Airbus has announced its new A330neo range of jet planes, featuring two fresh additions to the firm's Widebody family - the 800neo and the 900neo.
The new fliers will include 'fourth-generation In-Flight entertainment', an upgrade to the previous entertainment system that looks to add 3D high-definition movie viewing to the roster.
They're also adding 'full connectivity', meaning passengers will have access to WiFi internet and mobile networks aboard the spanking new jets.
Other passenger-comforting additions include ten additional 18-inch-wide seats, and 'mood lighting'."It's one of the most reliable and efficient commercial aircraft ever. Customers love it." says Tom Enders, CEO of Airbus Group.
Both jets come with the latest generation Rolls-Royce Trent 7000 engines, and run much more economically, with the A330neo reducing fuel consumption by a hefty 14% per seat. You won't find a more cost-efficient Widebody jet anywhere else, they say.
The new specs also mean pilots will benefit from a range increase of about 400 nautical miles, meaning they're likely to be picked up by plenty of airlines once they start shipping in Q4 2017.
The A330neo "provides an optimal solution for airlines around the world looking to minimise their fuel and operating costs while offering best-in-class comfort to their passengers, says Fabrice Brégier, Airbus President and CEO.


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On ASL Classes
April 29, 2014 by Steven in Miscellaneous
Libby Nelson, writing for Vox:
The fastest-growing foreign language class in the past 20 years isn't foreign at all. Nor is it spoken. It's American Sign Language.
More college students are now studying American Sign Language than Chinese and Russian combined. In 2009, ASL was the fourth-most popular language for college students to study, falling behind only Spanish, French, and German.
True story: When I was in high school, my guidance counselor waived the foreign language graduation requirement because of my fluency in American Sign Language. It's my first language, and deeply ingrained into who I am as a person.

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The sharing economy shouldn't become the taking economy
By Ellen Sandell
Melbourne MLA
A lot has been said about the new "sharing economy", where people can share or lease their assets that would potentially go unused, like cars, rooms or entire houses.
The skyrocketing popularity of sharing economy services like Uber and AirBnB shows that there is a demand for these services and that they are here to stay.
But we must not let the "sharing economy" become the "taking economy" or the "exploiting economy".
Many CBD and Docklands residents have shared their concerns with me about short-stay apartments taking over their communities, sometimes facilitated by AirBnB.
I am not opposed to the sharing economy. In our resource-constrained world, we need to better share our assets and it's great to find new, innovative ways of doing this. However, sometimes, platforms like AirBnB can be exploited and used to get around tax and regulations, and impact adversely on residents.
Many residents were sold apartments in the CBD, Southbank and Docklands with the vision that they would get to live in a lovely high-rise community with all the benefit that that provides, including their neighbours being close by and being close to the city.
Many of these residents were shocked when they moved into their apartments and discovered that up to 50 per cent of the apartments in their buildings, sometimes more, were being leased out for just two or three nights a week to different tenants each week.
This meant that their sense of community and the long-term neighbours they hoped to get to know did not eventuate. It meant things like long waits for the lifts as cleaners ferried linen up and down the building every day. It meant communal property like lifts had to be replaced much more than normal at the expense of the permanent residents and the owners' corporations, because they were not actually designed for the extra traffic associated with constant short-stay guests. It meant extra security concerns as a result of these extra short-stay guests who were unknown to the permanent residents.
It also impacts on housing affordability, as people buy apartments specifically to lease out to short-term guests full-time, meaning fewer properties are available to renters or owner-occupiers. This pushes up the price of housing for people who need to live in our city, like essential workers, and those on lower incomes.
This problem is not unique to Melbourne, but unfortunately Melbourne has not had a government willing to deal with the issue.
Other cities have grappled with this problem, and some have sought to introduce laws that balance the rights of residents to participate in the sharing economy while also addressing housing affordability and the challenges of short-stay accommodation.
For example, San Francisco and Seattle are considering laws that would put a cap on the number of days a resident can rent out their property to short-stay tenants over the course of a year, and restrict it to just genuine permanent residents. This would stop people buying apartments solely for the purpose of putting them on AirBnB full-time, but still allow people to put their apartments on AirBnB when they occasionally go on holidays.
Ideas like this could also be effective solutions to the challenges we face here in Victoria, but unfortunately the Labor Government has refused to look at them.
I've presented a motion on this issue to the Victorian Parliament which has remained on the Notice Paper for months, with Labor refusing to allow a debate on it. Their only solution has been the patchy Owners Corporations Amendment (Short Stay Accommodation) Bill 2016.
Labor's Bill puts the onus on residents to complain to their owners' corporation which in turn could take action at the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT). VCAT then would not be able to take meaningful action against owners or occupiers until there are at least three complaints in a two-year period. That's even assuming an owner's corporation does anything with a complaint in the first place.
The Labor Government has to take responsibility for legislating for short-stay accommodation because it is a state-wide problem, not one limited to one building or neighbourhood. Labor's Bill puts the burden of tackling issues that arise with short stays on residents. Its Bill doesn't prevent problems – it's a complaints mechanism at best.
The Greens sought to have this Bill deferred until proper consultation was done with the community on this issue, but both Labor and the Liberals voted against this idea.
We must do better. Our governments should find ways to deal with these issues, because fundamentally it's about creating the kind of city we want to live in – one where we foster community, just not private profit.
As The Greens' spokesperson for housing and consumer affairs, I'm very happy to hear your concerns about short-stay accommodation in the CBD, Docklands, or any other issue for that matter. Don't hesitate to get in touch on 9328 4637 or [email protected]
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Q: How to pass interface to struct on golang Here is a sample code, I want to call interface function throw a struct
package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "time"
)

type Person interface {
    sayHello()()
}

func sayHello()() {
    fmt.Printf("hello\n")
}

type Foo struct {
    num int
    person Person
}

var FooChan = make(chan *Foo, 200)

func say() () {
    for {
        select {
            case f := <-FooChan:
                f.person.sayHello() // runtime error here
                fmt.Printf("num %v\n", f.num)
        }
    }
}

func main()(){
    var foo Foo
    foo.num = 2
    FooChan <- &foo
    go say()
    time.Sleep(10*time.Second)
}

I want to call sayHello() throw interface, this Person interface may be defined in another file. I get panic: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference when I run it. How can I call sayHello()?

A: You need to create a struct that implements the interface Person.
type IImplementPersonMethod struct {}

func (IImplementPersonMethod) sayHello()() {
    fmt.Printf("hello\n")
}

Then inside the Foo, you pass this struct, so your code should be :
(i removed the ()() on main function, since main is func dont need it and it can result on a warning)
package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "time"
)

type Person interface {
    sayHello()()
}

type IImplementPersonMethod struct {}

func (IImplementPersonMethod) sayHello()() {
    fmt.Printf("hello\n")
}

type Foo struct {
    num int
    person Person
}

var FooChan = make(chan *Foo, 200)

func say() () {
    for {
        select {
            case f := <-FooChan:
                f.person.sayHello() // runtime error here
                fmt.Printf("num %v\n", f.num)
        }
    }
}

func main(){
    var foo Foo
    foo.num = 2
    foo.person=IImplementPersonMethod{}
    FooChan <- &foo
    go say()
    time.Sleep(10*time.Second)
}

A: From https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/interfaces-in-golang/:

Go language interfaces are different from other languages. In Go
language, the interface is a custom type that is used to specify a set
of one or more method signatures and the interface is abstract, so you
are not allowed to create an instance of the interface. But you are
allowed to create a variable of an interface type and this variable
can be assigned with a concrete type value that has the methods the
interface requires. Or in other words, the interface is a collection
of methods as well as it is a custom type.

