Gladys Hunt gently reminds us that our words make a big impact on our children; let us use words that build up instead of tear down. This is part of our series of previously-unpublished blogposts by the author of Honey For a Child's Heart.
The other day I heard a wealthy entrepreneur named Rich DeVos speak as part of a lecture series. He has started numerous businesses, given hundreds and hundreds of people jobs and opportunities to succeed. He is a philanthropist who enriched our city with museums, hospitals, schools, and more. He invests in people. He is a man of principle and strong Christian values.
I had never heard him speak. He's over eighty now, and I thought he might give us some business principles for success. Instead he gave us phrases that help build the lives of other people. They are so simple to say and yet so hard to speak at the right time—which is just when people need a special word of encouragement.
Learn to say I was wrong. Being wrong is inevitable for human beings—even parents. Your marriage and family life will be stronger if you as parents demonstrate that you can admit this, hard as it is. Of course, it means nothing if it doesn't come from the heart. Admitting we are wrong is the only way to truly heal the hurt we have caused others. It's a good thing for our children to learn when they are found with their hand in the cookie jar.
Along with saying I'm wrong!" we have to learn to say, "I'm sorry!" These are companion phrases, and our children need to hear us sincerely saying them.
"You can do it!" The opposite of this is "can't" and the opposite of "can't" is "try." These words give an attitude in our homes.
I'm proud of you! Approving smiles and affirming words are the best vitamins for children. That doesn't mean we don't discipline. It means we use language to build, not to tear down. Kids don't need to be award winners to hear us say this. Not everyone hits the ball over the fence or gets all A's. But we all need someone who is proud of us.
Thank you! Responsible parents are adamant about teaching their children to say this. Children also need to hear their parents say this. Thank you is an acknowledgement that another person's actions matter. Thank you puts life in perspective.
I need you! The truth is we need each other. It is relationships that make lives meaningful; we need to let the people in our lives know they are needed. It's not a top-down situation. We all need each other.
I trust you! This becomes increasingly important as a child grows older. Some one's trust keeps us from wrong-doing and gives extra reason to do right.
I love you! These words make a child feel protected, cared for, believed in. Say these words often. They build people.
Words are a great gift. Use them wisely.


