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States Where the Gender Income Gap Is Biggest and Smallest
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Gender inequality still exists, but women fare far better in some states than others.
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Women in the United States didn't get the right to vote until 1920. While the quest for gender equality has continued, there's still a ways to go.
Working women overall earned 85% of what their male counterparts earned in 2018, according to the Pew Research Center.
The average pay gap varies among the 50 states, and some states are significantly better for women than others in terms of health, safety and economic security.
Financial site WalletHub took a look at such indicators of gender equality for its Best and Worst States for Women's Equality report.
The website compared states across three key dimensions: workplace environment; education and health; and political empowerment. Those dimensions were evaluated on 17 factors, such as the disparity in hours worked by women and men, in math scores and in political representation. The site then gave each state an overall score and ranked them by total scores.
Following is a look at how each state ranks, starting with the state with the largest gender gap.
50. Utah
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Total score: 25.10 out of 100 points
Not only does Utah have the lowest score in the analysis, it's also the lowest by an embarrassing margin. The second-lowest-ranked state (Idaho) had a total score of 40.03 points to Utah's 25.10.
The Beehive State also ranked last for both women's workplace environment and for their education and health, and only managed to beat out one state, Louisiana, to come in 49th for women's political empowerment.
That last ranking comes despite the fact that back in 1895, Utah became the second state to allow women to vote.
49. Idaho
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Although Idaho's total score looks impressive when compared with Utah's, the Gem State has a long way to go.
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In addition to WalletHub's analysis ranking Idaho as No. 49, a 2018 report by the American Association of University Women ranked the state as sixth-worst based on the pay gap. Women working full time in Idaho were paid 75% of what men earned, according to the AAUW.
48. Texas
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Texas comes in quite low in the WalletHub analysis, but here's one bright spot for the women of the Lone Star State: A 2018 report out of the University of Texas at Austin found that women outperformed their male peers on an important metric.
The university's graduation rate task force report shows that in 2017, 70% of women at the school graduated in four years. Only 56% of men managed to do the same.
47. South Carolina
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Maybe South Carolina's technology industry can help the state close its gender gap.
The latest Cyberstates report, an annual publication that evaluates the tech workforce across the county, shows that South Carolina ranks No. 6 in the country for the share of women in the state's tech industry.
That said, the number is still low — only 34.5% of workers in the state's technology sector are women.
46. Louisiana
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Louisiana managed to stay out of last place in the WalletHub ranking, but fared worse in a 2018 report by the American Association of University Women.
That report ranked the Bayou State last in the nation for its gender pay gap, with women who work full-time, year-round jobs earning just 69% of what their male counterparts make.
45. Virginia
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Virginia has a chance to make history. The Old Dominion could become the 38th and final state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment when newly elected legislators take office in January 2020.
But the ERA's path isn't clear-cut: A congressionally imposed deadline for the constitutional amendment expired decades ago, and The Atlantic notes that if Virginia ratifies the ERA now, a legal challenge is likely.
44. Alabama
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Alabama doesn't score high for women's equality, and the Southern state doesn't score much higher on other lists, either.
When U.S. News & World Report issued its latest Best States Rankings, which takes into account everything from health care to education to fiscal stability, Alabama came in 49th out of the 50 states, topping only Louisiana.
43. Missouri
The Show-Me State has the 10th-lowest life expectancy of any state, according to an analysis compiled by seniorliving.org, cited recently by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The average Missouri resident is projected to live 77.4 years. The paper points out that that's almost a full two years less than the 79.1 years projected for residents of neighboring Illinois.
42. Oklahoma
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Oklahoma also scored low in another recent study assessing women's issues.
The state was No. 47 in a recent Security.org study ranking of states from best to worst for women's rights and freedoms across several categories: economic freedom, education, health and reproductive freedom, and political participation.
41. Kansas
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Women in Wichita now have a chance to learn how to negotiate for higher pay.
The American Association of University Women, working with the Junior League of Wichita, is offering 24 workshops over the next year to teach women in the city that vital skill. Maybe that will help improve the gender pay gap in Kansas, where women earn just 77% of their male counterparts, according to the AAUW.
40. North Carolina
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In April 2019, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper signed an executive order that bans government agencies in his state from considering a job applicant's salary history when hiring.
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Cooper noted that the median annual pay for women in the state is $36,400, compared with $45,000 for men. He signed the order on Equal Pay Day in hopes that it will help address the gender pay gap among state workers.
39. Illinois
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Illinois joined numerous other states in 2019 in passing legislation aimed at decreasing the wage gap between men and women.
The new law bans employers from asking job applicants about their past salaries, with the idea that the practice disproportionately hurts women, who typically have lower salaries on their resumes than men.
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Wyoming has the nation's largest income gap between men and women, according to the WalletHub study.
On the bright side, the state has the smallest gender gap when it comes to executive positions, though women still fall short of equality in Wyoming boardrooms.
37. Georgia
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Some good news for Georgia businesswomen: The Peach State ranks second in the growth of women-owned businesses, according to the ninth annual State of Women-Owned Businesses Report.
Georgia has about 533,030 women-owned businesses that bring an estimated $57 billion to the state's economy, the report says.
36. Florida
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Sunny Florida means business. The Sunshine State has the third-highest growth in the number of women-owned firms in 2019, according to the annual State of Women-Owned Businesses Report, commissioned by American Express.
35. Mississippi
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Mississippi remains a tough place for children. According to the recent Annie E. Casey Foundation KIDS COUNT report, the state is ranked No. 48 for overall child well-being.
According to the report, 27% of Mississippi children live in poverty.
34. Nebraska
Over their lifetimes in similar jobs, men in Nebraska are expected to earn $462,000 more than Nebraska women, The Lincoln Journal Star newspaper reports.
This estimate holds even if those women have attained education levels equal to or beyond their male counterparts.
33. Maryland
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Maryland's Equal Pay for Equal Work law says that an employer cannot pay employees of one sex or gender identity at a lower rate than those of another sex or gender identity, as long as the work and workplace are comparable.
A new bill enacted in May 2019 adds a civil penalty equal to 10% of the amount of damages owed by an employer for violating the law.
32. South Dakota
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South Dakota's first female governor, Republican Kristi Noem, took office in 2019. Noem was elected 100 years and one day after women's suffrage passed in the state.
31. Arkansas
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A recent report from the March of Dimes gives Arkansas a grade of F when it comes to maternal and children's health.
Nationally, 10% of babies are born three or more weeks before their due date. In Arkansas, that figure is 11.6%, an increase from the year before. Only four states have a higher preterm birth rate in the study of 2018 data.
30. New Jersey
More than 50% of New Jersey residents are female, but female representation in the State Legislature will drop to 30% come January 2020, WHYY-FM reports.
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However, despite the large political gender gap, the Garden State does boast a female lieutenant governor in Sheila Oliver.
29. Tennessee
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Here's a grim statistic for Tennessee: According to a report from the Violence Policy Center, the state has the fifth-highest rate in the nation for women murdered by men, tied with South Carolina.
The report, which uses FBI data, says that 90% of the victims were killed by someone they knew.
28. Pennsylvania
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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf says he's committed to closing the state's gender pay gap, and to that end, the state is offering free salary negotiation workshops for women.
