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package net.morimekta.providence.server;

import net.morimekta.providence.PServiceCall;
import net.morimekta.providence.serializer.DefaultSerializerProvider;
import net.morimekta.providence.serializer.SerializerProvider;
import net.morimekta.providence.server.internal.NoLogging;
import net.morimekta.providence.util.ServiceCallInstrumentation;
import net.morimekta.test.providence.service.Failure;
import net.morimekta.test.providence.service.Request;
import net.morimekta.test.providence.service.Response;
import net.morimekta.test.providence.service.TestService;

import com.google.api.client.http.GenericUrl;
import com.google.api.client.http.apache.ApacheHttpTransport;
import org.apache.thrift.TException;
import org.apache.thrift.protocol.TBinaryProtocol;
import org.apache.thrift.transport.THttpClient;
import org.awaitility.Awaitility;
import org.awaitility.Duration;
import org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server;
import org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletContextHandler;
import org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder;
import org.eclipse.jetty.util.log.Log;
import org.junit.AfterClass;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.BeforeClass;
import org.junit.Ignore;
import org.junit.Test;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;

import static net.morimekta.providence.server.internal.TestNetUtil.getExposedPort;
import static org.awaitility.Awaitility.waitAtMost;
import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyDouble;
import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.isNull;
import static org.mockito.Matchers.any;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.doAnswer;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.reset;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.verifyNoMoreInteractions;

/**
 * Test that we can connect to a thrift servlet and get reasonable input and output.
 */
public class ProvidenceServlet_ThriftClientTest {
    private static int                        port;
    private static TestService.Iface          impl;
    private static Server                     server;
    private static SerializerProvider         provider;
    private static ServiceCallInstrumentation instrumentation;

    private static final String ENDPOINT = "test";

    private static GenericUrl endpoint() {
        return new GenericUrl("http://localhost:" + port + "/" + ENDPOINT);
    }

    @BeforeClass
    public static void setUpServer() throws Exception {
        Awaitility.setDefaultPollDelay(2, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
        Log.setLog(new NoLogging());

        impl = mock(TestService.Iface.class);
        instrumentation = mock(ServiceCallInstrumentation.class);

        provider = new DefaultSerializerProvider();

        server = new Server(0);
        ServletContextHandler handler = new ServletContextHandler();
        handler.addServlet(new ServletHolder(new ProvidenceServlet(new TestService.Processor(impl), provider, instrumentation)),
                           "/" + ENDPOINT);

        server.setHandler(handler);
        server.start();
        port = getExposedPort(server);
    }

    @Before
    public void setUp() throws Exception {
        reset(impl, instrumentation);
    }

    @AfterClass
    public static void tearDownServer() {
        try {
            server.stop();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    @Test
    public void testThriftClient() throws TException, IOException, Failure {
        ApacheHttpTransport transport = new ApacheHttpTransport();
        THttpClient httpClient = new THttpClient(endpoint().toString(), transport.getHttpClient());
        TBinaryProtocol protocol = new TBinaryProtocol(httpClient);
        net.morimekta.test.thrift.service.TestService.Iface client =
                new net.morimekta.test.thrift.service.TestService.Client(protocol);

        doAnswer(i -> new Response("reply"))
                .when(impl)
                .test(any(Request.class));

        net.morimekta.test.thrift.service.Response response =
                client.test(new net.morimekta.test.thrift.service.Request("call"));
        assertThat(response.getText(), is("reply"));

        verify(impl).test(any(Request.class));
        verify(instrumentation).onComplete(anyDouble(), any(PServiceCall.class), any(PServiceCall.class));
        verifyNoMoreInteractions(impl, instrumentation);
    }

    @Test
    @Ignore("Apache thrift client does not accept the '0: void success;' field being set.")
    public void testThriftClient_void() throws TException, IOException, Failure {
        ApacheHttpTransport transport = new ApacheHttpTransport();
        THttpClient httpClient = new THttpClient(endpoint().toString(), transport.getHttpClient());
        TBinaryProtocol protocol = new TBinaryProtocol(httpClient);
        net.morimekta.test.thrift.service.TestService.Iface client =
                new net.morimekta.test.thrift.service.TestService.Client(protocol);

        AtomicBoolean called = new AtomicBoolean();
        doAnswer(i -> {
            called.set(true);
            return null;
        }).when(impl).voidMethod(55);

        client.voidMethod(55);

        waitAtMost(Duration.ONE_HUNDRED_MILLISECONDS).untilTrue(called);

        verify(impl).voidMethod(55);
        verify(instrumentation).onComplete(anyDouble(), any(PServiceCall.class), any(PServiceCall.class));
        verifyNoMoreInteractions(impl, instrumentation);
    }

    @Test
    public void testThriftClient_oneway() throws TException, IOException, Failure {
        ApacheHttpTransport transport = new ApacheHttpTransport();
        THttpClient httpClient = new THttpClient(endpoint().toString(), transport.getHttpClient());
        TBinaryProtocol protocol = new TBinaryProtocol(httpClient);
        net.morimekta.test.thrift.service.TestService.Iface client =
                new net.morimekta.test.thrift.service.TestService.Client(protocol);

        AtomicBoolean called = new AtomicBoolean();
        doAnswer(i -> {
            called.set(true);
            return null;
        }).when(impl).ping();

        client.ping();

        waitAtMost(Duration.ONE_HUNDRED_MILLISECONDS).untilTrue(called);

        verify(impl).ping();
        verify(instrumentation).onComplete(anyDouble(), any(PServiceCall.class), isNull());
        verifyNoMoreInteractions(impl, instrumentation);
    }

    @Test
    public void testThriftClient_failure() throws TException, IOException, Failure {
        ApacheHttpTransport transport = new ApacheHttpTransport();
        THttpClient httpClient = new THttpClient(endpoint().toString(), transport.getHttpClient());
        TBinaryProtocol protocol = new TBinaryProtocol(httpClient);
        net.morimekta.test.thrift.service.TestService.Iface client =
                new net.morimekta.test.thrift.service.TestService.Client(protocol);

        AtomicBoolean called = new AtomicBoolean();
        doAnswer(i -> {
            called.set(true);
            throw new Failure("test");
        }).when(impl).voidMethod(55);

        try {
            client.voidMethod(55);
        } catch (net.morimekta.test.thrift.service.Failure e) {
            assertEquals("test", e.getText());
        }

        waitAtMost(Duration.ONE_HUNDRED_MILLISECONDS).untilTrue(called);

        verify(impl).voidMethod(55);
        verify(instrumentation).onComplete(anyDouble(), any(PServiceCall.class), any(PServiceCall.class));
        verifyNoMoreInteractions(impl, instrumentation);
    }
}


PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Pittsburgh has been ranked as one of the best big cities to live.
WalletHub ranked 62 American cities based on 50 separate factors and the Steel City came in 3rd, ranked only behind Seattle and Virginia Beach.
The study ranked affordability, economy, education and health, quality of life, and safety.
Those five scores were added up to figure out the rank.
Pittsburgh was ranked 10th in the "economy" ranking.
San Diego and Colorado Springs rounded out the top five.
Other local cities making the list: Columbus came in at 26th overall, Philadelphia came in 44th, and Cleveland came in 53rd.
Pittsburgh also ranked 4th when it came to the highest population aged 25 and older with a high school diploma or higher.


