The book garden is hosting this challege, where the goal is simply to read books with more than 700 pages.
There are 4 levels and I decided to try with the first, which is to read 2 books.
Here below some information, you can find the complete guidelines here.
You will only get to read books with more than 700 pages.
The book garden ospita questa sfida, il cui obiettivo è semplicemente leggere libri con più di 700 pagine.
Ci sono 4 livelli ed ho deciso di partecipare al primo, il che significa che leggerò 2 libri.
Qui sotto alcune informazioni, potete trovare le linee guida complete qui.
saranno validi per la sfida solo libri con più di 700 pagine.


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Eye of the Vortex, Chapter 1
Chutney Point
Lil Minotaur
Lil Mermaid
Lil Mummy
The Night I Flew
Seven Little Monsters
StarHustlers
Yiora
8-Bit Tarot
Dol-Dai
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Yiora test notes: 2012-05-02
by Indigo on May 4, 2012
Posted In: Game Journals, Games, Yiora
A few quick notes from this week's playtest session:
Played through one game, two new players. Matthew had studied the rules online, but Nick had not seen the game before.
The game lasted quite a bit longer than I was expecting, but it was interesting watching both players learning the shape of the board. It was clear the first several moves were pretty much just testing out the pieces and getting the feel for moving them around. Also, interesting to note that most of their movements were into the same quadrant of the board, toward column 9 (from their starting position). No movement was made into the other side of the board until after several pieces had been lost.
Pawns were lost fairly early on in the game, leaving both players with nothing but Mages for the endgame. It was suggested that the name 'Pawn' is somewhat misleading, and lends to a psychological willingness to sacrifice these pieces in favor of the Mages. Both players, while somewhat hesitant in the first two stages of the game, expressed that they enjoyed the challenge of the endgame.
Neither player made use of the ability to promote their pieces, which I take as a good sign. Promoting a pawn doesn't happen in every game of Chess, either. It's good to know it's a possibility, though.
Checkmate! White managed to corner Black using three Mages.
Some notes and suggestions from the players:
I need to codify in the rules that White always moves first.
Rename the pieces. 'Pawns' is just too suggestive of a piece that is there to be sacrificed, when in actuality they are very powerful pieces. Possible names suggested were Swords (with Mages becoming Shields?), Soldiers, Knights
Being able to choose from two different objectives was appreciated.
Have a third kind of piece with a different move mechanic. It was suggested that the board was quite empty and sparse at the beginning, and this made it difficult to be able to devise much of a strategy at first. By comparison, Chess is a very full board, with pieces taking up half the board at the beginning, and much of the challenge is moving pieces around each other without losing any of them.
Institute a 'Ko' rule, as in Go, where you cannot make a move that would immediately restore the previous arrangement on the board. This would prevent two pieces from dancing back and forth endlessly.
Similarly, in Chess, if both players make the same moves three times in a row the game is considered a Draw.
Feel free to come and discuss these possible changes over at the WIP: Yiora thread!
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Project:Orbits test notes 2012-05-02
Posted In: Game Journals, Games, StarSpeed
Following our test game of Yiora, I led my stalwart testers Matthew, Nick and Jenn in the first-ever four-player game of Project:Orbits! LOTS of things were learned, and while the rules were generally clear, there were some errors in their phrasing that needs to be addressed.
First off, I'll post a link to the pdf of the rules we were all playing by:
Click on the icon to download the Project:Orbits v0.2 rules.
We played on a short track with three planets and 13 tracks arranged in a rough trapezoid (Forgot to take photos, sorry!) The three planets increased in Speed cost (renamed Escape Velocity at Matthew's suggestion – thanks, Matthew!) from 2 to 6 to 11. Luckily Matthew and Nick both recognized the bulk of the card-play as being derived from Mille Bornes, so that aspect of the game needed little to no explanation for them.
The real trick was in moving our rockets around the board, and there were a few modifications or questions that had to be answered as we played, things which just didn't come up in my earlier 2-player game with Jenn:
Since players only move into the next available space on the track when they break orbit, what do you do when you've got four players all trying to break orbit into the same 3 spaces? We ran into a little traffic jam early on as all four racers made it to the first planet on the same turn, and three were able to break orbit immediately, leaving one player stuck waiting for traffic to clear up. It didn't happen again at any other point in the game, and it may not be a real problem, but I can imagine someone getting frustrated waiting for the bottleneck to clear up.
Some of the rules governing Drifting were clarified – The rules state that you can drift only if you are in the 'slow lane', but I need to also explicitly state that you can't drift through a track hub or the starting base – though these only count as one space, they conceptually aren't in any of the three different tracks. Also, you can't drift past another player – if a racer drifts out of the slow lane on one card and into the fast lane, their drift ends. If you're drifting up behind them, you have to stop in the space behind them and either wait for them to move, or play a speed card that carries you past them. Also, if you forget to take your drift you missed your opportunity. You can't stockpile drifts and take them all at once, either. One space per turn, and if you forget, you lose that one.
In playing a four-player game, we ran into several looooong periods where each of us were waiting for that one specific card that would allow us to continue – I was trying to get some speed cards (my hand full of remedies and status cards), and everyone else was broken down somewhere on the track looking for the remedy they needed. Several possible solutions to this involved being able to either pull from the draw pile or to discard multiple cards from your hand, but differed on the mechanism to allow it:
Option A: Draw the top card from the discard pile, and save it for your next turn. Discard another card, take your drift if you can.
Option B: Player A trades cards with another player, whatever is considered a fair trade. Players then discards their excess back to the number originally dealt, and player A continues their turn, playing whichever card they just traded for.
Option C: Discard multiple of the same card to pull any card out of the Discard pile. This is similar in concept to being able to trade resources with the bank in Settlers of Catan.
Option D: Discard any number of cards at the end of your turn, rather than playing anything. At your next turn, draw back up to the default hand, then draw one more to begin your turn.
Any of these options will allow the game to continue moving when everyone's at a standstill, though being able to trade cards would allow alliances and partnerships to form, making for a slightly more social game. I think it would be worth implementing two of these options – allowing for trades and also allowing players to discard multiples cards. Worth doing some more testing!
It was also suggested that perhaps the balance of the cards is off, and increasing the number of available remedies might be in order. Another option might be reintroducing the extra four Equipment cards, and dealing them randomly, one to each player, before the game begins. The two players who were completely unprotected by equipment definitely had the harder time of making any progress in the game.
During our test game, I lucked into playing three of the four available equipment cards, but kept finding myself lacking in Speed cards, while the other racers were discarding high number speed cards for lack of a remedy to their situations. Having the three equipments paid off in the end, though, allowing me to catch up in lap 2 and maintain a neck-and-neck lead in the first three legs of lap 3. In the end, I came from a full lap behind to win the game by a leg. We were all glad for the game to be over – even this 'short' 3-lap game took the four of us well over an hour to play. Some mechanism to speed things up would definitely help, especially if I'm hoping to see people playing up to 8-player games with 6+ planet tracks!
