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With temperatures in the mid-teens across Germany in recent days, it may have seemed like spring had already sprung.
But 'Louie', a low pressure system moving in from Scandinavia, is set to bring rain and cold weather back to much of the country - particularly early in the week.
The German Weather Service (DWD) has predicted that a cold front moving in from the Baltic states and Belarus will reach Germany on Monday, bringing with it rain and possible snow.
Temperatures in much of Germany are unlikely to go above six to nine degrees during the day, with the weather slightly warmer in southwest Germany.
"In addition to rain, isolated short sleet storms are expected. Temporary snowfall may also be seen across the lowlands," Sebastian Schappert from the DWD said.
"On Tuesday evening, the wind is set to drop quickly, with showers and thunderstorms expected.
It's not all doom and gloom for the week, however. From Wednesday on, the weather is expected to improve as a dry weather pattern moves in from the British Isles.
While the evenings are still likely to be cold, the DWD predicts temperatures of up to 18 degrees later in the week and on the weekend as well as sunny, dry conditions.
The forecast continues what has been an unpredictable few months weather-wise in Germany. After one of the most mild winters in recent memory, spring-like conditions in February and March have been punctuated by thunderstorms and torrential rain.
As The Local reported in the middle of March, a small town near Aachen in the country's west was hit by a tornado.
Around 40 homes were damaged by the storm which was described by the local fire brigade as 'short and violent.


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Lawsuits mount over 'culture war' bills passed by West Virginia Republicans
Three pending lawsuits are challenging GOP-led measures restricting transgender athletes, syringe exchanges and union dues collection. And more lawsuits could follow.
by Ian Karbal July 8th, 2021 July 8th, 2021
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With their first supermajority since taking control of the West Virginia Legislature, Republican lawmakers laid out an ambitious agenda going into the regular 2021 session in February.
The bills they passed included a ban on transgender girl student athletes participating in girls' school sports, weakening unions' abilities to collect dues from employees, and restrictions on harm reduction programs amid what the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has called the country's most alarming HIV outbreak in Kanawha County.
All three of those laws are now being challenged in court. Judges have already temporarily stopped two of them — the harm reduction clinic restrictions and the curb on union dues collections — as the lawsuits proceed. A ruling on the harm reduction case is expected Thursday.
In addition to the three bills already involved in litigation, three others identified by Mountain State Spotlight bear a striking similarity to bills passed by other Republican-led state legislatures that have been challenged in courts — successfully, in some places. As a result, West Virginia taxpayers may end up footing the bill for costly — and predictable — legal battles.
The day after the legislative session ended, but before all the bills had been signed by Justice, West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey announced on Facebook that he was preparing legal defenses for a number of bills, including the state's ban on transgender athletes in girls' sports and three others that have yet to see lawsuits.
On April 27, roughly one month before any lawsuits were filed, his office posted a request for outside lawyers and firms, writing that his office "anticipates that in the coming months there will be additional legal work required to defend both client agencies and legislation."
"I don't think it's that uncommon to have a flurry of suits shortly after session," said Bob Bastress, a lawyer who is representing the AFL-CIO and other unions in their lawsuit against the "paycheck protection" law that limits unions' ability to collect dues. But Bastress believes Republicans' veto-proof majority emboldened them to pass laws that "push the envelope a bit more" in their ideological bent or tests of constitutionality. Bastress is also a law professor at West Virginia University who specializes in West Virginia constitutional law.
House of Delegates Speaker Roger Hanshaw, R-Clay, and Senate President Craig Blair, R- Berkeley, would not comment on the lawsuits, or the bills at the heart of them. The lead sponsors on each of the bills — Delegates Geoff Foster, R-Putnam; Caleb Hanna, R-Nicholas; Kayla Kessinger, R-Fayette; and Brandon Steele, R-Raleigh, as well as Sen. Eric Tarr, R-Putnam — did not respond individually to requests for comment.
House spokeswoman Ann Ali and Senate spokeswoman Jacque Bland said in an email, "Our system of government provides for three separate branches — the legislative to write the laws, the executive to enforce them and the judicial to interpret them should there be a need. In the 2021 Regular Session, 280 bills became law, and only three of them have been the target of a legal challenge. It's now up to the judicial branch to interpret those laws as they were passed."
In an email, Attorney General's Office spokesman Curtis Johnson said, "There is good reason for our office to defend these pieces of legislation; chief among them is the Attorney General's duty to defend the constitutionality of state laws. The West Virginia Legislature had a very productive 60-day session and its residents should rest comfortably in knowing that our office takes seriously its role."
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On May 20, West Virginia public employee unions sued over House Bill 2009, banning the mandatory collection of dues from represented employees whether or not they support the union collecting them. The unions claim the bill is direct retaliation following teacher strikes in 2018 and 2019 for better pay and health insurance.
Within a week, the West Virginia chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit on behalf of a transgender middle-school student from Bridgeport over House Bill 3293, which bans transgender girls from participating in girls' school sports. The filing stated that the law "was prompted by unfounded stereotypes, false scientific claims, and baseless fear and misunderstanding of girls who are transgender."
Since the lawsuit was filed, the U.S. Department of Justice has filed a statement of interest in the case, saying such a law would amount to "unlawful discrimination" under the protections afforded by the 14th Amendment and Title IX.
The most recent lawsuit, also filed by the ACLU-WV on June 25, was over Senate Bill 334, which would severely restrict harm reduction programs.
Also, West Virginia lawmakers passed three bills that strongly resemble laws in other states that have been challenged in courts as unconstitutional.
One bill, which received bipartisan support, would require government contractors being paid over $100,000 to declare in writing that they will not participate in any boycotts of Israeli goods or services. Similar laws were successfully challenged in multiple states before West Virginia lawmakers passed their bill. Judges in Arkansas, Arizona, Texas, and Georgia deemed that such laws violated contractors' First Amendment rights. Several states have amended their laws to put a $100,000 floor on contractors the requirement would apply to — similar to the law in West Virginia. But in all cases, the laws still have the same fundamental issues that had them ruled unconstitutional.
Another bill would require reproductive health care providers to inform women undergoing medical abortions that the process can be reversed through hormonal treatment. While advocates say the bill could help women who may ultimately regret their decision, health experts have warned that such information may be misleading. The treatment is unproven, and may amount to subjecting patients to "unmonitored experimentation," according to a statement from the West Virginia chapter of the College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
In Indiana, enforcement of a similar law was blocked by a federal judge last month as a lawsuit challenges its constitutionality.
Also, a bill to make West Virginia a "Second Amendment sanctuary," forbidding West Virginia police to comply with any federal order to confiscate guns, is similar to a Missouri law being challenged by St. Louis County. Unlike the West Virginia law, however, the Missouri law would subject law enforcement agencies to $50,000 fines for complying with such orders — a particular sticking point with St. Louis attorneys that brought the suit.
The bills are part of a national trend of Republican-majority legislatures across the country passing an array of what are sometimes known as "culture war bills." Besides the usual opponents, the bills have inspired boycotts from a number of private companies that can affect a state's bottom line.
When asked about his support for the transgender athelete bill, for example, Gov. Jim Justice acknowledged his concern about a proposed NCAA policy that they would refuse to hold championships in any states that had such laws. Still, he committed to seeing the bill passed.
In response, the state of California banned any state-funded travel to West Virginia, as it has done for 16 other states that have such laws.
Correction: This story originally misstated the nature of the Republican supermajority.
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Between October to March is the peak season for tourists in India as the weather is conducive and the country celebrates many colourful festivals. Dussehra is celebrated in October and is followed 20 days later by the festival of lights- Diwali. Come March, it is time for Holi: coloured powder, water fights and sweetmeats! Pretty Pushkar in Rajasthan holds Asia's largest camel fair in November; in February it's time for the Mardi Gras carnival in Goa.
The major deterrent to visiting India in summer is the oppressive heat and humidity. Temperatures in north India hit the 45 degree Celsius mark and the rains lash the west coast from Kerala to Goa and Mumbai during June and July, making humidity levels high. However, the months from March-May and September-November are prime trekking time in the Himalayas, and if you plan to concentrate on hilly areas then this is a good period in which to visit.
In a country where topography varies wildly, climatic conditions are only bound to vary wildly too. Classified as a hot tropical country by many, that is a definition that holds true for most of but not all of India. Exceptions include the northern states of Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir in the north and Sikkim in the northeastern hills.
In most of India summer is hot. It begins in April and continues till the beginning of October. The heat peaks in June with temperatures in the northern plains and the west soaring above 46° C. The monsoons hit the country during this period too, beginning 1st of June when they are supposed to find the Kerala coast. Moisture laden trade winds sweep the country bringing relief to a parched northern India but devastation in the east where the rivers Brahmaputra and Ganga flood annually. Tamil Nadu in the south receives rainfall between October and December, beneficiary of the retreating monsoons.
India's extensive coastline lies almost entirely below the Tropic of Cancer. The coast is usually warm and moist, prone to heavy rains in the monsoons and high summer temperatures. The eastern coast is vulnerable to cyclones. Winters here are mild and pleasantly sunny.
Hill Stations are the happy peculiarity that came up here when British wives and officers needed to flee the oppressive heat and malaria of the plains. Quaint towns that buzz along "mall roads", tucked away in hills all over India, they are now weekend getaways at the height of summer for families and couples from India's cities.
The plains in the north and even the barren countryside of Rajasthan reel under a cold wave every year in December-January. Minimum temperatures could dip below 4° C but maximum temperatures usually do not fall lower than 12° C. In the northern high altitude areas of Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Sikkim, and parts of Uttar Pradesh, it snows through the winter and even summer months are only mildly warm. The east receives rain from April to August. September to November is relatively dry and the region only has sporadic showers. There are winter rains in December and January. This abates for two months and then it's time for the monsoon season yet again. The central plateau has similar climate to the north but the mercury does not dip as low in winter. It rains from mid-June to September.


