How is the Test Content Outline for the CFRE exam developed?
As a practice-based certification, the Test Content Outline is determined based on the skills and knowledge that fundraisers employ everyday on the job. CFRE International collects this body of knowledge through a confidential survey conducted every five (5) years in partnership with our professional testing agency. This survey is called the Job Analysis survey. The Job Analysis survey is sent to both professionals holding the CFRE certification around the world and those who are not currently certified.
What is the purpose of the Test Content Outline?
Using the results of the Job Analysis research, the Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) examination is designed as a practice-based exam that assesses candidate mastery of the six core knowledge domains of fundraising that are required for individuals at the five year level of professional fundraising experience. The Test Content Outline defines those knowledge domains, the percentage of the total exam questions dedicated to each domain, and a breakdown of the tasks and key knowledge areas covered within the domain as a reference for candidates preparing to write the CFRE examination.
When was the last time the Test Content Outline was revised?
Prior to this latest revision, the last Test Content Outline revision was based on the Job Analysis survey conducted in 2009.
When will the CFRE exam begin to reflect the updated Test Content Outline?
The CFRE exam will reflect the updated Test Content Outline effective testing window 2016-#1 (testing dates 1 February – 31 march 2016).
What has changed in the Test Content Outline?
The Job Analysis did not find major shifts in the field of fundraising. However, the percentage of questions per domain will shift slightly to reflect Job Analysis results. The domain with the largest percentage shift was Securing the Gift (formerly 19% of exam questions; now 23%). The domain with the smallest percentage shift was Volunteer Involvement (formerly 8% of exam questions; remains at 8%). The chart below shows the complete breakdown of the fundraising knowledge domains and the percentage of exam questions dedicated to each domain within the CFRE examination effective testing window 2016-#1.
I have been preparing for the CFRE exam using the current Test Content Outline, but I won't sit for the exam until 2016. Will I be prepared?
How can I obtain the updated Test Content Outline?
The Test Content Outline effective 1 January 2016 is available on the CFRE International website in the Resources menu under 2016 CFRE Programme Update Resources.
When will the updated CFRE application requirements for initial and re-certification take effect?
The updated application requirements will take effect for all applications submitted for review and approval after 30 December 2015. Applications for initial or re-certification submitted on or before 30 December will be evaluated against the existing application standards and requirements.
Why was the Professional Practice (experience) requirement for initial certification reduced from five years in the last eight to 3 years in the last five?
This update to the application requirements for initial certification acknowledges the maturation of our global profession and the now wide availability of educational options (such as undergraduate and graduate degrees in fundraising and nonprofit management, graduate level continuing education certificate programs, etc.) that accelerate an individual's knowledge of best practices in ethical fundraising. Most of these educational options did not exist in 1981 when the CFRE credential was founded. The change also allows individuals who have transitioned into fundraising from related fields to have the opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge of best practices in ethical fundraising earlier in their careers.
The choice to apply after the minimum 3 years of employment as a fundraising professional represents an accelerated pathway to the CFRE credential. Applicants who do not have such a record as described above are advised to delay their application until they have achieved a minimum of 5 years of experience as a fundraising professional.
Does the reduction in required professional practice experience for initial certification diminish the knowledge and authority that the CFRE credential represents?
Not at all. The CFRE exam will continue to test knowledge of best practice in ethical fundraising at the 5-year level of professional experience. Additionally, the Education and Professional Performance requirements of the application also remain the same. This update simply reflects our profession's maturation to where individuals are entering the profession with extensive undergraduate or graduate level educational preparation and/or have transitioned into fundraising from related fields with significant transferable experience. When coupled with professional fundraising practice, these experiences greatly accelerate an individual's understanding of and commitment to best practices in ethical fundraising.
Why has the application requirement for Volunteer Service been removed from the application requirements for CFRE certification and recertification?
Fundraising professionals do not have access to equally extensive networks for volunteer service worldwide. As a global credential, this change corrects significant regional bias within the CFRE application requirements. CFRE International values volunteer experience for fundraisers and will continue to encourage applicants to engage in volunteer service by recognizing the educational value of service learning through volunteer experience with up to 10 application points in the Education section of the application for initial or re-certification.
I have an open application for initial/re-certification that I will not be ready to submit prior to 30 December 2015. What will happen to it?
Your open, in-process application and most of your data will be retained and transitioned into our new online application system based on the updated application requirements. However, data regarding Volunteer Service experiences will not be retained during the transition, as there will no longer be a separate Volunteer Service requirement within the application.
Will Volunteer Service experiences I have already entered in my application be transferred for credit in the Education section as of 1 January 2016?
No. If you have an open application for CFRE initial certification or re-certification that will not be submitted on or before 30 December 2015, the credits you've entered for Volunteer Service will not automatically transition to credits within the Education section of the application.
You will need to login to your online application prior to 30 December to make note of the volunteer experiences you've entered. Once the updated application requirements go live in January 2016, you may log in and add those volunteer experiences back into the Education section of your application. All information previously entered under the Volunteer Service section of open applications will be not be retained during the transition to the updated application.
I have Funds Raised in a foreign currency entered in the Professional Performance section of my open application. How will the transition to the updated online application impact those funds raised which I've already entered?
The funds raised that you've already entered in your online application will be transitioned with your open application for initial or recertification. However, once the online application based on the updated application requirements is launched in January 2016, you will need to login to your application and convert your funds raised into their U.S. dollar equivalent. A link to a currency converter will be available within the online application for this purpose.
Am I permitted to submit my application for initial certification on or before 30 December 2015, even if I'm not yet ready to write the CFRE exam?
Yes, as long as your application is complete based on the current application requirements for initial certification, you may submit the application and select a CFRE exam testing window up to four testing windows in the future. For an application submitted in December 2015 that would include any exam testing window in 2016.
I'd like to submit my application for recertification early and avoid the application transition process. How far in advance am I able to submit my application for re-certification?
Because of the Professional Practice requirements within the application for recertification there is a limit to how far in advance a recertification application may be submitted. If your recertification is due as of 31 March 2016, or earlier, you may submit your application prior to 30 December 2015.


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'Censored' by Google, Barry Lynn Doubles Down on Anti-Monopoly Crusade
BYDavid Z. Morris
September 17, 2017, 6:16 PM UTC
The head of the newly launched Open Markets Institute may be a principled crusader, but he's also clearly a canny PR strategist.
Barry Lynn was let go from the left-leaning think tank New America following what appeared to be political pressure from Google. Lynn has persistently criticized the search giant as a market-subverting monopoly, but it also funded New America generously.
The firing left New America with a substantial black eye, creating the strong appearance that its output of policy papers and opinion pieces was shaped by its donors (shocking, I know). The scandal has been a boon for Lynn, though, who has moved quickly to launch a stand-alone version of his anti-monopoly group. According to a deep dive by Politico, it will actually be larger than it was under New America.
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Lynn's newly independent Open Markets Intitute has already launched a public letter-writing campaign demanding that Google (GOOGL) "stop shutting down monopoly research now." More broadly, the group will agitate against businesses that are too powerful and centralized. Lynn argues that emergent giants like Amazon and Google make the economy more stagnant and fragile, and need to be controlled more aggressively using existing antitrust law. The European Union has agreed, fining Google a record amount for abusing its search dominance to squash competing shopping-data services. Lynn's approving statement on that decision was the most direct cause of the split between New America and Open Markets.
That's a position that the Democratic Party, which has found big allies in the tech world, has been slow to embrace. But Lynn aims to influence candidates and voters ahead of the 2018 midterms, potentially deepening already-growing tensions between centrist and leftist factions of the party.
The head of New America, Ann-Marie Slaughter, has alleged that Lynn executed a "carefully planned campaign" to undermine New America's reputation and generate a David-vs-Goliath narrative for his own group. Slaughter also maintains that Lynn's departure was more about "dishonest" professional behavior than the content of his research — but has acknowledged the fundamental "tension" between relying on private donors and maintaining an organization's intellectual independence.

