Govt. has not taken any meaningful step to curb price rise of essential commodities and to generate employment except making tall baseless claims. Govt. is mysteriously silent on the question of retrieving the black money stashed abroad and recovering lakhs of crores of rupees of bad debts of public sector banks. Whole range of social security measures are under severe attacks including the pension of post — 2004 entrants in Central Govt. Services. Govt. has launched atrocious attack of drastic cut in interest on small savings deposits. Totally ignoring the united opposition of the working class, the Govt. has been moving fast to demolish existing labour laws thereby empowering the employers with unfettered rights to "hire and fire" and stripping the workers and trade union of all their rights and protection provided in laws. Along With the peasantry and agri- labourers are also under severe attack. Attack on public sector has been pushed to unprecedented height with Govt. announcing mega strategic sale and also allowing unlimited FDI in strategic sectors like Railways, Defence and financial Sector as complimentary to the move of privatization and Public Private partnership etc. The anti-worker and authoritarian attitude of the Government is also nakedely reflected in their refusal to implement the consensus recommendations of 43rd, 44th and 45th Indian Labour Conference for formulations of minimum wages, equal wage and benefits of regular workers to the Contract workers.
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Home Parenting Parenting Issues & Tips First Name Basis: Is It OK for Kids to Call Adults By...
First Name Basis: Is It OK for Kids to Call Adults By Their First Names?
Jessica Schrader
We all want our children to show respect when they greet people, but are formal titles necessary to achieve that?
It seems they're becoming a thing of the past in some parenting circles. In fact, some say the days of kids using "Mr." or "Mrs." Last Name when addressing a friend's parent or another non-related grown-up may soon be behind us.
That could be seen as a good thing – why does using a formal title automatically convey respect, anyway? But others say it's just another sign that today's generation of kids is falling behind when it comes to that all-important "respect your elders" rule.
In one recent Washington Post piece, the author notes the trend but contends that kids using last names is a "necessary tradition with no expiration date."
"The way a child addresses an adult not only displays respect but an acknowledgment of authority, one that establishes boundaries," the author writes.
As a parent, I'm trying to teach my kids to be respectful and polite but I'm more concerned with the basics: saying "hello" when introduced to someone new, using "please" and "thank you," following the rules at someone else's home and so on. Except for teachers and coaches – who usually tell children what to call them on day one – enforcing a Mrs. Last Name moniker for all other adults hasn't really been on my radar.
Instead, it's much more common in my group of friends to introduce another parent as "Ms. First Name" or even their first name alone. It feels more casual and natural that way, though most parents I know are also fine with being known only as "Johnny's dad" or "Bella's mom."
Besides, I'm not necessarily a believer that kids should be trained to treat every person older than them as an automatic authority figure.
We asked readers on Metro Parent's Facebook page for their take on the issue.
"I think respect is more about manner and tone, not necessarily about the words of address," Tara Lindsay writes. "Just because a child uses Miss, Mrs., or Mr. doesn't mean there is any respect in how it is done. Likewise, using the first name doesn't mean disrespect, either."
And parents like Dayna Mattis say there's no disrespect implied when a child uses their first name.
"I have no problem with kids addressing me by my first name," she comments.
Reader Eva Olague writes that it's a matter of respect that is "getting lost by the new generation." Other families are looking to strike a balance somewhere in the middle.
"I think putting a Miss or Ms. or Mr. in front of the first name is appropriate for people like club leaders, babysitters, friends of parents, etc.," Jennifer Lavender-Schott writes. "Last names should still be used for teachers, doctors and other professionals."
Carly Paul commented that her family uses aunt/uncle for close family friends, first names with "Ms." or "Mr." for younger adults like babysitters, and the more traditional last name approach for everyone else.
"I assure you, hubby and I cannot call our CEOs, regardless of age, 'Bob'/'Sue' or 'Miss Brandy'/'Mr. Kyle' when we have occasion to meet them," she writes. "We also teach them to show the same respect to the school custodian and cook as they would the President or Pope."
It's tough when you're a kid, trying to keep track of all the different people you meet and what you're supposed to call them. When I wasn't sure which title to use as a kid (and I even remember getting overly concerned about mixing up Ms. versus Mrs.), I'd start with, "Um…" and try to skip the whole name ordeal altogether. Using a first name has to be better than that, right?
While the importance of formal titles may be up for debate, we do know this: Respect is best shown through your actions, anyway – not your words.
Do you think it's OK for kids to call adults by their first names? Tell us why or why not in the comments!
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Eventide: Slavic Fable Collector's Edition is rated 4.0 out of 5 by 39.
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Rated 5 out of 5 by skullfun from Eventide is a mythical masterpiece filled with imagination!!! How refreshing it is to see a new storyline for a change! Arguably, Eventide: Slavic Fable is still based on the same-old kidnapping story - but at least it tries to be different. If you are a fan of fantasy games, then Eventide should feel right at home for you. The game features adorable talking mythical creatures, as well as the almighty evil ones. As the game progresses, the storyline gets more and more interesting, especially the backstories - there was never a single moment of boredom playing this game. Artifex Mundi is back to showcase its artistic superiority through the amazing visuals of the game. Every single scene is beautifully painted with rich colors and enhanced by the top-notch visual effects. I was also impressed by the amount of creativity put into creating all these eye-catching locations; they are unique to this particular game and we did not get that feeling of dejavu we sometimes get in some of the recent HOPA titles. For the majority of the game, the music remains pretty serene and calm, but it does get suspenseful when the situation seems fitting. The voice-overs of the characters are very well-done, nothing to complain about. In addition, Eventide: Slavic Fable has a very cohesive gameplay. Every aspect of the game flows delightfully together, the whole experience of the game is as smooth as silk. Perhaps, two of the weakest aspects of the game are the hidden object scenes and the puzzles. While the locations in the game are extremely imaginative, the hidden object scenes look pale in comparison - most of them are junk piles with list formats, definitely lack the bells and whistles. The puzzles are slightly better, but could certainly be better. More than half of the puzzles are incredibly easy, and not very complex either. Nonetheless, Eventide: Slavic Fable has a nice length of four hours, or five hours if you include the amazing bonus chapter. Apart from that, the Collector's Edition of the game comes with a strategy guide, replayable hidden object scenes and puzzles, wallpapers, concept art, soundtracks, cutscenes, achievements and collectibles. This is a family-friendly game that won my heart over. It is an exquisite game with one thrilling storyline - and the enchanting visuals give the game its own personality that make it all the more memorable. I highly recommend this adventure for gamers of every level!!!
Rated 5 out of 5 by judeejuju from Whats not to like? Such a sweet game. Loved the characters and the setting..pure fantasy..sometimes you just need to immerse yourself in a fairytale land where good triumphs over evil. Thoroughly enjoyed myself.
Rated 5 out of 5 by bigg12 from Eventide:Slavic fable collectors edition Please make more of this type of game I buy a lot of games this was the best story line and scene I ever seen! I give it 10! thank-you I enjoyed it!
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Q: Что лучше лучше использовать: if или исключения? Есть большая функция, которая выглядит примерно так:
void BigFunk(){
    // много разного кода, объединённого одной целью
    // и содержащего конструкцию типа if (условие) return;
    // ...
    // ещё куча всякого кода
}

