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Find Resources? Find Projects? Find Cooperation?Looking for creativity, finding Bo Le, and seeking a swift horse...A variety of needs in one step!Since 2010, China International New Media Short Film Festival has been held for eight consecutive years, providing a broad platform for creative exchange and resource exchange. The ninth short film festival will also arrive as scheduled from November 26th to December 2nd. This short film festival takes "New Media, New Technology, New Life" as the theme, and the "Future Goddess" with full of science and technology leads us to experience the progress of science and technology!As in previous years, this year's short film festival market is still receiving much attention. In order to promote the cooperation of exhibitors' projects more effectively, the ninth short film festival trading market will be held in the form of "face-to-face meeting". More than 50 exhibitors from 12 countries and regions will gather together with more than 100 companies, including China Film Group, Rayvision Technology, Huaqiang Group and other companies and Turkish, Kyrgyzstan, Iran, Spain, New Zealand short film institutions, to build a communication platform for enterprises to create a good atmosphere of communication.As the world's leading visual cloud computing service platform, Fox Renderfarm has participated in several short film festivals. In the 8th Short Film Festival, Fox Renderfarm not only provided support for the original works of Jin Peng's short film directors and creative short films of college students across the country, but also reached in-depth cooperation with the CSFF 8th.After a year of unremitting efforts, Fox Renderfarm has also improved a lot in technology and services. In 2018, Fox Renderfarm splits the rendering client into two, the rendering of the film and the render farm are carried out independently, with significant synergies. The number of artists currently using Fox Renderfarm has exceeded 1 million, and Fox Renderfarm has a computing power of 500,000 cores per hour, ranking the top five in the world. In addition, Fox Renderfarm also launched the radium speed file transfer acceleration service to provide efficient cloud rendering for the industry while speeding up the transfer speed and greatly improving the efficiency of the industry!In CSFF 9th, Fox Renderfarm will also attend the Opening and Closing Ceremonies and the Face-to-face Meeting of the trading market (Booth No. B09). We look forward to exchanges and learning with domestic and foreign companies and exhibitors, and continue to develop for the industry. Provide assistance.
A Perfect Ending for the 8th China International New Media Short Film Festival
On 2nd December 2017, the 8th China International New Media Short Film Festival has ended successfully!On the Short Film Festival opening and closing ceremonies, famous film and television actor, director, screenwriter Jiang Wenli, well-known director Li Yang, the famous American director, screenwriter, producer Paul Brown, Hong Kong famous film critic, director of the Hong Kong Baptist University Film Institute Cheuk Pak Tong, famous Spanish screenwriter, producer Iván Miñambres, documentary film director, China Cinema and Television Arts Association vice chairman Peng Hui, animated series "Bonnie Bears" chief director, Fantawild designer Ding Liang, Hong Kong's famous director Li Li are among the attendees.Mr. Kenny Zou, general manager of Rayvision Technology and Mr. Mike Zheng, marketing director of Rayvision Technology and head of VIVUE.io, were also invited to attend the opening and closing ceremonies of the Short Film Festival. Mr. Kenny Zou also had the opportunity to award the prizes for the best animated short film category and all short-listed short film directors.The Short Film Festival has received 4,779 participating short films from 115 countries and regions. The short-listed works have diverse themes, different styles, and great ideas. The short films have rich contents which covered public affair, arts & culture, educational as well as humor have gained audiences' unanimous praise.The Short Film Festival judges came from different countries and regions, the collection of video clips and comments can only be sent by hard disk at first, the review and judging meeting would need to gather all the judges together, which greatly reduces the work efficiency. Short Film Festival Organizing Committee has also developed a similar review system before, but the short film playback at overseas was not smooth, thus resulting in the inability to review the participating short films. To solve this problem, Rayvision Technology has provided customized services for the Short Film Festival. The VIVUE.io Review & Collaboration Platform has provided great convenience for the judges to review and judge contesting short films, and the efficiency was also greatly improved.During the opening ceremony, Mr. Mike Zheng, marketing director of Rayvision Technology and head of VIVUE.io has exchanged thoughts with the judges and VIVUE.io has well-received many good feedbacks and praises. Everyone has given their highest appreciation for VIVUE.io Review & Collaboration Platform in making the entire review work a smooth and successful one."VIVUE.io Review & Collaboration Platform has been so highly efficient, easy to use and save us a lot of time. VIVUE.io is indeed a very good review platform to use." – Fantawild Senior Vice President and "Bonnie Bears" Chief Director, Ding Liang"When we were still traveling for work in northeast China, we had the short film review with other judges through the VIVUE.io Review & Collaboration Platform and the process was very smooth and very convenient. It is truly an amazing experience for us." – Hong Kong famous film critic, Cheuk Pak Tong"Before the Short Film Festival, I was already using VIVUE.io Review & Collaboration Platform for short film review back in Spain, and I was able to comment on short films in time, with smooth playback, good picture quality, clear resolution and excellent platform experience. I hope VIVUE.io Review & Collaboration Platform can be Introduced to other film festivals." – Famous Spanish screenwriter, producer Iván MiñambresAfter gaining an initial understanding of the VIVUE.io Review & Collaboration Platform, the director of the New Zealand Film Festival said she will work closely with us to provide an online review platform for their Short Film Festival in near future.On 30th November - 2nd December 2017, the Short Film Market was also in full swing. Rayvision Technology booth has attracted many Chinese and foreign film and television industry exhibitors and experts to drop by and gained a detailed understanding of Rayvision Technology's products which are Fox Renderfarm Cloud Render Farm, VIVUE.io Review & Collaboration Platform and Raysync Transfer.Our staffs have also performed a live demonstration of VIVUE.io Review & Collaboration Platform operating workflow, VIVUE.io platform users can simply "Upload – Share – Review – Process – Deliver" anytime anywhere, easily solve the video upload, review, team collaboration and other issues.In just three days, Rayvision Technology booth has received many visitors from China, the United States, South Korea, Spain, Poland and other countries and regions. Most of them are engaged in film-related work, including producers, directors, visual effects artists as well as representatives from colleges and universities.The strategic cooperation between Rayvision Technology and the 8th China International New Media Short Film Festival reflected the high recognition of Rayvision Technology by the organizers of the Short Film Festival. Rayvision Technology does not only provide support to Kingbonn Award-winning directors' original works but also creative films for college students; VIVUE.io also as the 8th China International New Media Short Film Festival Short Film Official Online Review Platform has provided a tailored global online review platform for the Short Film Festival.The 8th China International New Media Short Film Festival has ended successfully. We look forward to co-operating again with the 9th China International New Media Short Film Festival organizing committee next year!The 8th China International New Media Short Film Festival Kingbonn Awards Winners ListBest Kingbonn Short Film: "Timecode" by Juanjo Gimenez Pena (Spain)Best Drama Short Film: "A Whole World for a Small World" by Fabrice Bracq (France)Best Documentary Short Film: "Cucli" by Xavier Marrades (Spain)Best Animation Short Film: "Poilus" by Guillaume Auberval (France)Best Technology Short Film: "Eye of Qin Warrior" by Zhang Hailang (China)


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Ski & Snowboard News /Snowbird icon Dick Bass dies at 85
Jul 28, 2015 07:14PM ● By Harriet Wallis
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Visionary Dick Bass and his partner Ted Johnson began construction of Snowbird in 1970 and Bass bought out his partner in 1974. Snowbird is known as one of the nation's top resorts. He fulfilled his dream of bringing people together with nature in a great alpine setting where they could recreate and renew.
Bass died at home in Texas of pulmonary fibrosis. He was 85.
He loved art and literature and had an incredible Oriental rug collection at Snowbird. The huge, colorful rugs carpeted the floors in the main lodge. Skiers probably had no idea they were walking on a fabulous collection. In addition to those rugs, he hired rock climbers to scale the massive concrete walls and hang some of the rugs there for display.
When he was 55, he was the oldest man to climb the highest peak on each of the continents. He chronicled his experiences in his book, Seven Summits.
In addition to Snowbird, he had investments and holdings in numerous other companies.
Witty and lively, he was always in a jovial mood and loved to indulge listeners with tales of everything. He called himself "the big mouth Bass."

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The city said the money will go towards projects that will improve the quality of life for people in Huntsville.
The Huntsville City Council approved the borrowing of $131 million for capital improvement projects.
According to the city's Finance Director, it puts the city's total debt at $835 million.
The $131 million will be split into six different areas.
The city said the projects will improve the quality of life for people here in Huntsville.
Dorothy Sandifer lives in Huntsville and said the sticker shock of borrowing that much money doesn't sit well with her.
"I'm totally against borrowing money if you don't have to if there's other ways to get the job done without borrowing money," said Sandifer.
WAAY 31 asked city council members how long tax payers in Huntsville would have to wait for capital improvement projects if the city didn't borrow the money up front.
"I can't answer that question. They probably wouldn't happen without borrowed money," said Huntsville City Council President Mark Russell.
$69M for Toyota-Mazda plant related projects.
$13.5M for libraries, community centers, and public safety.
$10M for parks, greenways, and recreation.
$7M for Von Braun Center improvements.
The city's Finance Director told WAAY 31 they have 20 years to pay back this money and they've already done the calculations showing it won't impact every day city operating costs.
"We know we can cover what's due," said Huntsville Finance Director Peggy Sargent.
Sandifer said even though she isn't a fan of putting the city in debt she's glad a lot of money will go to fix and improve a part of the city that, she said, desperately needs it.
"I like the idea that we're trying to improve the infrastructure," said Sandifer.
The city's Finance Director told WAAY 31 the city typically borrows large amounts of money like this every two years for big projects.


