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The Sands of Sakkara
Meade, Glenn, 1957-
Book - 1999 | 1st U.S. ed.
Three key players, two of whom are fighting to save their loved ones from death by becoming part of a Nazi plot to kill Roosevelt and Churchill, are thrown together outside Cairo as the third risks everything to save his president. 100,000 first printing.
November 1943: Adolf Hitler sanctioned his most audacious mission ever - to kill U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill as they visit Cairo for a secret conference to plan the Allied invasion of Europe, an invasion that threatens imminent defeat for Germany. This really happened and is the basis for Glenn Meade's new novel.
Only one man is capable of leading the defiant Nazi mission - Major Johann Halder, one of the Abwehr's most brilliant, daring agents, a man with a tortured soul and a talent for the impossible. Accompanied by an expert undercover team, and a young and beautiful Egyptologist, Rachel Stern, Halder must race against time across a hostile desert to reach Cairo and successfully carry out the assignment, or forfeit his own life and that of his young son.
When U.S. military intelligence learns of the plan, they assign one of their best officers, Lieutenant Colonel Harry Weaver, to hunt down and eliminate Halder and his team. But for Weaver, as for Johann Halder and Rachel Stern, there's more than just the balance of the war and the lives of the Allied leaders at stake - a pact of love and friendship is about to be tested in a frantic, high-stakes chase to the death.
Three key players, two of whom are fighting to save their loved ones from death, are thrown together outside Cairo as the third risks everything to save his president
Publisher: New York : St. Martins Press, 1999.
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Characteristics: 436 p. : map ; 25 cm.
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Roosevelt, Franklin D. 1882-1945 — Assassination Attempts — Fiction.
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 — Assassination Attempts — Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 — Fiction.
Egypt — Fiction.
War Fiction.
Political Fiction.
Spy Fiction.

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We all know float and double as the primitive datatypes of any programming language. But plenty of us still get confused regarding the basic meaning of these datatypes.
In technical terms, float is known as the Single precision floating point datatype whereas double is considered to be double precision floating point datatype.
Now in simple terms, single precision floating point's significand has a precision of about 24 bits which lasts up to 8 decimal digits and double precision floating point's significand has a precision of 53 bits which lasts up to 16 decimal digits.
In summary, we can say that, float can allow maximum 8 decimal digits while double allows 16.
Following Java program will depict above scenario quite clearly.
If you take a close look at the output, you will see that after the 7th digit of float, 8th digit is rounded off which clears the fact the float allows only 8 decimal digits and as far as double is concerned, it allows the same thing up to 16 decimal digits.
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5 collector cars to put in your garage this week
If a government-imposed lockdown is nearing an end for you, then surely your mind is turning to which car you're going to enjoy your freedom in this coming summer? Here is some inspiration from the Classic Driver Market…
Ageing gracefully
Who else thinks the Maserati MC12 has a lot more going for it than the Ferrari Enzo? Not only is the Maserati eight times rarer than the Ferrari upon which it's based (50 plays 399), but it's also a convertible, which means that you can enjoy the aural symphony of that 630HP six-litre V12 entirely unobstructed. Oh, and unlike the Enzo, the road-going MC12 served to homologate a GT1 racing version – a car that truly vanquished the opposition when it was unleashed on the global endurance racing scene in 2004. Need we say anymore?
Michelotto magic
Bizarrely, of the 11 Ferrari 348s that Michelotto converted to GT Competizione specification, only three were raced. The example that recently emerged for sale in the Classic Driver Market was one of the nine that went straight into private collections. Over the course of its 26-year life, the car's only been used for the odd track-day and parade, which means it's in very good nick indeed. And because it was delivered to America, and thus needed to satisfy the subtly different American FIA regulations, this 348 GT is fitted with a special fire extinguisher system and large Momo bucket seats, in addition to the multitude of Michelotto modifications.
Versatility is king
When it comes to versatile, go-anywhere, do-anything supercars, there's only one car that legitimately be called the best, and that's the Porsche 911 Turbo. Its combination of refinement, reliability and truly dizzying performance make it one of the cars that you could comfortably use every single day – either in urban stop-start traffic or hammering around a circuit – and never get tired of. This fully loaded 991-gen example from 2017 that's currently for sale in Italy is patiently waiting to impress it next owner with its freakish versatility.
For France
With its handsome, muscular Grand Tourers, Venturi fought valiantly on the racetracks of the world in the 1990s to put France firmly back on the motorsport map. The marque's most recognisable car today is the 400 GT, of which a staggering 75 examples battled it out in the Gentleman Drivers Trophy, a hugely popular one-make series organised by Stéphane Ratel, who, buoyed by its success, went on to form the BPR Global GT Series with Jürgen Barth and Patrick Peter. This rare Venturi 400 GT Trophy, number 51 of 73 built, competed in the championship in 1992, '93 and '94 and was almost always at the sharp end of the field. Today, the bewinged beauty is eligible for the burgeoning Endurance Legends series.
When too much is not enough
The six-wheeled Mercedes-Benz G-Class was only available for military use, where it proved the perfect tool to transport heavy loads through the Outback. But then Mercedes-AMG introduced a civilian version of the monster in a small, strictly limited-edition series. Featuring hard-core rally technology. And a staggering 544 horsepower. Even more impressive than the performance of the twin-turbo V8 is the physical appearance of the Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG 6x6: as it booms and roars along, cows are driven to panic and mothers pull their children tightly towards them. Add King Kong and Godzilla to our trip and you'd have a well-matched trio. This particular Teutonic titan is one of just 15 examples breathed upon by Brabus and boasts an earth-shattering 691bhp, enough to drag the four-tonne powerhouse from 0–62mph in 7.4sec.
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from __future__ import unicode_literals, absolute_import
from struct import pack
from os.path import abspath, join, dirname

from unittest import TestCase
from xml.etree.ElementTree import ParseError

import mock

from preggy import expect

from thumbor.context import Context
from thumbor.config import Config
from thumbor.engines import BaseEngine

STORAGE_PATH = abspath(join(dirname(__file__), '../fixtures/images/'))

def exif_str(x):
    return b'Exif\x00\x00II*\x00\x08\x00\x00\x00\x05\x00\x12\x01\x03\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00%s\x00\x00\x1a\x01\x05\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00J\x00\x00\x00\x1b\x01\x05\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00R\x00\x00\x00(\x01\x03\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00\x02\x00\x00\x00\x13\x02\x03\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00H\x00\x00\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00H\x00\x00\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00' % pack('<h', x)  # noqa

class BaseEngineTestCase(TestCase):
    def get_context(self):
        cfg = Config(
            SECURITY_KEY='ACME-SEC',
            ENGINE='thumbor.engines',
        )
        cfg.STORAGE = 'thumbor.storages.no_storage'

        return Context(config=cfg)

    def flip_horizontally(self):
        ((a, b), (c, d)) = self.image
        self.image = (
            (b, a),
            (d, c)
        )

    def flip_vertically(self):
        ((a, b), (c, d)) = self.image
        self.image = (
            (c, d),
            (a, b)
        )

    def rotate(self, value):
        ((a, b), (c, d)) = self.image
        if value == 270:
            self.image = (
                (c, a),
                (d, b)
            )
        elif value == 180:
            self.image = (
                (d, c),
                (b, a)
            )
        elif value == 90:
            self.image = (
                (b, d),
                (a, c)
            )