So here if you want to make the channel generic for the types which implement the Person interface may be you want create different types like farmer, doctor and you just want to call this say method like
func say() {
    for {
        select {
        case f := <-FooChan:
            f.sayHello()
        }
    }
}

And you just pass the different person in the channel and will get the output of the person type's sayHello() method's output
An example is given below. May this will help to clear you concept with golang's interface:
package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "time"
)

type Person interface {
    sayHello()
}

func(f *Farmer) sayHello() {
    fmt.Printf("hello from farmer\n")
    fmt.Printf("num %d\n", f.num)
}

type Farmer struct {
    num int
    Person
}

type Doctor struct {
    num int
    Person
}

func(f *Doctor) sayHello() {
    fmt.Printf("hello from doctor\n")
    fmt.Printf("num %d\n", f.num)
}

var FooChan = make(chan Person, 200)

func say() {
    for {
        select {
        case f := <-FooChan:
            f.sayHello()
        }
    }
}

func main(){
    foo := &Farmer{
        num:    2,
    }

    FooChan <- foo
    go say()

    foo2 := &Doctor{
        num: 1,
    }
    FooChan <- foo2

    time.Sleep(10*time.Second)
}

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Nao Marks Her Return With New Single And Video "Woman" Featuring Lianne La Havas
NAO MARKS HER RETURN WITH NEW SINGLE AND VIDEO"WOMAN" FEATURING LIANNE LA HAVAS
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[New York, NY – August 24, 2020] Nao makes a triumphant return with her highly anticipated first single of 2020 "Woman" featuring Lianne La Havas, along with an accompanying video. Coming two years after her 2019 Mercury Prize and 2020 Grammy nominated album Saturn, which featured singles "Another Lifetime" and "Make It Out Alive" feat. SiR, the songstress returns with a sultry summer single. Listen to the song HERE. Watch the video HERE.
After a celebratory start to the year with the birth of her first child, "Woman" is a song that focuses on the theme of female empowerment, strength, and unapologetically loving yourself, the track states: "if God is a woman on Sunday ima worship us," and effortlessly follows with "take my mirror out the bag and fill it with confidence". Produced by Loxe (aka Rowan Perkins), who co-produced four tracks on Saturn, "Woman" was mixed by Manon Grandjean – the female engineer behind Dave's Mercury winning album Psychodrama and Stormzy's Heavy is the Head.
The contagious bassline of the track is heightened not only by the silky-smooth vocals of both Nao and La Havas, but also for the confidence it exudes, while infusing both songstresses vocally unique intonations. Set to be the female anthem of the summer, for the East London-raised Nao, this single marks a significant return to the spotlight and metamorphism for her as both an artist and woman.
"This is my anthem to empowerment. I want to send a message – to all women but especially to women of colour – that we can be in control, we can be leaders, we can have confidence in our minds and bodies. There' a lot of darkness in the world but also great things happening in response, many led by women and girls. For the first time in history there's a global movement for equality, fairness and systematic change that seems to be delivering real results, both personally and politically. Me and Lianne really wanted to sing about that, support it and celebrate it." – NAO
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Trilogy of Women Spies Part II - Josephine Baker
Josephine Baker is best-known for her celebrated song and dance career that spanned five decades. But she is also famous for being a spy for the French resistance during World War II. As the story goes, Nazi guards were so star-struck by Baker that they let her slip across the border without trouble — little knowing that she was smuggling secrets written in invisible ink on her sheet music. After the war, Baker was awarded the French Legion of Honor for her service.
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The book "National Security Mom: Why Going Soft Will Make America Strong" offers the basics of contemporary terrorism trends and national security policymaking from a parent's perspective. Written by Gina M. Bennett – a mom of five with 20 years experience in national security as a counterterrorism expert for the US Intelligence Community – this book demystifies the underworld of terrorism and offers a unique comparison of how the super-secret intelligence approach to securing our nation is surprisingly similar to how parents secure their homes and families.
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Tony Awards 2017 - Full List of Winners and Nominees
The 71st Annual Tony Awards went down Sunday night (June 11) on CBS, with Dear Evan Hansen emerging as the biggest winner of the night -- taking home six trophies, including best musical. Hello Dolly also won four awards, including best revival of a musical, while Oslo also won two, including best play. Kevin Kline accepts the award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play for "Present Laughter" onstage during the 2017 Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on June 11, 2017 in New York City.
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The 89th Academy Awards - The Winners
The 89th Academy Awards show was certainly one for the books. After it was all said and done, front-runner "La La Land" won 6 out of its 14 total nominations including best actress and best director. But the most shocking moment of the night went to "Moonlight," which won best picture, after "La La Land" was mistakenly announced. "This is not a joke," a producer from "La La Land" said while standing on stage, correcting the big error. Then, the cast and crew of "Moonlight" eventually took the stage and accepted the award. In addition to the best picture win, "Moonlight's" Mahershala Ali took home his first Oscar for best actor in a supporting role and the film's writers Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney won for best adapted screenplay. "Fences'" Viola Davis also took home her first Oscar for best supporting actress and got an enthusiastic standing ovation from the crowd.
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The 74th Golden Globe Awards
The City of Stars – provided the perfect frame for the night's big winner, Damien Chazelle's "La La Land" which, in a record-breaking sweep, went home with Globes in all the seven categories it had been nominated: best motion picture, musical-comedy; best director and screenplay, Damien Chazelle; best actress, musical-comedy, Emma Stone; best actor, musical-comedy, Ryan Gosling (who visibly blushed when his name was announced, to the delight of audiences near and far); best original song, "City of Stars", and best original score, Justin Hurwitz.
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Brittany DeJesus Faces off With Kailyn Lowry's BFF Bone: "You Hillbilly-Looking A– B—h"
Last night's episode of Teen Mom 2 was more drama-filled than usual, and being that Brittany DeJesus isn't usually one to bite her tongue, she found herself in the middle of it all. The 26-year-old has become quite the fixture on the show, providing witty one-liners, flawless comebacks, and emotional support for her family, and she went IN on Kailyn Lowry's friend, Bone, while filming the reunion special.
"Where are you? Come out!" Brit yelled, after Bone walked to Briana's room to ask why everyone was ganging up on Kail. "B—h, come out! You really wanna try my sister in front of my f–king nieces?! You think that's f–king cute?! Cuz I know Kail's a grown-ass woman, she can handle hers. So where the f–k are you? You hillbilly-looking a– b—h." Yikes.
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— #TeenMomOG (@TeenMom) May 22, 2018
Get to know more about Brittany below!
She's been romantically linked to Javi Marroquin.
Last year, she and her Teen Mom co-star were rumored to be dating after they appeared to be getting cozy on his Snapchat story. Turns out, though, he was more interested in Bri! The two briefly dated, which is why she has been with Kail.
She wasn't always close with Briana
She and Briana were pregnant at the same time. Mom 2, they appeared on VH1's Family Therapy together. In an interview last year, she said, "To be perfectly hon.est, I still don't have a solid relationship with her." She added, "It's not like we fight or anything like that, it's like she does her own thing and I do my own thing and that's what it is. We don't fight, no bickering at each other or anything like that. I just do my own and she does her own thing and that's how it has been forever."
Happy Mother's Day to my mom and younger sister 💕Mom I can see that raising me was tough…. I mean do you see the attitude in my face? But you did it so thank you! Briana… your children have attitudes just like me so good luck!
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She and Briana were pregnant at the same time
Both of their decisions were featured on an episode of 16 and Pregnant, but Brittany chose to have an abortion.
She has a huge social following.r biological father was not the man who raised her…
During arguably one of the most emotional moments on Family Therapy, Brittany found out that, not only was she not raised by her biological father, but that he had also passed away. This meant that she and Briana had different fathers.
Fans love her
Fans have even taken to Twitter to show their love for the reality star. One person tweeted, "Britt DeJesus is the type of chick you want in your corner! She will always have your back!" Another added, "Absolutely love seeing you on my TV screen again!" A third chimed in, "Need more people like Brittany DeJesus in my life!"
She has a huge social following
Britt boasts 236,000 followers on Instagram and has140,000 followers on Twitter!
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Q: Crashyltics CFR for a time range is lower than the lowest dip in that range Whenever the CFR goes down 98% we need to make a 30 days report and show it to elders at work. This is the first time I am doing this report.
I noticed the lowest dip was 97.93 and yet the CFR for last 30 days is 96.35. Please see the image.

