult is USD$15.93, and an international fitness, recreation or sports club membership cost for one adult is USD$56 per month.
12) Restaurants Meals Out and Hotels: Cost is high for items such as hotel daily room rates, meals and beverages in a restaurant, and take away food and beverages. A basket costing USD$1,000 in New York costs USD$790. Average cappuccino price (regular, medium) is USD$3.85, coke/pepsi (330ml) USD$2.68, burger meal (international franchise or similar) USD$10.06, and a mid-range international restaurant meal for 2 USD$77.53.
13) Transport: Cost is high for items such as fuel (petrol/gasoline), car hire, public transport, vehicle purchase and maintenance. A basket costing USD$1,000 in New York costs USD$1010. Average average price over the last year for highest available octane petrol / gasoline (1L) is USD$0.94, while the benchmark car sedan purchase price including taxes/duties for a compact / small / economy vehicle (1.4 L) is USD$17,167.
How does the cost of living in Perth compare?
Perth is 2.8% more expensive than Houston TX for groceries, 53% more expensive for household costs than Kuala Lumpur, and 60.4% more expensive for transport costs than Dubai.
What is the quality of life / hardship in Perth?
Perth is ranked as a minimal hardship location.The hardship premium for Perth for an expat from London, is for example 0%, i.e. host location (Perth) premium of 10% minus home (London) location premium of 10%.
Want to know more about cost of living, hardship (quality of living) or expat salary in Perth? Register subscribe to your home location and Perth and run your personalised reports.


07:44:21: Sounds like more snow is coming tomorrow. Yippeeeeeeee!
08:45:58: Sounds like maybe 6 inches or more for my area tomorrow! Wee hooo!
13:36:27: Cherry Berry tea time! Yum!
13:52:32: Lovely.. there's a broken pipe so the bathrooms are closed in our building.


Family Fun Day – Please Diarise Sunday 1 December 2013 – 2 p.m.-5 p.m.
Enjoy 2 Free Movies – One for the Kids and One for the Adults.
For the adults: Hello, Goodbye. A French-Jewish comedy about aliyah, starring Gerard Depardieu.
Popcorn and light refreshments will be provided.
Date: 16 November 2013; Time: 06.00 p.m. – Movie starts at 06.15 p.m.; Place: Slome Auditorium and Youth Lounge at Beit Emanuel, 38 Oxford Road (entrance 3rd Avenue) Parktown.


Dani Barretto inaming hindi kasundo ang amang si Kier Legaspi at hindi ito ang gusto niyang maghatid sa kaniya sa altar sa kasal niya.
Dani Barretto umamin sa kaniyang vlog na hindi sila in good terms ng kaniyang ama na si Kier Legaspi. Sinabi niya ring hindi ito ang maghahatid sa kaniya sa altar sa kasal niya.
Sa latest post ni Dani Barretto sa kaniyang vlog na may title na, "Are your assumptions about me, correct?" isa sa kaniyang mga followers ang nagtanong kung kumusta ang relasyon nila ng kaniyang ama na si Kier Legaspi.
Naging matabang ngunit mahaba ang naging sagot ni Dani Barretto na nag-reveal rin ng kaniyang hinanakit sa amang si Kier Legaspi.
"When it comes to my dad and I, I haven't spoken to my dad in 6 years. The last time we spoke we were not in good terms and until now we're still not in good terms.
To be honest, my dad and I never really had a solid relationship. All I know is he's my dad and that's it. We had a brief relationship which was like two months. It was nice.
Not gonna say I don't love him. It's just that, I guess na when you're apart for so long and you already grew up and nasanay ka nang wala 'yung tao sa life mo, you just feel like, not naman you don't need the person, but you feel like you're okay without them.
Tumanda na rin kasi ako. Parang at this point, I am 25. I am getting married, my life is just starting. Okay na 'yung life ko. I grew up fine. My mom really raised me well.
Not that I never thought I needed him. Of course at one point in my life, I thought I needed a dad. But kung wala diyan sa harap mo, hindi mo naman puwedeng damdamin 'yun. Life goes on.
I've been hurt a lot of times by this person not that I am blaming him for everything I probably have faults too but I've been wanting an effort out of him but I never got it.
Its better this way like my dad and I are not hurting each other anymore by not just talking maybe it's for the best. We try the talking thing and it didn't work out well for us. We ended up not it good terms and maybe that just it. It's how it meant to be.
Growing up I really didn't know the situation as to why my dad wasn't there. I didn't understand. It wasn't explained to me because I was really young.
When I grew up I started to look for him and I felt that emptiness and void in my heart that I didn't have a dad. Although I have a stepdad who treated me very well, but siyempre iba parin pag tatay mo kapag nandyan lang.
Hopefully somewhere wherever he is, he is proud of me.
Isa pang follower ni Dani Barretto ang nagtanong tungkol sa magiging kasal niya at bakit hindi niya gusto na ang amang si Kier Legaspi ang maghahatid sa kaniya sa altar.
Naging mabilis at straight-forward ang naging sagot niya rito na may kasamang papuri naman sa kaniyang ina na si Marjorie Barretto.
It's only right that she walks me down the aisle because she raised me on her own.
Ilang oras matapos maging viral ng vlog post ni Dani Barretto ay agad sumulat ng sagot si Kier Legaspi sa anak sa pamamagitan ng isang Instagram post.
Una ay kinongratulate niya ito sa kaniyang engagement at sinabing siya ang unang lalaking nagmahal sa anak.
Dear Aynrand Danielle, First things first, congratulations, I heard you are getting married. May both of you live a blissful marriage with plenty of children. Aynrand, I don't really say much about our relationship because I am certain that both of us know the truth. I believe that no matter what you say now can never change the truth and the memories we had. I'm here, I will always be here. Bata ka pa lang lagi na kitang hinahabol, you don't know what I had to do just to see you. Until now, I'm still waiting for our meeting. Here are some pictures of us, memories that will forever be in my heart. I kept this glass flower I gave you a long time ago hoping that you will bloom as a good and truthful person. I want you to know that I was the first man who ever loved you and that no matter what, you will always be my daughter. I will continue to pray for you and your family. Hindi importante ang opinyon ng iba. Para sa akin, kasama ang Legaspi family you will have a special place in our hearts. I wish nothing but the best for you. May God bless you and everyone you love.
First things first, congratulations, I heard you are getting married. May both of you live a blissful marriage with plenty of children.
Aynrand, I don't really say much about our relationship because I am certain that both of us know the truth. I believe that no matter what you say now can never change the truth and the memories we had. I'm here, I will always be here.
Bata ka pa lang lagi na kitang hinahabol, you don't know what I had to do just to see you. Until now, I'm still waiting for our meeting.
Here are some pictures of us, memories that will forever be in my heart.
I kept this glass flower I gave you a long time ago hoping that you will bloom as a good and truthful person.
I want you to know that I was the first man who ever loved you and that no matter what, you will always be my daughter.
I will continue to pray for you and your family. Hindi importante ang opinyon ng iba. Para sa akin, kasama ang Legaspi family you will have a special place in our hearts.
I wish nothing but the best for you. May God bless you and everyone you love.
Si Dani Barretto ay na-engage kamakailan lang sa kaniyang long-time boyfriend na si Xavi Panlilio. Kasama niya rin ito habang nire-record niya ang viral vlog post kaugnay sa kaniyang ama na si Kier Legaspi.


