What a way to start off 2019! Gucci has just introduced an entire fragrance collection called The Alchemist's Garden. Baroque Access has all the details.
Gucci's latest fragrance collection, The Alchemist's Garden collection is inspired by the art of alchemy influencing the ancient art of making fragrances. The collection features 7 different eaux de parfums, 4 perfumed oils, a scented candle and 3 acque profumate. All of the fragrances and formulae in Gucci's The Alchemist's Garden were created by Alessandro Michele as well as master perfumer Alberto Morillas. Each has its own distinct character and personality and tells the story of a place, a moment, a season and a memory of a scent.
Users can layer the singular scents in the eaux de parfum, acque profumate and perfumed oils in numerous different combinations to create a customizable, special sillage (that' the amount the perfume lingers in the air when it's worn).
The seven Eaux De Parfums comprise singular scents, blended with precious raw materials and flower essences. They are designed to be layered with the rest of the collection to create an individual fragrance statement. Each boasts a hero ingredient – rose, amber, oud, violet, iris, woods and mimosa.
These stunning fragrances are contained in decorative porcelain bottles with whimsical illustrations and evocative names. The rose fragrance, called A Song for the Rose, is an expression of femininity with notes or rose with musk and woods. There's The Voice of the Snake, named to evoke a snake moving through the forest – it features oud, leather, patchouli and saffron. The Eyes of the Tiger conjures an image of looking into a tiger's soul; its fragrances are vanilla, ciste resin and tonka.
The Virgin Violet, created using musk, violet and vanilla, evokes an image of a white swan, whilst The Last Day of Summer captures the essence of a breeze on an early Autumn day with cypress and cedar woods. Tears of Iris is Gucci's sensual interpretation of the iris flower and Winter Spring conveys the joy one feels at the end of winter using mimosa flower blended with pepper and musk.
The 3 Acque Profumate are reinterpreted in modern compositions of cypress, lavender and woods that can be layered with the scents to create an individual fragrance statement. The bottles for these are crafted from white lacquered glass decorated with Gucci's signature pink rose print. Each celebrates a single note using modern compositions. There's Fading Autumn with a fragrance of bois modern, A Winter Melody with a note of cypress and Moonlight Serenade, infused with lavender.
The 4 perfumed oils are blended with precious raw materials. They are contained in beautiful sage green toned lacquered glass bottles with an Oriental touch. They feature a glass pipette-style applicator, a vintage method of applying scent that layers the scents to create an individual fragrance statement. There's A Forgotten Rose, with rose as the hero, oud used in Nocturnal Reverie and violet takes center stage in The Violet Kiss. The final oil is Ode on Melancholy, which features bois modern.
The stunning scented candle is called The Virgin Violet, created with a delicate composition of musk and iris petals married with violet extract. The result is a soft, powdery fragrance that works brilliantly in a candle.


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Q: How to expire a collection register in DAYS or Months I know that TTL (time-to-live) of a collection in mongodb can be done like this:
export const schema: Schema = new Schema({
  createdAt: {
    type: Date,
    required: true,
    default: Date.now,
    expires: 3600, <- HERE IN SECONDS!
  },
});

OR you could even run this:
currentSchema.index({createdAt: 1},{expireAfterSeconds: 3600});

Both examples are set in SECONDS. What if I want my ttl to be long like a year of 6 months?
Couldn't find anything on documentation. Is there a way to set in other metric than seconds?

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You Can Finally Get Your Hogwarts Diploma, and All You Have to Do Is Stay at This Airbnb
Accio reservation.
By Joseph Neese
It turns out that you don't have to make the long journey from Platform 9 3/4 to score your very own diploma from the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. All you have to do is travel a quick 90-minutes away from New York City by car, train, or Nimbus 2000.
AirBnb super host Raven has taken the tiny house craze to a whole new level, introducing a carefully-curated Harry Potter abode in upstate New York. The 300-square-foot "Magical Tiny House of Wizarding" offers 360-degree views of the historic Hudson Valley, as well as neighboring apple orchards and vineyards.
When you enter, say "accio" to summon the special guest book and leave your permanent mark on this magical extension of the Harry Potter universe. Don't worry: You won't have to venture all the way to Diagon Alley before you cast your spell. A large selection of magical wands will be waiting at your fingertips. (Seriously, they're hung on the wall as decor.)
In the reading nook, you'll find copies of the "Daily Prophet." Or you can channel your inner Luna Lovegood and read the "Quibbler" upside down. Times are crazy, and we won't blame you if you want to take a break from the news of the day while on your leisurely stay. You can travel back to simpler times as you re-read J.K. Rowling's masterpiece, with all seven volumes available in hardback.
For those looking to enjoy the lush landscape at your fingertips (there's a private lavender field on site!), consider playing a game of Quidditch. The house includes a golden snitch, quaffle, and its very own Tri-Wizard cup. Among the wildlife you're likely to see outside are birds, butterflies, coyotes, and families of deer.
Even though you're surrounded by nature, the house is fully equipped with WiFi to allow you to keep in touch with the Muggle world—should you so choose. Better yet, you can stream all of the Harry Potter and sister series Fantastic Beasts films on your favorite streaming platforms. If you have to work on your stay, don't fret: A laptop friendly station awaits you. And the magic doesn't stop there... Raven also stocks the otherworldly tiny house with premium Glossier and Kiehl's products.
Up to four guests can fit into this tiny home, which books for the low-price of $179 per night with breakfast included. Best of all, everyone leaves with their own personalized Hogwarts diploma. But book while you can: The listing has been viewed more than 500 times in the past week.
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Q: AWS Redshift Data type space allocation I am planning to create id CHARACTER VARYING(100) ENCODE ZSTD,
id2 CHARACTER VARYING(5000) ENCODE ZSTD.
Now my id and id1 are about size 20 characters only.
In AWS Redshift does the space allocation happen based on actual data size which is 20 or does it allocate first based on defined size which is 100 and 5000 respectively. If so how is the performance effected on these scenarios.
Thanks
TOM

A: Amazon Redshift stores data using a Compression Encoding, so it is not vital to allocate the minimum space.
It is often best to allow Redshift to choose the compression type when data is loaded via the COPY command, rather than specifying it yourself. This will result in the most efficient method being chosen, based on the first 100,000 rows loaded.

A: Two things here.
Storage: With varchars, the amount of space consumed is based on the actual amount of space required, not the length (in bytes) declared.
Query Performance: Redshift does not know in advance how many bytes will be required to hold the varchar. It allocates the number of bytes based on the length declared for the varchar. It will cause queries to consume more memory which can in certain cases cause queries to spill to disk. This can have particularly negative impact on vacuum performance.
Summary: Declare varchars to be as short as possible. So, in your case if it's 20 or so, maybe 25-30 would be a good length to go with.


