Crystal Endeavor Suites to Be "Private Havens of Relaxation"
Crystal unveiled design details for Crystal Endeavor, its upcoming expedition yacht, for Crystal Yacht Expedition Cruises.
Crystal's president & CEO, Tom Wolber, shared first glimpse of the luxury accommodations onboard the yacht during the 27th Annual Sales Gala of Crystal held aboard Crystal Symphony, celebrating company's top producers.
At 19,800 GRT, Endeavor will be the world's biggest, most spacious purpose-built polar class expedition yacht in the world, accommodating only 200 passengers and boasting the luxurious amenities for which the cruise company is well known.
The accommodations aboard Crystal Endeavor will be industry game-changers, as the biggest, most spacious suites found in expedition cruising, featuring butler service and private verandah for every suite.
Luxury touches include heated storage for drying parkas, walk-in closets, king-sized beds, spa-like bathrooms with dual vanities, anti-fog mirrors, rain-showerheads and adjustable heated floors. State-of-the-art technological amenities will enhance guest experience with fine details, such as ambient lighting, bedside iPads and interactive streaming TVs in every suite that offer cruise information and many international daily newspapers.
The 100 suites aboard Crystal Endeavor will include 2 Crystal Penthouse Suites (985-1,130 ft2), 8 Penthouse Suites (457 ft2) and 90 Deluxe Suites (304 ft2). The larger of the 2 Crystal Penthouse Suites boasts a 2-bedroom layout, while the other 1-bedroom plan connects to the adjacent Deluxe Suite via an adjoining entry, best for families and friends sailing together. Both provide dedicated dining areas along with butler's prep space for in-suite dining. The Penthouse and Deluxe Suites offer separate sleeping and sitting areas, desk vanity areas and private verandahs.
The 100-suite Crystal Endeavor is set to debut in 2020. Details of vessel's itineraries will be announced at a later date.


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Factsheets (for Educators)
Figuring Out Health News
A Study — or Just a Story?
Where Do Reporters Get Their Stories?
To catch a viewer's attention, news reports sometimes make dramatic claims. In addition, medical news reports often focus on people's personal stories, not scientific studies. Personal stories are interesting, but often they don't prove anything about health or treatments in general. It takes a well-done study to do that. And sometimes these studies just aren't dramatic or exciting enough to make the news.
Was the Study Done in People?
A lot of medical research is done in the laboratory or in lab animals, not in people — at least, not at first. Lab studies help scientists figure out whether a drug looks promising, how it works, and whether there might be side effects. But what happens in a laboratory does not necessarily work the same in people. These studies are often a beginning — but they're usually not the end of the story.
When watching or reading a news report about a new drug or treatment, see if it tells you whether the findings involved animals or people. It might not — so you'll have to do some sleuthing on your own to get the information.
Who Was in the Study?
Even if a study was done in people, it may not apply to you. For instance, findings from studies involving only adults may not be true for teens. Results of all-male studies may not apply to women. Research studies usually list who took part — their sex, age, and other characteristics. Are these people like you?
In addition to who is in a study, you'll also need to keep in mind how many people took part in it. The more people in the study, the more likely it is that the study's findings will hold true for the whole population. Sometimes a study's results are announced with a big splash and then it turns out that the study only involved a few people. When researchers do the same study using the hundreds or thousands of people necessary to get really accurate (or "significant") results, those results might be different.
It's also important for the study to follow patients long enough to be sure that a treatment really works, and that additional or more serious side effects don't develop over time.
There are lots of ways researchers look into new treatments and information that can help people stay healthier. Sometimes they look back at people's medical records or ask them questions to find out what might have put them at more (or less) risk for a health condition. Those studies, called retrospective studies, can provide useful clues, but they're only as reliable as a person's memory or the accuracy of medical records.
Prospective studies are usually better. They look forward, not backward. The best of these studies follow thousands of people long enough to see whether the things they do — like diet and exercise — have a good or bad effect on their health.
For new drugs or treatments, randomized, controlled clinical trials are the best way for deciding whether a treatment works. In this kind of research, some of the participants get the drug, vitamin, or other therapy being tested. Others get what is called a placebo (a fake treatment or sugar pill that contains no medicine at all). In this type of study, the patients are "blinded" — they don't know who is getting the treatment and who is getting the placebo until the trial is over. That way, their response to the drug or placebo can't be influenced by whether they think they have been taking the real drug or not. In a double-blind study, neither the patients nor the researchers know which patients have taken the drug or the placebo until the study is over.
It's rare for one study to be the final word. Medical knowledge comes from many studies done over time — and frequently there are contradictions along the way. Often, different studies of a particular treatment or condition, all done properly, can still have different (or even completely opposite) results.
Also, the news media (and even researchers themselves!) are more likely to report the findings of a study if that study shows results that are different from what is thought to be true. For example, the media are much more likely to do a story about a study that shows that eating a particular type of food may help prevent cancer. But other studies may show that eating that food doesn't really make much difference.
The scientific community can take into account all the different studies and decide that eating the food might not really help a person avoid cancer. But to the regular person who just hears about one study through the news, that food suddenly becomes a cancer-fighting miracle.
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Some reporters don't always wait until something is published before reporting it as news. Sometimes reporters hear information from researchers before a study has even been published and they want to bring it to the public's attention quickly. Without a published study, though, a reporter may not have all the facts.
So how do you get closer to the truth?
The websites of government health agencies — such as the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) — usually give accurate and unbiased information. Established medical organizations, such as the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), and associations, such as the American Psychiatric Association (APA), are other good sources.
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Q: Spring Reactor with REST Service I am trying to achieve Spring Reactor using Rest Service.
Controller
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestBody;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;

import reactor.core.publisher.Flux;

