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Hillary and Bernie, it's time to start talking foreign policy
It's time for Democratic presidential hopefuls, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, to dedicate an entire debate to foreign policy so the world really knows where they stand on the crucial issues.
Danielle Ryan
is an Irish freelance writer based in Dublin. Her work has appeared in Salon, The Nation, Rethinking Russia, teleSUR, RBTH, The Calvert Journal and others. Follow her on Twitter @DanielleRyanJ
Democratic U.S. presidential candidates Hillary Clinton (L) and Bernie Sanders. © Mike Segar © Reuters
There's a misconception among Democrats — at least the ones I know — that because their candidates aren't usually quite as raving mad as some on the Republican side, they don't need to spend much time debating each other on foreign policy. Whatever happens, the thought goes, at least they won't be another George Bush and they're probably in agreement on most issues anyway, right?
There are some clear contrasts between Clinton and Sanders on foreign policy. The public just hasn't been given much of an opportunity to hear them. In the four one-on-one debates between the Democrats so far this year, foreign policy has featured significantly in two. If you were listening carefully, you could pick out some key areas where Sanders differs with Clinton, but neither debate really got into the nitty-gritty of matters.
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In contrast with Clinton, Sanders hasn't been as vocal on foreign policy. He has focused on economic issues and has sparked a new discussion around fairness, equality and corruption that never would have happened without him. In doing so, he has closed the gap between himself and the frontrunner significantly.
A foreign policy debate would give Sanders another area to draw contrasts. Given more time to delve into it, he could question Clinton's decisions on Iraq and Libya, as well as her plans for Syria. She would be forced to respond in more than just soundbites. Likewise, Sanders would himself would be forced to give more detail on his own foreign policy agenda.
Let's look at what the two have said on the topic, so far — and in the interest of space limitations, we'll stick to the four debates they've had one-on-one.
On Syria
In their first one-on-one debate in New Hampshire on February 4, Clinton said she supported the US air campaign and the use of "special forces" in Syria, but did not support the use of combat troops on the ground. Sanders agreed with "much of" what she said, but used the opportunity to bring up her vote for the Iraq war in 2002, which he said "created barbaric organizations like ISIS".
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He then warned against the US becoming involved in "perpetual war" in the Middle East and argued that it "must be Muslim troops on the ground that will destroy ISIS, with the support of a coalition of major powers" — including Russia.
In a later debate on February 11 in Wisconsin, Sanders disagreed on the need for a no-fly zone in Syria, making another distinction between himself and his opponent, but it was mentioned very briefly before he went off on a tangent about Cuba.
A foreign policy debate would allow for fewer tangents, fewer soundbites and more substance.
On Libya
During that second debate, Sanders brought up NATO's intervention in Libya (pushed for by Clinton) and gave a little more insight into his thinking on regime change. "This has gone on 50 or 60 years where the United States has been involved in overthrowing governments," he said, before giving a brief history of the US and British overthrow of the democratically-elected Prime Minister of Iran Mohammad Mosaddegh in 1953, and the "unintended consequences" it produced.
When Clinton tried to incorrectly claim that Sanders had "voted for" regime change in Libya, he corrected her. Washington Post fact-checkers noted later that he had in fact not voted explicitly for "regime change" and had not been in favor of military action in Libya.
Sanders' willingness to bring historic context into discussions of current and future foreign policy where Clinton does not, is indicative of overall better judgement and an ability to learn from mistakes.
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On Iran
Clinton, who has always been hawkish on Iran (recall in 2008 she warned that the US could "totally obliterate" the country if they wanted to) is still as hawkish on the subject today. Where she has argued against any "normalization" of relations with Tehran for fear of "removing leverage" in negotiations, Sanders has argued for moving more quickly towards normalization, comparing the situation with that of the US relationship with Cuba.
Overall, he appears to take a softer stance on the question of Washington talking to its enemies than Clinton does: "When you ran against Senator Obama you thought him naive because he thought it was a good idea to talk to our enemies. I think those are exactly the people you have to talk to and you have to negotiate with," he said.
On Russia and 'the biggest threat'
Asked during the New Hampshire debate which country was the biggest threat to US security, North Korea, Iran or Russia, Sanders said "ISIS" — which again indicates a subtle difference between himself and Clinton. He is less willing to go shouting about the perceived baddies and more interested in tackling the real ones.
Pressed on the issue, he chose North Korea as a potential threat — and although he commented on Russia's "adventurism" in Crimea, he made the point to disagree with Secretary of Defense Ash Carter's assessment of Russia as the greatest threat, because unlike North Korea, "Russia lives in the world".
Clinton defended Carter's assessment with an answer that was dramatic and exaggerated, to say the least. She asserted that Russia was "trying to move the boundaries of post-World War II Europe" and that Putin was "beginning to explore" whether he could make "inroads" into the Baltics. The first part of her statement is dramatic, but debatable — the second part, however, is plucked from thin air.
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In general, although he does agree with Clinton on Russia's "aggressiveness" he has been far less vocal about it. He does however, appear to have fallen into the trap of thinking that everything Putin does abroad is "because his economy is increasingly in shambles and he's trying to rally his people in support of him".
This is Sanders buying into the line that Putin's actions in Crimea and Syria are nothing more than distractions or prime-time entertainment for the evening propaganda bulletin. If he were to become president, Sanders must quickly learn that this a very naive place to begin in trying to understand Russia's foreign policy motivations.
On Latin America
In the latest debate between the two candidates on March 9 in Miami, foreign policy was not big on the agenda, but Sanders did manage to use a question about Latin America to again highlight that he is not the regime-change candidate.
He argued passionately against US interventions and interference in Latin America. It was wrong, he said, for the US to try to invade Cuba in 1961; wrong for the US to attempt to overthrow the Nicaraguan government and wrong to try to overthrow the democratically-elected government in Guatemala in 1954. Throughout its history with Latin America, he said the US had been operating under the assumption that it "had the right do anything that it wanted" in the region and that in addition to that being unacceptable, it had created huge amounts of anti-American feeling.
The Sanders doctrine
Sanders may be a little hesitant to make foreign policy a major contrasting issues between himself and Clinton. His strategy thus far of hitting her on economic issues has been working. He no doubt knows well that if you don't come off like a full-fledged hawk — especially against the 'experience' candidate — this leaves you open to the claim that you are weak, or worse, stupid. He has seen, for example, the horrified reaction from the media and political establishment that any toned-down rhetoric on Russia can cause.
When debate moderator Chuck Todd asked Sanders in New Hampshire why he had not laid out his own "foreign policy doctrine" in detail, Sanders responded by giving a rough idea of what that doctrine would look like — and it was all about moderation and coalitions.
"We cannot be the policeman of the world," he said. "So I would say the key doctrine of the Sanders administration would be no, we cannot continue to do it alone; we need to work in coalition."
Defending himself against Clinton's argument that experience mattered more, Sanders has admitted that yes, she has more experience, but experience isn't much without good judgement. The little we've seen so far of Sanders' thinking on foreign policy indicates that he has the better judgement.
The American public need to be given more of a chance to hear it.

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At the beginning of November, I went camping with my son and his friend's Boy Scout Pack. His friend's mom is a dear friend of mine. We had a great time hanging out with mostly boys and their dads, but there were several other moms there pitching a tent, hiking, and roasting marshmallows alongside of us. While we were walking around the 2.2 mile trail around a beautiful lake I snapped the following photos. The leaves were beautiful and so full of vibrant colors during this Fall season.
How wonderful that you got to spend that special time with your son.
I now remember you commenting last year how you are the hostess with the mostest :) at your family's Thanksgiving dinner! Have a wonderful time and enjoy your week! Thanks for stopping in always! Hope you are doing well!
It was a great trip and the trees were lovely! I not only will remember the trip because it was a rare time with just my son, but it was the longest night of sleep because I didn't sleep at all...long story :) Thanks for stopping by to say Hi and comment!