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Mourinho Meltdown?
For approaching two decades he's been among the ego upper echelon of football managers, but Jose Mourinho has always backed up fanciful boasts with a steady haul of trophies, championships and personal accolades.
Nevertheless, some observers have questioned his recent judgement, and with good reason, as a clutch of seemingly petty incidents have snowballed into something potential unsettling.
In isolation an underwhelming summer transfer window, patchy pre-season and disappointing start to the 2015-16 Premier League campaign are not anything to get too steamy under the collar about. It is the Portuguese coach's reaction to these that hasn't gone down well in certain quarters.
Most concerning for many Chelsea supporters is the manner in which the self anointed "Special One" chastised his hitherto heralded medical chief Eva Carneiro, unfairly in the eyes of most onlookers, for tending to a stricken Eden Hazard during an opening day contest with Swansea City.
Her immediate intervention meant that The Blues, already a man down thanks to Thibaut Courtois' dismissal early in the second half, were temporarily reduced to nine until the Belgian winger was allowed to return to the pitch.
Stamford Bridge Scapegoat
Jose had steam gushing from his lug-holes at the conclusion of the 2-2 draw with the Welsh side and, as he has so often in the past, he sought out a scapegoat.
Only this time it wasn't the referee, opposing manager or shape of the balls; Mourinho, the manager emphatic in expressing public loyalty throughout his career, decided to throw his main medic under the bus (possibly the same one he's accused opponents of parking in previous seasons.)
Carneiro was banished from the bench for the clash of the oil-funded juggernauts with Manchester City, but this failed to improve fortunes as the South London club were humiliated 3-0 by the team now favourites to dethrone them as England's champions.
Terry out, (Stones in?)
During the match Captain John Terry was substituted for the first time in 177 league matches under Mourinho, cutting a gloomy figure on the visitors' bench for the remainder of the contest.
Two competitive matches is evidently not enough to make an assessment on a manager whose battalion so recently cruised to their first league title in five years with the efficiency demanded from the top.
What is clear in this era of milk, honey, oil and embarrassing riches, is that those who stand still are soon surpassed by proactive peers. Gone are the days of bedding in skittish youth players until Christmas, certainly when it applies to those at the top of the pyramid.
The modern game is a fickle one; yesterday's apple of the eye is destined to become tomorrow's decomposing core. One misplaced utterance or flicker of ill-fortune can be the trigger for itchy-fingered billionaires to direct their firing squad towards former icons.
As the strain grows on Mourinho, he will privately regret his own hair trigger tendencies which have resulted in a world-class medic contemplating her position, and a long-serving captain hardly able to conceal his disgruntlement.
The Special One is mortal after all it seems.
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5 Premier League Meltdowns.
Steven Gerrard's slip against Chelsea is seemingly already etched in footballing infamy, despite only occurring last month.
The tearful Liverpool club captain realised that the resultant 2-0 defeat had probably cost his side their first ever Premier League title, just when the winds of change appeared in their favour.
Liverpool aren't the first team to collapse in spectacular fashion though, here are five blasts from the past!
1. Newcastle United squander a 12-point lead (1995-96)
"I will love it if we beat them… Love it!" Kevin Keegan wailed at the Sky TV cameras during his interview after a nervy 1-0 win for his Newcastle side against Leeds United.
KK's vitriol was directed at mind game mischief maker, Alex Ferguson, boss of rival title challengers Manchester United, who had speculated that certain sides might take it easy against a popular Magpies side.
Despite leading the pack by a dozen points heading into the final third of the season, the Toon proceeded to capitulate, with heartbreaking last-gasp defeats to Liverpool and Blackburn Rovers leaving their dreams of a first major trophy for 27 years in tatters.
2. Manchester United flop as Arsenal hit the accelerator (1997-98)
Wenger Boys: 10 league wins on the spin denied Man United.
Like Newcastle a couple of seasons earlier, the Red Devils held a 12 point lead over nearest rivals Arsenal, with some bookmakers deciding to pay out before the season had ended.
The Gooners had other ideas and proceeded to embark on a ten match winning streak that ultimately meant they won the championship with two games to spare.
It was Arsene Wenger's first Premier League crown and the start of a bitter 16-year rivalry between the Frenchman and Ferguson, which only softened in the latter stages.
3. Fergie's mind games cause Benitez meltdown (2008-09)
Approaching the second half of the 2008-09 Premier League season, Rafa Benitez had Liverpool flying.
With an eight point cushion at the summit and virtually injury free squad, the Spaniard seemed to have turned the Reds into genuine title contenders for the first time in nearly 20 years.
As with Keegan in 1996, Ferguson decided to engage his rival in a spot of psychological warfare. Benitez took the bait and there was only ever going to be one winner.
Liverpool ended up securing their highest ever Premier League points haul (86) to secure the runners-up spot, but Manchester United managed 90 to win it.
4. Birmingham City hit the beach too early (2010-11)
League Cup Glory: But McLeish's side plummeted thereafter.
For Blues fans the 2010-11 campaign appeared destined to go down as one of the most enjoyable in recent memory.
Having won the League Cup with a shock 2-1 victory over Arsenal at Wembley, the team sat a comfortable seven points above the relegation zone with only half a dozen games remaining.
Their mind's evidently elsewhere, Alex McLeish's side picked up just a single point from their run in, dropping into the bottom three with a final day 2-1 defeat at Tottenham.
5. Wolverhampton Wanderers appoint Terry Connor (2011-12)
One in, one out: Terry Connor was out of his depth as a manager.
Mick McCarthy's five and a half year association with Wolves ended after 25 games of the 2011-12 Premier League season, with a disappointing yield of 21 points in those matches the catalyst for his termination.
Inexplicably, rather than appoint a tried and trusted relegation specialist to save the day, club CEO Jez Moxey opted to promote clipboard wielding lackey, Terry Connor.
The results were predictable, with zero wins and a pitiful four points from those conclusive 13 fixtures. Connor was mercifully placed back on cone duty by the start of the following summer.
There are plenty of other dishonourable mentions, feel free to add your two cents to the comment section below!
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Michael Jackson összes hivatalosan megjelent dalának listája. Remixek nem szerepelnek a listában.

2
 2 Bad – a HIStory: Past, Present and Future albumról, 1995
 2000 Watts – az Invincible albumról, 2001
 2300 Jackson Street – a 2300 Jackson Street albumról, közösen a The Jacksons együttessel, valamint Rebbie és Janet Jacksonnal, 1989

A
 A Brand New Day – a The Wiz filmzenealbumról, közösen Diana Ross-szal, Nipsey Russell-lel és Ted Ross-szal, 1978
 Ain't No Sunshine – a Got to Be There albumról, 1972
 Al Capone – a Bad 25 albumról, 2012
 All in Your Name – Barry Gibb-bel közösen; Gibb jelentette meg 2011-ben, Jackson halálának 2. évfordulóján
 All the Things You Are – a Music & Me albumról, 1973
 Another Part of Me – a Bad albumról, 1987

B
 Baby Be Mine – a Thriller albumról, 1982
 Bad – a Bad albumról, 1987
 Beat It – a Thriller albumról, 1982
 Beautiful Girl – a Michael Jackson: The Ultimate Collection albumról, 2004
 Behind the Mask – a Michael albumról, 2010
 Ben – a Ben albumról, 1972
 Best of Joy – a Michael albumról, 2010
 Billie Jean – a Thriller albumról, 1982
 Black or White – a Dangerous albumról, 1991
 Blood on the Dance Floor – a Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix albumról, 1997
 Break of Dawn – az Invincible albumról, 2001
 Breaking News – a Michael albumról, 2010
 Burn This Disco Out – az Off the Wall albumról, 1979
 Butterflies – az Invincible albumról, 2001

C
 Call on Me – a Farewell My Summer Love albumról, 1984
 Can't Get Outta the Rain – eredetileg a The Girl Is Mine kislemezen szerepelt (1982), majd megjelent a The Essential Michael Jackson 3.0 (2008) és a King of Pop (2008) albumon
 Can't Let Her Get Away – a Dangerous albumról, 1991
 Carousel – a Thriller (Special Edition) albumról, 2001
 Cheater – a Michael Jackson: The Ultimate Collection albumról, 2004
 Childhood – a HIStory: Past, Present and Future albumról és a Szabadítsátok ki Willyt! 2. filmzenealbumról, 1995
 Cinderella Stay Awhile – a Forever, Michael albumról, 1975
 Come Together – a HIStory: Past, Present and Future albumról, 1995
 Cry – az Invincible albumról, 2001

D
 D.S. – a HIStory: Past, Present and Future albumról, 1995
 Dangerous – a Dangerous albumról, 1991
 Dapper Dan – a Forever, Michael albumról, 1975
 Dear Michael – a Forever, Michael albumról, 1975
 Dirty Diana – a Bad albumról, 1987
 Doggin' Around – a Music & Me albumról, 1973
 Don't Be Messin' 'Round – a Bad 25 albumról, 2012
 Don't Let It Get You Down – a Farewell My Summer Love albumról, 1984
 Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough – az Off the Wall albumról, 1979
 Don't Walk Away – az Invincible albumról, 2001

E
 Earth Song – a HIStory: Past, Present and Future albumról, 1995
 Ease on Down the Road – a The Wiz filmzenealbumról, Diana Ross-szal, 1978
 Eaten Alive – Diana Ross Eaten Alive című albumán duett, 1985
 Euphoria – a Music & Me albumról, 1973
 Everybody's Somebody's Fool – a Ben albumról, 1972

F
 Fall Again – a The Ultimate Collection albumról, 2004
 Farewell My Summer Love – a Farewell My Summer Love albumról, 1984
 Fly Away – a Bad (Special Edition) albumról, 2001
 For All Time – a Thriller 25 albumról, 2008
 Free – a Bad 25 albumról, 2012

