KATHMANDU, Dec 18: Despite lackluster activity in the early trading hour on Monday, stocks gained significant momentum toward the close. The benchmark Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index traded along the unchanged line of around 1,167 points till mid-session. However, a late afternoon surge saw the index post a decent gain of over 15 points to close the day at 1,182.78 points.
The secondary market stretched its winning run to fourth straight day as the overall sentiment saw a significant improvement after dropping to the 1,120-point level early in December. Following the upbeat movement of the index, the bourse posted an above average turnover of over Rs 42 million.
The broad rally on the day can be attributed to gains coming from all traded sectors except the Trading sub-group. Non-life Insurance stocks registered substantial move to the upside as reflected by a 4.2 percent surge in the segment's sub-index. Life Insurance stocks also turned in some of the best performances of the day with its sub-index posting a gain of 3.71 percent. Meanwhile, Microfinance sub-index jumped 3.71 percent. Besides, Manufacturing & Processing and Banking sub-indices also closed in the green with advances of 1.05 percent and 0.88 percent, respectively.
Among active stocks, Chhimek Laghubitta Bikas Bank Ltd posted the highest turnover of over Rs 48 million. Similarly, more than Rs 44 million worth of shares of Nepal Bank Ltd were traded on Monday. Furthermore, Global IME Bank Ltd Promoter Share and NMB Bank Ltd logged in total transactions of over Rs 35 million and Rs 30 million, respectively. NIC Asia Bank Ltd, Nepal Investment Bank Ltd and Nabil Bank Promoter Share were among other active stocks of the day.
Microfinance stocks continued to lead the list of advances. Share prices of Mirmire Laghubitta Bittiya Sanstha Ltd and Kalika Laghubitta Bittiya Sanstha rallied by almost 10 percent each. Similarly, share price of Purnima Bikas Bank Ltd surged by 9.80 percent. Arambha Microfinance Bittiya Sanstha Ltd also posted significant move to the upper side. The micro financial institution saw its share price jump by 9.21 percent. Surya Life Insurance Company Ltd, Mahuli Samudayik Laghubitta Bittiya Sanstha Ltd and Summit Micro Finance Development Bank Ltd followed suit, posting gains of around 8 percent each.
On the losing front, Kalika Power Company Ltd's stocks suffered the most as its share price slumped by 3.74 percent. Similarly, mutual fund units of Global IME Sammunat Scheme–1 shed 3.57 percent. Besides, Swadeshi Laghubitta Bittiya Sanstha Ltd, Rastriya Beema Company Ltd Promoter Share and Arun Kabeli Power Ltd followed suit and tumbled by over 3 percent each.
On the announcement front, NMB Bank Ltd and NB Bank Ltd are holding their respective Annual General Meetings (AGMs) on January 10. While NMB Bank Ltd has proposed 10 percent bonus shares and 20 percent cash dividend, the latter has declared a 10.53 percent cash payout to its shareholders.
ARKS technical analysis indicates the market forming a bullish candlestick for a fourth day in a row. Following the surge, the index has now breached its immediate resistance zone at around 1,170-point mark. Further, overall momentum seems to favor the bulls at present as reflected by a positive shift in technical indicators. The equity market's ability to hold ground above 1,170 points might see the index reach the psychological support level of 1,200 points.


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TimBob.com is the personal domain of Tim Johnson, that's really all there is here.
In 1998, TimBob.com was launched so I would always have a virtual playground.
This is the latest version, launched in December 2015.
For now, I only have one of my projects online, NearTrivia.
NearTrivia is a location-based trivia game with user-submitted questions.
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Motivation is the driving force behind life-enhancing change. It comes from knowing exactly what you want to do and having an insatiable, burning desire to do what's necessary to get it. It keeps your dream on track as it is the power of motivation that keeps you going when the going gets tough.
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Australia Withdraws Its Recognition of West Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel
This reverses the Morrison government's declaration of West Jerusalem as Israel's capital
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AUSTRALIA. Sydney: Australia said on Tuesday that it will no longer recognise West Jerusalem as Israel's capital, overturning a decision made by the administration of former Prime Minister Scott Morrison in 2018.
At a press conference, Foreign Minister Penny Wong confirmed it by saying the capital's official status should not be decided until the Palestinian people's side agreed to the terms of the peace talks.
Wong says that the Australian government has reaffirmed Australia's previous and long-standing position that Jerusalem is a final status issue that should be handled as part of any peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian people.
This reverses the Morrison government's declaration of West Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
The Australian Embassy in Tel Aviv will remain there, and Canberra is committed to a two-state solution "in which Israel and a future Palestinian state live in peace and security, inside internationally recognised borders," as stated by Wong.
"We will not support a strategy that thwarts this prospect," she continued.
One of the main issues preventing Israel and the Palestinians from reaching a peace agreement is the status of Jerusalem.
Israel views the entire city, including the eastern sector it annexed following the Middle East war in 1967, as its capital.
In contrast, Palestinian officials, who enjoy widespread support from the international community, want occupied East Jerusalem to serve as the capital of a future state they intend to establish in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip.
In 2018, a conservative Australian government under Scott Morrison followed former US president Donald Trump in designating West Jerusalem as the Israeli capital.
The action sparked a political reaction in Australia and strained relations with neighbouring Indonesia, the world's most populous country with a Muslim majority, temporarily derailing a free trade agreement.
"I know this has caused disagreement and distress in some of the Australian community, and today the government attempts to rectify that," Wong said.
Wong expressed sadness that Australia's position had changed as a result of Morrison's political manoeuvring.
She continued by saying that "the administration of Anthony Albanese would recommit Australia to global initiatives for enduring two-state solution."
The statement added that Australian officials are "equally unwavering advocates of the Palestinian people" and that Australia would "always be a steadfast friend of Israel."
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Q: "These are THE three different types of services". Is this correct? I was reading Google's Android documentation and came across with this sentence.
Link: https://developer.android.com/guide/components/services
There is written like this: "These are the three different types of services:" and it counts the services. To me that "the" article before "three" sounded awkward and I have never seen that usage before. Is it correct? If so, what made them put the article in that sentence?
What is the difference between "These are three different types of services:" with "These are the three different types of services:"?

A: Adding the definite article before a number indicates that the list is complete. In the example provided "These are three different types of services" indicates that only three are listed, but more are possible; "These are the three different types of services" indicates that the list contains all possible services, no other items are available.

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These are three different types of services.

Since there is no definite article, it is implied that there are more than three types of services, and the sentence happens to refer to these three. Similarly, someone could say, "Apples, oranges, and bananas are three different types of fruit that we sell." We can assume that there are more types of fruit that they sell, while the sentence happens to refer to these three particularly examples.

