Washington: NASA on Sunday blasted off its first-ever spaceship to explore the Sun, the $1.5 billion Parker Solar Probe, on a strategic mission to protect the Earth by unveiling the mysteries of dangerous solar storms.
The launch of the car-sized probe aboard a massive Delta IV-Heavy rocket lit the night sky at Cape Canaveral, Florida at 3:31 am (0731 GMT), according to AFP.
The probe is guarded by an ultra-powerful heat shield that can endure unprecedented levels of heat, and radiation 500 times that experienced on Earth. When it nears the Sun, the probe will travel at some 430,000 miles per hour (692,000 kilometers per hour). That will make it the fastest ever human-made object, speedy enough to travel from New York to Tokyo in one minute.
Scientists hope this close encounter will give them a better understanding of solar wind and geomagnetic storms that risk wreaking chaos on Earth by knocking out the power grid. These poorly understood solar outbursts could potentially wipe out power to millions of people. A worst-case scenario would cost up to two trillion dollars in the first year alone and take a decade for full recovery, experts say.
A highly advanced heat shield just 4.5 inches (11.43 centimeters) thick was devised to keep the probe from melting. The sunlight is expected to heat the shield to just around 2,500 degrees Fahrenheit (1,371 degrees Celsius). Yet the inside of the spacecraft will stay at just 85 degrees Fahrenheit.
The spacecraft is the only NASA probe in history to be named after a living person -- 91-year-old solar physicist Eugene Parker, who first described the solar wind in 1958. Parker watched the launch at Cape Canaveral, and said it was his first time seeing a rocket blast off in person.
Scientists have wanted to build a spacecraft like this for more than 60 years, but only recently did the heat shield technology capable of protecting sensitive instruments become available. Tools on board will measure high-energy particles associated with flares and coronal mass ejections, as well as the changing magnetic field around the Sun.
The first launch attempt on Saturday was postponed at the last minute due to technical problem related to a helium gas sensor on the rocket. But Sunday's bid "went off like clockwork," said NASA launch manager Omar Baez.
NASA had earlier said more Than 1.1 Million names have been installed on it's Parker Solar Probe. Back in March 2018, the public were invited to send their names to the Sun aboard humanity's first mission to "touch" a star.
A total of 1,137,202 names were submitted and confirmed over the seven-and-a-half-week period, and a memory card containing the names was installed on the spacecraft on May 18, 2018, three months before the scheduled launch on July 31, 2018, from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The card was mounted on a plaque bearing a dedication to and a quote from the mission's namesake, heliophysicist Eugene Parker, who first theorized the existence of the solar wind. This is the first NASA mission to be named for a living individual.


"Modern Matinees: The Coen Brothers," a new retrospective of the movies of Joel and Ethan Coen, kicks off today at the Museum of Modern Art and runs through December 29. In January 2016, Lara Zarum wrote about the Coens' movies for the Voice on the occasion of a Film Forum series spotlighting the brothers' work.
For more information on this and other events, openings, and happenings, visit our Datebook section.


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E.P. review: pussyfooting is the opiate of the masses
By Tyler Majer on October 20, 2015
EP cover of No Pussyfooting
1. Pretty Little Killer
2. Morning Wood Chorus
3. Love & Rockets
4. Fashion Hole
No Pussyfooting's newest E.P. was released on a bright yellow cassette tape. The cover consists of a black-and-white side profile of the band bordered by bright red, and the statement "Pussyfooting is the Opiate of the Masses" emblazoned in yellow. Seems like a formidable statement for a four-song E.P. However, their efforts on this short album are just as provocative, and interesting, as the statement listed above.
The E.P. opens with a murder ballad that breaks right into a bluesy-garage-like guitar riff that battles alongside the saxophone for domination of the track. The lyrics are splattered with imagery of a blood-curdled, angry wife shooting up prosecutors, judges, and the like – a bit reminiscent of the black comedy crime film, Natural Born Killers (1994).
Neither guitar nor sax takes over, and in the end, both team up to help the pretty little killer complete her killing spree. With lyrics like "[s]he's the woman that I love" from the vocalist, and the almost rockabilly-like beating of the drums, you feel like you are right there, taking every shot and stepping over each body.
The second track has a humorous title, "Morning Wood Chorus", but is entirely serious otherwise. It is a love ballad. The saxophone plays resonating low tones until a solo break around the 1:20 mark. The lyrics, "[a]in't nothing wrong with a short time", makes this slow, thumping piece almost emotional.
It seems to be a parting song, whether for a woman, a city, or an idea. This song, perhaps the calmest on the album, is also the most emotional.
"Love & Rockets" takes off somewhere around where "Pretty Little Killer" leaves off. With a quick intro of some grunge-style guitar, the horn soon interrupts. The fast rhythms mere, and the vocals soon follow. It is a quirky little song that questions love and its intentions, and does so by asking questions laden with humour and sarcasm:
"If I blast off into space with my rocket ship humming, would you look up into the sky, would you shed a tear?" Before you even realize, however, the song is over. It is a quick little ditty, which moves like a locomotive, and is driven by love, confusion, and one dirty saxophone.
Finally, the last song on the album, "Fashion Hole", begins with some electronic vibes. This song, with its sci-fi background synthesizers and its groovy and slender pace, is the fastest of the bunch.
The song is driven by the synthesizer, but then the sax breaks back in around the 1:30 mark, and it is a duel between the two coolest instruments that the band plays.
Lyrics like "[b]e a fashion victim… These leather boots, why don't you like 'em, for all the strung-out boys and girls" seem to criticize the idea of fashion and its role in deviating cultures (Punk, Grunge, etc.), but that is just my idea and I may be talking out of my ass.
All in all, No Pussyfooting's E.P. is one of the most full-sounding 4-songers around, and succeeds in employing a diverse sound, almost like a sped-up, angry version of The Burning Hell. Goddamn, does it sound great.
Listen to No Pussyfooting on: nopussyfooting.ca
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Tyler works out of Peterborough, Ontario, and reluctantly attends Trent University. He loathes deeply, while drinking often. The cigarettes will soon consume his life. Read his poetry while you still can at https://aforeword.com/tag/tyler-majer/ while reading his journalistic work at this very site. I would say that he would be appreciative, but that may not be the truth.
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The organizers of the exhibition of contemporary art mixed with pineapple exhibit
May 9, 2017 IMMEconomics
The organizers of the exhibition of contemporary art in the Scottish city of Aberdeen has adopted an abandoned pineapple visitors for the exhibit and glazed it. Reported by the Daily Mail.
According to the newspaper, 22-year-old student at the Robert Gordon University Ruari gray, along with his friends decided to make fun of other people in the gallery and put the fruit on the middle of the empty table. A few days later he came again and found that pineapple is glazed. "I decided to see how long it will stay on that table and will people actually believe that this is art," said Prancer.
One of the friends gray, Lloyd Jack, posted a photo of pineapple in his Twitter account.
"So, last week we put a pineapple next to the display, and saw today that he was placed behind a glass showcase. It's amazing," — he signed the picture.
In may last year it was reported that two American media left on the exhibition of contemporary art on the floor of the Museum, points that the visitors took over the work of modern art.
Northern lights. Will the Baltic States break out from Eastern Europe
Gas dilemma between economy and geopolitics
The French foreign Ministry has accused trump of "provocation"
The man in anger threw the washing machine on the car
In Ukraine, the growing rate of the dollar
Horoscope for April 2-8: Virgins increased sexual potential, and the goats will be back old friends
The Russians are allowed to travel to Belarus, but with two conditions
In Ukraine introduced a new tax for startups: who will have to pay
Poroshenko told how Russia is trying to use the victory in world war II
In the US, the girl fought off a crocodile
Country (Ukraine): the European Union has closed its project in Ukraine
Street chanting "go away," Lukashenko said, the country will not give up (Belarus news, Belarus)
The Sun (UK): scientists find signs Covid-19 eight years ago
Hamshahri (Iran), Putin, armed with a vaccine "Satellite V", riding a bear went to war with covid-19
Science and Technology Daily (China): as the sport annually saves millions of people from premature death
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An 86-year-old kidnap victim from the northeastern department of Arauca on Tuesday regained her freedom.
Lila Quinta de Imbeth, 86, a cattle farmer from the rural municipality of Arauca, was found in the early hours of Tuesday morning, not 30 minutes from where she was reportedly forced into a car on Saturday.
The police department in Arauca told Colombia Reports that they are still unsure as to the motives of the kidnapping, although Wilson Bravo Cardenas, police chief for Arauca, earlier this week declared that the kidnapping could have been the work of common delinquents.
The kidnapping of Senora de Imbeth provoked a strong reaction from the local community in Arauca, with a march and a church service being carried out in the cattle farmer's name, attended by the majority of the community as well as the governor of Arauca.
It is also worth noting that yesterday the governmental department offered a reward of approximately $10,000 to anyone who could shed light on the whereabouts of the 86 year old.
According to the local police, Lila Quinta is still recovering from the ordeal and will speak about her experience when she can.
Accroding to Semana, livestock farmers in Arauca are particularly targeted by delinquent groups, with 13 cases of kidnappings in the sector since the beginning of 2012.