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Frost & Sullivan's new report, "Hand Hygiene Champions the Cause of Infection Control" available from Research & Markets, says that a reduction in healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs) could drive an uptake of hand hygiene products.
After booming sales of hand hygiene products from 2008 to 2009, the reports says that volume sales plummeted from 2009 to 2010, before gradually recovering. The hand hygiene market has expanded to include hand hygiene compliance monitoring technologies that, while still at a nascent stage, offer promising growth opportunities for companies in the infection prevention and control industry.
Outbreaks such as enterohaemorrhagic e. coli (EHEC) continue to highlight the importance of hand hygiene in containing infectious diseases, notes the analyst of this research. The threat of mutated viral strains and increasing antimicrobial-resistant infections has underlined the need for infection control. The World Health Organization (WHO) regards hand hygiene as an essential tool for the prevention of nosocomial infections. Improved compliance in hand hygiene, with the proper use of alcohol-based handrubs, can reduce nosocomial infection rates by approximately 40 percent. Therefore, the reduction in the incidence of nosocomial infections is a major driver in the growth of the hand hygiene market, according to the report.
Market penetration will not be easily achievable, according to the report, as the onus of proving the efficacy of the product in preventing HAIs and providing ultimate cost savings for healthcare institutions lies with the manufacturers. Hand hygiene compliance has never been 100 percent, remarks the report's analyst. This, together with the fact that hand hygiene compliance monitoring as well as HAI incidence reporting is yet to be standardized across the European Union, is making it difficult for manufacturers to prove the quantifiable return on investment for an effective hand hygiene program, the report asserts.


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Climate change litigation, also known as climate litigation, is an emerging body of environmental law using legal practice to set case law precedent to further climate change mitigation efforts from public institutions, such as governments and companies.  In the face of slow politics of climate change delaying climate change mitigation, activists and lawyers have increased efforts to use national and international judiciary systems to advance the effort. Climate litigation typically engages in one of five types of legal claims: Constitutional law  (focused on breaches of constitutional rights by the state), administrative law (challenging the merits of administrative decision making), private law (challenging corporations or other organizations for negligence, nuisance, etc., fraud or consumer protection (challenging companies for misrepresenting information about climate impacts), or human rights (claiming that failure to act on climate change fails to protect human rights).

Since the early 2000s, the legal frameworks for combating climate change have increasingly been available through legislation, and an increasing body of court cases have developed an international body of law connecting climate action to legal challenges, related to constitutional law, administrative law, private law, consumer protection law or human rights. Many of the successful cases and approaches have focused on advancing the needs of climate justice and the youth climate movement. Since 2015, there has been a trend in the use of human rights arguments in climate lawsuits.

High-profile climate litigation cases brought against states include Leghari v. Pakistan, Juliana v. United States (both 2015), Urgenda v. The Netherlands (2019), and Neubauer v. Germany (2021)., while Milieudefensie v Royal Dutch Shell (2021) is the highest-profile case against a corporation to date. Investor-owned coal, oil, and gas corporations could be legally and morally liable for climate-related human rights violations, even though political decisions could prevent them from engaging in such violations. Litigations are often carried out via collective pooling of effort and resources such as via organizations like Greenpeace, such as Greenpeace Poland which sued a coal utility and Greenpeace Germany which sued a car manufacturer.

There is a growing trend of activist cases successfully being won in global courts. The 2017 UN Litigation Report identified 884 cases in 24 countries, including 654 cases in the United States and 230 cases in all other countries combined. As of July 1, 2020, the number of cases has almost doubled to at least 1,550 climate change cases filed in 38 countries (39 including the courts of the European Union), with approximately 1,200 cases filed in the US and over 350 filed in all other countries combined. The number of litigation cases is expected to continue rising in the 2020s.

Types of action
Climate litigation typically engages in one of five types of legal claims:

 Constitutional law - focused on breaches of constitutional rights by the state.
 Administrative law - challenging the merits of administrative decision making within existing on-the-books laws, such as in granting permissions for high-emissions projects.
 Private law - challenging corporations or other organizations for negligence, nuisance, trespass, public trust and unjust enrichment.
 Fraud or consumer protection - typically challenging companies for misrepresenting information about climate impacts.
 Human rights - claiming that failure to act on climate change or to protect related natural resources, such as the atmosphere or the rainforest, fails to protect human rights

By type of action

Between governments and companies
In the United States, Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace together with the cities of Boulder, Arcata and Oakland won against the Export-Import Bank of the United States and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (state-owned enterprises of the United States government), which were accused of financing fossil-fuel projects detrimental to a stable climate, in violation of the National Environmental Policy Act (case filed in 2002 and settled in 2009).

In 2016, a government body of the Philippines (the Commission on Human Rights) launched an official investigation concerning climate change against 47 of the world's largest carbon producers. It found that in 2019 fossil fuel companies have a legal obligation to act against climate change and may be held responsible for damages.

In 2017, Saul Luciano Lliuya sued RWE to protect his hometown of Huaraz from a swollen glacier lake at risk of overflowing.

In 2017, San Francisco, Oakland and other California coastal communities sued multiple fossil-fuel companies for rising sea levels.

In 2018, the city of New York announced that it is taking five fossil fuel firms (BP, ExxonMobil, Chevron, ConocoPhillips and Shell) to federal court due to their contribution to climate change (from which the city is already suffering).

In 2020, Charleston, South Carolina, followed a similar strategy.

Legislation against activists

By country

Australia
As of February 2020, Australia had the second most number of cases pending in the world, with almost 200 cases.
Cases in Australia include Torres Strait Islanders v. Australia (2019), in which the United Nations Human Rights Committee found that the Australian government had violated the Islanders' human rights by failure to act on climate change, Youth Verdict v. Waratah Coal (2020), and Sharma v. Minister for the Environment (2020), in which eight young people unsuccessfully argued for an injunction against the expansion of a Whitehaven coal mine.

Belgium
In June 2021, after a six year long legal battle, the Court of First Instance ruled that the climate targets of the government of Belgium are too low and therefore "breached the right to life (article 2) and the right to respect for private and family life (article 8)" of the European Convention on Human Rights.

France

Germany
In 2021, Germany's supreme constitutional court ruled in Neubauer v. Germany that the government's climate protection measures are insufficient to protect future generations and that the government had until the end of 2022 to improve its Climate Protection Act.

Republic of Ireland

In July 2020, Friends of the Irish Environment won a landmark case against the Irish government for failing to take sufficient action to address the climate and ecological crisis. The Supreme Court of Ireland ruled that the Irish government's 2017 National Mitigation Plan was inadequate, specifying that it did not provide enough detail on how it would reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Netherlands

The Netherlands had committed to reducing its carbon dioxide emissions from 1990 levels by 49% by 2030 with various intermediate targets. However, the Dutch Environmental Assessment Agency determined that the country would be missing its goals for 2020.

In 2012, the Dutch lawyer Roger Cox gave the idea of judicial intervention to force action against climate change. In 2013, the Urgenda Foundation, with 900 co-plaintiffs, has filed a lawsuit against the Government of the Netherlands "for not taking sufficient measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that cause dangerous climate change".

In 2015, the District Court of The Hague ruled that the government of the Netherlands must do more to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to protect its citizens from climate change (Urgenda climate case). It was described as a "precedent-setting judgment" and as the "world's first climate liability suit".

According to James Thornton, chief executive of Client Earth, "Most remarkably, it is based in essence on established science and the ancient principle of a government's duty of care. That reasoning is applicable in any legal system and will certainly be used by courts in other countries." In 2018, a court of appeal in The Hague has upheld the precedent-setting judgment that forces the Dutch government to step up its efforts to curb greenhouse-gas emissions in the Netherlands.

In December 2019, the Supreme Court of the Netherlands upheld the ruling on appeal. Thus, affirming that the government must cut carbon dioxide emissions by 25% from 1990 levels by the end of 2020, on the basis that climate change poses a risk to human health.

In Milieudefensie et al v Royal Dutch Shell, decided in May 2021, the district court of The Hague ordered Royal Dutch Shell to cut its global carbon emissions by 45% by the end of 2030 compared to 2019 levels, and affirmed the responsibility of the company for scope 3 emissions, e.g., emissions from suppliers and customers of its products.

Turkey
In 2022 several environmental organizations filed over 30 lawsuits requesting the president shutdown many large coal-fired power stations and over 600 mines. In addition to climate change arguments the plaintiffs allege that cancer cases are increased and the COVID-19 pandemic was worsened by their air pollution. They argue that as the constitution says that the country cannot be divided this also means that it is unconstitutional to damage the country, and also that because of their social cost they violate the presidents duty to maintain national security. The constitution also says (article 56) that "Everyone has the right to live in a healthy and balanced environment. It is the duty of the State and citizens to improve the natural environment, to protect the environmental health and to prevent environmental pollution." Turkey has ratified the Paris Agreement and says that greenhouse gas emissions will be net zero by 2053, but the government has no plan to phase out coal power.

