Children learn best through play and Mommy Jane definitely agreed with this. Getting them to move at the same time to release all that positive energy in them, will help them up in their growing-up period instead of playing smartphone and tablets at home. To encourage my Little Angels and myself to start a healthy lifestyle, Mommy Jane had attended the official launch of Zac & Zibbo for kids gym and WiO, Power Plate Hub for adult fitness at the Parenthood Wellness at Sunway Pyramid as a one-stop family fitness centre.
Established in 2014, Zac & Zibbo was designed to create a fun and nurturing physical learning environment for children of various ages. Zac & Zibbo is a one and only kids' gym in Malaysia that provides circuit training with their very own mini-version of workout machines designed for kids. These machines are designed and manufactured to interact with kids through seats with ergonomic back and sensors to ensure correct posture and exercise counter display that allows our child to interact with the machine. The usage of these machines at Zac Adventure programme is catered for children aged 6 - 12 years old.
Cheryl, Head of the Parenthood Wellness said that The Parenthood Wellness will educate our child in making sense of the world around them through fun, laughter and creative teaching methods. The program will build our child physical, cognitive, social and emotional skill which in turn leads to building self confidence.
Besides the circuit training, Zac & Zibbo core program is gymnastic which was catered for children ages between 18 months to 6 years old. Mighty Midgets is a parent & child programme cater for 18 months to 3 years old while in Pre-K Programme, Jumping Jellybeans for 3 years old and Flippers & Flyers for 4 & 5 years old. Other programmes such as Super Jacks (6 to 12 years old), Kickers 1 (6 & 7 years old and Kickers 2 (8 to 12 years old).
They also had their own Zac & Zibbo activities that cater to 3 groups of children i.e. toddler group (18 months to 3 years old), pre-school group ( to 6 years old) and grade school (6 to 12 years old).
Ms Lilian, Chief Marketing Officer of the Parenthood, who also send her child to the gymnastic programme on a weekly basis, said that every child is special in their own ways. All the certified instructors are trained to engage the kids in a very positive and encouraging manner. The goal is to put a smile on the child's face from beginning to end, making sure that all of them will feel successful regardless of the size of their achievement. The kids' gym currently only operates in Sunway Pyramid but plans to expand to other areas are in progress.
The Parenthood Wellness is having an Annual Family Membership for its kids gym at RM200. You can choose for a monthly plan of RM270 with 4 classes or a 3 month plan at RM750 with 12 classes. A refundable deposit of RM270 is required with 30-days notice of withdrawal. All prices are applicable for all programmes held at the Parenthood Wellness for kids and all classes comes with a complimentary entrance to the Parenthood Playland during the first sign-up. Members of the Parenthood Wellness are entitled for the 10% off on their monthly or term fee for the 1st child and 15 % off for the 2nd child onwards. The Parenthood Wellness also offer Personal Training Sessions with a reasonable price of RM120 for 12+2 sessions for kids above the age of 6.
As for the adults' fitness and training centre, do check out the WiO ("Work it Out") which focus on the usage of the Power Plate machine which uses the principle of Acceleration Training. The machine will stimulate our body's natural response to vibration that transmits waves of energy throughout the body, activating muscle contractions between 25 to 50 times per second. This enables the participant to gain profound results in terms of muscular strength, toning and improvisation of circulation, weight loss, balance and co-ordination, decrease of cellulite and faster recover in a short period of time.
Power Plate also has a plentiful other benefits that was demonstrated during the "WOW Factor" at the launch. Volunteers were told to perform some basic stretches and exercise positions for a good 60 seconds and all of us was able to feel the results of increased range of motion and improved flexibility level. Mommy Jane had tried it and was amaze with the immediate results too.
The fitness machines for adults are ranging from RM40,000 to RM80,000 per machine. Instead of buying it, WiO at the Parenthood Wellness had offered a reasonably payment package together with an experience personal trainer. You can called them up or visit them to check the package available. WiO is available at The Parenthood Wellness, Sunway Pyramid and Sunway Putra Mall, KL.
Especially for my readers who interested to sign-up at any of their first packages, just put in the code "kkw14" for 20% discount. Discount code valid till 30 June 2017 only. For more information on the classes available and schedules or Power Plate training packages, do visit their Facebook page at The Parenthood Wellness or call them up at 016-2968983 for any enquiries and for a free trial class appointment.
Besides the family gym, the Parenthood at Sunway Pyramid is famous for its Playland. It is the first London Street themed indoor playground in Malaysia where kids will have an endless fun. The place is also perfect to celebrate your child's birthday that can easily accommodate up to 120 children. Birthday packages were available from RM70 per child which inclusive of unlimited playtime at the Playland, food and usage of party room. Tickets to the Playland per child are price at RM40 for weekday and RM50 for weekend, Public and School Holiday. 1 Adult go in for free to accompany 1 child and extra adult will be charge at RM5 each.
The Parenthood Preschool which also located at the Parenthood area, is a place to learn, grow, share and succeed. Children will be engaged in speaking and listening activities and group discussions to foster the development of language and confidence while interacting with others. Do check out more infor at their facebook page at The Parenthood Preschool.
The Parenthood had a comprehensive range of products and services that expanded to cater the needs of both parents and their children alike. The family park houses 45 retailers which offers a wide repertoire of baby care products, toys, clothing, educational material and more. With 25,000 square feet size, it promises new and bigger attractions. Many will be impressed with the original London bus, fountain and phone booths which have been shipped in from London to provide visitors the authentic London Street experience.
If you opt for a pampering session, The Parenthood had an outlet offering hair saloon, pedicure & manicure services for both children and adults. The price was reasonable within The Parenthood area. Hair cut for each child at RM25 per person and the child can enjoy a ride at a racing car while the hair stylist had an easier time to cut the child's hair.
If you're looking for a place to dine-in, do check out the Lillipilli cafe which located next to the Playland. It is accessible from the Playland and for those who want to dine-in in a convenient way, they can have their food at Lillipilli cafe. Lillipilli cafe is famous for their nasi lemak rendang. Kids meal available too. Lillipilli do offer catering services. You can pm them for more details at Lillipilli.
The Parenthood is a one-stop centre for the fitness gym, playland, pre-school, shopping, pampering session and cafe for both adults and kids. This is the place where every family should go to get everything done. The place was kids-friendly which I'm sure every kids love to be here. The Parenthood is located at Sunway Pyramid West, First Floor and Sunway Putra Mall, 2nd Floor. Their website at http://theparenthood.com.my/. and facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/sunwaypyramidwest/.
Thanks to the Parenthood for the invitation to the launch of their fitness gym. My Little Angels had enjoyed themselves so much with the Zac & Zibbo fitness activities. They learned about balancing, somersault, exercise, dancing etc. To all the parents who had read my post here, Let's Get Our Kids Moving To Nurture a Balance Childhood at a kid-friendly place. The Parenthood is the place where all of us want to be.
Wow even kids have their own gym today! :) While I was reading, my little girl saw the photos and she kept on shouting "Mama! Playground! Mama! Playground!" hahaha! Lovely place btw!
Coi, the place was indeed a heaven for children and adults. We can enjoy it together. Do check this place out.
Jia Shin, you're most welcome. Nice to meet up with you for the first time.
Bowie, children nowadays really lucky. We don't have it last time and now they could enjoy it so much.
Bella, it is indeed fun and nice place for children and adults.
Rane, all the children were having their fun time there. Each activity cater for different age group and they just love it so much.
Ivy, truly a great place for bonding times.
Healthy lifestyle should start from young, love this place too.
Kelly, me too where me and my Little Angels could do a workout together.
I would.like to sen dmy future kid to this kind of facility to enjoy and be active.
Blair, we should so that they won't stick with the gadget and TV all the times.
Let their voices be detected as a result of if your children or spouse equivalent have direct input in what's medium, then they're going to feel a lot of a locality of what's happening and again|once a lot of be more enthused to participate.


