India is awash with semi-automatic washing machines. Any misinformed buyer could easily purchase an impractical model. If you are reading this, you might be asking yourself, which is the best semi-automatic washing machine on the market today? Well, before making a conclusion, you must consider 3 essential factors. These factors are power consumption, capacity, and speed of operation.
A washing machine of 6 to 7 Kg capacity is adequate for a small family with 2 to 4 members. This review piece consists of an in-depth analysis of best budget washing machines under 8000 Rupees in India market.
Here, we evaluate one of the most recommended semi-automatic washing machines in India market, the Mitashi 7 kg Semi-Automatic Machine. Here are some insights on this machine that could help you make the right decision.
Unique design and Rust proof body: Mitashi built this top semi-automatic washing machine with a rust-free and unique body. Actually, its whole structure has not been mimicked anywhere, so we can confidently say this design is only limited to Mitashi only. The machine's non-corrosive body holds off the rust thus adding on to its durability.
Convenient Features: Additionally, the manufacturer fitted this washing machine with some high castor wheels, which come in handy whenever you want to move it. Nonetheless, we were a bit disappointed that the manufacturer omitted a digital display. Most models in this category have displays and LED indicators. All the same, the product's designers included some knobs at the top dash for adjusting the settings.
Even though this washing machine lacks a display, its top lid is transparent. This means that you can observe the washing process in real time. That feature alone makes the 7kg Mitashi washer — the best washing machine semi-automatic below 8000 Rupees. Moreover, this appliance has a buzzer, which notifies you at the end of every wash cycle. We might as well conclude that a display was useless in this device.
Further, this washing machine has an effective lint filter. Lint filters prevent the pipes from clogging. Additionally, this device has overload protection. This feature protects the motor from being damaged whenever there are power fluctuations.
Efficiency: Generally, this semi-automatic washing machine with dryer is not a power guzzler. The wash motor wattage comes to around 170 Watts, while the spinner motor averages 60-Watt. Together these motors generate a spin efficiency of up to 115%. This is quite reasonable for such a small machine. Being a low capacity machine, this device won't consume that much water either.
Other additional features include a two wash program setup, where you can choose between a gentle wash and a power wash.
Furthermore, this device also uses fast-drying air Jet Dryer Technology, so you won't have to wait long for your clothes to dry. The technology also inhibits mold from growing within the tub. Also, this device has an inbuilt scrubber, which guarantees for a perfect wash.
Sansui is a Japanese brand known for manufacturing countless items of both electronic and electric segments. Based in the city of Tokyo, this company has managed to carve a niche for itself in the markets worldwide for its stunning products. However, when it comes to washing machines – the brand has established quite a following at home but is still struggling to make it on a global platform. The Sansui WMSS60AS-CMA, a 6-kg semi automatic washing machine, is one such product from the segment.
Budget Machine with Fastest Spin Speed: This washing machine is a top-loader type and comes with a price tag of Rs. 7490. Its power capacity is 390W, which should be considered standard. But the real magic is – despite consuming modest power its top spin speed can get up to 1400 rpm. Such ultrafast spin speed may help in easily removable of Pet Hair from towels.
The washing method utilized by this washing machine is pulsator and it comes with a warranty of two years. And, when compared with what LG and SAMSUNG are offering, this is not too exciting, though. Still, the warranty would be an advantage to users here because most companies today are providing half the time of warranty on their products. Note this though the warrant provided does not take care of any external damages caused to the product or motor.
The noise level when washing clothes in the machine hits 60db, which is quite tolerable and not annoying at all. Along with the machine, Sansui provides a hose, spin cap and an owner manual with instructions about running the machine correctly. Other few fantastic features worth mentioning on this machine include an Air Dry function. The spin lid and inner spin lids in the machine have ample air vents for aerodynamic drying of clothes. This makes sure that not a single drop of water remains in your laundry when spin drying it.
Some Nice features: The right control panel provided on the machine is so convenient to handle even while the machine is being operated. In addition, the caster wheel and anti-vibrations pads on the machine make sure that machine stays put even when it is on and doesn't shake too much even when is fully loaded with laundry. Further, there are also integrated handles available on both sides of the machine for moving it with ease and placing it anywhere of choice. Moreover, the water jet function on the machine can be controlled with the instant touch of a button, too.
Verdict: This machine is perfect for buyers looking to get a good semi-automatic washing machine by not spending a huge amount at the same time. It's great for a small family of 3-4 people who do not have a huge laundry load piled up every other day for cleaning. Also, the maroon & white color of this machine complementing its design and you certainly won't be disappointed as far as performance is considered, too.
Gem is an Indian brand which is known for producing home appliances. It is looking to establish a market base and take over with its range of under budget home appliances for middle-class consumers across the country. There are countless washing machines in the market by this brand, which already are enticing buyers with their performance. And, one such product from it goes by the name of GEM GWM-620GA. Actually, this is a semi automatic washing machine and has the capacity of 6.2 Kgs. Even at the priced at Rs.5990, this washing machine comes loaded with tons of features.
Very handy features: The power this machine utilizes is 350W and has a maximum spin speed of 1420 rpm, which is fastest if I am not wrong. Thus, those looking for a convenient budget solution for removing Pet hair should consider this.
Weighing just about 21 kilograms, it is very easy to carry and shift around. In terms of wash programs, it could be operated by its two wash programs. Due to less complexity although users find it lot easier in use. The GEM machine runs on pulsator wash mode, which is standard for most washing machines today.
The color which this washing machine comes in is white and red. Its body is made of tough plastic material, which makes it very sturdy and strong, too.
For water selection, users have 3 water level selection options to choose from. Also, the wash timer is for 15 minutes and the spin timer is for 5 minutes. Other washing features available on this washing machine include a delicate cycle for clothes which are made of delicate features.
Conserves water: Gem provides a warranty of two years on the body and motor of this machine. Actually, this is a plus point for users buying this machine as many brands offer just one year. Further, when it comes to performance, this GEM machine does a great job at washing laundry and spin drying it. The water consumption per cycle is about 8 Liters.
In fact, there are few drawbacks of this machine. It doesn't have few features which some of its counterparts are offering to their users. Some of the features that this machine doesn't have are hot water wash, prewash soaking of laundry and quick wash.
Verdict: This washing machine is a great buy for a single person or a small family of 2-3 individuals with minimal laundry load. And, the price of this washing machine certainly makes it an enticing option for potential buyers considering that it is cheaper than most washing machines in the same category.
If the few drawbacks mentioned above of this machine can be overlooked, it is a good buy overall. Also, with two years of warranty, users can look forward to a hassle-free laundry service from this machine – for that time period at least.


Lawyers say the case of a Montreal writer who said his insurance company refused to pay him disability benefits due in part to online postings is a reminder to people to watch what they put on the Internet.
Literature professor Samuel Archibald published a letter in Montreal newspaper La Presse earlier this month detailing his struggles to get disability benefits after being diagnosed with severe depression.
Archibald wrote that his insurer had refused his claim in part because of photos on Facebook and Instagram that showed him jogging or playing with his children.
Lawyer David Share says companies are increasingly using social media as a quick and easy way to find grounds to deny insurance claims.
He says that while the issue of social media monitoring raises privacy concerns, thus far there are few government regulations in place to stop it.
Share says the best advice is for people to be very careful about what they post online.