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A widow is being hounded by debt collectors over her deceased husband's unpaid card debt. What are her rights and how can she stop the calls?
My father-in-law passed away from kidney failure a month ago. He had a credit card account with a balance of about $15,000. He did not have life insurance, and the funds remaining in his account come nowhere close to covering it. The family paid for his burial, but now the card company keeps calling and scaring my mother-in-law. She does not have the money to pay.
You and your family should immediately stop paying from your personal funds, according to Boston bankruptcy attorney Theodore Connolly. "If it is as they understand — that the widow is not a cardholder, guarantor or otherwise obligated on the account — then she is not liable." The card issuer "can only collect from the estate," he says. "Creditors cannot look to beneficiaries of an estate to collect debts that are solely those of the decedent." The family should not waste money paying the card issuer unless it "can demonstrate that the debt is owed by the widow," he says.
When someone dies, every state has laws about how creditors get paid and when. Creditors are well aware that there may not be enough money to go around after a death, so they're anxious to jostle their way to the front of the line and get their money. It's not unusual for creditors to try to get survivors to pay debts out of the deceased person's funds or from the survivors' pocketbooks, but that doesn't make it right. You are obligated to follow proper procedures, not pay the creditors who squawk the loudest first.
This letter is sent in response to (phone call/letter received by you on [date]). As I have stated, this debt belongs to my husband who is now deceased. I have no obligation on his credit card. In addition, he has no money in his estate.
Pursuant to my rights under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (the "FDCPA") and [your state], I am requesting that you validate this debt and provide evidence that I have a legal obligation to pay you. In particular, I demand that at a minimum you provide the documentation of the amount you assert I owe by me, the date the debt was originally incurred by me, payment history, the assignment to you of the debt, and any evidence that I am in fact obligated to pay this debt.
In addition, after providing me with the requested information, please cease all communication with me except the limited correspondences provided under the FDCPA.
According to the FDCPA, 15 USC 1692c, Section 805(c), entitled "Ceasing Communications" and the laws of [your state], you must cease all communication with me after I write to you stating that I no longer wish to communicate with you. Therefore, immediately cease all communications with me. Do not call me. Do not call my home, my work, my cellphone or any other location. Do not write.
You are hereby notified that if you do not comply with this request, I will immediately file a complaint and pursue such other legal remedies as I see fit.
Another option, according to Connolly, is to contact the consumer protection department of the state attorney general.
Instead of sending money to the card company, your father-in-law's personal representative should do what is necessary in his state to notify all of his creditors and to close the estate properly. You and your family have enough to deal with at this time, with services, grieving, family travel and everything else that goes with losing a family member. Make sure someone takes steps immediately to at least put your mother-in-law's mind at ease over this matter.
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(12052) Arétaon, désignation internationale (12052) Aretaon, est un astéroïde troyen jovien.

Description
(12052) Arétaon est un astéroïde troyen jovien, camp troyen, c'est-à-dire situé au point de Lagrange L5 du système Soleil-Jupiter. Il présente une orbite caractérisée par un demi-grand axe de 5,247 UA, une excentricité de 0,067 et une inclinaison de 11,5° par rapport à l'écliptique.

Il est nommé en référence au personnage de la mythologie grecque Arétaon, acteur du conflit légendaire de la guerre de Troie.

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RESIDENTS ANGERED OVER CITY'S CHANGES TO MOUNT DORA CEMETERY
ABOVE: The long swaths of dirt are where some of the historic coping was removed from family gravesites.
It was once touted as one of the nicest places to be laid to rest in the area. Located in the center of town, Mount Dora's historic Pine Forest Cemetery lived up to its name of a peaceful place where towering pines dotted the lawn among the paths of headstones and monuments. Inside the aging cemetery are the humble gravesites of the city's founding families, as well as burial sites of recent residents.
Earlier this year some of that peace and beauty changed after City staff were directed to remove some aging landscaping and damaged gravesite coping in order to make maintenance easier and to remove potential tripping hazards at the City-owned cemetery, according to Amy Jewell, Mount Dora's Director of Leisure Services that oversees the city-owned cemetery.
A 1969 City ordinance prevented more coping from being added to the cemetery. That was the year after the City's cement mason, Carl Risley, passed away. Last September the City Council, as well as the City's Parks Advisory Committee comprised of residents, voted unanimously to adopt a policy that reaffirmed the prohibition of the coping at Pine Forest, said Jewell in a letter dated February 24.
Staff members were not directed to remove all of the gravesite coping. However, an overzealous supervisor removed excessive amounts of coping, according to Jewell. As a result, swaths of unsightly scarred earth were left behind and those parts of the cemetery appeared desecrated (see video below). Residents began complaining to Jewell and City Manager Robin Hayes. The issue lit up on social media last weekend with dozens of angry residents accusing the City of disrespect and desecration.
One of the vocal residents is John Tremain, whose forebears are among the City's founding families buried at the Pine Forest. Decades ago, Tremain was in charge of maintenance at the cemetery, and he states that during his tenure the coping never presented a maintenance problem or a tripping hazard for visitors.. At that time, staff regularly used a weed- eater to trim vegetation around the coping and headstones and cleaned the mold from headstones using a bleach and water solution when needed. Today the maintenance of the headstones falls solely on surviving family members. If they are unavailable, the cement headstones become blackened with mold and buried in several inches of soil and overgrowth. Tremain retired from the City several years ago, but has been a vocal critic about what he believes is a lack of proper maintenance, as well as the recent removal of the coping at the Donnelly Street cemetery.
Surviving family members were not notified in advance of the removal of the gravesite coping designating their families' sites, but Jewell stated that only coping identified as hazardous or buried will be removed in the future and the CIty will now coordinate with family members.
The Pine Forest historic coping elements were made by Carl Risley, the owner of a local cement company that also created the vertical street markers in the historic district and much of the rusticated cement blocks used on the city's historic buildings.
The recent barrenness of the cemetery will be addressed with a plan to replant after the removal of some landscaping and the 34 trees marked for removal due to disease or risk of falling, according to Jewell.
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Glenda Rohrs
Absolutely disgraceful! My Uncle John Aldrich maintained this cemetery for centuries; always immaculate, very well kept & respected. I have numerous family members, close school friends & other classmates with their parents buried here, as well. What has happened to this place? This is a final resting place for many people.
Respectfully, Glenda Cook Rohrs
This is a very informative article. Thank you for the research and thoughtfulness the author has shown in writing about such a delicate, important matter. The Pine Forest Cemetery, as is every cemetery, is hallowed ground. The utmost respect and care should be shown when tending it. History cannot be replaced.

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Q: Time Limit Exceeded in Codeforces solution. How can I improve my solution? Problem-http://codeforces.com/contest/454/problem/B
Problem Synopsis- A given integer sequence is to be changed into ascending order by applying shifting operations(each element is shifted by 1 place to its right, the last element becomes the first). Find minimum number of operations to make the sequence ascending. Print -1 if it is not possible.
I'm getting a TIME_LIMIT_EXCEEDED for test case 6 in the above link. I know that there are more efficient solutions for this problem but if possible, I would like to make changes in my solution to make it run within the time limit. Would that be possible? If yes, how can I do that?
My solution:
#include<iostream>
#include<vector>
#include<cstring>
#include<cmath>
#include<algorithm>

typedef long long LL;

using namespace std;

bool checkAsc(vector<int> x, int N)
{
    for(int i=0;i<(N-1);i++)
    {
        if(x[i+1]<x[i])
            return false;
    }

    return true;
}

vector <int> shiftRight(vector <int> &x, int N)
{
    int temp=x[N-1];

    for(int i=(N-1);i>=1;i--)
    {
        x[i]=x[i-1];
    }

    x[0]=temp;

    vector <int> y=x;

    return y;
}

bool ifPossible(vector <int> x, int N)
{
    for(int i=1;i<(N-1);i++)
    {
        if((x[i]>x[i-1])&&(x[i]>x[i+1])&&(x[i+1]>x[i-1]))
            return false;
    }

    return true;
}

int main()
{
    int n, turns=0;
    vector <int> a(100000);

    cin>>n;
    for(int i=0;i<n;i++)
        cin>>a[i];

    if(!ifPossible(a, n))
        cout<<"-1";

    else
    {
        while(!checkAsc(a, n))
        {
            shiftRight(a, n);
            turns++;
        }

        cout<<turns;
    }

    return 0;
}

Checker's log:

Test: #6, time: 1000 ms., memory: 784 KB, exit code: -1, checker exit code: 0, verdict: TIME_LIMIT_EXCEEDED
  Input
  99998
99997 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 15...