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Sector Rotation Turns Off Tech Types
Updated April 3, 2000 11:59 pm ET / Original July 16, 2019 4:26 pm ET
S tocks experienced another week of rapid-fire sector rotation as investors fled technology stocks and returned in force to many depressed Old Economy sectors, including insurance, food, oil, defense and manufacturing.
The Nasdaq dropped 390 points, or 7.9%, to end Friday at 4572. The week's loss stood at more than 10% after declines of 186 points Wednesday and 189 points Thursday, but the Nasdaq recovered 115 points in the final session.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average held up better than the Nasdaq, falling 191 points, a 1.7% drop, as declines in three of the index's tech components, Microsoft , Intel and Hewlett-Packard , were partly offset by gains in such old-line companies as United Technologies , International Paper , McDonald's and Honeywell . The S&P 500 declined 1.9% to 1498. While the Dow and S&P lost less ground than the Nasdaq in the week, they ended the quarter behind the tech benchmark. The Dow is off 5% so far in 2000 and the S&P is up 2%. The Nasdaq has risen 12.4%.
Some of the worst losses in the tech sector were suffered by such formerly hot business-to-business Internet plays as Commerce One , Ariba , I2 Technologies and Internet Capital Group . These stocks had captivated many aggressive investors with the promise of huge potential profits from so-called B2B exchanges as American business moved its supply and sales networks onto the World Wide Web. But a potential competitive threat from Microsoft, a bearish report from a Prudential Securities analyst and looming sales by insiders sparked a vicious change in sentiment on a group that was vulnerable, given its enormous valuations.
Commerce One, which has linked up with Oracle to form a giant exchange for the major auto companies, dropped 74 to 149 1/4, less than half its late 1999 high of 331. Ariba fell 50 to 209 5/8, way below its March 8 peak of 366. Ariba may be down sharply, but it still has a market value of $16 billion, 130 times projected 2000 revenues and 10 times estimated 2003 sales. Internet Capital Group, owner of stakes in dozens of B2B plays and which was skeptically profiled in Barron's in January, was off 19 3/4 to 90 5/16, less than half its early-year high of 212.
One of the factors depressing Internet Capital Group and many other hot initial public offerings from last year is selling by insiders following the end of so-called lock-up periods that generally require early-stage investors to wait six months after an IPO before unloading their shares.
Back in January, less than 15% of Internet Capital Group's 260 million outstanding shares were in public hands. But 46 million shares became eligible for sale in February and another 45 million are up for grabs from March through May. Come June, nearly 96 million more shares can hit the market. Filings of potential insider sales are almost a daily event for Internet Capital Group. And since most insiders paid a fraction of the current market price for their stock -- Internet Capital Group went public in August at a split-adjusted $6 a share -- they probably don't care much if the stock is trading at 200 or 100. Many still are reaping a fortune. Steve Galbraith, an analyst at Sanford Bernstein, recently estimated that 2.4 billion shares of stock from 1999 IPOs should become eligible for sale in the second quarter. Many investors and strategists focus on IPOs in determining how much new stock must be absorbed by the market. But a far greater source of stock is probably coming from the end to lock-up restrictions. To be sure, not all insiders eligible to sell stock actually unload their shares when the lock-ups expire.
Indeed, the real test of the valuations of many highflyers from the 1999 IPO crop is coming as the market starts bearing the weight of large amounts of new stock. As Barron's IPO cover story last December 13 pointed out, many companies sell just 10%-15% of their outstanding shares in IPOs, and the thin float inflates their initial valuations. One of the most egregious examples was the IPO of Palm , which sold just 4% of its outstanding stock when it came public a month ago. Palm, whose shares were priced at 38, initially soared as high as 165, but has since nearly made a complete round-trip. Its shares fell 12 to 44 7/8 last week, hitting their lowest level since the IPO. 3Com , Palm's former parent, still owns over 500 million Palm shares, which it plans to distribute to its holders this summer. Those considering the purchase of Palm might do well to look at 3Com instead because the latter, at 55 5/8, trades for less than the value of its Palm stake. Each 3Com share controls more than 1.5 Palm shares.
Among the companies whose 1999 IPO lock-up restrictions are set to expire in April are Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia , World Wrestling Federation , Sycamore Networks and Breakaway Solutions , according to IPOLockup.com, a Website that tracks expiring lock-ups. Many pros play the lock-up game by selling short stocks whose lock-ups are about to end in the hope that insider sales will put pressure on the stocks. While IPOs took center stage in 1999, lock-ups may capture investors' attention this year.
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Science indicates that the universe came into existence with the 'Big Bang' approximately 13.5 billion years ago. No one knows what existed prior to the Big Bang and the Big Bang consisted of a sudden out-rushing of raw energy from a central point, filling the void of nothingness that existed beforehand.
Whatever existed in the void of nothingness before the Big Bang, and which occupied the central point, was the source of all of the energy from which our universe has formed.
Whatever existed prior to the Big Bang — the act of universal energy creation — no longer appears to exist. It appears that whatever it was became completely consumed in the act of universal energy creation.
That source of energy could be viewed as a 'creator' of sorts, because from the energy created during the Big Bang, all of the matter of the Universe has evolved, including us.
What we do not know at this stage, is what form the Creator took. We have no way of knowing whether the Creator was conscious, or sentient, or all knowing, or all powerful. Furthermore, there is no evidence to suggest that the Creator was all loving and certainly none to suggest that the Creator has or had any particular interest in, or care for us.
The universe, or the Cosmos as it should be more accurately described is an immense random generation device in which matter has formed from the energy that was created, and has evolved through many stages, gradually increasing in complexity and the level of consciousness achieved by the most highly evolved life forms.
In searching for the purpose of life and the purpose of the Cosmos, there are many as yet unknowns, but it is clear that the Cosmos is a mechanism that facilitates evolution — the evolution of inanimate matter, but also living matter, through ever increasing levels of complexity, knowledge, power and consciousness.
We humans, as far as we can tell, stand at the pinnacle of that evolutionary process, but there is no evidence to suggest that we are the 'end product', in fact the contrary. All of the evidence suggests that we are as Nietzsche describes, a 'stepping stone' from sub-man to super-man and beyond.
Cosmotheism asserts that providing we continue the process of evolution, mankind, or at least the currently most highly evolved elements of humanity, such as the White race, will evolve through ever higher and higher levels of consciousness, power and knowledge until our future generations achieve a state of total consciousness and omnipotence. This will be the culmination of the Creator's work, the metamorphosis of the Creator from a pre-physical state, either with or without consciousness, but with an indefatigable 'will to be', through many stages to his/her eventual complete self-realisation as a conscious, sentient, all powerful, all knowing entity — Godhood.
This belief is the fundamental tenet of Cosmotheism, which unlike any other religion, is completely consistent with science and nature, and does not rely on blind faith or superstitious mumbo-jumbo in order to attain credibility.
Regardless of what "stage" we're at, God is real. I've had too many "coincidences" in my life – answers to my thoughts or actual prayers, interventions on my behalf, etc. to think that: 1) he's not real, and 2) that he doesn't interact with those that believe.
But it's a personal thing – one on one. As the Bible says "seek and ye shall find".
Do I understand his plan and his ways in our world? Absolutely not. But my experiences with Him are comforting and help me know that I and others have purpose (His Purpose) in this life.
Imagine another group of intelligent beings, in another part of the cosmos, who themselves want to become the god-being. They take notice of us . . . as their competition, and decide to cripple our evolution . . .
Imagine "cosmotheist masters" who, like the fabled gurus, can tie-into the god-force in a way that others cannot, and can do things that others regard as miracles . . .
In chess, it is better to have a plan, even if its a bad one, than to have none, and "chess is life". Cosmotheism gives us a goal and thus a purpose that will resonate with the kind of people Pierce wanted for the National Alliance.
The grail is not the end, the search is the end itself. The better your goals align with reality and serve the life force, the easier it will be to stick to the path. I wouldn't worry about "truth" as we will make corrections if our understanding of truth changes, furthermore the Godhead is far away enough.
God is real, it is everything. Believing that he is a "personal thing" is a very humane way of worshiping god and i don't see how it conflicts with cosmotheism.
Could cosmotheism be more mumbo-jumbo like global warming and other hoaxes that were claimed to have been scientifically proven until their proponents were caught faking data ?
I believe that everything you have said about Cosmotheism is true. It is the best explanation for the reality we are experiencing. However, it is incomplete. It offers no explanation for the Jews. The Jews did not arise from any natural evolutionary process. The Jews are Nature's orphans.
I propose that there is another entity involved besides the Creator. I will simply refer to it as the "Other". The Other possesses enormous intelligence and physical capabilities (to what extent we have no way of knowing). It is extracosmic (meaning it has origins outside of our universe). The other was created by the Creator or is actually part of the Creator. It could also possibly be an automatic system built into the evolution chamber which we call the Universe.
The Other exists to facilitate the Creator's purpose.
When a sentient species evolves to the point of creating a civilization, the members of the species are shielded from natural selection. The more their technology advances, the greater the shielding. The species devolves, and their civilization either collapses, or worse, stagnates indefinitely. The species becomes an evolutionary dead end. All of the genes produced by billions of years of evolution are lost.
Human beings, of course, have understood the above process for a long time. Their proposed solution is eugenics. That is, self-guided evolution. The Creator is not going to leave it up to us. The job of the Other is to impose conditions for survival which civilization does not protect against. The Other seeks to destroy the most highly developed among a sentient species. It does not seem to be able to do this directly. It must act by proxies who belong to the same species.
When human beings first established civilizations a few thousand years ago, the Other became active on Earth. It looked for a group of people with qualities it could work with and chose those people. It became their "God". It communicated with them with visions, speaking through burning bushes, etc. It crafted their religion. I guided their genetic evolution. It created the Jews. The Jews create Christianity, so the Christian God is also the Other. The Islamic God is also probably the Other.
Will White people survive? Remember, there are billions of galaxies, each with billions of stars, and the Universe is billions of years old. Sentient species may actually arise fairly regularly. Which makes it the Creator's interest to make the process as stringent as possible, to select for one that is strongest, the rest being destroyed.
To philosophize about the nature of God and the universe is something i have long stopped bothering about, it's too complex for me.
Parasites are extremely common in Nature, so common that scientists believe parasites consume more (60%) than predators (40%).
Jews behave like human parasites and we don't need to look for explanations beyond Nature to understand them. That "Other" has usually been called the devil or satan (adversary), and the jews have been called the children of the devil before.
It is probably already deeply embedded in their genes to behave as parasites, and there is no need to mystify their behaviour. They represent today for the whole world (and specially for us) the forces of destruction and death, but this forces have been working forever in the universe and work everywhere you look around in nature and thus there is no apparent need to invent "the Other" as you are just giving human atributes to this phenomena.
Destruction and death certainly play their role in the evolutionary game, it is very possible that the jews consciously aligned with those forces for the sake of their survival and advancement, and they might abandon them (if it is even possible) once their goals have been reached. This forces are more universal than the jews and if it was possible to rid the world of all the jews by pressing a button, decay would still be there, working in other forms.
All abrahamic religions are most likely inventions of the jews to advance their interests. Having a cosmogony that includes the jews is limiting and just makes them stickier.
Don't be surprised if many of the "bible prophecies" become somewhat real. The rabbis talk about "actualizing" today the teachings of the ancients, that means they follow the playbook and try to adapt the events they stage to fulfill what it is written in the bible and their other "sacred texts". This is the reason they prepare military operations to coincide with jewish celebrations like purim or yom kippur, or they call their false flags and "secret" (in plain sight) deeds, like 9/11, "an act of god", etc. You can even "make money" simply out of this knowledge, as the world heads towards one direction and you can anticipate it.
They do this for several reasons and it gives them many advantages, the foremost advantage is to give authority to their "sacred texts" so they can trick schmucks into worshipping jews, they hope one day in the future, if they get rid of enough thinking people, the whole world inhabited by a mongrel race will worship them as the "chosen people", as gods. Seems you might be early.
I don't want to alienate christians as we are all in the same mess and right now it shouln't matter your religion as long as you have your priorities and allegiances set straight. Furthermore there are many things in the bible that are useful and we should take note of. Nevertheless, i have to say i studied the bible for hundreds if not thousands of hours during catholic school. Even as a little child i was well aware of the inconsistency of that book and it struck me as a kid that the god of the old testament was not the god of the new testament. For this reason i believe 99% of those non jews who defend the bible have never studied it, and if they did they understood it not, the other 1% just wants to defend their ingroup. Unless you can provide me a refutation of Nietzsche, Revilo P. Oliver, etc. regarding christianity im not changing my mind.
Christianity as a religion (group evolutionary strategy) must be greatly improved and Cosmotheism is not up to the task yet. Cosmotheism is not for the magical thinker though.
Titus, you mentioned that "Cosmotheism is not up to the task yet." In what ways do you believe this is so?
I probably need to do more reading, but it seems to me that the concept of where we want to go is there, but the how to get there is missing, the evolutionary strategy is being defined, but some attemps look amateurish, greater "theologians" should appear in the future.
We need systems to compete with the jews. Those systems should foster the qualities we need and want within our group. The jews and specially orthodox jews are sucessfully selecting (on a massive scale today, funded by the goyim taxpayers) for ingroup loyalty, self discipline, intellect, etc. I believe we have better raw material (although let's not forget that the Ashkenazim are at least around 40% european), but we are just not playing the game as we should.
We must incorporate all the rules of tradition that worked for Aryans and are relevant today and incorporate many new ones based on the advances of psychology, anthropology, etc. The average guy needs guidance on how to raise kids, marriage, good habits, etc. to live his life the best way possible without having to worry about if he is doing things right.
And so much more, but Rome wasn't built in a day.
I don't accept the notions of orthodox jews' supposed "intellect" and "self-discipline". As the most religious sect, they are out-breeding all other racial groups, but to what end? Making a poor product is not fixed by making more copies of it. It's reverse-eugenics, where the most mindlessly religious and dependent upon social services are, without qualms, having the most children. Individually, they are often weakly built, unattractive physically and in personality, too mentally disorganized by inbreeding and religious rigmarole to be creative in a positive way, and not talented in much more than financial shenanigans, removing foreskins, billing food-packers for a K label, grey market and diamond merchandising, writing grant applications, and billing the public for their dull kids' private "special education", all while implementing talmudic practices toward their own sexual forays. They avoid all military service, even in Israel, giving an advantage to whites should it come to down that, and would much rather leave their host country quietly than fight to stay, history shows.
Im not supposing any "intellect" and "self-discipline", im stating that orthodox judaism promotes "intellect" and "self-discipline" within their group, and thus those characteristics are prone to increase.
You clearly underestimate judaism. They have europenized themselves in few centuries to the point that ashkenazim are around 90% of world jewry and superior intellectually to their mizrahi or sephardic cousins, so much that there is positive racism in Israel towards them. Give them more centuries and you will be left behind if you keep doing nothing.
While all around the western world the most intelligent tend to have nowdays the lowest birth rates, in judaism the rabbis are prolific breeders, and this is by design. Many of the jewish "clever guys" competing against the goyim in the real world come from rabbinic/orthodox backgrounds, etc.
Titus, it seems the shortcomings you pointed out have more to do with lack of people to make up the "systems" you said are needed, and those people who are around are "amateurish" in their efforts. I see no criticism of Cosmotheism other than it doesn't provide specifics for solving immediate problems of "how to get there." If I'm off here, let me know.
As I'm to understand it, Cosmotheism intentionally leaves it up to us to figure out the how to get there so as to maximize flexibility. We'd all love to see some silver bullets in our armories to slay today's and tomorrow's evils, however, I don't believe a life-philosophy is where they'll be found. What religion or philosophy for our people ever has? No, this is our responsibility, and if you've come to understand what the National Alliance seeks to do in these times, I think you'll find some of the answers to your questions on this topic.
Let me give a few examples: Cosmotheists, those who are organized within the NA are to build new institutions, right? Isn't a loud media and education two of the main tools we need to help us "get there?" We do have those, and couldn't these two use more and better people to develop them further? For that we need energetic activists to do the recruiting and outreach activities to alert Whites in our near vicinity as to our presence in order to bring attention to us and our needs. Is this the kind of things that are "how to" oriented, or should I provide even more detail? Am I even close to what you're getting at?
I didn't evaluate judaism, just a sect of jews (the hasidics) which I mistakenly labeled "orthodox". Like in all racial groups, there are "good and bad" among jews. Some spend their lives database programming in a cubicle, sitting in traffic, maybe escaping to the beach or yelling at the Rams on weekends, and voting for one of the two of the same parties. Within the 2 to 3% of the US population, the number of jews that are truly dangerous due to their control over media and academia is fairly small. The larger subset of parasitic jews who depend on social services and state education departments for grants, has grown rapidly, which is what I was referring to above. That does not mean that promoting racial separation, monitoring statistical trends on race, pointing out the individual horror story, and the education provided by NV, aren't necessary for the long-term survival of whites and modern civilization!


