A friend recently wrote that this is the "end of the liturgical year." In the readings of Mass and the Breviary, we are given selections from Daniel, Joel, Matthew, and others that call attention to the truth that time, as we know it, will end, and, it seems, not always very pleasantly for everyone.
We are told that time will end at a moment when we least expect it. Women will be working in the fields. There will be marriage and giving in marriage, weeping, and there will be gnashing of teeth. Need we pay any attention to these bizarre accounts? Few if any of us expect this end to fall on Advent or on New Year's Eve. In the book of Joel, the final event is scheduled to happen in the Valley of Jehoshaphat (sometimes identified with the Valley of the Kedron).
This "end time" is pictured not merely as an end, but as a judgment, a word we do not like even though, if we lacked the capacity to judge, we would cease to be human beings endowed with reason and will.
How is it possible that an account can be made of the being and actions of our lives? This "all-knowing" postulates a divine intelligence. A major purpose in denying any deeper consideration of this issue is to avoid facing the suspicion that we are not completely alone. Yet the first intelligence is not part of the universe. The things we are and do make a difference. They are both known and remembered.
We are at first sight tiny, passing beings, but not insignificant beings, none of us. Our significance includes lives that deliberately reject what is right and good. Evil in the universe is not the result of some horrid divine plot, but of a glorious estimation and elevation of the kind of being we are.
At first sight, this approach might seem preposterous. Yet even science and science fiction are full of speculations about making contact with the voices and deeds of past earthly and cosmic dwellers – if our instruments are delicate enough or set in the right direction. Men are reluctant to accept their loneliness and finiteness in the universe. Is such reluctance silly? I suspect not.
Is it possible that an order or plan makes sense of this expectation of the "end time"? If there is, where would we find it? It is at this point that Christian thinking about what its scriptures say on the subject comes into play. In the beginning, as I like to say, God did not create from nothing a cosmic order, then, seeing it sitting out there, wonder what He would do with it.
It is the other way around. What God was initially interested in was not the cosmos. The cosmos as cosmos knows nothing. It may be a product of God's creative intelligence, but it cannot, as it were, "do" what God is. Christian revelation has two basic things to tell us about God, both of these things relate to wonderments of the philosophers pursuing reason as far as it could go.
The first thing we are told is that God is not monolithic. Otherness exists in God. So God does not need the universe to give Him something He lacks. How is this otherness described to us? As a relation of Persons in the being they are. It is best described as love. God "needs" nothing further than himself. Thus, as Plato said, we are the "playthings" of God. This wording is not flippant, but delightful. It is a word that gets us to the essential relationship we have with God, namely that He created us because He first loved us, not because He needed us.
But if this is true, the second part of Christian revelation, the redemption, comes into play. God had to give us an opportunity freely to know and love Him. That is what goes on in this world. It grounds what happens in the cosmos. The "end times" close God's purpose. This is why there must be judgment. What did we do in our time, whenever it was?
Redemption was God's response to our not loving Him, one final effort to enable us freely to see and love the truth. This is why Christian revelation says: "And after this, the Judgment." This is the divine acceptance of our freedom; however we chose to live it.