I read that this (here) figure is aggregation over time and the formula used is

CRASH_FREE_USERS_PERCENTAGE = 1 - (CRASHED_USERS / ALL_USERS) x 100

Question in context: For the last 30 days range, If the lowest dip is 97.93%. Then how come CFR is 96.35% for that range.


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Calvert Balanced Fund (I)
The Fund seeks to achieve a competitive total return through an actively managed portfolio of stocks, bonds, and money market instruments, which offer income and capital growth opportunity.
CBAIX
Fund at NAV -3.17 4.67 -15.13 -15.13 4.02 6.37 7.65
Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance is for the stated time period only; due to market volatility, the Fund's current performance may be lower or higher than quoted. Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value (NAV) with all distributions reinvested. Returns for other classes of shares offered by the Fund are different. Performance less than or equal to one year is cumulative. Performance prior to December 31, 2016 reflects the performance of the Fund's former adviser, Calvert Investment Management, Inc. The share class has no sales charge.
Performance Inception 10/21/1982
Investment Objective Total return
Total Net Assets $1.0B
Expense Ratio1 0.66%
CUSIP 131618829
Microsoft Corp 3.76
Apple Inc 2.94
Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac 2.57
Alphabet Inc - CL C 1.88
PepsiCo Inc 1.68
Coca-Cola Co 1.63
AbbVie Inc 1.53
Visa Inc 1.51
Amazon.com Inc 1.49
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.35
Total 20.34
Allocation--50% to 70% Equity
10 Years 490
Vishal Khanduja, CFA Managed Fund since 2013
Brian S. Ellis, CFA Managed Fund since 2015
Charles Gaffney Managed Fund since 2016
Portfolio profile subject to change due to active management. Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding. Portfolio characteristics exclude 13 securities in Calvert's Special Equities program, which represent 0.235% of the Fund's portfolio and 1 security in Calvert's High Impact Investments program, which represented 0.218% of the Fund's portfolio, both as of 12/31/2022. The Special Equities program enables the Fund to promote approaches to responsible investment goals through privately placed investments. High Social Impact Investments are investments that, in Calvert's opinion, offer the opportunity for significant sustainability and social impact. These investments are generally illiquid and involve high risks. See the Fund's prospectus for details and calvert.com for a complete list of Fund holdings.
The value of investments held by the Fund may increase or decrease in response to economic, and financial events (whether real, expected or perceived) in the U.S. and global markets. The value of equity securities is sensitive to stock market volatility. As interest rates rise, the value of certain income investments is likely to decline. Investments in debt instruments may be affected by changes in the creditworthiness of the issuer and are subject to the risk of non-payment of principal and interest. The value of income securities also may decline because of real or perceived concerns about the issuer's ability to make principal and interest payments. Investments in foreign instruments or currencies can involve greater risk and volatility than U.S. investments because of adverse market, economic, political, regulatory, geopolitical, currency exchange rates or other conditions. Investing primarily in responsible investments carries the risk that, under certain market conditions, the Fund may underperform funds that do not utilize a responsible investment strategy. The Fund is exposed to liquidity risk when trading volume, lack of a market maker or trading partner, large position size, market conditions, or legal restrictions impair its ability to sell particular investments or to sell them at advantageous market prices. The impact of the coronavirus on global markets could last for an extended period and could adversely affect the Fund's performance. No fund is a complete investment program and you may lose money investing in a fund. The Fund may engage in other investment practices that may involve additional risks and you should review the Fund prospectus for a complete description.
Russell 1000® Index4 -5.81 7.24 -19.13 -19.13 7.34 9.13 12.37
Balanced Composite Benchmark5 -3.67 5.21 -16.41 -16.41 3.67 5.80 7.98
Fund at NAV 17.83 10.34 -2.43 8.16 11.94 -2.47 24.05 15.75 14.58 -15.13
Russell 1000® Index4 33.11 13.24 0.92 12.05 21.69 -4.78 31.43 20.96 26.45 -19.13
Balanced Composite Benchmark5 — — 0.44 8.37 14.13 -2.59 22.16 16.29 14.62 -16.41
Distribution Frequency Quarterly
Yield Information as of Dec 31, 2022
Distribution Rate at NAV 1.83%
SEC 30-day Yield6 2.30%
Distribution History7
Sep 28, 2022 $0.15300 $35.09
Jun 28, 2022 $0.13010 $36.05
Mar 29, 2022 $0.10460 $41.01
Capital Gain History7
Dec 30, 2021 $0.43490 $2.44430 $42.85
4. Russell 1000® Index is an unmanaged index of 1,000 U.S. large-cap stocks. Unless otherwise stated, index returns do not reflect the effect of any applicable sales charges, commissions, expenses, taxes or leverage, as applicable. It is not possible to invest directly in an index. Historical performance of the index illustrates market trends and does not represent the past or future performance of the fund.
5. The Balanced Composite Benchmark is an internally constructed benchmark which, as of 11/01/2015, is comprised of a blend of 60% Russell 1000 Index and 40% Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index. See the Fund's prospectus for additional information, including past benchmark composition. Rebalanced Monthly.
6. SEC 30-day yield is a standardized measure based on the estimated yield to maturity of a fund's investments over a 30-day period and is based on the maximum offer price at the date specified. The SEC 30-day yield is not based on the distributions made by the fund, which may differ. Distribution Rate at NAV is calculated by dividing the last distribution paid per share (annualized) by NAV. The Fund's monthly distribution may be comprised of ordinary income, net realized capital gains and returns of capital.
7. A portion of the Fund's returns may be comprised of return of capital or short term capital gains. The Fund will determine the tax characteristics of all Fund distributions after the end of the calendar year and will provide shareholders such information at that time. Please consult your tax advisor for further information.
Investment Grade Corporate Bonds 12.98
Asset Backed Securities 6.15
U.S. Treasuries 10.25
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations 2.05
Foreign Common Stocks 2.21
Mortgage Backed Securities 5.01
Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities 2.71
GICS Sector Breakdown (%)8 as of Dec 31, 2022
Sector Fund Russell 1000® Index4
Comm. Services 8.40 7.05
Consumer Discretionary 8.85 9.94
Consumer Staples 8.05 6.77
Energy 1.41 5.18
Financials 11.66 11.98
Health Care 16.13 15.48
Industrials 8.37 9.36
Information Technology 27.50 25.15
Materials 2.57 2.93
Real Estate 2.73 3.11
Utilities 4.33 3.04
Credit Quality (%)9 as of Dec 31, 2022
AAA 47.89
AA 6.41
A 10.60
BBB 17.25
BB 6.13
B 1.10
CCC or Lower 0.36
Not Rated 10.26
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Luxembourg 0.91
Switzerland 0.86
Bermuda 0.43
Italy 0.34
Fund Holdings3,10 as of Nov 30, 2022
Holding Coupon Rate Maturity Date % of Net Assets
Microsoft Corp 0.80% 4.02%
Apple Inc 0.00% 3.37%
Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac 4.00% 12/01/2052 2.61%
Alphabet Inc - CL C 0.00% 2.29%
PepsiCo Inc 2.06% 1.73%
Amazon.com Inc 0.00% 1.72%
Coca-Cola Co 1.88% 1.63%
Visa Inc 0.60% 1.58%
AbbVie Inc 0.00% 1.54%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.88% 02/28/2027 1.37%
8. Percent of equity holdings.
