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The White Ribbon (2009)
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makes a dummy. And wide open to MI.
Gotta start somewhere, get 'em while there young so you can train them to your liking. Better yet, have them yourself so you can start the training day one, and they will never know anything different.
Problem is, the older they get, the more you have to keep them secluded/isolated so they can't compare notes with other people and possibly figure out that what they thought was normal, is really abusive.
I think it depends on how you silence the baby. If you silence them by putting your hand over their mouth, or threatening or getting angry… then it causes a lot of harm.
Many times, I feel that this is exactly what I did to my kid sisters life. I really does make me cringe now when she recalls some of the stuff I've done to her as fun or different or interesting.
basically a baby or infant needs the attention from the mother and if it doesnt get that things can go wrong i think later on, the brain is forming attachments which will set up how they think as they grow (another reason for me to think genetics isnt relevant in sz) but i dont want to open that can of worms, my mother was still a very good mother in my opinion.
My Mom used to have to sort of fight me to let go of my sis when she was a baby. I loved holding on to my sis when she was a baby. She was really warm and she would purrr and wrinkle her nose.
My Mom says she once told me she was going to count to five. I took that as a "hide-n-seek" sort of cue and ran way and hid in the closet with my sis. To bad my baby sis wiggled and giggled… that blew our cover.
I didn't like it when Mom would take her back. She didn't cry much. People say this. She was not much of crying baby. She would bang on stuff like a judge with a gavel. So maybe her lack of crying was a sign that she was getting enough attention when she was little.
She doesn't get as much attention as she use to, and she cries more now. Maybe there is a connection to that. But she hides when she cries so that confuses me.
I gotta say, SurprisedJ, that I agree with your mother. Your intense interest in your sister doesn't sound right. Why weren't you playing with friends your own age?
Babies cry because they cant talk, its their only form of communication. check their diaper or see if theyre hungry. Babies often cry when left alone. Chordy, may I ask how and why you are caring for a baby if you dont mind?
I'm not taking care of a baby. The provider's granddaughter is here quite often and I have reactions to her although no responsibility involved. My reactions are a good lesson to me as to why I never had a baby.
Why weren't you playing with friends your own age?
Probably because I didn't really have any. I scared them all away.
And you don't think you scared your sister?
Reminds me of a process we all go through called individuation. It is the point when a child realizes that sometimes the people they ask questions to don't know the answers and they should find information for themselves.
Usually happens around the teenage years, when the kids start claiming their parents are stupid or don't know anything. Really they are just realizing that their parents don't know EVERYTHING like they used to believe.
I just can't explain it well here, but it goes something like this, if you think about, and do things to benefit your sister, then you simply NOT an abuser.
Abuse is a state of mind,then an act, where someone intentionally takes for their own gain at the expense of another persons well being.
And…tickling babies IS fun, and they like it!
Babies LOVE to be held. The fact, that she didn't cry much I think is a good thing.
I have a problem with babies that I just love to hold them too. Maybe that's what made me a good babysitter starting at age 13. I babysat until I got a full time job at age 21. One new years eve I had 23 kids for the night, Parents just kept dropping them off.
I' m mixed about not having any babies myself, wonder what kind of a parent I'd make…?
J. You'd make a great parent, because you care. That's the best reason to be one.
its weird when i think of myself as a baby, i have this memory but it could have been a dream idk if it is real, my mum leaving me in the kitchen crying and all i can think of is why? like she was hard of hearing and she must have heard me crying so why would she just leave me there to cry? its pretty confusing but i was just a baby and i must have been pretty annoying lol.
My Mom has told me about a baby thing so much I sometimes feel like I can remember back that far. She said she would put my in my car seat and put that on top of the washer during the rinse and spin cycle and something about the sound of the rinse water and sloshing around of the washer would put me to sleep.
Thank you for that. I really did try an protect her. I would hold her a lot.
My very favorite was getting up early and sneaking in to my parents room where her crib was and she'd be awake waiting for me. I take her downstairs, feed her stuff and watch the look on her face if I fed her some thing new. I still remember her first spoon full of orange juice. Man did she wince. Then she kept sticking out her tongue.
She likes orange juice now.
I would think after all those kids, your mom would have been happy to share the child care chores. I know my mom did. My oldest brother was almost 9 years old when I was born. I was #4 of kids, and the only girl too. I can't remember why, but he also thought I was his present from god. Small world?