Чтобы уменьшить функцию, я решил выделить
// много разного кода, объединённого одной целью
// и содежащего конструкцию типа if (условие) return;

в отдельную функцию. Как это лучше реализовать: при помощи if -
bool Part(){
    // много разного кода, объединённого одной целью
    if (условие) return true;
    return false;
}
void BigFunk(){
    if (Part()) return;
    // ...
    // ещё куча всякого кода
}

или лучiе сделать это при помочи исключений:
void Part(){
    // много разного кода, объединённого одной целью
    if (условие) throw 1;
}

void BigFunk(){
    try{
        Part();
    }
    catch(int t){
        return;
    }
    // ...
    // ещё куча всякого кода
}

Просто везде написано, что нужно стараться использовать исключения, но здесь речь идёт просто о выходе из функции при определённых условиях, и мне интересно, как лучше это сделать...
A: Смотрите на исключения, как на замаскированный нелокальный goto (longjmp()).
Т.е. если по смыслу надо прервать обработку и выйти в малое число точек алгоритма (начать там новый этап обработки (или аккуратно завершиться)), то исключение м.б. более удобным.
В случае же логического ветвления нормального хода обработки IMHO проверки флагов (кода возврата), т.е. if предпочтительнее.
A: При обработке ошибок, если это позволяет язык программирования и используемая библиотека, конечно же лучше использовать исключения хотя бы потому, что ты сам определяешь, когда и какую ошибку тебе обработать. На хабре было несколько статей по этому поводу, например:

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*Коды возврата vs исключения — битва за контроль ошибок

*Коды возврата & исключения
UPD. Перечитал вопрос. Просто так городить огород с исключениями конечно же не стоит! Обработка исключений - процесс более серьезный, чем простое условие. Если это вопрос одного места в коде, почему нужно отказываться от обыкновенного ветвления?! :D
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Просто везде написано, что нужно стараться использовать исключения, но здесь речь идёт просто о выходе из функции при определённых условиях, и мне интересно, как лучше это сделать...

Где "везде написан" этот бред? Наоборот, исключений следует избегать. Использовать их надо только при обработке ошибок. Причём это должны быть не ошибки самого программиста, а ошибки окружения программы. Например, исключения можно возбуждать при загрузке отсутствующего или повреждённого файла, ошибке передачи по сети и т. д..
Также не должно быть исключений в конструкторах и деструкторах, потому что ресурсы могут быть некорректно освобождены, или произойдёт утечка памяти.

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Shipping Delays at Major Ports Due to Extreme Weather in China
Last Updated: August 6, 2021/Derek Wolfe
EDITOR NOTE: As if things couldn't get any worse with regard to supply bottlenecks, a heavy typhoon season in China is underway, and that can mean only one thing: closed ports. This, of course, means containers piling up, tighter supplies, and eventually, higher shipping costs, and higher prices on the consumer end. Chain supply disruptions play a significant part in the inflationary surge we're seeing here in the US. But inflation is also a monetary matter, not just a supply matter, contrary to the Fed's messaging. As a precious metals investor or enthusiast, you know what this means: expect higher inflation. And if you don't already have a position in non-CUSIP gold and silver to hedge against, well then, what are you waiting for?
(Bloomberg) -- Extreme weather in China is becoming the latest challenge to global supply chains, as a heavy typhoon season threatens to further delay goods stuck at some of the world's busiest container ports.
Yantian port in southern China's export and industrial hub of Shenzhen temporarily stopped drop-off services of containers on Tuesday night due to a typhoon alert. Just two weeks earlier, Shanghai's Yangshan mega-terminal facility and nearby ports evacuated ships as Typhoon In-Fa slammed into the coast, bringing widespread flooding and toppling containers stowed in the hold of a bulk carrier traveling to the U.S.
Heavy rain, high winds and flooding this year are tying up global trade as the already overstretched shipping industry struggles to recover from disruptions ranging from Covid-19 outbreaks to geopolitical unrest. There may be worse to come, as officials predict more typhoons will hit China this month.
From August to December, 16 to 18 typhoons are forecast to form in the Northwest Pacific and South China Sea, the Meteorological Administration said Wednesday. Four to six of these are expected to make landfall in China or affect the country.
"Each time a port is forced to close, containers continue to pile up, adding to existing delays," said Alex Hersham, CEO of digital freight-forwarder Zencargo. "And as this season is expected to be heavier than usual for tropical cyclones, we can expect more delays like this."
Supply chains have faced a string of bad luck this year. A Covid-19 outbreak among port staff was to blame for a partial closing of Yantian in May, leading to container goods piling up for a month. As ships diverted away from southern China, some factories in the nearby manufacturing hub of Guangdong shut down because of excess inventory that couldn't be exported, according to analysts and logistics intelligence firm project44.
"The impact of Yantian's closure was unprecedented on the supply chain because it serves one of the world's largest manufacturing bases," said Salmon Aidan Lee, head of polyesters at consultant Wood Mackenzie Ltd. "If we have a few more typhoons that come our way, and knock down production a few days each time, this problem will get worse."
While the average waiting time for a container to be exported at Yantian has dropped to five days from 25 in June, and operations resumed at the port Wednesday evening, the situation could easily worsen again if weather-related delays at other Chinese ports build up, said Hersham.
Typhoon In-Fa also impacted factory operations in eastern China, while major ports along the Yangtze River, the country's busiest inland waterway, halted operations last week, the Shanghai Shipping Exchange said in a July 30 note. Torrential rains and flooding have affected flows of commodities like oil and coal, the company said.
The disruptions are driving the cost of shipping a 40-foot box from China to the U.S. to record levels above $10,000, according to maritime consultant Drewry. Ultimately, the snarls will add to inflation, said Lee, who predicts U.S. consumers will have to pay about 20% more for Christmas presents -- from toys to furniture.
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Can an autocratic leadership style work?
By Toni Bowers in Career Management , in CXO on March 16, 2009, 3:38 AM PST
The prevailing wisdom among those who speak of leadership techniques is that one should coach employees rather than manage them. The autocratic approach to leadership seems outdated. But is there a still a place for the one-way leadership model?
One would be hard-pressed these days to find a white paper or blog post that exalts an old-fashioned autocratic leadership style. This is a leadership style in which the manager retains as much power and decision-making authority as possible. Under that leadership, employees are not consulted, nor are they allowed to give any input. Employees are motivated through a structured set of rewards and punishments.
What you'll find in the place of advice about that leadership style are multitudes of philosophic musings about coaching techniques, empowering employees, working with employees to establish goals, and developing employee growth plans.
I will agree that the latter style is preferable in most every case. However, I will also contend that an autocratic leadership style can be successful in the right circumstances.
What I've come to discover in my years of management is that there are some people who are not comfortable with strategizing or being consulted about work goals. Those people just want to be given a set of goals and a clear-cut expectation of what will happen if the goals are, or are not, met. Some people prefer to take care of the details and leave the big picture stuff to others. And there's nothing wrong with that. Unless, of course, you push a details person into the receiving end of the democratic leadership model. You start asking that person to weigh in on complex problems and high-level decisions, or to take on strategic initiatives, and you could be asking for trouble. People who are good with details can sometimes paralyze a strategic initiative while they're crossing all the T's and dotting all the I's.
On the other hand, many people flourish under a democratic leadership style (and I'm not talking politics, so put away your poison pens). Those people, however, could be focused so broadly that the undetected or undealt with details could derail the final outcome of a project.
Each situation is different and all the people on your staff differ from each other. You just have to be prepared to manager differently.
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Q: How to disable clicking on an image? I am trying to make a memory game using JavaScript and jQuery and now I want to disable clicking the image (card) that is opened on click. I have tried img.onclick=false, img.onclick=null, but it does not work. Below is a part of my code.
$(document).ready(function() {
  $("img").click(function() {
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  });
});

