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Q: Recompute distances after node removal I have a graph with computed distances from the "start" node. Now I'd like to remove one node (except the starting one) and recompute distances (ideally without running Shortest Path First on the whole graph).
I don't know how to google such an algorithm and my attempts seem to be quite complicated (especially when compared to adding a new node).

A: One way to implement Dijkstra's algorithm is to maintain a set of nodes whose distance from the start needs to be updated. When a node's distance is effectively updated, that node is removed from the set, but all of its neighbours are added to the set. When a node's update has no effect, i.e., when that node's distance doesn't change, the node is removed from the set and no node is added. The halting condition for the algorithm is "no node needs to be updated".
When you remove a node from the graph, all of its neighbours need to be updated to reflect the removal.
So you can simply "relaunch" Dijkstra's algorithm on your graph, with the initial distances from the start node which you already have, and with the set of nodes to be updated initialised with the neighbours of the node that was removed. The updates will naturally propagate to any node that will eventually need to be updated.
Note: If your graph is oriented, only the nodes with an incoming edge from the removed node need to be added to the set of nodes to be updated.

A: Kudos to @Stef, whose answer I am now extending.
Removing a node that is part of a set of minimal paths may require recalculation of all distances to their end-nodes. Using the pseudocode from Dijkstra's algorithm as found here:
 1  function Dijkstra(Graph, source):
 2
 3      create vertex set Q
 4
 5      for each vertex v in Graph:
 6          dist[v] ← INFINITY
 7          prev[v] ← UNDEFINED
 8          add v to Q
10      dist[source] ← 0
11
12      while Q is not empty:
13          u ← vertex in Q with min dist[u]
14
15          remove u from Q
16
17          for each neighbor v of u:           // only v that are still in Q
18              alt ← dist[u] + length(u, v)
19              if alt < dist[v]:
20                  dist[v] ← alt
21                  prev[v] ← u
22
23      return dist[], prev[]

the prev array contains the previous node to each node in the minimum spanning tree (= the tree of all shortest paths). So, to remove node r, assuming you still have the dist and prev array from before removal, you could change it to:
 function DijkstraRemove(Graph, dist, prev, removed):

        create vertex set Q

        for each vertex v in Graph:
           while (prev[v] != UNDEFINED):
               if prev[v] == removed:
                  add v to Q
                  dist[v] = UNDEFINED
                  prev[v] = UNDEFINED
                  break
               else:
                  v = prev[v]

        // continue with line 12 above


The Indian Movie named Vere Di Wedding is banned in Pakistan due to controversial scenes. One of the actresses of the movie named Swara Bhaskar says bad words against Pakistan by calling Unsuccessful State. The patriotic Pakistani actress Urwa Hocane Silenced Swara by using the perfect wording.
On 1st June 2018, the Indian movie named Veere DI Wedding was released in India. But Pakistani distributors were not agreeing to buy this fil due to bold scenes. The Pakistani sensor board also banned the release of the movie in Pakistan. After that, the Indian actress Swara Bhaskar got angry and use harsh wording for Pakistan. She said Pakistan an unsuccessful country and said that she doesn't care if the movie doesn't release in Pakistan. The fans of both the country got angry with Swara due to her tweets and harsh wordings. She asks such words in an interview and hence condemns by Pakistani as well as Indians. Urwa Hocane silenced the arrogant actress with perfect wording and people really praise Urwa.
Sin response to the hate spread by Indian supporting actress, Urwa Hocane show her the real mirror. She said; when you Visit Pakistan in 2015, you really admired us. You said Pakistan is a great country you have ever visited. Pakistan is just getting much better from last few years. We have gotten better in bigger hearts and welcoming our guests.
She further said; You are promoting feminism through your movie. But you are a bitter person ever. The person who belongs to the country which banned their own movie Padmavati. So, don't you dare to talk about women empowerment? So, you are proven as an arrogant woman who always alters her own statements. We are not a Failing State instead you are a Failing Human Being. She ended by saying "From the Citizens of Phenomenal Pakistan. Urwa also shared two videos one in which she was praising Pakistan. While in other, she was saying Pakistan as Failed Country.
Remember that, the movie is highly disliked by the Indian fans too. They really dislike the movie and start the social media campaign as #BoycottVereDiWedding. Especially the character of Swara for playing the bold scenes is really condemning by Indians.


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Agony & Ecstasy
Agony & Ecstasy is a free spanking site on everything about spanking (and other punishments). It has a very detailed list of spanking implements and interesting articles on the history of spanking. The site is bilingual, in English and Spanish. Selected articles have also been translated to other languages (French, Greek, Russian).
Interesting sections include "Real punishments", in which visitor's memories of their childhood punishments are published. The site also has articles on BDSM, D/s, bondage, and related topics.
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Should Mom Who Abandoned Her Baby Get Custody?
After leaving Myanmar with the help of Catholic Charities, Nunu Sung wound up living with cousins in Wheaton, Illinois. She became pregnant, and when the baby's father refused to help her, she decided to hide the pregnancy from her family and friends because she was afraid of how they'd react. When Joshua was born in June 2009, she abandoned him in a neighbor's backyard. The boy is now being cared for by foster parents who hope to adopt him, but Sung, who is currently serving a three-year prison sentence, says she wants custody.
"The baby, who was left outside on the cold, hard ground, had a body temperature in the low 80s and was hypothermic. But for a dog, who was let out in the morning hours, this baby would have died."
Joshua was put into state custody, and a civil attorney who's been appointed as the 2-year-old's guardian is trying to terminate Sung's parental rights to let his foster parents adopt him.
Complicating the case is a plea agreement prosecutors offered Sung. In October she pled guilty to obstruction of justice in exchange for prosecutors dropping the child endangerment charges and agreeing to not try to terminate her parental rights. Sung asked a judge to find prosecutors in contempt for going back not their agreement, but yesterday a judge denied her request, saying they may have been wrong to offer the deal, but are legally obligated to participate in the new proceedings.
"She came here to escape the injustices of a corrupt government, and she ends up falling victim to the injustice of not being given the full benefit of her plea agreement. Her main priority always has been that her parental rights not be terminated."
It certainly sounds like Sung was screwed over by the system, but at this point there's probably nothing she can do about it, particularly because she may be facing deportation. A lawyer representing the foster parents say they just want what's best for Joshua. Even if Sung argues there were mitigating circumstances that made her commit the crime, it seems highly unlikely that she'll be able to convince the court that she deserves to have custody of Joshua after she nearly killed him.


Robert Atwood (Tennessee/New Jersey, 1892-1970) watercolor on paper painting, equestrian profile portrait of a man in Arabian clothing including a thawb, agal, and ghutrah, a second horse mid ground, with trees, mountains ranges, and a hazy blue sky, background. Signed, lower left. Matted and housed under glass in a 20th century frame with egg and dart running pattern and bead course rabbet edge. Sight – 14" H x 21 5/8" W. Framed – 22" H x 28 1/2" W. American, mid 20th century. CONDITION: Overall good condition with waviness and creases to paper. Not examined outside of frame.