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Samsung's Exynos processors may never be the same again
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Last updated: October 3rd, 2019 at 12:07 UTC+02:00
Samsung has used its own Exynos processors for flagship smartphones in addition to Qualcomm chips since as far as you may remember. Qualcomm-based variants are sold in limited markets like the United States and China whereas the Exynos variants are distributed across the globe.
The Exynos chips have featured Samsung's custom Mongoose cores for a few years now and while the gap has been narrowed in subsequent generations, the Snapdragon counterpart is generally better at thermal management and battery efficiency. Samsung has reportedly made a major decision that would fundamentally change Exynos processors from here on out.
Future Exynos processors may not have Samsung's custom cores
Multiple reports suggest that Samsung has laid off the entire CPU dev team at its R&D Center in Austin. Founded in 2010, the R&D Center in Texas develops CPUs and system IP. Development for its custom CPU core is believed to have been done there as well.
Samsung has been building its own custom CPU cores based on its version of the ARMv8 architecture. It went this way instead of simply licensing cores from ARM. The Galaxy Note 10's Exynos 9825 features the fourth-generation Mongoose M4 core, which is on the same 7nm node as the Snapdragon's Kryo 485 semi-custom core. The latter outperforms Samsung's solution in multi-core usage scenarios.
Even after four generations, the Mongoose cores haven't been able to match and let alone exceed what Qualcomm was able to achieve with its semi-custom design. So the decision may finally have been made to let this go and focus the efforts and resources elsewhere.
This obviously doesn't mean that Samsung will stop making Exynos processors. The reports mention that Samsung has not laid off the GPU and SoC development teams. It will go the Qualcomm route and simply license standard cores from ARM. Future Exynos SoCs may thus feature off-the-shelf ARM cores with Samsung's custom modem and AI solutions.
Samsung is yet to comment on these reports. We'll update you as and when new information comes in.
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More than ever, employers are finding that employees perform best when they can be their "whole selves" at the workplace. Yet today, one-third of employees still feel that their employer doesn't encourage them to be themselves1 - a significant barrier to worker satisfaction. One way organizations are addressing this challenge is through their approach to the key moments of meaning that arise when work and life overlap. How employers support these meaningful moments with employees is a critical stepping stone to creating a more inclusive and satisfying workplace experience for everyone.
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Taylor Swift 'Bejeweled' Music Video Easter Eggs: 'Speak Now' Clues
It's here! Taylor Swift just released the music video for the song "Bejeweled." Taylor treated all her fans to the fun-filled video, and Swifties were quick enough to find all the "Bejeweled" music video easter eggs in a matter of minutes.
The video came days after Taylor released her record-breaking 10th album, Midnights, on October 21, 2022. "Bejeweled" is the ninth track in both the regular version and the "3 am" version, which includes an extra seven songs released three hours after the main Midnights album. Taylor announced the release of her new album at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards. The album is about "13 sleepless nights" throughout Taylor's life and touches on themes from years past. Since the announcement, she went on her Instagram to talk about the meanings of her new songs from the album. In a video, she got candid about the song "Lavender Haze" which was about the tabloids' effects on her relationship with Joe Alwyn. "I guess theoretically when you're in the lavender haze, you'll do anything to stay there and not let people bring you down off of that cloud," she confessed. "I think a lot of people have to deal with this now, not just like 'public figures,' because we live in the era of social media and if the world finds out that you're in love with somebody, they're going to weigh in on it. My relationship for six years, we've had to dodge weird rumors, tabloid stuff, and we just ignore it. So this song is sort of about the act of ignoring that stuff to protect the real stuff."
In an interview with Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show, Taylor gushed about how much fun she had on the album and making the music video for "Bejeweled." She called Midnights the "first autobiographical album" in a while, since her re-recordings of her versions of Red and Fearless, and her more fairytale and narrative-like albums evermore and folklore. She also reflected on the effect of her fans on her music and her creative projects. "Over the years my fans and I, we have this thing where they tease me a lot and I enjoy it," she said fondly. "One of the things they like to make fun of me for is the cryptic needing to plan things out. I think we've stopped pretending at this point."
In making the music video, Taylor also revealed that she kept the fans in mind and wanted to make "Bejeweled" as fun as possible. "I want to make a video that is just for the fans who like certain things like glitter and easter eggs and lots of little cameos," she explained. "What if we did a little twist on the Cinderella story? What if we shoot for the stars with Oscar-winner Laura Dern for my stepmother?" She and Jimmy then introduced the music video that was released on The Tonight Show at midnight with a "psychotic amount" of easter eggs that filled a whole "PDF."
Read on to see who stars in and all the easter eggs included in Taylor Swift's "Bejeweled" music video.
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Who's in Taylor Swift's "Bejeweled" music video cast?
Taylor Swift as House Wench Taylor
Laura Dern as Stepmommy
Este Haim as Lady Este
Alana Haim as Lady Alana
Danielle Haim as Lady Danielle
Dita Von Tesse as Fairy Goddess
Pat McGrath as Queen Pat
Jack Antonoff as Prince Jack
"Bejeweled" Easter Egg: "Speak Not" = Speak Now
Image: Taylor Swift/YouTube.
Taylor had a lot up her sleeve in making the details of the "Bejeweled" music video revolve around her third album Speak Now. The intro of the music video includes the song "Enchanted" from the 2010 album. In the dialogue between Stepmommy and House Wench Taylor, Stepmommy loudly says "Speak Not" which might hint toward a rerecording of the third album soon. To make matters even more interesting, the video was released on the 12th anniversary of the album's release.
"Bejeweled" Easter Egg: The number 3 also = Speak Now
Image: Taylor Swift/Youtube
