The feminine ending: A "hypercorrection" in orthographic innovation?
Motivated by the posting of a series of religious early Islamic inscriptions on Twitter written by women, I'd like to discuss once again the spelling of the feminine ending in Arabic.
One of the striking things about the Feminine ending, which in Classical Arabic is -at- followed by case endings and pronounced -ah in pause, is that it is always spelled with a final ه <h>, even in construct.
This is normally explained as "pausal spelling", that is, words in Classical Arabic are spelled in the way that they are pronounced in phrase-final position. While this explains the spelling of the feminine ending as ه in most positions, it fails to explain its form in Construct. A construct cannot appear in phrase-final position, and therefore does not have a pausal form. As such, we would expect construct feminines to simply be written with a ـت. This is comparable to other nouns that have a different form in construct than in pause, where also the orthographic distinction is made.
The construct masculine plural, for example is Nom. -ū Gen./Acc. -ū/-ī, while the non-construct form is -ūna, -īna (/-ūn/ and /-īn/ in pause). But the construct masculine plural is never spelled ـون <-wn> or ـين <-yn>, which would be their "pausal" pronunciation. The same could be said for ʔab 'father', whose construct form is ʔabū/ʔabā/ʔabī, which is simply just always spelled ابو <ʔbw>, ابا <ʔbʔ> and ابى <ʔby>.
The spelling of the feminine singular in construct with ه <h>, then, is an actual exception to how Classical Orthography is "supposed" to work.
Almost a quarter of all the feminine construct phrases present in the Quran are spelled phonetically, and many other such phrases are commonly, or even regularly spelled with ـت <t> in the early islamic inscriptions, e.g. رحمت الله <rḥmt ʔllh> /raḥmat aḷḷāh/ 'the mercy of God'.
While the construct spelling with ـت <t> is fairly common in the early Islamic period, the innovative spelling with ـه <h> is well-attested and more common from the very earliest period. This leads one to wonder: where does this spelling convention come from?
A recent article by Laïla Nehmé, who looked at the pre-Islamic treatment in Nabataean-Aramaic and Nabataean-Arabic inscriptions failed to give a very satisfying answer (due to no fault of her own). Aramaic, the language in which Nabataean inscriptions were mostly written, and from which Arabic derives its orthographic practices (and script), has a very similar distribution from that of the "anomalous" spellings found in Arabic. Indefinite feminine nouns ended either in /-ah/ or /-ā/ and were spelled with a final <-h>, whereas construct feminine which ended in /-at/ were spelled with final <-t>. One might imagine that overlap in this orthography may have lead Arabic scribes to take over this practice. And as a result, you might already expect the gradual replacement of construct feminines -- originally written with <-t> -- to undergo replacement by <-h> in construct position. This is a very reasonable hypothesis, which is conclusively disproven by Nehmé, who shows that as late as the 5th century there is absolutely no sign of this (and the 6th century does not yet yield any useful data).
As far as is currently possible to be seen, using ـه <-h> regardless of context for the feminine ending is a uniquely Arabic feature of the early Islamic period. That is not to say that it is an innovation that only happened after the Islamic period, but due to a lack of the vast majority of written material before Islam (no papyri have been found yet from the late 6th/7th century, nor ones written in Arabic), it is a little difficult to see when it happened, but whatever the case, it appears to have happened fairly late.
So then the question becomes: How did this happen? I have an idea, but we will have to draw a little bit of the context of early Islamic orthography.
Before Islam, many names are still written with the otiose wawation, a final wāw at the end of --mostly triptotic-- nouns. This has reasonably been taken as a vestige of the nominative ending /-u/. In the modern orthography the only name that still has this is عمرو ʕamr-un where it seems to be retained because it allowed it to be easily distinguished from the diptotic name which would have otherwise been a homograph: عمر ʕumar-u. An innovation of early Islamic orthography is getting rid of this no-longer meaningful final ـو.
Before Islam, the ا <ʔ> sign was used to write the glottal stop (or Hamz as it is called by Arabists), a name like ḏiʔb would be spelled دابو <dʔbw>, and not like ذيب <ḏyb> as we find it in the early Islamic period. It has been convincingly argued (especially by Werner Diem, but also others) that the dialect on which the early Islamic orthography was based had lost the glottal stop. What is important here is that the orthography was innovated accordingly. This need not be the case. English still writes knight, right and night with an otiose gh that has been lost hundreds of years ago (cf. Dutch knecht, recht and nacht -- where it is actually pronounced).
Word-internal long ā, which could not be expressed in Pre-Islamic Arabic, came to be (optionally) designated by ا <ʔ> even in places where it did not etymologically have a glottal stop. In Classical Arabic orthography, the spelling becomes mandatory, but that certainly isn't the case in, e.g. the Quran.
Before Islam, the feminine ending was spelled ـت <t>, regardless of context. Presumably because the earliest form of Nabatean Arabic still pronounced this feminine ending as /-at/ in all contexts. Later, Nabataean Arabic (and other forms of Arabic that had taken on the Nabataean Arabic orthography) undergoes the shift from *-at > -ah.
In other words, early Islamic orthography clearly represents a explicit effort to represent Arabic more closely to its actual pronunciation, rather than the archaizing orthographic practice that came along with the scribal practices associated with the Arabic script. The early Islamic orthography is the result of a spelling reform. When exactly this spelling reform took place, is not exactly clear, but it seems that it was some time before the advent of Islam and some time after the beginning of the 6th century. But if we are correct that this spelling reform took place in or around Mecca & Medina, this dating should in fact be taken with a grain of salt. We do not yet have an extensive and detailed view of Pre-Islamic writing form this region. It may therefore have happened earlier.
Something that speaks in favour of the spelling reform taking place closer to the 7th century rather than farther away from it, is that early Islamic Arabic still seems to clearly represent a transitional phase. Early Islamic Papyri like PERF 558 still attests a name written with the Archaic wawation on a name other than عمرو namely, حديدو <ḥdydw> /ḥudayd/ or /ḥadīd/, and the new use of ا <ʔ> for writing /ā/ is still far from a well-established practice.
I think in light of the idea of a conscious (although not necessarily very centralized) spelling reform, I think we might be able understand the unusual spelling of the construct feminine ending being spelled as ه <-h>.
As I alluded to earlier, the feminine ending /-at/ of Nabataean Arabic appears to have shifted to /-ah/ fairly early. Despite this, it continued to be conventional to spell this ending with a final <t>. One of the evidences that hints at an early shift of this is the occasional spelling of feminine names with a final <h>. e.g. <ʔmt> occasionally shows up spelled as <ʔmh> suggesting a pronunciation /ʔamah/ rather than /ʔamat/. However, there are plenty of attestations of the spelling <ʔmt> that postdate the attested inscription that has <ʔmh>, suggesting that the conventional spelling was with a <t>, despite being pronounced as /-ah/. This is corroborated by Greek transcriptions of Nabataean names, which as early as the 1st century BCE transcribe the feminine ending without a sign of the final t, as Ahmad Al-Jallad shows in a recent article (pg. 157).
If we assume this conventionalized spelling persisted in the writing schools of Hijaz right up until the spelling reform of the early Islamic orthography (which, I stress again, might not have actually been in the early Islamic period), we might understand where Arabic's unusual treatment of feminine constructs comes from.
First, scribes would have been used to conventionally write ـت <-t> for the feminine ending, regardless of context. This feminine ending, however, would have been most commonly pronounced /-ah/, and only in construct be pronounced /-at/.
Then, when the spelling reform was enacted a rule was establish: "The feminine ending you conventionally write ـت <-t> will from now on be spelled ـه <-h> in line with its pronunciation, that is /-ah/." This rule is incorrect for creating a phonetic orthography, but it is a rule that would be easily formulated. When giving a list of words that used to be written with ـت <-at> and are now to be written ـه <-h>, such a list would of course never contain examples of the feminine noun in construct. As such, this reform principle could easily have been applied hypercorrectly to every position where the feminine ending was spelled ـت <-t>.
This idea of a rather "mechanical" substituation of the ـت <-t> ending with ـه <-h> is, I think, not altogether unlikely. Pre-reform written Arabic would have been very far removed from the spoken language, and scribes would have been used to principles of "mechanical substitution", where they would have to convert any word that sounded like it ended with /-ah/ to be spelled as if it was pronounced /-at/. This mismatch and mechanical substitution that was part of the scribal tradition could have given rise to the hypercorrect mechanical substituation in the other direction.
The not at all uncommon spellings where the construct feminine is spelled with ـت <-t> in the early Islamic writings must then simply be considered accurate phonetic transcriptions, and occasionally archaic spellings in fixed phrases. It does not seem coincidental to me that such spellings are especially common with a fixed phrase like رحمت الله 'The mercy of god', and phraseology that would almost always have a construct position such as ابنت [personal name] 'daughter of PN' and امرت [personal name] 'wife of PN' (which is regularly spelled as such in the Quran as well without exception).
If we would find that in the Hijaz writing the feminine ending conventionally as ـت <-t> had fallen out of use well before the 6th century, but we nevertheless still find it written as such consistently in construct with no sign of the 'new' spelling with ـه <-h>, this would clearly falsify this hypothesis.
Finding the use of ـه <-h> in construct in a pre-Islamic text, would confirm my suspicion that the spelling reform is not a purely Islamic-period innovation. We are lucky that the Arabic word for 'year' is a feminine noun (sanah) and that if we find a dated text, we are likely also find examples of this spelling!
A final but completely unrealistic way of proving it, would be the finding of an actual prescriptive text laying out the new spelling conventions. This is unlikely to happen.
Any thoughts or comments on this topic will be greatly appreciated!
Makes sense to me, for what little that's worth.