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On Tuesday afternoon, 20 US Navy personnel from the USS Klakring took part in conservation activities at the Sanctuary at Roche Caiman, as part of community relations activities the ship undertakes while in port. Robin Hanson, the wetlands manager, coordinated the activities for the day, which were aimed at further enhancing the sanctuary's assets and developing a new community garden.
The sailors helped to prepare poles which will be used to build wildlife structures within the Sanctuary and to improve an activity area for vulnerable children groups.
They also helped to carry bricks, red soil, compost and branches to the site for the construction of a new garden for the Greening Livelihoods Programme.
The sailors worked under the afternoon rain that fell on most of Victoria and lasted the two hours they were on site. Robin Hanson expressed his gratitude to them for choosing to spend their afternoon in this way.
"I would like to thank you all for giving us your valuable free time. You've accomplished so much today, bringing many benefits to the wildlife and the community," he said.
To mark this visit and to leave a green footprint on the Sanctuary, the sailors planted a species of mangroves at a site that is under development through the Mangroves for the Future Initiative.
"It's really an honour to come out today and serve and contribute to the community in Seychelles. It's probably the best way we could spend our time," said Lt. Trey Souder.
"It feels good to give back. Hopefully when we come back years from now we'll see some of the mangroves that we planted have grown big," said EMC Steve Young.
This is not the first time that personnel from the US Navy have helped out with activities at the Sanctuary. They have previously helped in cutting and weeding the insidious Typha reed and helping in digging wader scrapes for birds, among other activities.
Earlier in August this year, four senior personnel from the USS New York also volunteered with the Reef Rescuers project on Praslin. The Reef Rescuers project, funded by the US Agency for International Development, is piloting the rehabilitation of damaged coral reefs using the coral gardening method.
Commander Michel Baker (US defense attache), Capt. Jon Kreitz USN (Commanding Officer, USS New York), Lt. Paul Dumas USN (Officer-in-Charge, Assault Craft Unit 4, Detachment B) and Capt. Patrick Madden USMC (Platoon Commander, Maritime Raid Force, 24 MEU) helped the rescuers to fragment corals and dived with the rescuers to attach them to a net nursery. Using toothbrushes, they also helped with the job of cleaning algae off the ropes of the underwater nurseries. They also had an opportunity to visit Cousin Island and go on a guided tour of the attractions there.