A: First, fix your algorithm, for {3, 2, 1}, you have infinite loop (instead of -1).
From your code, pass vector by const ref instead of value to avoid useless copies.
your shiftRight may use vector.insert(v.back()); vector.pop_back() which is same complexity, but use some faster method (as memcpy); and change return type to void(as the result is not used) and so discard y and its copy.
But your algorithm is still O(N²) whereas it can be done in O(N)
int get_unicorn_shift(const std::vector<int>& v)
{
    auto mid = std::is_sorted_until(v.begin(), v.end());
    if (mid == v.end()) {
        return 0;
    }
    auto end = std::is_sorted_until(mid, v.end());
    if (end != v.end() || v.front() < v.back()) {
        return -1;
    }
    return end - mid;
}

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Home > News > News Releases > 2013 > Millions of Mothers, Newborn and Children Could Be Saved by Scaling Up Low-Cost Interventions
Millions of maternal, newborn and child lives could be saved by scaling up low-cost interventions
New England Journal of Medicine article reviews state of global maternal, child and newborn health — estimates how to save millions of lives by 2020
Intervention Coverage across the Continuum of Care
Median coverage levels are shown for selected WHO Commission for Information and Accountability indicators of intervention coverage for Countdown countries with data for the period from 2007 through 2012. Vertical bars indicate the range of coverage estimates across the 75 countries with available data.
From: Bhutta, ZA and Black RE. Global Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health — So Near and Yet So Far. N Engl J Med 2013;369:2226-35.
Robert Black, MD, professor, Department of International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, MB, BS, PhD, Sick Kids Center for Global Child Health and Aga Khan University, report in the New England Journal of Medicine on how to achieve rapid decreases in maternal, child and newborn mortality by 2020.
While childhood mortality has fallen to around 6.5 million from over 12.5 million in 1990, major disparities remain—with both urban and rural poor communities shouldering crushing levels of maternal, child and newborn mortality. In addition, the authors report on data suggesting that most Countdown Countries (the 75 countries with more than 98 percent of the current burden of maternal and child mortality) are not on target to meet the Millennium Development Goals for reducing maternal and child mortality by 2015. Despite global recognition that key essential evidence-based interventions should be implemented and scaled up within health systems, major gaps remain. The graph here shows the current median coverage of key interventions across the major Countdown countries and highlights the wide disparities in coverage.
Using the Lives Saved Tool, Bhutta and Black estimate the effect of scaling up coverage of proven packages for maternal preventive care and child care, for newborn resuscitation and care, and packages related to community-based case detection and management. These reliable estimates show that at 90% coverage, millions of deaths could be averted by 2020. Evidence also suggests it is possible to reduce the mortality among the poorest and marginalized sections of the population and to accomplish this reduction rapidly. Moreover, recent surveys have also shown that such interventions generally favor these disadvantaged populations and help narrow inequalities.
To view estimates of the lives saved and descriptions of intervention packages, see the complete article in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Citation: Bhutta, ZA and Black RE. Global Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health — So Near and Yet So Far. N Engl J Med 2013;369:2226-35.
Contact for the Department of International Health: Brandon Howard at 410-502-9059 or bhoward@jhsph.edu.