Eagle-eyed fans also saw more subtle references to the album Speak Now, which is Taylor's third album. The motif of "3" pops up throughout the video in various places, making fans believe that Taylor's Version of Speak Now will be the next in her re-records. The video starts out with House Wench Taylor's three stepsisters, played by Este, Alana and Danielle Haim, mocking her. It could be the fact that Haim consists of three sisters and Taylor didn't want to leave any of the band out, but many fans saw this as a substitute for the two stepsisters in Cinderella, and the number three was more than intentional.
In the elevator scene of the music video, fans saw that the buttons of the elevator corresponded to each color of Taylor's albums. Specifically, House Wench Taylor pushed the three button which has a purple color—the same as Speak Now. Fans also saw that on her exile watch, it starts on the number three. The video also included three dragons, which might reference the song "Long Live" from the third album with the lyrics: "I had the time of my life, fighting dragons with you." At the end of the video, she sits on a clock…with you guessed it, the numbers landed on 3 am. The ending credits of the music video also include three dots, or ellipses, between the cast and characters, with the song "Long Live" playing in the background.
"Bejeweled" Easter Egg: 1989 Dress
Fans kept a close eye on which floors Taylor landed on after she exited the elevator. Instead of going on the third floor, she ended up briefly going on the fifth floor which corresponded with the album 1989 and she wore an outfit that strikes back a memory from the "Wildest Dreams" music video.
"Bejeweled" Easter Egg: Midnights Colors
Fans also saw the color scheme of the costumes to correspond to Taylor's album variants of her latest album. The evil stepsisters played by the Haim sisters all wore dresses that were color coordinated and corresponded to the different album versions of Midnights. In a different scene when Taylor is riding the elevator up on the castle, there is a blood-red moon in the background which represents the Blood Red Moon version of Midnights.
"Bejeweled" Easter Egg: Speak Now & Reputation Tour Outfits
Fans spotted that the various outfits that Taylor wears throughout "Bejeweled" reflect back on her older outfits that she wore on her Speak Now and Reputation tours. Fans said that the black bejeweled dress looked like her infamous black glammed-out dress on her Reputation Tour. At the end of the video, she also throws it back to an outfit and a scene from her Speak Now tours where she's on a balcony.
"Bejeweled" Easter Eggs: Speak Now initials
It's not a "Bejeweled" Easter Eggs article without examining Blondie's jewels! Throughout her whole transformation process, Taylor wears a lot of glam and colorful jewels. The colorful jewels do represent each of her albums, and she even wears a hair clip with the initials SN which heavily represents Speak Now. But one specific jewel combo made fans figure out the next steps of her re-records. One fan tweeted, "She wears earrings with red stone at the top but a much bigger and shiny jewel at the bottom, signifying leaving the red rerecording era and going into the speak now re-recording era?"
"Bejeweled" Easter Egg: Zoë Kravitz & Sam Dew's cameos
In a scene featuring Queen Pat played by the makeup queen herself Pat McGrath, two portraits of Taylor's friends and co-writers of Midnights could be seen behind her. Zoë Kravitz, who co-wrote "Lavender Haze" is seen to the left of Queen Pat, and Sam Dew who produced the opening song is seen to the right of her. Sam Dew is also in a band called Red Hearse with long-time Taylor collaborator and producer Jack Antonoff, who also stars as the Prince in the music video.
"Bejeweled" Easter Egg: "I'm Gonna Be Hungover" by Haim
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At the end of the intro, the evil stepsisters, played by Alana, Este and Danielle Haim, taunt House Wench Taylor when they're off to the ball. They call Taylor a "snake" (a heavily used phrase from her Reputation era) and tell her to have fun being "exiled" (a song from folklore). They sing off with a jaunty tune, "I'm Gonna Be Hungover" which actually comes from Haim's viral TikTok where they sing the same exact thing.
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"Losing weight and getting fitter motivated me to change my career and aim to do something I've always wanted and last month I achieved it, starting my new job as an auxiliary nurse at the Queens Medical Centre. I'll miss the Rapid Response team but I'm looking forward to a new challenge and I'm sure I'll still see my old colleagues regularly.
I've recently completed four intense weeks of training for my new role, which were really full on and meant that I wasn't able to get to classes and swimming at Clifton Leisure Centre as often as I did before, but I still managed to take some time to exercise as I know how much it helps me relax during busy or stressful times in my life.
My hubby and I have just got back from a wonderful holiday in Greece which I have to admit has been "diet free" so I have gained a few pounds, but I know I need to re-focus and get back on both my healthy eating and exercise regime and have already booked 10 different classes already, starting Friday.
I'm aiming for those few extra pounds to be gone before I take part in this year's Pretty Muddy Race for Life, in September as an Active Nottingham Muddy Maiden with 199 other leisure Centre customers and staff. There's still places if you'd like to join me?
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Hasan Huseynli's works on seemingly innocuous educational issues, but his case matches others involving rights activists and political dissidents.
Hasan Huseynli, a prominent civil society activist in Azerbaijan's second city of Ganja, has been jailed for six years in what analysts say is the latest sign of a crackdown on independent voices.
Huseynli, who ran an educational charity called Intelligent Citizen in the city of Ganja, about 360 kilometres from Baku, was detained on March 30 and charged with stabbing a man. He has consistenly denied that the alleged incident took place.
His lawyer Elchin Sadiqov says he demonstrated during the trial that the prosecution case was based on falsehoods.
Despite these inconsistencies and unanswered questions, Huseynli was convicted and sentenced on July 16.
Khalid Bagirov, a lawyer from the opposition REAL movement, said the case bore uncanny similarities to several others brought against human rights and political activists.
The United States embassy in Azerbaijan said the charges against Huseynli were "extremely suspect".
Mehman Aliyev, head of the Turan news agency, said the government had consistently tried to throttle independent voices in the 12 years since Ilham Aliyev was first elected president.
IWPR contacted Mikail Zeynalov, deputy head of the Ganja municipal government, to discuss official involvement in pressuring independent NGOs, but he put the phone down on hearing the first question.
Aydin Mirzazade, a member of the ruling Yeni Azerbaijan party's political council, dismissed the very idea that the government was squeezing civil society.
Tural Balabeyli, currently a student in the United States, said that he could not speak English when he first went to the Intelligent Citizen Centre.
Tahmina Tagizade is editor of Meydan TV in Azerbaijan.


