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Attend one of our open days or community evenings and meet our Director, John Jalsevac. Hear first hand his plans for American School Hong Kong and be inspired by his vision. Register here.
To provide a challenging American and international education program that empowers students to be independent critical thinkers and responsible global citizens who excel in their future studies and careers.
You can now enroll your child for our current academic year, 2019-2020. Start your journey here.
We currently employ a rolling admissions policy and will accept applications throughout the school year. You may contact our Admissions team to help you through the application process or to discuss the options for your child. Feel free to contact us now.
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ASHK is fully accredited for grades KG-8 by the Accrediting Commission for Schools, Western Association of Schools and Colleges.
STEAM is an integrated approach to learning that uses Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Mathematics to guide student inquiry, collaboration, and critical thinking.
Designed to offer our students with an opportunity to experience new pursuits and explore existing passions, our after-school program provides an array of choices to include student council, kickball, robotics, cross country, cooking, woodwind master class, pottery, football, and basketball to name just a few!
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Learn more about Esol Education's collaboration with the Pre-collegiate International Institutes at Stanford University.
Discover the warm ASHK community where we celebrate individualism, creativity, imagination, and achievement.
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Holistic Development Through Extra-Curricular Activities
Holistic education reflects the education of the whole child. The focus is on the fullest development of the person. It emphasises education of the student not just through an academic curriculum but beyond the confines of the classroom as well.
One of the best ways to support students with holistic development is to offer a wide assortment of extra-curricular activities outside of the classroom and to encourage students to participate in ones that meet their interests and needs. Involvement in extra-curricular activities will also help form an exciting dynamic that promises to shape the ASHK community in meaningful ways.
Leadership and Clubs
At ASHK, we are very committed to providing opportunities for students to develop and refine leadership skills. We will not be satisfied with a passive learner who is unwilling to assume a reasonable expectation of ownership and responsibility for their education. Leadership skills will be modeled and taught. Numerous opportunities to exercise leadership will be provided. Feedback and reinforcement from teachers will be forthcoming.
Many students will exercise their leadership growth plan through clubs. All clubs will have an executive membership responsible for developing the club's mission and related activities. As part of an executive, students will strengthen their organizational skills and learn more about the value of flexibility and adaptability. They will practice communication skills. Setting appropriate goals and priorities for the club and balancing these with academic considerations will require the development of negotiation, problem-solving and decision-making skills. They will learn to respect the rights and contributions of others and they will grow to appreciate the importance of team-work.
The net result is a broad range of clubs will be offered at ASHK. They will meet on a regular basis at lunch-time, after-school or as part of week-end activities. All will have a teacher assigned to the club as a supervisor. They will cater to various interests and needs. Students will be challenged to assume leadership roles within the clubs and push boundaries in positive ways.
As the school grows, we anticipate that the following clubs will be offered at ASHK: Student Council, Environment Club; Habitat for Humanity; Global Issues Network (GIN); UNICEF; Amnesty International, Model United Nations, School Yearbook, School Newspaper, Chinese Magazine Club, Chess Club, Culinary Club, Math Team, Digital Ambassadors, Photography Club, Tutor Club, Debate Team and Battle of the Books Team.
Service Activities
We have embedded in our Mission Statement a goal to develop in students the skills necessary to become responsible global citizens. Service activities form a vital element in the attainment of this goal. Service is at the heart of our mission. We believe that members of our school community have a social responsibility to give back to the community and to the wider one as well - not only because it is part of the ethos of an international school and a requirement for students enrolled in an IB Diploma Program but because it also has enormous benefits for the one who gives.
Students at ASHK can become involved by providing direct service to other members of their school community (i.e. tutor, usher, digital ambassador, score-keeper, lunch monitor, and "buddy" for new student). Some will connect with the wider community as volunteers in hospitals and homes for the aged and some will travel as part of an experiential learning opportunity to work in an orphanage or rural school, engage in a beach clean-up, or participate in a home-build through Habitat for Humanity.
The Fine and Performing Arts will be given a high priority at all age levels at ASHK. According to Benjamin Bloom and his theory on thinking skills, creativity is the highest rung on the cognitive ladder. Involvement in the Arts is associated with gains in mathematics, verbal skills, cognitive ability, and critical thinking. In addition, we are of the view that an Arts education not only inspires intrinsic pleasure and stimulation but can also improve motivation, confidence and teamwork. Arts education will help young children begin to find meaning in life and open their minds to multiple ways of seeing.
Students at every level will have opportunities to join after-school ensembles and perform on stage. As the school grows, choirs and bands will be at the heart of the school's musical life and theatre and dance productions will become part of an expected tradition at ASHK. Performance options will include musicals, comedy, drama or one-act plays. Our mission is to encourage maximum participation and to provide quality experiences for students that are rich, varied and enjoyable.
Participation in sports is an integral and enjoyable part of a child's development and of the overall ASHK curriculum plan. We believe in the close relationship that exists between a healthy body and a healthy mind. Our goal is to motivate and involve large numbers of students to participate in sports and to foster in them a sense of respect and confidence, an understanding of commitment, the significance of teamwork, and the desire to dedicate energy toward the pursuit of established goals. We are committed to offering a dynamic and exciting programme in line with the many varied interests that exist.
Elementary School students are introduced to athletics as part of a balanced PE programme and through after school learn-to-play ECAs. They will discover the joy of movement, learn about their bodies and develop physical and cognitive skills that begin to lay the foundation for participation in team and individual sports, and lifelong health.
The older students in the Elementary School will have lunch-time intra-mural sports (i.e. basketball, soccer) available to them. These will be complemented by additional opportunities for inter-school competition in friendly matches and invitational tournaments (i.e. soccer, badminton, track and field) within the local and regional leagues.
The focus for our competitive teams will be with the International School Sports Federation of Hong Kong (ISSFHK). Sports available are usually offered in 4 age categories - U12, U14, U16 and U20. As the school grows, sports offered will include Soccer, Cross Country, Volleyball, Basketball, Badminton, Swimming, Track and Field, Rugby, Tennis, and Golf.
Intra-murals
The Intramural programme is designed for students who are looking to play sports in a less-structured and competitive atmosphere. Our primary aim is to provide students with an enjoyable, stress-free, social activity in a relaxed environment. Our secondary aim is to provide an outlet for exercise, skill development and to promote the value of sportsmanship and teamwork. Students are encouraged to play to the best of their ability. A win-at-all costs attitude is discouraged. The value of Intramural sports comes from playing, not from winning.
Intramurals are normally offered at lunch-time but some will be available after school. Activities typically include the following: basketball, soccer, dodgeball, cooperative games, indoor soccer, and floor hockey.
Student leadership is critical to the success of the intramural programme. The Student Council or Athletic council will take a lead with the organization and implementation of the programme and will be assisted by the school's Athletic Director and PE teachers.
To learn more, join our information session and campus tour
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American School Hong Kong (ASHK) is a non-profit college preparatory school offering a holistic American education taught by North American teachers. The school is operated by Esol Education, a leading education organization with 40 years of experience in establishing and operating K-12 international schools, currently educating 10,000 pupils in nine schools across three continents. ASHK delivers a rigorous curriculum, focused on developing well-rounded, motivated, and thoughtful global citizens. It equips students with the academic, social, and entrepreneurial skills required for success in the 21st century. ASHK is incorporated as Universal American School Hong Kong Limited.