Government lawyers initially asked for the case to be dismissed by saying that the president does not have the authority to shut down power plants, but the plaintiffs argued that since the constitution had been changed from a parliamentary to a presidential system he does have that authority.

United Kingdom
In December 2020, three British citizens, Marina Tricks, Adetola Onamade, Jerry Amokwandoh, and the climate litigation charity, Plan B, announced that they were taking legal action against the UK government for failing to take sufficient action to address the climate and ecological crisis. The plaintiffs announced that they will allege that the government's ongoing funding of fossil fuels both in the UK and other countries constitute a violation of their rights to life and to family life, as well as violating the Paris Agreement and the UK Climate Change Act of 2008.

In 2022, it was claimed in McGaughey and Davies v Universities Superannuation Scheme Ltd that the directors of the UK's largest pension fund, USS Ltd had breached their duty to act for proper purposes under the Companies Act 2006 section 171, by failing to have a plan to divest fossil fuels from the fund's portfolio. The claim did not succeed in the High Court, and the claimants appealed to the Court of Appeal, being granted permission for a June 2023 hearing. The case alleges that the right to life must be used to interpret duties in company law, and that because fossil fuels must cease to exist, any investments using them pose a "risk of significant financial detriment".

In February 2023, ClientEarth filed a derivative action claim against Shell's board of directors for putting the company at risk by not transitioning away from fossil fuels quickly enough. ClientEarth said the lawsuit marked 'the first time ever that a company's board has been challenged on its failure to properly prepare for the energy transition.'

United States

As of February 2020, the U.S. had the most pending cases with over 1000 in the court system. Examples include Connecticut v. ExxonMobil Corp. and Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency. In the United States climate change litigation addresses existing principal laws to make their claim, most of them focusing on private and administrative law. The most popular principal laws to use are NEPA (the National Environmental Policy Act), with 322 cases filed under its jurisdiction, the Clean Air Act, with 215 cases filed under its jurisdiction, the Endangered Species Act, with 163 cases filed under its jurisdiction. As more efforts continue on the front of climate change, as of August 2022, the federal government continues to approve agreements and class actions in terms of additional climate change initiatives. In addition, since 2015, there are about two dozen liability and fraud cases brought against some of the world's largest oil companies by various states for their role in denying climate policy leading to increased risks and costs borne to state governments. These states include New Jersey, District of Columbia, Delaware, Connecticut, Minnesota, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Vermont. Like Minnesota and the District of Columbia before it, New Jersey has also included the industry's top US trade group, the American Petroleum Institute in addition to ExxonMobil, Shell Oil, Chevron, BP and ConocoPhillips.

Actions Using the Endangered Species Act
In the Endangered Species Act (ESA) case, Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill, the Supreme Court stated that the ESA mandates federal agencies to insure their actions do not jeopardize any species that are listed as endangered in the ESA. As climate change is a large threat to endangered species, climate activists have been able to use the ESA to target those accelerating climate change. Climate change litigation cases that use the ESA  primarily focus on articles 7 and 9 of the statue. Article 7 states that all actions carried out by federal agencies must be unlikely to jeopardize the continued existence or result in the destruction of endangered species. Article 9 focuses not just on federal agencies but everybody, banning the taking of any endangered species by any party, be it federal, state, or private. By proving that actions taken by those who are contributing to climate change jeopardize animals listed on the ESA, climate activists are able to use the ESA to stop actions contributing to climate change.

The first step for climate change activists is to make sure that species threatened by climate change are listed on the ESA by the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). Oftentimes this alone can be a lengthy process. In December 2005 the Center for Biological Diversity joined with two other US NGOs (Greenpeace and the Natural Resources Defense Council) to petition that the Arctic Polar Bear be listed on the ESA. The FWS under the Bush administration stretched the process out for years, missing many key deadlines and listing the species as "threatened" instead of endangered while the science was clearly in favor of an endangered listing. Facing mass public pressure and scientific consensus the FWS officially listed the species as endangered in May 2008.

Actions Using the National Environmental Policy Act
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) recognizes that actions taken by the US government can have significant environmental impact and requires that all federal agencies consider these environmental implications when doing "major federal actions". This can be done either through an environmental assessment (EA) or a more thorough environmental impact statement (EIS), how thorough the analyzation has to be depends on the nature of the proposed action. NEPA does not require climate change or greenhouse gases be mentioned in all EAs and EISs, but many climate change activists will sue under NEPA claiming that the impacts related to climate change are relevant enough that they should be included.

Actions Using the Clear Air Act
The Clean Air Act (CAA) regulates air pollutants both from stationary and mobile sources. The Act was passed in the 1970s before there was widespread knowledge about greenhouse gases (GHGs) but in 2007 the Supreme Court decided the EPA did have to regulate GHGs under the CAA due to the famous Massachusetts vs. The EPA case. As a result of this, climate change activists are able to use the CAA as a means to combat GHG emissions in order to fight the acceleration of climate change.

In 2009 the state of California was able to use the CAA to create stronger vehicle emission standards than the national standard, which quickly led to the Obama administration adopting these stricter emission standards on a national level. These standards were called the Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency (CAFE) standards and included regulations of GHGs.

Massachusetts v. EPA

One of the first landmark climate change litigation cases was Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency, decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 2007. The suit was brought by several American states against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) after the EPA declined to regulate carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions as part of their duty under the Clean Air Act (CAA) in 2003. The EPA had argued that their authority under the Clean Air Act were to regulate "air pollutants", which they claimed carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases did not fall under, so could not apply regulations. States, like Massachusetts, argued that these emissions could lead to climate change-related damages to their states, such as through rising ocean levels, and thus these emissions should be seen as harmful under the CAA and within the EPA's ability to regulate. While EPA initially won at the Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court, on a 5–4 decision, agreed with the states that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases had been shown to be harmful, and required the EPA to regulate them.

Juliana v. United States

In 2015, a number of American youth, represented by Our Children's Trust, filed a lawsuit against the United States government in 2015, contending that their future lives would be harmed due to the government's inactivity towards mitigating climate change. While similar suits had been filed and dismissed by the courts for numerous reasons, Juliana v. United States gained traction when a District Judge Ann Aiken ruled that the case had merit to continue, and that "a climate system capable of sustaining human life" was a fundamental right under the United States Constitution. The United States government has since attempted to dismiss the case through various challenges to Aiken's findings, but it remains pending in court actions.

European Court of Human Rights

In September 2019, a group of six children and young adults from Portugal filed a lawsuit at the European Court of Human Rights. Supported by the British NGO Global Legal Action Network (GLAN), they argue that tougher climate action is needed to safeguard their future physical and mental well-being. The court asked 33 European governments to explain by February 2021 whether their failure to tackle global heating violates Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights.

Others
After the landmark ruling of the Netherlands in 2015, groups in other countries tried the same judicial approach. For instance, groups went to court in order to protect people from climate change in Brazil, Belgium, India, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, Switzerland and the United States.

In Pakistan in 2015 Lahore High Court ruled in Asghar Leghari vs. Federation of Pakistan that the government was violating the National Climate Change Policy of 2012 and the Framework for Implementation of Climate Change Policy (2014-2030) by failing to meet goals set by the policies. In response, a Climate Change Commission was required to be formed in order to help Pakistan meet its climate goals. The case is considered significant in the history of human rights-based climate litigation.

In 2018, ten families from European countries, Kenya and Fiji filed a suit against the European Union for the threats against their homes caused by the EU greenhouse emissions.

A group of children in Colombia sued the government to protect the Amazon rainforest from deforestation due to the deforestation's contribution to climate change. In 2018, the Supreme Court ruled that the Colombian rainforest was an "entity subject of rights" requiring protection and restoration.

In 2020, an administrative court case in France, required the Macron administration to review their policies to address climate change to make sure they were significant enough to meet Paris Agreement commitments.