These are the three different types of service.

With the definite article the, we can assume that these three types of services are the only types of services, or at least the only types of services that are relevant. The definite article indicates that this group is the one complete set, rather than simply one possible group of three services out of many possible groups. Similarly, someone could say, "Apples, oranges, and bananas are the three different types of fruit that we sell." There may be many other types of fruit in the world, but we know that these people sell only apples, oranges, and bananas.

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Tag Archives: Nicholas Georgiadis
ABT: Romeo and Juliet
March 10, 2013 TFSAlexandre Hammoudi, American Ballet Theatre, Ballet, Bruce Horowitz, Cory Stearns, Craig Salstein, Daniil Simkin, Hee Seo, Herman Cornejo, Hong Kong Arts Festival, Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Marcelo Gomes, Nicholas Georgiadis, Paloma Herrera, Polina Semionova, Roberto Bolle, Romeo and Juliet, Sascha Radetsky, Sir Kenneth MacMillan, Stella Abrera, Susan Jones, Xiomara Reyes 4 Comments
Date: February 27 to March 3, 2013
February 27: Roberto Bolle and Hee Seo
February 28: Marcelo Gomes and Polina Semionova
March 1: Cory Stearns and Paloma Herrera
March 2 (matinee): Roberto Bolle and Polina Semionova
March 2: Herman Cornejo and Xiomara Reyes
March 3 (matinee): Alexandre Hammoudi and Hee Seo
Charles Barker (all dates except February 28), David LaMarche (February 28) (conductors)
ABT has presented Sir Kenneth MacMillan's Romeo and Juliet for what seems like an eternity. Despite its age, Nicholas Georgiadis's scenery and costumes remain pictorially perfect, like a fresh Canaletto townscape. While this realism leaves little for the imagination, this Romeo and Juliet aims to shock and awe through scenes after scenes of impressionable visual beauty.
On close up, the props and scenery show signs of age. Visually, the traveling set seems slightly smaller than the one used at the Met, especially in the upstage balcony areas. The stage width also seems slightly narrower than the one at the Met, making the ballroom scene feel a little squeezed, though ABT's dancers moved, kicked and spun about with no signs of spatial congestion. The costumes, some of which dated back to ABT's original premiere at the Kennedy Center some three decades ago, do not look its age, thanks in part to ABT's current program to replace some of these dated wear, but mostly due to the expertise and meticulous upbringing of the Bruce Horowitz-led wardrobe department.
This MacMillan/Georgiadis endeavor focuses as much on dance as it does on acting. Choreography here becomes not just an art of coordinating dance movements but also a craft of managing a monstrous flow of non-ballet dancing actors. In the Act I and II market scenes, characters weave in and out of the stage in a complex array of motion, with traffic always nearby but never in the way of others. In the fight scenes, real épées whisk about in quick fury, with a hovering danger of actually hurting someone. In one evening, Sascha Radetsky, as Tybalt, was bloodied in his Act II fight scene, and, on more than one occasion, the épée simply snapped on stage. In big dance routines, coordination with Prokofiev's orchestral moments remains paramount. When Prokofiev suggests death and the person is still lingering alive on stage, something becomes disconnected. The intricate tapestry of motion and action is the hallmark of this production. There may be occasional aberrations, but for much of the past thirty years this has been the same, day in and day out, thanks much to the in-house ballet masters and mistresses. ABT's seven performances in Hong Kong were mostly identical in style and tone, differing only in sentimentality as the two principals offered their own renditions within MacMillan's interpretative framework.
Five Romeos and four Juliets shared duties over seven performances. In the opening performance, Hee Seo was not even supposed to be there: she replaced Julie Kent, who was injured. Seo's pinch-hit was remarkable because she just a few nights ago danced the demanding lead role, twice, in The Leaves Are Fading. Seo's Juliet (Feb. 27; Mar. 3 mat) brimmed with a fountain of youth, whether making music for her friends during the mandolin dance or clowning around with her nurse. Her carefully placed emotions – from an Act I Juliet still reeling from the fresh taste of love to an Act III Juliet resolute in planning her faked death – demonstrated her maturity not just as a dancer but as a serious dramatic actor. A smooth dancer, Seo moved on stage like a marble rolling in melted butter.
What made Polina Semionova a special Juliet (Feb. 28; Mar. 2 mat) was that when she danced, she also presented a master class in the artistry of lines at rest and in motion. The arching of her body was a thing of wonder; her pointe work, always rapid but modest, looked like rain droplets kissing spring meadows. As a dramatic actor, Semionova had a clear sense of where her audience was. Without directly addressing downstage, her young Juliet would frequently start opening up towards her audience, only to recoil in shy humility, as if confessing bits, rather than the entirety, of her coyness.
Paloma Herrera and Xiomara Reyes were two reliable Juliets. Herrera's Juliet (Mar. 1 and 3) was dramatically eloquent, whether radiating a childish happiness in front of her nurse or emoting horror in front of Paris. Her eyes, full of expressiveness, suggested a Juliet with boundless imagination. Reyes was brisk in movement and measured at rest. Her Juliet (Mar. 2) was characterized with such frailty that made one want to shelter her right away.
Roberto Bolle danced two performances as Romeo (Feb. 27; Mar. 2 mat). Bolle was a strong dancer with sturdy landings; in Bolle's muscular arms, Seo and Semionova were airy and weightless. Bolle's Romeo retained an air of gentle innocence even as the weight of Montague nobility consumed him. When Rosaline declined his advances, he responded with a dovish smile, as though nothing so trivial could possibly unnerve him. The Bolle-Semionova pair stood out because they proved to be proficient and naturally at ease with their routines, and when their bodies contacted, they found mutual reliance. Their final pas de deux was properly desperate and committed. The high level of artistry catalyzed the rest of the cast, which responded with a heightened focus and geared-up energy levels.
Gomes started his performance (Feb. 28) with heavy landings and awkward breaths, but recovered soon enough to deliver a serviceable balcony pas de deux. He seemed more at ease from then on, though neither dazzling nor suffocating. Cory Stearns's boyish good looks undid him: he appeared too readily flummoxed by Rosaline's rejection, and looked more confused than vengeful in his fight with Tybalt at the end of Act II. At times, Stearns (Mar. 1 and 3) looked like he was more infatuated than in love with Juliet. Dramatics aside, Stearns was a reliable performer, with brisk turns and mind-boggling elevation. His long arms also allowed him to lift Herrera with grace and clarity. Hammoudi (Mar. 3 mat) did not look at ease from the beginning, but calmed down enough to deliver a sultry performance with Seo in their balcony scene. In their respective pas de deux, Gomes' performance was athletic and buoyant; Stearns' was clinical and fluid; and Hammoudi's was beautifully asphyxiating.
Finally, there was Herman Cornejo (Mar. 2). His aerials were superb and effortless, and his steps were steady and clean. Most spectacularly, his pirouettes were always executed with stunning velocity and a crisp finish. The pairing of Cornejo and Reyes, like that of Bolle and Semionova, was a revelation. Delicate and expressive, they didn't merely dance the steps of Romeo and Juliet, but breathed the two Veronians as if their own. The pair seemed intoxicated by each other in both pas de deux, and when they looked at each other, their eye contact seemed tender and intuitive. Any spontaneous eruption of emotion was readily received and absorbed by the other partner, like two soul-mates in an intimate conversation. These two were also most attuned to Prokofiev's music, always in fine synchronization.
The rest of the cast was solid. Daniil Simkin nailed his Benvolio steps without breaking a sweat, but always looked like he didn't care too much for the role. Craig Salstein played a fiendishly fun-loving Mercutio who seemed destined to be betrayed by his wit and provocations. Susan Jones was vastly impressionable as Juliet's nurse: when Capulet rejected her plea to alleviate Juliet's circumstances in Act III, her display of dejection and helplessness was poignant and entirely believable. With Prokofiev's brass raging furiously, it was only appropriate that Stella Abrera, as Lady Capulet bemoaning Tybalt's death, went dramatically overboard in that short but consequential bit at the end of Act II.
The Hong Kong Sinfonietta had little feel for Prokofiev's score. As the ancient grudge on that fair day in Verona broke into mayhem and Prokofiev's music was supposed to soar with an apocalyptic urgency, the Sinfonietta barely nudged an impact. Mistakes littered throughout the seven performances, sometimes repeatedly and often deadly, in crucial moments such as the soaring trumpets at Tybalt's death, the fast trumpet articulations at the beginning of Act II, and the horns at Capulet's tomb. The mandolin dance, lacking bite, was anemic and unpersuasive. It was understandable that some dancers, already having danced in this production for the umpteenth time, put themselves in cruise-control mode, but it was simply unconscionable that the pit could not raise their game, never mind inspire those on and off stage.
Hee Seo, in Romeo and Juliet. Photo copyright: the American Ballet Theatre.
Romeo and Juliet. Photo copyright: the American Ballet Theatre.