During this session, you will learn how Perfumers use fragrance families to build signature fragrances.
In small groups, you will train with a dedicated Perfumer to hear their descriptions of materials, as well as how and why they might use a specific odor type. The Perfumers will demonstrate how to blend materials within families to make accords. At the end of the day, you will then have the opportunity to make your own blends and make applications in your preferred product type.
A fragrance test will be available at the beginning of the day—quiz your nose and olfactive memory to see how perceptive they really are. At the end of the day, take the test again to compare how much you have improved from the days' lessons.
Any special accommodations or dietary requirements?
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Panama lawyer at center of data leak denounces attack on privacy
By Elida Moreno
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - The head of a Panama-based law firm at the center of a massive leak of offshore financial data on Sunday denied any wrongdoing, and said his firm has fallen victim to "an international campaign against privacy".
German newspaper Suddeutsche Zeitung said it received a cache of 11.5 million leaked documents from the law firm's database, and shared them with more than 100 other international news outlets as well as the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).
Ramon Fonseca, the director of Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca, specialized in setting up offshore companies, said in a telephone interview with Reuters that his firm had suffered a successful but "limited" hack.
Fonseca, the firm's co-founder and until March a senior government official in Panama, said his firm has formed more than 240,000 companies, adding that the "vast majority" have been used for "legitimate purposes."
The ICIJ report published on Sunday details billions of dollars of shadowy financial transactions moved through numerous offshore accounts.
Britains Guardian newspaper said the documents showed a network of secret offshore deals and loans worth $2 billion led to close friends of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Reuters couldn't independently confirm those details.
Fonseca emphasized that the firm is not responsible for the activities of the companies it incorporates.
"We're dedicated to making legal structures which we sell to intermediaries such as banks, lawyers, accountants and trusts, and they have their end-customers that we don't know," said Fonseca.
He said that all of the firm's clients have been notified of "this problem," arguing that the firm has been caught up in an international anti-privacy campaign.
"We believe there's an international campaign against privacy. Privacy is a sacred human right (but) there are people in the world who do not understand that and we definitely believe in privacy and will continue working so that legal privacy can work," he said.
The law firm said in a separate statement published by the Guardian: "It appears that you have had unauthorized access to proprietary documents and information taken from our company and have presented and interpreted them out of context."
Panama's government said in a statement on Sunday that it will cooperate with any eventual judicial proceeding relating to the allegations in the report.


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Join with guest artist Kathy Caraccio, master printer from New York City, here to celebrate her Quilt Series exhibition at the International Quilt Study Center & Museum. In this exciting workshop we will create monoprints onto interesting papers for colorful rainbow blends, textures and layers. These printed sources will be cut into shapes to arrange into quilt like designs and patterns that create dynamic visual interactions. These one-of-a-kind collages of paper will be glued and mounted for a finished presentation. Printing hints and tips from Kathy's vast knowledge will enable collaboration throughout the workshop allowing all to learn and discover.
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Make beautiful handmade paper with inclusions of colored pulp wet into wet. Fluid squeeze-bottle drawing and designs can make the paper sheets inspiring when dry for further drawing, calligraphy, printing, and bookmaking.
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Love all those great patterned cotton fabrics out there? Have remnants in your sewing box? Turn those interesting fabrics into lined bookcloth that can be used for covering your own books, boxes, and projects. All cotton works best, and we will have some to use on site also.
Posted on Saturday, October 13th, 2018 at 9:30 am.
Build the amazing clamshell box, with a specially designed divided tray inside. Materials and skills follow functional structure that can enhance an object for its presentation, preservation, viewing and meaning. Bring a small object or special book to plan the box around, with a standard size for all.
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We will make one-of-a-kind prints from ink that is transferred from plates to paper with an inevitable surprise. Using a wide array of colors the water-base inks enable multiple layers and unusual mixing. Guidance and demos of techniques will spark ideas and sharing. All for experimentation and fun!
Posted on Saturday, August 4th, 2018 at 1:00 pm.
A hands-on workshop that begins with playful paper selections for signatures and folding, all joined together with sewing along the spine. A variety of decorative stitch options will be shown. This journal will have durable cloth covers and be suitable for take-a-long journaling and sketching.
Posted on Wednesday, July 25th, 2018 at 6:30 pm.
In this hands-on workshop we will make traditional and decorative papers with Turkish Marbling. This process is fast and fun with unique results. Papers can be used for calligraphy, origami, small gift-wrapping, note-cards, bookbinding. Expect the Unexpected!


Almost anyone is sure to feel mesmerized seeing this exotic furniture pieces you have purchased from the Wire Collection. Are you looking for a new range offered by this brand? If yes you can place an order for the new range offered in unique designs and style. Manufacturers have always kept in mind the durability, comfort, relaxation, affordability, luxury and beauty while manufacturing each and every piece in the Wire Collection. No compromise is made in any way in terms of quality and sustainability. The brand is well reputed for maintaining and retaining its quality each time a new product of theirs is launched in the market. If you are looking towards enhancing the look of your home or office then this is the right furniture brand to consider.