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Lily Sastry: All About Rowan Atkinson's Daughter
Lily Sastry, formerly known as Lily Atkinson, is 24 years old. She is an actress and singer by profession and a burlesque dancer. She is known as the daughter of actor Rowan Atkinson. Her older brother Benjamin Atkinson is an officer of the Gurkha army.
Rowan Atkinson is a 64-year-old famous English comedian best known for his role as Mr. bean. He describes his character, Mr. Bean, as "a child in the body of a grown man".
He also starred in films such as Four Weddings and a Funeral, The Lion King, Love Actually and in the sitcom Blackadder. As of 2021, his net worth is $125 million.
He was previously married to a makeup artist, Sunetra Sastry, whom he met in February 1990, and the couple had two children together, Benjamin and Lily. Rowan and Sunetra divorced on November 10, 2015.
Who is Lily Sastry?
Lily Sastry made her debut as a children's artist in the 2004 film "Tooth". She also appeared in small roles with her father in Mr. Bean's Holiday and Johnny English Reborn. Later she went on to learn cabaret and performed in The Pheasantry. Lily told the audience, "This is my first cabaret show. This is the first time I've been dressed so small and I'm really excited."
She loves music and became part of a band. Sharing her thoughts on her career in an interview, she said: "Vocally I'm better than I've ever been; physically, mentally – it's the hardest thing I've ever worked on a performance. I've challenged myself in every way and risks taken.
I had always been a writer, but I was about 14/15 when I really started writing music. I just loved to write stories and poems and make up melodies; I was always challenging myself. As a singer and performer I of course quickly realized what I wanted to do."
Lily Sastry and Rowan Atkinson's Relationship
Entertainer Rowan Atkinson signed the deal with Sunetra Sastry in February 1990. The team shares two youngsters, Lily and Ben. Rowan and Sunetra first met in the late 1980s, when Sastry was functioning as a cosmetics craftsman, according to london business blog. The couple isolated in 2014 and from then on, Lily has been known by her mother's last name.
The connection of Lily and her father Rowan became a monstrous topic of conversation when her parents split in 2015. Lily allegedly deleted two years worth of photos from her Instagram account. Apart from this, she also chose to change her name by taking her original last name.
It was suspected that the relationship between father and daughter had deteriorated since the divorce. Notwithstanding, the reports were excused by their media appearances together. At the moment, Rowan is involved with entertainer Louise Ford, who also gave birth to Rowan's third child in 2017.
Lily Sastry's Career
Lily started her profession in 2004 as the "The New Recruit" in the children's film "Tooth† She later appeared in small films such as mr. Bean's vacation and Johnny English Reborn and gave fencing to his father.
Lily also loves to sing and keeps in touch with her tunes regularly and makes songs for it. She plays well with her quirky character and, along with her father in Mr. Bean, a wide fan base in her own container. Despite an aggressive beginning in the film, Lily would have to seek out her creative mind to become an exhibitor.
She seizes the opportunity to sing regularly. In the long run, with the help of her father, she saved these melodies in the studio and transferred them to SoundCloud. At the same time, she also began to learn about men's clubs. Choosing to star in the huge scenes, Lily appeared at "The Pheasantry", a well-known London club, and her lady show passes sold out.
In addition, her vaudeville performance earned numerous positive audits from experts, and she quickly became a prolific player. She later repeated a similar show at the St. James Theater in London. For now, she continues to facilitate her presentation to the nation.
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TOP PAGE › ARTICLE LIST › Accommodation experience in "Ice Hotel" Hoshino Resorts Tomamu!
The wall, the floor, the table, the chairs, and the beds are all made of ice! That is the "Ice Hotel" appears in "Hoshino Resorts Tomamu" during winter. How do we sleep? What should I wear? Will I not get sick? How is the bathroom? I stayed a night there to solve all questions! I hope this article helps those people who are thinking of staying in the Ice Hotel.
"Ice Hotel" is a hotel built inside "Ice Village", which is a magical town made of ice appears only during winter at "Hoshino Resorts Tomamu". This is an accommodation in an ice town to enjoy coldness, which Tomamu can provide because of the harsh natural environment with temperatures sometimes minus 30 degrees.
In Ice Village, you can experience various things related to ice, and the hotel appears from January to February, which is the coldest time of the year. Those who enter Ice Village can visit and see the Ice Hotel during opening hours, but only one group (up to two people and over elementary school children) can stay per night. Which means, staying overnight at this hotel is an extremely rare opportunity.
I was excited to experience this magical atmosphere but at the same time very worried about coldness and if I can sleep or not. I headed to the hotel with lots of expectations and anxiety.
Staying a night in Ice Hotel requires a reservation to one of "Hoshino Resorts Tomamu" hotels; "Tomamu The Tower" or "Risonare Tomamu", just in case for bad weather. First, you will check-in to one of the hotels you have reserved.
You can use the reservation meaningfully, such as, leave the luggage and go skiing, go out for dinner, user the shower, etc.
▲"I will overcome the coldness!" I told myself and went to Ice Village with my luggage, where the Ice Hotel is located.
I checked in to Ice Hotel at "Nuku Nuku House" in Ice Village at 10:00 PM. "Nuku Nuku House" is as the name depicts, a warm room. This is used as a rest house during the day to warm visitors.
There are three facilities you can use during the accommodation experience. "Ice Hotel" where you sleep is about 1-2 minutes walk from Nuku Nuku House, "Arctic Bath" built next to the Ice Hotel, and "Ice Lounge". The bathroom with a heater is built next to Nuku Nuku House, and you can use it all night. Of course, it is a flushing toilet, they have toilet papers, and you can wash your hands.
▲Listening to the staff's descriptions such as precautions.
The thing surprised me was that after all the explanations, staffs leave and I could use the whole Ice Village just by myself. If an emergency happens, staffs will come right away by calling the number written on the description paper. That makes me relieved!
▲"Our guests enjoy chartering the place" I got more excited from the staff's words!
This is an extremely rare experience to charter the big ice town. I should spend a fun time!
After listening to everything, I walked to the Ice Hotel.
The staff explained about the facility thoroughly at first.
When I opened the door and entered the room, space was big, white and shining! I felt like I traveled to the future with a time machine!
▲The dome-shaped guest room is 8.5 meters diameter and made of one single ice without any joints.
The day I visited was minus 7 degrees which is rather a warm night for winter Tomamu.
▲The chairs and the table made of ice. They have fluffy carpets and cushions, so I felt a lot less cold.
There was an ice bench with blankets, ice bed in the center, two ice chairs and one ice table with cushions, and ice table with a pot containing hot water, green tea, and snacks. There was also a pair of boots which do not slip on the ice, instead of slippers.
▲There was a double bed made of ice in the center. They put a mattress and many cushions and blankets made of Ezo deerskin.
▲It seemed very fluffy, and I dove into the bed!
▲They provide sleeping bags which can stand up to minus 30 degrees for each guest. You sleep in this sleeping bag.
▲I felt like I was covered completely with a down comforter! I feel like I can sleep if I have this sleeping bag.
I found the light switch and two plugs near the desk with snacks. It is great that we can charge our phones, etc., even in this environment!
After explanations from the staff, it was only us until the next morning.
The Arctic Bath is made of ice except for the bathtub!
First, I went to the Arctic Bath.
The dressing room is a small building for overnight guests. You can get away from ice here. The dressing is heated, and it was very warm.
▲They provide towels, rental bathing suits, bathrobes, special pajamas, and coats.
You are required to wear bathing suits when getting in. Change to the bathing suits, wear the coat and let's go outside.
Take off the coat by the side of the bathtub and get in!
▲It's so warm! My body got very warm, and I did not want to get out of the bath.
After warming enough, take off the bathing suits in the dressing room, wear the bathrobe and visit the Ice Lounge.
The Ice Lounge offers a whiskey cellar with ice chairs, and you can drink different Japanese whiskeys as much as you want! This is a special privilege for guests who stay overnight at Ice Hotel.
▲Two relaxing chairs made of ice. They also prepare carpets and blankets. The Ice Whiskey Cellar is at the back.
It was too cold when I was wearing only the bathrobe, so I changed my clothes; wore special pajamas and came back. The special pajamas were overall, and we could wear this on our clothes.
▲I look really fat… but it was fluffy and warm. I am wearing the boots prepared in the room.
The Whiskey Cellar had few ice glasses, straws, and honey infused ice cubes. Put your favorite whiskey into ice glass, add some honey infused ice cubes and compared tastes! You can put your mouth to the ice glass, but it is cold, so I suggest using straws.
▲I sat on the ice chair with the ice glass containing whiskey, I looked up and noticed the starry skies!
The outside temperature must have been way below zero but did not feel much coldness. I don't know if it was because of the bath or gown or alcohol or unusual situation like this.
After enjoying drinks and skies outside, I took my whiskey glass to inside and prepared to sleep.
What should I wear when I sleep?
▲Enjoying different whiskeys before going to bed!
I should get ready for bed.
One of the biggest questions was what I should wear when sleeping. Many people tend to wear too much because they worry the coldness, but the staff told me that the sleeping bag protects from coldness very well, so some people get too sweaty in the morning by wearing too much.
I put two layers of socks, tights, sweatpants, and ski pants for bottoms, warm long sleeve shirt, and thick hoodie and got into the sleeping bag.
▲See you in the morning!
I felt a little cold right after when I got into the sleeping bag, but it got warm soon from my body temperature! It was actually very warm! I fell in asleep instantly.
When I woke up, I was in a dome made of ice. It was a very strange situation.
Thanks to the thick sleeping bag, I was sweating only a little bit when I woke up. Maybe it was okay to wear less, but I could sleep very well until the morning, so it was just right for me.
It was really cold when I got out from the sleeping bag and touched to the air under zero degrees! I missed the warm sleeping bag but wore my down jackets and neck warmer.
▲I used the hot water in the pot prepared in the room and made a morning tea after changing my clothes.
The check-out time for Ice Hotel is a bit early and is 7:00 AM. Change the clothes, bring luggage, and go back to the Nuku Nuku House you visited at first.
▲They offer morning coffee for free when you check out the Ice Hotel.
▲They also had a special snack for guest to the Ice Hotel! They don't sell these cookies at anywhere. The cup and cookies were cute!
▲I felt fulfilled with fresh air! I wanted to take a deep breath and feel the cold air.
This is the end of chartering the Ice Village.
I left the Ice Village and got back to the guest room in the hotel. Enjoyed delicious breakfast, took a shower, and checked out the hotel. It was definitely a special night for me.
Those who are interested in staying Ice Hotel should plan from the summer!
The accommodation experience in Ice Hotel is very popular since it is a rare experience only available in the severe cold environment. They accept reservations from around autumn, but they are likely to be fully booked in winter.
If you are interested in staying the Ice Hotel, schedule your trip from the summer!
* The information and pictures in this article are as of January 2018. The plan and environment may change.