I love the very logical breakdown and analysis of the zombies brain in this clip. A very good interpretation of what could be making the Romero zombie tick.
Course doesn't work for other types of zombies, but pretty cool never-the-less.
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Cats vs Dogs on the Archived Web
By Helena Byrne, Curator of Web Archives at the British Library
Cats and dogs, two of the most popular pets in the world, have international days of celebration in August. The 8th August is International Cat Day and the 26th August is International Dog Day.
How popular are cats and dogs on the archived web?
Screenshot of the search results on Shine for Cat and Dog
One way to answer this question is to use the Shine Trends feature. Shine was developed as part of the Big UK Data Arts and Humanities project funded by the AHRC. The data was acquired by JISC from the Internet Archive and includes all .uk websites in the Internet Archive web collection crawled between 1996 and April 2013. The collection comprises over 3.5 billion items (URLs, images and other documents) and has been full-text indexed by the UK Web Archive. Every word of every website in the collection can be searched for and analysed.
Taking the Shine graph at face value, overall it would seem that cats are more popular on the archived .uk domain than dogs.
The graph shows the percentage of resources archived for each year. In some cases the largest peak on the graph doesn't necessarily mean the most mentions for your search; this could be attributed to a larger amount of data archived for that particular year. However, when it comes to 'Cats vs Dogs', the largest peak for 'Cat' is the most popular year while the most popular year for 'Dog' is slightly below the peak in the graph. In 2005, there were almost 14.2 million mentions of 'cat' out of 331 million resources archived. While in 2012, there were almost 13 million mentions of 'Dog' out of 464 million resources archived that year.
It is not possible to view every archived resource attributed to the generated stats, but you can click on markers along the plotted graph and you will be supplied with a random sample of matching records for that year. The sample displays a sentence where the term appears, as well as a link out to the Internet Archive so that you can review the archived website.
When we review the random sample for 'Cat' generated for 2005, we can see that very few of the references are to our furry friends; instead, the word "Cat" mostly refers to an abbreviation for catalogue (for shopping online). This reflects a lot of the changes in how the web is used and online shopping became more popular during this period. By looking through some of the other samples we can see the use of the term 'CAT' as an acronym for various different systems.
On the other hand, when we look at the sample results for 'Dog' in 2012, most of the results are about the animal or related products such as dog food and dog accessories.
Possible big data project
After reviewing the use of the term 'Cat' and 'Dog' can we really say that the animal-related variation is the most popular on the archived .uk domain?
A possible way to truly determine which family pet is the most popular would be through an in depth analysis of the .UK domain. Something similar to the project, 'Mining the UK Web Archive for Semantic Change Detection' run by the Alan Turing Institute, would provide more insight into which animal is more popular in this dataset.
This project identified words whose meaning has changed over time on the archived web. For example, when the word 'tweet' stopped being commonly referred to as the sound a bird makes and used more often to describe the message being sent through the social media platform Twitter.
Pierpaolo Basile, a visiting researcher at the Alan Turing Institute, used the same data that is behind Shine in his research project 'Detecting semantic shift in large corpora by exploiting temporal random indexing'. You can watch a recording of a presentation about this research on the Alan Turing Institute YouTube channel.
What cats and dogs websites are in the UK Web Archive?
The general UK Web Archive and a number of curated collections on the Topics and Themes page of the website feature many animal-related websites, and a lot of these focus on cats and dogs. Although archiving social media is very challenging, we do have a wide selection of Twitter accounts in the archive. These include many cat persona profiles; from libraries to political cats. Some of the political cats included in the archive are Larry the Cat from 10 Downing Street and Palmerston from the Foreign Office. We haven't come across any similar UK dog persona profiles so if you know of any please nominate them to be included in the UK Web Archive. However, there are other Twitter profiles that collect images of dogs such as Non-League Dogs. This profile is included in both the soccer section of our Sport: Football collection as well as our Online Enthusiast Communities in the UK collection.
Animal welfare websites are also well represented in our UK General Election series of collections dating from 2005 to 2019, as many publish political manifestos during the election period.
As mentioned in the International Owl Awareness Day blog post, the Online Enthusiast Communities in the UK curated collection has an Animal Related Hobbies subsection. Here you can find a number of cat and dog-related sites but we know there are many more out there. Why not nominate your favourite websites and forums?
How can you access these archived websites?
Under the Non-Print Legal Deposit Regulations 2013, we can archive UK websites but we are only able to make them available to people outside the Legal Deposit Libraries Reading Rooms, if the website owner has given permission. The UK Legal Deposit Libraries are the British Library, National Library of Scotland, National Library of Wales, Bodleian Libraries, Cambridge University Library and Trinity College Dublin Library. Some of the sites in the collection have already had permission granted, such as the Battersea Dogs & Cats Home, Cats Protection and Library Cat. Some examples of websites that are onsite-only access include Dogs Trust, Dog Forum and Purrs In Our Hearts Forum.
As the content of the UK Web Archive has mixed access, the message 'Viewable only on Library premises' will appear under the title if you need to visit a Legal Deposit Library to view the content. If there is no message underneath then the archived version of the website should be available on your personal device.
Get involved with preserving cats and dogs online with the UK Web Archive
The UK Web Archive aims to archive, preserve and give access to the UK web space. We endeavour to include important aspects of British culture and events that shape society. Animals and especially pets in the UK are an important aspect of our collective national culture and are represented in several collections across the UK Legal Deposit Libraries, including the UK Web Archive.
We can't however, curate the whole of the UK Web on our own, we need your help to ensure that information, discussion and creative output on this subject are preserved for future generations. Anyone can suggest UK websites to be included in the UK Web Archive by filling in our nominations form: https://www.webarchive.org.uk/en/ukwa/nominate
Browse through what we have so far and please nominate more content!
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5 Companies Hit 52-Week Highs
According to GuruFocus, these stocks have reached their 52-week highs.
Eaton Corp. PLC (NYSE:ETN) reached the 52-week high of $91.79
Eaton provides power management solutions to diversified industrial customers, including electrical transmission systems, lighting, hydraulics, aerospace fuel systems and truck and auto powertrain systems. Products include uninterruptible power supply systems, hydraulic pumps, cylinders, clutches and circuit breakers. The company sells to both original equipment manufacturers and aftermarket customers.
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The price of Eaton shares reached $91.79, which is 1.3% off the 52-week high of $92.96. The company has a market cap of $37.95 billion; its shares were traded around $91.79 with a price-earnings ratio of 16.30 and a price-sales ratio of 1.80. The trailing 12-month dividend yield is 3.09%. The forward dividend yield is 3.09%. Eaton had an annual average earnings growth of 6.90% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Eaton's business predictability 2.5 out of five stars.
The power management company recently announced that earnings per share were $1.44 for the third quarter. Adjusted earnings per share, which exclude charges of 8 cents per share for the acquisition and divestiture transaction and integration costs, were $1.52. This represents an increase of 6% over the third quarter of 2018. Sales were $5.3 billion, down 2% from the prior-year quarter. Organic sales declined 1% and negative currency translation was 1.5%.
Craig Arnold sold 80,592 shares of Eaton on Nov. 12 for an average price of $91.83 per share. The stock has declined 0.04% since then.