Watching Donald Trump stans Diamond and Silk is like viewing the evil twins of characters Nisi and Mickey of the '90s film B*A*P*S — if Nisi and Mickey thought they knew anything about climate change, Earth science, immigration or the politics of slavery.
On Friday, Diamond and Silk stunted for the 'Gram Fox News to spout the GOP's favorite party lines on the usual targets of climate change and immigration. But it didn't even look like the Fox News hosts could believe the words coming out of their mouths, with noticeable pregnant pauses after each of Diamond and Silk's, uhm, pronouncements.


Only 13 months into its existence, Udacity has graduated its 1,000th student. The platform has also accepted a $105 million investment at a $1 billion valuation.
Over the course of the past year, Udacity also says it has seen 10,000 students enroll in its various programs across 168 countries.
Udacity is also offering plenty of incentives for students to finish their programs. All graduates get half of their tuition back, and Udacity is even selecting some to work as code reviewers for its platform.
It also recently launched a new Android Nanodegree program in conjunction with Google, and has a new introductory course for iOS that feeds right into its own Swift-ready degree program.


The people of southwest England have been very helpful and kind. They remind us of the southern Italians since they are also eager to give us directions and recommendations of sights to see. In fact, we have changed our itinerary based on this advice. Land's End, which we will visit in a couple of days, has the reputation of being the southernmost point in England. However, that is wrong and Lizard Point has that honor. On Sunday, we rode out to Lizard and enjoyed the views and glorious sunshine.
The structure shown above is the old lifesaving station from 1914. We also stopped at Kynance cove with it's beautiful cliffs and beach.
After our ride it was beer o'clock and we stopped at the famed Blue Anchor and enjoyed some of the best beer in Cornwall. We tried four different ales, Bens's Stout, the Special, an ale brewed in honor of the royal wedding of Will and Kate (WnK) and the Middle, the most popular ale. They were great and we also had a good time talking to two locals about the local fishery which includes crabbing and lobster pots.
On Monday we headed out to see the Helford river estuary. Here is an example of some of the forest along the roads we have ridden during the last 12 days. The forest will often hang over the road as well and we plunge into the darkness of deep woods as we descend to a stream or creek.
We stopped at a local farm for a Cornish pasty for lunch. They are the fast food in this area, were filled with steak and potatoes, and were delicious.
The tide was quite low today and frustrated our efforts to take our 13th ferry ride. The picture below is from a tributary of the estuary.
We headed back to Helston in misty conditions. On Tuesday we head out for Penzance.
Your commentary on the local brews is challenging my long standing adherence to wine. Might have to try some...could open a whole new world. The pictures of the countryside are dazzling and the one showing people at the beach puts to rest the notion that England is perpetually cold and rainy!
Hi Diana, the world of ales is a whole different range of flavors. The first ales we had in Devon were very creamy malt types and the Cornish ales are good, but not extremely hoppy or creamy. The English seem to enjoy the beach, hiking, or cycling in any weather, rainy or otherwise.


After undergoing surgery for a core muscle injury last week, Ohio State defensive end Nick Bosa will not be re-evaluated by his doctor until November, and no decision on if and when he will be able to return this season will be made until then, Bosa's father John said Monday.
As first reported by The Athletic's Ari Wasserman, John Bosa said Monday that his son should fully recover from the injury, but that it would premature to speculate on when Nick will be able to return until he is re-evaluated by his doctor, core muscle specialist William C. Meyers, who performed the surgery Thursday morning in Philadelphia.
"Bad news: surgery. Good news: 100 percent fixable," John Bosa told Eleven Warriors in a phone call Monday afternoon. "I know coach Meyer's going to get 1,000 questions, so I do want to just clarify: Nick will not be getting re-evaluated until November, so anything past that, that would just be guessing."
Ohio State coach Urban Meyer said Monday that Nick Bosa, who is projected to be one of the top picks in next year's NFL draft, told him that he does want to return this season, and Meyer expects that he will be back. John Bosa said Monday, however, that he did not want to speculate on any future decisions that might be made until after his son is re-evaluated.
Nick Bosa's mom, Cheryl, talked to ESPN's Adam Rittenberg on Monday, and also said that no decision will be made until after he is re-evaluated in November, saying that her son would like to return to Ohio State this season but that they will discuss his situation as a family before making a decision.
"It would be then that we'll assess his readiness," Cheryl Bosa told Rittenberg.
Meyer said he has been in touch with John and Cheryl and that he expects to have further conversations with them and their son about the best course of action for Nick's future once he is healthy.
"We've already had those discussions a little bit," Meyer said. "But that's down the road when he becomes healthy again. You can't ask for a better family and people.
"I don't want to paraphrase John and Cheryl Bosa, but as they said, we trust our children to this program," Meyer continued. "And we will continue to do so. And so those conversations will be had, but absolutely. Not that you treat anybody different than another player. I want to make sure that's clear. But that's a real conversation that we're going to have."
John Bosa did not specify what date in November that Nick's re-evaluation appointment is scheduled for, but we now know that he will miss at least Ohio State's next four games against Penn State, Indiana, Minnesota and Purdue. Following an open date in the final week of October, Ohio State is set to play Nebraska (Nov. 3), Michigan State (Nov. 10), Maryland (Nov. 17) and Michigan (Nov. 24) in its final four games of the regular season.


The Fortuny lamp by Pallucco, on the occasion of its centenary, proposes a version that exalts even more the purity of its lines. Here, on the one hand, the discreet elegance and, on the other, contemporary, the modernity of the new finishes that underline the always timeless character of this design object. The current of this lamp goes beyond the place and the present moment.
Material: Structure varnished with Epoxy powder. Adjustable in altrua. Screen in uniform color cotton. Screen in white, black or beige.
500 watts incandescent lamp, E40 230 / 110 plug.


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New Zealand artist Collette Renee Fergus Her work is quirky, diverse and fresh with a message underlying in each piece. She is currently working on a new collection which will be available for viewing soon. This is a project close to her heart, based on things she finds beautiful but with an underlying message that has a social twist. Watch this space. Although a lot of her recent work is in watercolour her main body of work is mixed media and acrylics, she uses high quality archival Golden acrylic paints and mediums.
Collette's venture is into the world of Adults a Colouring Books is also part of whom she is, this craze is sweeping the world, giving mindfulness and relaxation to otherwise stressed out people. Using her unique drawing skills and love of vintage themes, including Dresses, she has created a series of books that are available through Amazon as hard copies or here on this site as digital downloads, please click on the image below to go to either Amazon or My Shop for more information.
You might also like to read her words of wisdom and fun Collette's Blog - Upcycle, Revamp, Recreate, ok lets just create full stop! There is lots of information on the visual arts like how to deal with galleries and copyright issues etc.
Collette's blog is about making things, recycling, up-cycling, recreating, whatever you want to call it. She is inspired by vintage, the 1950's in particular, thefemininity and classic style of this era is reflected in a lot of her creations.
Collette - "I try to avoid buying mass produced anything,opting instead for up-cycled, re-used, repaired, recycled, second hand items. I don't like waste, one woman's trash can be another woman's treasure. Come along for the ride and explore some creative solutions to give things a new lease on life, instructions included"!
This is a page from my new book The Fairy Dress Book available on Amazon, beautifully coloured by Mary Beth McKay it is titled 'Southern Breeze' by Mary Beth.