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London and the Thames were named in 1793 by John Graves Simcoe, who proposed the site for the capital city of Upper Canada. The first European settlement was between 1801 and 1804 by Peter Hagerman.[4] The village was founded in 1826 and incorporated in 1855. Since then, London has grown to be the largest southwestern Ontario municipality and Canada's 11th largest metropolitan area, having annexed many of the smaller communities that surrounded it.
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Understanding TFL: Tensor Fasciae Latae
By Kellen Nyemb|January 5th, 2021|Anatomy|
Understanding Tensor Fasciae Latae
Tensor Fasciae Latae, otherwise known by its abbreviation TFL, is a thin muscle of the hip region located on the thigh just inferior and lateral to the anterior superior iliac spine (ASIS).
Despite its small size, the TFL is largely important with a number of functions, including hip abduction, internal rotation, and hip flexion. The muscle gets its name from an additional function: to tense the fasciae latae.
What is Fasciae Latae?
To understand TFL, we must first explore the fascia.
Fascia is a sheet of fibrous tissue that envelops the body beneath the skin; it encloses muscles and groups of muscles and separates their several layers or groups. The fasciae latae is the deep fascia of the thigh, beginning around the pelvis at the iliac crest and ending just below the knee at the tibia.
At the lateral thigh, the fascia thickens and forms what we know to be the IT band (the iliotibial tract) and encircles the tensor fasciae latae.
TFL Function and Facts
Origin: ASIS and outer edge of iliac crest
Insertion: Iliotibial tract
Innervation: Superior gluteal nerve (L4, L5, S1)
Its various functions and anatomical positioning make TFL a complex muscle that is both poorly understood and often overlooked when clients consider the source of their pain.
The TFL is grouped with the gluteal muscles (maximus, medius and minimus) and shares a fascial connection with gluteus maximus as they both insert at the IT band. Together with gluteus maximus, the TFL stabilizes the hip joint. Along with gluteus medius and minimus, TFL is involved in both hip abduction and hip internal rotation.
Additionally, TFL works as a hip flexor in conjunction with the psoas, iliacus, rectus femoris, hip adductors, and sartorius. Hip flexion is thought to be TFL's primary function, as it is most active during the acceleration phase of running.
As its name reminds us, the tensor fasciae latae acts as a stabilizer, working to maintain fascial tension during movement. For example, the TFL indirectly plays a role in stabilizing the knee by tautening the IT band and bracing the knee when the opposite foot is lifted.
Overactive TFL
TFL has a tendency to be overworked, in part due to its many functions. If gluteus medius (a historically weak muscle) doesn't do its part in hip abduction, the TFL may be overused. Similarly, if the psoas is underactive in hip flexion, the TFL will take over. It is not unlikely for someone to simultaneously have a weak gluteus medius, an underactive psoas AND a slow-firing gluteus maximus in which case TFL is overactive in each of its varying functions.
Because of its connection to the IT band, TFL dysfunction can also contribute to IT band syndrome. In this case, it may present as knee pain or a taut IT band. Since IT band discomfort is such a common complaint and highly misunderstood, we should always consider the TFL in these instances.
A positive Trendelenburg test (hip drop on the contralateral side of a single leg stance) or valgus knees in an overhead squat assessment can both indicate an overactive TFL.
Tensor Fasciae Latae has many jobs and often doesn't have the support it needs. By regularly massaging and stretching TFL, and targeting the surrounding muscles so that they can step up and do their part, we may be able to help our clients not only to feel better, but to move more efficiently.
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Last week we did a post on Tea-Length Wedding Dresses - all week we've been hearing from readers how much everyone loves them and is on the hunt for a shorter dress. Could 2011 -2012 be shaping up to be the comeback of the shorter wedding dress?
We think so, so we thought you'd like to see more from one of the bridal designers we featured in last week's post who particularly specialises in shorter wedding dresses: Tobi Hannah. The Tobi Hannah bridal collection is for the fun, funkier bride looking for a great dress that will take her from the ceremony to the all-important party.
Focusing on shorter length dresses, Tobi offers a range of styles from prom dress to 60s style shift. Tobi Hannah's wedding dresses are all flirty and light-hearted, perfect for all sorts of brides and weddings, a country festival wedding or a city ceremony and sophisticated dinner.
A very Jackie O style, for those 60s chicks on the search for a vintage inspired dress.
Where to Find Tobi Hannah Bridal Collection?
Tobi Hannah is available from a range of bridal shops and stockists in the UK.