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Araby es un cuento del escritor irlandés James Joyce. Apareció en Dublineses, una colección de cuentos publicada en 1914.

Argumento
El protagonista del cuento es un niño que está secretamente enamorado de la hermana de su vecino y amigo. Un día se le presenta la oportunidad de hablar con su amada: ella le pregunta si va a ir al bazar llamado Araby. Él, todavía atónito porque su amada le ha dirigido la palabra, responde afirmativamente aun sin estar seguro de que sea así. Ella le dice que no puede ir porque habrá un retiro espiritual en su escuela, por lo que él le promete traerle un regalo. Finalmente, el niño llega tarde al bazar por culpa de su tío y encuentra la mayoría de los negocios cerrados. Él queda muy desilusionado ya que el bazar no era tan magnificente como él se lo imaginaba.

Adaptaciones cinematográficas
En 1999 Dennis Courtney produjo y dirigió un corto cinematográfico basado en este libro.

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Bibliografía
Sparknotes.com "Araby", resumen y análisis.

Cuentos de James Joyce
Cuentos de 1914

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Maurizio Pellizzoni is an internationally renowned interior designer, specialising in creating cosy family homes and contemporary city lofts. Here, he reveals what he believes the industry will see more of in 2017.
Natural patterns will dominate from earthy foliage, gentle contours in natural materials such as stone, to animal prints, as these patterns and textures descend from the catwalk into our homes.
'The use of warm materials such as terracotta and burnished metals will become more prevalent. Metal finishing will be used in finer detail to create uniquely crafted pieces, particularly from artisans and new designers," he concludes.