See also

 Environmental law
 Human rights and climate change
 Oslo Principles on Global Obligations to Reduce Climate Change

References

External links
Climate Change Litigation Databases, database by the Sabin Centre for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School
The UCS Science Hub for Climate Litigation, one aggregation of litigation-relevant resources
Litigation Cases, database by the LSE Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment

Climate change law
Climate change
Environmental case law

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Eddie Wolecki Black to leave for Celtic
Eddie Wolecki Black, manager of the Motherwell women's team, is to leave in mid-August to become the new head coach at Celtic's women's team.
The 53-year-old was appointed at Fir Park in late 2017 and has led the team to a 13-point lead to the second tier of the Scottish Women's Premier League.
Recruiting a wealth of new players in the summer, Motherwell have thrived under his stewardship and currently have a +47 goal difference on their push to reach the top flight.
"I have thoroughly enjoyed my time at Motherwell," he said. "I had a very difficult decision to make and I leave with a heavy heart, but this is a big opportunity.
"I'm staying with the team with a view to staying with them until the title is won. They are in a very good position and I want to see it through.
"We did a lot of recruitment in the summer and there's so much talent in the squad. They've played their way into title contention through hard work and ability, and they are a fantastic group.
"I want to thank everyone involved at Motherwell. They've been so supportive and I've really enjoyed my time."
Alan Burrows, chief executive at Motherwell FC, added: "We are sorry to see Eddie go. He has transformed our women's team since joining late last year and has put them on course for promotion to the top flight.
"He has put foundations in place now for his successor to build on and we are grateful for the work he has put in. We wish him well in his new position when the time comes."
Everyone at Motherwell wishes Eddie well for his new position and are looking forward to continuing to work with him until the SWPL2 title is decided.
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Do You Drink Lawton's Tap Water?
Kelso Published: December 20, 2021
Helmut Seisenberger
While the fact that I know enough about pop culture to make this reference might bring on a little self-loathing, the question of whether you drink tap water in Lawton may seem like a District 1 vs District 13 question, but I think it's a universally fair thing to ask. Let me explain why.
I don't remember exactly what year it was, but back in the late 00s I discovered my best bro and his wife watered their dogs with bottled water. Not like the individually packed bottles, but the Sam's Club 5-gallon type bottled water. I thought it was weird, but the story they told me was enough to convince me to stop drinking Lawton's tap water.
They had a love for boxer dogs. At any given time they usually had two. They really were a couple of sweet and gentle puppers. When I questioned why on earth they gave bottled water to their pups, they said it was advised by their veterinarian, who shall remain nameless since they still practice here in town...
My initial thought was to challenge the advice, we're talking about dogs after all, but according to them, it all began with their boxers' bladder and kidney issues.
At some point before then, both of their dogs developed similar issues with their urinary systems. Randomly, those dogs would occasionally have blood in their waste. Sounds horrible, doesn't it?
After a few trips to the vet, they were told to give bottled/purified water to their dogs... This all according to both of them. I know these people, they aren't liars and I'd never suspect they would just make this sort of thing up... They said the vet told them that Lawton's water was so poorly passable to the drinking water standards that it had a tendency to crystalize in the body, at least in the bodies of dogs. The crystals irritated the kidneys and bladder thus making it all bleed from the inside. They swapped to bottled/purified water, the problem went away, according to them.
It really didn't make any difference to me, I grew up in the country where the water was already cloudy with silt and minerals, I kept a Brita pitcher in the fridge and continued to drink the tap water for years... until I made a friend that worked at the City of Lawton water treatment facility.
Boy howdy, you should hear the horror stories from that place over the last decade or so. Years of neglect, people more-or-less "putting in their time," fatbergs, and the white slime... I can't share the stories specifically because it might out my old friend, but it was enough to change my mind about drinking the tap water in city limits. I mean, Lawton conforms to meet the minimum standards for drinking water... but it's the gross-out factor that got me thinking it was only good enough to shower in.
It all came up over the weekend in conversation at a party, and the room was mixed. It turned out the older people were more willing to drink out of the tap, got me wondering what a bigger sample size might reveal... So, do you drink the tap water in Lawton? Yay or nay?
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The deal is expected to close by end Sep, when Essel Group must repay about ₹7,000 cr to creditors. (Pradeep Gaur/Mint)
Adani Green to buy Essel's solar assets
2 min read . Updated: 30 Aug 2019, 02:13 PM IST Tanya Thomas
Essel will sell 205MW of assets at an enterprise value of ₹1,300 crore
Essel Group's solar assets are in Punjab, Karnataka and UP, and have long-term PPAs with discoms
Essel GroupAdani Green Energy
MUMBAI : Essel Group will sell 205 megawatt (MW) of its operational solar energy assets to Adani Green Energy Ltd at an enterprise value of ₹1,300 crore, the two companies said.
An Essel Group statement said the assets are in Punjab, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh and have long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) with various state-owned power distribution companies (discoms).
The deal is expected to close by end September, when Subhash Chandra's Essel Group must repay about ₹7,000 crore to creditors as agreed earlier this year. This is the second asset sale by Essel, after a recent stake sale in its entertainment business.
Mint first reported in June that Essel was in talks to sell part of its solar portfolio to Adani Green Energy. Out of its 685MW solar portfolio, about 310MW is operational, while the rest is under construction. Essel said that after the sale of 205MW to Adani, it is now working to sell the rest 480 MW as well. All the solar projects were won under the National Solar Mission and state government auctions.
This is the first acquisition of operating assets by Adani Green Energy, the Gautam Adani-led renewable energy company said in a separate statement. It added that the portfolio it is acquiring is relatively young with average remaining PPA life of approximately 22 years.
"Our asset divestment process is well within the purview of the agreed timelines with our esteemed lenders. The sale of the group's solar assets to Adani Green Energy Ltd (AGEL) is yet another positive step taken in this direction. We have maintained a constant process of identifying the right potential partner for the sale of our precious infra assets and we are extremely glad to sign the agreement with AGEL. The group remains focused towards its commitment made to its lenders and is confident to complete the overall repayment process," Essel said.
Jayant Parimal, CEO of Adani Green Energy, said in a separate statement, "The acquisition of 205MW of operating solar assets strengthens Adani Green Energy's position as one of India's premier renewable power producers, with a total portfolio of about 5.5GW, of which 2.5GW is operational, and the remaining is to be operationalized over the next two years."
Promoters of Essel Group have debt of ₹11,000 crore. Essel Group companies together owe another ₹11,400 crore separately.
To repay this, the promoters recently agreed to sell an 11% stake in Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd, the group's flagship media and entertainment firm, for ₹4,224 crore to US-based Invesco Oppenheimer Developing Markets Fund.
Last October, Essel Infra sold two operating power transmission assets to Sekura Energy Ltd, backed by Edelweiss Infrastructure Yield Plus fund.


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Q: Converted single-byte characters to multibyte characters in SQL Server In Oracle, there is a function TO_MULTI_BYTE() which converts single-byte characters to their corresponding multibyte characters (half-size characters to full-size characters ).
example: TO_MULTI_BYTE('bcd')->bcd
However, SQL Server does not have such a function.
How can I do this character-conversion in SQL Server?
Thanks for your help.

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Very calm cats that do not like too much fuss, they are therefore not advisable for people with young children. For the rest very affectionate cats of whom you get lots of friendship and affection. Does require some maintenance.
Persian cats are subdued and calm. They don't need a lot of movement and find it wonderful to rest in a somewhat private place. They can also be very playful, but spinning on someone's lap for hours and hours is the ultimate activity. They prefer not to have noise or strangers around.
A Persian Cat is a cat that participates a lot in cat exhibitions. He has a firm body, a broad head with small, yet far apart standing ears and large eyes. The short snout is his trademark. The coat is long and thick and must be well cared for. The tail too is long and thick. The Persian has a noble appearance and is frequently used in commercials. Persian kittens are for sale in all colours, except with spotted patterns.
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Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County
OPC is partnering with the Ohio Digitization Interest Group for a summer field trip meeting on Wednesday, July 17, 2019 --at the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County!
OhioDIG has organized FIVE different tours spread out over 2 days--Tues-Weds!
Please register by Monday 7/15, 12 noon at https://forms.gle/nta69QMafCAwXjmR9
For more details on the main meeting and all 5 tours see the Meetings page: https://ohiodig.org/meetings
THEME: "The Ohio Preservation Council presents: Care and Handling During Image Capture"
The Ohio Preservation Council serves as a coalition of preservationists, conservators, librarians, archivists, curators, records managers, the institutions they represent, and other concerned citizens who recognize the serious threat to documentary heritage. The Council's mission is to provide a network for preservation education and to support preservation activities within the state of Ohio.
TALK: "Care and Handling During Image Capture"
• Ashleigh Ferguson Schieszer, Ohio Preservation Council Education and Programs Chair, and Conservator, Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County
• Erin Wilson, Digital Imaging Specialist & Lab Manager, Preservation and Digital Initiatives Dept. Ohio University Libraries
- Host: Katrina Marshall, Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County
- Food: Coffee & snax will be offered at the start of the meeting. Lunch will be brown bag.
- Cost: There is no fee for attending, but we will be accepting donations for the coffee kitty.
- Site: Main Library–Huenefeld Tower Room, Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County (800 Vine St, Cincinnati, OH 45202)
- Directions/Parking: https://www.cincinnatilibrary.org/main/directions.html
AGENDA - TUESDAY 7/16
- 3:00-3:45pm - Tour 1 - The Preservation Lab
- 4:15-5:00pm - Tour 2 - SceneSavers
AGENDA - WEDNESDAY 7/17
- 10:00-10:30: Coffee social (coffee & cookies);
- 10:30-11:45: Presentation and discussion on topic;
- 11:45-12:00: Break;
- 12:00-1:00: Brown bag lunch: all-attendee updates, discussion;
- 1:10-1:30: Tour 3 - PLCHC Digitization Lab
- 2:00-2:30: Tour 4 - The Lloyd Library and Museum
- 3:00-4:00: Tour 5 - Cincinnati Museum Center photo exhibit
FIVE different tours are being offered!
- TOUR 1: The Preservation Lab (includes PhaseOne camera), TUES July 16 - 3:00-3:45pm. Langsam Library, University of Cincinnati, 2911 Woodside and Martin Luther King Jr. drives,(West campus), Cincinnati. The primary mission of the Preservation Lab is to preserve and conserve the collections of the Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County and the University of Cincinnati Libraries. Directions: Langsam is the main library right across from the entrance to Burnet Woods. Parking is available in Woodside Garage. It will be the first parking garage on your right. The cost of parking is hourly and won't exceed $10. Take the garage elevator to 4 to the library lobby. The Preservation Lab is in the basement of the library. I'll need to meet the group in the lobby of Langsam and escort everyone down. http://thepreservationlab.org/
- TOUR 2: SceneSavers, TUES July 16 - 4:15-5:00pm. SceneSavers, PGP Group, 424 Scott St, Covington, KY. Tour a state of the art audio/visual digitization and restoration studio. SceneSavers works with archives, corporations, museums, colleges and universities, and broadcasters to preserve and provide access to motion picture film, video and audio content. http://www.scenesavers.com/
- TOUR 3: PLCHC Digitization Lab, WEDS July 17 - 1:10-1:30. PLCHC, 800 Vine St, Cincinnati. (same building as main meeting). On the tour you'll see our office space, planetary scanner, book scanner, and other equipment. https://www.cincinnatilibrary.org/main/
- TOUR 4: The Lloyd Library and Museum, WEDS July 17 - 2:00-2:30pm, 917 Plum St, Cincinnati (1/3 mile from PLCHC). The Lloyd Library and Museum is a world renowned independent research library and exhibit space devoted to bringing science, art and history to life. Check out this unique library of material related to botany, pharmacy, and science. Current exhibit: Through the Rx Bottle - explore the medicinal use of cannabis prior to its federal ban in 1937. https://lloydlibrary.org/
- TOUR 5: Cincinnati Museum Center photo exhibit, WEDS July 17 - 3:00-4:00 , 1301 Western Ave, Cincinnati (2 miles from PLCHC/1.2 miles from Lloyd) Come tour the Cincinnati Museum Center's newest exhibition "Until We Meet Again: Cincinnati Portraits from World" with Jim DaMico, curator of Audio-Visual Collections. Take this chance to also see the newly renovated space. https://www.cincymuseum.org/
- MAP of tours: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1X_-778SBsx0KH2hzr0i6af9VepU0ZGFe&usp=sharing
For more details see the Meetings page: http://ohiodig.org/meetings.html
About OhioDIG: The Ohio Digitization Interest Group is an informal discussion group open to all with an interest in digitization, digital preservation, and access in the archives/library/museum/historical society world. We meet every other month, primarily in central Ohio (Jan, Mar, May, Jul, Sep, Nov).
No upcoming events,
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Chair Report
For questions regarding membership, please contact:
Chloe Kie
ckie@ccad.edu
CCAD - Columbus College of Art and Design
This project was supported in whole or in part by federal Institute of Museum and Library Services funds, granted through the State Library of Ohio. The opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the position or policy of IMLS or the State Library of Ohio, and no official endorsement by either agency should be inferred.
© Ohio Preservation Council