9. Ratings are based on Moody's, S&P or Fitch, or Kroll for securitized debt instruments only (such as asset-backed securities and mortgage-backed securities), as applicable. If securities are rated differently by the ratings agencies, the highest rating is applied. Ratings, which are subject to change, apply to the creditworthiness of the issuers of the underlying securities and not to the Fund or its shares. Credit ratings measure the quality of an issuance based on the issuer's creditworthiness, with ratings ranging from AAA, being the highest, to D, being the lowest based on S&P's measures. Ratings of BBB or higher by S&P, Fitch or Kroll (Baa or higher by Moody's) are considered to be investment-grade quality. Credit ratings are based largely on the ratings agency's analysis at the time of rating. The rating assigned to any particular security is not necessarily a reflection of the issuer's current financial condition and does not necessarily reflect its assessment of the volatility of a security's market value or of the liquidity of an investment in the security. Holdings designated as "Not Rated" are not rated by the national ratings agencies stated above.
Vishal Khanduja, CFA
Co-Head, Broad Markets Fixed Income, Portfolio Manager
Vishal Khanduja is the Co-Head, Broad Markets Fixed Income and a portfolio manager on the Fixed Income team. He is responsible for buy and sell decisions and portfolio construction. He joined Eaton Vance in 2016. Morgan Stanley acquired Eaton Vance in March 2021.
Vishal began his career in the investment management industry in 2005. Before joining Eaton Vance, he was a senior vice president, portfolio manager and head of taxable fixed income for Calvert Investments. Previously, he was a vice president and portfolio manager at Columbia Threadneedle and associate director of fixed-income analytics at Galliard Capital.
Vishal earned a bachelor of engineering from VJTI, Mumbai, India and an MBA from the Tippie School of Management at the University of Iowa. He is a member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society Boston. He is a CFA charterholder.
B.Eng., Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute, Mumbai
M.B.A., Tippie School of Management, University of Iowa
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Brian Ellis is a portfolio manager on the Broad Markets Fixed Income team. He is responsible for buy and sell decisions, portfolio construction and risk management for the firm's Multi-Sector strategies, including Calvert Research and Management Multi-Sector strategies. He joined Eaton Vance in 2016. Morgan Stanley acquired Eaton Vance in March 2021.
Brian began his career in the investment management industry in 2006. Before joining Eaton Vance, he worked as a portfolio manager of fixed-income strategies for Calvert Investments. He was previously affiliated with Legg Mason Capital Management (now ClearBridge Investments).
Brian earned a B.S. in finance from Salisbury University. He is a CFA charterholder and an FSA credential holder. He is a member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society Boston.
B.S., Salisbury University
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Charlie is a managing director of Morgan Stanley and a portfolio manager on the Eaton Vance Core/Growth team. He is responsible for buy and sell decisions, portfolio construction and risk management for a number of Eaton Vance U.S. core equity strategies. He is a member of the Eaton Vance Equity Strategy Committee. He is also a vice president and portfolio manager for Calvert Research and Management. He joined Eaton Vance in 2003. Morgan Stanley acquired Eaton Vance in March 2021.
Charlie began his career in the investment management industry in 1996. Before joining Eaton Vance, he was a sector portfolio manager with Brown Brothers Harriman and a senior equity analyst with Morgan Stanley Dean Witter.
Charlie earned a B.A. from Bowdoin College and an MBA from Fordham University.
B.A. Bowdoin College
M.B.A. Graduate School of Business, Fordham University
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'No way this happened again': A North Carolina woman won $2 million from a lottery scratch-off two months after winning $1 million
Taylor Ardrey
January 7, 2023, 12:58 PM ·1 min read
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A North Carolina woman won the lottery twice — just months apart.
The first time Kenya Sloan won $1 million was in August.
In October, she purchased a $2 million winning scratch-off ticket.
A lucky North Carolina woman says she feels "blessed" after she won $2 million from a lottery scratch-off shortly after winning $1 million months before, the state lottery said.
Kenya Sloan, 41, purchased her $2,000,000 Diamond Dazzler ticket from a convenience store in Shelby, North Carolina, in October.
"I was like, 'No way this happened again,'" Sloan told the North Carolina Education Lottery. "But it did."
She arrived at lottery headquarters earlier this week, according to the press release, and decided to opt-out to the lump-sum option of $1.2 million, about $855,006 after taxes.
Sloan won a $1 million jackpot game in August and previously told lottery officials that she wanted to build her dream home. Now, with her new prize, she plans on using the prize to open a soul food restaurant, per the state lottery.
Recently, in December, another North Carolina woman had a baby and won the lottery on the same day.
Just after being cut in line at Publix, a Florida man won $1 million on a scratch-off ticket
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The staff of Community Montessori attended the Cincinnati Montessori Society's yearly conference a couple weekends ago. It's always such a wonderful day full of meeting up with old friends, listening to wonderful, knowledgeable speakers and Montessorians and an opportunity to shop the vendors that offer such beautiful materials and supportive work for the classroom.
This year the keynote speaker was Dr. Dee Joy Coulter. Dr. Coulter is a Neuroscience educator. She applies brain research to educational issues. She presented such a strong argument, along with research, for Montessori schools/classrooms. I sat truly wondering why Montessori is not at the forefront of the education discussion. What we're learning about the brain is providing incredible insight as to how children learn and what environments best suit their needs developmentally, cognitively, and otherwise. To ignore this stunning research is letting our children down. Not only is this brain research and it's implications being ignore, in many schools around the world, things are being done the polar opposite to what children need.
Dr. Coulter walked through many stages of brain development and what is happening at various stages. Her notes can be found here www.cincinnatimontessorisociety.org I won't go into all of those details, but I want to share some of what I took away.
Children need to experience learning rhythms, meaning they need to be given the freedom to choose, pace themselves and repeat activities many times to internalize information as well as build their focus, attention span, coordination and order. Children need to be experiencing a beginning, middle and end to their activities. For example, deciding to choose leaf polishing, taking the work off the shelf, taking the work to a table, putting on the leaf polishing necklace, getting the cotton ball wet, walking to plant and carefully polishing/cleaning the leaf, putting the dirty cotton ball in the garbage, returning to the work at the table, putting the necklace back on the tray, pushing in the chair and returning the work to the shelf. In this work, there is a clear beginning, middle and end which brings about a feeling of accomplishment, an inner satisfaction and self confidence.
Children need to learn how to calm themselves. This may be things like taking a walk, reading a book, sitting outside, doing yoga, listening to music etc. The ability to be calm and create calm is an important life skill. Children are able to find peace and calm in the Montessori classroom-the rhythms and order of the classroom can help children develop the ability to be calm. Montessori classrooms invite children to slow down, breathe and take time. It's a natural part of the culture of the classroom. Being respectful and calm in the workspace respects the work being done-it's not ok to disrupt one another when they are working-work is honored and the child working is respected and protected.
I encourage you to read more about brain development and Montessori-it will no doubt impact you.