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» Is This The First Canadian Radio Station To Go All Christmas?
November 10, 2022 5:58 pm #1
Is This The First Canadian Radio Station To Go All Christmas?
It looks like CHLG-FM in Vancouver will be the first to jump to all Xmas all the time beginning this weekend. The Stingray station, otherwise known as The Breeze 104.3, is supposed to flip the all-Yule switch on Saturday. CHFI is reported to be making the jump on Monday.
The one thing you can be sure of is that once these Christmas dominoes fall, many others across the country are sure to follow.
Vancouver radio station gets into the Christmas spirit starting this weekend
Re: Is This The First Canadian Radio Station To Go All Christmas?
Rogers' KiSS 102.3 Winnipeg is going Saturday, too
Their sister station in Halifax is also flipping on Saturday, so I guess they'll be first by virtue of time-zones.
https://965thebreeze.com/step-into-christmas/
haydenmatthews14
Does anyone know when CHYM 96.7 in Kitchener CKOT-FM Easy 101.3 in Tillsonburg and CFHK-FM 103.1 Fresh Radio in London is going Christmas? I cannot find any info on their sites. I know 98.1 CHFI is going Christmas on Monday November 14th.
haydenmatthews14 wrote:
Last year CHYM jumped on Friday November 19th, a week after sister station CHFI. Magic 106 in Guelph also beat them by a week going all Christmas at 6:45am on Friday Nov 12th, even beating CHFI by 15 minutes. I wonder if Magic will go all Christmas again this year?
I would imagine there would be a few stations making the change this Saturday. And the weather is going to get much cooler Saturday with a chance of flurries on Sunday!
November 11, 2022 8:41 am #6
I was kinda wondering if Today FM would go all Christmas.
It would be interesting hearing them say "Christmas music? We play it all!!"
November 11, 2022 10:16 am #7
I don't think 107.7 2Day FM in Stratford would go Christmas because nearby CHYM 96.7 in Kitchener would be the choice for Christmas music. Also they are listed as Hot AC format. They might play some Christmas music but we will have to see.
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Magic 106 made the switch at midnight (beating both CHFI & CHYM again), and is now officially All Christmas music.
You make an excellent point but I wonder more about
93.5 Today FM in Toronto.
It would be interesting to see if they go all Christmas.
"Christmas music? We play it all!" would be interesting to hear them say.
November 12, 2022 11:08 am #10
Interesting that Buffalo's Star 102.5 is being raked over the coals on the Buffalo Radio Discussions forum. They are being slammed for their lack of imaging or effort into the Christmas music. Apparently the music hasn't been updated in years. And concerns about starting the music right after Halloween which they did last year as well.
One poster mentioned that he replaced Star 102.5 on his car pre sets with CHUM-FM. CHFI also came up in the discussion and some knew that their flip comes on Nov 14th. Interestingly one poster also said that all stations on the CN tower reach metro Buffalo and area. But not as clear as years ago since some of the stations now have adjacent low power local translators that interfere with the Toronto station in certain parts of town.
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103.1 Fresh Radio in London made the switch too.
I have always wondered what the reception is like for the Toronto FM's in Western New York.
November 12, 2022 12:20 pm #13
TODAY would only go all-Christmas if it were a stunt leading to a format change, which is obviously not happening.
They've just spent a fortune on marketing to build up the new, unknown brand. It needs to be in its regular format.
The audience of that board, like this one, generally has very little crossover with people who'd enjoy Christmas radio.
Having said that, Star 102.5's regular programming is also barely maintained. A small handful of bland IDs, not even VTing outside of weekday shifts, and the Gold music never platooned. It's probably the most boring station on GTA FM.
November 12, 2022 4:58 pm #15
Even now, the CN Tower FMs are generally pretty easily heard on a car radio anywhere in or around Buffalo, and eastward to around Batavia.
CJRT has one of the cleaner channels - on a decent day, it comes in here in Rochester, though in Buffalo proper it gets a bit of adjacent-channel interference from WBNY 91.3 at Buffalo State University.
