BEPPO & DON JUAN, CHILDE HAROLD, DRAMAS, MISCELLANIES, AND TALES & POEMS.
London: John Murray, 1853. Eight volumes uniformly bound in original brown cloth. Beppo & Don Juan, Dramas, and Miscellanies in two volumes each and Childe Harold and Tales & Poems, each in one volume. Complete set? No illustrations. Minor corner wear, tiny hole in one spine, and the tops of all the spines are worn, otherwise very good.


This is an article by Ashley Andrews. She is an entrepreneur and blogger. She now lives in San Diego, CA and is happily self employed. She enjoys writing about anything that catches her interest, especially business and entrepreneurship.
There's no doubt about it: technology has opened the door for small businesses to run a successful marketing campaign without the need for a lot of capital. Today many businesses are creating a higher level of traffic due to their advertisements on social media sites. Before heading over to Facebook, Twitter, FourSquare, CircleMe and Pinterest and placing an ad it's important to have a plan in place so that you benefit from it, rather than having people lose interest quickly.
While many of the popular social media sites like Facebook give you multiple pages for advertising, they only allow you up to 25 characters for the headline. This means you've got to grab the reader's attention quickly in order to get them onto your website. If you are skilled in catch phrases, take your time and run a few by your staff, as well as family members and friends to see their reaction. If you have no idea how to achieve this with only 25 characters available, it's best to hire a professional social media company. This will save you not only time and energy, but it will also help you get to the next level in your business.
It's ok to get excited about bringing your business onto a social media site and finally getting exposure beyond your loyal customers. What will not work in your favor is appearing on too many sites and not having the resources to maintain a showing on each. You must be able to attend to your potential customers and respond to their comments. If you have a small business with only a few employees, it can become difficult to get onto each site daily and respond. By starting out slow and only placing an ad on one or two of the social media sites with higher volumes you'll stay in touch with your potential clients and gain a presence as active.
In order to attract visitors, who ultimately can turn into sales, you'll need to develop your own personality. Keep your voice consistent and your content unique and set yourself apart from other similar brands on social media. Give your projected fan base a reason to check your daily posts whether it's a one-day sale, special weekly promotions or newly added merchandise. It's important from the start to enter as much information about your company as possible. Many readers are very interested in what a company's beginning and long-term goals are and what they offer to their customers such as free shipping, excellent customer service and loyalty points. A catchy tune sticks into your head. Try and write unique and engaging content for your website that attracts viewers from the start.
Instead of going in blind, get the most out of using social media and run a smart campaign. You need to understand your target audience and have ads appear while they are online. If it's an older crowd, have your company's ad appear during the morning and afternoon hours. If you're targeting a younger crowd that checks their posts later in the day have your ads appear during their peak hours. It will give your business daily exposure that has the ability to gain sales. It's also important to post multiple times a day to social media. This ensures that your targeted audience gets a chance to view your content.
When it comes to growing your business quickly, social media can definitely get you the exposure you want. Just remember that quality still matters. Make sure before you launch your page that you use the right site, have an engaging headline and interesting content that makes a reader post a "like" that then appears on their wall and then their friend's wall and on.
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What? NACSW's 3-plus day convention with 120+ workshops & posters and opportunities to earn continuing education hours and network. The convention theme is "Empowering People, Healing Communities: Working Toward Renewal and Restoration".
Who can attend NACSW Convention 2019?
The NACSW Convention is a good fit for social work practitioners, social work educators, social work students, human services workers, church ministry staff, and anyone interested in social services and social change.
The full convention registration includes attendance at all plenary sessions, coffee breaks, workshops, the opening reception on Thursday evening, and the Saturday evening banquet. One day registrations for Friday or Saturday include all plenary sessions, coffee breaks, and workshops for the day you've registered (but does not include the Saturday evening banquet).
You can register online or by downloading the registration form and mailing it in with your payment.
The Convention 2019 early-bird registration rates are listed below. After October 18th 2019, rates go up by $25.
If your reservation is canceled prior to the Early Bird Registration Date of October 18, 2019, you will be refunded all but a $25 processing fee. If you cancel your registration after October 18th 2019, NACSW is unable to refund your registration.
Will I receive a confirmation of my registration and payment?
If you register online, you will immediately receive an onscreen confirmation as well as an email confirming your registration. If you register by mail, a confirmation and receipt will be emailed to you within a few days.
I am not a member of NACSW but my co-worker is and cannot attend. Can I use his/her membership to register at the member rate?
Membership rates apply only to the individuals who hold the membership. You can register at the non-member rate and take advantage of the six month free membership included in the price, or join NACSW for one year and register at the discounted member rate.
My agency is an organizational member of NACSW. Can I register at the member rate?
Organizational members can register up to four agency staff members at the discounted membership rate. Please check with your agency about informing NACSW which organizational staff members will be receiving organizational membership registration discounts.
My agency is paying for my attendance at the convention and I need an invoice from NACSW. How do I get an invoice?
If you require an invoice to have payment processed by your agency, please contact NACSW directly at 888-426-4712 or info@nacsw.org. An invoice will be e-mailed or mailed to you depending on your preference.
Are reduced conference registration rates available?
If you are retired or experiencing a financial hardship that makes it difficult for you to attend the convention, you may be eligible for a reduced conference registration rate. Contact the NACSW office at info@nacsw.org to request a reduced registration rate. Please do not complete your online registration until you have received confirmation from the NACSW office that you have been approved for a reduced registration rate.
What is the street address of the hotel?
What hotel has been reserved? What are the rates?
Rooms have been reserved at the Indianapolis Marriott East, Indianapolis. for $136 per night (plus taxes and fees). The cost of the room remains $136 per night whether there is one person registered, or whether you choose to share the $136/night cost between up to three additional persons. All convention sessions will be held at the Indianapolis Marriott East.
Can I make my hotel reservation now?
Yes. Each individual guest must make their own reservations by calling the toll free booking number 1 800-228-9290 or the hotel directly at 1 (317)-352-1231. You must mention that you are affiliated with the North American Association of Christians in Social Work (NACSW) to receive the discounted rate. Room reservations must be made by October 16th, 2019 to guarantee the convention room rate of $136 per night. Rooms are subject to availability. All reservations must be guaranteed and accompanied by a first night room deposit or guaranteed with a major credit card.
Is there internet access at the Indianapolis Marriott East?
The hotel will provide complimentary guest room high speed internet access.
What will be on the convention program?
Thursday Preconvention Institutes .These half-day presentations provide an opportunity for more in-depth learning and additional CE hours.
Jeff and Pam Bryant together with Mark Shaw will present a morning (9am-12:15pm) session focused on "Help and Hope for Addictions: A Biblical Paradigm for Treatment".
Jeff Newton will lead a morning workshop (9am-12:15pm) "Loving Neighbors: Addressing Poverty in Urban Communities".
Regina Trammel will present an afternoon workshop (1pm-4:15pm) Integrating body, mind, and soul: The value and practice of integrating Christian mindfulness in social work practice.
Thursday Night Opening Session and Networking Reception: Following the convention opening session featuring keynote speaker Ken Johnson enjoy refreshments and snacks while browsing poster presentations and checking out convention exhibits. Convention attendees will have the opportunity to meet and network with others throughout the evening.
Saturday Night Banquet: The Banquet is a favorite event of convention attendees. In addition to enjoying a delicious meal, attendees will be entertained and hear from TBD .
Sunday Morning Worship: Sunday morning worship will feature a sermon and musical praise.
Can I buy additional individual tickets to the Banquet? What is the cost?
Additional tickets can be purchased for the Saturday Evening Banquet at the cost of $50 each.
I am bringing my family with me. Will there be activities for them to enjoy in Indianapolis?
What should I expect as a student volunteer?
In exchange for a 65% discount on your registration rate, as a student volunteer, you will spend 6 – 10 hours at the convention providing assistance with tasks essential in helping the convention run smoothly. You will be assigned tasks such as monitoring workshops, helping with set-up and take-down, or assisting with registration. The success of the conference relies on volunteers, so NACSW depends on student volunteers being responsible in fulfilling their volunteer assignments.
How do I register as a student volunteer?
You may register online or download a form and mail the form to NACSW, with payment, to register as a student volunteer. You will be able to complete your registration as well as indicate your preferred day for volunteering.
How do I find out more about being a student volunteer?
To find out more about being a being a student volunteer, go to our student volunteer webpage.
Can I receive Continuing Education Contact hours (CE Hours) at NACSW Convention 2019?
CE Hours are available to convention participants for workshops and plenary sessions. This year CE Hours are included in your registration payment. Attendees can earn up to 19.75 hours for attending two half-day preconvention institutes, all workshops, and all plenary sessions. CE Hours are approved by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB), which is widely recognized in the US and Canada, and the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work. It is important to note, however, that final authority for approving any continuing education activity rests with the state or province in which the participant is licensed.
Dress for the NACSW convention varies. Most attendees wear business casual clothing. Some attendees choose to wear more formal attire to the Saturday Evening Banquet.
Where can I find a convention schedule?
There is an event schedule for the convention on this website, and later on in the planning process, a workshop schedule will be found at http://www.nacsw.org/Convention/WorkshopSchedule2019.pdf.
Where can I find a list of the workshops being presented at Convention 2019?
A workshop list with abstracts will be accessible on the NACSW website.
Where can I eat at while at NACSW Convention 2019?
The Indianapolis Marriott East offers The Skylight Bistro which is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner and the Skylight Java Cafe, serving Starbucks coffee and snacks. Caffe Lorenzo is close by and is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The hotel also offers room service, a breakfast buffet and local restaurant dinner delivery. We will be developing a handout for local eateries – look for it on our registration desk.
There is also a convenience store onsite.
Please contact info@nacsw.org with additional questions.