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October 6, 2014 9:26 AM PT
'Twin Peaks' will return
Young whippersnappers out there may not remember "Twin Peaks," but there was a time when a major broadcast network (back when that meant something) handed the keys to an hour of its time to David Lynch and let him create a completely insane show that mixed soap opera, police procedural, small-town comedy, science fiction, and horror in a way never before seen on television.
These days, lots of crazy experimentation happens on TV, on premium cable and basic cable and even sometimes on the broadcast networks. But "Twin Peaks" was way ahead of its time, and in college we watched it obsessively. We had viewing parties. I once went to a diner in San Diego and ate cherry pie while watching an episode. And then its second season ended on a cliffhanger, the show was cancelled, the feature film follow-up was a prequel, and we were all left to wonder about how the story might have continued.
Well, "Twin Peaks" is coming back. I can't believe I just typed that sentence. Deadline reports:
One of the top cult series of all time is coming back with a new limited series on Showtime from its original creators, David Lynch and Mark Frost. The nine-episode series will go into production in 2015 for a premiere in 2016 to mark the 25th anniversary of when the series finished its run on ABC. In a fact that will delight Twin Peaks devotees, Lynch and Frost will write and produce all nine episodes, with Lynch set to direct every episode.
For a lot more detail, check out Deadline's interview with showrunner Mark Frost. Or buy the Blu-Ray. Or listen to the Fire Talk With Me podcast.
The owls are still not what they seem.
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Earlier this month, Fenix Logistics, Inc. announced its strategic merger with Lifted Networks, a Bay Area based cannabis sales and distribution network. Fenix Logistics is the licensed distribution operation of The Fenix Family, a vertically-integrated group of cannabis licensees and supporting companies. Boasting an impressive 22,000 square foot operation, the Fenix Family manages a vertically-integrated and licensed cannabis hub which includes conditional use permits (CUP's) and state licensing for non-volatile manufacturing, delivery-only retail (non-storefront dispensary), and statewide distribution in the heart of the Capital City. Lifted Networks founder and CEO Margot Wampler has been named President of Fenix Logistics, Inc.. "Her background in cannabis distribution since 2015, paired with her stellar statewide sales team and impressive policy chops drove our decision to incorporate her into our group", said Matt Pekarek, Senior Board Member at The Fenix Family.
"I was both surprised and honored to be asked to join this organization", said Wampler, "The executive team I am joining is second to none and features almost entirely female executives. From Elisa Allechant, the Director of Operations, who runs a tight manufacturing ship, to the powerhouse visionary marketing expert, Eliza Maroney, who was recently named Director of Marketing at The Fenix Family, I knew this was the kind of company I could grow with and still remain true to my mission of integrity and honor, all while being supportive and focused on female/LGBTQ/minority-owned and operated businesses." Fenix Logistics, behind Margot's expertise, vision, and drive, will provide licensed cannabis operators in need of 3rd party distribution both streamlined services and knowledgeable insights into the regulated cannabis supply chain throughout the State of California's burgeoning cannabis market.


Today, nearly 12.40 p.m., 20-year old driver of the 'Renault Kangoo' car, when moving along the highway 'Mukachevo-Rogatyn-Lviv' in the direction of the village of Bushtyno during overtaking performance did not make sure of his safety and went into the oncoming lane of the road where collided into the car 'VAZ 2109', the drive of which also drove to the oncoming lane to make the left turn maneuver. After the collision with a car VAZ, Renault was thrown on the right lane, where another collision took place with a car 'VAZ 21015', which was moving in the passing direction.
As a result of the car accident, the car driver and three passengers of VAZ 2109 got injures of different severity. Victims were taken to the hospital. All the vehicles are moved on the penalty area – informs STI MIA of Ukraine in the Transcarpathian region.


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New year brings in rail price hike for commuters
West Fife commuters to see rail fare increase
WEST FIFE commuters are facing a price hike as they return to work after the New Year.
ScotRail's regulated peak fares went up yesterday (Thursday) by 2.8 per cent while off-peak fares rose by 1.8 per cent.
The increases will mean an annual season ticket between Dunfermline and Edinburgh will go up by £52 from £1,800 to £1,852. A monthly ticket is now £177.80, up from £172.80.
For people going between Inverkeithing and Edinburgh, the yearly sum is now £1,628 compared to the previous price of £1,584 and the monthly figure rises from £156.30 from £152.10. A weekly ticket has gone up by £1.10 from £39.60 to £40.70.
The rises have been slammed by the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association general secretary Manuel Cortes, who said: "Millions of Scottish commuters are being dealt a slap in the face by inflation-busting fare rises while their own wages stagnate. It's sadly just what we've come to expect from this Tory government, and the SNP who lack the courage to truly do anything different.
"Transport Secretary Michael Matheson took the right first step when he called time on Abellio's ScotRail franchise. But refranchising in 2022 isn't the answer. Only public ownership of the railways can address the sky-high prices and poor services endured by passengers."
When the increases were announced earlier this year, ScotRail commercial director Lesley Kane said the Scottish Government decided how much passengers pay for fares.
"Eighty-five per cent of our revenue comes from fares set by the Scottish Government, which decides how much our customers pay," she said.
"The money generated from fares is reinvested back into Scotland's railway, including £475 million under Abellio in new and upgraded trains and improved punctuality so that we can give our customers the service they expect and deserve."
A Scottish Government spokeswoman told the Press in August that although a fares increase was unwelcome, moves to cut or freeze fares would hit the public purse.
"We are committed to ensuring that rail fares are affordable for passengers and taxpayers across Scotland," she said. "We have capped increases where we have influence, making fares 20 per cent cheaper on average than in the rest of Great Britain.
"Two-thirds of the cost of running the railway is already met through Scottish Government subsidy, with the remainder through rail passenger revenues.
"Any change to rail fares could therefore have a significant impact on the taxpayer."
The Press' Crush Hour campaign has been calling for an improvement to West Fife train services for the last two years.
In December, the Scottish Government cut short the contract for running Scotland's railways. The 10-year franchise with Dutch-owned firm Abellio ScotRail will now end three years early in March 2022 instead of 2025.


In Brief: Jadenu - A New Formulation of Deferasirox for Iron Overload (online only) | The Medical Letter, Inc.
The FDA has approved an oral tablet formulation of deferasirox (Jadenu [ jade' new] – Novartis) for once-daily treatment of chronic iron overload due to blood transfusions (transfusional hemosiderosis) in patients ≥2 years old or chronic iron overload in patients ≥10 years old with non-transfusion-dependent thalassemia syndromes. A once-daily, oral tablet for suspension formulation of deferasirox (Exjade) was approved in 2005 for the same indications.1 Jadenu and Exjade are the only once-daily oral formulations for iron chelation available in the US.
No new clinical trials were required for approval of Jadenu, which was based on earlier clinical trials with Exjade. The most common adverse effects reported with use of deferasirox in clinical trials were diarrhea, vomiting, nausea, abdominal pain, rash, neutropenia, and increases in serum creatinine. Severe skin reactions, including Stevens-Johnson syndrome and erythema multiforme, have been reported rarely. Hearing loss and ocular disturbances, including cataracts, have been reported with deferasirox; patients taking the drug should have annual auditory and ophthalmic exams. Gastrointestinal ulceration and hemorrhage and renal and hepatic toxicity have also occurred.
Deferasirox (Exjade): a new iron chelator. Med Lett Drugs Ther 2006; 48:35.