CBL-FM has two 94.1s to contend with: a tiny translator for WDCZ 970 that's at the WDCX-FM 99.5 site south of Buffalo (but the Toronto signal overwhelms the translator just about everywhere), and WZNE here in Rochester. Even on the western edge of Monroe County, 20 miles west of Rochester, CBL often comes in right over "local" WZNE.
Boom doesn't have anything on adjacent channels in Buffalo, so it's a nice clean signal. As you go west, it fights co-channel interference from WYXL 97.3 in Ithaca (at least when the Ithaca station is at full power, which it isn't right now.)
CHFI has nothing on adjacent channels in Buffalo. Once you get east of Batavia, it gets interference from the HD on WPXY 97.9 in Rochester.
CBLA is a little weaker from First Canadian Place but still gets to Buffalo decently, though there's a new 98.9 translator in Buffalo that causes some problems. WBZA 98.9 from Rochester wipes it out completely as you go east.
CKFM has a first-adjacent translator on 100.1 just east of Buffalo that creates a little interference, but it's still pretty usable in most of the area. There's another 100.1 in Batavia, and 99.9 WIII in Cortland creates co-channel interference around Rochester.
CHIN-FM is a decently clean channel in Buffalo, as long as you're not right by the 100.5 WECK translator on Grand Island.
CFNY comes in fine in Buffalo, but past Batavia it gets co-channel interference from WJCA in Albion on 102.1.
CHUM-FM has a first-adjacent Buffalo translator on 104.7 (relaying 107.7 WLKK), but the translator doesn't block out CHUM on most decent car radios. Going east, there's a 104.5 translator on Bristol Mountain south of Rochester that now wipes out CHUM in most of this area.
Q107 is good around Buffalo, though it has translators on Grand Island at 106.9 and in Buffalo at 107.3 that interfere very slightly. Going east, there's a new 107.1 translator in Rochester that wipes out Q here, and we also get interference from CJTN in Trenton.
If you're north of Buffalo, you can usually hear some of the lower-powered Toronto signals, too. From Niagara Falls, it's pretty common to hear Indie 88, CIUT, CJBC-FM, Kiss, the Oshawa FMs and 96.3.
RadioAaron wrote:
Ah, so in that case, they'll probably go all Christmas for a few days, maybe. That still makes sense.
They can promo some happy holidays messages & listeners will still know what to expect on Boxing day.
November 14, 2022 7:51 am #17
We knew it was coming, we just didn't know exactly when. And now we do. CHFI officially goes all Xmas at 8:30 AM Monday. The announcement and time were confirmed on the station's website. What it doesn't say, of course, is when it ends. (For some, that can't be soon enough!)
96.7 CHYM is still in regular format, although they have upcoming Christmas events and Christmas graphics on their website. They likely will flip this Friday or Saturday. Kitchener's Santa Clause Parade is on the 19th and this has been when the station makes the big change. Still seems kind of early to me. Magic in Guelph is already playing the odd carol in addition to all of the regular novelty Christmas music.
CKOT-FM Easy 101.3 is now playing Christmas music.
96.7 CHYM is still in regular format, although they have upcoming Christmas events and Christmas graphics on their website. They likely will flip this Friday or Saturday.
New graphic on CHYM's site & social posts from this morning shows Friday at 9AM.
December 26, 2022 1:46 pm #21
And just as quick, Magic 106 in Guelph went back to their regular format at midnight December 26th. They still have the Merry Christmas theme on the website but the music is back to normal. CHYM and CHFI will stay with the Christmas music for a little longer.
It does seem rather funny the way some of these stations go back to regular music right at the stroke of midnight on the 26th, the same stations that were in a rush to be the first to play Christmas music in the middle of November. I would think more people would be in the Christmas spirit on Boxing Day than say, November 12th. But I guess these stations have researched this and that seems to be what works.
Personally, I would prefer the have Christmas music for a few days after Christmas than to have it weeks before Christmas.
All Christmas on Christmas day and Boxing Day. Then some Christmes music in the mix until Ney Years day.
CKTB St. Catharines appears to have stuck with All Christmas on Boxing Day. What happens on Tuesday remains to be seen - or heard.