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Q: I need help desiging a calendaring and scheduling application I'm trying to create a calendar and scheduling application. We have a dataset that consists of short delivery appointments. Start time, duration, due date/time, etc. Our intention is to create an application that will generate a task list given start and end times for a block of work.
Jobs are prioritized in the following order:

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*Due today at a specific time

*Due today at no specific time

*Due at a future date, sorted in ascending order

*No due date

*Future start date (excluded from reporting)

When the application runs, a start and end time for the work shift is entered. That block of time is automatically populated with jobs, in priority order.
CONSIDER:
Job01; Duration 10; Start 01/01; Due 01/02 1500;
Job02; Duration 60; Start 01/01; Due 01/02;
Job03; Duration 45; Start 01/08; Due 01/08 1500;
Job04; Duration 30; Start 01/09; Due 01/09 1500;
Job05; Duration 30; Start 12/31; ;
Job06; Duration 60; Start 12/28; ;
Job07; Duration 60; Start 01/04; ;
Job08; Duration 60; Start 01/04; ;
Job09; Duration 30; Start 01/01; Due 01/03 1200;
Job10; Duration 10; Start 01/01; Due 01/05 1700;

On 01/02, these ten jobs would be prioritized in this order: 01-02-09-10-05-06. Jobs 03-04-07-08 would be excluded because of future start dates.
Consider: on 01/02, I come into the office for a four hour shift, 1200-1600, and enter this data into the scheduler.
From there, I need the following magic to happen:

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*Starting at my start time, add the top priority job.

*If the job is a specifically scheduled job, hold that time so no other job overwrites it.

*Once all jobs with specific times are in the calendar, keep filling in appointments beginning with the first emply slot until the calendar is filled, then stop.

Following that logic, here's how the data fills out the schedule.
Job01 - 1500-1510
Job02 - cannot fit in the 1510-1500 slot, so it populates 1200-1300
Job05 - 1300-1330
Job06 - 1330-1430
Job09 - 1430-1500
Job10 - 1510-1520

So far, I have the prioritization logic working just fine. I can properly capture the first record to the schedule. But then, I'm lost on the alendaring piece, especially how to HOLD a certain time slot so nothing overwrites it, and not to exceed begin and end times. I'm struggling with an effective way to structure the method(s) that populate the calendar. Do I create an array of 15-miunte buckets and fill those with appointments as I iterate through my list of tasks? Do I somehow pass a newStartTime and newEndTime back to the top each time I schedule an event and pass another one through the scheduler? Are events held in memory? or written to a database as they populate particular slot? Is there a pre-defined class in Java that already does this and I missed it? Gosh...that would be embarrasing...
I'm too close to this right now, and am having trouble visualizing a good strategy. Any suggestions, observations and generalized pseudocode would be helpful.

A: Observation / Suggestion 1:
It's not clear to me why you would ever want one job to over-write another. If you have the priority code done and you are adding the highest priority jobs first, why do you need to overwrite time slots? I would create a structure that allows a job to claim a time slot and then once claimed other jobs cannot claim that same spot.
Write a job schedule class that handles the jobs for a single day. It could just store a list of jobs in todays schedule.  Available time slots and occupied time slots can then just be computed on the fly. If you are worried about data persisting after a power outage, then you can regularly write some serialization of your objects to disk. I don't really see the value of storing this data in a database unless you want this app to be multi-threaded and then you can delegate the thread safe issues to the DB.
I recommend adding a field to Job: assignedStartTime.
Create a TimeInterval class that just stores a start time and an endtime.
Then within Schedule we can write the following:
public class Schedule {

  //Finds the first time slot during the day not yet assigned to a job.
  public Interval getFirstOpenTimeSlot() { /* ...*/ }

  public Interval getLargestOpenTimeSlot() { /* ...*/ }

  public ArrayList<Job> getJobsAssigned() {  /* ...*/ }

  //Returns the Interval the given job was assigned to or null if the job cannot fit
  // in the schedule.
  public Interval assignJob(Job theJob) {  /* ...*/ }

  //returns a list of all open time slots representing the time still available for jobs.
  public ArrayList<Interval> getAllOpenTimeSlots{ /*  */ }

}

Observation 2:
When you implement assignJob you should be able to just look for the first available time slot that meets the requirements. Proceeding this way will get you a schedule, but maybe not the most optimal schedule. If there will be situations where not all jobs can be scheduled, you need to carefully define what an optimal solution looks like. One that misses the fewest number of jobs? One that captures the most number of jobs due today?
Suggestion:
I would have Interval implement Comparable. Sort intervals first by length, then by start time. Store the Intervals in a TreeSet so they will always be ordered. This will make it easier and more efficient to find the best fitting interval when trying to schedule a new job.

