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package org.apache.xbean.recipe;

import junit.framework.TestCase;

/**
 * @version $Rev$ $Date$
 */
public class ArrayRecipeTest extends TestCase {

    public void testArray() throws Exception {
        ArrayRecipe recipe;

        recipe = new ArrayRecipe(int.class);
        assertTrue(recipe.canCreate(int[].class));
        assertEquals(int[].class, recipe.create(int[].class, false).getClass());
        assertEquals(int[].class, recipe.create(Object.class, false).getClass());

        recipe = new ArrayRecipe(Number.class);
        assertTrue(recipe.canCreate(Integer[].class));
        assertEquals(Integer[].class, recipe.create(Integer[].class, false).getClass());
        assertEquals(Number[].class, recipe.create(Object.class, false).getClass());

        recipe = new ArrayRecipe();

        assertTrue(recipe.canCreate(int[].class));
        assertEquals(int[].class, recipe.create(int[].class, false).getClass());

        assertTrue(recipe.canCreate(Number[].class));
        assertEquals(Number[].class, recipe.create(Number[].class, false).getClass());
    }
}


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Have you ever wondered how desert plants live on very little water? Find out about some of their distinctive features with a cacti simulation experiment.
Step 1: Wet three paper towels until they are saturated with water but not dripping.
Step 2: Put one of the paper towels flat on a cookie sheet.
Step 3: Roll up the second paper towel, paper clip it to keep it rolled up, and put it on the cookie sheet, too.
Step 4: Put the third paper towel on a piece of waxed paper that is the same size. Roll up the waxed paper and the paper towel together, and paper clip them so they stay rolled up.
The flat one will be dry. The rolled one will be dry or mostly dry. But the paper towel that is rolled up with the waxed paper will still be wet.
Now, you may be asking, "What does this have to do with plants in the desert?"
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Keep reading science projects for kids: classifying plants for a science project that shows that plants will grow their own way.


Jacob S. Pickle was born in 1835 in New York.
Jacob left New York and had settled in western Michigan by the time the war had broken out, and possibly even earlier.
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Jacob died of typhoid fever on September 8, 9 or 17, 1861, at Seminary hospital, Georgetown, DC, and was buried in the Military Asylum cemetery (Soldier's Home National cemetery), section B, grave no. 1451.
No pension seems to be available.
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Residency at Meyonohk: watercolour sky and meadow with grade 1s.
Learned lots of great techniques: lifting off clouds and blending "best friend" colours to create a flower filled meadow. I always ask do sky's have to be blue? Yes, most of them nod. Can't they be red or purple or yellow or green? I ask. Then they think again, yes, they say, they can!


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In physics, the Tsallis entropy is a generalization of the standard Boltzmann–Gibbs entropy.

Overview
The concept was introduced in 1988 by Constantino Tsallis as a basis for generalizing the standard statistical mechanics and is identical in form to Havrda–Charvát structural α-entropy, introduced in 1967 within information theory. In scientific literature, the physical relevance of the Tsallis entropy has been debated. However, from the years 2000 on, an increasingly wide spectrum of natural, artificial and social complex systems have been identified which confirm the predictions and consequences that are derived from this nonadditive entropy, such as nonextensive statistical mechanics, which generalizes the Boltzmann–Gibbs theory.

Among the various experimental verifications and applications presently available in the literature, the following ones deserve a special mention:

 The distribution characterizing the motion of cold atoms in dissipative optical lattices predicted in 2003 and observed in 2006.
 The fluctuations of the magnetic field in the solar wind enabled the calculation of the q-triplet (or Tsallis triplet).
 The velocity distributions in a driven dissipative dusty plasma.
 Spin glass relaxation.
 Trapped ion interacting with a classical buffer gas.
 High energy collisional experiments at LHC/CERN (CMS, ATLAS and ALICE detectors) and RHIC/Brookhaven (STAR and PHENIX detectors).

Among the various available theoretical results which clarify the physical conditions under which Tsallis entropy and associated statistics apply, the following ones can be selected:
 Anomalous diffusion.
 Uniqueness theorem.
 Sensitivity to initial conditions and entropy production at the edge of chaos.
 Probability sets that make the nonadditive Tsallis entropy to be extensive in the thermodynamical sense.
 Strongly quantum entangled systems and thermodynamics.
 Thermostatistics of overdamped motion of interacting particles.
 Nonlinear generalizations of the Schroedinger, Klein–Gordon and Dirac equations.
 Blackhole entropy calculation.

For further details a bibliography is available at http://tsallis.cat.cbpf.br/biblio.htm

Given a discrete set of probabilities  with the condition , and  any real number, the Tsallis entropy is defined as

where  is a real parameter sometimes called entropic-index and  a positive constant.
In the limit as , the usual Boltzmann–Gibbs entropy is recovered, namely

where one identifies  with the Boltzmann constant .