    def setUp(self):
        self.image = (
            (1, 2),
            (3, 4)
        )
        self.context = self.get_context()
        self.engine = BaseEngine(self.context)
        self.engine.flip_horizontally = mock.MagicMock()
        self.engine.flip_horizontally.side_effect = self.flip_horizontally
        self.engine.flip_vertically = mock.MagicMock()
        self.engine.flip_vertically.side_effect = self.flip_vertically
        self.engine.rotate = mock.MagicMock()
        self.engine.rotate.side_effect = self.rotate

    def test_create_engine(self):
        expect(self.engine).to_be_instance_of(BaseEngine)

    def test_convert_svg_to_png(self):
        buffer = """<svg width="10px" height="20px" viewBox="0 0 10 20"
                    xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
                        <rect width="100%" height="10" x="0" y="0"/>
                    </svg>"""
        self.engine.convert_svg_to_png(buffer)
        expect(self.engine.extension).to_equal('.png')

    def test_convert_svg_with_xml_preamble_to_png(self):
        buffer = """<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
                    <svg width="10px" height="20px" viewBox="0 0 10 20"
                    xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
                        <rect width="100%" height="10" x="0" y="0"/>
                    </svg>""".encode('utf-8')
        self.engine.convert_svg_to_png(buffer)
        expect(self.engine.extension).to_equal('.png')

    def test_convert_svg_utf16_to_png(self):
        buffer = """<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
                    <svg width="10px" height="20px" viewBox="0 0 10 20"
                    xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
                        <rect width="100%" height="10" x="0" y="0"/>
                    </svg>""".encode('utf-16')
        self.engine.convert_svg_to_png(buffer)
        expect(self.engine.extension).to_equal('.png')

    @mock.patch('thumbor.engines.cairosvg', new=None)
    @mock.patch('thumbor.engines.logger.error')
    def test_not_imported_cairosvg_failed_to_convert_svg_to_png(self, mockLogError):
        buffer = """<svg width="10px" height="20px" viewBox="0 0 10 20"
                    xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
                        <rect width="100%" height="10" x="0" y="0"/>
                    </svg>"""
        returned_buffer = self.engine.convert_svg_to_png(buffer)
        expect(mockLogError.called).to_be_true()
        expect(buffer).to_equal(returned_buffer)

    def test_can_identify_msb_tiff(self):
        with open(join(STORAGE_PATH, 'gradient_msb_16bperchannel.tif'), 'r') as im:
            buffer = im.read()
        mime = self.engine.get_mimetype(buffer)
        expect(mime).to_equal('image/tiff')

    def test_can_identify_lsb_tiff(self):
        with open(join(STORAGE_PATH, 'gradient_lsb_16bperchannel.tif'), 'r') as im:
            buffer = im.read()
        mime = self.engine.get_mimetype(buffer)
        expect(mime).to_equal('image/tiff')

    def test_can_identify_svg_with_xml_namespace_other_than_w3(self):
        buffer = """<svg width="10px" height="20px" viewBox="0 0 10 20"
                    xmlns="http://ns.foo.com/FooSVGViewerExtensions/3.0/">
                        <rect width="100%" height="10" x="0" y="0"/>
                    </svg>""".encode('utf-8')
        mime = self.engine.get_mimetype(buffer)
        expect(mime).to_equal('image/svg+xml')

    def test_can_identify_svg_with_xml_preamble_and_lots_of_gibberish(self):
        buffer = """<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
                    <!-- Generator: Proprietary Drawing Software, SVG Export Plug-In. SVG Version: 3.0.0 Build 77) -->
                    <!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.0//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-SVG-20010904/DTD/svg10.dtd" [
                        <!ENTITY ns_flows "http://ns.foo.com/Flows/1.0/">
                        <!ENTITY ns_extend "http://ns.foo.com/Extensibility/1.0/">
                        <!ENTITY ns_ai "http://ns.foo.com/foobar/10.0/">
                        <!ENTITY ns_graphs "http://ns.foo.com/Graphs/1.0/">
                        <!ENTITY ns_vars "http://ns.foo.com/Variables/1.0/">
                        <!ENTITY ns_imrep "http://ns.foo.com/ImageReplacement/1.0/">
                        <!ENTITY ns_sfw "http://ns.foo.com/SaveForWeb/1.0/">
                        <!ENTITY ns_custom "http://ns.foo.com/GenericCustomNamespace/1.0/">
                        <!ENTITY ns_foo_xpath "http://ns.foo.com/XPath/1.0/">
                        <!ENTITY ns_svg "http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
                        <!ENTITY ns_xlink "http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
                    ]>
                    <svg width="10px" height="20px" viewBox="0 0 10 20"
                    xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
                        <rect width="100%" height="10" x="0" y="0"/>
                    </svg>""".encode('utf-8')
        mime = self.engine.get_mimetype(buffer)
        expect(mime).to_equal('image/svg+xml')

    def test_convert_svg_already_converted_to_png(self):
        svg_buffer = """<svg width="10px" height="20px" viewBox="0 0 10 20"
                    xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
                        <rect width="100%" height="10" x="0" y="0"/>
                    </svg>"""
        png_buffer = self.engine.convert_svg_to_png(svg_buffer)
        png_buffer_dupe = self.engine.convert_svg_to_png(png_buffer)
        expect(self.engine.extension).to_equal('.png')
        expect(png_buffer).to_equal(png_buffer_dupe)

    def test_convert_not_well_formed_svg_to_png(self):
        buffer = """<<svg width="10px" height="20px" viewBox="0 0 10 20"
                    xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
                        <rect width="100%" height="10" x="0" y="0"/>
                    </svg>""".encode('utf-8')
        with expect.error_to_happen(ParseError):
            self.engine.convert_svg_to_png(buffer)
        expect(self.engine.extension).to_be_null()

    def test_get_orientation_no_exif(self):
        expect(hasattr(self.engine, 'exif')).to_be_false()
        expect(self.engine.get_orientation()).to_be_null()

    def test_get_orientation_null_exif(self):
        self.engine.exif = None
        expect(self.engine.get_orientation()).to_be_null()

    def test_get_orientation_without_orientation_in_exif(self):
        self.engine.exif = b'Exif\x00\x00II*\x00\x08\x00\x00\x00\x01\x00\x1a\x01\x05\x00\x01\x00\x00\x006\x00\x00\x00'
        expect(self.engine.get_orientation()).to_be_null()

    def test_get_orientation(self):
        self.engine.exif = exif_str(1)
        expect(self.engine.get_orientation()).to_equal(1)
        expect(self.engine.get_orientation()).to_equal(1)
        self.engine.exif = exif_str(6)
        expect(self.engine.get_orientation()).to_equal(6)
        expect(self.engine.get_orientation()).to_equal(6)
        self.engine.exif = exif_str(8)
        expect(self.engine.get_orientation()).to_equal(8)
        expect(self.engine.get_orientation()).to_equal(8)

    def test_reorientate_no_exif(self):
        expect(hasattr(self.engine, 'exif')).to_be_false()
        self.engine.reorientate()
        expect(self.engine.get_orientation()).to_be_null()

    def test_reorientate_null_exif(self):
        self.engine.exif = None
        self.engine.reorientate()
        expect(self.engine.get_orientation()).to_be_null()