The Pennsylvania Commission for Women is partnering with the American Association of University Women and its Work Smart program to host the workshops.
27. Indiana
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Some scary statistics for Indiana residents:
The state's maternal mortality rate is now the nation's third-highest, according to the latest report by America's Health Rankings and the Indiana Department of Health.
Indiana's infant mortality rate is the seventh-highest in the U.S.
26. North Dakota
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In every single state, men have more of the bachelor's degrees in STEM fields (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) than women do, according to a study by Typing.com, a free service offering teachers and students typing and other tech skills, including coding.
But that gender gap is narrowing in North Dakota: Its STEM degree gap has decreased 5.7% since 2015.
25. Wisconsin
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The gender gap still exists here, of course, but Wisconsin ranks fairly high for economic security.
According to a recent report from the nonprofit Institute for Women's Policy Research in Washington, D.C, 73% of Badger State households have economic security, meaning that working adults have enough income to meet their basic monthly expenses, such as housing, food, transportation and child-care expenses, and still save for emergencies and retirement.
24. Kentucky
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Kentucky is one of six states tied for the top spot in WalletHub's study for having the smallest gap between men and women with an advanced educational degree (higher than a bachelor's degree).
23. Connecticut
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In 2019, Connecticut launched the Governor's Council on Women and Girls, with the intention of championing legislation and evaluating state policies to advance women across the state.
The group will focus on four main areas: education and STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math); economic opportunity and workforce equity; leadership; and health and safety.
22. Washington
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As the University of Washington fight song urges, "Bow down to Washington."
The Pacific Northwest state topped U.S. News & World Report's 2019 Best States rankings, scoring especially high for its infrastructure, education, health care and overall economy.
21. New Hampshire
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A recent analysis of 2017 Census Bureau data shows that, in New Hampshire, women age 25 and older outnumber men of that age group on all levels of higher education attainment.
The state has over 10,000 more women than men with graduate, bachelor's and associate's degrees, the data show, and over 5,000 more women than men have some college education but no degree.
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Still, New Hampshire women earn less for working full time than men, at every level of educational attainment.
20. Oregon
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Oregon is home to major companies that earn plenty of attention (Nike, for one). Although the state has the No. 20 ranking overall in the WalletHub survey, it's Oregon's score on a workplace metric that really shines.
The state is No. 6 for "workplace environment," which considers factors such as job security disparity, differences in work hours and disparity among executive positions.
19. Ohio
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The gender gap exists in academia, too. A new study shows that male professors at The Ohio State University, the largest college in Ohio, earn 11% more than female professors.
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According to the most recent study by the Violence Policy Center, 68 women in Arizona — 1.92 out of every 100,000 — were killed by a man in 2017.
That is the seventh-highest rate in the nation.
17. California
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In 2019, California launched a campaign to raise awareness of the gender pay gap and attempt to close it.
Thirteen major companies, including Apple and Salesforce, agreed to voluntarily conduct an annual company-wide gender pay analysis and review hiring and promotion processes.
16. Rhode Island
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Tiny Rhode Island scores high in another recent WalletHub ranking. The Ocean State was found to be the second-best state for working moms.
15. Montana
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The U.S. House of Representatives recently honored a famed women's rights advocate from Montana. The main post office in Missoula was named in honor of Jeanne Rankin, who was elected to Congress in 1916, four years before the 19th Amendment granted women throughout the U.S. the right to vote.
Rankin helped Montana women secure the right of women to vote in that state in 1914.
14. Massachusetts
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Massachusetts scored high on another recent list of importance to residents. The Bay State was ranked the best state to live in by financial news site 24/7 Wall Street.
Massachusetts earned credit for its well-educated population and higher median income and life expectancy, among other criteria.
13. Iowa
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Iowa scores fairly high in the WalletHub analysis. But another analysis, by Security.org, points out that the Hawkeye State comes in low when it comes to female business owners. In that study, Iowa is ranked No. 49 for the percentage of employer firms owned by women.
12. Michigan
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Total score: 62.82 out of 100
Michigan didn't make the top 10 in the WalletHub state analysis. But it scores high on the metric of women's political empowerment, coming in at No. 4.
11. Alaska
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The Last Frontier boasts the highest percentage of women-owned businesses in the nation, according to a report by the University of Alaska's Center for Economic Development. About 30% of firms in the state are owned by women.
10. Delaware
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In January 2019, Delaware passed an Equal Rights Amendment to the state constitution.
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The amendment bars discrimination based on sex.
9. Vermont
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Vermont came in at No. 9 in the WalletHub analysis, and scores even higher in a similar report. In an annual ranking of states for gender equality, done earlier this year by Bloomberg, the Green Mountain State came in at No. 1 for the third year in a row.
8. Colorado
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This isn't the only study in which mountainous Colorado scores high. The state's economy ranks No. 1 in U.S. News & World Report's recent Best States Ranking, although the state comes in No. 10 overall.
7. Minnesota
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Minnesota believes in hard work. The Land of 10,000 Lakes has the third-highest labor force participation rate in the nation, with 69.7% of Minnesotans 16 and older either employed or actively looking for work, compared with the national average of 62.9%.
6. West Virginia
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West Virginia scores fairly well in WalletHub's rankings, placing especially high (No. 5) on the metric of women's education and health.
But in another study, undertaken by Health Testing Centers, one statistic looks bleak: The study shows 22% of West Virginia women, the most of any state, reported 14 or more poor mental-health days in the previous month.
5. New Mexico
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New Mexico has the smallest income gap between men and women, the WalletHub study shows.
The Land of Enchantment also had the highest score of any state on the workplace environment metric.
"If I can make it there, I'll make it anywhere," the song claims about the state's largest city. It helps, though, if you're well-educated.
The Empire State is one of six states that tie for having the smallest gender gap among residents with advanced degrees, WalletHub's analysis shows.
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Nevada is the only state in the nation where the state legislature is majority female.
Women hold 33 of 63 total seats in the Assembly and Senate in the Silver State, notes U.S. News & World Report.
Women in Hawaii don't just loll around on the state's plentiful beaches; they tend to their medical needs.
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A report by Health Testing Centers shows that about 7 out of 10 Aloha State women received mammograms as often as suggested. That's more than any other state.
1. Maine
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Way to go, Maine! The state tops WalletHub's analysis, scoring especially high for women's education and health and for women's political empowerment.
In 2018, the state elected its first female governor, Janet Mills. As the Bangor Daily News notes, more than half of Mills' cabinet is made up of women.
How does your state stack up against others as a place for women's equality? Share your thoughts in comments below or on our Facebook page.
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'Southern Showcase, Onstage!' to spotlight music from past and present
Offering a blend of favorites from the Broadway stage, films and television, and other familiar tunes, "Southern Showcase, Onstage!" will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 28, through Saturday, April 30, in the Bud Walton Theatre at Missouri Southern State University.
The production will feature the Missouri Southern Chamber Singers, Concert Chorale and soloists.
"It's something decidedly different from the other yearly choral performances," said Dr. David Sharlow, director of choral activities at Missouri Southern. "It's another way for our musical theatre and musical performance students to enhance their experience."