One of these days I'll get around to testing the bit about playing for points rather than laps. If it proves to be too cumbersome I can simplify the score-panel part of the Player Dashboard considerably.
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Playtesting: April 21 2012
by Indigo on April 22, 2012
Posted In: Game Journals, Games, StarSpeed, Yiora
Had a really good playtesting session with my friend Jenn, who'd never played any of my games before.
First we did a quick session of Yiora, so I could try out a few changes to the rules I've been contemplating, including a new opening position, limited range on the Pawns and Mages, and the ability to promote pieces through landing on the Overlord's opening space. I also added a second condition for ending the game, which was to maneuver your Overlord to your opponent's opening space.
It was a thrill to play my own game against someone again for the first time in probably 18 years or more, and I felt the new rules and conditions were a great addition. Jenn commented that being able to promote her pieces was a great incentive to move them to the other side of the board, which is exactly the reason for including that rule.
Then we moved on to a few games of Project:Orbits, which is a game that even I haven't had the opportunity to play yet. There's still a lot of small mechanics that need to be worked out and codified, and the prototype pieces we were using were still not complete. The planets, for example, lacked Escape Velocity values, and the track cards had no hazards placed on them. The first game we played without planets at all, which made for a very quick game, but difficult to win if you fall behind too far. Perhaps if we'd been playing more than three laps.
After the first couple games we expanded the track for a bit more variety, and I found the game to still be really playable. Adding escape velocities to the planets on the track definitely slowed our racers down periodically, and I feel it helps to even the playing field a bit. It was still a bit imbalanced, though, as one or the other of us were able to amass numerous Equipment cards which protected us from each other's attacks. I'm looking forward to trying this one with four players and seeing if spreading the Equipment out among a larger group helps to even things out more.
I was briefly ahead of Jenn in the first lap of this game, but she passed me pretty quickly and then dominated the rest of the race. I almost caught up with her at one point when she was stuck on a planet, but she broke free before I got there and sped handily to the finish line.
The only comments and concerns we both noted were that our hands often filled with clutter cards – cards we couldn't use for one reason or another. I would almost consider this a problem, but the same thing happens in 2-player games of Mille Bornes, the game I used as inspiration for the card-handling mechanism of this game. Perhaps adding the option to discard more cards in a 2- or 3- player game would help prevent this from happening.
After the Comics Fest this weekend, I'm going to put together a larger playtesting group to go through Orbits and really pound it out for a few games. Find the rough spots and see what works.
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Yiora: Pawn Promotion
I've received a nice bit of feedback this week regarding Yiora, and it has me thinking about a topic I hadn't previously considered for the game, specifically the idea of Pawn Promotion. Here's the comment I received:
I have not seen many chess variants without some kind of promotion, but all the ones that I have seen share the same problem: games invariably end in a draw. Players will carefully exchange off pieces until just the kings are left. There needs to be an incentive to advance one's pieces, which after all will weaken one's own king position. (There are some games where nearly all the pieces can promote and gain new powers, and that's an idea that can also be tried.)
The biggest benefit I can see to allowing Pawn Promotion is that it adds a new layer of strategy to the game. It allows players to upgrade their pieces in the middle of the game, keeping the other player on their toes. Also, as is pointed out in the comment, it provides another incentive for each player to move their pieces across the board – there's a reward for doing so.
So, if I'm going to offer the option to promote pawns, there are a few issues that need to be addressed:
In regular Chess, there are several different kinds of pieces to which a pawn may be promoted, though generally players promote to a Queen, a piece whose superior movement has no parallel in Yiora. With only pawns and mages, there's very little room for promotion, and frankly Mages are less maneuverable pieces.
Likewise in Chess, moving a pawn to the other side of the board requires patience and strategy, knowing when to advance the extremely vulnerable, slow-moving pawn. Successfully making this trek can take up most of the game for many players.
Due to the geography of the Yiora board, there is no 'other edge of the board', leastwise not one that requires most of the game to reach. The board only has two edges, the inner and outer, and either edge is reachable in a single move. Even the opponent's 'opening area' can be reached in just three moves.
The second two points can be addressed with a single solution: Designating a specific space on the board as the 'promotional space'. It must be a space that is heavily guarded and difficult to reach, so the center of the board is out (since, again, any piece can reach it in a single move, and it isn't really well-guarded at all). It seems to me the most logical space would be the Overlord's starting space. Clearly the Overlord will want to defend this 'castle', but will be forced to move to avoid being captured by opposing pieces looking for a promotion.
To make this achievement even more challenging, I think I might take the Black opening space out of the A ring, and move it into Y-19. As it is now, it's only visually on the opposite side of the board. However, being in the same ring as the White opening position, it's really not as far away as it could be. Under the current rules, for example, Mages can reach their opponent's opening area in a single move, capturing a Mage in the process. Centering Black's opening position around Y-19 eliminates this vulnerability, and forces the players to make full use of the entire board.
Simple enough, let's run with this idea for now.
As to the first point, what does a promotion look like? In Chess, we're talking about promoting the slowest, most common piece to any of the other higher-ranked pieces, increasing its speed and maneuverability. But in Yiora, simply turning a Pawn into a Mage is almost crippling it, as Mages are less maneuverable. They can cover greater distances, but at a price.
But what if the pieces were more limited to start with? Perhaps instead of having a range of up to five squares, pawns and mages both were limited to three? And what if Promoting them simply increased their range? Each player, through promotion, could now have up to five types of piece on the board (including the Overlord).
Or, perhaps the pieces might have different effects from their Promotions. Let's say that Pawns, being footsoldiers, receive an increase in their range. But maybe Mages have the ability to resurrect a fallen piece. The new piece might reappear on any of that piece's initial starting spaces, which might have a significant effect on the game if an opponent is in a strategic position in that area.
While Promotion isn't something I'd ever considered before, I do think that its inclusion would open up more strategic opportunities for both players. I'll have to run a few tests and see which of these options makes more sense, but I'm also interested in hearing other ideas. Who knows, maybe some of these options will end up being simple variations.
I've started up a topic on the BoardGameGeek.com Game Design forums titled WIP:Yiora, if you have any feedback, please feel free to leave it there!
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Humberto Horacio Ballesteros Hernández, plus couramment appelé Horacio Ballesteros ou H.H. Ballesteros, né le  à Buenos Aires en Argentine, est un joueur de football argentin naturalisé péruvien qui évoluait au poste de gardien de but.

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En club
Horacio Ballesteros arrive au Pérou en 1971 fort d'une longue expérience dans son Argentine natale à River Plate d'abord en 1966, mais surtout à Lanús avec 95 matchs en championnat entre 1967 et 1970.