Arconic Inc. (NYSE:ARNC) reached the 52-week high of $30.86
Arconic manufactures value-added aluminum and specialty metals products for a wide variety of industrial end markets, including aerospace and defense, building and construction and automotive. In recent years, the company has embraced a growth-by-acquisition strategy, having completed nearly $5 billion of acquisitions since late 2014. Many of Arconic's key product lines will enjoy secular growth due to the need for lightweight and high-performance materials that hold up in harsh operating conditions.
The price of Arconic shares reached $30.86, which is 0.1% off the 52-week high of $30.90. Arconic has a market cap of $13.36 billion; its shares were traded around $30.86 with a price-earnings ratio of 40.08 and a price-sales ratio of 1.02. The trailing 12-month dividend yield is 0.39%. The forward dividend yield is 0.26%.
Arconic recently reported third-quarter results, for which the company reported revenue of $3.6 billion, up 1% year over year. Arconic reported net income of $95 million, or 21 cents per share, versus net income of $161 million, or 32 per share, in the year-ago quarter. Operating income was $326 million, down from $345 million last year.
Director James F. Albaugh bought 5,000 shares of Arconic on Nov. 12 for an average price of $29.50 per share. The share price has increased by 4.61% since then.
Everest Re Group Ltd. (NYSE:RE) reached the 52-week high of $267.17
Everest Re is an insurance and reinsurance company with a distribution network. The company's segments include the U.S. Reinsurance segment, which writes property and casualty reinsurance and special lines of business, the International segment, which focuses on several international reinsurance markets, the Bermuda segment, which writes property and casualty reinsurance through Bermuda Re, the U.K. branch and Ireland Re, and the Insurance segment, which writes insurance including medical stop-loss insurance. The Mt. Logan Re segment provides insurance products against catastrophe risks.
The price of Everest Re. shares reached $267.17, which is 1.1% off the 52-week high of $270.09. The company has a market cap of $10.9 billion; its shares were traded around $267.17 with a price-earnings ratio of 26.74 and a price-sales ratio of 1.38. The trailing 12-month dividend yield is 2.10%. The forward dividend yield is 2.10%.
Everest Re recently reported third-quarter net income of $104.4 million, or $2.56 per diluted common share, compared to net income of $198.4 million, or $4.84 per diluted common share, in the prior-year quarter. After-tax operating income was $138.4 million, or $3.39 per diluted common share, compared to after-tax operating income of $167.5 million, or $4.09 per diluted common share, in the same period last year.
Teradyne Inc. (NASDAQ:TER) reached the 52-week high of $66.77
Teradyne designs, develops and manufactures automatic test systems for use in semiconductors, wireless products, data storage and electronic systems in the wireless, automotive, industrial, communications, aerospace and defense industries. The company operates in four business segments organized by end market: semiconductor test, system test, wireless test and industrial automation. Teradyne tests help improve and control product quality, measure performance and increase yields. The company generates revenue primarily in Taiwan, China, the United States, Japan and South Korea, but has a presence in countries across the world.
The price of Teradyne shares reached $66.77, which is 0.6% off the 52-week high of $67.20. Teradyne has a market cap of $11.19 billion; its shares were traded around $66.77 with a price-earnings ratio of 24.64 and a price-sales ratio of 5.55. The trailing 12-month dividend yield is 0.54%. The forward dividend yield is 0.54%. The company had an annual average earnings growth of 14.80% over the past five years.
Teradyne recently reported revenue of $582 million for the third quarter, of which $398 million was from Semiconductor Test, $73 million from System Test, $69 million from Industrial Automation and $42 million from Wireless Test. GAAP net income was $135.9 million, or 75 cents per diluted share. On a non-GAAP basis, Teradyne's net income in the third quarter was $133.4 million, or 77 cents per diluted share.
Walter G. Vahey, president of Systems Test Group, sold 25,012 shares of Teradyne on Oct. 25 for an average price of $63.62 per share. Since then, the share price has risen 4.95%.
ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc. (NYSE:ZTO) reached the 52-week high of $22.37
ZTO Express is a delivery company in China. It provides express delivery service through its nationwide network as well as other value-added logistics services.
The price of ZTO Express shares reached $22.37, which is 1.4% off the 52-week high of $22.69. The company has a market cap of $17.5 billion; its shares were traded around $22.37 with a price-earnings ratio of 27.62 and a price-sales ratio of 6.15.
ZTO Express recently announced its unaudited financial results for the second quarter ended June 30. Revenue was 5.42 billion yuan ($790 billion), an increase of 29.2% from 4.19 billion yuan in the same period of 2018. Net income was 1.36 billion yuan, an 8.5% decrease from 1.49 billion yuan in the prior-year quarter. Adjusted net income was 1.37 billion yuan, up 25.6% from 1.09 billion a year ago.
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Discussion in 'Incubating & Hatching Eggs' started by Raptorchick, Apr 16, 2019.
Hello So, I have this one egg due to hatch tomorrow. I've had pretty poor luck with my last few hatching attempts. My last two hatches, they pipped and hatched about two days early, with weird deformities (curl toe, small amount of unabsorbed yolk), bad hatch rates. I found out today that the three thermometers I was using were off by a few degrees, so I've been running an incubator somewhere around 102-103F.
This egg is due to hatch tomorrow (day 21), but the last two hatches, same temps, pipped early. I just candled it, and the beak is clearly visible opening and closing, in the clear part at the opposite end of the egg. Near the air sac is all filled in, black, but the pointy end is very see through, and I can see her beak. Is this normal? I've never candled the day before they were due to hatch. I was wondering if this chick still has more development left, and will it eventually turn towards the air sac?
That close to hatch the chicks head should be testing the aircell to where you can see the beak prodding it in prepation to break into it pre hatch. You should not see anything near the pointy end, Good luck hope it turns out ok :/ maybe it's delayed due to off temps and will hatch fine!
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It sounds like it will pip at the pointy end. Not normal but not impossible.
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Normally they'll develop and have their heads at the wide end. A chick turns in a circle in the egg to get into position to hatch and turns to zip the egg open. Just like human babies, sometimes they're breach...backwards.
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The fat end of the egg has no air cell?
The dummy didn't get into the right position and there is not much you can do now to change that.
If you can see the beak that probably means it has already internally pipped.
You could get something thin to try to prop that side of the egg up ever so slightly to help prevent drowning but there shouldn't really be too much liquid in there to drown this late.
Can you get a candling picture of what you see in a dark closet?
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A picture would definitely help, as I'm confused on where you see the beak.
The air cell should be in the fat end, the opposite pointy end should be all dark. Too much clear fluid in the pointy end usually means too high humidity throughout incubation, or the blood vessel network just didn't envelope that area well enough. These chicks can usually hatch, but they are usually very sticky/gooey, and they goo can harden like glue! So paying attention to the beak, nostrils, and eyes are of utmost importance, once it starts to hatch.
Has the air cell drawn down any?
These 2 pics were taken on consecutive days. The first one before drawdown, the second after drawdown, as the chick moved into hatching position. Internal pips usually happen a day or so after drawdown.
Notice how the air cell goes from regular shape to irregular shape.
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It has an air cell, but theres a very pointy shadow in the pointed end of the egg, and lots of fluid there. I saw the pointy shadow open and close, looked just like a beak.
The pics with arrows are pointing at the pointy shadow, and the pic without is the air cell/wide end.
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This last photo...it doesn't look too good.
Looks like a quitter unless it's just the photo quality.
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This late in incubation the embryo should fill the entire egg. It should appear black except for the air cell.