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Celestron Astro Fi 90 Telescope Review: Partially Recommended
The Celestron Astro Fi 90 is well-designed but lacks performance for its high price tag or compared to the other telescopes from the Astro Fi lineup.
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The Celestron Astro Fi 90 is the smallest of the various Astro Fi telescopes making up Celestron's lineup. The Astro Fi 90 resembles the old NexStar 90GT and consists of a 90mm f/11 achromatic refractor telescope on the Astro Fi mount. It is slightly less capable than the Astro Fi 102 Maksutov-Cassegrain and significantly lower in viewing quality than the 130mm Astro-Fi model, all of which are of course beaten by a 6" or 8" Dobsonian easily in sharpness, brightness, stability, and ease of use.
If you must have a GoTo telescope, we'd recommend considering a different Astro Fi telescope or a telescope from the Sky-Watcher Virtuoso GTi line. Alternatively, a manual Dobsonian or refractor of 4" or greater aperture is a better choice than the Astro Fi 90.
How It Stacks Up
Ranks #13 of 18 ~$500 telescopes
#7 of 11 GoTo $500 Telescopes
Sky-Watcher Virtuoso GTi 150P Dobsonian
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Celestron Astro Fi 90
Good optics
Decent included accessory package
Smartphone-controlled GoTo mount for automatic tracking and easy navigation around the night sky
Small aperture
Not really any cheaper than far better competing options
The Celestron Astro Fi 90 provides pretty terrible value for the money compared to the other Astro-Fi telescopes or various Dobsonian and other manual instruments. It's not terrible, but you're overpaying for what you get.
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Astrophotography Capabilities
The Celestron Astro Fi 90 is a 90mm (3.5") f/10 achromatic doublet refractor telescope with a 910mm focal length. At f/10 and this fairly small aperture, chromatic aberration (which occurs in all achromatic refractors) is moderate, with it only appearing around the brightest targets such as the Moon, Venus, Jupiter, and bright stars. The scope works well up to its theoretical limit of 175x magnification or so. However, a 90mm telescope is really small and not capable of showing you nearly as much as the 6" telescopes offered at the Astro Fi 90's price range, which have about double the resolution and triple the light collecting area for sharper and brighter views.
The focuser attached to the back of the Astro Fi 90 is a 1.25" rack-and-pinion unit, which is fortunately all-metal in construction. It has some play and slop in its movements and certainly isn't the best, but at f/10, you don't need a very precise focuser, and even the heaviest 1.25" eyepieces shouldn't put too much of a strain on it. As with many smaller refractors, a standard Vixen/Synta finder scope bracket/shoe is integrated as a slot in the side of the focuser by default.
To attach to the Astro-Fi or other astronomical telescope mounts, the Astro Fi 90 has a Vixen-style dovetail rail bolted directly to the side of the tube. Most high-quality refractors have the dovetail attached to a pair of removable tube rings, which would allow you to rotate the tube to adjust the eyepiece angle as well as slide it forward and backward for balance; the Astro Fi 90's lack of this feature is a bit of a disappointment.
The Celestron Astro Fi 90 refractor telescope includes a full set of 1.25" accessories for viewing, consisting of a high-quality prism star diagonal and two Kellner eyepieces: a 25mm (36x) and a 10mm (91x). These eyepieces have glass optics, all-metal housings, and an apparent field of view of about 50 degrees. The f/10 focal ratio of the Astro Fi 90 is forgiving of cheap eyepiece designs such as the Kellner, and the provided units work well. However, at the price point the Astro Fi telescopes occupy, it's typically expected of manufacturers to include Plossl or wide-angle eyepieces, which are a bit higher quality.
The Astro Fi 90 also comes with a standard "StarPointer" red dot finder for aligning the telescope's Astro Fi GoTo mount on a few stars during setup. It is easily interchangeable with another finder should the need arise, thanks to its universal base attachment.
The Celestron Astro Fi mount is based on the older Celestron NexStar GT, SLT, and SkyProdigy mounts and looks very similar, with the same basic tripod hub and mount head along with an extruded aluminum tripod. The aluminum tripod, despite its cheapness, is a lot steadier than the tiny steel legs provided with the NexStar SLT mount and is rock solid with the 90mm Astro Fi optical tube. The Astro Fi mount also features better internal gearing than the SLT and an accessory tray with both a space for your phone or other accessories along with an eyepiece rack, in contrast to the simple sheet metal accessory trays or too-small eyepiece racks attached to many telescope tripods.
The Astro Fi mount is a simple alt-azimuth design that moves up-down and left-right and runs off a set of D batteries with the provided battery pack or a separate DC power source (which is preferred if possible). After assembling and leveling its tripod and attaching the telescope's optical tube, you power on the Astro Fi mount and connect to its WiFi network with your smartphone or tablet.
Using either the Celestron SkyPortal app or another app like SkySafari, you then align the mount/telescope on a few bright stars, and you're ready to go. The app will allow you to select any of the thousands of stars, deep-sky objects, and from the Moon, planets, and asteroids that are currently visible. In addition to being a simpler interface than a hand controller, using your device to control the mount allows it to obtain accurate time and location data, which you'd otherwise have to input yourself. If your device becomes suddenly disconnected from the mount's WiFi network, the mount will continue tracking and maintaining its alignment information, so there's no need to worry about walking away from the telescope.
A used Celestron Astro Fi 90 Refractor can be a decent scope, but units early in the production of the Astro Fi series tend to have issues with maintaining a WiFi connection to a device and other software issues. If you are purchasing one, make sure that it has been successfully used by the previous unit or that it is from a reputable reseller. Expect to pay less, even for a like-new unit, due to the lack of a warranty or refunds.
Refracting telescopes are extremely resilient, and there's little that can be damaged besides fungus or cracks/chips on the objective lens, which are fairly obvious upon expectation and should be avoided.
The Celestron Astro Fi 90 refractor telescope is similar in price to much larger and more expensive telescopes on both computerized and manual mounts. Here are a few we would recommend instead:
The Sky-Watcher Virtuoso GTi 150P has WiFi-controlled GoTo and tracking just like the Astro Fi 90 but with the added bonus of being able to be aimed manually thanks to its FreedomFind encoders, as well as much larger aperture with a shorter focal length and free of chromatic aberration. The tabletop Dobsonian mount is rock-solid and extremely portable when combined with the 150P's collapsible tube. The smaller 130mm model, the Virtuoso GTi 130P, is also a great choice.
The Sky-Watcher Heritage 150P is identical to the Virtuoso GTi 150P but is an all-manual Dobsonian without electronics. The 130mm Heritage is also a great scope and both are very affordable and capable.
The Celestron StarSense Explorer DX 130AZ offers more aperture than the Astro Fi 102 and a much wider field of view thanks to its 650mm focal length and (theoretical) 2" eyepiece capability, with the StarSense Explorer technology aiding you in finding objects in the night sky.
The Celestron StarSense Explorer DX 102AZ has more chromatic aberration than the Astro Fi 90 but still delivers sharp lunar and planetary views, while its shorter focal length and larger aperture make it vastly superior for deep-sky viewing. The StarSense Explorer technology, operated via your smartphone, aids in locating deep-sky objects, though it does not automatically slew/track for you.
The Apertura AD8/Zhumell Z8/Orion SkyLine 8 offers over double the aperture of the Astro Fi 90 along with a sturdy full-sized Dobsonian mount and various high-quality included features and accessories.
The Explore Scientific 10" Hybrid Dobsonian has almost triple the aperture of the Astro Fi 90, and its collapsible truss tube assembly makes it extremely compact when stored or transported. It doesn't include many accessories to get you started with, however.
The Orion SkyQuest XT6 Classic Dobsonian has a full-sized Dobsonian mount and 2" Crayford focuser, and is more economical than larger scopes (albeit more expensive than similarly capable 6" f/5 tabletop instruments).
The Celestron Astro Fi 130 offers more aperture and a wider achievable field of view than the Astro Fi 90, along with sharing the Astro-Fi mount design.
The two Kellner eyepieces included with the Astro Fi 90 are enough to get you started. However, a lower magnification eyepiece than the 25mm, such as a 32mmv Plossl (28x) will provide a wider field of view, while a 6mm "goldline" provides 152x, about the most you can use with a 3.5" telescope. A 15mm SWA or redline (61x) provides a nice medium power option between the stock 25mm and 10mm eyepieces.
A small lithium battery power supply for the Astro Fi mount will save you money on disposable batteries and last longer, allowing you to easily run the scope for multiple observing sessions on a charge.