Il se fait un nom au sein de l'Universitario de Deportes de Lima avec 112 matchs joués entre 1971 et 1974. Il y remporte deux championnats du Pérou en 1971 et 1974 en plus d'atteindre la finale de la Copa Libertadores en 1972.

Ballesteros poursuit sa carrière au Millonarios en Colombie où il dispute 65 rencontres entre 1975 et 1976. Il revient au Pérou pour y terminer sa carrière : Atlético Chalaco, Sport Boys puis Deportivo Municipal où il tire sa révérence en 1982.

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Resté vivre au Pérou, il se voit refuser sa naturalisation en 1973 par le gouvernement du général Juan Velasco Alvarado ce qui l'empêche de jouer pour l'équipe du Pérou lors des éliminatoires de la coupe du monde 1974. En 1977, il se voit préférer Ramón Quiroga, un autre argentin naturalisé, au poste de gardien de la sélection péruvienne ratant l'occasion de jouer la Coupe du monde 1978 en Argentine.

Il reçoit tout de même deux sélections avec le Pérou, deux matchs amicaux disputés face à l'Argentine et l'Uruguay, les 10 et 24 novembre 1976, respectivement.

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Producer Jeegar Chauhan is all set to release Dhuandhaar in 2021
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], May 20: The film industry has seen many amazing concept-based movies and many producers give opportunities for these unique ideas to appear through the big screen. Jeegar Chauhan, the producer-writer of the Gujarati Film Industry is all set with his new film 'Dhaundhaar'. He has been working to make this film happen for some time and the shooting was done in all the thick and thin. Dhuandhaar is all ready for the big screen and the entire cast has been waiting for the film to release alongside the audiences.
Jeegar is the producer of the movie Dhuandhaar. The cast involves artists including Malhar Thakar, Hiten Kumar, Netri Trivedi, Dimple Biscuitwala, Alisha Prajapati, and many more known faces. This film has been directed by Rehan Chaudhary. The movie poster release was released earlier with a lot of reaction from the audiences. The expectation is high keeping in mind the cast of the film.
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In this pandemic, people are looking for ways to get entertained and a new film can be a way to escape through the hard times and emotion-packed environment. Dhuandhaar has been worked on for a very long time and viewers will have some gala time watching the new release soon.
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Q: Unable to use Rails Composer on Windows Rails Composer is a tool for auto-generating template rails applications. Maybe I'm stupid but I can't get it up and running on Windows.
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But I have no idea how to configure the options so I can use MongoDB + Twiter Bootstrap (SASS) + OpenAuth.
Using the rvm part of the tutorial isn't really an option since I'm on windows.
By the way, does anyone have an automated workflow of creating apps with rails composer and deploying them to Heroku?

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Q: Link pictures to existing documents in document library In the current setup I'm working on I have a quite big challenge.
I have a document set with some pdf documents inside. Each pdf document has a kind of identifier (problemID metadata field for example). Now I want a way to attach images to this PDF file  in a kind of way. I know when you're using a list, you can add the 'attachments' column, but it isn't possible on documents in a document library. Is there any workaround or maybe other solution for this?
Thanks in advance!

A: Create a New List with a LookUp Column ParentID linked to Document Library's ID column and another column Image/HyperLink Column.
In this Way you can have multiple imaged attached to a single document.
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Q: The native module for Flipper seems unavailable. Please verify that `react-native-flipper` is installed I have updated React Native from v0.61.4 to v0.62.2 to try and use Flipper.
When I build and run the app The Metro Bundler throws the warning:

The native module for Flipper seems unavailable. Please verify that react-native-flipper is installed as yarn dependency to your project and, for iOS, that pod install is run in the ios directory.

I have installed it using npm.
My package.json looks like this:
  "dependencies": {
    "react": "16.13.1",
    "react-native": "0.62.2",
    "react-native-flipper": "^0.45.0",
    "react-redux": "^7.1.3",
    "redux": "^4.0.4",
    "redux-flipper": "^1.2.0",
    "redux-thunk": "^2.3.0",
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In Flipper, React DevTools can connect to the app but when I try to use the Hermes Debugger or plugins they cannot be used:

When I run this:
adb shell am start -n com.app/com.facebook.flipper.android.diagnostics.FlipperDiagnosticActivity
I get this error:

Error type 3
  Error: Activity class {com.app/com.facebook.flipper.android.diagnostics.FlipperDiagnosticActivity} does not exist.

What could be the reason for the modules not installing correctly?


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Interesting move. Schill appears to be doing two things right: First, elevating communications to the VP level (thus getting it out from under Advancement and into a better position to directly and clearly advise the President on public outreach); and second, hiring a communications person with a solid background in journalism as well as PR. This should help repair our frayed relationship with the press. The damage from the UO's missteps in recent years have been compounded by dismal media relations. Best of luck to Mr. Henley!
Anyone who thinks the President is driving these organizational changes might want to re-think what is actually happening. The guy just got here and doesn't even know what he has got himself into yet. He is just the Board's puppet for now until they get him trained.
I don't see any Board-puppeting in the decision to rename and relaunch the GC search or in the finalists who were chosen.
The VP for Communication's job is to make the President and the other administrators look good. If some of that spills over on the university it's just coincidental.
Your university hired a Vice President for Communications without a public search? To improve transparency? Classic.
So it seems. I've made a public records request for the search documents.