For continuous probability distributions, we define the entropy as

where  is a probability density function.

The Tsallis Entropy has been used along with the Principle of maximum entropy to derive the Tsallis distribution.

Various relationships

The discrete Tsallis entropy satisfies

where Dq is the q-derivative with respect to x. This may be compared to the standard entropy formula:

Non-additivity

Given two independent systems A and B, for which the joint probability density satisfies

the Tsallis entropy of this system satisfies

From this result, it is evident that the parameter  is a measure of the departure from additivity. In the limit when q = 1,

which is what is expected for an additive system. This property is sometimes referred to as "pseudo-additivity".

Exponential families
Many common distributions like the normal distribution belongs to the statistical exponential families.
Tsallis entropy for an exponential family  can be written  as

where F is log-normalizer and k the term indicating the carrier measure.
For multivariate normal, term k is zero, and therefore the Tsallis entropy is in closed-form.

Generalized entropies
Several interesting physical systems abide by entropic functionals that are more general than the standard Tsallis entropy. Therefore, several physically meaningful generalizations have been introduced. The two most generals of those are notably: Superstatistics, introduced by C. Beck and E. G. D. Cohen in 2003 and Spectral Statistics, introduced by G. A. Tsekouras and Constantino Tsallis in 2005. Both these entropic forms have Tsallis and Boltzmann–Gibbs statistics as special cases; Spectral Statistics has been proven to at least contain Superstatistics and it has been conjectured to also cover some additional cases.

See also
Rényi entropy
Tsallis distribution

References

Further reading

External links
Tsallis Statistics, Statistical Mechanics for Non-extensive Systems and Long-Range Interactions

Statistical mechanics
Entropy and information
Thermodynamic entropy
Information theory

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Q: Is it possible to create a prepared statement and reuse it later with Java under postgres? I am trying to test a few things out with postgres. I want to know if it's possible to create define a PreparedStatement such as
String statement = "Insert into table_one values (?)";
PreparedStatement insert = con.prepareStatement(statement);
insert.execute()
// tell postgres to create this Prepared statement without

When I tried, I received an error stating:
SQLState: 22023 No value specified for parameter 1
Additionally, is if I were to do the following instead
    PreparedStatement insert = con.prepareStatement(statement);
    insert.setInt(1, 10); //insert into table_one values (10);
    insert.execute()
    .... //commit other transactions to postgres
    insert.setInt(1, 20);
    insert.execute();

Will postgres "remember"/has registered the above as a prepared statement (I'm not talking about caching the actual statement)?

A: When you use a java.sql.PreparedStatement with the PostgreSQL JDBC driver, it will at first not create a real prepared statement on the database server, but just construct a simple SQL statement to send to the database server. Only at the sixth execution it will think that it is worth the effort to create a named prepared statement on the server that it reuses for future executions.
You can use the prepareThreshold connection property to influence the behavior, see the documentation. So to make your second example use a server prepared statement, you would have to lower the threshold to 0. This is useful only if you know you will reuse all your prepared statements; consider that prepared statements are often used for other purposes like avoiding SQL injection problems.
On the database server there is a similar functionality: the first five times a prepared statement is executed, PostgreSQL computes a custom plan for it. Only at the sixth execution it will consider switching to a generic plan instead, so that you can avoid the overhead of planning from then on. This can be influenced with the PostgreSQL parameter plan_cache_mode from v12 on.
So, with the default settings, it will take ten executions of a java.sql.PreparedStatement before you see a performance increase from avoiding planning costs.

A: As your second snippet shows, yup, you can do that.
You can create a preparedstatement, then wait ages and ages, then set each 'parameter' (call e.g. .setInt(1, ...), for every question mark in the SQL string you passed), and call one of the execute methods, and then... wait some more ages and do that again, as many times as you like.
A preparedstatement lives as long as the connection lives, or until you close it, which you should. The real rub lies there: Closing them. You do have to close them explicitly. They are like files and net sockets that way.
I you mess that up, your app won't immediately crash and no tests will fail. However, the connection is permanently 'damaged', as it has only room for a limited amount of prepared statements. As you keep making more and never closing them, eventually you run out, and bizarre SQL Exceptions will occur. Your app is a ticking time bomb. This is the worst class of bugs: Hard to test for, will inevitably explode your app, exactly as things get busy. When bossman starts asking the legal team if they can sue you for gross negligence, that's when you go: Oof, maybe I shouldn't toy with code styles that lead to bugs that cannot easily be tested for, are hard to spot, and will only cause issues riight when things are busy.
So, follow (rigidly) protocols to avoid such things:

*

*Any resource that is created (via either new SomeResource(), or via a method that is crystal clear that it is a creator, such as Files.newInputStream, must be closed by the same code, OR, that code must in turn be a closable resource.