So I showed you my new curtains yesterday…did I mention the price? Well, I purchased four large pieces of white fabric at a local secondhand shop for $2 a panel bringing my total to $8. I then found the perfect shade of tan – a $4 can of boo-boo paint. Bingo.
So I made two pairs of curtains for $12. How's that sound?
Not to mention they came out darling!
First of all, you will need a small paint roller, paint (any kind will do), painter's tape, fabric medium (recommended) a measuring tape and a pencil.
Then the fabric of your choice. My white fabric is from a thrift store, but any fabric will do. Or even plain panels. Whatever! Luckily the pieces were of approximate size and since I am not overly concerned with perfection, I was able to wing it and not do too much measuring. If you are a type A person unlike me, you may want to measure. It is important for the stripes to match up somewhat once the panels are hung. PLease do not drive yourself crazy – it is gonna look great!
You will then need to decide how wide you would like your stripes to be. You could do any size. I chose to make my stripes 12 inches wide. I then took my measuing tape along the curtain and made a little pencil mark (just a faint mark enough to see) 12 inches from the top all along the length of the curtain. With the marks in place, I placd the painter's tape along the line from one end of the curtain to the next. I did this with each line alternating white stripe with tan stripe. My fabric was white so I only needed paint the brown lines to create the stripe. Make sure the tape is pressed firmly to the curtain and don't leave any bubbles under the tape or the paint could bleed underneath it and create a feathered line. You want a clean, crisp line.
You can start with either a white stripe or a color stripe such as my tan one. I chose to make my top stripe tan as to draw the eye up.
Remember that you need to account for the width of the tape when measuring for each stripe. For this reason, some lines will be wider than other when taped out. Just bear in mind that all the untaped areas will be painted and the taped parts will remain the original color of the curtain which in my case is white.
Get your paint ready – I used exactly a quart of paint for my four panels. The fabric literally sucked up the paint as it is so absorbent. I nearly ran out of paint. I was a little concerned about this, but with the help of the fabric medium, I was able to just make it! Add your fabric medium to the paint and mix well. I didn't measure it – I just threw a bunch in. It has the consistency of skim milk. The point of medium is to soften the painted fabric as well as to allow it to be washable. I recommend it although you would survive fine without it too.
So after you have taped the panel and ready to roll, take your small paint roller (I used my Cutting Edge stencil roller) and begin to roll in between the tape where you intend the stripes to be. You will be putting some elbow grease into thje process. It takes a long time and is tedious, but I promise you will love the results! Just keep plugging away…you can do it, yes you can!
I needed to keep saying that to myself as it was a long, drawn-out, multi-day process. I would advise an entire day to knock this project out with allowing for drying time and the like.
Once the stripe is rolled, take off the tape before it has dried as to prevent the tape from drying onto the curtain. It will be fine.
Now hang the curtain somewhere to dry. I had to take my curtain OFF the board to dry as I tried to remove it once after it dried and I had to peel it off. It was much more difficult that way.
I had to allow the panels to dry and then move up the bottom of the curtain to finish them. Like I said it was tedious.
The end result will be all the sweeter.
You can hang them however…with curtain clip, by creating a pocket for your rod, however really. I have also read elsewhere that you could line the curtains with another curtain or piece of fabric if you'd like. I may get to that later.
For now, I am just enjoying the view!
Imagine all the possibilities of paint and stencilling curtains…they are limitless.
How funny! I did the same thing (same color and all) to some cheap, plain white panels I found at Goodwill. Yours look great!
Awesome, awesome, awesome! I LOVE them!
These turned out so good! Great job! Thanks so much for stopping by and leaving me a sweet note this week about my Up-cycled Fabric Rosette Tree. I hope you have a great weekend!
They turned out great and thanks for the tutorial.
Curtains are eye catching very attractive.


Want to take the first step in launching an exciting career as a UX designer with just a few short weeks of study? The User Experience Design Part-Time course from General Assembly is the perfect option for you.
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Throughout the course, you'll learn how to make sound design decisions and create a complete user experience brief. You'll be using industry standard tools and putting together a suite of UX documentation for a digital product. By the time you graduate, you'll have the tools and techniques you need to prepare yourself for a creative career in UX design.
Upon successful completion of this course, you will receive a User Experience Design Part-Time qualification from General Assembly.
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Q: Replacing process arguments for a C# application Is there a way to replace the values of the arguments of a managed process like it can be done for a native program as described here?
Here's a program I wrote trying to do the same thing but it didn't work like the other case:
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            if (args == null)
            {
                return;
            }

            foreach (String arg in args)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Before: " + arg);

                unsafe
                {
                    fixed (char* ptr = arg)
                    {
                        for (int i = 0; i < arg.Length; i++)
                        {
                            *(ptr + i) = 'x';
                        }
                    }
                }

                Console.WriteLine("After: " + arg);
            }

            Console.WriteLine("Environment.GetCommandLineArgs(): ");

            foreach (String arg in Environment.GetCommandLineArgs())
            {
                Console.WriteLine(arg);
            }
        }

And the result is:
Before: asdf
After: xxxx
Before: lkjasdf
After: xxxxxxx
Before: ;lkajsdf
After: xxxxxxxx
Environment.GetCommandLineArgs():
ConsoleApplication2.exe
asdf
lkjasdf
;lkajsdf

Thank you in advance.

A: Environment.GetCommandLineArgs() likely makes use of the native GetCommandLine() on Windows. However, the return value will be marshaled into .Net strings and will have no effect on the native pointer actually returned by GetCommandLine().
You should assume this is read-only and that you have no guarantees writing to the pointer won't cause a fault. I'm sure you could use a P/Invoke definition of GetCommandLine() and an IntPtr to overwrite the command line, but this is undefined behavior and isn't guaranteed to work in the future (these sort of assumptions are what Raymond often points out in his articles).

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The cost of a school dinner to those pupils in Key Stage 2 (Year 3, Year 4, Year 5 & Year 6) is £2.00. This can be paid daily or weekly.
Those children who qualify for free school meals will naturally be able to have their dinner free of charge, so payment will not need to be provided.
Alternatively, you can complete the Free School Meals Application Form (available to download below) and hand this into the school office, who will then be able to apply on your behalf.
If your child does not want a school meal, they can bring in a packed lunch from home.


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Also known as Chinese bond, the Rate Trap bond uses fewer bricks than a solid wall. The air cavity allows for re-inforcing, helps to keep the building cool in summer, improves drying speeds in wet climates and helps to reduce condensation inside the home.
Wouldn't life be so much easier if clients never changed their minds? Wouldn't it be nice if all a project manager had to do was track the pre-arranged plan, and could count on a steady supply of electricity from Eskom and the accuracy of the municipal infrastructure plans and policies.
Construction site managers must deal with the weather, local soil conditions, available labour skills and transport issues. Construction projects would be a breeze if ONLY the goal posts didn't keep moving.
One of the reasons why clay brick has been the walling material of choice since Roman times, is due to its inherent flexibility. As a modular material, it isn't pre-configured or manufactured based on a building plan created 6 months before construction starts.
When bricks arrive on site they will never be 20 cms too long, or 5cm too thin. Brick dimensions are literally set in clay. There is a rough arithmetical relationship of length to width of 2:1 and length to height of 3:1 in the standard brick. This gives a lot of flexibility in how bricks can be laid.
Figure 1: Also known as Chinese bond, the Rate Trap bond uses fewer bricks than a solid wall.
The air cavity allows for re-inforcing, helps to keep the building cool in summer, improves drying speeds in wet climates and helps to reduce condensation inside the home.
Figure 2: download our free Technical Guide for Clay Brick Masonry from our website or purchase our DIY book "Bricklaying Made Easy" for just R150.
Modular clay brick walling allows construction teams to quickly adapt to the client's variation requests, respond to unexpected site conditions, implement complex architectural designs and deal with logistics or on-site damage and errors.
Bricks have known parameters for use with different foundations, soils and climate zones, ensuring consistent strength, timing and costs.
One of the key benefits of brick walling is that no matter where you build in South Africa, you have fast access to experienced people and quality products. The clay brick industry in South Africa has both the capacity and the right products to deliver the best, the most cost effective long term solution to residential and commercial building projects.
Competitively-priced, accredited brick suppliers can be found in every region, providing consistent quality stock-in-hand and short transport distances.
Brick products and manufacturing technologies are not imported, every brick is made here in South Africa under well-regulated quality standards.
The Clay Brick Association of South Africa has the responsibility to ensure that our Members conform to legislation regarding air pollution and environmental protection, as well as a strict code of conduct with regard to how bricks are manufactured.
It is estimated that over 200,000 workers are directly employed across the building industry as brick makers, brick layers and plasterers and no matter where the construction site is located there will be trained, local bricklayers to complete the project.
Bricklaying is a skill, and the actual construction phase can be a slower process than many of the new, alternative building systems. The industry has developed an innovative solution that allows walls to be built 2-3 times faster – but with all the benefits of clay brick.
"Superbricks" come in a range of non-standard, large sizes that lower material costs, use less mortar and have fewer joins per square metre. The 140mm wide bricks are popular in the inland regions, where one can build a single wall that not only has even higher strength than a standard size brick, but is also easier to build with and meets SABS10400XA for a single leaf wall.
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Property owners still enjoy all the benefits of double leaf cavity clay brick walling including improved thermal comfort, improved acoustics and reduced energy use throughout the building's lifetime.