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Smash some birds with Raging Pigs for iPhone and iPad.
Raging Pigs is an iPhone and iPad game where it's you, a single pigs, versus a flock of birds. It is your goal to smash and destroy them all. Each level has a different challenge including crates, special powers, platforms, and weapons.
Raging Pigs also has a companion app for the controls if you want to use your iPhone as a controller for your iPad or with AirPlay.
I'm am still undecided about Raging Pigs. The controls are on the screen and take a little getting used to. The more familiar with the controls I become, the more I like it. The iPad version has a free trial version, so I definitely recommend picking that up first and giving it a try.
The pigs are back and boy are they pissed! Control the raging pigs as they smash, squish and squash birds through 168 levels of pig jumping arcade fun.
Enjoy hours of fun as you win up to 3 eggs per level in this fast paced arcade puzzler! Game Center integration is included for achievements and leader boards as well.
Raging Pigs is available on the iPhone for $0.99 and on the iPad for $2.99. The iPad version also has a free trial version. Raging Pigs Joystick is available on the iPhone for free.


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The Chronicle of Higher Education has named Andrea Fuller, a 2009 graduate of Stanford University, as the winner of its David W. Miller Award for Young Journalists. Fuller won the $1,000 prize for three articles published in that publication during her spring internship there. In making its selection, the scholarship committee cited Fuller's balanced and energetic reporting, eye for telling details, and ability to tackle a range of topics.


