I was 13 when my parents divorced and I understood that the world is not safe. Two years later I had my first panic attack and by the time I was 18 I had my first full blown burn-out. I was too afraid, too tired and too lonely to sleep, eat or breathe. My life was over, literally. I knew I was one of the crazy people. It took me two years to get back on the horse. By then I grabbed life by the balls. Travels, work, partying, snowboarding. It all felt like one big hijack. I had to do everything now, before the fear would come back. I could feel it linger in the distance, and my only solution was to live even harder. Go to another party, make more friends, make a bigger career, proof to myself I wasn't the crazy girl I was running away from.
But you can't hide from yourself. I used to lie awake at night in total panic, afraid I couldn't keep it up and lose everything all over again. And I did. I was barely 26 when I had my second burn-out. It took me another three years to get healthy. I felt horrible, anxious, exhausted, my hair and my nails started to fall out, if I slept I had nightmares. I was a mess and it didn't surprise me I've lost it all. Only this time I felt relieved. My life had eaten me, twice. Now that I've lost my work, my friends, my social life, my face, But I was still alive. I was free to choose again. I had the chance to have a second life within one lifetime. Something that is not given to many people and which I am still thankful of.
I got better, I got to deal with the fears in a way they are manageable. They are part of me, I accept them. I healed my body and it is strong an healthy now. Only recently I discovered that I never realized I AM strong and healthy. I was still behaving like an ill person.
When you are recovering you have to get used to your limitations and planning to use your energy very carefully. I have never stopped doing that. I was always afraid it would be too much for me, for my body. I panicked when I thought I was in a situation that I thought would ask too much of me. Which sometimes made working very complex.
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The confidence that comes with this is enormous. I feel so capable. And it allows me to feel an adult. The fear kept me from maturing, it kept me in the position of a child that needs help from others. Now I know I can manage by myself, that I can trust myself completely. How did I ever get by without this?


Eles Elquees celebrating the day in Parque El Virrey and had the photographs taken by Marta Morales-O'Connor.
"I have been traveling in Castile (central Spain).
In Madrid, I encountered some bubble artist and did my best to take pictures.
The first is a photograph of the facade of the bullring in Madrid.
Every day there are bullfights.
The second picture is of a very nice bubble. It was flying around in the "Parque del Buen Retiro" in the center of Madrid.
Thank you Marjan! Beautiful pictures!


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Andrea Francolisio d'Aquino (1639–1715) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Tricarico (1673–1676).

Biography
Andrea Francolisio d'Aquino was born on 29 Jul 1639 in Naples and ordained a priest on 30 Nov 1672.
On 27 Feb 1673, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement X as Bishop of Tricarico.
On 12 Mar 1673, he was consecrated bishop by Gasparo Carpegna, Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite, with Alessandro Crescenzi, Titular Patriarch of Alexandria, and Giacinto Libelli, Archbishop of Avignon, serving as co-consecrators.
He served as Bishop of Tricarico until his resignation on 18 Jun 1676. He died on 23 Mar 1715.

References

External links and additional sources
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17th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops
Bishops appointed by Pope Clement X
1639 births
1715 deaths
17th-century Neapolitan people
18th-century Neapolitan people

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Q: Value changes to non UTF8 in jQuery I got an jQuery form made with Uniform css/js.
In the dropdown list i got this:
word 1,
word 2,
word 3,
word 4 & 5
When i select the 'word 4 & 5' the value gets changed to & instead of &. So when you open de dropdown everything is fine and the & is shown, but when you select it changes to     &
How can i solve this problem?
The code is to large to post, so i post the link to the JS
http://uniformjs.com/

A: Please provide some example code, put it into a JSFiddle if you feel its to much for here.
I looked into Uniform CSS and i cant see any issues there, it seems to be related with something else, so also provide with Versions you use of Uniform & jQuery. (Maybe even the Browser)
But as said, nobody is able to help you without code.

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Evan Ross cheating with Chloe Bridges maybe(Skate Gods)?
I am shocked he is straight. Asslee did not look happy.
Wasn't there a blind saying they were going to fake an issue for the show but that everything is actually going well for them?
So if you get a bunch of people together who absolutely don't matter, and make them pretend like they matter, will people think they matter? I think this couple proves yes.


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Hawk of the Hills is a 1927 American silent Western film serial directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet.

Cast
 Allene Ray as Mary
 Walter Miller as Laramie
 James Robert Chandler as Clyde Selby
 Jack Ganzhorn as Henry Selby
 Frank Lackteen as The Hawk
 Paul Panzer as Manson
 Wally Oettel as Shorty
 Harry Semels as Sheckard
 Jack Pratt as Colonel Jennings
 J. Parks Jones as Lieutenant MacCready
 Frederick Dana as Larry
 John T. Prince as The Hermit
 Whitehorse (as Chief Whitehorse)
 George Magrill
 Evangeline Russell as Indian Maiden
 Chief Yowlachie as Chief Long Hand

See also
 List of film serials
 List of film serials by studio

References

External links

1927 films
1927 Western (genre) films
American silent serial films
American black-and-white films
Films directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet
Silent American Western (genre) films
1920s American films


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package org.tensorflow.framework.activations;

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;
import org.tensorflow.Operand;
import org.tensorflow.ndarray.Shape;
import org.tensorflow.op.Ops;
import org.tensorflow.op.core.ReduceMax;
import org.tensorflow.op.core.ReduceSum;
import org.tensorflow.types.TInt32;
import org.tensorflow.types.family.TNumber;

/**
 * Softmax converts a real vector to a vector of categorical probabilities.
 *
 *
The elements of the output vector are in range (0, 1) and sum to 1.
 *
 *
Each vector is handled independently. The {@code axis} argument sets which axis of the input
 * the function is applied along.
 *
 *
Softmax is often used as the activation for the last layer of a classification network because
 * the result could be interpreted as a probability distribution.
 *
 *
The softmax of each vector x is computed as: {@code exp(x) / tf.sum(exp(x))}.
 *
 *
The input values in are the log-odds of the resulting probability.
 */
public class Softmax extends AbstractActivation {
  /** The activation name as known by TensorFlow */
  public static final String NAME = "softmax";

  private static final Set<String> allowedConfigKeys =
      new HashSet<>(Arrays.asList(Softmax.NAME_KEY, "axis"));
  private static final int AXIS_DEFAULT = -1;

  private final int axis;

  /**
   * Creates a softmax activation where the default axis is {@link #AXIS_DEFAULT} which indicates
   * the last dimension.
   */
  public Softmax() {
    this(AXIS_DEFAULT);
  }

  /**
   * Creates a Softmax activation
   *
   * @param axis The dimension softmax would be performed on.
   */
  public Softmax(int axis) {
    super();
    this.axis = axis;
  }