Well, I thought I'd bring you out of the kitchen and into the den and show you the changes I've made in my builtins.
I took away a lot of books and a lot of other stuff.
I know this is not very minimal for some of you but I do like 'stuff'!
Here the first area. See? Less stuff.
Yep that's Mr. Precious camera and it's hooked up to that extension cord that I cannot seem to hide.
I'm just sure when he's away he spies on me with his Ipad since it is pointed right at my chair where I sit and blog!
The middle section is really void of lots of my stuff.
Here's the last side...really simplified for me.
I hope you've enjoyed seeing the changes in my builtins.
My mantel clock seems to stay up there on the top middle shelf instead of the mantel.
My olden pair of tiny little lamps and that tray seem to stay here also.
I guess Mr. Precious' camera is going to stay there too so he can spy on me when he's away!
Well here lately I've been visiting lots of thrift shops and hitting the jackpot!
Lookee at what I found!
Jumping up, spinning around, touching the ground!
Get down, turn around, go to town...boot scootin' boogie!
Well, you've seen my little salt and peppers but they fit so well with my other new pieces so I just added them to the vignette.
Is this not the sweetest little butter dish you've ever seen?
It has a little criss cross pattern across the top.
Now these pieces are not old ~ they're reproductions.
I have an olden biscuit jar just like my new Jadeite one but it's blue.
I've put these little things right next to my cook top so I can grab the salt and pepper while I cook. I don't have any butter in my dish yet but I've poked my biscuit jar full of little sweetner packets.
I would love to have all vintage Jadeite, my bowls are all olden, but on doing a little research I found out the newer reproduced Jadeite is really more durable. The olden kind has bubbles and imperfections in the glass sometimes because of the way they were manufactured and can break or crack more easily.
It doesn't bother me if it's vintage or not ~ I. LOVE. JADEITE!!
Well, I thought I'd keep you in the kitchen for one more post.
Let me show you my favorite little kitchen corner.
I love to decorate my one little glass front cabinet door too.
but I wanted something pretty to show off in front of the glass.
So I poked in bowls.
Sweet little pretty in pink Gooseberry Pyrex bowls.
There is one more little bowl stacked in the big one.
Then on the middle shelf I poked in some pretty little turquoise Butterprint Pyrex bowls and one solid turquoise bowl.
Then on the top shelf I poked in some darling little bowls I found a few years ago at Marshalls.
It's fun to 'play' in the kitchen, don't you agree?
I'll enjoy my little corner for a while and then I'll change it and enjoy it again.
Have I shown you Buttercup, my little cow creamer?
Losin' control, yeah I'm all over the place.
You don't think that I can take anymore.
Yes I'm, Stuck in the middle with you.
I love Jadeite, don't you?
The soft pale minty green makes my head swirl.
A pretty little swirly minty green Jadeite bowl.
She goes perfectly with my bigger Jadeite swirly bowl.
One more swirly bowl of the appropriate size and I'll have a set of three.
and has not one swirl, but I'm keeping her.
Here's my little small collection of Jadeite.
You've seen my most gorgeous Jadeite Rooster which is not an olden piece.
Then at the Cracker Barrel, I found these new darling little salt and peppers which I'm using every day.
Do you like my little collection?
...have you seen my little cow creamer?
Well, as I've said before ~ she keeps popping up so I decided to give her a name.
Never hurts to have a little Buttercup cow creamer with your Jadeite.
Have you seen my little cow creamer?
I'm wanting to post about other things but everywhere I turn here she is!
She's so cute I have to grab my camera and start snapping!
She's so darling and sings so beautifully!
but until then...I'll keep on snapping her!!
Do you love Cracker Barrel Restaurant like I do?
Well, I have found a wonderful copy cat recipe like the CB biscuits!!
Just gaze your most gorgeous peepers on these puppies!
They taste as good as they look too. Actually I think they taste a little better than the biscuits at CB because we eat them right out of the oven while they're piping hot and sliced with pats of butter just melting on the insides!
Look at how high they puff up!
Just a little tip: if you want your biscuits to rise high when rolling out your dough, leave the dough about a half inch or more high, then cut.
For years I used a glass to cut my biscuits, made since to me, but later found out that hinders the rise. The glass seals the edges and prevents them from rising well.
So I use a sharp biscuit cutter dipped in flour and voila! Puffed up high biscuits.
I always take a little of the left over dough and roll it up by hand to make a little biscuit for my little Chloe Dawn, my mini Schnauzer. She gets hers without butter though.
I hope you'll try these biscuits as they are so delicious and so easy!
Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Mix first three ingredients together, add 1 Tbsp. of the melted butter into batter. Stir ingredients until soft dough forms. Turn onto surface that has been dusted with flour. Knead 20 times, roll 1/2 inch thick, and place in an ungreased 8 by 8 cake pan. Place biscuits next to each other. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes.
I set the table in my breakfast room and wanted to share it with you.
The centerpiece of my table is this frosty glass Rooster I found recently.
It was one of things, you know, love at first sight.
He has one little flaw ~ his beak is chipped.
I don't care! No, no, Nannette, I don't care.
I love him so much that I put him up on a pedestal and surrounded him with flowers.
He does feel so special! :) I love that.
Okie dokie! I'm using my black and white Rooster dishes.
So many of you have them and some of you have them in red and white.
Perfect napkin rings ~ little chicks gifted to me. My black and white napkins work perfectly.
I'm using some olden silver-plate. Just love this stuff too.
Do you like my tablecloth? Well, it's a large piece of fabric I've yet to use and it works beautifully with my dishes don't you think?
A little glass for some sippy of your choice.
This is a breakfast table so I had to have a sugar bowl and creamer.
The most dainty little butter pat ~ just for you!
I found these darling little individual creamers at Central Market and fell in love.
Good morning starshine, the earth says "Hello"


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These Are the Best (and Worst) Diets of 2017, According to U.S. News
The DASH Diet came in first place in U.S. News & World Report's annual rankings, while Paleo and Whole30 earned low marks.
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For the seventh year in a row, the DASH diet has been named the United States' best diet overall by U.S. News & World Report in its annual rankings. The Mediterranean diet came in second (up from last year's fourth place) and the MIND Diet—a plan that's similar to the top two but focuses on preventing cognitive decline—took third place, down from second last year.
DASH, which stands for dietary dpproaches to stopping hypertension, was originally developed to help people lower their blood pressure, but its focus on low-fat, low-sodium, and plant-based meals has also been linked to a whole host of other health benefits.
There are no new surprises in this top group of diets—and in a way, that's a surprise in itself, says David Katz, MD, director of the Yale University Prevention Research Center and one of the panelists tasked with evaluating the entries.
"With all of the competing headlines about sugar and saturated fat and this study and that study, the reality is that if you pull together a multidisciplinary group of nutrition experts, their conclusions are remarkably stable over time," Dr. Katz told Health. "What makes diets fundamentally good, for weight control or for health, is pretty much the same as it ever was."
Specifically, Dr. Katz stresses that a focus on wholesome foods, and a method you can stick with over time, are strong indicators that a diet is worth trying. "The 'best' diet, like the best exercise, is the one you actually manage to practice and maintain," he says.
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The Flexitarian diet, Mayo Clinic Diet, TLC Diet, and Weight Watchers all fared well in the best overall category, forming a four-way tie for fourth place. The rankings also includes winners for Best Weight-Loss Diet (Weight Watchers), Best Fast Weight-Loss Diet (HMR Program), Easiest Diet to Follow (Fertility Diet), Best Diet for Healthy Eating (DASH Diet), Best Plant-Based Diet (Mediterranean Diet), the best diet marketed to consumers (Mayo Clinic Diet), and the best diet for diabetes and heart disease (DASH diet).
"On the one hand, a diet that's good for your heart is going to be good for weight loss and is also going to be good for cancer and pretty much everything else," says Dr. Katz. "That's the really fortunate thing. But that being said, you can still customize your diet choice based on a particular priority you have and the style you think will work best for you."
At the other end of the spectrum, the Whole30 was the lowest ranked overall diet for the second year in a row. The trendy Dukan and Paleo diets also ranked toward the bottom of the list. These plans are too restrictive and unnecessarily wipe out entire food groups, said the expert panel, and are too difficult to follow for a long time.
The entire list of Best Diets—including a detailed profile of each diet, along with sample food diaries and recipes—was published this morning on the U.S. News website.
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An estimated 45 million Americans go on diets every year, either for weight-loss or health purposes. This year, 38 different diets were considered by the U.S. News panel of nutritionists, dietary consultants, and physicians specializing in diabetes, weight loss, and heart health.
"Our Best Diet rankings provide the millions of people around the world looking to make a lifestyle change a place to jumpstart their health and fitness goals," said Angela Haupt, Assistant Managing Editor of Health at U.S. News, in a press release. "Best Diets provides each person a chance to evaluate what diet will work best for them and their particular needs."
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Aluminium prices have slid to a four-year low, in a development that will heap pressure on the struggling smelting industry.
Prices for aluminium, the second most widely used metal after steel, have been under pressure for years as the market struggles with oversupply and towering stocks.
On Wednesday, aluminium prices for delivery in three months on the London Metal Exchange dropped 1.4 per cent to $1,748 a tonne – the first time the metal has traded below $1,750 since July 2009.
The fall in prices is likely to exacerbate the woes of aluminium producers, such as Rusal, Alcoa, Rio Tinto and Chalco. The industry was under pressure even before the recent falls, with analysts estimating that as much as a third of the aluminium smelting industry was losing money.
"We've got to see some more closures," said David Wilson, metals analyst at Citigroup. "You really need to start worrying about some producers," agrees one senior aluminium producer.
Aluminium producers have already begun to curtail production in the past year. Rusal, the world's largest aluminium producer, recently announced that its output would be 9 per cent, or 357,000 tonnes, lower this year as it shut down more expensive plants.
According to data from the International Aluminium Institute, an industry body, daily production of the metal in the world outside China fell 4.1 per cent between April and October to the lowest since August 2010.
Nonetheless, bears argue that the cuts have been too slow to balance the market amid hefty increases in production from China and low-cost producers in the Middle East.
He predicts that prices could drop below $1,700 within the next few months.
Both Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton have made clear they would be willing to sell part or all of their aluminium divisions; Rusal's share price has fallen 57 per cent so far this year, and is down 82 per cent since the start of 2011.
Indeed, the investment community remains widely unenthusiastic about the metal, believing that producers are likely to respond to any price increase by restarting production. "The market is chronically hated," one trader said.
The market has been burdened by large inventories since the financial crisis, when producers did not cut output as fast as demand fell. Aluminium stocks in LME-registered warehouses stand at 5.4m tonnes, with analysts estimating that at least that much again is held outside the LME system.
The bearishness has been exacerbated by the recent decision by the LME to increase the flow of metal out of the largest warehouses, where long queues to deliver out metal have caused controversy.
Despite that, however, traders say availability of physical aluminium remains tight, as investors lock up the metal in so-called "financing deals". "To get metal between now and six months forward is very difficult," said one trader.