When In Doubt, Mask It!
I seem to go in and out when it comes to using face masks. I know it's good to give the skin some extra attention with specific ingredients but like washing my hair, it's work and I've just been uber lazy the last few months! On the other hand, I have seen some good results alternating between the below ones this summer so I'll be keeping it up!
CHELLA Anti-Fatigue Eye Mask Kit ($30/4 sets @ chella.com, dermstore.com) – great for a quick under eye pick-me-up that will depuff and lessen dark circles. It's a two-part system where you squeeze out the activator packet onto the pads and then apply them to the skin for 15 minutes.
H2O+ Oasis Moisture Lock Mask ($42/2oz @ h2oplus.com, ulta.com) – this one smells sooo good and is a summery blue color! Hydrate and smooth the skin all in 10 minutes.
H2O+ Infinity+ Youth Reveal Peel ($44/2oz @ h2oplus.com, dermstore.com) – I know this one doesn't fall straight under the face mask category but I've been using it as one. It seems a little more intense than the above one and does its thing in only 3 minutes. In addition to super hydration, this one also exfoliates using alpha hydroxy acids.
TATCHA Luminous Deep Hydration Lifting Mask ($28/single mask, $95/four-pack @ tatcha.com, net-a-porter.com) – have you tried a sheet mask yet? I see some people on Instagram that swear by them, like @missfamenyc on Instagram. This particular sheet mask contains Red Algae from Japan's Okinawa and the brand's signature HADASEI-3 Bioactive complex, which smooths skin out using coconut fruit, green tea and royal jelly extract, among others. I like putting my sheet masks in the refrigerator to cool my skin down this summer.


Words from different languages that sound or look the same, but with a different meaning. Today the Dutch noun: "handel", and the english "handle". Attention, we do not talk about the verb! Because that would make it much more complicated.
The nouns for sure are false friends!
"handle" in English, is what we call "een handvat" in Dutch. An other word is "handgreep". Basically a grip, which could be on any type of device.
We can use the word "handvat" for a door handle, but also other words: "kruk", or "deurkruk", en "klink" or "deurklink".
If we talk about the handle of a cup, then in Dutch we say "oor" which means ear… you can imagine why.
By the way, we sometimes also use the word "hendel", written with an E". But unlike the english word "handle", and unlike the previous mentioned "handvat" en "handgreep", the Dutch word "hendel" we can only used for rotating grips.
But then, "de handel" in Dutch, is the "trade", the activity. But it can also refer to "the store". For example, a book store in Dutch is "een boekhandel". And even, it is possible to use the word for the goods itself. When a flower trader would tell you about "zijn handel", then he is talking about the flowers.
De handel van zijn handel is goede handel !
The goods of his store is trading well !
And for the very advanced Dutch learners and for the Dutch themselves… this phrase: "de handel van zijn handel is goede handel" could have multiple interpretations. How many are you able to distinguish – please write it in the comments below the video in youtube.


Here at Haunted Savannah Tours, we love our pets! That's why we make sure that our Walking Savannah Ghost Tours are pet-friendly. Our Pet-Friendly Savannah Ghost Tours are the perfect way for you and your pet to get that evening walk and enjoy a great tour at the same time!
Here we compiled a list of great Pet-Friendly places in Savannah!
This 30-acre park sits right downtown Savannah and is the perfect place for a walk. There are plenty of Walking Paths, a fragrance garden for the blind, a cafe, water fountains for both you and your dog, and plenty of space to play fetch!
Forsyth Park is an easy walk from anywhere in the Historic District and a great place to sit down and people watch. You never know what or who you are going to see!
Southern Beauty on the outside, Modern Flair on the inside. This Historic District Hotel has something for everyone. It is just a short walk to our pet-friendly Savannah ghost tours. Comfortable, clean, and affordable, we recommend our guest with pets to stay here.
The Brice allows up to two pets of any size to stay with NO extra pet charge!
With over three locations in Downtown Savannah, Woof Gang Bakery is the premier pet supply store and more! They know that your pet is part of your family and will treat them with as much love as you do. They have a full line of retail items and sell gourmet dog biscuits. They also provide other services such as grooming, a pet daycare, and even a veterinary clinic.
So, be assured that when visiting Savannah with pets, there will be no problems. We look forward to taking you on one of our pet friendly Savannah ghost tours soon!