  /**
   * Creates a Softmax activation from a config map.
   *
   * @param config the configuration map, if the map contains an entry for {@code axis} that value
   *     is used, otherwise {@link #AXIS_DEFAULT} is used.
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the configuration contains unsupported keys for this class
   *     or if the value for the name key does not match the name for the Activation
   */
  public Softmax(Map<String, Object> config) {
    checkConfigKeys(config.keySet(), allowedConfigKeys);
    checkClassName(config);
    this.axis = (Integer) config.getOrDefault("axis", AXIS_DEFAULT);
  }

  /**
   * Converts a vector of values to a probability distribution along the last axis.
   *
   *
The elements of the output vector are in range (0, 1) and sum to 1.
   *
   *
Each vector is handled independently. The {@code axis} argument sets which axis of the input
   * the function is applied along.
   *
   *
Softmax is often used as the activation for the last layer of a classification network
   * because the result could be interpreted as a probability distribution.
   *
   *
The softmax of each vector x is computed as {@code exp(x) / tf.reduce_sum(exp(x))}. The
   * input values in are the log-odds of the resulting probability.
   *
   * @param tf the TensorFlow Ops
   * @param input the input
   * @param <T> teh data type of the input
   * @return the output of softmax transformation (all values are non-negative and sum to 1).
   */
  public static <T extends TNumber> Operand<T> softmax(Ops tf, Operand<T> input) {
    return softmax(tf, input, tf.constant(AXIS_DEFAULT));
  }

  /**
   * Converts a vector of values to a probability distribution.
   *
   *
The elements of the output vector are in range (0, 1) and sum to 1.
   *
   *
Each vector is handled independently. The {@code axis} argument sets which axis of the input
   * the function is applied along.
   *
   *
Softmax is often used as the activation for the last layer of a classification network
   * because the result could be interpreted as a probability distribution.
   *
   *
The softmax of each vector x is computed as {@code exp(x) / tf.reduce_sum(exp(x))}. The
   * input values in are the log-odds of the resulting probability.
   *
   * @param tf the TensorFlow Ops
   * @param input the input
   * @param axis Integer, axis along which the softmax normalization is applied.
   * @param <T> teh data type of the input
   * @return the output of softmax transformation (all values are non-negative and sum to 1).
   */
  public static <T extends TNumber> Operand<T> softmax(
      Ops tf, Operand<T> input, Operand<TInt32> axis) {
    Shape shape = input.shape();
    int numDimensions = shape.numDimensions();
    if (numDimensions == 2) {
      return tf.nn.softmax(input);
    } else {
      Operand<T> e =
          tf.math.exp(tf.math.sub(input, tf.reduceMax(input, axis, ReduceMax.keepDims(true))));
      Operand<T> s = tf.reduceSum(e, axis, ReduceSum.keepDims(true));
      return tf.math.div(e, s);
    }
  }

  /**
   * Gets a configuration map with entries
   *
   *

   *
{@code axis} and value set with {@link #axis}.
   *

   *
   * @return config the configuration map
   */
  @Override
  public Map<String, Object> getConfig() {
    Map<String, Object> config = new HashMap<>();
    config.put("name", NAME);
    config.put("axis", axis);
    return config;
  }

  /** {@inheritDoc} */
  @Override
  public <T extends TNumber> Operand<T> call(Ops tf, Operand<T> input) {
    return softmax(tf, input, tf.constant(axis));
  }

  /** {@inheritDoc} */
  @Override
  public String getName() {
    return NAME;
  }