    def test_reorientate1(self):
        # No rotation
        self.engine.exif = exif_str(1)
        self.engine.reorientate()
        expect(self.engine.rotate.called).to_be_false()
        expect(self.engine.flip_horizontally.called).to_be_false()
        expect(self.engine.flip_vertically.called).to_be_false()
        expect(self.image).to_equal(((1, 2), (3, 4)))

        expect(self.engine.get_orientation()).to_equal(1)

    def test_reorientate2(self):
        self.image = (
            (2, 1),
            (4, 3)
        )
        # Flipped horizontally
        self.engine.exif = exif_str(2)
        self.engine.reorientate()
        expect(self.engine.rotate.called).to_be_false()
        expect(self.engine.flip_horizontally.called).to_be_true()
        expect(self.engine.flip_vertically.called).to_be_false()
        expect(self.image).to_equal(((1, 2), (3, 4)))

        expect(self.engine.get_orientation()).to_equal(1)

    def test_reorientate3(self):
        # Rotated 180°  Ⅎ
        self.image = (
            (4, 3),
            (2, 1)
        )
        self.engine.exif = exif_str(3)
        self.engine.reorientate()
        expect(self.engine.rotate.call_args[0]).to_equal((180,))
        expect(self.engine.flip_horizontally.called).to_be_false()
        expect(self.engine.flip_vertically.called).to_be_false()
        expect(self.image).to_equal(((1, 2), (3, 4)))

        expect(self.engine.get_orientation()).to_equal(1)

    def test_reorientate4(self):
        # Flipped vertically
        self.image = (
            (3, 4),
            (1, 2)
        )
        self.engine.exif = exif_str(4)
        self.engine.reorientate()
        expect(self.engine.rotate.called).to_be_false()
        expect(self.engine.flip_horizontally.called).to_be_false()
        expect(self.engine.flip_vertically.called).to_be_true()
        expect(self.image).to_equal(((1, 2), (3, 4)))

        expect(self.engine.get_orientation()).to_equal(1)

    def test_reorientate5(self):
        # Horizontal Mirror + Rotation 270
        # or Vertical Mirror + Rotation 90
        self.image = (
            (1, 3),
            (2, 4)
        )
        self.engine.exif = exif_str(5)
        self.engine.reorientate()
        expect(self.image).to_equal(((1, 2), (3, 4)))

        expect(self.engine.get_orientation()).to_equal(1)

    def test_reorientate6(self):
        # Rotate 270°
        self.image = (
            (2, 4),
            (1, 3)
        )
        self.engine.exif = exif_str(6)
        self.engine.reorientate()
        expect(self.engine.rotate.call_args[0]).to_equal((270,))
        expect(self.engine.flip_horizontally.called).to_be_false()
        expect(self.engine.flip_vertically.called).to_be_false()
        expect(self.image).to_equal(((1, 2), (3, 4)))

        expect(self.engine.get_orientation()).to_equal(1)

    def test_reorientate7(self):
        # Flipped horizontally and rotate 90°
        self.image = (
            (4, 2),
            (3, 1)
        )
        self.engine.exif = exif_str(7)
        self.engine.reorientate()
        expect(self.image).to_equal(((1, 2), (3, 4)))

        expect(self.engine.get_orientation()).to_equal(1)

    def test_reorientate8(self):
        # Rotate 90°
        self.image = (
            (3, 1),
            (4, 2)
        )
        self.engine.exif = exif_str(8)
        self.engine.reorientate()
        expect(self.engine.rotate.call_args[0]).to_equal((90,))
        expect(self.engine.flip_horizontally.called).to_be_false()
        expect(self.engine.flip_vertically.called).to_be_false()
        expect(self.image).to_equal(((1, 2), (3, 4)))

        expect(self.engine.get_orientation()).to_equal(1)