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10 Top Tourist Attractions in Istanbul
December 8, 2022 by aman
Istanbul is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Turkey. It's home to a diverse range of cultures, religions, and cuisines. And with its rich history dating back to the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires, there's no shortage of things to see and do. If you're planning a trip to Istanbul, be sure to add these 10 top tourist attractions to your itinerary. From iconic mosques and museums to Turkish baths and more, you won't want to miss out on these must-see sights.
The Blue Mosque
The Basilica Cistern
The Spice Bazaar
Beyoglu
The Princes' Islands
Anatolian Civilizations Museum
Chora Church
The Blue Mosque is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Istanbul. The mosque was built in the early 1600s and is known for its beautiful blue tiles. The Blue Mosque is open to visitors and is a great place to learn about Islamic architecture.
1. Hagia Sophia
Hagia Sophia is one of the most famous tourist attractions in Istanbul. It is a former Christian cathedral that was converted into a mosque during the Ottoman Empire. The building is now a museum and is one of the most visited sights in Turkey. The interior of Hagia Sophia is decorated with beautiful Islamic art and architecture.
1. Topkapi Palace – The magnificent Topkapi Palace was the primary residence of the Ottoman sultans for almost 400 years. Today, it is a museum that is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Istanbul. The palace complex consists of four main courtyards, numerous smaller buildings, and extensive gardens. Highlights include the Harem, the Imperial Treasury, and the Armory Museum.
2. Hagia Sophia – This former Byzantine cathedral-turned-mosque-turned-museum is one of Istanbul's most iconic landmarks. Hagia Sophia is renowned for its massive dome and stunning 6th-century mosaics. It is now one of the world's largest museums.
3. The Blue Mosque – The Blue Mosque is a beautiful mosque with six minarets and an interior covered in blue tiles. It gets its nickname from the 20,000 blue tiles that adorn its interior walls. The mosque was built in the early 1600s under Sultan Ahmed I and remains an active house of worship today.
4. Dolmabahce Palace – Another former imperial residence, Dolmabahce Palace was home to the last six Ottoman sultans. Built in the mid-19th century, this lavish palace features a grand staircase, 285 rooms, 44 halls, and an extensive collection of European art and artifacts.
5. The Grand Bazaar – One of Istanbul's most popular tourist destinations is the sprawling Grand Bazaar. This
The Basilica Cistern is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Istanbul. This massive underground structure was built in the 6th century to provide water for the Great Palace of Constantinople. Today, it is one of the largest and most impressive surviving examples of Byzantine engineering.
The cistern is an enormous space, measuring 140 meters long by 70 meters wide. It is supported by 336 marble columns, each 9 meters tall. The columns are arranged in 12 rows of 28, creating a striking forest-like effect. Visitors can walk through the cistern on a raised wooden platform, getting up close to the columns and admiring the eerie atmospheric effects created by the softly glowing lights.
The Basilica Cistern is a must-see for anyone visiting Istanbul. It is a truly awe-inspiring example of Byzantine architecture and engineering, and its size and scale are simply breathtaking.
The Spice Bazaar in Istanbul is one of the city's most iconic and popular attractions. Also known as the Egyptian Bazaar, this historic market is located in the Eminönü district of the city and is home to a huge range of spices, herbs, dried fruits, nuts, and more.
Visitors to the Spice Bazaar can expect to find an incredible array of different spices on offer, as well as plenty of other traditional Turkish specialties. The market is also a great place to pick up some souvenirs or gifts for friends and family back home.
With its vibrant atmosphere and fascinating variety of goods on offer, the Spice Bazaar is a must-visit for anyone visiting Istanbul.
Beyoglu is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Istanbul. It is located on the European side of the city and is home to a number of famous landmarks and attractions. The most popular tourist attractions in Beyoglu include:
-The Galata Tower: This iconic tower offers stunning views of the city from its observation deck.
-Istiklal Street: This pedestrian street is lined with shops, restaurants, and cafes, and is a great place to people watch.
-Taksim Square: This busy square is the center of modern Istanbul and a great place to start exploring the city.
-Dolmabahce Palace: This opulent palace was once the home of the Ottoman sultans and is now a museum.
-The Bosphorus: A cruise down this strait separating Europe and Asia is a must-do while in Istanbul.
The Princes' Islands are a group of nine islands in the Sea of Marmara, near Istanbul, Turkey. They were formerly used as exile for members of the Ottoman royal family. The largest and best known island is Büyükada (Great Island). The other islands are Burgazada (Fortress Island), Heybeliada (Saddlebag Island), Büyükada, Kınalıada (Henna Island), Sedef Adası (Shell Island), Yassı Ada (Flat Island) and Tavşanadası (Rabbit Island).
Today, the Princes' Islands are a popular summer getaway for Istanbul residents and tourists alike. Visitors can take a ferry from any of the city's ports to reach the islands. Once there, they can enjoy horse-drawn carriage rides, watch the sunset over the sea or explore the many historical landmarks on the islands.
The Anatolian Civilizations Museum is one of the top tourist attractions in Istanbul. The museum is located in the Sultanahmet district and houses an extensive collection of artifacts from the various civilizations that have existed in Anatolia throughout history.
Some of the highlights of the museum include the Hittite Gallery, which features sculptures and reliefs from the ancient Hittite capital of Hattusa; the Phrygian Gallery, which contains statues and tombstones from the Phrygian civilization; and the Assyrian Gallery, which houses a number of artifacts from the Assyrian Empire. In addition to these galleries, the museum also has a number of temporary exhibitions that showcase other aspects of Anatolian history and culture.
The Rumeli Fortress is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Istanbul. The fortress was built by the Ottoman sultan Mehmed II in 1452 and was used to defend the city against invaders. The fortress has a great view of the Bosphorus Strait and is a good place to learn about the history of Istanbul.
Istanbul is one of the world's most popular tourist destinations, and for good reason – there's so much to see and do! One of the city's top attractions is the Chora Church, a beautiful Byzantine building that dates back to the 4th century. The church is famous for its stunning mosaics and frescoes, which tell stories from the Bible. Visitors can also explore the nearby museum, which houses artifacts from the church's history.
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The ABC conjecture [La conjecture ABC].
The ABC conjecture states that k(A,B,C) is less than a certain constant (unknown, but greater than 1 and hopefully lesser than 2...) whatever the values of A and B.
The surface and the luminance of each disk are proportional to k(A,B,C).


Immortality would be a great help for my distant future selves – they'd get to exist. But it wouldn't do so much for me now. As my future mind evolved away from who I am now, who I am now will get more and more forgotten and irrelevant. Me now would basically be dead.
Is there a better option? Imagine a copy of my current mental state is saved, and then revived for brief periods on special occasions, like major ceremonies, consultations, and votes. These revivals might decline in frequency with time, but spread over hundreds or even billions of years. When the accumulated effects of these revivals threatened to cause too much divergence from the original me-now, that original could be revived instead, to start another cycle.
That seems to about as much life as is feasible for me-now to have. And this sort of me-now immortality seems cheaper that the usual sort. That is, the (likely future) cost to give this sort of immortality to a me-now seems substantially less that the cost to ensure that a mind continues to evolve at something like its current rate and capacity for trillions of years. Of course this cost is still high, too high to offer to all me-nows. But neither is it ridiculous.
Yes, there is an ambiguity in how big a mental difference would count to create a different me-now. But the ordinary concept of immortality is also ambiguous when minds can be copied and run in parallel — how many of parallel copies need to last forever (or a very long time) for "me" to be "immortal"?
I expect a few future ems to be "immortal" in the sense of a single copy that continues on for a very long time. But I expect far more me-now-immortality, archived minds brought back with declining frequencies for rare ceremonies and consultations. This approach is cheaper, better serves the needs of others, and may even offer more of a reward to ems who identify more with me-now than their distant changed descendants.