  /**
   * Gets the axis along which the softmax normalization is applied.
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Canadian home sales rebound in December after November drop - Macleans.ca
Canadian home sales rebound in December after November drop
Canadian Real Estate Association says new mortgage rules caused slight dip
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TORONTO — Home sales are not going to be as big of a boost to the Canadian economy this year as they were in 2016, the Canadian Real Estate Association said Monday as it released its latest batch of figures.
The real estate association says home sales were up 2.2 per cent in December from the previous month, rebounding partially from a big drop following the introduction of new mortgage rules.
The number of homes trading hands posted the biggest monthly retreat in more than four years from October to November, CREA said.
"New regulations mean that in order to qualify for a mortgage, home buyers will either have to save longer for a bigger down payment or purchase a lower priced home," CREA's chief economist Gregory Klump said in a statement.
"In urban centres where the latter are in short supply, that's likely to translate into fewer sales."
Ottawa moved to tighten mortgage rules in October, including requiring that all insured mortgages undergo a stress test to determine whether borrowers are still able to make mortgage payments if interest rates rise or their income declines.
Such tests were previously not required for fixed-rate mortgages longer than five years.
TD economist Diana Petramala says it will take some before the full impact of the changes materialize.
"Even though the mortgage regulations have already kicked in, they do not apply to those who had a pre-approved mortgage prior to the Oct. 1 implementation date," Petramala said. "As such, the effect may not be fully felt until January."
Residential construction contributed seven per cent of Canada's GDP last year, according to BMO economist Robert Kavcic.
While final figures for the full year are not yet available, Kavcic says the real estate industry as a whole contributed roughly 12 per cent of GDP.
That figure is likely to be lower in the year ahead, he predicts.
"One of the big contributors has been Vancouver, and just through the last four or five months the market there has already started to correct," said Kavcic.
On a year-over-year basis, CREA says home sales were down five per cent last month compared to December 2015, when they reached the highest level ever for that month.
Annually, the number of homes that changed hands was up 6.3 per cent last year compared with 2015, as sales started out strong before softening in the latter part of the year.
The real estate association says the MLS home price index in December was up 14.3 per cent compared with a year ago, while the national average sale price climbed 3.5 per cent year-over-year.
Supply continued to tighten, with new listings down in more than half of all local markets.
CREA said the number of homes newly listed for sale slipped three per cent from November to December, with B.C.'s Lower Mainland, Calgary and the Greater Toronto Area seeing the biggest declines.
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What Does Hate Look Like in Schools? Education Week and ProPublica Show Us.
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Swastikas scrawled on bathroom walls. A confederate flag hanging behind a teacher's desk. Chants of "build the wall" aimed at Hispanic students. As part of ProPublica's "Documenting Hate" project, Education Week tallied incidents of harassment, bullying, graffiti and more at public schools across the country. The team, including Education Week's Francisco Vara-Orta, sifted through thousands of tips, as well as news coverage of incidents from across the nation. Among the findings: nearly 500 incidents were reported between 2015 and 2017, with a sharp spike soon after the election of President Donald Trump. Black and Hispanic students were frequent targets, as were Jewish and Muslim students. What do the findings say about the climate on K-12 campuses today? What are the strengths and limitations of this kind of data-gathering? How can local reporters use the project's data as a launching pad for their own reporting, and even contribute their work to the collaborative of news outlets participating in the project?
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40,000 Giraffe Parts Were Imported Into U.S. In Last Decade, While Species Suffers 40 Percent Decline
By Matthew Russell
Giraffes were first placed on the world's most trusted extinction watch list in 2016 by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Previously a species of "least concern," the IUCN replaced that status with a more urgent designation, "vulnerable," and moved two subspecies of giraffes to the "endangered" stage.
Things are not looking good for the giraffe, and the United States, though thousands of miles away from the animals' natural habitat, is a major contributor to its disappearance.
Giraffes are not considered endangered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which means there are no restrictions on importing parts of them into the country. According to the Smithsonian, this is an oft exploited loophole, as at least 40,000 giraffe skins and body parts have been imported into the U.S. in the last 10 years.
Giraffes have experienced a 40 percent decline in recent years.
An Humane Society International investigation turned up 51 dealers of giraffe parts in the U.S., willing to sell taxidermied giraffes of nearly any age, along with rugs, jewelry, book covers, even skulls. Wholesale giraffe leather sells for about $25 a square foot, but the most common item sold by giraffe part retailers was giraffe skin boots, which go for around $400 a pair.
Giraffe items for sale in the U.S. include:
Giraffe leather: dyed and de-haired, mostly unrecognizable as giraffe
Giraffe hide and hide products with the intact, distinctive giraffe fur pattern
Raw giraffe bones and skulls, uncarved
Giraffe bones, carved or etched, sold as home décor
Giraffe bone knife and pistol-making supplies
Imported knives with giraffe bone handles (from South Africa)
Giraffe taxidermy
Giraffe tail-hair bracelets
At least 40,000 giraffe parts have been imported into the U.S. in the last decade.
Some of the traders maintain that their goods are from parts left behind by trophy hunters. Others make the claim that giraffes are actually a threat to human villages, and must be killed as a matter of defense.
Other groups, like Safari Club International, which advocates for hunter's rights, claim that hunting giraffes helps conserve the species in the long run, with hunting fees being funneled towards protectionary measures poorer nations could not otherwise afford, though there is no evidence this is where the money actually goes.
An HSI investigation found 51 different giraffe part retailers in the U.S.
"Our investigation indicates that trophy hunting outfitters in Africa are capitalizing on every last bit of these beautiful animals," Adam Peyman, manager of wildlife programs and operations for HSI, told The Guardian. "They are selling them to taxidermists, animal product manufacturers and dealers, who in turn market them to sellers in the US. As this is completely unregulated, it is an easy alternative for products from other, more protected species like elephants and lions, but may still have the similar macabre allure.
"The prices of these products vary widely, but it is clear that outfitters and dealers try to squeeze every last dollar out of the carcasses of these animals, evidenced especially by the grotesque pillow our investigator found that was furnished from a giraffe's face, eyelashes and all."
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Along with hides, giraffee bone carvings and full taxidermied carcasses are also sold in the U.S.
HSI maintains that the giraffe population has declined at least 40 percent over the last three decades, and the continued import of their hides and bones only makes matters worse.
"Giraffes are facing a myriad of threats including poaching and habitat fragmentation," HSI reports. "Their dire conservation status should not be further compounded by the horror of trophy hunters bent on killing them for senseless and gruesome trophies."
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Giraffes are not recognized as vulnerable or endangered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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Inu-papa
"[Anyway], aside from my shortcoming of not being so amazing that I was lucid fresh from the womb, I can relate the circumstances of my birth and early childhood." -Chapter 1
Nicknames Given: "Kid" (by Yachouon), "Bake-inu" (by Akagane), "Wan-chan" (by Hisui), "Puppy Boy" (by Eika), "Woof" (by his mother)
The unnamed protagonist and narrator of the story, who eventually grows up to become Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru's father. He was raised as an ordinary dog in a human village until one day the village was attacked and destroyed, and his mother mysteriously disappeared. On his own for the first time, he sets out to discover what happened to his mother and village.
Action Pet: He acts as Akagane's pet dog for a good chunk of the story, and often uses that form to kick some ass.
A Dog Named "Dog": Akagane calls him "Bake-inu", which just means "Monster Dog".
Animorphism: He can take the form of a human or a dog.
Big Friendly Dog: He's big. He's friendly. He's a dog.
Brainwashed and Crazy: Put through a brainwashing regimen by the Big Bad in an attempt to snap him out of his Heroic BSoD. Sent him on a murderous rampage instead.
Child by Rape: Euphemistically implied all the way back in chapter 1, then more explicitly confirmed in chapter 104.
Chronic Hero Syndrome: He just can't say no to someone who needs help.
Conveniently an Orphan: Conveniently, but not willingly.
Determinator: He really can't say no to someone who needs help.
Doomed Hometown: Given that there's a rampaging army of oni going around razing everything in their path this is seen quite a bit.
Enemy Within: His Brainwashed and Crazy half splits from his Woobie half, and the two duke it out in his subconscious until they acknowledge each other's merits and merge back together.
Facial Markings: The blue stripes aren't just a fashion statement.
Good Thing You Can Heal: It's the only thing that saves his life on a few occasions.
Go Mad from the Revelation: When he finds out what happened to his mother. The fact that his head was pumped full of miasma at the time didn't help.
Morphic Resonance: He keeps his tail, teeth, and claws in human form.
O.C. Stand-in: He's technically a canon character, but, since almost nothing is actually known of his canon personality or history, he may as well be an Original Character in this work.
Only Known by Their Nickname: Since he has no given name.
Sapient Pet: Type 2. He'll speak and use his human form around humans he knows, but generally plays "normal dog" around strangers.
Sizeshifter: He's able to control his size as a canine by remembering how to felt to be smaller in size, however he can not make himself any larger than he is naturally.
Talking Animal: Sort of. In dog form he can project his voice into a person's head, but he can't actually talk.
The Unpronounceable: He does have a name. It's "Woof". But no one can say it quite right.
Victor Gains Loser's Powers: But only if he kills them with his fangs.
You Are Who You Eat: He is able to gain the traits and abilities of what he eats.
Yachouon
Yachouon: "Well, you're definitely a pathetic sight now, kid. I dunno what you were thinking trying to take on that oni by yourself, but thanks for distracting him for me for a bit. Too bad you're so small and wimpy, though, else I could've used you." -Chapter 4
Name (kanji): 夜潮音
Name meaning: "Sound of waves at night"
A sound-based youkai who takes the appearance of a 12 year old child with bat ears. He carries two bells, Kakyou and Genkyou, which can amplify and suppress a target's power, respectively. Genkyou has been stolen, and he enlists in Inu-papa's canine tracking skills in order to get it back.
Fair-Weather Mentor: He will only train Inu-papa in abilities useful to him personally, not abilities Inu-papa wants to learn.
Little Bit Beastly: He has bat ears, even though he's not actually a bat, but sound given form.
Older Than They Look: He might look like a kid, but he isn't.
Weapons That Suck: Tamaokuri no Nari will rip out a soul and send it straight to the next world.
Akagane
Akagane: " "You are more than welcome to roll over and die if the idea of inconveniencing anyone else is so distasteful to you. The reality of the world, however, is that every action you take affects someone negatively somewhere, even if you did not intend it, and even if you are not aware of it." -Chapter 21
Name (kanji): 赤金
Name meaning: "Copper"
A skilled blacksmith who abandoned his trade after his sister's soul was stolen by the mysterious "One-Eyed Youkai". He begins working as a taijiya, contracting his services to slay youkai in the hopes of finding and defeating the One-Eyed Youkai that killed his sister. Inu-papa ends up on his hit-list, and must convince Akagane that he is not a threat.
Animal Nemesis: He doesn't like dogs very much especially since one completely destroyed his family and home as a child.
Badass and Child Duo: The Badass to Inu-papa's Child.
Badass in Distress: Seems like Inu-papa has to save him every battle they get into.
Badass Normal: Don't let the bloated speech, massive spear, or tight leather fool you. He is very much a normal human.
Break the Haughty: Sometimes legitimately, sometimes just to make him the Butt-Monkey to knock him down a few notches.
Broken Bird: Detaches himself from other people after his sister's soul is stolen and he makes it his singular mission to retrieve it.
Butt-Monkey: It's so fun to tease the serious ones.
Cerebus Retcon: Akagane is frequently hit on by other men and put into demeaning situations as a way to Break the Haughty. However, he later implies that he was sexually assaulted when he was younger, which makes his earlier treatment by the plot decidedly darker.
Characterization Marches On: He was quite a bit more of a Jerkass when he first showed up, and also regularly used contractions. Both these traits were toned down within a few chapters.
Childhood Friend Romance: With Hisui, whom he's lived with since he was six or seven.
Cultured Badass: In his speech patterns, at least. He's also an artist.
Delusions of Eloquence: While he typically doesn't bungle his inflated speech (unlike his sister when she attempts to imitate him), he's still faking it. He's just been doing it so long that it's stuck.
Even the Guys Want Him: His looks only seem to draw attention from men.
Everybody Hates Mathematics: Youkai killing? Easy. Blacksmithing? No problem. Reading and writing? Pfft. Accounting? Oh God no!
Everyone Has Standards: Most notable in his very first interaction with Inu-papa.
Happily Married
Hates Being Touched: Particularly with Hisui, at least initially.
Hates Everyone Equally: Yeah, pretty much.
Hell-Bent for Leather: Black, form-fitting snakeskin leather bodysuit.
Jack of All Stats: In the Cock Fight that was Chapter 100, was revealed to match or beat Inu-papa in every stat but speed, even then only because of an injured leg and Inu-papa's speed being artificially augmented.
Men Can't Keep House: Lives in a glorified storage shed that's so cluttered with junk that he has to sleep in a hammock hanging above it. Once he moves into the house, he wastes no time in decorating his room with piles of old clothes.
Missing Mom: His was killed by rampaging youkai when he was six.
Mr. Fanservice: Regularly wears skin-tight black leather, gets two naked scenes and a few more topless scenes.
Multi-Melee Master: Is proficient with both a spear and a sword. Sometimes both at once.
Papa Wolf: Woe to anyone who threatens his family.
Primal Fear: Afraid of heights. Or, specifically, afraid of flying, where he has no direct anchoring to the ground.
The Queen's Latin: Is meant to sound stuffy and aristocratic, which in English tends to come across as a British accent, despite the fact that he is quite Japanese.
Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness: Affected the speech patterns of the nobility in order to sound more refined because Kogane thought it sounded cool
Tall, Dark, and Handsome: Or rather, "Tall, Dark, and Human", according to Eika.
Hisui: "Yes, that's exactly it! Tragedies aren't the end of the world, and you need to be able to learn from them and see that there can still be a future." -Chapter 60
Name (kanji): 翡翠
Name meaning: "Jade"
The daughter of the chief of the Artisan Village where Akagane lives. She crafts women's hairpins to sell in the city, and has a passion for accounting and record-keeping. She supports Akagane's quest to find his sister's killer, at odds with the rest of the village who demand he return to proper work. She is the first person to treat Inu-papa kindly after the loss of his mother, so he becomes instantly attached to her.
Cuddle Bug: She is very affectionate, initially to Akagane's chagrin.
Hime Cut: A young Yamato Nadeshiko and Chief's Daughter with even bangs sidetails, and long hair.
Missing Mom: Hers died of a pregnancy complication when Hisui was three or four.
Ryakki
Ryakki: "In the future, the legend all the children will want to hear will be the one about the great female oni thief Ryakki!" -Chapter 45
Name (kanji): 略鬼
Name meaning: "Thieving oni"
A little oni girl trapped in the cursed forest at the base of the cursed mountain. She is a kleptomaniac and makes a hobby of ransacking the corpses that are regularly thrown from the mountain. She desires to someday be taken seriously despite her gender and speech impediment. Ryakki first meets Inu-papa when he approaches the cursed mountain in search of his mother, and she agrees to guide him in return for his "treasure".
Bokukko: She uses "ore" in place of the more gender-appropriate "atashi" because the latter would reveal her speech impediment.
Collector of the Strange: Has a cave full of all the random crap she's pilfered
Fang Thpeak: Mutht avoid the bad wordth.
Sticky Fingers: She steals. A lot.
"I was... alone. Eika, while annoying and extremely superficial, was at least company. But in my moment of emotional need she had... left. She couldn't handle it, so just left." -Chapter 31
Name (kanji): 詠歌
Name meaning: "Poem"
A sound-based youkai who can manipulate people like puppets with her musical instrument. She is constantly seeking the perfect man with the perfect aura, and chases any man she sees to varying degrees of success. She had a past relationship with Yachouon that didn't work out, so decides that Inu-papa is going to be her perfect man once he grows up.
Commuting on a Bus: She was an important character in Yachouon's arc, then only infrequently appears again, sometimes seventy chapters apart.
Harmful to Minors: She convinces Inu-papa to be her boyfriend at age eight, and contemplates sleeping with him at age fourteen.
People Puppets: She can manipulate people's auras, and the people by extension, through a musical instrument.
Wandering Minstrel: She tends to randomly show up, and is often introduced as playing music.
You Called Me "X"; It Must Be Serious: Normally refers to everyone by childish nicknames, but will revert to their real names when being serious.
Wakage
"You make it sound like it's no big deal. My family's very purpose is to guard this forest. They would die to protect them, and they did, and so will I." -Chapter 95
Name (kanji): 輪影
Name meaning: "Ring Shadow"
A shapeshifting kitsune who is the last surviving guardian of the forest. She sought revenge against humans for the deaths of her family and her forest, until she discovered that the one who betrayed her wasn't who she thought. Now, abandoning her duties, she seeks out her sister's true killer. Deception is the only means by which she knows how to interact with people, and her hatred of humanity runs deep.
Ascended Extra: Was originally intended to be a one-shot character, but after readers pointed out that she had every right to go after the Big Bad as well, she was added to the team to storm the cursed mountain.
Forest Ranger: She's tasked with protecting her forest after the rest of her family is killed.
Kill All Humans: Killing all humans isn't an active goal of hers, but she lumps all of humanity together with those who killed her family and treats them all accordingly.
Little Bit Beastly: She has fluffy black fox ears.
Master of Illusion: Can create illusory monsters out of small toys.
Older Than They Look / Really 700 Years Old: Unclear exactly how old she is, but she implies that her Shapeshifter Default Form is a ruse to make people think she's younger than she really is.
Stocking Filler: She wears knee-high white stockings.