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iPhone 7 pre-sales are through the roof, according to T-Mobile and Sprint
by Hope King @lisahopeking September 13, 2016: 2:11 PM ET
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Demand for the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus appears to be on fire.
T-Mobile (TMUS) and Sprint (S) announced on Tuesday pre-orders for Apple's new phone are up nearly four times from the previous two models, the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6S.
Pre-sales, which began Friday, were the biggest in T-Mobile's history, breaking records for both single-day orders and pre-sales placed in the first four days.
"It's like four times bigger than the iPhone 6 for us at the pre-order stage," T-Mobile CEO John Legere said in a Periscope broadcast on Monday night.
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— John Legere (@JohnLegere) September 13, 2016
Meanwhile, Sprint highlighted in a press release that pre-orders of the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus are up more than 375% in the first three pre-sale days, compared to the same period last year.
Both carriers are offering promotions for customers to receive a new free device when you trade in a Samsung Galaxy 7, the iPhone 6, iPhone 6S or other eligible phones.
Related: Shipping delays plague iPhone 7 preorders
Apple has not yet responded to a request for comment. Last week, the company said it would not release its first weekend sales figures this year for the first time in its iPhone history.
"These initial sales will be governed by supply, not demand, and we have decided that it is no longer a representative metric for our investors and customers," Apple said in a statement.
Overwhelming demand for the two new black colors -- matte black and jet black -- already prompted Apple to push back delivery dates of the model to as late as November.
"We're gonna be moving things out as fast as we can," Legere said in his Periscope live stream.
He added that the matte black color has been the most pre-ordered color.
Related: Hands on with the new Apple devices
The new iPhone 7 and larger iPhone 7 Plus were unveiled last week, alongside a new waterproof Apple Watch, at a press event in San Francisco.
Apple gave each iPhone model a boost in memory -- it retired its 16GB offering; models now start with 32 GB -- a much needed upgrade. The iPhone 7 is now waterproof up to one meter of water. Both phones have also ditched the headphone jack.
The new iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus will be available in stores on Friday, September 16, starting at $649.
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UN reports details ways cities can adapt to floods, storms
A newly-released UN report has detailed practical ways of adapting to climate change impacts such as increased flooding or intensifying storms in human settlements, from mega cities to villages. Importantly, the report provides hands-on tools that national and subnational governments can use to build climate resilience in collaboration with communities, civil society organisations, research centres and the private sector. Released ...
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The UN climate change negotiations holding from April 30 to May 10, 2018 in Bonn, Germany come at a critical time as countries work to finalise the rules and processes to operationalise the Paris Agreement, even as the impacts of climate change continue to intensify. The Least Developed Countries (LDC) group believes that delegates need to leave Bonn with a strong ...
Bonn talks: Civil society sets out expectations for climate discussions
The current climate talks in Bonn, Germany must pave the way for key outcomes at the COP24 at the end of the year, civil society operatives have said. This, according to them, includes significant progress on the implementation guidelines for the Paris Agreement, the Talanoa Dialogue, and on finance for climate action. They underlined the need for countries to step ...
Global youth gather to spur action on climate change
Youth climate change delegates from around the world have been gathering in Bonn to share ideas, coordinate their efforts and urge negotiators meeting in Bonn, Germany over the next two weeks to take strong climate action in order to safeguard their future. At a the first ever ACE (Action for Climate Empowerment) Youth Forum at the week-end, just before the start of ...
Don develops cattle feed that boosts milk yield
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the animated sequel pulling in $21.7 million on Friday night putting it on target to beat estimates and nab an $84 million five-day holiday weekend haul.
That would make it the second biggest Thanksgiving weekend opening ever, behind only "Frozen" at $93.6 million. The "Creed" follow-up is also headed for glory, taking in $14 million on Friday and headed toward a $56.5 million Thanksgiving box-office take.
With those shining stars however, there's those left behind – that includes the Taron Egerton-led "Robin Hood" which pulled in $3.4 million on Friday, not even making the Top 5, and is expected to end up below $14 million for its opening weekend – not good for a film with a $100 million budget.
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Reetu Gupta Named to Canada's Top 40 Under 40
TORONTO — Reetu Gupta, COO, The Easton's Group and The Gupta Group, has been recognized by Canada's Top 40 Under 40.
"This Award makes us all very proud," says Steve Gupta, president and CEO, Easton's Group and The Gupta Group. "Ours is a family-run business and when one of us succeeds, we all succeed."
During her career, which spans more than a decade, Reetu Gupta has co-led her family's company, is a on the Ted Rogers School of Management & Hospitality Board, is co-chair of the City of Toronto sesquicentennial Celebration of Canada Advisory Committee and a board member for Hotelier's Women in Tourism & Hospitality Conference.
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We are very happy for Reetu Gupta, who is also a member of the Ted Rogers School of Hospitality and Tourism Management advisory council at Ryerson University!
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BTS's Suga Speaks Out About Depression And Mental Health
He stresses these issues should be normalized.
In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, BTS's Suga discussed his lyrics addressing depression and other mental health struggles, explaining why it's important for him to speak about these issues in his music.
He revealed that like anyone, his mental health isn't perfect. Having dealt with depression, he admits it comes back from time to time.
I'm comfortable now and feeling good, but those sorts of negative emotions come and go. So it's almost like cold weather. It may come back in a cycle over a year, year and a half.
— Suga
Something that helps to encourage him is fans' positive feedback about lyrics pertaining to his personal mental health struggles.
But when I hear people say that when they listen to my music, and feel comfort and are consoled by those lyrics that express these emotions, that makes me feel very good. It's very encouraging.
Suga stressed the importance of normalizing the topic of mental health in society. He believes "these emotions are not something that need to be hidden. They need to be discussed and expressed."
He always puts his genuine emotions into his music, whether they are good or bad, allowing fans to connect with the issues they may be experiencing themselves.
Whatever emotions that I may be feeling, I'm always ready to express them now, as I was before.
Suga covered more serious topics in his interview with Rolling Stone, including the struggle of his parents disapproving of his career choice. Check out the full story below.
BTS's Suga Opens Up About His Parents Disapproving His Dream And Tearing Up His Lyrics


