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Textbook Requirements Years 12, 2023
The list of textbook requirements for Year 12, 2023 students are available online at www.campion.com.au using the following 4-digit access code "YMV6" (not case sensitive).
Textbook Requirements Years 7-11, 2023
The list of textbook requirements for Years 7 – 11, 2023 students are available online at www.campion.com.au using the following 4 digit access code "YMV6" (not case sensitive).
All orders are to be prepaid and will be delivered to a nominated address by you for a cost of $16.95 per order.
Please note the 'art pack' stationery is to be kept for Visual Arts classes only.
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Официальным и де-факто государственным языком Бангладеш является современный стандартный бенгальский (литературный бенгальский). 98 % жителей Бангладеш свободно говорят на бенгальском (включая диалекты) в качестве родного языка. Английский, не имеющий официального статуса, преобладает в правительстве, законодательстве, бизнесе, средствах массовой информации и образовании и может фактически рассматриваться как второй официальный язык Бангладеш. Некоторые жители говорят на хинди в качестве иностранного языка.

Коренные жители северной и юго-восточной Бангладеш говорят на различных местных языках.

Индо-арийские языки
Бангладеш занимает восточную часть этнолингвистического района Бенгалия, и на бенгальском языке говорит большинство жителей страны. Присутствуют также некоторые восточноиндийские языки, которые по-разному классифицируются как диалекты бенгальского или отдельные, но тесно связанные языки. Их можно считать формирующими диалектный континуум.

 Бенгальский язык: самый распространенный язык.
 Бишнуприя-манипури: индоарийский язык народа бишнуприя-манипури, проживающего в Бангладеш. Бишнуприя-манипури отличается от бенгальских языков и содержит множество особенностей и элементов тибето-бирманских языков.
 Чакма: на нём говорят жители Читтагонгского горного района. Не связан с тибето-бирманскими языками, встречающимися в этом регионе.
 Читтагонгский: на нём говорят в юго-восточной части Читтагонга, его часто считают диалектом бенгальского, но взаимное понимание между носителями читтагонгского и бенгальского зачастую отсутствует.
 Хаджонг: изначально тибето-бирманский язык, который со временем сместился к индо-арийской языковой группе.
 Рохинджа: язык народа рохинджа, проживающего в штате Ракхайн на западе Мьянмы и в округе Кокс-Базар в Бангладеш. Наиболее близок к читтагонгскому диалекту бенгальского языка, распространённому в области Читтагонг на юго-востоке Бангладеш.
 Силхетский: на нём говорят жители региона Силхет.
 Танчанья: язык народа танчанья, близок к языку чакма.
 Бихарские языки

Неиндоарийские языки
Коренные языки региона представляют австроазиатскую, дравидийскую и тибето-бирманскую семьи. На большинстве этих языков говорят в горных районах.

Австроазиатские языки
В то время как в Юго-Восточной Азии говорят на более распространенных и известных австроазиатских языках (например, кхмерском и вьетнамском), на малых языках этой семьи говорят коренные общины северной и восточной Бангладеш.
 Кхаси
 Кода
 Мундари
 Пнар
 Сантали
 Вар

Дравидийские языки
На двух дравидийских языках говорят коренные народы западной Бангладеш.
 Курух
 Малто

Тибето-бирманские языки
Горные районы вдоль северной и восточной окраин Индийского субконтинента населены в основном носителями тибето-бирманских языков. Коренные тибето-бирманоговорящие общины встречаются в северных, восточных и особенно в юго-восточных частях Бангладеш.

 Атонг
 Сак
 Шо
 Бом
 Фалам
 Чинский
 Кхуми
 Коч
 Гаро
 Мегам
 Манипури
 Мизо
 Мру
 Пангкхуа
 Араканский
 Кокборок

Другие языки

Английский (бывший колониальный язык)
Английский широко используется в исполнительной, законодательной и судебной ветвях власти. Конституция и законы Бангладеш были написаны на английском языке и в настоящее время переводятся на бенгальский язык. Он также широко используется в школах, колледжах и университетах в качестве языка обучения.

Арабский (бывший церемониальный язык, религиозный и второстепенный литературный язык)
Арабский был официальным языком с тех пор, как территория современного государства Народная Республика Бангладеш стала частью Бенгальского султаната. Однако некоторые исследователи не соглашаются и полагают, что арабский стал официальным на этой территории раньше — во времена Делийского султаната. Арабский используется во многих мусульманских общинах во время еженедельного Джума-намаза. В Конституции Бангладеш есть две ссылки на арабский язык: во введении и в части I Конституции.

Арабский язык является религиозным языком мусульман. Коран, Сунна, хадисы и мусульманское богословие преподаются на арабском языке с бенгальским переводом. Благодаря бангладешской диаспоре, живущей на Ближнем Востоке, ещё больше увеличилось число людей, которые могут говорить по-арабски в Бангладеш. Арабский язык преподается как религиозный язык в мечетях, школах, колледжах, университетах и медресе, а также в бенгальских мусульманских семьях. Большая часть мусульманского населения Бангладеш в какой-то степени изучала или изучает арабский язык.

Персидский (бывший колониальный язык)
С древних времен Бенгалия и Персия контактировали друг с другом. Вдоль прибрежной Бенгалии было много торговых постов. Когда население обратились в ислам, оно познакомилось с арабскими писаниями, а также с персидским языком суфийских проповедников. Влияние языка быстро распространилось после того, как он приобрел статус языка, используемого в суде, и он был официальным более 600 лет (1203—1837 годы).

Урду (бывший государственный язык)
Урду был официальным языком в Восточном Пакистане. На нём по-прежнему говорят представители общины бихари, жители Старой Дакки и мухаджиры.

Примечания

Ссылки
 Ethnologue report for Bangladesh
 Bangla language

Языки Бангладеш

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Q: Getting dates from an array I found the following code from another post which gives me what I want except I would like to be able to grab each day as a variable so that I can use them in form fields.
Can anyone tell me how to achieve this?
<?php

$monday = new DateTime('monday');

// clone start date
$endDate = clone $monday;

// Add 7 days to start date
$endDate->modify('+7 days');

// Increase with an interval of one day
$dateInterval = new DateInterval('P1D');

$dateRange = new DatePeriod($monday, $dateInterval, $endDate);

foreach ($dateRange as $day) {
    echo $day->format('Y-m-d')."
";
}

?>

The results of the above are this:
2015-02-16
2015-02-17
2015-02-18
2015-02-19
2015-02-20
2015-02-21
2015-02-22
Many thanks,
John

A: $monday = new DateTime('monday');

// clone start date
$endDate = clone $monday;

// Add 7 days to start date
$endDate->modify('+7 days');

// Increase with an interval of one day
$dateInterval = new DateInterval('P1D');

$dateRange = new DatePeriod($monday, $dateInterval, $endDate);

foreach ($dateRange as $day) {

    echo "<input type='checkbox' value = {$day->format('Y-m-d')}>" . $day->format('Y-m-d')."
";