That's why it's obvious that guest posting is a great way to market yourself. Doesn't matter, you are telling an amazing story or providing useful information that can help your readers solve a common problem, your main goal should be to create content, that people want to read and share.
Unfortunately, there is a widespread opinion that posting is a way of self-promotion, but it's a mistake. Your guest posting strategy should be built around creating and expanding your audience, and this goal is difficult to achieve if you're writing only about yourself.
What is a guest posting?
When it comes to guest posting, most people ask about the meaning of this term. Many of us know that the strategy of promoting your own blog on the forums is to leave comments and posts in which there is a link to the site. But what is guest posting?
Guest posting is the process of writing content for another blog in the hope of getting high-quality backlinks, traffic, as well as establishing relationships with the owner of this blog. It's also can be called writing marketing essays.
– Illiteracy. Sometimes even a high-quality text with brilliant ideas can cause irritation to the reader if there are too many mistakes. The reader doesn't require spelling and punctuation fanaticism, but it's very important to check the text once again before publication.
– Wrong title. The title should be as informative, as possible, but, at the same time, capacious, laconically reflect the essence of the note, and the most important – to cling. The reader will never know what you've written inside if the title doesn't attract his attention. Be brave, provoke, don't be afraid to play with words. But don't overdo it. Never allow the title not to match the content of the text. Don't deceive your reader. Once you make such a mistake, you risk losing his trust forever.
– Long sentences. Lack of structure. The text should not float on the reader by one huge hopeless mass. Break it into blocks, chapters, points, think up names for them (or at least separate them from each other), break them with photos and/or pictures.
– Abuse of dots, exclamation and question marks. In the first case, you show inappropriate significance, in the second – you risk appearing too enthusiastic and emotional.
The top 6 tips on how to market yourself.
You need to become a source of unique information.
The reader always lacks unique and original content. The Internet is packed with repetitions: the same texts are copied hundreds of times, the same thoughts are spoken in dozens of texts. And you, for certain, can tell about something special and your personal experience is not similar to the experience of other people. For example, you are interested in some particular narrow topic (for example, homeschooling, children's camps or homemade ice cream recipes), but all the texts that came across your eyes seem insufficiently detailed, shallow or even empty. Once you are sure that your words will not be just a repetition of the truths, that is already beaten on the Internet, start to market it.
The guest posting is your own platform for presenting your opinion; this is your personal Hyde Park, your office, your parliamentary rostrum. This is an embassy named after you on the territory of our site. The posting reader expects from you not only facts but also your opinion – your experiences, doubts, beliefs, fears. Any thesis, any advice will sound brighter, if it's backed up by personal history.
It is extremely important to understand who is reading you. This will give a clearer idea of what you are writing about, and in what direction it's worth moving on. Don't take this advice as an appeal to sag: it's about the fact that different people like different texts. Think about what books and articles your reader has already read. What terms and surnames are familiar to him, and which ones – it's better to clarify all the same. The desire to please absolutely everyone is a very dangerous trap. You can lose one part of the readers and never find another.
The guest posting, whose author doesn't react to his readers, seems abandoned and inanimate, even if it's regularly updated. The blog implies the personal presence of the author. In addition, communication with readers will not only encourage them to look more often at you but also can inspire you with fresh ideas.
Write your posting in response to other people's texts.
If the text of another author seemed to you outrageous, false or, on the contrary, absolutely true, if some note or news caused your emotions and a desire to answer it, don't deny yourself such a pleasure. By responding to a fresh article or commenting on important news, you are included in the actual agenda; it always contributes to the growth of your audience.
Don't be shy and don't be afraid.
Don't be afraid that someone will question your right to speak, because it implies the very idea of creating the guest posting. Of course, someone can disagree with you, and this is absolutely normal.
Don't be afraid to publish under your own name. If you are at odds with your conscience and write sincerely, there is no apparent reason not to indicate your name under your own thoughts.
Don't be afraid that posting can take up too much of your time. Remember, that it's one of the best ways to market yourself. You don't sign a contract with anyone that cannot be terminated. Every author has different periods in his work, and this is normal.
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The tragedy in Nepal has already claimed more than 6,000 lives, but some experts believe the total death count could be as much as 10 times that. Minor aftershocks could also continue into the coming weeks, but they won't cause damage anywhere near the scale of the initial quake.
However, another threat, just as fatal, looms over Nepal in the coming months—landslides.
Landslides and mudslides are a perennial problem for Nepal, whose proximity to the Bay of Bengal makes it subject to heavy rainfall during the summer season. Indeed, the term "monsoon" was introduced to the English language by British colonists in India.
Immediately after the earthquake, landslides erupted across the country—remote villages were trapped and hundreds are missing as a result, but the worst may be yet to come.
The earthquake destabilized Nepal's surface terrain, and across the country hilltops and valleys are landslides waiting to happen.
The earthquake destabilized Nepal's surface terrain, and across the country hilltops and valleys affected by it are landslides waiting to happen—all they need is rain, and monsoon season is only a month away.
Fortunately, geologists have already developed advanced topography models that can assess the risk factor of an area for landslides after an earthquake, so the Nepalese can evacuate areas near hills that are expected to collapse.
A team of researchers—the technical term is geomorphologists—at the University of Michigan were able to run a simulation of the earthquake in Nepal on the day it happened, and they have sent their analysis to the U.S. Geological Survey and other U.S. agencies for further use.
The initial simulation was based on topographical data collected by the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) in 2009, which used satellite data to generate an extremely high-resolution digital model of the earth's surface between 60 degrees north and 56 degrees south of the equator.
The researchers then input the seismological data gathered from the earthquake itself—the magnitude, depth, and location—to calculate the geometric spreading factor, which is then used to model how the seismic waves move outward from the epicenter. That, combined with the data of slope steepness from the SRTM and estimated rigidity of rocks, yielded the "at risk" areas.
The report mapped the areas of Nepal that were the most vulnerable to future landslides, and also made recommendations to the U.S. government for which areas need further data gathering by satellites.
The parts of Nepal most vulnerable to landslides run along the Nepal–Tibet border and above the fault rupture, west of Mount Everest, and 17,550 square miles of places that are above 8,200 feet.
Also at risk are areas close to rivers. Landslides can build up and form artificial dams and thereby flood villages nearby.
If a landslide dams up a river, solving the problem can be a lengthy and complicated process.
If a landslide dams up a river, solving the problem can be a lengthy and complicated process. In July 2014, a landslide killed 156 people and clogged the path of the Sunkoshi River, forming a giant pool of water threatening to flood the villages downstream.
The Nepalese army dynamited the landslide and then set to work digging a canal. It took the army a full 45 days to carve a new path for the river, finally completing the canal on Sept. 4, 2014. The landslides weren't caused by an earthquake, but by the rain.
The team had to take special care when preparing their report so that it was intelligible to laymen who could use it as a practical guide in humanitarian missions on the ground. The report included a map that colored Nepal on a gradient from blue to red—red denoting high risk, and blue low risk.
"We had to make the product readable to people who weren't specialists in my field, so it's obvious when you look at it," Gallen said.
The urgent nature of the matter and the dearth of information about the capacity of rescue efforts on the ground means that Gallen and others didn't decide on a certain cut-off point for landslide risk to justify evacuation, settling for mapping the risks on a continuum.
The mapping of all the landslide hotspots in Nepal is part of an ongoing process—satellites are still gathering fresh data that will yield updated, more accurate models. The process itself isn't seamless either; many areas affected by the earthquake are covered by cloud, which interferes with the satellites.
The landscape will also likely be disrupted by aftershocks—a 5.1-magnitude quake transpired in the early morning of May 2, a week after the initial quake.
Though simple in concept, gathering satellite imagery on a specific target requires complex international coordination, given that there are literally thousands of satellites in orbit operated by different countries.
Clark is scheduled to meet with NASA to discuss the diversion paths for the satellites, as well as potential collaborators.
The sudden thrust that caused the tragedy of the Nepal earthquake on April 25 occurred about nine miles underground beneath the Himalayas.
The earthquake in Nepal has left thousands dead, and tens of thousands injured, flooding local hospitals with patients and leaving them overwhelmed.


Being a pastry chef is a bit more difficult than being a chef. When you bake cakes, biscuits, cupcakes and other delicious desserts you have to pay a lot of attention to your ingredients and you also have to be extra skilled when it comes to decorating them. I know it sounds super challenging but it is nothing that our super talented lady here cannot handle. Come and join her in getting the 'Cupcakes Chef' game for girls started and learn some of her baking tricks as you help her decorate some yummy cupcakes. Begin by selecting a colourful wrapping for your dessert, then select the cupcakes, their topping and fruity decorations. Have a great time playing this brand new Food Decoration Game for girls!


For quite clear reasons the western and central parts of Singapore garner the most attention. They have all the most attractions that the city-state has to offer. In the center there are the multiple sectors of the city where all the money is made. The financial district is definitely the biggest part of the city in terms of large buildings and institutions. However right along side there is also the business sector where many large corporations are based. Tucked in between both of these is the trading sectors where the stock exchange is managed. The western part of the country has many tourist attractions such as zoos, parks, coastal activities and water games. With all this compact into a small space, it's little wonder that many people will venture into these specific areas. But what about the east? Why don't we care about what's going on over on this side? For one thing a large portion of the city is taken up by the airport. However, it's also because there is a great residential area here.
Sandwiched between an airport and an air base, the residential areas of Tampines and Bedok are incredibly popular. These specific areas of Singapore have for a long time been the choice for many new settlers to bed down and create their foothold in the city. It's why new and affluent condos have been built. These modern buildings have a new spin on contemporary architecture and have amazing amenities such as fitness centers and swimming pools. Take a look at the alps residences details for the kinds of properties that are available. Since the condos are properties and not necessarily rooms to rent, you can expect to be holding the lease for around 99 years. It's a fantastic investment but also, gives you a clear base to live your new life in the city from.
Singapore isn't just a tourist hotspot whereby the attractions are purely for foreign visitors. Quite the contrary as residential needs and desires are taken into account for the many activities on show. One of them is Wild Wild Wet, which is a waterpark that's great for children and adults. There are small loop rides that you can climb to the top of and then slide down, finally landing in the swimming pool. On the other hand, there is a taller slide that is not for the faint of heart. The tallest is around three stories tall, but don't worry there are instructors on hand to guide you. There's also a great shallow water play area with sprinklers that rise up with pressurized water shooting out of them. It's an affordable day out for the family but also, it's great to go and cool off during the very hot summer Singapore days.
The city works hard and knows how to play hard. If you want a quiet day where you can just take your mind off things, head to the Tanah Merah Country Club. Here you can play a round of golf and not have to look at the skyline of the city as it's blocked by tall palm trees. There's also a lake in the middle of the course which is manmade of course but it adds to the natural scenery. Just to add to the club, there's a grotto that pelican birds fly onto. It's quite a sight to see, these magnificent birds watching the people around them play golf. They often go fishing or just stand around lounging in the sun. There are golf carts that you can ride around the course if you don't feel like walking. Back in the club itself, there is a restaurant that can serve you breakfast, lunch and dinner if you want.
Singapore is surrounded by water, so of course you have the ability to go out and enjoy some water activities. Head to the south-east coast and you'll find Water Venture. It's a waterpark which has sailing, jet ski, rowboat, sailboat and other water activities which you can enjoy. There are professional instructors that show you how to work the specific activity you have chosen. If that's not enough, you can also grab a bite to eat at the park's restaurant after a busy day of riding the waves.
Singapore is a city that has so much to offer. Don't stick to the usual central and western areas of the city-state. Go further east and you'll find many different activities to do and also, find a place in the quiet residential area.