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Nokia has once again dipped into its back catalog for inspiration while keeping an eye on the future at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. It announced the Nokia 6, Nokia 7 Plus, and Nokia 8 Sirocco, a trio of premium-looking Android phones; the Nokia 1, the first ever Android Go device; and, building on the nostalgia power of last year's 3310 reboot, a refreshed version of the 8110, perhaps better remembered as the slider phone Keanu Reeves used in The Matrix. We got a chance to check the phones out at a preview event ahead of the show.
As the name suggests, the cheap and cheerful 8110 4G is a 4G feature phone - Nokia's first. It boasts a very stable standby time of 20 days, as well as talk time of up to eight hours when calling on VoLTE.
Aside from these features, Juho Sarvikas, chief product officer for HMD Global, the company that licenses the Nokia brand name, told PCMag that a "rich variety of applications" can be expected for the Series 30+ OS ecosystem.
Facebook is the only app Sarvikas confirmed will be ready for use at launch, which is not much of a surprise, given that you could access the social network on last year's 3310. But this year more than just Facebook and Snake are promised.
We hope that Here Maps (or something like it) makes an appearance, as the 3310 was sorely lacking in the navigation department. On such a small screen though, getting around town could be tricky.
We're glad that the 8810 4G has more than just nostalgia going for it, meaning it might actually sell in a few more markets. On that note, there's no word on availability just yet. A Europe-wide release is expected in May for about $100, but whether it reaches the United States is another thing. Considering the enduring appeal of the first Matrix film, we expect that Nokia might want to deploy its sales agents on both sides of the Atlantic.
The approximately $85 Nokia 1 is the first Android Go phone. "We've led the development of the Google Android Oreo Go Edition, which is a purpose-built solution for this segment," said Sarvikas. "What Google has done there is to optimize, whether it's the application or the operating system to run on what's accessible…If I'm looking at what we've been able to get out of the 1GB of RAM and the [MediaTek] 6737 [processor] here, it's actually a really fluid user experience."
The Nokia 1 is intended to give people shopping on a budget a genuinely solid smartphone experience, and serve as a kind of stepping stone from the feature phone market. The phone itself feels reassuringly solid in the hand, and performance is zippy enough—tapping on the YouTube icon quickly launches the app.
As you'd expect, the viewing angles of the IPS screen are just decent. It might not be the most amazing display in the world, and we're skeptical about how it'll perform outside on a sunny day, but what we've seen so far looks good.
Sarvikas added that the Nokia 1, like all of its Android phones, will benefit from monthly updates, befitting from the company's "Pure, Secure, and Up To Date" promise. While Nokia is already working very closely with Google on that front, Sarvikas remarked that there's room for improvement and is seeking an even tighter relationship with chip makers Qualcomm and MediaTek. This also ensures that the Nokia 1 will be able to work with "the next two big updates," or Android 9 and 10.
HMD Global has a fleet of more traditional Android phones as well. Its follow-up to last year's Nokia 6 is called, with absolutely no marks for originality, the New Nokia 6. As you might expect, it's more of the same, albeit with some improvements. Once again, the phone's body will be machine-milled from a single block of aluminum. And its screen, which measures 5.5 inches, is coated by a pillowed 2.5D layer of Corning Gorilla Glass.
Nokia promises that you'll get two days of life out of the battery, impressive for a phone with such a big, sharp screen (411 pixels per inch, which compares well with the iPhone X's 458ppi) that kicks out up to 450 nits.
Nokia's 7 Plus is, as you'd expect, bigger than the Nokia 6. It ups the ante on specs as well: Instead of a 5.5-inch, 1080p screen, it comes with a bigger 6-inch, 2,220-by-1,080 display with a 18:9 aspect ratio and its cameras capture more detail - a 12-megapixel wide aperture sensor combined with a 13-megapixel telephoto lens on the back and a 16-megapixel camera on the front, both with Zeiss optics.
Running everything is a Snapdragon 660 CPU and 4GB of LP DDR4 RAM. But as with the New Nokia 6, that's a midrange processor from last year; capable of doing the job, but unlikely to attract the attention of gearheads who want bleeding-edge performance. Equally, while that chip can support LTE speeds of up to 600Mbps (in theory), Nokia's equipped the 7 Plus with a Cat 6 LTE antenna, which gives you top down and upload speeds of 300Mbps and 50Mbps, or more practically, whatever the top speed your network can give you. At the most you'll benefit from 2CA upgrades, but nothing more advanced than that.
Power-wise, a big 3,800mAh cell keeps everything running, but there's no word on how quickly you can fill this up. MP3 and video playback time is pegged at 26 and 14.5 hours respectively.
As with the 8110 4G, the Nokia 8 Sirocco harkens back to the brand's lineage. Back in 2006, the old Nokia launched a Sirocco edition of its 8800 phone; this too featured an OLED screen and was fashioned from premium materials including sapphire, titanium, and carbon fiber—there was even a model plated in 18-karat gold.
Described as a "special edition for our fans," the Nokia 8 Sirocco is fashioned from stainless steel and wrapped in a vacuum-formed layer of Corning Gorilla Glass 5. It's a dark, gleaming jewel that's pretty tough to boot; Nokia says it's about 2.5 times more durable than the milled aluminum bodies of the other phones announced this year. It's IP67-rated, giving you a degree of protection against dust, spills, and general wear and tear.
Perhaps inspired by Samsung's Galaxy Edge series, the Nokia 8 Sirocco is 0.29-inch thick at the center, and tapers down to a bit less than .07-inch at the sides. Fortunately, the glass body isn't just for show; Qi wireless charging is supported, but details on any adapters that might be included in the box were not available at the time of writing. The 3,260mAh battery can be half filled in 30 minutes via Fast Charge through the Type-C USB port, which is also where you'll plug your headphones.
Radio-wise, there's a Cat 12 antenna for downloads, giving you up to 600Mbps and for downloads, a Cat 13 radio, pulling down up to 150Mbps.
Check back soon for more information, and full reviews when the phones are available.