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SIGN ON LETTER: Tell the EPA to use sound practices in upcoming chemical safety assessment
In June, the EPA released its draft plan for how it will assess the safety of 10 chemicals under the Toxic Substances Control Act. The plan excludes analysis of legacy chemicals, and chemical exposures through air, water, and waste disposal -- the primary routes of exposure for most people. The Center for Environmental Health (CEH) developed an organizational sign-on letter calling on new Acting Administrator Wheeler to include legacy exposure of chemicals and aggregate exposures from air, soil, and water in its assessment, and to use the National Toxics Programs protocols for systematic review. Deadline for sign-on is July 30th.
TAKE A STAND AGAINST BIGCORPORATIONS WITH CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY!
Each August the civic organization Corporate Accountability launches its Corporate Hall of Shame - highlighting 10 corporations (ex. Koch Industries, ExxonMobil, etc.) and inviting people to submit votes to decide which organization is the most dishonorable. After the vote is held, Corporate Accountability partners with organizations and take action to reform these unrepresentative corporations. If you are interested in participating in this year's Corporate Hall of Shame or Corporate Accountability, please reach out to Taylor Leake (tleake@corporateaccountability.org)
Dark Money, a political thriller, examines one of the greatest present threats to American democracy: the influence of untraceable corporate money on our elections and elected officials. The film takes viewers to Montana — a frontline in the fight to preserve fair elections nationwide — to follow an intrepid local journalist working to expose the real-life impacts of the US Supreme Court's Citizens United decision.
Through this gripping story, Dark Money uncovers the shocking and vital truth of how American elections are bought and sold. The movie premieres in Baltimore today, and in Michigan on August 30th. Find your local screening and more info here.
FIX DEMOCRACY NOW WEEK!
Every Voice and allies will hold a "Fix Democracy Now" week of action from July 29 to August 4, in partnership with candidates across the country, to rally support for reducing the influence of big donors, upholding access to the ballot, and drawing fair district lines. Candidates running at every level of elected office are encouraged to campaign that week for a democracy that works for all of us and to #FixDemocracyNow. For more information including toolkits for organizations and candidates with social media guidance, sample email blasts, and more, check out FixDemocracyNow.com or email Every Voice's Communications Director Adam Smith at adam@everyvoice.org.
Partner NEWS AND UPDATES
BRENNAN CENTER REPORT
One of our partners, the Brennan Center for Justice, a key ally in voting rights, has written a powerful report. The study, published on July 20, focuses on the growing anti-democratic practice of voter purging and its grave threat to our democracy. Areas of our country that are not covered by section 5 of the Voting Rights Act are targeted significantly more for purging. There is no differentiation between those who have committed misdemeanors and those who have committed felonies, disenfranchising millions more. The report points out the Supreme Court's 2013 Shelby County v. Holder ruling as a significant cause of voter purging's increasing prevalence, because the decision ended the practice of federal pre-clearance, a practice designed to evaluate potential curtailing of voting rights. The report further details the growing number of aggressive and often illegal purges, along with recommendations for the protection and expansion of our fundamental right to vote. The report can be found here.
Free Speech For People and United for a Fair Economy co-released a new report " Blackout in Puerto Rico: How 120 years of corporate dominance and political inequality stifles self-determination today ."
This report discusses 120 years of political inequality and corporate dominance in Puerto Rico, and also analyzes how the current system of money in politics affect s Puerto Rico's financial crisis and hurricane recovery efforts. In discussing the impacts of money in politics today, this report acknowledges other systems of oppression — in this case, the creation and continuation of political inequality, white supremacy, and colonization — and discusses how money in politics is a tool used to perpetuate these already existing inequalities.
VICTORY! CT JOINS NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE COMPACT
Connecticut was the most recent of 12 jurisdictions to pass the National Popular Vote compact, a massive victory for supporters of democracy around the United States. Connecticut was the first state to join the compact since the 2016 election. If passed by enough states, each jurisdiction would pledge all electoral votes to the candidate who receives the highest vote total. This success in Connecticut was driven by the organization National Popular Vote - a testament to the effectiveness of grassroots mobilization. For more information about the effort and how to get involved in your state, visit National Popular Vote here.
SACRAMENTO – California Secretary of State Alex Padilla announced that a total of 792,851 voter registration transactions were completed through the Department of Motor Vehicles in the first two and half months since the launch of California Motor Voter . This activity includes new voter registrations, as well as re-registrations and updated address transactions.
This total includes:
- 259,294 new voter registrations,
- 393,020 re-registrations,
- 120,016 updates to voter registration address, and
- 20,521 online voter registrations routed from DMV website and paper voter registration cards mailed to the Secretary of State's office.
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2018 Expanded Mobilizing Meetings
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Beginning next week, on June 13th, DI's bi-weekly Mobilizing Committee Meetings (at 3 p.m. every other Wednesday), will shift their focus to state coordination of priority campaigns, beginning with the Promote the Vote and Voters not Politicians ballot initiatives in Michigan. For more information, contact Getachew Kassa at gkassa@democracyinitiative.org
DI Communications Working Group-- Tomorrow, July 26th at 1 p.m.
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In response to the state of Arizona's polarizing new immigration law, thirsty, misguided activists have decided to boycott AriZona-brand iced tea. The problem, as the New York Daily News reports, is that the beverage is brewed in New York. This has not dissuaded the Twittering masses from condemning the tea. "I'm going to even boycott Arizona Ice Tea. I mean Freedom Ice Tea," wrote one dissenter. "It is the drink of fascists," the Daily News quotes another as saying.
No matter that the inaugural sentence of AriZona's "About" section of its Web site states: "Ironically, it all begins in Brooklyn." The concluding sentence? "Not bad for two guys from Brooklyn." But close-reading is not the stuff of justice! Ever hear of anyone close-reading the Constitution?
We have become aware of misinformation being circulated about AriZona Beverages and we would like to make sure statements about our company are correct. As many of you know, AriZona Beverages proudly traces its origins back to New York. In 1992, two hard working guys from Brooklyn with a dream created AriZona Iced Tea. Since then, and despite the wonderful success AriZona has enjoyed throughout the United States and internationally, we have remained loyal to our family run business based in New York. For the last 16 years our headquarters have remained on Long Island where we continue to sell and distribute AriZona Iced Teas and beverages.
We are very proud to be an American company with roots in New York and we look forward to continuing to provide you with the high quality and value driven products we've been making for the last 18 years.


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In 2015, according to market research conducted by IndexBox, the U.S. (X thousand tonnes) was the main exporter of hazelnuts in the world, comprising X% of global exports. From 2007 to 2015, the average annual growth rate of hazelnut exports from this country stood at +X%.
Chile held the second spot in this ranking with a X% share, followed by France (X%) and Italy (X%). From 2007 to 2015, Chile became the fastest growing supplier, growing with a CAGR of +X%, while France displayed an annual decrease.
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You wake up and get out of bed to start your day. You swing your feet onto the ground and stand up, only to realize an aching tension pulling at your knee. You figure it's just stiffness, but as you continue your day you notice the subtle pulsating of pain radiating across your knees.
Knee pain can be connected to a variety of different health problems. Muscle and joint aches are typically related to injuries sustained during exercise or joint-impacting conditions such as arthritis. But there may be a completely logical explanation for your knee pain that is just as likely: your period.
Your aching knees may in fact be a result of your menstrual cycle. A woman's period affects her body in many ways at different points throughout the regular cycle. And your knees are no exception. At different times during your cycle, the muscles in your knees react differently. The fluctuating function in your knee muscles then destabilizes the joints, making for some serious achiness.
Progesterone and estrogen are both common hormones that affect your body during your period cycle. These hormones also affect how the nervous system works, which can affect your muscles and joints. Ovulation can also play a factor. When the ovary releases its egg, they body's reactions might manifest in pain. The prostaglandin, a hormone-like chemicals, released at the time of ovulation, can cause inflammation and joint aches.
Another reason for the increase in knee pain due to menstruation is simply the fact that women are more susceptible to pain than men. It is thought that endorphins work more effectively in men than in women. As a result, the changes in hormones may make the achiness in your knees more palpable.
Premenstrual tension is a common symptom of premenstrual syndrome caused by the imbalance of the progesterone and estrogen hormone levels in the body. Women who experience this symptom can have pain manifest in a variety of areas on the body, including knee joint and muscle pain. Most of the time, these symptoms let up with the onset of your periods, although they may resurface during the later phase of the cycle.
A research study conducted at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill measured the link between women's menstrual cycles and the activity of their knee muscles. They found the firing rate of the muscle fibers in women to be significantly higher later in their menstrual cycle and right before their cycles.
Increasing joint pains are also common during perimenopause and menopausal phases due to the significant drop in estrogen levels.
While the link between muscle pain and specific phases of the menstrual cycle is still being studied, there is no denying that our menstrual cycles affect our muscles and can cause our knees to ache. There are several factors that can contribute to knee pain during your menstrual cycle, and symptoms can be worsened by PMS, stress, hormone changes, emotional problems, and chemical changes in the brain. All of these factors combined with each individual woman's cycle and how they react to it can determine the severity of their knee pain.
What to do if your knees ache?
Muscle and joint pain is a common period-related symptom that women experience, just like cramps, bloating, and back pain. Just like these other symptoms, there are ways to mitigate the pain and treat your knee discomfort.
Vitamin D: Your aching joints and muscles could be an indication that you have a vitamin D deficiency. Integrating a higher intake of vitamin D into your daily diet can possibly help reduce that muscle pain around your time of the month.
Magnesium: It is also thought that low magnesium levels can cause aching joints and muscles as a result of inflammation. Eating your greens, taking magnesium supplements, and spreading magnesium gel onto your joints can help ease the pain.
Ibuprofen: If you're feeling a little achier than usual during your period, try taking some ibuprofen. The pain-relieving medication can help reduce inflammation and provide some relief, also helping with other period symptoms such as cramps and headaches.
Massaging and heating pads are also helpful.
Overall, a combination of good nutrition and dietary supplements can help reduce your knee pain symptoms. Some non-organic dairy products may interact and disrupt your natural hormone cycle, contributing to hormonal imbalances. Eating a more organic diet can help reduce the severity of the symptoms during your menstrual cycle, and making it less painful to walk.
There are some hypotheses that women have more complaints of knee pain because of wider pelvis, but that has yet to be proven by appropriate research.
Can the Moon Affect Your Menstruation and Ovulation?
Sound like you need a visit to your ob gynecologist. And get a pelvic ultrasound to be sure everything went well with the abortion.
Hi, I had an incomplete surgical abortion 5 months ago. Four days after the incomplete surgery, I was admitted to the hospital to undergo the D C procedure, which also prolonged my recovery time. My first cycle after was terrible, contacted my doctor, stated it was normal. Five months later I'm having the same problem, it's actually worse compared to the bleeding. When I describe my pain it literally feels like the surgical abortion all over again every month. Not only that, my cramps always started a week before my cycle, but now my cycle lasts a week as well, it always lasted for three days. I'm worried because the pain is so bad that it's disabling me from my daily activities, including work. I'm only 22, can someone help me, that have or had this similar problem? Thanks!