The show – which will be presented in two acts – is directed by Dr. Diana Allan, associate professor of music. She said audiences can expect an intimate musical experience.
"It's in the Black Box Theatre, so the audience will be up close and personal with the performers," she said. "It's a revue of hits from the past and more contemporary numbers. There will be songs by George Gershwin, Irving Berlin and others … a lot of fun, toe-tapping choral numbers."
The vocal groups and soloists will be accompanied by Glenda Austin on piano, and a combo featuring guitar, bass guitar and percussion, Allan said.
The Friday performance will include a special recognition for Dr. Susan Smith, the retired vocal professor who started the annual "Onstage!" production at MSSU. She recently donated a significant collection of books, musical scores and compact discs to the department.
Tickets are $15 for general admission, and $10 for students, seniors and military members. They can be purchased at https://www.showtix4u.com/events/MOSOTheatre.
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A sixth-in-a-row return to the school of witchcraft and wizardry, where love is in the air and each laugh is followed by a sob.
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Considering how the Harry Potter series reaches its most serious peak until then with Order of the Phoenix, the lightheartedness and actual funniness of Half-Blood Prince always gets me by surprise. Despite all the unraveling of dark secrets going on here, this is also the installment that focusses most on that awkward first, or in some cases second, love. Even Dumbledore suddenly seems interested in Harry's love life. In fact, no one is spared; Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny - everyone seems slightly confuzzled by the hormones that are suddenly filling each and every corner of the Hogwarts castle. The new Potions teacher Professor Slughorn isn't really helping with his socializing parties, nor is Quidditch. However, luckily for the audience, both provide for some of the funniest moments in the whole series (cue: Cormac McLaggen and a bowl of ice cream).
Meanwhile, Voldemort and the Death Eaters are gaining more power and influence every day, infiltrating the Ministry of Magic and even the school. Draco Malfoy, who gets the chance of a lifetime to prove his loyalty to the Dark Lord, is one of the most interesting side characters in this part of the series. While he's always seemed like a bit of a wanna-be dark wizard, hiding his cowardice behind empty threats and arrogance, you actually feel pity for him at this point. It turns out he's not really a bad person, just someone born into the wrong environment - and Harry's hatred towards him looks almost unfair at times, since you know (or can guess) what's going on inside Malfoy's mind. The same goes for Snape. Even though it's always very interesting to analyze his behavior with the knowledge of what happens in Deathly Hallows - something that has brought me a lot of pleasure during this project - it's not until Half-Blood Prince that it really pays off to know what's really going on. It breaks your heart to see the things from Harry's perspective, completely ignorant of the true circumstances behind the fight between Snape and Dumbledore. By the way, as you've probably guessed, Dumbledore's death was when I cried - and only in the book. Because no matter how well-made the film adaptation is, I can't forgive it for not showing Dumbledore's funeral. (And why did The Burrough have to burn?).
The movies managed to capture another core theme of Half-Blood Prince very well though, and that is Tom Riddle's childhood and the creation of Lord Voldemort. While there is much more material and snack for thought in the book, the movie filters out the most important scenes from the Pensieve and makes the story understandable enough to the unread viewer. At least that's what I could gather, never having seen the film without having read the book. Hero Fiennes-Tiffin and Frank Dillane were perfectly cast in the roles of 11-year old and 16-year old Tom Riddle, respectively. In fact, I had to look it up before realizing they were not the same actor morphed to be older/ younger with CGI. Speaking of which, the effects are improving vastly with each school year. Hogwarts is growing darker but also more realistic in every film, and the attention to detail in any of the interiors and exteriors of the wizarding world is amazing.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is the most dually toned film of the series, but it works. The result is neither a dark comedy nor a funny drama - but there is no point in trying to find a name for You-No-Poo meets Dumbledore's Death anyway.
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Brittani Burnham May 28, 2014 at 2:21 PM
I love your Harry Potter posts! The one thing that annoyed me about HBP is the movie never actually explained WHY Snape was called that. I remember seeing this with my dad, who doesn't read the books, and he was like "so...what was that about?" Otherwise visually, this one was stunning, and the Ron/Lavender stuff was just as cringe worthy as it was in the books. Loved it.
Mette May 29, 2014 at 7:34 PM
So do I! It's so much fun to go back and revisit that universe properly, one film/book at a time. You're right, one of the weak points of the films is how they leave some things from the flashbacks out... but it's so damn hard to catch those flaws when you know the books! Haha, I love the Ron/Lavender stuff, it's so funny. But also sort of sad.
I love this series so, so much! Thank you for sharing your perspective!
Something that always gets me as well is how "everyone seems slightly confuzzled by the hormones that are suddenly filling each and every corner of the Hogwarts castle", because it's so weird comparing to how serious the films became. It's as if in 2009 humor suddenly made a comeback.
The effect of Dumbledore's death was less intense for me in the film as he was so silly in this film. In the book, I cried like a baby, too.
PS. The final frame and scene were really beautiful, weren't they? Exactly as I hoped they would be.
I always forget about the hormone stuff. Especially this time, because I watched this film at 3 or 4 AM after having seen 1,2,3 and 5 already that night, so it was such an odd shift. But still fitting. Hmmm I like Dumbledore in the film, but his death wasn't as sad in the movie, I thought so too.
Love the final frame. So dreamy. It's like one last moment of peace before the big war.
Nick May 31, 2014 at 1:58 AM
Half-Blood Prince is my favorite book of the series. I love all the backstory with Voldemort. I love the romance stuff with Ron, Lavender, and Hermione. I love the overall mysterious, yet light feel to it. And it's packed right in the middle of two heavy, emotionally draining books.
For the first time in the films, I felt Michael Gambon was the perfect Dumbledore in this film... ironic that it took until the film he dies in to reach that point, though. I didn't cry in the book when he died, but I also had it spoiled for me before the book even came out. (The "Snape Kills Dumbledore!" spoiler was huge at the time due to an accidental leak about a weak before release.)
What I always thought was a bit funny was how this book is the one that's primarily about Snape (the title refers to him, after all), yet he's actually barely in it. And he finally gets to be DADA Prof, and you get like one lesson from him.
I do really, really like the film version, as well. I don't mind they cut the funeral (there really isn't much of one in the book, to be honest. And the conversation had at the funeral is still had in the film if I recall. The only difference is you don't see the closing of the coffin and all that). I questioned how they would handle some of the Horcruxes due to some of the memories they left out, but they worked with it just fine. In fact, I *love* the moment where Dumbledore looks at Harry after he touches the ring and says "I think I might have just found another." Double meaning ftw!
Mette June 1, 2014 at 6:18 PM
Yes, I really liked Dumbledore here too, he has a lot of great, humorous lines... And wow, I never caught the double meaning of the ring scene! However, about the funeral scene: what I like about it in the book is that Harry feels so numb and doesn't realize that Dumbledore is actually dead. Because it's such an unexpected, unbelievable thing. And then suddenly, he realizes what has happened and what it means and he cries - and I cry. In the movie, I felt like the "numb" phase was never truly broken.
Snape could've been more in the movie, but I feel like he really gets his well-deserved fame in the last one. Better late than never.
I'm not sure whether this is my favorite of the books... I just love Goblet of Fire so much. But it's hard to tell anyway. This one is certainly better than Order of the Phoenix.
Let the discussion begin!
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We have been here in February 2017. We are still in love with this House and looking for a similar accommodation. What was it tastefully.
We felt right at home. We were received with homemade cake in a warm House. Delicious, those two fires. We have enjoyed.
We choose never for the same accommodation or environment, but if we were to do so then we went here for sure.
We got such a warm welcome and the house contains everything you need to have a wonderful vacation. It's very, very close to the Belgian border (about 3km), half an hour from Charleville Mezieres, 25 minutes from Orval's Abbey and other nice locations in the Belgian Ardennes. Reims is about 1 hour and 10 minutes away.
The house is nicely and thoughtfully decorated. It feels warm and cozy, because of all the wood and the fireplace. There is plenty of space for a small family. Overall: We are very thankful we stayed here. The only downpoint is the WIFI connection wasn't very stabile. But well, it's not that important, since we were so busy every day.
I could advise this nice, little house to everyone who wants to take a trip to this part of France.
Outside accommodation : Terrace 215 Sq.ft., balcony 32.5 Sq.ft.
Outside setting : Private courtyard 75 Sq.ft., landscaped yard 65 Sq.ft.