We're excited to welcome Jonathan Merritt to speak in our gatherings this Sunday and Tuesday, Sept. 2 & 4. Jonathan is a writer who currently serves as a contributing writer for The Atlantic, has authored several books including his latest, "Learning to Speak God from Scratch," and was named one of "30 young influencers reshaping Christian leadership" by Outreach Magazine.
Jonathan will join our lead pastor, Jason Miller, for a conversation this week in all gatherings, and we hope you'll join us! Copies of "Learning to Speak God from Scratch" will be available for purchase at each gathering. Find out more about Jonathan here.


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Amazon buys nine Atlas 5 launches for Kuiper broadband constellation
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Nine Atlas 5 rockets will launch satellites for Amazon's Kuiper internet network. Credit: United Launch Alliance
Amazon has selected United Launch Alliance's Atlas 5 rocket for nine missions from Cape Canaveral to deploy satellites for the Kuiper internet constellation, a fleet designed to eventually number more than 3,200 spacecraft, the companies announced Monday.
The nine missions will lift off from ULA's facilities at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, but officials did not reveal when they will launch. Amazon and ULA — a 50-50 joint venture between Boeing and Lockheed Martin — also did not disclose how many satellites will fly on each Atlas 5 mission, or which Atlas 5 rocket configuration will launch the Kuiper spacecraft.
"We're determined to make affordable broadband a reality for customers and communities around the world," said Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder and CEO. "ULA is a fantastic partner that's successfully launched dozens of missions for commercial and government customers, and we're grateful for their support of Kuiper."
Atlas 5 rockets have flown 86 times since 2002, all successfully, with payloads for the U.S. military, the U.S. government's intelligence agencies, NASA, and commercial customers.
Amazon and ULA did not disclose financial terms of the launch services agreement. On its website, ULA says the price for an Atlas 5 rocket launch starts at $109 million, suggesting the total value of the contract may exceed $1 billion.
The Kuiper network will beam low-latency Ka-band broadband services to customers between 56 degrees north and 56 degrees south latitude, according to Amazon. Half of the Kuiper network's 3,236 satellites must be launched by mid-2026 for Amazon to maintain network authorization from the Federal Communications Commission.
The nine Atlas 5 missions are just a start. Amazon says it plans to use multiple types of launch vehicles from multiple companies to deploy the entire fleet of Kuiper satellites.
In its FCC filings, Amazon outlined a strategy to launch the Kuiper satellites in five phases, placing the spacecraft into orbital "shells" at altitudes between 366 miles (590 kilometers) and 391 miles (630 kilometers). The Kuiper satellites will fly in orbital planes, or pathways, inclined at 33 degrees, 42 degrees, and 51.9 degrees to the equator.
The first phase of the Kuiper deployment sequence will launch 578 satellites into 391-mile-high orbits with an inclination of 51.9 degrees, according to Amazon's FCC filings.
The FCC approved Amazon's Kuiper network last July. Amazon says it is investing $10 billion into the project, which is headquartered in Redmond, Washington, home to a Kuiper research, development, and manufacturing facility. More than 500 employees are currently working on the Kuiper project, according to Amazon.
Amazon has not revealed the size and mass of the Kuiper satellites.
"We've designed our satellites and dispenser system to accommodate multiple launch vehicles — this gives us the flexibility to use many different rockets and providers to launch our satellite system," said Rajeev Badyal, vice president of technology for Project Kuiper. "Atlas 5 is a capable, reliable rocket, and we're proud to be working with ULA to support these important first launches."
"Project Kuiper is an ambitious project with the potential to connect tens of millions of people around the planet," said Tory Bruno, president and CEO of ULA. "The scope and scale of the initiative will also provide an enormous boost to U.S. leadership in space, helping create jobs and providing steady, reliable demand for the launch services industry. We're honored to have Amazon turn to ULA and Atlas 5 to support its deployment plans."
ULA is developing a next-generation rocket named the Vulcan Centaur to replace the company's current Atlas 5 and Delta 4 rocket families. The first Vulcan test launch is scheduled at the end of this year.
ULA is ending production of Delta 4 rockets, and only four Delta 4 flights remain on ULA's schedule through late 2023, including a Delta 4-Heavy launch scheduled April 26 from California.
The Atlas 5 will also be phased out, but ULA has said it plans to keep launching Atlas rockets in tandem with the early Vulcan launches for several years.
United Launch Alliance and SpaceX won contracts from the U.S. military last year to launch a series of national security satellites through 2027. ULA's Vulcan rocket and SpaceX's Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launchers will be the military's primary heavy-lift launch providers during that time.
With the nine Kuiper missions now reserved with ULA, there are nearly 30 Atlas 5 missions in the company's backlog.
Several companies are in the pool of commercial launch providers vying for Kuiper launches. Blue Origin, a space company also owned by Bezos, has said it will have to compete for Kuiper launch contracts, alongside ULA, Arianespace, and perhaps even SpaceX, which is deploying its own internet network in competition with Amazon's Kuiper.
"We will continue to explore all options to launch the remainder of our satellite constellation, and we look forward to working with companies across the launch services industry to advance U.S. leadership in space and create jobs across the country," Amazon said in a statement.
The Kuiper network will compete with SpaceX's Starlink fleet, the OneWeb broadband system, Telesat's planned Lightspeed network, and other future low Earth orbit constellations.
SpaceX has more than 1,300 active Starlink satellites in orbit, and their network is already providing intermittent services to users in advanced beta testing. The Starlink satellites launch on SpaceX's own partially-reusable Falcon 9 rockets.
OneWeb is behind SpaceX, with 146 of its planned 648 internet satellites successfully launched on Russian Soyuz rockets. OneWeb aims to start limited commercial service by the end of this year.
Telesat plans to start launching its nearly 300 Lightspeed satellites next year.
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Brazilian and Indonesian telecom satellites healthy after Ariane 5 launch
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Cats come into our shelter to be re-homed for all sorts of reasons. We understand that circumstances change and it's not always possible to keep your cat (or cats). If you're in this position and considering giving your cat over to our care, there are a few things you need to know.
The cats in our shelter stay for as long as it takes to find them the right new home. As this can take time and there's a limit on the number of cats we can house, admission to the shelter is managed by a waiting list.
The length of the waiting list varies and is sometimes up to 2-3 months. This wait is dependent on re-homing our existing cats. Contact us for our current waiting time.
If you're considering surrendering your cat to us, get in touch sooner rather than later to put your cat on the waiting list. At any time, you can change your mind.
If we can't take your cat into our shelter before your deadline, we suggest you try to find a temporary home until we have a place available.
Are you able to board your cat?
Do you have friends, family or workmates who, while they may not want to adopt the cat themselves, would be prepared to take care of your cat temporarily?
While on the waiting list, please don't stop your efforts to re-home your cat yourself. It may well result in getting a new home before we can.
Ask friends, family and workmates.
Put up flyers at work, your local vet, libraries – anywhere with a community notice board.
If you're not sure about putting your cat into a shelter environment, please come and visit us. One of our re-homing representatives will show you around our shelter and answer any questions you have.