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import sys

import petsc4py

petsc4py.init(sys.argv)
# from scipy.io import savemat, loadmat
# from src.ref_solution import *
# import warnings
# from memory_profiler import profile
# from time import time
from src.myio import *
from src.objComposite import *
from src.StokesFlowMethod import *
from src.geo import *
from src import stokes_flow as sf
# from src import slender_body as slb
from codeStore.helix_common import *

def get_problem_kwargs(**main_kwargs):
    problem_kwargs = get_solver_kwargs()
    OptDB = PETSc.Options()
    fileHandle = OptDB.getString('f', 'sphereNearPlane')
    OptDB.setValue('f', fileHandle)
    problem_kwargs['fileHandle'] = fileHandle

    kwargs_list = (get_sphere_kwargs(), get_forcefree_kwargs(), main_kwargs,)
    for t_kwargs in kwargs_list:
        for key in t_kwargs:
            problem_kwargs[key] = t_kwargs[key]

    err_msg = 'current version only accept single sphere. '
    assert problem_kwargs['sphere_coord'].size == 3, err_msg
    h2Plane = OptDB.getReal('h2Plane', 100)
    problem_kwargs['sphere_coord'] = problem_kwargs['sphere_coord'] + (0, 0, h2Plane)
    return problem_kwargs

def get_twoSphereProblem_kwargs(**main_kwargs):
    problem_kwargs = get_problem_kwargs(**main_kwargs)
    rs = problem_kwargs['rs']
    move_x = OptDB.getReal('move_x', rs * 2)
    move_y = OptDB.getReal('move_y', 0)
    move_z = OptDB.getReal('move_z', 0)
    move_r = np.linalg.norm(np.array((move_x, move_y, move_z)))
    err_msg = 'move_r > rs'
    assert move_r > rs, err_msg
    sphere_coord = problem_kwargs['sphere_coord'][0]
    sphere_coord0 = sphere_coord - (move_x, move_y, move_z)
    sphere_coord1 = sphere_coord + (move_x, move_y, move_z)
    problem_kwargs['sphere_coord'] = np.vstack((sphere_coord0, sphere_coord1))
    sphere_velocity = problem_kwargs['sphere_velocity'][0]
    problem_kwargs['sphere_velocity'] = np.vstack((sphere_velocity, sphere_velocity))
    return problem_kwargs

def print_case_info(**problem_kwargs):
    fileHandle = problem_kwargs['fileHandle']
    print_solver_info(**problem_kwargs)
    print_forcefree_info(**problem_kwargs)
    print_sphere_info(fileHandle, **problem_kwargs)
    return True

def main_resistanceMatrix(**main_kwargs):
    # OptDB = PETSc.Options()
    main_kwargs['zoom_factor'] = 1
    problem_kwargs = get_problem_kwargs(**main_kwargs)
    matrix_method = problem_kwargs['matrix_method']
    fileHandle = problem_kwargs['fileHandle']
    rs = problem_kwargs['rs']
    print_case_info(**problem_kwargs)

    # create sphere
    sphere_obj = create_sphere(**problem_kwargs)[0]
    sphere_center = sphere_obj.get_u_geo().get_center()
    sphere_norm = sphere_obj.get_u_geo().get_geo_norm()
    # sphere_comp = sf.ForceFreeComposite(center=sphere_center, norm=sphere_norm, name='sphereComp')
    # sphere_comp.add_obj(sphere_obj, rel_U=np.zeros(6))
    # sphere_comp.show_u_nodes()

    problem = sf.problem_dic[matrix_method](**problem_kwargs)
    # problem = sf.ForceFreeProblem(**problem_kwargs)
    problem.add_obj(sphere_obj)
    problem.print_info()
    problem.create_matrix()
    # AtBtCt_full(problem, save_vtk=False, pick_M=False, center=sphere_center, save_name=fileHandle,
    #             uNormFct=(6 * np.pi * rs), wNormFct=(6 * np.pi * rs ** 3),
    #             uwNormFct=(6 * np.pi * rs ** 2), )
    AtBtCt_multiObj(problem, save_vtk=False, pick_M=False, save_name=fileHandle,
                    uNormFct=(6 * np.pi * rs), wNormFct=(6 * np.pi * rs ** 3),
                    uwNormFct=(6 * np.pi * rs ** 2), )
    return True

def main_resistanceMatrix_twoSphere(**main_kwargs):
    # OptDB = PETSc.Options()
    main_kwargs['zoom_factor'] = 1
    problem_kwargs = get_twoSphereProblem_kwargs(**main_kwargs)
    matrix_method = problem_kwargs['matrix_method']
    fileHandle = problem_kwargs['fileHandle']
    rs = problem_kwargs['rs']
    print_case_info(**problem_kwargs)

    # create sphere
    # sphere0_obj = create_sphere(**problem_kwargs)[0]
    # sphere1_obj = sphere0_obj.copy()
    # sphere0_obj.set_name('sphereObj_0')
    # sphere1_obj.set_name('sphereObj_1')
    # sphere0_obj.move((-move_x, 0, 0))
    # sphere1_obj.move((move_x, 0, 0))
    # problem_center = (sphere0_obj.get_u_geo().get_center()
    #                   + sphere1_obj.get_u_geo().get_center()) / 2
    # # objtype = sf.obj_dic[matrix_method]
    # # all_obj = objtype()
    # # all_obj.combine((sphere0_obj, sphere1_obj), set_re_u=True, set_force=True)
    sphere0_obj, sphere1_obj = create_sphere(**problem_kwargs)
    # sphere0_obj.show_u_nodes()
    # sphere1_obj.show_u_nodes()

    problem = sf.problem_dic[matrix_method](**problem_kwargs)
    problem.add_obj(sphere0_obj)
    problem.add_obj(sphere1_obj)
    problem.print_info()
    problem.create_matrix()
    AtBtCt_multiObj(problem, save_vtk=False, pick_M=False, save_name=fileHandle,
                    print_each=False,
                    uNormFct=1, wNormFct=1, uwNormFct=1, )
    return True

def main_xu20201104(**main_kwargs):
    # OptDB = PETSc.Options()
    main_kwargs['zoom_factor'] = 1
    problem_kwargs = get_twoSphereProblem_kwargs(**main_kwargs)
    matrix_method = problem_kwargs['matrix_method']
    fileHandle = problem_kwargs['fileHandle']
    rs = problem_kwargs['rs']
    print_case_info(**problem_kwargs)