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Tickets: adults €18, children (5 - 14) €9, children under 5 free.
Very nice and beautiful trip with boat along the Riga City canal and river. Just in one hour trip you can see most of the popular sights. Boarding is next to the Freedom Monument, in the Bastion Hill.


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Megalobulimus es un género que comprende al menos 67 especies de gastrópodos terrestres pulmonados de la familia Megalobulimidae y el cual presenta amplia distribución en América.

Se trata de megamoluscos, forma en que se denomina a los caracoles mayores a cuatro centímetros de longitud total. Dentro de este género incluye algunos de los caracoles terrestres de mayor tamaño del mundo y son los más grandes de Sudamérica, pudiendo alcanzar algunas especies, como M. popelairianus de Ecuador y Bolivia, los 163 mm de tamaño máximo.

Distribución
Este género es endémico de regiones tropicales y subtropicales de América del Sur, y se distribuye entre los países de Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Perú, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Brasil, y Argentina, llegando incluso con dos especies al Caribe. En el Amazonas occidental es donde se encuentran la mayor cantidad de especies, y en Perú se ha registrado el número más alto de especies endémicas.

Etología y otras características
Los Megalobulimus se caracterizan por presentar hábitos nocturnos, ya que suelen permanecer enterrados en el suelo u hojarasca durante el día y en periodos de estivación. Son hermafroditas sin autofecundación, y producen por año entre 10 y 18 huevos, que ponen bajo tierra a más de 5 cm de la superficie. El periodo de incubación es de entre 60 y 90 días. Tienen un ciclo de vida largo, alcanzan la madurez sexual alrededor de los tres años y algunas especies pueden llegar a vivir hasta 20 años.

Especies
Este género está constituido por las siguientes especies:
 Megalobulimus abbreviatus (Bequaert, 1948)
 Megalobulimus albescens (Bequaert, 1948)
 Megalobulimus albus (Bland & Binney, 1872)
 Megalobulimus arapotiensis Lange-de-Morretes, 1952
 Megalobulimus auritus (Sowerby, 1838)
 Megalobulimus bereniceae (Lange-de-Morretes, 1952)
 Megalobulimus bertae Lange-de-Morretes, 1952
 Megalobulimus bronni (Pfeiffer, 1847)
 Megalobulimus capillaceus (Pfeiffer, 1855)
 Megalobulimus cardosoi (Lange-de-Morretes, 1952)
 Megalobulimus chionostoma (Mörch, 1852)
 Megalobulimus conicus (Bequaert, 1948)
 Megalobulimus elongatus (Bequaert, 1948)
 Megalobulimus foreli (Bequaert, 1948)
 Megalobulimus fragilion (Ihering, 1901)
 Megalobulimus garbeanus (Leme, 1964)
 Megalobulimus globosus (Martens, 1876)
 Megalobulimus grandis (Martens, 1885)
 Megalobulimus granulosus (Rang, 1831)
 Megalobulimus gummatus (Hidalgo, 1870)
 Megalobulimus haemastomus (Scopoli, 1786)
 Megalobulimus hector (Pfeiffer, 1857)
 Megalobulimus intertextus (Pilsbry, 1895)
 Megalobulimus klappenbachi (Leme, 1964)
 Megalobulimus leonardosi (Lange-de-Morretes, 1952)
 Megalobulimus Lichtensteini (Albers, 1854)
 Megalobulimus lopesi Leme, 1989
 Megalobulimus maximus (Sowerby, 1825)
 Megalobulimus mogianensis Simone & Leme, 1998
 Megalobulimus musculus (Bequaert, 1948)
 Megalobulimus nodai Lange-de-Morretes, 1952
 Megalobulimus oblongus (Müller, 1774)
 Megalobulimus oliveirai (Bequaert, 1948)
 Megalobulimus oosomus (Pilsbry, 1895)
 Megalobulimus ovatus (Müller, 1774)
 Megalobulimus parafragilior Leme & Indrusiak, 1990
 Megalobulimus paranaguensis (Pilsbry & Ihering, 1900)
 Megalobulimus pergranulatus (Pilsbry, 1901)
 Megalobulimus pintoi Lange-de-Morretes, 1952
 Megalobulimus popelairianus (Nyst, 1845)
 Megalobulimus proclivis (Martens, 1888)
 Megalobulimus pygmaeus (Bequaert, 1948)
 Megalobulimus riopretensis Simone & Leme, 1998
 Megalobulimus rolandianus Lange-de-Morretes, 1952
 Megalobulimus sanctipauli (Ihering & Pilsbry, 1900)
 Megalobulimus terrestris (Spix, 1827)
 Megalobulimus torii Lange-de-Morretes, 1937
 Megalobulimus valenciennesii (Pfeiffer, 1842)
 Megalobulimus vestitus (Pilsbry, 1926)
 Megalobulimus wohlersi Lange-de-Morretes, 1952
 Megalobulimus yporanganus (Ihering & Pilsbry, 1901)