}

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Jimmy burst into the Singaporean television scene for his role as Lt. Kenji Kinoshita in the epic World War II serial drama A War Diary, for which he received a nomination at the Asian Television Awards 2002 for Best Actor in a Drama. Since then, he has become a familiar leading man in shows like Love Matters, One Peep Too Many, Amnesia, Like My Own, The 2nd Singapore Short Story, First Mums, En Bloc, and The Pupil.
Jimmy's versatility as an actor is evident in the myriad of roles he has been seen in from theatre, television and film all over the world. His film credits include the award winning "L'Empire Du Tigre", "The Shadow", "The Lowlife", "Tiger Team-Der Ber der 1000 Drachen", "Ovunque Tu Sia", "American Yakuza", "Robocop 3" and "Showdown In Little Tokyo". He also guest starred in "Martial Law", "Brooklyn South" and "J.A.G" in Hollywood.
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In this guide we present an improved way to adjust both the frst layer height and the PINDA temperature calibration table. This method is based on the original work by @stahlfabrik (Manual_print_based_PINDA_temperature_calibration) and has the added benefit of improved precision and repeatability. Unlike the PINDA_Temperature_Calibration_with_Electrical_Continuity method by @motocoder, no hardware of software modifications are required.
A specially crafted test print .
You need a tool capable of measuring thickness repeatably with at least +/-0.01mm precision to have 10% error or better. A typical entry-level digital caliper should be capable of that. If you wish (and have the tool) you can use a digital or a vernier scale micrometer.
Start with enabling Temp. cal. in the Settings menu on the printer. Then make sure that the compensation table is zeroed out, by issuing M861 Z command.
Continue with printing First_layer_calibration_6_temp.gcode. The print consists of 6 1-perimeter 1-layer high rectangles, each printed after performing the mesh leveling at a different PINDA temperature. As the PINDA has to cool down and reheat to exact set temperature before printing each rectangle, the print may take some time (around 30 minutes).
After letting the build plate to cool down, proceed to carefully removing rectangles with tweezers or scraper one-by-one.
Measure each rectangle, closing the flat part of the caliper jaws across the two sides of a corner, but leaving the very tip of the corner out, as there may be a bulge. Repeat for each corner and record the high and the low value. Ideally you should be getting identical measurements across all four corners. If the measurements vary dramatically, something is wrong with your mesurement tool, or your bed, and you need to troubleshoot.
As it can be seen, all layers have different heights. As we want the first layer to always be the same height, regardless of the PINDA temperature, a temperature compensation is needed. It can be derived as follows. The calculations are quite simple and you can do them in your head. Let H(t) be the height of a layer, printed at PINDA temperature t. Then the compensation value (in steps) for each layer C(t) is (H(t) - H(35º)) * 400.
In other words, each 0.01mm corresponds to 4 steps. If a layer is thinner than the reference layer (35º), the compensation value has to be negative, and positive otherwise.
You can skip setting 0 compensation values, in this case, M861 S0 I4 need not be issued. Make sure to use your own offset values after S and not my example ones.
Verify your table by issuing M861 ?.
Now do the test print again and measure the rectangles. All layers should measure the same or nearly the same.
Please note that the 35º layer height appeared to have changed while it should not have. This seems to always happen when the PINDA temperature compensation table is changed, for reasons unknown.
The results obtained are already very good, and if a 0.01mm caliper was used, within the measurement error.
If you wish, you can make one more iteration. In this case it would make sense to add -2 steps to 45, 50, 55, and 60º compensation values. These values are more of a guess than exact science, because we are below the resolution of the measurement tool (unless using a micrometer). Please note that whatever correction values come up with during this and any further iterations, you will have to add to the previously set values and not replace them.
The traditional way is to decrease the first layer height using Live Z adjustment until the filament reliably adheres to the printing surface. For me it happens at aroung 0.16mm measured first layer height. The disadvantage is that the height of all printed objects will be lower than it should be.
The alternative way is to set the first layer height to exactly 0.2mm and increase the first layer flow in the slicer until the filament adheres reliably. The advantages are that this can be configured per-filament and that the object height is unaffected.
Enjoy your perfect first layer!


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Buying in Manhattan? Don't expect to haggle
July 1, 2014 - 12:00pm
By Virginia K. Smith
In an already competitive market, it doesn't look like buyers will find relief any time soon. In the last three months, nearly half--45.9 percent--of all Manhattan co-ops and condos sold for their asking price or higher, the biggest percentage in six years. At the same time, the average number of days a place spent on the market fell to 96 from 178 last year, according to Douglas Elliman's just-released report on second quarter Manhattan sales.
In other words, if you're a buyer, now isn't the time to dawdle (or shoot for an apartment that's out of your price range in hopes of haggling). It's a seller's market out there. The one silver lining is that this seller's market has convinced more people to put their apartments on the market (and developers to build a near-constant influx of new units): inventory went up 18 percent over the same time last year, per Elliman's numbers.
Another plus? It's not as crazy as 2013, says Jonathan Miller, president of appraisal firm Miller Samuel, and author of Elliman's report. "The way I view this is [the market] has returned to a more sustainable trajectory as opposed to the frenetic, manic pace of last year," he tells The Real Deal.
The key figures:
Number of listings sold at or above listing price: 45.9%
Average sales price of a Manhattan apartment: $1,680,185 (17.9% increase)
Median sales price of a Manhattan co-op: $725,000 (9% increase)
Median sales price of a Manhattan condo: $1,260,000 (0.8% increase)
Average number of days on the market: 96 (46.1% decrease)
Dig deeper:
Average sales price for Manhattan apartment hits $1.68M (The Real Deal)
Manhattan apt. sales market eases back off the boil (Crain's)
Manhattan market slows, but prices and inventory push higher (Curbed NY)
Brooklyn co-op prices rise 71 percent in the past year, reports show (DNAinfo)
After a brief detour, Manhattan landlords "back in the driver's seat"
Will anything stop the upward march of Brooklyn rents?
How to buy a NYC apartment
buying co-ops condos market reports
Goodbye, hello: A writer on leaving and returning to New York
What you need to know if you want to move to Yonkers
What are the best buildings in NYC if you want your dog to live large?
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South Carolina first circuit solicitor David Pascoe has already won guilty verdicts in the trial of former state representative Jim Harrison – part of the sprawling #ProbeGate investigation into corruption in state government. And Harrison has already been sentenced to eighteen months in prison on the misconduct in office and perjury charges of which he was found guilty by a jury of his peers.
Days before the former legislative leader (and ex-code commissioner) is scheduled to begin his sentence, his attorneys are pushing for him to receive an "appeal bond." This would allow him to remain free pending the appeal of his convictions all the way up to the S.C. supreme court – a process which could take several years.
News of this effort was exclusively reported earlier this week by John Monk of The (Columbia, S.C.) State newspaper.
"There is simply nothing of merit to appeal with respect to the conviction for perjury," Pascoe further noted in the filing.
To be clear: We have always liked Harrison on a personal level. We think he is a nice guy. And we feel terrible for his family in all of this. Most importantly, we believe there is a disturbingly unfair disconnect between his fate and the fate of others targeted by this investigation.
Unfortunately for Harrison, he rolled the dice at trial … and lost. Which means he now must turn to face the music.
Prior to Harrison, #ProbeGate had already led to the indictment and resignation from office of four influential elected officials (former majority leader Rick Quinn, former House speaker Bobby Harrell, former Senate president John Courson and former House majority leader Jimmy Merrill). With the exception of Harrell, all of these lawmakers were part of the Quinn "family." And with the exception of Harrison, all of them took plea deals and avoided prison time – although one of these probationary sentences is currently under appeal.
For these reasons, we believe Mullen should reject Harrison's bid for leniency and compel him to report to prison at the appointed hour to begin serving his sentence.
Indeed … and the time has come for justice to be carried out.
SC Senate: An Unholy Alliance?