The fairly long focal length of the Celestron Astro Fi 90 refractor, combined with its small aperture, do limit your capabilities in viewing deep-sky objects. However, the Astro Fi 90 can do a good job on brighter and larger open clusters like the Pleiades (M45) and Double Cluster, along with various smaller open clusters such as M35 and M11. You can't resolve globular clusters or most planetary nebulae besides the Dumbbell (M27) and perhaps the Ring (M57), however. Galaxies are, for the most part, dim or entirely invisible smudges at best, though you may be able to see dust lanes in the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) under dark skies and spot a few of the brightest galaxy groups like the Virgo Cluster. Double stars can be split down to the telescope's theoretical resolution limit of 1.3 arc seconds or so on a night of good seeing, and the Astro Fi mount will help you find thousands of them.
The Astro Fi 90 does an okay job on the Moon and planets, though it's severely limited in resolving power by its tiny aperture and chromatic aberration. You should be able to see Mercury's phases, though it may be difficult. Venus' phases and the polar ice cap on Mars are obvious; Mars shows some dark markings at high magnifications when it is at its closest to us. Tiny details on the Moon can be resolved down to only a few miles, even on a sub-par night of viewing. You can also see Jupiter's cloud bands, the Great Red Spot, and the four Galilean moons; the moons can just barely be resolved during transits, though their shadows are easier to pick out due to their high contrast. Saturn's rings can be seen along with the Cassini Division in them and a handful of moons, while Uranus and Neptune are featureless tiny orbs; a much larger telescope is required to see their moons or Pluto.
Deep-sky astrophotography with the Celestron Astro Fi 90 is futile thanks to its long focal ratio, chromatic aberration, and completely inadequate mechanics in the focuser and mount. You can shoot the planets with a suitable camera and Barlow lens, but 90 mm of aperture just isn't enough resolution to be really useful for such a task, and the scope's chromatic aberration won't help. Besides smartphone astrophotography, there's not much point in bothering with trying to take pictures with the Astro Fi 90.
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We are not provided with wisdom, we must discover it for ourselves, after a journey through the wilderness which no one else can take for us, an effort which no one can spare us, for our wisdom is the point of view from which we come at last to regard the world.
On the way to lunch in a colleague's car a song popped up from his iTunes collection, and he remarked how great was the lyric "I don't want to grow up." To cite it, I googled for the lyric and instead found a myriad of songs with essentially the same title: "I Don't Want to Grow Up" (1985) by the Descendents; "I Don't Wanna Grow Up" (1992) by Tom Waits and covered by the Ramones (1995); "Don't Wanna Grow Up" (2003) by the Sacramento-based Willknots; "Don't Grow Up" (2010) by Taylor Swift; and in lyrics rapper Machine Gun Kelly appended in 2013 to Rise Against's "Swing Life Away" (2004): "I don't want to grow up don't nobody like you when you're 23."
The sentiment of these songs – "I don't want to be like you... You're a fool"; "I'd rather stay here in my room"; "I don't want to figure [adulthood] out"; "Wish I'd never grown up" – differs from the pop standard "Young at Heart" (1953) popularized by Frank Sinatra among others or Bob Dylan's ballad "Forever Young" (1972). "Young at Heart" may be a little cloying but it celebrates determination and the acceptance of failure with grace. "Forever Young" is a litany of hopes: May you be generous, humble, creative, righteous, true, courageous, strong, engaged, and grounded. It is an anthem, a hymn, a prayer. Neither songs' lyrics reject work, responsibility, community, and self-awareness.
There was a time when men and women made headway in their 20s toward life's milestones. In the last several decades, however, social scientists have been scrambling for a terminology – "emerging adulthood," "delayed adolescence" – to describe the decade from 20 to 30. Judging by popular culture, attire, and leisure activities – reliable reflections of the zeitgeist all – after 30 and even well into their 60s many Americans have no aspirations to become adults, indeed strenuously avoid it. There's no need to cite examples (suffice it to say that a sitcom actually called Arrested Development about the culture of McMansions, materialism, and psychological manipulation ran from 2003-2006 and was revived for an additional season in 2013 on Netflix); the attitude is ubiquitous in advertising, television, movies, video games, politics – even churches struggle to be more "relevant," i.e. youth oriented.
I am not mounting a defense of tradition. Both marriage and children have the potential to feel like albatrosses and too many harness themselves with one, the other, or both for all the wrong reasons. These days, education can translate into staggering student loans that can be a financial burden for decades to come, and home "ownership" is a euphemism for equally burdensome debt. What I find wanting in a society permeated with the permanence of adolescence and resistance to responsibility and self-sufficiency is the abdication of growth itself – of curiosity and achievement, of what it means to be human, of physical and psychological maturation. If untethered twenty-somethings were making conscious decisions to become contemplatives, I could respect self-sacrifice in the quest for enlightenment. If they were taking political action by joining collectives and removing themselves from the grid, I'd say, more power to you. If they were joining the Peace Corps, volunteering at homeless shelters, or giving music lessons to at-risk kids, or, or, or... I could applaud. Instead, many unreconstructed adolescents don't seem to be doing much of anything at all.
The golden myth of America as the land of possibility galvanized wave after wave of immigration through the 19th and early 20th centuries. Hard work and ingenuity were encouraged, admired, and often rewarded. Then the mounting excesses of the fin de siecle financial class brought the house down on Black Tuesday 1929, and what had already been a hard life for many became harder still. Franklin D. Rooselvelt's New Deal notwithstanding, many economist argue that without World War II, the United States economy would not have recovered, but recover it did.
The war brought Americans together in solidarity and shared self-sacrifice. That sense of belonging persisted after the war as the United States experienced unprecedented prosperity due in no small part to the passage in 1944 of the G.I. Bill, which provided money for college education, small business investment, and home mortgages. In the next decade, Dwight D. Eisenhower championed the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in 1958. Despite a growing military presence in south Asia, the '60s dawned as John F. Kennedy campaigned for what would become the ambitious Apollo manned space program. Together union advocacy, FDR's safety net programs like Social Security, the G.I. Bill, infrastructure investment, and the research and development programs of the '50s and '60s paved the way for middle class upward mobility.
Through the 1950s and '60s, the nation rode a wave of optimism that experienced its first serious abatement in 1973, ebbed and flowed throughout the 1990s and 2000s, until the bubble burst again in 2008. While the bottom of the heap has yet to recover from the Great Recession, the people at the top have done just fine, and the people in the middle – whatever "middle" means these days – have managed. They and their children have never experienced – nor witnessed – the kind of destitution openly on view across the nation in the 1930s. We have found ways to put those unable to participate in prosperity out of sight – and therefore, out of mind.
Optimism and prosperity have devolved into self-absorption, rapacity at one end of the scale and torpor at the other, and an unprecedented sense of entitlement. If aging has not been turned into a sin, it has at the very least become a vice. Not surprisingly, today's movies are filled with juvenile characters of all ages because arrested development is the prevailing predisposition of our era. This year some of the movies that touched on these phenomena were remarkably good, some were mediocre, but they all demonstrate the pervasiveness of childish adults accustomed, or hoping to become accustomed, to lives unburdened by responsible behavior. Without affluence you have to grow up. Without material comforts, life is hard and unforgiving.
Of the many archetypes identified by Carl Jung, puer aeternus – Latin "eternal boy" – dominates the American psyche and has become a Hollywood staple. At its best the puer aeternus represents the Divine Child from whom we derive a sense of possibility and hope, "the boy who is born from the maturity of the adult man, and not the unconscious child we would like to remain," as Jung says in Answer to Job. This is what Dylan means by "forever young." At its worst the puer aeternus suggests, not eternal youth, but arrested development – unchecked impulses, carelessness, indiscretion, narcissism, and callousness toward others.
The man-child is no longer the exclusive purview of the male. Melissa McCarthy has practically created her own franchise out of the immature woman, this year adding Tammy to the collection. Judd Apatow, who codified the man-child movie and was strangely absent from this year's offerings, astutely realized he was missing the pocketbooks of half the population and remedied his oversight in 2011 with Bridesmaids. The same year Jason Reitman offered a rare serious – and searing – examination of this phenomenon. In Young Adult, Charlize Theron gives a riveting performance as a young adult fiction writer whose fans have moved on to the next new thing. Unable to distinguish make-believe from reality, she embarks on a stalker's mission to realize her high school sweetheart fantasies. Though Young Adult garnered critical praise, very few people saw it.