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Q: Draw rectangle in MKMapView I am trying to draw a red rectangle in my MKMapView. I see the map, but not the rectangle. My code:
public override void ViewDidLoad()
{
    base.ViewDidLoad();

    var areaMapView = new AreaMapView();

    areaMapView.SetTarget(45.5399396, -73.6534612);

    areaMapView.AddZone(new List<Geolocation>()
    {
        new Geolocation() { Latitude = 25.774, Longitude = -80.190},
        new Geolocation() { Latitude = 18.466, Longitude = -66.118},
        new Geolocation() { Latitude = 32.321, Longitude = -64.757},
        new Geolocation() { Latitude = 25.774, Longitude = -80.190},
    });

    View = areaMapView;
}

public class AreaMapView : MKMapView
{
    public AreaMapView() : base(UIScreen.MainScreen.Bounds)
    {
        this.ShowsUserLocation = true;
        this.MapType = MKMapType.Satellite;
    }

    public void SetTarget(double longitude, double latitude)
    {
        this.AddAnnotations(new MKPointAnnotation()
        {
            Title = "Target",
            Coordinate = new CLLocationCoordinate2D(longitude, latitude)
        });
    }

    public void AddZone(List<Geolocation> longitudeAndLatitudePoints)
    {
        var coords = new CLLocationCoordinate2D[longitudeAndLatitudePoints.Count];

        for (int i = 0; i < longitudeAndLatitudePoints.Count; i++)
        {
            double longitude = longitudeAndLatitudePoints[i].Longitude;
            double latitude = longitudeAndLatitudePoints[i].Latitude;

            coords[i] = new CLLocationCoordinate2D(longitude, latitude);
        }

        this.AddOverlay(MKPolyline.FromCoordinates(coords));
    }
}

A: I think you should use MKPolygon and MKPolygonRenderer to add a rectangle.
refer to here: https://developer.xamarin.com/recipes/ios/content_controls/map_view/add_an_overlay_to_a_map/
Sample here: https://github.com/xamarin/recipes/tree/master/ios/content_controls/map_view/add_an_overlay_to_a_map
follow the sample and replace the code
 mapView.OverlayRenderer = (m, o) =>
        {
            if (circleRenderer == null)
            {
                circleRenderer = new MKCircleRenderer(o as MKCircle);
                circleRenderer.FillColor = UIColor.Purple;
                circleRenderer.Alpha = 0.5f;
            }
            return circleRenderer;
        };

        circleOverlay = MKCircle.Circle(coords, 400);
        mapView.AddOverlay(circleOverlay);

By
 mapView.OverlayRenderer = (m, o) =>
        {
            if (polygonRenderer == null)
            {
                polygonRenderer = new MKPolygonRenderer(o as MKPolygon);
                polygonRenderer.FillColor = UIColor.Red;
                polygonRenderer.StrokeColor = UIColor.Black;
                polygonRenderer.Alpha = 0.5f;
            }
            return polygonRenderer;
        };

        var coord = new CLLocationCoordinate2D[4];

        coord[0] = new CLLocationCoordinate2D(29.976111, 31.132778);
        coord[1] = new CLLocationCoordinate2D(29.976111, 31.032778);
        coord[2] = new CLLocationCoordinate2D(29.876111, 31.032778);
        coord[3] = new CLLocationCoordinate2D(29.876111, 31.132778);

        mapView.AddOverlay(MKPolygon.FromCoordinates(coord));

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Horror Allows More Badassery, At A Price
And we're back. What's that? We were supposed to be back on Monday? Sorry about that. I was sick before my work trip, and so I was sick during my work trip, which meant when I got back home I basically just collapsed into a puddle of sick. Since then, I've basically spent less of the last three days being awake than anything else.
Fortunately I'm on the mend, and this time with a new insight (for me at least) I received watching some "scary" movies while half conscious on the couch. In particular, my brain got to wandering on the character Richard B. Riddick and how the "horror" genre of Pitch Black enables this character to be more bad ass, and less generic, than the two sequel movies which are much more in line with general Sci-Fi/Action.
It's All About Relative Threat
In a horror movie the monster is supposed to be scary, and that means beyond the capabilities of the protagonists. Sometimes this is because the protagonists are just normal people. Sometimes this is because the killer has some sort of supernatural, technological, or other type of edge. Sometimes it is a combination of both. Freddie Krueger would be just as effective against a group of Marines - within reason - since ultimately you have the monster being a "god" in a realm where the victims are powerless. This would be considered broken in most games, except it is part of the horror genre: the threat balance is supposed to be so skewed to one side that it's ridiculous. That's why surviving feels like winning.
Compare this to the action genre though. In an action movie while you do need to have a threat, you also need to have characters who are able to match that threat. Maybe in the early parts they're getting their butts kicked a bit, but they still have their moments. Individual characters have moments that shine. There are signs of competency. There is less a feeling of being in way over one's head and more a feeling of "welp, another tight spot to get out of. Oh well." In some action stories the threat scale is actually the inverse of a horror movie, with the protagonists being so competent, so deadly, that they can mow through the vast majority of the "bad guys" without problem and it's only by being able to go toe to toe with this walking death machine for more than a few seconds and survive that one's true threat level can be learned.
And Then Someone Stands Up...
Do you see where the problem is for "pure badassery"? Part of it is expectation. We expect it in an action sequence - and we can get it. However, when you put those moments into an Action movie, where the tone is already so much in favor of the protagonists, you can end up with a comical feeling and a story somewhat akin to the recent A-Team movie where at some point the protagonists are trying to fly a tank while engaged in aerial battle with drones and yeah it's fune....but it also kinda makes everything seem so silly that the sense of gravitas is lost.
Compare to say Ellen Ripley in Alien and Aliens. It's no mistake that Ripley is a badass. She's considered one of the most bad ass characters in all Sci-Fi and Fantasy. What did Ripley do that is so noteworthy? She persevered, she survived, and she won. The difference is that in Ripley's world she shouldn't.
In the Alien(s) universe, the Xenomorphs are so badass that they fairly casually take apart a group of colonial marines who after showing up to save the day basically end up on the world's longest extraction mission to try and get out. Throughout all this Ripley is only on the frontlines once or twice, but when she does she makes it count. First she takes control of the Marine's APC to break them out of a bad situation. Then she goes in to get Newt out, and she gets locked in. Why? Because we have this world where trained killers and fighters are getting picked off all over the place, but this one person just duct tapes a flame thrower to her pulse rifle, and she goes in, and she meets the enemy as an equal, and she gets back out.
Bad Assery Is A Matter of Scale
This is where Action movies sometimes have a problem. Bad Assery is a matter of scale. To be the coolest kid in School in Pitch Black all Riddick has to do is be a human monster, and then be equally capable to one of the thousands/millions of monsters on the world when it comes to a fight. That's it. All Riddick does in that movie is cement that he is at least as capable as one of the literally thousands of monsters, and he is a super badass. Bring that to an action movie though and it doesn't work as well. Why? Because it's expected to have someone that good first of all - he's an action movie protagonist, of course he's a bad ass, right? But also because in the end of an Action Movie the Hero has to be challenged and made vulnerable, while in the end of a horror movie the hero needs to persevere and show resolve.
Consequently, you have endings like Predator, Aliens, and Pitch Black where the protagonist gets to go off on high notes of bad-assdom, fighting to the end, ready to keep going, etc. Compare that to more action movies where the character has to be challenged and you're left with the sense of "we made it through, somehow." Effectively, one of them ends with "Oh yeah, I'm SO bad ass" and the other ends with "Thank god, I was just bad ass enough." And that sets a lot for the tone of your ending.
How Does This Apply To The Game Table
Now the hardest part about this is applying it to the game table. Horror can be hard at the game table, because Players are generally very good at figuring out ways to beat things - they watch the movies, they know the rules, etc. So getting things to that level of drama can be hard.
However, if there's something to remember here it is this: if you want a bad ass moment you need to set the threat so that the PCs feel like just surviving is the victory condition, and then you need to aim really hard for your ending tone to be "I'm a bad ass" and not "oh thank god!".
You can do it, but it's hard. Look at more action/horror movies like Aliens, Predators, and others for examples of how movies have done it. Those are often what the games you are playing are trying to emulate anyhow.
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Congratulations on your engagement you lovely couples out there!
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De gladde klaverroest (Uromyces minor) is een schimmel in de familie van Pucciniaceae. Het behoort tot de biotrofe parasieten. De waardplanten zijn verschillende klaversoorten (Trifolium). De schimmel leeft van verschillende  voedingsstoffen die aanwezig zijn in het opslagweefsel van de plant, de sporenvoorraden breken later door het bladoppervlak en laten sporen vrij. De soort doorloopt een microcyclische ontwikkelingscyclus met spermogonia, aecia en telia.