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Friday urged China to halt its militarization of the disputed South China Sea, drawing a rebuke from Beijing for sending U.S. warships and planes close to islands claimed by China in the strategic waterway.
During a round of high-level talks in Washington, the two sides aired many of their main geopolitical differences, including a bitter trade dispute, freedom of navigation in the Asia-Pacific region, self-ruled Taiwan, and China's crackdown on its Muslim minority.
Two visiting senior Chinese officials also seized the opportunity to warn that a trade war between the world's two largest economies would end up hurting both sides and to call for keeping channels of communication open to resolve an issue that has unsettled global financial markets.
The talks appeared aimed at controlling the damage to relations that has worsened in recent months and at paving the way for an encounter between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Group of 20 summit in Argentina at the end of November.
Even as the United States and China confront difficult challenges in their relationship, "cooperation remains essential on many issues," U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told a joint news conference, citing efforts to persuade North Korea to abandon its nuclear programme.
Yang said China was committed to working with the United States on "non-confrontation" but urged it to stop sending warships and planes close to the islands that Beijing claims. Washington insists it is acting under international law to preserve its access to the South China Sea.
Trump's administration has also accused China of meddling in U.S. politics ahead of this week's congressional elections, charges China strongly denies, and the two have sparred over military and territorial matters.


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January 23, 2017 On Our Radar
American Library Association Announces 2017 Youth Media Award Winners
ATLANTA, Jan. 23, 2017 — The American Library Association (ALA) today announced the top books, video and audio books for children and young adults – including the Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Newbery and Printz awards – at its Midwinter Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia.
A list of all the 2017 award winners follows:
John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children's literature:
"The Girl Who Drank the Moon," written by Kelly Barnhill, is the 2017 Newbery Medal winner. The book is published by Algonquin Young Readers, an imprint of Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, a division of Workman Publishing.
Three Newbery Honor Books also were named: "Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan," written and illustrated by Ashley Bryan and published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division; "The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog," written by Adam Gidwitz, illustrated by Hatem Aly and published by Dutton Children's Books, Penguin Young Readers Group, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC; and "Wolf Hollow," written by Lauren Wolk and published by Dutton Children's Books, Penguin Young Readers Group, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC.
Randolph Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children:
"Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat," illustrated by Javaka Steptoe is the 2017 Caldecott Medal winner. The book was written by Javaka Steptoe and published by Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.
Four Caldecott Honor Books also were named: "Leave Me Alone!" illustrated and written by Vera Brosgol and published by Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing Holdings Limited Partnership; "Freedom in Congo Square," illustrated by R. Gregory Christie, written by Carole Boston Weatherford and published by Little Bee Books, an imprint of Bonnier Publishing Group; "Du Iz Tak?" illustrated and written by Carson Ellis, and published by Candlewick Press; and "They All Saw a Cat," illustrated and written by Brendan Wenzel and published by Chronicle Books LLC.
Corretta Scott King (Author) Book Award recognizing an African-American author and illustrator of outstanding books for children and young adults:
"March: Book Three," written by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin, is the King Author Book winner. The book is illustrated by Nate Powell and published by Top Shelf Productions, an imprint of IDW Publishing, a division of Idea and Design Works LLC.
Two King Author Honor Books were selected: "As Brave as You," written by Jason Reynolds, a Caitlyn Dlouhy Book, published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division; and "Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan," written and illustrated by Ashley Bryan, a Caitlyn Dlouhy Book, published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division.
Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) Book Award:
"Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat," illustrated by Javaka Steptoe, is the King Illustrator Book winner. The book is written by Javaka Steptoe and published by Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.
Three King Illustrator Honor Book were selected: "Freedom in Congo Square," illustrated by R. Gregory Christie, written by Carole Boston Weatherford and published by Little Bee Books, an imprint of Bonnier Publishing Group; "Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan," illustrated and written by Ashley Bryan, a Caitlyn Dlouhy Book, published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division; and "In Plain Sight," illustrated by Jerry Pinkney, written by Richard Jackson, a Neal Porter Book, published by Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing Holdings Limited Partnership.
Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Author Award:
"The Sun Is Also a Star," written by Nicola Yoon, is the Steptoe author award winner. The book is published by Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC.
Coretta Scott King – Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement:
Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop is the winner of the Coretta Scott King – Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement. The award pays tribute to the quality and magnitude of beloved children's author Virginia Hamilton.
Dr. Bishop is a winner of numerous awards and has served as a respected member of many book awards committees over the course of her long and distinguished career. Her influential writing, speaking, and teaching articulates the history and cultural significance of African-American children's literature. Her globally cited work, "Mirrors, Windows and Sliding Glass Doors," has inspired movements for increased diversity in books for young people, and provides the basis for the best multicultural practice and inquiry for students, teachers, writers and publishing houses.
Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in literature written for young adults:
"March: Book Three," created by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell, is the 2017 Printz Award winner. The book is published by Top Shelf Productions, an imprint of IDW Publishing.
Four Printz Honor Books also were named: "Asking for It," by Louise O'Neill and published by Quercus, a Hachette Company; "The Passion of Dolssa," by Julie Berry and published by Viking Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers; "Scythe," by Neal Shusterman and published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster's Children's Publishing; and "The Sun Is Also a Star," by Nicola Yoon and published by Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House.
Schneider Family Book Award for books that embody an artistic expression of the disability experience:
"Six Dots: A Story of Young Louis Braille," written by Jen Bryant, illustrated by Boris Kulikov and published by Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, wins the award for young children (ages 0 to 10).
"as brave as you," written by Jason Reynolds and published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division, is the winner for middle grades (ages 11-13).
"When We Collided," written by Emery Lord and published by Bloomsbury Children's Books is the winner for teens (ages 13-18).
Alex Awards for the 10 best adult books that appeal to teen audiences:
"The Queen of Blood," by Sarah Beth Durst, published by Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
"The Regional Office is Under Attack!" by Manuel Gonzales, published by Riverhead, an imprint of Penguin Random House.
"In the Country We Love: My Family Divided," by Diane Guerrero with Michelle Burford, published by Henry Holt and Co.
"Buffering: Unshared Tales of a Life Fully Loaded," by Hannah Hart, published by Dey Street, an imprint of William Morrow, a division of HarperCollins Publishers.
"Arena," by Holly Jennings, published by Ace Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House.
"Every Heart a Doorway," by Seanan McGuire, a Tor Book published by Tom Doherty Associates.
"Romeo and/or Juliet: A Choosable-Path Adventure," by Ryan North, published by Riverhead Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House.
"Die Young with Me: A Memoir," by Rob Rufus, published by Touchstone, an imprint of Simon & Schuster.
"The Wasp that Brainwashed the Caterpillar," by Matt Simon, published by Penguin Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House.
"The Invisible Life of Ivan Isaenko," by Scott Stambach, published by St. Martin's Press.
Andrew Carnegie Medal for excellence in children's video:
Ryan Swenar of Dreamscape Media, LLC, producer of "Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music" is the Carnegie Medal winner. Adapted from Margarita Engle's book, a girl in 1930s Cuba aspires to play the drums, a privilege afforded only to boys. Based on the life of Chinese-African-Cuban Millo Castro Zaldarriaga, this story demonstrates how the power of persistence can break barriers, shatter expectations, and make one's dreams a reality.
Laura Ingalls Wilder Award honors an author or illustrator whose books, published in the United States, have made, over a period of years, a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children.
The 2017 winner is Nikki Grimes, whose award-winning works include "Bronx Masquerade," which won the Coretta Scott King Author Award in 2003, and "Words with Wings," the recipient of a Coretta Scott King Author Honor in 2014. In addition, Grimes received the Virginia Hamilton Literary Award in 2016 and the NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English) Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children in 2006.
Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults:
The 2017 winner is Sarah Dessen. Her books include: "Dreamland," "Keeping the Moon," "Just Listen," "The Truth about Forever," "Along for the Ride," "What Happened to Goodbye?" and "This Lullaby," all published by Viking Children's Books, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group, a Penguin Random House Company.
2018 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture Award recognizing an author, critic, librarian, historian or teacher of children's literature, who then presents a lecture at a winning host site.
Naomi Shihab Nye will deliver the 2018 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture. The daughter of a Palestinian father and an American mother, Naomi Shihab Nye grew up in St. Louis, Jerusalem, and San Antonio, Texas. The author and/or editor of more than 30 books for adults and children, her latest for young people, "The Turtle of Oman," was chosen as a 2015 Notable Children's Book by the ALA. She has received four Pushcart Prizes, was a National Book Award finalist, and has been named a Guggenheim Fellow, amongst her many honors.
Mildred L. Batchelder Award for an outstanding children's book originally published in a language other than English in a country other than the United States, and subsequently translated into English for publication in the United States:
"Cry, Heart, But Never Break" is the 2017 Batchelder Award winner. Originally published in Danish in 2001 as "Græd blot hjerte," the book was written by Glenn Ringtved, illustrated by Charolotte Pardi, translated by Robert Moulthrop and published by Enchanted Lion Books.
Three Batchelder Honor Books also were selected: "Over the Ocean," published by Chronicle Books LLC, written and illustrated by Taro Gomi and translated from the Japanese by Taylor Norman; "As Time Went By," published by NorthSouth Books, Inc., written and illustrated by José Sanabria and translated from the German by Audrey Hall; and "The Ballad of a Broken Nose," published by Margaret K. McElderry Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division, written by Arne Svingen and translated from the Norwegian by Kari Dickson.
Odyssey Award for best audiobook produced for children and/or young adults, available in English in the United States:
"Anna and the Swallow Man," produced by Listening Library, an imprint of the Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Groups, is the 2017 Odyssey Award winner. The book is written by Gavriel Savit and narrated by Allan Corduner.
Three Odyssey Honor Audiobooks also were selected:
"Ghost" produced by Simon and Schuster Audio, written by Jason Reynolds and narrated by Guy Lockard; "Dream On, Amber," produced by Recorded Books, written by Emma Shevah and narrated by Laura Kirman; and "Nimona," produced by HarperAudio, written by Noelle Stevenson and narrated by Rebecca Soler, Jonathan Davis, Marc Thompson, January LaVoy, Natalie Gold, Peter Bradbury and David Pittu.
Pura Belpré Awards honoring a Latino writer and illustrator whose children's books best portray, affirm and celebrate the Latino cultural experience:
"Lowriders to the Center of the Earth," illustrated by Raúl Gonzalez, is the Belpré Illustrator Award winner. The book was written by Cathy Camper and published by Chronicle Books LLC.
Two Belpré Illustrator Honor Books were named:
"Esquivel!: Space-Age Sound Artist," illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh, written by Susan Wood and published by Charlesbridge.
"The Princess and the Warrior: A Tale of Two Volcanoes," illustrated and written by Duncan Tonatiuh and published by Abrams Books for Young Readers, an imprint of ABRAMS.
"Juana & Lucas," written by Juana Medina, is the Pura Belpré Author Award winner. The book is illustrated by Juana Medina and published by Candlewick Press.
One Belpré Author Honor Book was named: "The Only Road," written by Alexandra Diaz and published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers/A Paula Wiseman Book.
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award for most distinguished informational book for children:
"March: Book Three," written by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin and illustrated by Nate Powell, is the Sibert Award winner. The book is published by Top Shelf Productions, an imprint of IDW Publishing, a division of Idea and Design Works LLC.
Four Sibert Honor Books were named:
"Giant Squid," written by Candace Fleming, illustrated by Eric Rohmann, a Neal Porter Book, published by Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing Holdings Limited Partnership; "Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor's Story," written by Caren Stelson and published by Carolrhoda Books, a division of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc.; "Uprooted: The Japanese American Experience During World War II," written by Albert Marrin and published by Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC; and "We Will Not Be Silent: The White Rose Student Resistance Movement That Defied Adolf Hitler," written by Russell Freedman and published by Clarion Books, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Stonewall Book Award – Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children's & Young Adult Literature Award given annually to English-language children's and young adult books of exceptional merit relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender experience:
"Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard: The Hammer of Thor," written by Rick Riordan and published by Disney Hyperion, an imprint of Disney Book Group, and "If I Was Your Girl" written by Meredith Russo and published by Flatiron Books, are the 2017 recipients of the Stonewall Book Awards – Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children's & Young Adult Literature Award, respectively.
Three Honor Books were selected:
"When the Moon Was Ours," written by Anna-Marie McLemore and published by Thomas Dunne Books, an imprint of St. Martin's Press; "Unbecoming," written by Jenny Downham and published by Scholastic Inc. by arrangement with David Fickling Books; and "Pride: Celebrating Diversity & Community," written by Robin Stevenson and published by Orca Book Publishers.
Theodor Seuss Geisel Award for the most distinguished beginning reader book:
"We Are Growing: A Mo Willems' Elephant & Piggie Like Reading! Book," written by Laurie Keller. The book is published by Hyperion Books for Children, an imprint of Disney Book Group.
Four Geisel Honor Books were named: "Good Night Owl," written and illustrated by Greg Pizzoli and published by Disney Hyperion, an imprint of Disney Book Group; "Oops, Pounce, Quick, Run! An Alphabet Caper," written and illustrated by Mike Twohy and published by Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers; "Go Otto Go!" written and illustrated by David Milgrim and published by Simon Spotlight, an Imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division; and "The Infamous Ratsos," written by Kara LaReau, illustrated by Matt Myers and published by Candlewick Press.
William C. Morris Award for a debut book published by a first-time author writing for teens:
"The Serpent King," written by Jeff Zentner, is the 2017 Morris Award winner. The book is published by Crown Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a Penguin Random House Company.
Four other books were finalists for the award: "Girl Mans Up," written by M-E Girard, published by HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers; "Rani Patel in Full Effect," written by Sonia Patel, published by Cinco Puntos Press; The Smell of Other People's Houses," written by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock, published by Wendy Lamb Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a Penguin Random House Company; and "Tell Me Something Real," written by Calla Devlin, published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.
YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults:
"March: Book Three," created by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell, is the 2017 Excellence winner. The book is published by Top Shelf Productions, an imprint of IDW Publishing.
Four other books were finalists for the award: "Hillary Rodham Clinton: A Woman Living History," by Karen Blumenthal and published by Feiwel and Friends, an imprint of Macmillan Children's Publishing Group; In the Shadow of Liberty: The Hidden History of Slavery, Four Presidents, and Five Black Lives," by Kenneth C. Davis, and published by Henry Holt, an imprint of Macmillan Children's Publishing Group; "Samurai Rising: The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune," written by Pamela S. Turner, illustrated by Gareth Hinds and published by Charlesbridge; and "This Land Is Our Land: A History of American Immigration," written by Linda Barrett Osborne and published by Abrams Books for Young Readers, an imprint of ABRAMS.
Recognized worldwide for the high quality they represent, ALA awards guide parents, educators, librarians and others in selecting the best materials for youth. Selected by judging committees of librarians and other children's experts, the awards encourage original and creative work. For more information on the ALA youth media awards and notables, please visit www.ala.org/yma .
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Q: How to get Auto Scrolling text view in android I have text view in Footer and I Want to Scroll that text in Footer. Here is my snippet of my Code but that text will not be scrollable . Any body can help me
Thanks in Advance
 My Code
public class Footer extends RelativeLayout{
    private TextView footer_TextVeiw;
    ImageView logout;
    public Footer(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(context, attrs);
        String infService = Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE;
        LayoutInflater li = (LayoutInflater) getContext().getSystemService(infService);
        li.inflate(R.layout.footer_layout, this, true);
        footer_TextVeiw= (TextView) this.findViewById(R.id.text_Footer);
        footer_TextVeiw.setSelected(true);    } }