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REDFORD UNION PANTHERS: Mega Blue League Champions
Unbelievable as it may sound, within two years of having a clinic and implementing the BFS Program the Panthers had shattered their losing 0-9 season and finished the season undefeated, a perfect 9-0!
By Reed Sainsbury
The Redford Union Panthers had a tradition of losing. No matter how hard the coaches and players worked they just couldn't seem to win. The Panthers had never made the playoffs and ended this football season with an dismal 0-9 record. Athletic Director, Jim Gibbons, decided something needed to be done to help turn around the losing tradition at his school, not only in football but all sports. He called Bigger Faster Stronger and set up a clinic. BFS Clinician Doug Ekmark came and taught Redford Union High School the BFS System. Since many athletes are involved in two or three sports, the school has adopted the unified program, so that all athletes, regardless of what sports they play, are on the same lifting, stretching, running and plyometric program. After one year of being on the BFS Program, Head Football Coach Glen Scala led his team to a 3 - 6 season; quite an improvement over last year.
In 1998, the Redford Union Panthers were going strong on the BFS Program and getting ready for the football season. Unbelievable as it may sound, within two years of having a clinic and implementing the Bigger Faster Stronger Program the Panthers had shattered their losing tradition. They no longer found themselves ranked among the bottom. This time it was the Panthers turn to be labeled Mega Blue League Champions! They finished the season undefeated at 9-0, and made the playoffs for the first time in school history.
The Redford Union Panthers ruled the Mega Blue League division with an iron fist during the 1998 fall football season. The offense was led by Senior Quarterback Matt Rigley and Junior Running Back Mike Macek as they proved to be a defense's worse nightmare. Unlike previous years, the Panther's offense swept through the season outscoring its opponents by a 326-87 margin. Rigley proved himself a noteworthy quarterback this last year when he unleashed his lethal passing tactics to throw 14 touchdowns, with a total of 932 yards. Senior Receiver Eric Carmichel, one of Rigley's faithful receivers, led the Panther's offense with 16 receptions for 262 total yards. Another great attribute to the Panther's unstoppable passing crew was Junior D.J. Brown. Showing his team and fans what his heart was made of, Brown caught many tough passes across the middle and racked up a total of 259 yards with only 13 receptions, thus giving him a 19.9 yard average! The Panther's ground attack left opponents devastated when Mike Macek carried the ball and barreled his way down field for 1389 total yards with 147 attempts, giving him a 9.4 yard average per carry. This hard-nosed runner did an outstanding job by scoring 18 touchdowns and putting 108 points on the scoreboard for the Panthers. He set a new school record for the most touchdowns in a season. In the last two years, he has scored over 40 touchdowns.
Indeed the Panther's offense was on fire this last season, but the defense was also a key part in their success. In their opening game of the season against the Livonia Churchill Chargers, the mighty Panther's defense held the Chargers to just 91 yards of total offense. A big play that helped fire up the Panthers was when defensive tackle, Rob Alderton, capitalized on a Charger's fumble in their own end zone. Alderton experienced every lineman's dream in scoring a touchdown for his team. From that moment, the Panthers kept gaining momentum as the season progressed.
When the time ticked down for the Panthers to battle the Ypsilanti Braves, a team who crushed them the previous year, the Panthers had their game faces on and were ready to take care of business the old-fashioned way. Mike Macek gave a superb effort as he went on the warpath racking up 223 yards rushing and scoring four touchdowns! The Panthers defense stood as an iron curtain and held the Braves to only 61 yards in total offense and came home satisfied avengers with a 41-6 final score, a complete turn around from last year. "That was the game we waited for all year. We knew that we owed them something for what they did to us last year," a satisfied Mike Macek commented.
However, things didn't continue to go as smoothly as the Panthers had planned. Quarterback, Matt Rigley sustained a shoulder injury that kept him out a game. What would the undefeated Panthers do without their starting quarterback? Were their team goals going to fall apart all because of one player's injury? The Panthers rallied together as a unified family, they simply accepted the conditions that they had been dealt, made the proper adjustments, and adapted. They had come a long way and were not about to begin losing now. Coach Scala exhorted, "You have to overcome injuries and you have to capitalize on other people's mistakes." That is exactly what the Panthers did. Coaches put running back, Mike Macek in to fill Rigley's quarterback spot. With such a big change, the Panthers played their hearts out against Dearborn Heights and came shining through once again. Macek threw some beautiful touchdown passes to D.J. Brown and Clint Stoble. Despite the adjustments the Panthers were forced to make, they came out with a spectacular victory over Dearborn Heights 28-6. Assistant Coach Pete Mazzoni reported, "Macek did a nice job of filling in as Quarterback. He is an outstanding athlete. He did what the team needed for the win, that is all that we could ask for." Rob Alderton was the usual, wreckin' machine on defense as he recovered three fumbles.
After missing one game, Quarterback Matt Rigley was back and the team was on their way to an undefeated season. They had fought hard all year long and there was only one game left in the regular season against the Taylor Kennedy Eagles. When the kickoff whistle blew it was another exciting game for the Panthers. Adrian Beaver wanted to get in the lime light of things so in the second half kickoff, he caught the ball and returned it for an 85 yard touchdown. On defense, Clint Stroble got in on the action when he scooped up a fumble and ran it in for a 37 yard touchdown. Of course, Superman Macek had the best game of the season, scoring four touchdowns, with 249 yards rushing. "Macek did everything but carry the water and drive the bus. He is very fun to watch. He has established himself as one of the best Running Backs in the state, and I am sure that a lot of schools will be out to see him next year," informs Coach Mazzoni.
They had done it. The Redford Union Panthers reached their goals and finished the season undefeated! Misty-eyed Matt Rigley recalls, "Finishing undefeated is something that the seniors have talked about for a long time. The effort that goes into achieving something like this is amazing. The coaches, the team and the fans have all endured so much during the past few years, I am just glad that we could give them all something to cheer about." It is a very rewarding and worthwhile experience to work hard, overcome obstacles and be crowned winners in the end. Six Panther football players were proud recipients of All-Conference status. These include: Matt Rigley, Mike Macek, Eric Newton, Rob Alderton, Adrian Beaver and Eric Charmichel. Mike Macek was named All Metro West. Honorable Mention winners were: Doug Chimel, D.J. Brown, Clint Stroble and Jeff Stewart. "The senior leadership that we had was phenomenal, our captains set their sights on a conference championship and made sure that the team stayed focused on that goal. The kids understood what it took to win and they played as a unit, there were very few individuals," responded Head Coach Glen Scala, when discussing the team's success. The BFS program helped unify the Panthers as a team and gave them self-confidence and a winning attitude. These simple but key ingredients were what gave the Panthers that winning edge to be labeled undefeated League Champions.
The Panthers advanced on to the state playoffs but much to their misfortune they lost a close game by seven points. A shot at the State Championship title
Senior Dave Martin 5-10" 190 lbs. Warming up with 205 lbs. on the Bench
Sophomore Eric Kelly PK/P doing Power Clean reps with 205.
OT/DT 6-2" 265 lb. Junior Rickey Govan Deadlifting 505 lbs. with the Hi-Hex Bar.
Matt Brown a 6-4" 235 lb. So. training hard for another championship season.
Doug Chmeil C/LB at 6-1" 200 lbs. does the BFS
All-League & All-State RB/LB Adrian Beaver Squatting 400 lbs.
At 6-3" 200 lbs., OG/DE, Phil Garrett does the BFS Dot Drill in 44 seconds.