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He is said to have been the son of Conis and Darerca, the sister of St. Patrick, whom he accompanied to Ireland and helped to evangelize in that country. According to the Life of St. Brigid, he is said to have had no fixed See, which might fit in his being a missionary. St. Patrick himself built the church at Ardagh and to this he appointed his nephew, Mel. Acting upon the apostolic precept, he supported himself by working with his hands, and what he gained beyond bare necessities, he gave to the poor. For sometime, he lived with his aunt Lupait, but slanderous tongues spread serious accusations against them, and St. Patrick himself came to investigate their conduct. Mel was plowing when he arrived, but he cleared himself of the charge by miraculously picking up a live fish from the ground as if from a net. Lupait established her innocence by carrying glowing coals without burning herself or her clothing. St. Patrick was satisfied, but he told his nephew in future, to do his fishing in the water and his plowing on the land, and he moreover, enjoined them to avoid scandal by separating, living and praying far apart. St. Mel's feast day is February 6.


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Cycloneda munda Spotless Ladybug
Coccinellidae, the family of beetles known as ladybirds in the UK, ladybugs in North America or lady beetles by entomologists consist of about 5,000 species worldwide and more than 450 native to North America.
Ladybugs feed on aphids and scale insects and lay their eggs near their prey so the larvae can more easily find their prey.
The insect's name has a long history, the Virgin Mary supplanting Freyja, the Norse fertility goddess, so that Freyjuhaena and Frouehenge have evolved to Marienvoglein or, Our Lady's Bird. In various parts of Europe they are known as Our Lady's Cow, God's Cow, (Russia) Mary's Hen, (Denmark) or God's Little Cow in Ireland and are generally thought lucky. They're certainly better at eliminating plant pests than the cat.
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Welcome Home, Discovery
Space Shuttle Discovery lands at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Credit: NASA
There is nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right notes at the right time and the instrument plays itself. - Bach
Space Shuttle Discovery touched down this morning at Edwards Air Force Base in California to successfully conclude NASA's Return to Flight Mission. STS-114 was the first Shuttle mission to fly since the loss of Space Shuttle Columbia and the STS-107 crew on Feb. 1, 2003.
Discovery spent two weeks in space, where the crew demonstrated new methods to inspect and repair the Shuttle in orbit. The crew also delivered supplies, outfitted and performed maintenance on the International Space Station. A number of these tasks were conducted during three spacewalks.
In an unprecedented event, spacewalkers were called upon to remove protruding gap fillers from the heat shield on Discovery's underbelly. In other spacewalk activities, astronauts installed an external platform onto the Station's Quest Airlock and replaced one of the orbital outpost's Control Moment Gyroscopes.
Inside the Station, the STS-114 crew conducted joint operations with the Expedition 11 crew. They unloaded fresh supplies from the Shuttle and the Raffaello Multi-Purpose Logistics Module. Before Discovery undocked, the crews filled Raffeallo with unneeded items and returned to Shuttle payload bay.
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Return To Flight STS-114, Day 2
STS-114 Commander Eileen Collins waves while she and Mission Specialist Steve Robinson work on Discovery's flight deck hours after launch. Image credit: NASA TV
The crew of Space Shuttle Discovery was awakened this morning at 12:39 a.m EDT to start its first full day in space. As the orbiter spends the day chasing the International Space Station, the crew will use Discovery's robot arm to inspect the vehicle's exterior.
Unprecedented imagery captured during Tuesday's ascent to orbit enabled engineers to see two so-called "debris events." A camera mounted on the external tank caught what appeared to be a small fragment of tile coming from Discovery's underside on or near the nose gear doors.
A later image about the time of Solid Rocket Booster separation showed an unidentified piece departing from the tank and exiting away, apparently not striking the orbiter. The crew was notified of these observations and told that imaging experts would be analyzing the pictures.
Mission managers will review the information gathered yesterday and today to help determine the health of Discovery's thermal protection system over the next four days before it is cleared for landing later in the flight.
nspections of Discovery's heat shield that began this morning were completed early afternoon. Crewmembers used cameras and a special boom on the robot arm to inspect Discovery's wings, nose cap, and crew cabin. Also, crewmembers used handheld cameras to inspect tiles on the Orbital Maneuvering System pods.
Discovery is slated to dock with the ISS at 7:18 a.m. EDT Thursday.
Update As of 15:00 (PDT) NASA has announced that the Space Shuttle fleet is grounded until further engineering reviews of debris strikes and damage are assessed. At this time there are no announced alterations in the current mission. Space Shuttle Atlantis is currently on Pad 39A preparing for a September launch or a possible crew rescue mission for the Discovery crew if necessary. If an Atlantis launch is not feasible, returning the Disvovery crew would fall to Soyuz.
More to follow tomorrow.
Return to Flight
Talk about stereo separation; I can hear a Mockingbird outside my window in NorCal, and another one over the mike on the live broadcast from NASA TV
Discovery crew is currently (04:03 PDT - 07:03 EDT) in the Airstream on the way to the pad.
Countdown is - 02:37:00
Just prior to entering the elevator, the Discovery crew stops to rubberneck and take pictures of one another. "What I did on summer vacation - my friend at the launch pad."
Sensor re-check completed and optimal.
T - 02:24 Led by Commander Eileen Collins, the astronauts are entering the Orbiter.
T - 02:00 3 hours to launch. Even the weather appears to sense it. Clouds and winds are receding from the 20 mile weather perimeter.
2 hours, 30 minutes to launch. All seven crew members are in the orbiter and secured.
The Morning Commute
As final strap-in and comm checks are completed before closing the Orbiter, Mission Specialist Charlie Camarda uses his assist strap to take a little weight off. The crew may spend as much as three hours lying on their backs in their pressure suits - only one reason for a rapid de-suiting after main engine shutdown.
Amother purpose is for one of the mid-deck Mission Specialists to photograph the External Tank upon separation.