In this post, we shall explore interesting facts about places in the Philippines.
Basilan Island is the northernmost and largest of the major islands of the Sulu archipelago.
Lake Lanao in Marawi City is Mindanao's largest lake and the second largest lake in the country with a surface area of 340 square kilometers or 130 square miles. It is counted as one of the 15 ancient lakes of the world.
Marawi City is the only chartered city in the Philippines with a predominantly Muslim population.
Lake Dapao in Pualas is one of the country's deepest lakes reaching depths of up to 390 feet or 120 meters despite only having a surface area of 10.11 square kilometers or 1,011 hectares.
Wao is the only predominantly Christian municipality in Lanao del Sur.
Lupa Sug (Sulu) is the oldest prosperous commercial center in the Philippines.
The world's smallest walled city is found in Jolo.
Talipao's Pala River is the longest river in Sulu Province.
Bangued comes from the word banggen, the local term for obstacles. Tingguian residents opposed the Christianization introduced by Spanish friars and placed roadblocks on all roads leading to the place.
Bucay is the most centrally-located town in Abra province.
Bucay was the first provincial capital of Abra.
Itogon is the largest town in Benguet in terms of land area.
The biggest municipal hall in the country is located in Kapangan town.
Barangay Madaymen in Kibungan town is famous for its Frost of Madaymen where one can experience chilling temperatures as low as 0°C or 32°F between December and January.
La Trinidad holds the current Guiness World Record for baking the world's largest strawberry shortcake last March 20, 2004.
In terms of land area, San Juan City is the Philippines' smallest city.
The Bangui Wind Farm is the first power-generating windmill farm in southeast Asia.
Burgos is the most northwestern town on Luzon Island.
On a Guinness World Records attempt on October 9, 2007, Dingras baked a kilometer-long bibingka made from 1,000 kilos of cassava and eaten by 1,000 residents.
Candon City once made the largest and heaviest kalamay in the world.
The longest painting in the Philippines can be found in Candon Church.
The Archbishop's Palace of the Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia is the oldest continually inhabited Archbishop's residence in the Philippines.
The Hundred Islands National Park is composed of 123 islands(124 on low tide).
Anda or Cabarruyan Island is usually referred to as the "Mother of the Hundred Islands".
With a total land area of only 81.5 square kilometers, Villaverde is the smallest municipality in Nueva Vizcaya, occupying only 1.86% of the province's total land area.
Bongabon is the largest producer of onions in the Philippines and Southeast Asia.
In terms of land area, Carranglan is the largest municipality in Nueva Ecija.
General Nakar is the largest town in Quezon.
Plaridel is the smallest town in Quezon, covering an area of only 33 square kilometers.
Real is the second largest town in Quezon province in terms of land area.
Baras is home to Sikaran, the Tagalog martial art that involves hand and mostly foot fighting.
Taytay is the country's third most populous municipality.
Ranked 10th in Most Competitive Philippine Municipalities in 2014.
The town of Teresa is named after the only female datu of precolonial Philippines, Reyna Teresabanta.
Marinduque is the second safest province in the Philippines after Batanes.
Marinduque prides itself of being the geographical center of the Philippines.
Biglang-awa Bridge, which connects Barangay Tampus to Barangay Bantad, is the longest bridge in Marinduque Province.
Santa Cruz is the largest town in Marinduque Province.
Balabac Island is the southernmost island in the province of Palawan.
In October 2013, Daily News Dig website identified the clear waters of Linapacan as 1 of 35 waters to swim in around the world before one dies.
NARRA stands for National Resettlement Rehabilitation Administration, a program started in 1954 to resettle landless people from Luzon to Palawan.
Covering an area of 7,000 acres, Talisay is the smallest town in Camarines Norte province.
The Bato Bridge is the longest in the Bicol Region.
Caramoran occupies 16.7% of the land area of Catanduanes province, making it the largest town.
Masbate is the world's 155th largest island in terms of land area.
Batuan is the smallest municipality in Masbate in both land area and population.
The only state college in Masbate province is located in Mandaon town, Dr. Emilio B. Espinosa Sr. Memorial State College of Agriculture and Technology.
The only rodeo show in Asia happens every April, the Rodeo Masbateño.
In terms of land area, Milagros is the largest town in Masbate province.
Sorsogon is the southernmost province in the Luzon mainland.
In terms of land area, Sorsogon is the largest city in the Bicol Region.
Irosin is the only landlocked municipality in the province of Sorsogon.
Belison is the smallest town in Antique in terms of land area and population.
Belison is the youngest municipality in Antique.
Barrio Malandog in Hamtic town is said to be the first Malay settlement in the Philippines.
Wighing 10,400 kilograms and measuring 7 meters in diameter and 5 feet in height, the Santa Monica Church Bell is the biggest in Asia and the 3rd biggest in the world.
Jordan's plaza is the smallest plaza in the world.
Magalumbi Island is famous for its batang langoy, children who had to swim 2 kilometers to school from their homes and back. Since they cannot carry their books with them, they bury them in the beach sand after school and retrieve them in the morning.
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Kiol didn't know how much time had passed when Nirin stirred. He sat up, rubbing his face and squinting up at Kiol in the darkness. Kiol bit back a smile.
"I'm awake," he said. He opened his arms and let Nirin climb out of his lap, leaving empty, cold air behind.
"I have to check something," Nirin signed. "Stay here."
"It's too dark, you can't go on your own," Kiol protested, starting to stand. Nirin pressed his shoulder, gently pushing him back down.
"I'll be okay," Nirin signed. "I promise. Wait here." Kiol watched him wander off, deeper into the temple. He gave a sharp exhale, but let him go. He'd checked over the temple thoroughly and there was nothing dangerous here. He leaned his head back against the wall and watched the slants of light peaking through the boarded window.
He didn't mean to fall asleep, but he wasn't guarding against it either. A pressure on his arm woke him and he jerked upright, though this time with enough awareness not to strike out at Nirin.
"Did you find it?" Kiol asked.
Nirin shook his head. "Not the remnant. But I have something to show you."
"Show me?" Kiol muttered, tousling his hair. He pulled the tie out and re-tied his hair into a ponytail, then stood and followed Nirin through the halls. It wasn't pitch black, but it was dark enough that Kiol was impressed with Nirin's navigation. He stopped inside a mostly empty room. From its size and location, Kiol had assumed the other day that it had been the head priest's bedchamber. There were faded patterns on the walls, indistinguishable, but not so different from the layers of charms that priests hung on their walls in current days.
The large window on the far wall had been boarded up when Kiol last entered, but the boards were pried off now. He realized it wasn't a window, but a doorway. On the other side were cells.
"A prison?" Kiol asked. "They had prisons in their temple?" Kiol wasn't devoutly religious but it rubbed even him the wrong way. There was no place for suffering inside a place of worship. Well, aside from boredom. He stepped up to it but Nirin grabbed his arm before he could go inside.
"I need to borrow your dagger," he signed. Kiol blinked at him. Nirin's lips pressed into a line. "No matter what happens, I need you to trust me." He stared into Kiol's eyes, though he could not have seen them well. Kiol reached into his vest and took out his dagger. He placed it hesitantly into Nirin's palm. "Thank you," Nirin signed. "Ruadhan will be here soon."
Kiol's heart dropped to the bottom of his stomach. Nirin paused, his eyebrows pulling together. "What are you talking about?" Kiol demanded.
"That charm… it tracks you. Ruadhan knows where we are."
"What?" Kiol hissed. He reached into his vest and pulled out the charm that Hida had given him. "No. The Archbishop gave this to me. He's a rebel, he's working against Ruadhan. He wants to—"
"Whether he does or not, Ruadhan put a tracking seal on that charm."
"What? How do you know?"
"The messages that have been helping us. It doesn't matter now," Nirin signed. "Go back to the front of the temple. When Ruadhan arrives, you must lead him here."
"Are you going to kill him?" Kiol asked. "Give me the dagger. I'll do it. You shouldn't."
"No. Trust me, Kiol, trust me. Please. I've been keeping some things from you, but after this, if… if I can get answers from Ruadhan, I'll tell you what I know."
Kiol's heart sunk even further. For a second he couldn't breathe. He reached out and gripped Nirin's arms. "Tell me now."
"No, not now. You have to go to the front hall."
"Why should I trust you if you've been lying to me?" He saw the surprised hurt on Nirin's face and had to swallow down his guilt. "Is that all my life is? Lies? Ruadhan, Creator, Hida… even you? Or is this all a lie, and you've been manipulating me this whole time?"
"No! I promise, I haven't."
"Then why do I feel this way?!"
"You felt it on your own!" Nirin signed furiously. "From the moment you saw me, didn't you? I did nothing, I said nothing, but you felt it. We're connected somehow. Maybe Serul was telling the truth, it's because we're both god-gifted. I don't know if it's the truth! I don't know what is true out of the things I've realized. I couldn't tell you theories that would just prove false and ruin everything. I can't— I truly can't tell you now. It's too much. Kiol—"
"You're lying!" Kiol shoved him. Nirin stumbled back, bumping into the wall. He stared at Kiol, eyes wide. "You're using me! I know who I am, Nirin! No one likes me, they don't willingly spend time with me, they don't go out of their way to keep me around! You wanted to get close to Ruadhan, this whole time you knew I was the one who could lead you there."
"Stop, stop it, Kiol!" Kiol did stop, chest heaving, glaring at Nirin. The boy blinked sadly at him. "I'm sorry I've confused you— I'm sorry this has all confused you. You don't know who or what to believe, I understand. Ruadhan means a lot to you, I know. I know you don't want it all to be true. When Ruadhan captured me he threatened to kill you to get information from me, and he meant it. He would have done it. But I saw something else. Whether he killed you now or not, he will kill you eventually. He has to. And I won't let that happen— I can't."
"I don't know why! All I know is what I saw in him."
"No, why do you care?" Kiol demanded. "Why do you care if I live or die?"
"Because you're my friend!"
"We barely know each other!"
"I like you!"
"True God, Kiol!" Nirin stepped forward and Kiol stepped back. "Why do you think of yourself this way? Just because you don't like yourself doesn't mean others can't like you! You're genuine and honest and practical. Isn't that enough to like you? You're the first person in my life who didn't expect anything from me. You don't see me as a tool, or an opportunity, or a means to an end. Isn't that enough to like you?!"
Kiol grit his teeth, fighting back anger and tears. He stared down Nirin, trying to see a crack in his heartfelt expression, trying to piece together everything that had happened in the past few weeks into a cohesive whole. Before he could finish, Nirin threw his entire body weight into Kiol, knocking him off balance and into the prison room.
His tail bone slammed into the floor and Nirin's weight slammed on top of him. Even with the breath knocked out of his lungs, he flung Nirin off without a second of pause and jumped to his feet.
A movement in the first room drew his eye and froze him in place. Ruadhan stood there, framed by the doorway. He was watching them with cold, unfeeling eyes, but something about the tilt of his head screamed 'murderous.' Without a single thought Kiol switched his purpose, stepping in front of Nirin and blocking him from Ruadhan's view.
"Why are you here?" he asked.
Ruadhan looked down and picked some dust off his tunic, then took a few more steps into the room. Kiol mirrored him, stepping into the doorway to give him no access to Nirin at all. He reached into his vest but his hand grasped nothing. Right. Nirin had his dagger, and he didn't have his sword.
"Answer me."
"Why are you protecting him?" Ruadhan asked. "I've let you run around with him in hopes that you'd learn for yourself. But it seems you haven't."
Kiol waited for him to continue on his own but he didn't. He only stared back at Kiol like stone. "Learn what?" Kiol prompted coldly.
"That he's using you." Kiol's blood turned to ice. "That he's ruining your life. He'll leave you broken, with nothing, and no one. He's turned you against me, hasn't he?"
"You hurt him," Kiol spat. "You gave me your word that you wouldn't. Why should I trust a single fucking word from your mouth, then?"
"What haven't I given you, Kiol? Your life, your skills, answers to any questions you ask. And you still don't trust me?"
Something pressed into Kiol's back. He stiffened, but it wasn't sharp. Nirin wrote with his finger, "Need to get to other door."
Kiol moved further into the room. "Who are you?"
Ruadhan shook his head. "Like you said. I'm Ruadhan, Temple General."
"Fine, who were you?"
Ruadhan smiled. "Are you going to make a run for it? Or force me into a cell?" Of course Ruadhan would notice Kiol slowly inching around him. Kiol hadn't thought otherwise and was prepared to defend, but Ruadhan made no move to stop them. "You don't have to protect him, Kiol, or help him."
"I don't have to listen to you, either."
Ruadhan shrugged with his hands. "I didn't say you did."
"What's so evil about him, then?" Kiol asked.
"You've met Creator, haven't you?" Kiol stopped walking. Ruadhan knew. "Or, the one who claims to be her."
"She is Creator," Kiol growled. "I saw with my own eyes."
"No, she has Creator's powers. But she's not Creator. I know that, because I know Creator is dead." Kiol's eyes widened. "She's been dead for centuries. And while I toil to keep the world together, people like Nirin are plotting to tear it apart." After the last syllable was out of his mouth, without a beat between voice and action, Ruadhan lunged. Not at Kiol, but towards the doorway. Kiol jolted forward to stop him but Ruadhan needed only that split second of advantage.
Though Kiol had stopped halfway through the room, Nirin had continued to the entrance.
"Nirin!" Kiol shouted.
Nirin dodged out of Ruadhan's attack and the man's short sword sparked against the stone wall instead. Kiol was sure Ruadhan hadn't landed a hit, but his nose still caught the metallic tang of blood. He dashed towards Nirin but Ruadhan was once again quicker, spinning and continuing his attack on the boy. Nirin narrowly avoided another hit, stumbling back. The two of them had to see through darkness, and Nirin should have had an advantage with his gift. But somehow Ruadhan seemed to have the advantage no matter how Nirin moved.
Kiol caught up and grabbed Ruadhan's arm, yanking it back. Ruadhan started a maneuver to escape, Kiol tried to counter, and Ruadhan easily countered the counter. Ruadhan had taught Kiol everything he knew. Even in the dark he knew exactly what Kiol was doing.
Ruadhan shoved him off and Kiol changed tactics, deciding to grab Nirin and run. He turned around to see Nirin at the doorway again, sliding his finger across the wall. A streak of blood was left behind. A seal. Kiol realized for the first time that the markings on the walls weren't runes, but seals. Nirin was completing one whose edge had been scraped away.
Nirin turned around just as Kiol reached him and the boy ducked out of his hold.