@RestController
public class CustomerController {

    @Autowired
    private FluxService fluxService;

    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    @RequestMapping(path = "/handleMessageReactor", method = RequestMethod.POST)
    public Flux<MessageAcknowledgement> handleMessage(@RequestBody Customer message) {
        return fluxService.fluxMethod(message);
    }
}

Service Class
package com.nbcu;

import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;

import reactor.core.publisher.Flux;
@Service
public class FluxService {

    MessageAcknowledgement msg;
    public Flux fluxMethod(Customer cust)
    {

        System.out.println("Name"+cust.getName());
        System.out.println("Address"+cust.getAddress());
        msg=new MessageAcknowledgement("Success");
        return Flux.just(msg);

    }
}

POM.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

    <groupId>com.nbcu</groupId>
    <artifactId>Report</artifactId>
    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
    <packaging>jar</packaging>

    <name>SpringReactor</name>
    <description>Spring Reactor POC</description>

    <parent>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
        <version>1.4.0.RELEASE</version>
        <relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
    </parent>

    <properties>
        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
        <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
        <java.version>1.8</java.version>
    </properties>

    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-jersey</artifactId>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web-services</artifactId>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>io.projectreactor</groupId>
            <artifactId>reactor-bus</artifactId>
        </dependency>
        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.projectreactor/reactor-spring -->
    <dependency>
    <groupId>org.projectreactor</groupId>
    <artifactId>reactor-spring</artifactId>
    <version>1.0.0.RELEASE</version>
    </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>

    <build>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
                <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>

</project>

This is the below compilation Error am getting:
INFO]
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Building SpringReactor 0.0.1-SNAPSHOT
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-clean-plugin:2.6.1:clean (default-clean) @ Report ---
[INFO] Deleting D:\Workspace\SpringReactor\target
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-resources-plugin:2.6:resources (default-resources) @ Report ---
[INFO] Using 'UTF-8' encoding to copy filtered resources.
[INFO] Copying 1 resource
[INFO] Copying 0 resource
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-compiler-plugin:3.1:compile (default-compile) @ Report ---
[INFO] Changes detected - recompiling the module!
[INFO] Compiling 7 source files to D:\Workspace\SpringReactor\target\classes
[INFO] -------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] COMPILATION ERROR :
[INFO] -------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] /D:/Workspace/SpringReactor/src/main/java/com/nbcu/FluxService.java:[5,30] package reactor.core.publisher does not exist
[ERROR] /D:/Workspace/SpringReactor/src/main/java/com/nbcu/FluxService.java:[10,16] cannot find symbol
  symbol:   class Flux
  location: class com.nbcu.FluxService
[ERROR] /D:/Workspace/SpringReactor/src/main/java/com/nbcu/CustomerController.java:[9,30] package reactor.core.publisher does not exist
[ERROR] /D:/Workspace/SpringReactor/src/main/java/com/nbcu/CustomerController.java:[21,12] cannot find symbol
  symbol:   class Flux
  location: class com.nbcu.CustomerController
[ERROR] /D:/Workspace/SpringReactor/src/main/java/com/nbcu/FluxService.java:[16,24] cannot find symbol
  symbol:   variable Flux
  location: class com.nbcu.FluxService
[INFO] 5 errors
[INFO] -------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 6.329 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2016-09-02T15:15:50+05:30
[INFO] Final Memory: 26M/226M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[WARNING] The requested profile "pom.xml" could not be activated because it does not exist.

Anyone please help me to resolve why I am getting this compilation error

A: You can look at compile dependencies needed for Spring Reactor the transitive dependency reactor-core-1.1.6-RELEASE doesn't contain reactor.core.publisher package.
I think you should include this dependency
<dependency>
    <groupId>io.projectreactor</groupId>
    <artifactId>reactor-core</artifactId>
    <version>3.0.1.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>

instead of this
<dependency>
    <groupId>org.projectreactor</groupId>
    <artifactId>reactor-spring</artifactId>
    <version>1.0.0.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>

Infact into the reactor-core you can find the Flux class you're searching for

A: You're trying to use a reactor version that does not contain the Flux and Mono operators.
Because Spring 5 and Boot 2.0 aren't released yet, the easiest way to try the new web reactive framework in Spring is to:

*

*try the experimental Boot starter

*or bootstrap things manually as explained in Spring's reference documentation

A: You need to change dependency like below
<dependency>
     <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
     <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-webflux</artifactId>
</dependency>

instead of this
<dependency>
     <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
     <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
</dependency>

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Q: What hardware & software consideration does a major website require to properly manage 1000+ servers? Sorry for such a high level question. I understand the basics of server load balancing, but the concept of managing 30,000 servers is a bit foreign to me. Is it really just the same concept of balancing 2 or 3 servers scaled up 10,000 times?
How does this relate to things like memcached, sql/mysql, search engines, etc?
Is it a heirarchy system of having 'controller' servers and slave servers that deliver the data based on this? How is redundancy handled?
Thanks for any info or direction to an article on the matter.
EDIT Thanks for the responses guys. My post was closed, but i've revamped the title, hopefully it will be reopened as I find the problem solving process involved with these super high level data solutions to be fascinating, and I am currently build an api that will require some basic load balancing, hence the question.

