Crystals are a blessing from Mother Nature's spirit, Gaia. We are simply guardians of the crystals we come into possession. As their guardian, it is up to us to take care of them and in return, crystals will take care of us. When prepared properly, crystals can guide us, protect us, teach us, assist in communication, improve our spiritual wellbeing, and help us to accomplish our goals and live our dreams.
Crystals that are taken care of and are kept in a high vibrational environment can also physically change – crystals can grow and change, and if they are dull their colours may become more vibrant when they are looked after.
You may read various contradictory methods about how best to take care of your crystals. Here is a simple guide to break down how to cleanse or clear your crystals and also how to charge and program them so that they are working as you want them to. But, always be guided by your own intuition and find methods that resonate with you.
When you first purchase a crystal, you may need to clean it or you can usually ask a crystal shop owner to assist (usually they have cleaning machines) if you feel it has a lot of dust, oils from being handled, or dirt. Otherwise it can also be cleaned at home simply by rubbing it with a jewellery cloth. You can also use water to clean your crystals, as long as it can withstand water. If you're not sure then it's best not to use it as some crystals will be damaged or dissolve in water.
Crystals, like everything else around us, are made up of energy and vibrate at their own frequency levels but because it is impossible to separate frequency waves, they can become entangled in the vibrations from people, things, thoughts, events, etc.
When crystals come into contact with lower frequency levels, it can lower its own frequency level. We want our crystals to be operating at their highest possible level, or to be balanced, so that is why it's important to be cleansing them of any 'low vibes'.
When do you know to cleanse them?
There are many ways of cleansing or clearing your crystal of negative energy. Remember, that your crystals are from Mother Earth so they possess physical properties that may not be able to stand certain elements. It's really important to know your crystals before you try different ways of cleansing them.
Water is a Master Cleanser and this also applies to crystals. Hold your crystals within the natural running water from the ocean or a river. If you can't get them to a natural water source, you can also leave them in a glass or metal bowl overnight in some filtered water with a pinch of salt. Be sure to rinse off the salt from your crystals. After you've finished, flush away the water. This method should only be used with crystals that can withstand water and/or salt.
You can either immerse your crystals in dry salt and leave them there overnight (and rinse the salt off in the morning), or you can place your crystals in an empty glass and sit the glass within a bowl of salt. The salt will still be able to absorb the negative energy through the glass. Discard of the salt once you've finished with it.
Light a Palo Santo stick or some Sage and allow the smoke to smudge your crystals and clear out any negative energy. Be sure to open a window or the door if you can't smudge your crystals outside. It's important that the negative energy leaves the room.
The Full Moon is all about releasing and it's the perfect time to cleanse your crystals. Just put them outside (if they can stand their elements) or on a window-ledge to soak up the purifying Full Moon energy overnight. You might want to write your intention for clearing them on a piece of a paper to and place your crystals on top.
Bury your crystals in the Earth to help cleanse them – they come from Earth so it is a wonderful way to bring them back to their Source. Just be sure you're choosing crystals that can be exposed to outdoor elements. If you have a healthy plant, you can also place your crystals in the pot's soil. It is okay to put your crystal in a container or a bag to protect it from getting dirty, this method will still work. Leave crystals here for about 24 hours.
The healing energy of Reiki is super powerful and perfect for clearing your crystals of any negativity and restore them to their optimal state. If you have completed Reiki Level 2 and above, you may use relevant Reiki symbols to cleanse them.
Bells or Singing Bowls can be used for cleansing your crystals. Just play the instrument over the crystals. If you have a Quartz Crystal Bowl, place your crystals around it and the sounds will vibrate through to your crystals.
Simply hold or place your hands over the crystal and visualise a white light entering your Crown Chakra and down through your hands, clearing any negative and unwanted energy that the crystal has been holding.
Crystals such as Selenite, Clear Quartz, Carnelian, Kyanite and Amethyst can be used for cleansing other crystals. It is believed that these don't absorb negative energies but always trust your own intuition if you feel like a crystal needs cleansing. To use these crystals to cleanse, first program them so they know what you want to use them for and then place your crystals on or nearby them and leave them as long as you feel you need.
If you choose to use the wind to cleanse your crystals, the west wind (blows from west to east) is the best as it is the most gentle. The west wind is associated with renewal, balance, and growth. Place your crystals in a position where the wind will first blow a flower and then over your crystals. The early morning wind is the best time to do this practice and leave them for about 30 minutes.
Just as important as cleansing, you may need to charge your crystals – which is like giving them back their Life Force. The best way to know if you need to charge your crystals is to hold them and see how they feel. They should feel vibrant and energetic.
Placing your crystals overnight to soak up the The New Moon energy will reenergise them and set them up with their new purpose. Placing your crystals by the window or outside is a beautiful part of your New Moon ritual.
The masculine energies of the sunlight will energise and program your crystals. Leave them from sunrise to sunset. Some crystals will fade if they are exposed to sunlight too often. You can place them in the shade if you're unsure.
Reiki energy is also powerful for programming your crystals to ensure they are working how you need them to. If you have completed Reiki Level 2 and above, you may use relevant Reiki symbols to charge them.
Hold or place your hands over the crystal and visualise a white light entering your Crown Chakra and down through your hands, and repeat to your crystal or in your head the intention you are wanting for the crystal to help you with.
Once you feel like your crystal has been cleared and charged with energy, then you can tell it exactly how you want it to help you. Just like us, a crystal works better when it has a clear understanding of what is expected. Although crystals each have their own unique properties, they still require focus. By aligning the crystal's Universal Life Force with our intention, we are able to get a better result.
Programming refers to a function without human contact. For example, using crystals in your home for Feng Shui or in teh garden.
Aligning means to align an intention with an actual person. I.e. protection or using crystals in meditation.
Dedicating is to honour or assist others such as during a crystal healing.
As above with charging, you can either use the Sun, Moon, Reiki or Meditation to give your crystals their purpose. Whichever method you choose, be sure to first write down the crystal's purpose and either say it aloud or leave the paper nearby or underneath.
If you're wanting more information about the safest method to cleanse crystals, take a look at this list from Hibiscus Moon. And, if you're wanting to learn more about crystals or Reiki, contact me for the next course and workshop dates.


