Just a week back, I went to see a cousin who just put to bed a bouncing baby girl. In my usual paparazzi self, I took lots of pictures but forgot my Spark phone. I hurried back to retrieve it but caught them going through my phone. I got angry, my secret love notes will be revealed, but when I got closer they were going through the pictures. A sigh of relieve!
Next, I heard comments like; wow! These pictures are really bright. Which phone is this? How much did you get it? Where did you get it? Can you sell it to me?
Now the truth is , I didn't know the phone took such great pictures, I only bought it because of its sleek nature but I got exposed to more amazing features of the phone that day and I loved it even more.
Just while I was about to leave without answering all their questions my cousin said ; can I please use your phone on my child's naming ceremony?
Then it dawned on me – My phone is worth more than I thought.
I must have spoken a lot about the camera, except the specifications. I will have you know that it sports a 5MP front camera, and a 13MP back camera. Both the front facing and the rear cameras are to die for.
I cannot share photos from the naming ceremony because they are confidential, but I will share environmental pictures I took with the device.
Who would have thought a phone this affordable will also come with one of the best kinds of security? Upon finding out that the TECNO Spark comes with a fingerprint sensor, purchasing it became a must.
The fingerprint helps you to take pictures with ease, unlock your phones swiftly, and beautify the phone in a way that stands it out.
Talk about the antenna band that sits perfectly just right in between the rear camera and the flashlight, giving the TECNO Spark phone a perfect look.
Another important quality is the fact that it is very handy. Stays in the hand, and does not slip easily.
The battery of the TECNO Spark got me. Who would have thought a phone this budget friendly will have such an amount of battery – 3000mAh?
The battery can run for a full day, under heavy use.
Without having to break the bank, one can purchase this device that is specially designed for the Nigerian students, and does more than the basic things.
Its Operating System is Android 7.0 Nougat, it comes with a 1.3GHZ OOcta-Core CPU Processor and its storage size is 16GB ROM, while it sports a 1GB RAM.
I think both are better. Do you have the spark plus?
Oh you mean you got the spark plus for 37k? That's some bargain price!
But the spark plus isn't available yet.
Affordable, sleek as seen with recent tecno phones. All looking beautiful.
It is indeed a nice phone. Budget friendly and it ticks almost all the boxes.
Nice. The device has a very good camera.
For a budget phone, the 13mp back camera is a steal. Produces great pictures too.
This device is an all round beauty..Tecno did quite some job on this one…kudos.
It really is a student phone.
There's something about the camera, I love the pictures.
I always knew Tecno to make good affordable phones but this one is mind blowing.
This one is really special if you ask me, ticks all the boxes.
Customer satisfaction is key in business. Tecno so understands this.


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Set beside the River Otter in one of East Devon's loveliest coastal valleys, Otterton Mill is the place in Devon to experience the ancient traditions of flour milling, bread baking and much more.
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*NO* Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword 'Takeyabu Resort Promo Package, 1991'
By Gario, March 23, 2019 in Judges Decisions
Gario
ReMixer name: Michael Hudak
Real name: Michael Hudak
Name of GAME: The Legend of Zelda - Skyward Sword
Name of ARRANGEMENT: Takeyabu Resort Promo Package, 1991
Name of SONG ARRANGED: Bamboo Island
Link to song:
The Bamboo Island theme from Skyward Sword was the perfect choice for a vaporwave track. It's a genre that kind of started as a joke but took on a life of its own, one that's usually inseparable from its nostalgia aesthetic, and very fun to listen to in short bursts.
There was a resort somewhere in Japan, built during the heyday of its economic boom, and every year this place would send out promotional video packages to lure customers to a week of fun and compulsion. Imagine! Maybe the place still exists as an invitation only club, with no Google Maps presence, somewhere deep in a bamboo forest...
(Takeyabu is Japanese for wild bamboo grove. As opposed to chikurin, which is a...well-kempt one.)
Edited July 28, 2019 by Rexy
MindWanderer
This is pretty weird even for vaporwave. I've seen the genre described as "dystopian elevator music," but this is so bizarre, dissonant, and fast-changing it's hard to tune out. It makes the listener feel uncomfortable rather than pacified.
It's tough to separate my subjective distaste for the result from any objective criticism. There's distortion, but it's intentional. There's dissonance, but that's intentional too. It's short, but you wouldn't want it to be any longer. The source is definitely dominant and all the parts are clearly audible. It does everything it sets out to do. Why anyone would want it to do that is beyond me, but that shouldn't affect the decision, IMHO.
I never want to listen to this again, but I can't think of any reason not to give it a
Liontamer
Community Manager, Judge, Sonic Augmentation Director
Well, there's no question about the level of source tune usage, so at least that's easy enough.
Lo-fi kick brought in at :37; I'd argue it's too lo-fi, but then I looked up some popular vaporware and reacted with "ooooook" after hearing how it's produced. That said, where's the rest of the beats; is that it at :37? IMO, there's not enough direction here underneath the melody. The random stuff from 1:13-1:31 doesn't exactly sell this either, other than sounding odd.
Ultimately, the one thing I'd say though compared to most vaporware I've heard is that this isn't as melodious and lacks direction. I'm not saying this has to ape other vaporware, but without a more present beat to anchor this and drive it forward, this comparatively feels underdeveloped. I'm willing to hear other opinions and other examples of vaporware, but for now, I'm a NO. Good potential here, but it sounds incomplete.
NO (resubmit)
Rexy
Judge, Project Chaos Asst. Director
It took me a few listens to detect the source, but it got played around in this bizarre soundscape. You utilized its chords well, the singular run of the melody was adapted to fit the soundscape, and you nailed that lo-fi production aesthetic.
My issues with this track are that the percussion feels empty, and the framework ended up going into a sparser direction as time went on. If you're going to make a vaporwave track, it's best to keep a consistent 80s pop style beat, rather than randomly hit parts of the kit on occasion. Similarly, the bass dropping out from 1:07 onward ended up doing more harm to the second half of the track, taking it in some unintended ambient direction with no backbone.
I respect the unexpected direction taken, but as of right now it only really sounds like a tech demo. It'll be desirable to hear a version that adds a more consistent driving beat with potentially more writing going on in the bass. It's a genre that's surprisingly unexplored at OCR, but you've got the nerve to make it happen if you decide to revise the track.
On 5/8/2019 at 4:15 PM, MindWanderer said:
It does everything it sets out to do. Why anyone would want it to do that is beyond me
real talk, the wikipedia page on VAPORWAVE is hilarious.
i love the soundtest intro. i definitely have always associated VAPORWAVE as being more of an 80's mall sound, and this is more sparse than i'd have expected for that. VAPORWAVE usually rides on a consistent kick and snare beat that you hear in most of of synthwave, and this doesn't feel like that. all that said, if we ignore that you said it was VAPORWAVE, then it's pretty spacy nu-jazz, and that's ok.
the arrangement's consistent (if not immediately recognizable), it's got a great weird feel, and it doesn't fail on any specific level. however, it is quite sparse, the kit could use some work (it sounds so dead), it's barely two minutes long outside the intro/outro, and some body to the mix would do some wonders at making it more like something you'd hear at Kodak in the 80s.
ultimately i don't think i can pass this. more attention to the kit and the kit's arrangement to add body and content would help immensely. it's also just too short - you only really go through the melody once, and it's transformed quite a bit beyond a clear statement of the theme. that compounds with the really spare instrumentation to make for something that doesn't quite feel like a song, but instead a backing track waiting for more to be added.
Jivemaster
A strange package of a minimal lo-fi drum and crackly bubbly synths. The lo-fi works quite well for most parts, although the effect can be a bit too strong compared to others. Lead synths were a touch too loud, making things feel disconnected at times (like at 1:14 for example). As a fan of the lower quality vibe found throughout, I think some additional cohesion in the bit quality and mixing would go a long way in making the track feel more complete. I didn't have too much problem with source. Agree the track is a bit short for what is covered, some expansion to explore these ideas further is encouraged. Agree with Rexy that this feels like a tech demo. A good overall concept with some outstanding issues to address.
Edited July 28, 2019 by Jivemaster

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If Funny Animals Could Talk … Would We Want To Hear It?
This is a "Bonehead Classic", that's for sure. It's from the BBC, and if it doesn't have you laughing, you should probably dial 911 for your medical emergency. This video has been seen all over the world, and it's a true "animal funnies" gem! The only real question here is, who's "Allan"?