G
 Get It – Stevie Wonder Characters című albumán duett, 1987
 Get on the Floor – az Off the Wall albumról, 1979
 Ghosts – a Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix albumról, 1997
 Girl Don't Take Your Love from Me – a Got to Be There albumról, 1972
 Girl You're So Together – a Farewell My Summer Love albumról, 1984
 Girlfriend – az Off the Wall albumról, 1979
 Give In to Me – a Dangerous albumról, 1991
 Give Me Half a Chance – a Looking Back to Yesterday albumról, 1986
 Gone Too Soon – a Dangerous albumról, 1991
 Got the Hots – a Thriller 25 (Japan Edition) albumról, 2008
 Got to Be There – a Got to Be There albumról, 1972
 Greatest Show on Earth – a Ben albumról, 1972

H
 Happy – a Music & Me albumról, 1973
 Heal the World – a Dangerous albumról, 1991
 Heartbreaker – az Invincible albumról, 2001
 Heaven Can Wait – az Invincible albumról, 2001
 Here I Am (Come and Take Me) – a Farewell My Summer Love albumról, 1984
 HIStory – a HIStory: Past, Present and Future albumról, 1995
 Hold My Hand – a Michael albumról, 2010
 Hollywood Tonight – a Michael albumról, 2010
 Human Nature – a Thriller albumról, 1982

I
 I Can't Help It – az Off the Wall albumról, 1979
 (I Can't Make It) Another Day – a Michael albumról, 2010
 I Hear a Symphony – a Looking Back to Yesterday albumról, 1986
 I Just Can't Stop Loving You – a Bad albumról, 1987
 (I Like) The Way You Love Me – a Michael albumról, 2010
 I Like You the Way You Are (Don't Change Your Love on Me) – a Looking Back to Yesterday albumról, 1986
 I Wanna Be Where You Are – a Got to Be There albumról, 1972
 I Was Made to Love Her – a Looking Back to Yesterday albumról, 1986
 I'll Come Home to You – a Forever, Michael albumról, 1975
 I'm So Blue – a Bad 25 albumról, 2012
 If'n I Was God – a Looking Back to Yesterday albumról, 1986
 In Our Small Way – a Got to Be There albumról, 1972
 In the Back – a Michael Jackson: The Ultimate Collection albumról, 2004
 In the Closet – a Dangerous albumról, 1991
 Invincible – az Invincible albumról, 2001
 Is It Scary – a Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix albumról, 1995
 It's the Falling in Love – az Off the Wall albumról, 1979

J
 Jam – a Dangerous albumról, 1991
 Je ne veux pas la fin de nous – az I Just Can't Stop Loving You francia változata, a Bad 25 albumról, 2012
 Johnny Raven – a Music & Me albumról, 1973
 Just a Little Bit of You – a Forever, Michael albumról, 1975
 Just Good Friends – a Bad albumról, 1987

K
 Keep the Faith – a Dangerous albumról, 1991
 Keep Your Head Up – a Michael albumról, 2010

L
 Leave Me Alone – a Bad albumról, 1987
 Liberian Girl – a Bad albumról, 1987
 Little Susie – a HIStory: Past, Present and Future albumról, 1995
 Lonely Teardrops – a Looking Back to Yesterday albumról, 1986
 Love Is Here and Now You're Gone – a Got to Be There albumról, 1972
 Love's Gone Bad – a Looking Back to Yesterday albumról, 1986

M
 Man in the Mirror – a Bad albumról, 1987
 Maria (You Were the Only One) – a Got to Be There albumról, 1972
 Melodie – a Farewell My Summer Love albumról, 1984
 Mind Is the Magic – Siegfried & Roy Dreams & Illusions című albumáról, 2009
 Money – a HIStory: Past, Present and Future albumról, 1995
 Monkey Business – a Michael Jackson: The Ultimate Collection albumról, 2004
 Monster – a Michael albumról, 2010
 Morning Glow – a Music & Me albumról, 1973
 Morphine – a Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix albumról, 1995
 Much Too Soon – a Michael albumról, 2010
 Music and Me – a Music & Me albumról, 1973
 My Girl – a Ben albumról, 1972

O
 Off the Wall – az Off the Wall albumról, 1979
 On the Line – a Michael Jackson's Ghosts box set albumról, 1997
 One Day in Your Life – a Forever, Michael albumról, 1975
 One More Chance – a Number Ones albumról, 2003

P
 P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) – a Thriller albumról, 1982
 People Make the World Go 'Round – a Ben albumról, 1972
 Price of Fame – a Bad 25 albumról, 2012
 Privacy – az Invincible albumról, 2001

R
 Remember the Time – a Dangerous albumról, 1991
 Rock with You – az Off the Wall albumról, 1979
 Rockin' Robin – a Got to Be There albumról, 1972

S
 Save Me – duett Dave Mason Old Crest on a New Wave albumáról, 1980
 Say Say Say – Paul McCartney Pipes of Peace című albumán duett, 1983
 Scared of the Moon – a Michael Jackson: The Ultimate Collection albumról, 2004
 Scream – a HIStory: Past, Present and Future albumról, 1995
 She Drives Me Wild – a Dangerous albumról, 1991
 She's Out of My Life – az Off the Wall albumról, 1979
 Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day – a Ben albumról, 1972
 Shout – a Cry kislemezről, 2001
 Smile – a HIStory: Past, Present and Future albumról, 1995
 Smooth Criminal – a Bad albumról, 1987
 Somebody's Watching Me – Rockwell Somebody's Watching Me albumán duett, 1984
 Someone in the Dark – a Thriller (Special Edition) albumról (2001), eredetileg az E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial filmzenealbumról, 1982
 Someone Put Your Hand Out – a Michael Jackson: The Ultimate Collection albumról (2004), eredetileg Pepsi promóciós kislemez, 1992
 Song Groove – a Bad 25 albumról, 2012
 Speechless – az Invincible albumról, 2001
 Speed Demon – a Bad albumról, 1987
 State of Independence – Donna Summer Donna Summer albumán duett, 1982
 Stranger in Moscow – a HIStory: Past, Present and Future albumról, 1995
 Streetwalker – a Bad (Special Edition) albumról, 2001
 Sunset Driver – a Michael Jackson: The Ultimate Collection albumról, 2004
 Superfly Sister – a Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix albumról, 1997

T
 Tabloid Junkie – a HIStory: Past, Present and Future albumról, 1995
 Take Me Back – a Forever, Michael albumról, 1975
 Teenage Symphony – a Looking Back to Yesterday albumról, 1986
 Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin' (Too Good to Be True) – duett Jermaine Jackson Dynamite albumáról, 1984
 That's What Love Is Made Of – a Looking Back to Yesterday albumról, 1986
 The Girl Is Mine – a Thriller albumról, 1982
 The Lady in My Life – a Thriller albumról, 1982
 The Lost Children – az Invincible albumról, 2001
 The Man – Paul McCartney Pipes of Peace albumán duett, 1983
 The Way You Make Me Feel – a Bad albumról, 1987
 They Don't Care About Us – a HIStory: Past, Present and Future albumról, 1995
 This Is It – a This Is It albumról, 2009
 This Time Around – a HIStory: Past, Present and Future albumról, 1995
 Threatened – az Invincible albumról, 2001
 Thriller – a Thriller albumról, 1982
 To Make My Father Proud – Farewell My Summer Love albumról, 1984
 Todo mi amor eres tu – az I Just Can't Stop Loving You spanyol változata, a Bad (Special Edition) albumról, 2001
 Todo para ti – a What More Can I Give spanyol változata, 2001
 Too Young – a Music & Me albumról, 1973
 Touch the One You Love – a Farewell My Summer Love albumról, 1984
 Twenty-Five Miles – a The Original Soul of Michael Jackson albumról

U
 Unbreakable – az Invincible albumról, 2001
 Up Again – a Music & Me albumról, 1973

W
 Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' – a Thriller albumról, 1982
 We Are Here to Change the World – a Michael Jackson: The Ultimate Collection albumról, 2004; eredetileg a Captain EO című filmhez készült 1986-ban
 We Are the World – a We Are the World albumról, 1985, szólóváltozata szerepel a Michael Jackson: The Ultimate Collection albumon (2004)
 We're Almost There – a Forever, Michael albumról, 1975
 We've Got a Good Thing Going – a Ben albumról, 1972
 We've Got Forever – a Forever, Michael albumról, 1975
 We've Had Enough – a Michael Jackson: The Ultimate Collection albumról, 2004
 What Goes Around Comes Around – a Ben albumról, 1972
 What More Can I Give – 2001
 Whatever Happens – az Invincible albumról, 2001
 Whatzupwitu – Eddie Murphy Love's Alright című albumán duett, 1993
 When I Come of Age – a Looking Back to Yesterday albumról, 1986
 Who Is It – a Dangerous albumról, 1991
 Who's Lookin' for a Lover – a Looking Back to Yesterday albumról, 1986
 Why – a 3T Brotherhood című albumáról, 1996
 Why You Wanna Trip on Me – a Dangerous albumról, 1991
 Will You Be There – a Dangerous albumról, 1991
 Wings of My Love – a Got to Be There albumról, 1972
 With a Child's Heart – a Music & Me albumról, 1973
 Workin' Day and Night – az Off the Wall albumról, 1979