This year was awash in movies that make arrested adolescence the center of attention. Jason Bateman directed and starred in Bad Words in which a grown man robs children of spelling bee championships. Not having graduated from eighth grade, he (obnoxiously) argues he is not breaking any rules. Richard Shepard's Dom Hemingway stars Jude Law as a profoundly irresponsible, now ex-con, hell-bent on resuming every bad habit he's ever indulged including manipulating the emotions of his grown daughter.
Roger Mitchell's Le Week-End has Jim Broadbent and Lindsay Duncan in complexly realized performances as Nick and Meg who ostensibly arrive in Paris to celebrate their anniversary. Their marriage has become a bittersweet affair with the emphasis decidedly on bitter, a fact that becomes ever more apparent as they skip out on meals they can't pay for, move into a hotel they can't afford, and plaster the walls of the room with clippings from art books they've maxed out their credit cards to buy.
In John Carney's Begin Again, Mark Ruffalo's Dan is a washed up record producer whose routine of booze, sleep, and hangovers infringes on accomplishing much of anything – until his muse in the guise of Keira Knightly enters the scene, and they can romp about the city making impromptu recordings and as much noise as they please, city ordinances be damned.
Two lovely little movies were Obvious Child and The Skeleton Twins. Donna Stern (Jenny Slate) in Gillian Robespierre's Obvious Child has the otherwise nonexistent movie wisdom to have an abortion, being self-aware enough to know she does not possess the maturity to be a mother. In an earlier era, she might not have had the luxury of that choice nor the sense of entitlement and affluent family that allow her to pursue a career as a standup comedian. Sanctioning abortion as a choice in a Hollywood movie is a welcome breakthrough, and Obvious Child is a nice little indie-esque film, but it would be nicer to see a mature character make a similar choice for more complex reasons.
The twins in Craig Johnson's The Skeleton Twins have depression in common, one source of which may be that sense of entitlement they share with the other characters here. Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader deliver exceptionally nuanced performances as Maggie, a dental hygienist in upstate New York, and her brother Milo, who comes to live with her after his failure in the pursuit of an acting career in LA leads to a suicide attempt. Suicide is, after all, the surest way to avoid growing up.
When we meet Eleanor in Ned Benson's tale of loss and possibility dashed, she, too, is recuperating from a suicide attempt, estranged from her husband, and living with her French mother and academic psychologist father (Isabelle Huppert and William Hurt). We will not know what tragedy has driven her actions until later in The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby, but we sense it was profound. I can't suppress my exasperation, however, with a character whose self-absorption is absolute and who has unlimited economic means to drift. Despite a tragedy that encompasses all of the characters in the film, none exhibit much depth and hardly any compassion for the people around them. This is another cast of players buffered by affluence and excused by a general climate of anomie.
The greatest offender of this year's lot is Megan (Keira Knightly) of Lynn Shelton's Laggies. Closing in on 30, she's finished her degree in psychology but doesn't have the empathy to listen to other people's problems. She lives with her boyfriend but prefers to hang out on her parents' couch. Despite her aimlessness, he asks her to marry him, to which she says yes. She then proceeds first to hang out and then to hide out with some high school kids she meets when they ask her to buy liquor for them, which she does because... well, because it's the irresponsible thing to do. And that's OK, America's movie-going audience seems to say, because we don't expect our characters, any more than we expect ourselves, to behave responsibly.
I saved the most annoying – Hector and the Search for Happiness – and, at least on its surface, the oddest – Dear White People – for last.
French psychiatrist François Lelord wrote a trilogy of Hector books from 2002-2006 of which Hector and the Search for Happiness is the first. It was followed by Hector and the Secrets of Love and Hector and the Search for Lost Time. Speaking of affluence and anomie, despite learning from one of his patients that Hector's prices have not gone up along with other shrinks', his life looks pretty darned well-heeled as do those of his private practice patients. Like the equally shallow Eat, Pray, Love, Hector and the Search for Happiness is just as unencumbered by economic limitations. Ah, that we could all globe-trot indefinitely in search of enlightenment and be asked to sacrifice so little along the way.
I think I wanted to like Peter Chelsom's adaptation because the trailer brought to mind Tintin, the wonderful creation of Belgian cartoonist Hergé (George Remi), whose adventures as a precocious child investigative reporter take him round the globe to exotic locales and land him in hair-raising escapades. The syntax of the Hector title itself echoes Tintin – Tintin and the Secret of the Unicorn, Tintin and the Picaros – but also evokes, Proust notwithstanding, academic titles like Science and the Search for God or Suffering and the Search for Meaning or whatever is on the tables at your Barnes and Noble right now. Yet Tintin, unlike Hector, is a boy wearing the mantle of a man, consciously charging toward responsibility and risk. Tintin is self-possessed; he does not chase down adventure in an attempt to "find himself."
Simon Pegg even looks a bit like a not too grownup Tintin, and we get a cute-as-can-be Boston terrier to substitute for Tintin's trusty white wire fox terrier, Snowy, whenever Hector goes to his inner child. But the adult Hector remains as much a naïf as that inner child – which was perhaps meant to be endearing but instead is just irritating.
To say the series of adventures he encounters is implausible is an understatement. Nonetheless, the point would seem to be that Hector learn something, gain some insight through the journey. Unfortunately, the observations he records in his journal almost make Hallmark platitudes sound deep and reveal nothing that should not be within the innate grasp of a three-year-old. All this is to say, let us hope and pray no misguided soul decides to complete the trilogy.
All the usual collegiate suspects are here. The clueless college president (white); the long-suffering dean of students (black); the entitled president's son who heads up the campus Harvard Lampoon-like humor magazine; the gang of scatological frat boys; the dean's son, a big man on campus and the black residence hall's elected representative who dates a white girl – all of whom Simien fails to develop into anything more than types.
The latter is aspiring journalist Lionel (Tyler James Williams) whose small frame is dwarfed not so much by an Afro as by hair he altogether neglects. Both are outsiders from beyond the white/black dichotomy Simien sets up and all the more welcome for it. Neither is defined by his/her outsider status as gay or mulatto. Sam undertakes a struggle to find her authentic self, but Lionel seems always to have been comfortable with who he is. He functions as the anchor of this story because he seems never to have thought of himself as black or gay or anything other than Lionel, a person he genuinely likes and respects.
Sam and Lionel are also the only characters in Dear White People, black or white, who actively eschew that overarching sense of entitlement. Having established his narrative in lap of luxury academe, Simien's conceit fails to deliver a sharpened understanding of the dynamics between the juxtaposed characters. They're all well-off, which puts them at a remove from most of us, though Sam and Lionel may be a tacit nod to affirmative action, or at least to economic diversity, as is the character driving the film's weakest plot line. Native south side Chicagoan Coco (Teyonah Parris) is careful not to let on to her roots. She hopes to improve her chances of making it into reality TV (as realistic as the kid who thinks she's going to be a fashion model or thinks he's going to be an NBA basketball player) by convincing the magazine's white annual party organizers to theme their bash around blackface, which she plans to podcast.
Earlier I remarked that what I find dispiriting about a society in thrall to adolescence, hostile to responsibility, and antagonistic to aging is the abdication of what it means to be fully human and engaged. No matter how hard we try to keep it at bay, age will come, and clichés aside, as Oscar Wilde warned, "sometimes age comes alone" sans wisdom. A central concern of the German poet Rainer Maria Rilke was the process of becoming, the constant evaluation of processes as an artist specifically and the process of becoming that is the arc of one's life in the larger sense. In Letters to a Young Poet (written between 1902-1908) Rilke writes, "Live your questions now, and perhaps even without knowing it, you will live along some distant day into your answers."
We need more characters who are engaged and willing to be vulnerable to experience – and they are not the teens of young adult trilogies who are really just another manifestation of our love affair with extended childhood and our collective cultural inertia. Contemporary dystopian and superhero narratives would have us believe we can just sit back because surely there are heroes in our midst destined to save us from the totalitarianism and ecological disasters a parents' generation has wrought. Fantasy is escapist not exemplary. Last year I was fortunate to have Destin Daniel Cretton's Short Term 12 show up in my theater. Grace and Mason are twenty-somethings who manage a short term teen foster care facility. They work patiently to deflect the pain and puncture the armor of the wounded souls who come to them. These are the kinds of quietly brave characters I long to see more of.