Getting communities to be more walkable and bikeable is a national goal from the White House on down, but how you get sidewalk funding?
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The national Safer Routes to School (SRTS) program is currently funneled through the states as part of the Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) administered by FHWA. TAP money for many types of projects that support students walking or bicycling to school is possible–including sidewalk funding.
The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) is currently accepting SRTS grant applications through June 27, 2016, for Garden State municipalities. Other states post their announcements and deadlines at various times throughout the year.
Last year the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) awarded 63 grants totaling nearly $15 million to counties, municipalities and non-profits for bikeways, recreational trails and transportation alternatives programs.
The FHWA Bicycle and Pedestrian Program updates updates a Bicycle and Pedestrian Funding Opportunities chart of USDOT funding sources for all kinds of pedestrian and bike needs, from access enhancements to tunnels.
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Hey there and welcome to the official 1.2.0 announcement. Some of you may have already been notified that we're cancelling the Fire Department update due to the lack of fire sync from the side of MTA:SA, however, today we're quite happy to announce that the upcoming 1.2 update is fully aimed towards the Fire Department!
Unlike the initial plan, the Fire Department itself will not come as a third branch, instead, it'll merge with the medical branch itself. Why? Well, with the Fire Department we've decided that it'd be best that we focus on the way LAFD itself works which has both medical and firefighters under one wing. Due to this decision we will change all of the rank to firefighter ones and add ability to spawn as either medic or firefighter under the medic branch. That also means that the medics itself will be renamed to Fire Department and all of the callouts will be under one branch.
We're sure that the first line of the text on this thread has got you wondering how we managed to overcome the sync issues. The answer is simple, we simply wrote our own fire system which is nowhere near perfect but it also does it's job. The advantage to this is us being able to produce a lot of smoke into the fire itself which adds to the realism as well as the ability for us to update the fire system itself whenever we feel the need to as it's not connected to the game's engine.
Each fire has three effects before it's extinguished, large, medium, small, once you extinguish it you will receive 1 experience point as a reward. Do note that each callout has around 30-40 fires to extinguish which means that alongside the callout experience bonus this branch should no longer feel like a major grind anymore.
The system itself also has a custom made sync which we've already tested with the staff team on the main server and has proved to work perfectly which gave us the green light on the Fire Department system.
In addition to the already stated changes we're happy to also announce that all of the spawn points for the medic will be changed as well. They will be moved on towards custom made Fire Department maps created for us by @Redziczektaki that resemble IRL fire stations with multiple garage entrances. Each map itself will feature a simple gate system that opens the garage doors whenever you come close to them.
Naturally, as always, we're also adding a new fire truck mod made for us by @Nick which features custom lightbars that work with the server's ELS system. Do note that for the best experience with it you'll require to have his TXD hack file installed.
There has also been a polish to the server refresh system, it's been changed to happen every 4 hours instead of 2 and is also less resource demanding and takes less time now, a memory leak that we found inside of it has also been resolved.
It is also in plans to add a system where you'll be able to direct NPCs out of the fire zones as a firefighter, however, since we didn't reach that part yet it is not yet fully confirmed.
The FD will feature various new callouts ranging from: Building Fire, Fire, Forest Fire, Vehicle Fire as well as some other callouts.
Building Fire - As the name itself says, it's a fire located in a building. We've taken the interior system that we already have in the server to it's full use by making enormous building fires with lots of fire located inside and outside of the buildings.
Fire - This will feature different types of fires at different locations, it can be either small, medium or large. Locations can range from just a trash bin on the street all the way to a large park fire in city's parks.
Forest Fire - As the title itself says, fires located in the various forests around San Andreas, usually large.
Vehicle Fire - As the title says.
Will this take as long as the 1.1.0 did?
No, at the time we announced 1.1.0 we were still working on the minor updates for the 1.0 update branch. However, this time, we're already working on the 1.2.0 and a decent amount of progress has been made as well which means that the 1.2.0 update is actually the next update and will take somewhere between one to three weeks.
What will happen with the branch at the main menu on the left?
The branch that's on the left on the main menu will be replaced by the organisation system that will come in the future. Organisation system will feature custom departments / divisions such as SAHP, SWAT, Detectives, etc.
Have a question? Ask it by replying here and we'll respond as soon as possible!
Spray can and tear gas are now functional, big thanks to Zorgman for the idea on how to make it work!
Added new callout: Street Race in Progress. This is the 20th callout in SAPD:FR Online and is only available at one place for now just so we could see if there are any bugs in it that we need to eliminate first, more locations will be added after. Vehicles can be either exotic or sport and have a random chance of spawning modified as well. They'll always make a run for it so make sure you're well prepared because they're not an easy catch with the updated pursuits system!
This weekend we'll be doing yet another and fun PvP pursuits event! Same as before, it starts on Saturday 17 2018 at 21:00 GMT+1 at the San Fierro Police Department HQ, no Discord attendance is required. Crooks get to choose any vehicle they'd like to escape with while player cops assignment is to take them down by destroying their vehicle by any means necessary.
Today we're more than happy to announce that there have been some changes in our High Command staff team, in a good sense that is. As of today @Caracatus1 has been promoted from Head of Helpers to Head of Administration and he's fully in charge of the staff team and @Chico2 has been promoted from Staff Supervisor to Head of Helpers which means that from now on all Helper letters of interests are to be sent to him via Discord DMs, not Caracatus1.
In addition to that we're also happy to announce that @armin4321 has been promoted from Moderator to Administrator (staff supervisor) as well as @goober5198 has been promoted from Moderator to Administrator (no extra roles assigned).
We're more than sure that they're going to do an excellent job in their roles and we also can't wait to see them start!
Updated F9 menu, big thanks to @Nick for this!
This weekend we return with yet another patrol event, this time taking place in Bayside. We figured that patroling in Bayside Area might be fun as some people do like said area but never pay attention to it as nobody is usually around. If you wish to attend please meet up at the Bayside's parking lot located on the south side at Saturday, Feburary 03, 21:00 GMT+1. Just like in every patrol event so far Discord attendance is required, microphone is not.
Seperated each mod into it's own folder category, from now on vehicles will only work if they're placed in the "vehicles" folder, same for skins, weapons, etc.
San Andreas Highway Patrol Organisation is once again happy to announce a SAHP Public Patrol event. The goal for this event is to show players how SAHP usually patrols and possibly attract them in applying to join the organisation. Patrol's jurdisiction will be the entire San Andreas Highway and it'll start on Saturday, January 27, 21:00 GMT+1. If you wish to attend meet up at the SAHP HQ which can be found outside of Angel Pine where the gas station used to be. Discord attendance is required to hear dispatch's callouts but a microphone, however, is not.
Have a question related to Helpers? Ask it by replying here and we'll respond to you as soon as possible.
Staff Team Information / How to become a Helper?
Are you interested in aiding Advanced Gaming with new coming players? Want to become a helper and think you have enough patience to handle all the questions that could potentially be thrown at you?
If so, please make sure that you meet the following requirements and send a letter of interest to @Chico2 preferably through Discord Direct Message or through the Forum PM.
By being a helper you're fully volunteering in your position. Advanced Gaming owes you nothing in return, you will have our respect but will not be treated different than the regular players (by that we mean you are still not allowed to break rules, etc.), you can resign from your position at any time and are not required to be fully active in the servers but an inactivity report would be prefeered.
If you do well you have a chance to become hand picked into the official staff team as a Moderator, however, if you're a staff member in another server you will need to report it in either your letter of interest or after getting accepted into the Helper position, members that are staff members in other communities are not able to progress further from the Moderator position.
Staff team rules may change at any time, you are required to accept all of the rules given to you and also read any of new rules added at any time.
This is a position that requires A LOT of patience, you can have players that are not able to speak English properly and are hard to understand, we expect you to be able to cope with these situations, if not we will have to remove you from the staff team. In addition to that, other staff members are available as a support to you 24/7 and if you do have a question don't be afraid to ask, we're all friendly (hopefully) and are open to helping everyone out.
Do note that some of these rules may seem a bit too much for a role as small as Helper's but the recent changes in the staff structure makes the Helper rank the first one in the staff team before being able to move on towards the Moderator position.
Player pursuits event has proven to be a lot of fun last week but hasn't brought that many people in therefore we decided to give it one more chance! Same as the last event, meet up at the SFPD HQ at Saturday 20, 21:00 GMT+1 and we'll get started, Discord attendance is also not required.
This weekend we're doing something different. We're going to go for a player based pursuits in which the criminals are going to be the players. There's nothing much to say about this, one player will be given a car and the rest are to catch the said players. If you wish to attend just meet up outside the SFPD station and we'll start. Discord attendance on this event is not required.
Angel Pine next to San Fierro is possibly the most ignored department in the server and is also the only department we didn't hold a patrol event at. It's time for us to bring it to at least a little bit of life even if it means just for an hour. Just like all of the previous events Discord attendance is required but microphone is not, it is cruical that you hear the dispatch and you can always respond to the dispatch through in game chat if you don't feel like using a microphone or don't actually own one. To attend just meet up in front of the APSD building on January 06 2018, Saturday at 21:00 GMT+1.