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Brasil–Portugal: revista quinzenal ilustrada foi uma publicação com periodicidade quinzenal publicada entre 1° de fevereiro de 1899 e 16 de agosto de 1914, perfazendo um total de 374 números. Era dirigida por Augusto Castilho, Jayme Victor e Lorjó Tavares e, a partir de 1912, teve à frente João de Vasconcelos, em substituição do primeiro.

Começou por ser uma revista voltada às elites, especialmente as da comunidade portuguesa no Brasil e das colónias, abordando temas variados, como história, literatura, arte, etnografia, sociologia, religião e sociedade, privilegiando também as relações luso-brasileiras. Tinha riqueza ilustrativa, recorrendo frequentemente à fotografia, o que a torna um prefeito álbum de memórias visuais, combinada com a qualidade textual, que asseguraram a conquista e fidelização dos seus leitores.

A partir de outubro de 1910, após a implantação da República, a Brasil–Portugal passa de "veículo de informação geral e entretenimento a plataforma de oposição aos sucessivos governos da República".

Colaboradores

Permanentes
Abel Botelho
Alberto Braga
Alfredo da Cunha
Anselmo de Andrade
António Arroyo
António Ennes
barão de Marajó
Bernardo Pinheiro
Bulhão Pato
Carlos Malheiro Dias
Crispim
Cunha Belém
Curry Cabral
Egas Moniz Barreto de Aragão
Fernandes Costa
Fialho d'Almeida
Guerra Junqueiro
Gomes Leal
Henrique Lopes Mendonça
Henrique Vasconcelos
Itibiré da Cunha
Barbosa Colen
João Grave
Júlio Brandão
L.F. Marrecas Ferreira
H. Lopes de Mendonça
Macedo Papança
Manuel de Arriaga
Marrecas Ferreira
Matoso dos Santos
Maximiliano de Azevedo
Miguel Bombarda
Olavo Bilac
Raul Brandão
Ribeiro de Carvalho
Sena Freitas
 Silva Pinto
Thomaz Ribeiro
Valentim Magalhães

Comentaristas
Alfredo de Mesquita
Alberto Braga
Câmara Lima
Consiglieri Pedroso
Eduardo Schwalbach
Emygdio Navarro
Gervásio Lobato
Ramalho Ortigão
Teófilo Braga
Wenceslau de Moraes
Adelina Lopes Vieira
Ana de Castro Osório
Júlia Lopes
Maria Amália Vaz de Carvalho
Maria O'Neill

Colaboração artística e gráfica
Celso Hermínio
Alfredo Cândido
Bobone
Filipe Fidanza
Joshua Benoliel
Roque Gameiro

Ver também
 Lista de publicações disponíveis na Hemeroteca Municipal de Lisboa

Ligações externas
 Brasil–Portugal: revista quinzenal illustrada (1899–1914), cópia digital, Hemeroteca Digital.

Revistas extintas de Portugal
Publicações fundadas em 1899
Fundações em Portugal em 1899
Publicações extintas em 1914
Extinções em Portugal em 1914
Revistas em português

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Hybrid Art Fair
Petit Palace Santa Bárbara Hotel Plaza Santa Bárbara, 10, Madrid, Spain
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The Vision of the Heart: The Spiritual Paintings of Chien-Hsin Lien, Ying-Chen Chiang and Julie Hsieh
Yu-zhang Li (PhD, Institute of Art Theory, Tainan University of the Arts)
Contemporary art provides diverse artistic approaches, and it's the very practice and choice of media that become the subject of the contemporary creation. From traditional to contemporary, art has changed from the material that defines the art to the aesthetic concept that replaces this definition of art. More importantly, art critics must ask how does the transitional state between the new and old media produce these mixed contemporary practices? How do artists respond to contemporary cultural contexts within their paintings?
If the contemporary nature of art is to refer to the "media as the medium," then this key aesthetic creates a new concept that the author must give to the media. Yuan Ru Gallery uses Taiwan's contemporary realistic painting artists: Chien-Hsin Lien, Ying-Chen Chiang, and contemporary ink artist Julie Hsieh to jointly demonstrate the artistic and contemporary nature of art media. Thus, the concept of "media is the medium" can be derived from the cultural background of its creators. More importantly, the three artists separate the materiality of their medium with its non-material spiritual dimension; the paintings separate from their purely formal aesthetic expression to the spirituality that connects to the painting and reveals its inner propension for life. From this perspective, the Asian aesthetic focuses on the inner consciousness of creation and the potential created by its practical process.
The spiritual heart of Chien-Hsin Lien (1962) begins with the circumstances he portrays within his paintings, like the war theater. The weight of the objects in his scene constitute the somatosensory space; the depiction of the still life makes the image of time and the image of the portrait produce a perceptual observational line. The Taiwanese art critics describe his paintings as Magical Realism; however, the artist continues to develop his realistic imagination, thus establishing a realistic and conceptual representation within his realistic painting. From the Taiwanese phrase "Ǒu xì suí, shuí xì ǒu" (to follow the plot of a Taiwanese puppet play), the artist brings out the cultural meaning of the language's orthodox pronunciation and the mother tongue, which is filled with a nostalgic atmosphere. On the surface, Lien's works, "Blonde Barbie's Love," "Sensual Gaze", "The Lamb Loves to be a Housekeeper", "Call Me Number One," and "Go On An Outing Together," show the artist's antique collections organized through their inner meanings by way of still life paintings. But going deeper, through the natural view of still life, the artist turns the spirituality of his paintings through introspection as a way to view his own state of existence.
The heart of Ying-Chen Chiang (1994-) paintings start with the image of the deep sea as her main source of inspiration. This refers to the intricate structure the ocean's living environment filled with mixed organisms and organic forms. The deep sea represents the state of the artist facing her fear. When the process of painting is introspective, the work becomes the medium for the artist to communicate with others. From the "Symbiotic World," "Play Room," to "The Destruction of Harmony - The Turmoil in Harmony," you can perceive the unintentional appearance of her work. The characteristics of Mannerism, spirituality and introspection become creative meditations on her intentions. Ying-Chen Jiang uses the color ink media of Asian societies. Under her comparative techniques of Western art, her painting of meticulous lines has transformed the painting into a way to heal herself, making the intuitive work a mere gesture of painting, the vision of her imagination becoming like the meaning of the world.
Julie Hsieh's heart is the trace of her creative actions, which she uses to search for her cultural roots. Julie uses her body in action to show the Asian aesthetics of "Yi, unconventional naturalness" using ink as her medium of perception by showing the existence of the vast human historical imprint as viewed through the duration of her life. When her method is practiced, she opens the state of change between "moving" and "making"; between action and painting. Under this role, her ink becomes a medium that liberates the form of her materials from the action of her painting; and separates the relationship between contemporary abstract painting and ink from the that of form and spirit as seen in the traditional ink practice. The trend of ink in "Waltz and Wind Shadow" brings out the artist's throwing point, which opens her perception of time and space. "Dance Ink Forest" showcases the artist's creations in the Museum of Contemporary Art in Rome (MACRO), showcasing the artist's paintings on the scene through the flow of ink. Julie Hsieh, through the creation of contemporary ink painting, combines the flow of consciousness with the rhythm of her body, transforming the ink from that of a painting medium into that of a musical medium captured by the painting. When she uses ink as her aesthetic concept, through the posture of her music, painting, and body, she allows the vision in her mind to emerge, and share the beauty she sees in the world.
Chien-Hsing Lien
Ying-Chen Chiang
Let us revisit the works that Yuan Ru Gallery brought to the Spanish audience this time!
Taiwanese modern art, live performance slated for Madrid fair
From Taiwan, Yuan Ru Gallery will exhibit at Madrid Art Week
Hybrid Art Fair 2020 Boreal Projects Yuan Ru Gallery
Vision of the Heart


There are total 7 letters in Locales, Starting with L and ending with S.
Locales is a scrabble word? Yes (9 Points) Locales has worth 9 Scrabble points.
In Locales L is 12th, O is 15th, C is 3rd, A is 1st, E is 5th, S is 19th letters in Alphabet Series.