Kenmerken
Uiterlijke kenmerken
Uromyces minor is alleen met het blote oog te herkennen aan de sporenafzettingen die op het oppervlak van de waardplant uitsteken. Ze groeien in clusters die verschijnen als geelachtige tot bruine vlekken en puisten op bladoppervlakken.

Microscopische kenmerken
Zoals bij alle Uromyces-soorten, groeit het mycelium van Uromyces minor intercellulair en vormt het zuigfilamenten die in het opslagweefsel van de waardplant groeien. De spermogonia zijn honingkleurig en soms afwezig. De aecia van de soort, die aan beide zijden of meestal aan de onderkant van de waardbladeren groeit, zijn kort tot cilindrisch. De aeciosporen zijn 17-21 × 17-19 micron groot, bolvormig tot breed ellipsoïde en wrattig. De schimmel vormt blijkbaar geen uredia. De telia van de soorten die aan weerszijden of overwegend aan de onderkant van de bladeren groeien, zijn zwartbruin, poederachtig en later naakt. De meestal licht kastanjebruine teliosporen zijn eencellig, meestal bolvormig tot breed ellipsoïde, wrattig en 18-22 × 15-19 µm groot. De wand heeft een dikte van 1-2 μm en hun steel is kort en kleurloos.

Voorkomen
De gladde klaverroest komt voor in Noord-Amerika, Europa. Verder komt het ook voor in Nieuw-Zeeland en er zijn enkele waarnemingen bekend uit Azië. In Nederland komt het zeer zeldzaam voor.

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Plenty of things were better in the 90s.
Everything was cheaper, pop music was actually quite good, Donald Trump wasn't president, and the word "Brexit" hadn't been coined yet. In terms of video games though, things have come a long way since then. Most genres have moved on considerably, but there's one that, somehow, still shines brighter in the past: the point and click genre.
I'm talking about the likes of Discworld, Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars, the Monkey Island series and everything else that came from LucasArts. Sure, we've had some great modern interpretations of the genre – Telltale Games have undoubtedly evolved from the classic point-and-click game – but the best ones always seem to be those that manage to ape the 90s vibe.
Guard Duty from Sick Chicken Studios is one such game. Set to release this spring, it's a game that puts you in the shoes of Tondbert, a hapless knight whose job it is to guard the gates of Wrinklewood. Recently getting to demo the first hour of the game, the callbacks to 1995's Discworld were immediate. Tondbert is basically the knight equivalent of Rincewind, as hapless and clumsy – but altogether likeable.
After getting drunk on the job, Tondbert mistakenly lets a mysterious stranger into the town. The next morning he has no memory of what's happened – except he's missing his entire guard's uniform and is somehow locked into his own room. Having to escape through his own window wearing nothing but a pair of tights, your first task is to locate Tondbert's attire before anyone will take him seriously. Cue haggling for strange fruit, getting a woman to kiss a frog, and exploring the wonderful pixelated kingdom of Wrinklewood.
Once he's fully dressed, Tondbert learns of a great tragedy: the princess of the kingdom has gone missing! Clearly this is something to do with the mysterious stranger he'd let into the town the night before, but Tondbert is none the wiser. Still, he's a knight with a good heart, so Tondbert takes it upon himself to set out into the world to rescue the princess. A true tale of chivalry, indeed. But first he needs to forge an ID in order to be let out of the gates. And fill out some forms. The kingdom takes data protection very seriously after the rollout of GDPR, don't you know?
It's timely jokes like this that remind you Guard Duty is planted firmly in the modern age, but in every other way it feels ripped out of the 90s. It's charming, it's witty, and it's fun to play – even when you're stumped on what to do next. No true point-and-click adventure would be complete without a few tough puzzles, though. And with full voice acting – of a high standard – beautiful pixel art and a great soundtrack, there's a lot to like here.
There's more than just Tondbert's tale to Guard Duty, too. Split over two very separate timelines, you'll also get to take control of Agent Starborn in the year 2074. Stuck in a small orbital station somewhere above a ruined Earth, he's set to fight a resistance in order to claim the planet back for mankind. How exactly the two tales will link up remains a mystery, but one I'm very keen to see.
If you're a fan of the point and click genre, make sure Guard Duty is on your radar when it releases on PC later this spring.


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Bridge to Terabithia
Chapter 1: Jesse Oliver Aarons, Jr.
Chapter 2: Leslie Burke
Chapter 3: The Fastest Kid in the Fifth Grade
Chapter 4: Rulers of Terabithia
Chapter 5: The Giant Killers
Chapter 6: The Coming of Prince Terrien
Chapter 7: The Golden Room
Chapter 8: Easter
Chapter 9: The Evil Spell
Chapter 10: The Perfect Day
Chapter 11: No!
Chapter 12: Stranded
Chapter 13: Building the Bridge
Jess Aarons
Leslie Burke
Miss Edmunds
Katherine Paterson and Bridge to Terabithia Background
Summary Chapter 4: Rulers of Terabithia
The issue of money comes up in this chapter for the first time. Leslie is extremely different from any of the other children at Lark Creek Elementary, and this difference is summarized for the students both by her family's affluence and their tendency to spend that money differently than most families in the area would. Being rich sets Leslie apart, but when her schoolmates learn that, despite that richness, her family has chosen not to buy a television, it is painfully apparent that Leslie and her family are quite different from anyone else in Lark Creek. What the students cannot understand, they promptly condemn. In a way, Leslie's family's lack of a television does highlight some essential difference between them and the other residents of the new area they have moved into. Television has been nicknamed the "idiot box" for a reason, it is completely mindless entertainment, a way of zoning and escaping the real world to be immersed in an idealized version. Most of the students at Lark Creek need that sort of inane diversion, and their lives have never been given over to deep thought or betterment of their minds. Leslie's family's lack of a television reveals that they have had enough of mindless entertainment, and that they are trying to get in tune with what is really important. The students sense this and straightaway resent it.
The conviction of all their schoolmates and of Jess's family that Leslie is Jess's "girlfriend" demonstrates at once how their friendship transcends the standard gender limitations imposed by their society, and how that society is simply unable to accept that any such thing might occur. Their playground is divided into a girls' side and a boys' side. Leslie flouted these gender conventions from the first when she crossed to the boys' side and won the races, showing that she was neither a boy nor a girl in the strict sense of roles that Lark Creek had imposed on the words. Leslie has always been apart from these prescriptions. Now, through friendship with Leslie, Jess has found a way to escape as well. He has never completely fit the mold, and up to now he has blamed himself for that. His passion for drawing and his inability to please his father show that he, more than most, suffers from this assumption that a boy must fit into a certain "masculine" stereotype. In his friendship with Leslie, he is discovering who he really is, without reference to gender stereotypes.
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Tulcán is een stad en een parochie (parroquia) in Ecuador in het kanton Tulcán, en de hoofdstad van de provincie Carchi. De stad is gelegen in het uiterste noorden van het land, tegen de grens met Colombia aan. De stad telt ongeveer 60.000 inwoners en is gelegen op 2950 meter boven zeeniveau. Door de nabijheid van de grens en de ligging aan de Pan-Amerikaanse Snelweg kent de stad veel commercie.

Tulcán werd in 1830 gesticht door Spaanse kolonisten.