function checkIfMatch(img) {
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  img.onclick = false; //here I want to disable the clicking
}

A: The easiest tweak would be to only push the image to the array if it's not already in it:
function checkIfMatch(img) {
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}

If you don't need to do other stuff when a new image is clicked, you could make things even easier by using a Set instead (which will automatically condense duplicates):
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}

A: To turn off a jquery click handler, you use:
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this is the opposite of $("..").on("click", function... which is can be written short-hand as $(..).click(function...

$(document).ready(function() {
  $("img").click(function() {
    checkIfMatch(this);
  });
});

var arrayIMG = [];
function checkIfMatch(img) {
  arrayIMG.push(img);
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  $(img).off("click");

  // toggle to show that it only gets called once
  $(img).toggleClass("active");
  console.log("click")
}
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Alternatively, you can use a singe-click mechanism:
$(..).one("click", function

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$(document).ready(function() {
  $("img").one("click", function() {
    checkIfMatch(this);
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});

var arrayIMG = [];
function checkIfMatch(img) {
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Many people are having to re-think their Christmas plans, or make new traditions this holiday season.
2020 will go down as one holiday season that's hard to forget
While it's true that Christmas 2020 will be unusual for most, a team of UBC Okanagan experts suggest it doesn't have to be a holiday season to regret. The experts' advice includes everything from online shopping tips and getting some exercise to curling up with a good book.
Careful while shopping online, suggests Faculty of Management researcher Ying Zhu.
"Particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, people should be more mindful of their shopping budget. It's easy to lose ourselves in the world of online shopping. Balance joyful feelings with a budget."
Ying Zhu suggests putting down the tablet or smartphone when holiday shopping online, especially when you plan to buy indulgent products in an effort to stem pandemic stress. Her research has shown that study participants were more likely to indulge in guilty pleasures when shopping online with a touchscreen device (i.e., a smartphone) versus a desktop computer. The reason is that using a touchscreen evokes consumers' experiential thinking, which resonates with the playful nature of hedonic products.
Find creative ways to get some exercise, says School of Health and Exercise Sciences' Matthew Stork.
"Due to the winter weather and current COVID-19 restrictions, finding ways to stay physically active is more challenging than ever. Try new outdoor activities like skiing or snowshoeing, go for socially distant walks or find creative ways to be active at home."
If you're busy or overwhelmed this holiday season, add some "exercise snacks" into your day. Go up and down the stairs three times in a row, or take a five-minute walk to the end of the street and back. Even short bouts of exercise can add up and can help keep you fit at home.
And if you want to get a bit more out of your workouts—add tunes.
"Music is a simple, yet powerful strategy that can enhance your exercise and make it more enjoyable."
Okanagan School of Education Associate Professor Stephen Berg focuses on active, healthy children and youth.
Berg has several suggestions for making sure children, and the entire family, have a good holiday season. The idea is to stay active.
"It may seem simple, but getting outside and going for a walk is beneficial. With limited daylight hours, getting outside, even if it is for a short time, will help boost the immune system and provide some much-needed energy."
Other tips include limiting the treats, trying something new—like a YouTube workout the family can do together, volunteering, and setting basic and small goals, like getting outside for 30 minutes a day.
"My final tip would be to do your best to stay balanced," he adds. "Quite simply, this has been a unique year. Let children have some fun, relax and breathe. Connect with them. Play board games, find out what they are doing online."
Alex Hill, who teaches astrophysics at UBCO, suggests people look to the stars as a new activity this holiday season.
When there are clear skies during the holidays, grab a pair of binoculars and get outside after dark, says Hill. The next few days will be spectacular because Jupiter and Saturn will pass quite close to each other—a 400-year benchmark.
"To find them, look southwest as it gets dark, which is nice and early this time of year, about 45 minutes after sunset. If you hold your fist at arm's length, they'll be a bit more than two fist lengths above the horizon. They'll be the brightest 'stars' by far and easy to see."
With binoculars, you should also be able to see the rings of Saturn and the four largest moons of Jupiter. While Jupiter and Saturn are both spectacular with binoculars, they are visible without.
"They won't look quite like they do in Hubble Space Telescope images you might see in books, but it's still amazing to be able to see the rings and the moons with your own eyes."
Fall in love with reading all over again suggests Marie Loughlin, who teaches in UBCO's English program.
