Zhytomyr (also called Zhitomir) metropolis is the capital of Zhitomir region, central Ukraine, on the Teteriv River, a tributary of the Dnieper. When you make a same-day connection in Kiev, you may leave London on day 1 and arrive in Odessa late night on day 3. Alternatively, a daily high-high quality sleeper train (train one zero five) leaves Kiev at 21:15 and arrives in Odessa at 06:18, with 1st class 2-berth and 2nd class four-berth sleepers.
You probably have any issues or want a one-approach ticket starting in Ukraine, you can even book the Vienna-Kiev practice through reliable agency , with tickets posted or couriered to you for a small charge. Then you've Kharkiv (Ukrainian) and Kharkov (Russian).
The Ukrainian and Russian celebrities often perform here. I, personally, think it's a good various to Odessa when you do not assume you will have the time or energy to make it that far south on your Ukraine journey. When it comes to winter travel I'd suggest you to visit Kiev and Lviv From Lviv you possibly can go to carpathians mountains for instance Bukovel All of these locations are secure.
As such, applicants from Crimea should be interviewed at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, must pay their MRV charges for visa applications only at Raiffeisen Financial institution Aval branches and should select a TMM Categorical passport pickup location inside Ukraine, as doc pass again services to and from Crimea have been suspended indefinitely as a result of Russian actions in that portion of Ukraine's territory.
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Home » Business Tips » Investing in Chinese stocks amid geopolitical tensions
Investing in Chinese stocks amid geopolitical tensions
November 30, 2020 Emma Watson
A woman adjusted a Chinese flag near the American flag.
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SINGAPORE – Investors need to over-allocate their portfolios in China, as "geopolitical diversification" will be more important in the coming years, according to an investment strategist.
Currently, investors globally have less than about 5% of their shares invested in China, said Paul Colwell, head of advisory portfolio group for Asia at insurance brokerage Willis Towers Watson.
Pension funds and endowments in China are between 3 and 5%, according to a Willis Towers Watson report, citing a recent survey by data analytics firm Greenwich Associates.
According to the index provider, the weightage of Chinese A-shares – or shares traded on the mainland, is 5.1% of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index as of August 2020.
"We just don't think that's enough to be fully prepared for the new world order," Colwell told CNBC's "Squawk Box Asia" on Monday. He said that he should increase the allocation to Chinese stocks by 20% in the next decade.
"In the new world order, for investors to properly place their portfolios for the post-Kovid world, they have a greater need to allocate their investment portfolios to China," Colwell said. "Geo political diversification is going to be a much more important portfolio… in the coming years."
If you believe that the world is moving away from globalization, if you believe that the major economies in the world, especially the US and China will be separated from each other, then we believe that there is a strong need for allocation in China. Is the case.
Paul callwell
Willis Towers Watson, Head of Advisory Portfolio Group for Asia
China has been embroiled in trade disputes with the US, Europe, Australia and India this year.
Since 2018, Beijing has been in a trade dispute with the US, culminating in a "phase one" trade agreement earlier this year. Still, tensions continued to grow and the tech space grew, as Washington targeted Chinese technology giants from phone maker Huawei to video-sharing app Tiktok.
Tensions between China and Australia have also intensified in recent months. Canberra called for a global investigation into the origin of coronovirus.
The move angered Beijing, which banned trade on Australian imports – the latest, an anti-dumping duty of up to 212% on Australian bottled wine imports, which China announced late Friday.
Regarding the trade stress, Colwell told CNBC that they would be "very noisy" and create short-term market volatility.
However, he said: "If you believe that the world is moving away from globalization, if you believe that the world's major economies, especially the US and China will be separated from each other, then we believe that There is a strong case for allocation China and more than you would have expected otherwise. "
Colwell stated, "China A-share market is relatively less co-related with developed markets. Chinese economy monetary policy operates at a fundamentally different frequency than other major geographies driven by different approaches to economic policy. "
He added that the allocation in Chinese shares would increase the "flexibility, strength" of the global portfolio.
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With SD card support being added to the XOOM late last week, we knew the Clockwork Recovery would be soon to follow. And sure enough, it was released yesterday, allowing those of us with XOOMs to create full nandroid backups to our SD cards and feel much better about our hacking adventures.
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Q: Multiple partial search statements in sql and PHP I am currently creating a simple person mySQL search using the following input searches:
status (This is an option list with a fixed value 1,2,3,4)
firstname
surname
email
phone
description
this is my current code:
if($stmt = $db_connect->prepare("SELECT * FROM candidate WHERE status = ?
OR firstname = ?
OR surname = ?
OR email = ?
OR telephone_mobile = ?
OR description = ?"))
{
   $stmt->bind_param('isssis',$post_status, $post_firstname, $post_surname, $post_email, $post_phone, $post_desc);
   $stmt->execute();
   $main = $stmt->num_rows;
   $result = $stmt->get_result();
}

<?php
while($row = $result->fetch_object()) {
?>

<?php echo $row->firstname; ?>
<?php echo $row->surname; ?>
<?php echo $row->email; ?>
<?php echo $row->telephone_mobile; ?>
<?php echo $row->description; ?>

<?php } $stmt->free_result(); ?>

I understand that the OR statement is incorrect and I have been reading about AGAINST and LIKE statement and I'm unsure of the correct method as sometimes some of the input forms may be blank and others may be fully filled.
Any help would be great! :)
EDIT:
Example Data

firstname | surname | email           | phone         | description
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john      | smith   | john@me.com     | 07645362839   | he has a SIA licence
larry     | howden  | lh@google.com   | 01574830487   | he is a beautiful man
jane      | jones   |                 | 01937437384   | has no email address

A: I think that a lot of the comments are helpful, but not really needed.
If you want to use LIKE, you can simply change your query like this:
SELECT * FROM candidate WHERE status LIKE 'status' OR firstname LIKE 'firstname'...
You can use LIKE in place of an equals sign.  You can use a % if you want to include meta characters.

A: Try this:

if(!empty($post_status)) {
    $binds[] = &$post_status;
    $bind_type .= "i";
    $criteria[] = 'status = ?';
}
if(!empty($post_firstname)) {
    $post_firstname_val = "%".$post_firstname."%";
    $binds[] = &$post_firstname_val;
    $bind_type .= "s";
    $criteria[] = 'firstname LIKE ?';
}
if(!empty($post_surname)) {
    $post_surname_val = "%".$post_surname."%";
    $binds[] = &$post_surname_val;
    $bind_type .= "s";
    $criteria[] = 'surname LIKE ?';
}
if(!empty($post_email)) {
    $post_email_val = "%".$post_email."%";
    $binds[] = &$post_email_val;
    $bind_type .= "s";
    $criteria[] = 'email LIKE ?';
}
if(!empty($post_phone)) {
    $post_phone_val = "%".$post_phone."%";
    $binds[] = &$post_phone_val;
    $bind_type .= "s";
    $criteria[] = 'phone LIKE ?';
}
if(!empty($post_desc)) {
    $post_desc_val = "%".$post_desc."%";
    $binds[] = &$post_desc_val;
    $bind_type .= "s";
    $criteria[] = 'description LIKE ?';
}
if(count($criteria) > 0) {
    $query .= ' WHERE '.implode(" OR ", $criteria);
}

$stmt = $db_connect->prepare($query);
if(count($binds) > 0) {
    $params = array_merge(array($bind_type), $binds);
    call_user_func_array(array($stmt, 'bind_param'), $params);
}
$stmt->execute();

For each non empty search criteria it will add a condition to match that criteria partially (or full if you enter the entire value).
This will return all rows that will match any of the conditions added to the search.
Lets say you have $post_firstname = "Jane" and $post_pone = "0764536".
The code will return both the 1st row (since it will match the phone partially) and the 4th row since it will match fully the name.