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John A. Hauser (October 4, 1907 – April 14, 1983) was an American businessman and philanthropist. He served as president of the apple processing company, C. H. Musselman Company, from 1944 until his retirement in 1972. He also became vice president of Pet Incorporated, the multi-brand food products conglomerate, when the companies merged in 1961.

Career
Founded in 1907, Musselman was considered to be the largest apple processing company in the United States by 1944. When Hauser became president, he took Musselman products national. As an early canner of apple sauce, the company introduced the American public to one of the first "convenience" foods. Based in Biglerville, Pennsylvania, Musselman owned over 800 acres of land devoted primarily to orcharding. By 1938, they had added two more plants, one in nearby Gardeners, Pennsylvania; and another in Inwood, West Virginia.

Hauser, a native of York, Pennsylvania, joined Musselman in August 1934 after studying at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Temple University. He spent a decade working his way up the ladder before becoming the company's second president in March 1944 after the death of founder Christian H. Musselman.

During Hauser's 28-year tenure the company's land holdings expanded to over 6,000 acres including the purchase of orchards in West Virginia. In 1958 the company acquired Wolff Farm Supply Company in Biglerville, dealing in farm machinery and trucks. Soon after, they obtained Dwan's Home Canning Company with two plants in Michigan to meet the growing demand for products in the Midwest.

In 1961, Musselman merged with Pet Milk Company (later Pet Inc.) based in St. Louis, Missouri. While continuing as president of the Musselman Division, he also became Pet's vice president and board member. A further consolidation with Pet's Winebrenner Division in Hanover, Pennsylvania, allowed for new product development such as ready-mix pie fillings, spiced apple rings, chunky apple sauces, as well as a wider range of food products such as cherries, berries, prunes, and eventually fruit juice drinks.

Philanthropy

Hauser oversaw the administration of two Musselman foundations that would ultimately provide over eight million dollars to assist the areas where the plants were located. Even after he retired, he remained president of the Musselman Foundation and chair of the advisory committee for the Emma G. Musselman Foundation.

The Musselman Foundation was created in 1941 to provide scholarship and other assistance to higher and secondary education, and aid local charitable interests. Emma Musselman established her own charitable organization in 1955. The Emma G. Musselman Foundation concentrated its philanthropy on local hospitals, building funds, higher education, and mental health.

Hauser helped direct these funds that went towards the building of a new high school in Inwood, a fully equipped industrial arts building, athletic field and gymnasium at Biglerville High School, and a Pennsylvania State University fruit research center in Biglerville. Two fully equipped wings were added to the Warner Hospital in Gettysburg, and assistance was provided for the Martinsburg (West Virginia) City Hospital and Brook Lane Psychiatric Center in Hagerstown, Maryland. Other major gifts allowed for the construction of a warehouse for the Adams County Rescue Mission and a facility for the Adams County YWCA.

Major gifts also went to Gettysburg College in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Funding allowed for the building of a football stadium, dormitory, and library as well as for scholarships and grants. The Hauser family also created a scholarship in his name that is still awarded annually to a management student, and a "Businessperson-in-Residence" is funded to provide a lecture on business ethics, values about which Hauser felt strongly.

Hauser served as a College trustee from 1967 to 1979, and then was elected as "an honorary life trustee" for his distinguished service. In 1963 the College also awarded him an honorary Doctor of Laws. In November 1973, a new campus building was named for him. The John A. Hauser Field House contains an indoor track; tennis and basketball courts; cage areas for baseball and golf; and practice areas for soccer, football, and lacrosse.

His work as a civic leader also included serving on the boards of Warner Hospital, Gettysburg National Bank, Adams County Library, and Gettysburg College. He also held leadership positions on national boards serving as president for International Apple Association, Pennsylvania Canners Association, and the Processed Apples Institute. In 1978, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Assoc. named him "Man of the Year."

Personal life

Hauser was the son of John S. and Bertha C. (nee Rieker) Hauser. In December 1934 he married Helen B. Skinner (1910-2012), a fellow Temple University student from Arendtsville, Pennsylvania. They had three daughters:  Melinda, Jane, and Hannah.  A son, John Samuel (born April 23, 1940), died at age six.

He owned a 300-acre fruit farm on a hillside just west of Biglerville where he enjoyed growing produce, tinkering with machinery, and making cider for friends and family.

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 1965 dedication of Musselman Stadium at Gettysburg College. Image courtesy of Gettysburg College, Musselman Library, Special Collections & College Archives.
 Hauser family. Photo taken October 20, 1965 at John Hauser's retirement dinner hosted by company associates in  Abbottstown, Pennsylvania.

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Derrs, on Saturday expect Jay-Po the IT Technician to visit and repair your computer from the horrific state it lives in. The poor machine requires deep maintenance. I have already repaired the speakers and cured them of their spitting noise when turned on, My next mission, preventing the drive from choking and overheating itself.
i seeeeeeeeee. I think Brittanny fed it some ham.
more than likely. not so long a go there was a discusting smell generating from that area so ham is a possibility.
Well you rebooted it and and sorted our internet better but not msn!


Nanodegrees: A Better Bridge Between Education and Jobs?
There has been a rapid increase in the number and diversity of high quality skills training courses and programs available from new generation online providers. While their business models vary, the rapidly improving polish and quality of the user experiences of many of these offerings attest, at least in part, to their ability attract impressive financial support (e.g., Udemy raised $32M in May and Lynda landed over $100M in 2013).
This segment of the education sector continues to attract a great deal of attention from early stage capital sources (see, for example, this terrific interactive graphic the folks at Marketplace put together to help convey the amount and areas of recent financial investments in the sector).
Udacity has also entered this segment of the education sector with a newly launched initiative dubbed "Nanodegrees." Udacity has teamed with companies to develop programs of online study to suit two groups of customers: individuals looking for training to get a job, and companies looking for talented workers with specific skill sets. Initial reaction has been generally positive as seen in this glowing assessment published by the NYT.
I took the opportunity of a two-week no-risk trial offer from Udacity to take a test ride on one of their partner company offerings. The specific course I surveyed was on Hadoop (a popular open source software framework developed specifically for distributed computing environments). The content production values were high but the content itself seemed to still be a work in progress (there were, in fact, a large number of comments complaining about the cost of the course compared to similar offerings). I suspect the partner company and Udacity will readily address these issues as the overall platform and surrounding services are impressive.
These new generation enterprises compete with — and are pushing — a host of traditional occupational training providers such as training institutes, community colleges, professional societies, and trade associations. Traditional occupational educational enterprises have been offering short-form job-oriented educational programs and credentials for decades and may soon be re-branding these as nanodegrees.
Regardless of who wins, this digital gold rush in occupational and professional education seems certain to build more and better bridges between education and jobs. I am hopeful that the innovation inherent in a next generation approach to a long-standing challenge will result in rapid improvement in the coming years.