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Deep in the jungle of Malaysian Borneo outside of Batang Ai National Park, about two hours from civilization, our guide uncoiled a weighted fishing net — which he had made by hand — and tossed it into the river. He put on a pair of old-school, glass-lens diver's goggles and waded in, then dove down to retrieve the fish he had trapped and snapped their necks before tossing them to the shore. I collected the dead fish and put them into a bag. I was a complete bystander at this point, fully dependent on this man for my food. I decided that was all about to change.
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Bhandarkar treats his story in a linear fashion and fails to unravel the layers of a drama that proposes to provide a hard look at the interiors of the Indian prison experience.
Story: Financial wizard, Parag Dixit ends up in jail on a false drug rap but it takes two years for the judge to actually ask him if he's guilty or not. That too, only due to the dogged fight for justice by his girlfriend Mansi. Undergoing an eight-year prison sentence, Parag must learn to cling on to sanity, optimism, humanism -- and life -- in the most harrowing circumstances.
Review: It's the real world for Madhur Bhandarkar. And nothing but the real world. The filmmaker who is wedded to reality in terms of cinema, turns his attention from bars girls, page 3 people, traffic lights and fashion grime to the sordid interiors of Indian jails. And once again, he manages to create a hard-hitting canvas peopled with characters who manage to both disturb and touch your heart with their stories of distress. More importantly, the film raises important questions regarding our tardy legal system and calls for a complete redressal, if justice must prevail.
It could have been an ordinary day for upwardly mobile Parag Dixit (Neil Nitin Mukesh) who has just been promoted at his job and is poised on the threshold of a bright future with his girlfriend-for-keeps, Mansi (Mugdha Godse). But his roomie has other things planned. Ostensibly an auto industry employee, Parag's best friend is actually a drug peddler who embroils him in a drug rap while he slips into a coma. It's the beginning of the nightmare for this innocent Mumbaikar who ended up befriending -- and giving a lift to the wrong person. Parag ends up first in police custody and then in Thane jail, despite his bewildered innocence. What's more, he's forced to spend two years in custody, before the judge actually poses the query: guilty or not guilty? And when he says not-guilty, his trauma doesn't end there. Legal sharks, eyeing merely the moolah, fail to fight his case properly.
That's an aberration which lands him with an eight-year sentence, robbing him of all hope and the desire to live itself. All this, while his mother and girlfriend doggedly, almost hopelessly, carry on their crusade for justice in a system that has neither pity nor dignity.
So what do we have here? It's a double jeopardy for Mr Dixit. On the one hand, he must contend with a laggard system of jurisprudence which incarcerates him indefinitely, despite his innocence. On the other, there is the harrowing jail experience which is truly cattle class: it transforms an individual into a faceless herd member. Bhandarkar sprinkles his canvas with umpteen chilling shots of a barrack brimming over with body parts...one man's torso jutting into another man's head whose arm is crushed neath the foot of another, and so on. The human chain extends endlessly even as the fetid stench -- yes, you can almost smell it -- begins to cloud your senses. It is here that Parag, the uptown yuppie, must find friends and sustenance, without giving up on hope and life. Indeed an ordeal.
Kudos to Bhandarkar for taking an ekdum different take on the notorious Indian jail. While he does not fail to depict the grime and the horror of the jail experience, he doesn't fall into the trap of delineating it in cliched terms. Almost all the characters are given a human face, despite their crimes. So, you have Nawab (Manoj Bajpai), the meat-wallah-turned-murderer who ends up as everybody's godfather, Ghalib, the in-house poet who displays an unexpected derring-do, Kabir (Arya Babbar), the bhai's in-house recruiter and Ghani (Rahul Singh), the good guy who turns desperate. Of course, you do have the usual cardboard cut-outs like the references to Sanjeev Nanda and Binayak Sen, but the heart and soul of the film is Neil's Parag Dixit. The actor pitches in a powerhouse performance, taking the leap from shock, horror, despair and hope with electrifying energy. Catch the look in his eyes when he declares he'll go mad or the desperation as he futilely tries to razor blade his veins: it's a picture of desperation that shakes you to the core, even as good old Lata Mangeshkar -- yes, Bhandarkar brings her back -- tells you never to abandon hope.
The first half of the film does take a bit long to build up, but the second half is a power-packed knock-out. Don't miss it.
Performances: Neil Nitin Mukesh is rock solid as Parag Dixit, augmenting his career graph after memorable acts in Johnny Gaddar and New York. Manoj Bajpai is restrained and watchable. Arya Babbar reinvents himself as Kabir, the don's henchman. And Mughda Godse is adequate.
Music: Madhur brings back Lata Mangeshkar after a long hiatus, but her bhajan, Daata Sun Le isn't something to die for. By and large, the audio track is average with music duo sharib-Toshi scoring with just one number: Saiyan Ve.
Choreography: The lead pair get a chance to get on the dance floor and display their moves just once, in the Saiyan ve track. And that too isn't an inspired bit of leg shake.
Dialogue: Raghuvir Shekawat gets the syntax right as he captures the highs (the bonding and the carmaraderie) and the lows (the frustration and depression) of the jail inmates with precision.
Story: Bhandarkar treats his story in a linear fashion and fails to unravel the layers of a drama that proposes to provide a hard look at the interiors of the Indian prison experience. The first half of the film almost has a docu-feature feel.
Cinematography: It's here that the film scores. Kalpesh Bhandarkar's camera creates a harrowing picture of the sordid interiors of an overstuffed, festering monument to human degradation.
Styling: Mughda sports a flight purser's uniform. Neil dons the prison gear. What more can you say. Yet, the film does get its ambience right: cramped, claustrophobic and crying for change.
Vishnu Vishal in Vasanthabalan's film?


Yesterday's floor day went pretty well. Today is upstairs day. There is Trek (well, not trek since no Safire, but there will be a movie or something fun like that).
Go by doctor's to get more no-preggers pills.
Call pill place and see if i can get more than a 3 month set - Guy I talked to was a looser and not helpful. Went online and did a 3 month set.
Dust and vacuum upstairs hallway.
Clean up rest of study floor - the old throw things in boxes trick!
Vacuum study floor - love my vacuum. It has these great attachments that help me get everywhere.


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A so-called work-time (WT) (sometimes called work-depth, or work-span) framework was originally introduced by Shiloach and Vishkin [1] for conceptualizing and describing parallel algorithms. In the WT framework, a parallel algorithm is first described in terms of parallel rounds. For each round, the operations to be performed are characterized, but several issues can be suppressed. For example, the number of operations at each round need not be clear, processors need not be mentioned and any information that may help with the assignment of processors to jobs need not be accounted for. Second, the suppressed information is provided. The inclusion of the suppressed information is guided by the proof of a scheduling theorem due to Brent,[2] which is explained later in this article. The WT framework is useful since while it can greatly simplify the initial description of a parallel algorithm, inserting the details suppressed by that initial description is often not very difficult. For example, the WT framework was adopted as the basic presentation framework in the parallel algorithms books (for the Parallel random-access machine PRAM model) [3] and, [4] as well as in the class notes .[5] The overview below explains how the WT framework can be used for analyzing more general parallel algorithms, even when their description is not available within the WT framework.
Suppose computations are executed on a machine that has p processors. Let Tp denote the time that expires between the start of the computation and its end. Analysis of the computation's running time focuses on the following notions:
The work of a computation executed by p processors is the total number of primitive operations that the processors perform.[6] Ignoring communication overhead from synchronizing the processors, this is equal to the time used to run the computation on a single processor, denoted T1.
The depth or span is the length of the longest series of operations that have to be performed sequentially due to data dependencies (the critical path). The depth may also be called the critical path length of the computation.[7] Minimizing the depth/span is important in designing parallel algorithms, because the depth/span determines the shortest possible execution time.[8] Alternatively, the span can be defined as the time T∞ spent computing using an idealized machine with an infinite number of processors.[9]
The cost of the computation is the quantity pTp. This expresses the total time spent, by all processors, in both computing and waiting.[6]
Several useful results follow from the definitions of work, span and cost:
Work law. The cost is always at least the work: pTp ≥ T1. This follows from the fact that p processors can perform at most p operations in parallel.[6][9]
Span law. A finite number p of processors cannot outperform an infinite number, so that Tp ≥ T∞.[9]
Using these definitions and laws, the following measures of performance can be given:
Speedup is the gain in speed made by parallel execution compared to sequential execution: Sp = T1 / Tp. When the speedup is Ω(n) for input size n (using big O notation), the speedup is linear, which is optimal in simple models of computation because the work law implies that T1 / Tp ≤ p (super-linear speedup can occur in practice due to memory hierarchy effects). The situation T1 / Tp = p is called perfect linear speedup.[9] An algorithm that exhibits linear speedup is said to be scalable.[6]
Efficiency is the speedup per processor, Sp / p.[6]
Parallelism is the ratio T1 / T∞. It represents the maximum possible speedup on any number of processors. By the span law, the parallelism bounds the speedup: if p > T1 / T∞, then:
T 1 T p ≤ T 1 T ∞ < p {\displaystyle {\frac {T_{1)){T_{p))}\leq {\frac {T_{1)){T_{\infty ))}<p} .[9]
The slackness is T1 / (pT∞). A slackness less than one implies (by the span law) that perfect linear speedup is impossible on p processors.[9]
Execution on a limited number of processors
Analysis of parallel algorithms is usually carried out under the assumption that an unbounded number of processors is available. This is unrealistic, but not a problem, since any computation that can run in parallel on N processors can be executed on p < N processors by letting each processor execute multiple units of work. A result called Brent's law states that one can perform such a "simulation" in time Tp, bounded by[10]
T p ≤ T N + T 1 − T N p , {\displaystyle T_{p}\leq T_{N}+{\frac {T_{1}-T_{N)){p)),}
or, less precisely,[6]
T p = O ( T N + T 1 p ) . {\displaystyle T_{p}=O\left(T_{N}+{\frac {T_{1)){p))\right).}
An alternative statement of the law bounds Tp above and below by
T 1 p ≤ T p ≤ T 1 p + T ∞ {\displaystyle {\frac {T_{1)){p))\leq T_{p}\leq {\frac {T_{1)){p))+T_{\infty )) .
showing that the span (depth) T∞ and the work T1 together provide reasonable bounds on the computation time.[2]
^ Shiloach, Yossi; Vishkin, Uzi (1982). "An O(n2 log n) parallel max-flow algorithm". Journal of Algorithms. 3 (2): 128–146. doi:10.1016/0196-6774(82)90013-X.
^ a b Brent, Richard P. (1974-04-01). "The Parallel Evaluation of General Arithmetic Expressions". Journal of the ACM. 21 (2): 201–206. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.100.9361. doi:10.1145/321812.321815. ISSN 0004-5411. S2CID 16416106.
^ JaJa, Joseph (1992). An Introduction to Parallel Algorithms. Addison-Wesley. ISBN 978-0-201-54856-3.
^ Keller, Jorg; Kessler, Cristoph W.; Traeff, Jesper L. (2001). Practical PRAM Programming. Wiley-Interscience. ISBN 978-0-471-35351-5.
^ Vishkin, Uzi (2009). Thinking in Parallel: Some Basic Data-Parallel Algorithms and Techniques, 104 pages (PDF). Class notes of courses on parallel algorithms taught since 1992 at the University of Maryland, College Park, Tel Aviv University and the Technion.
^ a b c d e f Casanova, Henri; Legrand, Arnaud; Robert, Yves (2008). Parallel Algorithms. CRC Press. p. 10. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.466.8142.
^ Blelloch, Guy (1996). "Programming Parallel Algorithms" (PDF). Communications of the ACM. 39 (3): 85–97. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.141.5884. doi:10.1145/227234.227246. S2CID 12118850.
^ Michael McCool; James Reinders; Arch Robison (2013). Structured Parallel Programming: Patterns for Efficient Computation. Elsevier. pp. 4–5.
^ a b c d e f Cormen, Thomas H.; Leiserson, Charles E.; Rivest, Ronald L.; Stein, Clifford (2009) [1990]. Introduction to Algorithms (3rd ed.). MIT Press and McGraw-Hill. pp. 779–784. ISBN 0-262-03384-4.
^ Gustafson, John L. (2011). "Brent's Theorem". Encyclopedia of Parallel Computing. pp. 182–185. doi:10.1007/978-0-387-09766-4_80. ISBN 978-0-387-09765-7.
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Sheridan Bluff () is an Antarctic bluff at the south side of the junction of Poulter Glacier and Scott Glacier, 2 miles (3.2 km) east-southeast of Mount Saltonstall, in the Queen Maud Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1960–64. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Michael F. Sheridan, Professor of Geology, Arizona State University, a member of a United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) field party in this area during the 1978–79 season.