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Q: Check box in MATLAB GUI My GUI has two checkboxes, namely colourcheck and Texturecheck, below a single search button. If I click on the search button, it should check for both types mentioned above and respective program should run, also if both box are in 'MIN' position i.e., not checked it should give a message to user stating select type of search.
I've clipped search_callback program.
function Search_Callback(hObject, eventdata, handles)
% hObject    handle to Search (see GCBO)
% eventdata  reserved - to be defined in a future version of MATLAB
% handles    structure with handles and user data

% --- Executes on button press in colourcheck.
function colourcheck_Callback(hObject, eventdata, handles)
% hObject    handle to colourcheck (see GCBO)
% eventdata  reserved - to be defined in a future version of MATLAB
% handles    structure with handles and user data

% Hint: get(hObject,'Value') returns toggle state of colourcheck
if (get(hObject,'Value') == get(hObject,'Max'))
    Search_Callback(hObject, eventdata, handles)
else
   % Checkbox is not checked-take approriate action
end

However I am not able to meet the requirements. Please help me, any solution is appreciable.

A: From the description in your question, you don't want Search_Callback called when you click colourcheck_Callback.  Instead you want some other action taken when the search button is clicked based on which check boxes are selected. You could use a callback like the following for your search button:
% --- Executes on button press in search.
function search_Callback(hObject, eventdata, handles)
% hObject    handle to search (see GCBO)
% eventdata  reserved - to be defined in a future version of MATLAB
% handles    structure with handles and user data (see GUIDATA)

isTexture = get(handles.Texturecheck,'Value');
isColour = get(handles.colourCheck,'Value');
if and(isTexture, isColour)
    'do something'
elseif isColour
    'do something else'
elseif isTexture
    'do something else'
else
    'warn user'
end
guidata(hObject, handles);


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Imran Khan blamed America on Pakistani terrorism
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Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan has admitted that Pakistan's land is being used for terrorist activities. Simultaneously, Imran Khan has blamed the US for reaching this state of Pakistan.
Imran Khan has blamed America directly, saying that America has used Pakistan in a wrong way. Imran Khan said that the US used Pakistani territory when it was competing with the Soviet Union in the 80s and when the Soviet Union took control of Afghanistan's land.
The US prepared the people of Pakistan for Jihad to strengthen its position in Afghanistan. Imran Khan admitted that the terrorists had been trained by Pakistan with the support of America. Funding was done by the US intelligence agency CIA to create this organization.
When this terrorist organization became stronger, the Soviet Union retreated from Afghanistan because after the disintegration of the Soviet Union, it was spending a lot of money and military labor.
Gradually, jihadi organizations in Pakistan and Afghanistan started strengthening, after which America started feeling threatened by them.
The US cleverly started calling the jihadis used for their own interest as terrorists. The brunt of which America suffered from the terrorist incident at the World Trade Center.
Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that we should have already understood this trap of America and taken completely independent decisions, but due to the failures of our previous government, Pakistan is in a difficult condition today.
Imran Khan also says that Pakistan has lost a lot of its money in the struggle that has been going on for years. It was detrimental for us to be involved in US policies for Pakistan, after which the US gave Pakistan a shadow of its failure


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Q: How is dark energy consistent with conservation of mass and energy? I initially thought that dark energy must in some way violate conservation of mass and energy since the component of the energy density of space that comes from dark energy is constant, and space is expanding. Therefore, as space expands the energy in the universe that comes from dark energy would increase. I presumed the source of this energy was not coming from the conversion of other types of energy to dark energy, so it must violate conservation.
I decided to Google this and came upon this article:
http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2011/12/02/dark-energy-accelerated-expans/
It says that dark energy does NOT violate conservation and quotes Carroll, Press, and Turner (1992):
"…the patch does negative work on its surroundings, because it has negative pressure. Assuming the patch expands adiabatically [i.e. without loss or gain of heat], one may equate this negative work to the increase of mass/energy of the patch. One thereby recovers the correct equation of state for dark energy: P = – ρ c2. So the mathematics is consistent."
Is there a way to explain this in layman's terms? (The blog attempted to do this, but it was very unclear to me.) More specifically, can you explain where my initial train of thought described above fails when I erroneously concluded that dark energy violates conservation?
Thank you.

A: The total energy in the space does increase, precisely because of the reason you mention. Energy is not expected to be conserved, because the metric is not invariant under time translations.
What does hold is the first law of thermodynamics, $dU = -P dV + \cdots$. Since the pressure in this system is negative, this is one way of seeing the origin of the extra energy as the space grows.

A: "I presumed the source of this energy was not coming from the conversion of other types of energy to dark energy, so it must violate conservation."
This is where you go wrong. The positive dark energy is balanced by the negative energy in the gravitational field. As a volume of space expands more dark energy is created in the volume but this is balanced by a growing negative term in the energy equation that depends on the rate of expansion. That is why dark energy causes the expansion to accelerate.
The reference Carroll, Press, and Turner (1992) explains this in more detail, or see my own paper at http://vixra.org/abs/1305.0034


In Beyond The Sky, Chris Norton (Ryan Carnes) has a powerful and traumatic connection to alien abductions since his early childhood, but, in his gut, he knows they are not real. Setting out to disprove the alien abduction phenomenon once and for all, he attends a UFO convention to meet alleged abductees and reveal the truth behind their experiences. It is only when he meets Emily (Jordan Hinson), who claims to have been abducted every seven years on her birthday, that Chris realizes there may be more to these claims than meets the eye. With Emily's 28th birthday only days away, Chris helps her to uncover the truth as they come face to face with the reality that we are not alone.
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I'm kf Fellows, pronounced like the letters: kay eff. My pronouns are they/them.
I'm a coder based in Portland, OR, where I've lived since 2015. Currently, I'm a Senior Data Engineer at Webflow.
I'm originally from Houston and spent my early 20s in San Francisco-Oakland. Previously, I've been a Staff Engineer, Tech Lead, and Engineering Manager, having worked for a handful of different companies: Ad Hoc, Turbine Labs, Splice, Simple, and Comcast.
For about half of my career, I've worked in analytics engineering, and the other half I've spent in site reliability engineering—applying analytics skills to engineering practices. In a past life, I did a lot of functional programming and gave dozens of professional trainings on programming in Clojure. I have always worked remotely, primarily on distributed, international teams, and I intend to continue that streak as long as possible!
I went to University of Houston-Clear Lake for undergrad in literature, math, and teaching, then went back to school part-time to study for an M.B.A. in business analytics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
In my spare time, I've served on the program committees for conferences like Strange Loop, KubeCon + CloudNativeCon, Clojure/West, and Philly ETE. I've also been a co-organizer of Open Source Bridge, formerly an annual conference in Portland for OSS contributors. Additionally, I co-organized both the Philly and Portland chapters of Papers We Love for several years.
I incorporate DEI into everything I do, but previously I have
Served on the board for Bridge Foundry, an umbrella nonprofit that provides workshops in programming languages for people from underrepresented backgrounds in tech. You may have attended one of our workshops through RailsBridge, ClojureBridge, ScalaBridge, or GoBridge.
Mentored and volunteered for Hackbright Academy, a code school for women and nonbinary people in San Francisco.
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On December 1st, Eye Level students from around NJ came together to assemble winter care packages for the homeless. Each care package contained a hat, gloves, scarf, socks, hard warmers, water, granola bar, and a sandwich.
We are so proud of each and every child that attended and gave their time and effort for a great cause! This is a prime example of how the Eye Level program builds values and prepares students for the classroom and beyond.
In an effort to give back to the community, this year Eye Level partnered with Smile, a local food pantry in NJ to provide essentials to struggling families in time for Thanksgiving. Both Eye level headquarters and local Eye Level centers participated in the collection. Thanks to the efforts of the collective Eye Level family, nearly 100 lbs of food was donated to the Smile pantry along with diapers for families with babies. We are very proud of each student that donated and commend them for willingness to give back to the community!