"We have to go!" Kiol burst out. Nirin's eyes flit past his shoulder and Kiol looked as well to see Ruadhan walking leisurely over as though he hadn't just attacked them.
"Do you think you're safe now?" Ruadhan asked. Nirin gripped Kiol's arm. "You think a holding seal can trap me?" The hand on his arm tugged. Kiol took a step back with Nirin.
"You promised you wouldn't kill him," Kiol reminded him; futilely, he knew. Ruadhan's steps did not pause at all. Kiol spun but before he could haul Nirin out, the boy dodged behind him.
Kiol's breath went still in his lungs. He turned back around, as fast as he could, knowing it was not fast enough, and caught the boy as he fell back into his arms. A blade was thrust through Nirin's abdomen.
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This is an intensely interesting explanation of the role of the Councils of Pisa and Constance in the healing of the Great Western Schism. It is by the same author, and is extracted from the same volume, as the text on the possibility of a long-term vacancy of the Holy See (Here: http://strobertbellarmine.net/oreilly.html )
Fr. Edmund James O'Reilly S.J, The Relations of the Church to Society - Theological Essays, John Hodges, London, 1892, pp. 290-298. Emphasis in the original.
First of all, the Council describes itself as congregated and existing for the extirpation of the present schism, and the union . . . of the Church of God. This is the first object, marking as a distinctive character of that Council, that it was emphatically ordained to the extinction of the schism, and the union of the different sections into which the Church had been divided by the schism. The Council had likewise for its object the reformation of the Church of God in its Head. This was to be effected by giving to the Church an undoubted Head, and a fit one. John XXIII was neither undoubted nor fit. He was unhappily not a man distinguished virtue. This alone would not have been ground enough for deposing him, unless so far as it included the guilt of heresy. As a matter of fact he was accused of heresy, though in what this was supposed to consist was not clear; and the absence of sufficient proof of it appears to have been a reason with the Council for being anxious to obtain from John an acceptation of their sentence of deposition; and this they took care to secure before pronouncing the sentence.
There is question here of personal external heresy on the part of a true Pope, not of heretical teaching ex cathedra, which is impossible. The Canon Law, in the chapter Si Papa, contemplates the case hypothetically, and theologians commonly treat it as possible; many of them, however, of whom Bellarmine is one, holding that God would not permit it, though there is no promise. If the case occurred, the delinquent would have to be set aside. Bellarmine – rightly or wrongly – believes that Pope Liberius, though not in his mind a heretic, still in consequence of his external assent to a heretical proceeding, did actually fall from the Papal dignity, was succeeded by Felix II (who had been previously an anti-pope), and, on the death of Felix, was again raised to the Pontifical throne, so that he was twice Pope. (De Romano Pontifice, lib. iv., cap. o.)
Assuredly the setting aside of a doubtful Head, especially with a prohibition to re-elect him (which prohibition the Council imposed), or the setting aside of a heretic, would be a reformation of the Church in its Head. Then, as to the reformation of the Church in its members, there is not much difficulty. The members were subject to the Council, and what was done in their regard could not be rightly resisted by the Head, nor validly resisted by a Head who was under the control of the Council as doubtful. It is further said in the first Decree, that the same Synod … has power immediately from Christ, which was true of that Synod assembled for the termination of a schism between contending claimants to the Papacy, and also so far as there might be question of pronouncing a Pope to be a heretic. It is further again declared that everyone, of whatever state and dignity he may be, even Papal, is obliged to obey the Council. A person may be of Papal dignity in different ways; namely, either an undoubted Pope, or a doubtful Pope, or even one who is pretty well known not to be really Pope, but yet pretends to be such, and is acknowledged by many through perversity or mistake. At the time when the decree was passed there were two claimants less probably entitled to the dignity than not, and of these one less probably still than the other; but neither without some colour of right, and both, too, having many Catholic adherents; and there was one, namely, John, with a better title, whom the Council itself was disposed to regard as really Pope, yet not quite certainly so, and who was impeached of heresy. Such holders of Papal dignity might be obliged to obey the Council. It is to be sedulously noted that in this Decree the Council speaks of itself only, and with relation to existing circumstances. There is not a title of generalization. The Council says it is to be obeyed by all such parties as now exist, that is by the faithful generally, by individual bishops, &c., and even by those who now hold even the Papal dignity, as they now hold it.
And in what are they bound to obey? In those things which belong to Faith and the extirpation of the said schism, and the general Reformation of the Church of God in (its) Head and members. It is to be observed that the mention of Faith does not occur in the earlier extant copies of this decree. But its mention causes no serious difficulty. There need be no question of final definitions of Faith by the Council, but only of causes regarding Faith – trials of persons even of Papal dignity, on charges appertaining to Faith – the enforcement of former definitions, &c. The other words concern disciplinary matters.
The whole, then, of the first Decree, comes to this: that this particular Council, under existing circumstances, is Divinely authorized to settle all that now requires to be settled, including very specially the termination of the schism and all steps needed for this object, and among the rest the setting aside of doubtful Popes, or of a Pope convicted of heresy; and that, with relation to this object, all, even of Papal dignity, are obliged to obey the Council, that is, all those persons who are at present in any way invested with Papal dignity are so bound.
The second Decree (passed in the fifth session) extends to any other Council the right to be obeyed by all. But here there is question of another Council legitimately assembled and, of course, legitimately sitting; there is question too of mandates and precepts concerning the premisses or other things thereunto belonging. Now this may be well understood of another Council called to put an end to this schism, or at most, a similar schism. The Council of Constance was the second General Council which had been convoked for the purpose of extinguishing this particular schism, and it was far from clear that one or more additional Councils might not still be required for the same purpose. John had, at this time, fled from the Council, called, as it was, and opened, by himself, and there might be reason to apprehend that he would try to put an end to it.
The words of the decrees admit of the explanation I have given of them, and therefore they may at least be so taken. Add to this that the Council, circumstanced as it was, can hardly be presumed to have set about defining a doctrine which neither concerned the actual state of things nor belonged to any controversy with the heretics of the period, a doctrine, too, that had much appearance of novelty and was never dominant in the Church before or since. It was not unnatural, on the other hand, that the Council should lay down what regarded its own authority for the time being, and in as strong and comprehensive terms as could well be employed. The statement contained in the decree is, no doubt, emphatic and full and impressive in the variety and legal formality of its terms, and no wonder, if we consider its bearing with reference to the Council's action. I will say more later on of the precise character and nature of this statement; I do not mean as to its truth nor as to its sense though the sense is thence illustrated but as to its object in the mind of the Council, and its dogmatic position.
Now, turning for a moment to the Vatican definition; this definition treats of the Roman Pontiff in what may be called his normal state; that is to say, where he is the undoubtedly genuine Vicar of Christ, whether good or bad as to his conduct, provided he be not personally an external heretic. The sense of the Vatican definition regarding the Pope's Infallibility and his superiority over the Church and its other pastors, distributively and collectively, and over Councils, is unmistakable. The Decrees of Constance ought, or at the very least can, be understood of doubtful Popes. The Vatican definition, as a matter of course, regards certain and not doubtful Popes, and must be understood of the infallibility of such Popes and their superiority over Councils, &c. In all this there is no mutually destructive opposition between decrees and decrees.
Were the Decrees we have been considering confirmed by Martin V? As a help towards solving this question, I will answer another, which is, besides, worthy of own sake. What was the original character of the Decrees themselves? To what class or category did they belong? Were they dogmatic definitions?
Reverting to the circumstances of the time, we must remember that the then actual state of things in the Church was anomalous and without example in preceding centuries. The position of the Council and the work it had to do were likewise out of the common course. No General Council before that of Pisa was ever called on to determine who was – or was to be – Head of the Church. No previous legitimate Council assembled and deliberated , as it did, not only without the approbation, but against the will, of the Roman Pontiff. Other Councils had been presided over by the Pope, either personally or through his legates. This Council took, within certain limits, the place of the Pope as well as its own. It undertook to exclude from all ecclesiastical power the two claimants to the Papacy, one of whom – whichever it may have been – was till then the rightful claimant. Having displaced both, it substituted another, with the hope that he would be universally recognised. But in this hope it was disappointed: there came to be three claimants instead of only two. The Council of Constance had to accomplish the task which that of Pisa failed to accomplish. This latter Council had, I will assume, validly dethroned Gregory XII and Benedict XIII, and validly seated Alexander V in the Chair of St. Peter. But it had not silenced the deposed parties nor their adherents, whose number continued considerable. The Council of Constance, which was in some sort a continuation of that of Pisa, and, at any rate, heir to its incomplete work, had reason to fear a similar failure for itself, and might look forward to the danger of setting up a fourth rival, as Pisa had set up a third.
Under this pressure the Fathers, or many among them, considered it expedient to proclaim their rights and powers, to themselves or to each other for their own encouragement, to the fugitive Pontiff, who was increasing their difficulties, and to the rest of the Church. This they did in the Decrees we are discussing, and which were an assertion of the Council's position and prerogatives, and of those of other possible future Councils. But, we may ask, did they intend to define the doctrine involved in this assertion, whatever was the extent of its meaning; whether that meaning was confined to present and other similar circumstances or not; whether, again, it regarded certain or only doubtful Popes? It is quite plain that the chief object and end of these Decrees was to strengthen the hands of the Council, and not to settle a doctrine for its own sake, and for the sake of the integrity of the Faith, as this very Council did later with regard to other matters. Besides, whatever weight the Fathers wished these Decrees to have, they wished them to have it there and then, and not dependently on a future confirmation of an undoubted Pope, when all the troubles that made the Decrees so peculiarly important at the time should have passed away. The Fathers knew that the supreme, independent right to define could be as readily questioned as the right to command, and even more readily, because there might be, and there was, an urgent necessity of commanding, but not of defining. For commanding there was a necessity such as would justify the inference that God had given the right, since He could not be wanting to His Church in what was strictly needful. I do not mean that they imagined, or that we are to imagine, any fresh communication of power made at that time, but that God must have so constituted the Church from the beginning that it would be able to meet any emergency which He would allow to arise; and an emergency had arisen, which demanded an unusual kind of action on the part of a Council. This was understood by those who convoked the Council of Pisa and by that Council itself; this was understood, too, quite clearly by the Fathers of Constance. The Council of Pisa had acted on the doctrine; the Council of Constance was about to act on it, but conceived there was occasion for stating it, for laying it down.
We may observe here, by the way, that the Council of Constance laboured under a difficulty superadded to those whereby that of Pisa was embarrassed, inasmuch as there was now actually a person with clearer claims to the Pontifical throne than either Gregory or Benedict, and who had alone called the Council as it then stood, and the Council was beginning to be in collision with him.
I said the Council conceived there was occasion for stating the doctrine concerning its own power. It may have overstated this doctrine, but it cannot be blamed for simply stating it. I may be asked, if this was not a definition, what was it? I say, if it was not a definition, it was a declaration, such as assemblies, and committees, and courts make as to their own completeness and authority and jurisdiction. Such declarations neither give power nor heal substantial defects – though they may heal minor formal defects – nor oust a higher jurisdiction. They express a prudential judgment; they raise a respectable presumption, which, however, may be afterwards overruled; they allege a ground for proceeding to action; they afford a confidence proportioned to the dignity and intelligence of those who make the declaration. It stands to reason that no number of persons can by their own word make themselves more than they are already. If a tribunal be acknowledged as simply supreme without any superior on earth, its own claim to do certain acts must be recognised as involving a sort of practical infallibility; and if it be acknowledged as actually infallible in doctrine, its doctrinal teaching as to its own sphere both of doctrine and action must be accepted. Nay more, its solemn exercise of authority to teach on a particular subject would irrefragably imply that the subject was within its competence. But a Council without the Pope never had been universally acknowledged as simply supreme, nor as infallible. I have said that the Decrees, if not a definition, were a declaration in the sense explained.
In Christ our King.
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Re: O'Reilly on Pisa and Constance re doubtful popes
Very interesting. And btw Fr O'Reilly's book is available in print here http://www.lulu.com/shop/father-edmund-oreilly-sj/the-relations-of-the-church-to-society/paperback/product-6241953.html and as an e-book here http://www.lulu.com/shop/father-edmund-j-oreilly-sj/the-relations-of-the-church-to-society/ebook/product-18657886.html.
There's an interesting thread on this on Ignis Ardens, for those interested in the principles discussed here: http://z10.invisionfree.com/Ignis_Arden ... topic=9693