At 01:55:00, The Orbiter cabin is being sealed and the Launch director has said that the original launch time, 10:39 EDT is selected and is the center of the 9 minute launch window.
And Liftoff, of Space Shuttle Discovery
Exactly on time, 10:39 EDT July, 26, 2005
Return To Flight T- 08:00:00
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The Rotating Service Structure (RSS) was rolled away from Discovery at 3:38 p.m. on Monday. The giant enveloping appendage is used to install payloads into an orbiter's cargo bay and provide protection from inclement weather. With the RSS now out of the way, propellant loading is set to begin after midnight Tuesday morning with the pumping of more than 500,000 gallons of liquid oxygen and hydrogen into the vehicle's orange External Tank.
Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery on NASA's Return to Flight mission is still on track for Tuesday at 10:39 a.m., NASA Test Director Pete Nickolenko announced during a morning briefing at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
According to International Space Station Mission Manager Scott Higginbotham, the hardware in Discovery's payload bay is ready for mission STS-114.
"We are still concerned that right around the launch time, the sea breeze will be developing, and some off-shore activity could bring in some anvil clouds and some showers or cumulous clouds in the area of the launch pad or the [Shuttle Landing Facility]," said Shuttle Weather Officer Kathy Winters. The chance of Kennedy weather cooperating for the launch remains at 60 percent.
Wayne Hale gave a show-and-tell presentation of a fuel sensor and described how they're used in the External Tank. "We have completed all of our ambient temperature checks. We have run every test we could think of and so far no repeat."
Hale went on to say "If the problem recurs and under very closely defined circumstances in sensor #2 or sensor #4 then we will do some more tests and if we are comfortable that we have a good understanding then we can go fly...We are ready to go launch Tuesday morning."
Senior NASA managers met Sunday at Kennedy Space Center for a launch readiness meeting. Discussions focused on recent problems related to a liquid hydrogen low-level fuel sensor inside the external fuel tank, which prompted postponement of the Shuttle's launch on July 13. Since then, engineers have been working around-the-clock on troubleshooting the sensor system issue.
During the countdown, managers will monitor for recurrence of the problem. If any new sensor-related issues occur, engineers would stop the countdown to reassess the situation.
During their 12-day mission to the International Space Station, Commander Eileen Collins and her six fellow astronauts will test new techniques and equipment designed to make Space Shuttles safer. They also will deliver supplies and make repairs to the Space Station.
Godspeed, Discovery
Countdown Begins
Launch countdown begins. Image: NASA/KSC
At noon today, countdown clocks at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida came to life at the T-43 hour mark and immediately began counting down toward a liftoff Tuesday at 10:39 a.m. EDT.
Space Shuttle Discovery is in great shape for the Return to Flight launch, NASA Test Director Pete Nickolenko announced during a briefing Saturday morning.
"We believe our flight systems and ground support systems are ready," Nickolenko explained. "We are looking forward to a successful launch and mission."
Due to concerns about the early development of showers and cumulus clouds, the chance of Kennedy weather prohibiting launch is 40 percent, according to Shuttle Weather Officer Kathy Winters. There are also concerns about crosswinds at all three Trans-Atlantic Landing sites, located in Spain and France.
Note: At 03:39 PST, Sunday, July 24, the actual time to launch is -2 Days 04:00:20. The apparent discrepancy is accounted for by built-in holds in the countdown.
If at First...
Bill Drier, NASA, performs a test on wiring in the aft engine compartment on Space Shuttle Discovery. Image credit: NASA/KSC
Launch Countdown to Begin Saturday, July 23
NASA officials have announced plans to the begin the countdown to a July 26 launch of Space Shuttle Discovery. The countdown will start Saturday and, if all goes well, will continue to liftoff at 10:39 a.m. EDT on Tuesday.
In the meantime, technicians will work with grounding wiring associated with the liquid hydrogen engine cutoff sensor system, as well as adjust the configuration of components within Discovery's point sensor box. During a briefing held after a mission managers meeting, NASA Space Shuttle Program Manager Bill Parsons said "We've all agreed that this work is doable, and that it all takes us to a launch on the 26th".
The engine cutoff sensors are mounted at the bottom of the External Tank and trigger the orbiter's engines to shutdown in the event liquid hydrogen levels run expectedly low. The system failed a routine pre-launch check during the countdown on July 13, causing NASA to postpone Discovery's first launch attempt.
The window to launch Discovery to the International Space Station extends through July 31.
Commander Eileen Collins and her six Discovery crew mates come out of quarantine Tuesday for one day off. They resume quarantine and training on Friday.
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(1941- ) US soldier, research analyst for NASA, and author who has also written as by Flash Richardson; he began to publish work of genre interest with "Analog" in Analog for August 1971. In his Hard SF Saturnalia sequence comprising Saturnalia (1986) and A Lion on Tharthee (1987), which is partially set in a Space Habitat, an odd-couple pair of protagonists becomes involved in First Contact adventures centring on Iapetus, a moon of Saturn (see Outer Planets). His style ...
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(1900-1986) UK-born physician, flight surgeon and author, naturalized as a US citizen in 1932; in his Lost Race novel, The Bowl of Night (1948), a flight surgeon crash-lands in the Mexican jungle, where he discovers a Mayan civilization accessible only through passages Underground; the Mayans, though totally out of touch with the outside world, have developed science and Technology to rival the industrial West. [JC]
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Q: How do I return the list of names using webscraping that I'm looking for? Very new to webscraping and trying to do a project for myself where I scrape the list of names from the MLB Top 100 Prospects site here: https://www.mlb.com/prospects/top100/
Currently my code looks like the following after I load in the HTML code (although I've used a variety of different techniques):
***from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
import requests

