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Best New York Comedy
The Best in NYC Live Comedy, Selected by Hy Bender; Most Shows $15, $10, or Free
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Dave Attell heads an all-star group of hilarious stand-ups tonight at ComedyJuice
Tonight's recommendations for the best in New York City comedy (in chronological order, with top picks noted and shows over $10 marked with $) include:
[FREE] six free hours of improvisation in The PIT's Super Free Wednesday (6:00 pm-midnight),
[TOP PICK] brilliantly funny character actress Kate McKinnon (co-star of Logo's Big Gay Sketch Show) debuting her exciting new one-woman show about the entertainment biz (Five women, One f*cked up industry), plus a comedic play with music, dancing, and fisting from Mary Elizabeth Ellis & Artemis Pebdani, in the double-bill Kate McKinnon: Best Actress and Mother May I Dance with Mary Jane's Fist? (8:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] [$] John Oliver (stand-up comedy genius and star correspondent of The Daily Show), Wyatt Cenac (correspondent for The Daily Show, cast member of upcoming HBO Kanye West show), Pete Holmes (one of the very best stand-ups in the country; warm-up comic for The Daily Show; Comedy Central,VH1's Best Week Ever, The New Yorker, co-host of hit show Punch Up Your Life), and JR Havlan (five-time Emmy Award-winning staff writer of The Daily Show) performing stand-up with Co-Executive Producer of The Daily Show Rory Albanese at The Daily Show and Friends (8:00 pm),
[FREE] sharp NYC comics Pat O'Shea, Lisa Kaplan, Joe Pontillo, Joel Stice, Mangina, and Lisa Haim at a free weekly show hosted by Sharon "Mama" Spell: Shrink (8:00 pm),
[FREE] Hannibal Burress (Comedy Central, Craig Ferguson, concert film The Awkward Kings of Comedy), Jesse Popp (Comedy Central, Beauty Bar Comedy), Greg Barris (Heart of Darkness, MTV's All That Rocks), and Bob Powers (author of new humor book The Terrible, Horrible, Temp-to-Perm Debacle) at a free weekly Brooklyn extravaganza hosted tonight by Gabe Liedman and Max Silvestri: Big Terrific (8:30 pm),
[TOP PICK] a show featuring rejected material and the associated tales of woe from top writers and comedic performers—who tonight include Margot Leitman, Will Leitch, Eliot Glazer, and Andy Ross—at Jon Friedman's The Rejection Show (9:30 pm),
[MEGA-TOP PICK] [$] [DISCOUNTED] a not-to-be-missed monthly event, this powerhouse showcase for star stand-ups at the elegant Comix Comedy Club tonight features Dave Attell (comedy superstar; Comedy Central's Insomniac with Dave Attell, Comedy Central Presents; multiple appearances on David Letterman, Conan O'Brien, Jay Leno, Howard Stern, Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn), Pete Holmes (one of the very best stand-ups in the country; warm-up comic for The Daily Show; Comedy Central, VH1's Best Week Ever, The New Yorker, co-host of hit show Punch Up Your Life), Christian Finnegan (three Comedy Central specials, commentator on MNBC's Countdown with Keith Oberman and VH1's Best Week Ever; Chappelle's Show, The Today Show), Godfrey (NBC's 30 Rock, Comedy Central Presents, VH1; films Zoolander, Original Gangsters, Soul Plane; 7 Up Yours ads), Jay Larson (Comedy Central, Craig Ferguson), and The Greg Wilson (Comics Unleashed): Dave Attell, Pete Holmes, Christian Finnegan, Godfrey, and More at ComedyJuice (10:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] [FREE] and a free, laid-back, and occasionally magical variety show where virtually anything can happen on a School Night (11:00).
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Russian missiles target Ukraine's east, south; some civilians leave Mariupol plant
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DOBROPILLIA/KYIV — Russia pounded southern and eastern Ukraine with missile strikes on Saturday, Ukrainian officials said, while some women and children evacuated a steel plant in the besieged city of Mariupol where they had holed up for more than a week.
Moscow has turned its focus to Ukraine's south and east after failing to capture the capital Kyiv in a nine-week assault that has flattened cities, killed thousands of civilians and forced more than 5 million to flee abroad.
Its forces have captured the town of Kherson in the south, giving them a foothold just 100 km (60 miles) north of Russian-annexed Crimea, and have mostly occupied Mariupol, the strategic eastern port city on the Azov Sea.
Russia declared victory in Mariupol on April 21 even as hundreds of Ukrainian troops and civilians took shelter in the Azovstal steel works.
The United Nations has urged an evacuation deal. On Saturday a Ukrainian fighter inside said some 20 women and children had made it out.