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India Vs New Zealand – Players To Watch Out For
in Cricket, Sports
A very important clash between India and New Zealand is set to happen at Trent Bridge, Nottingham as the two sides aim to remain unbeaten in the World Cup. Here are some of the important to players to watch out from the match –
The 29 year old right arm swing bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar is looking in a very good form. He is taking the full advantage of the swinging conditions in England. So far Kumar has been impressive in the last two matches. He took impressive figures of 3 for 50 in the last match in which couple of wickets in one over turned the match very well.
Virat Kohli will be a very important player to watch out for against New Zealand. He has scored 5 Centuries against the Black Caps and would be looking to score his 6th one against them and maintain the Men in Blues' unbeaten run.
Lockie Ferguson
Lockie Ferguson has been quite impressive for the black caps at the start picking up 8 wickets in 3 matches. He would try to pick more wickets in his 4th encounter and give the Indian batting lineup a tough fight on the pitch.
Ross Taylor
Ross Taylor is a gear changing batsmen. He plays defensive as well as aggressive cricket depending on the situation. He is the most experienced player in the New Zealand batting lineup and has represented the Black Caps in 3 world cups (2007, 2011 and 2015). Taylor knows how to handle the pressure of a high-stakes match.
Rohit Sharma is looking in a great form. 'Hitman' scored an awesome match winning century against South Africa followed by an contributing half century against Australia. He has been quite consistent which shows that he will surely look for a big score against New Zealand in his next match.
India vs Pakistan - The Marquee Clash In England

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Fulton Market: How Times Have Changed
By Calvetti Culinary CreationsJuly 18, 2018Blog
Before Fulton Market became the restaurant and corporate office mecca it is today, it was home to meatpackers and food distributors. Though many of the historic buildings in the district were built between 1880 and 1929, its roots go all the way back to 1850, when a municipal market hall was constructed in the middle of Randolph Street as a food market.
Chicago, through the Civil War and up to the 1920s, was known as the headquarters of the meatpacking industry. Chicago's "big three" meat packers – Armour, Swift, and Morris – had headquarters at the Union Stockyards but individual branches in Fulton Market.
Truck farmers in the middle of Randolph St – photo via City of Chicago
Growth and Change
Although the market doesn't look like that anymore, the hustle-and-bustle of the food industry still existed for years. In the 90s, one might walk down Randolph Street and be inundated with refrigerated trucks, pallet jacks, the noise of loading docks and meatpackers in white coats. Deliveries started at 2am, sometimes earlier. And at night, it was a little more gritty: the area was no stranger to prostitutes and guys walking around with shopping carts, hoping to collect (and later sell) wooden pallets.
While some food distributors still exist in the area, they are few and far between. When well-known Chicago restaurant Girl and the Goat opened in 2010, it spurred neighborhood growth that few could have predicted. Two years after that, the CTA opened a Green/Pink Line stop at Morgan and Lake, paving the way for office commute. Google announced its headquarters in the area in 2013, and it seems like every day there's a new tech hub or restaurant popping up.
And even though the restaurants moving in was what started pushing the food distribution industry out, a lot of chefs lament the fact that you can't shop Fulton Market the way you used to. For many in the food and hospitality industry, Fulton Market was a space where you could pick up anything you might need, last minute or otherwise. In a recent Chicago Tribune article, Chef John Mannion of La Sirena Clandestina said, "There are a lot less pallet cars and a lot more drunk young people."
It remains to be seen what – if any – remnants of the former meatpacking and foodservice industry will stick around that area. As new business moves in, it will be interesting to see the challenges that arise.
Do you remember Fulton Market in the 90s? How have you seen Chicago change?


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Die Präsidentschaftswahl in Namibia 2014 fanden am 28. November 2014 zusammen mit der Parlamentswahl statt. Am 14. November 2014 wählten bereits Seefahrer und Namibier im Ausland.

Als Sieger ging – mit für namibische Wahlen nie dagewesener Höhe – Hage Geingob hervor. Er ist seit dem 21. März 2015 dritter Präsident des unabhängigen Namibia.

Es wurde in transparenter, friedlicher, geheimer und freier Wahl der Staatspräsident Namibias gewählt. Erstmals kamen bei der Wahl elektronische Wahlgeräte zum Einsatz. Zudem wurde zum ersten Mal in der Geschichte des Landes an nur einem Tag gewählt. Der 28. November 2014 wurde zudem zu einem nationalen Feiertag erklärt.

Wahltag
Die Wahllokale öffneten am Wahltag teilweise mit bis zu drei Stunden Verspätung, da es zu zahlreichen Ausfällen der elektronischen Wahlmaschinen und vor allem der Wählerverifizierungs-Apparate kam. Schon am frühen Morgen bildeten sich vor fast allen Wahllokalen landesweit zig Meter lange Schlangen. Teilweise mussten Wähler bis zu sechs Stunden auf die Stimmenabgabe warten. Bereits am Mittag des Wahltages kündigte die Wahlkommission an, dass alle Wähler die bei Schließung der Wahllokale um 21 Uhr anstehen noch ihre Stimme abgeben dürfen. Bis zum Mittag war von einer sehr hohen Wahlbeteiligung die Rede.

Bis in den frühen Morgen des 30. November waren zahlreiche Wahllokale aufgrund der Menschenmassen geöffnet. Dennoch konnten zehntausende Namibier ihre Stimme nicht abgeben.

Die Entwicklungsgemeinschaft des südlichen Afrika und die Afrikanische Union bezeichneten die Wahlen als transparent, friedlich frei und fair. Einige Bereiche des Wahlkampfs, der Stimmenabgabe und der Auszählung wurden bemängelt.

Wahlergebnis
Das Wahlergebnis wurde am 1. Dezember 2014 verkündet. Die Wahlbeteiligung lag bei 71,79 Prozent (von 1.241.194 registrierten Wahlberechtigten).

Quelle: Namibische Wahlkommission

Kandidaten
Alle Kandidaten mussten ihre Registrierung bei der Namibischen Wahlkommission bis zum 29. Oktober 2014 um 17 Uhr einreichen. Zugelassen wurden von der Wahlkommission die nachstehenden neun Kandidaten.