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President to Welcome NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson
Statement by the Deputy Press Secretary
President Bush will meet with NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson at the White House on May 5, 2003. NATO remains a cornerstone of America's relations with Europe, and a vital player in our efforts to deal with the security challenges of the 21st century. Under Lord Robertson's leadership, NATO provided support to Turkey during the Iraq war, and has now agreed to take over the leadership of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan later this summer.


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What would a Polkian presidency look like?
Romney campaign manager Matt Rhoades got a lot of reporters scratching their heads last week when he suggested that James K. Polk could be a historical model for Mitt Romney's presidency in an interview with the Huffington Post: [W]hen I asked [Matt] Rhoades in July how Romney would govern if elected, and what Romney might ...
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Romney campaign manager Matt Rhoades got a lot of reporters scratching their heads last week when he suggested that James K. Polk could be a historical model for Mitt Romney's presidency in an interview with the Huffington Post:
[W]hen I asked [Matt] Rhoades in July how Romney would govern if elected, and what Romney might do with the budget and entitlement reform plans Ryan had already outlined, Rhoades' eyes lit up. He gave me a name: James Polk.
Don't Yawn. There's a history lesson in that name. Rhoades and the rest of the members of Romney's inner circle think a Romney presidency could look much like the White House tenure of the 11th U.S. president.
Romney campaign manager Matt Rhoades got a lot of reporters scratching their heads last week when he suggested that James K. Polk could be a historical model for Mitt Romney's presidency in an interview with the Huffington Post:
[W]hen I asked [Matt] Rhoades in July how Romney would govern if elected, and what Romney might do with the budget and entitlement reform plans Ryan had already outlined, Rhoades' eyes lit up. He gave me a name: James Polk.
Don't Yawn. There's a history lesson in that name. Rhoades and the rest of the members of Romney's inner circle think a Romney presidency could look much like the White House tenure of the 11th U.S. president.
Polk, who served from 1845 to 1849, presided over the expansion of the U.S. into a coast-to-coast nation, annexing Texas and winning the Mexican-American war for territories that also included New Mexico and California. He reduced trade barriers and strengthened the Treasury system.
And he was a one-term president.
Polk is an allegory for Rhoades: He did great things, and then exited the scene, and few remember him. That, Rhoades suggested, could be Romney's legacy as well.
Citing Polk as a model for your presidency feels a bit like a hipster's record recommendation. ("Oh, you're into Andrew Jackson? He's okay, I guess, but you should really check out Polk.") But it's interesting to consider exactly what a Polkian presidency would look like.
It's certainly true that given the extroadinary political changes that took place under his presidency, the 11th president doesn't get nearly enough attention. (Nor, for that matter, do any of the presidents between Jackson and Lincoln.) It's certainly I'm no Polk scholar but having recently read journalist and historian Robert W. Merry's very good A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War, and the Conquest of the American Continent , I had a few quick thoughts on the pros and cons of the Polk model:
An exceptional exceptionalist: You want to talk about national greatness conservatism? In just four years, Polk — Andrew Jackson's protege — expanded the size of the United States by a third, incorporating Texas, the Northwest, and and Southwest. Polk envisioned the United States as a continental power with Pacific ports giving it access to emerging Asian markets. And in just four years he made it happen. The Monroe doctrine could just as easily be called the Polk doctrine, as the Tennessean repeatedly took action to prevent European influence in the Western Hemisphere.
Getting it done: Polk came into office in 1844 with four main goals. On the international front, he wanted to reach a favorable agreement with Britain on the Oregon territory, which was then in an ambiguous state of joint governance between the two countries. He also wanted to acquire California from Mexico. On the domestic side, he wanted to reduce tariffs and create and independent treasury. (Yes, he was a free-market guy as well.) All these goals were accomplished. Historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr. put Polk in the same category as much better known figures including Thomas Jefferson, Jackson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Ronald Reagan, as presidents who were "able to impose their own priorities on the country."
Leading from the front: By 1844 it was fairly obviously that Oregon would fall into U.S. hands eventually. Americans were migrating west at a rapid rate and vastly outnumbered the British in the territory. Many argued at the time that the U.S. should simply let the demographics run their course, but as Merry writes, "Patience was not a trait to be found in the personality of James Polk… he wasn't about to leave to successors the accomplishment he could himself obtain." In his inaugural address, Polk asserted America's "clear and unquestionable" title to Oregon and took a hard line in territorial negotiations that brought the two countries to the brink of their third war in less than 70 years. In the end, Britain would back down and the U.S. acquired the territory that would become the states of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho.
Left on top: A compromise candidate after a contentious Democratic primary, Polk pledged to only stay in office for one term and stuck to it, despite allies urging him to run again. As Ross Douthat writes, "he's a fascinating figure precisely because seems to have chosen retirement less out of necessity than out of a genuine belief that his service to the republic was complete." His health may also have played a role: He died just three months after leaving office.
More war-war than jaw-jaw: Polk's confrontational approach to the Oregon question looks shrewd in retrospect, but the course of U.S. history might have turned out quite differently if the U.S. had found itself fighting simultaneous wars with Mexico and Britain. In the case of Mexico, Polk seemed to recognize that a war would be the only way to accomplish his territorial aims and set out to create the conditions for one, most notably by ordering Gen. Zachary Taylor to march troops into disputed territory between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande in January 1846, setting in motion a series of events that would eventually lead to war. Polk may not have been the most aggressive hawk of his era — there were members of his cabinet that favored the outright conquest of Mexico — but the Mexican war was about as close as the U.S. ever got to an outright war of conquest, not a practice that even the most aggresive hawks usually endorse.
Bad manager: The Polk administration was a mess. His ostensible allies in the Democratic congressional delegation were divided over the war — and increasingly over slavery — his own secretary of State consistently undermined him, and his generals and diplomats were often outright insubordinate. The Polk cabinet leaked like a sieve, with confidential information frequently appearing the press, generally traced back to Secretary of State James Buchanan, who violated a pledge to Polk not to campaign for president while still secretary. Despite Buchanan's behind the scenes machinations and frequent failures to carry out Polk's orders, the president repeatedly backed off from threats to fire him. Mitt Romney may "like being able to fire people," but Merry writes that Polk "lacked the fortitude for the face-to-face encounter that must attend a dismissal.
Civil military relations weren't that great either. Polk's senior generals, Winfield "Old Fuss and Feathers" Scott and Zachary Taylor frequently clashed with the president, disobeying orders and engaging in unauthorized freelance diplomacy with the Mexicans, and Taylor actually left the battlefield to campaign for — and win — the presidency on a Whig ticket. The Treaty of Guadelupe Hidalgo that ended the Mexican war was negotiated by an envoy who Polk had fired weeks earlier. Polk's bizarrely effective brand of organized chaos would seem an odd model for Romney, a candidate who has sold himself as businesslike and managerial.
Missed the big picture: Polk was mostly uninterested in the question of increasingly controversial question of slavery throughout his presidency, focusing instead on the goal of territorial expansion that he believed would bring Americans together in the goal of national greatness. He reacted with annoyance when an antislavery congressional Democrat introduced the Wilmot Proviso, which would have banned slavery in the territories won from Mexico, and seemed flummoxed that North-South disputes were inserting themselves into the war debate. By the end of his presidency, abolitionist Democrats had split off to form the Free Soil party — later absorbed into the Republicans — and the fault lines had developed for the conflict that would literally tear the country apart 13 years later. It's not clear that Polk could have done anything to prevent this, but his lack of interest in the issue seems remarkably shortsighted in retrospect.
(Also, if Romney adopts Polk as a model, the GOP may have to drop the "party of Lincoln" line before Honest Abe turns over in his grave. In the view of Lincoln, then a freshman Whig legislator who idolized Polk's longtime rival Henry Clay, the president had deliberately instigated the war with Mexico and "talked like an insane man" with a "mind taxed beyond its power.")
Other than a vague free-market hawkishness, it's hard to divine what a Polkian approach to contemporary issues such as Iran's nuclear program or healthcare costs might entail. But give some credit to Rhoades, a discussion of the merits of the Polk presidency is more interesting than hearing about Reagan for the 47,000th time.
Tags: Republican Party, U.S. 2012 Election