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AIAS Joint Conference
Multimodality: Illusion, Performance, Experience
Date: 24-25 October 2019
This conference seeks to expand the methodological scope of current research on multimodal perception through transdisciplinary and transhistorical lenses. Researchers in philosophy, cognitive science, psychology, and media and performance studies have recognized that the study of multisensory experience requires new theoretical and empirical approaches. Multimodal effects are also key to artistic and theatrical media, whether they stimulate a sense of wonder and astonishment or deploy other strategies of appealing to the senses, producing rational or emotional responses for the purpose of learning, persuasion, dissemination of knowledge, and critical reflection. Scholars from around the world, representing the fields of art history, cognitive psychology, media archaeology, musicology, music cognition, and theater, will convene to share their research, exploring a wide range of topics. These include the magic lantern as multimodal spectacle, nineteenth-century exhibitions of science and magic, the intersensory nature of medival animations and devotional practices, crossmodal studies of pitch and musical timbre, and multimodality in stand-up comedy and the freak show.
Dr Gustav Kuhn, Reader in Psychology, (Goldsmiths, University of London), president of the Science of Magic Association (SOMA) and member of the Magic Circle (M.M.C)
Read the conference program here.
Call for Papers: CLOSED
While perception is multimodal, researchers in most disciplines have studied it through a predominantly unimodal lens. Studies that examine visual, auditory, tactile, olfactory, and gustatory phenomena often do so in isolation from each other, neglecting the fact that our everyday environment stimulates multiple sensory modalities simultaneously. Researching multisensory experience requires different theoretical and empirical approaches acknowledging not just concurrent but integrated modalities. Recent trends in philosophy, cognitive science, psychology, and media and performance studies indicate that researchers are starting to meet this challenge.
For researchers working in the arts, media, and technology, a better understanding of multimodality might further enrich the intermedial studies that have already risen to prominence in the past few decades. Media-archaeological and media-historical research indicates that multimodality has always been the practitioners' working ground; artists, performers, educators, and even politicians seek to move and persuade spectators by appealing to multiple senses. These practices, too, have a long history, reaching back to nineteenth- and early-twentieth century debates in the fields of pedagogy, didactics, psychology, philosophy, and theories of theater and film, oratory, and rhetoric, among others.
Multimodal effects are key to artistic and theatrical media, whether they stimulate a sense of wonder and astonishment or deploy other strategies of appealing to the senses, producing rational or emotional responses for the purpose of learning, persuasion, dissemination of knowledge, and critical reflection. In the past decade, neuroscientists have, for example, discovered the value in conjoining studies of perception and illusion, collaborating with magicians to uncover the perceptual mechanisms that make conjuring effects work. These types of studies, which reach across different historical periods and bridge disciplinary gaps between psychology, cognition, media, theater, and performance art, have helped illuminate longstanding puzzles concerning the nature of multimodal perception. Their implications have yet to be fully realized in a number of other disciplines, including musicology, literature, and the visual arts—fields in which researchers often attend to simultaneous sensory experiences, but less commonly examine cases of one sense modality altering perception in another.
We invite proposals for individual papers and themed panels. Papers will be 20 minutes long, followed by 10 minutes of discussion; themed panels comprise three papers totaling 90 minutes. Abstracts for individual papers should be no more than 300 words. Proposals for themed sessions should include a 150-word abstract for each paper and a rationale (up to 300 words) for the session.
Please send abstracts and proposals to Multimodality2019@gmail.com by May 24, 2019. The conference program will be announced in early August.
Call for Papers in pdf
Aarhus University, ranked in the top 100 world universities by several indices, is located in the second-largest city in Denmark on the east coast of Jutland. The city of Aarhus, European Capital of Culture in 2017, houses internationally acclaimed museums, including ARoS and Moesgaard, both of which are recognized for their distinctive architecture. The concert hall (Musikhuset) is the largest in Scandinavia and presents a wide variety of entertainment, including symphonic music, opera, dance, theater, and jazz.
The conference is convened by the Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies (AIAS), Aarhus University, in association with B-Magic, an EOS research network (Excellence of Science / FWO-FNRS, Belgium); Les Arts Trompeurs, an international research network; and CRILCQ (Centre de recherche interuniversitaire sur la littérature et la culture québécoises).
Jessie Fillerup (Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies (AIAS, Aarhus University)
Jean-Marc Larrue (Université de Montréal)
Marc Malmdorf Andersen (Aarhus University)
Kurt Vanhoutte (University of Antwerp)
The conference is co-funded by:
Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies (AIAS), Aarhus University
B-Magic, an EOS research network (Excellence of Science / FWO-FNRS, Belgium)
Les Arts Trompeurs, an international research network
CRILCQ (Centre de recherche interuniversitaire sur la littérature et la culture québécoises)
Scientific organizer
Jessie Fillerup, AIAS & University of Richmond, USA, jfillerup@aias.au.dk
For further information, please contact
Mia Korsbæk, korsbaek@cas.au.dk
Getting to and from Aarhus
Getting to AIAS, the conference venue
Accommodation in Aarhus
About Aarhus
Aarhus Apps
Finding your way around the AU campus
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(ii) 'Lhomon Men Jong' referring to 'the southern 'Mon' country of Medicine (herbs).
The Bhutanese people follow Nyingma and Drugpa Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. But the Bhutanese chronicles mention Bhutan as "Drug Yul" meaning "the Land of the Thunder Dragon" in reference to the predominant Drugpa school of Tibetan Buddhism in Bhutan, which is the nationalist interpretation of Bhutan. The territory is populated by the Tibetan people who do not follow Drugpa Kagyu Buddhism and other parts also do not follow Drugpa school of Buddhism, therefore, this name does not represent all the people of Bhutan inclusively, so it is debatable.
The history of Bhutan is directly linked with Padmasambhava's visit at around 747 AD. Padmasambhava has eight manifestations (Gure Chengye) and among theme is the Dorje Dolo and he subdued the local deity (Capricorn-dikpa) by transforming into the profound figure sitting on the pregnant tigress. He was transformed in this vision in Paro valley at Taktsang Lhakhang meaning Tigress's Nest.
1. Kyichu Lhakhang at Paro, and 2. Jhyampa Lhakhang at Bumthang, are the examples of the expansion of Tibetan Buddhism in Bhutan. The precious master, Guru Rinpoche, who came to this area to subdue the local deities and expand Buddhism in this region, further carried Tibetan Buddhism of Bhutan. The Pedma Kathang mentions the reference to these places in detail. Similarly, the famous Padmasambhava's consort (Dakini) Tashi Khyidron is believed to be a Bhutanese lady.
The Bhutanese also refer to the story of Khikharatho (a man with the head of a goat and a body of man) and they have a place khenpajong and falsely mention the place to be khenpalung of Nepal, one of the Beyul predicted by Padhmasambhava known as Guru Rinpoche.
The second propagation of Buddhism took place in the Bhutanese territories after the Kagyupa masters came to this region and established their lineage. The first Drigung Kagyu Lama (1164-1224) came to Bhutan in the twelfth century and developed Buddhism, which later became the important lineage in the western territories of Bhutan, which still exists, in livelier form. Following the trend another Tibetan lama PhajoDrugon Zhigpo (1208-76), direct disciple of Tsangpa Gyare, came to Bhutan and established Drugpa Kagyu School of Buddhism and made the Tango Gompa at Phajoding in the thirteenth century and propagated Buddhism in this region. The most important Tibetan Lama of Drugpa Kagyu School, Kunga Legpa known as Drugpa Kunleg (1455-1529), one of the three Divine Madmen, came to this region and made a Palung Gumpa at and propagated Buddhism in Bhutan. The Tibetan chronicles mention his name as Drug Nyon Heruka (meaning the Madman with the Garland of the bones of a dead person and meditating on the crematorium. Therefore, he is referred as the establisher of Buddhism in Bhutan and he is the important cultural iconic figure of Bhutan.
Similarly, 14th century Nyingma Master Longchenpa (1308-63) came to Bhutan, therefore, the Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism exists in Bhutan. When the sponsors of Longchenpa had a confrontation, he came to Bhutan in exile and got married to the Bhutanese lady by giving up monkhood. He made two important Gompas at Bumthang: Tharpaling and Samtenling; and propagated Buddhism in this area. Later he returned to Tibet and wrote the terma texts on Beyuls. The Bhutanese Lama Pema Lingpa, a famous terma master further strengthened Nyingma Buddhism in Bhutan. He is famous for his contribution in the Terma revealing of Guru Rinpoche. He is believed to be the incarnation of Guru Rinpoche and Longchenpa. Therefore, the Bhutanese Buddhism is the combination of Nyingma and Dugpa Kagyu School of Tibetan Buddhism in the royal lineage.
Later, Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal (1597-1651), the fifth incarnation of Drugpa Kagyu, the lama who was not accepted as the incarnation, came to Bhutan in the western part and united Bhutan. He is therefore known as the father of modern Bhutan. He made rdzongs to protect Bhutan from the foreign invasions and along head, and made the division of authority or power. He looked after the administrative part and Je-Khenpo looked after the spiritual functioning of Buddhism in Bhutan. The Je-Khenpo must be a follower of Drugpa-Kagyu School of Buddhism. He also came to Nepal and supported for the expansion of Buddhism here. The present Je-Khenpo is the 72nd lineage holder of the first spiritual master. Later, lineage holder of Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal was killed by Urgen Wangchug (Dec.17,1907) and became the firt secular king and established the Wangchug Dynasty in Bhutan. The third king Jigme Dorje made Bhutan famous to the world and even made a member of UN in 1971. The present king is Jigme Singe Wangchug, the fifth Chogyal monarch of Bhutan. The main mission of the Bhutanese kingdom was on the Gross National Happiness, as a result, the other people who followed different form of religion felt dominated and went to exile as refugees.


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Children's Sports Books
Athletics & Gymnastics (Children's/YA)
4.12 (16 ratings by Goodreads)
By (author) María Isabel Sánchez Vegara , Illustrated by Amelia Flower
New in the critically acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Wilma Rudolph, the remarkable sprinter and Olympic champion.
Wilma was born into a family with 22 brothers and sisters, in the segregated South. She contracted polio in her early years and her doctors said she would never walk again. But Wilma persisted with treatment, and she recovered her strength by the age of 12. At school, Wilma showed a talent for basketball and sprinting, earning the nickname 'Skeeter' (mosquito) as she ran so fast. Wilma was in college when she went to the 1960 Olympics. She not only won gold in sprint events, but also broke world records with her sprinting skill. She had beaten polio to become an Olympic champion. She is a huge inspiration to many women in sports around the world. This moving book features stylish and quirky illustrations and extra facts at the back, including a biographical timeline with historical photos and a detailed profile of the athlete's life.
Little People, BIG DREAMS is a bestselling series of books and educational games that explore the lives of outstanding people, from designers and artists to scientists and activists. All of them achieved incredible things, yet each began life as a child with a dream.
This empowering series offers inspiring messages to children of all ages, in a range of formats. The board books are told in simple sentences, perfect for reading aloud to babies and toddlers. The hardback versions present expanded stories for beginning readers. Boxed gift sets allow you to collect a selection of the books by theme. Paper dolls, learning cards, matching games and other fun learning tools provide even more ways to make the lives of these role models accessible to children.
Inspire the next generation of outstanding people who will change the world with Little People, BIG DREAMS!
Format Hardback | 32 pages
Publisher Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
Imprint Frances Lincoln Childrens Books
Edition New edition
Edition Statement New edition
Illustrations note 32
Bestsellers rank 5,996
Isabel Sanchez Vegara
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Little People, BIG DREAMS: Women in Science
Little People, BIG DREAMS: Women in Art
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About María Isabel Sánchez Vegara
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=begin
  Copyright (C) 2005 Jeff Rose