Aufstellung der Kandidaten

APP
Die All People's Party hat beim Parteitag vom 2. bis 5. Mai 2013 den Parteipräsidenten Ignatius Shixwameni im Amt bestätigt. Er trat als Spitzenkandidat der Partei bei den Präsidentschaftswahlen 2014 an.

COD
Der Congress of Democrats schickt zum vierten Mal in Folge den Parteipräsidenten Ben Ulenga ins Rennen um das Amt des Staatspräsidenten. Ulenga wurde am 6. Juli als Parteivorsitzender bestätigt.

DTA
Die DTA of Namibia hat ihren Parteitag am 7. September 2013 abgehalten. McHenry Venaani wurde zum Parteivorsitzenden gewählt und war damit Kandidat für die Präsidentschaftswahl 2014.

NUDO
Die National Unity Democratic Organisation (NUDO) hat am 2. und 3. Februar 2013 ihren Parteitag abgehalten. Kuaima Riruako wurde im Amt des Parteipräsidenten ohne Gegenkandidat bestätigt. Er sollte somit die Partei nach 2004 und 2009 auch 2014 in die Präsidentschafts- und Parlamentswahlen führen, verstarb aber nach kurzer Krankheit am 2. Juni 2014 in Windhoek. Als neuer Parteipräsident wurde am 6. Juli 2014 Asser Mbai bestellt, der auch als Präsidentschaftskandidat für die NUDO antrat.

RDP
Die Rally for Democracy and Progress (Namibia) als größte Oppositionspartei bestätigte Hidipo Hamutenya am 9. November 2013 auf einem großen Parteikongress im Amt des Parteipräsidenten. Er trat somit erneut als Präsidentschaftskandidat nach 2009 an.

RP
Die Republican Party of Namibia hatte sich zur Unterstützung des SWAPO-Präsidentschaftskandidaten Hage Geingob ausgesprochen. Im Endeffekt meldete die Partei mit Henk Mudge einen eigenen Kandidaten an.

SWAPO
Bereits nach den Präsidentschaftswahlen 2009 begann die Diskussion über den Präsidentschaftskandidaten für die Wahl 2014. Traditionell wird der Parteipräsident der SWAPO auch der Präsidentschaftskandidat seiner Partei sein. Nach aktuellem Stand wird dieses der derzeitige Parteivizepräsident Hage Geingob sein. Sollte er kandidieren und die Präsidentschaftswahl gewinnen, wäre er der erste Staatspräsident Namibias, der nicht dem Volk der Ovambo angehört. Weitere Chancen auf die Präsidentschaftskandidatur wurden zudem der Generalsekretärin und Justizministerin Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana, die das Amt als erste Frau einnehmen würde, eingeräumt. Geringe Chance hat auch Vizegeneralsekretär und Sicherheitsminister Nangolo Mbumba.

Da Präsident Hifikepunye Pohamba den Parteivorsitz innehat, jedoch aufgrund der Verfassung Namibias nicht für eine dritte Amtszeit kandidieren darf, wird somit automatisch der Vizepräsident zum Präsidentschaftskandidaten erhoben.

Das Zentralkomitee hat am 12. und 13. März 2011 zum vierten Male getagt. Hier wurde deutlich, dass die Präsidentschaftskandidatur nicht entschieden ist, wobei Hage Geingob und Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana weiterhin die größten Chancen eingeräumt werden, jedoch auch der Minister für Wohnbau und Ländliche Entwicklung Jerry Ekandjo Interesse bekundet hat. Premierminister Nahas Angula hingegen hat eine Kandidatur ausgeschlossen.

Im Oktober 2012 haben bei einem SWAPO-Parteitag drei Parteimitglieder ihr Interesse an der Position des Vize-Parteipräsidenten bekundet. Neben Geingob sind dies Iivula-Ithana und Ekandjo.

Am 1. Dezember 2012 konnte sich Geingob gegen seine beiden Konkurrenten durchsetzen und wurde im Amt des Vize-Parteipräsidenten bestätigt. Er gilt damit als Präsidentschaftskandidat bei den Präsidentschaftswahlen 2014.

Am 7. September 2014 wurde Geingob offiziell zum Präsidentschaftskandidaten der SWAPO erklärt.

SWANU
Die SWANU of Namibia hat am 21. Juli 2014 ihr Wahlprogramm vorgestellt. Zudem wurde Usutuaije Maamberua als offizieller Präsidentschaftskandidat der Partei bekannt gegeben.

UDF
Die United Democratic Front of Namibia hat sich aufgrund der ethnischen Herkunft (Damara) des SWAPO-Präsidentschaftskandidaten Hage Geingob für diesen bei der Präsidentschaftswahl ausgesprochen.

Wählerregistrierung
Die Registrierung der Wähler fand zwischen dem 15. Januar und 2. März 2014 statt. Hierfür standen knapp 3000 mobile und stationäre Registrierungsstellen zur Verfügung. Die Wählerliste wurde, nachdem es einige Beschwerden gab, bis Mitte Juni 2014 erarbeitet. Eine Nachregistrierung fand im September 2014 statt. Insgesamt sind 1.241.194 Wähler zur Wahl 2014 zugelassen.

Wahlkampf
Der Wahlkampf hat inoffiziell mit Vorstellung des Wahlprogramms der regierenden SWAPO am 6. September 2014 begonnen. Zwar haben andere Parteien bereits vor der SWAPO ihr Wahlprogramm vorgestellt, jedoch beginnt der aktive Wahlkampf traditionell bei Bekanntgabe des SWAPO-Wahlprogramms.

Rechtliches Vorgehen von zwei Oppositionsparteien
Die RDP sowie die WRP gingen am 27. November 2014 gegen den Einsatz der elektronischen Wahlgeräte vor, da diese keinen Kontrollausdruck erzeugen. Der Eilantrag auf Verschiebung der Wahlen in den Februar 2015 wurde am 26. November vom Obergericht in Windhoek abgelehnt.

Verfassungsänderung
Am 13. Oktober 2014 kam es zu der weitreichendsten Reform des politischen Systems seit der Unabhängigkeit Namibias, nachdem diese über Wochen kontrovers diskutiert worden war.
Als wichtigste Änderungen wurden beschlossen:
 Erhöhung der gewählten Parlamentssitze auf 96 (zuvor 72)
 Erhöhung der vom Präsidenten ernannten Abgeordneten auf acht (bisher sechs)
 dadurch Erhöhung der gesamten Abgeordneten im Parlament von 78 auf 104
 Erhöhung der Sitze im Nationalrat von derzeit zwei Sitzen pro Region auf drei Sitze; somit anstatt 26 Sitze (13 Regionen) in Zukunft 42 Sitze (14 Regionen)
 Einführung der Position des Vize-Präsidenten
Die Einführung einer Sperrklausel von fünf Prozent war zunächst geplant, wurde aber vom Premierminister ebenso wie ein Stimmrecht für die vom Präsidenten ernannten Abgeordneten abgelehnt.