Apple has removed the choice to buy a new iPhone on a two-year contract through AT&T, doing away with the opportunity to purchase your device for a subsidized price of $199 or $299 through the carrier. Instead, customers wishing to get an iPhone on AT&T must qualify for and use the carrier's Next financing plan.
The change, first noted by MacRumors, applies to both the Apple Store online and Cupertino's brick and mortar retail locations. This does not appear to be a policy applying just to Apple or the iPhone, though. AT&T's Web page still allows customers to purchase an iPhone on a two-year contract.
A recent report from DroidLife revealed that AT&T would be making a move away from subsidized pricing and two-year contracts altogether beginning June 1, except through the carrier's Web page, customer service, and company owned retail locations.
This is a move that T-Mobile has already made, doing away with contracts in favor of finance plans. While Verizon and Sprint still offer two-year contracts and subsidized pricing, this shift does make me wonder if the other carriers will soon follow suit and only offer finance plans. Both carriers have their own finance plans already in place, so it would not be difficult for them to transition away from subsidized pricing.


While some nations on the EU's new Blacklist of tax havens think its unfair, the French Government feels its just the start of something big.
On 5 December, the European Union (EU) published a blacklist of 17 tax havens for which the principle of sanctions is being debated, as well as a grey list of 47 countries who are being watched closely. France hails this list as a major step forward in the crackdown against tax avoidance.
It is the first time in the EU's history that it has published such a document. To date, only 18 member states, France among them, had a list. The OECD's list only contained one name: Trinity and Tobago.
The EU blacklist contains 17 States ("non-cooperative jurisdictions"): American Samoa, Bahrain, Barbados, Grenada, Guam, Macao, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Namibia, Palau, Panama, Saint Lucia, Samoa, South Korea, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia and United Arab Emirates.
The grey list contains 47 States who have been put on notice as regards the commitments they have made to meeting these criteria (for example: Switzerland, Morocco, the Cayman Islands and Cabo Verde).
These lists are not set in stone. They will be reviewed at regular intervals and updated in the years to come. Some States will be taken off them, while others will be added.
The next step is to define what type of sanctions are to be applied to countries on the blacklist. France has suggested that the financial assistance they are granted through European or international programmes depend upon their progress in the crackdown against tax avoidance.


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import com.opp.dto.ErrorResponse;
import com.opp.dto.LoadTestSummaryTrendGet;
import com.opp.dto.SummaryTrendByGroup;
import com.opp.service.LoadTestTrendService;
import io.swagger.annotations.*;
import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestParam;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;

import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;

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@Api(value = "LoadTestTrends", description = "Load Test Trends API", basePath = "/loadsvc")
@RestController
public class LoadTestTrendController {

    @Autowired
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    @RequestMapping(value = "/loadsvc/v1/loadtesttrends/summarytrend", method = RequestMethod.GET)
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    @ApiResponses({
            @ApiResponse(code = 200, message = "Successfully retrieved LoadTest Summary Trends", response = LoadTestSummaryTrendGet.class, responseContainer = "List"),
            @ApiResponse(code = 401, message = "Failed authentication or not authorized", response = ErrorResponse.class),
            @ApiResponse(code = 500, message = "Internal server error", response = ErrorResponse.class)
    })
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        if(ids.isEmpty()){
            return service.getSummaryTrendsByFilter(filter);
        } else {
            return service.getSummaryTrendByIds(ids);
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    @RequestMapping(value = "/loadsvc/v1/loadtesttrends/summarytrendgroup", method = RequestMethod.GET)
    @ApiOperation( value = "Get summary group rend for load tests", notes = "Setting sampleDataOnly to true will return a summarized list of data.  You can also pass in any column names from the LoadTest table and set a regular expression value to filter on that column")
    @ApiImplicitParams({
            @ApiImplicitParam(name = "appUnderTest", paramType = "query"),
            @ApiImplicitParam(name = "appUnderTestVersion", paramType = "query"),
            @ApiImplicitParam(name = "comments", paramType = "query"),
            @ApiImplicitParam(name = "description", paramType = "query"),
            @ApiImplicitParam(name = "environment", paramType = "query"),
            @ApiImplicitParam(name = "startTime", paramType = "query"),
            @ApiImplicitParam(name = "endTime", paramType = "query"),
            @ApiImplicitParam(name = "testName", paramType = "query"),
            @ApiImplicitParam(name = "testSubName", paramType = "query"),
            @ApiImplicitParam(name = "testTool", paramType = "query"),
            @ApiImplicitParam(name = "testToolVersion", paramType = "query"),
            @ApiImplicitParam(name = "vuserCount", paramType = "query"),
            @ApiImplicitParam(name = "slaGroupId", paramType = "query"),
            @ApiImplicitParam(name = "externalTestId", paramType = "query")
    }
    )
    @ApiResponses({
            @ApiResponse(code = 200, message = "Successfully retrieved LoadTest Summary Trends", response = SummaryTrendByGroup.class, responseContainer = "List"),
            @ApiResponse(code = 400, message = "Invalid request", response = ErrorResponse.class),
            @ApiResponse(code = 401, message = "Failed authentication or not authorized", response = ErrorResponse.class),
            @ApiResponse(code = 500, message = "Internal server error", response = ErrorResponse.class)
    })
    public List<SummaryTrendByGroup> getSummaryTrendGroup(@RequestParam(value="sampleDataOnly", defaultValue="false", required = false) Boolean sampleDataOnly, HttpServletRequest request) {
        // map all query parameters and filter out sampleDataOnly
        Map<String, String> queryParamMap = request.getParameterMap().entrySet().stream().filter(e->!e.getKey().equals("sampleDataOnly")).collect(Collectors.toMap(Map.Entry::getKey, e -> StringUtils.join(e.getValue(), ","), (v1, v2) -> null, HashMap::new));
        if(sampleDataOnly){
            return service.getSummaryTrendByGroupSampleData(queryParamMap);
        } else {
            return service.getSummaryTrendByGroupFilter(queryParamMap);
        }
    }

}


08.2018 - "No Place to Place" by Guoyong Wu, has won the 2018 Excellence Award and the ALPA Award.
The 2018 Inter Art Center New Documentaries Prize, one of the most important awards in China, has been announced on July 10th. Wu Guoyong, a photographer from Shenzhen, has won the Excellence Award and the ALPA Award with his work "No Place to Place".
The New Documentaries Prize was established in September, 2016 by the Inter Art Center / Inter Gallery with the financial support of the "Friends of the Inter Art Center" fund. The prize is designed to discover, encourage and support those Chinese photographers with extraordinary art and creativity that dedicate themselves in documenting the livelihoods of communities, environments and social changes.
The ALPA Award consists of a 20.000RMB cash prize and the loan of an ALPA camera system. We are looking forward to see what Guoyomg will use it for.
Guoyong Wu, born in 1963 in Xiangyang, Hubei Province, is a freelancer photographer with a background in hydraulic engineering. In 1992, seeing the opportunities of Chinese economic reform, he settled in Shenzhen. In 2015, with his aerial photography work of the Shenzhen River, he developed a reputation as socially minded photographer. At the beginning of 2018, Wu accidentally saw a report about "Shared Bicycles Stacked Cemeteries", which aroused his interest. He quickly photographed several shared bicycle "cemeteries" in Shenzhen and Guangzhou. With the support of Luo Dawei and Li Zhengde, he recorded the bicycle "cemetery" phenomenon, shared by more than 15 major cities, such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, in an all-round way by aerial photography, shooting pictures and video locally. The end result is "No Place to Place", his award-winning series.
Bicycle sharing, known as one of China's "new four major inventions", originated in private entrepreneurial outlets. Driven by the pursuit of investment capital, it quickly evolved into a share-economy storm that swept through China. In just over two years, the sharing of bicycles has been concentrated in more than 20 million vehicles in major cities in China. In many downtown areas, bicycle sharing has become more important than other forms of transportation. The urban management departments have also changed their attitudes from reluctance to encouragement. Forced management practices, however, has led to an emergence of bicycle "cemeteries" across the country – the mess after the storm. Begun in January, 2018, the project "No Place to Place" covered all major cities hit by bike sharing phenomenon. After gathering information from online/offline sources, Wu recorded all he witnessed comprehensively using aerial photography, video and VR. The final collection contains nearly 30 sharing bike "graveyards" located in 15 major cities, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen included.