I was recently one of the guests on Dr. Heiser's most recent Peeranormal podcast episode. We discussed peer reviewed scholarly articles on EVP – electronic voice phenomena.
Although the conversation never wandered into the topic of seers, we talked a lot about spirits and their interaction with the physical from a Christian worldview, so some of you may enjoy it. You can find the episode on iTunes or here.
Dr. Heiser is the author of Unseen Realm and Supernatural, which I reviewed here and here.


In nearly every state, drivers must be able to provide proof of a car insurance policy for the vehicle they're driving. Otherwise, they face fines and penalties.
But in Louisiana, the consequences just got a bit tougher. The driver of a vehicle registered in Louisiana who doesn't have proof of insurance could see his or her car being towed away -- at the driver's expense.
In early 2012, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal signed a bill into law that allow cops to punish drivers who can't produce proof of insurance by sending their car away on the hook of a tow truck. This new law repeals a 5-year-old ban on impounding the cars of first-time offenders.
Not being able to prove you've got car insurance is already costly; several states and municipalities levy hefty fines. The fine in Michigan is $200 for the first offense; Boulder, Colo., has a maximum fine of $1,000 and 90 days in jail if you don't have proof of insurance.
In California, drivers who can't provide proof of insurance can be fined between $100 and $200. "There may also be penalties and court costs if you can't produce proof you carry the state-mandated minimum liability coverage," says Pete Moraga, a spokesman for the Insurance Information Network of California. It's estimated that about 15 percent of California's drivers are uninsured.
In addition to the cost of the ticket, towing expense and fines, a ticket for not being able to show proof of insurance can hike up your car insurance.
In states like Michigan and California, a ticket for not having insurance is a moving violation, so it can score a driver anywhere from one to four points on his license. Amass too many points, and your car insurance company might raise your rates 5 percent to 20 percent (depending on the number of points and violations), according to Billy Van Jura, an insurance broker in New York.
Traditionally, drivers show proof of insurance by keeping paperwork in their gloveboxes or wallets. But several states now are letting drivers show proof of insurance on their smartphones or tablet devices.
In November 2010, cops in Oklahoma started towing cars if a driver can't produce proof of insurance. Drivers have 45 days to show proof of coverage and reclaim the car; otherwise, it will be sold at an auction. South Carolina is considering a measure similar to Louisiana's and Oklahoma's that would give cops the power to tow cars if a driver can't produce proof of insurance.
California law allows for law enforcement officers to use their discretion to tow a vehicle if the driver does not have coverage, Moraga says. "Sometimes they'll allow another insured driver to pick up the vehicle," he says.
Arizona has a similar – but slightly less stringent -- law, allowing cops to have a car towed away if driver can't produce proof of insurance and has a suspended or revoked license.
In 2009, Dallas adopted an ordinance that gives cops the right to tow away and impound a vehicle at the vehicle owner's expense, if a driver stopped for a traffic violation can't produce valid proof of car insurance. Dallas' ordinances already ensured the cars of uninsured drivers involved in accidents were towed at the owner's expense.
So why did Louisiana decide to adopt a tougher stance? In Louisiana, law enforcement was unable to track the number of times an uninsured vehicle was stopped – the same uninsured vehicle could be driven by several drivers. The new towing law, with its instant consequences, was designed to crack down on this confusion.