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Eczellon Capital > Insight > In The News > Eczellon Capital is Collaborating with Nigerian Manufacturers to help the country Industrialize
Category: In The News
More than 70 million people in Nigeria live in extreme poverty, according to The World Poverty Clock. But with the country's GDP growth lagging behind its population growth at 0.5% to 2.6% respectively in 2017, the country will find it difficult to lift people out of poverty at a desired pace. To achieve the kind of growth Nigeria needs, its manufacturing sector has a key role to play. However, the sector contributes less than 10 percent to Nigeria's GDP.
Manufacturing creates more jobs than any other sector, creating value and fostering innovation, leading to sustainable economic growth. Eczellon Capital, an Africa-focused investment bank, recognizes this and is keen to support the manufacturing sector in Nigeria as it works hard to help the economy grow. This is why the CEO of Eczellon Capital Diekola Onaolapo embarked on a courtesy visit to the Director General of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) Segun Ajayi-Kadir at the MAN House in Lagos on Friday.
"Manufacturing is at the core of what we need to get right as a continent," Diekola Onaolapo said, adding that capital is one of the major pillars that will help Africa and indeed Nigeria, grow its manufacturing sector.
"We are in the business of creating and allocation of capital; one of the most important tools for any economic activity and even economic development," he added.
"One of the issues we found for companies in Nigeria and Africa has been the wrong mix of capital — in its inadequacy, the lack of access to it in its efficient form; in a way that it can facilitate economic activities. That is what we have dedicated ourselves to doing and in the last 8 years, we have been able to achieve some remarkable feat for both the public and private sector," the Eczellon Capital boss said


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"Every Thursday the team meets together with low-level detainees who can be safely supervised in the community," Jail Director Doug Burris said. "Before, there were C, D and E felonies that stayed here for an extended period of time and research found they had the lowest risk of re-offending."
Bell said, "With serious and violent offenders, we are going to be more aggressive with prosecution. The overwhelming percentage of individuals at the justice center are there for serious offenses — 85 to 90%. So you can't just say 'Hey, we want to decrease the population,' because that's a public safety issue."
It's less clear what has led to the increase in the length of stay for inmates, Huebner said. The time spent in jail increased from an average of 14.9 days in 2010 to a high of 26.4 days in 2018, or an increase of about 77%. It dropped to 23.3 days in 2019.
One explanation could be bail amounts, Huebner said. Inmates with bail set higher than $5,000 have a tendency to remain jailed longer before trial, she said.
"A lot of people with $5,000 or $10,000 bail — it's the same thing as having no bail, because they simply cannot pay it," Huebner said.
Regardless of the charges, Burris said people are still being held too long before trial. Of the 891 people in the jail Monday, 147 had been there for over a year, he said. Sixty-eight had been there for more than two years, 33 more than three years, 10 more than four years and five for more than five years. One man has been held for more than six years, he said.
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The Orange Garden in Rome: a perfect romantic walk
Located on the Aventine Hill, Parco Savello, commonly known as the Orange Garden, is one of the most romantic and visited places in Rome.
It crosses a big part of the city, extending itself for circa eight thousand square meters and it offers one of the most beautiful views of the city, along with the ones from the Janiculum and Pincian Hill.
History of the Orange Garden in Rome
The Orange Garden in Rome we see today, which gets its name from its strong scent of orange trees, was created by the architect Raffaele De Vico in 1932 in the same place where the Savelli Family's fortress was edified, near the Basilica of Santa Sabina. That's why the garden is actually called Parco Savello!
The park is now surrounded by the same wall that boarded the Savelli fortress and some parts of the castle luckily stayed intact! At the main entrance you can, in fact, find a stone construction that belonged to it.
The fortress and its garden were later on given to the Dominican Order of Santa Sabina that turned it into a monastery.
Legend says that the first orange tree was given to the garden by Saint Dominic!
The fountain of Parco Savello
The main entrance of the garden is in Pietro d'Illira Square but you can also access the park from S. Sabina Street or from the Clivio di Rocca Savello.
Located at the main entrance, we can find a fountain that has quite a long history!
The fountain is in fact made out of a granite bathtub found in the roman thermal baths and it was later on decorated with a very particular mask representing the God of the Ocean.
This mask was originally made to decorate another fountain made in 1593 by Giacomo Della Porta for a cattle market. It was later on demolished and the mask was used to decorate another fountain located on the right bank of the Tiber in 1827.
This fountain was dismantled as well and the mask was kept in warehouses until it was brought to the Orange Garden!
Parco Savello today
Nowadays, the Orange Garden is one of the places that locals love the most and it's very common for couples to take a romantic walks and immerse themselves in nature to enjoy the sunset, mainly during the weekends.
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Seeing in the Dark: imitating the dog
Peer into a cinema from the past in Seeing in the Dark, a brand-new digital installation from "multimedia daredevils" (The Times) imitating the dog.
Inspired by the Cinema Memory and the Digital Archive project based at Lancaster University, funded by the AHRC (Arts and Humanities Research Council), Seeing in the Dark invites you to explore how cinema mimics and makes memories, as film projection, time, and the viewing experience collide in this evocative, immersive artwork.
Three simple boxes stand on plinths – yet each offers a unique experience. Take a look through the viewing windows for a heady glimpse of cinema days gone by.
Scale models, whirring film reels, original music compositions, recorded reproductions of heritage films and echoing real voices from the archive all come together as a 'memory machine', conjuring into life the whisper of a classic cinema programme projected onto a miniature screen.
A fun homage to captivating moments in cinema history and a moving reflection on the sensation of film-watching, Seeing in the Dark is a special trip to the flicks that you won't want to miss.
Seeing in the Dark is free to view in Lancaster University Library from 1 November to 30 November during library opening hours. Look for three wooden boxes in the ground floor foyer.
Image credit: Darren Andrews


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Q: rstudio diagnostics synthax issue I've just noticed that my Rstudio isn't showing any of the usual synthax diagnostics. I'v checked thought the options menu and they are definitely on. I tried resetting Rstudio but didn't make any difference. Has anyone come across this and if so how do I fix it?
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The end of the first of (many to come) L.A. Beer WeekS closed out on a picture postcard Southern California afternoon amongst the roses at Descanso Gardens.
It was an inspired choice. The gardens and the non-rock music made for a very calm and relaxed time and also made sure that people knew that the focus of the afternoon and early evening was sampling fine craft beer.
Telegraph Brewing brought a Harvest Rye beer that they brewed just for the vintners in the Santa Barbara area. After a taste, I could see how after spending hours harvesting grapes that this would not only cool you down but it also had enough rye to give it a little kick. I am hoping to see this in bottles.
Craftsman Brewing brought what seemed to be their entire line-up of beer. Edgar, Summer's End Sour and a new offering of a wet-hop ale. It was my idea of a simple, yet tasty IPA. It was crisp and bitter and not a muddle like some IPA's have become. I will be looking to try this again.
The Full Pint brought a crazy amount of beer swag and were playing the Full Sail Brewing version of Rock / Paper / Scissors. If you don't know it, just pick up a case of Full Sail Session (red or black), then look under the cap. It was a very popular booth to say the least.
He'Brew had Bar Mitzvah pouring. As if 13 different malts and 13 different hops wasn't enough, I was lucky enough to get a vertical flight of 11 and 12 as well. All three are big, brash beers that really attack the taste buds. All three are beers to cellar. Grab the 13 now and hold on to it. It should mellow out nicely as the years pass.
Buckbean from Reno brought cans of two of their beers, Black Noddy (which I did not sample) and Orange Blossom (which I did). You get a big aroma of orange and I was real sure that the beer was orange too. It was probably a trick of the light but this beer had citrus flavor to spare.
The Maltose Falcons were in attendance. Not only to try the beer but to show off a new recipe book from member Drew Beechum and to hook more people into brewing their own beer.
Nectar Ales and Ballast Point brought the crowds with Black Xantus and Hout made with Black Currants. To me, it is not really a great festival until you get these specials. They are the chum for ravenous beer geeks.
The crowd was great! As I strolled around, there were lots of great discussions going on about aromas and flavors and which beers to get before they ran out. Plus, I admit to being worried about the unlimited pours. But it did not turn out to be a headache and the grounds were treated respectfully so we can all meet there again this time next year.
Your homework is to find one of the newest beers to hit Los Angeles. Requiem Espresso Stout from The Gentleman Scholar (aka Martin Svab + Skyscraper Brewing). It is an excellent beer with toffee notes that pours really black. It would be excellent as an end of dinner nightcap or paired with some coffee ice cream.