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Huawei, Xiaomi, Vivo and Oppo reportedly to join forces against Google Play Store
Ian Knighton/CNET
Last year Huawei had the unpleasant experience of launching a flagship phone, the Mate 30 Pro, with no support from Google's Mobile Services. It ran Android, which is open source. But no Google apps worked, nor did apps like Uber, which rely on Google apps (Maps, in Uber's case). Instead of the Google Play Store, Huawei offered its own AppGallery. Devoid of most of the apps you know and love, it was a sordid software affair.
The company is hoping to be more prepared in 2020. It will work with three other Chinese electronics giants — Xiaomi, Oppo and Vivo — to compete against the Google Play Store, according to a report from Reuters. The four brands (Vivo and Oppo are both owned by the same company, BBK Electronics) will work together to make it possible for developers to upload apps onto all of their app stores simultaneously.
If you're an Android user, you've probably noticed that whatever phone you use has a branded app store on top of the Google Play Store you download your apps from. Samsung has its own Galaxy Store, for instance. These four Chinese companies have the Xiaomi Market, App Market (Oppo), Vivo App Store and the aforementioned AppGallery (Huawei) as their very own app stores. These branded ecosystems are far more important in China, where users don't have the option of using the Google Play Store.
The idea of this initiative, which Reuters reports will be called the Global Developer Service Alliance (GDSA), is to pool together the four companies' user bases to encourage more developers to upload their wares onto the joint platform. GDSA was originally scheduled to launch in March, according to Reuters.
However a Xiaomi spokesperson told Reuters the company is only working with Oppo and Vivo, excluding Huawei. Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo and Google were contacted but did not respond immediately. Huawei declined to comment.
"This will be an important step for Chinese brands as they look to reduce dependence on Google and more so US companies in light of the US-China trade war and fear of cutting access to leading technologies," said Counterpoint Research analyst Neil Shah.
President Donald Trump blacklisted Huawei last May with an executive order for allegedly having links to the Chinese government. The ban bars Huawei from using US technology, including Qualcomm chips (though most of Huawei's processors are made in-house) and Google software.
"These cash-rich companies have significant power to attract developers to their platform and build a parallel ecosystem," Shah said, pointing to Huawei's burgeoning HarmonyOS operating system.
Though their presence is limited in the US, Huawei, Xiaomi, Oppo and Vivo accounted for 40% of all global phone sales in 2019, according to Counterpoint research.


King of the Pippins is a widely-grown apple from the Victorian period. It is very typical of the "reinette" style apple, with its flushed orange skin and firm rather than crisp flesh - quite different to the modern supermarket apple.
King of the Pippins is a versatile apple, which is probably the main reason for its success. Although usually considered a dessert variety, it can also be used for cooking - particularly French-style patisseries, since the slices keep their shape when cooked. It is a good juicing apple too, the juice has a good robust flavour and can also be used in cider blends.
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Q: How to read and show accelerometer data (server side) using JavaScript and Node.js I have been working with the Freescale Development board i.MX53 which it has an embeded accelometer.
What I have to do, it's to create a little web app to show some characteristics of the embeded systems in the board, including the accelerometer and other stuff.
I'm using JavaScript and Node.js to build the sample app, but I don't know how to create an app to read the accelerometer data (server side) from the board and show the data on any browser accessing from another device, but every try I made reads the data from the client accelerometer instead (phones, tablets, etc).
What I want to do!

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*I want to create a simple app to show the axes and rotation values in real time, something like what is shown in this demo (accelerometer for Safari Mobile) created for Safari Mobile, but I want it to work platform independent.

*As the demo shown at the first point, I also want to create a CSS circle inside a box to show the movement, in this part, I just would like to hear some suggestions about the way to accomplish this task.

A: I am not 100% sure what you will be running on that device, but on the specs it says it supports different OS. If you are planning to do something platform independent but with support for a modern browser, you could try reading this link which has a nice explanation of the current draft of the orientation API on HTML5 http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/device/orientation/.
If you are developing a native application, I am sure that any platform with networking capabilities will have support for a socket connection; in this case, then you could write a small native app that reads the accelerometer input and publishes it to your Node.js app using sockets to read this inputs and then build on top of it a web app that will let you monitor such values.

A: Did you take a look at DeviceOrientation Event? Here: http://dev.w3.org/geo/api/spec-source-orientation.html

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Postcard view of the administration building (Chicago Hall) at Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa. Postcard published by E.C. Kropp Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-3, Grinnell College.
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Aerial View of Grinnell College Campus
Color aerial photograph of the Grinnell College campus looking east along 8th Avenue in 1967. The science building is at the bottom center of the photo. To the right of that is the Men's Gymnasium (called Women's Gymnasium after 1942). The east campus dormitories and Saint John's Lutheran Church are visible near the center of the photo.
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Alumni Hall, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA 36
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Alumni Recitation Hall
Alumni Recitation Hall (ARH) entrance off of Park Street on the Grinnell College campus in Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Martzahn City Planning Slides, p.19, slide 15.
Alumni Recitation Hall, Grinnell, Iowa
Postcard view of Alumni Recitation Hall (ARH) on the Grinnell College campus in Grinnell, Iowa. The view is of the east side of the building looking from the south. Postcard published by E.C. Kropp Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-3, Grinnell College.
Blair Hall, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa -- 15
Postcard view of Blair Hall on the Grinnell College campus in Grinnell, Iowa. Postcard published by E.C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-3, Grinnell College.
Postcard view of Blair Hall on the Grinnell College campus in Grinnell, Iowa. Postcard number 22418N published by E.C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin. From Joanne M. Bunge's Grinnell College student scrapbook, 1952-1956.
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Postcard view of Blair Hall on the Grinnell College campus in Grinnell, Iowa. From Joanne M. Bunge's Grinnell College student scrapbook, 1952-1956.
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View of the south balcony of Burling Library on the Grinnell College campus in Grinnell, Iowa. Burling was designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill and was built in 1959. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-3, Grinnell College.
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View of the north facade of Burling Library on the Grinnell College campus in Grinnell, Iowa. A portion of the Forum is visible to the right and a portion of the Fine Arts Building is visible in the center of the photograph. These three buildings were designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-3, Grinnell College.
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Q: The best way to filter a huge collection? I can't come up with a solution to filter a huge (30,000+ items) collection in a very performant way...
Here is the case I have:
We have a scene with scene objects. I serialize these scene objects to a collection. Every scene object is represented as an instance of SceneObject class which includes data about object's poisition in scene, its rotation etc. All of these objects can have positions in range from (-1000, -1000) to (1000, 1000) coordinates.
We should be able to get a list of objects that have position in a range of coordinates. For example we need to get a list of objects that have positions in range from (150, -800) to (250, -600).
The problem is that the operation of getting results should be very performant and shouldn't allocate any garbage. I could think of indexing this list once but I can't undetstand how to make it correctly.
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                                " OR " + "(objectsSizeType = " + (int)SceneObjectSize.big +
                                " AND " + "xPosition > " + (tempPosition.x - bigObjectsRadius).ToString() +
                                " AND " + "xPosition < " + (tempPosition.x + bigObjectsRadius).ToString() +
                                " AND " + "zPosition > " + (tempPosition.z - bigObjectsRadius).ToString() +
                                " AND " + "zPosition < " + (tempPosition.z + bigObjectsRadius).ToString() + ")" +
                                " OR " + "(objectsSizeType = " + (int)SceneObjectSize.medium +
                                " AND " + "xPosition > " + (tempPosition.x - mediumObjectsRadius).ToString() +
                                " AND " + "xPosition < " + (tempPosition.x + mediumObjectsRadius).ToString() +
                                " AND " + "zPosition > " + (tempPosition.z - mediumObjectsRadius).ToString() +
                                " AND " + "zPosition < " + (tempPosition.z + mediumObjectsRadius).ToString() + ")" +
                                " OR " + "(objectsSizeType = " + (int)SceneObjectSize.small +
                                " AND " + "xPosition > " + (tempPosition.x - smallObjectsRadius).ToString() +
                                " AND " + "xPosition < " + (tempPosition.x + smallObjectsRadius).ToString() +
                                " AND " + "zPosition > " + (tempPosition.z - smallObjectsRadius).ToString() +
                                " AND " + "zPosition < " + (tempPosition.z + smallObjectsRadius).ToString() + "))" +
                                " AND isLoaded = 0";