Y
 You Are My Life – az Invincible albumról, 2001
 You Are Not Alone – a HIStory: Past, Present and Future albumról, 1995
 You Are There – a Forever, Michael albumról, 1975
 You Can Cry on My Shoulder – a Ben albumról, 1972
 You Can't Win – a The Wiz filmzenealbumról, 1978
 You Rock My World – az Invincible albumról, 2001
 You're Good for Me – a Looking Back to Yesterday albumról, 1986
 You've Got a Friend – a Got to Be There albumról, 1972
 You've Really Got a Hold on Me – a Farewell My Summer Love albumról, 1984

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Q: how to run map function (async, fetch, promise) every second one after another and not parallel? I have a map function here, which is supposed to fetch data from an online source. The Problem is, that the API does only allow to fetch once per second. so I tried to do that like this:
const sleep = (ms: number) => {
  return new Promise((resolve) => {
    setTimeout(resolve, ms);
  });
};

const promises = projectData.map(async (project, index) => {
        return await getAddress(asdf)
          .then((nominatimData) => {
        // ....do something...
          })
          .catch(async (e) => {
            console.log("failed", e);
            return await sleep(2000).then(() => {
              console.log("another try... ")
              return getAddress(asdf);
            });
          });
    });

    await Promise.allSettled(promises);

    console.log("Project Data", projectData); //does still fire before all getAddress() are present.. :(

there are two problems I cannot figure out:

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*map() seems to do its job parallel (is that true?) which is kind of not what I want here - because like I said I need it to work preferably one by one every second

*my sleep function does not seem to work at all. the console log is just a mess and everything at once
what would be the correct way to make this work once a second? and is the fallback (just running "getAddress) again ok like that?
thank you so much!

A: setTimeout() is a function that works ONCE, delayed by the time you specified.
On the other hand, setInterval() is a function tha executes whatever it is inside, on an infinite loop, every second (or every time you specified).
You can check the docs here: setTimeout() and setInterval()
What I would do is to wrap the function that fetches from the API inside of a setInterval(), something like this:
setInterval(() => {
  your code here
}, 1000);

And you can change those 1000 (1000ms or 1s) for any time you want.

A: To answer your question:

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*Yes, map does not wait for the Promise to finish to proceed to the next operation, but you can fix this using a for loop.

*Because you run the operations with map, your sleep function runs for every item in the array at once in parallel, the logic is good, not the method

You could use the for loop that allows async/await operations, although, since your goal is to wait for a response from the server I would recommend a custom cursor loop instead
let cursor = 0;
const timeout = 1000;
const sleep = (ms) => {
    return new Promise((resolve) => {
        setTimeout(resolve, ms);
    });
};

const loop = async () => {
    // Break if index is out of bounds
    if (!projectData[cursor]) {
        return console.log('Done');
    }

    await getAddress(projectData[cursor]).then((nominatimData) => {
        // ....do something...
        // Proceed to the next element in the array
        cursor++;
        await loop();

    }).catch(async (e) => {
        console.log(`Failed, retrying in ${ timeout }ms`);
        await sleep(timeout);
        await loop(); // Retry the loop with the same cursor index
    });
};
await loop();

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'Believe Survivors': Protests Mount as Kavanaugh Confirmed to Supreme Court
Published at 2:25 pm on October 6, 2018
Demonstrators flocked to the nation's capital and filled local streets Saturday ahead of the Senate's highly anticipated confirmation vote on Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh.
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A protestor cries as the Senate votes to confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the US Supreme Court, in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 6, 2018.
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Americans react as the Senate votes to confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 6, 2018.
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Americans react as the Senate votes to confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the US Supreme Court, in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 6, 2018.
Americans react as the Senate votes to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 6, 2018.
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Protesters gather to demonstrate against Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh near Washington Square Park on Oct. 6, 2018, in New York City.
Protestors rally against the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh rally on the steps of the Supreme Court and the Capitol, in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 6, 2018.
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Demonstrators shout during a protest against the nomination of Supreme Court Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, at the Capitol, Oct. 6, 2018, in Washington, D.C.
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Activists demonstrate in the plaza of the East Front of the U.S. Capitol to protest the confirmation vote of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Capitol Hill, Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018, in Washington.
A man stands with his son and a sign during a demonstration in Miami Saturday against the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.
Activists chant as they are arrested by Capitol Hill Police officers after occupying the steps on the East Front of the U.S. Capitol as they protest the confirmation vote of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Capitol Hill, Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018, in Washington.
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Crowds of activists are arrested after they rushed past barriers and protested from the steps of the Capitol before the confirmation vote on President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, in Washington, Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018.
An activist is arrested by Capitol Hill Police officers after occupying the steps on the East Front of the U.S. Capitol as they protest the confirmation vote of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Capitol Hill, Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018, in Washington.
Activists demonstrate in front of the Supreme Court to protest the confirmation vote of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Capitol Hill, Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018, in Washington.
Activists demonstrate on the lawn of the East Front of the U.S. Capitol to protest the confirmation vote of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Capitol Hill, Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018, in Washington.
Activists demonstrate in front of the U.S. Capitol to protest the confirmation vote of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Capitol Hill, Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018, in Washington.
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Paul Pogba set to return for Man Utd's trip to Arsenal
The France international returned from a long layoff injury in United's 2-0 defeat by Watford on Dec. 22 and played 45 minutes in their 4-1 win over Newcastle United on Boxing Day. read more
Manchester United further behind in development than expected: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
Solskjaer, who took charge of United in December last year, has guided the team to eighth in the standings after 18 games and their tally of 25 points is four fewer than what they had collected at this stage last season. read more
Premier League: Manchester City stumble again to Jonjo Shelvey stunner against Newcastle United
However, City's defensive flaws were soon exposed once more as Jonjo Shelvey swept home a well-worked free-kick six minutes later. read more
Newcastle win will be huge boost for Manchester United, says Solskjaer
Solskjaer has been criticised for the side's disappointing performances with United finding themselves in 11th place in the Premier League table. read more
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United have made their worst start to a league season in 30 years and the club's latest 0-0 draw against Dutch side AZ Alkmaar in the Europa League on Thursday. read more
Rodgers not getting carried away by Leicester's strong start
Leicester have won 31 points since the Northern Irishman's first game in March - more than any other team in the league barring City (46) and Liverpool (49), who they face next. read more
Two arrested in transfer fraud raids in Belgium, Monaco, London
Under the direction of a Belgian anti-corruption judge, police and tax officials swooped on Tuesday and Wednesday, detaining an agent in Monaco and his assistant in the Belgian city of Liege. read more
Premier League: Arsenal optimism faces first major test at Liverpool
Unai Emery's Gunners have made a strong start to the campaign with wins at Newcastle United and at home to Burnley but they do not need to look too far into their history to realise this will be a very different challenge. read more
Newcastle beat West Ham to give Steve Bruce winning start
The former Sunderland boss is just three days into the job and this was only a pre-season friendly, but he will have been heartened by what he saw against a strong West Ham side. read more
Newcastle gamble on Steve Bruce as head coach
Former Manchester United defender Bruce, who resigned from Championship side Sheffield Wednesday prior to joining Newcastle, said: "I'm delighted and incredibly proud to be appointed as head coach of Newcastle United. read more
Rafael Benitez to leave Newcastle as talks over new deal collapse
Rafael Benitez, who won the Champions League when in charge of Liverpool in 2005, has been reportedly offered a contract worth £12 million-a-year at Chinese club Dalian Yifang. read more
Liverpool's Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino ruled out of FC Barcelona game
Egypt international Salah was carried off the pitch with a head injury in Saturday's 3-2 Premier League win at Newcastle United and has not recovered for the game against Barca at Anfield on Tuesday. read more
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Apr 13, 2019 09:59
Newcastle United recovered from two consecutive defeats to beat Leicester City 1-0 with an Ayoze Perez header on Friday and moved 10 points clear of the Premier League relegation zone. read more
Vincent Kompany's Manchester City future uncertain, says Guardiola
Kompany, whose contract ends this season, has missed numerous games due to muscle injuries in the past few seasons and Guardiola said a contract extension is something the club will have to discuss with the player and his agent. read more
Neil Warnock says Emiliano Sala tragedy most difficult week of his career
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Billionaires circle distressed assets in U.S. oil and gas patch
Rachel Adams-Heard, Bloomberg
7:18 am CST, Friday, November 15, 2019
Drilling sites mark the landscape near Eunice, N.M. The U.S. shale industry is shrinking to survive amid an environment of depressed crude prices and Wall Street animosity toward nearly all things oil and gas.
Photo: Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle / Staff Photographer
Billionaires are circling the distressed U.S. oil and gas patch, looking to pick up assets on the cheap at a time when the state of the industry is scaring off other investors.
Sam Zell has teamed up with Tom Barrack Jr. to buy oil assets in California, Colorado and Texas at fire-sale prices from companies trying to get ahead of a coming credit crunch. Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said his Comstock Resources Inc. is in talks to acquire natural gas assets in Louisiana from struggling Chesapeake Energy Corp.
"I compared it recently to the real estate industry in the early 1990s, where you had empty buildings all over the place, and nobody had cash to play," Zell said in an interview on Bloomberg TV Thursday. "That's very much what we're seeing today."
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Thanks to the shale revolution, the U.S. has become the world's biggest oil producer. The investors behind that growth, however, have little to show for it. After years of churning through cash with paltry shareholder returns, independent oil and gas drillers are down more than 40% since 2014. Lenders are becoming more discerning after easy money enabled much of the original boom.
Oil and gas prices, meanwhile, remain depressed.
That's fueling a slowdown. The number of active drilling rigs in the U.S. has declined, and some of the biggest independent producers are lowering growth plans. Chesapeake Energy Corp., once the second-biggest U.S. producer of natural gas, warned investors last week that it may not be viable as a "going concern" if low oil and gas prices persist.
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"What we're seeing are situations where companies are taking steps in anticipation of problems rather than responding to problems," said Zell, 78.
He and Barrack teamed up in September to create Alpine Energy Capital LLC, a rebranded Colony HB2 Energy, which was formed in 2018 and recently closed a $320 million investment with California Resources Corp.
"The seller in that was a big company -- not in trouble but not terribly liquid, and therefore looking for ways to, in effect, get somebody else to put up the money to keep the game going," Zell said.
A sale of Chesapeake's Louisiana assets has been pegged as one of the few remaining options for a company that has become a poster child for the promise and peril of the shale industry.
Jones, 77, who owns 73% of Comstock, said through his assistant that a deal could be valued at more than $1 billion. That would give Chesapeake a cash infusion at a time when all eyes are on the company's ability to pay its debts.
That cash-flush opportunists like Zell, who's been called "the grave dancer" for his ability to buy at the bottom of markets, see value in assets belonging to an industry that's in distressed-sale mode could signal that the bottom is here -- or, at least, close.
Zell can call the top of markets, too. Many people said that's what he did with the U.S. commercial real estate market in 2007, when he unloaded a portfolio of office buildings to Blackstone Group Inc. At the time, he denied that was the case.
It remains to be seen, of course, if oil and gas prices have hit bottom. Forecasts for next year don't paint a pretty picture, but some analysts are pointing to a slowdown in U.S. production growth as reason to believe prices will pick up at the end of 2020 and into 2021.
Unlike Jones, Zell said he's staying away from gas for now.
"The oil situation is in much better shape," Zell said. "And the amount of capital is disappearing."
--With assistance from Alix Steel and Sophie Alexander.
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Peter King should be breezing toward victory. The seven-term congressman from Long Island's Third District nabbed one of the ripest of post-9/11 plums, an appointment as head of the Homeland Security Committee. But this year, anyone with an R next to his name is in danger of losing, and King has received a tough fight from Democrat David Mejias. The challenger is positioning King as a hawkish conservative with close ties to Bush — a Ponyboy to the president's Johnny.
As you might expect, the closer the contest, the lower the blows. A debate last night devolved into King accusing Mejias of taking a donation from an area mosque with alleged terror ties. Mejias then accused King of fear-mongering while noting that King also received money from the mosque. Weird, right? It makes sense that an Al Qaeda–smooching Democrat might roll deep with the freedom-hating forces of evil, but a saber-rattling Republican? Turns out, King loves Baghdad.
He gave this speech (lovingly uploaded by Think Progress) in February 2006 in Merrick, New York. Recalling a recent trip to Iraq, he describes Baghdad as a veritable Soho on the Euphrates: "You're talking about bumper-to-bumper traffic, you're talking about shopping centers, you're talking about restaurants, you're talking video stores, you're talking about guys selling roses on the street corner."