A: The big part here is, if the software isn't designed to scale, how can it?  For example, one of Facebook's biggest restrictions right now is their reliance on MySQL--they've been able to skirt the issue by throwing more and more machines at it, but their own engineer calls it "a fate worse than death."
Typically, you'll need to be able to load balance requests--and many projects, open source or otherwise, are designed.  But this comes with overhead, including writing logs, delayed writes, and "eventually consistent" architectures.  On other words, scaling doesn't come cheap.
So things like web servers, which are serving static content, can easily be parallelized.  Memcached and other caching systems are easily load balanced.  But how do you change single points of failures?  How does your single, large, relational database scale?  What about file stores?  In essence, this is an entire branch of research... not something that can be answered by a single question.

A: Most of the software stack that Google uses on their servers was developed in-house. To lessen the effects of unavoidable hardware failure, software is designed to be fault tolerant.
Source: Google Platform
After reading the article I am guessing it is the same concept as balancing the load between few servers scaled up to 1000+ servers by using in-house software stack developed in house on top of Linux. e.g GFS(Google File System), BigTable - Structured storage system built upon GFS
This link describes how they balance network load.
They use Load balancing switches to distribute the load. All requests for the Web site arrive at a machine that then passes the request to one of the available servers. The switch can find out from the servers which one is least loaded, so all of them are doing an equal amount of work.
Google's Network Topology is as following:
When a client computer attempts to connect to Google, several DNS servers resolve www.google.com into multiple IP addresses via Round Robin policy. Furthermore, this acts as the first level of load balancing and directs the client to different Google clusters. A Google cluster has thousands of servers and once the client has connected to the server additional load balancing is done to send the queries to the least loaded web server.

A: I think the same concepts should be the same and the critical point is how you distribute the load and data among the available resources and how you locate your data.
One way is the geographical distribution of servers. Each user will be directed to the nearest server.
A registry-like service can be used to lookup the requested data.
Think of DNS service implementation. It holds a very huge distributed database. Root nodes direct users to other lower level nodes and so on until you reach the responsible node which can answer your query.


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Advice to law firm management: I would suggest hosting more events for the associates and partners to get to know their coworkers outside of their practice areas.
Pros: Every attorney is brilliant and passionate about their work area. A wide variety of practice areas allows associates to experience new disciplines before they pick the best fit.
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Women lead our Real Estate, Development & Construction industry group; our Springfield, Memphis and Denver offices; and hold key administrative leadership roles, including co-chief operating officer, director of finance, director of recruiting and director of risk management.
Our chairman and firm are active members of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, an organization of corporate chief legal officers and law firm leaders who have dedicated themselves to creating a truly diverse profession.
We are a member of the Coalition of Women's Initiatives in Law.
Since 2004, we have actively continued to develop True North, the firm's own professional enrichment program for female attorneys and clients.
Our lawyers and staff have played key leadership roles for the Heartland Diversity Legal Job Fair in Kansas City, Mo., and the St. Louis Diversity Job Fair.
We have supported scholarship programs that assist minority law students at Washington University in St. Louis, Saint Louis University, the University of Missouri-Columbia, the University of Missouri-Kansas City and the University of Kansas.
Under the firm's alternative work schedule policy, we encourage attorneys to request part-time or flex-time work schedules rather than leave the firm or the practice of law.
The firm's partner evaluation and commitment plans ask for specific actions that each partner has taken to foster our diversity enhancement efforts.
We are signatories to the diversity commitments and action plans of local bar associations, including the Kansas City Bar Association's Diversity Action Plan, Peoria County (Ill.) Bar Association's Diversity Action Plan and the Omaha (Neb.) Diversity Commitment.
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Brazilian Senate backs criminal charges against President Bolsonaro over Covid-19 handling
A Senate committee in Brazil has voted to recommend that President Jair Bolsonaro face charges over his handling of the Covid pandemic.
Seven of the panel's 11 members backed a report calling for nine charges to be filed against Mr Bolsonaro, including crimes against humanity.
The committee chair, Senator Omar Aziz, will send the findings to Brazil's prosecutor-general on Wednesday.
Mr Bolsonaro has maintained he is "guilty of absolutely nothing".
More than 600,000 people in Brazil are confirmed to have died from Covid, second only to the Covid death toll in the United States.
The report accuses the president of misusing public funds and peddling fake news.
There is no guarantee this vote will lead to criminal charges for Mr Bolsonaro, as the report's recommendations must now be assessed by Brazil's prosecutor-general, a Bolsonaro appointee who is expected to protect the president.
The vote concludes a six-month inquiry which has revealed scandals and corruption inside Brazil's government.
Throughout the process, Mr Bolsonaro has insisted that his government "did the right thing from the first moment" of the pandemic.
Whether charges are brought against him or not, there is little doubt that Mr Bolsonaro's popularity has been dented by his handling of the pandemic.
In March, he caused outrage when he told Brazilians to "stop whining" about Covid, a day after the country saw a record rise in deaths over a 24-hour period.
He has continued to spread misinformation on social media and, on Monday, Facebook removed a video in which the president falsely claimed Covid-19 vaccines were linked to developing Aids.
YouTube blocked the video and suspended Mr Bolsonaro's channel for a week.
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PCMark for Android adds more benchmark tests and compares OS performance
The free PCMark for Android hardware benchmarking tool has been updated with new and improved tests and a new way to compare OS performance.
Futuremark has just updated its free PCMark for Android app. It now has one additional benchmark and a new version of a previous test that will help you see how your particular device can handle specific tasks. The update also allows for users to see how performance on devices is affected by Android OS updates.
The Work benchmark test in the new version has been upgraded to version 2.0. The test is designed to see how an Android smartphone or tablet can handle common productivity tasks. The updated Work 2.0 test has improved versions of its Web Browsing, Writing, and Photo Editing tests. It also adds the new Video Editing and Data Manipulation tests that can be conducted to check both the performance and the battery life of Android devices for those tasks. The Work 1.0 benchmark is still in the app, though its scores are not comparable with the new 2.0 version.
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The all new benchmark in PCMark for Android is called Computer Vision. It has been designed to show how devices handle image recognition tasks. Futuremark states there are three tests in the new benchmark:
TensorFlow is an open-source machine learning library developed by Google. The test uses a pre-trained neural network to recognize different objects in a set of pictures. ZXing, commonly known as Zebra Crossing, is a multi-format barcode image processing library. The test uses ZXing to read a set of barcodes and QR codes. Tesseract is an open-source optical character recognition library. The test recognizes and extracts English text from a set of images.
Finally, the updated PCMark for Android has added a feature in its in-app Best Devices list. Not only can you compare your benchmarking scores on your device against other Android smartphones and tablets, but now the scores can be compared with different Android OS versions. Newer versions of Android on the same device can offer improvements, or sometimes declines, in performance and battery life. The Best Devices feature can now show how PCMark for Android's benchmark scores compare side-by-side using different OS versions.