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Potter League is played at the Northern Beaches Indoor Sports Centre, Jacksons road, Warriewood and at Dee Why PCYC.
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Алексей Вячеславович Мусихин () — российский легкоатлет, специалист по прыжкам в длину и тройным прыжкам. Выступал на профессиональном уровне в 1998—2008 годах, победитель и призёр первенств всероссийского значения, участник чемпионатов Европы 1998 года в Будапеште и 2002 года в Мюнхене. Представлял Приморский край и Москву. Мастер спорта России международного класса.

Биография
Алексей Мусихин родился 8 ноября 1975 года.

Занимался лёгкой атлетикой под руководством заслуженного тренера Вячеслава Фёдоровича Соколова, выступал за всесоюзное физкультурно-спортивное общество «Динамо».

Первого серьёзного успеха на всероссийском уровне добился в сезоне 1998 года, когда на зимнем чемпионате России в Москве превзошёл всех соперников в прыжках в длину и завоевал золотую медаль. Попав в состав российской национальной сборной, выступил на чемпионате Европы в помещении в Валенсии — в финале прыгнул на 8 метров ровно, став четвёртым. На летнем чемпионате России в Москве так же одержал победу в прыжках в длину. Благодаря этой победе удостоился права защищать честь страны на чемпионате Европы в Будапеште — на предварительном квалификационном этапе показал результат 7,69 метра, чего оказалось недостаточно для выхода в финал.

На чемпионате России 1999 года в Туле был седьмым.

В 2001 году на чемпионате России в Туле занял в прыжках в длину 12-е место.

В 2002 году сделал акцент на тройном прыжке, в частности в данной дисциплине стал седьмым на зимнем чемпионате России в Волгограде, получил серебро на Кубке России в Туле, победил на Мемориале братьев Знаменских в Туле, на всероссийском студенческом первенстве в Брянске и на летнем чемпионате России в Чебоксарах. Принимал участие в чемпионате Европы в Мюнхене — в финале тройного прыжка показал результат 16,47 метра, расположившись в итоговом протоколе соревнований на 11-й строке.

На чемпионате России 2003 года в Туле занял в тройном прыжке 11-е место.

В 2004 году в тройном прыжке победил на чемпионате России среди студентов в Москве, был восьмым на чемпионате России в Туле.

На чемпионате России 2005 года в Туле стал седьмым.

В 2006 году был шестым на зимнем чемпионате России в Москве и седьмым на летнем чемпионате России в Туле.

В 2007 году показал пятый результат на зимнем чемпионате России в Волгограде, стартовал на летнем чемпионате России в Туле.

В 2008 году в тройном прыжке выиграл бронзовую медаль на Рождественском кубке в Москве, занял восьмое место на зимнем чемпионате России в Москве. По окончании сезона завершил спортивную карьеру.

За выдающиеся спортивные достижения удостоен почётного звания «Мастер спорта России международного класса».

Примечания

Прыгуны в длину России
Прыгуны тройным России
Чемпионы России по лёгкой атлетике
Мастера спорта России международного класса по лёгкой атлетике
Легкоатлеты Москвы
Спортсмены Приморского края

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"A night of great bajan food and music"
If you are looking for cheap, amazing Caribbean seafood the Barbados Oistins Fish Fry is the place to be.
The Oistins Fish Fry is a collection of local vendors serving fresh seafood from outdoor shacks in the small south coast village of Oistins.
You really can't get any more authentic than this!
The Fish Fry is open all days of the week…however the best night to head down there is Friday night.
This is when the majority of the vendors are open from 6 pm with live reggae music and plenty of local crafts on sale such as necklaces, sea shells and local artwork.
There is a large selection of vendors to choose from and they will try to convince you that their fish is better than the others.
Don't worry they are all on the same level in my opinion so don't feel pressured and take time to walk around and enjoy the atmosphere before choosing one.
Once you've got your meal, take a seat at one of the picnic benches and enjoy the pumping music and lively atmosphere down at the fish market.
As it gets closer to 10 pm a party atmosphere begins to develop with many locals showing up to enjoy the food and festivities.
So try to get there early to avoid the crowds or there might not be any food left for you!


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Chao-Ju Jennifer Hou (September 26, 1964 – December 2, 2007) was a Taiwanese computer scientist and electrical engineer specializing in wireless sensor networks.

Life
Hou was born on September 26, 1964 in Taipei, and studied electrical engineering at National Taiwan University, graduating with a bachelor's degree in 1987. She came to the US for graduate study in electrical engineering and computer science at the University of Michigan, earning a master's degree in 1989 and a Ph.D. in 1993. Along the way, she also earned a second master's degree in industrial and operations engineering in 1991.

She became an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, in 1993. She moved to Ohio State University in 1996, earning tenure there, and moved again to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2001, where she directed the Illinois Network Design and Experimentation (INDEX) group.

She died of cancer on December 2, 2007.

Recognition
Hou was posthumously named an IEEE Fellow in 2008, "for contributions to protocol design and analysis of wireless communications networks". Her fellow certificate was presented to her son at the 2008 Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), which was dedicated to her memory.

References

1964 births
2007 deaths
Chinese electrical engineers
Chinese computer scientists
Chinese women engineers
Chinese women computer scientists
National Taiwan University alumni
University of Michigan alumni
University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty
Ohio State University faculty
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign faculty
Fellow Members of the IEEE


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We simply dont sell goods that have major issues. We have expert woodworkers and re-finishers on staff to service any piece of furniture we offer. We represent all merchandise in absolute good faith and to the very best of our ability. We have a zero tolerance policy for non-paying buyers. Any offer we accept is a binding sale and subject to the conditions herein.
We can get you special services in certain cases but you are responsible for telling us you require them and the extra cost of these services. If you instruct our shippers to provide services beyond curbside deliveries. We are responsible for any additional services and charged for these services. Again the process is all designed to protect your investment & an option offered for your protection. We dont like to send nice people off with things tied to roof racks. We are not a storage facility. We are happy to hold your items for a reasonable pre-agreed upon period. The item "VICTORIAN TIGER OAK RAISED PANEL 3 DRAWER OFFICE DESKTOP ANTIQUE FILE CABINET" is in sale since Monday, January 25, 2016. This item is in the category "Antiques\Furniture\Cabinets & Cupboards\1800-1899". The seller is "baycolonyantiques" and is located in Springfield, Massachusetts. This item can be shipped to United States.


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Q: Algorithm for converting a coordinate into angles of a pentagon. I will go ahead and admit, this might just be something obvious but I did research and couldn't find anything.
I have a pentagon, and I know two top points (A & B) and the distance between them (black). I also know the other 4 side lengths (blue), which are all the same. I know the bottom point too, and I don't care about the two side points.
How can I use the bottom point (E) to determine the angle between each of the top two points, and their adjacent side lengths?
EDIT:

Points A, B, & E are known.
All side lengths are known.
Side lengths of the same colour are equal.
Angles that I want to know have dotted lines.
EDIT II: I realize my question may need clarification. The pentagon is on a coordinate plane. I know the location of A, B, and E. I want to use point E to find the interior angles on points A & B.

A: You want to find angle $\alpha+\beta$ in diagram below, and the analogous angle of vertex $B$ (caution: names of points are different from those in the question). By standard trigonometry we have:
$$
\cos\alpha={AH\over AD}={{1\over2}AC\over AD},
\quad
\cos\beta={AB^2+AC^2-BC^2\over2\,AB\cdot AC}.
$$
And similar formulas for the angles of vertex $B$.

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'use strict';
var phiControllers = angular.module('phiControllers',[
        'ngMaterial',
        'ngAnimate',
        'ngAria',
    ]);

phiControllers.controller('HomeCtrl', function($scope) {
    $scope.message = 'Look how good I look!';
    $scope.pageClass = 'page-home';
});

phiControllers.controller('AboutCtrl', function($scope) {
    $scope.message = 'Look how good I look!';
});
phiControllers.controller('AlumniCtrl', function($scope) {
    $scope.message = 'Look how good I look!';
});

phiControllers.controller('RegisterCtrl', ['$scope','$location','$firebaseAuth', function($scope,$location,$firebaseAuth) {
    var firebaseObj = new Firebase("https://popping-inferno-3537.firebaseio.com");
    var auth = $firebaseAuth(firebaseObj);
    $scope.signUp = function() {
        if (!$scope.regForm.$invalid) {
            var email = $scope.user.email;
            var password = $scope.user.password;
            if (email && password) {
                auth.$createUser({
                    email : email,
                    password : password
                })
                .then(function() {
                    // do things if success
                    console.log('User creation success');
                    $location.path('/home');
                }, function(error) {
                    // do things if failure
                    console.log(error);
                    $scope.regError = true;
                    $scope.regErrorMessage = error.message;
                });
            }
        }
    };
}]);

phiControllers.controller('LoginCtrl',['$scope','$rootScope','$firebaseAuth','$location',
        function($scope,$rootScope,$firebaseAuth,$location) {

            var ref = new Firebase("https://popping-inferno-3537.firebaseio.com");
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            $scope.user = {};
            $scope.SignIn = function(e) {
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                    email : $scope.user.email,
                    password : $scope.user.password
                }, function(error, authData) {
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                        console.log('Authentication faulure');
                        $rootScope.loggedIn = false;
                    } else {
                        console.log('Authentication Successfull');
                        $rootScope.loggedIn = true;
                        $rootScope.email = $scope.user.email;
                        $location.path('/home');
                    }
                });
            }
            $scope.FacebookSignIn = function(e){
                ref.authWithOAuthPopup("facebook",function(err,authData){
                    if (err) {
                        console.err("Login Failed");
                    } else {
                        console.log('Authentication Successfull ');
                        $rootScope.loggedIn = true;
                    }
                });
            }
            $scope.SignOut = function() {
                ref.unauth();
                $rootScope.loggedIn = false;
            }