Weblinks
 Namibische Wahlkommission (englisch)
 African Elections Project - Namibia (englisch)

Einzelnachweise

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Namibia
Hage Geingob

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Gap Net Down; CEO Peck Cites Turnaround Progress
Old Navy, the strongest division of Gap Inc., will test a smaller format.
By David Moin on August 18, 2016
A Gap store in New York City.
Gap Inc., hurt by restructuring costs largely involving store closings and ongoing sales declines, posted a decline in net profits to $125 million in the second quarter ended July 30, from $215 million in the year-ago period.
On a per-diluted-share basis, earnings were 31 cents. Restructuring costs accounted for 29 cents a share.
During the second quarter, the company opened 19 company-operated stores and closed 22. Square footage of company-operated stores was down about 1 percent compared with the second quarter of fiscal 2015.
Gap expects net closures of about 50 company-operated stores this year. Square footage is seen at down about 2 percent for the year.
The company concluded last quarter with 3,730 stores of which 3,273 were company operated.
Gap is forecasting 2016 earnings in the range of $1.87 to $1.92, lower than analysts estimates of $1.96.
As previously disclosed by the company, comparable sales for the quarter were down 2 percent. By division, comparable sales were negative 3 percent at Gap Global; negative 9 percent at Banana Republic and Old Navy was flat.
Net sales for the quarter were $3.85 billion compared with $3.9 billion for the second quarter of fiscal 2015.
While Gap cited some progress in the company's turnaround, the company did not do as well as some competitors, such as American Eagle, Macy's Inc., The TJX Cos. Inc. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc., which saw apparel upticks. However, Gap could see some improvement for back-to-school given the improving trends in the denim market, and chief executive officer Art Peck said Old Navy has picked up steam since the fourth quarter of last year.
With Old Navy, Peck said during a conference call with analysts, "We have an opportunity for a small store format. And the first one of those that we will really test will be coming online in the next several months. If you can deliver a holistic, fully assorted Old Navy brand experience in a box 8,000 square feet, it opens up a significant opportunity for us with that brand globally."
During the call, Peck described the consumer environment, which he said was "number one on my mind…there's obviously some strength out there in different parts of retail. In apparel specifically, the environment remains challenging. And quite frankly, it remains most challenging in the higher end of the market. And just to remind everybody, we have a very robust value portfolio with our outlet channels and the Old Navy business.
"Number two, the restructuring work that we announced several months ago: I'm very pleased that we have been decisive, and we have taken action, and, as you know, that includes some expense reduction and trimming some parts of the portfolio where we had businesses that we felt did not have the potential for long-term returns. We're not all the way through this and we have taken action in Japan with the Old Navy fleet there, and, as we mentioned, are making progress on tuning in the BR international fleet as well.
"The third thing on my mind is the product operating model," Peck said, noting that the company has been very aggressively focused on building "responsive supply chain capabilities," including fabric platforming, more test-and-respond, shorter lead times or a shorter calendar.
Commenting on the divisions, Peck said Banana Republic was "clearly nowhere close to the performance that the brand is capable of, nor what we expect."
On Gap Brand, Peck said there's been "extremely aggressive work" involving restructuring the fleet and the cost structure and core processes, and he cited "very good product acceptance" in women's and "a great kids' and baby business." However, overall, Gap is showing "nowhere close to the results that we need to see."
On Old Navy, Peck said, "I'm very pleased with the recovery of performance from Q4."


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REPORT: ANGELINA GIVES BIRTH TO TWINS
Conflicting reports surfaced today as to whether Angelina Jolie has given birth to twins.
Entertainment Tonight reported on its Web site that the actress — expecting twins with Brad Pitt — had give birth in France.
People Magazine then reported on its Web site that a rep for Jolie had confirmed that the couple had not given birth.
"She is fine, enjoying her home and her family in France," the rep said.
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The AP also reported the twins' birth, citing the ET report.
Representatives for Jolie and her companion, Brad Pitt, did not immediately respond to phone and e-mail requests from The Associated Press for comment.
Jolie confirmed during the Cannes film festival last month that she was expecting twins.
Their other children are 6-year-old Maddox, 4-year-old Pax, 3-year-old Zahara and 2-year-old Shiloh.
ET reported that gave birth at a Catholic clinic in France's Aix-en-Provence on May 25. She told reporters on May 15 that she was "thinking of France" as a place to give birth, before adding, "I actually haven't completely decided."
In the months leading up to the birth Jolie and Pitt had begun teaching their children French, saying it's "a second language in the house," during promotional duties at the Cannes Film Festival. "My children are starting to speak French, so being here is very good for them and their language."
Unsurprisingly, Angelina has remained active late into the pregnancy as she was keeping a frenetic pace promoting her two films, "Kung Fu Panda" and "The Changeling" at Cannes the whole of last week. "I love being pregnant," Jolie said, in addition to admitting that she isn't done adding to her brood just yet.
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The Tyler, Texas Black Film Collection is part of the extensive moving image holdings of the G. William Jones Film and Video Collection (formerly the Southwest Film/Video Archive). The G. William Jones Film and Video Collection is part of the Hamon Arts Library.
The Tyler, Texas Black Film Collection comprises 6 short subjects, 9 features, and a set of newsreels, all produced between 1935 and 1956. The African-American films include comedies, dramas, news, and musical performances, and were made outside the Hollywood system by pioneering directors and producers such as Oscar Micheaux, Spencer Williams, and William Alexander.
Movies from the Tyler, Texas Black Film Collection are presented as streaming video files in this digital collection. A DVD set containing a selection of 3 short subjects, 7 features, a set of newsreels, and introductions for each film is available for purchase while supplies last.
The films include Boogie Woogie Blues,	Broken Earth,	By-Line Newsreel #1,	By-Line Newsreel #2,	By-Line Newsreel #3,	By-Line Newsreel #4,	Girl in Room 20, Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A., Juke Joint,	Midnight Shadow,	Miracle in Harlem,	Murder in Harlem,	Souls of Sin,	The Blood of Jesus,	The Vanities, and Where's My Man To-Nite.
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International differences in the recognition of non-skeletal fluorosis: a comparison of India and New Zealand.
Author: Bruce Spittle, Editor-in-Chief
Journal Name: Fluoride | Editorial
Publish Date: July-September 2018
Volume/Page: 51(3):199–205.
Categories: Brain, Cognitive Function, Total Body Burden, Daily Intake Estimations
In India, there has been a change from the situation present in the 1930s–1970s, when fluoride toxicity was seen to involve just the hard tissues of teeth and bones, to the situation in the 2000s–2010s when recognition was given to the occurrence of non-skeletal symptoms and that these were a key to a new approach to the prevention and treatment of fluorosis by dietary editing and dietary counselling. In New Zealand, a lack of recognition of non-skeletal fluorosis, similar to that present in India in the 1930s–1970s, was present in 1957, when a Commission of Inquiry on the Fluoridation of Public Water Supplies gave the opinion that the individual signs and symptoms of the alleged "Spira-Waldbott Syndrome" syndrome may be due to any number of unrecognised causes. A similar conclusion was reached in a 2014 New Zealand report, Health effects of water fluoridation: a review of the scientific evidence, which noted that "The only side effect of fluoridation at the levels used in NZ (0.7–1.0 mg/L) is minimal fluorosis, and this is not of major cosmetic significance. … In particular, no effects on brain development, cancer risk or cardiovascular or metabolic risk have been substantiated, and the safety margins are such that no subset of the population is at risk because of fluoridation." Currently, an international difference is present between India and New Zealand in the recognition of non-skeletal fluorosis. In India, recognition of this syndrome has been seen to be the key to the prevention and treatment of fluorosis while in New Zealand an authoritative panel has found that non-skeletal fluorosis is not a cause for concern. However, taking account of the recent papers by Bashash et al. (2017) and Thomas et al. (2018), a safe daily intake of F for pregnant women and children of all ages to give protection from F-induced neurotoxicity can been estimated to be approximately 0.04 mg F/day (0.0006 mg F/kg bw/day for a 70 kg woman) and 0.15 mg F/day (0.003 mg F/kg bw/day for a 45 kg child, the 90th percentile children's body mass at 8–13 yr), respectively, which would be contained in only 72 and 214 mL, respectively, of water fluoridated at 0.7 mg/L. A consequence of this is that in order to prevent F-induced IQ loss in children, pregnant women and children, up to the age of 7 yr, should avoid the use of fluoridated community water supplies. In conclusion, the Indian view that non-skeletal fluorosis is a real problem and that for drinking water the "lesser the fluoride the better, as fluoride is injurious to health" is more consistent with the current scientific knowledge than the New Zealand view that the existence of a condition of non-skeletal fluorosis is not supported by an evidence base and that the use of drinking water fluoridated at 0.7 mg/L has no effects on brain development.
Association Between Maternal Fluoride Exposure During Pregnancy and IQ Scores in Offspring in Canada.
Key Points Question Is maternal fluoride exposure during pregnancy associated with childhood IQ in a Canadian cohort receiving optimally fluoridated water? Findings In this prospective birth cohort study, fluoride exposure during pregnancy was associated with lower IQ scores in children aged 3 to 4 years. Meaning Fluoride exposure during pregnancy may be associated
Studies of relationships between the polymorphism of COMT gene and plasma proteomic profiling and children's intelligence in high fluoride areas
Part I – Effect of high F drinking water on children's IQ Objective: To investigate the relationships among the children's serum F, urine F, thyroid hormone levels and children's IQ in the high fluoride areas. Methods: We collected the samples of the drinking water, urine and blood and measured the F concentrations,
Influence of chronic fluorosis on expression of phospho-Elk-1 in rat brains.
Objective: To investigate the expression and distribution of the downstream substrate of extracellular regulated protein kinase(ERK1/2) pathway, ternary complex factor phospho-Elk-1, in rat brains with chronic fluorosis, and reveal the mechanism of the impaired learning and memory ability caused by chronic fluorosis. Methods: Seventy-two SD rats, weighing 100 - 120 g,
An Evaluation of Neurotoxicity Following Fluoride Exposure from Gestational Through Adult Ages in Long-Evans Hooded Rats.
At elevated levels, fluoride (F-) exposure has been associated with adverse human health effects. In rodents, F- exposure has been reported to induce deficits in motor performance and learning and memory. In this study, we examined Long-Evans hooded male rats maintained on a standard diet (20.5 ppm F-) or a low
A Benchmark Dose Analysis for Maternal Pregnancy Urine-Fluoride and IQ in Children.
This article is a preprint and has not been peer-reviewed [what does this mean?]. It reports new medical research that has yet to be evaluated and so should not be used to guide clinical practice. Abstract As a safe exposure level for fluoride in pregnancy has not been established, we used data
Fluoride's Direct Effects on Brain: Animal Studies
The possibility that fluoride ingestion may impair intelligence and other indices of neurological function is supported by a vast body of animal research, including over 40 studies that have investigated fluoride's effects on brain quality in animals. As discussed by the National Research Council, the studies have consistently demonstrated that fluoride, at widely varying concentrations, is toxic to the brain.
NRC (2006): Fluoride's Neurotoxicity and Neurobehavioral Effects
The NRC's analysis on fluoride and the brain.