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Living in Sofia and juggling with designing and implementing non-formal education activities, working on cultural projects and trying to find some time for my hobbies.
What do you feel or imagine when you hear the word 'loneliness'?
Of course, isolation as a word is what comes first to my mind. And also, because I am very kinaesthetic, it is something physical that comes to my mind. It's a contraction... and barriers, physical barriers - walls. And yeah, isolation of sound, isolation in space, like a force.
You described this feeling in general. But do you have something visual, a picture that you personally connect with loneliness?
When you were asking, I of course visualised some things in my head. I imagined being in a valley, a field with nothing around me. And besides that... I don't know if there is some concrete situation.
What comes to my mind for the second time, but I rejected it twice because I don't see the connection, is being alone in the forest. This is more connected to fear than loneliness actually but at the same time it is the feeling of isolation… that's weird, normally I don't see the forest as a place being connected to loneliness. But yeah… Also, this concept of people living alone in the forest separated from the world maybe reminds me of this. But I myself… because the images I see are still more connected to the life of other people or images I saw somewhere and I am not sure if there is a place where I feel actually lonely.
It's okay, doesn't have to be... I interviewed several people and for everybody it's different, for example, for someone it was a song which he associated with loneliness. And that is very interesting. So yeah, it doesn't have to be, I was just wondering how you perceive it, is it just a feeling or something visual.
It's like a sound, like a voice. It's me and nothing else. The lack of human connection. For example, the moments when I would feel lonely are the moments when there was no one around and I think for me, the moments of loneliness are when there's no communication, no connection.
"the feeling is like a vacuum and I am inside but what was the reason leading to that..."
Okay, let's go back to personal experience. Could you share first or the most memorable moment, event or series of events when you realised: this is loneliness. And how did it feel?
I remember this feeling but I still can't connect it with a concrete situation. The feeling is like a vacuum and I am inside but what was the reason leading to that... I think, maybe it's a little bit difficult not just because of the barriers between me and the memory, but also because I am one of the lucky ones who didn't experience loneliness very often. Yes, I definitely have negative emotions like fear or frustration and so on, but normally... after I found out what I really want to do in life some years ago, I felt much more connected with the world. At the same time, I felt lonely in being alone, in this feeling of being alone, when worrying about being sick. I wasn't diagnosed with any illness but there were at least two cases when there was some chance that I was being sick. Before knowing the result, if it was true or not, I was just alone with my situation. Because it's very much connected to myself and nobody else. And no matter how many people were around me or in what position I was, this is something I was facing alone. And no one could be fully together with me or could change something. It was an unchangeable situation. And this loneliness mixed with other emotions. It cannot exist isolated. But I guess, maybe this were moments when I felt alone the most. Maybe not for long, but long enough for me to remember.
Do you think this feeling is more caused by external situations? Because in my case it was me who isolated myself from the others. So how do you feel, how is it for you?
Normally it comes from the outside. I think it has happened to me that I was isolating myself and for some reason, I closed myself. Normally it didn't last for a long time. Because of course, being alone and being lonely are two different things. I don't praise it a lot, this feeling of loneliness, or just maybe there are other things I call it. I don't say loneliness, maybe I call loneliness with other words because it's really not so easy to remember and to connect with the word loneliness. Of course, there were moments when I felt alone or rejected maybe because loneliness is kind of connected to that as well for me. Maybe not understood or I felt like I didn't belong. For example, when I was an EVS volunteer in Germany I also had some moments, especially in the beginning when we didn't have many friends. Because Potsdam maybe isn't the easiest place to make friends. And yes, I don't know, for some reason I didn't have a lot of contacts and I didn't meet people, I felt mostly uncomfortable. Maybe there were moments when I was feeling isolated. I continue connecting this word, isolation, with loneliness. For me, it's very much connected. So yeah, that would be the time I felt lonely. I felt like I was in the right place but it wasn't comfortable all the time.
"I don't praise it a lot, this feeling of loneliness, or just maybe there are other things I call it. I don't say loneliness, maybe I call loneliness with other words"
Do you consciously separate the feelings of being alone and feeling lonely? Like the good and the negative emotion. Or did it come naturally?
Yeah, I like to spend time alone but with other people around. It's not always like that, sometimes I also like to stay at home completely by myself. Sometimes I go to different workshops, or actually, I go to a lot of workshops alone because not many people share my interests. I mean, it's very difficult to make someone come to a clown workshop. The other reason is that sometimes I just want to be alone because I am working in the social field, so there are always other people, for whom I am responsible. To listen to them, give direction, help or anything. So I often try to go alone, it gives me time for myself and I don't have to take responsibility for others. The other one, the loneliness, is very different from that. It's definitely not anything like what I described just now. I think there is a time where I enjoy being alone and then there is a time where I don't enjoy being alone.
Do you still go to this state of loneliness or is it now a non-existing thing in your life? Or if you still have this, do you have something that helps you to get out of it faster?
Yes. I still have these moments, I think they will accompany me until the end of my life. I think it's impossible to avoid them, no matter what I do to get to know myself better, to get self-care strategies or whatever… and yes, I developed strategies. I have a really nice support system now. The best advice I can give myself and to anybody is that there is no recipe. Every person has a very, very unique support system, and also I can recommend things that work for me but I am not sure how it would work for other people. What helps me now is to reconnect with my body. I think it's a super important thing. Also, we experience all kinds of negative emotions. And fortunately, there are many things you can do in order to overcome them. People who are very experienced in leading different dance practices or other physical activities can help. Besides that, there are so many things that can be done connected to joy. Because loneliness can also be the loss of the ability to feel joy in life maybe. So what I do, I try out new things. Fortunately, I am very curious, so I try different things and that way I have at least two, three new things which I really enjoy doing. And they take me in this flow, in the state of satisfaction and joy. Another thing I discovered is the power of writing, which works for everybody I believe. There are so many ways of doing it. So there is this woman, Marie Andrew, who started to draw every day, very simple drawings with watercolors. And I tried many different things and discovered the way she is doing it… I am doing it my way of course but it works for me. And I do lists, a list like "My favourite things about this city" or something. These are not complicated lists. And they still give the person who makes them a chance to discover a lot and make it very personal. It's a really nice thing to do that helps me a lot when I am experiencing negative emotions including loneliness because all of the others they give joy, pleasure but this gives words. And words reorganise your problem in a way and the world starts feeling more comfortable.
"another thing I discovered is the power of writing, which works for everybody I believe, there are so many ways of doing it"
Is there something else you want to say about loneliness?
I realize, that especially teenagers experience loneliness in a very strong way. I am from a generation where we had only limited access to a computer… I think they live a very different life than I do. Loneliness and other emotions are something they don't speak about a lot. But I think they should. That is why we talk about this… People who suffer from loneliness for a longer time they don't realise it, they just get used to it or don't speak up. This topic is definitely something that needs to be spoken about much more. And also because of the people who surround the one who feels lonely. Normally, what I hear from other people is "Oh, just stop with that. Be stronger." But the thing is that it's not something you have under control. I also think therapy is something helpful to do. Especially for people who don't feel comfortable or are afraid of what the ones around them will think. So, yeah, people who experience loneliness should be supported by others by being invited to share without fear. And yes, even go to therapy which is nothing to be ashamed or afraid of. I am a person who was going to therapy because it's something very healthy to do.
I have to say, I am still exploring this topic and I don't know where it is going to lead me. I think I also had a very general idea about loneliness and now the more I think about it, the more I realise every person experiences it in a very different way. The core seems to be the same but the process people go through is very different.
"normally, what I hear from other people is "oh, just stop with that. be stronger."
But the thing is that it's not something you have under control"
You are also working on a project focusing on loneliness. But you work in a team, so you had to come up with this topic together. How were you personally involved in choosing this topic?
Okay, this is a whole new story. We work on this project since June 2018. I work with three other women. We have been in a big group of people, maybe 20 to 30 people. This is where we met. One had to find partners to work with on a certain project and we could choose anything. We decided to come together and work on the topic of rituals. I come from a family where we don't follow a lot of traditions. And it's a small family. But in my neighbourhood there were mostly big families where one would know all his first, second, third cousins... they are a huge group who keep in touch, meet, celebrate. So always observing this lifestyle from a distance I wanted to focus on this topic. So the whole idea came from there. Then we realised it is very metaphorical and hard to work with because we didn't have a really concrete idea for it. We spent one night traveling by train from Kyiv to Ivano-Frankivsk in Ukraine where we were thinking a lot about it. And at some point we started writing several words down that came to our minds. And then we decided to work on this topic because it is already there. Everybody from the team felt connected to the word and idea of loneliness. That is why we just decided on it because it is something everybody relates to. And also because we wanted to explore how people living in isolation would be experiencing it. So that's how our journey started, a beautiful process of making an experiment.
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Business Groups Fight '18 Ballot Question
Dec 12, 2017Boston Herald, Council in the News
By Bob McGovern
Business groups fighting to block the so-called millionaire tax from next year's statewide ballot say the proposed constitutional amendment is "truly radical" and should not go to the voters, according to a brief filed with the state's highest court.
"Plaintiffs bring this lawsuit to exclude from the 2018 ballot an initiative petition that threatens to undermine our representative system of government and our separation of powers, and the long-standing consensus that the Legislature must maintain ultimate control over public finances," wrote Kevin Martin, an attorney representing the businesses.
The proposal, which is slated to be on the statewide ballot in November, would impose a 4 percent surtax on incomes over $1 million. The money raised through the tax would go into education and transportation programs.
Christopher Anderson, president of the Massachusetts High Technology Council, Christopher Carlozzi, the Massachusetts director of the National Federation of Independent Business, and others have asked the Supreme Judicial Court to boot the proposed amendment.
Their attorneys argue that the state constitution forbids initiative petitions from being "used to embed spending earmarks in the Constitution."
"Allowing this Initiative on the ballot would undermine the Legislature's authority with respect to both spending and taxes in one fell swoop, setting the stage for public finances to be determined not in the deliberative legislative process, but in the free-for-all of special interest-fueled initiative petitions," Martin wrote.
Martin also argues that the initiative improperly combines unrelated subjects by forcing money raised through the tax to be spent only on education and transportation.
"The Initiative is truly radical," he wrote.
According to Martin's brief, the state constitution currently mandates a flat income tax rate, and voters resoundingly tossed bids to authorize a graduated income tax in 1962, 1968, 1972, 1976 and 1994.
State Attorney General Maura Healey certified the 2018 question and is expected to defend it when the case goes before the SJC on Feb. 5.
"We believe our office made the right call in certifying this question in accordance with the constitutional requirements," Healey spokeswoman Emily Snyder said in a statement. "We look forward to defending this decision in court."
In a statement, Anderson said the plaintiffs "look forward to the SJC's thoughtful consideration of these critical arguments, and continuing the conversation when oral arguments occur in February."