            query = query.Replace(",", ".");

            return query;
        }

I would very appreciate any suggestion or advice!

A: It is surprisingly expensive to construct a SQL query (even with static text), add parameters in ADO.NET, send it over the wire, collect the results, and materialize that into an object model. Fine for discreet operations, or line-of-business apps, but not good for constantly working with the same data. For that, it would be better to load the data once into an in-memory model, and work in local memory. By any objective measure, 30k objects is tiny and you shouldn't really need to optimize it, but if this number was order(s) of magnitude higher, you could get more advanced by breaking your coordinate system into smaller grids, keeping each chunk separately, so you can very quickly omit entire chunks (and everything they contain), only actually scanning the chunks that overlap your query range.
In a simple test here, it seems to take about .25ms locally to scan 30k items based on a double X/Y range, the naïve way:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Diagnostics;

class P
{
    static void Main()
    {
        var list = new List<SceneItem>();
        var rand = new Random();
        for(int i = 0; i < 30_000; i++)
        {
            list.Add(new SceneItem {
                X = (rand.NextDouble() * 2000) - 1000,
                Y = (rand.NextDouble() * 2000) - 1000 }
            );
        }
        Console.WriteLine(CountItems(list, 100, -800, 250, -600));
        var watch = Stopwatch.StartNew();
        for (int i = 0; i < 10000; i++)
        {
            CountItems(list, 100, -800, 250, -600);
        }
        watch.Stop();
        Console.WriteLine(watch.ElapsedMilliseconds); // note: benchmark.net would be better here

        static int CountItems(List<SceneItem> items, double fromX, double fromY, double toX, double toY)
        {
            int count = 0;
            foreach (var item in items)
            {
                if (item.X >= fromX && item.Y >= fromY && item.X < toX && item.Y < toY)
                    count++;
            }
            return count;
        }
    }
}

public class SceneItem
{
    public double X { get; set; }
    public double Y { get; set; }
}

Note also: avoid switching to LINQ here; anything that involves a capture context (so: lambdas, query expressions, etc) and delegate/expression trees, is going to create lots of allocations. It is also very deliberate that I'm using a simple container type; List<T> and arrays like T[] can be iterated without allocations; abstractions like IList<T>, IEnumerable<T> etc cannot.
Note that if you need to update an in-memory model from a database, you can use tricks like CHECKSUM_AGG to check whether there are likely changes, without having to fetch everything each time.


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Globally, democracy has expanded since the 1970s, but in the Muslim world democracies currently number fewer than ever. The essay shows that dependency on natural resources and colonial legacies provides only a limited explanation (and in the latter case a counterintuitive one). Instead, the predominance of fundamentalist versions of Islam and widespread support for fusing religion and politics have been formidable barriers towards democratic progress in the Muslim world.
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My day often begins with a smoothie. It's the kind of meal that can be saturated with nutrition, yet make you wonder, "breakfast or dessert"?
I find smoothie bowls to be even more enticing. Their thick, ice-cream-like texture and crunchy toppings, like granola, add another level of pleasure to this genre of eating. Nature's Path Love Crunch Granola is a brand I love because they are 100% organic, vegetarian and committed to 'giving back'. As part of their Bite4Bite Program, for every bag sold, they donate the equivalent to food banks across North America!
This Valentine's Day, I've teamed up with Nature's Path to create a smoothie bowl recipe incorporating their Love Crunch Dark Chocolate Macaroon Granola. Already filled with organic coconut ribbons and chunks of dark chocolate, there was only one way for me to go with this recipe: TROPICAL. The end result is reminiscent of sweet and salty coconut banana soft-serve. Hope you adore it as much as I do.
Add all smoothie bowl ingredients to a high-powered blender and, with your tamper tool, continuously and aggressively stir until your mixture until it takes on the texture of ice cream. Add more coconut milk or water if you prefer a thinner smoothie bowl (which is easier to blend). Transfer smoothie to two bowls.
Using a ¼ teaspoon (or small spoon), prepare little scooped balls of dragon fruit flesh (for the garnish) and add to smoothie bowls along with remaining toppings.
This smoothie bowl could be one of the best ways to wake up your partner on Valentine's Day?! Love Crunch is sold locally at Superstore, Whole Foods, Save On Foods, or at Well.ca.
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Leadership in the Nonprofit World
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A veteran nonprofit executive shows nonprofit managers how to become more effective at their jobs—and more satisfied in their careers.
Building Hope tells, from the trenches, what it's like to lead and manage a nonprofit agency. Filled with insights, tips, lessons learned, and poignant stories, this book will help nonprofit executives, board members, and volunteers alike leave work at the end of each day knowing they made a difference in the lives of others. With nearly twenty-seven years in the nonprofit sector, John Bateson, executive director of a busy crisis center, has seen it all. Eager to share his knowledge, he explains what it takes to lead employees and volunteers, as well as how to satisfy the other stakeholders: donors, government officials, board members and, of course, service recipients. As Bateson demonstrates so eloquently, the relationship between nonprofit organizations and all these stakeholders is built on trust, need, compassion, and—above all else—hope.
But stakeholders expect a lot in return, like competence and evidence that the organization is making a difference in the community and the lives of others. Leading nonprofits competently is what this book is all about. Each chapter focuses on a different facet of nonprofit leadership: how to build a strong and effective governing board, manage and inspire staff, develop efficient and effective programs, raise money, recruit and retain talented volunteers, market the agency, manage finances, and plan for the future. Best of all, each chapter is laced with stories that hammer home a point: What happens (and what to do) when a major gift solicitation goes horribly wrong, why cultural competency is critical, and what unusual interview questions can uncover the most promising potential employees. The workload can be crushing and the stress level high in the nonprofit world. Yet being able to look around a community and see tangible evidence of success makes it all worthwhile. This book will help provide the skills—and the heart—nonprofit managers need to make a difference and build the hope that will sustain others for years to come.
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"These essays, reprinted from the hot Yorker, evince the fastidious prose and finely tuned insights praised in Fraser's first e-book, the modern brain. 4 items emphasize the contest and hype surrounding designers, versions, photographers, advertisements humans, and so forth. ; different articles realize the modern foreign scene.
A daring, clean biography of the world's first smooth painter As awarded with "blood and bone and sinew" (Times Literary complement) by means of Peter Robb, Caravaggio's wild and tempestuous existence was once a provocation to a tradition in a country of siege. The of the 16th century was once marked by means of the Inquisition and Counter-Reformation, a history of ideological chilly conflict opposed to which, regardless of all odds and at nice rate to their creators, fantastic feats of paintings and technological know-how have been completed.
Half memoir and half cultural critique, Rap Dad is a well timed mirrored image on fatherhood in the US, explored in the course of the lens of race and hip-hop tradition. simply as his track occupation was once setting out, Juan Vidal acquired life-changing information: he'd quickly be a father. all through his existence, neglectful males have been the rule—his personal dad struggled with drug dependancy and infidelity—a cycle that, unavoidably, wrought Vidal with lack of confidence.