  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
  under the same terms as the ruby language itself, see the file COPYING for
  details.
=end

module Icalendar
  # A Event calendar component is a grouping of component
  # properties, and possibly including Alarm calendar components, that
  # represents a scheduled amount of time on a calendar. For example, it
  # can be an activity; such as a one-hour long, department meeting from
  # 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM, tomorrow. Generally, an event will take up time
  # on an individual calendar.
  class Event < Component
    ical_component :alarms

    ## Single instance properties

    # Access classification (PUBLIC, PRIVATE, CONFIDENTIAL...)
    ical_property :ip_class, :klass

    # Date & time of creation
    ical_property :created

    # Complete description of the calendar component
    ical_property :description

    # Specifies the timezone for the event
    attr_accessor :tzid

    # Specifies date-time when calendar component begins
    ical_property :dtstart, :start

    # Latitude & longitude for specified activity
    ical_property :geo, :geo_location

    # Date & time this item was last modified
    ical_property :last_modified

    # Specifies the intended venue for this activity
    ical_property :location

    # Defines organizer of this item
    ical_property :organizer

    # Defines relative priority for this item (1-9... 1 = best)
    ical_property :priority

    # Indicate date & time when this item was created
    ical_property :dtstamp, :timestamp

    # Revision sequence number for this item
    ical_property :sequence, :seq

    # Defines overall status or confirmation of this item
    ical_property :status
    ical_property :summary
    ical_property :transp, :transparency

    # Defines a persistent, globally unique id for this item
    ical_property :uid, :unique_id

    # Defines a URL associated with this item
    ical_property :url
    ical_property :recurrence_id, :recurid

    ## Single but mutually exclusive properties (Not testing though)

    # Specifies a date and time that this item ends
    ical_property :dtend, :end

    # Specifies a positive duration time
    ical_property :duration

    ## Multi-instance properties

    # Associates a URI or binary blob with this item
    ical_multi_property :attach, :attachment, :attachments

    # Defines an attendee for this calendar item
    ical_multiline_property :attendee, :attendee, :attendees

    # Defines the categories for a calendar component (school, work...)
    ical_multi_property :categories, :category, :categories

    # Simple comment for the calendar user.
    ical_multi_property :comment, :comment, :comments

    # Contact information associated with this item.
    ical_multi_property :contact, :contact, :contacts
    ical_multi_property :exdate, :exception_date, :exception_dates
    ical_multi_property :exrule, :exception_rule, :exception_rules
    ical_multi_property :rstatus, :request_status, :request_statuses

    # Used to represent a relationship between two calendar items
    ical_multi_property :related_to, :related_to, :related_tos
    ical_multi_property :resources, :resource, :resources

    # Used with the UID & SEQUENCE to identify a specific instance of a
    # recurring calendar item.
    ical_multi_property :rdate, :recurrence_date, :recurrence_dates
    ical_multi_property :rrule, :recurrence_rule, :recurrence_rules

    def initialize()
      super("VEVENT")

      # Now doing some basic initialization
      sequence 0
      timestamp DateTime.now
      uid new_uid
    end

    def alarm(&block)
      a = Alarm.new
      self.add a

      a.instance_eval &block if block

      a
    end

    def occurrences_starting(time)
      recurrence_rules.first.occurrences_of_event_starting(self, time)
    end

  end
end


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Q: iPhone - How to add people to on-going video chat in Facebook messenger? I'm using an iPhone 7 running iOS 12.
When I'm in an on-going video chat, I can't find the "add people" button to add more people to the on-going video chat. In Android I can see that button just fine, so I'm surprised that iOS doesn't have it.
Do I need to activate it via settings or something?

A: I got it. It's not the iPhone's fault, it's the fault of the other phone which uses Messenger Lite. Messenger Lite doesn't have conference call feature (at this moment). So if Messenger (full version) calls Messenger Lite, the "add people" button isn't available. So I install Messenger (full version) for the other phone and try calling again, and now I can see the "add people" button.

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Hey everyone! I had some beets left from the previous recipe and decided to make something from leftovers. Since i love hummus a lot, it became my first choice.
Do not hesitate buying a jar of tahini sauce. It can serve you well in other dishes including burgers or even cookies.
If you are hosting a superbowl party this weekend, your guests will highly appreciate this healthy option. This hummus goes incredibly well with pita chips, celery or cucumbers.
If you haven't cooked beets, cook them first. Bring water to a boil and cook them for about 1 hour or so.
In a blender mix all the ingredients except seeds and pulse.
Mix with seeds and serve with chips, celery or sliced cucumbers.


How to Install Keep My Notes – Notepad & Memo on a PC Windows?
Since Keep My Notes – Notepad & Memo is basically designed for android platform, it is essential to install BlueStacks Emulator on Windows based PC to make this app run perfecly.
Open the Keep My Notes – Notepad & Memo that you finished download before and double click the Keep My Notes – Notepad & Memo app, and you will able to use Keep My Notes – Notepad & Memo App For your PC Windows 10, 8 or 7.
To start using Keep My Notes – Notepad & Memo for PC + BlueStacks emulator functionality can only maintain on PC (under Windows Vista, XP, 7, 8 and 10 versions) under certain conditions. The appliance must have a good and authentic graphics card, along with minimum 2GB RAM.
How does the Keep My Notes – Notepad & Memo App/Apk work on PC?
The app Keep My Notes – Notepad & Memo works in the same manner as it is applicable on other devices; especially driven on android and iOs platforms. However, BlueStacks becomes necessary for proper functioning of this utility application.
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import Ember from 'ember';

const { service } = Ember.inject;

export default Ember.Service.extend({
  currentUser: service(),
  totalSteps: Ember.computed.alias('_steps.length'),

  _steps: [
    {
      number: 1,
      state: 'signed_up',
      currentRoute: 'start.hello',
      nextRoute: 'start.interests',
      nextStateTransition: 'edit_profile',
    },
    {
      number: 2,
      state: 'edited_profile',
      currentRoute: 'start.interests',
      nextRoute: 'start.expertise',
      nextStateTransition: 'select_categories',
    },
    {
      number: 3,
      state: 'selected_categories',
      currentRoute: 'start.expertise',
      nextRoute: 'start.skills',
      nextStateTransition: 'select_roles',
    },
    {
      number: 4,
      state: 'selected_roles',
      currentRoute: 'start.skills',
      nextRoute: 'projects-list',
      nextStateTransition: 'select_skills',
    }
  ],