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Unrelated-"Get Back"
Posted by Ryan on December 8, 2021, 10:23 am, in reply to "DEAD"
Anyone else sit through this near-8 hour monster?
General thoughts from someone who hasn't seen "Let It Be" (and probably won't for a very long time now):
The infighting is mostly relegated to one bit where George gets mad that Paul keeps telling him what to play, immediately after which George LEAVES THE BEATLES! Apparently, there was a cut tense interaction just before this between George and John that led to the walkout (idk if that's in "Let It Be" or not), which would certainly make George leaving make more sense. As it is, it's pretty confusing.
There are a few mild arguments, but watching this you're more likely to think, "man, these guys LOVED each other!" There's tons of goofing around, hugging each other and general merriment. I'm guessing the real story is somewhere in between what's portrayed in the two movies? There *was* 60 hours of footage recorded in total.
Other asides:
Paul totally seems to be in charge at this point, contributing the most songs, and generally seeming to be the most talented. John mostly just goes with the flow, while Yoko sits next to him LITERALLY THE ENTIRE TIME (!)
Imagine having a band and trying to be in a creative circle and get things working, and the rhythm guitarist's wife is just sitting there? Hella weird. Linda shows up at times to take photos and stuff, but she's not sitting next to Paul when he's playing. Yoko does do her screaming/yelping bit when they jam a couple times, which they seem to have fun with. lol@Paul generating feedback like a true rocker. Young Heather McCartney does a pretty funny impression of the yelping later on.
after much dicking around, once Billy Preston turns up, the band gets like a million times better almost immediately
"Get Back" started as a funny protest song
Ringo and George writing "Octopus's Garden" together
the early versions of songs from solo Beatles' albums
Paul noodling around until he comes up with "Let It Be" in the background while people are walking around talking and not paying attention
also it's just fun thinking to yourself what the correct lyrics should be, as they struggle to come up with them, "no, the California grass part should go there!")
Glyn Johns and his amazing psych wardrobe
Mal Evans' moment in the sun during "Maxwell's Silver Hammer"
all of the "Abbey Road" song bits are great
*some* of the goofy voices and jamming and alternate lyrics are great fun, but dear god is there a lot of it
I guess my main problem with the movie is out of the "Let It Be" songs I only really like "Get Back" and "Two Of Us," and think a few others are okay, which means a hundred million tries at "Don't Let Me Down" and "I've Got a Feeling" don't really do much for me. (also, did John mess up the lyrics on purpose on the roof or did he STILL NOT KNOW how "Don't Let me Down" goes after all that time?)
I'd say it's definitely worth a single watch, particularly if you're interested in seeing good songwriters write songs, but if you're not a Beatles fan I can't imagine being entertained by this. Part two in particular is really ####ing boring.
watched "Let It Be" too - Ryan December 8, 2021, 6:06 pm
Re: watched "Let It Be" too - Paul C December 14, 2021, 8:43 am
Re: Unrelated-"Get Back" - Sam December 8, 2021, 1:40 pm
Only saw part 1 - Pugeye December 8, 2021, 12:52 pm


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«Бандурист» — малюнок виконаний сепійною технікою за авторством Тараса Шевченка. Орієнтовно створений у 1843 році під час подорожі Україною. Один з жанрових творів художника з сільського життя. Малюнок зображує молодого бандуриста у капелюсі, який грає біля паркану. Його оточують слухачі, зображені на другому та третьому планах. Сюжетно малюнок пов'язаний із поемою «Невольник» («Сліпий»), хоча і був створений раніше неї. Довгий час зберігався у приватних колекціях, доки не увійшов до складу фондів Музею українських старожитностей В. В. Тарновського. З 1948 року зберігається у Національному музеї Тараса Шевченка.

Історія малюнку
Малюнок був створений орієнтовно у жовтні 1843 року, під час першої подорожі Тараса Шевченка Україною. Місцем створення вважається село Ісківці на Полтавщині. Датування дається за датою створення схожого малюнка «Козак-бандурист».

На відміну від подібного малюнка «Казак-бандурист», зображення бандуриста у капелюсі залишалося у власності художника. Він був включений Григорієм Честахівським до списку творів Шевченка складеному після його смерті у 1861 році. У квітні того ж року перейшов у власність товариша Шевченка — Михайла Лазаревського, пізніше його викупила Українська петербурзька громада. Потім малюнком послідовно володіли Андрій Козачковський (липень 1861), Всеволод Коховський (1875), родина Каховських (1891) та Софія Бразоль (1893). У останньої всю її колекцію творів Шевченка, враховуючи і малюнок, у 1898 році викупив Василь Тарновський (молодший). Малюнок увійшов до складу фондів Музею українських старожитностей Тарновського під інвентарним номером 167 (1899). Після реорганізації музею, послідовно зберігався в Чернігівському державному музеї (1925), Галереї картин Тараса Шевченка (1933) та Центральному музеї Тараса Шевченка (1940). З 1948 року малюнок зберігається у Державному музеї Тараса Шевченка (з 1991 року Національний музей Тараса Шевченка) під інвентарним номером г-904, стан задовільний.