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Q: Selenium Web Driver - login event not launching I'm using Selenium Web driver for testing, but can't ecen get past login page. The code I'm using:
driver.Navigate().GoToUrl(baseURL + "URL");
driver.FindElement(By.Id("loginForm:username")).SendKeys("uName");
driver.FindElement(By.Id("loginForm:password")).SendKeys("pass");
driver.FindElement(By.Id("loginForm:login")).Click();

Element locators are correct and login click is happening, but after that I am not logged in, but page is just stuck there - no error or something. Same code worked in IDE.
I'm using IE9 and also there is changed settings:
 var options = new InternetExplorerOptions();
            options.IntroduceInstabilityByIgnoringProtectedModeSettings = true;
            driver = new InternetExplorerDriver(options);

Any advices how to overcome this problem?

A: This happens with me very often, but not sure if it is the same reason for you.
When you run the tests locally, all the actions (sendkeys, click etc) take place really quickly. The loginForm:login button could be kept disabled until the user enters text in fields loginForm:username and loginForm:password. So there is a possibility that the button loginForm:login could have not been active when it is being clicked.
So I would recommend using an explicit wait to check if the element id loginForm:login is displayed before clicking it.
This step is basically useless but all it does is simply waste some time between "sending keys" to the password text box field and clicking submit.
Also for a quick check you could also do something similar to sleep 2 (make the script sleep for 2 seconds) after entering the password and before clicking the login button.
IF you eventually plan to run this on a remote machine, you dont need to do any of the above two steps, the time delay due to communication between the machines will be sufficient for the whole process to work smoothly.
(The same problem occurs on the linkedin login page-  Login button is disabled unless Username and password is entered, but the speed at which the webdriver performs each step, The login button is not active when being clicked on.)

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Lénora Guion-Firmin (née le  à La Trinité) est une athlète française, spécialiste du 200 mètres et du 400 mètres, licenciée au club de l'Aiglon du Lamentin.

Biographie
Elle remporte les titres nationaux jeunes du 200 m, du 300 m et du relais 4 × 100 m en 2007 et 2008. En 2009, elle fait partie du relais 4 × 400 m français médaillé de bronze aux championnats d'Europe juniors de Novi Sad.

Étudiante aux États-Unis à l'Université du Maryland, elle participe aux championnats d'Europe 2012, à Helsinki, où elle s'adjuge la médaille d'argent du relais 4 × 400 m en compagnie de ses compatriotes Phara Anacharsis, Marie Gayot et Floria Guei. L'équipe de France, qui établit le temps de , est devancée par l'Ukraine. Elle est membre du relais 4 × 400 m français (remplaçante) des Jeux olympiques de Londres qui termine à la  en finale en 3 min 25 s 92.

Lénora Guion-Firmin s'illustre en juillet 2013 lors des championnats d'Europe espoirs de Tampere, en Finlande, en remportant trois médailles. Vainqueur de l'épreuve du  en établissant un nouveau record personnel en 51 s 68, elle se classe deuxième du , derrière la Britannique Jodie Williams, en améliorant de nouveau sa meilleure marque personnelle (22 s 96). Elle décroche enfin la médaille de bronze au titre du relais 4 × 400 m.

Lénora Guion-Firmin participe aux championnats du monde d'athlétisme de Moscou. Le , elle est éliminée en demi-finale du 200 m après avoir battu son record personnel en séries en 22 s 91. Elle prend également la quatrième place du relais 4x400 m, en 3 min 24 s 21, en compagnie de Marie Gayot, Muriel Hurtis et Floria Guei. Elle récupérera finalement la médaille de bronze avec ses compatriotes en 2017, à la suite de la disqualification du relais russe pour dopage. L'IAAF annonce le  qu'une cérémonie pour remettre la médaille aura lieu le  pendant les Championnats du monde de Londres.

Palmarès

Records

Notes et références

Liens externes

Sprinteuse française
Coureuse de 200 mètres
Coureuse de 400 mètres
Athlète (femme) aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 2012
Naissance en août 1991
Naissance à La Trinité (Martinique)