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Queen Maud Mountains
Cliffs of the Ross Dependency
Amundsen Coast

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The State of Iowa was organized as territory on June 12, 1838 and entered the union as the 29th state on Dec. 28, 1846 . It has 99 Counties.
The State of Iowa is bordered by Illinois, Nebraska, Minnesota, Missouri, South Dakota, Wisconsin. It has a land area of 56,276 square miles making it the 26th largest state and the 2010 population was 3,046,355. The largest cities (2010) are Des Moines (Capital), 203,433; Cedar Rapids, 126,326; Davenport, 99,685; Sioux City, 82,684; Waterloo, 68,406; Iowa City, 67,862; Council Bluffs, 62,230; Ames, 58,965; Dubuque, 57,637; West Des Moines, 56,609.
The State of Iowa's name was taken from the Iowa River, which in turn was named for the Iowa people, the Native Americans who lived in the region during early European exploration. The state nickname is the Hawkeye State. The State Motto is "Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain"
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From 1671 through 1689 the Iowa region was claimed for France by Sieur Saint-Lusson, Daniel de Greysolon Sieur de Luth (Du Luth), Robert Cavalier Sieur de la Salle, and Nicolas Perrot. Several jurisdictional changes occurred in Iowa's early history. France ceded Iowa to Spain in 1762, although it was returned in 1800 preceding the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, which made it United States territory. As part of the United States, Iowa was first included in the Illinois Territory (1808) and then the Missouri Territory (1812). Migrating groups from the states began the first settlements in 1832. Before statehood was established in 1846, these settlements were included in the Michigan Territory (1834), Wisconsin Territory (1836), and finally its own territory in 1838.
Prior to 1800, the only residents of the Iowa Territory were Native Americans and French. Julien DuBuque, a French Canadian, began mining lead in 1788 near present-day Dubuque, employing some of the normally unfriendly Fox tribal members in his mines. In 1796 DuBuque received a grant of land, including the lead mines, from the Spanish governor of Louisiana; the Spanish government gave additional grants. Louis Honore Tesson obtained 6,000 acres in 1799 in the present Lee County, and Basil Giard acquired land a year later in Clayton County. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark spent time near the Missouri River in Iowa in 1804. On 23 August 1805, the explorer Zebulon Pike raised the first American flag in Iowa, flying the stars and stripes from an area now on the southern edge of Burlington. A U.S. Army detachment from St. Louis built Fort Madison in 1808. Five years later, the fort was abandoned and burned by the departing troops whose exodus was caused by Chief Black Hawk and the War of 1812.
The year 1816 included the establishment of Fort Armstrong on Rock Island. Settlers from the East arrived as early as 1820. Danish immigrants settled in Lee County in 1832. A year later settlements were established by pioneers from Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, Illinois, Ohio, and Indiana.
With the creation of the Iowa Territory in 1838 came a great influx of settlers. The first territorial capital was established at Burlington. The new Iowans in the 1840s included Scandinavians, Dutch, Germans, Irish, Scots, and Welsh. New Englanders arrived in 1840, Quakers in 1841, and Mormons migrated across Iowa in 1846, the year Iowa became a state. The following year immigrants from the Netherlands settled at Pella. A large number of families migrated from Ohio to Iowa in 1854. From 1850 through 1880, there was a mass migration of Germans to the state. Migration from Iowa also occurred during this period, with a large exodus to California as a result of the gold rush, beginning in 1849.
The steamboat industry peaked from 1850 to 1877, while the first railroad in the state was completed in 1855. Both had significant influence on the settlement of the state. By 1860 the state population was 674,913. Ten years later it was 1,194,020.
Most of the immigrants settling in Iowa during the latter part of the nineteenth century were from northwestern Europe. They could purchase land cheaply but found the thick prairie sod difficult to improve for farming. Because of the need for heavy equipment and cooperative drainage plans, farming was much more commercial than family-oriented. The commercial aspect necessitated an extensive railroad network, resulting in high freight prices and a response in the form of the Grange Movement rebelling against the railroads. Financial depressions in 1873, 1893, and the 1930s greatly affected Iowa. As the twentieth century brought more efficient farming methods for mass production, many of the families who had owned farms moved to the cities. Today, farming continues to be an important aspect of the economy and exists with a sizable number of urban industries as well as the still rural ones like the community-owned Amana Colonies.