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Most Small Businesses Don't Feel Supported by their Banks or Government
More education needed around credit and payments
TORONTO, ON (Sept. 29, 2021) – While most financial institutions and governments are quick to tout their commitment to small businesses, a recent survey from Equifax Canada conducted in advance of Small Business Month indicates that despite pandemic support programs, over half feel that they are not supported by their banks or government. Within a nationwide panel of 300 small business owners, 52 per cent said this about their banks and 62 per cent felt this way about government.
Many small and medium businesses have struggled to get through the pandemic. To survive, they've taken out loans and accessed emergency benefit programs like the Canada Emergency Business Account (CEBA). Almost half of the survey respondents (46 per cent) say they have secured a private or government loan. Interestingly, 56 per cent of respondents feel that they have enough credit from the government to meet their 2021 Q4 needs, and 77 per cent agree that they have enough credit from their suppliers to get by, especially those whose businesses have been operating for three years or more.
"For a small business owner who has struggled during the pandemic, it's not just about the money. It's also about helping them to better understand their relationship with credit and how best to pay back these loans," said Jeff Brown, Small and Medium Business Leader, Equifax Canada. "Small business owners are grappling with a lot and banks need to be more than just a conduit for these emergency funds. Banks have an opportunity to counsel small business owners on how to pay down their debt as soon as possible to avoid interest accruals and possible interest rate increases," noted Brown.
Brown continued, "some small business owners may be expecting or hoping for some level of debt forgiveness, and greater attention would need to be paid by policy makers and financial institutions alike to ensure that getting through the pandemic remains a priority."
Confidence, Challenges and Concerns
Despite their debt burdens, 68 per cent of small business owners surveyed feel confident that their business will recover in 2022, and those in the online retail space and whose businesses have been operating 3-5 years are feeling very confident. Those in the online retail/e-commerce and construction industries are the most optimistic about returning to pre-COVID normal in the last quarter of 2021. Businesses that have been operating for 6+ years are significantly more likely to state that they are less confident than businesses that have been operating for less time (27 per cent versus 12 per cent of those <6 years).
Small business owners who took part in the survey said the cost of goods is their leading concern, with almost half (47 per cent) worrying about this, followed by customer demand (42 per cent), supplier product availability (39 per cent), and staffing (33 per cent). Those who are not confident in their ability to recover in 2022 are significantly more likely to be concerned about their ability to repay loans (26 per cent versus 18 per cent of those who are confident).
"In offering support to a small business owner, we must recognize that each one is unique and at a different point in their journey as an entrepreneur," added Brown. "It's true that some have struggled, but others have thrived and adapted successfully to the changes forced onto them by the pandemic. For many operating in industries like online retail, travel, and food and beverage, they will be among the first to say that their industry has permanently changed because of the pandemic."
Pandemic Pivots
Survey results demonstrate that small business owners are resilient and will continue to pivot as necessary during the pandemic:
Four-in-ten (39 per cent) created or grew their online business strategy, with around two-thirds (63 per cent) of these individuals having offered curbside pick-up, and half (50 per cent) offering home delivery.
Those whose businesses made $100k+ revenue last year were significantly more likely to state that they took on extra debt/credit during the course of the pandemic.
Almost half of those who took on extra debt/credit expect to repay it by the end of 2022.
According to Brown, historically many small businesses have had limited access to commercial credit. Less than a quarter of the smallest enterprises requested credit in 2018 to fuel growth, partly reflecting access to commercial credit products. The share of small businesses requesting credit tends to lag. For some, lower approval rates will push them to personal credit. Their credit needs tend to be much lower and geared to working capital.
Equifax Canada is committed to providing insights to financial institutions and all levels of government to help small business owners navigate these difficult times. A priority remains to help small business owners better understand their relationship with credit, which the survey shows a good number of entrepreneurs need:
Six-in-ten (59 per cent) small business owners are aware that a business can obtain its own business credit report, with only 30 per cent knowing how/where to obtain one, and 29 per cent not knowing how/where to obtain one.
Of the 59 per cent who know of the business credit report, only 40 per cent know what their business' credit score is, while a little more than half (55 per cent) admit that they don't know.
* Equifax Canada commissioned Leger to conduct an online survey with 300 Canadian small (255) and medium-sized (45) business owners/leaders/decision makers within the Food, Construction, Retail, and Travel Industries. It was completed between August 20 and 29, 2021, using Leger's online panel.
La plupart des petites entreprises ne se sentent pas soutenues par leur banque ou leur gouvernement


Harding's Market Three Oaks is a small town, full service grocery store with fresh meat, deli and produce. You will also find cold beer, wine available. They also sell Lotto tickets and have Western Union service. Check out their weekly sale ad on their website.


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Halloween Seance with Intrigue Theater
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The 1886 Crescent Hotel Crystal Ballroom
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On the heels of last years Amazing and hair-raising Séance – Intrigue theater's Sean-Paul and Juliana Fay return to the Crystal Ballroom – to present and evening of Mysteries that embody the Legends and History of Eureka Springs Crown Jewel – the Crescent Hotel.---
The Crescent Hotel
The Crescent Hotel's legacy is built on many different personalities and none were more notorious than that of Dr. Norman Baker. But long before he was a "doctor" he was starstruck with the highest grossing performer on the Vaudeville circuit Ms Anna Eva Fay – the indescribable phenomenon.---
The Original Ghost Talker
She was born of the spiritualist movement and could see and tell things from the other side. Juliana Fay's Ghost Talker performance is a tribute to Anna Eva Fay and on Halloween Night she will start off the evening with her nationally recognized talents.---
Norman Baker was so inspired by Anna Eva Fay that he became a vaudeville performer himself as a "MESMERIST" (HYPNOTIST). Sean-Paul will bring audience members on stage and put them under trance to perform an full on Hypnosis show as a tribute to Norman Baker. The finale of this segment will be a Past life Regression experiment with someone from the audience.---
The Séance!
Sean-Paul and Juliana Fay will continue to lay out the personalities that are believed to side reside in the haunted hotel and will begin the Séance with more paranormal experiments involving members of the audience. The night will crescendo will the entire audience taking out their pendulums and or their favorite Ghost Hunting apps as Sean-Paul and Juliane will engage the spirits of the Crescent with a custom crafted script just for the night. Sean-Paul recently shared, "The results of the séance from last year were beyond what we were expecting and we are excited to see what will happen this year!"---
Show Begins at 9 p.m
Then a break to refresh the spirits and purchase pendulums.
2nd half will begin around 10:15p.m.
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Esmeralda is a great choice for a Halloween costume or if your going to Convention. It's fun and being a in Disney character's costume is very identifiable. Plus you can wear the pieces in your day-to-day life. Or you can buy a Pre-made Esmeralda Costume that are morelike generic Gypsies costumes.
The great thing about Esmeralda's costume is that you can buy all components that you need. So it's an easy DIY costume.
Here what you need; A white peasant blouse, purple skirt, darker purple hip scarf, blue waist cincher or corset, a pink headband or scarf, and jewelry.
Here are some items you can buy to make her costume or a costume inspired by Esmeralda.
comes in light and dark purple.
Tips and Ideas on how to pair your Esmeralda costume with A Djali/Clopin costume for a couples Costume Duo!
Will there be costume ideas for Quasimodo?
Since you entered your email address to leave a comment would it be ok if I sent you an email so you can reply to it with the information? I'm just don't like leaving my email address in the comment section. Let me know if that's okay? If not we can work something else out because I'm super curious to learn more about the upcoming production.
Etsy.com has a few people who make high-quality Esmeralda costumes that look exactly like the Disney version.