Check out my Pinterest board with vampire fun stuff.
I know I should be working hard on editing Book 2 as today is the deadline for handing it in to Amazon, but I came across this funny pin on Pinterest and it inspired me to make a new board called 'Vampire Stuff.' I had plenty a chuckle adding a number of pins. Check it out if you love vampire stuff and/or want to have a chuckle too.
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Planning a wedding can feel like adding another full-time job to your schedule. So instead of giving up your weekends and adding amateur event planner to your resume, why not hire a pro? Bella Social LLC, a local boutique event planning company launched in March 2010, will help you plan every detail of your big day from the budget to the ice sculptures.
"Every single event that we plan is completely unique," says Elizabeth Bahra, president of Bella Social LLC. "We plan weddings but also private parties. We're going to help you design the entire event in conjunction with whatever vendors you choose."
Bahra remembers a particularly magical wedding she planned last New Years Eve. The couple wanted to celebrate both their marriage and the holiday with their guests, so they glammed up the event with a balloon drop, band, DJ, and ice sculptures to give it a New Years Eve theme.
Along with event planning, Bella Social LLC also offers b. social, a service that connects Twin Citians to events around town. Register (it's free!) at b. social to receive invites to restaurant openings, fundraisers, boutique events, and more. "b. social came from living in the Twin Cities and being a young person who loves to go to events," says Bahra. "I talked to my friends and saw what there was a need for."
Want to take even more stress out of the planning process? Keep Bella Social LLC in mind for your shower or bachelorette party. Sounds stress-free, successful, and stylish . . . what more could you need?
Bella Social LLC, 612-860-9407, bellasocialevents.com.
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04 May 07. European rocket powers to record. The Astra 1L satellite weighed about 4,500kg at launch. Europe's Ariane 5 rocket has set a new benchmark for a commercial launch – lifting into orbit a two-satellite payload weighing 9.4 tonnes. The immense, 50m-long vehicle powered away from Kourou in French Guiana at 1929 local time (2229 GMT). The Astra 1L and Galaxy 17 platforms it put in space will deliver TV and other services to Europe and North America. Friday's mission represented the second launch of the year for the Ariane 5 and its 32nd flight overall. The launch was delayed by a day because of poor weather over the spaceport on Thursday. (Source: BBC)
03 May 07. Chips could run faster and be more energy efficient thanks to a process from IBM that copies nature's creation of seashells and snowflakes. The process, called airgap, enables trillions of microscopic vacuum holes to be placed between the copper wire in chips to act as an insulator. It solves the problem of electrical energy leaking between wires, which creates unwanted heat. IBM says the chips will run 35% faster and consume 15% less energy.
The company has developed a method of controlling the interaction between self-assembling molecules, called diblock copolymers, to create the vacuum holes. Mr Edlestein, IBM Fellow and chief scientist of the self-assembly airgap project, said: "We have managed to harness the kinds of processes we see in nature to make regular patterns – such as the layers of enamel on your teeth, or the shape of a seashell if you look under a microscope. The process mimics the way snowflakes are developed. "In this case we choose molecules that have a certain shape and certain molecular forces between them, and when they are mixed properly and baked they naturally on their own behaviour assemble themselves into regular arrays of certain patterns." While the self-assembled polymers were developed back in 2001, it is the first time anyone has been able to produce mass quantities and integrate them into a manufacturing process with high yields. Dr Douglas Paul, senior research associate at Cambridge University, said: "The big breakthrough is getting it into a manufacturing process and producing 300mm diameter wafers with the process working. "This is never easy as the yields need to be near perfect for every single process stage and there are hundreds in a full wafer to get circuits to operate with the billion transistors or so now in production." The controlled interaction between the molecules creates a series of evenly-spaced dots – each one only 20-nanometres in diameter. One nanometre is about a million times smaller than the size of a pinhead. (Source: BBC)
10 May 07. Intelligent Automation Corporation (IAC)) announced that the
U.S. Army has approved two additional Air Worthiness Releases (AWRs) for U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopters equipped with IAC's Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) Health and Usage Monitoring System (HUMS) systems. The Air Worthiness Releases (AWR) were awarded as a result of the demonstrated performance of IAC's 1209 Health and Usage Monitoring System (HUMS). Two other AWRs are under U.S. Army consideration.
30 Apr 07. Russia has launched a new strategic missile submarine, the Yuri Dolgorukiy, to be armed with the Bulava ballistic missile. This weapon is modified from the land-launched Topol-M missile (given the NATO designation SS-27). The launching took place at Severodvinsk, site of the massive Sevmash shipyard on Russia's Arctic coast, on April 15, 2007. The last ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) to be completed in the then-Soviet Union was a Project 667BDRM (Delta IV) in 1984. Two additional submarines of this design are reported to be under construction at Sevmash — the Alexandr Nevskiy and the Vladimir Monomakh. (Source: Google)
01 May 07. Details emerge of Chinese J-11B heavy air superiority fighter
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Home Politics Malawi Muslim Students Abroad Ask Chakwera to 'Walk the Talk'
Malawi Muslim Students Abroad Ask Chakwera to 'Walk the Talk'
Malawi Muslim students in diaspora have requested the new Government to fulfill its promise of creating one million jobs in the one of the poorest countries in the world.
The students in Uganda at Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU) , Egypt at Cairo University (CU) and Sudan at International University of Africa (IUA) say they are optimistic that the Dr Lazarus Chakwera and Dr Saulos Chilima's presidency will create more jobs to alleviate high unemployment among the youths.
"Many youths in the country have no jobs and the new Government has a big task to create jobs to reduce the unemployment rate,"
"Graduates from both local universities and abroad have high expectations with the new dawn. They are expecting the Government to create more jobs in the statutory corporations and create a conducive environment for foreign investors," says Ahmad Banda, a Malawian student at Islamic University in Uganda.
The Malawi students are studying various programs such as Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery , Bachelor of Laws, Bachelor of Nursing Sciences, Bachelor of Science in Telecommunication Engineering, Bachelor of Science in Mass Communication, Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy, Bachelor of Science in Information Technology, Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Science in Food Science and Nutrition.
Dr Chakwera and Dr Chilima sworn in as President and Vice President respectively on at 28th June, 2020 at Malawi Square in Malawi's capital, Lilongwe.
Chakwera of opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) elected under Tonse Alliance as the 6th State President of the country after defeating President Peter Mutharika of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in the court ordered Fresh Presidential Polls held on 23rd June, 2020.
Chakwera, 65, won 58.57 percent of the vote in Tuesday's election , a dramatic reversal of the result of the original election on 21 May 2019, which was later overturned by the High Court sitting as a Constitutional Court.
The repeat vote was regarded by analysts as a test of the ability of African courts to tackle ballot fraud and restrain presidential power.
In his acceptance speech, Chakwera promised to be a servant leader.
"To stand before you as president today is an honour. It's an honour that fills with unspeakable joy and immense gratitude,"
"With your help, we will restore a new generation's faith in the possibility of having a government that serves, not a government that rules," Chakwera said.
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Does Neil Druckmann cameo in HBO's 'The Last of Us'?
Peter Kohnke Jan 23, 2023 7:00 am Jan 23, 2023 2:21 pm
Credit: Albert L. Ortega / Getty Images
Warning: the following article contains spoilers for 'The Last of Us' episode two
It would seem that HBO's The Last of Us is hell-bent on sneaking in a cameo of all the big names involved with both the creation of the original video game and the TV series. So it wouldn't necessarily come as a surprise to eventually see the director of the original game (and co-showrunner of the HBO series), Neil Druckmann, appear onscreen.
Even though we're only on episode two, it wouldn't be the first instance in which we've seen one of the showrunners onscreen. In last week's premiere episode, 'When You're Lost in the Darkness,' Craig Mazin appeared on the show as the soldier in the prologue who opens fire on Joel and Sarah. Original Joel and Ellie actors Troy Baker and Ashley Johnson will also eventually be appearing in the series.
So, even if it is uncredited (like Mazin's was), it's not all that far-fetched to consider the possibility that Druckmann appeared in the second episode of The Last of Us, titled 'Infected.' We think we have a good idea as to where he may have popped up:
Was that Neil Druckmann at the end of 'The Last of Us' episode two?
Image via HBO
In a moment towards the end of The Last of Us episode two, 'Infected', Joel, Tess and Ellie arrive at the State House, only to find the group of Fireflies with whom they were supposed to rendezvous, dead.
Just past the 45-minute mark in the episode, Joel (Pedro Pascal) turns one of the corpses over with his boot, one of whom looks suspiciously like The Last of Us showrunner and video game director Neil Druckmann, seen in the image above.
Granted, long, brown hair and a beard aren't the most unique of looks, and it could well just be an extra and not the man himself, but the camera lingers on the bloodied body for just a moment longer than it needs to, perhaps hinting that this isn't just any other cadaver, but in fact the creator of The Last of Us. We should also note that Druckmann's eyes are brown, and the corpse's eyes are a pale blue/green, but it wouldn't be the first time in popular culture a zombie-like infection has changed somebody's eye color.
The show's companion podcast, featuring Druckmann, Craig Mazin, and Troy Baker, which aired immediately after 'Infected,' didn't make any sort of mention of this potential cameo, so it may well just be a lookalike. If we get any hard confirmation about Druckmann's appearance in 'Infected' or in future episodes, we'll be sure to let you know.


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Q: Compiler Error Assumed value of MB_LEN_MAX wrong I'm currently trying to run this image segmentation program, but I'm having errors when I try to compile it. To compile, you just make, which runs the command
g++ -g -O3 -I. -o segment segment.cpp -lm

However, it runs into a compilation error -- its output is
In file included from /usr/include/wchar.h:887:0,
                 from /usr/include/c++/6/cwchar:44,
                 from /usr/include/c++/6/bits/postypes.h:40,
                 from /usr/include/c++/6/iosfwd:40,
                 from /usr/include/c++/6/ios:38,
                 from /usr/include/c++/6/istream:38,
                 from /usr/include/c++/6/fstream:38,
                 from ./pnmfile.h:27,
                 from segment.cpp:23:
/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/wchar2.h:448:3: error: #error "Assumed value of MB_LEN_MAX wrong"
 # error "Assumed value of MB_LEN_MAX wrong"
   ^~~~~
Makefile:14: recipe for target 'segment' failed
make: *** [segment] Error 1

Here is the relevant area of /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/wchar2.h
  /* We would have to include <limits.h> to get a definition of MB_LEN_MAX.
     But this would only disturb the namespace.  So we define our own
     version here.  */
#define __WCHAR_MB_LEN_MAX  16
#if defined MB_LEN_MAX && MB_LEN_MAX != __WCHAR_MB_LEN_MAX
# error "Assumed value of MB_LEN_MAX wrong"
#endif
  if (__bos (__s) != (size_t) -1 && __WCHAR_MB_LEN_MAX > __bos (__s))
    return __wcrtomb_chk (__s, __wchar, __ps, __bos (__s));
  return __wcrtomb_alias (__s, __wchar, __ps);
}

And the relevant areas of segment.cpp:
#include <cstdio>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <image.h>
#include <misc.h>
#include <pnmfile.h> //<-- Line 23 of segment.cpp, where the error occurs
#include "segment-image.h"

and pnmfile.h:
#include <cstdlib>
#include <climits>
#include <cstring>
#include <fstream> //<-- Line 27 of pnmfile.h where the error occurs
#include "image.h"
#include "misc.h"

Does anyone know what's causing this error (and if so, how to fix it)? I'm running Ubuntu 16.04 with g++ 6.4.0. Thank you for any help you can give!
EDIT: I've confirmed that fstream does work. I compiled the following
#include <iostream>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <fstream>

using namespace std;

int main() {
    ifstream is("in.txt");
    int a, b;
    is >> a >> b;
    cout << a << endl;
    cout << b << endl;
    return 0;
}

with the same command
g++ -g -O3 -I. -o temp.exe temp.cpp -lm

and it successfully printed out two integers read from a text file.