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Ed Sheeran has donated £170,000 to his old school.
Ed Sheeran has proved he's the nicest guy in pop once again by donating a huge cash sum to his old school.
The singer pledged £170,000 to Thomas Mills School in Framingham, Suffolk, to help buy key equipment, such as MacBooks and cameras, for students.
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The donation was made over a two-year period via the Ed Sheeran Suffolk Music Foundation.
A report published by the charity said: "Following grants to Thomas Mills School, this has enabled them to successfully upgrade their Art, IT and Music rooms for students to improve their educational performance.
"Soundproofing, a new photography studio and several high-end composition and recording software programs have been purchased and installed."
The Director of Music at the school, Richard Hanley, said the pupils and staff are 'fortunate' to have somebody who 'appreciates the value of the arts in education' helping them out.
He said: "Pupils and staff at this school are fortunate to have a benefactor who knows and appreciates the value of the arts in education, how important they are and how they can indeed change lives."
Ed Sheeran made headlines last month when it was revealed he had donated over £1million to charities in his hometown to help those who hd been affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
According to reports, the cash went towards several good causes, including including a children's hospital ward.
A source said: "It is a horrible time and Ed wants to do what he can to help. "He has split a seven-figure sum between local charities to try to ease the strain on his local community.
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Swami Vivekananda—The Next 100 Years
This article, by Swami Tyagananda, originally was a talk given at a panel discussion organized at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, in June 2003.
I would like to focus on two issues: first, facing life's challenges with courage; and second, negotiating the boundaries based on nationality, religion, politics, and race. The two issues are related but need to be examined separately. More specifically, I wish to offer a few insights gathered from Vivekananda's teachings as possible pointers towards addressing these two issues.
Courage to face life's challenges
We need strength to meet any kind of challenge. Added to the usual dose of challenges in daily life is the increasing threat of terrorism in many parts of the world. Strength and courage are usually treated as "virtues" that we need to develop. In Vivekananda's works, however, we find that he treats strength not as an ethical concept but as an ontological concept: as an essential attribute of our nature. According to him, our true self (atman) is the source of all power. The atman is birthless and deathless, pure and perfect, free and blissful. Identifying ourselves with the atman means developing the awareness that "I am the atman covered by a body and mind" as opposed to our current awareness: "I am a human being with a body and mind." When we rise above our physical and mental dimensions and get in touch with the spiritual dimension, we are able to develop strength and courage naturally.
Here's a relatively recent story about a young monk of the Ramakrishna Order. He told me that in 1986 he was on a pilgrimage to the Four Shrines ("Char Dham") in the Himalayas: Yamunotri (near the source of the river Yamuna), Gangotri (near the source of the river Ganga), Kedaranath (Shiva), and Badari-Narayan (Vishnu). On his way to Gomukh, the actual source of the river beyond the Gangotri shrine, he was unexpectedly caught in a snowstorm. This happened in the month of May and it generally didn't snow that time of the year. Not properly equipped to meet that situation, he was tired and weak as he continued trekking. The three other monks he was walking with had moved ahead and this monk was left alone on the circuitous narrow path along the mountainside. Exhausted, he sat down and he felt he wouldn't be able to make it to the Lalbaba Ashram, which was yet another three miles up the trail. He mused that the time to die had finally arrived. He looked around to see where he could lie down and wondered when and in what condition his body would be discovered after the snow cleared. Interestingly, this monk told me that deep within him he instinctively recollected that he was the atman, not the body, and felt amazingly free from any fear or anxiety. The strong conviction that he was the atman, and that death meant only the destruction of the physical "covering" (kosha), gave him the courage to face the situation with calmness and courage.
I believe that this kind of courage comes from a diligent study of Vivekananda's teachings, the knowledge that Vivekananda himself lived without fear, and a sincere effort to live according to his teachings. The knowledge that we are more than just our body and mind gives our existence greater depth and stability, and we can then tap into our inner reserves of energy to face life's challenges bravely and intelligently.
Transcending borders and being free
Thanks to technology, the world in which we live appears to have shrunk: we can now reach any part on this planet in matter of hours and we can communicate almost instantly with anyone in nearly every part of the world. While technology has brought us together closer than ever before, we still remain separated by the boundaries defined by nationality, religion, race, and political ideology. What do we do with all these boundaries that keep us separate and different in spite of the technology that has brought us all so close to one another?
A good example of crossing boundaries—of dissolving them, really—can be found in Vivekananda's use of the term "Vedanta". I have often wondered why Vivekananda, who proclaimed publicly in the West that he was proud to be a Hindu, chose to name his organization here "Vedanta Society" rather than "Hindu Society." The word "Vedanta" frequently occurs in Vivekananda's works but not always in the same sense. One sense in which he uses it is the traditional and linguistically accurate meaning of the term as synonymous with the Upanishads. Vedanta as a combination of Veda (the basic scripture of the Hindus) and anta ("the essence of" or "the end of") refers directly to the Upanishads, the portions that usually come toward the end of the Vedic texts and provide the philosophical foundation for them. A second sense in which Vivekananda uses the term "Vedanta" is as a better and more accurate name for the "religion" of the Hindus. Neither "Hindu" nor "Hinduism" is a term indigenous to the tradition. By recognizing "Vedanta" as a better substitute to the relatively recent word "Hinduism", Vivekananda takes Vedanta across the boundary that would have limited its usage to only a specific scripture. Identifying it with Hinduism, though, would still keep the word limited within the boundary of a specific tradition. But Vivekananda was a person with little regard for boundaries that keep people and ideas confined. He was truly a visionary whom no frontiers could hold back. So he lifted the word "Vedanta" even beyond the boundary of a single spiritual tradition and identified it with spiritual life itself. This is the third and the most important sense in which Vivekananda used the word "Vedanta." Going to the root of the word Veda as "knowledge" (from the Sanskrit vid, to know), he defined Vedanta as the "essence of knowledge."
This is but one example to show how barriers can be broken and boundaries dissolved by looking deeply into our lives and at the world around us, and connecting with everything out of freedom. Remembering our real identity as the atman can fill us with both the courage to face life's challenges and the ability to transcend all boundaries that confine us. As Vivekananda said: "Teach yourselves, teach everyone their real nature. Call upon the sleeping soul and see how it awakes. Power will come, glory will come, goodness will come, purity will come, and everything that is excellent will come when this sleeping soul is roused to self-conscious activity."
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By FlightsNation · On October 28, 2016
Garuda Indonesia is the national airline of Indonesia. Named after the holy bird Garuda of Hinduism, from the national emblem of Indonesia. The airline is now one of the world's leading airline and the 20th member of the airline alliance: SkyTeam. The airline operates regularly scheduled flights to a large number of destinations in Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia and Europe; from its main hub in Jakarta, Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, as well as services to Australia and Asia from Ngurah Rai International Airport–situated in Bali, Indonesia, and a large number of domestic flights from both Sultan Hasanuddin in Makassar, Indonesia and Kualanamu International Airport in Medan.
Origins and Ownership
The 26h of January in 1949 is generally recognized as the airline's founding date. Though the earliest predecessor of Garuda Indonesia was KNILM: Royal Dutch Indies Airlines, which was founded in 1928. Garuda Indonesia had its beginnings in the Indonesian War of Independence against the Dutch in the late 1940s. The first commercial flight from Calcutta to Rangoon was made on January 26th 1949, making it as the airline's founding date.
At its peak in the late 1980's up to the mid-1990's, Garuda Indonesia operated an extensive network of flights all over the world, with regular scheduled flights to Los Angeles, Paris, Rome and other cities in Europe and Asia. Until a series of financial operations hit hard the airline, causing it to drastically cut back services in 2009. Garuda Indonesia took a Quantum Leap, a modernization plan which took five years to complete. The modernization overhauled the airline's brand, livery, logo, and uniforms, as well as newer–more modern aircraft and facilities, and a renewed focus on international markets; making them earned the Most Improved Airline and World's Best Cabin Crew Award.
I wasn't even surprised when I stumbled upon these hundreds and hundreds of positive reviews coming from the airline's passengers. Reading them and searching for photos online just for reference, really convinced me that Garuda Indonesia really deserve these reviews. Here are some of the reviews I've read.
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In Germany, tips in the gastronomic sector are actually less of a social requirement than in other countries even if they are common and expected. Germany provides no statutory provisions to regular tips, which is a result of the Preisangabenverordnung (Price Statement Enactment, initially effective since 1970) that stated all labeled prices in Germany have to be final prices, including taxes etc.