Yet the crazy attraction between them refuses to go away. And Echo has to ask herself just how far they can push the limits and what she'll risk for the one guy who might teach her how to love again.ts in ways she could never have imagined. They should have nothing in common. And with the secrets they both keep, being together is pretty much impossible.
I know I'm a little late to the 'Pushing the Limits' party. It was published last year, but I recently read it and simply had to review it. This book is everything a Young Adult contemporary novel should be. It hooked me in from the very beginning and refused to let me go until I reached the hopeful, beautiful ending.
It is such an amazing book. It's funny, heart breaking, and witty all at the same time. The characters are all so rich, real, and likeable (even the ones you shouldn't like).
It's well written and perfectly paced and organized. I have never read a female take on a male POV more realistic than this.
I cannot rave enough about this book. For me it was perfection.
I cannot complete this review without raving about Noah, the male lead. He's strong, protective, and real. He's smart, witty, and charming. And best of all he is truly in love with Echo, the female lead. He is most definitely my newest fictional crush.
Please never stop writing Ms. McGarry. Your stories and words make me happy to be a bibliophile.


At time of your arrival to Trivandrum you will be met by Luxury tours of India's representative who will help you in checking out enquiries; you will then escorted to your hotel and assisted with check-in formalities.
Different packages are available, the duration of which varies from 2 to 14 days.
Stress Relieving programme. The frenzied rush of our daily life often burdens our mind and body with unwanted stress Extreme stress conditions make our body vulnerable to psychosomatic diseases such as wealth Insomnia, Ulcer, Hypertension, Fatigue and Headache.
Upon arrival into Cochin, where you will be met at the airport by Luxury Tours Of India's representative and transferred to the hotel and assisted with check in formalities.
Cochin:-Kochi (colonial name Cochin) is a vibrant city situated on the south-west coast of the Indian peninsula in the breathtakingly scenic and prosperous state of Kerala, hailed as 'God's Own Country'.
Alleppey:Alapuzha (Venice of the East) or as it is popularly known is the most prominent township in the backwaters.
In the morning after taking your proper breakfast, enjoy your rest of the day with leisure then later in afternoon deboard the houseboat and drive to Trivandrum to board your flight to home.
18 night's hotel accommodation on single / twin / double occupancy on bed and breakfast basis at all places, as follows or similar.
Cooking demonstration and Dinner with a famous Keralan Chef.


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this is my plate for ROSE'S heavenly CAKES: Rose Red Velvet Cake (page 83), on ceramic heart shaped tart pans.
the little red velvet cakes were made a month ago and stored in frozen vacuum. pls pay good attention to how i thaw these straight from the freezer. on a 12-inch cake box lined with anti-slip mats, i place 3 heart tart pans, 1 larger oval baker with a 4th heart tart pan, and in between an additional little cake kept with its plastic wrapper. each heart tart pan was for one dinner guest, the oval baker plus the additional little cake went to the restaurant staff. did i put everyone on a diet? each little cake is not quite 2-inches!
to thaw the cakes, the box was wrapped with 2 layers of plastic wrap and kept in my 46oF fridge overnight.


We found the Dionysos Restaurant which is named after the hedonistic God of Wine lived up to its name with delicious cuisine to match the understated atmosphere.
This luxurious hotel created in traditional Cretan style oozes sophistication. With access to two private, sandy beaches and a wide range of leisure activities to choose from, Elounda Beach Hotel lives up to its billing as a 'Leading Hotel of the World'.
The 244 rooms including 50 villas with private heated pools. We loved the ultra-modern and endlessly luxurious Yachting Villas, which provide the ultimate, exclusive waterfront paradise.
Relax on the beach or by the pool, wander along meandering paths through extensive gardens or embark on fascinating sightseeing tours, then revitalise in the calming atmosphere of the spa.


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Q: C++ Class Member Variables Resetting After Loop? After getting help on this question, I was led to do better debugging. In that process, I discovered that my problem is this:
While working in C++, attempting to set a class' member variable to a value works, but not while looping. I have reduced my code (to follow) to what I believe is the simplest for that still produces the error.
Calling a function of the class Mover that modifies the variable pMovXPOS, which can then be retrieved as updated within the same scope (within that function) and from the where it was called (within the loop). However, upon looping, it seems the variable is reset to its original value.
I'm posting the entirety of the test code here. The problem lies in the RunWorld() function of the Main-test.cpp file. If you compile and run, you should see the output that shows the variable changing, then being reset.
Is this a scope issue? A construction/destruction issue? A pointer/reference issue? I'm not sure where to begin (beyond better debugging).
(As I am new to C++, I'm sure there are some glaring issues with style and/or methods I've used. If there are any major no-nos, please free to point those out.)
Thanks in advance for any help!
//Main-Test.cpp
#include "Globals-Test.h"
#include "Mover-Test.h"

std::vector < Mover > AllMovers;

long SysCounter;

Mover CreateNewMover() {
Mover TempMover;

    TempMover.setXPOS(5);
    TempMover.setYPOS(10);

    return TempMover;

}

void RunWorld() {
Mover TempMover;
unsigned int iMoverLoop;

    srand ( time(NULL) );

    AllMovers.push_back(CreateNewMover());

    for (SysCounter = 0; SysCounter <= 50; SysCounter++) {
        for (iMoverLoop = 0; iMoverLoop < AllMovers.size(); iMoverLoop++) {
            std::cout << "Loop #:" << SysCounter << std::endl;
            TempMover = AllMovers.at(iMoverLoop);
            std::cout << "Is: " << TempMover.getXPOS() << std::endl;
            TempMover.DoMove();
            std::cout << "Is: " << TempMover.getXPOS() << std::endl;
        }
    }
}

int main() {
    RunWorld();
    return 0;
}

//Globals-Test.h
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <iostream>
#include <sstream>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <ctype.h>
#include <math.h>
#include <string>
#include <vector>
#include <time.h>
#include <fstream>

//Mover-Test.h
extern long MoverIndex;

class Mover {

private:

    int pMovXPOS;
    int pMovYPOS;

public:

    int getXPOS();
    void setXPOS(int newXPOS);
    int getYPOS();
    void setYPOS(int newYPOS);

    Mover();
    ~Mover();

    void DoMove();

};

//Mover-Test.cpp
#include "Globals-Test.h"
#include "Mover-Test.h"