Usos humanos
Los caracoles Megalobulimus han sido utilizados de diversas formas por las poblaciones humanas del pasado con las que compartían hábitats. Los usos van desde su aprovechamiento como alimento o para fines medicinales y cosméticos. En el Amazonas es donde principalmente se los ha usado como alimento por parte de las poblaciones cazadoras recolectoras que allí viven. Estos caracoles constituyen una importante fuente de gran valor nutricional. Además, sus partes blandas y las conchas maceradas también han sido utilizadas como medicina tradicional, ya sea para tratar el asma, para quemaduras o hemorroides, entre otros usos. Por ejemplo, se las ha utilizado en la etnomedicina tradicional del noroeste de Argentina, cuando los bebés son hiperactivos y no pueden dormir bien, entonces se aconseja poner una concha debajo de la almohada.

Por otro lado, conchas enteras o artefactos elaborados sobre Megalobulimus se han encontrado en gran cantidad de sitios arqueológicos de Sudamérica, en donde son bastante comunes en su área natural de distribución. Por ejemplo, se han registrado muchas conchas del género  Megalobulimus en un conchero fluvial (llamados sambaqui en Brasil) en el sitio arqueológico de la cultura Capelinha del Holoceno temprano. Además. en el Holoceno temprano, en ocupaciones fechadas entre 11.000 y 9.000 años antes del presente en el sitio Inca Cueva 4 en la Puna de la provincia de Jujuy (Argentina), se han registrado artefactos de este género, destacándose que este sitio se ubica por fuera del área de distribución natural. A su vez, también otros antecedentes de importancia de la presencia de artefactos elaborados sobre Megalobulimus fuera del área de distribución natural se registran en contextos mortuorios en el norte de Chile, más específicamente en la región de Atacama También existen evidencias en el centro-norte de la Argentina, en donde se han empleado las conchas de varias especies de Megalobulimus para la elaboración de distintos tipos de objetos adorno-colgantes. Por su parte, en el norte de la Patagonia, en una publicación en la revista Atek Na sobre el sitio Aquihueco, se informó el registro de varias de cuentas de collar dispuestas en torno al cuello de un individuo juvenil datado en poco más de 4.100 años antes del presente. Incluso se los ha registrado en la región Patagónica, a distancias de hasta 2.000 km de su área de distribución natural.

Referencias

Bibliografía adicional
 Kawano T. & Moreira Leme J. L. (1994). "Chromosomes of three species of Megalobulimus (Gastropoda: Mesurethra: Megalobulimidae) from Brazil". Malacological review 27(1-2): 47-52.
 Borda V., Ramírez R. & Romero P. (2010). "Glándula pediosa de moluscos terrestres y sus implicancias evolutivas, con énfasis en Megalobulimus / Pediose gland in land snails and its evolutionary implications, with emphasis on Megalobulimus." Revista Peruana de Biología 17(1): . 43-52. PDF.

Enlaces externos

 National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) website: Megalobulimus
 ION
 Nomenclator Zoologicus

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The top Spanish player GM Francisco Vallejo Pons and the Filipino GM Oliver Barbosa shared first place in the 14th Bangkok Chess Club Open 2014 with 7.5/9 each.
The event took place from 12th to 19th April, 2014 at the 5-star Dusit Thani Bangkok Hotel in Bangkok, the capital and the most populous city of Thailand. It was a 9-round Swiss tournament, more information here.
GM Jan Gustafsson is third on tiebreak in a 3-way tie with IM Quingnan Liu and GM Bartosz Socko with 7/9 each.


Vickie Kampe MeD, RCC is a Registered Clinical Counsellor with over 15 years experience facilitating therapy groups, counselling individuals and families in the areas of personal growth, addictions, family counselling, domestic violence, and depression and anxiety. She seeks to empower clients through increasing personal awareness and insight, by helping them identify their own strengths and resources, and establishing new and different skills to cope with life's issues. Vickie is committed to providing confidential, caring, ethical, services to enhance the well-being of adolescents, parents, families, adults, and seniors.
Vickie practices from a client centred perspective and uses a variety of assessments and strategies to help individuals. She is trained in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Solution Focused Brief Therapy, Mindfulness, EMDR, and Gottman Style Couples Counselling. Research proves these treatment modalities are efficient, and cost effective to provide life changing results.
Vickie earned a Master's of Educational Counselling Psychology at the University of Victoria. She has worked in school districts, non-profit organizations and volunteered on Board of Directors. Vickie has been working as a Mental Health Clinician since 2006. Currently she divides her time between working part-time as a Mental Health Clinician and private practice.