Малюнок вперше згадується під назвою «Бандурист, окруженный слушателями» у статті Олександра Русова «Колекція рисунків Т. Г. Шевченка» опублікованій у часописі «Кіевская старина» за 1894 рік. Вперше опублікована репродукція у виданні «Малюнки Т. Шевченка» (1914) під назвою «Молодий кобзар». Також, у літературі використовувалися такі назви: «Бандурист молодой играет, идя по улице», «Хлопець грає на бандурі». У сьомий том Повного зібрання творів Тараса Шевченка в десяти томах, малюнок був включений під гіпотетичною назвою «Сліпий» («Невольник») як і однойменна поема поета створена через два роки після малюнку. У новому, дванадцятитомному, повному зібранні творів Шевченка, малюнок отримав назву «Бандурист».

Сюжет малюнка
Малюнок виконаний за допомогою сепії на листі паперу розміром 145*105 мм. На його звороті праворуч угорі є напис олівцем «№ 167» (номер за каталогом Музею українських старожитностей). Ще один напис є ліворуч унизу — чорнилами друкованими літерами виведено «Бандурист».

Малюнок являє собою жанровий твір з сільського життя. На ньому зображений яскравий сонячний день, світло «виділяє типові риси фігур людей та особливість ландшафту». На першому плані зображена «експресивна потужна постать» молодого бандуриста у капелюсі з широкими полями. Виразність образу бандуриста придає тінь від капелюха, яка майже повністю прикриває його лице і тінь від бандури, яка прикриває поясну область та шаровари. За музикантом видніється паркан на який обіперся хлопчик-поводир. Завдяки вдалій композиції з дуба, хати та криниці, постаті бандуриста та поводиря здаються осяяні «ніби зсередини». З іншої сторони паркану, у затінку, стоять молода дівчина та літня людина, які уважно слухають бандуриста. Вони символізують молодість та поважну мудрість. Вдалині видніються постаті двох людей, які прислухаються до музиканта. Персони другого та третього плану зображені більш узагальнені, з меншою тональною насиченістю.

Сюжетно малюнок пов'язаний з поемою «Невольник» («Сліпий») і зображує сцену поеми, де Ярина вгадує у сліпому кобзарі свого нареченого Степана:

«Отак на улиці під тиномЩе молодий кобзар стоявІ про невольника співав.За тином слухала Ярина…».

Схожі малюнки
Відомо ще кілька графічних творів Тараса Шевченка зі схожим сюжетом, всі вони датуються 1843 роком. У Національному музеї Тараса Шевченка зберігається фотокопія утраченого варіанту малюнка розміром 23*18 см, де бандурист зображений з козацьким оселедцем. У приватній збірці Іллі Зільберштейна зберігався ескіз малюнку за подібним сюжетом, пізніше він був переданий до  Державного музею образотворчих мистецтв імені О. С. Пушкіна у Москві. Він був зроблений на звороті автопортрету, який Тарас Шевченко подарував княжні Варварі Рєпніній. Також, відомо три начерки на цю тему, один з цих начерків відомий лише за фотокопією, бо він знаходився на звороті малюнка «Козак-бандурист» і загинув разом з ним під час пожежі. У Шевченківському словнику підкреслювалося, що ескіз та начерки значно відрізняються один від одного та від малюнків трактуванням персонажів та художнім розв'язанням.

Участь у виставках
Виставки в яких експонувався малюнок:

 Виставка творів Шевченка. Чернігів. 1929 (під назвою «Хлопець грає на бандурі»)
 Ювілейна Шевченківська виставка. Київ — Москва. 1964

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Some HP embedded Thin Clients and some thick clients running the latest clients.
Briefly, you could allow the VM to roam with the end-users so that they only have a long log in for the first time during their shift. If you choose to do that you could auto logoff the VM after they are disconnected for several minutes or hours, whatever fits your scenario.
What we do is auto login from our Wyse thin clients into the VM with a generic AD account, then once logged into windows the desktop locks with Imprivata. When an end-user taps their prox card on the prox reader connected to the thin client it unlocks the VM and Imprivata does its thing to give the user their access and expected experience. That's a big infrastructure discussion, not to mention lots of planning.
Have you tried the below link for building your image. The only difference is for the mandatory profile part I did it with local polices vs group polices and I'm getting 40 seconds with app volumes and UEM both used. Taking away app volumes its closer to 20 seconds, not quite 8 seconds like they say, I have a hard time seeing our profiles taking 12 seconds to apply.
Also have you watched the cpu usuage while people are logging in, I saw this recently on our terminal servers. See if the desktops are going to 100% cpu, and if so you may need to find a way to either lower the cpu usage on logon, or increase the VMs resources.
I'm using 1703 and 1709, while people say the LSTB ones work, multiple vmware people I've talked to suggested to stay away even though its supported.
Are the clients essentially waiting for a login to the physical client, and then additionally waiting for a login to the Windows VM?
Our people required an 8 second login. So to realistically accomplish that we do what I referred to, using a Wyse thin client auto launching View and logging in with a generic account. Essentially when an end user walks up to a workstation they tap the badge and Windows unlocks for them to the VM desktop. :-) Like I said initially could be a big architecture discussion. Maybe you should consider allowing the VMs to roam with the end-user so they aren't waiting for the VM to login each time (Just the first time after they start their shift). I know sometimes it's not feasible for EMRs to "roam" to a new location without being closed and reopened from scratch, so that might not work either.
When using UEM, check the logs to see what is taking the most time extracting and applying to the profile. My recommendation is to set all of your applications to DirectFlex so that the settings are applied at application launch rather then logging into the system. Another suggestion is to make sure that any logon tasks are all set to async. If its not, it while hold onto the logon shell. You didn't mention app volumes in your list of things but if you are using that it will also a huge impact on login times.
I have not tried this optimization article but am going to give it a whirl. The issue i have so far is with the ISO file. On my Volume License Portal i have a lot of options for iISO's but mine don't quite launch the way it does in the KB. Mine doesn't let me chose the OS since it's already there. Here is the name of the iso..SW_DVD5_WIN_ENT_LTSB_2016_64BIT_English_MLF_X21-07421.ISO. This is 2016 Windows 10 LTSB Enterprise. All my VDI masters are currently using this ISO so i'm curious if this is going to make a difference going thru these steps if the ISO isn;t the same. There seems to be a few differences. Any help with the correct iso would be great. Thanks for the reply.
Have you identified what is being saved/shipped between sessions and what is being created fresh ?
If you use a mandatory profile and run into issues with the start menu, try not using it. I just found that 1703 can't use a mandatory profile because of how the permissions work, but it looks like it works correctly in 1709.
I only have access to Version 1607 LTSB which is on the compatibility list. Ran thru the entire setup and did my fist test image and it still takes 45 seconds to get to a desktop. Strange thing in the Login Monitor log, says it took 15 seconds for the GPO's and there is only one policy and that is UEM. Nothing is really enables in UEM at this point so not sure why it takes 15 seconds. Total time say 60 seconds. Is the master better off being joined to the domain or not?? At this point it is NOT. Still going to look through logs to see what i can but it doesn't look promising. Any comments are welcome. Thanks.
I don't join the parent to the domain, for us it makes it easier. Try disabling the logon monitor service and disabling the startup tool. Its weird that monitoring tool adds to the logon time from what I've seen. Add or edit this key below, it will make the desktop appear quicker, and you can see how long that vlm_helper command runs. I took a look at the fling where that started, I think it later versions they are going to disable this by default and you can enable it if you need it.
Followed your last couple posts. Seems like there are a couple places it hangs. One is GPO's and the other is UEM. The VMlogin monitor hangs at the very end as well. Probably adds about 5 seconds to it. The Login Monitor service is disabled yet this still runs. Any thoughts?
Another thought of something to try is UEM configured in NOAD mode. I have absolutely no experience with using UEM in this method, since we started with UEM a few years ago and haven't tried switching to NOAD mode, yet. My co worker met someone at VMworld 2018 that was raving about the login time savings for his environment by switching to UEM in NOAD mode, getting away from that one remaining GPO.