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That old Land Rover looks great! Anyway, the movie A Few Less Men promises to be hilarious!
The film is directed by Mark Lamprell and is starring Xavier Samuel, Kris Marshall, and Kevin Bishop. It will be released on March 9, 2017 (in Australia).


What Does Farm to Fork Mean to Local Chefs?
Sacramento's chefs dish on the significance of building America's Farm to Fork Capital.
Visit Sacramento worked with celebrated local chefs and farmers to learn what 'Farm to Fork' means to them.
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"We have this abundance that's not found anywhere else in the country. We have beautiful soil where you just put something in the ground and it grows! We have a four season growing cycle, which is such a blessing. In Sacramento, we're just surrounded by so much agriculture and innovation. Our farmers and our chefs are doing such unique things. We have produce here that nobody else in the country has access to. When we get food in Sacramento, it was just picked from the vine. It wasn't picked under-ripe and shipped across the country left to ripen on the shelf. We're getting it in its prime condition! No one in the country can eat like we can eat here in Sacramento."
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"Sacramento is surrounded by the richest agricultural region in the world. So Farm to Fork is all the things that we celebrate. It's our agricultural heritage, which we embrace and celebrate. Farm to Fork means that when you go to a restaurant, you know who the farmers are and that the chefs have a direct relationship with them."
Chef Jane Anderson sits behind a pastry at Sacramento's Farm to Fork restaurant Ella in Downtown for Visit Sacramento.
"I grew up with parents from here, and we had a nice little backyard garden where we grew carrots and lettuce and all kinds of produce. I love that we can work so closely with our farmers and have them help us create a menu. Our farmers plant really amazing things for us, and getting to see it start to finish is such a beautiful thing."
"Sacramento is the breadbasket of America. Farm to Fork means that we're surrounded by so many farms, from small local ones to giant, mega-farms. We're so fortunate to have this all right at our fingertips. It's hard not to use fresh, local produce in Sacramento. Our restaurants and menus evolve throughout the year; we just kind of flow with the seasons and get what's fresh."
"Farm to Fork means that Sacramento is surrounded by all these great farms and agriculture. It means that all of our produce is produced right here, within less than one hundred miles of Sacramento. That's what it means to me!"
"David Chang said it best a really long time ago. Farm to Fork isn't anything new; it's just what you do. You get the best stuff from as close as you can and you make cool stuff out of it. That's what we do. We have very tight relationships with all of our farms, and we go out to at least one farm every month just to check-in."
"Farm to Fork is all about our relationships as chefs with the local farmers. We get everything - vegetables, beef, fish - all within one hundred miles of Sacramento. Our farmers all work so hard. I like hard working people that do an honest day's work, and who just follow their heart and do what they want to do. I try to keep that and our farmers at the forefront. I wouldn't be doing the type of cooking we do if it weren't for them. We get our deliveries straight from the people who are actually out there planting and producing this stuff!"
"Farm to Fork means we celebrate the harvest of our local farmers and ranchers. I mean celebrate, like we get excited about what's coming next from Suzanne at Del Rio Botanicals, about the Delta Asparagus crop that's coming down the road. We get excited about the people planting cool varieties of hops in the valley and who are supplying them to local brewers. Farm to Fork means Sacramento takes its food seriously, and that we celebrate it and get excited about it."
"Farm to Fork means that the chef and the farmer are directly linked. On the east coast, a chef writes a menu, then finds a product. In Sacramento, the chef finds the product, then writes the menu."


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Great save? Lower league clubs mull early kick-offs to cut energy bills
With budgets always tight some smaller football clubs are looking to offset their soaring power costs
The floodlights are on at the New Meadow during a Shrewsbury Town match in August. Photograph: Matthew Ashton/AMA/Getty Images
Alex Lawson Energy correspondent
Fri 21 Oct 2022 12.35 EDT First published on Fri 21 Oct 2022 07.13 EDT
Shrewsbury Town's fans had long since filed out of the Montgomery Waters Meadow stadium after the defender Chey Dunkley had scored an injury-time winner against Exeter, when Brian Caldwell looked angrily skyward. The League One club's chief executive was unimpressed to see the ground's floodlights still burning bright.
Caldwell is among the football executives trying to limit the financial pain from huge energy bills. Faced with an even bigger surge in his annual costs, Caldwell was forced to settle for a £100,000 increase, to £180,000, when signing a new energy contract in April. "It's a massive dent in our finances. Football clubs are not normal businesses, they're set up to break even and put the money you can into the playing budget," he said.
While Premier League clubs will doubtless be dismayed by rising bills, they spend the vast amount of their budgets on player wages, meaning power makes up a relatively small portion of their costs.
The debate has taken place lower down the pyramid, and has centred on floodlights. With scoreboards and advertising hoardings using low-power LEDs, the glaring lights that shine over stadiums are clubs' most visible use of energy. (Caldwell's groundskeeper, in his defence, needed the lights on late to divot the pitch.)
A survey by the reform group Fair Game showed 63% of smaller clubs would consider earlier kick-off times to save on floodlight costs. Mansfield Town brought forward their League Two fixture against Walsall last Saturday by two hours to 1pm. The club said an assessment of the savings and effect on crowd sizes was ongoing.
Three in four supporters are in favour of clubs moving kick-offs earlier, Football Supporters' Association (FSA) research found. Just 12% said they would attend fewer games if timings were moved.
"Clubs face some difficult questions on what to do for the best. Our data shows attendances would be marginally affected if kick-off times were brought forward to reduce the need for floodlights, but as the nights draw in this measure will have less impact," said Andy Walsh, the head of national game at the FSA.
In Germany, which was more reliant than Britain on Russian gas, authorities and companies have been more proactive in limiting power usage. The second division club Nuremberg will not be playing evening games in the near future after the city council said floodlights could not be used after 9pm.
Bayern Munich's Allianz Arena is already heated by air-source heat pumps but the serial champions have cut in half the illumination time of its striking stadium LED lighting. Meanwhile, SC Freiburg's Europa-Park stadium has 6,200 solar panels on the roof, which generate 2.4 megawatts of power at their peak, part of the club's effort to "make itself independent of price fluctuations" through "sustainable energy".
The Allianz Arena lit up in rainbow colours for an annual European LGBT celebration in July 2021. Photograph: Marco Kost/Getty Images
However, Dale Vince, the chairman and owner of Forest Green Rovers, believes the floodlight debate is a non-starter. "It's an idea that, on the face of it, has merit, but it's got no grounding in actual numbers." He said shutting off the floodlights for three hours saved just £100 at the New Lawn ground. "It's nothing – the equivalent of one steward for a matchday."
The serial entrepreneur said the roughly £2,500 that would be saved over a season was a fraction of the overall energy bills, and he believes the savings could be wiped out by travel expenses. "If you have to travel across the country for a 12.30pm kick-off and the sports science now says the players need to eat three hours before, you're likely to need a hotel stay, which now costs £5,000 – far more than the £600-£700 the lights might save."
However, the economics will vary from club to club. Fair Game's chief executive, Niall Couper, said: "The further down the leagues you go, the bigger the proportion that an energy bill will take of your costs. In the context of the pandemic and the cost of living crisis, it's a massive concern."
Teams are also more likely to have hospitality packages based on traditional 3pm kick-offs, such as lunches in corporate suites.
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The impact of energy bills will be felt beyond just the matchday. The Fair Game survey showed 60% of lower league clubs were considering halting ground improvement work as a result of the pressures, while 38% were preparing to look at their non-playing staff budgets. Clubs may also close certain stands, as already happens in poorly attended cup games, to save money.
Clubs will be eligible for the government support scheme to cut business energy bills, but there are question marks over how generous the discounts will prove to be.
An anticipated fall in matchday revenues is unlikely to help. About one in four fans expect to attend fewer fixtures over the winter period, and away attendance could halve, the FSA survey showed.
Vince said: "We haven't had the crowds that we had expected after being promoted into League One, even though we froze our prices. Even that hasn't been enough to offset this problem, which is understandable given what people are facing."
The energy headache will exacerbate what for many clubs are long-term financial woes. Of the 85 clubs that filed accounts for 2020, 44 were technically insolvent, reliant on a wealthy benefactor to survive.
The effects of the pandemic – when fans were not allowed to attend matches – will have further dented balance sheets since. There are fears that plans for an independent football regulator, seen as vital in improving clubs' attitudes to financial risk, could be shelved by the new regime in Downing Street.
Couper said: "When a football club enters administration, it has a huge effect on the local area – the modern-day butcher, baker, candlestick maker is the plumber, caterer and printer. If the club goes, all of those go out of business."
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The phone call offering you a new job is often a joyous moment. In this economic climate, jobs are still hard to come by and the opportunity to work and support your family is significant. Likely, you have already discussed details such as salary, benefits, and job expectations with your future employer. However, there is another important issue that you should discuss before accepting the job. Specifically, you should ask about the workplace cell phone driving policy.
Will your employer expect you to answer the phone while driving? Does your employer anticipate that you will always be readily available? Is there any formal company policy about using a cell phone and driving?
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OIMO.DistanceJoint = function(config,minDistance,maxDistance){
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    this.type=this.JOINT_DISTANCE;