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Исток находится восточнее деревни Большое Панино. Течёт в основном на восток. Протекает вблизи деревень Новосёлки, Дятловка, 2-е Лепилово, Новые Липки, после которых впадает в Нерехту.

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По данным государственного водного реестра России относится к Верхневолжскому бассейновому округу, водохозяйственный участок реки — Волга от Рыбинского гидроузла до города Кострома, без реки Кострома от истока до водомерного поста у деревни Исады, речной подбассейн реки — Волга ниже Рыбинского водохранилища до впадения Оки. Речной бассейн реки — (Верхняя) Волга до Куйбышевского водохранилища (без бассейна Оки).

Код объекта в государственном водном реестре — 08010300212110000011399.

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Urban Campus
Resumption of construction site work
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We are delighted to welcome back Magil Construction to the Gare Viger site this week to complete the project. Our General Contractor has implemented and undertakes to strictly maintain the safety measures established by the CNESST, respecting the guidelines of the Institut National de la Santé Publique du Quebec to ensure the health and safety of its workers, their families and…
The Gare Viger Development will be presented by Jesta Group at the citizen information session of June 20th.
20 June 2018 — Hôtellerie
Jesta Group will be presenting the Gare Viger development project alongside architectural firm Provencher_Roy.
Lightspeed's headquarters named "Most Beautiful Tech Office Of The Year" by FastCompany Magazine
08 December 2015 — Immobilier
Lightspeed enlisted local firm ACDF Architecture to overhaul three floors within Place Viger for its global headquarters.
Redevelopment of Gare Viger – First phase nearing completion as Lightspeed and Brasseur de Montréal take up residence
04 May 2015 — Hôtellerie
The Jesta Group is proud to welcome Lightspeed and Brasseur de Montréal as the inaugural occupants of its newly renovated and multifunctional office, residential and retail facilities at Gare Viger.
Coalision and its Lolë & Paradox Brands to occupy Gare Viger
The Jesta Group is proud to announce the arrival of a major new tenant to its Gare Viger redevelopment project: Coalision Inc.
Old Montreal getting a modern, mixed-use boost
01 May 2014 — Immobilier
Jesta Group announces the launch of the first phase of the Gare Viger project, a major redevelopment representing total investments of $250 million.
NOTICE — 11/05/2020 We are delighted to welcome back Magil Construction to the Gare Viger site this week to complete the project. Our General Contractor has implemented and undertakes to strictly maintain the safety measures established by the CNESST, respecting the guidelines of the Institut National de la Santé Publique du Quebec to ensure the health and safety of its workers, their families and the community around the construction site.
NOTICE — Stay tuned on what's coming next at Gare Viger by signing up to our newsletter "info-travaux". Select the menu to sign up.
NOTICE — 02/21/2019 In lieu of the upcoming construction of the Gare Viger project, the public parking located behind the Château will cease its operations starting March 1st 2019. Thank you for your understanding.
NOTICE — We are delighted to announce the imminent start of the construction of this new urban campus, which will significantly contribute to the positive momentum of the neighbourhood. On Friday, March 1st, the preparation of the construction site behind Château Viger will start, before excavation work begins later this spring.
NOTICE — Jesta Group will be presenting an overview of the Gare Viger development project to Montreal citizens on June 20th at 6pm. More details on this link.
NOTICE — June 2018. Food Truck Association of Montreal, we'll bring a few additional tasty lunch options to your doorstep. Starting June 21st, two food trucks will visit Gare Viger at lunch time between 11:30 AM and 2:00 PMon Saint-Hubert street, facing the 810 Saint-Antoine E.


Welcome to the Automobile Dealers Association of North Dakota! ADAND is the trade association for approximately 100 franchised automobile and truck dealers across the state of North Dakota. We invite you to browse through our site to find out more about ADAND and how membership in our association can benefit you.
ADAND is proud to announce that Jesse Peterson, Eide Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram, Bismarck, has been recognized as a nominee for the 2019 TIME Dealer of the Year award. Jesse is one of a select group of nominees from over 16,000 dealers nationwide who were honored at the 2019 National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) Show held recently in San Francisco. Each year TIME, along with NADA and Ally Financial Inc., celebrate the extraordinary contributions of automobile dealers within their communities. TIME Dealer of the Year is an annual celebration of the finest representatives of our industry – those who continuously embody a steadfast charitable spirit. Sponsor Ally Financial provides grants to eligible 501c3 charitable organizations selected by the nominees, finalists and winner. Read more about Jesse' nomination HERE. Congratulations, Jesse!
The North Dakota Implement Dealers Association (NDIDA) and the Minnesota-South Dakota Equipment Dealers Association (MSDEDA) will undergo a historic merger forming a new organization known as the Pioneer Equipment Dealers Association. The announcement was made January 23 by NDIDA Chairman Jamie Melgaard, Minot, and MSDEDA Chairman Corey Marzolf, Spring Valley, MN. Members of both NDIDA and MSDEDA are optimistic that the formation of the Pioneer Equipment Dealers Association holds vast potential to enhance dealer benefits across the tri-state region. Details are included in the official merger announcement letter linked HERE. Please contact Matthew Larsgaard for more information. NDIDA wishes to extend a sincere thank you to ADAND, its sister organization, for its support and cooperation during the due diligence period and now moving forward with this historic merger. ADAND and the Pioneer Equipment Dealers Association will no doubt continue to enjoy a remarkable partnership that will strengthen and enhance both organizations.
ADAND dealer members will be represented full time in Bismarck during North Dakota's 66th Legislative Assembly, which convened January 3, 2019. Legislative reports will be forwarded by ADAND President/CEO Matthew Larsgaard weekly via email to all ADAND members, and posted online at www.adand.com. "Call to Action" reports asking for your immediate attention to a specific issue will also be forwarded as necessary. Please watch for these important documents and stay in touch with your legislators. Comprehensive information is also available at www.legis.nd.gov. Please contact Matthew with questions, comments, or concerns at matthew@adand.com or 701-293-6822. Thank you for your involvement and support as we move through the 2019 legislative session!
2019 ADAND Conference Set for September 9 - SAVE THE DATE!
Save Monday, September 9 on your calendar and plan to join fellow dealers, associates, spouses, and guests in downtown Fargo for the 2019 ADAND Conference! Our headquarters at the beautiful Radisson Hotel is within walking distance of many unique shops, restaurants, and galleries. Our agenda includes business and networking sessions, activities for golfers and non-golfers alike, and concludes with an upscale social gathering in the Radisson's beautiful Cityscape Ballroom! Best of all – it's FREE for all ADAND dealer members, employees, spouses, and guests! (Sponsorship packages include registration along with various recognition opportunities.) Mark your calendar and save the date for this year's outstanding event!
ASI Promo Rebranded to PIONEER PROMO!
ASI Promo recently revealed a new name and a fresh new look as it announced it's rebranding to PIONEER PROMO! The promotional products company is a subsidiary of the North Dakota Automobile & Implement Dealers Associations. It was formed in 1986 as a promotional products source for auto and implement dealers in North Dakota. Since then it has steadily grown to become a trusted promotional advertising resource for many companies in various industries around the country, and it was time to capture ASI's expansion into new products and new territories with a new brand! The name PIONEER PROMO symbolizes the fact that our company is committed to boldly exploring new horizons, new products, and new markets. We are "pioneering" new ways of helping our dealers and other businesses build their own brand recognition and their own success. In doing so, Pioneer Promo's ultimate goal is to provide a strong, healthy foundation for the operations of our dealer associations. We urge our dealer AND associate members to keep Pioneer Promo in mind as you're considering your promotional product needs. Visit www.pioneerpromo.com today!
ADAND will provide $1,000 in scholarship funds to train a potential dealership employees when a dealer provides the first $500, for a total of $1,500. Scholarships may be renewed annually. Eligibility requirements apply. For more information, visit the Scholarship Program link on the sidebar, or contact Megan at: megan@adand.com.
Get the latest news exclusive to ADAND members.
ADAND Members and Associates: Click "Newsletters" on the sidebar to access the ADAND Online monthly publication!