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Hydrocyphon bifidus es una especie de coleóptero de la familia Scirtidae.

Distribución geográfica
Habita en Guizhou (China).

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Bifidus
Coleópteros de China


Cremated bodies can be made into synthetic diamonds, in a process which heats extracted carbons from a loved one's remains to extreme temperatures. These are then placed into LifeGem's diamond press, a 13,000-pound industrial machine. Once the diamond has been made it can be cut and polished, as well as have unique features engraved on its surface.
The Buddhist traditions observed in Hong Kong require proper respect to be shown to the bodies of those that have passed on. The country has been running out of space to store their ever-increasing number of dead. Burial plots in Hong Kong are now being reused and families often wait up to 56 months to get one. This means that most of the bodies of those that die are cremated and the country has also begun running out of space to store the urns.
To solve this problem Hong Kong has teamed up with British architectural firm, BREAD Studio, to create a floating island where the ashes of 370,000 people can now be housed. The island is called 'Floating Eternity' and is located alongside the harbor. Visitors can pull up by boat, place their urn in a designated niche or sprinkle the ashes overboard for a burial at sea. The circular walkway has also been designed to ensure that the view from any angle remains unobstructed.
Eternal Reefs has revolutionized a way for deceased loved ones to become a part of the ocean's ecosystem. Cremated remains are put inside reef balls, which are specially designed to repopulate the oceans reefs after their drastic decline in recent decades. The unique design encourages sea life to attach itself to the surface of the balls and grow outward. The reef ball can also store personal memorabilia, such as dog tags for navy veterans.
Mesoloft is a company that takes cremated remains up in a balloon and releases them into the atmosphere, where they float around the Earth before drifting back to the planet's surface to settle on various landforms. Other ashes will pass through clouds to become a part of rain or snow. The release is recorded and played for loved ones at the deceased's funeral, or a special memorial service.
The safety of many countries depends on their ability to defend themselves during times of war, which often requires transporting secret messages. Each country has their own spies that are responsible for obtaining and transferring this information securely. As technology has advanced, much of this secret information is stored in password protected systems. Computers often generate these passwords which makes it possible for them to be hacked. This has caused ongoing research to develop secure ways of hiding information physically. One of these is chemical cryptography, which involves creating passwords made from atomic structures.
Although not currently on the market, the technology shows immense potential. Messages would be secured by coding them in the form of small molecules, that would be absorbed by a napkin. They could only be decrypted using the key, which would be the molecule's structure. The method has been developed by German company Karlsruher Institut fur Technologie. Their molecular library has at least 500,000 keys that, because of their structural diversification, would be impossible to decode without the sample. The message can also only be revealed after being scanned with the same equipment used by microbiologists to analyze new compounds in their research. Researchers plan on expanding the technology to including DNA which would increase the number of keys that could be made, making passwords even more secure.
The small size of molecular keypad locks also makes them difficult to detect. This is a form of steganography, where both the locks and keys are hidden. This technology was first developed in 2007, with the possibility of only one password being used per lock. Researchers have recently found ways to allow locks to have multiple passwords, according to a study published in Journal of the American Chemical Society. Most florescent molecular sensors generate discreet optical signals but the one used was able to generate a unique optical 'fingerprint' for each chemical, making it possible to differentiate between them.
This inclusion enables the system to operate like both an electronic keypad lock, which can be opened by entering the correct password, and a biometric lock, opened by recognizing a unique signature (such as a fingerprint). Electronic locks have accessible entry keys, placed on the keypad, and can be opened by anybody that knows the password. Biometric locks are more secure as each user carries their own key. The molecular keypad lock would require both a password and optical fingerprint and would increase security even more, as the key is chemical and the correct password would need to be entered.


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Hayseed is a Canadian comedy film, directed by Josh Levy and Andrew Hayes and released in 1997. The film stars Jamie Shannon as Gordon, a naive "hayseed" from a small town in Northern Ontario who travels to Toronto after receiving a tip from a psychic that his lost dog is in the city, and meets a bizarre cast of characters, from prostitutes to gay sex slave traders, during his trip.

The film's cast includes Deborah Theaker, Elva Mai Hoover, Dan Lett, Daniel MacIvor, Scott Thompson, Mark McKinney, Maria Vacratsis, Dan Redican and Bruce LaBruce. The soundtrack included songs by Andy Kim, Babybird, By Divine Right, Local Rabbits, Odds, Pansy Division, Rusty and Treble Charger.

The film premiered at the 1997 Toronto International Film Festival, and was subsequently broadcast on television by Citytv.

Critical response
In his 2003 book A Century of Canadian Cinema, Gerald Pratley called the film "a low-budget fairy-tale romp and a welcome change from other films claiming to be comedies". Writing for the Toronto Star, Mitchel Raphael positioned Levy alongside LaBruce, playwright Brad Fraser and novelist Todd Klinck as one of a wave of "new degenerates" whose work challenged rather than assimilating into the "gay establishment".

Thomas Waugh's MediaQueer site describes the film as a "Candide-style parable" which "somehow missed entering the Canadian canon, perhaps because the fresh, folksy but sex-savvy satire of innocence adrift was hard to pigeonhole as either queer or otherwise, or because the Egoyan-Cronenberg tastemakers prefer to keep our frothy comic sensibilities on television and reserve the Art Cinema for world-heavy themes."