    this.normal=new OIMO.Vec3();
    // The limit and motor information of the joint.
    this.limitMotor=new OIMO.LimitMotor(this.normal,true);
    this.limitMotor.lowerLimit=minDistance;
    this.limitMotor.upperLimit=maxDistance;
    this.t=new OIMO.TranslationalConstraint(this,this.limitMotor);
}
OIMO.DistanceJoint.prototype = Object.create( OIMO.Joint.prototype );
OIMO.DistanceJoint.prototype.preSolve = function (timeStep,invTimeStep) {
    this.updateAnchorPoints();
    var nx=this.anchorPoint2.x-this.anchorPoint1.x;
    var ny=this.anchorPoint2.y-this.anchorPoint1.y;
    var nz=this.anchorPoint2.z-this.anchorPoint1.z;
    var len=Math.sqrt(nx*nx+ny*ny+nz*nz);
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    this.t.preSolve(timeStep,invTimeStep);
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OIMO.DistanceJoint.prototype.solve = function () {
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Mascot for World Para Athletics Championships revealed
Whizbee the Bee has been announced as the official mascot of London 2017 following a competition.
Whizbee the Bee and Hero the Hedgehog have been revealed as the official mascots for the London 2017 World Para Athletics Championships and IAAF World Championships respectively following a nationwide search in Great Britain in partnership with iconic BBC children's television show Blue Peter.
Whizbee and Hero were created by talented Elinor, aged nine, and stood out from an overwhelming response of more than 4,000 entries to the official mascot competition run by organizers and Blue Peter in February.
Key to Elinor's design was the important message about the need to protect bees with numbers of them in decline across the UK and also the consideration of Whizbee using a prosthetic blade.
"It is so exciting that my designs were chosen as the winner," she said. "I was so happy when I was told. When I saw the competition, I was really inspired but I didn't think I would win.
"Whizbee has a blade like the Paralympians which is really important. It's really cool getting them made into proper mascots and I am so happy they have found an actor to perform as Whizbee."


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Rosa Parks was born in Tuskegee Alabama on February 4, 1913. She was a pioneer of Civil Rights. Her parents were James and Leona Mc Cauley. Rosa Parks was an African-American girl who attended the Montgomery Industrial Schools for girls.
Rosa Parks is the Mother of the Civil Rights Movement. One day in 1955, she refused to give up her bus seat to a white person. She was arrested and put in jail for not giving up her seat. Rosa Parks and other people kept protesting against the unfair rules for African-American people riding the buses. Finally the United States Supreme Court made the bus company change its rules. Rosa had made a big difference. As years went by, other unfair rules for African-Americans where also changed.
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Q: ASP.NET MVC 4 Client Side Validation Fails on Dates Containing Dots "." I'm building an ASP.NET MVC 4 website. I have a date field in one of my model classes which is formatted as "dd.mm.yyyy". In my edit or create views, if I try to enter a date like "05.12.1975", server side validation works without any problems but client side Jquery validation fails and says that "The field Birth Date must be a date." But if I change the value to "05/12/1975" both of the validations work. Problem is about "." character in date field. How can I allow "." in client side validation?
Thanks.
Date field in my C# Class file:
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[DisplayFormat(DataFormatString = "{0:dd.MM.yyyy}", ApplyFormatInEditMode = true)]
[Display(Name = "Birth Date")]
public virtual DateTime BirthDate { get; set; }

A: When using client side validation for dates, you have to override the jQuery validation for date.
<script type="text/javascript">
    $(function () {
        $.validator.methods.date = function (value, element) {
            return this.optional(element) || Globalize.parseDate(value, "dd.MM.yyyy") !== null;
        }
    });
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You have to reference the Globalize library and the appropriate culture in your HTML head. You can download it from https://github.com/jquery/globalize .

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Learn about our incredibly talented James F. Byrnes High School Symphonic Band. Come enjoy a concert!
Our symphonic bands are the cornerstone of the James F. Byrnes band program.
We offer five different symphonic and concert bands to our students. Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, and Ninth Grade Band are all open to students whether they participate in marching band or not. Our symphonic bands have earned consistent superior ratings at state and regional events.
Wind Ensemble – Listed as Symphonic Band Honors in the registration book, this is the premier ensemble of the entire band program. We perform grade 5-6 music including Masterworks. We perform everything from orchestral transcriptions to original works for concert band. This group usually has 60-65 members.
Symphonic Band – This group is made up of 10th-12th graders and performs grade 3-4 music. This group performs two concerts and select members are invited to perform with the Wind Ensemble on occasion. This group has grown tremendously in recent years. Students in this group earn fine arts elective credit towards graduation. This ensemble usually has 40-50 members.
Concert Band – Concert band is a first semester ensemble that is primarily designed for non-marching band members. This allows non-marchers an opportunity to keep performing during the fall semester. This group performs grade 3-5 music and is usually comprised of 50-60 students. Many students from this group have qualified for all-state and region band.
Ninth Grade Symphonic Band – This ensemble is designed for our ninth grade band members. This band performs grade 3-4 music and performs two concerts. This ensemble also participates in state events such as all-state, concert performance assessment, and solo and ensemble. Students in this ensemble get brought over to the main high school campus by the school district. This group usually has 80-90 members.