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Q: Fetch JSONFile Reponse in angular I have one json file which contains multiple objects inside another object,I want to iterate there key and values in my HTML Page:
Exemple :
{
    "firstName": "Ayoub",
    "lastName": "Gammar",
    "mntDc": 502.0,
    "childs": [
        {
            "firstName": "Rafik",
            "lastName": "Mansour",
            "mntDc": 500.0,
            "username": "user3"
        },
        {
            "firstName": "Ahmed",
            "lastName": "Makni",
            "mntDc": 1.0,
            "childs": [
                {
                    "firstName": "ALi",
                    "lastName": "hama",
                    "mntDc": 500.0,
                    "username": "admin"
                }
            ],
            "username": "user2"
        }
    ],
    "username": "user1"
}

Angular Methode :
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      console.log('data'+data);
      this.arbreUSer=data;;
    },error1 => {
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A: I don't understand which key you want to iterate. If you want to iterate the childs key then you can iterate it like this:
(data.childs||[]).forEach((item, index) {
  console.log(item, index);
});

But if you want to iterate the whole object then you can get its keys from:
let keys = Object.keys(data);
(keys||[]).forEach(function(item, index) {
    console.log(data[item], index); // You will get the each object key value here
});

A: Try this,
this.usrerArbre.getArbre().subscribe(data=>{
      console.log('data'+data);
      this.arbreUSer=data.childs;
    },error1 => {
      console.log(error1)
    })
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A: Here is a short solution:
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The asymptotic normality of the maximum likelihood estimator for a likelihood function based on several independent Type II censored samples is established. Examples from the accelerated Hfe class of models are considered with regard to this result. This extends previous work for the single sample case. Conditional confidence interval estimation is discussed for the parameters in the Arrhenius and Eyring models based on data from several Type II censored samples. Conditional confidence interval estimates for the average life of a component under user-specified stress, the acceleration factor or the factor which expresses how many times longer a component should last at one stress relative to another, and the 7th quantile of the failure time distribution of a component under user-specified stress are also provided. Approximate confidence intervals for these parameters are given for comparison with the conditional confidence intervals.


Chris Brown: This area is going to be a high priority for all types of food chains. Seafood has had to develop with IUU regulations and the like. I anticipate technology providing more rapid and accessible routes to 'walk' supply chains. I also expect consumer expectations of open data to rise. Asda contributes to the SFP Ocean Disclosure Project which gives full disclosure of our sourcing and the sustainability assessment.
Chris Brown: Our customer survey data shows customers are concerned about green issues. 93% say they care about green issues and 92% say that they had bought a green product within the last month. The challenge is for us in the sector to deliver credible and relevant information in an accessible format to those customers who seek it. Asda uses a multichannel approach with digital and established methods of dissemination including pack information.
Chris Brown: Transparency is a qualifier for an increasing proportion of consumers. In a connected world the access to information and its transfer is increasingly rapid. Businesses need to be part of their own conversations. My perspective is that seafood had some of the earliest and, probably, most intensive scrutiny compared to, as an example, livestock. Many of the initiatives on primary production assurance are now common across food production (aquatic and terrestrial), but seafood has been the pathfinder of what are now commonplace business structures.
Chris Brown: The Ocean Disclosure Project is a substantive commitment to open and honest information. The value in being able to quickly and accurately dispel misconceptions about our fish sourcing has been incredibly useful for Asda. In the modern 'connected world' it has to be feasible or prudent to assess negative views and not avoid them. Experience shows if you don't tell your story somebody else will for you!


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The Children's Society has made a strong response to the House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee report on housing support in the reformed welfare system.
Matthew Reed, Chief Executive of The Children's Society, commented: "This report shines a spotlight on the damage that some of the government's changes to housing support are causing many of the UK's poorest children and families.
"Cuts to support for families renting their home and changes to the way rents are paid, threaten to put families – many that are already struggling to provide their children with the basics – into debt and, in some cases, risk homelessness.
"The government must act on the committee's recommendations, including by monitoring whether these changes cause families to lose their homes, and by giving families the option of having their rent paid direct to their landlord.
"A decent, affordable home is not a luxury, it is a necessity. The government must make sure that none of its policies denies any child this basic right," Mr Reed said.
The Children's Society works with families from all backgrounds, but has its roots in church philanthropy.