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Elon Musk changes course, now says he plans to go through with Twitter purchase
Billionaire Tesla and SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk has reversed course and has agreed to go through with his purchase of social media giant Twitter, providing hope to tens of millions of non-woke, non-left-wing Americans who would love to be able to use it without being censored.
Musk said he would adhere to his original offer of $54.20 a share, according to CNBC.
"Twitter shares jumped as much as 15% on Tuesday after Bloomberg first reported on the Tesla CEO's plans to go forth with his deal to acquire the company. The stock was halted after the report," the outlet noted before adding:
A few weeks after Musk agreed to the deal earlier this year, valuing Twitter at $44 billion, he quickly tried to back out, officially informing the company in July of his intentions to terminate the agreement. Twitter sued Musk to force him to go through with the purchase. The two sides were scheduled to go to trial in Delaware Chancery Court on Oct. 17.
Musk alleged that Twitter was misstating the number of "bots" on its service as one of the reasons he was reneging on the deal. He and his lawyers claimed that the social media company was misleading investors by providing false numbers in corporate filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Twitter officials countered that the billionaire's fraud assertions were false and based on a misunderstanding of how the company identifies real accounts and tallies up bot and fake accounts on the platform. In contrast, Musk said that Twitter did not provide him with the real bot and spam account data.
Also, Musk's claims were buoyed by the recent findings of leading cyber security specialist Dan Woods, who formerly worked for the FBI and CIA, that as many as 80 percent of Twitter accounts are bots, The Australian reported.
"Sure sounds higher than 5%!" Musk wrote on Twitter last month in response to the analyst's discovery.
Sure sounds higher than 5%!
https://t.co/Va7TxxzoI6
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 1, 2022
"More than 80 percent of Twitter accounts are likely bots, according to former CIA and FBI cyber security specialist Dan Woods, who created a fake profile and quickly gained more than 100,000 fake followers in one weekend by purchasing them on the dark web," the outlet reported.
"Mr Woods, who studies bot traffic as part of his current role with global cyber security provider F5, told The Australian that Twitter's bot traffic was almost certainly far greater than it has expressed publicly and greater than it believes internally," the outlet continued.
"I'm not a programmer, but I watched YouTube, and in a weekend I wrote a script that automatically creates accounts on Twitter without encountering any obstacles," he told the outlet.
"There's huge demand (for bots), there's a marketplace to serve that demand, and if I can write a bot that creates accounts on Twitter, and I'm not even a programmer, imagine what a sophisticated programmer could do," he continued.
"Twitter doesn't want (its number of bots) to be that high, so they're going through the motions of canceling some accounts," Woods added.
"I'm not saying they're lying, but we've really studied these accounts and we've come to the conclusion that there are a lot more fake accounts than Twitter is letting on," he noted further.
He's not the only one who has made allegations that Twitter is replete with bots.
In August, "Peiter 'Mudge' Zatko, Twitter's former head of security who was personally hired by Twitter founder and then-CEO Jack Dorsey, said in an explosive interview that current management has not been upfront and honest with Musk regarding the number of fake, bot, and spam accounts on the platform," Conservative Brief reported.
Now, however, it doesn't seem to matter to Musk. Let's hope he can clean that troubled platform up.
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Forest Oil Corporation Forest or the Company) announced an executive personnel change.
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Summary: A unique open-ended activity that lets players create the rules on white cards!
Ages: All. Recommended # of People: 5-6. Messiness Factor: You'll move around. Materials Required: pens, blank white cards, an open space.
A Thousand Blank White Cards is a fun game that will ask players to make up creative rules. Everyone starts with a wide open blank canvas.
The facilitator should prepare small stacks (7-8) of white index cards. For about $10 you can large packs of cards online from Amazon. Give each person a pen.
Instruct everyone on how to create a good card. Each card should have (1) a title, (2) a consequence, and (3) a simple drawing.
A giant dinosaur arrives. Everybody must scream in fear. Everyone loses 1200 points.
Cookie Monster. For each card in the discard pile, cookie monster eats these. You get 100 points each.
Ghosts come alive. Search the cards in the discard pile and take one. Play it.
Exercise bunny. While this card is in front of you, you must do 8 jumping jacks before you take your turn.
Pirate ship. Speak like a pirate for one turn, then disc-ARRRRR-d this card.
Some cards can describe a way to win the game. Other cards can react to that (an "Undo" card or a reaction card if someone seemingly wins, it can take away their win). More explanation on that below.
Each player writes various cards, each with the 3 required parts as described above. It should have the title, consequence and drawing. It can be funny and involve silly actions as well. Collect all the cards once they are written. Place the deck in the middle of the room on a table or anywhere easy to reach. There will also be a "discard pile" in the center for cards that have been discarded.
Follow the following steps:
On a player's turn, he or she first draws a card from the deck.
He or she then plays a card from their hand. Place the card in front of any player or on the table. For instance, a beneficial card could be played in front of himself or herself, or a negative card could be played in front of another player. Some cards will be played in the center or perhaps impacts everyone. Some cards will be discarded in the center after used. All of this depends on the rule written on each card.
After the first player has finished their turn, play continues clockwise, either until there are no cards left in the deck, or until some card effect has determined the end of the game.
If you're not sure what to write on a card, just ask yourself what cards would be interesting to see in the game. This might be a reaction to another card — for example, if one player creates a card that says "When this card is played, you win the game," another player could create an "Undo card" or a silly card that reads "Opposite day: If a player wins the game, play this card immediately. That player loses the game and exits this round"
At the end of a game, you can discuss as a group which cards were good and should be kept for play in future games. The fun of this game is not so much winning, but rather being creative in making unique cards that can be retained for future play.
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Why Hollande's France is the sick man of Europe
Konrad Yakabuski
France is in a funk. François Hollande is the most unpopular president in the history of French polling. The country's economy is now considered "the sick man of Europe" and French voters still see the cure as worse than the disease. Any attempt to adjust, even minimally, France's statist economic model and cradle-to-grave social safety net is met with paralyzing howls of protest.
The country is effectively ruled not from the Elysée (the presidential palace) or the National Assembly, but by opposition politicians on the far left and far right. Barely 18 months into his five-year term, Mr. Hollande is a canard boiteux (lame duck) whose party may get rid of him before voters get a chance to.
No wonder Mr. Hollande, a Socialist who lucked into the presidency in 2012 after voters had tired of Nicolas Sarkozy's hissy fits, prefers foreign to domestic affairs. He has distinguished himself and his country by taking courageous stands against the Syrian regime's use of chemical weapons (well before U.S. counterpart Barack Obama), urging allies not to be duped into relaxing sanctions against Iran and intervening militarily against Islamic terrorists in Mali.
Unfortunately, such actions won't win Mr. Hollande many votes at home. Nor will it fix France's broken economy. Just as Spain, Ireland and other bailed-out euro-zone countries are stabilizing, Europe's second-largest economy risks derailing the continent's recovery. France's private sector contracted again in the third quarter and warnings about the country's economic decline have grown louder by the day.
France's credit rating just got downgraded again by Standard & Poor's. And while markets shrugged off the news, the rating agency's stiff rebuke of Mr. Hollande's economic policies has sparked an even more bitter debate than usual (by French standards) about the country's future.
That debate intensified last week after the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development released a scathing report blasting France's stubborn refusal to get with the program: "Over several years, many European countries have accelerated the adoption and implementation of essential reforms. This adjustment has not happened in France."
Government spending now accounts for an astounding 56 per cent of France's gross domestic product, compared to a bit more than 40 per cent in Canada. So far, Mr. Hollande has sought to meet European Commission-mandated deficit targets by raising taxes – to the tune of €30-billion ($43-billion) in 2012 alone. Not only does he keep missing the deficit targets, he keeps putting off critical spending reforms.
The result is a further deterioration of France's competitiveness and a tax revolt the likes of which the country has never seen. It started after Mr. Hollande imposed a 75-per-cent levy on income above €1-million. The country's top court declared the tax unconstitutional, so Mr. Hollande simply shifted the burden to employers.
No matter, the wealthy are voting with their feet. In July, France's former ambassador to Iraq and Tunisia was arrested trying to smuggle €350,000 in cash out of the country. He is just one of a new breed of so-called "cash commuters" seeking to escape Mr. Hollande's confiscatory tax policies by any means possible.
Such evasion is rightly condemned by politicians on the left. But many, including Mr. Hollande's ex-wife, 2007 presidential candidate Ségolène Royale, have repudiated the President by siding with the farmers who forced Mr. Hollande to scrap implementation of a carbon tax on transport trucks. Protests spread across the country this month as merchants and restaurant owners joined the farmers to fight an increase in the value-added tax. The latter is meant to offset cuts in payroll taxes (now nearing a punishing 50 per cent) – cuts that almost everyone agrees are needed to get French firms hiring again. The country's unemployment rate stands above 11 per cent, and four out of every five jobs added in 2012 were temporary contracts.
Mr. Hollande's economic policy is full of contradictions. (He appointed an anti-globalization crusader as his minister of industrial renewal.) And he is dogged by open dissension among members of cabinet jockeying to replace him on the Socialist ticket in 2017. The best hope lies in Interior Minister Manuel Valls, even though he is considered a populist heretic by the Socialist elite.
Mr. Sarkozy, meanwhile, is considering a comeback – which suddenly doesn't sound so crazy.
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Q: How to make a floating island in unity? I am making a game with islands, I am using unity terrain for that. The problem is, I don't want regular I want floating ones. The problem with Unity terrain is that you can only create islands like this:

But I want something like this:

I was thinking about creating another terrain and then flipping it upside down, but the problem there would be that the alignment of the two terrains would not be the same.
Does anyone know a solution to this problem?
Thanks in advance
Emiel

A: The way I would do it is to create the shape of your floating island, use the paint holes brush to remove the leftover outer areas you don't want to use for your island, duplicate the terrain and use the brushes on the duplicated one to look like an underside, then flip it (I'd probably convert it to a normal mesh if I did it). Then simply cover up the edges with rocks or other things to hide that seam where the two terrains meet.
This way, at least the top of the floating island remains a usable Unity terrain, just in case you intend to use terrain shaders on it.

A: You should try to create another unity terrain object.Then add terrain component to it.Then move it up, and you have floating island.
If it doesn't work I'm sorry


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The Oxford History of the French Revolution
Doyle, William, 1942-
A comprehensive account of the major ideas, movements, and events of the French Revolution ranges from the accession of Louis XVI in 1774 to the rise of Napoleon in 1802
Fully updated, this new edition features an expanded bibliographical survey of the literature dealing with the Revolution, including the most important material to have been written on the subject since the publication of the first edition.
The French Revolution of 1789 lasted for almost ten years, and when it ended, the political and social order of France had been dramatically altered. The absolute rule of the monarch had ceased, and feudalism had been destroyed. With the end of the ancien regime, the new bourgeois gained political power at the expense of the aristocracy and Church. The revolution upset not only established institutions in France, but had serious repercussions throughout Europe.
The Oxford History of the French Revolution provides a comprehensive and powerful account of the extraordinary events in France and Europe between 1789 and 1799. Opening with the accession of Louis XVI in 1774, eminent historian William Doyle describes the collapse of the Government, the calling of the Estates-General and the Principles of 1789. He then traces the fascinating history of France through revolution, terror, and counter-revolution, to the triumph of Napoleon in 1802, analyzing throughout the impact of the events on Europe. "The French Revolution took the whole of Europe by surprise," he writes. "To be sure, all educated Europeans were aware in the 1780's that they lived in an age of upheaval and defiance of authority.... But if any great monarchy seemed destined soon to collapse, it was not that of the French Bourbons."
By examining the Revolution in its European context, Doyle shows how a movement which began with optimism and general enthusiasm ("the news was romantic and thrilling...people thronged bookshops and reading rooms clamouring for the latest information") soon became a tragedy, not only for the ruling orders, but for millions of ordinary people all over Europe. As the contagion for upheaval spread across Europe, churches were plundered, pious fraternities dissolved, and the paper money issued by the new authorities plummeted in value. It was the common people, he reveals, who paid the price for the destruction of the old political order and the struggle to establish a new one.
This monumental work offers a thoughtful, well-researched, and complete guide to all the major ideas and events of the French Revolution. Published on the 200th anniversary of the outbreak of the Revolution, The Oxford History of the French Revolution will not only become the standard reference on the subject but will provide new answers and insights into one of the most important events in European history.
Publisher: Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989
Branch Call Number: 944.040321 DOY
Characteristics: x, 466 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports
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Europe — History — 1789-1815


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With the addition of MGM Casino to the Springfield skyline, I'll work to make sure promises made are promises kept. I'll work to hold MGM Springfield accountable for their efforts to add police, jobs for Springfield residents, and market-rate housing built with union labor. Additionally, I'll work to redistribute casino-based economic gains back to every neighborhood in the city.
The economic success of Springfield depends on the influx of new and big businesses to increase jobs, city offerings, and talent. I'll work to make sure our city is attractive to businesses with fair economic incentives. That said, I'll also work to make sure each and every one of these businesses is held accountable to fair wages, public health protocols, and more.
Springfield public schools are at the forefront of the future of our city. As a City Councillor, I will collaborate with the School Committee by making sure there is a strong budget for our schools. Our teachers need to be empowered with the tools and technology to teach.
I was very fortunate growing up to be able to learn how to play a musical instrument and sing through the music program in the Holyoke Public Schools. An education in the arts is eye opening to everyone, and most would agree that we all appreciate a great song or picture. However, the arts and music programs are being stripped from public school budgets, leaving only children of means able to learn such wonderful things as instrumental music and chorus. I'll fight hard to ensure we seek grant funding to not only keep the arts alive in our schools, but accessible to everyone in Springfield.
Above all, I see the opportunity to serve on the City Council as an opportunity to bring a new and fresh vision to Springfield politics. I'm driven by my passion, not a paycheck.


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After leaving the hotel and by private car drive from Istanbul to Edirne ( Adrianople ) one by one visit the Selimiye Mosque,Selimiye Arastası (Bazaar),Üç Serefeli Camii,Eski Mosque ( Old Mosque ),II. Bayezid Complex, Health Care Museum
Selimiye Mosque
It was built in Edirne during 1568-1575 by architect Mimar Sinan upon the orders of Sultan Selim II. Mimar Sinan has referred to this mosque as his masterpiece. It has 4 minarets, each with three galleries, and 71 m high.
Selimiye Arastası (Bazaar)
This arasta was designed by the architect Davut Ağa by order of Murat III in order to bring in revenue for Selimiye Mosque. It is 255 m long with 73 arches and has 124 shops. The traveller, Evliya Çelebi, wrote that the name of the shopping center was "Kavaflar Çarşısı" (Bargain Bazaar). The shopkeepers here pray and promise each day under the prayer dome that they will do business honestly.
Üç Serefeli Camii
The Üç Serefeli Mosque, named after its unusual minaret with three balconies (serefe), was built between 1437 and 1447 (841-851 A.H.) by Murad II. Damaged in the 1752 earthquake, the mosque was repaired in 1763 by order of Mahmud III. A major restoration took place in 1930, with additional work on frescoes in 1999. The Koranic School (mekteb) and the soup kitchen (imaret) of the larger complex no longer exist while the madrasa (medrese) -called Saatli or Timekeeper's- and the dar'ül hadis have survived in heavily restored condition.
Eski Mosque ( Old Mosque )
Eski Cami was begun in 1403 by Emir Sulevman and completed in 1414 by Mehmed I. Haci Alaaddin from Konya is the architect of the mosque. It is a perfect square building measuring 49.50 m. per side. Four huge square piers support nine equal domes (13.5 m. in diameter).
Bedesten (Bazaar)
It was built in 1417-1418 by Çelebi Mehmet as a religious foundation for the Old Mosque. It has 14 domes made of lead and an ornamental wall covered with two colours of hewn stone.
Macedonia Clock Tower was located in the northeastern of the Fortress. It was used as an arsenal for a long time. In 1866, after the addition of wooden floors and clocks by Hacı İzzet Paşa, the tower became the Clock Tower and the clock here, was called as Nation's Clock (Millet Saati). In 1894 the wooden floors were removed and three floors built of stones were constructed.
Castle Ruins
The construction of the Edirne Palace had started during the reign of Sultan Murad Iat the west of Tunca over a wide area in 1450. After the death of Sultan Murad II in 1451, his son Fatih Sultan Mehmed completed the construction of the palace. Among the ruins are, Cihannüma Kasrı (Worldwide Mansion), Kum Kasrı Hamamı (Sand Mansion Bath), Babusseade, Matbahi Amire and Adalet Kasrı (Justice Mansion).
II. Bayezid Complex, Health Care Museum
One of the Earliest Medical Schools—Founded in 1488
A "ku¨lliye" is an Ottoman Architectural concept that designates a complex
with a central mosque and a series of ancillary buildings