It could be a week or more before particulate levels in the air around San Diego return to healthy levels, and in the meantime, tremendous volumes of water are being used from both the air and the ground to put out the fires. But as that water returns to the ordinary hydrological cycle, it's going to carry tremendous volumes of ash along with it, as well as any materials (toxic or otherwise) contained within the ash. Given that at least 1500 homes have been destroyed, that's a lot of fiberglass, plastic, and other potentially-toxic material to introduce into a major metropolitan water supply. And that doesn't count the need to ensure safe air quality.


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When Life Interferes With Your Blog Posts
Over the last month it has been a bit of a struggle for me to produce much of the content that I have set out to create for this blog. I have consumed a lot of great shows, movies, music, and podcasts that have inspired a wealth of half-written posts. There were some post ideas that were ultimately derailed by writer's block or a lack of focus. It has been hard to watch a season of The Crown or Lady Bird and not be able to complete some of my ideas.
Unfortunately, I have been distracted by a career transition that has sapped a lot of my extracurricular energy. Next week I begin a new job that appears to be a step in the right direction. I am excited by the opportunities presented by this new position and I am confident that I will be able to resume blogging with my initial intent in mind. I enjoy engaging with other Netflix binge watchers and podcast listeners and I love being able to exchange thoughts on what we are absorbing.
Here are some of the shows, movies, and podcasts that I have enjoyed over the last month that I have not gotten around to addressing. I may revisit these for later posts, but I would hate to leave these undiscussed:
Lady Bird – I loved this movie. Greta Gerwig is insanely talented and it is hard to believe that this is her directorial debut. The evenly paced story of a high school senior and the people around her gave me a lot to think about. It did not exactly align itself with my own Catholic high school experience, but there were moments and characters that caused me to reflect on that time. This was the first movie that I can recall to look back nostalgically at the same time period that I attended high school (2000-04). To say that it made me feel a little old in the same week that I heard the Red Hot Chili Peppers on a classic rock station is an understatement.
American History Tellers – This brand new podcast is amazing. Produced by Lindsay Graham (not the senator), the podcast is nearing the end of a fantastic series on the Cold War. Each episode touches on themes such as the Space Race, the Atomic Age, the rise of the military industrial complex, and sociopolitical shifts of the era. Graham takes an immersive approach to his podcast and frequently tries to place his audience in the shoes of theoretical characters to make history come alive. Italian Catholics in New York who were unknowingly coerced into a CIA propaganda campaign, a NASA job recruiter, and a parent enrolling in the Head Start program are all figures who help to make the listener reach a greater understanding about the Cold War.
You can listen to the podcast here: art19.com
The Crown – My primary motive for watching The Crown is watching the royal family exist within the trappings of their privileged position. The detail that the series uses is typically exquisite, yet I can't help but feel that they blew the JFK episode of season two. The depiction of the Kennedys as bumbling idiots was almost as uncomfortable as Michael C. Hall's portrayal of the president. Despite the Camelot mythology of the time period, the First Couple was flawed. I have no issue with The Crown choosing to reveal that aspect of the Kennedy family. What should be scrutinized is how poorly a job the series did in producing a moment that should have been an otherwise easy episode and created a glaring negative of season two.
American Vandal – This is the purest true crime mockumentary that you can have. A short Netflix series about an investigation into absurd high school vandalism, the show was filmed with a lot of popular techniques used in true crime documentaries to make it seem like you are watching a bona fide investigation. As trivial as the crime may be, the funny mockumentary is so well done that I found myself watching just to find out who doodled on the faculty cars.
Sunflower Bean – An early favorite for best indie band of 2018, Sunflower Bean's sophomore album Twentytwo In Blue comes out on March 23. The first single from the record, "I Was A Fool," has an unmistakable Fleetwood Mac "Dreams" vibe. The song caught my attention and I was prompted to listen to their debut record Human Ceremony. I loved the indie pop sound of songs like "Easier Said" and "Come On" enough to mark Twentytwo In Blue as my first must-listen record of 2018. Sunflower Bean also has a charming cover of Neil Young's "Harvest Moon." Here is the throwback video for "I Was A Fool"
As I wrote this post I found my head clearing a bit. It was hard to get past an overload of half-ideas without completing them in some manner, even if it was not in their originally intended form. Feel free to comment on some of the stuff I mentioned, but don't hesitate to include things that you've watched or listened to over the last month.
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DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — More than a dozen people were killed in election-related violence in Bangladesh on Sunday, as voters went to the polls to decide whether to give Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina a third consecutive term amid opposition claims that her leadership has become increasingly authoritarian.
The election campaign was marred by allegations of arrests and jailing of thousands of Hasina's opponents.
Opposition leader Kamal Hossain said a few hours after voting ended that about 100 candidates from the alliance had withdrawn from their races during the day. He said the alliance would hold a meeting Monday to decide its next course.
"We call upon the Election Commission to declare this election void and demand a fresh election under a nonpartisan government," Hossain told reporters at a nationally broadcast news conference.
Calls to several Hasina aides seeking comment were not immediately returned.
Bangladesh's leading English-language newspaper, the Daily Star, said 16 people were killed in 13 districts in election-related violence.
On Sunday, The Associated Press received more than 50 calls from people across the country who identified themselves as opposition supporters complaining of intimidation and threats, and being forced to vote in front of ruling party men inside polling booths.
"Some stray incidents have happened. We have asked our officials to deal with them," K.M. Nurul Huda, Bangladesh's chief election commissioner, said as he cast his vote in the capital, Dhaka.
The election campaign was marred by the arrests and jailing of what the opposition said were thousands of Hasina opponents, including six candidates for Parliament.
"Hasina's use of the state machinery to subjugate the opposition virtually ensures her electoral victory," said Sasha Riser-Kositsky, a South Asia analyst for the New York-based Eurasia Group.
Hasina has expressed confidence in the outcome, inviting election observers and foreign journalists to her official residence on Monday, when the results were expected to be known.
While rights groups have sounded the alarms about the erosion of Bangladesh's democracy, Hasina has promoted a different narrative, highlighting an ambitious economic agenda that has propelled Bangladesh past larger neighbors Pakistan and India by some development measures.
Voters "will give us another opportunity to serve them so that we can maintain our upward trend of development, and take Bangladesh forward as a developing country," Hasina said after casting her ballot along with her daughter and sister in Dhaka.
Hasina's main rival is former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, the leader of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party, who a court deemed ineligible to run for office because she is in prison for corruption.
In Zia's absence, opposition parties formed a coalition led by Hossain, an 82-year-old Oxford-educated lawyer and former member of Hasina's Awami League party.
Both sides were hoping to avoid a repeat of 2014, when Zia and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party boycotted elections and voter turnout in the South Asian nation of 160 million was only 22 percent. More than half of the 300 parliamentary seats were uncontested. The Awami League's landslide victory was met with violence that left at least 22 people dead.
On Sunday, some 104 million people in the Muslim-majority country were eligible to vote, including many young, first-time voters.
Walking with a cane, Hossain cast his vote near his home in Dhaka, saying he was receiving complaints about vote-tampering and intimidation from various parts of the country.
The more than 40,000 polling stations nationwide closed at 4 p.m., as the Islamic call to prayer came over loudspeakers.
At a polling station in the ancient city of Panam Nagar, about 20 kilometers (12 miles) southeast of Dhaka, the counting of the roughly 1,600 votes cast began immediately after voting ended. Plastic bins full of paper ballots were dumped onto a sheet on the floor, where 10 people sat in a circle to organize and count the votes.
One of the voters there, Haji Abdul Malek Mia, a 74-year-old father of five sons, said he wanted to see someone in power who would offer development. "Whoever is doing development, he should be there," he said.
About 600,000 security officials, including army and paramilitary forces, were deployed across the country in a bid to contain violence in Bangladesh's 11th general election. The country's telecommunications regulator shut down mobile internet services nationwide to prevent possible protests from organizing.
The normally traffic-clogged streets of the capital were largely empty because of a ban on vehicles for everyone except election observers and journalists. Many Dhaka residents had left days earlier to vote in their hometowns.
Another voter, Sultana Rajia Rotna, said she went out to cast her ballot after hearing that the streets of Dhaka were peaceful.