The freeware PhoneClean, from Chinese company iMobie, clears unneeded data on iOS devices, creating more free space. The manufacturer promises that deleting this data also improves device responsiveness. PhoneClean is available for Mac OS and Windows.
First, a note about how the software works. The user must first connect their iPhone or iPad device to their Mac or PC. PhoneClean then performs a scan and then deletes the unneeded data, with each step being confirmed by the user. The search includes temporary and junk files, cache and offline files, cookie and script files and Sync-failed media files. Any of these areas can be excluded from the scan.
In testing a scan operation on a iPad 4 with 16 GB of memory the operation takes about ten minutes, including searches of the temporary directories of all installed apps. It is assumed that the duration of the scan varies with the number of installed apps; those with many installed apps that are used frequently may experience scans of a longer duration.
In testing PhoneClean found more than 600 MB of redundant data on the iPad 4. The deletion is somewhat faster than the scan. Whether the device operated more quickly afterwards couldn't be confirmed in testing, however the device tested had not been in use very long. It is possible that PhoneClean may make an iOS that has been in use for a long time "feel" more responsive after data has been deleted.


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T.I. & Meek Mill Live Lavish South Of The Border In "Jefe"
T.I. and Meek Mill party amidst some skull-painted baddies.
T.I's latest single, the Meek Mill-assisted "Jefe," is driven by Latin flavor. Therefore, it's no surprise that the new visuals are rich in homage to Mexican culture, borrowing iconography from the stunning Dios De Los Muertos. In that regard, Tip and Meek Mill find themselves partying alongside skull-painted baddies and equally adorned outlaws, who have made no qualms with sneaking the blunderbuss through coat check. On a purely visual level, "Jefe" is an impressive feat, with particular shout-outs to the costume department.
Both performers fare comfortably South of the Border, as their guests seem more than willing to make their acquaintance. T.I., in particular, appears to have made himself at home, showing ample respect to those sensually dancing in his vicinity. Though Tip has lately been getting by on an endearing dose of dad-charm, his lyrical chops remain sharp, and he delivers throughout "Jefe" with a veteran's poise and swagger. Peep the visuals now.
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Anti Competition Rules In Pakistan Face
Competition Commission of Pakistan support sought to check anti-competitive practices
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Army, Wapda boxers face stiff competition
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Vijay Deverakonda to produce a film
Thu 29 Aug 2019
Tollywood's handsome actor, Vijay Deverakonda, who rose to fame with the superhit film "Arjun Reddy", is gearing up for his first film as a producer.
This upcoming film is titled as "Meeku Maathrame Cheptha". Renowned filmmaker Tarun Bhascker, who worked with Vijay on his debut film "Pelli Choopulu" will be playing the protagonist in this film. This will be Tarun's first film as an actor. Vijay took to his twitter and made the announcement. He tweeted saying, "While we were finding it painfully hard to break into the Industry and make a film, I decided..The day I make it, I'll start a production house". He further added, "I realise how hard it is to do this and how risky but what is life without a challenge, so with most of my savings on the line I reveal to you King Of The Hill's 1st Production Title!".
There is no news on when this film is slated to release.
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Democrats Want Obama to Issue a Blanket Pardon to all Illegal Immigrants With Non-Violent Offences
December 8, 2016 emmanuel931 Comment on Democrats Want Obama to Issue a Blanket Pardon to all Illegal Immigrants With Non-Violent Offences
President-elect Donald Trump's Inauguration is drawing near and it has the Dems frantically trying to find a way to keep young illegal immigrants here. They're pushing for President Obama to issue a blanket pardon to thousands of young illegal immigrants who are in the deferred action program.
From Town Hall:
The problem is that the Obama White House has said this wouldn't grant them legal status. Law experts also noted that while it's true that a mass pardon wouldn't grant them legal status, it could open the way for them to apply for such a designation. At the same time, like with TPP and closing Gitmo, this isn't going to happen (via Liz Goodwin/Yahoo! News):
The White House has informed the Democrats that "the clemency power could not give legal status to any undocumented individual" and that only Congress has that power. Cecilia Muñoz, the director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, said in a podcast last week that a mass pardon would not "protect a single soul from deportation."
But the Democrats say in a new letter to Obama that he still has the responsibility and authority to issue a "narrow reprieve" for all civil immigration violations the young people may have committed. That would not create legal status, they argue, but could make them eligible to apply for it.
Jeffrey Crouch, a law professor at American University, said that even if this mass grant of pardon for a civil offense was possible, it's unlikely that Obama would want to open up this "can of worms" so close to the end of his presidency. It would also be a departure from his unprecedented work commuting the sentences of more than 1,000 federal prisoners serving decades-long sentences for non-violent drug crimes.
"Granting clemency for a civil offense would be a real departure from how clemency is generally used," Crouch told Yahoo News. Presidents have issued mass pardons in the past, such as Jimmy Carter's blanket clemency for draft dodgers, but those related to criminal — not civil — offenses.
As President-elect Trump's focus is on our economy right now, keeping jobs in the USA, it seems that a lot of Americans don't think that the wall or mass deportations will happen during his presidency. What do you think?
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he fucking better do something about the illegal alien situation and he better build that wall