Mover::Mover() {

}

Mover::~Mover() {

}

int Mover::getXPOS() {
    return pMovXPOS;
}

void Mover::setXPOS(int newXPOS) {
    pMovXPOS = newXPOS;
}

int Mover::getYPOS() {
    return pMovYPOS;
}

void Mover::setYPOS(int newYPOS) {
    pMovYPOS = newYPOS;
}

void Mover::DoMove() {
pMovXPOS = pMovXPOS + 1;
pMovYPOS = pMovYPOS + 1;

}
//Compiled with:
g++ -Wall -lm -c Main-Test.cpp
g++ -Wall -lm -c Mover-Test.cpp
g++ -Wall Mover-Test.o Main-Test.o -o world-test.exe -lm

A: Your problem is this line:
TempMover = AllMovers.at(iMoverLoop);

You're creating a copy of the Mover that is at the index iMoverLoop, then modifying that copy.  The object that is in the vector is never modified and on the next iteration your changes are lost, as TempMover is overwritten with the next copy from AllMovers
One way to get around this would be to use a reference for TempMover instead.  For example:
Mover& tempMover = AllMovers.at(iMoverLoop);
tempMover.DoMove();


# label and title which are returned in $REPLY.
# Might there be terminfo names for these actions?
All control sequences described here begin with CSI and end with "t".
shown below are for readability.
Ps = 1 -> De-iconify window.
Ps = 2 -> Iconify window.
Ps = 3 ; x ; y -> Move window to [x, y].
Ps = 4 ; height ; width -> Resize the xterm window in pixels.
Ps = 5 -> Raise the xterm window to the front of the stacking order.
Ps = 6 -> Lower the xterm window to the bottom of the stacking order.
Ps = 7 -> Refresh the xterm window.
Ps = 8 ; height ; width -> Resize the text area in characters.
Ps = 9 ; 0 -> Restore maximized window.
Ps = 9 ; 1 -> Maximize window (i.e., resize to screen size).
Ps = 1 1 -> Report xterm window state.
If the xterm window is open (non-iconified), returns CSI 1 t .
If the xterm window is iconified, returns CSI 2 t .
The size of the screen in characters is often reported inaccurately.
iconify itself but won't reliably let it reposition itself.


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"We have a better understanding of each other" - Finn Russell sheds light on Townsend discussions
If there has been one positive aspect of the enforced lockdown due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus for Scotland fans, it's that talisman fly-half Finn Russell and head coach Gregor Townsend seem to have found a way to resolve their differences which overshadowed the 6 Nations.
The truce between the two figures had seemingly been found in the fallow week before the France game, in which Russell had agreed to help out the team's preparations by taking part in a video call before the match.
That didn't happen in the end after a schedule change in Russell's club Racing 92 during the week, but discussions between the stand-off and Townsend looked to have thawed relations. There was even talk of Russell joining Scotland's summer tour as he searched for a way back into the starting fold.
Speaking to Jim Hamilton on The Lockdown, Russell says that there is a "better understanding" between the two parties now, suggesting that things have improved vastly since the start of the year.
"I kept in touch with a few of the boys the whole time, and then in the fallow week before the France game I called Gregor and said 'I don't know if I'm going to be able to come back in or not, but I think for everyone it's best to just leave it for now and we can start again after the 6 Nation'," Russell said.
"I think now, with there being nothing on, I'll give him a call and have a chat and try and move things on. We'll work things out.
"I think we have a better understanding of each other, and he sort of understands where I'm coming from. I think in the long run, it'll be good for us."
The summer tour was due to take Scotland to South Africa for two tests and then New Zealand for a first test match against the All Blacks in the country since 2000, where they lost 69-20 in Dunedin.
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From a very young age, author Victoria Hecnar was astonished and engrossed in books, literature, and every form of writing. Since a young child, she would attempt to write short stories and novels. Her first novel that she had completed was "Five Hearts", which was written in the year of 2009. Becoming mesmerized by its characters and plot (but not too crazy about the way it was written), Victoria wrote "Mackenzie High" in 2012. "Mackenzie High" consists of the same characters as her first novel, but written stronger with a few different twists. Like the Mackenzie Highers, Victoria auditioned and was accepted to a gifted arts high school for drama. After high school, Victoria attended college and earned an associate's degree in early childhood development and education. Now, along with writing and blogging, Victoria runs a YouTube channel and posts videos such as challenges and a variety of different vlogs. You can subscribe to her channel by clicking here.
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Crownpoint (navaho T'iists'óóz Ńdeeshgizh) és una concentració de població designada pel cens dels Estats Units a l'estat de Nou Mèxic. Segons el cens del 2000 tenia una població de 2.630 habitants.

Demografia
Segons el cens del 2000, Crownpoint tenia 2.630 habitants, 749 habitatges, i 599 famílies. La densitat de població era de 143,8 habitants per km².

Dels 749 habitatges en un 49,4% hi vivien nens de menys de 18 anys, en un 45,7% hi vivien parelles casades, en un 27,4% dones solteres, i en un 19,9% no eren unitats familiars. En el 17,4% dels habitatges hi vivien persones soles l'1,9% de les quals corresponia a persones de 65 anys o més que vivien soles. El nombre mitjà de persones vivint en cada habitatge era de 3,51 i el nombre mitjà de persones que vivien en cada família era de 4,03.

Per edats la població es repartia de la següent manera: un 39,7% tenia menys de 18 anys, un 9,4% entre 18 i 24, un 27,6% entre 25 i 44, un 19,4% de 45 a 60 i un 3,9% 65 anys o més.

L'edat mediana era de 26 anys. Per cada 100 dones de 18 o més anys hi havia 80,7 homes.

La renda mediana per habitatge era de 29.792 $ i la renda mediana per família de 31.384 $. Els homes tenien una renda mediana de 25.040 $ mentre que les dones 24.704 $. La renda per capita de la població era de 9.964 $. Aproximadament el 26,1% de les famílies i el 27,3% de la població estaven per davall del llindar de pobresa.

El segons el cens dels Estats Units de 2010 el 89,09% dels habitants són nadius americans i el 8,78% blancs.

Poblacions més properes
El següent diagrama mostra les poblacions més properes.