*Sharpening up #1, unless you are a closable entity yourself, you can only open resources in a try-with block.

In other words, either you do this:
try (PreparedStatement ps = ....) {
    // use ps here, as often as you want....
} // ps is closed here

or you do this:
class WhateverTool implements AutoClosable {
    private PreparedStatement ps; // long-lived

    @Override public void close() throws SQLException {
        if (ps != null) ps.close();
    }
}

and your only interaction with this class is, itself, in the form of:
try (WhateverTool t = new WhateverTool()) {
    // do whatever you want here...
} // but this is where it ends

And there are no other options allowed in your code base to interact with resources.
Java doesn't enforce this, but you are definitely going to have a buggy mess if you don't follow these rules.

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/**
 * Created by PhpStorm.
 * User: Drummer
 * Date: 14.08.2017
 * Time: 21:34
 */

namespace App\Ship\Criterias\Eloquent;

use App\Ship\Parents\Criterias\Criteria;
use Prettus\Repository\Contracts\RepositoryInterface;

class OrThisEqualThatCriteria extends Criteria
{

    /**
     * @var
     */
    private $field;

    /**
     * @var
     */
    private $value;

    /**
     * @param $field
     * @param $value
     */
    public function __construct($field, $value)
    {
        $this->field = $field;
        $this->value = $value;
    }

    /**
     * Apply criteria in query repository
     *
     * @param                     $model
     * @param RepositoryInterface $repository
     *
     * @return mixed
     */
    public function apply($model, RepositoryInterface $repository)
    {
        return $model->orWhere($this->field, $this->value);
    }
}

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Lauderhill, Florida
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824 East Commercial Boulevard, Oakland Park, FL, 33334, United States
5100 North 9th Avenue, Pensacola, FL, 32504, United States
2101 North Federal Highway, Pompano Beach, FL, 33062, United States
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Can I install Microsoft applications on my Acer Chromebook?
revision Android apps on your Chromebook: ready to use mainstream? Android apps on your Chromebook: ready to use mainstream? Most, but not all. Read more... Chrome OS: Chromebook users looking for an alternative to Google's set of editing tools can now turn to Microsoft Office, which is finally available on Chromebooks.
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Q: Why first column in kdb+tick cannot be of String type I tried setting the first column in the schema as String type but the data was not being updated in tickerplant.
Then I changed the first column in the schema which was of Symbol type and it worked perfectly.
While trying to debug I came across an article which says that it is always good to place first column of type timespan or symbol in the table.

*

*Why String type column cannot be placed at the start of the table (Since String is list of characters(complex type) or is there any other reason)?

*Why is it good/requirement to place symbol/timespan column at the start of each table?

A: The types used in your schemas should play nicely with the function that is called on by the feedhandler in the TP. I've broken down the default .u.upd for the TP when a timer is specified.
// All the following is defined in the .u context
upd:{[t;x]
    // t - symbol
    // x - list of lists
    // Check if the first type is a timespan. First list should be a list of timespan
        // Vanilla TP will add timespans to the data
    if[not -16=type first first x;
        // If the current time is greater than the gloabl .u.d then run the timer, causing an EOD
        if[d<"d"$a:.z.P;
            .z.ts[]];
        // Get the timespan
        a:"n"$a;
        // Append the timespan on, handling differently if only a list of atoms
        x:$[0>type first x;
            a,x;
            (enlist(count first x)#a),x]
        ];
    // Insert the data
    t insert x;
    // if the handle .u.l is defined, add to the logfile and increment the total count .u.j
    if[l;
        l enlist (`upd;t;x);j+:1];
    }

From this you can see that by default, the TP will assume that the first column is expected to be temporal, and if it isn't then a timespan is added. This is useful if you are already sending in a timestamp, as you can then extract the time it took from the feed to be handled by the TP.
By sending a string in first, the TP would be adding an additional column into your data. This would either result in a mismatch (if you were already supplying a timespan) or a type error (by inserting timespans into a string column, and vice versa).
Changing all of this around would be trivial. For example, to check the second column for a timespan instead of the first, it would just be first first 1_ x. Perhaps you would always want to check for EOD (i.e., if you actually send the data with a timespan as the first column, in which case you would place the .z.ts[] call outside the first if statement.
To summarise

*

*The column order is dependent on the update function you are using. The addition of a timespan allows for better timing of the throughput of your data from the feed through to ingestion. Depending on what you are trying to do you might want to add in a timestamp instead, or simply use the temporal values you add in your feedhandler.