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Xcel Energy receives shockingly low bids for…
Xcel Energy receives shockingly low bids for Colorado electricity from renewable sources
Solar and wind generation with storage now competitive with coal power
The Denver Post file
This is a file photo of Xcel Energy employees working on a utility pole on Stanford Avenue in Englewood.
By Aldo Svaldi | asvaldi@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
PUBLISHED: January 16, 2018 at 8:13 p.m. | UPDATED: February 1, 2018 at 3:13 p.m.
Renewable-energy developers have offered to supply Xcel Energy with electricity at the lowest prices quoted in the U.S., including solar and wind options with energy storage priced below what coal-generated power in the state costs.
"The response was amazing.The world is our oyster. It was like walking into a Las Vegas buffet," said Erin Overturf, chief energy counsel for Western Resource Advocates, one of several environmental groups that want the utility to reduce its dependence on coal.
Xcel last year estimated it would need 450 megawatts of additional generation to meet future demand under its 2016 Electric Resource Plan.
In August, Xcel and several other parties reached an agreement known as the Clean Energy Plan to shutter two older coal plants in Pueblo, but only if lower-cost alternatives could replace their 660 megawatts, including the added costs involved with shutting the plants down 10 years early.
Backers of the plan estimated Xcel's Colorado customers would save $175 million if wind bids came in at $20 megawatt hour (MWh) and solar at $30/MWh, Overturf said.
What they didn't count on was how many bids would come in from the Nov. 30 solicitation, more than 430, with 350 just for renewables, or how low they would come in. Wind-only bids had a median price quoted of $18/MWh, meaning half of the bids were below that. Solar only came in at a median price of $29.50/MWh.
Wind costs less than coal, and solar has more recently become cost competitive. But both sources are intermittent, meaning they either need storage, such as batteries, or more reliable generation sources such as coal and natural gas to fill in the gaps.
What stands out about the response Xcel received is that wind sources with storage are now cheaper than coal generation, and solar plus storage is now cheaper than about 75 percent of coal generation in the state, according to CarbonTracker.
"As far as we know, these are the lowest renewables plus storage bids in the U.S. to date. The previously lowest known solar plus storage bid price was $45/MWh in Arizona in May 2017," wrote Matt Gray, a senior utilities and power analyst with Carbon Tracker.
Solar with storage was bid at a median price of $36/MWh, and wind with storage came in at $21/MWh, prices so low they have generated a buzz nationally among those who track the utility industry.
Xcel spokesman Mark Stutz said any discussion of the proposals beyond what the utility provided in a Dec. 28 report is premature.
The bids were made at a time when federal tax credits for wind and solar installations were at risk in the tax reforms Congress passed. Those will remain in place, but they'll be phased out over time, adding an urgency for solar and wind power developers.
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The federal government may also decide at the end of the month to impose new tariffs on solar panels imported from China and other countries. That could raise costs for solar power.
For those and other reasons, Xcel will give bidders a chance to refresh their proposals based on updated information.
Based on where the first round of bids came in, a strong case can be made for the Colorado Public Utilities Commission accepting the Colorado Energy Plan when it comes up for a vote around March 21.
Xcel will then craft a plan based on how much power it needs and what it considers the best mix to supply it. The PUC is expected to rule on that plan around July 26.
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Aldo Svaldi | Economy and Residential Real Estate Reporter — The Denver Post
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Q: Unable to use a tuple as a dictionary key? The code is a little complex, sorry. Please focus on the parallel_p function. Although sign is a tuple, Python complains:
if sign in hashtable and gives a TypeError. Why is sign a numpy.ndarray rather than a tuple? I created it as a tuple.
p_dist = dict()

def parallel_prog(hashtable):
    def wrapper(func):
        if parallel_programming:
            @wraps(func)
            def parallel_p(*args, **kwargs):
                sign = tuple(args)
                print type(sign)
                if sign in hashtable:
                    r = hashtable[sign] # hit.
                    return r
                r = func(*args, **kwargs)
                hashtable[tuple(sign)] = r # register for future hits.
                return r
            return parallel_p
        else:
            return func
    return wrapper

@parallel_prog(p_dist)
def euclidean(a, b, signature=None):

    val = np.sqrt(np.add.reduce((a - b)**2))
    return val

IN TEST MODULE
class similartyTest(unittest.TestCase):

    def setUp(self):
        self.t = np.array([1,2,3,4])
        self.t1 = np.array([0, 0, 0, 0])
        self.t2 = np.array([4,3,2,1])
        self.h1 = [1,0,0,1,1]
        self.h2 = [1,1,1,1,1]

    def test_euclidean(self):
        self.failUnless(euclidean(self.t, self.t) == 0)
        self.failUnless(euclidean(self.t, self.t1) == sqrt(30))

OUTPUT:
<type 'tuple'>`

TypeError: unhashable type: 'numpy.ndarray`

A: Not every tuple is hashable.  A tuple containing non-hashable items is not hashable:
>>> x = ([], [])
>>> hash(x)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: unhashable type: 'list'

Your tuple obviously contains a NumPy array, which is as far from being hashable as a type can be.