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package com.xeiam.xchange.bitcoinde.dto.marketdata;

import java.math.BigDecimal;

import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;

/**
 * @author matthewdowney
 */
public class BitcoindeTrade {

  private final long date;
  private final BigDecimal price;
  private final String amount;
  private final long tid;

  /**
   * Constructor
   *
   * @param tid
   * @param price
   * @param amount
   * @param date
   */
  public BitcoindeTrade(@JsonProperty("tid") long tid, @JsonProperty("price") BigDecimal price, @JsonProperty("amount") String amount,
      @JsonProperty("date") long date) {

    this.tid = tid;
    this.price = price;
    this.amount = amount;
    this.date = date;
  }

  public long getTid() {

    return tid;
  }

  public BigDecimal getPrice() {

    return price;
  }

  public String getAmount() {

    return amount;
  }

  public long getDate() {

    return date;
  }

  @Override
  public String toString() {

    return "BitcoindeTrade{" + "date=" + date + ", price=" + price + ", amount='" + amount + "', date=" + date + '}';
  }
}

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Fonded in 1667 as a place where the Sun King's astronomers, members of the Academy, could work, it is still at the heart of French astronomy and a major institution in the world of science. Observations were made there up to the end of the XXth century, instruments are designed there, and theoretical work covering the whole of astronomy is done there. With its uninterrupted scientific activity, combined with a desire to conserve and archive, it has an extremely rich scientific and technical heritage.
In Europe, the first meridian telescope was made by the Danish astronomer Roemer; it was the first of its kind, which Roemer called the Rota Meridiana. The observation of a celestial body above the horizon gives its altitude; this is the complement of its zenith distance (the angle it makes with the local vertical). The value of this altitude is largest when the celestial body crosses the meridian.
Roemer's « Machina domestica » or meridian telescope.
Image taken from Peder Horrebow, Basis astronomiae sive astronomiae pars mechanica […]. - Havniae : apud D viduam beati Hieron. Christiani Paulli, 1735.
Even as the sectors equipped with a telescope increased in size through the XVIIIth century thanks to progress in metallurgy, up to the large mural quadrants made by the English instrument maker John Bird and of which the Paris Observatory has two examples, the instruments descended from the Rota Meridiana started to see the light of day.
On the one hand, instruments of the transit telescope type, for the determination of the meridian transit time of a celestial body, began to appear; they were generally small and thus accurate. On the other hand, the sectors transformed into meridian circles; a complete circle with peripheral graduations and equipped with a telescope which could pivot around its center, furnished the zenith distance of the celestial body, and thus its altitude.
The combination of the circle with a transit instrument gives what is generally referred to today as the meridian instrument.
The original sectors were equiped with cross-hairs which enabled one to note the time of transit thanks to a clock. With the advent of electricity, the instrument makers were able to equip the eyepiece grid with mobile vertical wires, such that electrical contact was made when a vertical wire crossed one of the wires of the grid. The electrical contact was registered on a roll of paper running through a chronographic pen recorder.
The texts describing the transit instrument, the so-called garden instrument, indicate that it was built thanks to the generosity of the banker Raphaël Bischofscheim who offered it to the Paris Observatory during Le Verrier's lifetime. It was used to observe again the stars in Lalande's catalogue of 5000 stars, then for various international programs. The last time it was used was for the establishment of the AGK3 catalogue: in fact, the Observatory was the first to finish the work for the part of the sky which had been attributed to it. It was replaced by the automatic transit instrument of the Bordeaux Observatory, than by the astrometric satellite Hipparcos.
During its construction, the plans for the large room on the second floor of the Paris Observatory were modified by Jean-Dominique Cassini in order that a large meridian line could be established. However, it was his son who finished the construction during the period 1729-1732.
It was designed to be an extremely accurate astronomical instrument, whose function was to measure the meridian altitude of the Sun – to an accuracy of 10 arc seconds – in order to detect a possible change in the obliquity of the ecliptic (a slow change in the direction of the terrestrial rotation axis).
It is made of 32 brass strips, each almost 1 m long, embedded in white marble slabs; on this line is projected the elliptical image of the Sun from a gnomon consisting of a hole drilled at a height of 9,9377 m in a copper plate; the principle is that of the pinhole camera (the "camera obscura" in the language of the time).
The marble path has a total width of one royal foot (32,48 cm), which ensures that the image will remain within its limits from one solstice to the other. Twelve additional marble slabs, engraved with zodiacal signs, complete the paving. The brass strip is graduated along its western and eastern edges, to give, respectively, the apparent altitude of the solar centre and the tangent of its zenith distance.
This was the first of a series of very large meridian instruments which flourished up to the end of the XVIIIth century (notably at Saint-Sulpice, 1743; Santa-Maria del Fiore in Florence, 1756). It is the only instrument of its type built within a non-religious establishment. For 25 years - up to 1755 - Jacques Cassini used it regularly, and obtained thereby almost 450 observations. Today, a simple lens has replaced the gnomon.
At the beginning of the 19e century, an astronomer at the Paris Observatory, Alexis Bouvard, employed to calculate the ephemeris of Uranus, realized that it was impossible to compute correctly the motion of this planet. He suggested that its motion could be influenced by the attraction of another as yet unknown planet.
Many astronomers took on the task of proving this hypothesis and tried to find the new planet. François Arago, director of the Observatory, asked a young astronomer who was at that time an assistant at the École polytechnique, Urbain Le Verrier (1811-1877), to take on the problem.
Le Verrier solved the problem in 1846 through some intensive computation, and predicted the position of the new planet, which was almost immediately found at the Berlin Observatory. This was Neptune, the most distant of the 8 planets of the solar system. Le Verrier thus became world-famous. In 1854, he followed Arago as director of the Paris Observatory.
In the gardens of the Observatory can be seen a millstone faced building in rather poor condition. It carries the date; behind it is a sort of large, rusty, metallic hangar. What is it?
The first instrument designed according to this principle was built in 1882: this was the small equatorial coudé telescope. It has since disappeared; however, six other instruments of this type were built during the period 1884 to 1892. Two are still in their original state in the Lyon and Algiers observatories; there is another one in the Nice observatory, but it has been modified.
The largest one was inaugurated in Paris in 1891 in the building which was finished in 1889. It cost 400 000 francs, including the building, which is equivalent to 1,2 million euros: this was the large equatorial coudé telescope.
It was used to take magnificent photographs of the moon and stellar spectra; it was abandoned in 1939. Most of its parts still exist, but its restoration would require a very significant budget.
François Arago (1786-1853) was hired at the Paris Observatory in 1807; he would be its director from 1834 to his death. A first-class popularizer, his first lectures on « Astronomie populaire » ("Astronomy for all") were given in 1813. They attracted the celebrities of the time as well as a considerable audience, so much so, in fact, that their success went from strength to strength.
After having given his talks in more or less convenient places, Arago managed to obtain funding to build an amphitheatre at the Observatory. It was finished in 1841 by the architect Alphonse de Gisors; with 800 seats, it formed the west wing of the Observatory building, and was lavishly decorated. It was only used for five years, since severe diabetes forced Arago to stop his lectures in 1846. He died from his illness seven years later, after becoming blind.
Astronomie populaire / François Arago. - Paris : Gide et J.
Soon after his arrival at the Observatory in 1854, his successor, Urbain Le Verrier, who was not at all interested in the popularization of science, demolished the amphitheatre and replaced it by his own apartment (covering 400 m2 !). Only a few decorative items, which were restored recently, have survived. We badly need this amphitheatre today.
Click on the points of interest and the text will appear below the map.
Astronomie Populaire on Gallica website.