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It is a desolate wonder.
You approach Thule Air Base by banking over Baffin Bay.
The lucky ones on the right side of the aircraft look down at the icebergs, lonely in September but increasing in number as the four-month nighttime of winter closes in.
On the ground, the pristine becomes practical: a long runway from bygone missions, the hangars and support buildings at the entrance to America's northernmost base and military community.
Here at Thule Air Base in northern Greenland, 140 airmen, along with 500 Danish and Greenlandic contractors, watch polar-orbiting satellites, look for ballistic missile launches and support almost anything that happens north of the Arctic Circle.
Stars and Stripes visited to find out about the mission and the people who get the privilege of spending a year in this remote and remotely understood assignment.
At Thule Air Base in Greenland, vigilance and community
By Patrick Dickson
THULE AIR BASE, Greenland — It's 8:36 on this early October morning, and the sun is starting to peek out from beyond South Mountain.
The weekly charter flight is bringing people and supplies. It too makes an appearance over South Mountain as it begins to bank right, approaching the only runway here at Thule Air Base, America's northernmost military base.
Inside the operations building, the command staff is joking with each other and getting ready for a weekly ritual. "Ready?" Out they go.
They form a line between the building and the parked jet, welcoming those who blearily exit. They've flown 5 1/2 hours overnight from Baltimore Washington International Airport on the weekly contract flight. It's cramped but as well-served as any commercial flight.
Some are returning from leave. Some are family, flown in to visit their loved one in uniform. Some are above the Arctic Circle for the first time, feeling their first burst of 15-degree air and looking out at the windswept, treeless but oddly beautiful base they will call home for one year.
Capt. Ryan Crean, who handles logistics for the 821st Support Squadron, smiled when asked about the environs.
"A scientist once told me, 'Greenland has some of the most beautiful forest in the world, but it's an inch tall.'"
The 10,000-foot runway, a holdover from the days of the Strategic Air Command and the B-52 bombers that used it, and the base's extensive infrastructure make possible just about anything the Western world wants to accomplish in the Arctic.
The National Science Foundation rotates researchers through the base. They continue on to Summit Camp, atop two miles of ice in the country's interior, to measure global warming and other weather phenomena.
Allied nations also need the support of Thule's 821st Operations Wing, which handles the flights. Greenland was granted self-government in 1979 by Denmark but remains within the kingdom, so 400 Danes are here doing the support functions with the help of native Greenlanders.
One of the biggest support missions for the base is Operation Boxtop, which twice a year resupplies Canadian Forces Stations Alert and Eureka, tiny outposts 300 miles farther north on Canadian soil — or more accurately on Canadian permafrost — on Ellesmere Island across the Nares Strait.
For Boxtop II, from Sept. 22 to Oct. 3, 47 sorties — a mixture of Canadian C-17s and C-130s — delivered 206 tons of dry goods and more than 350,000 gallons of fuel for the winter months.
But the base's two main missions — tracking satellites and orbiting debris, and watching for ballistic missile launches from the "Russian landmass" — are the reason the base was built, and why the seemingly anachronistic base remains.
Thule, pronounced TOO-lee, is a Greek word that first appears in the writings of the explorer Pytheas, from roughly 330 B.C., and the term "ultima Thule" in medieval maps denotes any distant place beyond the "borders of the known world."
The part of Greenland now known as Thule was settled by Denmark in the early 20th century by explorer Knud Rasmussen, whose name graces the base community center.
The U.S. government built weather and radio stations in the area beginning in 1941, to help in the war effort against the Germans. But it was "communist aggression" in 1950 that heralded Operation Blue Jay, according to an Army documentary of the same name, when "a giant air base on top of the world" was constructed.
Thule and its surrounding bases were once host to more than 10,000 military members. Camp Century, 150 miles inland from Thule, was a self-sustaining, nuclear-powered city with 200 soldiers in the summer, occupied from 1959 to 1966 under the Army Polar Research and Development Center to study survival in Arctic climes and to do research on the ice sheet.
But this was the era of the Cuban missile crisis, and the Army also worked on plans to base newly designed "Iceman" ICBMs in a massive network of tunnels dug into the ice sheet. "Project Iceworm" was eventually deemed impractical, and abandoned. No missiles were ever known to have been based at Camp Century.
By 1969, the camp was left to the shifting ice sheet, which was crushing its walls and eventually reclaimed it. Its nuclear reactor, which provided power for 33 months, was removed.
Most Army personnel were assigned to nearby Nike-Hercules missile sites. Mortars and ground-to-air missiles were part of their equipment, and they practiced with them regularly. As with any ordnance, not all of it detonated, and there are signs warning personnel.
A local population was moved to a village called Qaanaaq, 60 miles to the north. It remains the nearest village of "locals" — accessible only by sea or helicopter — though much of the old Thule village still stands, its structures being reclaimed slowly in the dry cold.
The village stands at the foot of Mount Dundas, which looms over the base in every sense. It's on the T-shirts at the small BX: "Been there, Done Dundas." A newcomer gets his bearings finding it, and it's a rite of passage for anyone stationed here. During the months when the sun appears — March to October — you are almost expected to climb it.
In such austere conditions, there are limited options for ways to spend free time.
Some get lost in themselves, retreating to their room to Skype with a girlfriend or take classes on the somewhat slow "Dormnet." There is no commissary, and most visit the chow hall — the Dundas Buffet Restaurant — three times a day. As with most remote U.S. military locations, the food is excellent.
Some drink. One American contractor summed it up this way: "You either become a chunk, a drunk or a hunk."
First Lt. Matthew Smokovitz, 25, of Canton, Mich., was spending his last few days at Thule, and said the amount people drink rises when the sun goes down in October and doesn't reappear for months.
"It seemed like, this probably isn't the best thing, but, people get a lot more sedentary during the dark season and they don't have a lot to do, and sometimes drinking picks up a little more because, 'What else are we doing to do today?'
"You can go to the bowling alley, go to the gym, the community center, I guess," said Smokovitz, who spent his first assignment here at the 12th Space Warning Squadron. "It's like a rinse-and-repeat thing. It's so cold and so dark; where you gonna go?"
Base leaders are careful not to let their people go down this rabbit hole.
The gym is top-notch and always has special programs, including a four-country hockey tournament while Canadian forces were deployed here for Boxtop. (The Danes won it all.)
The community center hosts visiting musicians — country singer Ash Bowers was there in early October — and shows movies in its theater. There's a vast lending library of books and videos, and talks by visiting Inuits and scientists.
"It's a very tight-knit community. Everybody looks out for each other," said Tech. Sgt. Jason Brumbaugh, 34, of Sacramento, Calif. "But with that, you do tend to make good friends, and it makes it harder to leave because of how close you get."
The air-traffic controller has been at Thule for about six months: "The best thing is the people."
Sean Lohr is a contractor working at Detachment 1. He's been through seven winters at Thule.
"It's a small-town atmosphere," said Lohr, 38, of Colorado Springs. "It's difficult to go anywhere when you don't at least recognize a face.
"Back at our barracks," Lohr said, "we have a setup that will play video games and a setup to where we can watch movies or listen to music or whatever. If we get sick of seeing each other's faces, we can go to our rooms and be by ourselves."
Families can fly in once a year to visit. Smokovitz talked about the visit his wife, also an Air Force officer in the space community, made in late winter.
"She came during the dark season, so she didn't really get to see what Thule has; she saw the buildings and stuff. She had the same impression I had at first: This is Cold War stuff. It's really old.
"She said she wasn't envious; but the one thing she did say was, at least the squadron is good. The people that are here, they're ready to go have fun; they want to hang out, they want to talk; they're social."
Among his favorite things about Thule is listening to the calving of glaciers on the bay.
"There's a whole bunch of icebergs. When there's no wind, the sound of the icebergs breaking apart — it's like thunder. It's incredible. … You can't believe you're hearing it."
What would Smokovitz tell an airman who gets Thule as an assignment?
"Keep an open mind about it. A lot of people who've had negative things to say about this place haven't seen it."
On his last night, Smokovitz was initiated into the Knights of the Blue Nose, a ceremony derived from the Navy's penchant for celebrating the crossing of the equator and other geographical markers.
It honors the recipient for having endured a year in "this dread region of the earth."
"Having served the minimum apprenticeship north of the Arctic Circle with the armed forces of the United States of America," read his boss, Lt. Col. Jason Resley, "Lt. Smokovitz is hereby accorded the honor as a Knight of the Blue Nose …"
Then his unit mates took the traditional magic markers and made his nose, and much of his face, blue.
The operations building where passengers gather to board the plane back to the United States is no bigger than a 7-Eleven. People had come in from the pre-dawn cold, and choked a bit on their goodbyes. Brumbaugh's words resonated.
"Call me, OK?"
One airman said goodbye to his wife and two children, their weeklong visit coming all too quickly to a close.
He buried his nose in his baby daughter's hair, kissing her over and over as his wife and son busied themselves among their things.
Soon they boarded. The bird was up. And those left behind prepared for the long, dark winter.
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is a Greek word that first appears in the writings of the explorer Pytheas, from roughly 330 B.C., and the term "ultima Thule" in medieval maps denotes any distant place beyond the "borders of the known world."


Amble founder Ilyssa Kyu says her company takes creative professionals on burnout-ridding trips to some of the country's most beautiful places.
The first Amble retreat took a handful of creatives to Yosemite.
The premise behind Amble, a startup offering planned sabbaticals for creative types, sounds enticing even for the non-outdoors-y among us: Go off the grid for a month, contribute your skills to an impact-focused project and cast burnout away from your life by exploring some of the country's most beautiful sights.
Launched in 2018 by UX consultant Ilyssa Kyu, Amble led a half dozen creatives last fall to Yosemite National Park for its pilot program. The majority of the four weeks was spent trekking and touring the sites, with about a third of the time spent working on branding and design projects for two nonprofits: the Yosemite Conservancy and the Mariposa Arts Council.
Partnership with local organizations, Kyu said, serves the double purpose of subsidizing part of the program's cost, and allowing otherwise workaholic professionals a chance to take a break.
"Creative people need an excuse to give themselves that self-care, so it's an interesting chance to get away and travel, which inherently offers inspiration, while applying your skills and doing meaningful work," said the founder, a former P'unk Ave staffer.
The program has a next pilot trek scheduled for April. This time, the company will offer a group of professionals a chance to explore the Sierra Foothills in central California. There, interested creative professionals will work on a series of small creative projects for Mariposa, Calif.-based nonprofit Sierra Foothill Conservancy.
The cost of the month-long trip — which includes lodging, tours and programming — ranges between $1,400 and $1,600. Think of it as a subsidized Airbnb at around $50 a day, Kyu said.
We're pleased to announce the upcoming Spring 2019 program (Apr 15-May 14) with the Sierra Foothill Conservancy in the Sierra Foothills of central CA during peak wildflower season! ??
Kyu said the inaugural program left participants "feeling pretty refreshed and inspired" with more confidence in their own work and craft. This time around, the push for the incoming cohort is to leave all client work behind and truly unplug.