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Are You 'Game' Enough: Students Raise Funds For Children's Hospital
"Have you ever been told that you're wasting your time playing video games?," Senior Coordinator for Residence Life and Student Conduct Andy Hanson said. "Now is your time to reach out to the people that have told you that and ask for a donation so that you can be heroes and help save children's lives."
Residence Life and Student Conduct at California Lutheran University sponsored its third annual Extra Life 24-hour Gaming Marathon from Nov. 2 – Nov. 3 in support of Children's Hospital Los Angeles.
As of Nov. 4, the team has raised $440 of the $1,000 goal. The team will be taking donations until Dec. 31, 2018.
A group of 10 students brought their own games to the event, which included video games, card games and board games. Students were invited to the Student Union to play games for 24 hours, but they were not required to stay the entire time.
"It was going for a good cause and [Hanson] had asked me to do it before. I was always too busy and I figured it was my last year, so why not," Thompson Hall and Kramer Court senior RA Ramsey Khader said.
Hanson said he started Team California Lutheran University in hopes of reaching a $1,000 donation goal.
"I thought that it would be a really great opportunity to bring Cal Lutheran's gam[ing] community together for a great cause to raise money for Children's Hospital Los Angeles," Hanson said.
This fundraiser drew in donations from family, friends and other supporters of the cause. Hanson also allowed people to sponsor him so supporters could watch a livestream of his gaming and donate by the hour.
"I hope that people will kind of see like a fun way to fundraise for a really good cause," junior Tiarra Ray said. "We're not just gaming for 24 hours—we're supporting a cause for kids in hospitals."
According to the Extra Life website, donations go toward funding of critical treatments, healthcare services, pediatric medical equipment and charitable care.
The first year, the gaming team surpassed their $1,000 goal and raised $1,203. The second year, Hanson raised all the money by himself, totaling $205.
Ray said those who were unable to join the gaming event this year but are interested in joining Team California Lutheran University can join next year's team.
"It's a program where you get to meet other people that also support this cause and you're really benefiting them," Ray said.
Donations can be made on the Extra Life website through Dec. 31, 2018.
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Young Adult Historical Vault
Reviews and recaps of children's and YA historical fiction from the 80s, 90s, and 2000s
June 28, 2016 June 21, 2016 / yahistoricalvault	/ 2 Comments
I've tried to recap this book like fifty different times, I've read it several times! At least three times I've read it specifically on airplanes! But I just cannot seem to get my act together to recap it.
Seeds of Hope: The Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild, California Territory, 1849, Kristiana Gregory, 2001.
This is actually semi-connected to Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie, in that Susanna and Hattie are distant cousins (and her aunt Augusta is mentioned in this book), because Kristiana Gregory wrote them both. That has nothing to do with anything, it's just an interesting fact.
Why can't I seem to get myself truly interested in this book? Kristiana Gregory is a great author, I generally very much enjoy her books, her characters are interesting and the stories are engaging, but for whatever reason I just cannot with this book. It almost reminds me of another, similar book? But I can't put my finger on what—maybe it's that atrocious Hearts and Dreams book, Heart of Gold, that it reminds me of? Although the resemblance there is very thin. I could just be dreaming it. Tell me in the comments if I'm losing my mind.
This is a pretty sad book, too, because it's one of those awful books where you learn that Adults Aren't Infallible. The very first page starts out on the clipper ship outside of Peru, and there's some vague faffing about loss and how seasick her mother was for most of the trip, and how distraught her father is, blah blah, then we learn a little bit about how sailing is super miserable and everyone in Peru seems to be talking about gold. Susanna and her sister, Clara, befriend a Peruvian woman, Rosita, who's traveling to California with her brothers, but every time they come near land there's hundreds and hundreds of men trying desperately to get on board their ship to go to California, too—because Polk has declared that there is gold there.
Oh my God, this book is awful. It's so atrocious.
Do I really have to go into more detail than that? OK. But you will regret it. (Or if you are awful like me, you will enjoy the evisceration of a book.)
Megan, Vivian Schurfranz, 1986.
I thought I had read every Sunfire novel before, but this one must have escaped me or not been part of my library's collection or something. I know for sure I would have read it if I had had access to it, because the girl on the cover is wearing an enormous white fur hood and I would have been There For That at age 13 or whatever.
The basic premise of this book is "1980s girl transported back in time to 1860s." OK, that's not the actual premise, but it may as well be, because everyone in this book would be exactly at home in 1986, the publication date, and no one acts anything like someone in 1867 should act. Not one person. It would be hilarious if it wasn't so awful. We will start with the name Megan, which was not at all common ANYWHERE in the 1850s, partially because it was a nickname for Margaret for the longest time and partially because it just wasn't popular. You know when it WAS popular? THE 1980S. I had a quick browse through some data that covered about 90,000 women's names in the 1850s, and you know what was on there in the top 700 names? Besides the obvious ones? Permelia, Sophronia, Jerusha, Melvina, and Hulda. You know what WASN'T? MEGAN.