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Q: Unbump a question if the answer providing the bump is deleted I noticed that this question got bumped to the front page recently. By clicking the ?lastactivity link I was taken to just the top of the question and saw no edits or answers since November, which probably means that whatever bumped it was deleted. The user that caused the bump has no rep or actions so I'm guessing it was a "not a real answer" deletion.
This seems a bit lame to me. At the end of the day, a question got bumped onto the front page for no real reason. It has no reason to take up space there; it's already been sufficiently answered and the only cause of the bump was an answer that (most likely) wasn't a real answer.
I think that if a question gets bumped because of a new answer, and that answer is deleted because it's not a real answer (or is spam or whatever), the question should get unbumped.

A: This would cause a problem. Imagine this:

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*Spammer posts an answer linking to real-rolex-watches-and-awesome-seo-services.info.

*Spammer immediately deletes the answer.

*Spammer waits for an hour.

*Spammer undeletes the answer.

The fact that this answer was posted would never cause the question to be on the front page, thus nobody may notice what's going on. After all, the bumping is also there to allow people to review what's changed. Granted, even with the way it currently works, only 10ks and mods would see the issue, but with your change, nobody would.
The only way to solve this then would be to cause an undeletion to bump a post. That however gives you a free, no-questions-asked, no-disadvantage way to continuously bump a post.


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Location: New York, Moscow, Basel
Kosmos is a young "virtual practice" that relies heavily on the process of drawing in order to understand a project. "Drawings are like the first reality checks", says partner Leonid Slonimskiy, "You learn from the sketch, you continue with a more detailed image, refine it, and so on, until it gets built in reality."
The drawing process also serves as a form of communication for the team's four partners who, despite all being Russian, work in architecture offices scattered around the globe: in Basel, New York and Moscow. Beginning with fast, dirty sketches, the team find and communicate the concept and shape of a project together, before using more detailed sketches to finalise materials, techniques and colours.
Previous page: Kosmos at work. This page: Working sketches for exterior and interior of EMA cultural centre in Moscow. (Images courtesy Kosmos)
K O S M O S Architects is a virtual office, which collaborates from different continents and brings together 4 partners who are based in New York, Moscow and Switrzerland. The office designs projects of all types and scales: from a door handle to a city; from hardcore architecture to pop-up art installations. K O S M O S combines art and technology, global experience with respect to local context, European professionalism and Russian drive.
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Read more about KOSMOS' EMA art space in Moscow here
The resulting images are charming yet precise. The progression of ideas is clear in drawings that become increasingly populated with detail; as though the illustrations themselves – such as the EMA, a pop-up art space in Moscow – are under construction.
The studio's images for a proposal for the Hans Christian Andersen Museum in Odense, Denmark (which won first prize) are equally dynamic. Shown from multiple angles and in different levels of detail, the project comes alive with a fairytale force – way more exciting than your average render. I (gk)
About KOSMOS Architects


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Winter Paralympics 2018 Pyeongchang: Google Doodle, Full Schedule, Dates And All You Need To Know
A record number of 650 athletes from 49 nations are participating in the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games.
Written by Amit Kumar
A record 650 athletes from 49 countries are taking part at the 2018 Paralympic Games in Pyeongchang. © AFP
A record 650 athletes from 49 countries are taking part at the 2018 Paralympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, up from about 570 at the last Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia. They are competing in 80 medal events across six sports -- alpine skiing, biathlon, cross-country skiing, ice hockey, snowboard and wheelchair curling. The Paralympic Games are scheduled to run from March 9 to March 18.
Organisers say there has been good public interest, with about 275,000 tickets sold so far.
One of the most popular spectator sports is para ice hockey, also known as sledge ice hockey. It is a fast and furious game in which players sit in double-bladed sledges and use two sticks to propel themselves across the ice and to shoot.
Alpine skiing and snowboarding are also favourites with spectators. There are no new sports in Pyeongchang but eight new events have been added to snowboarding.
Google on Friday also came up with a special doodle in order to celebrate the commencement of the Winter Paralympics.
Here's the full schedule of the event.
Opening ceremony Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium
Alpine Skiing Men's and women's downhill
Biathlon Women's 6 km
Biathlon Men's 7.5 km
Biathlon Standing/Visually Impaired
Ice Hockey Preliminary matches
Wheelchair Curling Round robin
Alpine Skiing Men's and women's super-G
Cross-Country Skiing Men's 15 km
Cross-Country Skiing Women's 12 km
Cross-Country Skiing Men's 20 km Free
Cross-Country Skiing Women's 15 km Free
Snowboard Men's and women's super-G cross
Alpine Skiing Men's and women's Super Combined
Biathlon Women's 10 km
Biathlon Men's 12.5 km
Alpine Skiing Men's slalom
Cross-Country Skiing Men's and women's Sprint Classic
Cross-Country Skiing Semifinals & Finals
Alpine Skiing Women's slalom
Ice Hockey Play-offs
Biathlon Women's 12.5 km
Biathlon Men's 15 km
Snowboard Men's and women's Banked Slalom
Wheelchair Curling Tie breakers
Wheelchair Curling Semi-final
Alpine Skiing Men's Giant Slalom
Cross-Country Skiing Men's 10km classic
Cross-Country Skiing Women's 7.5 km Classic
Cross-Country Skiing Men's 7.5 km
Cross-Country Skiing Women's 5 km Classic
Ice Hockey Bronze medal match
Wheelchair Curling Bronze medal match
Wheelchair Curling Gold medal match
Alpine Skiing Women's Giant Slalom
Cross-Country Skiing 4 x 2.5 km Mixed Relay
Cross-Country Skiing 4 x 2.5 km Open Relay
Ice Hockey Gold medal match
Closing ceremony Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium
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A record 650 athletes from 49 countries are taking part
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