My XML Layout
<RelativeLayout  xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context=".Footer" >

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/text_Footer"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="25dp"
        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
        android:background="#ECEFF5"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:marqueeRepeatLimit="marquee_forever"
        android:singleLine="true"
         android:scrollHorizontally="true"
        android:ellipsize="marquee"
        android:text="@string/Footer"
         />

</RelativeLayout>

A: You can try attribute    android:scrollbars="vertical" or Horizontal

A: set
android:maxLines = "AN_INTEGER"

android:scrollbars = "vertical"

in your TextView in xml file. and use
textView.setMovementMethod(new ScrollingMovementMethod())

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Use a challenging mix of intense interval training with toning mat pilates to sweat and strengthen. Start standing right away and grab your light weights for lunges and squats with arm variations sprinkled with mountain climbers in between. The second half of class uses targeted pilates shapes to strengthen your glutes, hamstrings and core. Close with a sweet stretch and be proud of what you just accomplished! Props Needed: Two weights and a small stability ball.


After a major acquisition such as this one it is key to minimise the integration time but to ensure that the integrity and security of all assets throughout the project life-cycle.
With many very different sites across Europe and the USA the challenges here were easy to see. From a Manufacturing point of view many sites were unique and they produced specialty pigments using their own time honoured methods with little outside influence from outside. In truth even sites producing similar product had a unique Applications footprint. That was before we considered the logistics of how to complete so many sites, many that had dependancies on each other. The European sites included the UK, France, Italy, Germany and Finland. Sites in the USA were often further apart geographically while in the same country.


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NYCFC still atop MLS Power Rankings
The Bronx Blues still lead the pack, though Columbus is hot on their heels
By Christian A Smith@ChristianSith Mar 29, 2018, 7:38pm EDT
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Through New York City FC's first four games, they have notched three wins and a draw. This unbeaten streak is the best start in franchise history, a huge testament to the contributions of new signings such as Ismael Tajouri-Shradi and new DP Jesus Medina.
This franchise-record start has also put NYCFC at the top of Major League Soccer's official power rankings, a spot they've occupied since Week 2. Though the 2018 season is still in its infancy, City has poised themselves to be the new gold standard in MLS following the slow start that Toronto FC has had out of the gate (though it should be noted that they have making waves in the CONCACAF Champions League). And should they be able to pull out another good road result this weekend against the San Jose Earthquakes, NYCFC will be riding of huge wave of confidence before returning to Yankee Stadium on April 11 to take on Real Salt Lake.
Also on the come-up, however, is the Columbus Crew — the team that sent the Blues home packing in the 2017 Eastern Conference Semi-finals by way of a 4-3 aggregate scoreline. Like NYCFC, the Crew have stormed out the gate in 2018 with three wins and a draw, leaving the top of the Eastern Conference in a deadlock. The first New York City-Columbus showdown doesn't occur until July 14, so NYCFC will have to go about their business and hope to maintain the pace until then. And though it is still too early in the season to really worry about these things, I don't have to remind our readers on exactly what Columbus is going through. They are a team with truly nothing to lose, and that makes them extremely dangerous for the time being.
NYCFC won't be without reinforcements to help continue their top run, though. NYCFC announced this week that captain and franchise-leading goalscorer David Villa has traveled with the team and is expected to play against the Quakes on Saturday.
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The return of El Guaje is of the utmost importance. Should he fight off Father Time for at least this year, there is little in the way of New York City running through the league en route to silverware.
But don't phone it in. The season is long, and there is some fierce competition hot on the Bronx Blues' heels.