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House of (Bad) Ideas: How Marvel Can Learn from DC's Mistakes
Posted on July 18, 2016 by William Henry Dvorak // 0 Comments
The recent revelation that Tony Stark will soon be passing on the mantle of Iron Man to (among others) Riri Williams, a 15-year-old MIT prodigy, got me thinking about the state of Marvel Comics.
In recent years, Marvel has been changing the face of its comic book line at breakneck speed. The Marvel of today little resembles the Marvel of 2009, the year Disney acquired the publisher. It's hard to say how many of those changes are based on decisions made in-house by creators, and how many are the result of top-down mandates from Marvel's new mouse overlords.
Some of the changes have been great—Marvel took an early lead in bringing more diversity to the stable of creators who craft their books, a feat I applauded then, and still do now. The only cause for concern is that some of the creators seem to have been brought in more for the message their hiring sends than for the strength of their previous work. There have been a legion of independent creators passed over in favor of creators who are already veterans. I am, of course, not privy to whether or not Marvel actually extended offers to these people, but if I were to place a wager on the subject, I'd probably have to bet against it.
While diversity in the world of comics is still a hot topic, this article isn't about that. Instead, it's about the changes that Marvel has been making to their lineup of characters. It seems that Marvel has been steering their characters toward a wider diversity at the cost of their established icons. Enter the stepping down of Tony Stark and the entrance of Riri Williams. This is just another in a long series of changes to characters, like the Miles Morales Spider-Man, Sam Wilson becoming Captain America, and Jane Foster becoming Thor—not to mention the marginalization of the X-Men, cancellation of Fantastic Four, and the attempt to replace mutants with Inhumans line-wide.
Reading to this point, you must think I'm against change, but I'm not. What I am against is corporate dictates overriding creativity. Shareholders, with their need for instant gratification and demand for ever-higher share value, seem to have as much influence on creative decisions as the creators themselves, if not more.
Let's take a look at the promo art for the next totally unnecessary mega-event at Marvel, Divided We Stand. According to Marvel Editor-in-Chief Axel Alonso, someone who has worked almost solely in editorial since the beginning of his comics career, said would establish the new status quo for the companies' characters going forward. While the art is brimming with recent additions and revamped characters, pay close attention to the fact that many characters are missing. Where is Peter Parker, the Fantastic Four, Tony Stark (Unless the clean shaven guy is Tony), or any of the X-Men?
Which brings me to the meat of this article—namely, that Marvel needs to learn from the folly of its competitor. DC Comics tried to shake things up and change their world a few years ago too. They canceled and rebooted their entire line of comics, and while at first, while the shine was still on the change, sales were good. But after the dust settled, complaints settled in. Some changes were too drastic, and many things didn't change that much at all, but only got more confusing.
Recent events have bolstered this reasoning. DC, to no one's surprise, has rebooted again, this time to more-or-less roll things back to the previous status quo. No matter how much gimmicks may sell in the short-term, it's silly for Marvel to think that fans of Iron Man will passively accept the replacement of their decades-old favorite simply because Marvel insists on shaking things up.
Quite to the contrary, you can bet that many fans will become pissed off. Sales are bound to slip eventually, and there's no better evidence to support that prediction than the recent trend in DC's sales. As Rebirth seems poised to roll back many of the New 52's less popular changes to the line, DC's sales are skyrocketing, while Marvel's continue to slip. Big events like Civil War II may alleviate the problem temporarily, but there is little sign that the overall trend is going to reverse itself anytime soon.
If Marvel wants to really bring in more diversity, they need to realize that doing it through their established characters, especially when it's forced, and not organic from within the stories, is going to fail. If Marvel wants more diversity, they should bring in new characters and put competent creators behind them. The new Ms. Marvel, Kamala Khan, is a great example of this. Riri, on the other hand, who was only introduced back in May of this year, obviously with replacing Tony in mind, is not.
The real question is, is this happening because of orders from Disney? Or is it simply the effect of a directionless editorial staff? If it's because Disney wants it to be this way, then we might be in for a much longer haul. Disney has the money to weather bad sales, and if they are getting one or two new properties they can turn into blockbuster films, what do they care if the comics end of the business suffers? I hope I'm wrong about that, but only time will tell.
So what's a reader of comics to do? Well, if you only read Marvel, you might want to start expanding the comics you read from other publishers. Companies like Aftershock, Valiant, Dark Horse, Image, IDW, Boom, and Dynamite are hands down out producing the big two when it comes to great stories. So give them a try if you start getting fed up with Marvel, and wait for the big reversal that will come eventually, hopefully not too long from now.
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Invasive mosquitos threaten to accelerate spread of malaria
By: Jared Skoro
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A recent investigation has discovered an invasive species of mosquito is responsible for unusual cases of malaria in Ethiopia.
The city of Dire Dawa in Ethiopia experienced about 2,400 cases of malaria during this year's dry season when in 2019 there were only 205 cases.
As the mosquito responsible for most cases of malaria in Africa, Anopheles gambiae, is more active in rural areas and during the rainy season. These cases prompted investigation by Dr. Fitsum Tadesse and his team from the Armauer Hansen Research Institute in Addis Ababa. They found that around 97 percent of adult mosquitoes collected around Dire Dawa were not Anopheles gambiae but the invasive species Anopheles stephensi.
Anopheles stephensi is native to South Asia and the Arabian Peninsula, but was discovered in Djibouti in 2012. Since then, An. stephensi has spread across Africa, detected in Ethiopia and Sudan in 2016, Somalia in 2019, and Nigeria in 2020. Unlike Anopheles gambiae, Anopheles stephensi thrives in urban environments, laying its eggs in water storage containers and outdoor water sources.
The spread of An. stephensi across countries in Africa threaten efforts to stop malaria and shift infections toward urban areas. An additional 126 million people in African cities are at a higher risk of catching malaria according to a 2020 study.
To control the spread of An. stephensi, experts suggest that cisterns, wells, and all water storage sources should be covered so the mosquito cannot lay eggs in them. As well, the use of insecticides on mosquitos in their larval stages and on livestock is helpful in fighting against the mosquito.
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Current AGD membership in good standing.
A course of study in 17 dental disciplines, totaling more than 1,600 hours of continuing education.
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Кро́талы (, ед.ч. ) — древнегреческий ударный музыкальный инструмент, древний предшественник кастаньет.