The version number of OCS Inventory NG that appears on the cover of this book, and which is discussed in great detail during the book, is 1.02. This version was one of the longest standing stable versions. Exactly when I had finished the book, and the chapters were pretty much wrapped up, the development team released a newer version, which is 1.3.


1. A Word of Warning: The city of Puerto Vallarta has invested a good deal of capital in revamping their water treatment system to combat the stigma associated with drinking the water in Mexico. The water is likely safe at reputable resorts or restaurants; however, on our last day in paradise, Kathryn did succumb to a nasty episode of "Montezuma's Revenge." So, when in doubt, be careful with the fresh fruits and veggies, or food from street vendors, ask for bottle water (not exactly eco-friendly, but some things aren't worth throwing up over), and refrain from using ice, if possible.
2. Learn The Language: If you aren't already familiar with Spanish, at least learn a few important phrases before arriving in the country. Although Puerto Vallarta is an incredibly tourist-centric destination, and many of the people in the service industry do speak English, interacting with locals or vendors at the markets can be difficult without some knowledge of rudimentary phrases.
?Cuánto Cuesta? = How much?
?Dónde está? = Where is…?
?Qué hora es? = What time is it?
?Tiene? = Do you have…?
La cuenta, por favor = The check, please.
3. Take the Bus! The bus is super fun, and only $.46USD per trip as opposed to the $6.67USD it will cost to take a cab each way. It's a straight shot from the top of the hill to the bottom, just be sure to hang on tight and find your seat fast (sometimes the bus drivers don't even stop the bus all the way to let you on. What fun!). You never know who will be on the bus during the short trip into town – from bachelorette parties to farmers with baskets of chicks to guitar players covering Justin Bieber in Spanish. And if that doesn't make the trip worth it, the amazing views along the way will.
4. Take the Path Less Traveled: Despite our previous warning against fruits and vegetables, we recommend trying out restaurants, bars, and shops that are not the touristy gringo hot spots. Stroll through the winding side streets and alleys and you're bound to find delicious bakeries, colorful shops, and kind-hearted people.
– Old Town Farmers Market-Tianguis Cultural – in the Lazaro Cárdenas Park every Saturday from 9:30am-2pm; find everything you never knew you needed – amazing street food of every kind (from Mexican to Italian to Thai), baked goods, handmade tortillas, jewelry, art, agua frescas, live music, fresh flowers, local coffee, essential oils, vanilla, clothes…seriously, anything and everything.
– La Casa de las Omelets – yes, The Omelette House. Although we didn't try the food, it's a great place to stop after visiting the cathedral since it's right next to it. The real reason to go is for the 2 for one beer/margaritas special and great patio over looking the town square.
– Tony's Hideaway – off the beaten path, will require a cab but totally worth it. Their menu is always fresh, and shown to you on a platter rather than a menu card. Some of the best food and views in town, and Tony himself is still there after 27 years.
– Casa Kimberly or La Cappella – if you can score reservations to the La Cappella brunch, definitely go. It's pricier than most other places in PV but it's for good reason. If you can't get in there, a next best option is at the Iguana Restaurant at their sister hotel, Casa Kimberly. It's the place where Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton stayed during the filming of Night of the Iguana. Spectacular food and view of the whole city.
– Huaracheria Fabiola – the best handmade huaraches in town. Buy them smaller than you think because the leather stretches over time.


I didn't think about Pattabhi Jois's statement for a while, but I kept doing my practice with varying regularity for a variety of reasons: I developed more strength and flexibility, my panic disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder improved dramatically, the challenge of a new pose was fun, the ritual of rolling out my mat comforted me, and I enjoyed breathing and sweating with a community of other people who were all in this together (read: there were hot guys in Kim's Monday night Hot Vinyasa class).
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Sometimes I roll out my mat with very little enthusiasm, but within a few minutes I feel caught up in my practice of breath and movement. For me, that is a part of developing the foundation of trust.
It's good to be reminded that cultivating a sense of deep peace is the best antidote to that fundamental sense of groundlessness …………… thanks!
You're welcome! Thanks for reading!!


The announcement was made by the Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the state Assembly here today, and the opposition Congress supported the decision.
Sale, distribution, publication, broadcast of the book have been banned in the state with immediate effect.
"The writing is perverse in nature. It has hurt the sentiments of those with capacity for sane and logical thinking," Modi said after announcing the ban.
"This attempt to defame Mahatma Gandhi by the publisher has come under severe criticism not only in Gujarat but from all corners of India," he added.
"Mahatma Gandhi is an idol not only in India but in the entire world. While his life -- dedicated to the welfare of the mankind -- has been an inspiration, the author has hurt the sentiments of crores of people," he said.
Modi also said that the book should be banned across the country, and demanded a public apology from the author. The opposition Congress too supported the move.
Leader of the opposition, Shaktisinh Gohil, said that such a "perverse and baseless" writing was an insult to the father of the nation.
He said that efforts should be made to ensure that such things did nor recur. The book, published in US by Knopf, became available in the shops there yesterday. It is not available in India yet.


iResizer content aware image resizing software rescales images non uniformly while preserving the key features of the picture. iResizer avoids distortion of the important parts of the image. It also can be used to remove portion of the image in a consistent way. For example, you can turn a landscape picture into a square picture and close up the space between people in an image if they are a long way apart. It also works in reverse and you can use it to make a photo larger.You can mark important elementsin the image using the green marker. This technique is handy if you have areas of the image that you want to retain at the expense of other areas and it can also be used to protect people in the image. Also you can use the red marker to select which features of the image should be discarded.


The mess room at East Leake quarry was busier than normal at lunchtime today when the site hosted the film crew including Michaela Strachan from BBC's Autumnwatch to film the rare bee eaters on the site for the October programmes.
The crews arrived early but the birds remained out of site until lunchtime, probably due to the windy and damp conditions. However they did arrive early afternoon and they captured some good shots and interviews with the RSPB.
Sadly the next day it was noticed that the birds had stopped visiting their nests, which meant the very rare appearance of bee eater chicks in the UK was not to be, and the parents departed for their warmer habitats in southern Europe.
Thanks to Scott, Alan and the team on site for keeping everyone safe today and for hosting the crews.