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Positive Signale im Handelsstreit mit USA?
"Ja, ich bin optimistisch" - das sagte zumindest der deutsche Bundesfinanzminister Olaf Scholz. Er sehe positive Signale, dass sich der Handelsstreit Europas mit den USA entspanne. Scholz drückte Hoffnung aus, "dass das auch mit vernünftigen Ergebnissen enden wird" und meinte damit die Gespräche zwischen den USA und Europa.
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Explorer : Accueil » Architecture » Docomomo Saving Modern Monuments – France
01/10/2002 · by Christian Horn · in Architecture, France
The UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, by Marcel Breuer, hosted the 2002 DOCOMOMO Conference © Christian Horn
Some 500 architectural experts came to Paris in September 2002 to discuss the plight of a threatened species: architecture of the 20th-century Modern Movement. The 7th International DOCOMOMO Conference met in the UNESCO Headquarters designed by Marcel Breuer, one of the movement's masters.
The conference was organized around the theme of how modernist works are being perceived and treated in the present day. The aim was to shed new light on the circumstances and environments in which modern architecture was built during the 20th century and the evolution of attitudes towards it.
DOCOMOMO International (« Documentation and Conservation of buildings, sites and neighborhoods of the Modern Movement ») is a nonprofit organization founded in 1988 by Hubert-Jan Henket, architect and professor, and Wessel de Jonge, architect and research fellow, both at the School of Architecture of the Technical University in Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
They were alarmed by the poor condition and threatened destruction of the sanatorium Zonnestaal (1926-29) built in Hilversum by the Dutch architect Jan Duiker. Henket and de Jonge initiated a public call for the building's restoration. They quickly found widespread support which inspired them to establish the organization.
DOCOMOMO Conference 2002 © Christian Horn
DOCOMOMO began as a small network of experts, primarily European, with hands-on experience in « modern conservation. » The founders expected a total membership of about 40 participants in five or six European countries. But about 140 professionals from 20 countries attended the founding conference in 1990 in Eindhoven.
Just as the architecture of the Modern Movement had been a worldwide phenomenon, so too the problems of undervaluation, weathering, decay, and improper use were not confined to Europe. Word soon spread about the organization, and contacts were established in North and South America.
Local and national membership is on the rise, and there are now 45 working parties worldwide that organize symposia and exhibitions, campaign for Modern Movement buildings under threat, make films and educational documentaries, publish books and reports, debate, and train students. DOCOMOMO has apparently filled a niche in the global drive toward architectural conservation.
Modern Architecture Endangered
Important elements of the debate during the Paris conference were the strategies of conservation that some buildings have required, the enthusiasm or dislike they have provoked, and the histories — or mythologies — they have produced, notably in the mass media.
The judgement of a building by public opinion can often be completely separate from, even in conflict with, professional, critical points of view. The forces that inspired and influenced a building's design and the economic and social conditions under which it was built all contribute to how it is perceived.
The participation of UNESCO in the conference dramatized the interest in modern architecture of that agency's World Heritage Center, dedicated to the protection of natural and cultural properties of outstanding universal value.
Some architecture of the Modern Movement that has already been classified on the World Heritage List includes the city of Brasilia, the Bauhaus and its sites in the German cities of Weimar (by Henry van de Velde) and Dessau (by Walter Gropius), and the Tugendhat Villa in Brno in the Czech Republic, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
Even though DOCOMOMO has grown into an impressive network of experts, they do not always succeed in protecting modern works. One recent loss was a house by Richard Neutra in Palm Springs, California, whose destruction took the DOCOMOMO U.S. Working Party by surprise.
New owners had Neutra's Maslon House (1962) destroyed within 30 days after buying it. Before granting the demolition permit, the city had conducted only one review for the presence of asbestos even though the house was the work of a celebrated modernist architect.
Conservation Efforts
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Conservationists were able to intervene earlier in the case of the TWA Flight Center (1956-62) by Eero Saarinen, a NYC landmark and icon of modern design. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey plans to construct a large U-shaped terminal around the TWA building and convert it to nonaviation use, demolishing its innovative gate satellites and part of the tubular jet ways. The building was vacated in early October 2001.
Ever since DOCOMOMO, the Municipal Art Society, the Museum of Modern Art, and prominent architects such as Philip Johnson, Robert A.M. Stern, and Peter Samton began their advocacy for the building's protection, the Port Authority has made concessions to improve maintenance for the building while it is unoccupied. However, the Port Authority still intends to take it out of airport service and surround it with a new structure, which advocates believe is not in the building's best preservation interest.
Alternative plans presented by the Municipal Art Society to the Port Authority and the Federal Aviation Administration in December 2001 still await a response. Because the TWA building is owned by a government authority, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission has no official role in determining the appropriateness of the Port Authority's plans, even though it designated both exterior and interior of the building as a landmark in 1994. The discussions continue and help is welcomed.
At this writing, architects are spearheading a debate in New Haven, Connecticut over the fate of Breuer's 1969 Pirelli Building, which is threatened with partial demolition to make more space for an IKEA parking lot.
Future Efforts
The DOCOMOMO U.S. Working Party will be organizing and sponsoring the eighth international meeting of DOCOMOMO in New York in September 2004. Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation will serve as host institution and will identify appropriate buildings for its venue. With the theme, « International Postwar Modernism and the Conjunction of Preservation and Design, » this will be the first DOCOMOMO conference entirely devoted to the postwar period.
DOCOMOMO International has been unexpectedly successful in mobilizing large numbers of professionals dealing with modern conservation. It might be because DOCOMOMO was born at a time when preservationists, more familiar with older buildings, were becoming uneasy about the vast numbers of recent buildings that would soon require preservation.
Many architects joined because they were anxious to see the buildings they loved taken care of appropriately but lacked the needed expertise and theoretical background to wage a protectionist campaign.
Wesse de Jonge, founder and secretary DOCOMOMO International sums up the role of his organization in supporting the preservation movement: « DOCOMOMO has a lot to do with professional work and scientific research. But, to my mind — and I know that there are many members with the same interpretation — it has to do as well with a professional and personal commitment to explore the spirit of the Modern Movement. »
Author: Christian Horn is the head of the architecture and urban planning office rethink
Published in Architecture Week on the 23th October 2002
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Brunswick. The sun had already set and evening was spreading itself over the surrounding country.
The night came on fast. The eldest girl, who is only 6 years old, felt sure that they could not get home before morning. So Mary quietly placed the two little ones, Johnny and Lizzie, in a sheltered corner on the sea-beach; and fearing that the younger children would get cold that night, she took off most of her own clothes to keep them warm.
Afterwards, she set off to gather dry sea-weed, and anything else she could find to cover them with. After having tenderly made for them a nest, she at last fell down exhausted, half bare in the cold, chilly night.
That evening, the loving father and tender mother sat up wondering where their children have gone. The hours dragged slowly with anxious watching and silent listening for the long-familiar little pattering feet. But the fond parents waited in vain.
Finally, they woke up the neighbors with their anxious questions about their lost ones. All that night passed in searching and in tears. Until early in the morning, they found little Johnny and Lizzie lying fast asleep and somewhat numbed with cold.
But oh! a touching sight lay near them. Their young savior was stiff, cold, and dead on the sea-weed she is trying to pull into the nook where they were sleeping. The poor little child-heroine died to save those she so deeply loved. Thus, this small New Brunswick girl died in her successful and self-sacrificing effort to save her brother and sister.
Does not this remind us the love of the Lord Jesus Christ to us? Mary went to the full extent of human love in dying for her little brother and sister. "Greater love has no one than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." Even so, the Lord Jesus laid down his life for his enemies; for "hardly for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man some would even dare to die. But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us."
Behold what manner of love Jesus has for us. Yet how many listen to this story with more emotion and interest than they do to the story of the cross, where the love of Jesus, the Son of God, is told in letters of blood!
Use colored or patterned paper in this project. After making the origami heart, ask the children to write a personal thank you letter to Jesus for His great love for them and slip it into the side pocket or just glue it to the heart. An alternative is to put a photo of the child and write "Jesus loves me."