        }]);

phiControllers.controller('DatabaseCtrl',function($scope, $firebaseObject) {

    var ref = new Firebase("https://popping-inferno-3537.firebaseio.com");
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        title: "Svg-",
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    });

    function buildGridModel(tileTmpl){
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        for (var j=0; j<11; j++) {

            it = angular.extend({},tileTmpl);
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            it.span  = { row : 1, col : 1 };

            switch(j+1) {
                case 1:
                    it.background = "red";
                    it.span.row = it.span.col = 2;
                    break;

                case 2: it.background = "green";         break;
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                        it.span.col = 2;
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            results.push(it);
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        return results;
    }
});

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Twist Open or Flip Open Spout Pouch bags used for liquids or powders at a much cheaper and unbreakable alternative to bottles. Custom print your logo up to 9 colors. Customize your own structure as OPP/CPP, PET/LDPE, PET/ALU/LDPE etc.


Popular Tollywood actor Vijay Deverakonda has been featured under the 'Forbes India 30 under 30 list'. Deverakonda is the only actor on the list, which also features YouTube star Prajakta Koli, cricketer Smriti Mandhana, athletes Hima Das and Neeraj Chopra among others.
Vijay made his debut in the film industry with Nuvvila in But his popularity shot up after Arjun Reddy went on to become a massive box office success. The film was such a huge success that it is now being remade in Tamil and Hindi The actor was last seen in Nota and Taxiwala.
Now, actor will be next seen in Dear Comrade, he recently finished shooting for it and it is slated to release this summer.


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Q: How to apply JaCoCo to build.gradle? I wanted to add JaCoCo to an existing Android Studio Project. In my settings.gradle I edited:
pluginManagement {

    gradle.ext.kotlin_version = "1.6.0"

    repositories {
        google()
        mavenCentral()
    }

    def versionsProp = new Properties()
    versionsProp["myapp.version.level"] = "7.1.0-beta05"

    def versionsPropFile = file("local.properties")
    if (versionsPropFile.canRead()) {

        versionsProp.load(new FileInputStream(versionsPropFile))
    }

    def levelVersion = versionsProp["myapp.version.level"]

    plugins {
        id("com.android.application") version "$levelVersion"
        id("com.android.library") version "$levelVersion"
        id("org.jetbrains.dokka") version "1.4.30"
        id("org.jetbrains.kotlin.android") version "$gradle.ext.kotlin_version"
        id("org.jacoco.core") version "0.8.7"
    } }

dependencyResolutionManagement {
    repositories {
        google()
        mavenCentral()
        mavenLocal()
    } }

rootProject.name = "TestApp"

include ":app"
include ":mylib_1"
include ":mylib_2"
include ":docs"

Especially I added JaCoCo in plugins section. According to this medium article :

Now inside each module's build.gradle file apply the newly created
jacoco.gradle as such: apply from: "$project.rootDir/jacoco.gradle"

But in my app modules build gradle (I've shortened away stuff commented there) I have follwing structure:
plugins {
    id("com.android.application")
    id("org.jetbrains.kotlin.android")
}

android {

    compileSdkVersion = 31
    buildToolsVersion = "31.0.0"

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId = "org.example.myapp"
        // minSdkVersion(21), targetSdkVersion(31) ..
    }

    // buildTypes, flavorOptions, compose options
    // compile options, kotlinOptions, buildFeatures, packagingOptions, lintOptions
}

dependencies {

    implementation(fileTree(include: ["*.jar"], dir: "libs"))

    implementation("androidx.activity:activity-compose:$compose_activity_version")
    implementation("androidx.appcompat:appcompat:$appcompat_version")

    testImplementation("junit:junit:4.13.2")

    implementation(project(":org_mylib_1"))
    implementation(project(":org_mylib_2"))
}

So where or how am I supposed to add the apply from: "$project.rootDir/jacoco.gradle"?


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CISE 12th Specimen Question Paper 2019 has been Published by Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) only. CSE Class XII 2019 Students you can Download Latest Model Paper for exam 2019 from our websites also.


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Partially wooded residential lot located in Belvedere Plantation. This location is appealing being close to schools, shopping, golfing, Topsail Beach and Surf City.


Celebrate this holiday with a Japanese influence and craft a gift for that special someone! Featuring "Art with Joe"—community art sessions hosted by UNL student Joe Vlach. Starts every 30 minutes beginning at 11:30 a.m. until end of event.


Located in Cachoeiras de Macacu, Pousada Itatiba features free bikes, outdoor swimming pool and free Wi-Fi throughout the property. Boasting a shared kitchen, this property also provides guests with a restaurant. Guests can use the hot tub, or enjoy lake views.
Offering an outdoor pool and views of the mountain, Boca do Mato Eco Hostel is situated in Cachoeiras de Macacu. The hostel has a barbecue and views of the river, and guests can enjoy a drink at the bar. Free Wi-Fi is provided throughout the property and free private parking is available on site.
Located in Cachoeiras de Macacu, 36 km from Teresópolis, Casa D'irene features free Wi-Fi access and free private parking.
Casa de Campo dos Sonhos is offering accommodation in Cachoeiras de Macacu. Among the various facilities of this property are a garden and a shared lounge. Both free Wi-Fi and private parking are accessible on site.
Featuring free Wi-Fi and a restaurant, Espaço Chiminelli offers accommodation in Cachoeiras de Macacu, 36 km from Teresópolis. Free private parking is available on site.
Set in Cachoeiras de Macacu, in a building dating from 2015, Quiosque Paes e Filhos provides barbecue facilities and guestrooms with free Wi-Fi. Featuring a restaurant, the property also has a garden and a shared lounge. Rooms are fitted with a balcony with mountain views.


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• Aaron Allen Harris, 38, of Port Austin, defective equipment, $275 in fines and costs. • Jacob Joseph Juzek, 23, of Kinde, driving while license suspended, 20 days in jail, $375 in fines and costs; no proof of insurance, $150 in fines and costs.
• Jason James Kenny, 20, of Bay Port, driving while license suspended, $315 in fines and costs. • Taiya Lynn Knoph, 18, of Ubly, dog at large, $250 in fines and costs.
• Steven Allen Maurer, 32, of Sebewaing, allowing a suspended driver to operate a motor vehicle, $350 in fines and costs; disobeying a stop sign, $135 in fines and costs.
• Cody Jack Miller, 20, of Minden City, possession of a controlled substance-marijuana, four days in jail, six months probation, $850 in fines and costs.
• Shianne Louise Sanders, 26, of Sebewaing, driving while license suspended, two days community service, $350 in fines and costs.


Features an octagonal shaped, larger 28 inch reflector. The larger reflector and octagonal shape produces a wider area of light compared to the square softbox.
Similar to our dual octagonal softbox reflector kit, this package has twice the power. Includes 4 85 watt lamps (equal to 340 watts of incandescent lamps each), plus 2 4-in-1 adapters. The 4-in-1 adapter allows the use of up to 4 85 watt lamps in each softbox. Extra bulbs may be purchased separately.
This folding softbox kit is excellent for digital photography. A snap to set-up or close, the softbox has no ribs or adapters...everything is built-in. Includes one quick folding softbox, which expands quickly and easily, like an umbrella, plus a built-in socket for use with a flourescent lamp. The lamps included are a new, cool 85 watt tricolor design, which produce a daylight color, and yet puts out the equivalent of 340 watts of incandescent light each without the heat or energy use. Also included in the kit are 2 6 ft light stands. Components are also available separately. NOTE: Not for use with incandescent lamps.