Okay, the actual premise of this book, apart from being an excuse for me to complain, is that Megan is the daughter of a man who has been sent to Alaska immediately following the Alaska Purchase in order to be the government liaison for the United States there. So he is a bureaucrat, basically, but it specifically says on the back cover that Megan "gives up a life of luxury in Washington, D.C.," which is great except no one in her family actually acts like it. In one of the worst cases of "sure, whatever, it's fine" that I have EVER seen, Megan's mom is A NURSE. A nurse who WORKS OUTSIDE THE HOME. Oh my god. Nurses in the 1860s who weren't battlefield nurses were definitely lower-class and poor women who didn't have any other way to feed their families, and there weren't even any nursing colleges until the 1880s! Nursing was a low-class, low-status job, and the wife of a Washington DC bureaucrat WOULD NOT HAVE WORKED ANYWAY. She just wouldn't have. There is no way around this. This is the epitome of one of those books that says way more about the time it was written in than in the time it's set.
West to a Land of Plenty
June 14, 2016 June 13, 2016 / yahistoricalvault	/ Leave a comment
Interesting twist: I hated this book as a kid, and enjoyed it way, way more as an adult. Who knew?
West To A Land of Plenty: The Diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi, New York to Idaho Territory, 1883, Jim Murphy, 1998.
A few things I was mistaken about: this is one of the earliest DA books published (number eight out of thirty-six!), and it's set a bit earlier than I thought (1883), and it's one of the very few written by a man. Jim Murphy also wrote Land of the Buffalo Bones, which I hated, and Barry Denenberg wrote five (for which my tally was one good, one mediocre, three awful). While it's well-written, it drags in places and has some uneven pacing. The characterization is great and makes up for some of the shortfalls—but one of the biggest shortfalls is that this is intended to be about utopian, planned communities in the Western US, but that barely comes up at all. Which is such a shame! I would have loved it if that aspect had been a bigger, more important part of the story, but instead it comes across as more of a basic crossing-the-country story, which is already amply covered.
As a kid, the only thing I liked about this book was that it was pretty. (It's ivory! Pretty!) Other than that, I hated Teresa, the protagonist, and her irritating little sister Netta. I thought they were both annoying and deserved to be unhappy. As an adult, I found it surprisingly enjoyable. Rather than annoying, I found it enjoyable and entertaining and realistic. I don't know what it says about me that when I was actually among the target audience I hated it but now that I've aged out of it I like it better. Or what it says about the book. Who knows.
Teresa, at fourteen, is en route from her home in New York to a planned community in Idaho with her parents, her three younger siblings, her grandmother, and a number of aunts and uncles and cousins. "I hate this train and its tiny wooden seats and the cacarocielu crawling everywhere! And the rain. I HATE IT!!" So you know it's shaping up to be great so far. She's extremely upset at having to leave her home and her friends in New York, and the fact that the train is slow and miserable and dirty has not made things one bit better for her. I don't know why I didn't like this growing up—this is 100% accurate how most kids feel when being forced to move. The structure of this diary is a bit different, because Teresa shares it with her twelve-year-old sister Netta, who writes in it almost as much as Teresa does. It's a really interesting shift—Teresa tends to write more about their days and who is doing what, and Netta writes a bit more about her feelings and thoughts and plans for the future. It's subtle, but nicely done.
June 7, 2016 June 5, 2016 / yahistoricalvault	/ 8 Comments
It's finally time!!! I hope you guys have been waiting with intense anticipation for these books, because I certainly have.
Amanda, Candice Ransom, 1984.
In case anyone is unfamiliar with the Sunfire series, you are in for a REAL TREAT. These were a series of romance novels published by Scholastic in the 80s, which basically paved the way for all teen historical romance of the following two decades. They're extremely derivative and often very unimaginative, and they almost all follow the same exact formula: very pretty young woman in interesting historical period is forced to choose between two attractive suitors. Frequently there is also some kind of interesting conflict forcing her hand as well. If you have never experienced these books as a teenager, you're missing out on the absolute crack-like addictiveness of them, and we probably sound insane because being quite honest: they are not great books. But they are intensely nostalgic and frequently hilarious, and they are the reason we have so many actually-excellent YA historical books. They sold like hotcakes.
Unfortunately, they were deemed to be trash almost immediately, and consequently they can be hard to find! Lots of libraries trashed them (including my childhood library, much to my extreme disappointment, because I would have gladly taken them off their hands. I probably took them out about twenty times each in my youth anyway) and they can be hard to find in used bookstores as well. Luckily, that is why we can buy used books online, so I can bring you all of these delightfully stupid joy. And on a side note, this book once belonged to "Jami Conley" as a birthday gift from the Mackinaw PTO, and she wrote her name in it several times including "Jami – n – Jason" in true 1980s fashion. It's amazing.
Anyway, one of the things these books pioneered was "young women during interesting historical periods" as a plot device. This one is the first in the series, and it's about the Oregon Trail, and here I will pause to ask why this is not a popular theme for adult books like it is in children's books! Why? There could be so many interesting stories! Like this one! And while I'm at it, check out the cover. Amanda looks like a CHILD, is wearing what looks like frosted lipstick, and you know she's going to end up with the rough-and-tumble Western guy because they're walking together on the cover. God, these books are great.