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Nessa pintura, Seurat representa o circo, com toda a sua atmosfera festiva. Na década de 1880, esse tema também foi representado por outros artistas, como Renoir, Degas e Toulouse-Lautrec.

A técnica utilizada pelo artista é o pontilhismo, ou divisionismo, que é caracterizado pelo uso de pequenas pinceladas justapostas que se fundem na visão do observador.  A paleta de cores se resume a quatro cores principais, com seus tons intermediários, em estado puro (ou seja, os tons não eram criados a partir da mistura das tintas na palheta, mas da combinação dos pontos coloridos). Como resultado, predominam no conjunto da obra o amarelo e o violeta, que se complementam.

Segundo registros, o quadro a princípio foi adquirido por Paul Signac, que posteriormente o revendeu ao colecionador de arte norte-americano John Quinn, a partir da promessa de que seria deixado ao Museu do Louvre.

Bibliografia

 Olivar, M., Cien obras maestras de la pintura, Biblioteca Básica Salvat, 1971. ISBN 84-345-7215-X
 Monreal, L., Grandes Museos, Vol. 2, Planeta, 1975. ISBN 84-320-0460-X (obra completa)
 Carrassat, P. F. R., Maestros de la pintura, Spes Editorial, S.L., 2005. ISBN 84-8332-597-7

Pinturas de Georges Seurat
Pinturas de 1890
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Suit jackets are largely thought of as a dressy item, but they don't have to be. It's all about finding the right casual garment to pair it with and I think that one of the best laid-back pieces to pair a jacket with is a good pair of jeans. Their versatility is why jeans are a staple in my wardrobe because you can always dress them up or down depending on your mood or the occasion. When I saw this great classic white pin striped suit I knew I had to have it, but didn't think I'd wear both pieces together. Mixing and matching is definitely more fun! Again, being functional yet versatile is one of my favorite things!
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love the combo between ripped jeans and this jacket!
Awesome look ! I Fell in love with The suit! The red bag gives the outfit a pop of color. Great !
prachtige look, en je foto's zijn ook, zoals altijd, zo mooi! maar dat je kan lopen met die schoenen op die weg. ik zou allebei m'n enkels gebroken hebben haha. Xdiana.
Amazing outfit, so in love with the combo of the elegant blazer and the edgy destroyed jeans! Just PERFECT!
Hi Negin, What a great photography and location.
A chic outfit, love your shoes!
Love the shoes! The bag is cute, and that blazer and top just look really nice and edgy.
Hi Negin, you come to my city, Seville! Sure that here you can take wonderful photos, I recommend the surroundings of the Cathedral, "Plaza de España"and "El barrio de Santa Cruz", I like the beautiful spaces as you do it, so I think that will be of your liking. If you want more information you can tell me. Enjoy it!
Such a great shots, I love this look, especially the bag!


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Quiet before the red carpet storm! Lily James and Matt Smith enjoy a low key outing in New York... ahead of expected appearance at the Met Gala
By Jason Chester for MailOnline
Work commitments were momentarily forgotten on Saturday evening as Lily James and Matt Smith enjoyed a rare public outing in New York City.
The happy couple enjoyed a night out on the Upper East Side ahead of their expected appearance at the annual Met Gala.
In keeping with their low key outing, Lily, 28, sported a casual black top and frayed jeans while strolling arm in arm with her 34-year old boyfriend.
Stepping out: Work commitments were momentarily forgotten on Saturday evening as Lily James and Matt Smith enjoyed a rare public outing in New York City
A grey Burberry mackintosh and simple black loafers added to the look, while limited make-up and a unfussed centre-parted hairstyle reflected the understated nature of her ensemble.
Joining his girlfriend, Matt looked equally relaxed in a blue hooded top and skinny trousers teamed with scuffed black ankle boots.
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Completing his look with a cream Burberry trench, the former Doctor Who star appeared ready for an informal night out in the city – a precursor to their anticipated appearance at the Metrolitan Museum of Modern art on Monday evening.
The theme of this year's Met Gala is Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons, with the focus being on the avant-garde designer's technique with silhouettes, draping and fit.
The 74-year-old Japanese fashion legend is the second ever living designer to be the sole subject of the Met's fashion exhibit since Yves Saint Laurent in 1983.
So happy: Matt and Lily have been together for almost three years
Matt and Lily, who have been together for almost three years, looked delighted to be taking time off together ahead of the event - after both enduring hectic filming schedules recently.
Matt, who first became a household name in 2009 when he replaced David Tennant to become the 11th Doctor Who, recently starred as Prince Philip in Netflix's Golden Globe winning series The Crown.
Meanwhile, Lily notably garnered praise for her turn as Natasha Rostova in the acclaimed BBC adaptation of Tolstoy's War and Peace.
Popular: Matt, who first became a household name in 2009 when he replaced David Tennant to become the 11th Doctor Who, recently starred as Prince Philip in Netflix's Golden Globe winning series The Crown
She has also admitted that she would like to reprise her role as Lady Rose Aldridge (MacClare) in a big screen adaptation of Downton Abbey.
Describing her time playing Lady Rose as 'incredible', she revealed that she missed her costume - in particular the accessories.
However, the actress is next set to star in action thriller Baby Driver later this year, as well as the Winston Churchill movie Darkest Hour and new period drama Guernsey.
Coming soon: Lily is next set to star in action thriller Baby Driver later this year, as well as the Winston Churchill movie Darkest Hour and new period drama Guernsey (pictured)
Lily James and Matt Smith enjoy a outing in New York