The ideals of excellence that distinguish the Life of Reason relate it to religion.
deeper than religion, and he found religion praiseworthy for promoting speculative insight.
and enriching experience with keener intuition of essences.
clearer articulation of human ideals.
to animal life and so distracts spirit from its proper activity.
altogether. Distraction of spirit is moral ignorance of the proper vocation of spirit.
[the world's] loves" such as the world could never feel toward itself (ES, 382).
Santayana Society, 16 : 13–18).
in which spirit, forgetting itself, becomes pure vision and pure love" (ES, 407).
primary tendencies of our nature, truer to the ultimate possibilities of the soul" ( ES, 273).
"The highest example of this kind of poetry is religion" ( ES, 278).
lay them over one another in regular strata, like a poet's lines.
that between jewels and clay.
seem to be attracted only by tawdry effects of rhetoric and sentiment.
Which we're obliged to hiss and spit and sputter all.
and puzzle in the hope of casting over us a supernatural spell.
suggestion of an ideal world, which we feel in the presence of any true beauty.
poetical, although the whole of poetry, or the best of poetry, be not yet there.
style are precious; affected, perhaps, but at any rate refined.
may call euphuism—the choice of coloured words and rare and elliptical phrases.
alone, and we have the outline or skeleton of poetry without the filling.
pleasure we might have taken in the grace of expression.
believe in, not what we see; things, not images; souls, not voices and silhouettes.
ignorant heart, presently bubble over into some kind of utterance.
which toss for ever in spite of our ability to ride over them to our chosen ends.
some element of beauty or of horror.
him by a well-stocked mind.
of objects have abstracted them and assigned them to their respective spheres.
felt in the presence of objects they took to be a part of the objects themselves.
ourselves in its infinitesimal texture, now in its infinite ramifications.
luxury together with the cooks, hairdressers, and florists.
was a dream and a symbol, and raise his eyes toward the truth beyond.


Please note that Consortium is no longer delivering this project.
A similar project is being funded by the Government Equalities Office from April 2019 - March 2020. Schools who wish to get involved can contact any one of the delivering organisations to find out which is delivering in their specific area.
The GEO's press release about the project is available here.


love still dwells among us.
Howdy, and welcome to the place I store all manner of thoughts and stories and recipes. It seems the perfect spot to write a little love letter to you this Christmas. I know, Christmas letters are supposed to be more like a diary of activities – but it seems the older I get, the lists of activities are eclipsed by moments. And those moments are what Brad and I hold close to our hearts.
Things are all in place here at CasaRock – the tree is filled with more ornaments than ever, a growing number of stockings are hung on the mantle (including a sweet little pink one in honor of Sawyer's little sister Tyler, who will make her debut in early April), and the kitchen has a holiday dusting of powdered sugar and spice after more than one "let's bake some happy things for folks" sessions. It would be most delightful to have you here right now, sitting on the sofa with us and talking about how time flies so quickly and how God has blessed so richly. Story after story would be shared, one weaving into another like a tapestry so that it's hard to tell where the stories begin or end. I've woven many of our stories in this love letter – simply click to see where the stories take you.
My stories would be about answered prayer, like a new job for Brad – and how his position as CFO at a company called Five Stone Advisors couldn't be more perfectly crafted for him. And we'd mention how I changed positions at Austin Christian Fellowship, into a role in communications that has allowed me to share everything I've ever learned about advocacy and marketing and storytelling with not only our church but other ministries as well.
The stories would be about leaps of faith – of my knees shaking as I stood at a pulpit and preached (yes, preached) at a women's conference in Jamaica with an incredible ministry called Mission Discovery. They leapt first by asking if I would be willing, and it made my leap to share my story of abuse and redemption worthwhile.
The stories would be about sleepovers and spaghetti and swimming pools – and Sawyer, the Little Man who has ambushed our hearts and filled our cabinets with Goldfish. He gives the best "mmmmwahhh" kisses ever.
The stories would be about stories themselves – stories about Ian and Gina, and how much fun it is to see how the Lord is working in and through them. Brad and I would talk about their ministry to students, and how their home is always open to folks in need of a listening ear or a comfy place to stay.
I'd have to mention how good it feels to serve them as a volunteer in student ministry, and how much my own life has been changed because of the young women placed in my care. We'd talk about what an honor it is to see them love each other – and their son – well. And we'd talk about how great it is to watch Ian teach – and how proud we are of him.
The stories might bring a tear or two, but would also be filled with hope, as we talked about visits to Uganda, Guatemala, Jamaica, London, and Russia. We'd talk about orphans we had met, people who inspired us, and ministries committed to transforming lives in hard places.
And the stories would include two fluffy characters named Millie and Pearl, four-legged furbabies always available with a word of wisdom.
And no matter what, the stories would always wind back to thankfulness. Of how grateful we are for family, for friends, for hard times and good times and a faith that lets us cling tightly in this crazy, broken world and be perfectly loved in the midst of our own imperfection. I'd have to stop for a second – a bit overwhelmed by it all.
Very happy Christmas. Love and peace beyond measure to you!
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Ohio County Ready To Reap Benefits Of Landfill Solar Project
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This month, Cuyahoga County, Cleveland Public Power (CPP) and IGS Solar will begin construction of a solar project located on 17 acres of a 75-acre landfill site in Brooklyn, Ohio.
Estimated to provide over 5 GWh of electricity per year, the project will consist of 35,520 panels and be sized at approximately 4 MW DC – enough to supply approximately 5% of the electricity consumption for 16 county-owned commercial buildings. This is equivalent to powering roughly 500 residential homes.
Cuyahoga County, which has 1.3 million residents, will purchase 100% of the power through a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) with CPP, which will buy the power from IGS Solar.
IGS Solar signed a 20-year lease to use the land, and Cuyahoga County will have the opportunity to purchase the system before the end of the initial 10-year PPA term. According to the partners, Cuyahoga County could save as much as $3 million on utility bills over the next 25 years.
The array will be built on an otherwise unproductive landfill site, and the 20-year land lease will help the City of Brooklyn offset maintenance costs of approximately $400,000 over the course of the next 20 years.
"I'm proud of the work our department of sustainability has done in developing and executing this innovative project," says Armond Budish, Cuyahoga County executive. "We are growing renewable energy production in northeast Ohio, partnering with the City of Brooklyn to increase economic and environmental benefits for county residents, and saving money. Our county is committed to projects like this one. The solar landfill installation, which is the largest in the state of Ohio, will reduce our greenhouse-gas emissions and develop our clean energy economy into the future. It is crucial that local governments take action to help solve our global issue – climate change."
Working with Enerlogics and McDonald Hopkins, the team plans for the array to be online this summer. Because the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency does not allow for extensive, below-surface work on landfills, the developers will use a ballasted solar racking system so that the panels and supports rest on concrete blocks, rather than driven steel posts.
Nearly all the product and labor involved in the engineering, design and installation has been or will be performed by Ohio-based residents. The development and construction of the array is expected to sustain approximately 100 jobs in the region.
IGS Solar – which is based in Columbus, Ohio – will own, operate and maintain the project.
"Working with Cuyahoga County and the local teams to design this project that will help control the county's energy costs using this renewable energy source has been a great success," comments Patrick Smith, vice president of IGS Solar. "We look forward to being a long-standing sustainability partner to them well into the future."
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25 Spring Football Games on TV/Online this Weekend
By Kevin Kelley - April 12, 2013
Virginia played their Spring game last week. Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports
Spring football practice is in full swing, and several FBS schools are ready to play their Spring games. This weekend, there are 25 Spring football games that will be on television or available to stream online.
Listed below is this weekend's schedule which kicks off on Friday with Bowling Green and Pittsburgh at 7 p.m. ET. Several games will be replayed on networks such as CSS and the Big Ten Network. Check the schedules on their websites for additional listings.
Michigan and Ohio State's games will be available live on BTN2Go on Saturday. They will then be broadcast on tape-delay on the Big Ten Network at 7 p.m. ET (Ohio State) and 9 p.m. ET (Michigan).
Vanderbilt will play its Spring game at 2 p.m. ET on Saturday. The game will be available on tape-delay on CSS at 8 p.m. ET and then on ESPN3 beginning at 11 p.m. ET.
Note that this is only a list of games on TV or online this weekend. For a complete list of Spring games, see our full 2013 Spring Football Schedule.
Game Time (ET) Network Online
Bowling Green Falcons 7:00 p.m. — America One Sports
Pittsburgh Panthers 7:00 p.m. — ESPN3
Illinois Fighting Illini 9:00 p.m. Big Ten Network BTN2Go
Colorado Buffaloes 12:30 p.m. Pac-12 Network (HD) Pac-12.com
Michigan Wolverines 1:00 p.m. Big Ten Network (9 p.m. ET) BTN2Go
Northwestern Wildcats 1:00 p.m. Big Ten Network BTN2Go
Ohio State Buckeyes 1:00 p.m. Big Ten Network (7 p.m. ET) BTN2Go
Purdue Boilermakers 1:00 p.m. Big Ten Network BTN2Go
South Carolina Gamecocks 1:00 p.m. — ESPN3
Arizona State Sun Devils 2:00 p.m. Pac-12 Network (HD) Pac-12.com
Florida State Seminoles 2:00 p.m. — ESPN3
Kansas Jayhawks 2:00 p.m. Metro Sports/Kansas 22 All-Access
Ole Miss Rebels 2:00 p.m. CSS ESPN3
Miami Hurricanes 3:00 p.m. — ESPN3
North Carolina Tar Heels 3:00 p.m. — ESPN3
Oklahoma Sooners 3:00 p.m. FSSW/FCSC SoonerSports.tv
Texas A&M Aggies 3:00 p.m. ESPN —
Arizona Wildcats 4:00 p.m. Pac-12 Network (HD) Pac-12.com
Clemson Tigers 4:00 p.m. — ESPN3
Duke Blue Devils 4:00 p.m. — ESPN3
Indiana Hoosiers 4:00 p.m. Big Ten Network BTN2Go
USC Trojans 4:00 p.m. Pac-12 Network (HD) Pac-12.com
Stanford Cardinal 6:00 p.m. Pac-12 Network (HD) Pac-12.com
Vanderbilt Commodores 8:00 p.m. CSS (tape-delay) ESPN3 (11 p.m.)
Eastern Michigan Eagles 2:00 p.m. — Eagle All-Access