A: You need to include limits.h from the same libc from which your bits/wchar2.h is coming. If you check the comment in the latter file just above the #error which you are getting, you'll see why - it serves as a safeguard against mixing incompatible header files.

A: This kind of longtime issues is my motivation to build my own Linux distro.
Googling gets you nowhere. But ... building your own (cross) compiler
solves the problem. Compiler has it own definition in his relevant headers  MB_LEN_MAX  1
MB_LEN_MAX  16 in glibc includes. No problem.


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Michael Richards Net Worth
Michael Anthony Richards is an American actor, writer, television producer, and comedian best known for playing Cosmo Kramer on the television sitcom Seinfeld. He began his career as a stand-up comedian, first entering the national spotlight when he was featured on Billy Crystal's first cable TV special.
Date of Birth: Jul 24, 1949 (73 years old)
Place of Birth: Culver City
Height: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Profession: Comedian, Actor, Television producer, Screenwriter, Voice Actor, Writer
Michael Anthony Richards was born on the 24th of July, 1949, in Culver City, California. Richards is the son of Phyllis, a medical records librarian of Italian descent and William Richards, an electrical engineer of Scottish and English descent. Richards graduated from Thousand Oaks High School. In 1968, he appeared as a contestant on The Dating Game, however, he was not chosen for the date.
Michael Richards was married to former casting director Cathleen Lyons for 18 years. They had a daughter together, Sophia (b. 1975). They divorced in 1992. In 2007 Richards got engaged to actress Beth Skipp, who he had dated since 2002. They have one son together. He currently resides in Glendale, California.
Here are some of the best highlights of Michael Richards' career:
Seinfield (TV-Show, 1989-1998)
Coneheads (Movie, 1993)
In 1989, he was cast as Cosmo Kramer in the NBC television series 'Seinfeld', which was created by fellow Fridays cast member Larry David and comedian Jerry Seinfeld. The series ended its nine-year run in 1998 at #1 in the Nielsen ratings. In the setting of Seinfeld, Kramer is usually referred to by his last name only and is the neighbor of the show's eponymous character. Richards won more Emmy Awards than any other cast member on 'Seinfeld'. He took home the award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 1993, 1994 and 1997.
In 2000, after the end of Seinfeld, Richards began work on a new series for NBC, his first major project since Seinfeld's finale. The Michael Richards Show, for which the actor received co-writer and co-executive producer credits, was originally conceived as a comedy/mystery starring Richards as a bumbling private investigator.
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Q: не получается десериализовать json строку и получить доступ к ней json-строка:
"Information1": [
  {
   "Id1": 47569727,
   "date": 1517997958,
   "type": "buy",
   "keyboard": "blue",
   "Id2": 547013753,
   "quantity": "0.00019878",
   "price": "550",
   "amount": "23"
  }
 ]
}

десериализовал через json2csharp:
public class ABC
    {
        public int Id1 { get; set; }
        public int date { get; set; }
        public string type { get; set; }
        public string keyboard { get; set; }
        public int Id2 { get; set; }
        public string quantity { get; set; }
        public string price { get; set; }
        public string amount { get; set; }
    }

    public class List1
    {
        public List<ABC> Abc { get; set; }
    }

дальше не знаю как десериализовать, чтобы десериализовало без ошибок, так как я пытаюсь сделать так:
List<ABC> orderlist = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<ABC>>(Convert.ToString(abc));

выдает ошибку: Cannot deserialize the current JSON object (e.g. {"name":"value"}) into type 'System.Collections.Generic.List`1[exmo.Form1+OpenOrders]' because the type requires a JSON array (e.g. [1,2,3]) to deserialize correctly.

A: Попробуйте изменить строчку:
List<ABC> orderlist = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<ABC>>(Convert.ToString(abc));

на
var orderlis = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<Abc>>(abc);

вот здесь работающий пример с использованием Newtonsoft, пример правда о другом, но там все то же самое, вдруг поможет

A: Попробуйте изменить строчку:
List<ABC> orderlist = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<ABC>>(Convert.ToString(abc));

на
var orderlis = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List1>(abc);