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Summary: Lingoda is an online language learning platform where you can take private or group classes at any time of the day. They offer lessons in Spanish, German, French, and English. There are a large number of lessons available for everyone from absolute beginners to more advanced levels. It's a good option to get the structure of a course with the guidance of a teacher, at an affordable price.
Both the platform and the content itself are easy to use and presented well.
Although there are hundreds of lessons, they could use a bit more variety and you'll need to study them with a teacher to get much benefit.
It's an affordable option that gives you access to good teachers and a comprehensive course.
The flexible hours mean that you can pretty much take a class whenever suits you – whether that's 3am or 3pm!
Right from the start, the teachers speak almost entirely in the language that you're learning.
There are hundreds of different classes covering different subjects for all levels.
You will sometimes have to wait a while for your chosen class to appear at a time slot that is convenient to you which limits the flexibility.
The quality of your class and how much content you cover relies to a large extent on the other students. This also impacts how much time you actually get to speak.
The lesson materials all look quite similar and there is not much variation between lessons.
Price: There are lots of different plans available. A 7-day trial package that gives you access to 3 group classes costs $23.99. For group classes, there are three plans costing $109, $199, and $259 per month which gives you access to 10, 20, and 30 classes. For private classes, the plans cost $139, $259, and $379 per month which gives you access to 5, 10, and 15 classes respectively.
Lingoda is an online language learning school where classes take place 24/7 and native speakers teach you either English, French, German or Spanish (depending on what you sign up for). The lessons progress in difficulty following a course and the teachers help you out along the way in both private and group lessons where you'll be with up to four other people.
I wasn't sure what to expect from Lingoda. While learning a language in a small group works very well for in-person classes, I was a bit skeptical about how well this format would suit online learners.
I signed up for a week-long trial where you get access to three classes for $23.99 and having selected Spanish I tried out three of the A1.1 lessons. While I realize that it offers up only a brief glimpse of what Lingoda has to offer, it was very enlightening as to its strong points and where things could be improved.
I really enjoyed the group classes and was very impressed by the teachers and the fact that they almost solely spoke in Spanish. While the content for some of the classes could be improved, we did get to cover a lot of material.
Unfortunately, the quality of class can be impacted by the other students studying with you. It really depends on how comfortable you and your classmates are with the material and how many of you are in the class.
Students at every level would certainly learn a lot through Lingoda's immersive group lessons, however, you may still want to supplement your studying with other resources.
This review will take a detailed look at what it's like to use Lingoda.
Lingoda's platform has just under six hundred lessons available to learners, making it suitable for everyone from absolute beginners to more advanced learners.
These lessons take you from the A1.1 level all the way up to the C2 level. Somewhat unusual compared with most online language schools is the abundance of material for advanced learners to explore.
Divided into units, each of the early ones has fifty lessons for you to work through while the later stages have seventy-five available.
As you progress through the classes you can earn certificates and this could be invaluable if you need to prove your language skills to an employer or university for instance. Just be sure to check with them first to be sure that they would accept Lingoda's certificate.
Each unit of fifty or seventy-five classes has a number of different types of lessons available to you. They vary between ones looking specifically to build your vocabulary and understanding of grammar or improve your reading and speaking skills.
Regardless of the lesson you choose, you will certainly get to speak quite a bit in all of them and teachers will help you improve your pronunciation whenever they see an opportunity.
While the content of the classes is generally quite good, the PDFs that accompany each class look very similar and they really rely on the teachers to bring them to life.
This makes sense as the whole aim of Lingoda is for native speaking teachers to help you work towards achieving your language goals, it would still be nice if they varied them up a bit more.
The exercises also ask you to fill in or write down stuff quite a lot. So, you'll have to download a programme that allows you to edit PDFs if you actually want to use the material.
Lingoda's platform is generally very nicely put together.
Before signing up for a class you can see the learning objectives and the material which you'll work through with your teacher. This means that you won't waste any time going over material you already know and maximizes your learning time.
Once you have signed up, you are greeted with your online portal and there's a quick walk-through which will take through all of the different sections that you'll need to navigate while using Lingoda.
Other than selecting your time zone which is key to arranging the time of your classes, there are no settings or preferences that you need to worry about. If you select the taster class option for $0.99 then your teacher will help to place your language level so you know where to begin.
As Lingoda is all about offering you the flexibility of taking online classes, it is up to you to schedule your lessons and keep track of what class you have signed up to and when it's taking place. Thankfully Lingoda has a section where it keeps track of what classes you have signed up for and there is a countdown until your next class.
There are lots of lessons available each day and you don't have to follow them in a linear manner.
Before your first lesson, you are encouraged to download Zoom. It's a platform somewhat similar to Skype where your lessons will take place.
I started off my Lingoda experience with the first class 'Hello!' which goes over some basic vocabulary and teaches you how to greet people and say goodbye. Having signed up for a class at eleven PM, I was only joined by one other student and this meant that we both got to speak a lot.
Right from the start, the teacher spoke to us almost solely in Spanish and only used English when we clearly weren't getting it and their explanations in Spanish had been met with blank looks.
The teacher was very friendly and encouraging and explained a bit how Lingoda worked, highlighting how each teacher has their own way of exploring the material with the students. While this became apparent in the other lessons I took, all of the teachers share the PDF with you and work through it, stopping at some points before moving on with the other parts.
Our teacher inserted text boxes above the PDF slideshow that was shared so that we could learn yet more vocabulary and he encouraged us to practice speaking to each other. For a basic lesson, there was a lot of Spanish speaking involved and I really enjoyed the immersive experience.
As well as the slideshow itself (which you can access both before and after the class), the teacher can also use the group chat to send you any vocabulary that comes up. At times they may pull up another resource to hammer home a grammar point or search something on the internet to help with their explanation.
As there were just two of us in this first class, we had a lot of speaking time which was great and when the other student disappeared towards the end of the lesson, I got to chat one-on-one with the teacher about the material we had covered, going over any questions I had.
On Lingoda, you'll find lessons on all types of subjects at all times of the day. While this makes scheduling lessons more convenient, it's unlikely that you'll be able to stick with the same teacher throughout your classes.
This is helpful in that you'll get to work with teachers from all around the world with different accents. But, one downside is that you often start afresh with a new teacher who doesn't know your strengths, weakness and what level you're at.
While my first lesson highlighted some of the positives of using Lingoda, my second class showed some of the downsides of how the lessons work. In this class, there were five of us and this meant each of us got to speak a lot less.
With people signing in from all around the world and with different internet speeds, there were a few times when people spoke over each other and this led to some awkward pauses and silences.
As such the teacher had to manage the class a bit more than when it was just one or two of us taking part.
As there were more of us, this also meant that we couldn't spend as much time on the material and at times we had to rush through a couple of sections to make sure that we covered most of the lesson.
The class was also slowed down by some students who weren't so confident with the material.
At the lower level, this was a small inconvenience but I could see it becoming pretty frustrating at higher levels. This is because Lingoda allows you to sign up for any class that you'd like. So, there may be students signing up for classes that are too far above their level.
Whereas my first class was with an Argentinian teacher, my next two were with a Chilean and Spaniard. I really liked the opportunity to hear different accents and see the teachers differing teaching styles.
Overall, they were very friendly, engaging, and more than happy to explain or go into greater depth on any points that came up during the lessons. All three of them helped to improve my pronunciation and a couple of the teachers used the group chat a lot to get us to practice writing sentences, and would correct any mistakes that were made.
While the content of the classes was quite good, there were some spelling mistakes in the PDFs and there seemed to be very little difference between the conversation and vocabulary classes.
The later lessons also seemed to follow a very similar format where you answer questions or list words and phrases. I wish they would have varied up the exercises a bit as they all looked very much the same after a while.
Indeed of the forty or fifty pages that made up most of the PDFs that the classes were based on, many of them were almost filler material and some of the earlier ones simply have one word on a page for you to learn how to pronounce.
This felt a bit unnecessary, especially when at one point our teacher had to open up another powerpoint document as the content provided wasn't adequate enough to explain how to use the verb 'gustar'.
Some of the content also seemed slightly unrelated and during our conversation practice class about our daily lives, the vocabulary featured in the pronunciation section had very little to do with what we had already covered in the class.
Having said that though, Lingoda does provide content on a wide range of topics including discussions on politics and social movements to expressing feelings and role-playing games, among many others.
As aforementioned, the content really does need a teacher for you to get the most out of it.
Although there are obviously ways in which Lingoda could improve, I really enjoyed my experience trying out their platform. I came away very impressed at just how much Spanish I'd gotten to speak in all three of my hour-long classes.
The teachers were very dedicated to using Spanish and refrained from reverting to English as sometimes happens and this immersive method seemed to resonate with the other students as well.
How much speaking practice and time you get does depend on how many people are in your class. Although I preferred the smaller classes, the larger ones still didn't really feel overcrowded.
Even in the group class with four other people, we all still got to speak quite a bit and it was useful having other students ask questions which you may not have thought of yourself.
Although Lingoda is very well-designed and is nicely put together, the content of the classes could be improved upon as all of the PDFs look very similar and they could have done with varying the exercises a lot more.
As such I think it could be useful to work through an exercise book alongside your Lingoda lessons to really make sure that you're confident on all of the grammar points.
Although the teachers will certainly teach you the main points, the PDFs themselves aren't the greatest reference if you want to go back and look over something or learn an important grammar point before you've been able to schedule the class.
While I do think students would quickly improve their language skills using Lingoda, I think it would be good if they added a forum where students can communicate with both other language learners and the teachers themselves. This way they'd be able to ask questions and ask for advice without having to take up any of their classmates' time in one of the group lessons.
Overall I thought Lingoda was great and I found myself looking forward to my next Spanish class which showed how much I enjoyed them!
Working out at around $10 for a group class, it seems like a very affordable option for students looking to take classes with a native speaker. While I didn't get to try one of Lingoda's private lessons I can only imagine that it is very similar but you get even more speaking time.
While I often recommend italki for finding affordable tutors, the major advantage of Lingoda is that their built-in curriculum keeps you moving in the right direction.
Another good alternative, though only available for Spanish learners, would be Baselang. They offer unlimited 1-1 Spanish classes for $149 per month.
Lingoda offers a lot of different plans at various price points and number of lessons included.
The cheapest offer which is a taster session for an hour-long private class costs $0.99.
While this may give you a slight idea about the quality of teachers on hand and the format that Lingoda uses, in reality, this private class will be quite a bit different than the group classes.
Lingoda also has three 7-Day Trial packages for you to choose from and each of them offers you three hour-long group classes for the price of $23.99.
The only difference between the three is that they then roll into different subscription packages. The first (Basic) offers you another ten group lessons for $109/month, the second (Pro) offers twenty group lessons for $199/month and the third (Premium) offers thirty group lessons for $259/month.
These subscription packages let you work towards your CEFR certificates and you are also given a personal learning plan so that you're more likely to achieve your language learning goals.
While some people may prefer the classroom element that Lingoda offers whereby you learn with up to four other students, others may prefer paying extra for private hour-long classes. For five of these classes a month it costs $139, for ten it costs $259 and for fifteen it costs $379. These again get you working towards your CEFR certificates.
If the certificates and language qualifications that you gain are key to you signing up to Lingoda then there are yet more plans available to you. The group subscription plan gives you access to fifty group lessons (each lasting an hour) and you can use these over a period of six months to work your way to gaining any of the certificates that Lingoda offers up.
This plan will set you back $499 for the six months. The Standard subscription plan costs $579 and this gives you access to forty group lessons and ten private lessons again over a period of six months. The Private subscription plan costs an eye-watering $1,149 and that is for fifty private lessons over the course of six months. These prices and subscription plans supposedly can help you work your way all the way from A1.1 up to B1.3.
For some reason attempting the B2 certificate (there are no further certificate options after that) is more expensive, possibly owing to the fact that it'll take you a while to get to this level depending at what level you start off at.
As such the Group plan costs $709 for six months and 75 group classes, the Standard plan is $849 for 60 group lessons and 15 private lessons and the Private plan is $1,699 for 75 private lessons.
While I enjoyed Lingoda, I would recommend trying out their taster session along with their week-long trial before signing up to any of their other packages. This is because everyone has their own learning preferences and so while it will definitely suit some people, Lingoda's group classes may not be for everyone.
Working out at around $10 for a group class, it is a very affordable option that can give your studying some structure while also giving you access to a native speaking teacher. While the lessons do cover a lot of material you may still want to use other resources at the same time as the PDFs which are provided really need the teachers to take you through them for you to get the most out of them.
Lingoda is definitely worth trying out for its immersive approach. Right from the start, your classes will almost solely be in Spanish and you'll be stringing sentences together in no time at all.
For lessons with native speakers, Lingoda is pretty affordable and the classes themselves are very well-structured with each of them having their own learning objectives and accompanying PDFs. With its immersive approach, beginners and intermediates will quickly progress as the classes are almost entirely in Spanish and right from the start they'll be encouraged to speak as much as possible.
While class sizes vary, the cap off at five students per group session means that each student will get ample speaking time although how much content you cover depends to a large extent on how comfortable everyone feels with it.
Although the content of the PDFs could be improved, along with more variation in the exercises you go through, there is a clear progression in terms of difficulty and students can work towards achieving CEFR certificates.
Enjoyable and effective, Lingoda is well worth checking out if you're looking to learn a language online with friendly and engaging teachers.