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THE BLAINE BROTHERS (NINA FOREVER) / OH COMELY
Nina Forever is constructed around a single elegant metaphor. Depressed supermarket employee Rob (Cian Barry), still mourning the death of his girlfriend, begins an uncertain relationship with his co-worker Holly (Abigail Hardingham), but whenever they try to have sex Nina (Fiona O'Shaughnessy) comes back to life to harangue the couple. The internal is made physical: Rob's grief assumes physical form, and it's that of the loved one he's lost, appearing naked, bloody and sardonic at the symbolic event of him attempting to moving on
With its ambitious visual language and sensitive depiction of bereavement, Nina Forever is the striking feature debut of Chris and Ben Blaine. We spoke to the brothers about lost loves and the benefits of close collaboration.
Bereavement is a sad, dramatic topic, but the film is also funny with horrific elements. Was it difficult to balance that tonally?
Chris Blaine: Not really. Partly it's a function of how we write, in a variety of different moods all at once, but I think it came out of our experience of grief. Often in films grief is the bit where you're sad and you look at the dead leaves and you go for a walk by yourself, and we both found that it was incredibly sad but also weirdly funny and terrifying. You have this strange embarrassment and almost magnetic sense of feeling everything all at once.
Ben Blaine: You also feel incredibly horny because you've lost someone and there's this big gap. So much of it is that presence of the person, their touch and their feel and their smell, so you've just got this desire and you kind of latch on to the next person that you see. I think Rob does that, where he's not jumping into this thing because he's thought about it, but because there's something deep within that craves the attention of someone else. He's lacking it from the person he really wants to still be there.
So many of Nina Forever's most crucial scenes take place during sex scenes that are using lots of practical effects. There's blood everywhere and the cast are all naked, and you're trying to tell an emotional story. How did you accomplish that?
BB: It was a challenge but one we knew we were getting into, and I think it was one of the things that excited us about making the film. We liked the idea of these scenes where the characters are totally honest and everything is absolutely stripped away both physically and emotionally. It was very difficult, that mixture of sex scenes with naked actors and the technical challenge of it all, but the emotions gave us something to steer us through. We could focus in on that, so we knew where our priorities were in the scenes. We knew that what really mattered was that the audience understands how these people are feeling, and as long as we were getting that we were on the right course.
As a film-making team how do you divide your labour? Do you do tasks together or do they naturally separate?
CB: In terms of writing we used to try to do individual passes of scripts, but we found that the best thing for us was to be in the same room and to talk about it constantly, and that's kind of how we do things all the way through to the edit. It's really liquid and it's not like there are assigned jobs. We slowly but surely we keep improving on each other's ideas because we're talking about the ideas rather than the words on the page.
BB: It's easy to fall in love with the way you've written something, and easy therefore to forget that no-one's going to see the script. The script is a blueprint and often not a particularly useful one, and so we find ways to talk about the ideas that we're actually going to put to the audience. Similarly that fluidity extends to the actors and the crew. It becomes a creative space for everybody who works with us, and anyone can come up with ideas.
That makes a lot of sense: the creative process starts as a conversation rather than the choices of a single person, and so it can easily expand.
CB: We really enjoy that. It's one of the things about film-making that's so great, the fact that you're working with loads of other people and it's not just you on your own. You've got a full cast and crew around you and crew who are all coming up with magical stuff and it makes the work and the experience so much better.
Originally published on Oh Comely's website.
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Where Three Roads Meet is a book of three metafictional novellas by American writer John Barth, published in 2005.  "Tell Me" tells of a love triangle between three "Freds": undergraduates Wilfred, Alfred, and Winifred.  "I've Been Told: A Story's Story" is a highly metatextual story of a story telling itself. "As I Was Saying ..." is told from the point of view of three elderly sisters remembering how they had long ago inspired a novelist to produce a "once-notorious and controversial but now virtually forgotten masterwork".

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Bali has a tropical climate with year round temperatures around 30°C. There are two distinct seasons, characterized as rainy and dry. High humidity can be expected during the rainy season between November & March when there is often daily rain. The rainiest times are between December & February when days are hot and steamy - truly tropical. Some people just love Bali in the wet season as there are fewer tourists and the monsoon adds to the sense of exotic escape.
The dry season falls between April & October. The air feels cooler because it's less humid so many people consider this the best time to visit. Occasionally rainfall can also be expected during the dry season but usually at night or very early morning. In the months of June to August there is usually a refreshing cool breeze all day long. The central mountain area is typically cooler than the lower coastal areas, especially at night.


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Q: Printing multipage tiff with java How to print multipage .tiff file in java ?
I have used
DocFlavor flavor = DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM.GIF; but its not working.
is there any other way or docflavor to print this pageable file ???

This is what we are doing as sample code,
public class Printing {

 public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception{

 IIORegistry registry = IIORegistry.getDefaultInstance();
 registry.registerServiceProvider(new com.sun.media.imageioimpl.plugins.tiff.TIFFImageWriterSpi());
 registry.registerServiceProvider(new com.sun.media.imageioimpl.plugins.tiff.TIFFImageReaderSpi());

   String filename = "C:/Users/trainees/Desktop/abcd.TIFF";
   PrintRequestAttributeSet pras = new HashPrintRequestAttributeSet();
   DocFlavor flavor = DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM.JPEG;

   PrintService printService[] =
   PrintServiceLookup.lookupPrintServices(flavor, pras);
   PrintService defaultService = PrintServiceLookup.lookupDefaultPrintService();
   PrintService service = defaultService;

   if (service != null) {
      DocPrintJob job = service.createPrintJob();
      FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(filename);
      DocAttributeSet das = new HashDocAttributeSet();
      Doc doc = new SimpleDoc(fis, flavor, das);
      job.print(doc, pras);
      Thread.sleep(10000);
   }
   System.exit(0);
}

}

A: You can create a java.awt.print.Book and append each page to the Book using book.append(this,pageformat,pages); method. And then printing that will print all the pages of tiff.