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package sh.isaac.api.tree;

//~--- JDK imports ------------------------------------------------------------

import java.util.function.ObjIntConsumer;
import java.util.function.Supplier;

import sh.isaac.api.collections.NidSet;

//~--- non-JDK imports --------------------------------------------------------

//~--- interfaces -------------------------------------------------------------

/**
 * A structure to represent the concept taxonomy at a particular point in time.
 * @author kec
 */
public interface Tree {
   /**
    *
    * @return the assemblage nid which specifies the assemblage where the concepts in this tree
    * where created within.
    */
   int getConceptAssemblageNid();
   /**
    * Visit the nodes of this tree that are accessible via the startNid in
    * a breadth-first manner, and provide the nid of the visited node, and
    * the {@code TreeNodeVisitDataImpl} to the consumer. Nodes are processed when
    * they are discovered,
    *
    * @param rootNid starting nid for the breadth-first traversal of
    * this tree.
    * @param consumer The consumer that accepts each node and the
    * {@code TreeNodeVisitDataImpl} during the traversal.
    * @param emptyDataSupplier provides a new, unprocessed, TreeNodeVisitData object
    * @return {@code TreeNodeVisitDataImpl} for obtaining summary data.
    */
   TreeNodeVisitData breadthFirstProcess(int rootNid, ObjIntConsumer<TreeNodeVisitData> consumer,
           Supplier<TreeNodeVisitData> emptyDataSupplier);

   /**
    * An ancestor tree represents all the paths from a child to the tree root.
    * The child is the root of the ancestor tree, and the root of the original
    * source tree becomes the leaf of the ancestor tree.
    *
    * @param childNid nid of the node to compute the ancestor tree from.
    * @return a tree with the {@code childNid} as the root
    */
   Tree createAncestorTree(int childNid);

   /**
    * Visit the nodes of this tree that are accessible via the startNid in
    * a depth-first manner, and provide the nid of the visited node, and
    * the {@code TreeNodeVisitDataImpl} to the consumer.
    *
    * @param rootNid starting nid for the depth-first traversal of
    * this tree.
    * @param consumer The consumer that accepts each node and the
    * {@code TreeNodeVisitDataImpl} during the traversal.
    * @param emptyDataSupplier provides a new, unprocessed, TreeNodeVisitData object
    * @return {@code TreeNodeVisitDataImpl} for obtaining summary data.
    */
   TreeNodeVisitData depthFirstProcess(int rootNid, ObjIntConsumer<TreeNodeVisitData> consumer,
           Supplier<TreeNodeVisitData> emptyDataSupplier);

   /**
    * Size.
    *
    * @return the number of nodes in the tree.
    */
   int size();

   //~--- get methods ---------------------------------------------------------

   /**
    * Gets the children nids.
    *
    * @param parentNid nid of the concept from which to find children
    * @return an array of child nids.
    */
   int[] getTaxonomyChildConceptNids(int parentNid);

   /**
    * Gets the descendent nid set.
    *
    * @param parentNid nid of the concept from which to compute
    * descendents.
    * @return {@code BitSet} of the descendents of the {@code parentNid}
    */
   int[] getDescendentNids(int parentNid);

   /**
    * Gets the parent identifiers.
    *
    * @param childNid nid of the concept from which to find parent
    * @return an array of parent nids.
    */
   int[] getTaxonomyParentConceptNids(int childNid);

   /**
    * Remove a parent from the tree... May be necessary after detecting a cycle in a
    * tree to make it processible.
    * @param childNid
    * @param parentNid
    */
   void removeParent(int childNid, int parentNid);
   /**
    * Gets the root nids.
    *
    * @return nid identifiers for the root concept[s] of this tree.
    */
   int[] getRootNids();

   /**
    * Determine if the childNid is a taxonomic descendent of the parentNid.
    * @param childNid
    * @param parentNid
    * @return true if the childNid is a descendent of the parentNid by any route.
    */
   boolean isDescendentOf(int childNid, int parentNid);

   /**
    * Determine if the childNid is a taxonomic child of the parentNid.
    * @param childNid
    * @param parentNid
    * @return true if the childNid is a descendent of the parentNid by any route.
    */
   boolean isChildOf(int childNid, int parentNid);

   int[] getLowestCommonAncestor(int nid1, int nid2);

   float getTaxonomyDistance(int nid1, int nid2, boolean directed);

   /**
    *
    * @return a set of all nodes in this tree.
    */
   NidSet getNodeNids();
}