*The use of strings and symbols is detailed here. I would like to say that Ferenc is partially incorrect, the use of a column called sym is strongly encouraged to conform with standards but you can update your code to use a different column name relatively easily (you would need to adjust tick.q to not check for columns time and sym). It may make including work by others more difficult though.

A: All tables handled by the ticker plant must have column sym as symbol. Subscribers must provide the table and can provide an optional set of sym values they subscribe to.
Theoretically, sym column could be string as well but for performance reason symbol is better. Looking up a symbol is faster than looking up a string as symbol comparison is simply an integer comparison behind the scene.


We found an incorrect description in the previous notice "Information about charging USB peripherals using Windows 8.1 PC " published on 22 October, 2013. We apologise for any inconvenience caused and would like to provide revised information as below.
CP-EL was listed as one of the "USB chargers which is rechargeable by PC with Windows 8.1 in accordance with the update of its drives software". However, please note this is not accurate.
CP-EL can be recharged via the USB port by PCs with Windows 8 or former version and also by AC adapter; "CP-AD2" (sold individually).
Microsoft has issued a driver update through Windows Update to fix this issue. If your PC is set to update automatically with Windows Update, no additional steps are needed. However, if your PC does not install Windows Updates automatically, or if you still experience this issue, you can manually install the driver update.
* Please refer to the above updated notice.
Sony discovered that some products may experience issues with charging via the USB port of PCs with Windows 8.1 operating system (slated for release by Microsoft Corporation on October 18, 2013).
The issue with charging of some products via USB port of PCs using Windows 8.1 appears to be due to a change to the USB interface specification on Windows 8.1 Operating System.
This issue does not occur with Windows 8 or former versions of Windows operating system.
Alternatively, users can charge the affected product using its bundled or Sony genuine AC adaptor or via the USB port of a PC with Windows 8 or former version of Windows operating system.
A permanent solution towards using the USB port of PCs with Windows 8.1 operating system to charge the above mentioned products will be announced as soon as it is available.


In the coming months, I will be blogging about sustainability in the textile and apparel industries, sharing my thoughts on what works, what doesn't, and what I believe is possible. I'll also share my experiences from turning around a company most in the textile industry thought was heading for bankruptcy as recently as 10 years ago. I hope you will enjoy reading them, gain some positive insight, and respond with your thoughts and comments.
As the Chairman and CEO of Unifi Inc., a publicly traded, Greensboro NC based synthetic yarn producer, I led a turnaround from years of losses to growing earnings over the course of my 8-1/2 year tenure. We achieved this in a shrinking US textile market and in the face of low-priced Asian competitors.
The primary drivers of our success were a disciplined and focused management process, and the introduction and growth of Repreve(r). Repreve(r) is a sustainably produced recycled polyester yarn that saw explosive growth. As we engineered our turnaround, my team and I gained experience in change management and in the value and drivers of textile and apparel sustainability. We took calculated risks, learned from missteps, and ultimately succeeded where previous Unifi management and other textile companies had come up short.
Bill Jasper is President of Two-Eleven Associates, a management and sustainability consulting firm headquartered in Washington D.C. He splits his time between Kiawah Island S.C. and Washington, which one may say is a little like living in both Heaven and Hell.