Кроталы представляют собой два связанных между собой деревянных бруска 12-15 см. В классическую эпоху с кроталами танцевали женщины, обычно в ансамбле с лирником или авлетом. Инструмент широко использовался в светских церемониях (например, Сапфо описывает их в сцене свадьбы Гектора и Андромахи) и в рядовых народных празднествах (но вне культа и не в театре).

Словом «кроталы» в древнегреческих текстах также изредка обозначаются бронзовые кимвалы. Иногда кроталами некорректно называют античные тарелочки, использующиеся в симфоническом оркестре.

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Литература

 West M. Early Greek music. Oxford, 1992.
 Mathiesen T. Apollo's lyre. Greek music and music theory in Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Lincoln; London, 1999.

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I stayed at the Hotel Al Jafs in Kuala Lumpur. The hotel is in the Bukit Bintang area, which is one of the most popular places to stay in Kuala Lumpur. Bukit Bintang is the name of the street, and it is lined with shops and hotels. At the time of my visit it was messy with metro construction work, but it will soon have a shiny new metro, making it even easier to get to.
If you're thinking that Al Jafs doesn't sound very Malaysian, that's because this hotel is in the Little Arabia area of Bukit Bintang. The hotel is in one of the quieter back streets of the area, about 5 minutes walk from the Bukit Bintang monorail station.
The Al Jafs is a budget hotel, of which there are many of this type in this area. There was a friendly man at reception who checked me in, and the property has a lift.
I got a single room with a private bathroom. The room was spacious for its type and came with air conditioning.
The bathroom was a standard wet room with shower/toilet. There was no window but it was kept clean and there was no issues with the water.
There is a basic breakfast service in the foyer of toast, fruit, and coffee. It's the standard budget Malaysian hotel breakfast, which I usually skip in favour of eating Indian breakfasts whenever I am in KL.
The one drawback of my stay was that the internet was not working. Maybe it was just during my stay, but I had problems connecting for my entire stay. Overall this was a decent budget hotel stay (apart from the wifi situation).
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Have we forgotten that Community Organizations and local Churches helped some of these homeowners get the bogus financing and now what are they doing to help them out of their mess.
If the Congregants move out of the area, the churches lose members and money. It would be in their interest to help the people losing their homes.
Sankofa: What community organization helped people into bogus financing? I haven't heard of it happening. Please explain your comment.
Sanfoka: Be specific about these churches and mention them by name. Our Lady of Refuge and St. Philip Neri did not help homeowners get bogus financing; predatory brokers and small developers were the ones lined up to peddle these dubious financial products. UNHP rang the alarm on these scammers and reached out to local Catholic parishes offering help to victimized homeowners. For the record, the NWBCCC has not had local affiliated community groups in Fordham Bedford for several years.
By the way, it's nice to have our name back, Fordham Bedford. The choice of North Fordham was more than somewhat arbitrary and unilateral.