Ethiopia is an area belonging the continent of Africa. It is a Federal Republic with approx. 87,000,000 m inhabitants. The population density is about 127 persons per square mile and the official Language is Amharic. Ethiopia spreads over an area of about 685,770 square miles with Addis Ababa as capital. The official currency is Birr (1 Birr = 100 Cents) with CONVENIENT price tendency.


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BMO Field set to host 2016 Grey Cup
According the reports the expanded BMO Field is set to officially schedule its first major event with the 2016 Grey Cup set to take place at the stadium.
By Dave Rowaan Sep 30, 2015, 10:52am EDT
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The first real test of who the real primary tenant at BMO Field will be moving forward is coming soon. The 2016 Grey Cup is reportedly going to take place at BMO Field which is great for MLSE but could cause some scheduling complications given that the CFL championship takes place right in the middle of the MLS Cup playoffs.
The word that the Grey Cup could be heading to BMO Field comes from Sportsnet's Arash Madani with the official announcement coming on Thursday. The event was long linked to taking place in Toronto but the question was which facility would host the game. The Rogers Centre was still an option but it looks like the now expanded BMO Field has won out in the end.
Hosting the game is great news for CFL fans in the city of Toronto and for MLSE who will get a chance to showcase their expanded stadium ahead of a potential Winter Classic in 2017. The issue is that the Grey Cup traditionally takes place in the final week of November which could conflict with Toronto FC games should they make a deep playoff run in 2016. It is the same week of November during which the MLS Conference finals took place last year.
That potential scheduling conflict will draw some interesting battle-lines for Toronto FC fans who are very slow to trust MLSE when they say that the soccer team will be the first priority when it comes to scheduling. It is hard to see a scenario where a late November Grey Cup does not conflict with any Toronto FC playoff run that might happen next season.
One possible solution to the issue could be to move the Grey Cup up a week earlier than it has traditionally been which would allow the game to take place during the FIFA International window which already results in the MLS playoffs being put on hold for a week in the middle of November.
There are a lot of details that remain unclear on this story but for fans that are concerned about how the arrival of the Argos is going to affect TFC this could prove to be the first real test of just who is going to come first.
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Elton John Visits Philippines With Starkey Hearing Foundation
Starkey Hearing Foundation wrapped up their second mission to the Philippines last week with help from legendary singer-songwriter, Sir Elton John and David Furnish.
Elton John, David Furnish and Starkey Hearing Foundation founders Bill and Tani Austin help a young man hear during the Foundation's mission in Manila
John and Furnish joined the Foundation in Manila and helped fit more than 400 hearing aids to children and adults in need, allowing many to hear for the first time in their lives.
In 2004 and 2009, John was the headlining performer at the Foundation's annual So The World May Hear Awards Gala, and he and Furnish have supported Starkey Hearing Foundation's work for several years since then. This was their first opportunity personally participate in a mission and give the gift of hearing.
"We are working to create peace and understanding around the world through the gift of hearing, and it is not possible without all the efforts of our friends and partners," said Bill Austin, Founder of Starkey Hearing Foundation. "We are so honored to have the support of Sir Elton John and David Furnish and that they would take the time to help us deliver this precious gift."
Starkey Hearing Foundation was also in the Philippines last December, delivering the gift of hearing to nearly 1,400 people in Manila, Bohol and Cebu with help from professional boxer, Manny Pacquiao and Los Angeles Galaxy soccer player, Landon Donovan. The Foundation plans to return in March 2013 to fit approximately 7,500 hearing aids in Manila, Batangas and General Santos.
This Philippines mission was the conclusion of a major mission circuit for Starkey Hearing Foundation. The team visited 13 additional cities in five countries—Senegal, Ghana, Nigeria, Liberia and India—and distributed more than 24,000 hearing aids over six weeks.
Starkey Hearing Foundation conducts approximately 70 missions each year, both domestically and internationally. Hearing missions are the primary way the Foundation realizes its goal – So the World May Hear. Starkey Hearing Foundation continues to fulfill its Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) commitment to provide more than 100,000 hearing aids to people in need each year and more than one million this decade.
According to Starkey Hearing Foundation, hearing loss is pervasive, affecting 34 million Americans – or one in 10. Yet, with the help of a hearing device, hearing loss can often be corrected in a majority cases, giving an individual the opportunity to better connect with their family, the community and the world around them.
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How a Blood Test Can Save the Global Economy
Tempering the Impact of COVID-19
April 9, 2020 – The COVID-19 crisis has led to an extraordinary shutdown of the global economy —something that seemed inconceivable just a few months ago. Governments had a difficult choice as the threat of the pandemic grew — issue stay-at-home and lockdown orders to 'flatten the curve' to stem the spread of the virus, which would save lives but risk plunging the economy into recession, or embrace 'herd immunity' to shorten the duration of the crisis and keep the economy humming along, but risk mass casualties. It was a difficult choice, and in the end most politicians opted for the 'flatten the curve' route to save lives. Now that we've turned the lights off on the economy, how do we flip the switch and turn it back on? How do we shift from stay-at-home and lockdown to getting back to work without spreading the virus again?
One strategy is to identify the people who are non-contagious so they can safely get back to work and engage in social activity. Testing people for SAR-CoV19 (the virus that causes COVID-19) to see if they have the virus has been difficult, as there is a limited supply of testing kits, the results are not immediate, and testing needs to be done by a healthcare professional. False negatives have also been an issue as samples can easily be improperly collected as the testing requires a swab through the nose towards the back of the throat, which is uncomfortable for patients. Another strategy is to see if a person has built up an immunity to the virus by testing for the presence of an antibody in their blood. This is can be done via test kits that analyze a drop of blood and can be administered in hospitals, pharmacies, or a patient's home. These test kits offer results in 15 minutes, are inexpensive, and are easily scaled. We believe antibody testing will be the key to getting the economy back up and running.
To judge the effectiveness of using antibody diagnostics, we modeled a range of scenarios reflecting the potential number and timing of which previously infected (and now assumed immune) patients with SARS-CoV2 can return to the workplace in the U.S. We anticipate there will be ample volume of test kits available in the U.S. to test 60% of the working-age population by the end of April and 95% by end of May. We therefore estimate that 90 million sidelined U.S. workers could return to their workplace as early as mid-May, stabilizing the economy and hopefully warding off additional negative economic consequences like a prolonged recession or depression.