Black lion records is pleased to welcome Portugal based Black Death Metal band Nihility to the ever growing rooster!
Nihility is a portuguese band formed in 2012.
The notoriously agressive delivery of sound roots in death and black metal is the band's trademark.
Nihility is thrilled to become a part of Black Lion Records' mighty ranks! It's really an enormous pleasure to be able to join bands like Night Crowned, Meadows End, Desolator, Mist of Misery and so many others. We can't wait to unleash our nihilistic message onto the masses. We came to show the ways of the dark and to open the gates of oblivion to cast this world into the void.
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EMMANUEL OKWENY 55 PAGES (12211 WORDS) Community Development Project
DECLERATION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iv
LIST OF ABREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS v
EXECUTIVE SUMMERY vii
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY 1
1 .0. Introduction 1
1 .1. Background of the study 1
1 .2. Problem statement 4
1.3. Purpose of the study 5
1 .4 Objectives of thee study~ 5
1 .5. Research questions~ 5
1.6.0. Scope of the study~ 5
1 .6. 1 .Contentscope~ 5
1 .6.2. Geographical scope 6
1.6.3. Time scope 6
1 .7. Significance of the study~ 6
1 .8. Conceptual framework 7
1.9. Operational definition of the key terms 8
CHAPTER TWO 9
LITERETURE REVIEW 9
2.0. Introduction 9
2.1. Legal and policy framework in Uganda 9
2.1 .1 Legal Framework 9
2.1.2 Policy Framework 10
2.2. Cultural practices that promote the rights of girls and women 11
2.3. Cultural practices that violate girls and women's rights~ 12
2.4. Measures against harmful cultural practices on women's rights 16
CHAPTER THREE .19
3.2 Study population and Sample Size 19
3.3 Sampling techniques 20
3.4 Research procedure 20
3.5 Data collection instruments 20
3.5.1 Questionnaires 20
3.5.2 Interview guide 20
3.5.3 Others 20
3.6 Ethical considerations 21
3.7 Data analysis 21
CHAPTER FOUR 22
DATA PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF THE STUDY FINDINGS.22
4.0. Introduction 22
4.1 Background information 22
4. 1 . I Category of respondents 22
4.1.2 Respondents by gender 23
4.1.3. Respondents by highest education achieved 24
4.2. The cultural practices that violate the rights of girls and women 24
4.3. The cultural practices that promote the rights of girls and women 25
4.4. What measures can be adopted for improving and promoting the rights of girl child and ~~men in
Ngora sub-county, Ngora ci istrict 26
CHAPTER FIVE 27
DISCUSSIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS, CONCLUSION AND SUMMARY 27
5.0 Itroduction 27
5.1. cultural practices that violate the rights of girls and women 27
5. I .1 cultural practices that promote the rights of girls and women in Ngora sub—county 28
5.1.2 measures that can be adopted for improving and promoting the rights of girls and women in Ngora
sub-county 29
5.2. Conclusion 29
5.3. Recommendations 30
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Q: flutter SDK location not found. Define location with sdk.dir in the local.properties file or with an ANDROID_HOME environment variable I am using flutter and my android studio is located in E:\android studio and getting this issue"SDK location not found. Define location with sdk.dir in the local.properties file or with an ANDROID_HOME environment variable.
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A: download git restart your system and add your flutter SDK path in your environment variables

A: I'am stack with same issue. And this solution helped me
Firstly check this one
https://flutter.dev/docs/get-started/install/windows - this guide for flutter installation (very easy to follow it, step by step)
Second check that you complete all this steps:

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*First you need download SDK from the link above.

*Init Flutter with Path: For it open computer -> right click -> select properties -> advanced system settings (left side) -> tab advanced -> Environment variables. -> On user variables click on Path -> Then click 'New' on right side and put link to bin folder in flutter (something like this D:\8.Program\flutter\bin)

If you did all correct open cmd and write flutter. if you received flutter not recognized you did something wrong. If you received some text all good, lets continue.
Now you can open cmd command and write:
flutter create "NameOfApp"- it will create folder, that you can open from android studio like java or kotlin project.
Remember if you called cmd from default folder it will create project there. So you can change directory in cmd or just crtl+x, ctrl+v.

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import { computed } from '@ember/object';
import { notEmpty, and } from '@ember/object/computed';
import Component from '@ember/component';
import layout from 'ember-nf-graph/templates/components/nf-plot';
import RequireScaleSource from 'ember-nf-graph/mixins/graph-requires-scale-source';
import GraphEvent from 'ember-nf-graph/utils/nf/graph-event';

/**
  Plots a group tag on a graph at a given x and y domain coordinate.
  @namespace components
  @class nf-plot
  @extends Ember.Component
  @uses mixins.graph-requires-scale-source
*/
export default Component.extend(RequireScaleSource, {
  layout,
  tagName: 'g',

  attributeBindings: ['transform'],

  classNames: ['nf-plot'],

  /**
    The parent graph for a component.
    @property graph
    @type components.nf-graph
    @default null
    */
  graph: null,

  /**
    The x domain value to set the plot at
    @property x
    @default null
  */
  x: null,

  /**
    The y domain value to set the plot at
    @property x
    @default null
  */
  y: null,

  /**
    True if an `x` value is present (defined, not null and non-empty)
    @property hasX
    @type Boolean
    @readonly
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  hasX: notEmpty('x'),

  /**
    True if an `y` value is present (defined, not null and non-empty)
    @property hasY
    @type Boolean
    @readonly
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  hasY: notEmpty('y'),

  /**
    The calculated visibility of the component
    @property isVisible
    @type Boolean
    @readonly
  */
  isVisible: and('hasX', 'hasY'),

  /**
    The calculated x coordinate
    @property rangeX
    @type Number
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  rangeX: computed('x', 'xScale', function(){
    let xScale = this.get('xScale');
    let x = this.get('x');
    let hasX = this.get('hasX');
    return (hasX && xScale ? xScale(x) : 0) || 0;
  }),

  /**
    The calculated y coordinate
    @property rangeY
    @type Number
    @readonly
  */
  rangeY: computed('y', 'yScale', function(){
    let yScale = this.get('yScale');
    let y = this.get('y');
    let hasY = this.get('hasY');
    return (hasY && yScale ? yScale(y) : 0) || 0;
  }),