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Too bad Viola's nose is awfully sensitive.
Glad of you to join, hope you like it here!
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If any of you guys have a Deviant Art account, you should go check out Wolfstar15's page here https://wolfstar15.deviantart.com/.
She's taking sketch requests ATM and are limited to 1 request per person, so ask wisely.
You can ask for these requests by sending her a note on the site, which a note is just a personal message for those who don't know.
Good luck and have fun with the sketches!
Writer's Den / Re: (F+Pokemon) Two sniffles make a sneeze.
Wow, it came out better than I expected, nice there a little of braixen sneezes too, the trio is so cute, the descriptions you put in the story are very good and snivy is so cute , so yeah good job.
Also lol Ash, nice Pokemon références .
Your very welcome! Glad you loved it!
Writer's Den / (F+Pokemon) Two sniffles make a sneeze.
Nice of you to be here. Can't wait to see what you write!
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Ooooo, i'll give it a swing!
Besides the unique gender neutral thing (Which can be better than worse because of interpretation), I've always had a niche for bird beaks. I'll see what I can do with this one.
Have any cool story ideas that you just don't have the time for?
Don't have enough money to find a writer to commission said story?
I'm open to up to 5 requests at any given time and will try to finish the stories at the latest within the month to be generous.
I'll be open to requests until the end of March and at that point, I'll consider taking more requests or not.
What if I don't have a Sneezefurs account?
Everything else I can manage at the very least.
You can make up to 2 requests at once, on your own, but I can't stop you from asking a friend to request something for you.
Requests are made official once I confirm them Via DMs which is when I'll mark the request being made in this post.
I'm leaving this post up for about 24 or so hours so people know that I'm ending requests now.
I'm ending requests now. I'll leave a new post up for whenever I wish to ask for requests again!
Thank you all for the requests you've given me and sorry for anyone's request I haven't fulfilled (I'm soooo sorry PPL!).


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Allswell: Nate Smith Won't Play B-17
by Robert Sietsema
Nice and toasty Liz Barclay
Carrying the gastropub banner forth into battle, Spotted Pig alumnus Nate Smith didn't have much of a chance at the Dean Street Tavern massacre. Early this year, his one-month tenure as chef there ended in a dispute with the management over a loud jukebox and his propensity for developing recipes too creative for a corner bar in Prospect Heights—or so the owners thought. Now the talented Smith has opened a new spot in Williamsburg called Allswell, and he's working unencumbered.
The restaurant occupies the former premises of Raymund's Place, a venerable establishment that represented the days when Williamsburg was a culinary colony of Polish Greenpoint, and neighborhood menus ran to sour grass soup and boiled pig's knuckles. While the multipaned windows and further Tudor elements give the place a cottage feel, other whimsical touches—like panels of children's wallpaper showing frolicking ponies and baseball players hitting home runs—make it purely modern 'Burg. A long, convivial bar dominates the room, running parallel to a candlelit communal table. Less happily, unpadded pews along one wall and backless stools will remind you of the uncomfortable seating at
Spotted Pig, or maybe a Puritan church.
Never mind. Once you tuck into Smith's output, you'll forget any orthopedic discomfort. He has chosen to go the way of Romans in Fort Greene by challenging himself with a different menu every evening. You might consider this a marvelous opportunity to try new stuff or a giant pain in the ass, since most diners, if left to themselves, prefer to order the same things over and over. But the bill of fare does fall into predictable patterns, so frequenters can always select dishes that resemble other dishes they've tried before.
The dude likes to put things on toast. One night, it was smooth, firm slices of lamb's liver done medium-rare, mixed with kumquat marmalade—but only enough to give a touch of astringency and sweetness ($6). Another evening, there was a bruschetta smeared with beans and tomatoes, a reminder that the chef's mentor April Bloomfield is a master of mixing Tuscan and Anglo-Saxon flavors. Toasts come from a bar snacks section of the menu that has also featured, at one time or another, a giant homemade pita sided with pickled beets and hummus made with heirloom Italian chickpeas, and salty anchovies swaddled in fresh sage leaves and fried. Nothing goes better with beer, from a list that concentrates on such artisanal local producers as Captain Lawrence, Sixpoint, and Southampton Publick House ($6 or $7 per pint).
As at his previous venues, pig is big, and Smith loves to shock you with it. Instead of the usual rubbery strips, one starter featured an entire fried pig ear facing upward—as if pleading for you to repeat something you've just mumbled. That same evening, one of the four entrées was a pair of wild boar chops ($23), done to a rosy pink and propped up on the plate like some monumental sculpture. Man, were they good. And if you thought you were completely burned out on pork belly, your interest will be rekindled with his take on it: a leaner-than-usual boxcar of meat boasting a crackly layer of skin, dropped into a slurry of herby cranberry beans.
His dump-the-entrée-into-beans approach is also paradoxically successful with chorizo and charred octopus ($13)—which you would think would taste better unalloyed with anything. Dishes that didn't work? On separate occasions, salads of apples and artichokes featured too much arugula: The stalks were difficult to cram into one's mouth in their uncut state and were too bitter on the tongue. In fact, arugula totally dominates the vegetal portions of the menu, to the exclusion of softer, sweeter greens.
Desserts are worth saving room for, via Smith's wife, pastry chef Sophie Kamin. Priced at six or seven dollars, the best have included a mile-high slice of apple pie thickened with almond-scented frangipane and a flatter dark-chocolate tart that surprises you with a lingering chili burn. The most novel, and one that might otherwise become a classic, is a semifreddo flavored with maple syrup and strewn with toasted walnuts. What's a semifreddo? In Italian, it means "semi-frozen" and refers to an entire category of icy, custardy desserts.
The whitish plank splinters as you cut into it and tastes creamy and only slightly sweet. But you'll probably never get to try Kamin's creation: As with all else at Allswell, there's no way of conjuring it to reappear.
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First: The Samhain ritual went amazingly well!!! There were a LOT of people there and I think they all got something out of it. I know that I did. When I was Justice, I WAS Justice. There wasn't enough cider at the feast. there never is :) The walk through NoHo was wonderful, but sad as I realized that this may just be the last Smith Samhain ritual that I am involved in. But walking back from the beep-boop crossroads in the front of the whole group singing my heart out was just wonderful. When we got back to Tyler, there was still a TON of energy left in the room. It made my whole body tingle!!!
Then my sister came to stay for the weekend!! She got to see my room and my cat and meet some of my friends at the game and stuff. It made me happy. Yes, cimmy, I am worried about you. I love you! We had a bunch of good heart to hearts.
Then Aerith's D&D game went really well. Slinky-boy couldn't make it, but everyone else was there. I am soclose to becoming a fifth level cleric. We killed the evil elven mage and got inducted into the elven nation. A very good game. I am having so much fun playing it. Even if Aerith is trying to screw us over twelve ways from sunday.
Sunday we watched Krull. Why, oh god, why??? Then Cimmy left and I got some work done while Aerith was at the gym.
This morning i have to go meet with the head of the Classics Department about the webpage and about classes for next semester. So far this is what I am thinking of taking: Latin - The Aenead, American Theatre and Drama, Interactive Web Design (2 credits), Horseback Riding 2, and History of Opera (pass/fail). Yup, that sounds good to me. a nice 15 credits for second semester senior year.