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King Cake: A Mardi Gras Recipe To End The Season Of Indulgence
From the beginning of January to Ash Wednesday, New Orleans celebrates Carnival with parades and king cake — a cake as unique as the city it's made for. You might not be able to throw your own parade, but you can make your own king cake for Fat Tuesday.
Rachel Roszmann
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The season of indulgence is revving up and winding down all at the same time in New Orleans. Since Epiphany on January 6, the people of New Orleans have been enthusiastically eating the richest foods and voraciously drinking the finest libations to celebrate Carnival season. While the party lasts about two months, most people know it for its pinnacle: Mardi Gras. This year, Mardi Gras is on March 5. Mardi Gras (French for Fat Tuesday) marks the end of Carnival and the beginning of Lent, when Christians have to give up all the good stuff until Easter — and in New Orleans, there's an overabundance of good stuff. One item in particular that is a must at this time of year is king cake.
If you've ever been to New Orleans, you know that it's a special city steeped in Southern tradition. New Orleanians take their food and parades very seriously. Every Sunday afternoon, you can hear people marching through neighborhoods like Treme or Marigny as if it were a traveling party guided by horns blowing the tune of "If Ever I Cease To Love," and sucking on crawfish right out of a bucket. Even if you don't make it out of the French Quarter, you have the privilege of nibbling on fresh beignets, delighting in pralines (praw-leens, not pray-leens), or feasting on oyster po' boys slathered in remoulade — you can enjoy those any and all times of year in the Crescent City. But king cake is a Carnival-specific confection that's only available up until Mardi Gras. In fact, it's the only food made solely for Mardi Gras season.
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BeignetsJo Cooks
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What Is King Cake?
To understand a Mardi Gras king cake, it's good to first have a cursory understanding of the Epiphany — a Christian holiday. Epiphany or Feast of the Epiphany, is also known as "Twelfth Night" (as in the twelve days of Christmas) and "Three Kings Day." It commemorates the evening the three kings (or three wise men) visited baby Jesus after his birth in Bethlehem. In many countries, part of the feast is eating a king cake on January 6, but in New Orleans, bakeries crank out king cakes from January 6 all the way through to Fat Tuesday. The timing is an important detail to note — superstition dictates that king cake eaten outside of Carnival season means a rainy Mardi Gras and no one wants to be the person to rain on that parade.
Ring of Dough The traditional New Orleans king cake looks like a big, colorful doughnut. It's made of an enriched yeast dough like brioche dough or a yeasted coffee cake and it's round to symbolize a king's crown. Every New Orleans bakery produces their interpretation of the cake — some are simple doughs, others are rolled up with brown sugar and ground cinnamon like a cinnamon roll, and some are embellished with nuts or filled with cream cheese.
Tinted Sugar The ring is drizzled with a simple icing and then sprinkled with sugar tinted with traditional Mardi Gras colors: purple, green, and gold. The organization that throws the Mardi Gras parade every year is called "Rex" which is the Latin word for king. Purple, gold, and green have been Rex's signature colors since its founding in 1872, but not for any particular reason. However, it was later determined that purple stands for justice, green symbolizes faith, and gold represents power. That's why you see Mardi Gras beads in those colors.
King Cake Baby In the early days of the parade, a bean was baked into the cake. According to Scientific American, this was part of a pagan tradition that evolved into the current Christian tradition and the person who got the piece of cake with the bean had the honor of being "king of the day." Cultural ambassador and host of Louisiana Eats, Poppy Tooker, told NPR the bean was replaced by porcelain baby dolls in the 1950s. That's when a traveling salesman with a surplus of porcelain babies convinced a king cake bakery owner to replace the beans with the dolls. When those ran out, the bakery owner switched to plastic babies he found at a French Quarter store. Today, if you order a traditional king cake from a New Orleans bakery, the baby is included, but typically on the side and not in a slice of cake. But if you make a cake with the baby inside, the person who gets the slice with the baby has to throw the next king cake party, or they're responsible for bringing one to the next event. We bought our King Cake baby on Amazon.
Procuring Your Prize
Of course, we discourage you from getting a store-bought king cake lest you miss out on baking a plastic baby in the cake but, if you must, it is possible to buy one from a New Orleans bakery even if you're thousands of miles away and it's too hard to get to the Big Easy.
Acquiring a king cake is as simple as ordering one, but it's not easy. The competition between the bakeries to make the best king cake is fierce and getting your hands on the best one can be a savage experience. King of the king cakes right now is Dong Phuong which is about a half-hour drive from the French Quarter. People are more than willing to make the trek for a taste of this king cake. It's so popular that in 2018 people allegedly bought the Dong Phuong king cakes and then turned around and sold them at a higher price. To be fair, Dong Phuong did win a James Beard award in 2018, adding to the bakery's cachet.
International Cakes
France has a version of king cake called galette des rois which is very different from a New Orleans king cake. It's a tart made with puff pastry and frangipane (almond paste pastry cream). However, like a New Orleans king cake, a figurine is baked into the cake, but it's typically an animal, not a baby. And instead of colorful sprinkles, the galette des rois is topped with a paper crown and whoever is served the figurine gets to wear the crown.
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Mexico has a similar confection: rosca de reyes. It's a little more similar to the New Orleans king cake than the French version, but you'll find candied cherries on top of the cake and the dough is a much more involved and flavorful recipe. The Portuguese version — the bolo-rei — is much like the Mexican version.
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Our King Cake
For our king cake recipe, we used a traditional brioche dough. We also decided to do a cinnamon filling because: CINNAMON. It might sound complicated, and, to be honest, its aesthetics intimidated me for years, but it's actually pretty easy to execute. Here are a few things to note:
Crowning Dough: We used an enriched yeast dough to align with tradition. That just means it calls for eggs, butter, and yeast. If you've never used yeast before, it's nothing to be afraid of — yeast is very forgiving and this is about as easy as yeast doughs get. The one thing you should make note of is if you are using active dry yeast from a packet, you will need slightly more than one packet. A packet of yeast contains 2 1/4 teaspoons and this recipe calls for 1 Tablespoon which is equivalent to 3 teaspoons. Also, we use an egg yolk in addition to the whole egg because yolks make this kind of dough moister.
Cinnamon Swagger: We pile the cinnamon up in one long line along the length of the dough rather than creating a thin layer of cinnamon and sugar on the entirety of the dough the way you would for a cinnamon roll. This way the cinnamon is enrobed in dough rather than twisted. This makes it easy to discretely hide the plastic baby, as well as making it easier to connect the ends of the dough to make a ring.
Festive Form: For this recipe we roll out the dough with a rolling pin to make a long rectangle before adding the cinnamon. It's best to transfer the dough at this point to the parchment paper-lined baking sheet. If you have a cookie sheet without a rim, that is best so that you can roll the dough up and shape it on the pan. This is important because it's difficult to transfer the ring from your workspace to the baking sheet. If your baking sheet is rimmed, you can transfer the rectangle of dough from your workspace to the parchment paper, fill it and shape it on the parchment paper and then transfer it to the baking sheet using the parchment paper as a sort of gurney for pastries.
All That Glitters Is Tasty: Once your ring is baked, you'll transfer it to a cooling rack to cool completely before drizzling it with icing. Before you apply the icing, it's best to place your cooling rack over a baking sheet to catch the excess icing. It should be fairly thick, but there will be some runoff that you can reapply to the cake. Make sure to sprinkle the tinted sugar while the icing is still wet so the sugar sticks to the cake.
Since the time to eat king cake is limited, you probably have a better chance at making your next king cake than ordering one in time for Fat Tuesday, and this is a stellar king cake recipe for your Mardi Gras celebration. It's so good, you might even choose to host your own king cake party next year rather than letting the baby decide. Until then, laissez les bons temps rouler (let the good times roll)!
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Nice article. I'd love to see more articles from Ms. Williams in this publication.
When I saw Emmett McBain amd Vince Cullers' "White Lies" ad, I thought the article would mention something about its original source. I consider it by far the greatest ad for an ad agency ever…and one of the best ads ever done…period.
It for PRINT Magazine in 1993. I featured Emmett in my book, "African Americans in Chicago".
Maybe now I finally have a reason to check out the U of C/Theaster Gates' "Arts Incubator".