"We are getting civilians out of the rubble with ropes – it's the elderly, women and children," said the fighter, Sviatoslav Palamar, referring to wreckage within the plant, which sprawls across 4 sq km (1.5 sq miles).
Palamar said Russia and Ukraine were respecting a local ceasefire, and he hoped the evacuated civilians would be taken to the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia to the northwest.
There was no comment from Russia or the United Nations on the evacuations. Hundreds of Ukrainians remain inside the steel works, Ukrainian officials say.
ODESA STRIKE
A Russian missile launched from Crimea destroyed the runway at the main airport in the city of Odesa to the west, said regional governor Maksym Marchenko, but no one was hurt.
The airport could no longer be used, Ukraine's military said. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy vowed to rebuild it, saying in a late-night video speech, "Odesa will never forget Russia's behavior towards it."
There was no comment on the strike from Moscow, whose forces have sporadically targeted Ukraine's third-largest city, where eight people were killed in a recent Russian strike, Ukrainian officials said.
Moscow's assault in the south aims in part to link the area with Crimea as it pushes for complete control of Ukraine's eastern Donbas region, where Russian-backed separatists already controlled parts of Luhansk and Donetsk provinces before Moscow's Feb. 24 invasion.
In his speech, Zelenskiy said Russia was "gathering additional forces for new attacks against our military in the east of the country" and "trying to increase pressure in the Donbas."
Moscow calls its actions a "special operation" to disarm Ukraine and rid it of anti-Russian nationalism fomented by the West. Ukraine and the West say Russia launched an unprovoked war of aggression.
Despite weeks of peace talks, both sides looked to be as far apart as ever on Saturday.
Ukraine accuses Russian troops of carrying out atrocities in areas near Kyiv in early April, a claim denied by Moscow. Negotiators last met face-to-face on March 29, and have since spoken by video link.
'EVERYTHING IS DESTROYED'
The United States and its European allies have imposed sweeping sanctions on Russia's economy and supplied Ukraine with weapons and humanitarian aid.
U.S. President Joe Biden is seeking a $33 billion aid package for Kyiv, including $20 billion for weapons.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Saturday his country would continue "to give the Ukrainians the equipment they need to defend themselves."
In the town of Dobropillia in Donetsk, the shockwave from a strike on Saturday blew in the windows of an apartment building and left a large crater in the yard.
Standing in his living room, a resident who gave only his first name, Andriy, said his partner was knocked unconscious. "Thank God the four children were in the kitchen," he said.
People sifted belongings to salvage what they could.
"At around 9:20 a.m. this happiness flew to our house," said another resident, Oleh, sarcastically. "Everything is destroyed."
Russia reported more Ukrainian strikes on its territory.
Officials in the Bryansk region, which borders Ukraine and Belarus, said air defenses had kept out a Ukrainian aircraft, but the resulting shelling hit parts of a Russian oil terminal.
South of Bryansk, in Kursk, another border region, several shells were fired from Ukraine toward a Russian checkpoint, said the regional governor, Roman Starovoit, but with no casualties or damage.
Ukraine has not claimed responsibility for such incidents but it described a series of blasts in Russia's south on Wednesday as payback and "karma" for Moscow's invasion.
(Reporting by Hamuda Hassan and Jorge Silva in Dobropillia, Ukraine, and Natalia Zinets in Kyiv; Additional reporting by Reuters journalists; Writing by Rami Ayyub and Clarence Fernandez; Editing by Hugh Lawson, Daniel Wallis and William Mallard)
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FREEQ is an interactive audio game available for iOS and Android devices. In the game, the player uses their device to tune into fictional broadcasts from the future.
FREEQ is an audio adventure game about eavesdropping and meddling with the future.The game turns your handheld device into an antenna that can pick up and hijack radio signals from the distant future. Spy on the last society on Earth, interfere with people's lives, and try to solve the mystery of what ended the world.
FREEQ uses a unique storytelling engine that allows players to influence the events of the future by choosing who speaks to whom, and when, and what information is shared with what sources. Written and performed in the style of classic radio dramas from the early twentieth century, FREEQ provides the audience an opportunity to lose themselves in a future no one ever imagined.