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9 Free Things to Do in New Jersey
The Garden State is blooming with free activities.
Molly Clark October 1, 2022
Budget-Wise » 9 Free Things to Do in New Jersey
Whether you're headed out for a couple's getaway, family trip or solo jaunt, there's plenty of fun, free things to do in New Jersey. From exploring arboretums to perusing art museums to visiting the lions at the zoo, there's something for everyone in the Garden State, and you don't have to spend a penny.
Rutgers Gardens
Head to Rutgers Gardens to be immersed in 180 acres of gardens, natural habitats and a student-run farm, or just go to pay a visit to the robust farmers market. Students, staff and faculty of Rutgers University study in the gardens, but they're also open to the public to peruse for free.
Take a walk through the Helyar Woods or enjoy over a dozen gardens including an Asian garden with a bamboo grove, collections of holly bushes, an ornamental tree collection, rhododendron and azalea gardens and a succulent garden.
Check the website before you go to download children's activities designed to get them involved and excited to learn about nature.
Historic Longstreet Farm
Located in Holmdel Park, the Historic Longstreet Farm is a living history farm featuring interpretive costumed reenactments of what life was like on a New Jersey farm in the 1890s. Visitors watch as the farmers go about their daily activities, including working in the fields and tending to the animals.
On site is a farmhouse and the original home of the Hylin family, owners of Longstreet Farm, now used as offices. The farm hosts events including demonstrations on blacksmithing, cooking, cider making, harvesting corn and even playing the accordion.
Cape May County Park and Zoo
The Cape May County Park zoo is home to 550 animals representing 250 species, including African lions, a bald eagle, best friend alpacas Stanley and Norman, Marty and Walter the camels and multiple snow leopards. If you're interested, you can pay for private animal encounters with giraffes and capybaras, or for private tours.
The park itself features an 18-hole disc golf course, carousel and bike paths that converge with the Middle Township Bike Path, which runs through Cape May on a former railroad line.
Both the park and zoo are open year-round, making a visit here one of the best free things to do in New Jersey.
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Drumthwacket
Drumthwacket is the official home of the governor of New Jersey, and on Wednesdays, the property opens its doors for free public tours of the architecturally inspiring early 1800s building.
Tours run 45 minutes to one hour and take visitors through six of the residence's rooms, which are used by the governor for meetings and receptions. Learn about the history of the building as well as the fine art and antiques throughout. Holiday tours are given in December. Registration is required for all tours.
The Princeton University Art Museum consists of various gallery spaces in downtown Princeton. Collections include works centered around African art, Chinese paintings, magazine photographs and sculpture. Be sure to check out some of the engaging children's activities designed to immerse youngsters in the works featured in the various galleries.
A visit to the Princeton University Art Museum is one of the free things to do in New Jersey that's great for the whole family.
"Allaire State Park, Wall, New Jersey" by flickr4jazz is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
Allaire State Park
Wall Township and Howell
The biggest attraction at Allaire State Park is the 19th century Historic Allaire Village, a living history museum centered around life in a once self-sufficient industrial era iron production town.
Buildings in the village include a general store, blacksmith shop, carpenter's shop, church and a workers' row house, now converted into the village's visitor center and museum. The museum hosts exhibits on the iron industry and the original owner of the village's iron business, James P. Allaire.
Allaire State Park is also home to the Pine Creek Railroad, which offers diesel narrow-gauge train rides in the park. Additionally, there are trails throughout the park for hiking, horseback riding and mountain biking; a nature center, open seasonally; and great trout fishing and deer hunting.
Noyes Museum of Art
Hammonton and Atlantic City
The Noyes Museum of Art of Stockton University has two sites: The Noyes Art Garage in Atlantic City and the Noyes Galleries at Kramer Hall in Hammonton. Exhibits at the museums change regularly, but include works of photography, ceramics, painting and sculpture by significant U.S. artists, New Jersey artists and Stockton University faculty and students.
Frelinghuysen Arboretum
Set on 127 acres along the Whippany River in the north-central part of the state, Frelinghuysen Arboretum is one of the best free things to do in New Jersey.