Although there will be challenges to getting workers back on the job, there are significant benefits to global GDP to identifying non-contagious individuals. Using scenarios based on the cost to global GDP growth of social distancing and work disruption (we use international and travel disruptions as a proxy here), we find if non-contagious workers are effectively identified, the contraction of global GDP could be contained from a 7% contraction (which assumes a 100% collapse of both domestic and international social activity) to a contraction of only 2% of global GDP (assuming only a 30% reduction in domestic and international social activity). Authors: Andrew Baum, MD,
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March 11, 2018 Chloe Mogg
Pink Floyd – Animals (Classic Album Review)
"Animals" is a concept album that gives us a thought of what life was like in the 1970's with politics being a main part of everyone's life. It's the 10th studio album by the iconic rock band that is "Pink Floyd". It's also one of the most progressive albums that they made with the concept behind it being very intricate. It was released on 23rd January 1977 and 41 years later, this album is still as important as it was back then. The album cover includes a pig floating between two of the chimneys at Battersea Power Station in South London. Pigs became a symbol for Pink Floyd and featured as a kind of mascot at their concerts from the release of this album. Pigs weren't just a symbol for Pink Floyd, they were an obsession for hippies in the 1960's/1970's as they used to call policemen that. For me, this album is so important, purely because it was the first album I listened to all the way through when I was young. My family gave me good music taste!
The album starts just as it ends. "Pigs on the Wing Part 1" is sung by Roger Waters. It's a love song that Roger wrote for his wife at the time. The song is split into two halves which sits really nicely as bookends to such a full on album. The song doesn't really make sense to the middle three songs but no one has ever really questioned as to why it's on the album, because well, why should they? The song works so well. The song is so simple and just features Water's guitar and vocals. Roger Water's wife at the time was the only person who he had ever met that could stand up to him and he really admired her for that. All his life, until that point, he was looking for someone who he could count as an equal.
"You've got to be crazy…" was what the next song was originally going to be called, but they changed it to obviously, "Dogs". Dogs are the real deal animals purely because they all aspire to be the big "boss". Waters and Gilmour wrote Dogs lyrically to mean that Dogs are conniving people who are always after something. The song originally started off as a jam that the band had that was turned into a full arrangement of what would become probably the best song on this album. The song is lyrically about trying to find who you are as a person and your place in the world, but getting stuck in the day-to-day life routine. The first half is sung by David Gilmour and as verse 4 comes around, Roger Waters takes the lead. I think they really do sound very similar in this song though. Verse 4 is the only verse where first person is used for a moment, before it goes back to "YOU".
Being the longest track on the album at a staggering 17:05, this song has got to be up there in the greatest Pink Floyd tracks. It's progressive and melodically & lyrically golden. The one line that really hits home in this song has got to be "You have to be trusted by the people that you lie to, So that when they turn their backs on you, You'll get the chance to put the knife in". This indicates that people try to do things purely for themselves when really they need to think of the principles before hand. If Black Mirror could be an album, I think it would be this album, purely because Pink Floyd really go into depth's on their own political views. I'm not saying Black Mirror is politically, I mean it is, but I can see the similarities between them because the writers stick to what they believe in. Animals is still futuristic and ahead of its time even for the present time. It's progressive and so important. "Dragged down by the stone" leads into a complex interlude in Dogs, that ironically features dogs barking.
This album is really where Roger Waters knew that he could get his political voice heard by writing songs for people to hear. Plus it was a good warm up for Pink Floyd before they released The Wall two years later, which we all know is an iconic, moving concept album with its own film! Dogs has always been one of my favourite Pink Floyd songs purely because when you think it's gotten to the peak of the song, it just gets better and carries on building throughout.
"Pigs (Three Different Ones)" is about the society and the government in the time that they wrote/recorded this album. The bass completely drives this song and makes the song so funky, even though lyrically, it's really digging into people. Animals isn't just about one person, it's about a lot of people that really angered Pink Floyd (mainly Roger Waters.) The only person that has been identified in this song is Mary Whitehouse, but really Pigs could be highly aimed at Margaret Thatcher who was in power at the time. I only say this because of the lyric "you like the feel of steel"… hello… her nickname was the Iron Lady for god sake! The lyric "you're nearly a laugh" also cries out that he's laughing at those in power, "but you're really a cry" is him realising that he can't really do anything about it, so instead, he wrote songs to explain his thoughts. The talk box is the most iconic part of the whole song purely as it sounds like a pig. I remember as a child listening to Animals in the car and Pigs always used to stand out to me mainly because of the bass. Roger Waters bass tone in this song is refreshing and equalised so lovely in the mix. This song actually got me into learning how to play the bass guitar.
Introduced with a sound just like how Rick Wakeman would enter a Yes song, Richard Wright progressively starts "Sheep" on keys while a strange sort of Doctor Who vibe comes rhythmically out of Roger Waters bass. Sheep is about the blind followers, which I feel was aimed directly at the public in the 1970's who stuck by all the politicians as the safe option, because they were scared to stand up for themselves in what they believe in. "Only dimly aware of a certain unease in the air" really interested me when I first heard it as animals know when they're going to die apparently. If we are "gods" lambs then "christ" is our shepherd according to religion. I'm not religious in any way but it really is a good adaptation to describe "his" love. A shepherd will feed his lambs and protect them.. all the way up to when he slaughters them. Going back to the meaning of the song, politicians fool us all the way into thinking they're right and then once everyone has voted for them and put them in power, they change and come out as their "true selves". The ending chord progression of the song is such a happy sound and makes us feel that the sheep/blind followers are free from the dogs and badness of their everyday life.
We end the albums just as it starts. "Pigs on the Wing Part 2″ has the exact same concept as Part 1 does but in this part, Roger Waters talks about how he has stopped being a dog and has settled down in the society with his love. I personally love this album so much purely for the concept of it. They make such a deep concept turn into a child's understanding of it. While referring to politicians as Animals, it really makes me open my eyes and released who's who in the world.
Absolutely stunning album and still so iconic to this day.
Favourite Tracks: Dogs, Pigs (Three Different Ones), Sheep
Score – 10/10
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joshwilleden says:
One of my favourite albums, always loved Waters' Orwellian metaphors and Gilmour's guitars. Great review!
Chloe Mogg says:
Cheers Josh!
Mams says:
Awesome review.. I always felt that Pigs on the wings (1 & 2) were very much a part of the concept.. Only recently am I hearing that Roger wrote it for his wife.. But I think it is more of the 'us' character in the whole album of who we are as spectators.. Also another peculiar thing I've noticed is that in the structure of the album (2 short songs enveloping 3 long ones) they upturned the structure of Wish You Were Here (2 long songs enveloping 3 short ones).. Cheers mate..
Thanks so much! Glad you like it. Pink Floyd were the masters of their time, so privileged to be able to listen to their albums in full.