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*New* Ron D. Moore's Interview with ArtsBeat **FINALE SPOILERS** 2 comments
Here is Ron D. Moore's interview with ArtsBeat
From ArtsBeat:
It was the episode that "Outlander" fans had long been awaiting — and dreading. In this Starz drama's first-season finale, the 18th-century Scottish warrior Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan) submitted to the brutal sexual advances of the evil redcoat Black Jack Randall (Tobias Menzies) in an attempt to free our heroine, Claire Randall (Caitriona Balfe).
Read more after the jump!
In her recap of the episode, Libby Hill wrote, " 'To Ransom a Man's Soul' is an important episode of television because it takes the time to fully explore what recovery actually looks like and understands that it's by no means a simple or straightforward undertaking."
Ronald D. Moore, the show runner and an executive producer, spoke about the difficulty of adapting this controversial scene from Diana Gabaldon's best-selling series of historical novels. These are edited excerpts from the conversation.
Q. Do you remember your reaction when you first read this scene in the book?
A. I was surprised, because that's not typically where your story goes with your lead male hero. But I knew it was going to be great in terms of storytelling. The audience who didn't read the books would have no idea this was the finale, and that was a big positive for us. And I knew it would be really challenging.
Q. How did you prepare for that challenge?
A. As we got into the first season, we always knew we were going to this really dark place. We had lots of early discussions with the cast and the writers about it. We all had plenty of time to think about how we were going to realize it. It was always something that was present in our minds from the beginning.
Q. It's obviously different to read a scene like this than to see it. How did you go about deciding the way you would depict it?
A. That's the key thing you have to keep in mind. It's a great passage in the book. It's interesting, daring stuff, but it's different to watch it. We had to deconstruct it in a couple of different ways. The book maintains Claire's point of view throughout, so the things that happen between Jack and Jamie are related to her after the fact and Jamie has been rescued. It's sort of a flashback. We knew we wanted to change that.
Q. Why did you alter the way the season ends?
A. The structure is different: In the book, they rescue Jamie, then they get onto the boat to France, then there's a whole rehabilitation section in a French monastery. In the TV show, I thought, "Let's not let go of the jeopardy and the danger of getting out of Scotland. Let's keep it close and have the monastery in Scotland, so the events are much more immediate, and they still have to escape." That lets us end on this big, beautiful shot of the ship, and you get to take a breath. You're out of this dark place, and it's literally open skies and ocean.
Read the rest of the interview at the source
Posted May 31, 2015 by in Interviews, Outlander, Ron D. Moore
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Ron Moore, in my eyes, is the most brilliant producer in the world! "Outlander" has surpassed my wildest imagination in every way possible! I love the novels and his Startz adaptation of those novels is fantastic! Thank you to all associated with this brilliant series!
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Can Dogs Bond with Cats?
Although popular culture may teach us otherwise, with proper introductions and obedience training, many dogs and cats can get along and even form friendly bonds with each other. While some pups and kitties may never be able to get along with each other, due to their instincts, those raised with each other as younglings or who are relatively easygoing may not only tolerate each other, but even cuddle together.
A 2008 study published in the journal "Applied Animal Behaviour Science" and reported in ScienceDaily found that owners who adopted a kitten and later a puppy -- after the kitten was comfortably situated in the home -- discovered that their pets formed friendly bonds with each other. When cats were younger than 6 months of age and dogs less than 1 year old, they tended to be more open to learning each other's very different body languages. Once acclimated to each other's presence, these pups and kitties played with each other, didn't fight and even slept in close physical contact, demonstrating a close, friendly relationship, according to Haaretz.com.
Introductions are the key to forming a good friendship between your dog and cat, and you need to take those first interactions slowly and carefully. Keep the two pets in separate rooms or spaces in your home and let them smell each other's scents by rubbing a cloth on each of their bodies, recommends the Butte Humane Society website. Once either of them doesn't react badly to the scent, either by hissing or growling, introduce them. Let them meet for the first few times through a pet gate, with Fido on a leash to keep him from chasing Fluffy. If they behave well, reward each of them with some tasty treats so they associate each other with good things.
It may not always be feasible to adopt a young pup and kitten, but it's still possible to keep the peace and encourage friendship between older animals as well. If a dog has been raised among cats and has demonstrated a low prey drive toward cats and other small animals, he may be well-suited to bond with a kitty and vice versa, advises Catster. Small dogs may get along better with cats because there is less of a size difference between the two of them. Breeds that are small in stature and get along well with cats include the Pomeranian, Shih Tzu, Chihuahua, Maltese, Boston terrier, Bichon frise and Cavalier King Charles spaniel, according to Animal Planet.
In a multi-species household, you can take steps to ensure that both your cat and dog continue to get along after their introductory period passes. Feed each pet in separate areas so they don't fight over food. Give the kitty lots of elevated spaces in the form of carpeted shelves and cat trees to climb up and out of Fido's reach when she gets annoyed with him or his antics. Teach your pup basic obedience to control him if he gets too rough in his treatment of your kitty. Seek the help of an animal behaviorist should Fido demonstrate any signs of aggression or prey drive toward Fluffy.