That morning they lit a fire in a deep hollow shrouded by great bushes of holly, and their supper-breakfast was merrier than it had been since they set out. They did not hurry to bed afterwards, for they expected to have all the night to sleep in, and they did not mean to go on again until the evening of the next day.
LOL, I haven't read Tolkien for 20 years and I got it right away!
Tolkien's style is so clear that even two rather bland sentences suffice to identify him.
It's increasingly clear to me that Cleitarchus' style was just as distinctive: in fact, several Greek and Roman writers commented on his rhetoric and minute descriptions. What has been more of a surprise to me during the reconstruction process is the accumulating weight of evidence that Curtius the rhetorician is very often simply rendering Cleitarchus' rhetoric into Latin without much modification. There are frequent anachronisms: e.g. Curtius was probably Proconsul of Roman Africa in the mid-first century AD, yet he seemingly wrote that the rhinoceros was unknown anywhere but India! However, Martial mentioned the African rhinoceros and it appears on a quadrans of Domitian. Furthermore, the sentiment of Curtius' prose is highly characteristic of the cynical philosophers of the early Hellenistic period with whom Cleitarchus was strongly associated.
It is true that Diodorus often grossly curtailed Cleitarchus' rhetoric, but Curtius frequently seems to preserve it.
Taphoi wrote: What has been more of a surprise to me during the reconstruction process is the accumulating weight of evidence that Curtius the rhetorician is very often simply rendering Cleitarchus' rhetoric into Latin without much modification.
So, Curtius the "slavish copier"? Best tell Stylianou of this, he's of the opinion that was Diodorus.
Taphoi wrote: Furthermore, the sentiment of Curtius' prose is highly characteristic of the cynical philosophers of the early Hellenistic period with whom Cleitarchus was strongly associated.
That would be philosophers who held an entirely selfish or sarcastic view of the world? Perhaps you meant the Cynic school: believers in virtue, self control and the like?
Paralus wrote: So, Curtius the "slavish copier"?
Not a slavish copier, but an admiring translator, though he sometimes doubted Cleitarchus' veracity. This was not unusual among the Romans at that time: Cicero wrote that Sisenna wished to imitate Cleitarchus as an historian.
Paralus wrote: Perhaps you meant the Cynic school: believers in virtue, self control and the like?
My copy has come now and I am enjoying this very much so far. I'm up to page 20. It's a bit above my head, but I'm hanging on in there. I have a question - well, a few actually - who is Jacoby, and how did he find his fragments? Is it a generally accepted thing that the fragments are all from Cleitarchus?
It's great that you got the book and are enjoying it!
The fragments fall into several classes. Firstly there are the Testimonies, which provide information about Cleitarchus himself. Secondly, there are the Fragments proper, and these are divided into fragments with a book number, other relatively reliable fragments and finally doubtful fragments. Fragments are essentially defined as ancient Greek or Latin texts where the immediate author states that Cleitarchus wrote the material in the fragment. In most cases it is very clear that it is the famous author of the History of Alexander that they are referring to.
It would be fair to say that my long essay on the basis for the reconstruction in Chapter 2 sometimes gets a bit abstruse, because it has to deal with some very complicated issues. Some people may find it more interesting to read the reconstruction itself in Chapters 3 to 5 first, then come back to Chapter 2 to find out as much as they want about how it was formulated.
Thank you, Andrew, this is great. It's extremely kind of you to take the time to explain these basics to a beginner! These extra pieces of information are just what I needed.
I see what you mean about complicated - it's amazing how many different texts you have had to remember about, and not just the ancient ones. You have to know what everybody else has said about these things. I'm very, very impressed.
I get the impression of a very long-lasting scholarship, so dedicated, where each of you is building on what went before. It looks as if German scholars have done a great deal of work in setting foundations that modern scholars can build upon, and I bet Jacoby would have been so proud of you for tackling the reconstruction.
I have found the diagram on page 63, and that's really helpful - I keep referring forward to it as I'm reading, and beginning to get it into my head now who all the sources are, and how they relate to each other. Some I've heard of before, like Herodotus, some I've seen referred to in this forum, like Hieronymus, and wondered about them, and others I've never even heard of. like Ephippus. It's great to have these sources brought together in one place like this.
But oh, how much we've lost! Seeing the extant sources just the bottom row in your diagram, below all those lost works, that's so sad. But great credit to you for attempting to bring one of them back to life for us.
The diagram on page 63 is really just a summary: I have tried to show which primary sources (authors who wrote from direct experience of the events) have been most important in establishing the several traditions of Alexander historiography that have come down to us. One thing to note is the number and size of arrows both entering and leaving the Cleitarchus box: by that criterion at least you can see that he has been more influential than anyone else.
In fact there are, sad to say, many other Hellenistic histories of Alexander that are lost to us. Jacoby cites fragments from a total of about fifty Greek authors who wrote histories more or less dedicated to Alexander in the two or three centuries following his death, none of whose works survive. Most of them do not even appear to have had much influence on our surviving traditions about Alexander. The Jacoby fragments of the lost historians of Alexander have been published in English translation by C A Robinson, "The History of Alexander the Great: Volume 1 - A Translation of the Extant Fragments", Providence, 1953 (very important to go for Volume 1, since Volume 2 is something else). Robinson Vol 1 was also republished by Ares Publishers in 1996.
My copy has now arrived. I haven't had a chance to peruse it properly yet, but looks interesting. I'm looking forward to having some time to read it properly.
Yes! Another great book from you Andrew. I have found your books to be such a nice read. I will definately be heading over to Amazon to get this one!
You are living my dream Andrew as I have always wanted to write a book about Alexander. I actually had thought of writing a book on Alexander's son with Roxanne and found it difficult to find enough information about him to fill a book. I fear it would be more fiction than fact though. I had also thought of writing a book about Hephaestian and there is a bit more information about him. It is a hard task to sort through what we feel is accurate and what is myth.
I look forward to reading your newest book and thank you for letting us know.
I long for wealth, but to win it by wrongful means I have no desire. Justice, though slow, is sure.
Many thanks to Marcus and Theseus for their encouraging comments. It is great to have such dedicated enthusiasts for writings about Alexander on this site.
I have finished reading this today, and I enjoyed it so much, I thought I'd write a review.
This book is by no means only for the expert or the professional historian. Anyone who is interested in Alexander and familiar with the basic story will find much to enjoy. The introductory chapters are full of fascinating information about how the reconstruction was attempted, and I for one learned a great deal about many lost sources and also about the work of scholars of previous generations.
There are tables of evidence, and a very useful timeline chart, showing how the lost sources and the extant ones interconnect, but most interesting to me was the way Cleitarchus himself came through, with his background, his own aims, and his style.
The reconstruction itself was a totally absorbing read. The clever use of different font styles to indicate the level of certainty is very useful and is not at all off-putting when reading. The sheer coherence of the reconstructed chapters was very striking. It read like the work of one writer, it never seemed like it was patched together. Best of all was the way it shed new light and new perspectives on familiar scenes. Alexander at Mazaga, the battle against Porus, Alexander leaping down alone into the city of the Oxydracae, Ptolemy's near-fatal encounter with a poisoned arrow, the passage of Kedrosia, and the celebrations in Carmania: these were just some among many scenes where the words I was reading brought new and interesting pictures into my mind. It was like reading a freshly-discovered source, and I warmly recommend it.


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Q: how to get process / daemon / program state change notification in linux I am trying to log each and every process state change . In few operating system i have came across something called process state change notification . when ever a process state is changed we will get the notification . Kernel does maintain each and ever process state right ? .

A: On Linux you can explore the running processes in the /proc/ file system. You can read more about it in The Linux Documentation Project on /proc/.