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Covenant sails past Eastern Mennonite
By Allen Kha / Scrimmageplaycva.com contributor
It took eight minutes and change for Covenant's shots to start falling in its first-round VIC playoff game against Eastern Mennonite.
When they did, they poured.
After the visiting Flames scored seconds into the second quarter to take a 13-12 lead, the Eagles went on a 15-0 run during the next four minutes en route to a 73-59 victory.
At the 6:24-mark in the second quarter, Covenant point guard Boo Agee drained a three-pointer from just left of the top of the key to help his team reclaim the lead. Shortly thereafter, Agee drained another three-pointer from the same spot to assert the Eagles' forward momentum.
"It was a bit of a struggle in the beginning [for both teams], but we started to hit shots after we adjusted to the triangle-and-two offense [Eastern Mennonite employed from the start of the game to better defend against Covenant's size advantage]," Agee said.
"You know, once we get into a groove, we can really shoot it, and we did tonight. It was a pretty good offensive performance, which made up for times we weren't as good on defense."
The Eagles took advantage of four additional three-pointers – a pair from Jeremiah Morris and a pair from LJ Morris – to spread the floor in the quarter, making an already methodical and patient motion offense even more effective.
Eastern Mennonite, meanwhile, struggled to score even layups during Covenant's defining run. The Flames finally scored on a tip-in from big-man Yona Daniel with 2:38 left in the second quarter, but were in too deep to overcome a 40-22 halftime deficit against a streaking Eagles squad.
Although Eastern Mennonite overcame its cold streak in the second half, the team could not put together a sustained run to get back into the game – the Flames essentially traded baskets with Covenant for the remainder of the game, giving the hosting Eagles a victory in the first-round of the VIC Division II tournament.
Covenant coach Travis Johnson was pleased with his team's victory, although Johnson noted that his team needs to improve on its fundamentals – typified by poor finishing on uncontested layups throughout the game – before its away date against top-seeded North Cross on Thursday.
"The defensive performance wasn't where it needed to be tonight… so even though we were able to put up 70-some points, there is still a lot of room for improvement," Johnson said. "We're playing the number one team in the conference [North Cross] next, so we just have to focus Wednesday on improving our defense to match our offensive production, which was good. We'll be prepared and ready Thursday."
Eastern Mennonite's Daniel led all scorers with 21 points. Agee led Covenant with 19 points.
The Eagles travel to North Cross Thursday for the tournament semifinals. Tip off is set for 5:45 p.m.
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package org.auraframework.impl.css.parser.plugin;

import com.salesforce.omakase.ast.declaration.GenericFunctionValue;
import com.salesforce.omakase.broadcast.annotation.Subscribable;

/**
 * Custom AST object representing a token function, e.g. t(color), inside of a declaration.
 */
@Subscribable
public class TokenFunction extends GenericFunctionValue {
    public TokenFunction(int line, int column, String name, String args) {
        super(line, column, name, args);
    }

    public TokenFunction(String name, String args) {
        super(name, args);
    }
}

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Q: Changing navigator data in iframe with SlimerJS (or PhantomJS) By one trick or another I managed to handle headers in both new windows (window.open, target=blank etc) and iframes with SlimerJS. It is also possible to change navigator data (such as navigator.appVersion) for new windows, but I'm stuck with doing this for iframes. It looks like the onInitialized method works correcrtly only for main window and new windows, but not for iframes.
Here is some parts of the code.

var headers =
{
 "Accept-Language" : "test_language",
 "Accept" : "test/accpet",
 "Connection" : "keep-alive",
 "Keep-Alive" : "333",
 "Accept-Charset" : "test-utf",
 "User-Agent" : "test_ua"
}

var webpage = require('webpage').create(
{
 pageSettings:
 {
  javascriptEnabled: true,
  loadImages: true,
  loadPlugins: true,
 }
});

_onPageCreated = function(childPage)
{
 console.log('a new window is opened');
 childPage.settings.userAgent = options.useragent["navigator.userAgent"];
 childPage.customHeaders = headers;
 childPage.viewportSize = { width:400, height: 500 };

 childPage.onInitialized = _onInitialized;
 childPage.onNavigationRequested = _onNavigationRequested;
 childPage.onLoadStarted = _onLoadStarted;
 childPage.onLoadFinished = _onLoadFinished;
 childPage.onResourceRequested = _onResourceRequested;
 childPage.onPageCreated = _onPageCreated;
};

_onResourceRequested = function(requestData, networkRequest)
{
 for(var h in headers)
 {
  networkRequest.setHeader(h, headers[h], false);
 }
...
}

var _onInitialized = function()
{
 this.customHeaders = headers;

 console.log("[webpage.onInitialized]");
 this.evaluate(function(options)
 {
  (function()
  {
   window.navigator.__defineGetter__('appVersion', function ()
   {
    return options.useragent["navigator.appVersion"];
   });
   ...
  })();
 }, options);
};

...

webpage.onInitialized = _onInitialized;
webpage.onNavigationRequested = _onNavigationRequested;
webpage.onLoadFinished = _onLoadFinished;
webpage.onResourceRequested = _onResourceRequested;
webpage.onPageCreated = _onPageCreated;

I tried to do this with PhantomJS, but it seems like it is not possible to use "this" instead of "webpage" in the following case:

var _onInitialized = function()
{
 console.log("[webpage.onInitialized]");
 this.evaluate(function()  // <<---not working
 {

 });
 console.log("test"); //is not being printed
};

I would like this function to work with "this" object, so that it could be defined as onInitialized for both main page and child pages.
Anyway, the main question is about the SlimerJS code, not the Phantom one.