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You cook them either by poaching, jugging (placing in a deep jug, pour in boiling water, leave covered for a few minutes), oven cooking in a foil parcel or grilling. Sometimes they come in boil in the bag packaging, which does minimise the smell!... 2/01/2011 · Bone two kippers; and before boning them, cook them together, preferably in an oven bag (Dare I say Asda style). The assistant must place the cut surfaces to face each other in the bag.
Breakfast - the most important meal of the day. Or so I hear it said. All too often, though, I don't have the time to make an effort - always rushing off to work. is basmati a brown rice how to cook Boil the kippers in the bag, according to pack instructions. Cook the spinach, cumin and butter in a large pan over a medium heat for 5 minutes, turning occasionally, until the spinach has wilted.


This is a 30x30cm giclee print of Camel Club Collage's original paper collage 'Attack of the Gulls'.
An important reminder to look out for those pesky seagulls, especially when you are out boating on the lake with your chips.
All prints are printed locally in Bristol using high quality pigment inks on natural 315gsm fine art paper - your archival paper print is guaranteed to stay vibrant for 85+ years so will make the perfect gift!


Diamond Streak Serengeti™ is a high volatility, African safari-themed title that is available on the bright Orion Portrait cabinet. Any win on an Orion Portrait cabinet will excite your player when the 498 synchronized LED lights glow with celebration. Diamond Streak Serengeti also features linked and scale-with-bet progressives, where the static jackpot scales raise according to the active bet multiplier chosen by the player. If the player chooses to wager at a higher multiplier, then each jackpot will display its highest value. Diamond Streak Serengeti is equipped with the feature row bonus, which triggers randomly in the base game adding a fourth reel. The feature row bonus can potentially award progressives when three jackpot progressive diamonds land on reels 2-4. Diamond Streak Serengeti is also linked to AGS' Power XStream evaluation, maximizing the number of ways to win from 243 to 1024 ways to win. The high paying symbols in Diamond Streak Serengeti ™ feature various African safari animal themed images with crisp artwork.


SAMANTHA REINDERS is a photojournalist and multimedia producer currently based between her hometown of Cape Town, South Africa and Kathmandu in Nepal. She holds a graduate degree in visual communications from Ohio University. She believes strongly in telling people's stories – as personally as she can and with as much empathy as possible.
She's thinks speaking in the third person is silly. So….
I'm not 100% certain when my career actually began – but I thinks it was either somewhere in the curious hills of Appalachia, whilst riding shotgun in my dads beloved LandRover or sandwiched between two other photographers in the press pool in the Oval Office. (I covered the Washington, DC political landscape – including the White House and Capitol Hill in 2005).
Either way, I'm glad it did because it has, among other things, allowed me to chase penguins, fly on Air Force One, swim with sharks and meet a collection of interesting people – from business men to homeless men, survivors, sadhus and sociopaths and sweet grannies at bake-sales. I've explored remote islands, teeming cities and untouched landscapes. I love what I do.
I'm inspired by and pursuing stories about our relation to and impact on the landscape we inhabit. I'm motivated by (among other things…) the African continent and its crazy complexities and am currently working on personal projects that tell a small slither of its story. I'm finding that, more and more, my personal work is exploring the line between art and documentary photography and I'm fiddling with installation and other visual mediums to tell stories in new ways.
In addition to working behind the lens I love to teach, which I do a lot of. I've also edited several books and am keenly interested in curatorship and the importance of the photographic archive.
National Geographic, The Smithsonian, Time, NPR, US News & World Report, The New York Times, MSF, OSF, The Gates Foundation, UNDP, L'Express, Der Spiegel, Vogue, Action Aid, The Sunday Times, Architectural Review, Readers Digest, The Fader, The London Financial Times, South African Tourism, Goldman Sachs, Mazda, Mercedes Benz, The Ocean Conservancy and FaceBook.
My Future, My Voice, Photo Workshop in collaboration with the US Embassy in Swaziland.


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Oprah Winfrey Presents: Where Do We Go From Here?
Oprah Winfrey Presents: Where Do We Go From Here? - Season 1
With the civil unrest after the murder of George Floyd, Oprah talks to black leaders, activists and artists about systemic racism and the current state of America.
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Pacific Coasting
A Guide to the Ultimate Road Trip, from Southern California to the Pacific Northwest
Danielle Kroll By (author)
Status: Coming Soon
Publisher: Artisan
Page Count: 224 pg
TRAVEL / United States / West / Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)
TRAVEL / Food, Lodging & Transportation / General
Pacific Coasting is the ultimate illustrated guide to road-tripping the historic Pacific coastline—spanning Southern California to Washington State to Vancouver Island—and the must-visit stops along the way, by artist Danielle Kroll.
"Your illustrated guide to the perfect West Coast road trip. . . . A guide for even the state's most seasoned road warriors, with illustrated routes, playlists, pit stops, packing lists and, after a long day on the road, the must-stop bed-and-breakfasts and campsites."
Danielle Kroll is an artist and designer known for her whimsical paintings inspired by travel, nature, and her ever-growing collection of vintage memorabilia. Kroll studied at the Tyler School of Art and majored in Graphic and Interactive Design. In 2009, she started her career in Anthropologie's art department, and in 2013, she went out on her own, with clients such as Anthropologie, Kate Spade New York, One King's Lane, Papyrus, Hallmark, Land of Nod, and Figo. Her current work includes commissioned illustrations, personal paintings, ceramics, textiles, and greeting cards. Kroll lives in upstate New York but is drawn to California. She has driven the Pacific Coast Highway many times and backpacked the 220 miles of the John Muir Trail in California. She shares her artwork and adventures with her 40,000 followers on Instagram @daniellekroll.