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USC vs. Oregon State – College Football – Predictions, Betting Lines, Odds and Trends
Pac-12 play features the No. 7 USC Trojans (3-0) taking on the Oregon State Beavers (3-0) on Saturday, September 24, 2022 at Reser Stadium. The Trojans are favored by 6.5 points. An over/under of 68 points has been set for the contest.
USC vs. Oregon State Predictions
USC vs. Oregon State Odds
USC vs. Oregon State Betting Trends
USC has covered (or pushed) in each game with a spread this season for a 3-0-0 ATS record.
The Trojans have a perfect 3-0 ATS record when playing as at least 6.5-point favorites.
USC's games have gone over the total twice this season.
USC has won all three of the games it has been listed as the moneyline favorite this season.
USC has won all three games it has played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -259 or shorter.
Oregon State has covered the spread in each of its three games with a set spread.
Oregon State games have gone over the total twice this season.
Oregon State won the only game it has played as the underdog this season.
Oregon State has not been a bigger underdog this season than the +205 moneyline set for this game.
USC vs. Oregon State: Over/Under Trends
This season, USC games have seen a combined score higher than this game's 68-point over/under twice.
This season, Oregon State has played one game with a combined score over 68 points.
Together, the two teams combine for 96.4 points per game, 28.4 points more than the over/under of 68 for this matchup.
These two teams surrender a combined 45.4 points per game, 22.6 points less than this contest's over/under.
The Trojans have seen a 66 average over/under in their games this season, two points fewer than the over/under in this contest.
A difference of 11.2 points separates this contest's over/under (68 points) and the average total points bet in Beavers' games (56.8 points) this season.
USC Players to Watch
Caleb Williams has thrown for 874 yards (291.3 ypg) to lead USC, completing 74.4% of his passes and tossing eight touchdown passes this season. He's also figured in the ground game with 73 rushing yards (24.3 ypg) on 27 carries with two rushing touchdowns.
Travis Dye has carried the ball 30 times for a team-high 227 yards (75.7 per game), with two touchdowns this year. He's also tacked on seven catches for 76 yards (25.3 per game).
This season Austin Jones has rushed for 196 yards (65.3 per game) on 24 carries with three touchdowns, while also catching six passes for 68 yards (22.7 per game).
Jordan Addison's 295 receiving yards (98.3 yards per game) pace all receivers on the team. He's totaled 18 receptions and five touchdowns.
Mario Williams has reeled in 12 passes for 194 yards (64.7 yards per game) and one touchdown this year.
Tahj Washington's five receptions have yielded 86 yards (28.7 ypg).
Oregon State Players to Watch
Chance Nolan has thrown for 746 yards (248.7 ypg) to lead Oregon State, completing 62.7% of his passes and recording seven touchdown passes and two interceptions this season. He's also figured in the ground game with 44 rushing yards (14.7 ypg) on 12 carries with one rushing touchdown.
Deshaun Fenwick's team-high 204 rushing yards (68 per game) have come on 38 carries, with three touchdowns this year.
This season Damien Martinez has rushed for 108 yards (36 per game) on 23 carries with one touchdown.
Tre'Shaun Harrison's 219 receiving yards (73 yards per game) pace all receivers on the team. He's totaled 16 receptions and two touchdowns.
Anthony Gould has collected 188 receiving yards (62.7 yards per game) and two touchdowns, hauling in eight passes this year.
Luke Musgrave's 11 catches this season have resulted in 169 yards (56.3 ypg) and one touchdown.
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Do you miss cinnamon rolls since going gluten-free? Now you don't have to! This cinnamon roll cake has both the texture and the taste of a gooey cinnamon roll. Cinnamon rolls are not just for breakfast anymore.
3 cups *gluten-free flour I like Pillsbury gluten-free. Not all gluten-free flours are created equal. You may experience different baking results depending on the gluten-free flour blend you choose.
1 1/2 teaspoons xanthan gum leave out if your flour already contains it.
1 1/2 cups milk For dairy-free I like cashew milk, almond milk or coconut milk.
Spray a 9×13 glass baking pan with cooking spray.
In a large bowl add the gluten-free flour, xanthan gum (leave out if your flour already has it), salt, sugar, baking powder, milk, eggs, and vanilla and mix until fully combined.
Once combined stir in the melted butter.
The cake batter will be very thick and sticky. Pour into the prepared 9×13 baking pan.
In a large bowl, cream butter, brown sugar, gluten-free flour and cinnamon together with a mixer.
Drop heaping tablespoonfuls of the butter mixture into the cake batter.
Use a knife to swirl the butter mixture through the cake.
Bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes. Use a toothpick to check and see if the center is done.
In a medium bowl, whisk the powdered sugar, milk and pure vanilla extract together.
Pour over the warm cake.
*Not all gluten-free flours are created equal. You may experience different baking results depending on the gluten-free flour blend you choose. I like Pillsbury gluten-free.
The best way to measure gluten-free flour is the "spoon & level" method. Using a spoon, scoop the flour into the measuring cup. After you've spooned the flour into the measuring cup, use the back of a knife to level off the top of the measuring cup. Friends, please do not scoop the flour out of the bag with your measuring cup.
For dairy-free option: I like to bake with Smart Balance butter and almond, cashew or coconut milk.
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For the past 6 years I have been collaborating with fellow artist/printer Blake Peterson, on a variety of multi-media projects.
Digital print of mixed medial sculpture. By Zoe Phillips and Blake Peterson 2014.
'Lost Sheep in Glasgow' (2011) is a photographic & video piece with performative aspects. Blake Peterson and Zoe Phillips created a symbolic character to explore ideas of cultural identity – essentially, someone trying (and failing) to integrate themselves into another culture. The sheep, attempts to "fit in" by going to places normally highly populated – only to find them deserted.
Video Duration: 0 min, 48 seconds meant to be looped indefinitely. The video was exhibited at the2012 Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art (GI) for 'No Man's Land' at the Arches, Glasgow.


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The 2nd Most Important Reason Why it's not Always Time to Pursue Your Dreams
April 3, 2018 by Susanne Maynes 2 Comments
It occupied her thoughts from morning until night. She wanted it so bad she could taste it.
She wanted financial independence.
This young mother of small children began working hard at building a business. She juggled the demands of family life. She sacrificed sleep. She spent every spare moment on her dream.
Two years later, it became a reality. Her business was not only up and running –it was wildly successful.
This woman had followed the advice of a well-known entrepreneurial blogger. Regarding her success, he remarked, "I love that kind of hustle."
That kind of story appeals to us, right?
The American work ethic wins the day. Someone makes sacrifices in the short run, but in the end, they accomplish well-earned freedom.
Or do they?
One financial expert tells the story of a dad whose finances were in good shape, but he wanted to put away money for his toddler son's future college education.
This father took a second job delivering pizzas every night for a long season, tucking away the extra income for his boy's college fund.
The financial expert praised him with, "Now that's a dad."
Ironically, this same teacher talks about a principle he calls "opportunity cost." It works like this:
When you say yes to one thing, you automatically say no to other things, because you can't have it both ways.
When this young father spent night after night delivering pizza for the sake of his boy's education, I wonder what "opportunity cost" he had to pay.
Did he miss crucial moments of bonding with his boy because he was so busy worrying about his future? Did his marriage flounder because his wife had to put their son to bed by herself every night?
Or that young mom – how did her toddlers feel about Mom achieving her goal? Did her short nights make her temper short, too? Did her kids feel like roadblocks in the way of her dream?
To be clear, there's nothing wrong with long-term planning for the future, and some of us need to get better at it.
On the other hand, in our culture, it's too easy to become obsessed with goal-setting and business-building, investing ourselves in efforts we think will bring us freedom, independence and success.
It's an illusion.
Life isn't about what we accomplish. It's about our relationships –and relationships happen in the present moment.
Life isn't about what we accomplish; it's about our relationships. #Christianliving #liveinthemoment
We might forfeit our relationships on the altar of our dreams. So there's that.
But there are other kinds of opportunity costs as well when it comes to pursuing our dreams.
We might compromise our physical health by sleeping too little, eating poorly, or neglecting exercise because we are "too busy" for it.
(A friend of mine once said, "If you're too busy to exercise, you're too busy." True, that.)
We may also compromise our mental, emotional, and spiritual health by pushing too hard toward our goals while ignoring our need for rest, relaxation, and rejuvenation (by which I don't mean scrolling aimlessly through social media or staring passively at the TV screen).
I'm talking about intentionally choosing things that refresh the soul, renew the mind, and rejuvenate the body.
You know, like stepping outside to hear the birds sing, or savoring the aroma of jasmine green tea, or reading a great story.
Like singing a spontaneous praise song.
So here's the second most important reason you may want to think twice about pursuing a personal dream:
Dreams become dangerous when they hijack our present moments with the dangling-carrot promise of a better future.
I can be really task driven, and I have to remind myself of this all the time. You, too?
Next time, we'll look at the primary, most critical reason to re-evaluate the pursuit of a personal dream.
Oh, what an unpopular message in this day and age, but how it needs to be said. Thank you for being brave enough to exhort us to put our families first; even above dreams ostensibly done for them.
Susanne Maynes says
Glad it resonates, Ursula!