  /**
    The SVG transform of the component's `<g>` tag.
    @property transform
    @type String
    @readonly
  */
  transform: computed('rangeX', 'rangeY', function(){
    let rangeX = this.get('rangeX');
    let rangeY = this.get('rangeY');
    return `translate(${rangeX} ${rangeY})`;
  }),

  data: null,

  click: function(e) {
    let context = GraphEvent.create({
      x: this.get('x'),
      y: this.get('y'),
      data: this.get('data'),
      source: this,
      graph: this.get('graph'),
      originalEvent: e,
    });
    this.sendAction('action', context);
  },
});

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8 Old School Apparel Brands That Are Now Cool Again Thanks To Celebs
By Adrian Han
Trends come and go, and this statement is especially true when it comes to your clothes. Fashionistas around the world are always pushing the boundaries of what it means to be fashionable, and sometimes, they just need to pull something old school out from the archives.
Remember how Billabong and Ocean Pacific (OP) were huge in the past? Every kid on the block had a Billabong pencil case and an OP tee; in my school, if you had a Billabong wallet, you were cool.
However, those brands faded silently into the background over the years and were never really able to make a comeback in the local market.
On the other hand, there are some old brands that have managed to keep up with the times, and are now making a resurgence. If you want in on the hype, these are the brands to go for right now.
Here are eight apparel brands that have been resurrected by online trendsetters and celebrities:
1. Champion
Vintage sportswear brand Champion has been manufacturing quality products for athletes for a long time now, ever since 1919. The brand is perhaps best known for its reverse-weave sweatshirt, which is a timeless classic.
With influential figures like Kanye West and Virgil Abloh making comfy sportswear a cool thing to wear, Champion is enjoying unprecedented success in the streetwear scene.
Recent collaborations with brands like Vetements and Supreme has only made Champion more relevant and cooler, way cooler. Nowadays, you can spot a lot of people rocking Champion tees and sweatshirts on Instagram and on the streets.
2. Tommy Hilfiger/ Tommy Jeans
Here is one of the classic American brands that has managed to become relevant again in recent times.
Instagram models and celebs have been wearing tees and sweaters that sport a huge logo of the brand. This has no doubt influenced the masses to start buying Tommy Hilfiger clothes again.
But if that isn't enough, the brand collaborated with fashion model and icon, Gigi Hadid to release several collections. The Chainsmokers are also ambassadors of the brand.
So, are they cool enough for you yet?
3. Calvin Klein
Famous for its denim, but perhaps even more so, its underwear line. Calvin Klein seems like the go-to choice for underwear in Hollywood.
Justin Bieber and Kendall Jenner are just couple of celebs who've endorsed the brand; in fact, the Kardashians and Jenners were just recently enlisted to star in a new Calvin Klein advertisement.
It means something when a brand can make headlines with just underwear; but hey, you can check out the denim too.
4. GUESS
Founded in 1981 and headquartered in Los Angeles, GUESS was a brand that tried to make a name for itself in denim. Looking at the brand's denim jacket now, I think it's fair to say that the company's doing well in this department.
GUESS has Jennifer Lopez to help market the brand, and the company also made waves with the recent collaboration with rapper A$AP Rocky. In the streetwear scene, A$AP Rocky is pretty influential; hypebeasts love him.
So I guess that GUESS is back in the game now.
5. FILA
This is a sporting brand that dates back to 1911 in a small town in Italy. Of course, it doesn't have the recognition that's comparable to Nike and Adidas, but this brand is popping up more and more often on Instagram feeds these days.
One of the main factors is probably because of the chunky "dad shoe" trend, and FILA has one of the sickest chunky sneakers out there: the FILA Disruptor.
I've seen that shoe appear on the Hypebae Instagram page one too many times, and paired with the shoe would be some vintage FILA clothing.
Vintage is definitely cool right now.
6. PUMA
Fun fact: did you know that the founders of Adidas and PUMA are brothers? So if Adidas is all in on the hype, what makes you think PUMA won't follow suit?
But of course, the sportswear fashion market is a tough one to compete in, and so PUMA has often taken a backseat to the giants like Nike and Adidas. That doesn't mean the brand can't appeal to the public though.
Rihanna has her own Fenty x PUMA line, and with Selena Gomez and The Weeknd as the brand's ambassadors, PUMA is rolling out great designs in its apparel and footwear.
Not to mention, Selena has an insane following on Instagram, with over 130 million followers. Talk about being influential.
7. Kappa
Who remembers this one from back in the day? I remember being in primary school and kids all around me wore white Kappa shoes to school and carried Kappa backpacks.
The brand faded into the dark for a bit, but seems to be appearing online again. Loads of Instagram models have been spotted wearing Kappa, especially the pants with the logo draped along the seams.
Bella Hadid and Kendall Jenner have also worn Kappa jackets out in public, which no doubt brought some attention to the brand.
8. Reebok
Remember how I said that the sportswear market is a tough one to compete in? Reebok was bought over by Adidas and now operates as a subsidiary of Adidas; but Reebok is still a brand on its own and the company is making good strides.
If you can't already tell, the trend now is going towards the vintage look, and Reebok knows that. The brand focuses on the classics, like the Reebok Classic Leather sneakers and the Classics Sweatshirts.
Then of course, a celebrity needs to be associated with the brand. Pop star Ariana Grande is now the brand ambassador for Reebok and with her influence, the only way to go is up.
Celebrities are constantly influencing us into buying and wearing certain things that we never thought we would like. Some may critique that you're a sheep for following their style, but don't we all borrow influences from other people?
But in any case, these eight brands above are reaping the benefits from the exposure through celebrities. No one knows how long the brands can stay in the game, but as long as the designs are consistently good, people will take notice.
In the meantime, maybe I should go dig for a Champion tee in a thrift store somewhere…


The application BRRR Enterprise Calculator is used when deciding to invest in rental real estate. The main distinction of the application from other similar is that the investment decision is taken on the basis of income, the investment will bring, not the price demanded by the seller. The app store and process data for multiple properties in a database, which differs from the application BRRR_Calculator.
To calculate investment property return provide Monthly Rent - rental income, Property Taxes per year, Property Insurance per year, Annual Repairs - a percentage of annual income (e.g. 5%), Vacancy - estimated number of weeks property is not occupied by tenants (e.g. 2 weeks). Based on these data are calculated Total Annual Income and Total Annual Expenses. Offer Price that make sense to buy this property is calculated as Net Operating Income (NOI) which is equal to Total Annual Income minus Total Annual Expenses divided by Capital Rate - a selected value around 8% or more. The offer price is reduced by the initial cost – Start Up Expenses of restoring the property rental condition. Entering a percentage what part of that price is a loan - Mortgage LTV in %, shall determine the monthly cash flow income (Cash Flow) as NOI minus Annual Mortgage Payment - annual payment for servicing the loan to purchase the property. If Cash Flow is below a amount provided by the user (e.g. $200 ) it is not worth making a deal. Another indicator is the Debt Servicing Ratio ratio of NOI to the annual payment for servicing the loan Mortgage Per Year. If this figure is less than 1.25 also is not worth doing a deal. The Return On Investment (ROI) is calculated as annual cash flow divided to the own capital invested in the property (100 - LTV %). The great ROI the better to invest in this property. If the investment is 100% financed with a loan, the ROI is infinity.
The app allows you to perform calculations on one of the following three parameters: monthly income; Cap Rate ; and Offer Price of the property to the depositor when set two of them and the others. For example, how much must be the monthly income if set Offer Price, Cap Rate and other parameters.
The application has localization on the Bulgarian and English. The app stores the data in a database of type SQLit with file identification propInvDes.db.
The database can be exported to Phonstorage of device the application is performing, by the function of menu item "Export DB" or imported by the function of menu item "Import DB". Then can be opened by browser of SQLit on device or on desktop. The stored data for property ready for printing in the table cashFlow can be exported by function of SQLit in .csv format and sent to print, to Skype or to GoogleDrive. Also the data base can by saved to PC or to Google Drive.