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10 Best Aladdin Coloring Pages Your Toddler Will Love
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"Aladdin" is a musical, animated film released by Walt Disney Pictures on November 1992. The film is an adaptation of the book "Aladdin and the Magic Lamp" from "One Thousand and One Nights". A popular animation movie and TV series, the story revolves around Aladdin, a street urchin who accidentally meets Princess Jasmine in the city of Agrabah. The couple then falls in love, but cannot be together as Jasmine can only marry a prince.
Top 10 Disney Aladdin Coloring Pages:
Let your children experience this Arabian adventure by providing them Aladdin coloring pages. Here are some of the best "Aladdin" coloring pages for your kids.
1. Aladdin:
Aladdin is the protagonist of this animated film and cartoon series. He is an urchin who steals foods to survive.
Aladdin is a cheery, bold, loving and trustworthy boy.
He is referred to as the "diamond in the rough" in the film with his true value hidden beneath his street-rat exterior.
Aladdin is a handsome, lean and muscular man with brown eyes and black hair. He wears a purple waistcoat, white pants and a brown belt with a yellow patch.
[ Read: Princess Jasmine Coloring Pages ]
2. Jasmine:
Princess Jasmine is the beautiful daughter of Sultan Hamed, the ruler of Agrabah. Fed up of her controlled life, she escapes from the palace in quest of freedom and true love.
Jasmine is an independent and strong character, who does not hesitate to stand for the right.
Unlike other stereotypical princesses, Jasmine takes active part in the political disputes and conversations. She is also very caring and loving towards everyone.
Jasmine has long, thick hair and brown eyes. She always ties her hair in a ponytail. She is normally found wearing a light blue cropped top and harem pants.
3. Genie:
Genie possesses phenomenal magical powers. He was released from the magical lamp by Aladdin in the collapsed Cave of Wonder.
His supernatural powers enable him to break the laws of nature, break the fourth wall and lift the Agrabah palace.
The genie is bound by three laws – he cannot kill anyone, he cannot make people fall in love and he cannot revive the dead.
Genie also serves as the comic relief element in each of his appearances.
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4. Jafar:
Jafar is the main villain in "Aladdin". He is the royal Vizier of Agrabah and a magician from the Maghreb.
He is attracted to the beautiful Jasmine, primarily for her beautiful looks and amazing figure.
He wants Jasmine to fall in love with him so that he can marry her.
He is a tall, slender and boney man who is always dressed in extravagant clothes. He also carries gold and ruby, cobra headed staff to perform sorcery.
[ Read: Fairy Coloring Pages ]
5. Sultan:
The Sultan is the minor character in Disney's "Aladdin". He is the ruler of Agrabah and the father of Princess Jasmine.
Sultan is a worthy ruler who knows when to put his power into good use.
He is a pompous and kind man, who loves playing with toys.
Sultan loves his daughter dearly and even repels the marriage law so that Jasmine can marry the man of her choice.
6. Abu:
Abu, another endearing comic character in the animation series, is a kleptomaniac monkey and a close friend of Aladdin.
He is a generally a kind and helpful monkey, but can turn selfish on seeing food.
Abu is very loyal to his friends and can even risk his life to keep them from danger.
This is a black and white coloring sheet of Abu in his laid back self.
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7. Iago:
Iago is the supporting character in Aladdin films and cartoon series. He is the secondary antagonist in 1992's animated film "Aladdin".
Iago is a part of royal menageries in Agrabah. He is named after the famous villain Iago is Shakespeare's Othello.
He gets frustrated easily and unabashedly vocalizes his frustration to other characters.
He possesses the knowledge of magic and sorcery, learned from his previous master Jafar. He also has the ability to mimic the other character's voice perfectly.
8. Rajah:
Rajah is Princess Jasmine's pet tiger. He was bought by the Sultan for her daughter Jasmine from a traveling circus.
Rajah is very fond of Jasmine and is extremely protective of her.
He had even driven away one of the suitors of Jasmine from Agrabah because he did not like him. He also assists Jasmine in escaping the palace.
Rajah also fought against Jafar for Jasmine, but was turned into a tiger cub and imprisoned in a bird cage by Jafar.
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9. Magic Carpet:
The Magic Carpet is an ancient carpet discovered by Aladdin in the Cave of Wonders. It is a flying carpet without any voice and expresses himself through movements and pantomime.
It also uses its tassels as hands and feet to display its feeling.
The Magic Carpet is a close and faithful friend of Aladdin, Abu, Iago and Jasmine and can even risk his own life to save them.
This playful character also helps Aladdin romance Princess Jasmine by taking them on a romantic flight.
10. Cassim:
Here is a coloring page of Cassim, Aladdin's father.
He abandoned his newborn son and wife to explore the world and find a better life for his poverty-stricken family.
After some time, he becomes involved with the forty thieves, eventually becoming the leader of the gang.
He also frames a new law to never hurt the innocents.
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"Aladdin" is one of the most successful films of Disney. It has also won many awards for its sound tract. Put the soundtrack in the background as your child spends hours coloring these cute Aladdin character pages! This was our collection of 10 best free printable Aladdin coloring pages. You can surely create your very own Aladdin coloring book, which we would love to see. Do share them with us! Ask your kids if they enjoyed this activity and do not forget to share your thoughts with us in the section below.