Three trailers in 24 hours is awesome. Skewed and Reviewed have posted the International Trailer which is different from what arrived yesterday and gives new scenes and information on the film.
This might be even better than Alien or at least a more advance type of Alien movie. Looks really good.
Very true. Looks like great tension.
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"The only way to be sure that students are learning is through varied and frequent assessment." At least that's what we were told at a teaching conference we attended in February 2011. If we continually assessed student learning, the conference speakers emphasized, then we would know that we were being effective teachers, and it would help us remain current with cutting-edge education policies.
One year later, we went to a conference that focused on project-based learning. Here, the instructor said that frequent assessment is unnecessary and actually hinders learning. According to the tenets of this conference, our main instructional objective should be to "get out of the way of student learning." If we did that, we would know that we were teaching effectively and staying current with cutting-edge education policies.
Each of these contradictory ideas was being presented as the "right way." Needless to say, we felt confused about the best way to ensure that we were being "good teachers."
In articles and conversations about education reform, the phrase "ineffective teachers" inevitably arises. What to do about these "bad teachers"? How are we to make progress and keep up with the rest of the world if these bad teachers continue to teach our students? However, one would be hard pressed to find a solid explanation of what makes a teacher bad or ineffective. This is not surprising: How can we judge what bad teaching is, if we can't agree on what good teaching is?
So, if we need to "fix our schools" by eradicating bad teaching, then how do we define an ineffective teacher? Is it one who requires students to memorize a lot of information, or one who requires students to memorize a small amount of information? One who runs a strict classroom, or one who facilitates a democratic classroom? One who changes instruction based on the needs of the students, or one who holds all students to the same standards? One who covers every state-mandated learning standard, or one who decides which to teach for the sake of depth?
Most teachers enter the profession with the best of intentions. Going into teaching requires advanced degrees, a huge time commitment, and a salary that does not usually reflect the necessary preparation. It is not the type of profession that tends to attract people who are in it for the money, are lazy, dislike children, or are ill-meaning. However, it would be naive to say that all teachers belong in a leadership role with children; teachers who use their power in irresponsible or inappropriate ways, or who do not take the best interests of their students to heart, clearly do not belong in a classroom. We want to clarify that when we talk about defining bad teaching, we are not talking about these bad teachers. We are discussing well-meaning professionals who want to be good at their jobs.
We're also not suggesting that there is no such a thing as an ineffective teacher; rather, the problem is that the terms of how teachers' performances are assessed are subjective and inconsistent. Often, teacher performance is assessed by administrators who have their own opinions on which pedagogy or technique or methodology is the most effective. These administrators have the power to label a teacher ineffective if that teacher does not adhere to the optimal form of teaching—in the administrator's opinion. As Tony Wagner points out in The Global Achievement Gap, "even veteran groups of educators have widely differing views on the quality of a lesson." Over a period of 10 years, a teacher who remains at the same school could work under a number of administrators, each with their own "go-to" pedagogy, requiring teachers to continually reinvent themselves. It can lead to pedagogy whiplash.
This brings us back to our contradictory professional development experiences. It is unnerving to sit at a conference and hear that what you have been doing is no longer considered educational best practice. It's true that, as teachers, we must be reflective practitioners, open to new suggestions and evaluating our teaching methodologies in light of the most cutting-edge educational research. But it is quite another experience to sit in a professional development conference and be told the exact opposite of what you just learned in a prior professional development conference. The world of education cannot have changed that much in one year.
It's hard not to notice that, during these pedagogy workshops, presenters tend to overgeneralize and vilify other teaching practices in an effort to justify the efficacy of their particular method. It becomes an "us vs. them" battle—the other side is wrong and is resulting in students not learning "right." While it is often wonderfully refreshing for both students and teachers to try out new methodologies in the classroom, it is when these new pedagogies claim exclusivity for positive student learning outcomes that teachers begin to feel as if they cannot win.
There is obviously not a clear measure of the qualities of a good teacher. Teachers who inspire students to learn, who encourage them to reach and exceed their potential, and who teach students to think independently and critically would be, in our book, considered to be good at what they do. Those characteristics are difficult to measure, though, and efforts to do so can have a stultifying effect. Each teacher is his or her own person, has his or her own strengths, and can (and should) have individualized strategies to teach effectively. We are lucky enough to work in an independent school where educator creativity, collaboration, and innovation are encouraged. However, we know that many teachers feel hampered by the pedagogy restrictions imposed upon them for the sake of streamlined, "teacher-proof" results.
As teachers, we have to be educated consumers at the shopping counter of pedagogy, simultaneously remembering our own teaching voice while remaining open to new ideas. It is a timeless truth that teaching should be dictated by the needs of the students and their futures, not the latest hyped educational technique. Changing student needs should be dictating best practices; as the world that helps shape student growth evolves, the tools that we will need to use will evolve as well.
So when we talk about bad teachers, it is important to remember that in this ever-changing and subjective field, there never has been—and most likely never will be—a universal definition. As we work toward a better understanding of the dynamics of student learning, good teachers will continue to reflect on their own practices and build their own optimal pedagogy.
Shara Peters and Jody Passanisi currently teach in the 6th, 7th, and 8th grades at an independent school in the Los Angeles area. Jody has a M.S. in education from Mount St. Mary's College, and Shara is pursuing her M.A. in teaching from American Jewish University. Follow them on Twitter.