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Mocking Grenfell Tower On Bonfire Night Is Appalling, But Should Not Be Criminal
November 6, 2018 Samuel Hooper
A society which looks to the state to deliver retribution for non-harmful offensive speech is a society which no longer values a core tenet of liberal democracy
The battle for free speech is won or lost at the margins, which means that those who call themselves advocates of free speech without being able to point to a history of defending deeply offensive speech from people across the ideological and cultural spectrum can be considered fair-weather friends of free speech at best – and outright liars at worst.
And so while a universal chorus of condemnation rightly rises from every corner of Britain regarding the sickening and provocative act of burning an effigy of Grenfell Tower, impersonating the victims and mocking the tragedy – and worse still, recording the vile show and sharing it on social media – it falls to this blog to point out once again that in a society which even aspires to uphold Western liberal values, having the police regulate social conduct is just plain wrong.
First, the appalling story, as recounted in the New York Times:
It was among the worst fires in modern British history: The blaze that gutted Grenfell Tower in London last year killed more than 70 people, displaced hundreds more and marred the lives of the mostly low- and middle-income residents who lived there.
But to a group celebrating Britain's annual Bonfire Night, it was a joke.
In a widely shared video that circulated on Monday, a group of people laughed as they burned an effigy of Grenfell Tower, which included paper cutouts of residents in the windows. "Help me! Help me!" one person mocked as flames overtook the model tower. "Jump out the window!" another shouted.
Of course this is a disgusting and rather shocking act, one which no decent human being would ever contemplate performing. Of course it is injurious to the feelings of survivors of the fire, the bereaved families of the 70+ victims and the emergency services workers who attended the unimaginable scene. The act fully deserves the condemnation it has attracted from the prime minister on downwards.
But it is disturbing to hear that following such incidents, the police – empowered by law – take it upon themselves to seek out, arrest and charge those responsible. Many reprehensible actions either do not or should not meet the threshold of criminal liability, and absent any form of direct incitement to violence there is no good justification for invoking criminal sanctions against trolls. You cannot make a society politer and more considerate by fining or locking up the rude and provocative, and if you try then you will either preside over a hugely arbitrary and unjust system or else incarcerate tens of thousands of people and attach criminal stigma to social losers.
Some make the argument that scare police resources should not be diverted from frontline public safety duties toward scouring the internet for potential sources of offense and hunting down those who hurt the feelings of others, and this is quite correct. Particularly at a time when London is suffering a "stabbing epidemic" and has by some measures surpassed New York in terms of danger, continuing to employ crack teams of deskbound constables to scour Twitter and Facebook for thoughtcrime or bully the public with veiled warning about speechcrime is a monumentally bad use of resources.
But that is not the main issue at stake. Even if London was a refulgent and harmonious city of perfect safety and benevolence with no other crimes for the Metropolitan Police to handle (thanks to the inspired leadership of Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan) it would still be wrong to hunt down, arrest, intimidate or prosecute people for simply being vile human beings who delight in causing offense.
The remedy for such behavior lies not in criminal law but in the power of society to make its universal horror at such behavior known by exposing, shunning and shaming the culprits. Social consequences are a far more suitable and proportionate response – few people would contest that those who mocked the Grenfell Tower fire deserve any consequences which flow from their notoriety, be it lost jobs, lost friendship and ruined reputations.
And yet we live in an age where society will form a Twitter mob in nanoseconds to take down perfectly well-meaning people for simply misspeaking, making an error of judgment or not being fully up to date on the latest linguistic demands of the identity politics brigade, while in cases of positive acts of universally condemnable behavior we seem content to shrug our shoulders and outsource the job to the police and the criminal justice system.
This is not right. The kind of punishment which communities can dole out to moral miscreants is flexible enough so that the punishment can be made to fit the crime, but does not tar somebody forever. Being arrested, charged, convicted of a supposed "public order offense" and given a lifetime criminal record is another matter entirely, particularly when there is no injury to persons or property.
You can tell a lot about a society by the people who languish in its prisons. In the United States, my new home, over 2.2 million people are presently incarcerated in federal, state or county prisons and jails, nearly 1 percent of the population – many for non-violent crimes, the victim of a prison industrial complex warped by the prevalence of privately owned and operated prisons. Brits are often quick to mock or denigrate the United States for this fact, and hold America up as a cautionary tale – and rightly so.
Yet in Britain we arrest, charge, caution or imprison people for making YouTube videos in poor taste, joking on social media, singing offensive football songs, preaching non-violent religion in public or criticizing another religion (though of course some religions are more equal than others). This would make us an international laughing stock and object of grave concern were it not for the fact that many other Western countries are merrily going down the same path – particularly with the rise in authoritarianism on one hand and the desperation of an intellectually bankrupt establishment to smother dissent on the other.
Apparently five people have now been arrested after surrendering themselves to police following their depraved little Bonfire Night stunt. They are doubtless all entirely reprehensible and unsympathetic characters who will now join the ranks of lowlifes, oddballs, misfits and assorted others who have found themselves bundled into the back of a police van and charged with criminal acts for having made other people feel bad or outraged.
This should not be the purpose of criminal law in a liberal democratic Western society. The police at present cannot even guarantee our physical safety or reliably bring to justice those who commit crimes against people and property. Are we now to add to their burden a responsibility to guard our ears and eyes against taking in that which we find offensive and repellent?
This is the kind of case which makes me cringe when Britain's unenlightened attitude toward free speech comes up while comparing and contrasting different judicial approaches here in law school in the US. This is the kind of case which makes me vaguely embarrassed to be British, because when British society and communities abdicate their role in self-regulating behavior and outsource the job to the police, it tells the rest of the world that we are too hopeless, too fragile, too pathetic to withstand the slings and arrows of daily life without the state acting as auxiliary parent to us all, stepping in to fight our battles for us.
I want no part in this societal self-infantilization. It should fall to strong communities with shared values (if there are any such values left that are not being busily undermined by progressives and reactionaries) to moderate discourse where they feel necessary, not the government. We do not need the police to arrest everyone who makes us feel bad or sickens our stomachs with their trollish, attention-seeking behavior.
People who see fit to publish online a video of themselves mocking the victims of one of the worst fires in modern British history condemn themselves through their actions well enough – they don't require any additional help from the state.
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4 thoughts on "Mocking Grenfell Tower On Bonfire Night Is Appalling, But Should Not Be Criminal"
MP November 6, 2018 / 10:07 PM
I agree entirely with the author. Britain is now a place I'm embarrased to have been born in. I've seen this video described as 'horrific'. Actually it's just a bunch of idiots doing what they do best – being silly and recording it for their five minutes of fame. If this is horrific, what words are left to describe Auschwitz, Belsen, Hiroshima, Syria?
I'm more worried by the fact that Britain, America, and other western 'democracies' seem to be increasingly governed by mob-rule, courtesy of social media. If enough people shout loudly, the police are deployed to investigate borderline crimes, and even non-crimes. What's more, in a country of fifty million people, 100,000 professional offendees wield power far beyond their numbers. The thing is, people rarely take to their keyboards to say "actually, I'm not offended". I'd love to know how many people would call this 'horrific' incident a storm in a teacup.
thelyniezian November 6, 2018 / 3:06 PM
I have certain sympathies for this argument but at the same time do consider that where there is likely to be severe psychological harm inflicted, as there will be for those who were victims of or gruieving for the victims of the Grenfell Tower disaster, does that constitute a limit to freedom of expression? There is a line between, say, insulting someone or attacking (within reason) someone's beliefs and openly making the situation of those already traumatised by the event worse. Or are we arguing psychological harm is not as bad as physical harm which is in pretty much any country prosecutable under the law?
I do think that the restrictions on freedom of expression in Britain go too far however. There are some things which however bad ought to not be matters for the law.
MP November 7, 2018 / 12:24 AM
Thing is, nobody forces anybody to watch or read things which might upset them. If I had links to Grenfell Tower I would simply not have watched this – it was clear enough what to expect.
People have become too prone to being offended, and to expecting the state to protect them from anything and everything. Social media magnifies that and encourages mass public hand-wringing. I remember various sick jokes about famous people who had died, and the manner of their deaths, but in pre social media, pre-PC days, we all just thought "that's a bit tasteless", and moved on with our lives, aware that there are idiots in the world, but their idiocy doesn't really matter…
britishawakening November 6, 2018 / 10:41 AM
I have not seen the video nor do I wish to but I suspect the involvement of the Police is more about an increasingly authoritarian state flexing its muscles and making an example of some plebs pour encourager les autres.
People need to reflect on the direction of travel here. Thirty years ago the same people would have still been condemned in the public arena but it would have been seen as ludicrous for the Police to get involved.