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IAEG is established in 1964 &affiliated to the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS), a global scientific society with more than 5,000 members and 50+ national groups. IAEG Bangladesh National Group will represent the interests of Engineering Geology and Environment in Bangladesh to build up a strong professional network of Engineering Geologists and willing to support the aims of the IAEG to attain the following objectives according to IAEG statutes and by laws.
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Researchers had people solve word puzzles, and then asked the subjects whether the answers came to them through a sudden flash of insight or an analytical approach.
When the answers came via an "Aha!" moment, they were more likely to be correct than the answers that came from a problem-solving approach.
Here's why: When you use a methodical technique to solve a problem, the frontal lobe of your brain is highly activated, says researcher John Kounios, Ph.D., coauthor of The Eureka Factor: Aha Moments, Creative Insight, and the Brain.
Your frontal lobe keeps you hyper focused—which is good if you need to power through a spreadsheet, but bad if you're stuck on a problem.
When you're stumped, you need a fresh perspective. But that hyper-focused state gives you tunnel vision. You're more likely to stick to an established script, and less likely to come up with new ideas.
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Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) virescens – gatunek chrząszcza z rodziny bogatkowatych, podrodziny Buprestinae i plemienia Anthaxiini.

Taksonomia
Gatunek ten został opisany w 1893 przez Charlesa Kerremansa. W obrębie rodzaju Anthaxia (kwietniczek) należy do podrodzaju Haplanthaxia, a w nim do grupy gatunków Anthaxia collaris species-group, która to wyróżnia się posiadaniem dużego zęba u nasady pazurków stóp. W obrębie tej grupy gatunek ten wraz z A. collaris i A. auricollis tworzy zachodnią podgrupę gatunków, endemiczną dla subkontynentu indyjskiego i charakteryzującą się kolczastymi paramerami oraz większymi rozmiarami ciała. Opisane przez Jana Obrnbergera gatunek A. strandiella zostały zsynonimizowane z A. virescens przez Svatopluka Bílego.

Opis
Ciało samca barwy mosiężnej z zielonym połyskiem wzdłuż szwu pokryw i brzegów bocznych, zaś samicy o mosiężnych pokrywach z przyciemnieniem wzdłuż szwu i złocistomosiężnych lub czerwonomosiężnych głowie i przedpleczu. Czułki u obu płci ciemne z metalicznym połyskiem. Czoło prawie płaskie. Krawędzie boczne przedplecza w części tylnej prawie równoległe. Pokrywy 1,8-1,9 razy tak długie jak szerokie, o krawędziach w części wierzchołkowej nieco podgiętych. Edeagus samca bardziej wrzecionowaty niż u A. auricollis, a paramery uzbrojone w boczne kolce.

Rozprzestrzenienie
Kwietniczek ten znany jest z zachodnich Indii i Sri Lanki.

Przypisy

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Gatunki i podgatunki zwierząt nazwane w 1893 roku


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Q: I am not getting any output with this java code. When I run the code without calling methods, that is all the code is in the main method, it works 'This declares matrixA, randomNumber, and size'
static int size;
static int matrixA [][] = new int [size][size];
static Random randomNumber = new Random();

'This method asks the user to enter an int. The input is used to set the size of an array'
static void setSize() {
    Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
    System.out.println("Enter size");
    size = input.nextInt();
}

'This method fills the array with random numbers and prints the array. This is producing no output.'
static void fillMatrixA() {
    for (int i = 0; i < matrixA.length; i++) {
        System.out.println();
        for (int j = 0; j < matrixA[i].length; j++) {
        matrixA[i][j] = randomNumber.nextInt(10);
        System.out.println(matrixA[i][j]);
        }
    }
}

'When I call this method in the main method there is no output. The program has only one class. What could the problem be?'

A: When things seem screwy, (a) check your assumptions, (b) engage a debugger.
Your assumption that matrixA has a length greater than zero is incorrect. A debugger would show the length to be zero.
When you initialize a static variable within the declaration statement, that code executes when the class is loaded. So new int [size] [size] executed very early, before your other code. When that line executed, it used the current value of size, which was zero. Why zero? Because that is the default value assigned to a primitive int.
Later, in your setSize method, you change the value of size from zero to the value input by the user. But that has no effect on your two-dimensional array. That array was initialized to a length of zero long before the setSize method executed.
See your code run live at Ideone.com. You can fork that code, and play with it.
The problem you experienced is one reason why I like to do all my initializing within a constructor. I rarely use initialization with declaration syntax. But other reasonable programmers may differ on this point.

By the way, your code has much room for improvement.
First and foremost, you are likely overusing static. Anything marked static is not object-oriented. If you are writing much non-object-oriented code in Java, you are missing out on much of the value of Java. As a beginning student of Java, you should generally avoid using static in general. Even in real work, use static as a last-resort generally.
Another tip:

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*Separate user-interface code from business logic code.

*Use local state generally. Avoid global variables. Pass needed info as arguments.

*Close your resources such as Scanner when done using them. Use try-with-resources syntax to do so more easily and briefly.

*Consider using a static factory method rather than a public constructor.

Taking that all into account, write a class to represent our problem domain, the business matter of managing a matrix whose height and width are of equal dimensions.
package work.basil.example.squarematrix;

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.concurrent.ThreadLocalRandom;

public class SquareMatrix
{
    private int matrix[][];

    private SquareMatrix ( final int size )
    {
        // … Add code here validate passed argument.
        this.matrix = new int[ size ][ size ];
        this.randomize();
    }

    public static SquareMatrix ofSize ( final int size )
    {
        return new SquareMatrix( size );
    }

    public void randomize ( )
    {
        for ( int[] row : matrix )
        {
            for ( int columnIndex = 0 ; columnIndex < row.length ; columnIndex++ )
            {
                row[ columnIndex ] = ThreadLocalRandom.current().nextInt( 0 , 10 );  // ( inclusive , exclusive )
            }
        }
    }

    public int[][] toArray ( )
    {
        // Code taken from: https://stackoverflow.com/a/53397359/642706
        int[][] copy = Arrays.stream( this.matrix ).map( int[] :: clone ).toArray( int[][] :: new );
        return copy;
    }

    public CharSequence report ( )
    {
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        for ( int[] row : this.matrix )
        {
            sb.append( Arrays.toString( row ) );
            sb.append( "\n" );  // Using Unix convention of LINE FEED as a delimiter. https://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/000a/index.htm
        }
        return sb ;
    }
}

Notice how this class has a specific purpose: manage the content of our matrix. It is not responsible for interacting with a user. It is not responsible for running our larger app.
Also notice how the two-dimensional array is contained, and marked private. This is known as encapsulation in OOP. By encapsulating, we are free to internally use a two-dimensional array today, while leaving the door open to using some other data structure tomorrow. Other code calling upon our SquareMatrix class does not know or care anything about its internals.
And notice how the toArray method makes a copy of our internally-managed two-dimensional array. We do not want to provide direct access to our internal array, for a couple reasons. One reason is that direct access would break the encapsulation discussed above. Another reason is that we cannot trust the calling programmer; he/she may alter the content.
Next we create an "app" class, to provide a user-experience for accessing the bounty that is our square matrix.
package work.basil.example.squarematrix;

import java.util.Scanner;

public class SquareMatrixApp
{
    public static void main ( String[] args )
    {
        SquareMatrixApp app = new SquareMatrixApp();

        int size = app.askUserForSize();
        SquareMatrix squareMatrix = SquareMatrix.ofSize( size );

        CharSequence report = squareMatrix.report();
        System.out.println( "report = \n" + report );

        int[][] array = squareMatrix.toArray();
        System.out.println( "array.length: " + array.length );
    }

    private int askUserForSize ( )
    {
        try (
                Scanner scanner = new Scanner( System.in ) ;
        )
        {
            System.out.println( "Enter size: " );
            int size = scanner.nextInt();
            // … Add code here to validate inputs. For example, no negative numbers allowed.
            return size;
        }
    }
}

Notice here how the code for interacting with the user to gather input is segregated to its own method. That user-interface code does not know about, nor does it care about, matrices.
When run.
Enter size:
3
report =
[9, 3, 7]
[0, 7, 2]
[0, 7, 7]

array.length: 3

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