I was pleasantly surprised recently to find a new generation of games emerging in the market. For parents that wish to help their children learn about real and important issues while making it fun there are many board games that encourage eco awareness.
Plan Toys Eco Recycling Game – This set includes a dice, a playmat, 4 recycled bins, 4 figures, and 16 pieces of recyclable waste token. A person who has no taken left is the winner. For 1-4 players. Under the Green Concept Design PlanToys selects only eco-friendly materials and manufacturers utilizing a minimal waste concept. PlanToys long-term commitment to social programs promotes healthy child development and environmental protection. All PlanToys are made using chemical free, kiln-dried recycled rubberwood and designed with water based non-toxic colors as accent. A small wooden playthings can produce big change. Through innovation and commitment to design excellence, PlanToys team of child development experts play a critical role in developing their selection of diverse wooden toys.
My kids and I had fun playing this game. Its great for teaching them how they can be a part of the solution.
Xeko – This is a really fun trading cards game that has won many awards. The game teaches kids (and adults) about ecology and endangered species. It is a trading card game with a social conscience and there are a couple different missions available…we have Costa Rica. Game players learn about the complex nature of ecosystems, as they try to save those endangered ecological communities in whatever mission they have. It is difficult to describe the game and it was pretty difficult to learn the game as well. Basically you play cards against each other on a big map of the ecosystem. While I found it to be quite fun I had to play against my husband. It was too advanced for my 7 year old but for kids 10 and older it would probably be a blast. The starter set comes in a lovely box and the cards and board (or map) are really beautiful. Extra cards can be bought to expand the game and the missions can even be combined.
The Yoga Garden Game – This game is adorable! It helps kids learn basic yoga poses and teaches them about plants and animals at the same time. The goal is to plant a flower garden before night falls.
My First 3 Nature Games from Bioviva – This set of 3 games was very age appropriate for my 3 year old. My 7 year old enjoyed them too but got bored quickly. The simple, lively games help young children learn about the amazing animal world, from animal offspring to animal defense mechanisms. Plus, as children play the games, they are developing readiness skills such as visual memory and following directions. Created by environmental scientists to promote understanding of life on earth, the earth-friendly games are printed on recyclable papers using animal-free ink. My daughter especially liked the Who's Afraid of the Fox game and Hide and Seek Dominoes. It provides us with a fun and educational activity when the two of us are chilling during baby brother's nap time.
Garden-Opoly – Based on the old favorite Monopoly, in this fun game, each player buys garden favorites, collects Clay Pots and trades them in for Greenhouses. Add aphid infestation, water bills and a dandelion outbreak and it becomes a little more difficult… and a lot more fun! A player may even be elected president of the garden club or find themselves on weeding duty and lose a few turns.
Ocean-Opoly – Buy your favorite sea creatures. Raise the rent by collecting Blocks of Water and trading them in for a Big Fish! Every deed is filled with fun facts.
Farm-Opoly – players increase their profits by collecting acres and trading them in for Big Red Barns. Full of country humor and an occasional fun fact, FARM-OPOLY s a celebration of an All-American way of life. It is all fun and games until you find yourself in hog waller or mucking stalls.
Other games in the same series include: Bug-opoly, Wild Animal-opoly, and Bird-opoly.
The Wild Seed Game – The goal of the game is to successfully "sprout" and grow. By turning cards, children either advance toward that goal or regress (deer eats the sprout). Fun way to teach basic concepts of food chains, nutrient and light requirements, and other conditions seeds need in order to germinate and thrive. Instructions focus on using four different strategy levels, with each level becoming increasingly challenging. This is the perfect game to bring out when children are sprouting their own sunflower, morning glory, or bean seeds.
Harvest Time – First, gardens are planted. Then everyone rolls the special die. to do the harvesting. The job is to harvest the gardens before Winter comes. Will we get them all? Maybe, if we remember to help each other out. A simple but challenging game for beginners. This is another great game that emphasizes cooperation and not competition.
A Beautiful Place – Another co-operative game! An ecology game for children! Planet Earth can be a beautiful place, shared by all. Sadly, it has been harmed and made ugly in lots of ways. Players work together to restore the beauty. Can they do it before the dark pollution clouds encircle the beautiful place? They have a much better chance if they work together.