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  Todo.create(name: Faker::Hipster.sentence(word_count = 4), notes: Faker::Lorem.paragraph, time_est: times.sample, completed: false, user_id: 1+ rand(2), brainjuice_id: 1 + rand(3))
end

Brainjuice.create(name: "High", user_id: 1)
Brainjuice.create(name: "Medium", user_id: 1)
Brainjuice.create(name: "Low", user_id: 1)

Brainjuice.create(name: "High", user_id: 2)
Brainjuice.create(name: "Medium", user_id: 2)
Brainjuice.create(name: "Low", user_id: 2)

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


I live in my Devon Maryn pants. Devon sent me the bow pants and I fell in love. I immediately ordered the lobster print pair. I have pre-ordered the gold confetti pants. Three days a week I go to cardio dance classes and these pants are perfect. My lululemon pants would always start falling down, even with a draw string, as soon as I started working out. I would be pulling them up constantly. My Devon Maryn pants do not fall down and I think that is because of the reinforced, triple banded waistband.
Love those pants and Devon Maryn!
I am not a sponsor. Devon Maryn sent me the bow pair to review but I have bought two additional pairs of pants with my own money.
As a loyal Lulumenon fan/customer, I'm curious about which pants you were using that fell down/had drawstring. I have a pair of cropped leggings as well as a pair of long ones and find that the band keeps everything up, but maybe those are just the pants that I have or they work for my body. I'd also highly recommend Lole as well for the waistband, if you're looking for yoga pants/activewear.
I only wear the cropped pants to my dance classes so I can only speak about those. I have never worn my full length pants to dance. I have the wunder under crop ii and run inspire crop ii. All of my Lululemon cropped pants have a drawstrings but even when I tighten it I would be pulling the pants up every few minutes. Once I start sweating they stay up better but the first 15 minutes or so I am constantly pulling them up. It may very well be my body-I'm not sure! I like my pants higher up (above my love handles ;) and I do not like them riding down and possibly showing my underwear or even worse!