We got all night so don't go to fast.
We don't need no music.
Tomorrow my family and friend's will see me glow.
.With you i don't wanna feel emotionally confused.
,lay down close to me, hold me tight.
It's OK you can spend the night.


Lewis, T. and Debuse, V. J. (2012) Resilience of a eucalypt forest woody understorey to long-term (34–55 years) repeated burning in subtropical Australia. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 21 (8). pp. 980-991.
We investigated the effects of annual burning since 1952, triennial burning since 1973, fire exclusion since 1946 and infrequent wildfire (one fire in 61 years) on woody understorey vegetation in a dry sclerophyll eucalypt forest, south-eastern Queensland, Australia. We determined the influence of these treatments, and other site variables (rainfall, understorey density, topsoil C : N ratio, tree basal area, distance to watercourse and burn coverage) on plant taxa density, richness and composition. The richness of woody understorey taxa 0–1 m in height was not affected by burning treatments, but richness of woody plants 1–7.5 m in height was lower in the annually burnt treatment than in the triennially burnt treatment from 1989 to 2007. Fire frequency and other site variables explained 34% of the variation in taxa composition (three taxon groups and 10 species), of which 33% of the explained variance was explained by fire treatment and 46% was explained by other site variables. Annual burning between 1974 and 1993 was associated with lower understorey densities mainly due to reduced densities of eucalypts 1–7.5 m in height. Triennial burning during the same period was associated with higher densities of eucalypts 0–7.5 m in height relative to the annually burnt and unburnt treatments. Most woody taxa persisted in the frequently burnt treatments through resprouting mechanisms (e.g. lignotuberous regeneration), and fire patchiness associated with low-intensity burning was also found to be important. Persistence of plants <1 m tall demonstrates the resilience of woody taxa to repeated burning in this ecosystem, although they mainly exist in a suppressed growth state under annual burning.
fire regimes, plant composition, plant density, regeneration, richness, vegetation structure.


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Q: How to check an empty list in Python3 I am trying to check that my list is empty with the following script:
#!/usr/bin/env python3

#First we start with the empty list of "users"
user_names = []

#Run a check with if to see if the list has "users"
if user_names:
    for user in user_names:
        print("Message to user logging in.")
#The assumption is this will evaluate to False and else will execute
    else:
        print("Message when the list is empty.")

But when the script is executed, nothing runs and the output is blank. I'm hoping to find out:

*

*if this is due to an error in my code?

*or if its a bug?

*is there a better way to write this code?

My Python version is 3.8.3

A: your list is empty, but not None (also not type boolean = False), so the check if user_names alway True.
so your code always go to the for-loop, but nothing in the list, so it print nothing.
You can check the length of your array like this instead
if len(user_names) == 0:

A: Indentation is way to relevant for python programming.
If you run the following code:
user_names = []
print(f"{user_names} outside the if statement.")
if user_names:
    print(f"{user_names} inside if statement.")
    for user in user_names:
        print("Message to user logged in.")
    else:
        print("Message when the list is empty.")

You are gonna see that the output is >> [] outside the if statement. What does this mean? Well, the program is skipping the if statement because the list is empty, that is expected. However, the else statement is not being read because it is inside the if statement. That explains why you get a blank output. So, the following code should solve the problem:
user_names = []
if user_names:
    for user in user_names:
        print(f"Message to {user} logged in.")
else:
    print("Message when the list is empty.")

Now, look at the first print() function inside the code. There is two changes to the original code: the first is f before start the string; and the second is that the user variable is now inside curly brackets: {user}. This two things working together makes the loop print each user names whenever applies.
You can test this shifting  user_names = [] to  user_names =["a", "b"] and running the code again.
You should get:
>> Message to a logged in
>> Message to b logged in

Finally, I recommend to use a code based on the len() function for testing the if statement (you can see the documentaion here). This is only for make your code more readable to other coders.
The solution code might look like this:
user_names=[]
if len(user_names)==0:
    for user in user_names:
        print(f"Message to {user} logged in.")
else:
    print("Message when the list is empty.")


Color: The adult male is pale whitish or yellowish marking over most of its body. The male does not increase greatly in size upon feeding. Before feeding, the female resembles the male generally in size, shape and color. When fully engorged, she is bluish gray.
Size: The adult male is flattened, 1/8- to 3/16- inches long. Before feeding, the female resembles the male generally in size. However, the marking only covers 1/3 of the body.
The American dog tick has a fairly wide host range. Dogs are a preferred host but adults commonly infest both large and medium sized mammals such as cattle, deer, raccoons, and opossum. The immature stages may feed on these same hosts but prefer to infest smaller mammals such as meadow mice, squirrels, and chipmunks. All stages of the American dog tick will also feed on humans if given the opportunity.
Adult ticks bite humans and are found in grass, shrubs, brush, and other vegetation--particularly along animal trails or footpaths. When brushed by a moving body, they quickly let loose of the plant on which they are resting and attach to the animal or human.
Blood. They feed on a wide variety of mammals, including white-footed mice, voles, chipmunks, raccoons, squirrels, dogs, cats, and people.
The American dog tick can be a carrier of several infections of humans including tularemia, rabbit fever, Rocky Mountain spotted fever and is one of the species commonly involved with tick paralysis.
Control of American dog ticks in outdoor areas is extremely difficult. While several insecticides are labeled for outdoor tick control, they are usually not effective in eliminating large numbers of ticks in brushy, heavily wooded areas. There are, however, some management techniques that can discourage a buildup of ticks in these areas. Modifying the habitat is a more permanent approach to tick management. Since ticks must be in areas of high humidity in order to survive, they are most commonly found in grassy, brushy, wooded, and shaded areas. Therefore, reducing the humidity in these areas by keeping grass well-clipped, removing brush, and pruning trees to allow more sunlight to penetrate to the soil surface will discourage ticks from becoming established in these areas.
It is important to be aware of how to prevent American Dog Tick in your everyday life. Before even thinking about chemical pest control, see few American Dog Tick prevention tips to keep in mind regarding how to avoid American Dog Tick.