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Trouble in Indian Country: Voter Suppression
A team of CGU researchers is playing an active role in studying the disenfranchisement and voter suppression of Native Americans living in some of the poorest and most isolated tribal communities in the country. In a recent case, the team's extensive research served as key evidence in a federal case, Wandering Medicine vs. McCulloch, involving voter access for isolated tribes in Montana. (Photo by Andrea Walters)
Nearly a century after Congress declared Native Americans to be US citizens with the right to vote, the ballot box remains often unreachable—literally and figuratively—for some of the poorest and most isolated tribal communities in the country. Like African Americans and women before them, Native Americans are effectively being denied the ability to vote.
The issue is national in scope, affecting tribes in Montana, South Dakota, New Mexico, Alaska, and other states. For many tribes, the civic duties of registering to vote and casting a ballot have become profoundly problematic tasks impeded by the obstacles of distance, race, and poverty.
But a team of CGU researchers—led by Jean Schroedel, a professor in the university's Division of Politics and Economics and a leading expert on Native American voter suppression, and including Robert Saporito, a PhD student in political science—is playing an active role in studying the disenfranchisement and voter suppression of Native Americans. In a recent case, the team's extensive research served as key evidence in a federal case involving voter access for isolated tribes in Montana. Saporito, whose studies focus on American politics and political theory, was part of another round of research conducted by Schroedel's team this summer. In the following passages, he details his experiences in South Dakota, a state where the Wounded Knee Massacre site remains immortalized as a historical touchstone to centuries of conflict.
Jean Schroedel (Photo by William Vasta)
The first day in South Dakota, we drove down to the Pine Ridge Reservation, more than 100 miles from the nearest urban center, Rapid City. We were staying in the Black Hills area, and the drive took us past beautiful vistas of towering pines and picturesque lakes, and through Wind Cave National Park, one of the last places in the state where you can see wild buffalo. The last stop before the reservation border was Hot Springs, a small town with a quaint main strip of cafes and antique stores and a troubled history of discriminating against Native Americans.
Despite the idyllic scenery, we were about to discover that we were 15 minutes from one of the poorest counties in the entire country.
The hills and the trees began to thin out and, as we crossed on to the reservation, we were struck with an overwhelming feeling of emptiness. This land was desolate. Years and years of forced migration had pushed the Oglala Sioux onto some of the least fertile lands in the country. Real crops couldn't grow here, only tall grass to be used for hay.
Robert Saporito (Photo by William Vasta)
I'm not sure many of us came to South Dakota with a true understanding of what we would see over the next week. Dropping eight grad students onto a South Dakota Indian reservation and asking them to take surveys and collect data was a bold proposition from the start. This was especially true considering most of us grew up in urban environments.
The first and most noticeable aspect of reservation life was the level of poverty among the tribe. Poverty out on the Great Plains is vastly different from the poverty many of us experience in cities. Residents on the Pine Ridge Reservation suffer from nearly 41 percent unemployment and earn an average per capita income of less than $6,000. Nearly all of the residents live in mobile homes, sometimes with up to 15 people living in one household.
After securing approval from the Oglala Sioux Tribal Research Review Board, we began our study. Over the course of a week, we interviewed and surveyed more than 177 individuals both on and off the reservation. We also gathered socioeconomic info, examined census records, and analyzed voting registration and turnout data from Jackson County.
Much of our time was also spent off the reservation, at county government offices and grocery stores nearest to the reservation border. We documented drive times and distances traveled between population centers on the reservation and services in the border towns. Geographic isolation was the key factor we were examining. Many of Jackson County's Native Americans lived so far away from modern conveniences that travel and accessibility become unavoidable and daunting considerations when it came to everyday tasks like driving to work or purchasing food.
Indians in Montana, South Dakota, and other states argue that the long distances they have to travel to reach such post offices and government offices—often located in hostile non-tribal communities—effectively denied them the ability to vote, either in person or by mail. This photo shows two young girls from a reservation in Montana. (Photo by Andrea Walters)
To put things in perspective, in New York City, a $2.50 subway ticket can get you anywhere you need to go. Better yet, that same subway ticket provides you with some shelter for 18 hours a day. When a person from the middle of the prairie has that same $2.50, it won't get them very far at all. Food costs are higher and compromises must be made just to survive. When the closest supermarket is an hour-and-a-half away, it is much easier to buy groceries at the gas station's mini-mart, "conveniently" located only 20 miles from home. Because of situations such as this, buying healthy food is hardly an option.
One young Native American woman noted that, along with 11 people living in her home, she must travel a distance of 15 miles to get to work. She either finds a ride to work or walks half of the distance and hitchhikes. Moreover, the town of Potato Creek has no grocery stores, which requires her to travel to other communities such as Kyle or Wanblee—more than 15 miles away—for basic goods. In comparison, one would have to drive from Claremont to West Covina to cover said distance—and that is for basic necessities, not luxury items one would purchase in a mall. Another woman said she must travel 16 miles one-way to take her four children to the Head Start Program; as she noted, "it makes everything harder."
These circumstances were the same when it came to post offices, polling locations, and county courthouses; all of which need to be accessed for absentee and mail-in ballots. In essence, tribal members were arguing that the long distances they had to travel to reach such facilities—often located in hostile non-tribal communities—effectively denied them the ability to vote, either in person or by mail.
Socioeconomic conditions only make the problem worse. When parents need to decide between buying diapers for the week or buying gas to get to work, driving to a polling place and waiting in line all day is the last thing on their mind come election season.
Circumstances were the same in Montana, where Schroedel and other members of our team had previously conducted research. There, researchers analyzed data from Big Horn, Blaine, and Rosebud counties to determine whether travel distances to election offices unfairly affected residents of the Crow, Northern Cheyenne, and Fort Belknap reservations.
"Despite the idyllic scenery, we were about to discover that we were 15 minutes from one of the poorest counties in the entire country," PhD student Robert Saporito said about the conduct conducted at Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. (Photo by Robert Saporito)
They also collaborated with Professors Tom Horan and Brian Hilton of CGU's Center for Information Systems & Technology to decipher and illustrate the data using the latest geographic information systems (GIS) mapping software.
Their research showed that travel distance combined with socioeconomic factors had a significant adverse impact on reservation residents' participation for in-person absentee voting and in-person late registration. For many poor residents of the reservations, the costs of traveling to election offices often meant sacrificing the ability to put food on the table.
"The $10.40 that an Indian in Big Horn County would spend on a trip to the courthouse is the purchasing equivalent of three gallons of milk," Schroedel said. "The $14.74 travel cost for Indians in Blaine is the purchasing equivalent of four pounds of hamburger, while the $21.02 cost of gasoline for Indians in Rosebud would purchase two regular-sized packages of disposable diapers."
As an expert witness, Schroedel provided testimony in the case of Wandering Medicine vs. McCulloch, in which a group of Native Americans sued state and county officials, arguing that the long distances they had to travel to reach election offices effectively denied them an equal ability to register and vote.
The lawsuit was settled in favor of the plaintiffs in the federal District Court in Billings on June 10, 2014, when government officials agreed to open satellite election administration offices on three reservations.
"This is a huge victory for Native Americans in Big Horn, Blaine, and Rosebud counties, and I'm proud of the way our CGU team pulled together to contribute to it," Schroedel said.
A nearly 100-page monograph based on this research is being published later this year in Studies in American Political Development, a major journal published by Cambridge University Press.
The research that we gathered in South Dakota will undoubtedly prove to be just as pivotal to the issue of equal voting access for all Native Americans, the last group of persons born in the United States to gain citizenship and the right to vote. Despite Schroedel and our team's arduous research, dilution and suppression of the Native vote remains overlooked and underreported.
I kept this in mind during the course of our research at the Pine Ridge Reservation. It was imperative at times to simply stop and listen to what tribal members had to say. Their history and culture runs rich and deep. Their heritage is much more a part of their day-to-day lives than it is for most of us. The problems and circumstances these people grapple with are vastly different than those most of us will ever face.
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A ballerina performs during a dress rehearsal on the eve of the opening of the new stage at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg.
A man works on a flower mosaic of Big Ben and Tower Bridge in Keukenhof garden in Lisse, the Netherlands.
Weekly Poem: 'Ward'
Karen Holmberg's first book, "The Perseids," won the Vassar Miller Prize and was published by the University of North Texas Press; her second book, "Axis Mundi," won the John Ciardi Prize and was published by BkMk Press earlier this year.
People walk among some of the 500 one-meter tall statues of philosopher and revolutionary communist Karl Marx in Trier, Germany. The statues, created by Ottmar Hoerl, are part of an exhibition at the Museum Simeonstift Trier commemorating the 130th anniversary…
Conversation: Tony Hoagland on 'Poems That Could Save America'
"Twenty Little Poems That Could Save America." There are many assumptions, questions and provocations in the title of an essay in Harper's Magazine by poet Tony Hoagland, who clearly has a thing for great titles: Among his books of verse…
A man paints his son's face Wednesday in preparation for the Grebeg ritual in Tegallalang, on the island of Bali, Indonesia. During the ritual, young members of the community parade through the village with painted faces and bodies to ward…
A Purrfect Tale of Love, Cats and Technology
If you grew up with pets or have one now, you understand the unconditional love humans can feel for their animals, and animals for their owners. If you haven't experienced this type of bond firsthand, you've most likely witnessed the…
Princess Tarinan von Anhalt throws paint into the airflow from the engine of a Learjet at Signature Flight Support in West Palm Beach, Fla. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images.
Arts Apr 30
The Tuesday Cutline…a Contest
Even Jedis have to go. Well, maybe not Darth Vader, since he's more machine than man. Maybe his suit is outfitted like an astronaut's suit for that purpose. Or maybe he just uses the Force. Write a caption to the…
Weekly Poem: 'Stars'
Christian Barter's first book, "The Singers I Prefer," was a finalist for the Lenore Marshall Prize. His poetry has appeared in Ploughshares, The Georgia Review, The American Scholar and elsewhere. He is an editor at the Beloit Poetry Journal and…
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Karaoke Kid later died heroically in the epic battle with the Song-Eater.
I know, I know – everyone does a riff on the iconic cover to Adventure Comics #247 eventually. This isn't even my first. But it was too thematically perfect for this Singalong, so it was impossible to avoid. Though the argument could – and no doubt will – be made that I should have just avoided doing this Singalong in the first place.
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United States Gift Cards Market Outlook 2021-2026: Key Players Include ZARA, Amazon, IKEA, Best Buy and Sephora
Dublin, Dec. 02, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Gift Cards Market Research Report by Type, Application, and State - United States Forecast to 2026 - Cumulative Impact of COVID-19" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
The United States Gift Cards Market size was estimated at USD 177.47 billion in 2020, is expected to reach USD 201.06 billion in 2021, and projected to grow at a CAGR of 10.54% reaching USD 323.94 billion by 2026.
The report provides market sizing and forecast across five major currencies - USD, EUR GBP, JPY, and AUD. It helps organization leaders make better decisions when currency exchange data is readily available.
In this report, the years 2018 and 2019 are considered historical years, 2020 as the base year, 2021 as the estimated year, and years from 2022 to 2026 are considered the forecast period.
This research report categorizes the Gift Cards to forecast the revenues and analyze the trends in each of the following sub-markets:
Based on Type, the market was studied across E-Gifting, Miscellaneous Closed Loop, Music and Streaming Gift Cards, Restaurant Closed Loop, Retail Closed Loop, and Universal Accepted Open Loop.
Based on Application, the market was studied across Coffee Shop, Entertainment, Restaurants or Food Chains, and Retail.
Based on State, the market was studied across California, Florida, Illinois, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Texas.
The Competitive Scenario provides an outlook analysis of the various business growth strategies adopted by the vendors. The news covered in this section delivers valuable thoughts at different stages while keeping up-to-date with the business and engaging stakeholders in the economic debate.
The competitive scenario represents press releases or news of the companies categorized into Merger & Acquisition, Agreement, Collaboration, & Partnership, New Product Launch & Enhancement, Investment & Funding, and Award, Recognition, & Expansion. All the news collected help vendor to understand the gaps in the marketplace and competitors' strength and weakness thereby, providing insights to enhance product and service.
Company Usability Profiles
The report profoundly explores the recent significant developments by the leading vendors and innovation profiles in the United States Gift Cards Market, including:
Al-Futtaim ACE
Amazon.com, Inc
Best Buy Co. Inc
Carrefour S.A.
Hennes & Mauritz AB
J Sainsbury plc
JCB Co. Ltd.
Macys.com, LLC
Starbucks Corporation
The Home Depot, Inc.
Virgin Group Ltd.
Walgreen Company
Walmart Inc.
1. What is the market size and forecast of the United States Gift Cards Market?
2. What are the inhibiting factors and impact of COVID-19 shaping the United States Gift Cards Market during the forecast period?
3. Which are the products/segments/applications/areas to invest in over the forecast period in the United States Gift Cards Market?
4. What is the competitive strategic window for opportunities in the United States Gift Cards Market?
5. What are the technology trends and regulatory frameworks in the United States Gift Cards Market?
6. What is the market share of the leading vendors in the United States Gift Cards Market?
7. What modes and strategic moves are considered suitable for entering the United States Gift Cards Market?
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VAPERS TAKE CENTRESTAGE DURING NATIONAL NON-SMOKING WEEK
The vapers of Canada are claiming their spot in National Non-Smoking Week. Under the theme of #SmokeFreeWithVaping, vapers are speaking out to demand that governments acknowledge that vaping is less harmful than smoking and can help smokers quit.
World shares mixed after China reports slowing growth
BANGKOK (AP) — World shares were mixed on Monday after China reported that its economy expanded at an 8.1% annual pace in 2021, though growth slowed to half that level in the last quarter. Paris, Frankfurt, Tokyo and Shanghai advanced while Hong Kong and Seoul declined. The weakness in China's economy toward the end of 2021 is prompting suggestions Beijing should intervene to prop up growth with interest rate cuts or by injecting money into the economy through public works spending. Shortly befo
Government of Canada continues support for clean energy opportunities in Saskatchewan
As Canada pursues a net-zero carbon emissions future, the Government of Canada, through Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan) is investing in communities affected by the transition from coal-generated power. Transitioning to a low-carbon economy is a necessary step to protect the climate and create a more sustainable economy in Saskatchewan and across Canada. The Government of Canada is ensuring that this transition is fair for workers and communities with a strong economic connecti
U.S. hedge fund Farallon calls on Toshiba to get two-thirds of shareholders to back break-up
TOKYO (Reuters) -Farallon Capital Management on Tuesday urged Toshiba Corp to secure the legally required support of two-thirds of its shareholders before the Japanese industrial conglomerate continues with a controversial plan to split in three. U.S. hedge fund Farallon, Toshiba's third-largest shareholder with a stake of more than 6%, joined the second-largest investor 3D Investment Partners in demanding a higher threshold for the break-up plan. Since Toshiba is nearly 30% owned by foreign funds, many of which appear to oppose the split, setting the 67% bar could force the conglomerate to ditch its plan.
Moody's places all Citibanamex ratings, assessments on review for downgrade
Ratings agency Moody's Investors Service on Sunday placed all ratings and assessments of the consumer banking arm of Citigroup in Mexico on review for downgrade. In a statement, Moody's said the review was triggered by Citigroup's announcement that it would sell its Citibanamex https://www.reuters.com/business/citi-exit-mexican-consumer-banking-business-strategy-revamp-2022-01-11 consumer banking operations, which will end a two decade retail presence in Mexico.
UK manufacturers feel the pay pressure from rising inflation
British manufacturers have offered higher pay deals to staff but many others are holding off on settlements as they monitor fast-rising inflation and get ready for higher minimum wages and a tax hike, industry group MakeUK said on Monday. Most pay increases ranged between 2% and 3%, below the recent pace of inflation, but went as high as 14% in some cases. The Bank of England is keeping a close eye on the impact of rising inflation on pay deals, something it fears could lead to longer-term inflationary pressures.
Eurogroup seeks path between high inflation, slower growth
BRUSSELS (AP) — Euro finance chiefs on Monday ventured into a high-wire political balancing act prompted by conflicting economic forces: a weaker growth outlook and stronger inflation. Finance ministers from the 19 nations that share the euro currency pledged continued budgetary stimulus for the European economy amid headwinds caused by the highly transmissible omicron variant. At the same time, they sought to reassure voters by vowing vigilance over sharp price rises. "Am I concerned about infl
Human Horizons' HiPhi X Tops China Luxury Electric Vehicle Sales for the 2nd Half of 2021
According to data released by the China Automotive Technology & Research Center, HiPhi X was the best-selling luxury electric vehicles with MSRP more than 500,000 RMB in both December and the second half of 2021. Designed and manufactured by industry-leading new mobility and intelligent driving company Human Horizons, the HiPhi X is equipped with the latest in technological innovation and all of the trimmings of a luxury vehicle to create a new segment of cars, TECHLUXE®.
Liberty Defense Airport Shoe Screening Technology Earns Prestigious National Award
Liberty Defense Holdings Ltd. ("Liberty" or the "Company") (TSXV: SCAN) (OTCQB: LDDFF) (FRANKFURT: LD2), a leading technology provider of concealed weapons and threat detection solutions, is pleased to announce that the Company's millimeter-wave shoe screening technology, initially developed at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), was awarded the 2022 Interagency Partnership Award from the Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer (FLC).
Pickle Crow Gold Project, Canada
AuTECO Minerals Ltd (AUT.ASX) is pleased to report more outstanding drilling results which will help underpin a Resource update set for release next month.
China's 2021 smartphone shipments up 15.9% y/y - govt data
China had shipped 342.8 million smartphones to domestic consumers in 2021, up 15.9% year-on-year, according to government data published on Tuesday, implying a sector recovery from a blow it took in the early days of the COVID-19 crisis. While shipments were above the 296-million mark that the industry reached in 2020, they remained below 2019, when they rang in at 372 million for the year, according to data from the China Academy of Information and Communications (CAICT), a government-backed think-tank. Last month, China had shipped 32.7 million smartphones domestically, up 29.6% year-on-year.
The Canadian Real Estate Association says annual home sales reached a new high in 2021, eclipsing the previous record set in 2020 by about 20 per cent. The association said Monday that about 667,000 residential properties changed hands in 2021, about 30 per cent more than the 10-year average. However, home sales in December were little changed from November and were coupled with a dearth of properties on the market that was so extreme that CREA senior economist Shaun Cathcart called it a record