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Sunday night at about 6:30PM, a mangled motorcycle was found on Highway 202 near Rang des Lemieux in Franklin. For an unknown reason, the driver lost control of the motorcycle, swerved and crashed inflicting serious injuries on both the passenger and driver. Both victims, who live in Montérégie, were immediately taken to the hospital where the passenger, 31, succumbed to the injuries, while the driver's, 44, condition stabilized. SQ investigators are looking into the unknown reason why the motorcycle lost control.
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2014 Expo Ormstown celebrates 100 years
Alexandra Markes
It was the fair of all fairs. Celebrating their 100th Anniversary, Expo Ormstown displayed their very best on June 12th to 15th making it an even bigger success than last year's fair. As per typical fair weekend weather, the rain came down in buckets on Thursday and Friday, soaking the fair grounds and all who attended. But it did not drain numbers. Bringing in a proud number of almost 15,000 people attending throughout the course of the weekend, they came in droves (literally, being shuttled from the CVR parking lot) for the special celebratory events.
Watch videos of the 100 Bagpipers, the Demolition Derby and the Hercules Fly By below.
36th annual square dance competition hosted by Ormstown 4-H Club
Caitlin MacDougall
On April 12th, 2014, over 300 people attend the 36th annual 4-H square dance competition hosted by the Ormstown 4-H Club at the Rec Centre. The competition was one of the largest editions ever held, with 7 junior teams and 6 senior teams participating from across Quebec and Eastern Ontario. Including mascots there were about 110 dancers present. Despite the conflict with Talentfest there was a good crowd to cheer on the dancers, and the canteen had to be restocked before the winners were announced!
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Huntingdon 4-H'er Brandon Maither wins Champion Holstein
Alyssa Fourneaux
Sawyerville 4-H hosted the 38th Annual Quebec 4-H Provincial Rally at the Cookshire Fairgrounds in the beautiful Eastern Townships, July 18-21. Quebec 4-H's biggest event of the year, Rally is similar to a mini fair. Over 100 4-H'ers spent the weekend showing off their animals, handicrafts, gardening projects and public speaking abilities. There were also fun classes like the Farmers' Olympics and costume classes. Each club chose a decade to represent in the costume class and the barn decorating competition. This year the theme of Rally was "Celebrating our Roots: 100 years of 4-H in Canada", in honour of the centennial anniversary of 4-H in Canada.
Regional Linear Park to commence construction
The Municipalité régionale de compté du Haut-Saint-Laurent has announced it plans to start construction of phase 1 of the Regional Linear Park Bike Path at the end of the summer after the Supreme Court ruled that the MRC does have the 'competence to manage and develop the Regional Park.'
Jungle fever at the rural youth gala
Christina Franc
45 young members of the community were invited to an awards gala celebrating all their hard work and volunteering efforts on Thursday evening.
Walsh feeling at home with 'Fish out of Water' exhibit
Local Elvis to light up Grove Hall stage
Folklore music shares regional traditions
Big scale talent takes small town stage in "Moon Over Buffalo"
Hard work & pixie dust transform CVR stage into Neverland
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Forbes local Marg Stirling is getting ready to shave her hair to raise awareness and funds to help locals having cancer treatment access wigs and material headwear. The wig library and material head wear are available to support women in the region who are going through breast cancer treatment. Mrs Stirling said she was motivated to shave her head after several friends were diagnosed with breast cancer in a short period of time at the end of last year. "I figured I could do something," Mrs Stirling said. That something proved to be a fundraising luncheon and raffle at the Forbes Inn on Sunday, which has raised more than $1,300 towards Mrs Stirling's cause as well as raised awareness. McGrath Foundation breast care nurse Di Green spoke about the effects of chemotherapy and the headwear she has available. Hairdresser Janice Cassidy spoke about the wig library and how the wigs are cared for, and demonstrated how they are fitted. If you would like to contribute, an account has been set up at the Central West Credit Union under the name of Marg Head Shave Fundraiser. Mrs Stirling said any donation, big or small, is appreciated. Mrs Stirling will brave the razor at the Forbes Rugby Union Club Ladies Day on June 16. Currently, Mrs Stirling's hair is just over an inch too short to be donated to be made into an adult's wig, but she is confident she will reach the minimum length by the time it is shaved off.
Marg Stirling and McGrath breast care nurse Di Green at Sunday's fundraiser.
Sheryl Garner and Anne Goodman-Shaw, front Michelle Quigley, Tracy Prior, Kim Wright and Alison Uphill.
Colleen McKeown, Julie Pearce, Stacey Read and Bec Kennedy.
Forbes local Marg Stirling is getting ready to shave her hair to raise awareness and funds to help locals having cancer treatment access wigs and material headwear.
The wig library and material head wear are available to support women in the region who are going through breast cancer treatment.
Mrs Stirling said she was motivated to shave her head after several friends were diagnosed with breast cancer in a short period of time at the end of last year.
"I figured I could do something," Mrs Stirling said.
That something proved to be a fundraising luncheon and raffle at the Forbes Inn on Sunday, which has raised more than $1,300 towards Mrs Stirling's cause as well as raised awareness.
McGrath Foundation breast care nurse Di Green spoke about the effects of chemotherapy and the headwear she has available.
Hairdresser Janice Cassidy spoke about the wig library and how the wigs are cared for, and demonstrated how they are fitted.
If you would like to contribute, an account has been set up at the Central West Credit Union under the name of Marg Head Shave Fundraiser.
Mrs Stirling said any donation, big or small, is appreciated.
Mrs Stirling will brave the razor at the Forbes Rugby Union Club Ladies Day on June 16.
Currently, Mrs Stirling's hair is just over an inch too short to be donated to be made into an adult's wig, but she is confident she will reach the minimum length by the time it is shaved off.