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% NIRS data.

%February 2014 by Jan Mehnert (jan@mehnert.org)

% temporarily redefine BTB folders
BTBmemo= BTB;
BTB.RawDir= fullfile(BTB.DataDir, 'demoRaw');
BTB.MatDir= fullfile(BTB.DataDir, 'demoMat');

%% convert NIRx-system data to Matlab format

% define the positions of sources and detectors
% here we use the position of the 5-5-EEG electrode system as defined in Oostenveld R, Praastra P (2001): The five percent electrode system for high-resolution
% EEG and ERP measurements. Clinical Neurophysiology 112 (2001) 713-719
sources= {'Pz','C3','C1','FCz','C2','C4','F1','F2'};
detectors= {'POz','CPP1h','CPP2h','CCP3h','CCP4h','FCC5h','FCC3h','FCC1h','FCC2h','FCC4h','FCC6h','F3','AF1','Fz','AF2','F4'};

% filename of the raw NIRx data
filename= fullfile('VPean_10_07_26', 'NIRS', 'real_movementVPean');

%read the raw data into the new structure, calculate Beer-Lambert
[cnt, mrk, mnt, hdr]= ...
    file_readNIRx(filename, 'LB',1, 'Source',sources, 'Detector',detectors);

% band-pass filter
lp_freq= [1/128 .4];
[b,a]= butter(3, lp_freq/cnt.fs*2);
cnt= proc_filtfilt(cnt, b, a);
% Here we use an acausal filter to avoid phase shifts in the time courses.
% However, this kind of filtering is not possible in online processing.

mrk= mrk_defineClasses(mrk, {1, 2; 'left', 'right'});

grd= sprintf(['C3FCC5h,C3FCC3h,C1FCC3h,C1FCC1h,C2FCC2h,C2FCC4h,C4FCC4h,C4FCC6h\n'...
              'scale,C3CCP3h,C1CCP3h,_,_,C2CCP4h,C4CCP4h,legend']);
mnt= mnt_setGrid(mnt, grd);