Tulcan


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Unity, community are intertwined
A bulletin board with posters bearing the slogan "Are you okay?" was set up at Seoul Plaza by college students. [JoongAng Ilbo]
I'm currently at home, enjoying what remains of my Christmas holiday in Manchester, England. Since I left Seoul three weeks ago, the "Are you okay?" poster movement has become all the rage. As a journalist (well, an ex-journalist), I was disappointed to miss it. But from my current vantage point, it makes me think that Korea may now be starting to become a little more like my own country.
One of the things that struck me when I first visited Korea was the people's sense of positivity and lack of cynicism. People seemed to value unity, and not just during the World Cup. Sarcasm and even satire were in low supply. Being the son of a country that has graduated even from modernity to a kind of atomized, been-there-done-that negativity, this was all quite refreshing. I naturally questioned authority of any kind. Whenever a celebrity, politician or wealthy businessperson said they wanted to do something for society, I asked, "What's in it for him?"
But maybe I was wrong: Korea seemed to be a place where things got done, and where people care about others.
Though Korea has long been politically, geographically and economically divided, those divides created a sort of Hegelian force to drive things forward, regardless of how much the participants hated each other. Both sides seemed to want the best for the country. But now in 2014, there is no dynamism to the divide. And the young are finally learning to be completely cynical about politics, business and big organizations in general.
As a society progresses deeper into modernity and beyond, cynicism rises while growth rates tend to fall. This arguably leads to selfish behaviors, like rent-seeking; witness the political lobbying industry in the United States, for instance. But on top of that, people in industrialized countries are now entering an era of insecurity. Capital can now move to wherever it is most productive. In economic terms, this is highly efficient. But workers in wealthier countries pay a heavy price for that efficiency. If you do not possess specialized, irreplaceable, constantly in-demand skills, you will be lucky to have a long and stable career. The threat remains when "the economy" is motoring ahead - causing stress to the individual, and threatening social unity and trust.
The politically minded can debate whether governments should intervene to protect citizens in the era of globalism. But for the average worker, such discussion seems pointless. Do governments want to intervene? And are they able to, even when they want to? One very successful businessman recently told me that the impact of government and regulation on him is almost zero. And in both the United Kingdom and Korea, the trend toward job insecurity and inequality has continued among "progressive" and "conservative" governments alike. Sometimes older Koreans like to tell me that former President Roh Moo-hyun was a Communist. I like to reply that if he was, he clearly wasn't very good at it.
A recent U.K. survey showed that only 16 percent of people respect politicians, and a mere 2 percent feel inspired by them. Almost half said their main reaction to politicians was "anger." A majority of young British people don't even care about elections. The biggest political debate last year in the United Kingdom, set off by the comments of comedian Russell Brand, was over whether it was pointless to bother to vote. Those in their 20s will simply tell you that voting changes nothing. But they aren't becoming radicalized, or turning to the left. In fact, British twentysomethings are moving toward economic neoliberalism.
They don't have conservative ideology, though. They are pro-gay marriage and pro-drug legalization. They reject nationalism and dislike traditions and institutions. What they are is libertarian, as a result of cynicism - they don't like anything government does. They don't like spending, be it on welfare or war. I think we're already seeing the emergence of this kind of young person in Korea as well.
Assuming politics remains as it is, I imagine future generations will end up with two economic options. The first will be to embrace insecurity, by either becoming an entrepreneur or simply rejecting the traditional notion of the "job," for instance by becoming a "brand" and one-man company, with specialized skills and multiple income sources. And the second will be to form collectives - not businesses or political groups - but cooperative societies that reassert the existence of community and allow people to defend themselves and prosper in an insecure world. I'm planning to live my own economic life around these two choices.
We are going through a period of cynicism and self-centeredness. This is especially true for young people. I am reminded of this every time I log onto Facebook and see an endless parade of links to negative news articles. But I hope it will come back eventually. It won't come from politics, though. It will come from the bottom up, from the community.
*The author is a former Seoul correspondent for The Economist.
by Daniel Tudor


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Wednesday 27 Oct 2021, 11:30
£1.7m for local community projects across Wales
Twenty-four community projects across Wales have been awarded a share of over £1.78m in funding by the Welsh Government.
The Community Facilities Programme funds well-used amenities to improve sustainability, providing opportunities for local people as part of their day-to-day lives.
Friday 22 Oct 2021, 00:01
Fund open to support disabled people seeking election
The costs for sign language interpreters, taxi fares or equipment could be met for disabled people seeking election, as part of a pilot Welsh Government fund.
"We want a national and inclusive conversation about the impact periods can have across a person's life."
An action plan to eradicate period poverty and ensure period dignity for all in Wales has been announced today [Wednesday 20] by the Welsh Government.
Monday 11 Oct 2021, 11:00
Message from the First Minister: Support for EU settlement scheme in Wales
"Following my previous open letter to EU (and EEA and Swiss) citizens in Wales I wanted to take another opportunity to reiterate my message of support to those individuals who reside here in Wales and wish to continue to do so.
Wednesday 15 Sep 2021, 19:00
"It is indefensible and frankly deplorable that the UK Government are refusing to listen and to stand by those who need them the most."
Minister for Social Justice Jane Hutt on the UK Government's cut to the Universal Credit uplift.
During a Senedd debate on Universal Credit today, Minister for Social Justice Jane Hutt, led a stern condemnation of the UK Government's plan to cut the £20 per week uplift that will see thousands of individuals across Wales, in work and out, worse off.
Friday 10 Sep 2021, 00:01
Wales demonstrates its united approach to welcoming Afghan arrivals as a Nation of Sanctuary.
This week, Wales has passed a significant milestone in our efforts to provide sanctuary to Afghan nationals who have supported our Armed Forces. Wales is now accommodating 50 families, comprising approximately 230 individuals. The majority of those who have arrived have directly supported Wales-based and Wales-facing Armed Forces units in Afghanistan over the last 20 years.
Monday 6 Sep 2021, 15:30
£1.9m to address food poverty in Welsh communities
Over £1.9m of funding is being awarded to organisations across Wales to help tackle food poverty and addressing food insecurity within local communities.
Support for EU citizens until end of 2021
EU citizens in Wales will still be able to access free and confidential support for their EU Settlement Scheme applications until 31 December 2021, the Welsh Government have confirmed.
Monday 30 Aug 2021, 09:45
Devolved administrations call for reversal of UK Government's £20 Universal Credit cut
A letter from the UK's three devolved Governments has been sent to the UK Government's Secretary of State for the Department of Work and Pensions, Thérèse Coffey, expressing "grave concerns" regarding plans to withdraw a £20-per-week increase to Universal Credit.
Wednesday 11 Aug 2021, 00:01
15 millionth Wales-funded tree planted in Uganda
15 million trees have been planted in Uganda as part of a Welsh Government initiative to help tackle the climate emergency, with ambitions to plant 25 million trees by 2025.
Tuesday 3 Aug 2021, 14:10
£800,000 boost for south Wales community projects
Eight community projects in south Wales have been awarded a share of almost £820,000 in funding from the Welsh Government.


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package at.chaosfield.packupdate.common

import java.io.File

import at.chaosfield.packupdate.Main
import at.chaosfield.packupdate.json.{InstalledComponent, InstalledFile, LocalDatabase, serializer}
import org.json4s._
import org.json4s.jackson.{JsonMethods, Serialization}

import scala.io.Source

class MainLogic(ui: UiCallbacks) {
  def runUpdate(config: MainConfig): Unit = {

    ui.info(s"Packupdate Version: ${Main.Version}")
    try {
      val packupdateData = new File(config.minecraftDir, "packupdate")
      packupdateData.mkdirs()

      val legacyLocalFile = new File(packupdateData, "local.cfg")
      val localFile = new File(packupdateData, "local.json")

      if (legacyLocalFile.exists() && !localFile.exists()) {
        val pack = FileManager.parsePackList(Source.fromFile(legacyLocalFile, "UTF-8"))
        val newData = pack.flatMap(component => component.componentType match {
          case ComponentType.Mod | ComponentType.Forge =>
            Some(InstalledComponent(
              component.name,
              component.version,
              component.componentType,
              component.downloadUrl,
              component.hash,
              Array(
                InstalledFile(Util.absoluteToRelativePath(Util.fileForComponent(component, config.minecraftDir), config.minecraftDir), component.hash.getOrElse(FileHash.Invalid))
              ),
              component.flags
            ))
          case _ => None
        })
        val localData = LocalDatabase(newData.toArray)