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Islam, Women and Feminism ( 17 March 2013, NewAgeIslam.Com)
Muslim Brotherhood Backlash against UN Declaration on Women Rights
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Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has claimed that a UN declaration calling for an end to violence against women will lead to the "complete disintegration of society".
Delegates at the UN's Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York have spent the last fortnight debating the wording of a declaration that would condemn violence against women. The brotherhood, whose close allies control Egypt's parliament and presidency, slated the declaration in an online statement on Thursday – calling it a decadent and destructive document that undermined Islamic ethics by calling for women to work, travel and use contraception without their husbands' permission.
In a 10-point memorandum, the brotherhood also criticised the declaration for granting women sexual freedom, allowing Muslim women to marry non-Muslims, granting equal rights to homosexual people, and allowing wives full legal rights to take their husbands to court for marital rape.
"This declaration, if ratified, would lead to complete disintegration of society, and would certainly be the final step in the intellectual and cultural invasion of Muslim countries, eliminating the moral specificity that helps preserve cohesion of Islamic societies," the brotherhood's statement claimed.
The remarks drew a furious response inside Egypt. Soad Shalaby, a spokesperson for Egypt's National Council for Women, said: "How would this declaration lead to a disintegration of society? On the contrary, it will lead to women's integration within society."
Shalaby said it was disingenuous to use Islam to justify the erosion of women's rights. "It is only a misinterpretation of Islam that creates these kinds of statements," she said. "It goes without saying that Islam never encourages violence against women. On the contrary, it gives them rights." She said she thought the brotherhood's outburst was not a fair reflection of the views of many within the Muslim Sisterhood, the brotherhood's female division – let alone the Middle East.
"We're asking them to stop using religion and culture to undermine negotiations and to justify violence against women," said Lynn Darwich, a spokesperson for the Coalition for Sexual and Bodily Rights in Muslim Societies, who is attending the conference in New York.
The brotherhood's statement is also likely to have divided Egypt's delegation at the Commission on the Status of Women, which contains both conservative and liberal members. "On the whole, they have been quiet because of internal divisions within the delegation," said Darwich.
The brotherhood is not the only group to have voiced objections to the UN charter, which has been the subject of bitter debate. Countries such as the Vatican, Pakistan, Iran, Syria and Russia have led the conservative response.
A spokesman for Mohamed Morsi, Egypt's Islamist president who comes from the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood, attempted to distance himself from the brotherhood's statement, saying he was no longer a member of the organisation. But in an interview with the New York Times, Pakinam al-Sharkawy also appeared to side with some of the brotherhood's arguments, claiming that marital rape was a western rather than Egyptian problem.
Darwich said her remarks showed the Egyptian government was still failing to take women's rights seriously. "This denial that these issues are not ours will make the situation worse," she said. "We need Arab governments to recognise that these are not foreign issues."
Women rights are the subject of an continuing national debate in Egypt: at least 25 women were sexually assaulted in Tahrir Square during recent protests – in what some campaigners claim is a systematic attempt to stop women from protesting.
But the problem goes far beyond Tahrir Square.
According to a 2008 survey by the Egyptian Center for Women's Rights, 83% of Egyptian women have been sexually harassed in their lifetime – while the assault of street children goes widely unreported. Female genital mutilation was banned in 2008, but according to some surveys, up to 90% of Egyptian women may have been subjected to the practice.
The fall of Hosni Mubarak two years ago was supposed to be a turning point for women's rights – but for many campaigners, Egypt has since regressed. The country's new constitution does not safeguard the rights of women, while a quota for women in parliament has been rescinded, meaning that just 2% of MPs elected in 2012 were female – down from 12% in 2010.
"There is a trend that limits the role of women," said Shalaby. "They are trying to make us lose whatever gains we got from the revolution."
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/15/muslim-brotherhood-backlash-un-womens-rights
URL: http://www.newageislam.com/islam,-women-and-feminism/patrick-kingsley/muslim-brotherhood-backlash-against-un-declaration-on-women-rights/d/10801