A: Tuples are hashable only when they hold hashable references.
t1 = (7, 'A')
t2 = (7, 'A', {1, 2, 3})

t1 is hashable but t2 is not.
The link below gives a more detailed explanation:
https://www.quora.com/Are-tuples-hashable-in-Python/answer/Luciano-Ramalho?srid=T4aW

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Alhough President-elect Donald Trump has said recently that he may keep portions of the Affordable Care Act instead of completely doing away with it as he had initially promised, the possibility of the ACA's repeal has Hampton Roads residents who use its health care plans worried.
Hampton resident and small business owner David Williams has Type I diabetes. Costs for his health insurance alone topped more than $2,500 a month before he enrolled in ACA. He still pays monthly premiums on his Marketplace plans, just like people who pay them through their employer, but it's much more affordable, he said.
"My fear is that I'm going to lose my insurance and not be able to get insurance because of of pre-existing condition," Williams said this week. The ACA bars insurers from dropping people or denying them because of pre-existing conditions.
Williams' daughter, Norfolk resident Jessie Williams, is a Hillary Clinton supporter and ACA advocate. She has stronger words about its possible elimination.
"In my opinion, (repealing ACA) would create a public health care crisis," Jessie Williams said. "Gutting ACA doesn't just hurt my dad. It hurts grad students, college students, independent contractors, working parents — your neighbors and your friends — could be left without health insurance."
More than 380,000 Virginians signed up for or renewed their ACA health insurance in 2015, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Nationwide, roughly 20 million people purchase health care through Marketplace plans, the office reported after the 2015 enrollment period ended earlier this year.
Trump's Virginia campaign chairman, syndicated radio host John Fredericks, said Trump's transition team is working on a better plan for health care.
"(Obamacare) is not a health care program, it's simply a transfer of wealth from one group of people to another," Fredricks said. "Many people had coverage, but can't afford coverage because the Obamacare costs have gone up. This thing has been an unmitigated disaster for Americans."
Obamacare is wildly unpopular, Fredricks says, and the ACA forced middle-class families out of the health care system.
Virginia Beach resident Alison Flowers pays for coverage on her ACA plan to cover a son with asthma and a daughter in college.
"When Trump won, the first thing I thought was, 'Oh my God — we're going to lose our insurance. What am I going to do?'" Flowers said.
Experts questioned whether completely gutting Obamacare was possible, the Associated Press reported, but said it could be altered significantly by the new president and a Republican Congress. Replacing the 2010 health care law could take a long time, and some of its features may remain. Republicans are saying they want to protect people who now are covered from losing health care in the shift.
Voters "don't want Washington to fix Obamacare, they want to make health care affordable," said House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady, R-Texas, whose committee oversees much of health care. "I'm confident we will have more truly affordable health care for just as many Americans."
U.S. Rep. Robert C. "Bobby" Scott, D-Newport News, has championed the ACA. In a statement, Scott said when Republicans talk about repealing the law, people have to remember how broken the American health care system was before the ACA, with millions of people losing health care coverage, those with pre-existing conditions unable to get coverage, and people going bankrupt trying to pay high medical bills.
"The Affordable Care Act solved many of these issues. Americans can no longer be denied access to health insurance because of a pre-existing condition. Young adults can now stay on their parents' health insurance until their 26th birthday. The Medicare trust fund is solvent well into the next decade," Scott said.
Scott acknowledged that the ACA hasn't fixed all problems with the health care system, but urges Republicans to build on what's in place, not tear it down.
Fredericks said Trump wants to preserve the best features of Obamacare while providing the best health care for all Americans. "President-elect Trump is dedicated to finding an insurance alternative to Obamacare that benefits all Americans, across all demographics and income levels, rather than just a few selected groups," he said.


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True Geordie sends Mark Goldbridge cheeky message
Date: 27th June 2019 at 3:00pm
Mark Goldbridge fumed over Manchester United's pursuit of Newcastle United midfielder Sean Longstaff due to the player's price tag potentially being £25million.
The Mirror previously reported that Manchester United were confident of agreeing a £25million deal with the Magpies over signing the 21-year-old midfielder, but Goldbridge seemed angry at the mooted price.
"25 million for Sean Longstaff!!! He's 22 in October and has played 9 times for Newcastle. Did he score a hat trick in every game or something or are we ***** **** over for that word "Potential" that no other club has spotted again?" said Goldbridge, who is the host of the United Stand, via his personal Twitter account.
"I'm not against signing him by the way if that's what the manager wants. But the price is ridiculous. He's worth 15 million tops."
Goldbridge fuming about Longstaff's reported value then saw fellow YouTuber True Geordie send him a cheeky tweet to claim it was a bargain price.
"BARGAIN MATE," wrote True Geordie via his Twitter.
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It seems Goldbridge is unhappy over Manchester United's pursuit of Longstaff just because of his price. The United Stand host happily admits he'd welcome the 21-year-old to Old Trafford if that's who current Man United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer wants to sign, but he doesn't want to see his club invest too much in just "potential". However, given the current climate of the transfer market, it's no surprise that Longstaff is being valued above £20million. The Magpies midfielder is still young at 21-years-old, English so will help the homegrown talent quota clubs have to meet and has Premier League experience. Longstaff played nine times in English top-flight in his latest campaign, registering one goal and one assist. The Magpies midfielder also pulled his weight defensively as he won 76% of the tackles he attempted in the league (Source: Premier League). Longstaff likely would have featured more if an injury hadn't cut his season short, and that should be taken into account. However, it seems True Geordie is happy for Longstaff to have a potentially inflated price tag, seeing as his use of the wink emoji implied he thought the player's price was too high, as it makes him more likely to stay at St James Park.


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<?php
namespace Chamilo\Core\Repository\ContentObject\Portfolio\Display\Component;

use Chamilo\Core\Repository\Feedback\FeedbackNotificationSupport;
use Chamilo\Core\Repository\Feedback\FeedbackSupport;
use Chamilo\Libraries\Architecture\Application\ApplicationConfiguration;
use Chamilo\Libraries\Architecture\Application\ApplicationFactory;
use Chamilo\Libraries\Architecture\Exceptions\NotAllowedException;

/**
 * Feedback management of the portfolio item or folder
 *
 * @package repository\content_object\portfolio\display
 * @author Hans De Bisschop <hans.de.bisschop@ehb.be>
 */
class FeedbackComponent extends ItemComponent implements FeedbackSupport, FeedbackNotificationSupport
{

    /**
     * Executes this component
     */
    public function build()
    {
        if (! $this->get_parent()->is_allowed_to_view_feedback($this->get_current_node()) &&
             ! $this->get_parent()->is_allowed_to_create_feedback($this->get_current_node()))
        {
            throw new NotAllowedException();
        }

        $factory = new ApplicationFactory(
            \Chamilo\Core\Repository\Feedback\Manager::context(),
            new ApplicationConfiguration($this->getRequest(), $this->get_user(), $this));
        $result = $factory->run();

        $html = array();

        $html[] = $this->render_header();
        $html[] = $result;
        $html[] = $this->render_footer();

        return implode(PHP_EOL, $html);
    }

    /**
     *
     * @see \libraries\SubManager::get_additional_parameters()
     */
    public function get_additional_parameters()
    {
        return array(self::PARAM_STEP);
    }

    /**
     *
     * @see \core\repository\content_object\portfolio\feedback\FeedbackSupport::count_feedbacks()
     */
    public function count_feedbacks()
    {
        return $this->get_parent()->count_portfolio_feedbacks($this->get_current_node());
    }

    /**
     *
     * @see \Chamilo\Core\Repository\Feedback\FeedbackSupport::retrieve_feedbacks()
     */
    public function retrieve_feedbacks($count, $offset)
    {
        return $this->get_parent()->retrieve_portfolio_feedbacks($this->get_current_node(), $count, $offset);
    }

    /**
     *
     * @see \core\repository\content_object\portfolio\feedback\FeedbackSupport::retrieve_feedback()
     */
    public function retrieve_feedback($feedback_id)
    {
        return $this->get_parent()->retrieve_portfolio_feedback($feedback_id);
    }

    /**
     *
     * @see \core\repository\content_object\portfolio\feedback\FeedbackSupport::get_feedback()
     */
    public function get_feedback()
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        $feedback = $this->get_parent()->get_portfolio_feedback();
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I'm not sure who did the art on this issue, but I'm really impressed that Mary has a visible bustline. So often Fawcett depicted her with the bustline of a 9 year-old, totally flat . . . what a shame. Here she looks good, not wonderful, but good. I like the improvement, but am puzzled at the sometimes we show it and sometimes we don't attitude of the publisher. Go figure.