For a second year, The Art Shop is hosting 'Unfolding' – an exhibition of Book Art – books as contemporary artworks. This is an exciting, diverse and informative exhibition. A unique opportunity to see new work by a collective of artists from around the world showing one-off, hand produced pieces of artwork and affordable small limited editions. Alongside an exciting collection by Jessie Chorley, who is also running a series of workshops. Showing for the first time is Ignition, with two-dimensional work and book art.
Once again we have the prize winner of Libri Mai Mai Visti (Books Never Ever Seen), the international competition and exhibition of Book Art now in its 14th year. Cecilia Coppola's work is a book of ceramic teapots inspired by traditional fairy tales.


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A total solar eclipse will occur on Saturday, August 12, 2045, when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide.

In this total solar eclipse, the path of totality is not exactly the same as the August 21, 2017 total solar eclipse because the lunar node is descending and the August 2017 solar eclipse was ascending.

It will be the fourth longest eclipse of the 21st century with a magnitude of 1.0774 occurring just one hour after perigee. It will be visible throughout much of the continental United States, with a path of totality running through northern California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida. The total eclipse will be greatest over the Bahamas, before continuing over the Turks and Caicos Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and Brazil.

The path of totality of this eclipse will be seen over many major cities, including Reno, Salt Lake City, Colorado Springs, Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Tampa, Orlando, Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Nassau, Santo Domingo, Belém, São Luís and Recife. It will also be the second total eclipse visible from Little Rock in 21.3 years. Totality will last for at least 6 minutes along the part of the path that starts at Camden, Alabama, crossing Florida and ending near the southernmost Bahama Islands. The longest duration of totality will be 6 minutes 5.5 seconds at , which is over the Atlantic Ocean east of Fort Lauderdale and south of Freeport, Bahamas.

The solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 had a very similar path of totality over the U.S., about  to the northeast, also crossing the Pacific coast and Atlantic coast of the country. This is because when a solar eclipse crosses the U.S. in mid-August at an ascending node (i.e. moves from south to north during odd-numbered saros), the path of the eclipse tracks from coast to coast. When a solar eclipse crosses the U.S. in mid-August at descending node (even numbered saros), the path tracks a large distance southward.

Images
Animated path: Small dark circle represents umbra, much larger grey circle represents penumbra.

Related eclipses

Solar eclipses of 2044–2047

Saros 136

Tritos series

Metonic series

See also
Notable total solar eclipse crossing the United States from 1900 to 2050:
 Solar eclipse of June 8, 1918
 Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017
 Solar eclipse of April 8, 2024
 Solar eclipse of August 12, 2045

Notable annular solar eclipse crossing the United States from 1900 to 2050:
 Solar eclipse of September 1, 1951
 Solar eclipse of May 30, 1984
 Solar eclipse of May 10, 1994
 Solar eclipse of October 14, 2023
 Solar eclipse of June 11, 2048

References

External links
 http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEplot/SEplot2001/SE2045Aug12T.GIF

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Jorge Masvidal's rise to stardom in 2019 has seen him become a big money-star in his own right. Following three emphatic finishes in all three of his fights last year, Masvidal now has the option of sitting and waiting to see how things play out.
The three big names that he has on his plate are Conor McGregor, Welterweight Champion Kamaru Usman, and potentially Nick Diaz. Masvidal stated that he wants to face McGregor before Usman but his manager revealed that winning the Welterweight Championship in 2020 remains a goal of his.
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"Well, they've said this about me, that I resurrect fighters and then I retire them again," Masvidal said. "So, I wouldn't mind if GSP jumped on that campaign. In all honesty, as a competitor, I want to f*****g break his face. I want to go out there and give him everything I got.
Masvidal paid respects to the legend and acknowledged just how good St-Pierre is. He appeared to be excited about the prospect of fighting him.
"But I respect the time what he's done. Then he took, I don't know how many years off, came back, beat [Michael] Bisping for the legitimate middleweight title. Dude's a stud," he continued. "He's a f*****g animal, bro. I would put everything into my being, into my soul, to end this individual, because he's that good. He's the type of fighter, this s**t would require a nice training camp, isolation away from the world and just focus on the task. Just day in and day out, cause he's a hell of a competitor, and I'm not taking a back seat to nobody in this division. So, I would love it."
It's a dream fight but one that's unlikely to happen. While St-Pierre remains retired as of this writing, there have been rumblings that he's interested in fighting undefeated UFC Lightweight Champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. He was even revealed to be walking around lighter than usual, perhaps as an experiment of a potential cut to 155.
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using System;
using Memoria.Data;

namespace FF9
{
	public class ff9shop
	{
		public static void FF9Shop_Init()
		{
			ff9shop._FF9Shop.type = Byte.Parse(ff9shop.FF9Shop_GetType(ff9shop._FF9Shop.shop_id).ToString());
			ff9shop._FF9Shop.mode = 0;
			ff9shop._FF9Shop.enter = 0;
			ff9shop._FF9Shop.come_count = 0;
		}