        FileManager.writeStringToFile(localFile, Serialization.write(localData)(serializer.formats))
      }

      val localData = MainLogic.getLocalData(localFile)
      ui.statusUpdate("Updating Pack Metadata...")
      val remoteData = FileManager
        .parsePackList(Source.fromInputStream(FileManager.retrieveUrl(config.remoteUrl, ui)._1))
        .filter(c => c.neededOnSide(config.packSide))

      ui.statusUpdate("Calculating changes and checking integrity...")
      val updates = FileManager.getUpdates(localData.installedComponents, remoteData, config, ui)

      val types = List(
        "Newly Installed" -> classOf[Update.NewComponent],
        "Updated" -> classOf[Update.UpdatedComponent],
        "Removed" -> classOf[Update.RemovedComponent],
        "Corrupt" -> classOf[Update.InvalidComponent]
      )

      val summary = types.map{case (label, klass) => {
        (label, updates.filter(_.getClass == klass))
      }}

      ui.printTransactionSummary(summary)

      new File(config.minecraftDir, "mods").mkdirs()

      ui.progressBar = true
      val components = updates.zipWithIndex.map { case (update, idx) =>
        val verb = update match {
          case Update.NewComponent(_) => "Installing"
          case Update.RemovedComponent(_) => "Removing"
          case Update.UpdatedComponent(_, _) => "Updating"
          case Update.InvalidComponent(_) => "Repairing"
        }
        ui.statusUpdate(s"$verb ${update.name}")
        ui.progressUpdate(idx, updates.length)
        try {
          val files = update.execute(config, ui)
          update.newVersion match {
            case Some(newComp) =>
              Some(InstalledComponent.fromRemote(newComp, files))
            case None =>
              // The component has been fully removed and therefore should no longer be tracked locally
              None
          }
        } catch {
          case e: Exception =>
            ui.reportError(s"Could not download ${update.name}: ${Util.exceptionToHumanReadable(e)}", Some(e))
            // The component failed and therefore we should not track it locally.
            // After all it hasn't actually been installed
            None
        }
      }
      ui.progressBar = false
      ui.statusUpdate("Writing local metadata")

      // Ensure that untouched components will be preserved in the local state
      val finalComponents = localData
          .installedComponents
          .filter(c => !updates.exists(u => u.newOrOld.name == c.name)) ++ components.flatten
      val updatedLocalData = LocalDatabase(finalComponents)

      FileManager.writeStringToFile(localFile, Serialization.write(updatedLocalData)(serializer.formats))

      ui.statusUpdate("Finished")
      ui.finish()
    } catch {
      case e: Exception =>
        e.printStackTrace()
        ui.reportError("Internal Error while trying to perform Update", Some(e))
    }
  }
}

object MainLogic {
  def getLocalData(localFile: File): LocalDatabase = {
    if (localFile.exists) {
      val data = JsonMethods.parse(FileManager.readFileToString(localFile))

      data.extract[LocalDatabase](serializer.formats, manifest[LocalDatabase])
    } else {
      LocalDatabase(installedComponents = Array.empty)
    }
  }

  def getRunnableJar(mcDir: File): Option[File] = {
    val localFile = new File(mcDir, "packupdate" + File.separator + "local.cfg")
    getLocalData(localFile)
      .installedComponents
      .find(c => c.componentType == ComponentType.Forge)
      .map(c => Util.fileForComponent(c.toComponent, mcDir))
  }
}

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Arta Dade, née le  à Tirana (Albanie), est une femme politique albanaise. Membre du PS, elle est ministre de la Culture, de la Jeunesse et des Sports entre 1997 et 1998 puis ministre des Affaires étrangères entre 2001 et 2002.

Biographie

Notes et références

Sources

Article connexe
 Liste de dirigeantes politiques

Naissance en mars 1953
Naissance à Tirana
Ministre albanaise
Ministre albanais de la Culture
Ministre de la Jeunesse et des Sports
Ministre albanais des Affaires étrangères


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import warnings

import numpy as np

from pandas.core.dtypes.common import is_integer, is_list_like
from pandas.core.dtypes.generic import ABCDataFrame, ABCIndexClass
from pandas.core.dtypes.missing import isna, remove_na_arraylike

import pandas.core.common as com

from pandas.io.formats.printing import pprint_thing
from pandas.plotting._matplotlib import converter
from pandas.plotting._matplotlib.core import LinePlot, MPLPlot
from pandas.plotting._matplotlib.tools import _flatten, _set_ticks_props, _subplots

class HistPlot(LinePlot):
    _kind = "hist"

    def __init__(self, data, bins=10, bottom=0, **kwargs):
        self.bins = bins  # use mpl default
        self.bottom = bottom
        # Do not call LinePlot.__init__ which may fill nan
        MPLPlot.__init__(self, data, **kwargs)

    def _args_adjust(self):
        if is_integer(self.bins):
            # create common bin edge
            values = self.data._convert(datetime=True)._get_numeric_data()
            values = np.ravel(values)
            values = values[~isna(values)]

            hist, self.bins = np.histogram(
                values,
                bins=self.bins,
                range=self.kwds.get("range", None),
                weights=self.kwds.get("weights", None),
            )

        if is_list_like(self.bottom):
            self.bottom = np.array(self.bottom)

    @classmethod
    def _plot(
        cls,
        ax,
        y,
        style=None,
        bins=None,
        bottom=0,
        column_num=0,
        stacking_id=None,
        **kwds
    ):
        if column_num == 0:
            cls._initialize_stacker(ax, stacking_id, len(bins) - 1)
        y = y[~isna(y)]

        base = np.zeros(len(bins) - 1)
        bottom = bottom + cls._get_stacked_values(ax, stacking_id, base, kwds["label"])
        # ignore style
        n, bins, patches = ax.hist(y, bins=bins, bottom=bottom, **kwds)
        cls._update_stacker(ax, stacking_id, n)
        return patches

    def _make_plot(self):
        colors = self._get_colors()
        stacking_id = self._get_stacking_id()

        for i, (label, y) in enumerate(self._iter_data()):
            ax = self._get_ax(i)

            kwds = self.kwds.copy()

            label = pprint_thing(label)
            kwds["label"] = label

            style, kwds = self._apply_style_colors(colors, kwds, i, label)
            if style is not None:
                kwds["style"] = style

            kwds = self._make_plot_keywords(kwds, y)
            artists = self._plot(ax, y, column_num=i, stacking_id=stacking_id, **kwds)
            self._add_legend_handle(artists[0], label, index=i)

    def _make_plot_keywords(self, kwds, y):
        """merge BoxPlot/KdePlot properties to passed kwds"""
        # y is required for KdePlot
        kwds["bottom"] = self.bottom
        kwds["bins"] = self.bins
        return kwds

    def _post_plot_logic(self, ax, data):
        if self.orientation == "horizontal":
            ax.set_xlabel("Frequency")
        else:
            ax.set_ylabel("Frequency")

    @property
    def orientation(self):
        if self.kwds.get("orientation", None) == "horizontal":
            return "horizontal"
        else:
            return "vertical"

class KdePlot(HistPlot):
    _kind = "kde"
    orientation = "vertical"

    def __init__(self, data, bw_method=None, ind=None, **kwargs):
        MPLPlot.__init__(self, data, **kwargs)
        self.bw_method = bw_method
        self.ind = ind

    def _args_adjust(self):
        pass

    def _get_ind(self, y):
        if self.ind is None:
            # np.nanmax() and np.nanmin() ignores the missing values
            sample_range = np.nanmax(y) - np.nanmin(y)
            ind = np.linspace(
                np.nanmin(y) - 0.5 * sample_range,
                np.nanmax(y) + 0.5 * sample_range,
                1000,
            )
        elif is_integer(self.ind):
            sample_range = np.nanmax(y) - np.nanmin(y)
            ind = np.linspace(
                np.nanmin(y) - 0.5 * sample_range,
                np.nanmax(y) + 0.5 * sample_range,
                self.ind,
            )
        else:
            ind = self.ind
        return ind

    @classmethod
    def _plot(
        cls,
        ax,
        y,
        style=None,
        bw_method=None,
        ind=None,
        column_num=None,
        stacking_id=None,
        **kwds
    ):
        from scipy.stats import gaussian_kde

        y = remove_na_arraylike(y)
        gkde = gaussian_kde(y, bw_method=bw_method)

        y = gkde.evaluate(ind)
        lines = MPLPlot._plot(ax, ind, y, style=style, **kwds)
        return lines

    def _make_plot_keywords(self, kwds, y):
        kwds["bw_method"] = self.bw_method
        kwds["ind"] = self._get_ind(y)
        return kwds

    def _post_plot_logic(self, ax, data):
        ax.set_ylabel("Density")

def _grouped_plot(
    plotf,
    data,
    column=None,
    by=None,
    numeric_only=True,
    figsize=None,
    sharex=True,
    sharey=True,
    layout=None,
    rot=0,
    ax=None,
    **kwargs
):

    if figsize == "default":
        # allowed to specify mpl default with 'default'
        warnings.warn(
            "figsize='default' is deprecated. Specify figure " "size by tuple instead",
            FutureWarning,
            stacklevel=5,
        )
        figsize = None

    grouped = data.groupby(by)
    if column is not None:
        grouped = grouped[column]

    naxes = len(grouped)
    fig, axes = _subplots(
        naxes=naxes, figsize=figsize, sharex=sharex, sharey=sharey, ax=ax, layout=layout
    )