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NüVoices of the Diaspora: An evening of storytelling in NYC
NüVoices - February 20, 2019 February 21, 2019
NüVoices of the Diaspora is an evening filled with storytelling by artists and by the community, headlined by both young and veteran luminaries of Asian American writing and performance art. Muna Tseng, Alvin Eng, Karoline Kan, and Angel Yau will each present from their oeuvre varying from a reading, spoken word, video and music – dedicated to the theme of the evening: NüVoices of the Diaspora. Karoline, a writer born in Tianjin and living in Beijing, will be providing a counterpoint to the diaspora experiences with a reading from Under Red Skies, the first English-language memoir from a Chinese millennial to be published in America.
As part of the evening we invite the audience to bring along their own poems or brief excerpts of writing, old or new, fiction or non-fiction, to share in the last half hour of the program. There is no obligation to bring anything, however, and we are looking forward to an incredible evening filled with stories and creativity.
MOCA (Museum of Chinese in America) charges $15 for events, which includes wine and museum admission. Event free for MOCA members. Link below re-directs to MOCA's public programme platform. Tickets will also be available at the door… if we don't sell out 🙂
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NüVoices is an international editorial collective of writers, journalists, translators researchers, artists and supporters who celebrate the creative work of women who work on subjects related to China and the greater diaspora. The group started when a group of female journalists and friends felt frustrated that sources and 'experts' on China highlighted in media were predominantly men, and that there was a prevalence of 'manels' on China. In response we started a directory of nearly 500 female experts on Greater China, which has significantly boosted women and minority representation in media stories and conference programming. We are also working on a print anthology to showcase the diverse creative work of women on China. NüVoices now has volunteer-driven chapters around the world, including in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Washington D.C., Berlin, London and New York. We are an inclusive group and welcome all supporters of all genders.
Alvin Eng is a native NYC playwright, performer and educator. He will be sharing stories from "Our Laundry, Our Town: A Memoir Travelogue Through Chinese America." This is a prose expansion of his one-person show, "The Last Emperor of Flushing," which he has performed throughout the United States as well as in his family's ancestral province of Guangdong, China. Eng is also the author and editor of the oral history/play anthology, "Tokens? The NYC Asian American Experience on Stage" that has been assigned in college courses in the U.S., Hong Kong and China.
Karoline Kan is a former New York Times reporter who writes about millennial life and politics in China. She's currently an editor at China Dialogue. She lives in Beijing.
Karoline will be reading from her new book, Under Red Skies, which tells the stories of three generations of women in her family and "how they navigated their way in a country beset by poverty and often-violent political unrest. As the Kans move from quiet villages to crowded towns and through the urban streets of Beijing in search of a better way of life, they are forced to confront the past and break the chains of tradition, especially those forced on women."
Muna Tseng, born in Hong Kong, lives and works in New York since 1977, is an acclaimed choreographer, performer, teacher, founder and Artistic Director of Muna Tseng Dance Projects Inc., which has produced over 50 original productions performed internationally. She has collaborated with some of the world's leading artists in music, theater and design, notably Chinese contemporary artists such as Tan Dun, David Henry Hwang, Bright Sheng, Ping Chong and Ong Keng Sen.
Muna Tseng has won numerous awards including a "Bessies" (New York Dance and performance Award), repeat choreographic fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, New York State Council on the Arts, and New York Foundation for the Arts.
She also oversees the Estate Archive of Tseng Kwong Chi, a vast archive of her late brother's conceptual performative photographs, the famous "East Meets West" self-portraits series (1979-1989) and his documentation of New York's East Village art scene and art stars of the 1980's such as Warhol, Haring, Basquiat, Scharf in exhibitions and publications world-wide.
Angel Yau is a comedic storyteller, sketch performer and filmmaker based out of Queens, New York. She is part of the sketch group AzN PoP! who performed at Joe's Pub and various festivals. She is also a sketch actor at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. Her comedic performances have been apart of various comedy festivals, SF Sketchfest, Women in Comedy, Solocom, etc. She has told stories on Risk!, Mortified! and Story Collider podcasts. She started An Asian American Film Thing which feature Asian-American filmmakers usually taken place at Caveat. Her passion is creating auto-biographical stop-motion animations about her lonely and awkward childhood.
www.angelyau.com
Thanks to Kim Chan at PEN America for her kind introductions and support for this event
Tagged Alvin Eng, Angel Yau, editorial, Karoline Kan, MOCA, Muna Tseng, museum of chinese in America, nuvoices, nyc, PEN America, performance, story slam, storytelling, under red skies
NüVoices and YCW London invites you to our China careers wanel
Women experts discuss gender issues and how to build successful China-related careers in London Wanel


Detecting a spoof is not really so hard.  What you need to redundancy.
roadway.  The car's ground track (positional history) must be on a road.
expensive to develop software system but not science fiction either.
> have *lots* of time.
> non-normal increase (or decrease) level change indicate possible spoofing?
> > received signal strength would be.


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Online radio Pandora claims valuation of $1.3B
Matthew Lynley
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Online radio station Pandora has priced its shares between $7 and $9 in its upcoming initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) — giving the cloud music company a valuation of nearly $1.3 billion, according to an updated S-1 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
It's nowhere near the titanic valuation of the NYSE's recent IPO darling LinkedIn, which soared to a valuation of nearly $9 billion in its first day of trading before later settling at a valuation of roughly $7.5 billion based on its market cap. But Pandora will be another high-profile tech IPO on the NYSE and will join Groupon — which just filed to go public today — as part of the first wave of Web 2.0 companies hitting the public trading market.
Pandora runs an online service that lets its users pick genres, songs and musical groups and then builds a radio station that caters to that style of music. Users can access the service through a website or a desktop application. Pandora also has applications for the iPhone, Google's Android mobile operating system and other mobile devices.
The company now has about 94 million registered users and 800,000 songs in its online music library, according to its most recent filing. That's up from 53 million users in the first quarter last year and 82 million registered users at the end of its 2011 fiscal year. Of those registered users, 34 million are considered active users as of the end of April — up from 18 million at the same time last year and 29 million at the end of its 2011 fiscal year.
The company's new filing also featured some updated financial information, including its most recent quarterly performance. Pandora brought in $51 million in the first quarter this year ending April 30, more than double its revenue of $21.6 million in the first quarter last year. The company still lost $6.8 million in the first quarter this year, up from around $3 million in the same quarter last year. Pandora brought in $137.8 million in its 2011 fiscal year and lost $1.8 million during the same period.
Advertising has accounted for more than 90 percent of the online radio's revenue for most of the site's life, according to the filing. But revenue from Pandora's subscriptions, which let users skip over advertisements while listening to music, has been growing steadily. Subscription revenue now accounts for around 15 percent of the site's total revenue as of the end of April, according to the company's most recent filing.
The company filed to go public with the ticker "P" in February. Like LinkedIn, Pandora's valuation is another of the first actual records of some of the hyper-valuations some Web 2.0 companies have garnered in recent years before heading to a public stock exchange. Companies like Facebook and Zynga — and Pandora — have seen ballooning valuations as investors have rushed to snatch up as many shares as possible ahead of what could be some of the most high-profile tech IPOs to date. Facebook, for example, was valued at $50 billion after its most recent round of funding, although it is trading at a higher price than that on secondary markets.