  _currentStep: Ember.computed('currentUser.user.state', function() {
    let state = this.get('currentUser.user.state');
    let steps = this.get('_steps');
    return steps.find((step) => { return step.state === state; });
  }),

  currentRoute: Ember.computed.alias('_currentStep.currentRoute'),
  currentStepNumber: Ember.computed.alias('_currentStep.number'),
  currentStepState: Ember.computed.alias('_currentStep.state'),
  isEditingProfile: Ember.computed.equal('currentStepState', 'signed_up'),
  isOnboarding: Ember.computed.or('isEditingProfile', 'isSelectingCategories', 'isSelectingRoles', 'isSelectingSkills'),
  isSelectingCategories: Ember.computed.equal('currentStepState', 'edited_profile'),
  isSelectingRoles: Ember.computed.equal('currentStepState', 'selected_categories'),
  isSelectingSkills: Ember.computed.equal('currentStepState', 'selected_roles'),
  nextRoute: Ember.computed.alias('_currentStep.nextRoute'),
  nextStateTransition: Ember.computed.alias('_currentStep.nextStateTransition'),
  routes: Ember.computed.mapBy('_steps', 'currentRoute'),

  progressPercentage: Ember.computed('currentStepNumber', 'totalSteps', function() {
    return (this.get('currentStepNumber') / this.get('totalSteps')) * 100;
  }),
});


Could you support a vulnerable adult and look after them in your own home?
The Shared Lives scheme is looking for more people to become carers, providing adults who find it hard to live independently with a chance to receive support and also share aspects of their carer's life with them.
The project helps adults with a range of needs, including learning disabilities and mental health issues, who will live in a spare room in their carer's house.
Typically, a carer will involve the person in their family life, enjoying things like meals and social activities together.
Shared Lives is looking for people in Barking and Dagenham who may be interested in becoming carers, with anyone interested invited to attend a free information event later this month.
The scheme will be offered in the borough in partnership with Grace Eyre, a charity that supports people with learning difficulties.
Cllr Maureen Worby, cabinet member for social care and health integration, added: "We're a borough full of people who care about those around them and look out for each other, so this is a wonderful opportunity for someone who is interested in making a real difference to a vulnerable person's life.
Carers will receive full training and up to £600 per week, and will be vetted before being matched with a vulnerable adult.
The drop-in information event will take place at Barking Town Hall between 6.30pm and 8pm on Thursday, November 29.


The Catholic Women's League was founded in 1906 by Margaret Fletcher. The League encourages its members to work both in the parish and in the wider community. Members are also concerned with issues on a national and international level. The League is involved in charitable work of all kinds.
The Cathedral Fatima Prayer Group meets on the second, third and fourth Saturday of each month in the Cathedral Centre at 10.30am, after the morning Mass. The group is lead by Andrew Proctor. For further details please contact the parish office.
"Follow the example of St John Paul II, a great devotee of Our Lady of Fatima, let us listen attentively to the Mother of God and ask for peace for the world" - Pope Francis.
The Focolare Movement is an international movement, inspired by the gospel, working for unity in all spheres of life. For over sixty years it has drawn together people of all Christian traditions and from many of the world's religions, alongside people with no formal faith, who share the aim of building a united world. Focolare seeks to bring about a united world through putting the words of the Gospel into practice in daily life.
The Knights of Saint Columba is a Catholic fraternal service organisation and the largest of its kind in Britain. Founded in Glasgow in 1919, it is named in honour of Saint Columba, a Christian missionary from Ireland who helped to introduce Christianity to people in Northern Britain. We are dedicated to the principles of Charity, Unity and Fraternity and have more than 4,000 members in over 300 Councils across England, Scotland and Wales. Membership is limited to practising Catholic men aged 16 or older. We exist to support the mission and doctrine of the Catholic Church and at the same time to work for the "spiritual and material good of its members and their families".
Meetings: 2nd Monday of every month in the Cathedral Centre.
SPUC is the oldest pro-life organisation in the world, being set up in 1966 when the Abortion Act was going through parliament. SPUCs remit has widened over the years but the primary focus of the organisation is to protect human life from conception to natural death.
In his spirit of their holy founder, the Prayer Groups of Padre Pio and his Spiritual Children throughout the world continue to respond to the words of Our Lord, "Truly I say to you, as and it will be given to you, seek and you will find, knock and it will be opened to you... if you ask anything of the Father in my name, He will give it to you." Let us remember that our prayers, like incense, rise to God. Let us ask for the grace to live in God's will and to be instruments of God's peace and love to those whom we encounter on life's journey.
The Union of Catholic Mothers is a National Organisation of Catholic Women, open to all women of all ages who support their aims and objectives in ...'prayer, love and active witness to marriage, family and Christian life in the world' (from our membership prayer). Throughout our 100 year historythat they have been involved in current affairs, particularly those that impact on family life, lobbying our MPs and MEPs to protect the marginalised and vulnerable in society both home and abroad. They are affiliated to other like minded organisations, are active in parishes and support each other in love and prayer.
Meetings: Tuesdays from 6pm until 8pm in the Cathedral Centre. Local Contact: Frances O'Neill via the Parish Office.


Charlie Sheen, now known for his beyond bizarre antics during his tour shows, capped his first stop in Canada by leading a toast for a dead man's ashes. The ashes belong to the one of the audience members' dead husband.
The show is called "The Violent Torpedo of Truth", and an hour in to the show Sheen called out a woman from the audience whose husband died many years ago. He also said that he learned about her story from a newspaper article.
The audience went pitch quiet when Wendy Newman clothed in black from head to toe with an urn on one arm. Newman told everyone that her husband had a heart attack and the only thing that kept her going after her husband's death is "Three and a Half Men" – Sheen's former sitcom.
When Newman heard that Sheen is taking his show to Toronto, she immediately booked a flight and left a message on the actor's facebook wall asking him if she can bring her husband's ashes. She also asked that Sheen leads a toast to honor her husband.
Sheen gracefully agreed, led a toast with a non-alcoholic beverage – the actor vowed to shy away from drinking and drugs – and allowed the widow to say a short eulogy. Mrs. Newman ended her eulogy by saying she can finally properly send off her husband since Charlie Sheen is in their midst.
Federal appeals court said Monday that Former Harvard University schoolmates of Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder, have no way of undoing their settlement on the creation of the acclaimed social networking site.
The Court of Appeals said that Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss were technologically knowledgeable enough to understand the agreement they signed in 2008. The deal included a $20 million payment in cash and only partial ownership of the site. One other schoolmate, Divya Narendra, took part of the agreement 3 years ago but decided not to join the twins in the second lawsuit they filed against Zuckerberg.
The settlement's worth has bubbled to $160 million because of Facebook's increasing value. The Winklevoss brothers insisted that Facebook's real value was not disclosed properly when they signed the settlement agreement in their lawsuit claiming they own the original idea of Facebook and Zuckerberg simply stole it from them.
Alex Kozinksi, chief justice of the litigation, said that the twins knew what the settlement entitled during their mediation meeting years ago. The twins even brought six lawyers during the meeting, he said.
Facebook which is now valued at millions of dollars has become a world-wide phenomenon. A networking site that originally started as a way for students of Harvard to keep in touch with each other is now used by almost everyone who has access to the internet.
The social networking site said Monday that they are very happy with the results. Winklevoss twins lawyers said that they are still in the process of reviewing the decision and will then plan their next step. They still have the option of raising the case to the Supreme Court.
Michael Buble, a Canadian jazz singer, married Lusiana Lopilato, an Argentine actress. The ceremony was a private civil wedding, Thursday, in Buenos Aires.
Grammy award-winner Buble and his Argentine sweetheart Lopilato, posed in front of their fans after their civil rights ceremony. The blushing bride wore a simple chiffon flowing dress paired with a silver high-heeled stiletto. The dashing groom on the other hand, wore a gray suite.
Michael Buble won a Grammy for his traditional pop vocal album a month ago. He is also one of America's top grossing concert artists. Luisa Lopilato started as a model in Argentina and transitioned in to soap operas and sitcoms. Among these are Little Girls, Rebel Way, Pirate Soul, and Married with Children.
Buble dated actress Emily Blunt for a couple of years before meeting Lopilato in 2009 in his concert tour in South America. Lopilato, on the other hand, was dating a tennis player when they met.
Lopilato wrote to her 500, 000 followers on Twitter and Facebook expressing her love and appreciation to all her friends, family, and fans. She said that the wedding was beautiful.
The couple will have a full ceremony in Buenos Aires next month. It will be attended by around 300 guests in a mansion. After that, another wedding will take place on April in Vancouver. The couple have three homes – one in Canada, another in Los Angeles, and in Buenos Aires.