The property features a variety of habitats to explore including gardens, woodlands and meadows. During your visit you'll find a rose garden, gazebo, water fountain features, a fern garden, vegetable garden, rock garden and even a labyrinth. It's all set around the arboretum's Colonial Revival mansion, which is the headquarters of the Morris County Park Commission. Deer hunting is allowed in fall and winter.
All Sports Museum of Southern New Jersey
Sports fans should pay a visit to the All Sports Museum of Southern New Jersey, which pays tribute to athletes, coaches and sports announcers from southern New Jersey who have made an impact in the sports world. On display are vintage helmets, jerseys, baseball gloves and other sporting equipment, and a plethora of photographs celebrating athletic achievements.
Hall of Fame inductees have included pro baseball player Goose Goslin, tennis coach James Breech, Emmy Award-winning sports announcer Michael Barkann and bowler James Campani.
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Oregon Bars GOP Voter Statement, Says it Was 29 Seconds Late
A voter asks questions at the Marion County elections office in Salem, Oregon. (Andrew Selsky/AP)
Associated Press Sunday, 06 September 2020 04:19 PM EDT
The Oregon Republican Party's statement for the state voters' pamphlet arrived 29 seconds too late and won't appear in the guide mailed to voters for the November election, officials say.
Laura Fosmire, a spokeswoman for Secretary of State Bev Clarno, said deadlines apply equally to everyone.
"Anyone wishing to submit information to the Voters' Pamphlet has several weeks to do so and we recommend avoiding waiting until the last minute for this reason," she said in a statement.
But Oregon Public Broadcasting reports that Kevin Hoar, the communications director for the state GOP, insists the party did get its statement into an online filing system by 4:59 p.m. on Aug. 25, the final day for filing.
He said the party filed a lawsuit in Marion County demanding that the statement be included in the voters' guide before it goes to print later this month.
"We can't quite explain the interpretation and decision here" by state elections officials, Hoar said.
State Republican Chairman Bill Currier said the failure to include his party's statement from the voting guide "reeks of partisan discrimination."
He added, "If a bureaucrat in some decision-making role simply didn't like what our statement said, this doesn't give them the right to silence us."
Clarno, the secretary of state, is the only Oregon Republican in statewide office. A former Oregon House speaker from Deschutes County, she was appointed to the job by Democratic Gov. Kate Brown to serve the rest of the term after Secretary of State Dennis Richardson died in 2019.
The statement submitted by the Republican Party was headlined "Had enough? Vote Republican!" It attacked Democratic leadership in Oregon on issues ranging from "Unrestrained rioting" in Portland to mismanagement of the pandemic resulting in "catastrophic small business losses."
Hoar also said that Currier was locked out of the online filing system for several hours, delaying the party's ability to file its statement.
Fosmire said there were "no problems or glitches" with the online reporting system. "(W)e simply received the statement after the filing deadline," she said.
The Democratic Party of Oregon and six other political parties are included in the voters' pamphlet for the Nov. 3 election.
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The Oregon Republican Party's statement for the state voters' pamphlet arrived 29 seconds too late and won't appear in the guide mailed to voters for the November election, officials say.
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Professor Val Wass OBE
Val Wass retired after five years as Head of the School of Medicine at Keele University, to take up a consultancy role as Emeritus Professor of Medical Education in the Faculty of Health at Keele.
Originally she worked in Paediatric and Adult Nephrology for ten years before developing a strong interest in holistic generalist patient care and moving to train in General Practice. After eleven years as a GP in Kent she joined Academic Medicine at Guy's, Kings and St Thomas's Medical school as a senior lecturer (1995-2003), and then became Professor of Community Based Medical, University of Manchester (2003-2009) before moving to Keele (2009-2015).
She studied the International Masters in Health Profession Education (MHPE) at Maastricht University in the Netherlands. This led to a PhD in Maastricht on assessment methodology and increasing international consultancies; both undergraduate and postgraduate. She has worked extensively across the UK and in more than 30 countries. Currently she Chairs the World Organisation for Family Medicine (WONCA) Working Party on Education and is the RCGP Medical Director for Europe. She is Chief Editor of the journal Education for Primary Care.
Awards include the RCGP William Pickles and President's International Medals and the ASME Gold Medal for an outstanding contribution to medical education. In the 2015 New Year's Honours she received an OBE. She is author of the Health Education England report : By choice not by chance: supporting GP careers in general practice for medical students.