    _axes = _flatten(axes)

    for i, (key, group) in enumerate(grouped):
        ax = _axes[i]
        if numeric_only and isinstance(group, ABCDataFrame):
            group = group._get_numeric_data()
        plotf(group, ax, **kwargs)
        ax.set_title(pprint_thing(key))

    return fig, axes

def _grouped_hist(
    data,
    column=None,
    by=None,
    ax=None,
    bins=50,
    figsize=None,
    layout=None,
    sharex=False,
    sharey=False,
    rot=90,
    grid=True,
    xlabelsize=None,
    xrot=None,
    ylabelsize=None,
    yrot=None,
    **kwargs
):
    """
    Grouped histogram

    Parameters
    ----------
    data : Series/DataFrame
    column : object, optional
    by : object, optional
    ax : axes, optional
    bins : int, default 50
    figsize : tuple, optional
    layout : optional
    sharex : bool, default False
    sharey : bool, default False
    rot : int, default 90
    grid : bool, default True
    kwargs : dict, keyword arguments passed to matplotlib.Axes.hist

    Returns
    -------
    collection of Matplotlib Axes
    """

    def plot_group(group, ax):
        ax.hist(group.dropna().values, bins=bins, **kwargs)

    converter._WARN = False  # no warning for pandas plots
    xrot = xrot or rot

    fig, axes = _grouped_plot(
        plot_group,
        data,
        column=column,
        by=by,
        sharex=sharex,
        sharey=sharey,
        ax=ax,
        figsize=figsize,
        layout=layout,
        rot=rot,
    )

    _set_ticks_props(
        axes, xlabelsize=xlabelsize, xrot=xrot, ylabelsize=ylabelsize, yrot=yrot
    )

    fig.subplots_adjust(
        bottom=0.15, top=0.9, left=0.1, right=0.9, hspace=0.5, wspace=0.3
    )
    return axes

def hist_series(
    self,
    by=None,
    ax=None,
    grid=True,
    xlabelsize=None,
    xrot=None,
    ylabelsize=None,
    yrot=None,
    figsize=None,
    bins=10,
    **kwds
):
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

    if by is None:
        if kwds.get("layout", None) is not None:
            raise ValueError(
                "The 'layout' keyword is not supported when " "'by' is None"
            )
        # hack until the plotting interface is a bit more unified
        fig = kwds.pop(
            "figure", plt.gcf() if plt.get_fignums() else plt.figure(figsize=figsize)
        )
        if figsize is not None and tuple(figsize) != tuple(fig.get_size_inches()):
            fig.set_size_inches(*figsize, forward=True)
        if ax is None:
            ax = fig.gca()
        elif ax.get_figure() != fig:
            raise AssertionError("passed axis not bound to passed figure")
        values = self.dropna().values

        ax.hist(values, bins=bins, **kwds)
        ax.grid(grid)
        axes = np.array([ax])

        _set_ticks_props(
            axes, xlabelsize=xlabelsize, xrot=xrot, ylabelsize=ylabelsize, yrot=yrot
        )

    else:
        if "figure" in kwds:
            raise ValueError(
                "Cannot pass 'figure' when using the "
                "'by' argument, since a new 'Figure' instance "
                "will be created"
            )
        axes = _grouped_hist(
            self,
            by=by,
            ax=ax,
            grid=grid,
            figsize=figsize,
            bins=bins,
            xlabelsize=xlabelsize,
            xrot=xrot,
            ylabelsize=ylabelsize,
            yrot=yrot,
            **kwds
        )

    if hasattr(axes, "ndim"):
        if axes.ndim == 1 and len(axes) == 1:
            return axes[0]
    return axes

def hist_frame(
    data,
    column=None,
    by=None,
    grid=True,
    xlabelsize=None,
    xrot=None,
    ylabelsize=None,
    yrot=None,
    ax=None,
    sharex=False,
    sharey=False,
    figsize=None,
    layout=None,
    bins=10,
    **kwds
):
    converter._WARN = False  # no warning for pandas plots
    if by is not None:
        axes = _grouped_hist(
            data,
            column=column,
            by=by,
            ax=ax,
            grid=grid,
            figsize=figsize,
            sharex=sharex,
            sharey=sharey,
            layout=layout,
            bins=bins,
            xlabelsize=xlabelsize,
            xrot=xrot,
            ylabelsize=ylabelsize,
            yrot=yrot,
            **kwds
        )
        return axes

    if column is not None:
        if not isinstance(column, (list, np.ndarray, ABCIndexClass)):
            column = [column]
        data = data[column]
    data = data._get_numeric_data()
    naxes = len(data.columns)

    if naxes == 0:
        raise ValueError("hist method requires numerical columns, " "nothing to plot.")

    fig, axes = _subplots(
        naxes=naxes,
        ax=ax,
        squeeze=False,
        sharex=sharex,
        sharey=sharey,
        figsize=figsize,
        layout=layout,
    )
    _axes = _flatten(axes)

    for i, col in enumerate(com.try_sort(data.columns)):
        ax = _axes[i]
        ax.hist(data[col].dropna().values, bins=bins, **kwds)
        ax.set_title(col)
        ax.grid(grid)

    _set_ticks_props(
        axes, xlabelsize=xlabelsize, xrot=xrot, ylabelsize=ylabelsize, yrot=yrot
    )
    fig.subplots_adjust(wspace=0.3, hspace=0.3)

    return axes


"Steve represented me in a serious motor vehicle collision in the early 90's. When I contacted him again after a recent collision, he took the case to trial. The insurance company claimed I was not worse; in fact, Steve proved to the jury that my chronic pain was now quite disabling and I was awarded far more than I was offered. Because of Steve's work I am now able to afford the care I need to manage my chronic pain syndrome."
"My best friend died in my arms. I was seriously injured while trying to save him. We were electrocuted while working for the City of Central Point Water Department. The power company didn't tell us about the live wire we were working near. Although it was their job to tell us about all of the lines we were digging around, they blamed us for my friend's death. After a lot of hard work we achieved a large settlement that has allowed my family and me to go on with our lives."
"I broke my neck when a felon was being chased by the police and crashed into the car I was riding in. Steve obtained every dime there was to get for me and was able to maximize my settlement by convincing some of my creditors to drastically reduce their bills. Thanks to Steve's excellent negotiating skills, and with the help of his professional staff, I am now able to sleep at night knowing I am able to make ends meet."
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Not necessarily. Nearly all cases are settled, but we will go to trial rather than settle for unfair compensation.
Can I afford your services - what are your fees?
Unless you win or settle, there are no fees. Our fees are based on a percentage of the total recovery on your case.
Our firm will advance all costs and will be reimbursed by you at the end of the case from your recovery.
If another lawyer has referred me to you, does that mean my case is going to cost me more money?
No. Many of our clients are referred to us by other lawyers and any referral fee to those lawyers will be paid out of our attorney's fees. You will be not be required to pay additional money.
The answer depends on the case. Most cases in Oregon are completed (unless there is an appeal or other delay) within 15 months of the case being filed in court. Multnomah County, Oregon has one of the fastest dockets in the country.
We can only accept cases with merit that we believe we can win. Sometimes the merit of a case can be determined almost immediately. In other instances, we need additional time, effort, and investigation to evaluate your case. Our firm will give you our honest opinion on the merit of your case.
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Fears grow as students in Holylands planning huge St. Patrick's Day party
Police clash with students in the Holylands in 2010. Photo: Pacemaker.
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Residents living in the Holylands in Belfast are concerned after it was revealed students living in the area are planning a huge party to celebrate St. Patrick's Day.
One individual has set-up an event page on Facebook and is calling on thousands of party goers to come to the Holylands on St. Patrick's Day on Friday March 17.
The party is due to start at 9am and run until 12pm, according to the page.
The page states "the world record for the biggest Rock the Boat is 1,701. Can we beat it? More info to be announced."
The Holylands has a high concentration of young students. This is because of its close proximity to Queen's University, Belfast.
One resident described the area and some of the students who live there as "it's Magaluf-type behaviour, like an 18-30 party land".
"We are working with partner agencies to finalise an action plan and we will share this with Partners and Community Together (PACT) at the end of this month," said a spokesperson for Belfast City Council.
The anti-social behaviour of some students in the Holylands has become infamous over recent years.
In 2016, police officer was injured when more than 300 revellers gathered in the area in early hours of St. Patrick's Day.