AMSTERDAM, Jan. 27, 2018–Isabell Werth and Weihegold OLD dominated the World Cup Grand Prix with a victory in the Freestyle on the German pair's road to Pairs to defend the championship title.
Isabell and the 13-year-old Oldenburg mare were awarded 88.540 per cent for the eighth straight win for the Olympic team gold medal combination, beginning with the freestyle at the Aachen, Germany World Equestrian Festival last July. The pair had an easy win in the Grand Prix Friday.
Hometown favorite Edward Gal on Glock's Zonik was the runner-up on a personal best 81.860 per cent in only the third freestyle for the Dutch pair.
Germany's Jessica von Bredow-Werndl on the 17-year-old stallion Unee BB was third on 81.195 per cent. Jessica gave birth to her first child last summer, and skipped the Omaha World Cup Final. The duo won bronze medals at the 2015 and 2016 finals.
Patrik Kittel, who finished fourth on 81.155 per cent, remained atop the Western European League World Cup standings with 74 points, while Jessica von Bredow-Werndl moved up to second on 59 points. Dorothee Schneider of Germany who did not compete here in third on 55 points and Sweden's seven-time Olympian Tinne Vilhelmson Silfvén who is competing in Florida is in fourth place with 53.5 points.
Three more Western European events remain before the final in Paris April 10-15 where Isabell will be looking to claim her fourth World Cup title. Her first was a quarter century ago.
The victory by Isabell and Weihegold came 12 hours after America's Laura Graves and Verdades won their first World Cup qualifier with the highest ever score of 84.657 per cent at the Global Dressage Festival in Wellington, Florida.
The two could meet again in Paris for a showdown after the 2017 final won by Isabell and Weihegold with Laura and Verdades reserve champion. The American became the only rider to beat Isabell since the 2016 Olympics when they won the Grand Prix Special at Aachen last July.


A professional ballet dancer since 1998, Laurent Liotardo has performed all over the world with major companies including Paris Opera Ballet, Marseille National Ballet and, since 2003, with English National Ballet. Being surrounded by such beautiful artists at ENB soon led him to discover and develop a real passion for photography.
I have always liked photography. In 2007, for ENB's Tour to Versailles, I bought my first DSLR. I was more passionate about landscapes at the time, but from then I started taking a few photos of Swan Lake and got quite excited about it. Being friends makes it easier to work with the dancers: I feel really lucky to have around me so many talented dancers/models to work with. That has been a real inspiration for me. Plus, being able to draw from 20 years of experience and knowledge in ballet has enhanced my vision as a dance photographer.
I am pro-Nikon and always will be. I really like Nikon's design and the overall feel of their cameras. I am currently working with a D700 & a D800, with the whole Nikon full-frame lenses. They are great for autofocus and low light. When it comes to the studio work, the new D800 is a real beast!
If I could go back in time, I would have loved to photograph Nureyev and Baryshnikov. As for today, there are so many gorgeous dancers out there, it would be hard to pick one, but I would love to work with Maria Kochetkova, Friedemann Vogel, Polina Semionova and Alina Cojocaru.
For audiences there is a lot of exciting stuff. And more than anything, it's great to have new additions to the ENB repertory and works that will be especially created for us.
Le Corsaire should be great. I had the chance to meet its designer Bob Ringwood when I made a video for it. The differents sets & costumes look really magical. It's an exciting ballet which I am sure will translate into the photos. The other work I am looking forward to photographing would be Lest We Forget, for the new pieces from Liam Scarlett, Akram Khan and Russell Maliphant. I like that Liam's works have a real dark and rich atmosphere.
Try to get a cheap DSLR and just have fun and be creative. You will learn by making mistakes. You can always learn the basics of photography in books but, at the end of the day, you still need to go and find your own style.
Laurent trained as a ballet dancer and has worked professionally in France and in the UK. He has been with English National Ballet since 2003. He has always had a passion for photography and decided a couple of years ago to throw himself into it more seriously. Laurent is based in London and works with ballet images, as well as portraits and wedding photography.


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Arizona AG urges DOJ to investigate school board president who kept 'dossier' of parents
Biden has been 'untethered' to the Constitution: Brnovich
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich discusses whether President Biden has the legal authority to give payouts to illegal immigrants who were separated at the border. He also weighs in on the Virginia gubernatorial election.
FIRST ON FOX – Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich sent U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland a letter Wednesday urging the Department of Justice to investigate a former school board president who appears to have kept a "dossier" of sensitive information on parents who opposed school board policies.
"I urge the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to immediately open an investigation into this matter," Brnovich wrote in the letter, first provided to Fox News.
The attorney general noted that Jann-Michael Greenburg, who until recently served as president of the Scottsdale Unified School District (SUSD) governing board, "had in his possession a dossier stored on a Google Drive that contained parents' and students' personal information, such as social security numbers, emails and other correspondence with the SUSD Board and perhaps school officials, automobile license plate numbers, photos and videos (Some secretly recorded) of parents and minor students, background checks, divorce proceedings, social media accounts, and parent addresses."
Brnovich also noted that the SUSD board voted to remove Greenburg as president on Tuesday, and that the district opened an independent forensic investigation to determine if any district resources were used to create, maintain, or modify the dossier.
Scottsdale school board President Jann-Michael Greenburg (Scottsdale Unified School District) Parents protest at a Scottsdale school board meeting. Photo courtesy Amy Carney (Amy Carney)
((Scottsdale Unified School District/Amy Carney)
"Parents have a First Amendment right to assemble and speak in order to question the decisions public officials are making, especially when it involves the well-being of their children," Brnovich wrote. "Furthermore, there is no place in America under fundamental concepts of liberty wherein parents should be surveilled, threatened, and intimidated for asserting their constitutional rights and raising concerns about their children's education."
"A dossier containing information on those who wish to participate in their children's education and peacefully petition their government should concern all Americans of good conscience," the attorney general added.
Brnovich argued that Greenburg may have violated 18 U.S. Code 242, which prohibits any person from depriving another person of their rights under color of law, and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, which protects the confidentiality of student records, among other things.
Mark Brnovich on Fox News
"I'd call this retaliation," Amy Carney, a mother of six and candidate for the Scottsdale Unified School District (SUSD) governing board, told Fox News after news of the dossier broke. She said "the list of parents targeted in the drive appears to be anyone who has spoken out about anything against our district publicly or online."
The Scottsdale Independent first reported on the "Greenburg Files," an extensive opposition-research-style dossier of parents who spoke up at school board meetings on issues ranging from COVID-19 restrictions to critical race theory. Greenburg reportedly revealed the digital dossier – stored on Google Drive – in August, when he sent a screenshot of an image from the drive to resident Kim Stafford in an email.
Also on Wednesday, Brnovich sent a letter to the SUSD governing board, noting that the attorney general's office "has statutory authority to investigate violations of Arizona's public monies laws and open meeting laws and may seek penalties up to and including removal of board members from office."
On Wednesday, House Republicans released an internal email from the FBI's criminal and counterterrorism divisions, which instructed agents to apply the threat tag "EDUOFFICIALS" to all investigations and assessments of threats directed specifically at education officials. Republicans argued that the FBI was "tagging" parents who speak up at school board meetings.
Amy Carney speaks on behalf of parents during a protest against critical race theory being taught at Scottsdale Unified School District before a digital school board meeting at Coronado High School in Scottsdale on May 24, 2021.Protest At The Susd
The FBI told Fox News that "the FBI has never been in the business of investigating parents who speak out or policing speech at school board meetings, and we are not going to start now."
The internal document came in the wake of memos showing that the National School Boards Association had collaborated with the White House and the DOJ before the NSBA sent the notorious letter comparing parents to domestic terrorists. While the NSBA withdrew the letter and apologized for it, the DOJ issued a memo shortly after the NSBA letter – a memo Garland has not rescinded.
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Q: Как я могу запустить другое действие после окончании анимации? - Java Пытался так
Animation zoom, zoom_out;

zoomAnimation();

private void zoomAnimation() {
        zoom= AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(this,R.anim.fast_zoomin);
        avatar.startAnimation(zoom);

        if (zoom.hasEnded()){
            zoomoutAnimation();
        }

    }

    private void zoomoutAnimation() {
        zoom_out= AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(this,R.anim.fast_zoomout);
        avatar.startAnimation(zoom_out);
    }