	    public static Int32 FF9Shop_GetDefence(Int32 part, CharacterEquipment equip)
	    {
	        Int32 result = 0;
	        ItemDefence def = new ItemDefence();
	        for (Int32 i = 1; i < 5; i++)
	        {
	            if (equip[i] != 255 && 224 > equip[i])
	            {
	                Int32 num = equip[i] - 88;
	                def.PhisicalDefence = (Byte)(def.PhisicalDefence + ff9armor.ArmorData[num].PhisicalDefence);
	                def.PhisicalEvade = (Byte)(def.PhisicalEvade + ff9armor.ArmorData[num].PhisicalEvade);
	                def.MagicalDefence = (Byte)(def.MagicalDefence + ff9armor.ArmorData[num].MagicalDefence);
	                def.MagicalEvade = (Byte)(def.MagicalEvade + ff9armor.ArmorData[num].MagicalEvade);
	            }
	        }
	        switch (part)
	        {
	            case 1:
	                result = def.MagicalDefence;
	                break;
	            case 2:
	                result = def.PhisicalEvade;
	                break;
	            case 3:
	                result = def.PhisicalDefence;
	                break;
	            case 4:
	                result = 0;
	                break;
	        }
	        return result;
	    }

	    public static ShopUI.ShopType FF9Shop_GetType(Int32 shopId)
		{
			return ((shopId < 32) ? ff9buy.FF9Buy_GetType(shopId) : ShopUI.ShopType.Synthesis);
		}

		public const UInt16 FF9SHOP_TYPE_ITEM = 0;

		public const UInt16 FF9SHOP_TYPE_WEAPON = 1;

		public const UInt16 FF9SHOP_TYPE_SMITH = 2;

		public const UInt16 FF9SHOP_TYPE_MAX = 3;

		public const UInt16 FF9SHOP_MODE_MAX = 3;

		public const UInt16 FF9SHOP_SHOP_MAX = 40;

		public const UInt16 FF9SHOP_ITEM_MAX = 32;

		public const UInt16 FF9SHOP_WEAPON_MAX = 32;

		public const UInt16 FF9SHOP_SMITH_MAX = 8;

		public const UInt16 FF9SHOP_SMITH_START = 32;

		public const UInt16 FF9SHOP_PARTY_MAX = 8;

		public static FF9SHOP_INFO _FF9Shop = new FF9SHOP_INFO();
	}
}

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Arizona quickly became rich when copper was discovered in the state in 1854 and copper-mining soon after followed, making it the most profitable industry through 1950. Post-WWII, the introduction of air conditioning and refrigeration led to a huge boom in population, making Phoenix one of the fastest growing US cities. The land-area of Arizona makes it the 6th largest state by area. With roughly 6.9 million inhabitants, it is the 14th largest US state by population.
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with 0 ≤ u ≤ 2π and 0 ≤ θ ≤ 2π. What this is saying is that we take a circle of radius r in a vertical plane (its angle coordinate is u) and bring it out so its center is at radius R from the origin and still lying in the xy-plane (that's why the R only affects the term with r cos(u)). Then we revolve it around the z-axis, which is where the cos(θ) and sin(θ) come in. We need to come up with an equation in terms of x, y, and z.
x2 + y2 + z2 = (R+r cos(u))2 + r2sin(u)2 = R2+2Rr cos(u) + r2.
x2 + y2 + z2 = (R+r cos(u))2 + r2sin(u)2 = R2+2R(ρ-R)+ r2 = r2+ 2Rρ – R2.
f(x,y,z) = (x2 + y2 + z2 + R2 – r2)2/(4R2) – x2 – y2 = 0.
This is the Cartesian equation of the torus (really, a Cartesian equation, because there are several). Of course to be really proper, we should include dependence on R and r in there too (by including that in Mathematica, I got to see how the surfaces change as I vary each parameter). The torus plus its solid interior (a donut!) is given by replacing it with a ≤ rather than a = (note also we can determine which side is inside and which side is outside by computing the differential df, also variously known as the gradient vector–it points in the direction of increasing f). To get nearby shapes, we can consider other level sets f(x,y,z) = c for c near to 0. The picture introducing this post is precisely this, for c in the interval [-1,1] with increments of 1/4. Notice that the largest two of these has no hole (look carefully at the upper center part of the picture). So it's almost nested tori.
The interesting thing about using a level set description of a family of surfaces is that nothing special happens when some topological transition (shape with a hole becoming a shape without a hole) occurs. Well, almost nothing special—the transition point is precisely when c is not a regular value of f, that is, there are one or more points on the level set for which the gradient df vanishes at p. Such ps are called critical points (and is the starting point of Morse theory). Making use of level sets and tracking various geometric dynamics (surfaces, interfaces, etc) using these concepts in numerical methods is the level set method. The trickiness, however, is finding the right level set function to use, and it can be more of an art than a science (although I don't necessarily think the strict separation of art and science is that great of a thing. But that's a story for another day).
g(x,y) = (x2 + y2 + (mx + b)2 + R2 – r2)2/(4R2) – x2 – y2 = 0.
If we consider this as a function of x and y only, that is, a subset of the plane, it gives the xy-projection of the 3D slice. To get the interior of the cross section, we use a ≤ instead of a = as before. The values chosen here are r = 1, R = 1.61803398874 (the Golden Ratio), m = 1/2 and b = 1/3. And that gives us our inside vs. the outside of the domain we used in the heat equation. If we had wanted to make it more circular, we could eliminate the projection by rotating the entire picture by the angle α. This makes the equations much more complicated, however.