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Three people have died after a plane crashed into an apartment block in Germany.
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2016 commemorates 400 years since the death of William Shakespeare and as the world celebrates his amazing work we invite you to join us and boost your knowledge of his plays, characters and impact on the English language.
Did you know he invented nearly 3,000 words and phrases, many of which are still in use today? Find out more and explore the brand new resources to help bring Shakespeare into your classroom, including lesson plans & videos, fun & games, a competition and a free ebook.
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Jessica Cooper Artist
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edgar modern 2014
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Jessica Cooper RWA searches for the quiet, core vitality of things. Everyday objects and shapes are represented via their most essential outlines and details, rendered with a perception and confidence of stroke that communicates immediately their form and vigour. This economy of detail is balanced by an economy of colour; by deliberately limiting herself to a muted palette with carefully judged interjections of brightness, Cooper further emphasises the quality and importance of linear composition: here the strength of line sings. Subjects are unassuming and stem from our everyday habitat, from fruit and bowls, to trees and furniture, to more abstract shapes and pattern. It is brought to our attention the quiet beauty and significance of the physical impression of things we ordinarily would not take time to consider. In this way, Cooper's sharp visual attentiveness picks up on the little beauty of things around us, like pointing out something we missed in familiar items, and teaches us the keen essentiality of it. We come to recognise and find pleasure in the essential items which populate our everyday visual landscape.
Born, raised and now based in Cornwall, the openness of the sea and the surrounding flat landscape communicates itself through her work in the preponderance on surface planes and the compulsive drive for simplicity. Cooper cites her experiences near the sea and surfing as integral to her focus on linearity; that wading out into the open and leaving the trappings of modern life behind translates itself visually to the stripping of forms to their single defining lines with clear and uncluttered focus. Indeed, in an apt metaphor she describes her work as seeking "to find the single wave that makes up the sea".
In the quest for the core linearity of objects, Cooper similarly explores the very function and properties of the painting surface. There are no facets and modelling to her objects and shapes, but a deliberately minimalist approach which utilises the bare canvas itself, contrasting with painted areas and the varying layers built up in clearly and definitely delineated surface sections. She finds a fascination with the idea of white canvas; just as she questions the exact form which represents an object, she questions why unpainted canvas is seen as 'unfinished' and thus not part of the painting. At what level of modelling can one call an object sufficiently represented, and similarly at what level within the layers of canvas surface do we regard as treated or finished? Beginning from the naturally coloured canvas rather than a sealed and brilliant white surface, savouring its inherent visual qualities as equally relevant to the properties of the finished piece, she likens herself to relatives in her own family who worked as furniture polishers; affording greater attention to priming, conditioning and building layers of substance.
The resulting pictorial space is more abstract with its delineating lines and boundaries than representational; it represents the eye as it immediately beholds, flat and without recognising spatial depth. Lacking in modelling, items appear within the flat plane of all other elements. In this way Cooper succeeds in representing objects as visually stripped back as possible – being of one level of depth, without projecting foreground or receding background – but also in capturing the most primal experience of the seeing eye, registering only outlines of things before the brain calculates a mental impression of actual depth. In this way, there is only a slim distance between images more faithfully representing recognisable objects and scenes, and compositions of increasingly abstract design. Some pieces blur the categories of abstract and representational, being the result of Cooper's remembered impression of something, or a depiction that is so stripped back as to be a shape suggestive of any number of familiar and unfamiliar items, bringing into question how much faith we put in our remembrance of the form of things. We feel we know the form and character of an item from memory, yet become surprised when it differs from our brain's visual impression. This raises the issue questioning the very importance we attach to the accurate recording of the shape of things, both in memory and in art.
This close, highly concentrated focus on surface and line does not however signify that Cooper's work is stiff and heavily formalised, or the rendering laboured. On the contrary, there is a delightful spontaneity throughout her work that exudes a sense of immediacy, movement and playfulness. Objects appear simultaneously still yet vibrant, as if freshly made. This is informed by her constantly working eye, absorbing and noting the shapes and forms around her. She relies heavily on sketchbooks to record her flashes of inspiration either in person or recalled from memory, and unafraid to compose using impressions gleaned from things seen. The emphasis is not to slavishly record, but to find the key impression which defines the item, as she suggests "to get to the heart of things". It is a refreshing and revitalising method of work which defies the immovable tradition of representational painting.
Given this, when we revisit the idea of capturing the eye's impression at its most instinctive and immediate encounter with what is presented to it at any one time, we can understand her pieces in the context of her recalled visions throughout her sketchbook and memory; it is easy to recall a general impression of something and feel as if we know it intimately, yet pressed to define its exact shape, we find that the brain has not recorded these details with greater precision. What we find is that by depicting an image using only its most essential characteristics, this is more than enough to evoke the feel and significance of the items seen. In this manner Cooper's paintings seem at once familiar and comfortable, yet non-specific, suggestive or even uncanny. Being simultaneously still, calm and eternal, her vibrancy of line and whimsical linearity lends a deceptive impact to her pieces.
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News: VW Golf R400 (Golf R on steroids)
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Update: VW will build the R400. Question, will it be sold in N.A.?
http://blog.caranddriver.com/confirm...ing-auto-show/
Sadly it is a concept however this would be the first Super Golf. Will VW commercialize it, most probably not because it would trash Audi. Lighter and more powerful than the Golf R, what is there not to like here.
The concept, which was revealed today on the eve of the 2014 Beijing Auto Show, is called the Golf R 400 (400 refers to its metric horsepower measurement, ps) and performance is impressive for a compact hatch: VW quotes a 0-62 mph time of 3.9 seconds, and a super-sedan baiting top speed of 174 mph. Peak torque, meanwhile, is a tick under 332 pound-feet.
In order to reach this kind of performance, the regular Golf R's turbocharged and direct-injected 2.0-liter four-cylinder received significant tuning, and the 4MOTION all-wheel drive with an electro-mechanical Haldex multi-plate clutch helps transfer the shove to the wheels. In normal driving, power goes to the front wheels to help boost efficiency, but the rear axle can be variably engaged in fractions of a second as soon as this becomes necessary. This is done by means of the aforementioned Haldex coupling that is activated by an oil pump.
The transmission is VW's six-speed DSG dual-clutch. A number of electronic driving aids are also featured, including electronic differentials that are integrated with the electronic stability control system. And there is VW's XDS+ system on both the front and rear axles, which brakes the wheels at the inside of a bend during fast cornering, and which optimizes steering response to also serve as a transverse differential lock.
Volkswagen says the Golf R 400 weighs just 3,130 lbs (over 100 lbs less than the current Golf R) thanks to a stripped-out cabin and carbon fiber panels. The latter manifest themselves visually with wider wheel arches--a nod to the 1988 Rallye Golf G60--and deep front and rear bumpers. Aerodynamic aids consist of the new front splitter, side sills, dual rear spoilers and a rear diffuser.
http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1...jing-auto-show
In other VW news, it looks like the Golf GTD will not come to N.A. due to pricing.
Volkswagen Americas CEO Michael Horn said the chances of the GTD coming to the U.S. are diminishing. The VW executive said the diesel hot hatch would be too expensive to sell on this side of the Atlantic.
That's because the GTD's 2.0-liter turbodiesel four-cylinder engine can't be built at the VW engine plant in Silao, Mexico, so it would have to be imported from Germany. This would significantly affect the car's cost.
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Q: Converting from CSV chr input to date in R returning NA I know there are many similar questions posted, but I couldn't get any of them to fix my issue.
I imported data from a csv using read.csv
The first column is a date column (defined as YYY-MM-DD in google sheets).
In R the str(data.df) yields
$ Date                    : chr  "2021-02-21" "2021-02-22" "2021-02-23" "2021-02-24"

I have tried the following (in all sort of variations)
as.Date(stripe.df$Date[1], format="%y/%m/%d")
strptime(stripe.df$Date[1],format="%Y/%m/%d")

Anyone have any idea what I can do to convert this to date so I could use it in plots and trees etc?
Thanks,

A: First, you don't have to subset the vector, unless you only want to transform only the first element. Second, you don't have to specify the format because YYYY-MM-DD is the standard the as.Date expect. In your specific case you just need:
char <- c("2021-02-21" ,"2021-02-22", "2021-02-23", "2021-02-24")
str(char)
#>  chr [1:4] "2021-02-21" "2021-02-22" "2021-02-23" "2021-02-24"
date <- as.Date(char)
str(date)
#>  Date[1:4], format: "2021-02-21" "2021-02-22" "2021-02-23" "2021-02-24"

Created on 2021-09-09 by the reprex package (v2.0.1)
You need to specify the format when the input is not standard:
char <- c("02/21/20210" ,"02/22/2021", "02/23/20210", "02/24/2021")
str(char)
#>  chr [1:4] "02/21/20210" "02/22/2021" "02/23/20210" "02/24/2021"
date <- as.Date(char, format="%m/%d/%Y")
str(date)
#>  Date[1:4], format: "2021-02-21" "2021-02-22" "2021-02-23" "2021-02-24"

Created on 2021-09-09 by the reprex package (v2.0.1)


We've made a new album; a second album! We spent six days in the studio with Steve Albini at the end of November and beginning of this month. The experience was positive, singular, life-affirming, and quite productive. Electrical Audio is outrageously cool and we feel fortunate to have made some art there. Steve made the process so enjoyable and easy, we don't know how we ever worked without him.
The album will be released next year and we look forward to sharing it with you! We're working on making that happen right now. In the meantime, here are some photos from our sessions, and there are more where these came from.
Earlier in the year, we released the JUNEBUG 7" and also had our song "Scuffle" included on the Resolution of Happiness compilation. If you haven't yet heard either of those bodies of work, check them out! They benefit the ACLU and Lambda Legal, respectively. We made videos for "Berlin" and "Scuffle," too. Fun projects all around. We also did a few tours within the U.S., all of which were fulfilling.
We'd like to thank you for making our 2017 such a purposeful year. To everyone who came out to the shows, bought music, watched the videos, shared the work with others, talked to us, hugged us, played shows with us, let us crash on your floors and couches, and simply just believed in the mission: we thank you.
May the new year bring us together again, and give us all opportunities to be of service to others.


10" Five Nights At Freddy's Chica Plush - is currently on backorder. You may still purchase now though and we'll ship as soon as more become available.
Also known as Chica the Chicken. This Chica plush is a replica of the animatronic character from the popular video games series, Five Nights at Freddy's. Complete the collection, here at Plushie Paradise.