Her advice to anyone is to get settled comfortably with a good story. Loughlin and colleagues suggest books to help relieve stress, help with loneliness or fill in time spent alone.
George Grinnell suggested Colson Whitehead's The Nickel Boys (Penguin/Random House 2020). "This is easily one of the most compelling and artistically complete novels I have read in a long time."
Margaret Reeves suggests Thomas King's newest novel Indians on Vacation (HarperCollins, 2020), saying it is well worth reading for its wry sense of humour.
Joanna Cockerline recommends Idaho (Chatto & Windus, 2017) by Emily Ruskovich; it is set in the rugged mountains of Idaho and is tied around a devastating secret that impacts the life of a man facing early dementia.
Sean Lawrence suggests Andrew Kaufman's All My Friends Are Superheroes (Coach House, 2003); the ordinary guy Tom has a close group of friends and a wife, all of whom are actually superheroes.
Finally, suggests Loughlin, Dylan Thomas' A Child's Christmas in Wales, of which the author's iconic reading will be featured on CBC over the holidays.
Try something completely new or outside your comfort zone, suggests psychology Professor Lesley Lutes.
"My students suggested we do an online cooking class together," says Lutes. "I must admit, my first thought was 'oh lord, this is going to be a disaster.' But I said yes because they suggested it and I could see that they needed it. I had never done anything like this before and had no idea how it would go."
Lutes picked a favourite recipe and purchased all the ingredients, including a candy cane and gluten-free dessert. It was a great success and she would do it again in a heartbeat.
Lutes shares other suggestions on how to make the most of this atypical Christmas:
Try and accept this holiday season for what it is, instead of what it should have/could have been.
If you can connect virtually with friends—do it!
Deliver, either virtually or to front doors of your friends and loved ones, gestures of your love/affection/appreciation.
Try and find humour and levity in the moment—and put it to good use.
"This was truly one of the most challenging years in modern history," Lutes adds. "I hope everyone can take some time to slow down, reflect and find safety, love, and feelings of hope during these final days of the year. May 2021 bring us all some much-needed relief but also the resolve to make everything that happened this year matter."
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The basic Pokémon tenet of trading Pokémon has been noticeably absent from Pokémon GO. Now, nearly two years after launch, Niantic Inc has finally announced that trading, gifting, and an actual friends list are being added to Pokémon GO later this week.
To add friends you'll need to exchange Trainer Codes, not unlike how Nintendo operates their friends lists. Plug in the code and you can send a friend request and add them to your new friends list.
To trade Pokémon you must be physically near someone you've added to your friends list, both Trainers must be at least level 10. Trading Pokémon requires Stardust, but the traded Pokémon earns Candy in the process. The amount of Candy depends on how far away the two Pokémon were caught from each other. You can lower the Stardust trading requirements by building your friendship level.
Each friend has a friendship level that can be increased through gifting or cooperative battles. Gifts are received through PokéStops, and can't be opened normally. Instead you have to trade them to friends, which they can open for a showering of loot, and a postcard of the PokéStop location.
Rare Pokémon such as Legendaries require a Special Trade. A Special Trade is limited to once per day, and only between a Great or Best Friend with high enough friendship level. It'll also cost a bunch of Stardust.
Trading has been a highly requested feature for Pokémon GO since launch. Niantic had promised it was a forthcoming feature. Pokémon GO originally launched in Summer 2016 and went on to become a global phenomena, and introducing much of the world to the magic of an AR mobile game.
The trading and friends update should hit later this week.
Today kicks off a special holiday weekend event in Pokémon GO. The Santa hat-wearing Pikachu returns this year, as well as new Water and Ice-type Pokémon from the Hoenn region (Gen 3). The event begins later today at 1 pm Pacific/4 pm Eastern.
The first Gen 3 Pokémon were recently added during the Halloween event. As a further incentive to go out and catch 'em all, you can earn a egg incubators from PokéStops. The first PokéStop you spin each day between December 22 and December 25 will award a single-use egg incubator.
If you fancy spending a little money in the in-game shop, you can find some of the best deals during the holiday event. Special boxes will include Super Incubators, Lure Modules and Star Pieces. Star Pieces are a new item that grants bonus Stardust for 30 minutes when activated. Another bundle sale will kick in right after the holiday event, from December 25 through January 4, where you can grab special boxes of Premium Raid Passes, Super Incubators, and Star Pieces.
Niantic, Inc are in the process of updating Pokémon GO to support the new AR+ feature in iOS 11 (supported in iPhone 6 and newer). With this new optional feature, Pokémon will be more accurately positioned and sized relative to their environment and distance from you. AR+ mode adds a new challenge to catching Pokémon by tracking your proximity. Pokémon can flee if they see a trainer coming too close to quickly. The additional challenge comes with more rewards, including XP and Stardust.
The holiday event ends December 25 at 1 pm Pacific/4 pm Eastern.