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Does Mercury Retrograde Affect Your Pets? Fido Might Be Having Just As Much Trouble As You Are Right Now
By Brandi Neal
So you know that Mercury retrograde can wreak havoc on your communication, technology, relationships, and finances. But, some people think humans aren't the only ones who suffer the wrath of Mercury. Does Mercury retrograde affect your pets, too? According to some folks, the short answer is yes. For example, animal communicator Marla Steele says that Mercury is also the planet that rules pets — so if Fido slips his collar, Petey flies into the patio window, or Whiskers jumps off the balcony, the cosmos might be to blame.
"First and foremost, pets are greatly influenced by their environment and the emotions of their caretakers," Steele writes on her website. "If you are stressed and frazzled, they will be too. Mercury directly rules pets so it is a good time to keep a close eye on them and their physical bodies."
Basically, pets experience the same frustrations as their humans during Mercury retrograde. I have four pets: A rescued beagle, BiBi, who has an esophageal disease called megaesophagus, which means the muscles in her esophagus are paralyzed, and she can only swallow food in an upright position; two cats, Teddy and Ziji, that I share with an ex; and my roommate's dog, a rescued Boston terrier/chihuahua mix named George, with severe separation anxiety. It's a regular animal farm over here, and now I'm wondering if Teddy peed in the car yesterday during our monthly cat swap because of Mercury retrograde.
Steele says that tensions may arise between pets during Mercury retrograde just like they do between people, and that miscommunications between pets and humans are also common.
"Difficulties in training or behavior may surface as your pet could be confused about what you are asking," Steele says on her website. "Be sure to send clear mental pictures with your words. Also be aware of the energy that you are radiating. Is it calm and congruent with your intentions?"
BiBi and I have trouble communicating on most days, usually because she thinks she is in charge, and her stubborn nature is the dominant force in our relationship. She was found wandering the streets of Puerto Rico with her three puppies in tow. The bossy personality that kept her pups safe on the streets when they were strays, however, doesn't always fly with the other pets in our house.
I haven't noticed any additional communication issues, but I did just return from two weeks abroad, so I will pay extra attention during the next few weeks to see if Mercury is affecting our already messy mojo. BiBi and George's regular stance is together but separate. Here they are below ignoring each other.
Steele says she is the parent of cat who is prone to Mercury retrograde-related mishaps, which "have included food poisoning, falling from a second story, falling off the car while in a hard carrier, eating to-go food leftovers including the foil wrap and Styrofoam container, and the normally indoor only guy got out and went missing for three days during a storm," Steele details on her website.
Mercury retrograde is also a time when many pets go missing, often due to gates or doors being left open by distracted owners, so it's important to keep a close eye on your fur babies during this time. Animal communicator Di Kendall says on her website that Mercury Retrograde might also make it seem like your pet has two personalities.
"Vocal dogs become silent, and quiet dogs become yappy," she writes. "Your finicky feline won't eat the food that took you two years to find — even though last week they couldn't have been more satisfied."
The good news is that once Mercury retrograde is over, your pet's behavior should return to normal — but it's good to track each year's retrograde cycles so you're prepared for the added antics Mercury can bring.
"I mark the retrograde cycles on my calendar, keep my vet on speed dial, and call on the angels for extra help and protection (especially on the first and last days of the retrograde cycle when the impact is the strongest)," Steele advises on her website.
If your pet seems confused, don't be alarmed. It's totally normally during Mercury retrograde.
"Because Mercury is the planet of communication and travel, and it's out of phase for the next three weeks, simple sentences will seem difficult to comprehend," according to an article on Dogster. "That goes double if you're a dog. Exercise patience if Spot forgets certain important routines, such as housebreaking or refraining from loud barking at night."
Remember to be patient with your pets during this trying time; they're as mixed up as you are, and unfortunately they aren't able to read this article to understand why. Perhaps you can read it to them while simultaneously sending them clear mental pictures. It's worth a try.