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Akasha Absher Discusses Inclusive Investments
March 31, 2021 – This webinar hosted by Philanthropy Massachusetts focused on practical approaches to developing a process for investing an endowment in a gender and racially inclusive way and addressed the following questions:
How do we talk to our board about investing with a racial and gender lens?
How do we discuss inclusive investments with our investment advisers?
How do we hold our investment advisers accountable for investing in this way?
How do we hire diverse managers?
What is the process of building a portfolio that takes gender and racial justice into account?
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Jennifer Leonard Joins Syntrinsic as Chief Investment Officer
March 5, 2021 – Syntrinsic is thrilled to welcome Jennifer Leonard, CFA, to our team as Chief Investment Officer. Jennifer's 20 years of research and due diligence experience will deepen Syntrinsic's research capacity, particularly in traditional and impact-oriented private market investments.
Jennifer strengthens Syntrinsic's ability to achieve its explicit commitment to co-creating a sustainable and generative world that empowers all people. Her deep experience in deploying capital to make a meaningful financial and social impact aligns well with the goals of Syntrinsic's nonprofit and private clientele.
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"We're humbled to be part of this group that is working to create change in communities across Colorado," said Ben Valore-Caplan. "This year has tested all of us in ways we could never have imagined. I'm proud of our team for stepping up on behalf of our nonprofit clients to help them plan and navigate these turbulent times, all while continuing their own volunteer and community efforts."
The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) Colorado Chapter is the host for National Philanthropy Day in Colorado. Each of the honorees is recognized a change maker uniquely contributing to communities across Colorado.
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#include <pdal/util/Utils.hpp>