Phillips Mushroom Farms featuring conventional, organic mushrooms at Fresh Summit - The Produce News - Covering fresh produce around the globe since 1897.
A major mushroom producer in the United States, Phillips Mushroom Farms, headquartered in Kennett Square, PA, is geared up and ready for this year's PMA Fresh Summit on Oct. 19-20 in Orlando, FL.
National Sales Manager, Kevin Donovan, told The Produce News that the company will exhibit at booth No. 1563 at the event.
"In addition to our full lines of both conventional and organic mushrooms, Phillips Mushroom Farms will be demoing a blended protein and mushroom chili for visitors to try," said Donovan.
The company is gearing up for what is expected to be strong fall and holiday demand seasons for mushrooms. Phillips Mushroom Farms produces all mushroom varieties, and it has an ever-widening line of organic mushrooms that continue to be in strong and growing demand.
Its Organic Gourmet Blend item, which was introduced last year, continues to garner strong attention from its customers.
He also pointed out another aspect that makes the Organic Gourmet Blend even more exciting. Last year Phillips Mushroom Farms obtained its food-safety certification on Yellow Oyster Mushrooms, turning the Organic Gourmet Blend into a win-win for customers who want both organic and food-safety certification in one ready-to-prepare organic item.
In order to keep up with the growth demand for mushrooms, Phillips Mushroom Farms is again expanding its Warwick, MD, facility. The company's executive team will be sharing the latest updates with visitors at the PMA Fresh Summit.
Opened a few years ago, the new cutting-edge mushroom farm has been expanded a couple of times. The company is anticipating the current expansion will be completed by January.
The building was originally designed to produce both conventional and organic mushrooms. The current addition will produce organics in keeping with the company's strong growth in the category.
Despite the issues, mushroom demand is strong and growing. Donovan said he expects to see prices increasing toward normal levels as fall and winter encroach.
Phillips Mushroom's long and successful history in cultivating mushrooms began in 1927. Since then, it has remained a leader in the mushroom category, always staying abreast of trends and ahead of demands.


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Rural girls most vulnerable as poverty increases, latest stats show
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Poverty has increased, unemployment is up and economic growth continues to be negative.
Statistician-General Pali Lehohla delivered some rather depressing figures today during a media briefing at the Government Communications and Information Services offices in Pretoria
He said poverty increased to 55.5% – that is 30.4 million people – in 2015.
Lehohla's report, Poverty trends in South Africa: An examination of absolute poverty between 2006 and 2015, stated that the most vulnerable to poverty are children aged 17 or younger black females living in both provinces and persons with little or no education.
"When you look at economic growth, you can see that our target is 5.4% a year, but that the growth is not going in that direction. We have had two quarters of negative growth – which is a technical recession. We do know that unemployment is very high and we have seen that in our quarterly labour force survey," Lehohla said.
"We know that the number of the unemployed has increased, of course, against a growing population. The number of the unemployed has actually grown quite dramatically. If we were to measure the unemployment from 2008 to 2017, the likelihood of staying unemployed has increased by 10 percentage points. So there is no end in sight, in relation to that society is [experiencing], and this applies to quarter two of 2017."
Teenage girls living in rural parts of the Eastern Cape and Limpopo were recorded as the most vulnerable to poverty between 2006 and 2015.
This is despite the Eastern Cape, followed by Northern Cape, having the highest percentage of poor households – with children receiving child support grants – compared with other provinces in 2015.
The report states that:
• The proportion of the population living in poverty declined from 66.6% (31.6 million persons) in 2006 to 53.2% (27.4 million) in 2011, but increased to 55.5% (30.4 million) in 2015;
• The number of people living in extreme poverty (people living below the 2015 Food Poverty Line of R441 per person per month) increased by 2.8 million, from 11 million in 2011 to 13.8 million in 2015. However, this is lower than in 2009 when persons living in extreme poverty were 16.7 million; and
• Income per capita Gini coefficient (income inequality) has declined from 0.72% in 2006 to 0.68% in 2015. However, there are notable variations amongst various population groups.
According to the report
• Black Africans have the highest income inequality with a Gini coefficient of 0.65 in 2015, increasing from 0.64 in 2006;
• Income inequality for whites declined from 0.56 in 2006 to 0.51 in 2015;
• The Gini coefficient for coloureds declined from 0.60 in 2006 to 0.58 in 2015; and
• Despite having experienced declines in income inequality in 2009 (0.53) and 2011 (0.50), the Gini coefficient for Indian/Asians was 0.56 for 2006 and 2015.
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I joined twitch in 2013 with the gamer name of FuriousPaul and I streamed speedruns of the classic Castlevania games from 2013 - 2017. Lately my streams have died down quite a bit due to working on Classic WoW leveling guides every day. Although I may come on occasionally and play a random game for fun on my Twitch stream. I talk a lot about WoW speedrunning on my channel, so feel free to follow and hang out to discuss vanilla WoW if you like. Classic WoW will be my main focus for a long time. Unfortunately I will have to wait until Classic WoW comes out before I start streaming it.
Through out the game, the quest log will be capped to 20 many times. The guide makes use of maximizing the total amount of quests you can accept at once. Because of this it is important to follow the guide exactly and only accept quests if the guide tells you to so you won't run into issues not being able to accept a quest. If you do accept a quest that is not listed in the guide, write it down because you may need to abandon it in order to keep following the guide if your quest log is full.
In the Duelist Kingdom tournament, Bonz, Sid and Zygor met Bandit Keith, who agreed to coach them through the tournament, so all four of them would advance to Pegasus Castle. Keith wanted revenge against Maximillion Pegasus for humiliating him in the final match of the Intercontinental Championship. While helping them win Duels the first day of the tournament, Keith secretly intends to use them for their Star Chips. When Keith finds out about Yugi Muto, Joey Wheeler, and the rest of the gang, he plans to get in their way and eliminate them.
Here comes the first stress test for the Classic beta, and Blizzard will be inviting a lot more people this time around. It's taking place this Wednesday, May 22nd and will last for 2 hours from 4-6pm PDT, but the realm itself will be available for a full day. All races and classes will be available, but the max level will be set to 5. Also, current beta testers will not be able to play their beta, but will have to join the new stress realm and make new characters if they want to play.
The original World of Warcraft was released in 2004, and World of Warcraft Classic aims to recreate the state of the MMORPG before its first expansion, The Burning Crusade, was rolled out in January 2007. Previously, players looking for a "vanilla" version of the game were only able to experience it on custom servers such as Nostalrius, which Blizzard shut down in 2016 to protect its intellectual property.
Who is Joana? Joana, (AKA Mancow, or FuriousPaul) speedran 1-60 vanilla WoW from 2005 - 2007. I have been server first to level 60 seven times in a row, along with winning Blizzard's "First to level 50" contest they held back in 2006. I also have the fastest time through original vanilla 1-60 WoW in 4 days 20 hours. I have produced a very useful 1-60 horde speed leveling guide along with a 1-60 speedrun video.
If you just want the short version of this review, Zygor Guides are the best WoW leveling guides. Period. They've been around since 2007, and are always kept up to date and improved, and they have tons of features that set them apart from the competition, not to mention a streamlined leveling path and slick user interface. It's no wonder that they're the #1 best-selling WoW guides, because they're simply the highest quality. Updates are typically released in advance of major patches and expansions.
They seem to have expected some things, though, see adding pets with aquatic damage (gun and ooze) aswell as a resistant cockroach to stop us from cheesing everything with elementals. Yet, a fact their damage output is low combined with shields not checking for racial damage means this mechanic prevents a lot as you mentioned. The last boss has got an ability to remove basic shields so perhaps that was not in oblivion either… unlike the reactive damage. Also, an ability that forces swap altogether with an ability which prevents from being swapped, including critters? I can't say I like it.


In August 1980 the average high temperature in Fairbanks, AK was 64.9°F, and this was 2.3°F cooler than the average of 67.2°F. The hottest day in August 1980 was 13 August when the temperature reached 84.9°F. Overnight the average temperature in August is 46.7°F and in 1980 the average overnight temperature was 3.6°F cooler at 43.0°F.
In August the average monthly rainfall in Fairbanks, AK is 1.11 inches with rain usually falling on 15 days. In August 1980 there was a total of 1.78 inches of rain, that fell on 19 days.