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The 2016 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Tracy Claeys and played their home games at TCF Bank Stadium. They were a member of the West Division of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 9–4, 5–4 in conference play to finish in fourth place in the West Division. They were invited to the Holiday Bowl where they defeated Washington State.

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Minnesota faced all six West Division opponents: Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Northwestern, Purdue, and Wisconsin. The Gophers also faced East Division opponents Maryland, Penn State, and Rutgers. Minnesota played three non-conference games: Oregon State of the Pac-12 Conference, Indiana State of the Missouri Valley Football Conference, and Colorado State of the Mountain West Conference. Minnesota had one bye week during the season between their games against Indiana State and Colorado State.

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VEN (SAN FRANCISCO) –– Early Sunday morning a small group of sophisticated hackers believed to be associated with the 12 Russians recently indicted for hacking the now-missing DNC server, breached the firewall at Very Ersatz News in what authorities now believe was a brazen attempt to put the fledgling fake news network out of business.
"They made a real mess of things," Senior Managing Editor Perry White told reporters from his home overlooking famed Coit Tower in Telegraph Hill where he lives with his mistress Krystall of Mitchell Brother's fame and their dog Buster, a Poodle/Pomeranian mix who — as many dog lovers might recall — had a brief, tempestuous affair with Paris Hilton's Chihuahua, Tinkerbell in the late 1990s.
"The hackers then altered and posted an incoherent draft of an under-development story by our award-winning correspondent Chuck Tatum on Deep State corruption, presumably to make him look like a moron," Mr White explained.
"This was a story Mr. Tatum had been working on for several weeks that was p@ssword protected! And believe me, Chuck goes out of his way every day to prove he's a moron — he certainly doesn't need a Russian hacker's help with that!
What the hell is he doing? God da** it do we have to get Azazel back here to keep this guy in line?
Technically director he's not a guy he's a well …. he's a demon.
Jesus Christ! If he fu**ing does that during the public hearing tomorrow we're screwed!
Exorcizo te, omnis spiritus immunde! The FBI's Embarrassing Demon Problem — Is it getting worse?
Blah blah blah blah blah — вы, ребята, сосать, The Onion смешнее!
"Additionally, as outlined in our police report, the hackers took three cases of Lagavulin 16 scotch, a half-empty 1.75 litre bottle of Grey Goose vodka, several ounces of medical marijuana, a COLT .45 1911 with 1000 rounds of ammunition, a boom box with an 80s dance mix tape featuring Kool And The Gang, three tanks of nitrous oxide, and at least 35 classic back issues of The National Lampoon — effectively putting us out of business in the short-term.
"The hackers also made off with just under 1.5 million in cash (USD) that I had locked in my desk drawer in a lock box that was also duct-taped shut.
"The money was part of a five-part expose on GoFundMe and PayPal Donation scams that we'd been working on for six months.
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The Matrix Revolutions
The Matrix Reloaded
The Matrix is a 1999 American–Australian neo-noir science fiction action film written and directed by The Wachowski Brothers, starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, and Joe Pantoliano. It depicts a dystopian future in which reality as perceived by most humans is actually a simulated reality called "the Matrix", created by sentient machines to subdue the human population, while their bodies' heat and electrical activity are used as an energy source. Computer programmer "Neo" learns this truth and is drawn into a rebellion against the machines, which involves other people who have been freed from the "dream world".
The Matrix is known for popularizing a visual effect known as "bullet time", in which the heightened perception of certain characters is represented by allowing the action within a shot to progress in slow-motion while the camera's viewpoint appears to move through the scene at normal speed. The film is an example of the cyberpunk science fiction genre. It contains numerous references to philosophical and religious ideas, and prominently pays homage to works such as Plato's Allegory of the Cave,Jean Baudrillard's Simulacra and Simulation and Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Over the years, numerous critics have pointed out the many similarities between the highly successful Matrix series and the earlier box office bomb but cult classic Dark City, some going on to cite plagiarism. The Wachowskis' approach to action scenes drew upon their admiration for Japanese animation and martial arts films, and the film's use of fight choreographers and wire fu techniques from Hong Kong action cinema was influential upon subsequent Hollywood action film productions.
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The Matrix Revolutions is a 2003 American–Australian science fiction action film and the third installment of the Matrix trilogy. The film was released six months following The Matrix Reloaded. The film was written and directed by The Wachowskis and released simultaneously in 60 countries on November 5, 2003. While it is the final film in the series, the Matrix storyline is continued in The Matrix Online. The film was the second live-action film to be released in both regular and IMAX theaters at the same time.
Neo and Bane lie unconscious in the medical bay of the ship Hammer. Meanwhile, Neo finds his digital self trapped in a virtual subway station—named, "Mobil Ave.", "mobil", being an anagram for "limbo"—a transition zone between the Matrix and the Machine City. In that subway station, he meets a "family" of programs, including a girl named Sati, whose father tells Neo the subway is controlled by the Trainman, an exiled program loyal to the Merovingian. When Neo tries to board a train with the family, the Trainman refuses and overpowers him.
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The Matrix Reloaded is a 2003 American-Australian science fiction action film, the first sequel to The Matrix, and the second installment in The Matrix trilogy, written and directed by The Wachowski Brothers. It premiered on May 7, 2003, in Westwood, Los Angeles, California, and went on general release by Warner Bros. in North American theaters on May 15, 2003, and around the world during the latter half of that month. It was also screened out of competition at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival. The video game Enter the Matrix, which was released on May 15, and a collection of nine animated shorts, The Animatrix, which was released on June 3, supported and expanded the storyline of the film. The Matrix Revolutions, which completes the story, was released six months after Reloaded, in November 2003.
Six months after the events of the first film, Neo (Keanu Reeves) and Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) are now lovers. Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) receives a message from Captain Niobe (Jada Pinkett Smith) of the Logos calling an emergency meeting of all of Zion's ships. Zion has confirmed the last transmission of the Osiris: an army of Sentinels is tunneling towards Zion and will reach it within 72 hours. Commander Lock (Harry Lennix) orders all ships to return to Zion to prepare for the onslaught, but Morpheus asks one ship to remain in order to contact the Oracle (Gloria Foster). The Caduceus receives a message from the Oracle, and the Nebuchadnezzar ventures out so Neo can contact her. One of the Caduceus crew, Bane (Ian Bliss), encounters Agent Smith (Hugo Weaving), who takes over Bane's avatar. Smith then uses this avatar to leave the Matrix, gaining control of Bane's real body.
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What began as a physical fitness outlet quickly evolved into a lifestyle change. After 10 years working for the Court System, both as an Officer and Supervisor, Jennifer began to develop a strong passion for mental health and wellness. With her background in Social Science, yoga has fallen in line with her love for leaning how even the practice of yoga can influence how we feel and live. The positive effects that yoga has had on her own mental and physical well-being, has created a desire to share her personal story in an effort to promote self-care.


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Read This: What TV is getting right and wrong about asexuality
Joe Blevins
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When it comes to issues of sexuality and sexual preference, Hollywood is frequently decried for the mistakes it makes. There are numerous books and documentaries about how gay and lesbian people have been unfairly and inaccurately depicted for decades in television and film, sometimes to appease the mainstream audience and sometimes simply due to cluelessness or prejudice on behalf of the creators. But on the subject of asexuality, television may actually be doing a pretty good job. Danielle Corcione writes about this in an intriguing piece for Esquire entitled "How Television Is Leading The Asexual Revolution." Asexual people, or "aces," are those who do not experience sexual attraction to others, regardless of gender. There is an important distinction to be made between sexual desire and romantic feelings. Asexual does not necessarily mean aromantic, though the two can overlap.
Currently, television's best example of an out-in-the-open asexual character is Todd, the stubbly, easygoing sidekick of the title character on Netflix's animated BoJack Horseman. Aaron Paul, who voices the character, was quick to declare Todd "the first asexual character in television." Corcione questions that particular assertion, citing earlier examples, but acknowledges that Todd reflects positively on the increasingly visible asexual community. The article reveals that the writers of BoJack Horseman have been careful to depict Todd in a sensitive, responsible way. The writers have resisted the urge to have the character hook up with his friend Emily (Abbi Jacobson), despite numerous opportunities to do so. Emily's acceptance of Todd and his lack of sexual desire is also deemed a TV milestone.
More problematic, or at least more complicated, is the case of another prominent asexual character in the TV landscape: Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons) of CBS' mega-popular, long-running The Big Bang Theory. For several seasons, Sheldon appeared to experience no sexual desire whatsoever, and many fans assumed him to be asexual. The writers on Big Bang contradicted that theory, however, by having Sheldon finally sleep with his partner of many years, Amy (Mayim Bialik). Some feel that this points to a widespread belief that asexuality is somehow a problem in need of correction. But Big Bang fans need not despair over the apparent sellout. "Although Sheldon and Amy had sex, his identity doesn't suddenly change," Corcione writes. "Just like sexuality, asexuality is also a spectrum."
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Q: SourceTree click ' terminal button' to switch terminal not work Mac : sierra 10.12.5
sourceTree: 2.6(123)
iTerm2: Build 3.0.15
when i use the top right button "terminal"(near Setting) to switch to my iTerm2. it crashed!
no matter i update to 2.6, it doesn't work!