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This 150,000 sf project consisted of the creation of fifty-eight individually designed residential lofts. A ten story light court was created to bring light and air to the center of the building. The removed floor area was relocated to the roof to create two story penthouses totaling 15,000 sf. On the upper floors, the units were designed with two-story high living areas.
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I wasn't expecting it to be easy to start a business, but I wasn't expecting it to be so challenging either.
Kind of like parenthood, you can't truly know what entrepreneurship will be like until you actually live it.
Before starting Shine Insurance Agency, I just knew that I HAD to jump ship from my cushy job and do my own thing, so I did. That was almost 3 years ago and I haven't looked back. Not once. Not a single time have I thought "I should've stayed at my old job." A few things caught me off guard. Some of them shocked my soul, or hurt my heart. The reset button has been pushed MANY times and I'm finally learning to embrace each new cycle, each clean slates.
I counsel business owners every day, especially during start-up and growth phases. I help them clarify intentions, map out next steps, and of course I help them with their insurance. My clients always ask, from my perspective as a business owner, what I wish I'd known sooner. Sharing my entrepreneurial roller coaster has been one of my great joys, it feels like some of the most helpful work I do.
Okay, full disclosure here, I've gained some weight. This one really creeped up on me. At first, I brought the dog to work and walked at least 30 minutes each day, ate very healthfully, and lost weight! A couple clients noticed and commented on my glow. What a great feeling! I assumed this was my new way of life, and that I had new habits that would just stick. Ha ha! Oh was I wrong. I did not set the intention to move my body every day, so when work became increasingly busy exercise was one of the first things to go.
We quickly earned plenty of clients, and growth snowballed as our clients referred members of their inner circles. My workload increased exponentially, and my focus shifted to: work first – everything else later. It led to near burn-out on several occasions. The combo of not moving my body + feeling stress almost all of the time = about 30 pounds distributed over my frame with an emphasis in the midsection like I've never had before. I've learned to dress this new body, but this spare tire won't be here long.
I had to do something. The combination of weight ticking up and not sleeping well, plus family history, sounded the alarm. I knew I could influence my health outcome, I just needed help figuring out what to focus on. Working with Jen Owen, NP enabled me to get a complete understanding of my physical and genetic health. Following her advice I've made consistent small shifts: prioritize sleep and nutrition, take supplements, eat better, and move every day. The result has been feeling healthier and smarter. Every expert I know preaches a healthy lifestyle. For business owners, it has to be priority #1 or it won't get done.
I'm an organized person. I've been doing this kind of work for over a decade. I relied on my old "systems" for the first year and a half which really was no good.
My husband had zero experience as an insurance agent when we started Shine, he was a teacher and a hard worker, and he's blown me away with his ability to learn, create, implement, and revise workflows for his department (personal insurance).
I assumed that his system wasn't necessary for me. My limiting belief really held me back, but it took a long time for me to realize it.
Doing my thing, my way, made it more difficult to train and delegate. The painful process of hiring an assistant, training, and then losing that person before she was able to really help me…well that sucked. And it happened twice in the past year.
I became forcefully, acutely aware that I was letting the tyranny of workload + my limiting beliefs about workflows stand in the way of growth. So I used the setbacks as fuel, and I (grouchily) tackled creating, then evolving, workflows. I created a manual for my department (business insurance) and handed it off to my new (third) assistant.
We hired smarter this time, our new colleague has tons of insurance experience and we were able to skip all the insurance 101 training that had taken so much time with the first two. She started her first day with detailed manual in hand. The experience has been remarkable. I can finally breathe again. I'm sleeping better, knowing our clients continue to receive the exceptional care they deserve, and that nothing is slipping through the cracks. Better yet, my imagination is back, and I'm able to work on long term strategies again.
Relationships transformed in ways I didn't expect. Shockingly (to me), the first relationship to suffer damage was my closest friend of 15 years. We'd been through SO MUCH together, always supporting and encouraging each other. I shared the ups and downs of starting my business, and assumed she understood my priorities. I was wrong.
She felt left out and left behind, and our friendship didn't survive. I was unwilling to sacrifice my priorities to meet her needs. This happened within 6 months of opening Shine. I was stunned. It took a while to heal.
Other friends have come and gone. My number one challenge, emotionally, has been navigating the ebb and flow of personal relationships. Getting clear on who gets my time and energy has created a tangible shift for me. I've learned to cultivate and nurture a small inner circle of friends. This is what works for me, but it has not been easy to figure out and then implement.
When I was an employee and my husband was a teacher, I was accustomed to leaving work at the office, keeping home life sacred for family time. I'd listen and engage in his work talk, to a certain degree, but my mind was off the clock and insurance wasn't a typical topic of convo around the house.
When we started Shine together, insurance became the number one topic on my husband's mind at any given time. We tried creating rules and boundaries around work talk, but for us, that tended to create more angst on both sides.