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UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN-ANN ARBOR (about 43 miles; ANN ARBOR, MI; Full-time enrollment: 35,684)
EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY (about 48 miles; YPSILANTI, MI; Full-time enrollment: 17,476)
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MICHIGAN CENTER JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 651; Location: 400 S. STATE STREET; Grades: 07 – 12)
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KEICHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 522; Location: 137 BROAD STREET; Grades: 03 – 06)
ARNOLD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 363; Location: 4064 PAGE AVENUE; Grades: PK – 02)
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It is clear that since the 2017 General Election, the political narrative, the overall feeling within the country, has changed. Looking past the never-ending debate about Brexit, something has become clear, and that is that the country is fed up with money being wasted whilst essential services languish.
Hopefully, this will mean that there might finally be some proper scrutiny of HS2 and transparency about what is actually happening with the project, as there is no better example at the moment of a project that is 'For the few'. Simply put, HS2 is a project we don't need, that won't deliver on its' promises, that comes at a massive cost economically and environmentally, that is simply the wrong project and was decided upon without any assessment of whether it was the right thing to do or not, and something which will only benefit the richest in society, with ever increasing costs at a time of cuts everywhere else.
The few HS2 is for is those few who will afford to be able to use it, and those few construction firms headed by the 'High Speed Rail Industry Leaders Group' which have lobbied so hard for it to be built. Originally touted to cost the taxpayer just £15.8bn in 2008, a cut back version of that first proposal now stands officially at £55.6bn (2015 prices), with unofficial estimates putting the cost much higher and which many things that are seen as 'essential' for HS2 to work kept off the books.
Because it has been so heavily lobbied for by the firms that want to build it, HS2 has suffered from the worst possible thing a project can have in the UK, cross-party support. With the construction lobby fabricating a case for the project to suit their own ends, politicians have ignored all the independent scrutiny and happily repeat justifications for the project based on soundbites without substance, simply saying things like HS2 is 'essential', and it is a 'once in a generation opportunity'.
So what is repeatedly touted as the largest infrastructure project in Europe has not had any real scrutiny, let alone the level a project of such scale should have. So when there has been in-depth and continual criticism of the project from the likes of the National Audit Office and pretty much every independent economist, as well as scores of rail professionals and environmentalists, this has simply been dismissed.
All of this is against a backdrop of HS2 being officially the worst project on the Government book, having been rated 'amber-red' five years running in the annual report of the Major Projects Authority (previously IPA), which means the project is in danger of failing, but HS2 Ltd have simply stayed in a constant cycle of saying everything raised in these reports has been sorted out, before the next one rates them as amber-red again.
Government has kept refusing to publish these reports and even when they are forced to by the courts, all the important stuff is redacted. Whatever the type of Government report on HS2, we constantly find that all references to the actual costs and timescales they are working to have been removed on grounds of 'commercial confidentiality', but despite refusing to publish any of these details, Government insist HS2 is 'on time and on budget'.
While Proponents will now say HS2 is about jobs, 'rebalancing the economy' and 'changing the economic geography' of the country, the reality is that HS2 is a Ponzi scheme, designed to make money for the construction giants (including tory donors and union blacklisters) who lobbied for it to be built. In terms of a job creation scheme, it's absolutely terrible. With the official cost at £56bn and there being a forecast of 27,000 construction jobs, that works out as over £2m to create one single job. And many of these won't be 'new' jobs, but people transferring from Crossrail to HS2.
In terms of 'rebalancing the economy' and 'changing the economic geography', this is the perfect example of the fact that the entire case for HS2 has been made up and is being promoted in soundbites by people who know absolutely nothing about HS2; every single piece of international evidence shows exactly the opposite will happen, more economic activity will be drawn to London, and the commuter belt will be extended for those who can afford it. If the object of the exercise is to create economic regeneration in the North of England, the very last thing you would do is build a quicker railway to London, you would spend the money where you want the growth.
About the only other argument for HS2 still standing is that it's needed to release essential capacity for local passengers and freight. While it is impossible to say HS2 won't deliver capacity, but it would deliver it where it is needed least, with the minimum flexibility and interconnectivity, 20 years in the future, at the highest cost both financially and environmentally. The vast majority of rail passengers are not the inter-city business elite, but short-distance commuters who will continue to face crush-hour conditions as HS2 hoovers up the rail infrastructure budget for decades to come, as is already happening with the cancelation of electrification programmes.
Whilst politicians are keen to say 'HS2 will free up capacity', what that means for many towns and cities that are intermediate stops on inter-city routes is losing the trains they currently have. You cannot do one without the other, and there is a requirement for £11bn worth of cuts to existing rail services in the latest HS2 business plan. Like the costs, these projected cuts have doubled since HS2 was first proposed and will most certainly keep going up. Given all these inevitable consequences of HS2, it is amazing that ASLEF & TSSA, rail unions which are very influential in Momentum, cannot think beyond the concept that HS2 is investment in rail, so it must be a good thing.
Politicians have said that if a new railway line is needed, it 'might as well be high speed', because it only costs 10% more. So what they are saying is we 'might as well' spend an £6bn, and 'might as well' have a new railway that won't have intermediate stations, we 'might as well' have a railway that will cost more to run and maintain, we 'might as well' maximise the damage to communities and the environment because it has to go straight, it 'might as well' not connect properly with the rest of the network, and it 'might as well' not carry freight.
Put simply, building HS2 is like building a straighter copy of the M1 from London to Leeds & the M6 to Manchester, charging more to use it, banning all lorries and only having junctions at Birmingham, Crewe, Nottingham & Sheffield.
We have had high speed railways in the UK for 40 years, it's just that they haven't been dedicated solely for high speed, they've been mixed use so we've got the most out of our railways. Duplicating existing railways without even assessing the alternatives is not progress, is closed mindedness as HS2 is a 19th Century solution in a 21st Century world. There are all sorts of current and possible future innovations in travel which will make HS2 look out of date before it is built, by the insanely obvious point is that to have an economy fit for modern times, surely investment in high speed broadband in more urgent. HS2 will require an immense amount of energy due to the speeds involved, and all calculations about the carbon footprint have ignored the embedded carbon from construction, and because of the speeds involved HS2 has to go reasonably straight, maximising the damage to the natural environment. For a sustainable future, instead of getting ever more people to commute ever greater distances, we need to create jobs where people actually live.
Proponents of HS2 will say that it is too late to stop HS2 as it's already being built, but this is another part of the spin. Construction of HS2 is 2 years late, so to try and pretend that construction is on time, Government has decided to rebrand the enabling works such as demolitions and moving utilities as 'construction'. Two-part design and build contracts were signed for Phase 1 in July 2017, with the design bit expected to take over a year and see revisions which will again significantly increase the projected costs. Despite all this, politicians still insist HS2 is 'on time and on budget', whilst refusing to publish the timescales and budgets that are being worked to. But what this does show is that until construction is due to start in a year, maybe a year and a half, it can still be stopped.
So please help us trying to get it stopped and sign the petition.
HS2 must be abandoned. A completely unnecessary vanity project lining the pockets of a privileged few to bring great misery to many hundreds of thousands. Stop it NOW.