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New viral video shows Oakland woman threatening Spanish speakers over parking space
Jill Tucker Aug. 10, 2018 Updated: Aug. 10, 2018 4:25 p.m.
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An Oakland psychologist stepped down from her role as chief executive officer of an East Bay mental health clinic after she was captured on video Aug. 4 claiming to be an immigration attorney and demanding that a group of people speaking Spanish and English move their parked vehicle from the curb in front of her home.
The taped encounter is the latest in a string of viral videos in which Bay Area residents have filmed and shared interactions they consider to be evidence of bigotry or racial profiling.
In the video, posted to Facebook on Wednesday by one of the family members in the car, a white woman tells the group not to park in front of her house. The woman was identified as psychologist Lesleigh Franklin by Franklin's partner, Marisol Reyna, who spoke with The Chronicle on Thursday.
Reyna said the video and the outrage it spurred online did not reflect Franklin's true nature. But she said Franklin stepped down from her position as the head and founder of the East Bay Family Institute, an Oakland center that provides mental health services and works with the immigrant community, because "based on the current situation ... it's not appropriate for someone to run it who's under so much scrutiny."
According to the Facebook post by Jordann Cordova, "On Saturday August 4th, my family and I were on our way to a party. So we parked on public parking, in front of the white womans house in this video. This woman began to confront us and began yelling at us without reason."
Cordova said the woman wanted them to leave.
"As we refused she approached our car and tried to open the doors," according to the post. "That's when I began recording because we felt attacked and we know these situations have happened already to black and brown people because of how we look. This woman targeted us AND even questioned our status in this country."
At one point in the recording, Franklin says she will call the police and then later says she won't call authorities because "they will take you away." Franklin acknowledges in the video that she opened their car door in an effort to get the group to leave.
She claims to be an immigration attorney and asks the group where they are from.
One of the men then says he has papers and is a resident and Franklin responds, "A resident isn't a citizen."
The video had been viewed more than 100,000 times about 24 hours after it appeared on Facebook, with the number of views escalating rapidly on Thursday evening. Viewers expressed outrage at what they said was yet another racist rant in the progressive Bay Area.
Franklin could not be reached for comment. Reyna said the video doesn't capture the entire encounter and that Franklin asked the group not to park in front of her house because she wanted to leave the spot open for Reyna, who was coming home from the hospital.
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Reyna, who hadn't viewed the video, said Franklin has issued an apology and felt terrible about the encounter.
"Unfortunately, Dr. Franklin was just diagnosed with an illness (that) impacted her mental state of mind on that particular day," Reyna said. "But that's not an excuse."
Franklin has worked with immigrants, Reyna said, conducting psychological evaluations in the past as part of their immigration cases.
The video, she said, "is not who she is."
Reyna said Franklin tried to apologize to the group after they went into a nearby home, but no one answered the door.
The video was reminiscent of the video of a white woman who confronted a group of African American people barbecuing near Lake Merritt. Another recent viral video showed a white woman calling police on an 8-year-old African American girl selling water in San Francisco.
"Dr. Franklin doesn't want to become the barbecue lady at Lake Merritt," Reyna said.
Jill Tucker is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: jtucker@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @jilltucker
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She is a frequent guest on KQED's "Newroom" television show and "Forum" radio show. A Bay Area native, Jill earned a master's degree in journalism at the University of Colorado, Boulder and a bachelor's degree from the UC Santa Barbara. In between, she spent two years as a Peace Corps volunteer teaching English in Cape Verde, West Africa.
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The Life of Sarah
Sarah Dawson was born about 1750, in England, United Kingdom. She married Thomas Morris Nicholson about 1768, in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter.
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One in three mobile users who recalled seeing a mobile ad said they responded to it in some way, according to Q4 2008 research conducted by Limbo and GfK NOP. Among iPhone users, that response rose to one in two.
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Deadly Illusions: Jean Harlow and the Murder of Paul Bern
Samuel Marx was a story editor in Hollywood and knew many of the people mentioned in this book. Joyce Vanderveen was a leading ballerina in Europe and an actress in Hollywood. On a September Monday in 1932 Marx received a phone call about the death of Paul Bern, who had married Jean Harlow in July. Chapter 2 tells how the Hollywood studios switched to talking films. The 'Saturday Evening Post' provided serials and short stories that provided sources for Hollywood films. Its "Red Headed Woman" was adopted to a film and made Jean Harlow a star (Chapter 3). The next chapter tells how Bern's death was reported as a suicide, and the effect on MGM. In Chapter 5 we learn about Bern's "Phantom Wife", who had been placed in a sanatorium. The next week the body of Dorothy Millette was found in the Sacramento River; she had been Bern's common law wife.
In Chapter 6 Marx explains how "Gone With The Wind" was rejected by MGM; David Selznick, Mayer's son in law, bought the film rights. Jean Harlow died at 26, Marx says her life could have been saved by sulfa drugs (p.72). Chapter 7 tells of Marx's later career in films and with Desilu Productions. "The Thin Man" TV show was in the 1950s when Peter Lawford's brother in law was a Senator from Massachusetts (p.78). Irving Shulman's "Harlow" falsified many incidents. New interest in Bern's death resulted in a TV interview (Chapter 8). Joyce Vanderveen questioned the story of a coma (p.88). Chapter 9 has the early life of Paul Bern and Harlean Carpenter (Jean Harlow was her mother's maiden name). Baby Jean had been married to Charles McGrew from 1927 to 1930. Would Paul Bern have taken out life insurance just before his death if suicide would have invalidated it (p.110)?