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Get better fluency in (body) language!
Nineteen years ago, a smooth-talking salesman walked into my office. My first impression of him was that he was probably an untrustworthy person.
In the time we spent together, we became better acquainted. I began to trust him more. He spoke eloquently and shared a business plan with me. Taken in by its promise of handsome rewards, I begged him to let me be a part of it. In less than an hour and a half, he had persuaded me to invest RM40,000.
I never saw my money again.
Sometimes we say: "I have a strange feeling about this person", or "I sense something is not right", or "I have this intuition about this".
It is usually because we are picking up subtle but revealing body language and emotional signals from people that help us form an impression of them. Learning how to read body language will enable you to interpret these signals or accurately conclude what these mean.
Signs of deceit
Many common body gestures can tell you if a person is lying. For example, he avoids eye contact, rubs his nose or plays with keys or other items in his pocket. These are basic signs that suggest that a person may be lying.
However, a serial liar might be able to conceal such obvious signs through his experience and boldness.
A trained body-language practitioner will be able to skilfully pose questions and retrieve both verbal and non-verbal clues. If, for example, a person is suspected of stealing from the office cash box, he can be cleverly questioned so that he will exhibit the necessary reflectors.
Should he be guilty of stealing from the cash box, he is likely to be defensive, with a tendency to scramble for an alibi. If he is innocent, he tends to be offended, and may be aggressive when questioned.
Facial expressions often reveal the true emotions of a person. A smile is often taken as a happy expression, but it may not necessarily be so.
A smile with wrinkle lines around the eyes is a sign that the person is genuinely happy. A smile with raised eyebrows shows he may be trying to conceal surprise. A smile with squinted eyes and narrowed eyebrows shows he is concealing disgust. A smile with V-shaped eyebrows shows that he is happy for selfish reasons.
So you should not be too quick to interpret a smile as a sign of happiness. The trick to being a natural detective is to be observant.
At an interview
Human resource personnel do not look at candidates enough when conducting an interview. They pose questions to the candidate while screening the candidate's resumé.
This gives the candidate an opportunity to influence the interviewing process by using clever, prepared answers. Almost all the facial expressions and body language signals are not picked up, and candidates can "bluff" their way through.
We often rely on our auditory senses when we communicate. We take in what we hear, and the brain processes the information. As we rely more on our auditory skills, we begin to neglect the visual sense in the communication process.
Try doing this: record a talk show programme on the television. Play back the programme without the sound. You are now forced to make sense of what the emotions are, simply by observing the facial expressions and body gestures.
What are the eyes saying? Are they squinting and showing disgust? Is the smile genuine or is the person smiling just to be polite? Is he distressed?
Now play back the programme with sound and see if you got it right. Did the signals you picked up correspond with the words spoken? Is the person concealing deceit?
Recently, I met a client who spoke to me in a warm and friendly manner. She smiled a lot and was engaged throughout the conversation.
However, I noticed that she had her arms folded throughout the conversation, and I asked her: "What's bugging you?" She revealed that she had unresolved issues with her colleagues on her mind.
These special skills allow me to be more aware of my environment and to be more sensitive to what is happening around me. – Singapore Straits Times/Asia News Network
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Alliance Christian Academy closing down after 45 years in Portsmouth
By Ana Ley
Alliance Christian Academy, a private school of about 150 students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade, is shutting down this summer after 45 years on Portsmouth Boulevard.
Attorney Glenn Reynolds, who is managing the closure, said the academy's school board and Portsmouth Alliance Church decided earlier this year to close it. He said the two institutions have grown apart, and not many people who attend the school are congregants.
"The reality is that the church is defining its mission and strategy for the future," Reynolds said. "Moving forward, the church is simply going to be focusing on its role as a church and not staffing and supporting a school."
The board voted unanimously May 20 to close it down, according to a letter Reynolds sent to parents June 15. The Portsmouth Alliance Church governing board and elder board approved the school board's recommendation, and church members voted 43 to 1 in favor of the shutdown on June 11.
Employees and students have been clearing out the facility until it's locked down for good at the end of July. Officials, meanwhile, have been selling equipment, furniture and athletic gear to pay off the school's debts. Reynolds said it's unclear what will happen to the structure.
Enrollment has tumbled through the decades. The school's peak attendance is unclear, but Pilot archives show it had at least 300 students in the mid-1980s. About 30 faculty members and about six other employees worked there as of earlier this year.
The school opened in September 1971 as Alliance Christian High School, with 29 students in grades 8 through 11. It was first housed inside a church building, with science labs set up in its Fellowship Hall. A library of 2,300 volumes was in the balcony of the sanctuary, and the cafeteria was staffed by volunteers from Women of the Church, under the oversight of the pastor's wife.
When it moved to a new building, Principal A.W. Anderson said he had "long dreamed of a Christian high school for Portsmouth," according to a Nov. 25, 1971, article, which noted that though the school was racially inclusive, all 37 students enrolled at the time were white.
Six years later, Alliance Christian made news again for what was described as a strict environment when Principal Wayne R. Thompson said it had "absolutely no discipline problems."
"At our school, there is no such thing as a democratic classroom," Thompson told a Currents reporter in October 1977. "It is an autocracy, and students are not to challenge the teacher."
In 1984, administrators unveiled $300,000 in upgrades as enrollment surged.
"God is saying keep on asking and keep on seeking, because if you want to achieve anything in this world, you have to be persistent," Pat Robertson, head of the Christian Broadcasting Network, said at an address dedicating its newly remodeled gym.
According to the school's website, tuition for the 2016-17 school year ranged from $3,560 for students in part-time pre-kindergarten to $6,560 for high schoolers. Registration fees ranged from $275 to $550, and all students were billed a $150 fee for facility upgrades.
Several parents and educators affiliated with Alliance Christian were reluctant to speak about the closure.
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Mike Wells, whose wife was an art teacher at the school, said although many have been frustrated by the process, some say they won't comment because they either don't want to speak badly about a former employer or "they don't want to be un-Christian by speaking against a Christian organization."
"In the Bible, it says, 'don't bring the problems of the church out in the world and embarrass the church by it,'" Wells said. "That's kind of what they're trying to keep from doing."
Dozens, meanwhile, praised school employees in reviews posted to its Facebook page.
"The teachers are amazing, always greeting their students with hugs and smiles," a May 24 post said. "The teachers are truly passionate about educating children while teaching Christian values. The principal and office staff actually knows each student and family by name. If I could use one word to describe this school it would be 'FAMILY.' The students feel loved at ACA."
Ana Ley, 757-446-2478, ana.ley@pilotonline.com
Alliance Christian Academy
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Jon Snow's greatest sins oder Why I can't stand this guy
posted by Kelias
Small spoiler from A Clash of Kings included. I'm sorry for language mistakes- English isn't my mother tounge.
The idea came from link pick. I thought it was good moment to share all my thoughts about this character, because I never understood his great popularity. It made me angry how Catelyn is portrayed in fandom as a monster ONLY because she made our dear Jon unhappy.
I don't hate him, as I wrote in Kommentare to fanpick. He simply gets on my nerves, mostly because of his angsting, but not only.
Forgive me a little emotional attitiude in an article. I'm a Fan and this is an opinion, right?
Exaggerated...
FANPOP'S LEAST Favorit GAME OF THRONES CHARACTERS! (as voted Von the public) OCTOBER 2011
posted by BelleAnastasia
I asked people that voted to rank their least Favorit Game of Thrones characters, and they Kommentiert with their ranks. A total of eleven users took part. The ranks here are an average of the ranks of everyone that commented. The scoring of the ranks was done Von a total point score (combined points to each character from the lists of all of the people that participated)! For example, if somebody had Ned Stark as #1 on their list, then Ned gets 10 points. If another person has him as #2, he gets 9 points and so on. If Ned is not in ranked in the oben, nach oben 10 on somebody's list, he gets no points.
Game Of Thrones/A Song Of Ice And feuer - Differences Between The Bücher And The TV Series
posted by LowriLorenza89
1. Several of the less significant main Houses are simplified for the TV series. The only Martell child mentioned is Trystane, omitting his older siblings Arianne and Quentyn. Oberon Martell has only 3 bastard daughters rather than 8, half of which are still children. Victarion Greyjoy is left out. In the books, Loras Tyrell has 2 older brothers, one of which is already married, which makes the House Mehr able to turn a blind eye to his sexuality. Davos also has 7 sons in the Bücher but only one in the TV series.
2. Several of the younger characters' ages are raised in the TV series. At the beginning,...
The Valonqar: Cersei and the Maggy the Frog Prophecy
posted by MissCassecou
Hi everyone! I'm new to this club but I have been on Fanpop for a while - I was active in the Disney Princess club for a time and it was interesting seeing a myriad of different discussions and opinions which emerged from that.