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Dezsényi I. - Salánki Á. | 16. 06. 05.
The River Seine in Paris is at its highest level for more than 30 years, with floods forcing closed parts of the metro systems and major landmarks.
The Louvre and Orsay museums were shut while staff moved artworks to safety as flood levels climbed above 6m (18ft).
The Seine, though it appears to have peaked at 6.1m, is unlikely to recede over the weekend with more downpours forecast.
An apparent equipment fault led to the river's depth being wrongly measured for several hours on Friday.
Many locals have preferred to benchmark the rise against the statue of a soldier - known as the Zouave - standing below the Alma Bridge: His frame is currently submerged up to the waist.
Dezsényi I. - Salánki Á. | 2015. Oct 10.


Jesus Way Fellowship's Water Ministry is another entity to reach souls during the summer months. A street ministry that distributes natural water along with tracks on salvation. The intent of this ministry is to win the lost to Christ.
[Joh 4:14 KJV] But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.


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Lose Yourself to Badshah
By Dushyant Shekhawat Sep. 22, 2016
So enraged was I at Badshah's sacrilegious shade thrown at Eminem that I set out on a warpath against him. After the disdain, came a tinge of admiration.
It's been pretty crap week.
The news this week has triggered a gamut of exhausting reactions ranging from tongue-biting rage to hair-pulling despair. The army was attacked by terrorists in Kashmir, a bomb in New York gave Donald Trump more ammunition for the shit cannon he calls his mouth, and Bollywood rapper Badshah declared that he didn't find "anything special" about the music of Eminem. (These facts are presented in descending order in terms of impact and magnitude, and ascending order in terms of direct importance to me.)
Yes, clouds of war loom ominously on the horizon and a madman creeps closer to the post of Leader of the Free World and I'm more concerned with a performing artist who doesn't share my opinion on "Slim Shady". That's just a symptom of our times though. Priyanka Chopra's Emmy outing and Coldplay's November carnival get as much, if not more, attention as Watergate 2.0 – The Cauvery Crisis – so I'm not going to apologise for being hooked up on the Badshah/Eminem news. I am but a product of my time.
So here's what Badshah said: "I know the entire world is crazy about him [Eminem] and his music, but for me I never thought it was anything special. That's because I can never really relate to the lyrics of his songs and I am sort of not really into that kind of music."
My instinctive reaction: You talentless twat! What would you, who came out with "DJ Waley Babu", the kind of earworm that burrows into your skull and takes up residence, defecating all over your better taste, know about music?
Badshah has captured the imagination of India's youth at a time where daaru, swag, and raat ka plans are often the top priority.
The Black Sabbath-listening, Edgar Allan Poe-reading part of me had anyway been in rebellion against the Hindi music industry ever since "Chaar Bottle Vodka" became an anthem, but so enraged was I at this sacrilegious shade thrown at Eminem that I had no choice but to set out on the warpath against this "musician" who said he grew up inspired by the Backstreet Boys – without a trace of irony!
But first I had to prepare.
I snapped on my headphones and set sail in the world of "Baby Ko Bass Pasand Hai". Through my headphones came song after song, with subjects as varied as checking out girls at the club, drinking a lot of alcohol, and how awesome Badshah is, as a rapper and an O.G. gangsta. That is to say, not very varied at all. But as I listened on, seeping through my disdain, however, was a tinge of admiration. This music moved. The lyrics were a putrid mess of misogyny, classism, and machoism in a mix of Hindi, Punjabi, and Haryanvi but the man could rap. In three languages no less.
My headphones were still plugged in when "2 Many Girls" came on. I expected to groan out loud, but strangely, that never happened. After all, if Badshah wants to escape to a world of popping bottles and girls in short skirts through his art, who am I to judge? And some of the best rappers ever have stuck to a limited range of topics and crafted impressive legacies. I don't remember an N.W.A. song that didn't reference the 'hood and the gangsta lifestyle in South Central LA. 2Pac mainly rapped about being black and marginalised, and made some of the best music ever.
Maybe Badshah, with his Delhi as his hometown and his inspiration (his words, not mine), genuinely didn't get Eminem. I took a second look at his statement, and this sentence stood out: "I can never really relate to the lyrics of his songs."
Growing up, I was the English nerd in school. What drew me to Eminem was how he was like a spoken-word ninja, innovating with the English language to craft lyrically complex pieces. Why should the mastery of English be of any relevance to a rapper who performs in Hindi, Haryanvi, and Punjabi?
By the time "Take Your Sandals Off" started playing, I had stopped judging Badshah for his taste in music and accepted him for what he was — an artist who doesn't make challenging music that causes you to think, but one that creates massively popular feel-good tracks that become the soundtrack to house parties and weddings across the nation.
Great or small, our idols and cultural icons are chosen by us. Badshah has captured the imagination of India's youth at a time where daaru, swag, and raat ka plans are often the top priority. The beach isn't a pristine spot on India's coastline. For them, it's the backdrop to the fantasies of debauchery they're intoxicated on. They're not torn at the state of the nation, fighting a war or in the grips of an idealist fever. They want to party, and Badshah is the Pied Piper leading them to the Promised Land. It's not a comment on him as much as it is on us.
So it's not been a total crap week after all. I got over my dire hate for Badshah and overall levels of hate around the nation seem to have abated (or then simply drowned out by the returning monsoon) and we don't seem to be heading to nuclear war. Those are all good things. Now all that remains is for Donald Trump to shut his mouth for a while and maybe open it when he has something sensible to say.
Who am I kidding, that last one's never going to happen, is it?
Dushyant Shekhawat
Dushyant Shekhawat really likes his mustache. He grew it himself. You can find him on Twitter at @SeriousDushyant.


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This was a lot of fun, but I still have some work to do.
Let Them See You solo Video Performance.
Through All Of It solo Video Performance.
If you are struggling in your life please listen to this song. I hope that you will find strength to get through the difficult times.


Interesting question indeed and lots of people do not know the reason and hence come up with incorrect conclusion. I just want to clear this confusion out by sharing my thoughts.
Deepawali is celebrated on the day when Sun is debilitated (neecha). If a planet is neecha, it loses majority of its strength. Not only that, Moon is also weak because Deepawali is celebrated on Amavasya, the day when Moon is very close to Sun and doesn't have paksha bala. For Moon, paksha bala is the most important strength and Moon is very weak without it. So the question arises why we celebrate our most important festival on such a day? Generally for any important work, we choose a day when the planets especially Sun and Moon are powerful, so why an exception here?
The reason lies in intelligence of our sages. Sun is the planet of light; Moon is the planet of wealth. On the day of Diwali, these two planets are weak and dark forces are very powerful. As these planets are weak and dark forces are powerful, we pray, we worship, and we light candles/ deepak to strengthen good forces. Good forces require support in terms of all the lighting and worshiping efforts. In other words, praying, worshiping, lighting candles are mass-scale remedies to support good forces against dark forces.
We remove tamas (dark) and bring Jyoti (good forces) back by defeating the dark forces. Our sages were very intelligent; they knew when this world needs mass scale remedies and made the festival on the day.
Diwali is not alone, our Sages has suggested puja and prayers on all amavasya by different names. So make sure that you light your world and defeat dark forces this Diwali.