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Dubai Technology Entrepreneur Campus (Dtec) and Saudi Arabia-based OQAL Angel Investors have formed a strategic alliance to further fuel the growth of the tech ecosystem across GCC.
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The international jury of the Princess Sabeeka bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa Global Award for Women Empowerment is headed by Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, the United Nations Undersecretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women who has worked in government and civil society, and with the private sector.
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Hunters: Share Your Bounty!
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If there ever was a time to share your bounty as a hunter, it is now! With the impacts of the coronavirus, folks are hurting. Some have been affected directly by the virus while others have lost jobs or had wages cut because of it.
There are people around you that are in need of healthy protein.
Enter wild game. YOUR wild game in your freezer, that is.
Also, don't you agree with me that it is the time to help unite our nation by reaching out to your neighbor with a friendly gesture — a gift of nutritious wild food? I certainly do!
With Nebraska's 2020-2021 hunting seasons having ended or being close to ending, many of us who hunt probably have a bountiful supply of wild game meat in our freezers. That bounty of wild game meat offers an opportunity to share some healthy protein and even enlighten people about the hunting lifestyle that you and I thoroughly enjoy!
Your blogger harvested this adult white-tailed deer doe during the Nebraska firearm deer hunting season and decided to donate it to a disabled U.S. Army veteran and his family. Photo by Rob Schutte of Gretna, NE.,
As hunters, we get a lot from nature every season through new memories, insightful lessons, lasting friendships, doing conservation work, and of course, reaping the reward of delicious meat! Therefore, it's fitting that we give back and honor those game animals or bird on someone else's grill, smoker, roaster or frying pan, right?
A delicious creamed, French confit Canada goose recipe prepared by a co-worker with Canada geese donated to her by your blogger. Preparation and photo by Katie Stacey/Nebraska Game and Parks Commission.
Consider how much joy hunting has brought your life. Wouldn't it be amazing to give someone else a still-wild treasure from the great outdoors?
By giving away some of your tasty wild game meat, you will be breaking down stereotypes in the lifestyle of hunting as well.
What I continually find is that some folks are fearful of preparing, cooking and more so, eating wild game. I hear folks say they don't know how to cook it and just don't care for the "wild taste" of it. Comments such as: "It's gamey tasting" or "it's dry and tough" are all too common.
Still others do not like the idea of eating a wildlife species for which they have a particular fondness. Maybe they believe industrial meats are safer or healthier to eat than a meal processed in a hunter's kitchen?
Packages of Canada goose sausage destined for a neighbor of your blogger in Omaha, NE. Photo by Greg Wagner/Nebraska Game and Parks Commission.
For some, these comments and attitudes are enough to push aside any wild game dish beyond their beloved beef, pork, chicken, turkey or Tofu. And that's a shame! Preparing scrumptious wild game dishes is really as simple or complex as each individual cook cares to make it. Almost any recipe can be adapted to fit wild game!
Conversely, more and more people are joining locavore movements (local food movements) and learning about sustainable practices such as acquiring and sourcing, clean, free-ranging meat; thus wild game is becoming more liked than ever.
Whole Foods' popularity and knowing the origin of the food we consume are just two examples behind the trend toward healthier, more natural food. In response, there are now butcher shops that only sell locally raised, grass-fed, hormone-free meat. More people are coming to see the advantages of hunting for this reason because nothing is more healthy and renewable than wild game meat. Compared to their industrially raised counterparts, game birds and animals also have a relatively small environmental footprint!
Keep in mind that we're surrounded by people who are important to our hunting lifestyle. Landowners, family members, friends, neighboring property owners, even co-workers are on this endless list. As a hunter, use your success in the field to be kind to others and present them the gift of wild game, especially if they are looking for meat to eat. I would even go as far as preparing an entree, doing a doorstep dropoff and including the recipe with it. I love the term "Venison Diplomacy" coined by Steven Rinella, host of the popular TV show MeatEater, as a way he reaches out to non-hunters. Food is always good ice-breaker and it honors the animal to share it.
Sliced venison with au jus sauce that was shared with a relative of your blogger. Photo by Greg Wagner/Nebraska Game and Parks Commission.
Did you know that the very history of our country, the United States of America, was founded on sharing wild game? It was. From that first Thanksgiving feast of deer, wild turkey, waterfowl and other game meats shared between Native Americans and Plymouth colonists. The sharing of wild game among folks stretched to the Manifest Destiny of the great migration west. The frontier was fed with America's wild bounty, including bison, elk, deer, pronghorn and small game such as squirrels and rabbit, along with the varied abundance of wild birds found from the hills of Appalachia to the prairies of Nebraska to the mountains of the Sierra range.
This gobbler was taken during the 2020 Nebraska spring archery wild turkey hunting season by your blogger and given to a friend who's spouse loves to eat wild turkey. Photo courtesy of Greg Wagner/Nebraska Game and Parks Commission.
Think about it. How often do you share your hunting season harvest with friends, family or co-workers or those who may not hunt themselves? Doing so may provide the outlet to open a discussion about the benefits of hunting to help educate non-hunters.
The land abounds with pleasures for hunters such a Canada goose-blind sunrise. Photo by Greg Wagner/Nebraska Game and Parks Commission.
Point out the fact that acquiring healthy, free-ranging, environmentally-friendly protein remains one of the main reasons regarding why people hunt today.
So, will you, the hunter, attempt to share game and goodwill with someone who could use some of both?
Don't forget about our online Deer Exchange program where hunters wanting to donate deer meat can connect with those folks looking to receive some.
*IMPORTANT WILD GAME FOOTNOTES: Please know that it is unlawful to sell or trade the meat of any game bird or game animal. Also, any person transferring game, fish, or parts thereof to another person must provide a custody tag. The tag has to remain with the game until it is consumed. The owner needs to provide specific information and a signature. You can download game custody tag forms here.
Your blogger is shown with a daily bag limit of five Canada geese during a previous year's dark goose hunt in Nebraska. Some of the goose meat was made into sausage and shared (see above). Photo courtesy of Rich Berggren/Nebraska Game and Parks Commission.
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A native of Gretna, NE, a graduate of Gretna High School and Bellevue University, Greg Wagner currently serves as the Public Information Officer and Manager for the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission's Service Center in Omaha. On a weekly basis, Wagner can be heard on a number of radio stations, seen on local television in Omaha, and on social media channels, creatively conveying natural resource conservation messages as well as promoting outdoor activities and destinations in Nebraska. Wagner, whose career at Game and Parks began in 1979, walks, talks, lives, breathes and blogs about Nebraska's outdoors. He grew up in rural Gretna, building forts in the woods, hunting, fishing, collecting leaves, and generally thriving on constant outdoor activity. One of the primary goals of his blog is to get people, especially young ones, to have fun and spend time outside!
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Coquitlam Homes - Search in Mandarin for 2015
By Lisa Smart January 1, 2015
Mandarin language capability has been added for 2015 to a new web site for Coquitlam Home seekers. The site offers home searches by school catchment area, and combines mapping technology, geo-mapping of school catchment areas, and Google Street View.
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(Newswire.net -- January 1, 2015) Port Moody, BC -- New Canadians looking for a home in Coquitlam, BC in 2015 have access for the first time to a Mandarin language version of a web site that offers an advanced Real Estate search technology focusing on schools and their associated catchment areas.
A visitor can browse and choose from a list of schools, see the exact school catchment areas associated with the chosen schools, and see information on all available homes for sale in those catchment areas.
Visitors can toggle between Mandarin and English versions of the web site with one click; they simply select the symbol representing the Canadian or the Chinese (PRC) flag.
The initial version of the site was recently launched in English by John Grasty, a Licensed Realtor with Prudential Sterling Realty. John and his colleague Ivy Yang, also of Prudential Sterling Realty, had planned the addition of the Mandarin language capability from the outset.
"Coquitlam is one of the few cities in BC where the ratio of single homes is actually increasing," said Grasty. "This is one of many features of the city that makes it an attractive destination for New Canadians. Ivy and I agreed that any web site wanting to provide real value to home seekers must be in both languages."
Ms. Yang, who speaks fluent Mandarin, added "Many New Canadians place education at the very top of their priority list so schools and school catchment areas figure strongly into their thinking when they are looking for a new home."
The web site can be seen at www.coquitlam-homes.com.
"We set out to relieve a major headache for all home-seekers looking to buy in Coquitlam," said Grasty, "but one that can be especially confusing for New Canadians. This is even more of a challenge when they have children of different ages who will attend different schools, and they have to be very confident that they meet all the necessary requirements."
Grasty and Yang say they just wanted to make it as convenient as possible for someone to perform their research. "House hunting can be a chore; we wanted to make it quick and easy to get the most useful information for a family into the hands of those looking for a home in Coquitlam. We aimed to take some of the stress out of the process" said Grasty.
Web site visitors can narrow-down their search results using filters such as price range, lot size, and the number of bedrooms and bathrooms in a property.
The School Catchment Area map-search can be found at: www.coquitlam-homes.com/catchmentmap
The site is the first of its kind in Coquitlam to combine mapping technology, school catchment area geo-targeting and Google Street view capability.
"Google Street View adds a whole new dimension to their research," said Grasty. "In seconds our search can take them from a chosen school to a specific house ... and they can see the details of the house and photos of the interior and exterior. But then having Google Street View built-in means they can go far beyond this, to view the school, the neighbourhood, the street, as well as see the home in context of the neighbourhood."