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Susan Winter tells Business Insider how to tell if someone is actually busy or just not that into you.
Why haven't they called yet? The INSIDER Summary:
• Someone who's interested will immediately reschedule a canceled date.
• If they're trying to blow you off, they'll be vague about when you'll see them next.
• Go with your gut, and if all else fails, just ask whether they're feeling it.
You're trying to plan a date, but your schedules just don't line up. When you do finally find a time that works, they have to cancel. What's the deal? Are they busy but genuinely interested, or are they avoiding you and trying to let you down easy?
Susan Winter, author and relationship expert, spoke to INSIDER about how to tell the difference.
Someone who's interested will immediately reschedule a canceled date.
Canceling a date doesn't necessarily indicate cold feet. If they follow up right away to set up another time, they still want to make it happen.
"They'll get back to you immediately: 'I can't do Thursday, sorry, the project is going so late. How is Sunday? Are you okay with Sunday? How about Tuesday next week?'" said Winter. "They'll be very specific."
They'll also apologize profusely.
Someone who is genuinely interested doesn't want to seem cavalier.
"The serious person is extremely apologetic," she said. "Their number one focus is that you're not upset, that you don't think they're a flake, and they're trying desperately to make it up to you with a concrete plan at a future time."
Someone who's not interested will be vague.
Winter said that lies are often more detailed than a simple bit of truth. If they spin a tale of epic proportions about why they can't make it, they're probably looking for an easy out.
"They make up these elaborate stories and they'll be vague on when the next scheduled appointment will be," she said. "They'll say things like 'Talk soon' or 'Let's touch base next week.'"
They'll also call you when they know you're not available — or when they can't talk for long.
Calling you at an odd time when no reasonable person is awake or when they're about to board a plane means they don't really want to talk at all.
"It's to keep it short, it's to keep you distanced," she said.
"New relationships can have hiccups, and the hiccups can look a lot like hot and cold or game playing," she said. "People are scared. It's a territory where we're known to get our feelings hurt. There's a lot of missteps and miscommunication."
While the early stages of a budding romance can plague even the most self-assured people with doubts about their next move, Winter advises going with your gut feeling.
"You have a very good sense of whether your partner is interested," she said. "You're going to feel it. There are your fears that you have that you know, but then there's your gut reaction that's going to be guiding you."
If all else fails, just ask where they're at.
"Just ask them straight up, 'Hey, you into this?'" she said. "It puts them on the spot, but at least you get resolution."
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Open Ended Ensemble (Competitive Coevolution) is a solo exhibition by Halifax based artist, Stephen Kelly. The work is a series of installations in which a collection of electromechanical sound-producing automatons, or agents, integrate basic attributes of a biological living system. In the current version, an ensemble of self-modifying, high-voltage sound amplifiers slowly learn to maneuver a robotic probe to the weakest region of electro-magnetic radiation along a fluorescent light fixture. Strong radiation from the lights causes the amplifiers to produce sound, layering sympathetic tones over the familiar drone of fluorescent lighting.
The agent's behaviour is adaptive, subject to an evolutionary process in which a random population of computer programs slowly evolve, eventually achieving enough control of the robotic probe to coax its movement away from the source of radiation and into silence. Meanwhile, the light fixture would prefer to maintain the drone, and slowly evolves a strategy of its own, learning to move the lights and trap the probe in regions of strong radiation. An arms race ensues as the two competing forces interact and coevolve, akin to predator/prey or host/parasite relationships in biological systems.
Agents in the Open Ended Ensemble are interacting with simple, conflicting goals in a never-ending game. Their sensory experience of the environment is inherently noisy, obtained entirely from the coupling of a bare-bones magnetic probe to a fluorescent light fixture. Their control of the probe is very imprecise and clumsy. As a result, the agents are navigating their world with partial information and limited motor control. A volatile model ecosystem emerges in which each device achieves intermittent success and failure as their interaction unfolds over days or weeks.
Open Ended Ensemble (Competitive Coevolution) from Stephen Kelly on Vimeo.
Stephen Kelly is an artist, computer programmer, and musician living in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He has exhibited and participated in residency programs both nationally and internationally. His work incorporates sound, electronics, and other media in the creation of thematically diverse, often complex systems of cultural exploration. Stephen has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design as well as a Master of Computer Science degree from Dalhousie University, where he is currently a PhD candidate in the Faculty of Computer Science. He plans to continue crossing art and science within public installations and ongoing research projects in Machine Learning.


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Correa supporters say 'mistakes' were made with inheritance and capital gains tax proposals as smaller protests resume in Quito and Guayaquil
Pichincha Province Prefect Gustavo Baroja
Leaders of President Rafael Correa's Alianza Pais party on Thursday called for an "open, unrestricted and unconditional" national discussion of Correa's proposals for inheritance and capital gains tax increases. The call was made by Pichincha Province Prefect Gustavo Baroja at a Quito press conference hours before more protests against the government were staged in Quito and Guayaquil.
It was the first time that representatives of Correa's government had called the tax proposal a "mistake." The problem was not necessarily with the proposal itself, Baroja said, but with the fact that the public had not been fully informed about it. The press conference was attended by local mayors and city council members, as well as by officials of the national government.
Although protests resumed in Quito and Guayaquil following Pope Francis's three-day visit to Ecuador, they were smaller than those staged before the papal visit.
In his call for dialogue, Baroja said that all sectors of Ecuadorian society should participate, including business, labor unions, rural farming cooperatives, and local elected officials.
"It was a mistake to send these tax proposals to the Assembly National without prior dialogue," Baroja said. "Now we have the time to correct that and to begin talking."
Baroja's remarks are in sharp contrast to recent statements by Correa in which he said talks would not include some opponents who he said were leading protests and, in some cases, plotting a coup. In an interview with CNN, he repeated his claim that his amended inheritance and capital gains tax proposals would only affect the richest two percent of the population.
At the press conference, National Secretary of Planning and Development Pabel Muñoz said he hoped that those opposed to the taxes or other government policies would chose dialogue over street protests which, he said, accomplished nothing. "We hope the passage of time during the Pope's visit will allow some people to reconsider the method of opposition and join us in dialogue."


The younger generation, whose minds are not yet totally corrupted. I know of very few people who confronted and changed their poisonous ideas after the age of 35.
If Objectivism is ever to catch on with the wider public, we must stand up for what is true, and not for what irrational people want to be true. If telling the truth makes us come across as heartless bastards for the wider public today, so be it.
Absolutely. The US should focus on dealing with Iran with every weapon necessary. Iran is the primary engine of war, nuclear proliferation and instability in the Middle East, and of terrorism in the West. An powerful attack on Iran will be a warning to all other countries of what will happen if they continue to threaten Western countries.
Why should we give a damn about what catches on with irrational people? If men turn to reason, if they are not destroyed by dictatorship and precipitated into another Dark Ages, if men remain free long enough to have time to think, then Objectivism is the philosophy they will accept.
Does Objectivism recognize value in surreal art?
The meaning she found would then be like the meaning people get out of seeing Jesus in a piece of toast. It was never intended, and thus it's not art in my opinion. As for the paintings you posted, I consider all of them non-art.
Perhaps. I've never really been interested in art until I discovered Objectivism, and I still struggle to see why it is a main branch of Ayn Rand's philosophy. I think it's the hardest part to understand, but I'll try to read some books and see if the pieces start falling into place like they have done all the way from metaphysics to politics.
Some background - yes. But not an explanation like "this is a rainy car window". That should be evident from the painting. Sooner or later the lack of clarity reaches a point where it can no longer be considered art. Like the painting above.
Yes. Elements of surprise, unexpected juxtapositions and non sequiturs, according to Wikipedia.
You may be right there. Still, I don't think anyone should be free to paint whatever they want and call it art. That sounds like subjectivism to me. It may have been a lot of things, and that's the problem. Moreover, it doesn't really reflect any metaphysical value-judgments, does it?
Do you think any painting can be considered art as long as the painter intends to involve a selective re-creation of reality according to his metaphysical value-judgments? Even this?
Because art involves communication between the artist and the audience. You may well have a good idea behind your brush strokes, but if the idea is not recognizable to the audience, then it's not art in my opinion.
Alright, someone other than the artist, you pedant If the people to whom the work is aimed require the artist's detailed description to judge what the re-creation involves and what metaphysical values it reflects, then it's not art in my opinion. This is true, I see that I was maybe too bombastic in my statement. It would be interesting to hear what meaning Rand got out of Corpus Hybercubus.