Have you ever wondered where your taste in video games comes from? I believe that personality is one of the most crucial factors influencing one's taste in games. There are three types of personalities; introverts, extroverts, and ambiverts. Each person within these groups plays games for different reason. Hopefully, you will have a better understanding why you play games after reading this.
Basically, introverts are people who expend considerable energy when in social situations and need time alone to recover. It as if they are putting on a performance. They must gauge and read others in the room. The introvert enjoys solitude. As the name may imply, introverts are introspective and very self-aware. An introvert is independent and creative. Introverts do not need or want constant stimulation. Too much going on can overwhelm the senses. Almost all introverts behave in this manner.
Due to their need for solitude, introverts naturally are drawn to the video game medium. Introverted gamers are looking for games that give them the solitude they desire. Single player games have the most appeal to introverts. Games that have expansive, immersive worlds in which the player can lose themselves in. Huge open world RPGS such as Elder Scrolls games such as Morrowind and Skyrim, The Witcher 3, and Dragon Age deliver great gaming experiences for introverts who wish to do just that. The worlds featured in these games aren't just big but also provide hours upon hours of great content, something Ubisoft needs to learn.
Story heavy games with strong characters usually catch the attention of introverts. They want more from a game than just getting from point A to point B or beating the other team in an online FPS. Persona 3, 4, 5 as well as many other games in the Shin Megami Tensei series is a great draw for introverts. These games demand personal investment from the player. The colorful cast of characters within the Persona series as well as the dark, introspective themes will certainly be a draw for introverts. The recently released Nier: Automata also has appeal in this way, with its exploration of existentialism and philosophy.
Introverts are seeking adventure and immersion to escape for a little while. It provides them the solitude they need to recover their lost energy so they can get out and socialize again.
Extroverts are the polar opposite of introverts. The extrovert needs to constantly be socializing. It re-energizes them. They like being the center of attention and seek excitement and stimulation. Extroverts look to make as many friends as possible so they never feel lonely.
For Extroverts, video games are an extension of socializing with friends. They are seeking games that can deliver an enjoyable social experience. Online multiplayer games are very popular with the extroverted gaming crowd. It allows them to play with many friends even when they aren't near each other. Whatever popular online shoot seems to be the favorite of this group of gamers. Games such as Call of Duty, Overwatch, Battlefield, Paladins, Halo, and the recent Tom Clancy games. In other words, games with a large player base. They are drawn to social media integration consoles have pushed for. Social media integration within games allow players to interact with each other and share experiences. Almost all modern games have embraced this, even single player games such as Dark Souls.
Extroverts love when a game makes them feel competent. An extrovert wants to compare themselves with other players. Competitiveness is common amongst extroverts. Arcade and fighting games such as Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter, Super Smash Bros, and Skull Girls would most likely be popular with the competitive extroverted crowd. These games also have active online communities.
Based on my observations, Extroverts are seeking action-oriented games that provide considerable stimulation and excitement as well as games that provide a medium for social interactions.
Ambiverts are a category of people often forgotten about. They display characteristics of both introverts and extroverts. An ambivert can party hard but also enjoy being alone. The same concept can be applied to games. Sometimes you want to go on a grand adventure and forget about this world, and other times you want to compete against other players and test your competency. Where ever your mood takes you.
Do you prefer solitude or feeling connected to others? Whether you are an introvert, extrovert, or ambivert, there is a game that fits your personality. So I leave you with this question, what kind of gamer are you?


Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via Reuters | US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani in Doha, Qatar; Jan. 13, 2019.
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and non-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member Egypt cut diplomatic, transport and trade ties with Qatar in June 2017, accusing it of supporting terrorism and their regional foe Shi'ite Muslim Iran -- something Doha denies.
He will head next to the Saudi capital Riyadh, where he said the United States would ensure there is "full and complete" accountability on the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, the U.S.-based Washington Post journalist from Saudi Arabia.
"We will continue to talk about that and make sure we have all the facts so that they are held accountable certainly by the Saudis but by the U.S. as well where appropriate," Pompeo told the news conference.


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Q: Изменение расположения изображений @media При нормальном размере экрана выглядеть должно вот так

Когда сжимаю экран выглядеть должно вот так (по итогу при сжатии, картинки должны отцентровываться):
@media screen and (max-width: 980px) {
#pic_1{
display: table-cell;
text-align: center;
}
#pic_2{
display: table-cell;
text-align: center;
}
}

Не работает. Помогите, пожалуйста, разобраться, что я делаю не так.

A: Немного не то центруешь. Центровать надо данные внутри блока. Накладывая text-align: center на картинку ты пытаешься, данные внутри картинки(?) выровнять по центру.
.main {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
}

@media screen and (max-width: 980px) {
  .main {
    text-align: center;
  }
}

Живой пример:
http://codepen.io/bustexz/pen/QNgbOz

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Review the statistics on how the human brain retains visual images at a rate higher than reading text, and it would be hard not to use video as a medium for communication.
The stats vary among scientific research reports, research firms, scholarly articles, and not-so-independent research. Whether two-times or sixty-times greater, the retention rate of watching a video versus reading text is exponentially greater. This applies to all age groups.
If your organization, college, or university is not already producing video content for recruiting, training, or other types of communications, that needs to change. That is, if you feel it is important to engage with what in 2015 the U.S. Census Bureau declared the largest demographic in the U.S.—millennials. Today they range between 17 and 35 years old.
Live video will grow 15-fold from 2016 to 2021. Internet video traffic will grow fourfold from 2016 to 2021, a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 31 percent.
Content Delivery Network (CDN) traffic will carry 71 percent of all Internet traffic by 2021, up from 52 percent in 2016.
Not long ago much was written about the demise of the brick-and-mortar university model. The massive open online course (MOOC) movement was set to shutter the traditional classroom. Yet a 2014 report by Justin Reich, Menschel Rearch Fellow at HarvardX, revealed that on average, 6 percent of all HarvardX (HX) open online course registrants earn a certificate. "That number is in keeping with the 'low' completion number for MOOCs the media has often rightly zeroed-in on," the report stated.
If you had a hard time staying awake during "sage on the stage" lectures in a darkened auditorium during college, imagine how much harder it would be to hold the attention of a student sitting in front of a screen at home.
Corporate enterprises and other organizations often cite the abysmal MOOC completion rates as an excuse to not invest in video recording or live-streaming. Dig a bit deeper, though, and everyone can impart lessons from years of trial and error, research and measuring results done by many higher education organizations.
Whether recording or streaming an all-hands meeting, a corporate training or recruiting video, the death knell is having one fixed-focused camera on the speaker. Think active, and actively think.
Active learning is still fairly new. It's possible if colleges and universities had been implementing active pedagogies, MOOC completion rates would have been higher.
With the plethora of integrated collaboration tools, easy-to-use video equipment, flexible and affordable streaming platforms and content delivery networks (CDN)—all organizations can embrace video to enhance its message.


Banks wanting to leave the company was made into a storyline on this week's RAW.
If recent rumors are to be believed, Sasha Banks wants out of her WWE contract desperately.
After being told that she and Bayley would be losing the Women's Tag Team titles at WrestleMania, The Boss reportedly went ballistic backstage, leading to an un-named Superstar getting a busted lip by accident.
This week though, WWE bizarrely addressed the real-life incident, with commentator Corey Graves saying Banks has taken her ball and gone home.
This has left many fans baffled as to why WWE would address this story, which if you are a fan of the former RAW Women's Champion, portrays the company very poorly.
Though it seems there may indeed be a method to WWE's madness.
Here are five reasons why WWE decided to make Sasha Banks planning to quit into a storyline on this week's RAW.
Banks recently pulled out of an appearance representing WWE due to "personal reasons".
Ever since the rumors began that Sasha Banks wanted to leave WWE, things have not looked good for the company.
Sasha's most loyal of fans have accused the company in forcing her to stay, whilst those critics of the WWE have suggested this outburst by The Boss will lead to her being 'buried' on-screen.
By turning this very-real issue into a storyline, WWE are blurring the lines of kayfabe and reality.
Now, any major media who sees this will be led to believe that this is all just part of a bigger picture, saving face for the WWE.
Plus, any outburst from Banks, or any of her fellow Superstars about the situation on Twitter, can similarly be dismissed as being WWE's idea, rather than the real-life frustration from the men and women on the roster.