Marx and Vanderveen began investigating the probate records (Chapter 10). Quotations from the inquest are in Chapter 12. Can you believe Charles Higham's story (p.154)? How many scandals were covered up (pp.163 164)? Chapter 15 has different opinions as to Paul Bern's character. The censorship of Hollywood is discussed in Chapter 16. [Was the real reason not with morals but with any political criticisms?] Did the "talkies" have more influence on people than silent films? Chapter 19 tells of the long hidden documents of the events after the body was found (pp.212 214). Who was the mystery woman seen that night (p.216)? After Dorothy Millette was found in the Sacramento River an inquest was held into her death (Chapter 21). The 'Epilogue' contains the final clue (pp.256 257).
This is a very interesting book about life in 1930s Hollywood, where fantasies were concocted into reality so people could pay for this entertainment. Show business is the tranquilizer of humanity, for those whose mundane life needs a break from reality. This book reads like a detective mystery, but has no surprising ending. The details of life in those days reminds me of the novels of Raymond Chandler or Erle Stanley Gardner (whose novels were set in Los Angeles).
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This is an outstanding book, well investigated and beautifully written about the death of producer Paul Bern, the husband of actress Jean Harlow. This is a gripping story that engages the readers as the author unfolds the scandals behind it. The author Sam Marx is a MGM insider and its story editor for many years and also a producer who knew Paul Bern and Jean Harlow personally and he was one of the first to arrive at the Bern-Harlow estate on Easton Drive of Benedict Canyon on Labor Day of 1932. By this time police were not yet called but Louis B. Mayer, the MGM boss had already come and gone. Los Angels Times reported that Bern's death is mystifying and stated that there were variances in servants accounts. The crime scene investigation revealed that there was a suicide note, but the author concludes that it was an apology written by Bern to Harlow few days ago for a minor domestic altercation. The crime scene details also casts doubt on the theory that he shot himself since the position, blood splatter, and the position of gun found at the scene does not support this theory. But Paul's death added an extra dimension to the constant and frenzied wheeling and dealing of picture making at MGM. Studio bosses were at the Bern estate for six or seven hours before cops rolled in. They knew something others did not, and they were covering up something before it became a big scandal and blow in the face of the studio. The studio executives concluded that Bern's death is a suicide and the suicide note would support this theory. The studio also obtained a medical certificate from studio physician that Bern had medical problems related to impotence and he no longer could satisfy his beautiful wife, so he committed suicide. It was felt that this story is least likely to hurt the studio. This theory is countered by several other studio managers who argued with executives that Bern had been with many women and some of them could testify about his virility. In addition Bern was married to Dorothy Millette and had been cohabitating for several years. On the night of Bern's death, Dorothy Millette who had been in coma for several years in NY recovered and had been in San Francisco and she was visiting Bern in his house in LA, in spite of the fact he didn't want to see her and she knew he is married to Harlow. Harlow was unaware of his first marriage and hence to avoid embarrassment, he shot himself. This was the first theory of the author based on his understnding of the case, but he changes that to murder by Dorothy Mellette who was scorned by Bern. It is also her mental condition that may have contributed her sudden murderous rage. Two days after Bern's death Millette committed suicide by jumping from a ferryboat traveling from San Francisco to Sacramento. Paul Bern apparently used his secretary in the studio's to send Millette the bank checks for years to support her. And he also visited her when he went to NY.
Marino Bello, the husband of mother Harlow may be another suspect. Apparently he was an opportunist who was using Harlow's connection with MGM to make him big in movie industry, but the executives strongly disliked him. Before she became a star, he even persuaded her to date mafia in NY. He had connections with bad guys. The author recalls that Bello was jealous about a much older Paul Bern marrying his beautiful step-daughter, but this theory doesn't have strong support.
There is also plenty of history written in the book about the rise of Jean Harlow to stardom and the difficulties she faced with reluctant MGM studio bosses Irving Thalberg and Louis B. Mayer to cast her for first successful movie, Red Headed Woman. The author also recalls the struggles in movie making business, the politics and briefly touches upon the work life of other MGM stars like; Buster Keaton, Marie Dressler, Wallace Beery, Norma Shearer, Clark Gable, and Joan Crawford.
1. Paul Bern: The Life and Famous Death of the MGM Director and Husband of Harlow
2. By Love Reclaimed: Jean Harlow Returns to Clear Her Husband's Name
Samuel Marx was hired at MGM by producer Paul Bern and became a close friend. He ultimately rose to the position of chief story editor during the busiest period of the industry. When Bern, who married MGM's blonde screen bombshell Jean Harlow, died of what was ruled a suicide, a skeptical Marx began sleuthing, unwilling to believe the conclusion that had been reached.
"Deadly Illusions" represents Marx's effort to solve what has become a longstanding mystery in Hollywood, with many unconvinced, as was the MGM story editor, that Bern had died of a self-administered gunshot wound. Marx concludes that MGM executive Eddie Mannix, operating as studio boss L.B. Mayer's troubleshooter, rigged the suicide attempt to cover up a dark secret about Bern's past, which resulted in his being murdered. To reveal more would be to give away the suspense which should be the reader's discovery.
This is a book that depicts Hollywood during a glorious period of productivity. Marx was a busy on the scene participant and makes you as a reader feel that you were an intimate part of it as well.
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