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What's What In Middle-Earth: A Guide To The People And Places Of 'The Rings of Power'
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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is a series with an epic scope — and with that scope comes a massive ensemble cast and the expansive world of Middle-earth. If you're worried about having to commit a whole slew of character and location names to memory, don't be. We've got you covered.
Below, you'll find a list of the key characters from The Rings of Power, as well as where in Middle-earth you'll find them. You might recognize some characters from The Lord of the Rings or The Silmarillion, but many will be completely unfamiliar. That's because The Rings of Power adds new characters who don't appear in J.R.R. Tolkien's work.
Old or new, here are the characters you need to know about in The Rings of Power — and where you'll find them towards the start of the series.
In Lindon: Galadriel, Elrond, and Gil-galad
First up in our tour of Middle-earth is Lindon. Lindon is an elven realm on the Western shores of Middle-earth. It is known in part as the home of the Grey Havens, the port city from which the elves sail west towards Valinor. Valinor, also known as the Undying Lands, is home to the powerful beings known as the Valar, as well as the elves who choose to leave Middle-earth. We've seen Lindon onscreen before: At the end of Return of the King, Frodo departs from the Grey Havens to go into the West.
Galadriel (Morfydd Clark): Galadriel is sure to be a familiar name to those who have read or seen The Lord of the Rings, but the Galadriel we meet in The Rings of Power is in a very different stage of her life. She's a commander and a warrior looking to hunt down the evil Sauron.
Elrond (Robert Aramayo): Before he was Lord of Rivendell and father to Arwen, half-elven Elrond was the vice-regent and herald to Gil-galad.
Gil-galad (Benjamin Walker): All hail Gil-galad, the High King of the elves. Gil-galad established the kingdom of Lindon at the beginning of the Second Age of Middle-earth and has ruled it ever since.
In Eregion and Khazad-dûm: Celebrimbor, Prince Durin IV, and Princess Disa
Eregion is another elven realm, located just on the western edge of the Misty Mountains. It's right near a location that plays a large part in Fellowship of the Ring: the dwarven kingdom of Khazad-dûm, also known as Moria. At this point in time during the Second Age, Khazad-dûm is at the height of its power. No Balrog in sight yet.
Celebrimbor (Charles Edwards): Introduced in The Silmarillion, Celebrimbor is a master elven craftsman and the ruler of Eregion.
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Prince Durin IV (Owain Arthur): Durin IV is the prince of Khazad-dûm: His father, Durin III, currently sits on the throne.
Princess Disa (Sophia Nomvete): A new addition to Middle-earth just for The Rings of Power, Disa is Durin's wife and princess of Khazad-dûm.
In Rhovanion: Harfoots and a mysterious stranger
Rhovanion, sometimes called Wilderland, is a large stretch of land in the northern part of Middle-earth, east of the Misty Mountains. Its most famous landmarks include the Great River Anduin and the forest of Mirkwood, which plays a large part in The Hobbit. Rhovanion is also home to the Harfoots, hobbit ancestors briefly mentioned in the prologue of Fellowship of the Ring. All the Harfoots we meet in The Rings of Power are new characters, and they're portrayed as nomadic, as opposed to settling in cozy holes under hills.
Nori Brandyfoot (Markella Kavenagh): Chiefest among these Harfoots is Elanor "Nori" Brandyfoot, a young Harfoot with a taste for adventure. (Sound like any hobbits you may know?)
Largo Brandyfoot (Dylan Smith): Nori's father, and patriarch of the Brandyfoots.
Marigold Brandyfoot (Sara Zwangobani): Nori's mother, and matriarch of the Brandyfoots.
Poppy Proudfellow (Megan Richards): Nori's best friend. The two of them get up to quite a bit of trouble together.
The Stranger (Daniel Weyman): Nothing spells trouble quite like a man falling out of the sky in a fiery blaze. That's the Stranger, an unknown character in the show who might have a connection to Tolkien's book. We don't know much about him beyond the fact that he meets Nori, has magic powers, and knows how to make a killer entrance.
In the Southlands: Arondir, Bronwyn, and Theo
The Southlands are just what they sound like: a region in the South of Middle-earth (and also a bit to the East). In The Rings of Power, our first point of entry into the Southlands is the village of Tirharad. Tirharad and its inhabitants may be show-only creations, but the Southlands — and their role in Middle-earth's history — are extremely important.
Arondir (Ismael Cruz Córdova): A Silvan — or Woodland — elf, Arondir is a soldier tasked with surveying areas of the Southlands. This includes the village of Tirharad, where he meets and forms a connection with Bronwyn.
Bronwyn (Nazanin Boniadi): Bronwyn is Tirharad's healer, as well as a single mother who bonds with Arondir on his visits to the village.
Theo (Tyroe Muhafidin): Bronwyn's young son, who may have a few secrets of his own.
In Belegaer: Halbrand
Belegaer, also known as the Sundering Seas or the Great Sea, is the sea to the west of Middle-earth. It separates Middle-earth from the continent of Aman, which is home to Valinor.
Halbrand (Charlie Vickers): Another new character, Halbrand is a shipwreck survivor who crosses paths with Galadriel.
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In Númenor: Míriel, Pharazôn, Kemen, Elendil, Isildur, and Eärien
Númenor is a key location in Tolkien's mythology of Middle-earth. It is an island nation that was gifted to the Men of Middle-earth in exchange for their help in the fight against the Dark Lord Morgoth. For some idea of how Númenor fits into The Lord of the Rings, know that Aragorn is one of the Dúnedain, meaning he is a descendant of the people of Númenor. The Númenóreans in The Rings of Power are a mix of book and show-only characters.
Míriel (Cynthia Addai-Robinson): Míriel is Queen-Regent of Númenor, and daughter of the previous king.
Pharazôn (Trystan Gravelle): Pharazôn is Míriel's advisor. He plays a major role in Akallabêth, the fourth part of The Silmarillion.
Kemen (Leon Wadham): Kemen is Pharazôn's son, and a rising political figure in Númenor.
Elendil (Lloyd Owen): A Númenórean sea captain, and father to Eärien and Isildur.
Isildur (Maxim Baldry): Isildur is Elendil's son, and a Númenórean with wanderlust.
Eärien (Ema Horvath): Eärien is Elendil's daughter. While Elendil and Isildur are both characters who appear in Tolkien's works, Eärien is a new character created for The Rings of Power.
And then there's this guy…
While the above character (played by Anson Boon) has yet to be identified, he plays a big enough role in The Rings of Power's trailers that we have to single him out. He's creepy, he does magic, and he seems positioned to be one of the show's antagonists. Originally, I thought he might be Sauron, but the Dark Lord is a trickier evil. He wouldn't appear this villainous right off the bat, would he? Either way, this man is going to be important, and even though we don't know who he is, be sure to keep an eye out for him!
The first two episodes of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power premiere on Prime Video at 9 p.m. ET on Sept. 1. New episodes release weekly Fridays at 12 a.m. ET.
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