I hope to grow this club to become Mehr active, like the Disney Princess club and to see Mehr input and opinions as we discuss Game of Thrones and A Song of Ice and Fire, especially in the lead up and (when it comes) the aftermath of Season 6. I hope to write Mehr Artikel in the future however I am in my final Jahr at school so they might not be too regular...
Today I...
Game of Thrones this April!
posted by gameofthrones
If Du were a huge Fan of the series of novels entitled A Song of feuer and Ice, make sure to watch Game of Thrones online. It is the small screen adaptation of the Bücher written Von Autor George R. R. Martin. Martin. Ironically enough, Martin turned into Schreiben novels because he got tired of working on TV. He was the writer of the series The Twilight Zone, and Beauty and the Beast. He later resigned after feeling that his creativity and vision got compromised. He began to write the series in 1991 and the first book, Game of Thrones, was released in 1996. It was well-received Von both the readers...
My Sansa Stark vs Daenerys Targaryen Game of Thrones Theory
posted by thewhatgirl
Sansa, ice; Daenerys, fire
DISCLAIMER! English is my Sekunde language, so I'm sure this Artikel is full of mistakes. PLEASE! Feel FREE to Kommentar and correct, so I can Bearbeiten this!! Thank you!
So, let's start from the beginning…
A long time ago, Lady Lyanna Stark was engaged to one Merida - Legende der Highlands and powerful Robert Baratheon, who happened to be her brother Ned's friend.
Lyanna was (supposedly) kidnapped and raped Von the evil Rhaegar Targaryen, who was married and had children with Elia Martell. (This is what Robert Baratheon thinks… there's evidence that makes us believe Lyanna was not in Liebe with Robert; she loved Rhaegar...
Five Favorit Episodes of "GAME OF THRONES" Season One (2011)
posted by DR76
Below is a Liste of my Favorit episodes from Season One of "GAME OF THRONES", HBO's adaptation of George R. R. Martin's 1996 novel from his A Song of Ice and feuer series, "A Game of Thrones". The series was created Von David Benioff and D. B. Weiss:
1. (1.09) "Baelor" - In the wake of Lord Eddard (Ned) Stark's arrest for treason, his oldest son, Robb Stark, goes to war against the new King Joffrey and his mother's family, the Lannisters. Khal Drogo, the Dothraki husband of Daenerys Targaryen, falls ill from an infected battle wound....
Game of Thrones: Season 4 Character Posters
posted by papa
HBO has just released a slew of new character posters for the forthcoming season which will debut April 6, 2014. It's tough waiting for the season premiere to drop but let's check out the new posters and remind ourselves where we left off with these characters at the end of season 3!
The posters all feature the quote "Valar Morghulis" which means "All men must die" in High Valyrian. Du may remember that these were the parting words of Jaqen H'gar in season 2 (he was the man who granted her the 3 deaths).
[all Bilder courtesy HBO]
Joffrey Baratheon
King of Westeros (at least in name though we all...
oben, nach oben 10 GOT characters on Fanpop
posted by GameOfSansa
Hi, I made a Liste of GOT characters ^^
This is base on how many Fans they have on Fanpop, I did go around and Suchen a bit.
Here Du go:
1. Daenerys Targaeryn
2. Jon Snow
3. Sansa Stark
4. Arya Stark
5. Tyrion Lannister
6. Robb Stark
7. Jaime Lannister
8. Eddard "Ned" Stark
9. Sandor Clegane a.ka The Hound
10. Catelyn Stark/Lady Stoneheart
And here is the oben, nach oben three couples/pairing on Fanpop :)
1. Daenerys and Drogo
2. Arya and Gendry
3. Sandor and Sansa
Season 8 Episode 5 Review - ''The Bells'' have tolled for Game of Thrones...
posted by TheHound1
To sum up my thoughts after watching the culmination of nine years of storytelling: ''Oh no.''
I guess the signs had been there all along. The Zeigen had been losing it's way. The ancient prophesies and visions of Fans that had begun as long Vor as during season 5 had come to pass. The Fan theories about Benioff and Weiss becoming the ''mad writers'' had finally been proven correct. And it all began with their attack on George R.R. Martin and his army of fans. After a Zurück assault Von the show's writers on the book Lesen faithful, they chose to swoop in once Mehr and deliver their final piece...
A Song of Ice and feuer
Eugene Simon
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Game of Thrones Series 7 & 8: My Predictions
I recently wrote an Artikel which included my predictions for series 7. Because I've heard some very credible rumours (maybe even spoilers?) about series 7 since, I've decided to re-write my predictions AND include some for the final season. How many will come true? Probably none!:
1) Euron Greyjoy will form an alliance with Cersei, and attack Theon and Yara's fleet. Yara will be taken prisoner. Euron will then go on to attack the sand snakes in Dorne, and kill at least one of them, before Theon eventually saves Yara Von killing his uncle. BUT Theon will be fatally wounded in the process....
Season 7 - Review so far
Welcome to my review of GOT season 7 so far! In this exciting installment, I'll be reviewing episodes 1-6 of the season. Yes, where's episode 7, Du may ask? I'll probably do that Weiter week. It just hasn't aired yet!
So the series started off with high hopes then, but for me episode 1 pretty much summed up the worst of Game of Thrones; Big ''surprises'' which weren't all that surprising (Arya wiping out the Freys), slow moving storylines - slowed down Von unnecessary scenes (Sam cleaning out chamber pots in Old Town) and a flash of the show's ego (thinking that giving Ed Sheeran an all to obvious...
The big events in season 6 episode 2: My view
What an earth shattering episode ''Home'' turned out to be - Mehr like an episode 10 of the series instead of a two! There were various big scenes to reflect upon and here are my Ansichten on them.
1) No family sentimentality for Ramsay:
This had been coming for a long time, but I was surprised Von the swiftness and brutality of it all. Ramsay didn't even hesitate in doing away with his dad once he heard the news that Lady Walda had gegeben birth. Although I half expected it, I still found myself shuddering at Ramsay's steely and purely evil expression as he did away with his father. After that, what...
Sansa's Weird Tag
posted by Windrises
Notes: Credit goes to the creators and owners of Game of Thrones. This Fan story is meant for comedy so please don't take it seriously.
Sansa Stark walked outside the kingdom. It was late in the morning, but she was already tired.
Tyrion walked to her and sagte "How's it going?"
She sagte "Bad and I won't tell Du why." Tyrion could tell she was in a bad mood so he walked away.
She felt like talking to nobody, but Jon Snow showed up. She growled.
Jon Snow sagte "I have sad news. Grand Maester Pycelle got killed."
She sarcastically sagte "I'm going to miss that creepy old guy."
Jon sagte "Sister...
Game of Thrones oben, nach oben 20 characters (as voted Von the fans)
posted by XxXrachellXxX
The top 20 Game of Thrones characters as voted by you.
For this article, I used a simple system. I'm gonna explain it briefly so none of Du think I just made this Liste up :P
Anyway, assuming your Liste was this:
Then I would give Jon 10 points, Robb 9 points, Arya 8 points and so on. The lowest someone can score is 1 point, which a character gets from being in the 10th rank.
There were a few ties, but I figured it doesn't matter. It only allows me to include even Mehr people in the article.
THE CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS INCLUDE SPOILERS. IF Du ARE NOT UP TO datum WITH SEASON 4, DON'T READ THEM.
P.S. I would have given...
GOT returns tonight ! What are your expectations ?
posted by Sakkara98
Game of Thrones season 6 is tonight (9:00) for the lucky ones, and tomorrow for the less lucky ones (like me :p).
What are your expectations for this season ?
What do Du really want to see ?
What do Du not want to see at all ?
Deaths, resurrections, new characters, couples, fights ?
Give us your opinion on this Artikel !
(No spoilers please and respect everyone's opinion !)
Airdates :
"Home" April 24, 2016
"Oathbreaker" May 8, 2016
Episode 3 May 15, 2016
Episode 6 June 5, 2016
Episode 7 June 12, 2016
Episode 10 June 26, 2016
Five Favorit Episodes of "GAME OF THRONES" Season Two (2012)
Below is a Liste of my Favorit episodes from Season Two of "GAME OF THRONES", HBO's adaptation of George R. R. Martin's 1998 novel from his A Song of Ice and feuer series, "A Clash of Kings". The series was created Von David Benioff and D. B. Weiss:
1. (2.09) "Blackwater" - King Robert Baratheon's younger brother, Stannis Baratheon, arrives at Westeros' capital, King's Landing, to battle for the city and the Iron Throne.
2. (2.06) "The Old Gods and the New" - Former Stark hostage Theon Greyjoy seizes control of Winterfell to please his...
oben, nach oben 10 - Most Likely to be on the Iron thron at the end of it all...
So here it is. Another of my once every few Monat articles, because I'm bored of waiting for the Weiter series of Thrones to air! This is a good one though (hopefully): My oben, nach oben ten predictions of who will ultimately win, come the end of the TV show. So here are my 10 most likely and why:
1) Jon Snow: The heir to the Iron Throne. He's returned from the dead and seems to be destined to sit on the Iron Throne. He's also the Show's hero figure. It would go against the grain if this was not to be.
2) Sansa Stark: She would be Mehr keen to rule than Jon and would be a good and just ruler. She would have...
FANPOP'S Favorit GAME OF THRONES CHARACTERS! (as voted Von the public) JULY 2012
I asked people that voted to rank their Favorit Game of Thrones characters, and they Kommentiert with their ranks. A total of 23 users took part. The ranks here are an average of the ranks of everyone that commented. The scoring of the ranks was done Von a total point score (combined points to each character from the lists of all of the people that participated)! For example, if somebody had Ned Stark as #1 on their list, then Ned gets 10 points. If another person has him as #2, he gets 9 points and so on. If Ned is not in ranked in the oben, nach oben 10 on somebody's list, he gets no points.
So here are...
The Red Keep
posted by amby0805
The crashing waves came and died
The howling winds swept across
The lashing drops fell with fury,
But she stood still, all through time.
With her drapes of rocks, sand and mortar
She is a testimony of man's will and strength
Carrying tales of the empires long past their sunset
She stands with her feet in the black water.
She has endured the tips of steel and
The edge of the blood washed blades
She has witnessed the screams of the dying
And cheers of her victors;
She is immortality, she is might
She is inspiration, she is light
She is greed and she is pride
She is a gift and she is a curse
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