If using Amazon to buy everything from AA batteries to ZZ Top MP3s still leaves you wanting more Amazon, then the Amazon Echo is the device for you.
If, however, you're looking for a general-purpose hands-free digital helper, we'd recommend Siri, Cortana, or Google Now over the current version of the Echo.
My introduction to this cybernetic cylinder came when Amazon granted a friend's request for an invitation to buy an early version of the Echo. (Among the many weird things about this product is that you must ask Amazon if it will take your money, please.) As an Amazon Prime subscriber, David paid only $99; the regular price will be $199.
I took notes as I visited David to watch him set up the device and start using it.
We had the Echo out of the box and online in a few minutes, with all the setup work done in a simple Web app. Once the Echo is configured, you don't need to touch or click a single button; just say Echo's "wake word" — by default "Alexa" — and then speak your request.
As Amazon's FAQ explains, the Echo doesn't go online to stream your speech to its hive mind until you say that wake word, and you can turn off the microphone entirely. So, no, the Echo is not an equivalent of the always-on Telescreen in George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four.
An LED ring at the top of the Echo glows as it consults various cloud services for the answers you want. Sometimes it works, and sometimes Echo stumbles into unintentional comedy, with crazy answers read out by a soothing, synthesized female voice.
We found Echo did best as a no-hands way to get the forecast, the time, and the news (from NPR, the BBC, and elsewhere), to add items to shopping lists, and to play music (from your Amazon cloud library, Prime Music streaming, iHeartRadio, and TuneIn). I said, "Play the latest episode of the podcast 99% Invisible," and moments later we were hearing about the world's longest-burning light bulb.
But simple questions stumped this thing too often.
The problem wasn't that Echo misheard us much, even in noisy environments, though we did get a chuckle out of it hearing "How tall is the Vehicle Assembly Building?" as "How tall is the Beer Assembly Building?" It was the oddly outdated answers (or outright lack of information it should have known) that baffled us.
Take three sports-related queries. Echo thought that Davey Johnson managed the Washington Nationals (Matt Williams has had the job since fall 2013) and that Donald Sterling owned the Los Angeles Clippers (not so much) and then couldn't name the quarterback for Washington's hapless NFL franchise (that's more forgivable, since the team doesn't seem to know either).
Echo could cite the distance from D.C. to Richmond but couldn't offer advice about traffic on those roads or the status of a flight landing there. It could speak a summary of the Wikipedia page about Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos but didn't know he was the owner of The Washington Post.
Its version of throwing up its hands when it couldn't answer a question was to say that it had added a Bing search link to the Echo companion app. Helpfully, it cycles through different phrasings of that so you don't get too bored.
Sometimes Echo failed to acknowledge a question. We were met with silence when David asked, "Do you have any NSA backdoors?" Thanks for putting us at ease, Alexa.
The Echo must be plugged in, and I suspect that requirement will see it parked in the kitchen — a room in which people often have their hands full and think of things to add to a shopping list.
Sadly, the Echo was particularly inept with cooking-related queries more complicated than "How many tablespoons in a cup?" It whiffed at questions about medium-rare temperature for a duck breast, calorie counts for a few sample food items, the weight of a cup of flour, and ingredient substitutions.
As a Bluetooth speaker, the Echo also does fine — it paired with my phone without a problem and generated crisp, clear sound with satisfyingly deep bass. At the $99 Prime price, you could justify buying it for that feature alone. At least, that was my friend's thinking; his wife is not yet convinced.


Orders for wind turbines in the first phase of an ambitious programme to install 2400 MW of wind energy throughout Russia have been delayed. Management Investment and Trade (MIT) Ltd and Soviet Enterprises Ltd (SEL) had expected to be able to place orders at the beginning of March for 36 MW of wind capacity spread over four Russian sites (Windpower Monthly, December 1994). But the timetable is slipping while the companies seek extra assurances from turbine manufacturers over the performance of wind turbines in extremely cold conditions. "We are a bit late because we are still in the process of assessing companies' bids, especially since there is the potential problem of icing on the blades," explains Constantine Adraktas from MIT in London. "In some of the areas we are considering, temperatures can go below minus 30 degrees Centigrade." In this first phase of the Wind Energy Conversion Systems (WECS) programme, MIT and SEL plan to purchase turbines for sites in eastern Russia and in the north and the south of the European Russia. Subsequently they expect to begin substituting imports with locally manufactured components, so that eventually around 80% of the machine content is manufactured in Russia. Adraktas hopes to be able to place turbine orders in two or three months' time. "We expect it will take another couple of months because of the difficulty of choosing machines that can work in that environment. It is worth taking our time to make sure we have the right technology. If we get the wrong machines and find they fail, there would be such adverse publicity that it could kill the notion of wind energy in Russia."


Welcome to Vegas city underground life. Gangster game where crime mafia thug wars become commonness city rules. Explosion, destruction, and heist in this battle arena is the usual thing such as fueling your tank or helicopter while rivals try to catch you. Daily work, isn't it?
You are one of the street thief-kids from the street, your life dream is better life, money, supercars and women's. But you have no prospects for a better life because of gangster grand legends which dictate city rules in the world of crime auto. Now you are a young street thief who makes money for living on theft cars and little crimes. It's depend on you, how would you build your perfect crime thug life.
First time when you tasted the blood of deals you were caught by SWAT force and cops. All that you have left after the conclusion is old prison jeans and Carol Johnson's shirt. In prison you meet grand gangster Tommy, his right hand Frank, and Micheal, your life changes completely. Michael teach you how to drive military vehicles, shoot with rocket launcher and use jet pack. You start to make tasks and missions that will help you advance in crime auto gangster game. Besides, as street thief, you start earning huge amounts of money and attracting the attention of women. From theft to mafia grand gangster godfather to have better life.
Your life dream is to become Vegas urban godfather or vice gangster and build your own crime mafia empire. But police and mafia thug's do not agree with you and they would make your thug life mega hard.
In your world crime rampage grand wars gangster vs mafia, you will be helped by all kinds of weapons and military vehicles found in Vegas open world gangster paradise. Fly on jet pack to find some extra bonus on the roof. Use all that you find! Mafia thug guys never walk alone, and always attack in the crowd, so do not be a hero. With special power-ups, you can change the way of gangster street thief battle gun war. Destroy buildings with rocket launcher Complete missions, earn money, buy a weapon and extra tools, explore Vegas urban, break grand legends city rules. Nobody would stop your crime auto thug life.
In Vegas thug life you would have all features which help you in your little crime auto rampage grand to kill other grand legends. Mafia thug's and other grand legends city would always remember your nick, as urban godfather who won in gangster vs mafia wars.
Explore a big Vegas urban open world, find all hidden vehicles and special weapons. Theft cars, do a perfect crime, complete mafia missions to become a real gangster or even godfather. Rule the city as you want. It's criminal paradise for everyone.
Gangster game is the chance to become the urban godfather and have the better life. Real crime game on your phone! The dream begins to come true.
Vegas open world gangster game supports smartphones and tablets. To running need to have minimum Android 7.0 or higher, 1GB RAM and pretty nice CPU/GPU performance.
Realistic driving and car physics.
Added power up chooser for mission start.
Up 33% faster rendering on supported devices.


Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met with the Kuwaiti minister Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah today in Riyadh, who delivered a message from the Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.
The Crown Prince and the Kuwaiti deputy minister of Amiri Diwan Affairs discussed pressing regional issue, as well as bilateral relations between the KSA and Kuwait.
Prince Turki bin Mohammed bin Fahd bin Abdulaziz was also in attendance, as well as the Kuwaiti Charge d'Affaires.


On December 2, 2010 (4:12 - 8:12), TV Asahi released a special report on the effect of forest therapy. The reporter visited a forest therapy base at Okutama town, Tokyo and experienced the effect of forest therapy. Dr. Qing Li introduced his findings on the effect of forest therapy on human NK activity and stress hormones and gave a special comment about the effect of forest therapy in the program as a special commentator.


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FI Center member June Chan's position as Sino-ACS Liaison seemed like a good move. An article in the Jakarta Post titled "China, India poised to claim power" underscores that hunch. The author says that China, then India, will lead the next wave of globalism. They will become dominant figures in economics, politics, culture, and technology during the next several decades. I've got somebody in mind here in this office to be our link to India. It's never too early to think about that next career move.
Speaking of China, if you're interested in Chinese movies and culture I highly recommend seeing the movie Hero. It's already out on DVD but is so spectacular it's getting a run in theaters. Evidently it did the biggest boxoffice on Labor Day weekend.
I recommend seeing it on the big screen. It's a swordplay film with battles that have elements of ballet and Cirque du Soleil. But that takes a backseat to the imagery. It's also a study in Asian values. It's about courage, integrity, and sacrifice. As I told my wife who didn't see it but who likes happy endings, "It's got a very happy ending: all the good people die." In the Japanese and Chinese movies I've seen, the hero believes so much in the ideal of the warrior that he dies willingly in a hopeless battle but lives on as a legend. In Hollywood films the good guy fights bravely, kills the bad guy(s), gets the girl, and lives happily ever after. If you saw The Last Samurai with Tom Cruz you saw both outcomes side by side in one flick.
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Q: Black screen when Fortnite has to load a fully new screen. Is this a bug or a server error? Ever since yesterday afternoon, I have been experiencing a fully black screen when the entire screen turns black and loads for a second or two and then I can see again. This might not be terrible but it has still killed me more than once so it's pretty bad.
I have tried restarting my computer, uninstalling and reinstalling Fortnite, and I have also looked it up to see if someone has experienced the same thing only in Season 8, but I've seen the same kind of thing that others experienced in previous seasons but none in Season 8.
Is this a bug in the game that is causing this black screen or is it a server malfunction because of the high load of people playing right now?

A: I think this is a server bug, if that's a thing.
It mostly happens when there are many people online, around 3:00 PM, and it is when I try to play at that time that it happens most frequently*. This would be a server error.
When I tried just now (it's 7:40 AM Eastern Time) it was still happening, though less frequently* and it wasn't affecting me as much, but it still would. This would be a bug.
*Frequency determined by going to the same place and determining how many times I get the black screen.
EDIT:
The above might still be correct, but a fix to this issue would be to go into Windowed or Windowed Fullscreen because Fullscreen mode causes this issue for some reason.


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package jjil.algorithm;
import jjil.core.Error;
import jjil.core.Gray8Image;
import jjil.core.Image;
import jjil.core.Ladder;

/**
 * Adds two gray images. To be used as a join operation in a Ladder operation.
 * @author webb
 */
public class Gray8And implements Ladder.Join {

    /** Performs logical AND of two Gray8Image's. Result is Byte.MAX_VALUE
     * iff both images are Byte.MAX_VALUE.
     *
     * @param imageFirst the first image (and output -- this image is modified.)
     * @param imageSecond the second image
     * @return the logical AND of the two byte images, replacing the first
     * @throws jjil.core.Error if either image is not a gray 8-bit
     * image, or they are of different sizes.
     */
    public Image doJoin(Image imageFirst, Image imageSecond)
        throws jjil.core.Error
    {
        if (!(imageFirst instanceof Gray8Image)) {
                throw new Error(
                				Error.PACKAGE.ALGORITHM,
                				ErrorCodes.IMAGE_NOT_GRAY8IMAGE,
                				imageFirst.toString(),
                				null,
                				null);
            }
        if (!(imageSecond instanceof Gray8Image)) {
                throw new Error(
                				Error.PACKAGE.ALGORITHM,
                				ErrorCodes.IMAGE_NOT_GRAY8IMAGE,
                				imageSecond.toString(),
                				null,
                				null);
            }
        if (imageFirst.getWidth() != imageSecond.getWidth() ||
            imageSecond.getHeight() != imageSecond.getHeight()) {
            throw new Error(
            				Error.PACKAGE.ALGORITHM,
            				ErrorCodes.IMAGE_SIZES_DIFFER,
            				imageFirst.toString(),
            				imageSecond.toString(),
            				null);

        }
        Gray8Image gray1 = (Gray8Image) imageFirst;
        Gray8Image gray2 = (Gray8Image) imageSecond;
        byte[] data1 = gray1.getData();
        byte[] data2 = gray2.getData();
        for (int i=0; i<data1.length; i++) {
            data1[i] =
                    (data1[i] == Byte.MAX_VALUE && data2[i] == Byte.MAX_VALUE) ?
                        Byte.MAX_VALUE : Byte.MIN_VALUE;
        }
        return gray1;
    }

}


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Before you start reading this, I'm asking that you don't get all heated with me today on this topic – Boxed Wine.
For the record, I don't discriminate when it comes to boxed wine. I enjoy it. Just not the Sangria version. It made me break out into hives. I feel like there is a time and place, like picnics or tailgates, to serve boxed wine. BUT there is a time and a place NOT to unleash the box and that includes weddings or special events.
Boxed wine may not always be your cheapest option either. Talk to your local wine store – it may be most cost-effective to purchase cases of vino!
I asked my friend Trish her thoughts on this issue and she said that she thinks that boxed wine is "smart financially" and "can be done tastefully." I couldn't agree more!
So here's my suggestions for doing boxed wine tastefully!
Pre-pour the wine glasses in the kitchen – this can save time for your bartender too!
Or there's another option – don't give a crap what other people think! Tell them to shut up and drink! And for the record, if I'm at your shindig, I'm gonna drink whatever's being offered (and may tap the bag) and I won't judge!
I love it! I am a huge boxed wine fan...they have improved tremendously over the years! We do "disguise" ours a bit with this great dispenser: https://www.etsy.com/listing/120265140/box-wine-barrel-dispenser-cedar-ideal ..
and people have no idea!
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