About John Grasty, of Prudential Sterling Realty Ltd
John Grasty has lived in the Tri-City area since 1989. He has served on various civic committees for Coquitlam and Port Moody, and also served two terms as president of the Tri-City Arts Council. A tireless homeowner advocate, he has served on the national advisory council for Canadians for Properly Built Homes and is a past president of Consumer Advocacy and Support for Homeowners Society. A popular media commentator on issues affecting homeowners, John has appeared on television and radio shows, and he has represented homeowners on a variety of panels, at stakeholder round-tables and government meetings.
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1 / 4 Show Caption + Hide Caption – JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Washington -- CW2 Gustavo Salvador, a property book officer with the 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne), signs his oath of a commission, August 24, during his promotion ceremony. Salvador immigrated to the United States from Ecuador to enlist in the U.S. Army, and through his dedication to the Army's mission and his demonstrated proficiency, he has both earned our nation's trust, and his commission as an officer. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Ian Ives, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
2 / 4 Show Caption + Hide Caption – JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Washington -- CW2 Gustavo Salvador, a property book officer with the 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne), recites the oath of commissioned officers with Lt. Col. Benjamin Jahn, August 24, during his promotion ceremony. Salvador immigrated to the United States from Ecuador to enlist in the U.S. Army, and through his dedication to the Army's mission and his demonstrated proficiency, he has both earned our nation's trust, and his commission as an officer. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Ian Ives, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
3 / 4 Show Caption + Hide Caption – JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Washington -- WO1 Salvador, a property book officer with 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne), is pinned the rank of Chief Warrant Officer 2 by his father, a retired Ecuadorian army sergeant major, August 24, during his promotion ceremony. Salvador immigrated to the United States from Ecuador to enlist in the U.S. Army, and through his dedication to the Army's mission and his demonstrated proficiency, he has both earned our nation's trust, and his commission as an officer. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Ian Ives, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
4 / 4 Show Caption + Hide Caption – JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Washington -- CW2 Gustavo Salvador, a property book officer with 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne), stands for a photo with his parents after graduating from Superior Military School "Eloy Alfaro," which is the Ecuadorian equivalent to the United States Military Academy (West Point). Salvador immigrated to the United States from Ecuador to enlist in the U.S. Army, and through his dedication to the Army's mission and his demonstrated proficiency, he has both earned our nation's trust, and his commission as an officer. (Courtesy Photo). (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Washington -- "I came to the United States of America at 27 years of age," said Gustavo Salvador, a native of Ecuador. "I arrived in the USA in order to achieve the American dream. At this moment I can say with great confidence that I have achieved my American dream."
The American Dream means many different things to different people, but for Salvador, just recently promoted to United States Army Chief Warrant Officer 2, August 24, it meant serving in the United States Army. Salvador grew up in Quito, Ecuador, the son of two Ecuadorian army veterans. His father served in the Ecuadorian army for 33 years retiring with the rank of sergeant major; his mother also served in the Ecuadorian army for 36 years as a sergeant first class and a military-civilian nurse.
"Growing up with military parents is a unique experience," said Salvador. "Since I've had the use of reason, they inculcated in me good principles, honor, respect, commitment, discipline, and loyalty that to this day have helped me to be the person that I am."
Being influenced by his parents' military service, Salvador attended the Superior Military School "Eloy Alfaro," which is the Ecuadorian equivalent to the United States Military Academy (West Point). Upon his graduation he was commissioned into the Ecuadorian army as a 2nd Lieutenant. After serving as a commissioned officer in Ecuador, Salvador chose to leave his home and travel to America in order to enlist into the U.S. Army at the age of 27.
Enlisting into the U.S. Army did not come without some major changes. Instead of being in a leadership position as he was in Ecuador, Salvador was now a Private 2nd Class. He initially also had trouble with transitioning from speaking Spanish to English.
"Without a doubt the language was my biggest challenge," said Salvador. "However, I had been preparing myself day by day to be able to progress in my military career."
Quickly overcoming the adversity of serving in a different country, Salvador utilized every opportunity the Army offered him; obtaining a Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management from Ashford University, with Magna cum laude honors, and a Master's degree in Business Administration with specialization in Supply Chain Management with Summa cum laude honors. The culmination of his continued education, years of hard work, and many military achievements led to him commissioning as a Warrant Officer in 2016.
"Becoming a Warrant Officer is not just a dream for me, it is a passion," said Salvador. "The Army, Soldiers, and command deserve the best guidance and support that an officer can give. My knowledge of supply chain management, civilian and military experience in logistics make me confident that this is the reason why I wanted to become a Warrant Officer in the United States Army."
Salvador now serves in the 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) as a Property Book Officer managing the supplies and the distribution of supplies throughout all theaters of operation within the group's responsibility. He plans to further his education even more by starting his doctoral program in Business/Finance sometime next year. This is CW2 Salvador's American Dream.
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Light-Weight wheels are without a doubt the best performance product you can purchase for your motorcycle. Instant performance is gained in all major areas and it is something the rider feels, so he gets instant personal gratification.
When comparing wheels and weights, it is not always the overall weight that matters, but rather the weight distribution in each particular wheel which affects the performance of the wheel . A lighter rim = better performance. Carbon wheels generally have much lighter rims and carry the bulk of their weight in the hub – and the hub has little effect on the performance of the wheel . Often, unfair comparisons are made between wheels which are completely different e.g. a forged magnesium race wheel versus carbon road wheel , which is designed for road use. Interestingly, even if they did weigh the same, the carbon wheel will still have better performance – remember the lighter rim. In most cases the carbon road wheel is still lighter than a forged race wheel : the carbon part of a BST road front wheel weighs only + 1.450 kg. Of that, the outer rim is only + 1.100kg. The completed wheel weighs between 2.2 kg and 2.4 kg (depending on the motorcycle). Therefore you have a wheel with an incredibly light rim and the weight of the hub at the center, which gives you a high performing wheel. It's important to compare apples with apples in order to get a proper picture: ie compare a 16.5" carbon race wheel to a 16.5" magnesium race wheel . The size of the wheel makes a fundamental difference as the distance from the rim to the hub affects the performance (more on this later), and of course more material is used to produce the bigger wheel , thus increasing its weight.
* Carbon race front wheel was 15% lighter but had a 25% better inertia figures .
* Carbon race rear wheel was 10% lighter but had 33% better inertia figures .
Reducing the weight of your wheels is the most effective and therefore most important performance change you can make to your motorcycle. But weight is not the only consideration, and this is where BST Carbon wheels excel : Lighter wheels will make a major difference to the handling of your bike. They will also improve your acceleration and deceleration (braking) of your bike.
o E = ½ m v2 m being the mass and v being the velocity at which the wheel moves.
o E = ½ m v2 + ½ J w2 J being the Rotational Inertia and w being the Rotations per second.
* The rotational Inertia is made up of the mass of the object and the distance it is away from the rotating axis. Remember the flywheel effect: the further the mass is away from the axis, the more energy it takes to accelerate or brake it. If the mass is twice the distance away from the axis, it will require 4 times as much energy (or engine power) to accelerate and brake.
* 0.1 kg (or approx 1 N) which is 20 mm away from the axis will have a Rotational moment of Inertia of 40. If you have the same weight 40 mm away from the axis the Moment of Inertia will be 160 (factor of 4).So how does this exercise look for wheels?
The weight of the wheels is not the only consideration: what is much more important is the Rotational Inertia of the wheels, namely how much weight is close to the axle and how much weight is far away from the axle.
How does this effect your performance?
* The energy needed to turn these wheels obviously comes from the engine. If you needless energy or power to turn your wheels, the available power accelerates the wheel quicker and you will end up with a higher maximum speed. But how much power can be saved by using Carbon wheels?
Total weight Front 3.5" x 17" Rear 6" x 17"
Handling and Gyroscopic effects; How do wheels affect your handling?
* The lighter the wheels, the less your un-sprung mass. This means that your suspension has to work less to dampen the wheels. This will result in less energy and less power being consumed from the engine.
* It is more difficult to move or steer a rotating mass than a is stationary mass (try to move a spinning bicycle wheel ). If you reduce the mass and specifically the rotating inertia , the force required to move or steer the mass is reduced significantly. Putting lighter wheel s on your bike will reduce the steering forces a lot and therefore have a significant positive influence on driver fatigue. Try to workout in a gym with half the weight and see how much longer you can last.
The below Graphs will show the difference between some wheel weights and Inertia Values: Graphs show all wheel weights as a % of the standard aluminum wheels on a Suzuki GSXR1000.
Graphs based on actual measurements of wheels for Suzuki GSXR1000, weights may change depending on model.
The above tests were done with Sport Bike Wheels which are very much lighter than any stock HD wheel. For a chromed, billet, big wheel which weighs in access of 20 lbs to 45 lbs (case of the Fat Boy), you can imagine why your comfort and handling is poor at best. BST Carbon wheels will give you significant performance improvement, and better and quicker (crisper) handling at lower steering forces which will result in less driver fatigue. No other performance enhancing product will give you the same benefit/price ratio. Please remember to always use the correct wheel for your application - race or street.