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As expected, the Fed raised rates 25 bps with a target range of 1.00% to 1.25%.
Treasuries dropped across all maturities, while municipals showed little movement.
Muni bond funds saw inflows for the second week in a row.
Be sure to review our previous week's report to track the changing economic situation.
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) met this week and, as the market expected, raised rates 25 bps to a target range of 1.00% to 1.25%. The Fed said the labor market is growing stronger and business spending is expanding. This caused Treasury yields to fall across all maturities this week to match the low levels seen last November.
Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen spoke after the meeting and indicated the central bank believes inflation will fall well short of its 2% goal. She stated that inflation has declined recently, even though household spending has increased. The Fed will also begin the process of unwinding its balance sheet, which it expanded by buying bonds and other securities in order to fight the housing crisis.
The Consumer Price Index was soft for the month of May, with the month-over-month change down 0.1% and the year-over-year change reporting at 1.9%. Both measures were below the consensus estimates, which was mostly caused by a large decline in energy prices.
Jobless claims decreased by 8,000, bringing the total to 237,000 for the week. This was lower than the consensus amount of 243,000. The four-week average increased slightly to 243,000, showing continued strength in the labor market.
Last week, the Fed's balance sheet increased by $13.8 billion in assets, bringing the total level to around $4.476 trillion. The weekly increase is centered in mortgage-backed securities, which rose by $11.6 billion.
During the week, money supply (M2) decreased by $11.7 billion, a continuation from last week's decrease of $3.3 billion.
Keep track of economic indicators that may impact the muni market.
All Treasury yields dropped this week, with the 2-year decreasing 1 bps to a yield of 1.32%. The 10-year Treasury yield decreased 5 bps this week and is now yielding 2.15%. The 30-year Treasury yield decreased by 8 bps to 2.78% and was at the lowest level since November 2016. However, municipal yields showed minimal movement, with the 2-year AAA-rated bonds yield increasing by 1 bps to 0.90%. The 10-year AAA-rated bond yields decreased 1 bps to 1.85%, while the 30-year yield remained unchanged at 2.72%.
Credit spreads decreased, with the largest spread between the 5-year Treasury and the AAA-rated municipal shrinking by 5 bps to settle at 50 bps. With declining Treasury yields, the spread between the 30-year securities decreased by 8 bps to stand at 6 bps.
Be sure to check our Market Activity section to keep track of daily muni trades and historical trades of muni CUSIPs across the U.S.
After last week's $871 million of inflows, municipal bond funds continued the positive trend with another inflow of $310 million this week.
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Figures indicate that the production has dropped over the years since 2013 when the industry had produced 340 million kg, sliding to 338 million kg in 2014 and 328.8 million kg in 2015. Last year production dropped further to 292.6 million kg.
Production for January to March 2017 likewise fell to 66.5 million kg from 70 million during the same period last year.
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Baker et al., 2008 - Direct and indirect roles for Nodal signaling in two axis conversions during asymmetric morphogenesis of the zebrafish heart. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 105(37):13924-13929 Full text @ Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA
lefty2 expression temporally correlates with establishment of morphological asymmetries in the heart. Dorsal (A–C) and ventral (D–F) views of the heart from 20–30 hpf. Arrows indicate the ventricle and arrowheads the atrium (Di–Fiii). Cardiac cells were visualized by RNA in situ hybridization for cmlc2, expressed in all myocardial cells, and lefty2. In WT, lefty2 expression is restricted to the left myocardium at 20 hpf (Aii), but extends symmetrically along the length of the left-jogged heart by 22–28 hpf (Bii, Cii, and Dii). A swt morphant exhibits reversed lefty2 expression in the right myocardium (Aiii) at 20 hpf. At 22–28 hpf, lefty2 is expressed along the length of the right-jogged heart in swt morphants (Biii, Ciii, and Diii). At 28–30 hpf, lefty2 expression becomes restricted to the left side of the heart in WT (Eii) and is expressed exclusively along the left margin of the looping heart at 30 hpf (Fii). This process is reversed in swt morphants at 29 hpf. In this embryo, lefty2 expression is still visible across the atrium (Eiii, arrowhead) but it restricted to the right side of the ventricle (Eiii, arrow). Right-sided localization is more pronounced by 30 hpf, with lefty2 expression restricted to the right in both chambers (Fiii). The diagrams show atrial cells (light blue), ventricular cells (dark blue), localization of lefty2 (black hatchmarks). L, left; R, right; A, anterior; P, posterior.
lft2
WT + MO1-dnaaf1
MO1-dnaaf1
heart rudiment
20-25 somites to Prim-5
heart morphogenesis
Asymmetric atrial cell migration promotes rotation of the cardiac cone. (A–H) Dorsal views of the heart in Tg(cmlc2:egfp) embryos between 18–21 hpf. (A–D) Dotted white lines indicate the embryonic midline. (E–H) Arrows indicate trajectories of left (red) and right (yellow) cells. A, E, C, and G are the first frames of time lapses (0 min), and B, F, D, and H are the final frames (180 min). A, B, E, and F are frames from a time lapse of a single WT embryo, and C, D, G, and H are frames from a time lapse of a single swt morphant. In WT embryos, the left atrial myocardium migrates asymmetrically along the left of the cone toward the left and anterior (E and F). The right cardiac cells also migrate toward the anterior and left, but rather than sweeping along the lateral edge of the cone, these cells migrate toward the lumen (E and F). In swt morphants the L/R directionality of these cellular trajectories is reversed (C, D, G, and H). L, left; R, right.
twu34Tg
twu34Tg + MO1-dnaaf1
Anatomical Term:
14-19 somites to 20-25 somites
Asymmetric cardiac jogging results in a L/R to D/V axis conversion. Shown are dorsal views of lefty2 expression in the heart at 20 hpf and 24–26 hpf (A, B, E, and F) and in transverse histological sections at 24–26 hpf with heart tubes outlined in black (C, D, G, and H). Sections in D and H have been stained with hematoxylin and eosin. In WT, lefty2 expression changes from left restricted expression at 20 hpf (A) to a symmetric extension at 24–26 hpf (B). Sections reveal that lefty2 localization is restricted to the dorsal side of the heart (C and D). swt morphants that likely express lefty2 on the right at 20 hpf (E) consistently display reversed cardiac jogging but also exhibit symmetric expression of lefty2 along the length of the heart tube (F). However, sections reveal a dorsal localization of lefty2 RNA, similar to WT (G and H). D, dorsal; V, ventral.
heart jogging
ZFIN wishes to thank the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America for permission to reproduce figures from this article. Please note that this material may be protected by copyright. Full text @ Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA


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using namespace sqaod_cpu;

template<class real>
CPUBipartiteGraphBatchSearch<real>::CPUBipartiteGraphBatchSearch() {
}

template<class real> void CPUBipartiteGraphBatchSearch<real>::
setQUBO(const Vector &b0, const Vector &b1, const Matrix &W,
        sq::SizeType tileSize0, sq::SizeType tileSize1) {
    b0_.map(b0.data, b0.size);
    b1_.map(b1.data, b1.size);
    W_.map(W.data, W.rows, W.cols, W.stride);
    tileSize0_ = tileSize0;
    tileSize1_ = tileSize1;
}

template<class real>
void CPUBipartiteGraphBatchSearch<real>::initSearch() {
    Emin_ = FLT_MAX;
    packedXPairList_.clear();
}

template<class real> void CPUBipartiteGraphBatchSearch<real>::
searchRange(sq::PackedBitSet x0begin, sq::PackedBitSet x0end,
            sq::PackedBitSet x1begin, sq::PackedBitSet x1end) {
    int nBatchSize0 = int(x0end - x0begin);
    int nBatchSize1 = int(x1end - x1begin);