Senior research scientist, with genetic epidemiology and environmental health background, investigating genetic and environmental factors of complex traits, in particular women's health conditions with substantial public health impact. She is also a visiting fellow at Nuffield Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, John Radcliffe Hospital.
I. Lead analyst of the latest International Endometriosis Genomics Consortium genome-wide association analysis to elucidate genetic susceptibility variants for endometriosis and related complex traits/diseases.
II. Investigation of phenotypic and shared genetic associations between endometriosis and other complex disease including obesity-related traits, gynaecological disorders, chronic pain conditions, endocrinological disease using various resources including the UK Biobank.
III. Design and maintenance of the Endometriosis Oxford (ENDOX) study, an on-going prospective study of women undergoing a laparoscopy at the Oxford Endometriosis CaRe centre.
IV. Investigation of variability in transcriptomic (RNAseq, miRNA, mRNA) and epigenomic (DNA methylation) profiles of eutopic/ectopic endometrium and fat tissues to understand the underlying functional roles of the genetic risk factors of endometriosis and related co-morbidities.
V. Development of global consensus on standardized clinical data collection and standard operating protocols for biological sample collection in endometriosis research under the WERF Endometriosis Phenome and Biobanking Harmonization Project (EPHect) www.endometriosisfoundation.org/ephect.
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Large-scale meta-analysis highlights the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis in the genetic regulation of menstrual cycle length.


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Axelborg, located across the street from Tivoli Gardens on Vesterbrogade in Copenhagen, Denmark, is home to the Danish Agriculture and Food Council. DLG Group is also headquartered in the building. The building was built in 1920 and was originally constructed for a bank.  An Irma flagship store opened on the ground floor in 2015 and a Vivalde Café is located on the side that faces Axeltorv..

History

Axelborg was constructed as a new headquarters  for Den Danske Andelsbank, and construction was completed by 1920. The building was designed by architects Arthur Wittmaack and Vilhelm Hvalsøe. It takes its name from the adjoining square Axeltorv, which had been inaugurated in 1917.

Den Danske Andelskasse did not use the entire building. Dansk Andels Gødningsforretning,  a cooperative manufacturer of fertilizer founded in Aarhus in 1901, was from July 1920 also headquartered in the building.

In 1928, the Danish Broadcasting Corporation (founded in 1925), relocated to rented rooms in the building, but the need for more suitable facilities with proper broadcasting studios and a concert hall for the new radio symphony orchestra soon became evident. Consequently, a new building, Stærekassen was constructed on Kongens Nytorv and the radio relocated there in 1931. Since then, the building has been occupied by The Danish Agricultural Council (Landbrugsraadet), in 2009 renamed Landbrug & Fødevarer (Danish Agriculture and Food Council).

The building was expanded between 1961 and 1965.

Architecture

The five-storey building is constructed in brick. The building has rustication on the ground floor and arched openings along the two sides. The four upper floors stand dressed masonry and has wide pilasters between the windows. The roof features a three-bay Belvedere, topped by a balustrade, with views of Tivoli Gardens on the other side of the street. The main entrance is flanked by two wall-mounted lanterns and the keystone above the main entrance features a relief of a nude woman. The building has a central rotunda which is topped by a large, domed lantern.

The 1950s extension on the rear side of the building stands in grey concrete.

Today
Danish Agriculture and Food Council is headquartered in the building. DLG has announced that they will be relocating to new headquarters in Fredericia. Part of the building is now used by Tivoli Gardens for special events. An Irma flagship store opened on the ground floor in 2015 and a Vivaldi Café is located in the ground floor on the side that faces Axeltorv.