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I think it's time to quit pining for an army of youth. I've heard the phrase all my life (especially when I was a youth)--visions of what a great army of youth, rightly trained, could do in the world. And I do believe in the potential of young people. But I also believe that the longed-for army is becoming a crutch now. The church sits backs and folds its hands and waits for the army of youth to sweep in at the end of time and fix things. There is another way.
I sat in a morning meeting at Campmeeting last summer--I had specially arranged babysitting so I could go to one meeting of the day for grown-ups. I remember looking around me, and noticing the others were more grown-up than I. The army of youth was not bivouacking at Campmeeting that year. The pre-retirement adults weren't exactly flocking there, either. I didn't see much hair in tones that weren't silvery. What I did see, however, was a lot of potential.
I saw people who got up early, carrying their Bibles, to sit on hard benches and listen to a sermon. Yes, a sermon. I looked around at them, faithful souls, if slow-moving, and I thought about the commitment that must have brought them. I'm sure those benches were harder on them than on me. I thought about how many sermons they had absorbed over the years, how many miles of underlining in those Bibles, how many hours of prayer.
We have an army. They've already shown up. We can't afford to overlook what we have, because we're pining for what we don't. We can't afford to huddle in our Sabbath School classes, encouraging each other with the thought of other people sharing the gospel for us. It's time to embrace our reality.
I'm picturing the objections now. The seniors have already given their years of youth to serve the church. What's more, age hurts--what they give costs them more than it would a younger person.
And I agree. But they also have resources we need. They have experience, and they have connections.
Grandparents especially are rich in the relationships that don't sever easily--family. Young adults may leave the church, but as long as Grandma dotes and Grandpa tells good stories, they can't stop the church from coming to them. People with a lot of life experience not only know people, they've grown the confidence and wisdom to care about eternity, and to talk about it out loud. And in the end, who's going to be more approachable and easy to trust--your overworked pastor, stuffed into a suit and weary from a parade of people, or a warm grandparent type?
Maybe it's time to free up our seniors from baking the communion bread and taking up the offering, and focus on what they can do for the lost world. Our best evangelistic resources might just be going to waste, wishing they were younger, not knowing what potential is in their hands.
Maybe. Maybe my vision of an army of seniors is just the same thing as the dream about youth. Maybe it's a crutch--daydreaming that someone else will share the gospel and change the world. It's always easier, I expect, to see your own obstacles, and other people's potential. Maybe the key isn't finding the right demographic of people to tie the burden on to. It's seeing what we have, and using it. It's our burden, and it's not so heavy when we lift together.
We have an army. It might not look the way we pictured, but we can't afford to overlook people who show up. It's time to kill the daydream, and make something out of reality.
Well put. I have used my age and physical limitations for too long. Instead of whining about what I can't do, I think it's about time I start looking for what I can be useful in.


Use recycled materials to create 4 homemade toys for babies and toddlers! They are simple to make, cost very little to put together and are great for promoting fine and gross motor skills, concentration, curiosity and cause and effect, amongst other benefits.
For Christmas I made this set of 4 exploratory toys for baby Bean using empty coffee, cocoa and milk powder canisters. I wanted to give her a few different motor skill activities to try and that could present a challenge for her 2 year old sister at the same time.
First I decorated the empty canisters by wrapping them in bright, patterned wrapping papers with contrasting colours. Then I collected some other materials to add to each one, to create a variety of types of toy.
For this toy I simply cut a slot into the soft plastic lid and found some metal food lids that I had collected. I covered them in paper and numbered them 1-5 (a couple were already under the sofa by the time I took this picture!) That's it! Baby has absolutely loved this toy the most as she is at that stage of delighting in putting things in and taking them out again. It's a great game for teaching about object permanence as once the lids go in, the top can come off and they are discovered again inside! Baby Bean can't quite manage the slot yet so uses it without the lid. but Pop mastered it straight away.
For this one I punctured some holes into the sides and lid of the container and made sure there were corresponding holes at the same levels on each side. Then I found a variety of highly tactile ribbons in different colours and widths, including velvet, organza, silky and grosgrain. I threaded them through the holes, coming in one side and out the exact same place on the opposite side so that they could be easily pulled back and forth.
I knotted the ends securely so that they can not come out. In the lid I added a few more although these can only be pulled upwards until the lid is taken off and they are adjusted again. Some of these ribbons make a lovely noise when pulled due to their stiffer material, so that added a lovely surprise element to play!
To make this one I simply cut some slits in the plastic lid and stuck in a bright, colourful, wooden lolly stick into each one. The idea is to pull them out and push them back in again. This toy has been great for both baby and toddler as they use it at their own ability levels.
Bean loves to pull them all out as fast as she can, but really struggles to push them back in yet. Pop enjoys both taking them out and putting them back and it's great for strengthening her hands and wrists.
This one was so simple and quick to put together! This canister is the only one that is made of metal so it lends itself well to being a noisy toy. I filled it about 1/5th full of macaroni and sealed the lid shut. When shaken it makes a wonderful noise but when turned on its side and rolled it becomes a great crawler toy! It rolls away a little, then starts to roll back too, encouraging baby to crawl after it in an exciting game of chase! Bean also enjoys tapping this like a drum too.
They now sit next to our collection of Baby and Toddler Discovery Bottles in Bean's Baby Play Area and are lots of fun for all our girls and their little visiting friends too!
Be sure to check out all our Baby Play activities here!
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Those are WONDERFUL, especially your Popsicle stick toy. Will be making them soon.
These are lovely ideas and I'm sure Charis would love them. She was really pleased with the breadstick box full of ping pong balls I gave her for Christmas and these are much better!
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These are brilliant. One of my son's favourite toys was an empty tissue box with some of my scarves stuffed in it. He had hours of fun pulling them out and putting them back in but I never decorated them beautifully like your canisters.
These are great, really like the ribbon idea.
These DIY toys are lovely! You really have amazing and creative ideas! My kids are not toddlers anymore but I'll save this for the future! It is too fun not to try out with a toddler!
Loving the dots paper! Where can I find the same pattern?
Wow these are amazing toys for toddlers as they includes lots of colors in it & more important they are safer too.
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Gender Identity Support Organisations
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Catalyst Support:
Drug and alcohol service providing support to people throughout Surrey aged 18 and above
Contact Information: www.catalystsupport.org.uk
Cygnets:
The aim of this group is to offer help and support on a one to one basis where necessary, to any lost and lonely transsexuals, cross dressers, transvestites and their families.
Contact Information: www.wokingcygnets.tripod.com
An organisation offering free, confidential and non-judgemental advice, information and support to all family members, spouses, partners and friends of transsexual people in the UK.
Contact Information: www.depend.org.uk
Femesque:
Company based in Aldershot offering dressing services for the trans gendered and cross dressing community.
Contact Information: www.femesque.com
FTM London:
A peer support group for female to male transgender or transsexual people.
Contact Information: www.ftmlondon.org.uk
Gay Outdoor Club:
The Surrey group generally walk on the 4th Sunday of each month and provides a wide range of outdoor and indoor sports and recreational activities for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender men and women.
Contact Information: www.goc.org.uk/groups/surrey
Gender Identity Research and Education Society (GIRES):
Information for trans people, their families and the professionals who care for them.
Contact Information: www.gires.org.uk
LGBT Guildford:
A round-up of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender events, organisations and resources for the LGBT community in and around Guildford, Surrey, UK.
Contact Information: www.lgbtguildford.co.uk
Mermaids:
Supports children and teenagers up to age 19, who are trying to cope with gender identity issues.
Contact Information: www.mermaidsuk.org.uk
OutWest:
This organisation is involved in the representation, support and social group for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered communities of West London covering the London Boroughs of Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith and Fulham, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow and Richmond upon Thames.
Contact Information: www.outwest.org.uk
Pink Therapy:
The UK's largest independent therapy organisation working with gender and sexual minority clients. They aim to promote high quality therapy and training services for people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender and others who identify as being gender or sexual minorities.
Contact Information: www.pinktherapy.com
Queer Youth Network:
A national non-profit making organisation that is run by and for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered (LGBT) Young People and is based in the United Kingdom.
Contact Information: www.lgbtyouth.org
Reading Pride:
The charity organises the annual Reading Pride Festival in King's Meadow Park, Reading and supports LGBTA communities in the Thames Valley throughout the year.
Contact Information: www.readingpride.co.uk
Regard:
The national organisation of Disabled Lesbians, Gay Men, Bisexuals and Transgendered People.
Contact Information: www.regard.org.uk
Stonewall:
National LGBT organisation, founded in 1989.
Contact Information: www.stonewall.org.uk
Sutton LGBT Forum:
For lesbian, gay, bi and trans people in the London Borough of Sutton
Contact Information: www.lgbtsutton.co.uk
TCrime.net:
The GIRES transphobic crime reporting service.
Contact Information: www.tcrime.net
The Gender Trust:
Helps adults throughout the United Kingdom who are Transsexual, Gender Dysphoric, Transgender, or those who's lives are affected by gender identity issues.
Contact Information: www.gendertrust.org.uk
TranzWiki:
TranzWiki attempts to be a comprehensive directory of the groups campaigning for, supporting or assisting transgender people across the UK.
Contact Information: www.TranzWiki.net
Twister:
Twister offers a safe space for LGBTQ young people to meet and socialise and provide information and guidance when needed. There are currently three Twister youth clubs; one in Guildford, one in Redhill and the other in Spelthorne.
Contact Information: www.surreycc.gov.uk/twister lgbtqyouth@surreycc.gov.uk
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1996
Страны на летних Олимпийских играх 1996 года