    // typedef sq::EigenColumnVectorType<real> EigenColumnVector;
    int N0 = W_.cols;
    int N1 = W_.rows;
    Matrix bitsSeq0(nBatchSize0, N0);
    Matrix bitsSeq1(nBatchSize1, N1);

    sq::createBitSetSequence(bitsSeq0.data, bitsSeq0.stride, N0, x0begin, x0end);
    sq::createBitSetSequence(bitsSeq1.data, bitsSeq1.stride, N1, x1begin, x1end);

    int maxNSolutions = W_.rows + W_.cols;
    Matrix EBatch;

    BGFuncs<real>::calculate_E_2d(&EBatch, b0_, b1_, W_, bitsSeq0, bitsSeq1);
    for (int idx1 = 0; idx1 < nBatchSize1; ++idx1) {
        for (int idx0 = 0; idx0 < nBatchSize0; ++idx0) {
            real Etmp = EBatch(idx1, idx0);
            if (Etmp > Emin_) {
                continue;
            }
            else if (Etmp == Emin_) {
                if (packedXPairList_.size() < maxNSolutions)
                    packedXPairList_.pushBack(
                            sq::PackedBitSetPairArray::ValueType(x0begin + idx0, x1begin + idx1));
            }
            else {
                Emin_ = Etmp;
                packedXPairList_.clear();
                packedXPairList_.pushBack(sq::PackedBitSetPairArray::ValueType(x0begin + idx0, x1begin + idx1));
            }
        }
    }
}

template struct sqaod_cpu::CPUBipartiteGraphBatchSearch<float>;
template struct sqaod_cpu::CPUBipartiteGraphBatchSearch<double>;

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As the weather improves, farmers will start taking tillage equipment out of storage for spring fieldwork.
But spring preparation should begin even before taking the implement out of the storage barn, said Mathieu Roy, a product specialist with LEMKEN.
Producers should retighten tires to appropriate torques and inflate them to proper pressure levels, he said.
After taking the equipment out of the barn, producers should hook the tillage tool up to the tractor to make sure any lights on the implement are working properly, he added.
Using the owner's manual is a good place to start a more thorough inspection, Roy said.
Following the schedules found in the manual will help farmers ensure nothing is missed when preparing equipment.
Farmers should also fold and unfold the implement several times.
Doing so will help farmers operate and transport the equipment safely, Roy said.
Inspecting the parts of the implement that contact the soil can help a farmer determine if he or she should replace a shank, share or disc.
Following a manufacturer's recommendations is the best way to proceed with this type of inspection, Roy said.
Equipment makers have made it easier to replace parts as well.


Autonomous mobile robots produce an astonishing amount of run-time data during their operation. Data is acquired from sensors and actuator feedback, processed to extract information, and further refined as the basis for decision making or parameter estimation. In today's robot systems, this data is typically volatile. It is generated, used, and disposed right away. However, some of this data might be useful later, for example to analyze faults or evaluate the robot's performance. A system is required to store this data as well as enable efficient and flexible querying mechanisms.
On this page we link to the relevant pieces to get started with MongoDB logging on either Fawkes or ROS. Once the data has been recorded, it can be used independently of a particular robot middleware. While the data recorded follows the format defined by the blackboard interface or topic message types respectively, access and processing of the data can be done solely relying on database features.
This page presents joint work by the Personal Robotics Lab at The Robotics Institute of the Carnegie Mellon University and the Knowledge-based Systems Group of the Computer Science Department of the RWTH Aachen University.
In the paper "A Generic Robot Database and its Application in Fault Analysis and Performance Evaluation" we describe the concepts behind the database and the recording, why MongoDB is a good choice for generic robot communication logging, and present results from test runs on HERB 2.0 and in synthetic benchmarks.
The database has been used in experiments for fault analysis and performance evaluation. While these have been only simple applications, we are already working on more sophisticated versions.
There has been a talk at ROSCon 2013 which described the basics and two specific applications of data recording. The video is embedded below.
Logging on Fawkes is done using the mongodb-log plugin. Once loaded, it records all data stored in the blackboard and all images and point clouds available via shared memory through the respective Fawkes thread aspects. No further configuration is necessary, but possible, e.g. to choose a database on a remote host for logging. Please check the mongolog plugin documentation for details on how to enable MongoDB logging.
On ROS logging to MongoDB is performed by the mongodb_log package. It has been used extensively on HERB 2.0. ROS has two properties which need to be taken into account when it comes to logging. First, it supports message introspection (detecting which fields are in a message at run-time for types not necessarily known at compile-time) in Python only, and not in C++. Second, message deserialization can be quite slow in Python, especially for lists of nested types. Some numbers for this are given in the roslua documentation. More info on how to deal with these constraints and how to get MongoDB logging to run smoothly on your system anyway are presented on the mongodb_log package wiki page.
In the paper we exemplify the database in the context of fault analysis, in particular for fault that are caused by data errors. First, the acquisition, processing, and aggregation of data is modeled in a hierarchy, which at run-time manifests in knowledge-trees build in a bottom-up fashion. Then, after a fault has occurred, this understanding of the data is used to guide a top-down search for the fault. The overall process is sketched in the schematic below. We would like to invite interested visitors to read more about the details in the paper.
The logging systems support automated generation of performance graphs like the ones shown below using RRDtool. These graphs are useful to inspect the performance of the logging and see if modifications and improvements have the desired effect. We are now going to give some examples and briefly explain what the graphs show. The first two graphs have been created from data taken during synthetic benchmark runs. They are used to explain some of the things to keep in mind and to show the high efficiency of database logging. The following graphs have been automatically created during real-world demo runs of HERB. When setting up MongoDB logging on your robot, these graphs will be available to analyze logging performance immediately.
RoboDB RRD graph showing CPU and memory usage during a synthetic benchmark. The rosbag CPU line (orange) is almost hidden behind the accumulated C++-Logger/MongoDB line (red), showing that both approaches cause a similarly low CPU load. The C++ logger averages at 10 MB memory usage and the Python logger at about 35 MB. The Python logger also requires an order of magnitude more CPU time, as seen by the purple lines. This is a problem of ROS message parsing in Python, which is computationally expensive. A solution could be to implement C++ ROS message introspection and a generic C++ logger. Since this already exists in Fawkes it does not suffer from this problem.
I/O writing bandwidth comparing rosbag and MongoDB ROS logger throughput. The graph shows the throughput overhead of MongoDB of about 30%. Note that we recorded two topics to MongoDB, but only one using rosbag. A considerable overhead is produced by rosbag storing the type definition with each message.
RoboDB RRD graph showing op counters, in particular for insertion when logging. Commands are used to gather data for the graphing process.
RoboDB RRD graph showing database statistics of relevant item sizes.
RoboDB RRD graph showing growth in number of objects during logging.
RoboDB RRD graph showing collections, indexes, and extents growth.
RoboDB RRD graph with info about index operations.
This work was partly supported by the Quality of Life Technology Center at The Robotics Institute of the Carnegie Mellon University. T. Niemueller was partly supported by the Intel Summer Fellowship 2010 and by the German National Science Foundation (DFG) with grants GL747/9-5 and LA747/18-1.
To get in touch please contact Tim Niemueller (KBSG).