Our current solution for how-much-work-talk-is-okay has taken nearly 3 years to resolve. Basically, we have zero rules around work talk. My guy pays attention to the signs that I'm not interested or losing patience with the conversation, and he wraps it up/saves the topic for a later time. I know when he really needs to talk about something work-related, and I hang tough even when I don't want to. The push-pull has evolved into give and take. RELIEF!!
I used to cook a nice meal about 5 nights/week. At least a few weeks the past year, our homemade meals seriously deteriorated to non-existent. It felt like crap. I felt like a loser. I just couldn't get it together to get to the store, keep us in stock of staples, and deal with the time and effort to cook. I thought I may be losing it forever. I entertained grocery delivery services, meal services, and tried cooking in bulk one Sunday per month. None of these solutions panned out.
Now that I have help with work, I'm back to cooking again. Yesterday I spent 6 hours making my Mamaw Jerry's time-consuming but insanely delicious yeast rolls for the family get-togethers happening this week. I had to make space in my life to let cooking back in, and hiring my assistant has allowed me to do that. I'm so excited to cook healthy meals again, and to get my picky child to learn to like different foods.
A MAJOR gift of start-up phase, for us, is that the past couple of years have really allowed us to hit the reset button. When we decided to start Shine, we sold all our extra stuff, reduced our debt every possible way, refinanced our house and used the equity to replace our old roof before it became a problem. We cancelled cable, reduced our eating-out budget, and cut back on all other extras. We created a budget and we stuck to it. We paid ourselves less than either of us had made since college. We were cutting our own hair till a couple months ago.
As we exit the start-up phase, we've been making small moves to reincorporate a little luxury. Starting over has allowed us to carefully consider what we want most, and budget accordingly. All the little things feel like such HUGE improvements.
We've also hit the reset button on how much of ourselves we give, for the moment. We're both in love with our community and passionate about servant leadership and helping everyone we possibly can. Starting our business has given us the opportunity to step back from volunteering so much, and really consider how we spend our limited time. We've revamped how we give, and to whom we give, and our Giving Back program has enabled us to make a lasting positive impact in our community. As we've completed commitments to organizations like WonderLab Museum of Science and Technology and The Boys & Girls Club of Bloomington, we've allowed those time slots to remain unfilled, able to be used for business or personal endeavors. We will volunteer again, but right now it's nice to have the extra space in our schedules.
I remember the feeling so vividly: 4 years of college = 4 years of always having work hanging over my head. If I wasn't working at my jobs (janitor for my family's business + laundry folder at the laundromat + home health aid/companion for elders), then I was working on projects for my art classes, studying, and doing homework. I had plenty of hang time with my buds, but always had the nagging feeling that I should be doing something else or I should be doing MORE. There was always an endless To Do list.
Truthfully, never enough has haunted my entire life, and the feeling has been a central theme the past 3 years. I'm committed to being done with that now. My friend and my teachers have consistently told me that it's time to stop doing and start being, to listen to my heart, my inner guidance system, and my purpose. To trust that I'll achieve my hopes and dreams without the struggle. I'm choosing to to trust, have faith, relax into it. Being fully me, all the time.
My efforts to give up the never enough baloney include meditation, yoga, nutrition, rest & relaxation, time with friends, and plenty of physical movement.
Every day presents a million important decisions. It's easy to want control, control, control. But I've learned that life and business don't work that way.
When challenges come up and I wonder WHAT DO I DO??… I get quiet, breathe deeply, and ask the question in my mind. Then I trust the answer. Trusting the answer, and following through, are the keys. It takes away the need to dissect and decide on every single thing that comes up. So much comes up in a day, this is a simple way that I just trust and believe rather than try to control.
I totally love to plan, AND – I like to keep my plan more like a frame of reference than a specific set of tasks and timelines. My To Do list is updated every day or two, and each day is approached with the intention to do my best, highest good. I trust that it will happen, and most days I happily check stuff off my To Do list and feel plenty productive. On days when too little is crossed off the list, I make a plan for the next day and have faith that it will happen. It usually does. I use this daily planning sheet right now. I used to use this one.
Note: my To Do list is a daily rolling list. Each time I create a new list, I move about 1/3 of the stuff from old list to new list. I gave up the idea of being "caught up" years ago.
The move from employee to entrepreneur felt really natural, and as soon as Jeremy and I shared our intentions, support bubbled up from every direction. It was super exciting, and it's still just as exciting to earn a new client, provide exceptional care during a claim, or solve a confusing insurance issue. Helping people is what we're all about, and we get to do that every day.
Each day includes many opportunities to move beyond my boundaries. We've raised Shine from infancy through toddlerhood, and we're officially working with a business that can hug us back, which is an incredible feeling. I've been surprised by a million things, but I wouldn't have it any other way.
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