Zack Snyder teases Wonder Woman's role in Batman v Superman. Robert Downey Jr. calls Civil War his Iron Man 4. Steven Yeun says fans shouldn't expect The Walking Dead's Negan to repeat his comic book arc. Plus, getting superpets on Supergirl, Jeff Nichols on Midnight Special, and a look at Paul Reubens on Gotham. Spoilers Get!
Exactly. It's like out of Se7en or Aliens or something, which is a really different vibe. My son still watches the Adam West Batman [TV series]. It's a far cry from where it started.
The one thing that Wonder Woman does get the opportunity to do, because she's not as deeply intertwined in the story, is the cool stuff. Like when you just get to show up and be cool, that's pretty much what she gets to do.
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The goal is really just to write characters that are honest. In a script you have two things: You have lines of action, you have lines of dialogue, both of which are behavior.The way your body language is when you move into a room, that's lines of action, that's behavior. And it's really clear for writers, like, 'Oh, yeah, I would never put backstory in the lines of action because no one's ever going to see it.' Well, why would you put it in the lines of dialogue? It's the same thing. The way I speak and how I speak defines my behavior to you.
And so, really, it's this kind of temperance as a writer. As much as I might want to inject the backstory or the history or some cool anecdote into a scene, I don't get to if it's not something you would naturally say. So it was really just a style of writing that suited the genre. That suited the development of mystery. But honestly, that was more about situations that I put the characters in. I would have picked different situations had I needed them to convey different information.
Mark Hamill has shared the first image from Bruce Timm's adaptation of the classic comic, and reconfirmed recent news that he will reprise the role of the Joker for the feature.
I don't think that's in the cards. In a way it's Cap 3 but for me it's like my little Iron Man 4. And then it's back to the thing we all recognize. Everything pulls over to the side of the road when the thunder of an Avengers thing comes through because that's how it is until it changes. If it changes.
The Russo Brothers took to Facebook to tease the sound mixing for the film, and in the process, teasing an extended version of the scene where General Ross discusses the collateral damage caused by the Avengers' actions. Also, The Vision is in a business suit.
Eddie McClintock has been cast in the show as Colonel James Harper, making his debut in next week's episode of the series. In the comics, Harper (a Cop rather than a military figure) is the alter-ego of the superhero Guardian, a Captain America-esque shield-wielding hero who operated at peak human strength and agility.
Comet the Superhorse, Streaky the Supercat—we love them all. I think that we just hope to continue with this tremendous cast and make episodes for many years to come. We'll exploit every little thing, I promise. We'll get in there and turn it on its head and try to make something. I mean, we've talked about Streaky. So yeah, definitely we'll embrace all the canon.
For me, his arrival is awesome. We've been waiting for this person for a long time, and in the comic books, he in a way brings a level of stakes that are kind of unmatched. And so, for me, for Negan to come into the show is, to say nothing less, f—ing awesome.
Westworld' is one of those things I've wanted to work on for so long. I had a meeting probably 21 years ago with Michael Crichton [who wrote and directed the 1973 original film] about doing this. And it's taken a long time to get this going.
The season five finale is titled, "An Untold Story".
Finally, TV Insider has revealed a first look at Paul Reubens' appearance in the show as Elijah Van Dahl, the "long lost" father of the Penguin.
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Bolzano Private Walking Tour
Embrace the city of encounters and the capital of South Tyrol. It begs for exploration of its charming narrow streets and medieval structures. A delight to the eyes, Bolzano is a mix of the Italian and German way of life, in terms of creed and lifestyle. Discover and experience something completely new, on a journey through the interesting history and ancient squares and arcades.
Private 8-hour Tour from Venice to Dolomites with private driver
Dolomites is a mountain range in Italy that extends to the provinces of Belluno, Bolzano, Trento, Udine and Pordenone. You will visit Cortina D´ampezzo which is the main town of the area and enjoy the wonderful views of the Misurina Lake and mountains. You will discover the main emblematic sights of Dolomites with your private driver. Of course you will have some free time for a wonderful Italian lunch before driving back to Venice. - SAVE COVID-19 SAFE - As this is a private tour we take care of maintaining social distance
Private Photo Session with a Local Photographer in Rovereto
Want to capture your amazing honeymoon? Family vacation while the kids are still little? Your perfect couples retreat from everyday busy life? A solo trip without asking strangers to take pictures of you? Stop searching, we got you here! We are the largest network of local vacation photographers in the world! Besides Rovereto, we operate in over 700 destinations worldwide! We always make sure that every special moment of each client is captured well. We believe in our service and quality of our photos so much that we even offer a 100% money back satisfaction guarantee for your photo shoot. Which means, if you don't like the result of your photo shoot, you can contact us within 7 days and claim your money back! So what are you waiting for? Become one of our hundreds of happy customers by treating yourself to this special experience! Your family and friends will love the result too!
Vacation Photographer in Rovereto
Localgrapher is the largest network of professional photographers and videographers with more than 600 destinations around the globe! Book your private photographer and guide in Rovereto to capture your picture-perfect moments while visiting amazing sites! SOLO TRAVELERS Fancy an insta-perfect photoshoot from your Rovereto vacation? Localgrapher has years of experience with fashion and solo travel photography! Make your memories last a lifetime and share them on social media or display them in your home to receive an avalanche of compliments. COUPLES If you are about to propose to your loved one, honeymooning or just exploring what Rovereto has to offer, put the selfie stick aside and let Localgrapher's superb photographers take care of the photos for you both. FAMILIES & GROUPS A family trip, wedding, bachelorette party or grand get-together? Forget missing someone from pictures, we'll capture them all!
3- Hours Private Tour Bolzano's Jewish History
Bolzano—Gateway to the Dolomites—bore witness to one of the darkest chapters in Europe's history. During this in-depth tour of the alpine town's Jewish heritage, you'll revisit the days of Nazi occupation. Honor victims at the concentration camp, where 11,000 residents were imprisoned, and the rail track, scene of mass deportations. You'll also learn about the long history of the trading town's prominent Jewish community, discovering medieval landmarks along the way.
Private Half-day Tour: the Historical Center of Bolzano and Roncolo Castle
Bolzano offers travelers an unusual mix of language and culture—German and Italian—set against pretty hills, historic buildings, and charming markets. With this tour, let a guide take you along the city's charming streets to its piazzas, churches, and castles without having to worry about planning an itinerary or getting lost. The tour begins in the city center and moves to the outskirts at Roncolo Castle.
From Bolzano: The Episcopal City of Bressanone, Novacella Abbey and Funes Valley
Firstly, a guided city tour around the Episcopal city of Bressanone that combines Medieval-Baroque atmosphere with modern lifestyle and a fascinating alpine world. Secondly, we visit one of the most important monasteries of central Europe, the Augustinian Abbey of Novella, located only 5 minute away from Bressanonne city. And finally, just 20 minutes from Bressanone we will discover the idyllic Funes Valley with the magnificent Dolomites as a background.
Guided Walking Tour: The historical City Center of Bolzano
Bolzano (chief town of province Alto Adige – South Tyrol, Italy), once city of merchants, is today also a city of art, show, culture, exchange and vacation. Our expert guide will lead you through the charming narrow streets, past architectural gems and the landmarks of the historical center of the city. Please don't hesitate to ask your guide to introduce you the city she knows and loves! You might discover and experience something completely new!
Half-day Tour: the Historical Center of Bolzano and the Iceman
Cover all the main sights of under-the-radar Bolzano—gateway to the Dolomites—during this in-depth walking tour. Learn about the great German poets and storytellers who once called the Italian arts and culture hub home and visit the former haunts of 13th-century Dominican friars. You'll end the visit with a rare peek at a 5,300-year-old frozen mummy from the Ice Age, displayed in the city museum.
Bozen private walking tour with a local guide
Explore the northern Italian city of Bozen on this 2-hour private walking tour. See the city's key landmarks such as Piazza Walther, the Dome of Bozen, Piazza Erbe and much more as you listen to informative commentary from your guide about the medieval city. Learn how Bozen features of mix of Italian and Austrian cultures and admire the idyllic mountain landscape.
Verona Full-Day Tour from Lake Garda