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posted on Apr. 26, 2020 at 4:22 pm
THE GTA 6 release date could be years away, but when it does arrive, it could learn a lot from the success of Fortnite Battle Royale's recent Travis Scott event.
While Fortnite and Grand Theft Auto are very different in almost every way, there is one thing that ties them together. And this could be shown very boldly with the release of GTA 6 on PS5 and Xbox Series X. While there are still lingering hopes that the next major title from Rockstar Games will land on PS4 and Xbox One, its getting less likely.
And if that is true, it paves the way for a truly next-generational shift for open worlds.
Theres been some talk about something called the Metaverse, a virtual shared space that has yet to be created.
Its being touted as a replacement for the internet and would bring together virtually enhanced physical reality and physically persistent virtual space.
Were probably a long way away from such a thing being used in everyday life but the breadcrumbs leading up to its creation are already being found.
Fortnite Battle Royale is being seen as an outrider to that shared virtual world, highlighted this week by the Travis Scott concert.
It doesnt exactly fit the description of the metaverse but it did create an event that millions will share around the world.
Epic Games is certainly known to have ambitions to showcase Fortnite and the Unreal Engine as something bigger than it already is.
And what was shared during the Travis Scott certainly shows what could come with a shift to more powerful hardware.
Heres video games analyst Bushs take on the Metaverse and the impact games are currently having on that concept, telling Motley Fool in January 2020:
"I think we are seeing some very early stage examples of what the metaverse could be. You see in Fortnite, we're starting to see live events and things. There was a live concert earlier in the year. There was a live demonstration of a Star Wars event and advertisement that happened there as well.
"So Fortnite is testing things. I think over the next 12 months or so, we'll see them evolve from being a game to a platform. And I think to make that shift, they will have to better prioritize user-generated content and letting the community have more of a say in creating things in the Fortnite universe. We're seeing that happen in games like Minecraft, which is a massive game.
"Roblox has taken off. It's kind of an app, but games within the game that people are creating all these different experiences."
But Fortnite and Epic Games might not be the next place we see such a jump in the next few years.
Having seen what is being done in Fortnite, it makes you wonder what new game could push the limits next. And it would be rude not to mention Grand Theft Auto 5 and what will replace it, GTA 6.
Rockstar Games has yet to announce a release plan for its next Grand Theft Auto project, and its easy to see why. GTA Online, the massively popular multiplayer mode has grown to an enormous scale when it comes to a concurrent player base.
Its also a world which is shared by a group of people who usually end up interacting in… creative ways. Again, no one expects GTA 6 to create the metaverse being talked about but it could be the next breadcrumb.
The current version of GTA Online is limited in what it can do and while small events pop up while in free roam, they are in no way on the same scale as Fortnite events.
But the launch of the Diamond Casino revealed how Rockstar Games could effectively build on its own economy and introduce new ideas that are not entirely possible in other games.
Launching GTA 6 will provide Rockstar Games with more tools and a larger multiplayer experience, and there seems no doubt that they could create something special, depending on what their plans are for the next Grand Theft Auto game.
The one thing that isnt available in huge doses right now in GTA Online is user-created content, something Bush believes will become more and more important.
He adds: "I think the long-term runway of this is that user-generated content will become much more important.
"And the companies that can really evolve to empower creators will become the next $100 billion companies.
"That is going to be really exciting. And that's going to take course over many years. Right now, we're starting to see that take place in PC, console, and mobile."
READ MORE FROM SOURCE: https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/gaming/1273620/GTA-6-release-date-Fortnite-Travis-Scott-event-Metaverse
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The works composed by the supreme sages are fit to be commented upon; and if great sages have written commentaries on them, these, indeed, have to be esteemed and followed.... That other commentators have disdained the commentaries by sages is clearly brought out in such contexts as "because the worship of the Brahman has a threefold nature", "In all this, because that is prominently taught", "What is denoted by the word Brahman, because he is taught to be greater than the Samprasada", "The little ether because the reasons found in the subsequent statements in the context refer to him". But here (in the Sri Bhashya) it has been declared that it will follow the Vritti.
I'm interested in the part in bold. Sudarshana Suri says "other commentators", but I think he's referring to the Advaita philosopher Adi Shankaracharya here. He's pointing out various examples of passages in Adi Shankaracharya's Brahmasutra Bhashya where Adi Shankaracharya disagrees with Baudhayana's Vritti.
My question is, what are each of the passages that Sudarshana Suri is referring to?
The second part of the Sûtra is explained in a different manner also, as follows: Characteristic marks of the individual soul as well as of the chief vital air are not out of place even in a chapter whose topic is Brahman. How so? 'On account of the threefoldness of devout meditation.' The chapter aims at enjoining three kinds of devout meditation on Brahman, according as Brahman is viewed under the aspect of prâna, under the aspect of pragñâ, and in itself. The passages, 'Meditate (on me) as life, as immortality. Life is prâna,' and 'Having laid hold of this body it makes it rise up. Therefore let man worship it alone as uktha,' refer to the prâna aspect. The introductory passage, 'Now we shall explain how all things become one in that pragñâ,' and the subsequent passages, 'Speech verily milked one portion thereof; the word is its object placed outside;' and, 'Having by pragñâ taken possession of speech he obtains by speech all words &c.,' refer to the pragñâ aspect. The Brahman aspect finally is referred to in the following passage, 'These ten objects have reference to pragñâ, the ten subjects have reference to objects. If there were no objects there would be no subjects; and if there were no subjects there would be no objects. For on either side alone nothing could be achieved. But that is not many. For as in a car the circumference of the wheel is set on the spokes and the spokes on the nave, thus are these objects set on the subjects and the subjects on the prâna.' Thus we see that the one meditation on Brahman is here represented as threefold, according as Brahman is viewed either with reference to two limiting conditions or in itself. In other passages also we find that devout meditation on Brahman is made dependent on Brahman being qualified by limiting adjuncts; so, for instance (Kh. Up. III, 14, 2), 'He who consists of mind, whose body is prâna.' The hypothesis of Brahman being meditated upon under three aspects perfectly agrees with the prâna chapter; as, on the one hand, from a comparison of the introductory and the concluding clauses we infer that the subject-matter of the whole chapter is one only, and as, on the other hand, we meet with characteristic marks of prâna, pragñâ, and Brahman in turns. It therefore remains a settled conclusion that Brahman is the topic of the whole chapter.
The translator says in a footnote that this is the explanation given "by the Vrittikara", i.e. Baudhayana. Ramanujacharya agrees with Baudhayana's explanation of this Sutra; see this section of the Sri Bhashya.
The highest Brahman only is what is to be meditated upon as distinguished by the attributes of consisting of mind and so on.--Why?--'On account of there being taught here what is known from everywhere.' What is known from all Vedânta-passages to be the sense of the word Brahman, viz. the cause of the world, and what is mentioned here in the beginning words of the passage, ('all this indeed is Brahman,') the same we must assume to be taught here as distinguished by certain qualities, viz. consisting of mind and so on.
Bhûman can mean the highest Self only, not the vital air.--Why?--'On account of information being given about it, subsequent to bliss.' The word 'bliss' (samprasâda) means the state of deep sleep, as may be concluded, firstly, from the etymology of the word ('In it he, i.e. man, is altogether pleased--samprasîdati')--and, secondly, from the fact of samprasâda being mentioned in the Brihadâranyaka together with the state of dream and the waking state. And as in the state of deep sleep the vital air remains awake, the word 'samprasâda' is employed in the Sûtra to denote the vital air; so that the Sûtra means, 'on account of information being given about the bhûman, subsequently to (the information given about) the vital air.' If the bhûman were the vital air itself, it would be a strange proceeding to make statements about the bhûman in addition to the statements about the vital air.
"The little ether because the reasons found in the subsequent statements in the context refer to him": This is Adhyaya 1 Pada 3 Sutra 14 of the Brahma Sutras. Adi Shankaracharya interprets this Sutra as saying that when Dahara Vidya of the Chandogya Upanishad speaks of Akasha or ether/space, it's referring to Brahman and not actual Akasha, because later on in the passage it is contrasted with actual Akasha.
For the text carrying on, as the subject of discussion, the ether that is the abode of heaven, earth, &c.--by means of the clauses, 'In it all desires are contained,' 'It is the Self free from sin,' &c., and the passage, 'But those who depart from hence having discovered the Self, and the true desires' (in which passage the conjunction 'and' has the purpose of joining the desires to the Self)--declares that the Self as well, which is the abode of the desires, as the desires which abide in the Self, are the objects of knowledge.
So I guess Sudarshana Suri is saying that Tanka is also a Rishi.
Whew! It's interesting to note, by the way, that these four Sutras are in order. So Sudarshana Suri might have written up a longer list and then chosen the first four to serve as examples.
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