#include <fstream>
#include <ostream>

namespace pdal
{

using namespace LogLevel;

Log::Log(std::string const& leaderString,
         std::string const& outputName)
    : m_level(Error)
    , m_deleteStreamOnCleanup(false)
    , m_leader(leaderString)
{

    if (Utils::iequals(outputName, "stdlog"))
        m_log = &std::clog;
    else if (Utils::iequals(outputName, "stderr"))
        m_log = &std::cerr;
    else if (Utils::iequals(outputName, "stdout"))
        m_log = &std::cout;
    else
    {
        m_log = FileUtils::createFile(outputName);
        m_deleteStreamOnCleanup = true;
    }
    makeNullStream();
}

Log::Log(std::string const& leaderString,
         std::ostream* v)
    : m_level(Error)
    , m_deleteStreamOnCleanup(false)
    , m_leader(leaderString)
{
    m_log = v;
    makeNullStream();
}

Log::~Log()
{

    if (m_deleteStreamOnCleanup)
    {
        m_log->flush();
        delete m_log;
    }
    delete m_nullStream;
}

void Log::makeNullStream()
{
#ifdef _WIN32
    std::string nullFilename = "nul";
#else
    std::string nullFilename = "/dev/null";
#endif

    m_nullStream = new std::ofstream(nullFilename);
}

void Log::floatPrecision(int level)
{
    m_log->setf(std::ios_base::fixed, std::ios_base::floatfield);
    m_log->precision(level);
}

void Log::clearFloat()
{
    m_log->unsetf(std::ios_base::fixed);
    m_log->unsetf(std::ios_base::floatfield);
}

std::ostream& Log::get(LogLevel::Enum level)
{
    if (level <= m_level)
    {
        *m_log << "(" << m_leader << " "<< getLevelString(level) <<": " <<
            level << "): " <<
            std::string(level < Debug ? 0 : level - Debug, '\t');
        return *m_log;
    }
    return *m_nullStream;

}

std::string Log::getLevelString(LogLevel::Enum level) const
{
    switch (level)
    {
        case Error:
            return "Error";
            break;
        case Warning:
            return "Warning";
            break;
        case Info:
            return "Info";
            break;
        default:
            return "Debug";
    }
}

} // namespace


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Q: How can I add some randomness to populating this list? I'm trying to populate a list of answers in a quiz. The correct answer is always the a0 in the data object. How can I make it so the first answer isn't always the correct one? A hint would be much appreciated!
JS:
data = [
        {"q":"How much?", "a0":"20%", "a1": "1%", "a2": "10%", "a3": "5%"},
        {"q":"What", "a0":"Ball", "a1": "Stone", "a2": "Bierd", "a3": "Carl"},
        {"q":"When?", "a0":"1999", "a1": "2000", "a2": "2001", "a3": "2002"}
        ];

function addData() {

var ids =['a','b','c','d'];
for (var j=0; j < ids.length; j++) {

    //Populate answers into list
    document.getElementById(ids[j]).innerHTML = data[q]['a'+j];

    //Add class 'correct' to the li with the right answer (always a0 in the data object)
    if (j==0) {
    document.getElementById(ids[j]).setAttribute('class', 'correct');
    }
};
}

HTML:

A: Just sort the array using random numbers:
var ids =['a','b','c','d'];
ids.sort(function(x, y) {
    return parseInt(Math.random() * ids.length);
});
for (var j=0; j < ids.length; j++) {
    //.....
}

Live test case. (of the random sort)

A: You can generate a Random number and use it as a position of your array, always verifying the lenght of it and the number you got, of course.
You can generate a random number using something like that:
var randomnumber = Math.random();

A: you can sort array randomly as well as in sorting order.
Your array is String array and it doesnt matter that your answer comes in alphbetic order so you can try to sort it alphbetically.
following example is to sort string array.
//Sort alphabetically and ascending:
var myarray=["Bob", "Bully", "Amy"]
myarray.sort() //Array now becomes ["Amy", "Bob", "Bully"]

//Sort alphabetically and descending:
var myarray=["Bob", "Bully", "Amy"]
myarray.sort()
myarray.reverse() //Array now becomes ["Bully", "Bob", "Amy"]

refer http://www.javascriptkit.com/javatutors/arraysort.shtml
Now if you want to sort it by its index you can use following.
function randomSort(a,b) {
    return( parseInt( Math.random()*10 ) %2 );
}

var arlene = new Array( 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 );
alert( arlene.sort(randomSort).toString() );

refer http://freewebdesigntutorials.com/javaScriptTutorials/jsArrayObject/randomizeArrayElements.htm

A: This keeps the order of answers, changing just which is first.
Make random integer before the for loop: var offset=Math.floor(Math.random()*ids.length),
then first thing in loop do var idx='a'+((j+offset)%ids.length). Instead of data[q]['a'+j] use data[q][idx], and set class to correct when idx=="a0" instead of j==0.


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Victor Sabula
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Guitarists and Bands , The Undiscovered
Inspiring Others to Find the Inspiration in Themselves
Victor Sabula's solo debut release, Between Two Seas, contains both inventive and introspective acoustic vocal numbers and otherworldly, sci-fi instrumental tapestries. Sabula is not afraid to experiment, using layering, delay and open tunings to create some provocative guitaristic strangeness. Sabula's "Symphony Of Deconstruction", for example, is an instrumental of layered and blended guitar sounds that tends toward the hypnotic at times, but varies the central motif in order to maintain interest.
Beginning on the drums at age nine, Sabula has since channeled the majority of his creative talents into his guitar playing, although he also plays keyboards, bass, and a hazardous circular saw blade kit. Working in both traditional and non-traditional tunings on both acoustic and electric guitars, the hallmark of Sabula's style, as evidenced on Between Two Seas, is its eclecticism, spontaneity and genuine experimental optimism. In addition to his solo works, Sabula, under the alias Victim Longmont, is also a member of two Cleveland-based projects, The Salad Years and Tamerlane, which create music in the science fiction rock vein. Sabula also enjoys playing solo guitar at local coffee shops and an occasional film festival.
Sabula's goal is to gain the attention of an independent label that will assist him in producing his compositions and promoting them to a wider audience without pressures and big business glamour. Regardless, Sabula plans to continue the exploration of his creativity, through musical and non-musical methods.
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Our goal is to satisfy our clients with efficient and effective results. We offer the highest quality services for clients of all sizes. We are willing to share the risk with clients through creative financial arrangements when other firms are not.
SMGG has earned a reputation for being fearless in the pursuit of justice for our clients. Our team handles high-profile cases with discretion, and has a reputation for taking cases that others might consider too challenging.
Unlike most other regional law firms of comparable size, not only do we handle complex business disputes and transactions, we also handle highly sophisticated personal service matters including criminal defense work, real estate and estates and trusts. In this way, we strive to help our clients deal with any legal challenge they might meet.