President Zuma was presented an Open Letter stressing the importance of Travel and Tourism to global growth and development by WTTC President and CEO, David Scowsill and by David de Villiers, Chairman of the World Committee on Tourism Ethics, representing UNWTO Secretary-General, Taleb Rifai (Cape Town, South Africa, 4 May).
"Given the importance we attach to this industry, we are delighted to be the first African nation to join the Global Leaders for Tourism campaign," said President Zuma receiving the Open Letter. President Zuma further highlighted the economic and social value of tourism. "We take tourism very seriously in this country given its job creation potential. That is why we have identified tourism as one of the six job drivers in our New Growth Path framework. Tourism is well positioned to be a leading avenue for addressing unemployment, especially given its labour intensive nature. Tourism jobs are not only created in the travel and tourism industry, but also in manufacturing, financial services, agriculture, healthcare and numerous other peripheral industries," he said. "More significantly, this sector has become a fertile environment for entrepreneurs and small, medium and micro enterprises while historically disadvantaged people are increasingly making their careers in tourism, creating jobs for others and building their own businesses," the President added.
"We are extremely happy to see the very positive reaction that this campaign is having all around the world," said Mr. Rifai in Astana, Kazakhstan, on the sidelines of the Astana Economic Forum. "Mexico, the first country to receive the Open Letter last February, and now South Africa, through the leadership of President Zuma, are examples to the world. Their acknowledgment of tourism's role in addressing the multiple challenges we face today, in particular those of equitable economic growth and much-needed job creation, open the way for the sector to garner the recognition it deserves," he added.
With 8 million international tourist arrivals in 2010, South Africa is one of the fastest growing tourism destinations in the world. South African tourism was given an important boost in 2010 while hosting the FIFA World Cup – international tourist arrivals grew by 15% and tourism revenues by 4% to reach US$ 9 billion. Tourism's contribution to the economy of South Africa has increased from 5% in 1994 to 7.7% in 2010.


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Oklawaha River in Florida
Number of Paddlers 23 (Est) - 8 rented canoes and approx 6 private boats
Trip Length: 12 miles. Put-in at 8:30AM and arrived at Gores Landing approx 4 hours later.
Boat Rentals and Park Fee: Florida Pack and Paddle provided canoe rentals (Bruce Beckwith 800.297.8811) Parking fees at both Rays and Gores is $3 per vehicle. Forms and envelopes are available with a nearby drop box.
Car Shuttle: The club was responsible for shuttle service. Driving distance between Gores (Take-Out) and Rays (Put-In) was approximately 11 miles.
Air Temperature and Weather Condition: There were typical afternoon thundershowers during the days before the trip. It was in the mid 80s at Put-in and temps rose to high 80s at take out. During the early part of the trip we hit a brief sun shower but did not encounter any more rain for the remainder of the trip. We frequently heard what could have been distant thunder or the sound of explosions at the U.S. Navy target area in the National Forest.
The River and Terrain: This portion of the Ocklawaha proved to be a good choice for a summer paddle in central Florida due to a friendly and constant 3 MPH current, shade from overhanging trees and a pleasant breeze. Having said that, it was still a 12 mile paddle on partly sunny June day we were sweaty and looked forward to a cold beer.
Leaving Rays Park we paddled down a channel and steered left into the northward body of the Ocklawaha River. Within minutes we floated under the SR 40 bridge on our journey to Gores Landing. The Ocala National Forest was on our right throughout our trip and the land to our left was just as wild. I recall passing only one or two houses that were not directly on the river. Once on the river, paddling efforts were eased by the current. As we paddled upriver, or is that down, the sounds of nearby Ocala bound traffic faded into the stillness of the surrounding forest. The river width was comfortable, neither too narrow nor too wide, throughout the trip and offered some bends, but there was always sufficient field of vision to see and plan ahead. While there were submerged obstacles, fallen trees, you could see the telltale ripples on the water in sufficient time to steer accordingly. River depth ranged from a foot or so to perhaps 15 feet at times.
The river was reasonably clear despite the recent heavy rains but it was not the same clarity as we experienced on last months trip on the Silver River. We passed some interesting banks, some almost 10 feet high and we could only wonder about them, as they seemed so out of place.
At about the halfway point, our group of about 16, found a nice and wide put-in at a beach type area for a quick rest stop on the rivers right bank and it appeared to be part of a hiking trail in the National Forest. About three-quarters of the way through the trip, another group put-in on a smaller beach area. Gores Landing was relatively easy to spot, it is on the left bank of the river just beyond a left bend and it had a large metal sign that was mostly illegible from the river.
We passed people fishing from the banks and only a few motor boats. We were upset with the trash we saw on and in the river guess not all know the Leave No Trace rule.
Wildlife Sightings: The wildlife was quiet this day but the sounds of bird life in the forest were a constant reminder that they were there. Paddlers at the front of the pack saw alligators, most all saw an occasional Egret, Heron, Hawk, turtle, Gar (fish) and some very exotic looking wild flowers (some of the leaves of which bore a striking resemblance to Marijuana or so I thought from my law enforcement training. The group of paddlers I was with was most fortunate to catch sight of a herd of the uniquely rare and elusive species of Florida Goat-Deer near the riverbank a private joke for some of us on the river this day.
Difficulty Rating: This was not a difficult river to paddle and it was enjoyable journey, minus the trash, on a still wild Florida River.
Recorders: Ted and Joanne Wendel
$3 parking fee at Rays Park and Gores Landing if you park for any length of time. No launch fee.
From Ocala to Gores Landing: SR 40 East about 6 miles to CR 315 north. Turn east on 105 St NE then right (south) on 150th St NE and follow signs to Gores. From Gores to Rays Park. Return to intersection of CR 315 and SR 40 turn east (left) on SR 40 and go 1 mile to Rays.
DeLorme (FL) page 72 section B-3
For good river map go to www.clubkayak.com
Duration: Day Trip
Water Type: River/Creek (Up to Class II)


WASHINGTON (AP) — A fitful economic recovery is drawing strength from a stabilizing job market and signs that manufacturing will contribute to the rebound.
The latest sign was a government report Thursday that the number of newly laid-off workers filing claims for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week. And the four-week average for claims, which smooths out fluctuations, fell for the 16th straight week, to its lowest point since September 2008, when the financial crisis hit with full force.
Further evidence of a gradually healing economy was a report that orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket durable goods rose in November. The overall increase was less than expected. But excluding the volatile transportation category, the gains were twice what economists had forecast.
The Labor Department said the number of new jobless claims fell to a 452,000 last week, down 28,000 from the previous week, on a seasonally adjusted basis. That's a better performance than the decline to 470,000 that economists had expected.
And the four-week average for claims, which smooths out fluctuations, fell to 465,250 — the 16th straight weekly decline.
Stocks rose after the positive reports on unemployment and durable goods orders. Major indexes all touched new 2009 highs in midmorning trading. The Dow Jones industrial average rose about 40 points, or 0.4 percent.
The Labor Department cautioned that seasonal employment from holidays and other variables in the calendar made last week a difficult one to seasonally adjust. The actual number of new claims was higher than the previous week, though fewer than expected. The process of adjusting for seasonal variation reduced the number.
The Commerce Department said orders for durable goods edged up 0.2 percent last month, weaker than the 0.5 percent gain economists had expected. But excluding transportation, orders rose 2 percent over the October level, double what economists had forecast.
Demand for commercial aircraft plunged 32.6 percent. And orders for transportation products sank 5.5 percent as demand for motor vehicles and parts edged down 0.2 percent, the weakest showing in five months.
Strength in November was shown in areas such as orders for machinery, which rose 3.5 percent. Orders for primary metals such as steel grew 1.4 percent. And orders for computers and electronic products jumped 3.7 percent, the biggest gain since February.
"The fourth-quarter recovery in business investment was a bit stronger than we previously feared," Paul Ashworth, an economist at Capital Economics, wrote in a research report.
Economists are hoping that the fortunes of the manufacturing sector are beginning to rebound after the recession briefly forced two major U.S. automakers — General Motors and Chrysler LLC — into bankruptcy protection earlier this year.
The economy grew at a 2.2 percent annual rate in the July-September quarter, the first growth in the gross domestic product after a record four straight quarters of shrinking GDP. A string of more positive reports is causing analysts to revise up their forecasts for growth in the current quarter to 3 percent or slightly better.
Ashworth of Capital Economics noted that companies are rebuilding their stockpiles of goods — one reason why he predicts GDP will expand at an annualized rate of about 5 percent in the fourth quarter.
But unless unemployment starts to decline steadily, consumer spending, which accounts for 70 percent of economic activity, could falter. That could jeopardize the fragile recovery from the nation's longest recession since the 1930s.
The jobless rate dipped in November to 10 percent, down from a 26-year high of 10.2 percent in October. Some analysts fear that unemployment will resume rising in coming months and won't peak until hitting 10.5 percent next summer. Still, the November jobless report showed that businesses slashed their payrolls by just 11,000 jobs on net in November, the smallest decrease since the recession began two years ago.


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Chaplin's barbet (Lybius chaplini) or the Zambian barbet, is a bird species in the family Lybiidae, which was until recently united with the other barbets in the Capitonidae. This bird was named in honor of Sir Francis Drummond Percy Chaplin, a former colonial governor. The species was renamed to emphasize its status as Zambia's only true endemic bird species. It is endemic to South Central Zambia and is restricted to the area between the Upper Kafue River to Kabanga in the Kalomo District. Its natural habitats are moist savanna and arable land. It is threatened by habitat loss. It was formerly classified as a Near Threatened species by the IUCN. But new research has shown it to be rarer than it was believed. Consequently, it is uplisted to Vulnerable status in 2008.