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*Ensure that you have updated iTerm 2 to v3.1.5 (or later). See that version's change log for fixes to crash conditions.

*hard reboot and start again.

*Contact support of Apple

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A: According to /Applications/Sourcetree.app/Contents/Resources/iTerm2Helper.scpt
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SourceTree will open iTerm2 with the profile named "Default", So you must make sure you have the profile named "Default" in iTerm2.
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Diese Liste beschreibt die Mannschaft und die Erfolge des Radsportteams Bora-hansgrohe in der Saison 2017.

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In der Saison 2017 gelangen dem Team nachstehende Erfolge in der UCI WorldTour.

Erfolge in der UCI Europe Tour
In der Saison 2017 gelangen dem Team nachstehende Erfolge in der UCI Europe Tour.

Erfolge in den Nationalen Straßen-Radsportmeisterschaften
In den Rennen der Nationalen Straßen-Radsportmeisterschaften 2017 konnte das Team nachstehende Titel erringen.

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Homepage · Climate Change · Eight Climate Change Themed Digital Art Shows
Eight Climate Change Themed Digital Art Shows
BY Selva Ozelli · 09·06·20 · LAST UPDATED: 09·09·21
Curated for the Very first "International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies Day"
It has been an unprecedented year which started with raging wildfires in Australia that pushed CO2 levels to 26 times higher than acceptable levels. Siberia registered the most extreme recorded heat temperatures. And COVID-19 -- the most devastating plague to ravage humankind this century -- rapidly spread all around the world in a border blind fashion along with the higher levels of CO2. Like many others, my lifestyle changed as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and quarantine. This brought out the artist and curator in me, allowing me for the first time to express my thoughts and feelings about climate change and COVID-19 via paintings in addition to my articles this year.
I took my first step as a curator by curating a brochure for TRVST.world Change Maker and artist Rana Balkis for her "Infinite Possibilities" series. Since our atelier is grounds for talented artists and interesting artwork, this naturally leads me to curate:
"Atelier Teymur Rzayev's First Digital Climate Change Art Show", at Cem Ustuner's Pinelo Art Gallery which launched during the weeks of United Nations World Environment, Ocean, Desertification, Days as registered United Nations digital events.
Our first group art show was published in the social media accounts of over 90 Museums, Culture Ministries and NGOs in over 30 countries around the world.
The success of the first art show I curated and participated in, lead me to curate 8 and participate in three more climate change and COVID-19 themed digital art shows – 2 group, 2 solo -- with paintings that have been acknowledged in six international art competitions this year so far.
I curated these art shows for our atelier artists based on my series of articles on digital technology adoption, solar energy and tax policies in the jurisdictions with the greatest carbon emissions.
The themes and launch dates of these art shows corresponded with United Nations International Days, since these days mark occasions to educate the general public on issues of concern, to address global problems, and to celebrate and reinforce achievements of humanity as follows:
Clean Air for Blue Skies
Clean Air for Blue Skies, September 7th, 2020
The successful reception of our first group art show encouraged atelier artists to launch a second digital art show titled "Clean Air for Blue Skies" only three months after the first one, on the very first International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies.
The second group show includes paintings of the seas, trees, flowers which are efficient carbon sinks– that alleviate CO2 pollution. It also includes paintings of urbanization, wildfires which enhance CO2 pollution that create adverse health effects including COVID-19, global warming and diminishment of biodiversity.
Semine Hazar -Lighthouse in a Storm , Sunset
Ilhan Sayin – Geranium in the Haze, Pink Breath of Spring
Gunay Isemova- Morning Haze
Selva Ozelli – Heartbreak Weather – Inertia in the Face of Wildfires, Wildfires in the Time of Corona
Fatma Kadir-Lonely Tree 1 & 2
Resul Uzay Rzayev- Silhouette, Glacier
Digital Art Show:
Parallel to the second group art show, I launched my second solo digital art show "Breathe Life" on the very first International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies to share my paintings of lonely trees, gardens and portraits of artists who were economically impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic with their concert tours and art shows cancelled. This included composer and singer of "Heart Break Weather" Niall Horan ("Heartbreak Weather – Inertia in the Face of Wildfires") and climate change artist Renan Kaleli ("Pollution"). These artists have turned to launch digital concerts and art shows this year, so I have included a portrait of the creator of 5G technology which is important to the digital economy Prof Erdal Arikan ("Pollution 2"). Finally, I wanted to support the good work of Climate Change heroine Greta Thunberg who said "You say children shouldn't worry. You say: 'Just leave this to us. We will fix this; we promise we won't let you down. And then — nothing. Silence. Or something worse than silence. Empty words and promises which give the impression that sufficient action is being taken. But inaction is fueling the flames by the hour." Therefore, my "Breathe Life" art show also includes the portrait of an innocent child who deserves to inherit clean air and blue skies, Can Kir ("Wildlife").
Art in the Time of Corona
World Patient Safety Day, WHO September 17, 2020
In my first solo art show "Art in the Time of Corona" which I am relaunching on World Patient Safety Day, I explored whether Climate Change caused by carbon emissions might be one reason for such a terrible global COVID-19 pandemic which spread around the world like a tsunami in a border blind fashion alongside heightened CO2, penetrating deep into our respiratory and circulatory systems damaging our lungs, to the point where we become highly vulnerable to the coronavirus.
For this art show, I made paintings to remind us of the importance of appreciating, respecting: life of all who inhabit this world – not only humans; our friendships- including with plants, animals; those who bring technological innovations that make life easier for humans; those who put their lives on the line to save ours – like Dr Esma Akin, Chief of Nuclear Medicine at George Washington Hospital in DC, a COVID-19 hotspot-- as we collectively face and are impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
To raise funds for the orphans of health care professionals who lost their lives to COVID-19 (see brochure for my artwork) atelier artists Serife Akkan, Fatma Kadir, and I donated artwork to the Portakal Cicegi Project. Our artwork will be on sale at www.portart.org from Sep 15 to Oct 15, 2020.
Sea Watcher
World Maritime Day, September 24, 2020
Semine Hazar explored the theme of artic melting in her solo art show "Sea Watcher" which she is relaunching on World Maritime Day.
The inspiration behind Semine's art show "Sea Watcher" was her trip to the Antarctic in 2017 where she first hand witnessed the melting of the ice and with a great sound crash into the sea. This brought tears to her eyes.
Semine's late husband was a captain. Captains determine their sea routes based on the silent light signals from the lighthouses in the sea. With her sea and lighthouse themed paintings, Semine wants to draw attention to the importance of oceans to our world as the largest carbon sink, our ecology and the need for us to guard them. She wants the silent signals from the lighthouses to be visible to all of us not only captains of our world.
One Door One Hundred Trees
World Habitat Day, October 5, 2020
Serife Akkan explored the theme of urbanization and its impact on the environment in her solo art show "One Door One Hundred Trees" which she is relaunching on World Habitat Day. With her art show, Serife wants to bring attention to, to set alarm bells about the destruction humans are making to their environment. Particularly since she first hand witnessed the rapid urbanization occurring in Istanbul during her lifetime.
Bird Watching 1 & 2
World Migratory Bird Day, October 10, 2020
Fatma Kadir explored the theme of biodiversity in her solo art shows Bird Watching 1 & 2 which is relaunching 1 and launching 2 to commemorate Biodiversity in Birds which are important plant pollinators and seed dispersers.
By Selva Ozelli
Selva Ozelli Esq, CPA is a legal and finance executive with diversified experience dealing with highly complex issues in the field of international taxation and related matters within the banking, securities, Fintech, alternative and traditional investment funds. Her first of its kind legal analyses involving tax laws, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), blockchain technology, solar technology and the environment and have been published in journals, books and by the OECD. Her writings have been translated into 15 languages.
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