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What If Season 3 Release Date: Plot, Cast, Trailer
What If Season 3 Release Date is an American animated series based on the Marvel Comics series of the same name produced by A. C. Bradley for the streaming service Disney+. It is a Marvel Studios' fourth television series in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and the studio's first animated series.
The series looks at various timelines in the Multiverse. This is to see what would happen if actual events from the MCU films happened differently. Bradley serves as showrunner for the first two seasons, with Bryan Andrews directing.
It is a part of Phase Four of the MCU as the first season of What If…? aired on August 11, 2021, and ran for nine episodes until October 6, 2021.
The series has garnered primarily excellent reviews. Voice acting, animation, inventive storylines, and scenarios have garnered acclaim. A Zombies series based on a What If…? episode is in the works.
What If Season 3 Release Date Premise
What If Season 3 follows the formation of the Multiverse in Loki's season one finale. It examines many other versions of the Multiverse in which critical events from the Marvel Cinematic Universe films occur differently, as seen by the Watcher.
Following the foundation of the Guardians of the Multiverse, the Watcher continues to visit different worlds. He also meets new heroes and keeps the Multiverse safe.
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What If Season 3 Release Date Plot
What if…? explores various alternative multiverse scenarios? In these, significant scenes from MCU films occur differently. The events are from the Watcher's perspective after the Multiverse has been founded in Loki's season one finale.
We can't forecast the actual plotlines because we don't know how season two will end. After all, the network hasn't yet shown it.
However, it has been expected that the future season will pick up any cliffhangers and subplots from the What If…? end credit scene. Seasons 1 and 2 dive right into this domain. These give viewers something new to think about other than the traditional themes of the MCU timeline and now the Multiverse. Because many of the episodes have received excellent reviews from fans, many have been drawn to the series when it airs on the streaming site. It will be interesting to see how they respond to the rising fan interest in this new animated series to introduce a new element to the series.
What If Season 3 renewal
Yes, Marvel Studios has officially renewed What If…? for a third season, which will premiere in July 2022 and is currently in development. According to the Marvel Studios Animation panel at San Diego Comic-Con, the series has been renewed for a third season.
What if….? Season 2 will be available on Disney+ exclusively in early 2023. "Just announced at #SDCC2022: Season 2 of Marvel Studios' What If…?, an Original series, is streaming early 2023 on #DisneyPlus," the official Disney+ Twitter handle said.
Cast Of What If Season 3
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Jeffrey Wright as Uatu/The Watcher
Hayley Atwell as Peggy Carter/Captain Carter
Lake Bell as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow
Josh Keaton as Steve Rogers/HYDRA Stomper
Cynthia McWilliams as Gamora
Mick Wingert as Tony Stark/Iron Man
Jeff Goldblum as En Dwi Gast/Grandmaster
Taika Waititi as Korg
Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner/Hulk
Benedict Cumberbatch as Stephen Strange/Doctor Strange
Josh Brolin as Thanos
Kurt Russell as Ego
Michael Rooker as Yondu Udonta
Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes
Chris Hemsworth as Thor
Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton/Hawkeye
Evangeline Lilly as Hope van Dyne/Wasp
Rachel Weisz as Melina Vostokoff
To-be-confirmed voice actress as Brunnhilde/Valkyrie
To-be-confirmed voice actor as Peter Parker
To-be-confirmed voice actress as Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch
To-be-confirmed voice actress as Hela
To-be-confirmed voice actor as Odin
To-be-confirmed voice actor as Xu Wenwu
To-be-confirmed voice actor as Shang-Chi
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What If…? is a Marvel Studios original series that will launch on Disney+. This streaming network provides:
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The series will only be accessible to stream exclusively on Disney+. Various membership rates from which viewers can choose are based on their preferences.
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Saying farewell to organic seed imports and goodbye to Australian food sovereignty?
The Health of Our Harvests, Rare and Threatened Plants Garden, Sydney Botanic Gardens. Project managed by Jerry Coleby-Williams, 1998.
I've signed a petition to the Federal Minister for Agriculture and Water because Australia is a party to the UN's International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture.
I oppose government quarantine cost cutting because it directly restricts access by growers to the genetic diversity of crops, and denies business and consumers the right to choose to import, retail and buy pesticide-free seed.
Rather than cutting jobs and the level of service provided by front line Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS) staff – the people protecting Australia from imported pests and diseases – it would make us all more secure if imported seed were adequately tested prior to release for on-selling.
Viruses cannot be eliminated by dousing seed in chemicals, as the government proposes, but examining seed germinated from imports by qualified inspectors in a secure quarantine facility can.
And this approach also secures continued access to a diversity of organic seed for Australian businesses and consumers, honouring Australia's international obligations and consumer rights.
Australia was once free of Cucumber Green Mottle Mosaic virus (CGMMV), however it was imported on more than one occasion in 2017. The importation of this virus was a direct result of inadequate testing of imported farmer's seed for conventional (eg non-organic) growers.
Chemical treatment would not have prevented these major virus outbreaks which threatened a huge range of valuable crops starting with pumpkin, zucchini, cucumber, melon and squash, as testing would have done.
CGMMV has a deservedly bad reputation because it affects more kinds of crop plant than any other virus. In 2016 there was an outbreak in WA, in 2017 there were two outbreaks in Queensland, while an outbreak in the Northern Territory (2014) almost got out of control. Apart from affecting all members of the cucumber family, CGMMV affects banana, bean, beetroot, capsicum, carrot, celery, lettuce, spinach, tomato and daffodil.
"Biosecurity alert: Cucumber Green Mottle Mosaic Virus (CGMMV) has been detected on commercial cucurbit properties in Kununurra, Carnarvon, Geraldton and Perth, March 2017"
Once established, aphids and other sap sucking pests can spread CGMMV into a wide range annuals and weeds, plants which act as host, incubating this disease which can then spread further to reinfect crops into the future.
Inspecting seed and testing seedlings for CGMMV and other diseases is proven technology, but it means investing money and employing skilled staff in quarantine.
"Biosecurity risks Australia: The 12 tiny things which could wipe us out"
The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture is about the conservation and sustainable use of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture. It acknowledges these are key to ensuring that the world will produce enough food to feed its growing population while our climate changes into the future.
In 2001, the legally binding International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture came into existence and the Treaty entered into force on 29th June 2004.
Australia has an international obligation to honour this treaty and a duty to guarantee Australian businesses and consumers have the right to choose pesticide-free seed and access to the widest range of crop varieties.
If Border Security can screen every individual international visitor at airports, AQIS can properly inspect our seed imports, not just the occasional batch. Cost cutting and job losses in Quarantine must be reversed if we are to protect Australian food sovereignty.
I invite you to sign this petition to the Federal Minister for Agriculture and Water: 'Protect our vegetable seed supply'.
Director, Seed Savers' Network Inc.
Patron, National Toxics Network Inc.
Patron, Householders' Options to Protect the Environment Inc.
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Neville Passmore says:
Hi Jerry great work I cant see how I an sign your petition. Please let me know what to do.
Regards Neville
Please use the hyperlink provided for your convenience, which is where it says:
"I invite you to sign this petition to the Federal Minister for Agriculture and Water: 'Protect our vegetable seed supply'"
Hope all's well 🙂
Kerin-Lea Hall says:
Signed and shared. But finding that link is hard. Is there any chance of having a box on the right that reads – sign petition? Ta
Thank you. Please use the hyperlink provided for your convenience, you find it where it says:
Reg Hall says:
This will be a disaster if the Australian Govt.stops the examination of seed & plant imports..Canberra's bureaucrats fail to understand that many overseas customers rely on the purity of our food products.Asia in particular welcome our foods because of the lack of contamination in our exports to Asia.
As usual it is the idiots who are allowed to make the important decisions in our Government.
Patricia Jenkins says:
Thanks for this info. Do you have anything we can sign or add funds to. I am horrified. They seem to have no appreciation of our advantage in being a large isolated island. Cut education..cut national park support and cut safety barriers so some greedy mongrel can make a quid. You have to be careful if what you say or they will cut Gardening Oz!!!! Thanks Jerry. Pat Jenkins. Maclean Nsw
On 16 Mar 2018 3:30 p.m., "Jerry Coleby-Williams" wrote:
> Jerry Coleby-Williams posted: " I've signed a petition to the Federal > Minister for Agriculture and Water because Australia is a party to the UN's > International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. I > oppose government quarantine cost cutting because it direc" >
Ensure you click your mouse on the hyperlink in order to get to the on line petition.
David Lee says:
On a trip to the UK last year we saw "giant" onions – 100mm at least in diameter. I found organic seed being sold and purchased 3 packets – after checking that Allium sp. are permitted to be brought into Australia. Customs confiscated them as the packets only said "Onion" not Allium. 3 security officers and their Supervisor were involved in the conversation but when I pointed out an onion was an Allium their response was "we don't know that" – what hope is there.
Ask to speak to a senior officer who is qualified to answer your question.