Further reading
 Historien om Axelborg. 1920-1995

References

External links

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Commercial buildings completed in 1920
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It is rare for a succinct foreign policy platform paper to so fully encapsulate a candidate's thinking process. A State Department email of Hillary Clinton, available on WikiLeaks, lays out the Democratic front-runner's strategy as an architect of US intervention in Syria, shows the flawed reasoning that beget the scheme. Perhaps most importantly, the document shows utter blindness to the huge problems that the war ultimately led to.
As with so many US wars in the Middle East, it all starts with Israel, and then-Secretary of State Clinton saw the US imposing regime change in Syria as primarily about benefiting Israel and spiting Iran, a position that closely mirrors that of several Israeli officials.
There are myriad flaws in this reasoning, and in hindsight very few of Clinton's predictions came to pass, from her declaration that the Iran nuclear talks wouldn't lead to a deal, that Russia wouldn't defend the Assad government from US-backed rebels, that US pledges of arms would lead to more defections from the Syrian military, etc.
While the paper reveals Clinton's interventionist leanings, it may also be elucidative regarding interventionist mentality in general, showing how quickly the notion of a "low cost" war becomes official policy, and that policymakers are ultimately blind not just to the reality on the ground, but also to the bigger risks of their schemes.


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It looks like we also got a logo for the book did appear on Twitter courtesy of Multiversity Comics.
Most newer fans are familiar with Valkyrie from the recent Thor: Ragnarok film brought to life by Tessa Thompson. It seems her role in the film has brought a new interest in the warrior. In the film world, it is rumored that she is one of the few surviving Asgardians from Thano's attack in Avengers: Infinity War and she may play a bigger role in the MCU going forward after Avengers: Endgame (where she will supposedly appear as well). From the comic book side of things, the character of Valkyrie has been around for a while.
Valkyrie or her Asgardian name Brunnhilde first appeared way back in Avengers #30 in 1970. From there she would make appearances in Thor, Hulk and be a mainstay on The Defenders series until its end. Valkyrie would show up here and there most notably in The Fearless Defenders series in 2013 and most recently in Asgardians of the Galaxy #1 in September 2018. The Tessa Thompson version of Valkyrie would not first appear in until The Exiles #1 debuting June 2018. The upcoming Valkyrie solo-series will most likely be starring the regular version of the character appearing in Asgardians of the Galaxy. The Tessa Thompson version was from another dimension in the comics.
It will be interesting what role Valkyrie will play in the War of the Realms. Jason Aaron notes his whole time on Thor has been building up to this event. Aaron has been writing Thor since 2012! With Aaron and Al Ewing who has been doing a phenomenal job on The Immortal Hulk writing her solo-series, Marvel seems to be setting her up for success. Though no artist has been announced at the moment. Marvel is hopefully lining up someone just as great as the writing team! The Valkyrie series will debut sometime after War of the Realms finishes.
Are you excited about the new Valkyrie solo-series? Who would you like to see on art? Let us know in the comments.


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package gnu.trove.stack.array;

import gnu.trove.list.array.TIntArrayList;
import gnu.trove.stack.TIntStack;
import junit.framework.TestCase;

import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;

/**
 *
 */
public class TStackTest extends TestCase {

    public TStackTest() {
        super();
    }

    public TStackTest( String string ) {
        super( string );
    }

    public void testConstructors() {
        TIntStack stack = new TIntArrayStack();
        assertEquals( 0, stack.size() );

        stack.push( 10 );
        stack.push( 20 );
        assertEquals( 2, stack.size() );

        TIntStack other = new TIntArrayStack( 20 );
        other.push( 10 );
        other.push( 20 );
        assertEquals( 2, other.size() );

        assertTrue( "stacks should be equal: " + stack + ", " + other,
			stack.equals( other ) );

        TIntStack copy = new TIntArrayStack( stack );
        assertTrue( "stacks should be equal: " + stack + ", " + copy,
			stack.equals( copy ) );
    }

    public void testBasic() {
        TIntStack stack = new TIntArrayStack();

        assertEquals( 0, stack.size() );

        stack.push( 10 );

        assertEquals( 1, stack.size() );

        assertEquals( 10, stack.peek() );
        assertEquals( 1, stack.size() );
        assertEquals( 10, stack.peek() );
        assertEquals( 1, stack.size() );

        assertEquals( 10, stack.pop() );
        assertEquals( 0, stack.size() );

        stack.push( 10 );
        stack.push( 20 );
        stack.push( 30 );

        assertEquals( 3, stack.size() );
        assertEquals( 30, stack.pop() );
        assertEquals( 20, stack.pop() );
        assertEquals( 10, stack.pop() );
    }

    public void testArrays() {
        int no_entry_value = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
        TIntStack stack = new TIntArrayStack(10, no_entry_value);
        assertEquals( no_entry_value, stack.getNoEntryValue() );

        int[] array;

        array = stack.toArray();
        assertNotNull( array );
        assertEquals( 0, array.length );

        stack.push( 10 );
        stack.push( 20 );
        stack.push( 30 );
        stack.push( 40 );

        array = stack.toArray();
        assertNotNull( array );
        assertEquals( 4, array.length );
        // NOTE: Top element in stack should be first element in array
        assertEquals( 40, array[0] );
        assertEquals( 30, array[1] );
        assertEquals( 20, array[2] );
        assertEquals( 10, array[3] );
        assertEquals( 4, stack.size() );

        int[] array_correct_size = new int[4];
        stack.toArray( array_correct_size );
        assertEquals( 40, array_correct_size[0] );
        assertEquals( 30, array_correct_size[1] );
        assertEquals( 20, array_correct_size[2] );
        assertEquals( 10, array_correct_size[3] );

        int[] array_too_long = new int[6];
        stack.toArray( array_too_long );
        assertEquals( 40, array_too_long[0] );
        assertEquals( 30, array_too_long[1] );
        assertEquals( 20, array_too_long[2] );
        assertEquals( 10, array_too_long[3] );
        assertEquals( stack.getNoEntryValue(), array_too_long[4] );

        int[] array_too_short = new int[2];
        stack.toArray( array_too_short );
        assertEquals( 40, array_too_short[0] );
        assertEquals( 30, array_too_short[1] );
    }

    public void testClear() {
        TIntStack stack = new TIntArrayStack();

        assertEquals( 0, stack.size() );

        stack.push( 10 );

        assertEquals( 1, stack.size() );
        assertEquals( 10, stack.pop() );
        assertEquals( 0, stack.size() );

        stack.push( 10 );
        stack.push( 20 );
        stack.push( 30 );

        assertEquals( 3, stack.size() );
        stack.clear();

        assertEquals( 0, stack.size() );
    }

    public void testEquals() {
        TIntStack stack = new TIntArrayStack();
        assertEquals( 0, stack.size() );

        stack.push( 10 );
        stack.push( 20 );
        assertEquals( 2, stack.size() );