    # create sphere
    # sphere0_obj = create_sphere(**problem_kwargs)[0]
    # sphere1_obj = sphere0_obj.copy()
    # sphere0_obj.set_name('sphereObj_0')
    # sphere1_obj.set_name('sphereObj_1')
    # sphere0_obj.move((-move_x, 0, 0))
    # sphere1_obj.move((move_x, 0, 0))
    # problem_center = (sphere0_obj.get_u_geo().get_center()
    #                   + sphere1_obj.get_u_geo().get_center()) / 2
    # # objtype = sf.obj_dic[matrix_method]
    # # all_obj = objtype()
    # # all_obj.combine((sphere0_obj, sphere1_obj), set_re_u=True, set_force=True)
    sphere0_obj, _ = create_sphere(**problem_kwargs)
    problem_kwargs['rs'] = problem_kwargs['rs'] / 4
    problem_kwargs['ds'] = problem_kwargs['ds'] / 4
    _, sphere1_obj = create_sphere(**problem_kwargs)
    # sphere0_obj.show_u_nodes()
    # sphere1_obj.show_u_nodes()

    problem = sf.problem_dic[matrix_method](**problem_kwargs)
    problem.add_obj(sphere0_obj)
    problem.add_obj(sphere1_obj)
    # problem.show_u_nodes()
    problem.print_info()
    problem.create_matrix()
    AtBtCt_multiObj(problem, save_vtk=False, pick_M=False, save_name=fileHandle,
                    print_each=False,
                    uNormFct=1, wNormFct=1, uwNormFct=1, )
    return True

if __name__ == '__main__':
    OptDB = PETSc.Options()
    # mpirun -np 4 python ../sphereNearPlane.py  -main_resistanceMatrix_twoSphere 1  -sm rs_plane -epsilon 0.3 -rs 1.000000 -ds 0.05 -es 0.000000 -h2Plane 1.5  -ksp_max_it 1000 -ksp_rtol 1.000000e-10 -ksp_atol 1.000000e-100 -move_x 2 -f h1.50_movex2

    matrix_method = OptDB.getString('sm', 'pf')
    # assert matrix_method == 'rs_plane', matrix_method

    if OptDB.getBool('main_resistanceMatrix', False):
        OptDB.setValue('main_fun', False)
        main_resistanceMatrix()

    if OptDB.getBool('main_resistanceMatrix_twoSphere', False):
        OptDB.setValue('main_fun', False)
        main_resistanceMatrix_twoSphere()

    if OptDB.getBool('main_xu20201104', False):
        OptDB.setValue('main_fun', False)
        main_xu20201104()