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Date: October 16, 2021Author: Mr. Movie 0 Comments
Life's too short to be a background character.
If you're a non-gamer, you might not have heard of the term NPC, which stands for Non-Playable Character. They're those guys in the background of a video game who provide minor obstacles for the main player, non-hostile characters that simply give the environment a more real-life feeling. Most have scripted or automatic dialogue that's usually triggered by certain actions; these characters repeat phrases such as 'Get on with it,' or 'You need something?' Free Guy explores what might happen if an NPC (or a background character) living in a popular video game one day decided to deviate from the script. Taking its cues from films like The LEGO Movie (2014) and The Truman Show (1998), Free Guy is elevated by the presence of stars Ryan Reynolds, Taika Waititi, Jodie Comer, and Lil Rel Howery. It's an enjoyable yet unremarkable action-comedy that focuses on well-worn themes of embracing individuality, especially if that means speaking up and questioning the status quo.
'These graphics look so realistic.'
Just like The LEGO Movie's Emmet, Ryan Reynolds plays a very content 'cog in the system' named Guy, an NPC who's unaware that he lives in a Grand Theft Auto-like open-world game called Free City. All of Guy's days are basically the same. He wakes up with a spring in his step, throws on his blue uniform, grabs his morning coffee (repeating the line, 'don't just have a good day … have a great day!' to just about every other NPC he interacts with) then heads to his job as a bank teller, where he works with his best friend, a security guard named Buddy (Lil Rel Howery). Guy is pretty much programmed to stay out of people's way, including the crooks that regularly rob his place of employment.
Although NPCs aren't supposed to interact with the 'Sunglasses People,' who are the main players of Free City, Guy's life is forever changed when he passes the woman of his dreams, a sunglasses-wearing gal named Molotov Girl (Jodie Comer) with a kick-ass avatar. Deviating from his day-to-day routine, Guy follows his fantasy girl until she lets him in on a big secret, giving him a pair of sunglasses to try on. This allows Guy to preview what the real environment looks like (he sees medikits, currency tokens, hubs, and other things that gamers should find familiar). This leads Guy to discover that he's an NPC inside a violent video game. Determine to 'level up' to impress Molotov Girl, Guy begins to reject his programming, going from zero to hero. He rids the metropolis of some of its crime and violence, making Free City a better place for those who reside there. In doing so, he becomes an instant internet sensation (known as Blue Shirt Guy), with many trying to discover the true identity behind the mysterious gamer.
She's got game!
All the while, we cut to the real world, where we follow Molotov Girl's real-life identity, a genius programmer named Millie who, along with her partner Keys (Joe Keery), developed Free City as a Sims-type life-simulation game called Life Itself. The problem is, they sold it to corporate gaming juggernaut Soonami, whose CEO Antwan (Taika Waititi) stole the tech to cultivate his explosive, blood-thirsty open-world game. Millie, however, is using Molotov Girl to acquire evidence of the theft hidden deep within the game's server to sue Antwan. To do this, however, she'll have to go against her former partner Keys, who's working for Soonami in order to get his weekly paycheck. Now with Guy leveling up and joining her cause, Millie must fight to reclaim what is rightfully hers, all the while protecting Guy, whom she discovers might very well be the most remarkable breakthrough in artificial intelligence history.
Directed by vanilla filmmaker Shawn Levy, Night at the Museum (2006), Free Guy moves along at a breezy, easy-to-digest pace. Levy embraces video game culture and creates some fun sequences throughout. There's a great chase early on, where Keys and his programming pal Mouser (Utkarsh Ambudkar), who's dressed in a bunny suit, go after Guy. A montage where Guy levels up is also enjoyable. However, the script by Matt Lieberman, The Christmas Chronicles (2018), and Zak Penn, Ready Player One (2018), is very clichéd and unsurprising with its messages of originality and going against the crowd. It also touches on ideas that were explored better in films like The Matrix (1999), The Truman Show, and even Spielberg's Ready Player One, chiefly how people today have become so obsessed with living online that they've forgotten what's outside of their screens. Additionally, Free Guy comments on how big corporations favor recognizable IPs over originality, with the little guy ultimately sticking it to the big guy, which is somewhat ironic here, seeing as Disney gobbled up 20th Century Fox in 2019 and acquired Free Guy through the merger.
'Is this two-player mode?'
Ryan Reynolds essentially holds the whole film together with his snarkiness and goofball nature. The Deadpool star imbues Guy with a surprising amount of depth, in turn creating a charming, romantic, and very wholesome character that audiences can root for. Killing Eve (2018 – 22) sensation Jodie Comer proves that she's more than capable of holding her own playing opposite Reynolds and delivers a memorable performance as Millie; so much so it's hard to believe this is her first major part in a motion picture. Taika Waititi, Jojo Rabbit (2019), is clearly having a blast playing villain Antwan, even if he overplays the role. In contrast, Joe Keery, who portrays whiz kid Walter 'Keys' McKeys, is great, demonstrating that he'll be okay once Stranger Things (2016 – ) comes to a close. Lil Rel Howery, Get Out (2017), brings heart to his comic relief role of Buddy, whilst Channing Tatum, Magic Mike (2012), is a hoot as Revenjamin Buttons, a dance-happy 'main player' avatar who happens to be a huge fan of Blue Shirt Guy.
Moreover, the film sports a stack of gaming in-jokes and Easter eggs, including a heap of blink-or-you'll-miss-it cameos from real-life gamers and streamers, such as DanTDM, Jacksepticeye, Ninja, Pokimane, and Australia's LazarBeam. There's even a masked appearance by Hugh Jackman, who's suited up and plays a shifty avatar in a shady alley. And oh, listen out for voicework from stars Tina Fey, Dwayne Johnson, and John Krasinski, who lend their chops to a heap of characters. On the topic of 'references,' while Free Guy does feature a few amusing winks to some massive intellectual properties in the last act, it does kinda feel that Fox is flexing their franchise library, making these moments come off as eye-rolling as opposed to cheer-worthy.
'I'm not gonna be the good guy. I'm gonna be a great guy.'
On the whole, Free Guy looks sleek and sports a cool aesthetic, mainly the in-game production design by Ethan Tobman, Black is King (2020). While Levy does go CG-heavy for a lot of the film — we have crazy car chases and see helicopters crashing into high-rises so often that it becomes second nature — it works within the constraints of the narrative. Sure, Free Guy isn't as timely or funny as those that have come before it but still succeeds as a mindless distraction for folks looking for a bit of escapism. Plug in and enjoy the ride, and maybe get away from your own reality too, even if only briefly.
Free Guy is released through 20th Century Fox Australia
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On this page we will provide java 8 Stream sorted() example. We can sort the stream in natural ordering as well as ordering provided by Comparator. In java 8 Comparator can be instantiated using lambda expression. We can also reverse the natural ordering as well as ordering provided by Comparator. Natural ordering uses the ordering provided by Comparable which must be implemented by the class whose instances are the stream elements. Here on this page we will sort List, Map and Set using java 8 stream sorted() method.
Find the syntax of sorted() method.
1. sorted(): It sorts the elements of stream using natural ordering. The element class must implement Comparable interface.
2. sorted(Comparator<? super T> comparator): Here we create an instance of Comparator using lambda expression. We can sort the stream elements in ascending and descending order.
The following line of code will sort the list in natural ordering.
To reverse the natural ordering Comparator provides reverseOrder() method. We use it as follows.
The following line of code is using Comparator to sort the list.
To reverse the ordering, Comparator provides reversed() method. We use this method as follows.
Here we are sorting a List of objects of Student class. First we will sort by natural ordering and then using Comparator. We will reverse both ordering natural ordering as well as ordering provided by Comparator in our example.
Here we are sorting the Set of objects of Student class. This class must override equals() and hashCode() methods to identify unique elements. For natural ordering Student class needs to implement Comparable interface. In our example we will sort our Set using natural ordering as well as ordering provided by Comparator.
Here we are sorting a Map by key as well as value.
Here we are sorting a map whose values are custom objects.