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Janina Vela Trends on Twitter after Calling Duterte Strategic and Being an Anti-Same Sex Marriage
Yesterday, VICE Asia uploaded on their YouTube channel an almost 12-minute long video with the title "Supporters and Critics of President Rodrigo Duterte Discuss the 2019 Elections."
The video features group of young voters with different religious, social and political beliefs discussing the midterm elections and Duterte's administration including marijuana legislation, same-sex marriage, and the War on Drugs.
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The said discussion was moderated by the VICE Asia's Editor-in-Chief Natashya Gutierrez. The group is composed of college students, NGO workers, members of the LGBTQ+, content creators and others.
Janina Vela, a social media influencer, is one of the lucky personalities invited to the said discussion. Although, the aim of the discourse is to hear the opinions of the members of the group, Janina received negative comments after sharing her thoughts.
In the video, Janina is seen raising her hand after the moderator asked who supports the present administration. She also described President Duterte as strategic. When the moderator asked who supports same-sex marriage, Janina apparently didn't raise her hand. Watch here:
Netizens, especially the followers of Janina, aren't happy with her stand. She has been trending on Twitter and has been receiving bashes from people calling her "cancelled." Some even tweeted, "Time to unstan."
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To her defense and to clarify the misunderstanding, she posted on her Twitter account that she was shocked to see the title of the video, she said "I went to that interview not as a supporter nor critic of Duterte. I was invited to a round table discussion about the upcoming Philippine elections." She also thanked those people who gave her the benefit of the doubt and didn't judge her because of a mere hand gesture.
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"Sadly, an 11-minute video could only show so much. We were filming for almost 2 hours, so they had to cut out a lot of everyone's explanations, including mine. When I said I supported the present administration, I did not mean at all that I agreed with everything that they are doing most especially when they violated the sanctity of life and human rights."
She also expressed her sadness towards the "cancelling" culture of the netizens without hearing her out. She also said, "I hope we learn to be respectful to people, no matter their beliefs, online and offline."
Nowadays, giving your opinion publicly is risky especially if you are well-known or an influencer. Not all people are willing to give the benefit of the doubt. Most of them will jump into conclusions and judge what they don't understand or what they don't believe.
It is saddening that this happened just because of a political stand. Everyone is entitled to give their own opinions and everyone should respect those even if they go against to what they believe in.
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The philanthropist, beverage-bottling mogul and leading soda-tax opponent has one word for universal pre-K advocates: plastics.
By Holly Otterbein·	 5/22/2016, 5:56 a.m.
The soda lobby has spent at least $1.7 million fighting Mayor Kenney's proposed soda tax, which might actually pass next month. Why the effort? Is the idea to keep the tax from spreading to other cities? To prevent a federal soda tax? I think there's some merit to that. Look, there's only one other city that has a soda tax: Berkeley, California, which is really a unique little area with very rich people.
You defeated soda taxes in Philadelphia twice during Michael Nutter's administration. Were you successful then partly because Nutter had a poor relationship with City Council? I agree he did not have a great relationship with Council. But I think we were successful for the same reasons we're fighting this tax: It's regressive. Many mom-and-pop bodega stores in the city will go out of business or be seriously damaged—about 20 percent of their sales are juices or sodas or some type of liquid beverage.
Kenney says it's a tax on corporations, and that they can choose to absorb it. I showed the Mayor our audited 2015 financial statement—we made a total of 28 cents on every case we sold of Canada Dry. On average, the soda tax would be $14.80 a case. How could we possibly absorb one penny of that tax?
You argue that the tax is regressive, but the soda industry targets its advertising to the poor. Aren't you trying to have it both ways here? I don't think that's true.
There are studies showing that the industry disproportionately advertises in poor areas. I don't really think I'm qualified to speak on it, to tell you the truth. I see television, I see radio. I think it's targeted to a lot of the general community.
Studies also show that wealthy people drink less soda than poor people, and you were once named the richest man in Philadelphia by Forbes. How often do you pop open a can? I drink more water than I drink soda. I enjoy a Pepsi or a Diet Pepsi maybe once or twice a week.
Kenney has a much better rapport with Council than Nutter did. Does that make this a harder fight for you? I think the issues make it a harder fight.
Because the Mayor wants to use the tax to fund pre-K? Yes. We think what the Mayor is trying to do is a good cause, and we would be happy to participate if it was spread around the city.
plastic-bag tax. Maybe all rigid containers could be taxed. They would tax mayonnaise, they would tax peanut butter, and they would tax us.
Is there a big commercial building in Center City that you think is under-assessed? I think most buildings are under-assessed in Philadelphia.
Want to name names? No.
How did you and your wife, Lynne, decide on homelessness as a focus for your philanthropy? Years ago, driving through North Philly, my wife would see these torn-down houses, people living on the street, homes infested with drugs. And then we would come back to where we live in Rittenhouse Square, in a very beautiful apartment. Why shouldn't we do something to try to help that neighborhood? Then we met Sister Mary at Project HOME. There's an old story that if you give Sister Mary $1, she stretches it to $10.
Published as "We Want Answers" in the June 2016 issue of Philadelphia magazine.


My ambivalence towards John McCain as president is well-documented. But a thought just hit me that makes me think his presidency might be a net good (but barely): he's opposed by the religious right. As many have noted, the religious right's rise in importance within the Republican Party is worrying and could have positively dreadful effects in the long-term. Anything that serves to limit their influence is promising, no matter how otherwise unpalatable it might be. If he would host Giuliani as his vice-president, then I'll be more optimistic about the return of the GOP to its Goldwater days than I've ever been in my life.
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Frances Talbot, Countess of Morley (married name Frances Parker; 1782–1857) was an English author and illustrator, best known as a correspondent of Jane Austen. By her marriage to John Parker, 1st Earl of Morley, she became the Countess of Morley.

Family
Frances Talbot was the daughter of a surgeon, Thomas Talbot of Wymondham. Her brother, Thomas Sugden Talbot, was a clergyman. This branch of the Talbot family was a junior branch of the Talbots of Salesbury and Bashall, and had acquired their estate of Gonville Hall during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.

Marriage
Talbot married John Parker, then Baron Boringdon, in August 1809. It was his second marriage, the first one having ended in scandal. His first wife, a daughter of the Earl of Westmorland, divorced him and married Arthur Paget as a result of her husband's many infidelities. Parker had actually attempted to start an affair with Talbot earlier, but she had refused. Talbot's marriage to Parker would prove more successful than his first one; they were married for thirty-one years. She was the mother of Parker's second legitimate son, Edmund Parker, 2nd Earl of Morley, who would later succeed to the earldom (as the elder son died young), as well as a daughter, Caroline, who died in 1818 at the age of four.