    # if OptDB.getBool('main_fun', True):
    #     main_fun()

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Home Health 16 Benefits Of Lychees For The Best Health Possible
16 Benefits Of Lychees For The Best Health Possible
Lychees are also known as litchi or lichee, a small tropical fruit belonging to the soapberry family. They are grown in sub-tropical regions around the world. The fruit is native to China and Southeast Asia. Known for their sugary taste, lychees are consumed in its raw form. The fruit is covered with a pink-red skin which is peeled before eating. Other than that, they are also used with ice cream and processed juice.
Source: healthy-sporty-beautiful.com
They are a nutritious fruit packed with vitamins and minerals. We have listed all the lychee benefits for you to follow below:
What are Lychees?
The scientific name of lychees is Litchi Chinensis from the soapberry family. It is the lone member of its genus. The fruit bearing tree is grown in subtropical and tropical climates. It is originally grown in China. Lychees have a floral fragrance and are often added to cocktails and dishes because of their distinctive scent. The fruit is mostly consumed as a dessert in Asian countries and is popularly grown in several other parts of the world.
The native fruit of China is widely cultivated in several nations including Southeast Asia, India, China, and Southern Africa.
The fruit has a soft, pulpy, white or pink tint of color and the size is about two inches in height and width. They are best known for their medicinal values.
Nutritional Facts Of Lychees :
Lychees contain 82% of water and 16.5% of carbohydrates. Find the table below for showing Lychee Nutrition, Calories of both dried and fresh ones.
Nutritional Facts: Lychees Raw- 100 grams
Water 82%
Carbs 16.5 g
Saturated 0.1 g
Monounsaturated 0.12 g
Polyunsaturated 0.13 g
Omega-3 0.07 g
Source: travelgluttons.com
Carbohydrates And Fibers:
Lychees are rich in carbodydrates. One single lychee is said to contain 1.5-1.7 grams of carbs.
Most of the carbs present in lychees are derived from sugar, which are known for their sweet taste. They also have low fiber content.
Vitamins and Minerals:
Lychees are a rich source of vitamins and minerals, including Vitamin C.
Vitamin C- Lychees are richly packed with Vitamin. One lychee provides about 8% of the daily intake of vitamin.
Copper- Lychees are adequately packed with copper. Insufficient intake of copper may have serious side effects on heart health.
Potassium- It is an important nutrient known for improving heart health.
Antioxidant Plant Compounds:
Lychees are a richly packed with antioxidant plant compounds.
They contain an antioxidant known as epicatechin which can greatly improve heart health and lower the chances of diabetes and cancer.
The fruit also contains Rutin, an effective antioxidant. Researchers have indicated that lychees can protect against cancer, heart diseases, diabetes, etc.
Oligonol:
Lychees contain Oligonol which is a great dietary supplement. They are a patented mixture of antioxidants derived from lychee skin.
Benefits of Lychees:
Lychees contain a rich content of vitamins, antioxidants, and fiber. According to Lychees Online, lychees are packed with more Vitamin C compared to apples, lemons, and oranges.
We have categorized the lychee benefits below. Take a look.
Lychees for Health:
The lychee seeds contain pain-relieving agents. It is traditionally taken in the form of tea made from powdered seeds. People from North India use powdered lychee seeds for fighting against digestive disorders and killing intestinal worms. It benefits the health in a lot of ways:
1. Contain Flavonoids and quercetin:
Flavonoids contain antioxidant agents which are commonly found in fruits, veggies, spices, and herbs. They are known to prevent chronic diseases like cancer and heart disease.
The fruit also contains quercetin, an effective antioxidant with anti-inflammatory agents.
2. Antioxidant Protection:
Antioxidants are an effective method for providing your body cells with enough defenses against free radicals. If your body does not get enough antioxidant supply, then it will lead to further organ damage. Various studies have shown that its benefits can help in the maintenance of good health. It can also lower the risk of heart disease, cancer, and Alzheimer's and Parkinson diseases.
3. Improves Heart Health:
Litchi can bring the blood pressure under control by protecting against heart strokes and other heart related diseases. One glass of litchi juice is said to normalize the heartbeat. They contain a high presence of polyphenols which is said to promote heart health. The antioxidant present in lychees reduces ecataract problems and improves immunity levels.
4. Regulates Blood Flow:
The nutrients present in lychee including copper, Vitamin C, iron, folate, manganese, and magnesium are important for proper blood circulation.
5. Strengthen Blood Vessels:
Lychees has a rich presence of polyphenols and rutin, a bioflavonoid which is known for strengthening blood vessels. It is also used in the treatment of hemorrhoids and varicose veins.
6. Anti-inflammatory:
The flavanol fruit extract of lychees are known for its anti-inflammatory benefits. The presence of FRLFE (Flavanol-rich-lychee fruit extract) is known for controlling inflammation and tissue damage.
7. Vitamin C:
One of the most essential nutrients present in lychee is Vitamin C. The presence of Vitamin C serves immense functions in our body. It also plays an important role in the production of collagen and catecholamines.
The presence of Vitamin C is also known for maintaining the health of teeth and bones, wound healing, and repairing. They also play an important role in improving brain health.
Source: oneingredientchef.com
8. Mitochondrial Health:
The pulp of lychees is highly packed with phenolic compounds and antioxidants. According to animal studies, the lychee pulp phenolics protect the body against liver injury by adjusting mitochondrial dysfunction.
9. Anti-viral Activity:
Lychee seeds contain proanthocyanidins known for showing effective anti-viral activity including herpes simplex virus and coxsackie virus.
10. Vitamin B:
Lychees are a rich source of Vitamin B complex like riboflavin, thiamine, and folates. These types of vitamins can allow our body to metabolize carbohydrates, fats, and proteins. It also contains Beta carotene which is known for strengthening immune system and improves the liver function.
11. Weight Loss:
The fruit has low calories, zero saturated fats or cholesterol, and rich in dietary fiber. They are really good for people wishing to lose weight.
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Lychees For Skin:
Lychees are a great source of nutrients and Vitamin C known for benefitting skin. They benefit the skin in a lot of ways:
12. Improve Skin Health:
The presence of antioxidants greatly reduces the ageing process and improves skin health.
13. Prevent Premature Ageing Signs:
The presence of Vitamin C in lychees reduces age-related problems like premature ageing disorder. Regular indulgence of the fruit can also restore healthy ageing. They also contain oligonol which reduces ageing signs and dark spots. You can have the fruit in its raw form or use it as face packs.
14. Protection Against Free Radicals:
It has a high presence of antioxidants, Vitamin B-complex, Vitamin C, and phyto-nutrient flavonoids. The antioxidants protect the body against oxidative stress caused by UV radiation and pollution. It also neutralizes free radical cells and protect against skin damage. For this reason, lychees protect against inflammation and skin cancer.
15. Skin-friendly Nutrients
Lychees contain skin-friendly nutrients like copper, thiamin, and niacin. The presence of copper can speed up the healing process of damaged skin. Niacin boosts the skin hydration levels, while thiamin provides the body with metabolizing fats and protein.
Lychees For Hair:
Most of us long for a healthy scalp and hair. A balanced diet is essential for maintaining lustrous hair. As lychee is richly packed with Vitamin C, thiamin, and niacin, it benefits hair in a lot of ways:
16. Promoting Healthy Hair:
Lychees are richly packed with Vitamin C and play an effective role in boosting micro-circulation. It also ensures adequate blood supply to your hair follicles.
How To Select And Store?
Fresh Lychee Fruit Tree are grown from June-October. The fruit gets fully ripened on the tree and does not ripen further after harvesting. Over-ripened fruits turn to dark brown in its exterior form. While purchasing lychees, select the fruits that are bright colored (light red to deep red). Look for skin that is tough but not dry. The inner pulp should be fresh. And if it tastes bitter, then know that the fruit is not ripened.
Also Read: Benefits Of Rambutan
Lychees are known for their long shelf life and are kept at room temperature for five days. They can also be refrigerated for about five weeks. To avoid change of color and moisture loss, the fruit should be packed in a paper towel.
The fruit is also said to produce little ethylene and therefore should be packed at high humidity level. They are mostly dried, frozen, and canned for the purpose of exporting.
How to Eat Lychee?
If you are wondering How to Eat Lychee then here is the answer. The fruit has a leathery cover with a pink or red skin. You have to peel the skin of the fruit using your hands or knife. You can push the fruit using your thumb or knife. Peel off its skin. After cutting the top part, the flesh will come off with no trouble. Remove the skin and seeds. Proceed to consume its juicy flesh.
Litchi Fruit Side effects:
The powdered version of lychee seeds has immense health benefits. But consumption of the seed may cause side effects like bad digestive system.
We have covered everything about Lychee Benefits and beyond. So include this wonderful fruit into your diet if you haven't yet.
Hope this article was informative for you. Write in your opinions or feedback in the comment box below.
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BIENNALE 7
TAKING A STANCE
RESIDENCY PROGRAMM
ORGANISATION PRODUCTION
PARTNERS - SUPPORT - COLLABORATION
MAIN EXHIBITION
PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL
TALKS CONFERENCES
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7th THESSALONIKI BIENNALE OF CONTEMPORARY ART "STASIS / Taking a stance" October 12, 2019 - February 16, 2020
12.10.2019 PRESS RELEASE THESSALONIKI BIENNALE 2019
Opening: Saturday, October 12, 2019, 20:00, MOMus-Museum of Contemporary Art-Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art and State Museum of Contemporary Art Collections (TIF-HELEXPO premises), Thessaloniki
STASIS is a term with multiple connotations in Greek: depending on the context, it can refer to stillness, to a person's standpoint or stance, or simply to making a stop. In this case, the audience is invited to make a stop at the 7th Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art; a stop at the first Biennale organized by the Metropolitan Organisation of Museums of Visual Arts of Thessaloniki-MOMus; a stop at the artworks contributed by more than 50 international and Greek artists; a stop at the perspective proposed by Biennale's 11 curators; finally, a stop at the seven different locations hosting the exhibition, six in Thessaloniki and one in Athens.
STASIS is the core theme of this year's edition of the Biennale, which celebrates twelve years of active involvement in the Greek and international art scene. The Biennale is ready to welcome everyone interested in its proposition, which is summarized by its curators thus: "a historical overview of the self, the world and life through art stances and artworks. With their questioning or enthusiasm, resistance or subversion, poeticness or realism, imagination or critical approach of reality, their probing or inventiveness, artists seek alternative viewpoints of the past, present and future world, reconstructing it in the process".
True to its long-established international character with artists originating from Brazil to Australia, and to its extrovert philosophy and belief in the value of joining forces, "engrafting" its own team with outside curators, determined to expand its geographical horizons by going beyond Thessaloniki with one section travelling to Athens and the MOMus- Museum Alex Mylona, the 7th Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art proves it does not fear experimentation and has not been dispirited by obstacles, boldly undertaking new paths, always ready to face novel challenges.
The 7th Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art, titled "Stasis / Taking a Stance", is organized by MOMus and implemented by MOMus-Museum of Contemporary Art-Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art and State Museum of Contemporary Art Collections. It will be held from 12 October 2019 until 16 February 2020.
The Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art is financed by Greece and the European Union (European Regional Development Fund).
Opening: Saturday, October 12, 2019, 20:00, MOMus-Museum of Contemporary Art - Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art and State Museum of Contemporary Art Collections (TIF-HELEXPO premises), Thessaloniki
On October 12, 2019 the main exhibition venues will remain open to the audience free of charge.
Andreas Takis, chairman of the MOMus Board of Administration, noted at the press conference presenting the seventh edition of the Biennale: "The 7th Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art is the first edition of the event organised by MOMus, a unique museum organisation in Greece. The establishment of MOMus testifies to the significance of synergies and collaborations among cultural organisations, while its existence and activity reaffirm Thessaloniki's prominent position in the cultural map not only of Greece, but of Europe as a whole".
Maria Tsantsanoglou, acting general director of MOMus & director of MOMUS-Contemporary Art Museum-Costakis Collections said: "The Biennale is not an impersonal institution, one "born" out of a machine. It is the outcome of teamwork involving a number of people, who - armed with resilience, patience and love for contemporary art - fight against adversities and problems to maintain sometimes neglected contemporary Culture at its rightful place. It is truly an important moment for all of us, who have been here since the first Biennale 12 years ago, to see this institution grow and come under the umbrella of MOMus, this new, dynamic and robust museum organization. We believe that this development will help the Biennale stay on course, spread its wings and embark on even more ambitious flights and explorations".
Syrago Tsiara, acting director of MOMus-Museum of Contemporary Art-Collections of Macedonian Contemporary Art & State Museum Collection of Contemporary & director & member of the curatorial team of the 7th Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art, focused on the thematic axis of the Biennale: "Stasis is a term with multiple meanings, that encapsulates many of the concerns of the curatorial team of the 7th Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art. We opted for the concept of stasis that means having time to calmly reexamine contemporary art, breaking with the dominant form of market-oriented spectacles and sensationalism. We propose a Stasis, with our eyes fixed on the present, but without ignoring the continuities, ruptures and reversals of History, which collectively shape our present experience".
Director: Syrago Tsiara
Curatorial Team: Louisa Avgita, Domna Gounari, Panagis Koutsokostas, Areti Leopoulou, Theodore Markoglou, Thouli Misirloglou, Hercules Papaioannou, Eirini Papakonstantinou, Katerina Syroglou, Maria Tsantsanoglou, Syrago Tsiara
For the whole length of the exhibition (12.10.2019-16.02.2020), the 7th Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art will be comprised of a main exhibition, the Thessaloniki Performance Festival, complemented by a rich parallel program that includes lectures, conferences and seminars, as well as projects, masterclasses, guided tours for the audience and educational programs for children.
The full program will be announced at the Biennale's website: www.thessalonikibiennale.gr.
Main exhibition ǀ 'STASIS / Taking a stance' October 12, 2019-February 16, 2020
Artists (in alphabetical order): Αljoscha, Jonathas de Andrade, Art Workers' Coalition, Helene Black, micha cárdenas, Pantelis Chandris, Maria Choulaki, Tacita Dean, Thomas Demand, Yiorgos Depollas, Diohandi, Ioannis (Yannis) Faitakis, Harun Farocki, Joan Fontcuberta, Thalia Gatzouli, Jakob Gautel & Jason Karaϊndros, Julian Germain - Ashington District Star editorial team, Julian Germain - Patricia Azevedo - Murilo Godoy - street dwellers of Belo Horizonte, Johan Grimonprez, Minna Henriksson, Hypercomf, Athina Ioannou, Kalos&Klio, Aris Katsilakis, Gustav Klutsis, Jannis Kounellis, Nicolas Kozakis & Raoul Vaneigem, Maria Loizidou, Zois Loumakis, Christien Meindertsma, Petros Moris, Paola Palavidi, Apostolos Palavrakis, Yiannis Pantelidis, Irene Pȁtzug - Valentin Hertweck, Claudio Pérez, Vangelis Pliarides, Vassilis Salpistis, Kyrillos Sarris, Jonas Staal, Stelarc, SUPERFLEX, A. Tassos, Tania Tsiridou, Vangelis Vlahos, Dimitris Zouroudis
MOMus-Museum of Modern Art-Costakis collection (Moni Lazariston)
MOMus-Museum of Contemporary Art-Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art and State Museum of Contemporary Art collections (TIF-HELEXPO premises)
MOMus-Thessaloniki Museum of Photography (Warehouse A', port)
MOMus-Experimental Center for the Arts (Warehouse B1, port)
MOMus-Museum Alex Mylona (Agion Asomaton Square, Thissio, Athens)
Alatza Imaret (Thessaloniki)
Thessaloniki Concert Hall (Thessaloniki)
**On October 12, 2019, all venues are open to the public with free entrance
October 13, 2019, 11:00-14:00
Participating artists in the main exhibition of the 7th Thessaloniki Biennale discuss their work in a series of back2back presentations.
Vangelis Vlahos, Thalia Gatzouli, Minna Henriksson, Athina Ioannou, Jakob Gautel & Jason Karaϊndros, Maria Loizidou, Petros Moris, Vangelis Pliarides, Vassilis Salpistis, Tania Tsiridou, Maria Choulaki
Amphitheater "Xanthippe Heupel", MOMus-Museum of Contemporary Art-Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art and State Museum of Contemporary Art collections (TIF-HELEXPO premises)
Thessaloniki Performance Festival
Thessaloniki Performance Festival of the 7th Thessaloniki Biennale once again highlights the way in which we experience art through our own experience and interaction. The body in its purest, honest, selfless and extrovert way of expression explores territories where aesthetics and its varied manifestations, contemporary sociopolitical issues, human ethics, collective and personal conflicts, and the urgent need of artists for a direct and interventional dialogue find common ground.
This year's performance festival pays tribute to Stelarc, an artist who has dedicated his research to the expansion of the capabilities of the human body. A series of works by the artist will be presented at MOMus-Experimental Center for the Arts (Warehouse B1-port) throughout the duration of the Biennale. On Thursday, October 17, 2019, the artist will talk about his work in an open session titled 'Meat, Metal & Code: The Cavader, the Comatose and the Chimera' at MOMus-Museum of Contemporary Art (TIF-HELEXPO premises), at 20:00. The speech will be delivered in English; no interpretation will be available. Supported by 54th Dimitria Festival / City of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki Performance Festival artists (in alphabetical order): Andrigo & Aliprandi, micha cárdenas, Sam Hultin, Natasha Papadopoulou, Marcel Sparman. Honored artist: Stelarc
October 17, Stelarc, 'Meat, metal, code: The cavader, the comatose and the chimera, MOMus-Museum of Contemporary Art-Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art and State Museum of Contemporary Art collections, Egnatia str 154 (TIF-HELEXPO premises), 20:00-21:30.
The speech will be held in English, no interpretation. Supported by 54th Dimitria Festival / City of Thessaloniki
October 18, Natasha Papadopoulou, The Anastasia Method, MOMus-Experimental Center for the Arts (Warehouse B1, port), 18:30-19:30
October 19, Marcel Sparmann, We will always have Rome, MOMus-Experimental Center for the Arts (Warehouse B1, port), 21:00-22:30
October 20, micha cárdenas, Sin Sol, Breathe, ΜΟMus-Thessaloniki Museum of Photography (Warehouse A', port), 20:00-20:30
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A large group of 45 scouts from San Juan County are among the 30,000 scouts from across the country who are busy enjoying the National Boy Scout Jamboree in West Virginia. After the jamboree, the group will tour sites along the East Coast. See more photos at sjrnews.com.