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Q: React-native typescript error: Type 'Generator' is missing the following properties from type I have a function to return an object named UploadToGetId that I defined myself and it worked in runtime, but I got an error in compile time
 Type 'Generator<any, any, unknown>' is missing the following properties from type 'UploadToGetID': imageId, imageThumbId

This is my code:
type UploadToGetID = {
  imageId: string | undefined;
  imageThumbId: string | undefined;
};

function* uploadImageOrVideoToGetId(
  image: Image | undefined,
  imageThumb: ImageThumb | undefined,
): UploadToGetID {
  const uploadId: UploadToGetID = {
    imageId: undefined,
    imageThumbId: undefined,
  };
  try {
    if (image) {
      const token = yield Helper.getDataStored(JWT_KEY);
      let newImage: ImageResizerResponse = yield call(
        ImageResizer.createResizedImage,
        imageThumb!.url!,
        5000,
        5000,
        'JPEG',
        100,
      );

      let file = newImage.uri;
      if (Platform.OS === 'android') {
        file = newImage.uri.replace('file://', '');
      }
     ...
  } catch (error) {
    Alert.alert('Upload image fail! ' + error);
    return uploadId;
  }
}

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Spring Airlines is low-cost airlines that headquarter in Shanghai, Japan from where it operates its flight services. Spring airlines provide its flight services to both domestic and international routes across the world. It is highly demanded airlines in Japan due to its extra comfort and luxurious traveling from where it operates its flight services. Spring airlines provide its flight services to both domestic and international routes across the world. It is highly demanded airlines in Japan due to its extra comfort and luxurious traveling services. One can dial Spring airlines reservations number for getting information about the various facilities provided by the spring airlines.
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Obituary: David Dirk Van Akin, 50, of Shelton
May 9, 2018 Updated: June 7, 2019 2:14 p.m.
David Dirk Van Akin, 50, of Shelton, passed away on Saturday, May 5, 2018.
David was born on February 23, 1968 in Mount Kisco, NY, a son of the late David and Barbara (Olsen) Van Akin.
At John Jay High School, he played basketball and baseball and he started as a Pitcher in his Freshman year. Later, David attended SUNY Cortland where he majored in Physics and Calculus.
A resident of Shelton for the past 20 years, David was a longtime little league coach in the Shelton National Little League. He enjoyed skiing, jet skiing, snorkeling and fishing. He loved to tinker and invent new things and he was a self taught computer whiz. David was the owner of The G-Lab in Monroe, CT.
David is survived by his wife of 22 years, Lynne and their son, Brandon. In addition, he is survived by a sister, Marcy Van Akin Van Tilburg and her husband, Bryan as well as his mother in law Carolyn Hicks Lawrence; sister in law, Alison Lawrence Cooke and a special cousin, Gary Van Akin, who was like a brother to David. David is also survived by his nieces and nephews Ashley and Justin Bingham, Sara and Hannah Van Tilburg, Victoria, Christina and Brianna Dumont, Gracie Van Akin and Sierra Cooke.
In addition to his parents, David was predeceased by a sister, Carey Van Akin Dumont.
Funeral services will take place on Friday, May 11, 2018 at 1:00 PM at South Salem Presbyterian Church, 111 Spring Street, South Salem, NY. Interment will follow in South Salem Cemetery. There will be no calling hours.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to Best Friends Animal Society — www.bestfriends.org.
Kane Funeral Home, Ridgefield is in charge of funeral arrangements.


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Major improvements for JP&S Chingford site
A Top 50 Indies' Texaco site in Chingford has recently undergone a major improvement programme.
North Weald Texaco Service Station, owned by JP&S Services, has installed six new pumps, with Supreme Diesel available at the site for the first time.
A new-high speed diesel pump has been installed to benefit HGV customers, along with an AdBlue pump. In addition, the site has had an image refresh and new under-canopy LED lights installed.
North Weald Service Station is one of six JP&S Services Texaco-branded sites supplied by Valero. All are located in London and the South East.
JP&S Services managing director, Visvanathan Yoganathan (Yogan), said: "We are extremely pleased with the development. Having done work to the tank, line work, new pumps and with the introduction of Supreme Diesel and AdBlue, we have really reinvested in the site to meet new customer demands."


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TUNESCOPE Creating Digital Music in Snap!
Glen Bull, Univesity of Virginia, United States ; Rachel Gibson, Jo Watts, N. Rich Nguyen, Luke Dahl, University of Virginia, United States
Published January 2023 . ISBN 978-1-9397-9766-7 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
TuneScope music blocks are an extension of the educational programming language, Snap! This language was developed by Jens Möenig and Brian Harvey with support from the National Science Foundation. Snap! is designed to make advanced computational concepts accessible to nonprogrammers. It is currently used by more than a thousand high school and college computer science teachers. It is also used for personal enrichment and enjoyment by countless others. The TuneScope music library in Snap! extends the types of music that can be created in Snap! TuneScope was developed through collaboration among the School of Education and Human Development, the Department of Computer Science, and the Department of Music at the University of Virginia. A companion course is approved as an elective in the Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science program at the University of Virginia. The primary objective is to facilitate creativity and exploration of the arts through coding.
Bull, G., Gibson, R., Watts, J., Nguyen, N.R. & Dahl, L. (2023). TUNESCOPE Creating Digital Music in Snap! . Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved February 1, 2023 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/221758/.
© 2023 Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)
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Taking the advantage of our rich experience in making self-balancing electric vehicles, we make full use of our expertise in maximizing the performance of M3 electric skateboards. The prototype has gone through thousands of practical tests, and has been kept improved based on advises from a team of skateboard specialists, in order to present a similar exciting riding experience as the classical skateboards.
Unlike classical board, M3 electric hoverboard is controlled completely by a handhold wireless remote controller, by simply sliding the button of which, you can accelerate, decelerate, brake, or even go backward, in an effortless style. To control the direction, it is similar as riding a kick-skateboard, you have to maneuver your gestures and body weight to turn left or right.
As a durable deck is critically important in building a long-lasting skateboard, M3 has tested many texture options, and finally chooses a customized maple plus composite material, to make a deck in the best durability and elasticity. With anti-skid grip tape on it, M3 offers a safe, sturdy, and comfortable riding experience.
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"Light Years Away" is a song by Dutch disc jockey and producer Tiësto in collaboration with British band Dbx, which is composed of the producers Pete Kirtley and Sacha Collision and the singer-songwriter John James Newman. It was released on 28 November 2014 by PM:AM Recordings as the fourth single from Tiësto's fifth studio album, A Town Called Paradise.