This Oklahoma portrait photographer loves to collaborate, especially with long time friends. Amanda Martin, owner and primary writer of Amanda's OK blog, was my "Big" in our college sorority. It's been a few years since our OSU days, so when we had the chance to reconnect over food and pictures recently I was all aboard! Amanda and I met up at the Paseo Arts District in OKC to accomplish two things. Number one, feature her lifestyle blog and number two, give you expert advice on what to wear to a photo session!
Pick light, neutral and pastel colors. Each photographer is different but since I shoot film, these particular color choices are extremely beautiful with the aesthetic it delivers. I would avoid oranges and reds which can turn out somewhat punchy in film photographs. Black and navy are flattering with the film style as well if you absolutely don't like the lighter colors.
Avoid small patterns or prints like houndstooth or thin stripes. The more simple, the better. I could not agree more with this. When your outfit is busy it takes away from the main subject, YOU and your loved one(s)! Plus stripes, especially horizontal ones, can make you look bigger than you might actually be! If you really want some pattern or texture to your outfit I would suggest something like lace, tulle, or eyelet material! Large floral prints can be pretty as well!
Coordinate but don't match. This one is a biggie! It can look a little forced if you all are wearing the exact same thing. I love the example Amanda gave so I will go ahead and quote her here: "…if you're doing a shoot with another person and your man has on a plaid shirt, you could wear a solid top that matches one of the colors in his plaid pattern." Well said. This is going to look much better than being extremely matchy-matchy!
Combine statement pieces with simplicity. I'm all about simplicity! I believe that is where beauty lies! If you are wanting to make a statement however you can do that subtly and make it look incredible! In this photo shoot, Amanda added fun jewelry pieces to her outfit that added a little more interest to her photographs.
Wear something you're comfortable in. If you are not comfortable in your outfit, you are most likely not going to be comfortable at your session. Choose something that makes you feel like YOU! If you are comfortable with what you're wearing you will be more comfortable in front of my camera. This will result in better pictures! I can't stress this advice enough and Amanda is spot on with this recommendation!
Want to know more about Amanda's OK? This blog is all about fashion, fitness, food, puppies, travel and even home decor. It basically covers every topic a girl loves! One of my personal favorite things to look out for on her blog is her local Oklahoma City recommendations. She's always trying out new restaurants or places to shop! And whenever I get stuck in a rut, going to the same old places, her blog recommendations are always a good place to find something different! So what are you waiting for? Go check out Amanda's OK right away! There are so many treasures to be discovered!
Interested in capturing photos for your business or just in general? Give me a holler by contacting me here. I'm excited to possibly collaborate with you!
I could look at these all day 🙂 you made me feel so pretty! You have so much talent, sweet friend!
Beautiful! And educational posts are some of my favorites!!!
Loving all your work! The colors from this session are so fun!
Great tips and I am swooning over these colors!


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Last week marked the anniversary of one of the most gallant displays of the belief in American democracy. In 1963, the nation was horrified seeing law-enforcement officers with high-pressured water hoses and dogs on the streets of Birmingham attack young people. This became known as the Children's Crusade.
The abuse inflicted was obvious. And it may have been that these children saved not only the Birmingham campaign, but also the prospects of the civil rights movement of the 1960s going forward.
Coming off what many viewed as a failure in Albany, Ga., in 1962, there was a belief that Martin Luther King Jr. was no longer effective as the leader of the movement. Moreover, taking on Birmingham, given its commitment to segregation, and a governor (George Wallace) who stated in his inaugural address earlier that year "I say segregation now, segregation tomorrow, and segregation forever," seemed like a Herculean effort.
For most of the Birmingham campaign, the effort was going much like Albany. There were demonstrations, followed by arrests, but nothing noteworthy to draw the nation's attention.
King himself was incarcerated, which produced his epic "Letter from Birmingham Jail," but that also did nothing to move the needle in swaying public opinion.
It was an aide to King, James Bevel, who introduced the idea of getting the children involved. Initially reluctant, King finally acquiesced.
After convincing parents to let their children participate, the movement's good fortunes benefited by three allies, perhaps unforeseen in the beginning.
The first fortune was timing. Birmingham was in the midst of a mayoral election. The Kennedy administration asked King not to begin the campaign until after the results of election, to which King agreed.
Albert Boutwell defeated Eugene "Bull" Connor in the race for mayor.
Though Boutwell was more moderate in his views toward segregation, he was a seen by the movement as only offering a kinder gentler version of what they sought to eliminate, which, based on the Albany experience, was still unacceptable.
At the time of the election, Connor was commissioner of public safety, an elected position. But the city of Birmingham changed its charter in 1962 so that commissioners served at the pleasure of the mayor.
After losing to Boutwell, Connor filed an injunction arguing that he was an elected official and should be allowed to fulfill his term in office.
This produced the second piece of good fortune for the movement --a desperate Bull Connor.
Out to prove his value to the white residents of Birmingham, Connor un-leashed the dogs and hoses on the young protesters, which provided the third piece of good fortune -- television.
It is hard to imagine today, but at the time of the Birmingham campaign the nightly news lasted only 15 minutes. But television was in Birmingham to capture the transformative moment.
Days before the police dogs and water hoses, a Gallup poll found that only four percent of the nation thought civil rights was a national issue. But once television captured Connor's brutality, overnight, 52 percent felt civil rights was a national issue.
Among those were President Kennedy, who prior to the Birmingham campaign offered tepid support for the cause of civil rights. By the president's own admission, watching the events in Birmingham sickened him.
Roughly one month later Kennedy would speak to the nation, elevating civil rights to a "moral issue."
May 2, 1963 should be remembered as the day a group of children stood proxy for a nation badly in need of a social-justice baptism. It was also after Birmingham that the subsequent civil rights movements became more integrated.
Their efforts changed the civil rights narrative, paving the way for not only desegregation in Birmingham, but also the successful March on Washington, and the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
Through their heroic lens we can also see the campaign in Selma, the Free Speech Movement, and the Vietnam protests. They were a data point, unique to the 60s, that I discuss in my forthcoming book, where there was a major grassroots movement every year between 1960-1968.
In recalling the Birmingham campaign, King stated that the key to Children's Crusade was what they possessed internally: "He (Bull Connor) knew a kind of physics that somehow didn't relate to the transphysics that we knew about. And that was the fact that there was a certain kind of fire that no water could put out."


Sometimes you want to copy files directly from one Linux machine to another in an automated task. An example of this would be if you want to sync your wp-contents directory from your WordPress directory directly to another directory on another machine. I have also used this tool to copy backups to another machine. Regardless of what you plan to use it for, here are some simple instructions to automate file copy between machines using rsync over ssh.
In my example, I created a user named tcpa on both machines. Then, I setup machine1 to rsync files to/from machine2. Here's how I did it.
Changing password for user tcpa.
RSA key fingerprint is 9a:e0:78:ea:40:74:4c:42:8b:61:e8:e0:5b:08:4b:c3.
verify that both machines have the $HOME/.ssh directory as per above.
Now we need to create keys for the users to use with ssh. I typically create the keys on the machine from which I will be doing the bulk of the ssh'ing which I will call the ssh client.
Your identification has been saved in /home/tcpa/.ssh/id_rsa.
Your public key has been saved in /home/tcpa/.ssh/id_rsa.pub.
The authenticity of host 'ftp.1on1.com (10.100.100.22)' can't be established.
RSA key fingerprint is 1c:4c:a2:55:28:dd:51:10:b3:84:bd:4d:d9:fc:d2:16.
Warning: Permanently added 'ftp.1on1.com,10.100.100.22' (RSA) to the list of known hosts.
Below is an example of using crontab to schedule the rsync. You will likely want to test the command manually prior. Be sure to backup the destination directory prior in the event that things do not work as you anticipate they will.
The crontab line below will copy the files from the /source/directory/path directory on machine2 to /destination/directory/path on machine1 every hour on the hour.
Be sure to verify that the task is working by verifying the desination directory contents are what you think they should be.


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