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Q: JAVA Get & Set methods with calculations new to Java and trying to set up get and set methods. Although one I need to do as calculation based off getSalary() multiplied by getMonths() to get a Year to Date total.
I haven't been able to find out if calculations are possible in get or set methods or I may just be such a newbie I have it in the wrong place.
public class Employee_v2
{
    //Instance variables
    private String first_name;
    private String last_name;
    private double salary;
    private int months;
    final double increase= 0.25;
    private double year_to_date;

    public Employee_v2()
    {
    //fill in the code to set default values to the instance variables
        first_name="";
        last_name="";
        salary= 0.0;
        months= 0;
    }

    //Constructor initializing instance variables with arguments
    public Employee_v2(String f, String l, Double sal, int mo)
    {
        first_name = f;
        last_name = l;
        salary = sal;
        months = mo;
    }

//set arguments
    public void setFirst(String f)
    {
        first_name = f;
    }
    public void setLast (String l)
    {
        last_name = l;
    }
    public void setSalary (double sal)
    {
        salary = sal;
    }
    public void setMonths (int mo)
    {
        months = mo;
    }
    public void setYtdSalary ()
    {
        double yearToDateSal;
        yearToDateSal = getSalary() * getMonths();
    }

//get arguments
    public String getFirst()
    {
        return first_name;
    }

   public String getLast()
    {
        return last_name;
    }

   public double getSalary()
    {
        return salary;
    }

   public int getMonths()
   {
        return months;
   }

   public double getYtdSalary()
   {
        return yearToDateSal;
   }

//DISPLAY

   public void displayEmployee()
   {
       //display the name and salary of both Employee objects
       System.out.println("Employee first name: "  + getFirst());
       System.out.println("Employee last name: " + getLast());
       System.out.printf("Employee salary: $%.2f\n", getSalary());

       //complete the code
       System.out.println("-------------------------------");

       //Determine the year to date salary for both employee
       System.out.printf(getFirst() + "'s salary:  $%.2f\n", getSalary());

       // System.out.println(jas.getSalary());
       System.out.printf("Year to date salary: $%.2f\n", getYtdSalary());

       //set and display salary with increase
       setSalary(getSalary()+ getSalary()*increase);
       System.out.printf("New Salary: $%.2f\n", getSalary());

       System.out.println();
       System.out.println();
   }//end method
}//end Class

A: Calculation are possible in getter and setter.  I would do something like this:
public double getYtdSalary(){
   double ytd = 0;
   ytd = months * salary;
   return ytd;
}

Like this you can calculate the year to date on the fly and is always accurate data. For example if you called the setMonths method you would also have to call the setYtdSalary before calling the getYtdSalary.
Also there is no need to call your getters in your class to access your private variables.
I would also suggest using Javadoc comment in your classes as they make it easier to understand what the methods do.

A: to answer your question: yes it is possible to do calculations
this is also needed in many places, as the main reason to use get and set methods is so you can check or manipulate the values before setting them in your class
I guess your Code will Crash on the printing of the year to date Salary, because the variable yearToDateSal is only valid in the Scope of your set Method.
public void setYtdSalary ()
{
    double yearToDateSal;
    yearToDateSal = getSalary() * getMonths();
}

you should declare your YearToDateSal variable in the beginning of the class, i.e. rigth after
final double increase= 0.25;
private double year_to_date;
private double yearToDateSal;

and in your setYtdSalary() remove the declaration of yearToDateSal;
this way you should be fine :)

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34 AFLOAT.com.au December 2015 The host ports put on various activities for the visiting sailors such as sports challenges, crews and the crew party. The crew parade has a range of participants, from the military ships all in uniform and marching, to other ships dressed as pirates, 'dead anting' in the middle of the road. I was watching the parade in Kristiansand and stood next to a Norwegian family with three very attractive teenage daughters. A contingent from one of the Russian military ships marched by with fairly doleful young men in very large naval hats. As each young man went past the girls, their eyes went from the girls head to their feet and back to the head again. This was apart from the very last young man who made a heart out of his two index fingers and thumbs put it over his chest and gave the girls the biggest smile you have ever seen – classic! The crew party caters for around 2,500 mostly young sailors. There were drinks and food and music. From my more mature point of view, the music was loud and not particularly good. However, the young audience lapped it up and it was truly a melting pot of nationalities, religions and cultures. I had the most wonderful time racing and at these events and I encourage all those interested in tall ships to try to join one of the races in the future. If you are a young person, there are bursaries available from STI to help offset the cost of joining in one of these races. The 2016 Tall Ships races are scheduled to start in Antwerp in July sailing to Lisbon, then from Cadiz to La Coruna. In late August as part of the 2016 North Sea Tall Ships Regatta, the race will be from Blyth (Northumberland, UK) to Gothenburg in Sweden. One of the shore highlights will be a dinner at Alnwick Castle near Blyth, probably better known as Harry Potter's Hogwarts. If going to Europe is too far, most Australian capital cities have Tall Ships that you can volunteer to sail on, see ships operators at <www.sailtrainingaustralia. com> Statsraad Lehmkuhl (Norway) with Mir (Russia) aft and Stad Amsterdam (Netherlands) right. Statsraad Lehmkuhl is a three-masted steel barque, built in 1914 in Bremerhaven, Germany as a training ship for the German merchant navy and originally called Grossherzog Friedrich August. She was used as a stationary school ship in Germany for most of the First World War, becoming a trophy of war at the end of the war. She was bought by the Norwegian Shipowners Association in 1923 at the instigation of Kristofer Lehmkuhl after whom the ship was named, in order to further sail training in Norway.