Description
Chaplin's barbet is a small bird species, measuring up to  in length with a weight of . It is a plump-looking barbet with a large head and a heavy bill with bristles. Its plumage is white with red around the eyes. Its tail is black and the wings are black with yellow on the edges. These birds are usually found in open woodland areas where figs are abundant, which is where this species prefers to gather food and nest.

Bird calls
Chaplin's barbets usually occur in groups of two to six individuals and guard their territories aggressively. When calling to each other, these barbets snap their bills loudly and emit a chorus of buzzy, grating notes like an accelerating noisy cackle.

Nesting
This particular barbet's breeding season is from August to November. They nest in cavities in branches of the fig trees and lay between two and four eggs that they incubate for 13–15 days. The parents share the nesting and parental care responsibilities. These barbets can be parasitized by lesser honeyguides, which lay eggs in the barbets' nest and leave them for the barbets to raise as their own. Sometimes the honeyguides will destroy some of the barbet chicks and replace them with the parasite offspring.

References

External links

 BirdLife Species Factsheet.

Chaplin's barbet
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Historic houses and gardens
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Athelhampton House & Gardens
Athelhampton's history and that of its inter-related families covers more than a thousand years. Much of the present house has stood for over five centuries.
Sir William Martyn built the Hall at Athelhampton in about the year of 1485 and received a license to enclose 160 acres of deer park and fortify his manor. The house remained in the Martyn family for the next 4 generations until the house was eventually purchased by Alfred Cart de Lafontaine in 1891, who set about restoring the house and creating the formal gardens we see today.
In 1957, Robert Victor Cooke purchased the house, and in 1966 he gave Athelhampton to his son Sir Robert Cooke MP. Today Sir Robert's son Patrick and his wife Andrea run Athelhampton and continue to improve and renovate the House and Gardens to protect it for generations to come.
www.athelhampton.co.uk
Kingston Lacy
Home of the Bankes family for more than 300 years, this striking 17th-century house is noted for its lavish interiors. The outstanding art collection includes paintings by Rubens, Van Dyck, Titian and Brueghel, with the largest private collection of Egyptian artefacts in the UK. Outside, stroll across the beautiful lawns towards the restored Japanese tea garden. There are several waymarked walks through the surrounding parkland, with its fine herd of North Devon cattle, and the 3,443-hectare (8,500-acre) estate is dominated by the Iron Age hill fort of Badbury Rings, home to fourteen varieties of orchid.
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/kingston-lacy
Mapperton House & Gardens
Mapperton Gardens is a romantic valley garden deep into a lost Dorset combe among tumbling hills and unspoiled countryside. The gardens descend from the croquet lawn, through the formal topiary down to the wild garden. The manor house with its church, stable block, coach house, dovecote and courtyard is a glorious harmony of golden sandstone and stands on level ground looking across terraced gardens, grass banks and wooded hill which descend steeply to the south. Pevsner's Dorset guide says "there can hardly be a more enchanting manorial group than Mapperton."
The house, Elizabethan in origin, enlarged in the late 1660s, is a marvellous example of a West Country manor house in harmony with its surroundings and the rolling landscape around it.
Now the home of the Earl and Countess of Sandwich, Mapperton continues to be a family house and harks back to the restoration of Charles II when the first Earl of Sandwich brought the King back from Holland.
www.mapperton.com
Sherborne Castle, Dorset has been the Wingfield Digby family home since 1617. Built by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1594, this historic house reflects a glorious variety of decorative styles from over 400 years of English History. Visit the Castle's rich interiors with its splendid collections of art, furniture and porcelain, together with Raleigh's original kitchen, family artefacts and archaeological 'finds' from the old medieval castle on view in the castle cellars.
Explore the 42 acres of beautiful gardens and grounds and soak up the beauty, peace and tranquility of this natural setting. Capability Brown in 1753 created the 50 acre lake and gave us the very latest in landscape gardening, with magnificent specimen trees, herbaceous borders and sweeping lawns.
www.sherbornecastle.com
Abbotsbury Sub tropical Gardens
After the great storm of 1990, a major restoration project has been underway. Many new exotic and unusual flowers have been introduced to this fabulous Dorset Garden.
The Garden is a mixture of formal and informal flowers, world famous for it's Camellia groves and magnolias. Noted in Dorset for its Rhododendron and Hydrangea collections and the charming Victorian Garden.
Facilities include the Colonial Restaurant, a quality gift shop and a superb plant centre where many of the flowers grown in the Garden can be purchased.
www.abbotsbury-tourism.co.uk/gardens
Forde Abbey & Gardens
30 acres of gardens with a cascade of ponds, including the highest powered fountain in England, surround this 12th Century former monastery. Herbaceous borders, Bog Garden, Rockery, mature Arboretum and working walled kitchen garden. Plantings and landscaping date from early 18th Century. Gardens open daily.
www.fordeabbey.co.uk
Kingston Maurward Gardens
C18 Mansion with contemporary parkland and pleasure gardens. Estate purchased 1914 by Sir Cecil Hanbury, whose father created La Mortola in Italy. The formal gardens consist of a matrix of small gardens, each with its own theme. Lakeside walks and a delightful walled garden. National Collections of Penstemon and Salvia.
Garden and Animal Park open daily 10am-5.30pm Jan 5th to Dec 21st.
https://www.kmc.ac.uk/kc/gardens_animal_park
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We need our leaders to be seen Simon Harrison
The recent floods have demonstrated that leaders need to get onto the front line when disasters strike, and stand alongside their staff and the general public.
The Environmental Select Committee meeting on 6 January was an uncomfortable watch. Fellow engineer and Environment Agency chairman Sir Philip Dilley was under pressure for not returning from his Barbados home sooner to give visible leadership and comfort to the public affected by the severe floods over Christmas.
Just 12 months earlier another engineer at another select committee, Network Rail chief executive Mark Carne, was given the same message by MPs after he stayed in Cornwall while chaos reigned for passengers post-Christmas 2014, due to overrunning engineering work. Carne, to his great credit, did not make that mistake this time.
The strong message from politicians is that, in a crisis, the public like to see their leaders.
And there are lessons here for us all.
Over the last decade infrastructure has gone from being a background necessity to centre stage in the economy.
Allied to that the country is dealing with changing weather patterns and increased numbers of people. Infrastructure is under strain and the engineers dealing with that infrastructure are increasingly being turned to by the public to allay fears and as a focus for anger when things go wrong.
Whether it is water in the streets, power outages caused by falling trees in extreme weather, near riots due to overcrowding at station refurbishments or motorways shut and people stranded because of snow, engineers are the people the public turn to, yes to blame, but also for the answers.
If the Duke of Edinburgh was right when he said "everything not invented by God was invented by an engineer" and that we are the solution to the problems created by growing global populations, then we need to step up to the mark.
Heaven knows there are thousands of us working over holidays and at night to keep the public safe, and comfortable. But we also need to be seen, vocal and involved at the top level.
We can no longer be in the shadows, and we pass the buck to the detriment of our whole profession.
Empathising with the public and being able to communicate and engage rather than lecturing them are still not our core skills. They need to be, not least because there are going to be some difficult messages to communicate.
The Environment Agency is gently trying to do that as I write. New chief executive Sir James Bevan explained to MPs who didn't really want to hear the message that there is no such thing as 100% protection for everyone. Individuals have to take some responsibility for protecting their own property, he suggested. His deputy David Rooke, out in the streets at the height of the floods, had the same message though, again, people were trying not to hear it.
Much money can be spent on raising barriers, upstream storage and river dredging, and on wholesale catchment management. But the message from the Agency is that the public themselves will need to do more to protect their own homes and businesses – by making them more resilient with waterproof plaster, concrete floors, electricity points high up on walls and non return valves in toilets as examples.
Who will cover the cost of that is a major issue. At an average of £20,000 per property the government's £40M emergency flood funding would only flood proof 2000 properties. There are many, many more likely to be at risk, particularly after the National Flood Resilience Review reports in the summer, putting the bill in the billions. Our politicians need to initiate the debate with the public.
As well as innovating to minimise risks and costs, engineers need to be able to explain why investment must be made and what the options are – and be trusted to be impartial and honest.
There was much talk at the select committee about how future flood protection decisions need to be made by the local communities, requiring engagement from professionals with residents, businesses, the farming community which can be part of the solution or add to the problem, and with local government.
We engineers have to be at the centre of the community debate, not in the background. To get there, it's essential that we all, leaders included, stand with our communities when the going gets rough.
We all need to be visible in a crisis.
Simon Harrison
Group strategic development manager