The migration and settlement of African-Americans into the community in Cincinnati, Ohio was known as "Over-The-Rhine" (OTR) started about a century after the neighborhood was created. However, the establishment of OTR Cincinnati began several decades after the city was founded in 1788 when Israel Ludlow, Matthias Denman, and Robert Patterson purchased almost one thousand acres of land from John Cleves Symmes. Although the town was founded in 1788, Cincinnati did not become the official name of the city until two years later, in 1790.
However, the city's intense population expansion of German-born residents in Over-The-Rhine began during the early 1800s. Furthermore, it was not until the construction of several other areas during the 1870s, coupled with the establishment of an electric trolley-car system during the 1880s, the population sprawl and economic growth of the city move beyond the crowded Basin of the central city region.
In 1825 the German population of OTR Cincinnati consisted of sixty-four people; five years later, in 1830, German Cincinnatians amounted to only about 5 percent of the city's total population. Ten years later, when the German population amounted to almost 30 percent of the city's residents, the local government began to publish its ordinances and laws in both German and English. Although between 1840 and 1850 the city's German population almost doubled, the massive migration of Irish immigrants to the "Queen City" reduced the German residents, proportionally, to about one-fourth of the city's total population.
As was the case with many other mid-nineteenth century cities, in Cincinnati, poorer people and most newly arrived migrants to the city resided and worked primarily on the outskirts of the central city, including several groups of African-Americans, while wealthier and highly influential people lived in the business district and city center. Thus, most of the thousands of German-born residents and recent German migrants lived well beyond the "Queen City's" River Basin. They primarily settled in a densely populated part of the city, which had a Germanic flavor that became known as "Over-the-Rhine." This community gradually evolved into a network of streets and alleys, coupled with closely built rows of residential buildings and local shops.
Similar to many other immigrants at that time, and even today recently arrived German-born Cincinnatians faced a harsh array of problems and hardships during their early years in the city in their attempt to locate any full-time employment opportunities. During the mid-1800s and early 1900s, collectively, however, at least initially, many German migrants to Cincinnati possessed a great labor-force advantage, compared to other racial and ethnic groups who migrated to the city. This labor or employment advantage was that many German immigrants were skilled and semi-skilled workers who rather easily located jobs as bakers, cooks, and tailors throughout the city. More importantly, the training abilities and mechanical skills that many German immigrants brought with them to the city also helped to establish the foundation of Cincinnati's emerging printing and machine tool industries.
When World War I erupted in August 1914, many Germany-American Cincinnatians almost immediately began to view the war as an opportunity to rekindle the unity spirit of their German heritage and ethnic community with the creation of numerous local relief organizations and social institutions rooted in their cultural traditions and traits that alarmed many local Cincinnatians. But, on April 6, 1917, however, the day that the United States officially declared war on Germany, there were an enormous series of backlash activities and a powerful anti-German sentiment that came upon the city. This situation quickly led to the almost complete destruction of the local German community in OTR Cincinnati. Simultaneously, a small but potent group of African-American Cincinnatians began to settle in Over-the-Rhine.
African-Americans had migrated to and settled in several surrounding neighborhoods in the city during the previous decades with more frequency right before and during the United States entered into World War I. In general, the migration of southern African-Americans to northern urban centers, which started as a small stream during the 1880s, began to flow as a mighty river after 1910. Eventually, Cincinnati became a favorite destination of many southern African-Americans who hoped to acquire jobs in the city's long-established semi-skilled industries such as clothing, shoe, printing, liquor, and soap. Also important to this new and intense migration pattern of African-Americans to the city was the possible employment opportunities in Cincinnati's newly established mechanical, chemical, iron, and steel industries.
Furthermore, when many southern African-Americans traveled to Cincinnati, they stayed because after they arrived they could not afford to move to another city. As a result, between 1910 and 1930 Cincinnati's African-American population reached about 28,000. By 1930, this number made up 11 percent of the city's total population. More importantly, however, many of these residents had to find a different neighborhood to live.
As the great migration of southern African-Americans continued to the city, and the West End filled with newcomers who were too poor to live anywhere else, hundreds of African-American Cincinnatians slowly began to move to "Over-the-Rhine." However, this new inter-city migration pattern did not diminish the importance of the West End, which during the 1920s had become the center of Cincinnati's African-American community. But, indeed, gradually a few hundred African-American Cincinnatians began to move to Over-the-Rhine and find great living facilities.
This movement came to an abrupt end, however, with the coming of the Stock Market Crash and the emerging Great Depression, in many parts of the city's economic sector, as well as the economy of the nation. The damage was felt almost immediately. A primary indicator of destruction to the city was the extremely high unemployment rates. For example, from 1931 to 1932, among African-American Cincinnatians, who at the time made-up about 11 percent of the city's population, only had one-third, full-time employment. Furthermore, about 54 percent of the local African-American population was unemployed.
Before the 1930s, however, in the area of local housing, a small group of reformers in the city began to pressure city officials to improve its overcrowded neighborhoods, especially in the West End and in Over-The-Rhine. An important organization that led this campaign was the Better Housing League (BHL), which was founded in 1916. The main goals of BHL were to prevent residential areas from the kind of population density and deterioration that had come to many parts of the city by using zoning to limit the areas where multi-unit housing could be built. Also important to these efforts was to deal with the high crime rate and poor health care conditions that manifested into various diseases, such as tuberculosis and cholera, which had emerged and affected many residents in both the West End and Over-The-Rhine, particularly as a result of the neighborhoods' unsanitary conditions.
Thus, the city passed its first zoning act on April 1, 1924. At the same time, other housing reformers initiated several campaigns to convince city leaders, businessmen, and industrialists to build better homes for their employees. Still another group of reformers focused their attention on the restructuring of the local government with the belief that there would be less corruption among local politicians and thus better enforcement of the existing and emerging housing laws. However, as previously stated, almost all of these efforts came to an immediate end with the onset of the Great Depression.
As the Great Depression took hold, Cincinnati's political leaders began the process of purging its inner city of alleged slums, including Over-The-Rhine. More specifically, in 1933, the city planning commission proposed the destruction of many neighborhoods that were adjacent to the African-American dominated West End and started to build several superblock public housing projects. The West End was further devastated by a 1948 city plan that placed the construction of Interstate 75 in the middle of the community, along with the displacement of thousands of African-American residents.
However, Over-The-Rhine was spared from these deadly efforts. But, as thousands of German American residents had moved out of Over-The-Rhine, a very large population of Scots-Irish Appalachians from Kentucky, West Virginia, and Tennessee began to move into the neighborhood. With the rise of this new immigrant group, growing problems emerged for many city leaders on how best to handle the new challenge of finding the correct way to assimilate these newcomers to the city.
Simultaneously, more African-American Cincinnatians continued to move into Over-The-Rhine. There, they and their Appalachian neighbors found a great amount of housing, especially subsidized residents, courtesy of the new federal section 8 tax credit system for landlords. Initially, some African-American businesses, churches, and social organizations emerged in Over-the-Rhine with great fanfare. However, the unintended result was an abundance of absentee landlords who scooped up large amounts of property very inexpensively throughout the community, some of which stayed vacant for decades. Thus, the community began to crumble which resulted in the downward spiral of many local African-American businesses and community organizations until the 1970s.
By the 1980s, Over-the-Rhine had become a hotly contested community between absentee landlords, historic preservationists, and several city officials who campaigned urban economic development at any cost. Also, hundreds of local Over-the-Rhine residents were trapped in a world of violence, high unemployment, and poor schools. This situation was stabilized temporarily when the city passed its 1984 urban development plan that effectively researched Over-the-Rhine for low-income citizens. However, the neighborhood did not see any significant, structural changes until about after the 2001 Cincinnati riot that occurred as a response to the shooting of an unarmed African-American teenager named Timothy Thomas, by a white police officer, which was the 15th such shooting in a five-year period.
Following the riot, African-American activists led an economic boycott of the city. Eventually, the ACLU and the Black United Front continued to pursue a lawsuit filed before the shooting alleging racial profiling, and the settlement led to The Cincinnati Collaborative Agreement, a plan to improve police relations with the community. More importantly, however, for Over-The-Rhine, 3CDC, a privately financed community designing and economic development company, was created to primarily obtain federal funds using a new program called the New Markets Tax Credit system, which was intended to spur investment in distressed areas.
Also, numerous major local future 500 companies, such as Proctor & Gamble and Macy, kicked in about $50 million to redevelop Over-The-Rhine for their benefit. In short, 3CDC began the process, which continues today, to buy up properties in Over-The-Rhine, some 1000 parcels at a time, and engineered a lasting renaissance and gentrification of the community that left most local African-American residents almost completely out of the redevelopment process and seemingly powerless to define the own destiny.
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So, it's like they gave to the community with one hand (Collaborative Agreement) and took with the other (3CDC). It's like saying, "We'll stop killing you and displace (disorient) and uproot you from your community instead." I guess you could call that economic lynching and castration as in – we don't have to kill you, we'll just make you impotent using economic power to destroy your base of operations (community). Funny how similar that is to the destruction of community and solidarity that resulted from the slave trade.


We are thrilled to produce the UK pageant finals of Miss International, Miss Grand International, and Miss Pageant Girl, at one live final, 5 winners will be crowned!
The winner of Miss International UK will win a trip to Japan to compete in the Miss International final. Pageant Girl launched Miss International in the UK in 2014 & this was the first time that the live UK finals had been held for more than two decades.
The team were honoured to bring this incredible pageant back to the UK!
2019 will be the first time that a Miss Pageant Girl UK will be crowned at the UK Power Pageant!
She will win an incredible £1,000 cash prize, amongst other prizes! Miss Pageant Girl UK will be an ambassador for the Pageant Girl organisation and will have an amazing year as the first ever Miss Pageant Girl UK!
Three winners will be crowned for Miss Grand (from England, Scotland & Wales) and will go on to represent their country in the Miss Grand International final which has previously been held in Thailand, Las Vegas and Vietnam!
They will tour and visit some of the most amazing parts of the country and compete for the title of Miss Grand International!