Only people on phones, instead of shaking hands.
While life on the outside moves slower than ours.
Everyday on my way to work, all I see are people in a hurry to get to their 9 to 5's. Stuck in traffic jams, running after buses or cars. They have just one purpose - to get to where they need to be, regardless of the people around them and how different their version of life is. It makes me realise sometimes that there's more to our lives than the three walls of a cubicle, or the four walls of an office. When I was a kid, I dreamed of more than being walled up in an office. I dreamed of travelling, sharing my creativity with the world and making the people I meet along the way a part of my world as well. I know we all have our dreams. Mine are coming true ... I hope yours do too.


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Chef Francesco Mannelli's seven dishes you must try.
This hearty winter soup is one of the oldest Florentine recipes. The name Ribollita means "twice cooked" because it should be prepared a day in advance and then boiled again before serving.
Our T-bone steak comes from the Chianina cow, an ancient Tuscan beef breed and one of the world's largest in terms of size.


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Big Racism Everywhere: a haunting from late 1970s Shaker Heights
In February 1970, we moved from deep in the city of Chicago to Shaker Heights, Ohio, the Cleveland suburb legendary for wealth and beauty as well as the social experiment of integration. My brother and I participated in a "voluntary" bussing program to one of the "black" elementary schools in this midwest bastion of prosperity and progressive local politics. If the black-and-white photo my folks saved does not lie, our family was featured on national television to discuss our participation in racial integration.
Fifty years later, in mid-March 2020, the dramatic miniseries Little Fires Everywhere dropped on Hulu, the same week Breonna Taylor was murdered by cops in her apartment in Louisville, Kentucky. The show takes place in Shaker in the 1990s; we left in 1982, for the Detroit suburb that reminded us most of Shaker. According to Wikipedia, Shaker Heights is 55% white and 37% African American, and the median income is $76,000.
My wife and I followed Little Fires faithfully, as each episode dropped and messed with my memories about Shaker, and truthfully, messed with my messed up liberal-radical nostalgia. My heart hurts for the hope that my family's engagement in white anti-racism fed me as a child, just as I am longing for those fifth or sixth grade lunch parties where I got introduced to Funkadelic, Kraftwerk, and the Sugar Hill Gang.
I am longing for those sleepovers with the junk food that was always absent at my house, for the appreciation of the NBA that is with me to this day. Being at the integrated school where most of my guy friends were black, this took me into homes and worlds and social spaces that I have honored and internalized ever since. But the spring and summer of 2020 destroyed a part of that inner nostalgic longing, and hope for genuine racial reconciliation seems as far away today as ever.
On the miniseries, Reese Witherspoon portrays well-to-do working mother Elena Richardson. In preparation for this essay, I tried to watch the show again. I could not finish even one episode. I am finding Elena so cringe-worthy and wrong; somehow Elena and the rest of us are unworthy of the evasive vulnerability of Kerry Washington's Mia Warren and definitely not ready for the sincerity of Lexi Underwood's Pearl Warren. The teenage characters in the show don't understand the burden that being from Shaker will be on the rest of their lives. The world that murders Breonna Taylor the same week that this show drops does not fit our internal myth of Shaker either. The world of racial peace and justice we imagine that we were promised still eludes us.
On one of many trips to Atlanta to see music, this time it was an Arcade Fire show back in 2017, I was struck crazy by a disturbing memory from 1978. I was only ten-years-old in 1978.
From Cleveland Plain Dealer Archives
The Plain Dealer described this setting as a "posh, picture book setting...where murder seems as foreign a concept as poverty."
I contacted a handful of friends from Shaker, not a single one remembered the incident that haunted me. My older brother did, my mother did not. Did it even happen? This was horrifying then, it is perhaps even more harrowing writing about it now, in light of current events, but I feel like now I must, because it has haunted me for my entire life.
Repeatedly freaked by the whole haunting, I finally paid real money to access the microfilm archives of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. To do such a sleuthy research jag, I was channeling my best Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford, portraying Bernstein and Woodward in All The President's Men. Or perhaps I was channeling some of the real-crime mini-series shows that my sweetie has taught me to binge.
By the spring of 1978, we had recently upgraded our home to a house with this ten-year-old's dream: a circular staircase and an indoor pool. That was definitely the Shaker dream and scene of many pool parties for my awkwardly ten, then tween, and then teen self, until we departed for Detroit, the summer after 8th grade. In this home, I would look at my first Playboy and learn to love the Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, and Bob Dylan.
But back in May of 1978, I was only finishing 4th grade. That year I was writing postmodern novels longhand in my spiral notebooks; that is, when I wasn't curating football and basketball and wiffle ball leagues with all my friends. Of course, I would not know the term postmodern until the mid 1990s as an English major at Wayne State, but these drafts always had elements of the avant garde, like a talking lobster, or collaged-in characters and themes from pop culture, whether Pippi Longstocking or Planet of the Apes.
While I was supposed to take the bus home after school each day, on beautiful days, I would miss the afternoon ride on purpose and walk north instead, traipsing along in my Keds and Toughskins and lost in my mind for the glorious 8/10th of a mile on the Lee Road sidewalk. There were no cell phones then, and I doubt the school even knew about my frequent walks or called my Mom to let her know I wasn't on the bus. This I consider one of the many glories of the pre-digital less-paranoid days, when children were not so closely supervised or tethered. This freedom can be seen in a movie like Stand By Me or a series like Stranger Things. And as those shows or this story will reveal, this did not mean we were any more safe.
It was a perfect spring day I am sure. And in May, the conclusion of the academic year was so close we could taste it. We could sense in our bones, whatever summer would bring: laziness, beaches, baseball, and of course, rollercoaster rides at Cedar Point. Songs you might associate with those times include "Only The Good Die Young" by Billy Joel or "Stayin' Alive" by the Bee Gees; I remain partial to the fact that I was just as likely to be listening to "The Robots" by Kraftwerk, which I even owned on vinyl.
By the end of the year, I would be dancing to "Le Freak" at Christmas, with my cousins from Philadelphia and Minneapolis. And only a year earlier, my music teacher at school had suggested "Brick House" (apparently, she was not thinking about the age-inappropriate lyrics), as a better track to teach me to follow the beat, than my brother's metallic anthems by KISS.
Yes, I was the white kid at Moreland, a predominantly black school, the white kid who had no sense of rhythm, so much that it was a topic at the parent-teacher conference. This would be too tacky to say, if it were not the truth. And there's no home movie footage of nine-or-ten-year-old me getting down to "Brick House" in the family bungalow. Another of the untold blessings of coming from the 70s, from the faded, molding, in-storage photo albums of the pre-Facebook era.
A block from my swimming-pool middle-school party pad, were a row of mansions, whose back patios opened up to Green Lake, known to a younger me as "The Duck Pond," just west of the Country Club's well-manicured fairways. I remember sitting there at the lake some afternoons with a 7th grade crush, just talking about feelings and music and books. Parallel to Lee Road was an alley that connected the lake's Parkland Drive to South Woodland, the thoroughfare with the mansions, and the alley was known as a "Lover's Lane."
The Plain Dealer described this setting as a "posh, picture book setting . . . where murder seems as foreign a concept as poverty." From the outflow spillway from Green Lake, the water flowed under Lover's Lane, and then under Lee Road to feed a creek, to feed another picturesque lake, surrounded by more Shaker mansions. At this location, on the long Thanksgiving weekend of 1977, a 13-year old white boy murdered a 15-year-old black boy, it is perhaps believed, at a party. And the victim's body was stuffed into this gorge, spillway, manhole, what-have-you, between Green Lake and Lee Road.
And then again on my walk home that May 1978 afternoon, police cars and other emergency vehicles clogged Lee Road. Such a scenario startles us as adults. I cannot imagine how intense it was that day when I was ten, but that I still remember it at 53, that says a lot.
A teenager had been missing for that many months. The county coroner "said the boy was identified from dental charts and the remains of clothing he had been wearing. . . . [T]he youth was shot in the right shoulder and the chest and . . . the chest wound was the cause of death."
The victim was Jerry Parchia. The names of the perpetrators were never shared in all the articles I could find. The Shaker police chief finally sought Parchia's remains after following a tip, described as "the most bizarre story you ever heard." What is bizarre is that close to a majority of the middle school students of a certain set (we called it "junior high" in those days), all knew about the crime for all those intervening months. And they kept it quiet. Did they keep it quiet or did they not even think to report it or worse, not care, or did they simply close ranks?
A Plain Dealer article two years later linked the crime to a chronic pot problem in the Shaker community. While that may be true, it does not distance the crime from the racism I know was there. The pot problem itself was linked to systemic and institutional racism, as well as the suburban alienation a local pediatrician described when she depicted teens as listless and addicted and without dreams or desires. A teenager told the doctor "that about 100 teen-agers had known where the body was for months, and that after pot parties at night, kids would go to the manhole and shine a flashlight down on the decomposing corpse." That complicity cannot be written off as merely a pot problem. It needs to be addressed as a systemic race issue, where 100 (mostly? all?) white teenagers did not report the crime, for whatever reason. Would they have reported if the victim had been white?
About 100 teenagers had known where the body was for months and after pot parties at night, kids would go tho the manhole and shine a flashlight down on the decomposing corpse.
The murderer and his sibling accomplice lived in one of the mansions adjacent the lake. They were sent off to juvenile detention and probably drug/alcohol/mental health treatment. We probably knew their first and last names at the time, and I met their mother, because that house was on my paper route for about a year around 1980, and I am sure I believe that the house was haunted. It terrified me to deliver their morning Plain Dealer, and it terrified me to collect their unbelievably modest subscription fees on my occasional door-to-door ask.
About teenage paper routes: it still amazes me that I was ever responsible enough to do all that math with someone else's money, as if I were ever as responsible with numbers as I was then. I still fancied liking math then. It wasn't a hustle but a job. The mythic first job in the mythic community of racial progress, where I was haunted by this most bizarre murder, that I always understood, without saying so, as a hate crime.
In the integrated, progressive utopia where I learned about the Commodores and Martin Luther King, two teenage white kids murdered a black kid and then shared peeks at his decomposing body as a party favor. For months on end. And the witnesses to these intoxicated corpse-showings kept their sick secret in confidence. My brother recalled that some of the stories that circulated later in the school were impolite jokes. Jerry Parchia's last name was pronounced "Par-shay," and my brother remembers kids referring to the remains at the "Parchia parfait."
I am not sure we can only blame the marijuana, the mental health issues, or maybe even the father or mother from whom I collected nominal fees for a morning paper home delivery, can we? Maybe the teenage murderer was a sociopath, but what of all the kids who saw the body and didn't bother to tell parents or teachers or police? What about the other kids who heard the rumors from the kids who saw the body? They couldn't all be stoned sociopaths, could they?
We can't say this wouldn't happen today. We can't even say we are making progress away from a world like that.
I remember when Sinead O'Connor sang, "England's not the mythical land of Madame George and roses/
It's the home of police who kill blacks boys on mopeds." I remember when KRS-One begged "Stop The Violence," when Public Enemy spit "Fight The Power," when NWA rapped "Fuck Tha Police." Now we chant: "I Can't Breathe." England is not a mythical land, and neither is America. Neither is Shaker Heights.
And I also remember when an anti-BLM militia-motivated teenage killer named Kyle Rittenhouse got bailed out of the youth joint before his trial, and now, you can buy a "Free Kyle" t-shirt online from multiple vendors, in multiple sizes, and in multiple styles, all with an American flag theme.
Today, in the winter that followed the summer of rebellions after the murder of George Floyd, some well-meaning white folks, not unlike those of us writing this 'zine, are reading anti-racist books, taking anti-racist trainings, attending anti-racist Zoom discussions. But other white folks retain the Candace Owens rationalizations that they received this summer, all the whatabout-ism, all the changing-of-the-subject. Does it matter which group of white folks we are in, if the world (and its underlying conditions), if the world that murdered Ahmaud Arbury marches on?
Two teenage white kids murdered a black kid and then shared peeks at his decomposing body as a party favor.
When Ordinary Space started, I wrote about the murder of Meredith Hunter at Altamont in light of white counterculture's ongoing complicity in rock's underlying racism. Today, I would like to say something profound about liberal progressive municipal experiments like Shaker Heights or about the critique of Shaker Heights found in the television adaptation of Celeste Ng's novel Little Fires Everywhere. Profundity escapes me. I don't want or need to be correct or even to understand. I could barely muster the words already shared about the murder of Jerry Parchia, but all these narratives, musical, fictional, and historical, are connected.
Whether we have participated in anti-racist trainings or not, simply saying we white folks "still have work to do" just seems so tepid, so many versions of too late. If beloved child of God is an identity worth honoring, if the Beloved Community inaugurated by Jesus, by prophetic voices Christian and otherwise, if that reign of justice and peace is worth pursuing, then perhaps white privilege and white supremacy are worth admitting and acknowledging, while at the same we wrestle with abandoning any essentialism of cultural righteousness, rooted in the same.
America in every town and city and countryside is a horrible and hypocritical racist place haunted by generations of murderous white people whose disease still spreads; the true demon has yet to be exorcised from our geographical, ideological, theological, and ontological core. True repentance cannot come before the exorcism, not until we name what haunts us and wrestle with why we have been so far so incorrigibly inept to banish it.
—Andrew William Smith
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Jerry had many white friends - well - liked by everyone. The guy that killed him was white but I don't believe it was racially motivated. He tried to kill me once and I am white. He was just plain evil. His brother took the blame because he was underage and could get a light sentence. Jerry turned his back on the wrong person at the wrong time like I did. Many people knew via rumor - but no proof. I don't believe anyone looked at his body as you state outside of the two brothers. It took a while to bring charges - nobody believed the younger brother did it - but again, no proof. The police and prosecutor did the best they could. His loss was felt by the whole community. Rest in peace, Jerry. We love and miss you.
Are You Watching the Watchmen?
Over the last two weeks I have been deep into the first season of Watchmen on HBO. I was given the advice to watch the show and then go back and watch the movie that is the backstory and I followed that advice. Please know this universe created by Alan Moore as a comic book that became a movie has been carried forward by Damon Lindelof so feel free to start here. Watchmen is science fiction showing us our world - reflecting back possibility and problems, issues and influences, and it is scary as you can imagine. And then some. Here is what I can tell you about Watchmen without spoilers: Now is the time to watch this first season. If you heard about the Tulsa Race riots in the media you will get to learn about them in a vivid and indelible way. I am still figuring out what happened in the show and realizing that I need to watch it again. You won't get it as it is happening and that is totally okay. Memory is a tricky thing, as is intergenerational trauma. You have seen brillia
Call for Submissions to Pentecost Issue of Ordinary Space
Calling all artists, authors, creatives, and collaborators! Your ordinary editors ask for your input into the next edition of Ordinary Space #3, due at Pentecost 2019. This will be third installment of our print zine of "creative expression as the intersection of theology, popular culture, and social change." We are particularly interested in pieces that explore how the fire of the season informs your thoughts on death, rebirth, and resurrection, but that is only a starting place. Essays, art, photos, and poetry of any kind will be considered. Please submit by Friday May 17 to ordinaryspacezine@gmail.com