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Tokimeki Memorial; A Pioneer in the Dating Sim Genre
Date: March 1, 2019Author: thecringegamer
I'll make a very bold proclamation; Tokimeki Memorial did a lot for Konami in the 1990's, arguably more than their Metal Gear Solid title ever did for games during that time period. Initially released in 1994, Toki-Memo – the affectionate abbreviation given by fans – is a visual novel with dating sim aspects. To possibly hap-hazardly attempt to defend my claim, I'll lay some of the ground work that paved the way for Toki-Memo to be.
The Sega Saturn version of Tokimeki Memorial; Forever with You. Japanese Sega Saturn releases were fairly elaborate, and this version was actually part of a much larger set which included a special long box packaging and Japanese market memory card (hence the sticker sheet for the card). This is atypical Japanese market Saturn game packaging, sans Toki-Memo did not come with the often collectible spine card; the deluxe case took it's place.
Visual novels prior to the mid-90's are interesting studies of classic games. Primarily existing in Japan they were effectively evolutions of the classic DOS "adventure" type and read titles or even those classic Ascii adventure games. The concept of a "visual novel" arose primarily as a means to sell a product. As computers in the later 1980's became more dynamic in how they were able to display images, budding game companies in Japan realized they could quickly assemble a product with static images displayed alongside a continuing narrative. The player often had VERY little interaction with the narrative – if any at all – and many of these titles were in a quite literal sense "visual novels" that you simply read.
Many of these games were also pornographic.
It made sense as sex sells. Even with a hodge-podged narrative and quirky pixel-drawn images, publishing companies could easily move units as fast as they would go to work on the next title. Many of these, such as the Rance and the Viper series, are now classics that have fallen into relative obscurity. These early visual novels laid foundation for a genre that would evolve and continues to this day in varying capacities.
Toki-Memo would not be the first true dating sim visual novel combo. I give that award to Doukyuusei, released in 1992 (a title for potentially a future topic.). Toki-Memo however was the first title that successfully combined the ideologies of a visual novel as a "simulation" that gave the player a lot of interactive freedom, something most all prior titles of this genre lacked. And best for Konami it did it without needing to use sex or any other visual gimmicks.
Toki-Memo's development was one that came at a very good time for Konami. The company made a tremendous amount of money from the success of the Famicom (NES in the US). Despite some of the issues Konami faced in the US market in particular such as having to market some of their titles under the Konami "Ultra Series" branding, Konami in a four year time period went from making ten million USD to having made three-hundred million USD by 1991 off of their various properties, reported by Imagine Media's Next Generation mag in '95.
A large influx of disposable income meant Konami could really go all out on not just their existing titles but new properties. During this time, a big blip on the radar pushed Konami's HQ from Osaka to Tokyo, and simultaneously saw small radar blips establishing various sub committees and focus groups within the company. One, Konami Computer Entertainment, would be headed by none other than Hideo Kojima of Metal Gear Solid fame, Kojima being put in as one of the producers for the upcoming Toki-Memo property, alongside Kirita Tomikazu and Director Nagata Yoshiaki.
The idea behind the game was simple. Utilizing an established narrative that evolved based on both your choices and stat building abilities, the player would progress through three years in high school (in the future of… 1995!!) to an ending, be it with the girl of their dreams or all alone. The replayability value was immediately apparent, as endings were based on how many characters were in the game (with one character having a surprising twist), giving the player multitudes of paths and choices. Sans the menu choices given, the protagonist – nameable, with also the ability to be given a birthdate and blood type (two very important things in Japan of course) – was silent.
Conversing with friends – for an entire week… Ah the more innocent time of the 90s when no one had a mobile phone connected to the internet.
Stat building was actually very unique. Building say your studying stat would lower your athletic stat, which may push you towards being able to meet the studious Mio Kisaragi but lose out to whoo'ing the athletic Yukari Koshiki. The title's heroine, Shiori Fujisaki, was effectively the game's Final Boss in that the player would need to obtain high stat values in every parameter in order to win her over.
Shiori Fujisaki during a portion of the game where the main character can perform in a play. Set points of progression opens unique events and chances with particular characters, such as studying for mid-terms or participating in school events like festivals.
Making the stat building and round robin dating issue more challenging became the game's most well known feature; the bomb. In the later stages of the game you had to juggle school work, your own stats (literally your health), and the dates set up, many of which were periodically forced upon the player. If for whatever reason you missed a date with one of the girls or if you scheduled two dates on the same day and missed one, that girl's affection stats would immediately plummet and she gossips to the other girls, lowering your affection stats ALL AROUND (stat icons would be replaced with literal bombs and sad face emojis). Late in the game, it could effectively ruin hours of gameplay, necessitating strategic saves.
Practicing art meant neglecting any studies and athletics, but you remained well rested at least sitting down watching sakura.
In 1995 and 1996 the title moved to 32 bit consoles, to the Playstation and Saturn respectively. While Toki-Memo had flown just at radar prior, when it hit 32 bit it exploded – not in the game's bomb way – in popularity near immediately. The massive amount of space available for optical media allowed all of the girls to have voiced lines, and Konami ensured that EVERY. SINGLE. LINE. of dialogue had voice. It made the game come alive.
The all important character introductions to the class, complete with opened windows, flowing hair, main characters sitting either in the back or near windows. You know the drill.
If Toki-Memo wasn't the first dating sim it became the first comprehensive dating sim to have fully voiced characters; arguably it may be one of the first titles during the 1995 time period for non-PC game consoles to have a fully voiced narrative period. For most players it was like playing something straight out of anime. Anime that a player would control.
The resultant popularity of Toki-Memo turned most of the characters into virtual idols near overnight; well before YouTube virtual idols. It wasn't just limited to gamers or individuals with strong otaku culture. Everyone in Japan knew what Toki-Memo was. It was even written about as early as 1996 in The Times in the US. Konami took full advantage. They would go on to release drama CDs (basically side-stories voiced by the character's VA's), photo CDs, puzzle games, nearly an indescribable amount of items containing character goods, and numerous sequels to the first title including an entire sub-set of games with a female lead and all male characters dubbed "Girls' Side." Tokimeki Memorial was ultimately a big money maker for Konami, and even in Japan nowadays it's very easy to go into various second hand stores that deal with gaming culture and find SOMETHING Toki-Memo from the 1990's.
It's popularity bank rolled Konami even further.
The Tokimeki Memorial series' hey day seems to have come and gone. Sans a Playstation Portable title in 2012 and Nintendo DS title in 2010 for the "Girls Side" portion of Toki-Memo, there have not been any mainstream titles since roughly the 2006-2007 time period. In recent years, Konami has fished the property to mobile gaming, where it has expanded to even encompass a Toki-Memo Restaurant serving-genre title. It seems like Konami has had a habit of similar moves as of late with their games…
My initiation with Toki-Memo came about innocently enough. In the late '90's I came across a very small article in a gaming magazine whose name escapes me. It had two screen caps from the Playstation version of the game, and a brief synopsis. I eventually found out about emulation, and played the Super Famicom (SNES) version of the game. I put quite a bit of time into it. Eventually I imported the Sega Saturn version as I had an Action Replay RAM cart which allowed my console to play imports. Despite myself playing it some years after it's hey day I knew that in the mid-'90's it was a very impressive title.
The language barrier aside, I poured over all the various Toki-Memo pages I could locate and managed to hodge-podge a sketchy Word Doc guide that allowed me to roughly play the game. A lot of saving and replaying sections took place, but eventually I managed a few play-thurs on both my imported Saturn copy and an emulated Super Famicom ROM. I hate that the document I put together at the time is long lost because I really did dedicate a lot of time to it, trying to piece together broken English for each of the characters to get a rough idea of how to progress.