Literary interests
Talbot was an early admirer of the work of Jane Austen, though it is not clear how they came to be acquainted; it is possible that they were introduced through Austen's brother, Henry Thomas Austen. Talbot was the author of one of the five known surviving letters written to Jane Austen, and she received a personal copy of Emma  from Austen. Talbot was mistakenly identified as a possible author of both Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility; strangely enough, her husband's first wife was also sometimes put forth as a possible author of the latter novel.

Talbot was herself an artist, illustrator, and novelist. She wrote several novels, including The Flying Burgomaster (1832), The Royal Intellectual Bazaar (1832), and The Man Without a Name (1852), and edited Dacre (1834). She lithographed the plates for Portraits of the Spruggins Family, another work to which she was mistakenly attributed authorship.

Death
Talbot died at Saltram on 6 December 1857 and was buried in the family vault at Plympton St Mary.

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The merger of Lonmin and Sibanye-Stillwater cleared another major hurdle last week when it got the go-ahead from the SA Competition Tribunal.
But the deal is not yet done.
Still needed is court approval in the UK to delist Lonmin from the London Stock Exchange, as well as votes of approval from shareholders in both companies. The tribunal's clearance comes with a number of conditions, including, notably, a moratorium on retrenching employees for six months. With wages being Lonmin's biggest expense, holding off on job cuts — up to 13,344 — may well add downside to the acquisition of an already risky company.
The Lonmin share price has largely been tracking Sibanye's since the merger plan was announced in December. The merger approval last week pushed Lonmin's share price up 3.3% the next day, while Sibanye's dropped 4.7%.
However, industry analysts say the tribunal's decision is the best outcome for all concerned.
"From our perspective it's the better outcome for the majority of the Lonmin workforce and for the country," says Arnold van Graan, mining analyst at Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking.
"A lot of people will keep their jobs. Without this merger, the options on the table for Lonmin are not that great. The ultimate number of job losses could be far greater than what is proposed now."
Job cuts are, however, inevitable, he says. "Whether it happens under the Lonmin banner or the Sibanye-Stillwater banner, it unfortunately needs to happen to make the business sustainable."
But Hurbey Geldenhuys, head of research at Vunani Securities, sees a "reasonable probability" that Sibanye may not have to retrench workers — though he acknowledges this is not what the company has indicated publicly.
"When you have a proper rationalisation and combination of assets and cut out overheads and duplications, the cost savings are very significant," he says.
Potential cost savings between Lonmin and Sibanye's operations in Rustenburg in particular would be large — R1bn in his estimation.
The merger will open up new opportunities. K3, for example, is a Lonmin shaft facing closure that could be given a new lease of life after a merger.
Geldenhuys says that when other shafts run out of reserves, employees could be moved to K4, a large mine that is in need of significant investment. Lonmin, headed by Ben Magara, has put it on ice, but it could return to production after a merger and absorb redundant workers.
Lonmin's largest union, the Association of Mineworkers & Construction Union, says the company's financial health has improved of late, but analysts agree that it can no longer stand alone.
"They have been in harvest mode. The cost base, without the benefits from a consolidation, was not sustainable," Geldenhuys says. Van Graan says: "Lonmin as a unit could no longer survive on its own. The market would no longer give it capital." The only "self-help" scenario would be if the platinum price shot up sharply and stayed there for a very long time, he says.
Sibanye shareholders ought to be pleased with the deal, which will give the company access to Lonmin's treatment and smelting facilities at what is arguably the low end of the platinum cycle. It also gives Sibanye more investment opportunities, says Van Graan.
"Shareholders understand the risk. You buy the Sibanye-Stillwater shares if you are bullish on metal prices, platinum group metals in particular."
Geldenhuys says Sibanye shareholders would be "daft" not to consider the acquisition of Lonmin, which at this stage, given the share price, would cost no more than R2.5bn. "Even on a risk-adjusted basis, R2.5bn is an extremely attractive purchase price."
While the market may be happy with the tribunal outcome, those who represented local communities at the hearings are disappointed at what they see as inadequate conditions relating to community development. The nonprofit Mining Forum of SA intends to appeal the decision.
"The merging parties must know that this is not a victory for them. Lonmin will not be sold until issues of public interest are properly addressed and taken into account," it says in a statement.
Louie Mogaki, who represents another interested party, the Greater Lonmin Community, says the group will wait to see the tribunal's reasons for its ruling before it decides whether to appeal.


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Bankers Conseco Life Insurance Company, Chicago, is starting by selling life and health insurance products to New York residents through career agents in new offices in Albany, Jamestown and Syracuse.
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Waupun surveys residents for $30M referendum
Taking a step closer to a $30 million school referendum planned for November, the Waupun Area School District is surveying the community.
School district residents have until May 16 to complete the questionnaires that are being mailed out this week.
It is important for Waupun voters to participate in the facilities planning process, said Superintendent Tonya Gubin. The information will be compiled and used to make a facilities plan that reflects the wants and needs of both the district and its residents.
"With the district's debt falling off, we have an opportunity to address our facilities' needs. However, the community's opinion is vital to finalizing our facility plan," Gubin said.
Questions offer conceptual options for each school.
A facilities committee will make recommendations and the school board will make the final decision on which referendum questions appear on the ballot. Eppstein Uhen Architechts and CG Schmidt Construction have been hired by the district to conduct a facilities study and create conceptual options.
Survey results will be presented to the public at 6 p.m. on May 23 at Rock River Intermediate School.
A facility advisory committee has been working since July 2015 to pinpoint the greatest needs and address them without raising taxes. All district schools have a list of needed upgrades to address concerns that include classroom space, traffic flow, parking, handicapped accessibility and secure entrances. Meadow View Primary needs a new gymnasium. SAGES in Fox Lake needs a new library and media center, boiler and paved driveway. The junior/senior high school lacks space for technology and agriculture education, and could use added commons and cafeteria space, an auditorium and gym.
The referendum plan may include developing property near Waupun Junior/Senior High School to include a track with a varsity soccer field in the middle, eight tennis courts and three practice football fields.
"We don't try and hide the fact we are a no frills community. We are a blue-collar community, we just like to be fairly frugal and I think we owe that to the community, to hear from them," said School Board President Bill Bruins.
All survey responses are kept confidential and returned directly to School Perceptions, an independent Wisconsin-based firm with expertise in conducting community education surveys. Residents are encouraged to complete the survey online by going to the website www.survey2000.com and entering the individual access code found on the survey.
Reach Sharon Roznik at sroznik@fdlreporter.com or 920-907-7936; on Twitter: @sharonroznik.