The 2019 population forecast for the City of Wodonga is 42,575, and is forecast to grow to 57,314 by 2036.
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Hey, I've been wrong before. The trio of CBC Monday debuts held their own against the World Junior Hockey Championships semi-final. Little Mosque on the Prairie returned at 8 p.m. with a robust 593,000 viewers, followed by the second season premiere of 18 to Life at 436,000 and the new reality show Village on a Diet at 514,000. Average them all out, well above the Brampton barrier.
This despite the four million plus who watched Canada defeat the United States in the semi. Another 1.5 mil plus caught Russia edge Sweden earlier Monday on TSN.
TSN, by the way, had 60 million-plus audiences in 2010!
Other networks also found viewers Monday night. CTV came second only to the hockey game with No Ordinary Family (1,105,000), Two and a Half Men (1,664,000), Mike & Molly (!, 216,000) and Castle (1,692,000 according to overnight estimates).
Global did 1,369,000 with Hawaii FIVE-0 at 10 p.m. The return of The Bachelor did close to 700,000 on City.
Backing up to New Year's Eve, CBC scored once again with their annual Air Farce special. The comedy salute drew 1,042,000 in overnight estimates Dec. 31 at 8 and picked up another 451,000 revellers at midnight for a 1.5 million total. Ron James New Year's special pulled 923,000 viewers as CBC swept the night.
Any news yet on InSecurity's numbers or will I need to wait a day for that?


Given that the term 'gamification', first coined by Nick Pelling in 2002, originated from online gaming, it is apt to consider what brands and retailers can learn from Massively Multiplayer Online Games ('MMOGs') like World of Warcraft.
These gamers are often known as "Spades" for their tendency to dig around to discover new areas, create maps and learn about hidden places. They often resent being expected to complete a task within a certain time as they want to look around at their own pace. Brands and retailers can accommodate this personality by providing 'hidden eggs', such as more detail and different levels to the shopping game that only the more dedicated players will find and share. Explorers are also more likely to help you choose or co-create a new offer as they will invest more time with you.
This competitive persona loves nothing more than pitting his or her skills against an actual player-controlled opponent, particularly the notoriety of being seen as someone to be "Killed on Sight." Brands and retailers should realise that your Killers are your star referrers and you should pit them against other 'Killers' to win that star prize on the Leaderboard by referring the most new buyers.