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How I helped a homeless bride plan her wedding
Daring Wanderer | Stocksy United
Anna Wilczynska - published on 10/09/17
While handing out food to the homeless, one woman shyly told me she had "a girl problem."
It began with a sandwich. That's how I met Sabina and Marek.
It was the first Wednesday outreach event for me of many to come. I had heard the pope's call to help the homeless, and this was my answer. I was nervous; I had no idea how to talk to the people we were supposed to greet. I had no idea how to start a conversation, how to approach them, what to ask, or what not to ask. Luckily we had sandwiches with us. And a sandwich helped me by simply giving me something to do and say:
"Excuse me, would you like a sandwich?" This sentence soon became my standard opening line on Wednesday nights. The gateway to conversation.
That was the first time I reached out to the homeless from Sant'Egidio. The Community of Sant'Egidio is a worldwide movement of lay people that began in Rome soon following the Second Vatican Council. It helps all those excluded: the homeless, the refugees, the elderly; it acts for peace and ecumenical dialogue.
Who would have thought that only two months later, our tiny group would turn into 30 people giving out soup, tea and warm clothing to around 70 homeless and nearly homeless? Every week we went back, we assured them that next week we would bring more. But the most important thing hasn't changed: we offer some food and we talk. Sometimes it is only a few sentences, sometimes it's a long discussion about Tolkien or about life in Sweden. Because the homeless I met don't just carry single backpacks full of their personal treasures, but a full set of adventurers, travels, experiences, tragedies, and other stories. Often with no one to listen to them until my group shows up.
An unexpected "girl problem"
I met Sabina and Marek by the entry to a shopping mall. They had fit their meager belongings in just a few plastic bags. It was dark, and no one seemed to notice them in the crowd of shoppers. In the beginning they didn't want the sandwiches we offered them. They said they could make do. He explained he doesn't drink alcohol, so he can sleep in the shelter, in the warmth. She earns pennies distributing newspapers at bus stops, and she pockets just enough for food. But not for an apartment, bills, or warm clothes. Sabina says she owes everything to Marek. He took care of her when she was at the bottom, and helped her stop drinking.
So, instead, we asked what they did need: warm socks, undergarments, a jacket? "I have one thing, but I won't even say it, it's a silly girl problem," says Sabina. Curious, I took her aside, assuring her that there are no silly problems and that I would try to do my best to help.
Sabina told me that the couple planned to get married soon, during the holidays. They had been together for a long time, and felt like they had been waiting too long to marry. I was moved by her words; it had been a long time since I'd met someone who, without any embarrassment, spoke of a loved one with such tenderness. "You know, there is nothing worse than being alone," she told me. "Together we get up on our feet." There was nothing silly about their love, or their desire to marry.
The "silly girl problem" Sabina was embarrassed to talk about turned out to be her wedding shoes.
Shoes for the bride
What do the wedding preparations look like for a homeless woman? The essentials are the same. She bought an inexpensive white dress at a thrift store, she picked up the legal paperwork required, and reserved the church. But she couldn't find shoes: White ones, ideally, in a size 7 with a strap to help keep them on her feet, which are somewhat deformed from many days and nights living out in the cold. At the time she told me that she only had one pair of boots, the ones on her feet, which were falling apart, and she wanted to look nice for her wedding.
Bride donates her $30,000 reception to the homeless
I promised her shoes. But, having given my own wedding shoes away some time ago, first I went to my closest friends. Alas, they all had different shoe sizes. So I turned to Facebook. And I was stunned by the generosity we found there. Within one hour we had not only shoes, but also a veil, a cardigan, a bouquet, pantyhose, lingerie, and a shirt and tie for Marek. A hairdresser, a beautician, a manicure specialist, a florist and a photographer also contacted me and offered their services. We started receiving good wishes and prayers for the Bride and Groom from all around the world. I cried reading the incoming messages.
The invisible homeless
Visiting the Sant'Egidio community filled a hole in my life. During the World Youth Days, Pope Francis spoke, telling young people to get to work, and we listened. With a group of friends we eventually brought the Sant'Egidio community to Kraków. We weren't specialists, social workers, or organizers for shelters or convents; we were regular people. People who realized that the poor and homeless in Kraków, like in any other place in the world, are an enormous sea of need. And in that sea every little lifeboat makes a difference. We wanted to be such a lifeboat.
I began to see people differently. Literally, because the homeless are difficult to see. They prefer to be invisible; they imitate normal life as well as they can, they want to look like everyone else, at all cost to not be different. Especially now, in the winter, embarrassed by their circumstance they can camouflage themselves very well.
For example, a man reading a newspaper with great interest at the bus station looks like at any moment he might look at his watch, get up and go to the bus. But in reality he is not in a hurry, because he has nowhere to go. It's enough to take a look at his torn backpack shoved in the corner, his shoes falling apart, to notice the old date on the front page of the newspaper. He has probably been sitting here for the last few hours, not bothered by security officers, who have no heart to throw him out into the cold.
The same situation can be found by the entrance to the shopping center. A man with an old ruffled book or a woman shoving a sweater with difficulty into an overfilled shopping bag will not leave till the evening. They pretend to make calls from broken telephones, waiting for someone indefinitely. They want the warmth, but not only the type that is coming from the heaters.
I met with Sabina a few days after our first meeting. She tried on the shoes; they were perfect. Overwhelmed by the generosity of others she couldn't utter a word and just hugged me. And in that moment, she was not invisible or homeless. Just a bride, feeling overwhelmed with gratitude, love and excitement for her big day. I know it will be a beautiful wedding.
This bride went without jewelry or makeup for all the right reasons
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Zhang Hanzhi — 章含之 en xinès; Zhāng Hánzhī en pinyin— (Xangai, 14 de juliol de 1935 - Beijing, 26 de gener de 2008) fou una traductora, diplomàtica i escriptora xinesa.

Essent una filla il·legítima, va ser adoptada per l'intel·lectual Zhang Shizhao, La seva família es va traslladar a Beijing l'any 1949. Es va graduar a la Universitat d'Estudis Estrangers de la capital. Ben aviat va ser la professora d'anglès de Mao Zedong i inicià la seva carrera diplomàtica. El 1971 va formar part de la delegació xinesa encarregada d'obtenir la representació de la República Popular de la Xina a les Nacions Unides, Va tenir una actuació destacada en reunions d'alt nivell i col·laborà activament en la política d'apertura al món del seu país.

A la dècada de 1970 es va divorciar del seu marit Hong Junyan i es va casar amb Qiao Guanhua, que arribaria a ser ministre d'Afers Exteriors. La seva filla és Hong Huang (també coneguda com a Huang Hung), que ha produït i protagonitzat una pel·lícula,  Perpetual Motion, on Hanzhi va fer un petit paper.

És autora d'unes memòries que van ser un best-seller. Es va fer famosa arran de fer d'interpret en la històrica visita a Beijing del president Richard Nixon el 1972.

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Diplomàtics de la República Popular de la Xina
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Escriptors xinesos
Polítics xinesos
Persones de Xangai
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Quick question.. how fast do notification emails get sent out when people reply to your 'subscribed' threads? It seems that google (gmail) has been on a consistant 30min-1hr delay in getting those emails to me, and I am trying to figure out if the evil empire is delaying my email, or if email is slow getting out of this site. Honestly, I dont see a php mail() interface being that much delayed, based on how quickly vBulletin responds.
Any ideas? I'm about ready to stick my foot up google's azz because I am on a job search, and darnit, every minute counts! Back when I was running Zimbra on my own dedicated box, my emails would show up in literally seconds.
Gmail, and especially Yahoo! are using DKIM and/or DK to check the validity of incoming mail. If the message isn't signed, the sender will get a 'deferred' message. With Yahoo!, it's been a day or more for me, with Gmail, I suspect it just sits in their spool for a bit. Even so, any large forum could be flagged as a spammer by Yahoo or Gmail (the latter does read/analyze emails), given a number of similar email messages that are sent out in a given time period.
Build status: 1-7, bits of 8-9, 10, 14 done! Working on engine/prop/avionics.
GAH. I knew the evil empire would do something stupid like that. I used to work for an email company, so I know exactly what you mean. I was just trying to figure out who's holding it up. I've actually seen some pretty ugly delays on outbound SMTP Queues.
I really need to get my personal server back online, thats the long and short of it.
I use gmail, with messages forwarded to my blackberry. I seem to get emails within about 5 minutes on my BB. Occasionally it takes a bit longer, but never more than 10 minutes in my experience.


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Disney buys more land in Anaheim, sparking rumors of expansion
Minnie Mouse entertains visitors at Disneyland, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
ANAHEIM, CA -- The Walt Disney Co. purchased three parcels of land near its Anaheim resort, causing speculation that the property could be used for a future park expansion.
Disneyland spokesperson Suzi Brown said the company purchased the property adjacent to one of their existing parking lot a little over a year ago.
"With the resort's continued growth resulting in additional cast members and a record number of guests, this property will help to support additional infrastructure needs, including warehouse and office space and parking," Brown said.
Disney fans speculate that the property purchase could be used to feature the company's Marvel or Star Wars characters, which were acquired through purchases of Marvel Entertainment Inc. in 2009 and Lucasfilm in 2012.
Brown did not comment on a possible park expansion.
Disney is the parent company of ABC13.
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Will Graham is nearly eighteen when his father and step-mother Bedelia decide he might be demon possessed. In the 1800s, it's not unheard of, unlike empathy. Is it Will's empathy, demons, or perhaps some other illness that leads him to the Catholic church and into the hands of Father Hannibal Lecter? Will the priest be able to keep his vows when he becomes intrigued by the boy?
All of Deans emotions seem to come out when he gets drunk, does praying to the person you love have the same rules as texting when drunk?
Crowley makes a desperate call as he speeds away from the smoking wreckage of Aziraphale's bookshop.
When the beginning of the end hits, Alexander not only has to face off against the walking dead, but he also has to deal with the elements, his own self-hatred, and a not-so-friendly team.
The zombie apocalypse au literally no one asked for, including me.
Are you there, God? It's me, Seven.