#### Parse the html content
soup = BeautifulSoup(html,  "lxml")
#### Find all name tags:
prospects = soup.find_all("div.prospect-heashot__name")

#### Iterate through all name tags

for prospect in prospects:

    #### Get text from each tag
    print(prospect.text)***

Final result should look something like:
Francisco Alvarez
Gunnar Henderson
Corbin Carroll
Grayson Rodriguez
Anthony Volpe
etc

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

A: This was fun problem :) The data is stored inside the page in Json form. You can parse it with json module and then search for relevant data in the nested dict (I used recursion for the task):
import re
import json
import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup

url = "https://www.mlb.com/prospects/top100/"
soup = BeautifulSoup(requests.get(url).content, "html.parser")

data = json.loads(soup.select_one("[data-init-state]")["data-init-state"])

pat1 = re.compile(r"Player:\d+$")
pat2 = re.compile(r"getProspectRankings.*\)\.\d+$")

def get_data(o, pat):
    if isinstance(o, dict):
        for k, v in o.items():
            if pat.search(k):
                yield k, v
            else:
                yield from get_data(v, pat)
    elif isinstance(o, list):
        for v in o:
            yield from get_data(v, pat)

players = {}
for k, v in get_data(data, pat1):
    players[k] = v["useName"], v["boxscoreName"]

rankings = []
for k, v in get_data(data, pat2):
    rankings.append((v["rank"], players[v["player"]["id"]]))

for rank, (name, surname) in sorted(rankings):
    print("{:>03}. {:<15} {:<15}".format(rank, name, surname))

Prints:
001. Francisco       Álvarez, F
002. Gunnar          Henderson
003. Corbin          Carroll
004. Grayson         Rodriguez, G
005. Anthony         Volpe
006. Jordan          Walker
007. Marcelo         Mayer
008. Diego           Cartaya
009. Eury            Pérez
010. Jackson         Chourio
011. Druw            Jones
012. Jordan          Lawlar
013. Jackson         Holliday
014. Elly            De La Cruz
015. Daniel          Espino
016. Marco           Luciano
017. Noelvi          Marte, N
018. Brett           Baty
019. Henry           Davis
020. Taj             Bradley
021. Kyle            Harrison
022. Robert          Hassell III
023. Zac             Veen
024. Andrew          Painter
025. Triston         Casas
026. Bobby           Miller
027. Ezequiel        Tovar
028. Elijah          Green
029. Termarr         Johnson
030. Pete            Crow-Armstrong
031. George          Valera
032. Brooks          Lee
033. Ricky           Tiedemann
034. James           Wood
035. Curtis          Mead
036. Josh            Jung
037. Kevin           Parada
038. Jackson         Jobe
039. Jasson          Domínguez
040. Colton          Cowser
041. Miguel          Vargas, M
042. Michael         Busch
043. Max             Meyer
044. Quinn           Priester
045. Jack            Leiter
046. Sal             Frelick
047. Tyler           Soderstrom
048. Brennen         Davis, B
049. Jacob           Berry
050. Oswald          Peraza
051. Masyn           Winn
052. Edwin           Arroyo
053. Gavin           Williams
054. Mick            Abel
055. Cade            Cavalli
056. Evan            Carter
057. Colson          Montgomery
058. Royce           Lewis
059. Owen            White
060. Cam             Collier
061. Adael           Amador
062. Liover          Peguero
063. Drew            Romo
064. Logan           O'Hoppe
065. Harry           Ford
066. Andy            Pages
067. Ken             Waldichuk
068. Hunter          Brown, H
069. Brayan          Rocchio
070. Orelvis         Martinez
071. Jace            Jung
072. Gavin           Cross
073. Matt            McLain
074. Ryan            Pepiot
075. Bo              Naylor, B
076. Jordan          Westburg
077. Gavin           Stone
078. Justin          Foscue
079. Gordon          Graceffo
080. Matthew         Liberatore
081. Carson          Williams
082. Austin          Wells
083. Jackson         Merrill
084. Joey            Wiemer
085. Alex            Ramirez
086. Kevin           Alcantara
087. DL              Hall, DL
088. Alec            Burleson
089. Brock           Porter
090. Brandon         Pfaadt
091. Tink            Hence
092. Emmanuel        Rodriguez, Em
093. Nick            Gonzales, N
094. Zack            Gelof
095. Oscar           Colas
096. Ceddanne        Rafaela
097. Endy            Rodriguez, E
098. Dylan           Lesko
099. Tanner          Bibee
100. Wilmer          Flores