        TIntStack other = new TIntArrayStack( 20 );
        other.push( 10 );
        other.push( 20 );
        assertEquals( 2, other.size() );

        assertTrue( "stacks should equal itself: " + stack,
			stack.equals( stack ) );

        assertTrue( "stacks should be equal: " + stack + ", " + other,
			stack.equals( other ) );

        TIntArrayList list = new TIntArrayList( stack.toArray() );
        assertFalse( "stack should not equal list: " + stack + ", " + list,
			stack.equals( list ) );
    }

    public void testHashCode() {
        TIntStack stack = new TIntArrayStack();
        assertEquals( 0, stack.size() );

        stack.push( 10 );
        stack.push( 20 );
        assertEquals( 2, stack.size() );

        TIntStack other = new TIntArrayStack( 20 );
        other.push( 10 );
        other.push( 20 );
        assertEquals( 2, other.size() );

        assertTrue( "stack hashcode should equal itself: " + stack,
			stack.hashCode() == stack.hashCode() );

        assertTrue( "stacks should be equal: " + stack + ", " + other,
			stack.hashCode() == other.hashCode() );

        other.push( 30 );
        assertFalse( "stack should not equal list: " + stack + ", " + other,
			stack.hashCode() == other.hashCode() );
    }

    public void testSerialize() throws Exception {
        TIntStack stack = new TIntArrayStack();
        stack.push( 10 );
        stack.push( 20 );
        stack.push( 30 );
        stack.push( 40 );
        stack.push( 50 );

        ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
        ObjectOutputStream oos = new ObjectOutputStream( baos );
        oos.writeObject( stack );

        ByteArrayInputStream bais = new ByteArrayInputStream( baos.toByteArray() );
        ObjectInputStream ois = new ObjectInputStream( bais );

        TIntStack serialized = (TIntStack) ois.readObject();

        assertEquals( stack, serialized );
    }
}

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Auckland Pride Parade In Chaos After Several Sponsors Withdraw Support
March 16, 2019 November 21, 2018 by Devin Randall
New Zealand's largest gay pride parade is swimming in controversy after it banned police officers in uniform from marching at the event.
The trouble became when Auckland pride parade organizer Cissy Rock released a statement saying that uniformed officers would not be welcome at the February parade.
This statement came after an Auckland Pride Parade hui, community meeting, resulted in a large argument about racist, homophobic, transphobic, and violent experiences with the police, according to New Zealand news source News Hub.
"If members from our community are highlighting concerns around discrimination by those institutions, we expect them to work to address them, and that may include making compromises regarding their participation at the pride parade," Ms Rock said in the statement.
That announcement, however, released a can of worms around the Auckland Pride Board as sponsors of the parade started to withdraw one after another.
Corporate sponsors like Wespac bank, Vodafone, the Rainbow New Zealand Charitable Trust, and the Bank of New Zealand have all withdrawn support for the march after the announcement.
"It's simply the right thing to do to stand with the police in this instance, as we would with any excluded group, and insist on inclusion for all," Vodafone New Zealand said in a statement, according to Channel News Asia.
"(It) appears to be driven by a small and vociferous minority in the community, and is contrary to the wishes of the vast majority of the rainbow community," added the Rainbow New Zealand Charitable Trust in their withdrawal statement.
Congratulations Corporal Thomas Grant, 2nd Engineer Regiment, RNZE – the NZ Army Soldier of the Year for 2018. He exemplifies the values of our Army. #NZArmy #FacesofYourForce pic.twitter.com/RJZPmagpHx
— New Zealand Army (@NZArmy) November 17, 2018
Eventually, the members of the New Zealand Defense Force withdrew from the march as well to support uniformed police officers.
Squadron Leader Stu Pearce said the New Zealand Defense Force did not feel "comfortable" participating.
"Like defense, police are on their own journey and are fully committed to inclusive diversity," Pearce said.
So far, the Auckland Pride Board has refused to back down on the issue. Instead, they have insisted that they are trying to create a safe space for LGBTQ people and those looking to celebrate gender and sexual identities.
h/t: News Hub, Channel News Asia
Tags #AucklandPride, #AucklandPrideParade, #GayCops, #GayPolice, #NewZealand
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Compagnie Artistique Hakilisi Sigi
Lacina Coulibaly was born in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. His professional dance career, deeply rooted in traditional dance, later merged with contemporary influences to create a uniquely choreographic expression. Lacina began his studies of contemporary conception with the choreographer Lassann Congo ( studied at the acclaimed Mudras-Afrique, Senegal). In 1995, Lacina created the Cie Kongo Bâ Teria with Souleymane Badolo and Ousseni Sako. Their creations, Frères sans stèles (1999), Vin Nem (2001) et Hydou Bye (2004) toured the world and won international awards, including the award of 3rd place at SANGA, les Rencontres Choréographiques for Vin Nem (2001) which toured more than 30 cities in Europe and throughout the US on the Movement (R)Evolution tour. The documentary film Movement (R)Evolution Africa (2007), available from Documentary Educational Resources (der.org). He has danced with other international dance companies, such as Salia ni Seydou, Faso Danse Theatre, and Urban Bush Woman. He has conducted major residencies in American universities, UF 2010/'12, Brown University 2015, performance projects at SLC 2016, and Barnard College 2018. He also set a piece for Memphis Ballet in collaboration with Emily Coates. In Dec 2019 he created a performance for the opening ceremony of the festival Dialogue de Corps and presented his work "Sen Koro la", an evocation of the sacrality of the Mask.
His unique blend of traditional and modern influences results in dynamic intellectual and artistic processes that intrigue and inspire young artists, and audiences. He also set Sigini an analytical approach that emerged from learning, practicing and studying Dance in African and particularly in the West. A pedagogical approach that establishes three principles to design, sculpture, write movement through dance. He is currently guest lecturer at Yale University and Sarah Lawrence College.


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Crimea approves secession vote as tensions rise
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SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine — The volatile confrontation over the future of Ukraine took another tense turn Thursday as Russian allies here in Crimea sought annexation by Moscow and the United States imposed its first sanctions on Russian officials involved in the military occupation of the strategic peninsula.
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KABUL, Afghanistan — The Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, on Thursday accused the United States of playing a "double game" by fighting a war against Afghan insurgents rather than their backers in Pakistan, and by refusing to supply his country with the weapons it needs to fight enemies across the border. He threatened to turn to China, India and Russia for those arms.
Obama sends apology as Afghan protests rage
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Sunni Sheik Who Backed U.S. In Iraq Killed in Bomb Attack
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