A: val animation = AnimatorInflater.loadAnimator(applicationContext, R.animator.flipping) as ObjectAnimator
                animation.duration = 2000
                animation.start()

                animation.addListener(object : Animator.AnimatorListener {
                    override fun onAnimationStart(animation: Animator) {}

                    override fun onAnimationEnd(animation: Animator) {
                    //Нужная функция
                    }

                    override fun onAnimationCancel(animation: Animator) {}

                    override fun onAnimationRepeat(animation: Animator) {}
                })

A: Я сделал так, чтобы при старте анимации прошло ровно столько секунд, сколько длится анимация, после этого начнется другое действие (C помощь метода Handler).
private void zoomAnimation() {
        zoom = AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(this,R.anim.fast_zoomin);
        zoom_out = AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(this,R.anim.fast_zoomout);
        avatar.startAnimation(zoom);

        if (!zoom.hasStarted()){
            Handler handler = new Handler();
            handler.postDelayed(new Runnable() {
                public void run() {
                    avatar.startAnimation(zoom_out);
                }
            }, 1500); //секунды после чего начнется другое действие при
                      //условии, что началось первое
        }

    }


Because I'm prepping for the upcoming holiday season I'm thinking a lot about gifts. You know what makes a great gift? A Sailorgirl Jewelry gift card! So I thought this month that I'd give away 2 (yes 2!) gift cards, each valued at $25. So here's my question for you this month, if someone were to gift you with a piece of my jewelry, what would you like to receive?
A winner will be drawn at random on October 1.
To enter the giveaway: leave a comment below and tell me which piece you'd like someone to gift you with!
For more chances to win, tweet this giveaway and email me the link to the tweet.
Post this on Facebook and email me the link to the post!
Blog it and email me the link to the post.
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The Now Voyager Necklace would make a lovely gift!
I would absolutely LOVE the 'jewel sparkle bracelet'. It is beautiful and almost princess-like.
Hi Catherine! If I could pick anything, it would be one of your watermelon bead bracelets. I love all of your jewelry, but that was the first item that really caught my eye when I first met you at Art by the River. It was so much fun to look at! I do really like all of your creations though and it was nice to see you again this year at Art by the River. Have a great time in France!
Hmmm, that's a tough question! One of my many that I would like to receive as a gift would be the little bird necklace.
I would love to receive one of your lovely necklaces as a gift.
I have purchased Fire Opal earrings to give away, I would love to get a pair for myself too. So pretty!!
I've long wished someone would gift me The World is Your Oyster necklace.
I would love the gift of the triathlon necklace, or the captain of your own ship. Being a sailor, and newbie triathlete, both speak to me! Love your beautiful pieces!!!
The new Monet mini bead bracelet – I love the fabulous colours!
Love the Grass and sky necklace.
Grass and sky circle necklace and a raspberry sparkle pendant!
Thanks so much, I was thrilled to read I was picked for the popsicle bracelet! Love the colours!
Tropical Sunrise is my pick!
Hi, I would love your little birdie earrings as my last name is bird.
I love the ocean collection. The Fading Sky pieces are marvelous and I would adore receiving them as a gift.
I like to receive that acorn necklace. I just love it.
I love the pearl circle necklace.
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text:
import proto  # type: ignore

__protobuf__ = proto.module(
    package="google.ads.googleads.v12.enums",
    marshal="google.ads.googleads.v12",
    manifest={"ExperimentStatusEnum",},
)

class ExperimentStatusEnum(proto.Message):
    r"""Container for enum describing the experiment status.
    """

    class ExperimentStatus(proto.Enum):
        r"""The status of the experiment."""
        UNSPECIFIED = 0
        UNKNOWN = 1
        ENABLED = 2
        REMOVED = 3
        HALTED = 4
        PROMOTED = 5
        SETUP = 6
        INITIATED = 7
        GRADUATED = 8

__all__ = tuple(sorted(__protobuf__.manifest))


text:
// ==========================================================================
// Project:  Ember Runtime
// Copyright: ©2011 Strobe Inc. and contributors.
// License:   Licensed under MIT license (see license.js)
// ==========================================================================

require('ember-runtime/~tests/suites/mutable_array');

var suite = Ember.MutableArrayTests;

suite.module('addObject');

suite.test("should return receiver", function() {
  var before, obj;
  before = this.newFixture(3);
  obj    = this.newObject(before);
  equal(obj.addObject(before[1]), obj, 'should return receiver');
});

suite.test("[A,B].addObject(C) => [A,B,C] + notify", function() {
  var obj, before, after, observer, item;

  before = this.newFixture(2);
  item   = this.newFixture(1)[0];
  after  = [before[0], before[1], item];
  obj = this.newObject(before);
  observer = this.newObserver(obj, '[]', '@each', 'length', 'firstObject', 'lastObject');
  obj.getProperties('firstObject', 'lastObject'); /* Prime the cache */

  obj.addObject(item);

  deepEqual(this.toArray(obj), after, 'post item results');
  equal(Ember.get(obj, 'length'), after.length, 'length');

  if (observer.isEnabled) {
    equal(observer.timesCalled('[]'), 1, 'should have notified [] once');
    equal(observer.timesCalled('@each'), 1, 'should have notified @each once');
    equal(observer.timesCalled('length'), 1, 'should have notified length once');
    equal(observer.timesCalled('lastObject'), 1, 'should have notified lastObject once');

    equal(observer.validate('firstObject'), false, 'should NOT have notified firstObject once');
  }
});

suite.test("[A,B,C].addObject(A) => [A,B,C] + NO notify", function() {
  var obj, before, after, observer, item;

  before = this.newFixture(3);
  after  = before;
  item   = before[0];
  obj = this.newObject(before);
  observer = this.newObserver(obj, '[]', '@each', 'length', 'firstObject', 'lastObject');
  obj.getProperties('firstObject', 'lastObject'); /* Prime the cache */

  obj.addObject(item); // note: item in set

  deepEqual(this.toArray(obj), after, 'post item results');
  equal(Ember.get(obj, 'length'), after.length, 'length');

  if (observer.isEnabled) {
    equal(observer.validate('[]'), false, 'should NOT have notified []');
    equal(observer.validate('@each'), false, 'should NOT have notified @each');
    equal(observer.validate('length'), false, 'should NOT have notified length');
    equal(observer.validate('firstObject'), false, 'should NOT have notified firstObject once');
    equal(observer.validate('lastObject'), false, 'should NOT have notified lastObject once');
  }
});


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Organisation - Administration and operations
The Rectory is the heart of U.Porto's organisational structure, ensuring the operations of the University's Organisational Units, Autonomous Services, Operational Centres and Competence Centres.
The Rectory is the central hub of U.Porto's organisation. All of the University's central governing bodies form part of the Rectory.
U.Porto comprises 14 Teaching and Research Organisational Units (faculties) and 11 Research Organisational Units (designated associated research institutes), all of which have scientific, educational, administrative and financial autonomy.
Autonomous Services
The Autonomous Services are entities that operate centrally. While the University's central governing bodies are all autonomous, they all form part of the Rectory. U.Porto has three Autonomous Services:
SASUP (Social Support Services of the University of Porto) are the most visible face of the social support that U.Porto offers its students, in the form of assistance, benefits and services related to housing, food, health care and scholarships.
SPUP (Shared Services of the University of Porto) provide shared support services to the organisational units. They are administratively and financially autonomous, although they depend on U.Porto's central governing bodies.
CDUP-UP (Sports Centre of the University of Porto) is responsible for encouraging and enabling sport to be practised by U.Porto's academic community.
Operational Centres
While the Operational Centres provide specialised services to U.Porto entities, they are also geared to serve external entities:
Materials Centre of U.Porto
University Club
University of Porto Digital
Competence Centres support R&D activities as well as scientific and technical training:
Cyber Security and Privacy Centre
Competence Centre for Active and Healthy Ageing
U.Porto Biomechanics Laboratory
U.Porto Media Innovation Labs
Ocean Research Network