In recent years I've discovered some interesting aspects of Toki-Memo, many of them probably leading to the series own decline. Apparently Konami did consider a US port of sorts at various points, and even cleverly disguised their most recent attempt. According to former Konami US employees the PSP game Brooktown High released in 2007 was a market gauging attempt by Konami to test the feasibility of a dating sim title in the US. It's somewhat strange though that considering dating sim elements and visual novels were already long available in the US that it would take Konami until 2007 – thirteen years after the release of the original title – to begin SERIOUSLY considering an English market version. And on a console that even by 2007 was having market issues in the US. Also we were no longer living in the '90s were most anything with an anime feel was taboo; this was 2007. Americans were fine with playing cliche'd anime titles.
Brooktown High was a game Konami didn't have to make when they could have simply ported a PSP release of Toki-Memo
Konami also went to court over various aspects regarding Toki-Memo, the most well known being a third-party memory card issue, with one of the more infamous being suing a doujinshi (fan-creation) studio over creating a pornographic short of Shiori Fujisaki. The short version of this story is that during this time in the '90's it wasn't unheard of for many small time animation groups to create doujinshi motion pictures (plenty of them exist of IPs from the time, such as Sailor Moon, Dragon Ball, Rayearth, etc). One sold around this time period contained Fujisaki in the lead "role". While that in itself possibly didn't warrant concern since Japan has always had a somewhat accepting relationship with fan-created materials, Konami finally caught wind of this creation well over a year after it hit the doujinshi market, and as by this time Toki-Memo was more mainstream than otaku immediately shutdown most all doujinshi properties relating to Toki-Memo. It's a prime example of even why today, regardless of how hard you may search, it's very difficult to find fan made content relating to Toki-Memo despite the massive amount of second-hand Toki-Memo merchandise that does exist.
Dating sims and visual novels have come a long way since Toki-Memo. Many non-visual novel games have aspects of dating sims as part of the game proper (Atlus' Persona series, for example). Visual novels had a relatively rough start in the US, primarily with low publication from companies such as JAST (yet another potential future topic) and American classics such as the click-and-advance title Leisure Suit Larry. I for one do not know if they'll every gain any sort of mainstream acceptance in the US, but at the least they continue to maintain a very devout and strong niche' following among individuals in the know. A lot of that is owed to Toki-Memo and Konami's work.
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For Honor Season 3 Arrives in August, Dedicated Servers & More Announced
Jason DunningThursday, July 27, 2017
Through the rest of 2017 and leading into 2018, For Honor will receive two more seasons, dedicated servers, a brand new 4v4 PvP mode, a new training mode, and more, Ubisoft announced today.
For Honor Season 3 and Season 4 will arrive in August and November, respectively, and each will include two new heroes, two new maps, gear variations, gameplay updates, and more. Season Pass owners will get early access to the new heroes each season, and further details can be seen by clicking on the above image.
For dedicated servers, Ubisoft said, "The development team at Ubisoft Montreal is currently working on a dedicated server infrastructure. In conjunction to the dedicated server implementation, enhancing peer-to-peer stability, and matchmaking remain priorities for the team." Judging by their wording, dedicated servers will arrive in 2018.
Here's what else to expect from For Honor in the future:
New Game Features – Competitive play with a duel tournament feature and ranked 4v4 matches, as well as a brand-new 4v4 PvP game mode, will be added to For Honor in the coming months.
New Training Mode – A more robust training option for both new and veteran players to hone their skills before heading to the battlefield.
Global Balancing Updates – Building on the updates since launch, For Honor will receive more changes aimed at balancing heroes and game modes. Some of these changes will improve elements of the fight system to make attacking more advantageous while putting more pressure on defense.
For Honor will also continue to receive balance, performance, and stability updates.
Game Director Damien Kieken explained how dedicated servers will improve For Honor:
So basically, since we launched the game, we've faced new online challenges. We saw that we had connectivity and stability problems, mostly on 4v4 modes, so it's one of the things we've looked at and worked on a lot since the game launched. And during that process, we decided to do an analysis of the whole online infrastructure we have and compare it to other existing ones. And in the end, based on all the data we gathered… we decided to do the move and to migrate to a dedicated server technology, for many, many different reasons.
One of them, and the main reason for us, is that we want to improve the stability of the matches on 4v4, and we want to have an architecture that is more long-term, that could help us more in the future for the things we want to do next. And then you have some very simple examples; with dedicated servers, you don't have session host migration anymore, so there is no game pausing when somebody leaves the session. You won't have to manage your NATs. You don't have to check your NAT if you want to play with a friend or things like that. So it will also help greatly the overall experience of the player, from matchmaking to the game session itself, to playing with friends, and things like that.
What do you think of Ubisoft's future plans for For Honor?
[Source: Ubi Blog]
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SAP Recognized as a Leader in Human Resource Management Systems
WEBWIRE – Thursday, October 5, 2006
CHICAGO - October 05, 2006 - Forrester Research, a leading independent research firm, has recognized SAP as a leader in the Forrester Wave™: HR Management Systems — Multinational Enterprises, Q3 '061.
Forrester evaluated human resource management systems (HRMS) vendors across 92 criteria for both the multinational enterprise market as well as the U.S. midmarket. Among the solutions evaluated, SAP was named a leader for multinationals with its mySAP™ ERP Human Capital Management (HCM) application. See related press release, titled "SAP Extends Human Capital Management Market Leadership with Over 10,000 Customers." The announcement was made at the Human Resource (HR) Technology Conference and Exposition, being held in Chicago, Illinois, October 4 – 6.
"With strong international capabilities as the global applications market leader, SAP has steadily added breadth and depth to its global HRMS offering," writes Paul Hamerman, Vice President, Forrester Research. "Recent development efforts have improved strategic process support, including performance and succession planning. Usability, which has long been a weakness for SAP, is receiving considerable attention with initiatives underway to extend HR application usability include Adobe interactive forms and Microsoft Office (Duet)."
To assess the state of the human resources management systems market, Forrester evaluated the strengths and weaknesses of top HRMS vendors. The evaluation criteria targeted process functions, technology and customer experience. The 92 criteria of evaluation were grouped within 3 main categories: current offering, strategy and market presence.
"SAP continues to extend its HCM market leadership with more than 10,000 SAP customers worldwide running mySAP ERP HCM," said Ellen Minter, senior vice president, Solution Marketing – Applications and Suite, SAP AG. "Our ongoing momentum in the HCM space confirms our true course of innovation for our customers, enabling the human capital management processes that empower best-run organizations to evolve with the rapidly changing dynamics of today's workplace and workforce."
mySAP ERP HCM automates talent management, workforce process management and workforce deployment. Workforce analytics provide customers with reporting and analysis options for real-time analysis. Designed for the global business, mySAP ERP HCM supports payroll functions, regulatory requirements and best practices for more than 45 countries. Combined with the new approach to delivering more innovation, more quickly, in a more accessible way to mySAP ERP customers (See September 12, 2006 press release, titled "SAP Delivers Innovation Without Disruption to mySAP™ ERP Customers"), mySAP ERP HCM delivers leading-edge human capital management capabilities that empower organizations of all sizes and in all industries to maximize workforce potential—while supporting future innovation, growth, and flexibility
For more information on mySAP ERP HCM, please visit www.sap.com/hcm
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Q: Is it possible to add a watermark when the user takes a screenshot of my Android App pages? I don't want to block the user to take screenshots, but I'd like to add a watermark to it so where ever he uses it, there will be my mark.
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A: Its not possible, because taking a screenshot using the device hardware keys, you've no control over it. You can at most listen to the screenshot event, but there's no way you can add a watermark to it.

A: With ContentObserver, you can do that like below.
watermark screenshot
you can modify watermark whatever you want (using bitmap)
checkout this Android Screenshot Service git project