Spend a day in Verona on a trip from Lake Garda, and discover the charms of a city with Roman ruins, links to Shakespeare, and an Old Town with an abundance of elegant shops. On a tour, see and learn about Verona's showpiece sights include Juliet's House, the Pietra Bridge, and the shopping street of Via Mazzini. Round-trip transport from Lake Garda region hotels is included.
Venice Full-Day Tour from Lake Garda
Make the most of a day in one of the world's most romantic cities with this full-day trip to Venice from Lake Garda. See Venice's most famous attractions, including St Mark's Basilica, the Bridge of Sighs and the Rialto Bridge. Float through the canals in a private boat, and enjoy free time to explore on your own in the afternoon.
Dolomites Full-day Tour from Lake Garda
Discover the best of the Italian Alps on this full-day Dolomites tour from Lake Garda. Hop into your air-conditioned coach from a range of different pickup points around Lake Garda, then spin into the pretty Dolomites with a guide. Visit traditional mountain towns like Moena or Cavalese, and take the Pordoi pass for fine views over peaks such as Catinaccio, Marmolada, and Sella. During your 11-hour tour, enjoy free time in the Alpine town of Ortisei and soak up the atmosphere among the peaks and valleys.
Visita guidata dell'interno in lingua italiana
Taufers Castle was built at the beginning of the 13th century on a rocky outcrop separating the Tauferer and Ahrntal valleys. The main castle against the mountain of Ahornach in the north (attack side) consists of keep and attached residential tower, another palas (later grain box) is located in a protected place in the west. The site, given by the natural site, is bordered by a circumferential ring wall, to which various residential buildings, mostly built in the early 16th century, are based. The weirs around the gate tower (15th century) are of importance to castles. Of the interior, the Gothic frescoes of the chapel with a rare Deesis and the many wood-paneled and comfortably furnished rooms are particularly worth mentioning. Careful restorations were carried out in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Guided tour of the interior in German
Night tour
Guided tour of the interior in Italian
The first mention of the barons of Taufers dates back to 1136. At the latest in the 1920s, they built a new and large stately home. Mastio and dongione (habitable tower) were erected towards the mountainous coast, the only part from which an attack could have come. The palace (later used as a barn) was erected on the western side, in an area protected by the nature of the land itself. The building area, already delimited in itself by the conformation of the rocky spur on which the castle stands, was further defined with the construction of a wall, along which several residential buildings were subsequently added, especially at the beginning of the sixteenth century.
Visit to the outside area, garden, tower and special exhibition
Tour of Tures Castle without a guide (only in summer) The gate system with the former drawbridges, the charming castle garden, the large courtyard with "smithy" and ice cellar are accessible. Information boards explain the individual components. The keep with film screening room (documentary film on the castle), the ramparts and the attic of the former palace ("box") can also be visited without a tour. The latter is particularly impressive. In addition, there are special exhibitions on historical topics every year from Easter to All Saints' Day.
Photoshooting in the Dolomites - lakes and mountais
Head into the Dolomites with your own personal photographer, and receive a digital photo book of professional photos in the mountains. Giving you the perfect souvenir of your Dolomites vacation, the experience is ideal for groups of family and friends who want beautiful photos to be taken by a pro. Choose from a range of lakeside locations, meet your photographer, then receive your photos ten days later.
Full Day Venice Tour from Lake Garda
This excursion makes you live the magic of Venice in one day. Sit in a comfortable and modern coach until reaching Tronchetto, where you will leave the mainland with a private boat tour across the lagoon. Get off at St. Mark's Square, the heart of Venice, and admire the fabulous Basilica. Explore the historical centre and get to know all its secrets through a walking tour among its many canals, bridges, alleys and squares. Give a personal touch to the tour during your free time: walk around, eat something or visit by yourself some of the many interesting sights.
Lake Garda Tour by Coach with Ferry Ride Included
The best way to enjoy all the charm of Lake Garda in a day. Join a tour around the stunning Gardesana, undoubtedly one of the world's most beautiful roads, and visit some of the most interesting and picturesque towns on Lake Garda. Highlights include driving through Mussolini's tunnels and taking in the diverse scenery from the rugged mountainous North to the rolling vineyards of the South. The guide on the coach will give you lots of interesting and curious information throughout the day, and will also be on hand to answer any question you may have. Enjoy your free time in every town to go explore their diverse beauty, have lunch, sit in a bar and sip a drink or eat a gelato for refreshment. The tour includes a boat ride from a town to another, a relaxing interlude and a fabulous opportunity to take amazing photos!
Discover the Beauty of Verona in one day
Spend a memorable day in the City of Love. Join this guided tour and go back over the eras: Roman, Medieval, Gothic and Scaliger.
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Habitat for Humanity International founded in United States in 1976. Habitat now works in 1,400 communities across the U.S. and in nearly 70 countries and has helped 6.8 million people achieve strength, stability and independence through safe, decent and affordable shelter.
A world where everyone has a decent place to live.
Seeking to put God's love into action Habitat for Humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope.
Habitat for Humanity Vietnam (HFHV)
Advocacy Specialist
Job Title: Advocacy Specialist
Reports To: Country Director
Supervises: Communication Officer & Communication Support Officer
Department/Group: Policy and Communications
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Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)
Consultants at SCOH2 Project
The project Strengthening Capacity for the Implementation of One Health in Vietnam – Phase II (SCOH-2) builds on the results of the SCOH and earlier activities to strengthen overall national One Health capacity and operationalization in Viet Nam. With funding from United States Agency for International Development (USAID) via United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the SCOH-2 project implemented by MARD in partnership with MOH will contribute to the reduction of the threats to public health from avian and pandemic influenza and other emerging infectious diseases through the application of a One Health approach.
SCOH-2 Project
Thu, 2017-12-14
Consultant for Gender Analysis in WASH
iDE Vietnam is looking to recruit a consultant for gender analysis in WASH in Tuyen Quang in December 2017. Please find more details in the attached ToR.
Proposals should be submitted to [email protected] before 30 November 2017.
Tuyen Quang
Internship at ChildFund
ChildFund Vietnam is looking for the qualified candidates for the following positions:
1. Program Intern (Replacement, full-time, one year contract, based in Hanoi)
2. Provincial Intern (Re-ad, full-time, one year contract, based in Hoa Binh)
3. Pass It Back Intern (Re-ad, full-time, one year contract, based in Hoa Binh)
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Hanoi; Hoa Binh
Accountant/Admin
Accountant, based in Ha Noi
HELVETAS Vietnam is looking for an Accountant/Admin, based in Ha Noi with travels to provinces for project "Scaling up of Ethical BioTrade initiatives within phyto-pharmaceutical sector in Vietnam". The Project is funded by the European Union Delegation and has the objectives to support for Vietnam to become an internationally recognized supplier of natural ingredients for pharmaceutical, cosmetics, and foods sector.
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National Consultant to Conduct Final Evaluation of "Financial Linkage for Inclusion: Remote Ethnic Minority Women" Project
CARE is looking for National Consultant to conduct a final evaluation of "Financial Linkage for Inclusion: Remote Ethnic Minority Women" project, details as TOR attached.
Interested candidates should submit your application to email: [email protected] by 29 November 2017.
Application include:
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Mushroom Production Consultancy Service
SNV is looking for national consultant(s) to support one enterprise in Thai Binh province specialized in mushroom and mushroom substrate production to research and develop a procedure to produce hydrolysed brewery yeast, which will be used for pilot mass production of mushroom substrate using hydrolysed brewery yeast at factory level and provide training on mushroom production to farmers of the project in preparation for the commercialisation of the tested products with the ToR in the attached files (English and Vietnamese).
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Chief of Party; Deputy Chief of Party; Consultant
Pact is recruiting a Chief of Party (COP), a Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP) and a Consultant for an upcoming USAID funded opportunity, Responsible Trade and Growth (Small and Medium Enterprises Integration). The project will focus on integrating Small and Medium Enterprises into global value chains.