草薙 (Kusanagi) is a Japanese artist group that creates background art for animation and computer games. This is the fifth portfolio art book which focuses on game art.
All are captioned, in Japanese, but the art speaks for itself. With fewer chapters in this book, each has more illustrations to show. This is a background art book so there aren't any character designs. The art included comes in the form of preliminary line art and the finished coloured painting.
For Final Fantasy XII, there are several flying ship designs included. I've not played any of the games listed above so I can't confirm if all the environments and sets are included. If you've played any of these games, most of the images should be nostalgic.
There are more designs from Avalon Code aren't there?


I've been meaning to do a monthly favourites post for so long but every time I get round to writing it, we're half way through the next month.
I've had a lot of free time in July so it's given me the perfect excuse to get organised and focus more on blogging.
This thing is incredible! If your skin is feeling extra yucky, wearing this for 10 minutes in the evening is the perfect way to leave it feeling refreshed.
I believe it's currently on sale for £2 in Superdrug.
I've only ever bought foundation from rimmel for under a tenner so for me a clinique foundation was a huge step. I'd heard positive reviews about this, tried a sample, saved up my boots points and finally I was able to have it.
My face looks so much better wearing it.
I mentioned this in a previous post and just had to mention it again.
I've always been so scared of filling in my eyebrows in case I look to manly but this is just easy to use, fills my eyebrows in evenly and still looks natural.
Think I may splash out for the full sized.
Yes i am that person who buys voss water.
But I don't care, it tastes nice, and it's Norwegian.
It's also only £1.50 at ASDA which is why I bought it and it also makes a great water bottle.
This item was on my summer wishlist post and I finally ordered it!
It's feels a little cheap and plastic but I don't care, I just love how it looks and cannot wait to wear it on holiday.
It feels like i've been waiting forever for the seventh season and its finally here!!
I don't want to spoil anything but this new season has really kicked off , and that opening scene in the first episode ?!? Wow, just wow.
If you've not watched it yet, your misssing out!!


Jack Nicklaus will reunite this weekend with a number of long-time friends and competitors, when the Golden Bear joins a roster of legends in the Post-It® Products Greats of Golf Competition. The competition will take place Saturday and is part of the 3M Championship, a Champions Tour event held at TPC Twin Cities in Blaine, Minnesota. Jack will team with Gary Player and Lee Trevino in the best-ball format.
Also scheduled to appear: the team of Johnny Miller, Dave Stockton, and Tony Jacklin; the grouping of David Graham, Fuzzy Zoeller, and Andy North; and the trio of Annika Sorenstam, Nancy Lopez, and Pat Bradley, captained by Arnold Palmer. The Greats of Golf will take place immediately following Saturday's second-round play in the 3M Championship. The Golden Bear is scheduled to tee off after 1:00 p.m. ET.
The tournament airs today on the Golf Channel from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. ET, and Saturday and Sunday on the Golf Channel from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. ET.
Competitors in the Greats of Golf Challenge are members of the World Golf Hall of Fame, have 20 or more career victories on the PGA and Champions Tours, or are former major championship winners. The Golden Bear leads the pack with 120 professional tournament victories worldwide and a record 18 major championships.
Tom Pernice, Jr., will defend his 3M title and compete against a world-class field featuring Champions Tour stars Rocco Mediate, Colin Montgomerie and Bernhard Langer, who is coming off a record-setting, 13-shot victory in the Senior British Open. Fan favorites Nick Price, Tom Lehman and Champions Tour rookie Miguel Angel Jimenez are set to compete in the three-day event.
The tournament will donate $1.3 million to benefit healthcare programs at Allina Health.
"Our sponsors and volunteers continue to help us improve the lives of people in our community with their continued dedication to the 3M Championship," Cavner said.
The 3M Championship has donated over $21 million to charity since 1993. For more information on the 3M Championship, visit 3mchampionship.com.


The galaxy NGC 253 in the constellation Sculptor was discovered on 23.09.1783 by Caroline Herschel in England with a small 11.5 cm telescope.
NGC 253 is the largest and brightest member of a galaxy cluster in Sculptor with a distance of about 13 million light years. The absolute diameter is about 95,000 light years, so the galaxy is slightly smaller than our Milky Way.
The image at right shows a comparison to the size of the full Moon. Click here or the thumbnail to load a larger image .
NGC 253 is a typical starburst galaxy with a high rate of star formation. The striking dark gas and dust clouds are also further building material for numerous future generations of stars. In contrast to other spiral galaxies, the yellowish light inside the galaxy is only partly derived from an older and cooler star generation. In addition, the brightest area of the center shows signs of a strong star formation that has lasted for about 30 million years. Due to the high dust content, the bluish light of the bright and hot stars is clearly reddened and can be seen as a yellow-orange glow.
In contrast to other spiral galaxies, the yellowish light inside the galaxy is only partly derived from an older and cooler star generation. In addition, the brightest area of the center shows signs of a strong star formation that has lasted for about 30 million years. Due to the high dust content, the bluish light of the bright and hot stars is clearly reddened and can be seen as a yellow-orange glow.
Due to the relatively small distance, some globular star clusters can be detected in the image, which are marked in the labeled version. marked in the labeled version.
NGC 253 is a spiral galaxy with a central bar, which we see under a very shallow angle of only 11 degrees. The bar as well as the spiral arms can be well observed in the infrared spectral range, as shown by the ESO VISTA telescope on the right.
This allows you to see through some of the dense dust clouds and to better understand the structure of the galaxy.
The VISTA image can be enlarged by clicking on it.
The small galaxy PGC 198197 on the upper left edge of the NGC 253 is another interesting object in this image. By chance, two differently distant galaxies are superimposed in the sky. This constellation offers a unique possibility to examine the structure of the foreground galaxy. The large area of the dust clouds of the foreground galaxy is surprisingly far into its outer regions.
The image on the left shows the comparison of PGC 198197 between our image with and the high-resolution Hubble version which can be enlarged by clicking on it..
Holwerda et al. (2009), The Astronomical Journal, V. 137, S. 3000: An extended dust disk in a spiral galaxy: An occulting galaxy pair in the ACS nearby galaxy survey treasury.


Happy 198th birthday to my oldest great-grandmother!
How can it be almost 200 years since my oldest great-grandma was born (on April 18, 1820)? She was walking this earth only three generations ahead of me. It makes me feel both old (I'm considerably older than Agatha was when she died) and young: the baby of my generation. With that many years between her and me, though, it's no wonder that I know very little about her.
Agatha Bisson was born in Enkhuizen, which in 1820 was a lovely city on what used to be the Zuider Zee. My research tells me that in the 18th century it was as important a port as Amsterdam.
I know nothing about Agatha's early life, but on Christmas Eve, 1851, she married my great-grandfather, Theodorus Leonardus van Raaphorst, in Amsterdam. Three months later her oldest son and my grandfather, Christiaan Frederik van Raaphorst, was born. I'm sure he was named for Agatha's father, Christiaan Frederik Bisson.
Agatha, Theodorus, and their children lived in Amsterdam for a while, and then moved back and forth several times between Amsterdam and Rotterdam. Along the way they had four children and lost two of them, both in infancy or early childhood. The two who survived were my grandfather and his younger brother Antonius.
At some time between 1867 and 1871, when the boys would have been adolescents, Theodorus disappeared. Or so the family story goes; perhaps Agatha knew where he was all along. By 1871 Agatha and sons were living in Amsterdam with her mother. She died in 1880, at the age of about 60. Theodorus was still listed on her death certificate as her husband.
Theodorus came back, 30 years later, after his oldest son was grown, married, and had a family of his own. Theodorus simply knocked on their door and asked to be taken in, and they did that, until they discovered that the expensive-looking pocket watch he had was fake! Then they asked him to be on his way.
I'd love to know more about Agatha and Theodorus. Was she "difficult to be around," as some family members implied? Was Theodorus a "bad actor"or "black sheep" and to be blamed for the family's seemingly unstable life? How did they meet? Where was Theodorus for 30 years and why did he come back?