Background and release
Tiësto declared about the song : "'Light Years Away' is a very beautiful song. It's very pretty. It reminds me a little bit of an old Massive Attack track. It sounds really big and euphoric. I think the vocals are great and also it's very haunty." Pete Kirtley from Dbx affirmed in an interview that the song is about "not giving up, even though the path ahead sometimes seems impossible and unreachable".

Music video
The music video shows the expedition of a scientist and her white robot on a planet to analyse its composition.

Track listing
CD single
 "Light Years Away" – 3:11
 "Light Years Away" (Extended Radio Edit) – 6:55

Digital Download – Remixes
 "Light Years Away" (Extended Radio Edit) – 6:55
 "Light Years Away" (Tiësto & MOTi Remix) – 4:37
 "Light Years Away" (Oliver Heldens Remix) – 4:48
 "Light Years Away" (Skyden Remix) – 5:46
 "Light Years Away" (HeyHey Remix) – 3:04
 "Light Years Away" (David K Remix) – 7:07
 "Light Years Away" (Unclubbed Classic Mix) – 6:22

Charts

References

2014 songs
2014 singles
Tiësto songs
Songs written by Tiësto
Songs written by Pete Kirtley


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iOS has some great built-in support for different keyboards for different types of data, but the built-in numeric-keypad keyboard style does leave a few things to be desired (a "done" button, decimal point, a "hide" button, etc).
Today we'll look at a library called MMNumberKeyboard by Matías Martínez that does a great job of filling in these gaps. Let's try it out.


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COUNTDOWN: 16 Days to Outside Lands – The Walkmen
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I have been assigned a project where I have to use interface an MPR121 capacitive touch sensing controller with a microcontroller. Aside from the touch detection, one of the requests for the project was capacitance measurement from the touch pins, and to display it's change using graphs.
I know that I can get the capacity of the electrode from 2nd filtered data registers that contains 10 bits of data, 2 msb and 8 lsb.
My question is do all these 10 bits represent the capacity, or are they used for some other info rather then only capacity? Thank you.
Browse other questions tagged sensor touch-panel or ask your own question.
What's happening that my I2C sensor is high on SDA when it might be low, as SCL, when in the time pause between bytes?


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Investors Bet on Higher Rates as trade spat between U.S. and China could add to inflation pressures
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July 12, 2018 July 12, 2018 Competitive research, Economics, News
By Chelsey Dulaney and Ben Eisen
Investors are bracing for a period of consistently higher inflation, raising bets that the Federal Reserve will deliver a fourth interest-rate increase this year as an intensifying trade spat between the U.S. and China threatens to add to mounting price pressures.Federal-funds futures, which investors use to bet on central bank policy, on Thursday showed a roughly 60% chance that the Fed will raise rates at least four times this year, according to CME Group data. That marks one of the highest levels this year and compares to a 35% probability at the start of June.
Increasing confidence in the Fed's plans for tightening policy come as measures of price growth for both U.S. consumers and businesses rise at their fastest pace in years. A Labor Department report Thursday showed the consumer price index rose 2.9% from a year earlier in June, the strongest growth since February 2012, and 2.3% when excluding volatile categories like energy and food. A separate gauge of U.S. business prices rose at the strongest pace since 2011.
Mounting expectations are already rippling through global markets. The U.S. dollar surged 0.8% against a basket of major peers on Wednesday, reviving pressure on the currencies, stocks and bonds of emerging markets. U.S. stocks also fell as investors responded to White House plans announced Tuesday to impose tariffs on another $200 billion in Chinese goods. The S&P 500 rebounded 0.3% in morning trading Thursday.
"Trade wars are unambiguously going to lift inflation," said Torsten Slok, chief international economist at Deutsche Bank. "We already have inflation at the Fed's target. That is an incredible headache for the Fed."
Economists believe the latest round of tariff threats—which come less than a week after the U.S. and China imposed tariffs on $34 billion in each others' goods—will drive up costs for U.S. goods at a time when inflation is already accelerating. Signs of rising inflation have prompted volatility in stocks and bonds this year, including in February, when the Dow Jones Industrial Average posted its largest daily point decline on record.
The recent firming in inflation comes after a long period of tepid growth that had confounded investors and policy makers, who expected the strengthening economy and labor market to bolster prices.
The Fed is tasked with keeping inflation stable, and some investors believe a "price shock" sparked by tariffs could lead the central bank to ramp up policy-tightening after following a slow-and-steady approach since 2015.
Pantheon Macroeconomics estimates the tariffs could drive up core consumer prices, which excludes volatile categories like food and energy, by 0.6% from a current level just above 2%.
"The Fed can't stand back and ignore a hit of this size, given the tightness of the labor market," said Ian Shepherdson, the firm's chief economist.
Even some of the Fed's more cautious officials are coming around to a more aggressive policy stance as the inflation rebound appears here to stay. Chicago Fed President Charles Evans said in an interview this week that he thinks the economy can handle higher rates and expressed optimism about the inflation rebound.
"We'll see about the sustainability, but it looks quite good," he said.
A pickup in inflation and a faster pace of rate-increases would have far-reaching implications for global markets. Tighter Fed policy could amplify the recent surge in the dollar, which has battered the currencies of emerging markets like Argentina and Turkey that borrowed heavily in the U.S. currency.
In the bond market, investors have been buying up bonds that protect them from higher inflation.
Inflation-adjusted Treasurys, whose value increases along with measures of consumer prices, have returned 0.2% this year, compared with a 1.1% loss for nominal Treasurys, according to Bloomberg Barclays bond indexes.
A measure of bond-market expectations for the pace of annual inflation over the next decade, as measured by the differential between inflation-adjusted and nominal Treasurys, has been above 2% every day this year. On Thursday, the 10-year breakeven rate was at 2.13%, Tradeweb data show.
Investors say U.S. stocks could come under pressure as companies face higher costs for materials used to make goods, supply chain disruptions and higher borrowing costs.
Consumer-staples companies such as sellers of food and household products have already been hit by rising costs. The S&P 500 consumer-staples sector is down about 8% this year, placing it among the worst performers in the broader index, which is up more than 4%.
PepsiCo Inc., which is in that grouping, flagged rising costs in an earnings call this week.
"As we move through the year, our expectation is that we will continue to see some levels of gross margin compression from inflationary input costs," said Chief Financial Officer Hugh Johnston, on a call with analysts Tuesday.
Jim Tierney, chief investment officer for concentrated U.S. growth at money manager AB, has been holding a smaller amount of consumer-staples shares than the benchmark his fund tracks.
"If we're on an increasing inflationary curve, I think that will continue to garner a whole lot of attention from investors," he said.
Still, some economists warn that the Fed could be forced to take the opposite approach, slowing the pace of rate increases, if trade tensions begin to drag down economic growth.
"Higher inflation is going to burn itself out naturally," said Tim Duy, an economics professor at the University of Oregon. "To the extent that we're going to have an issue, it's going to be more on the growth side."
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