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A list of Greek gods names
Here you'll find a list of Greek gods names (with the name of the corresponding Roman god in brackets) and when you click on each entry, a new page will open, with his story. By the way, on this page we refer only to the male gods. For the Greek goddesses and for other characters in Greek mythology, there are separate pages, just choose from the menu on the left.
Apollo (Apollo)- the god of light and of the sun, of the arts, music and poetry, of healing and medicine and the leader of the Muses.
Ares (Mars) - the god of war
Atlas - the Titan who held the Heaven on his shoulders
Achelous - god of the river with the same name
Aeolus or Aiolos or Aeolos - god of the Winds. For the other characters named Aeolus, click here.
Anemoi (Venti) - the generic name of the wind gods
Asklepios - god of Medicine
Astraeus - Titan of the dusk
Boreas - god of the Northern Wind
Briareus - a Giant
Caerus/Kairos - the spirit that repesented favourable moments, opportunity, luck
Chaos - the initial Chaos
Charon - the ferryman of the underworld
Chronos - the god of Time
Crius - the least individualized among the Titans, maybe he was added just to complete the number
Cronus/Kronos - the leader of the Titans (Saturn)
Coeus - Titan of the intellect
Dionysus - the god of wine and agriculture (Bacchus)
Epimetheus - Titan of afterthought
Eros - the god of Love (Cupidon or Cupid)
Glaucus - a sea-god
Hades - the god of the dead (Pluto)
Hephaestus (Vulcanus) - the god of Fire and volcanoes, but did you know that he also invented the first robots?
Helios - a Titan, personification of the sun. He was also called Hyperion
Hermaphroditus - the son of Hermes and Aphrodite
Hermes - the messenger of the gods (Mercury)
Hopladamos - one of the Gigantes, who accompanied Rhea when she was pregnant with Zeus
Hymenaios - was considered the god of the marriage ceremonies, but he was, in fact, a mortal
Hyperion - Titan of the light and of the east
Hypnos (Somnus) - the personification of sleep
Iacchus or Iakkhos - a god related to the Eleusinian mysteries or a personification of Dionysus
Iapetus - the Titan of Mortal Life
Ismenos or Ismenus - the god of the river with the same name, in Boeotia
Istros - the god of the river Danube
Ladon - the god of the river with the same name, in Arcadia
Marsyas - a satyr who loved music... to death
Meander or Maiandros - the god of the river Meander
Morpheus - the god of prophetic dreams
Nereus - or The Old Man of the Sea, a Titan who was the father of the Nereids
Nilus - the god of the Egyptian Nile River
Notus - the god of the South wind
Oceanus or Okeanos - a Titan, personification of the river which encircled the world, according to the ancient Greeks and Romans
Oneiroi - the Dreams
Pallas - Titan of warcraft
Pan - the god of the shepherds
Peneus - the god of the river with the same name, in Thessalia
Penthos or Penthus - the spirit of grief, mourning and tears
Perses - Titan of destruction
Pikolous - a giant who was turned into the plant called "moli"
Plutus - the personification of wealth
Pontus or Pontos - a sea god
Poseidon - the god of the sea (Neptune)
Priapus - a fertility god
Prometheus - the Titan of forethought, who gave man the fire
Proteus - an Old Man of the Sea, a sea god who could change shape
In the Greek alphabet there was no letter Q, so there are no Greek gods names that start with a Q.
I couldn't find any Greek god whose name began with and R, except one:
Rhadamanthus - a wise lawmaker, son of Zeus, who became a judge of the dead after he died.
Scamander - god of the river with the same name.
Silenus - an old satyr who adopted and tutored Dionysus.
Tartarus - god of the deepest part of the underworld
Thanatos - the personification of death
Uranus - the personification of the sky/heavens
The letter W didn't exist in the Greek alphabet, it is a letter which has its origins in the Germanic languages.
I couldn't find any Greek gods names that start with an X (there are only some humans with names starting with an X).
And no names of Greek gods that start with a Y, either. But I just chose to list the whole alphabet, even if the Greek one was different.
Zelus - god of zeal, emulation and rivalry
Zephyrus - the god of the West wind
Zeus - the ruler of all the gods (Jupiter)
For info about the wedding of Zeus and Hera, see here the page about Hera.
For info about the relationship between Zeus and Hera, click here.
And if you want to see pictures of Greek gods, just click here or on the button "Pictures of Gods" - you'll be able to see how they were represented throughout the ages. You'll also find out what words are related to the names of the greek gods, what planets were named after them and many other interesting things.
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Sayaka Kanda, Idina Menzel to sing 'Let It Go' on 'Kohaku Uta Gassen'
Dec. 28, 2014	06:08 am JST	 Dec. 28, 2014 | 06:38 am JST
Sayaka Kanda and American singer Idina Menzel will sing "Let It Go" from Disney's megahit "Frozen" on NHK's popular New Year's Eve program "Kohaku Uta Gassen" (Red and White Song Contest).
In the "Frozen" segment, Menzel, 43, who voiced Elsa's role and sang the original "Let It Go" in the English version will sing with Kanda, 28, who voiced Anna's role in Japanese. They will sing "For The First Time in Forever" and "Let It Go" from New York, in both Japanese and English. May J will also sing a Japanese version of "Let It Go."
"I am very excited to be able to sing with Kanda-san," Menzel said in a statement.
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Dec. 28, 2014	11:21 am JST
This the cue to unplug my TV and snuggle up in bed with a current bestseller.
Mizuame
I thought the Japanese version was officially sung by Matsu Takako. But then again she's a cute actresss and not really a singer.
Dec. 28, 2014	12:03 pm JST
Sayaka, like her mother, Seiko, is a beauty and a good singer.
smithinjapan
Ummm... speaking of letting something go already...
gokai_wo_maneku
I was surprised to hear that this song was sung by Kanda Sayaka, the daughter of Matsuda Seiko. I went through a "Seiko" phase when I was a kid in the 80s (first sign I was totally gay?). I have to say (but not too loud) that she sings much better than her mother.
I let it go before the cartoon went to cinemas. Another good reason to miss that long, dull show.
Michael Grant
Oh God! Please make it STOPPPPP!!!!
Yes, please just let it go!
SenseNotSoCommon
Let us go!
zabutonsenbei
Matsu Takako did the J voice for Elsa and Sayaka Kanda did the J voice for Anna. Matsu Takako sang Let It Go in Japanese (Ari no ma ma) in the movie, and it's a much better version than May J's IMHO.
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