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Q: Eclipse IDE launched a new App Engine Standard instance when a new App Engine app was run I have created multiple Google App Engine Standard Java projects with Eclipse neon.3 in my workspace. Google Cloud tool for Eclipse was installed properly. App Engine Standard Runtime was also added to Eclipse Server Run Environments properly.
My question is why a new "App Engine Standard at localhost" instance was launced when I ran a different project in my projects via Run As -> App Engine. For example, if I have 5 App Engine Standard Java projects in the Eclipse IDE, it needs to launch 5 App Engine Standard servers (one for each project obviously).
Is there a way for Eclipse to just launch one server instance for all my App Engine projects?

A: There are a couple of ways to do this providing that each of the projects has a different Service ID:

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*Select the different projects in your explorer and  right-click and choose Run As > App Engine (or Debug As). Note that this will reuse an existing definition if there is one with those projects already configured.

*Edit an existing definition: From the Servers view, right-click on a server definition and choose Add or Remove… and add your projects to that definition.

You can also create a new server definition, either via File > New > Server or from the Servers view, and add your projects there.

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The National University of Singapore (NUS) Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine is regarded as a leading medical education and research facility in Asia. Key to its mission is the medical and biosafety research facility housed within Block MD10, which nurtures future medical and science professionals. The existing, four-storey building includes, anatomy hall, laboratories, lecture rooms, museum, mortuary, and administrative and faculty offices.
Built 30 years ago, the building no longer conformed to the latest building and energy codes. Its performance was also below optimum with insufficient ventilation and high utility consumption. Additionally, the space no longer fitted the end-users' current needs, resulting in the need for an extensive upgrade.
Aurecon's design approach focused not only on complying with regulations and technical aspects of the project, but also on how users interacted with the facilities. To achieve this, the project team collaborated with different stakeholders to capture their needs through interviews and discussions.
Efficient space planning to ensure visitors, students and staff would be able to go about their business while maintaining privacy and safety. For instance, a new reception area for families and loved ones of deceased body donors to pay their final respects was included on the first floor, fitted out with soft lighting and positive air-pressure, to create a respectful atmosphere. The dissection and embalming areas were separated from the teaching areas so that specimen preparation can be carried out without disruption to the lessons and vice-versa.
Enhancements were done to foster better user experience. As an example, the Human Anatomy Teaching Facility is now an enlarged, well-ventilated hall for anatomy prosection classes, during which visuals of dissected specimens can be projected on large TV screens, with commentary delivered via a state-of-the-art audio-visual system. New-generation trolleys with facilities for connection to efficient downdraft suction systems that minimise formalin exposure means students and staff can work comfortably and safely.
The heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) system was designed and rigorously tested to prevent contamination by airborne biological/chemical agents from laboratories, the mortuary and embalming areas. Airlocks were added as a barrier for isolation contaminants and to avoid mixing of air flow between the areas in the building.
While many MEP innovations in the MD10 building are invisible to the end-users, the benefits can be felt, resulting in a more harmonious interaction between the user and building operations. For instance, positive pressure in all the non-laboratory areas prevents seepage of unpleasant smells from the laboratory areas. Lighting and equipment layout were thoughtfully designed to allow better visibility and smoother and safer traffic flow. Feedback from the end-users, indicate that the work environment is now more pleasant and comfortable.
Overall, the refurbished facility has expanded its teaching space by 16 per cent from the original 1050 square metres and can now more comfortably accommodate the 800 Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing, Pharmacy and Life Sciences undergraduate students attending Human Anatomy practicals, as well as residents and specialists participating in workshops there.
To keep it future ready, the building and all newly installed MEP systems can be easily adjusted and customised, as and when the need arises.
Officially opened on 17 March 2016, the new building achieved a Building and Construction Authority (BCA) Green Mark GoldPlus Award for Non-residential Existing Building, Version 3, and has been recognised with a Merit Award at the Association of Consulting Engineers Singapore (ACES) Design Excellence Awards 2018.


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Flaw in common hotel router threatens guests' devices
Corporate travelers should be warned that a vulnerable Wi-Fi router commonly used in hotels is easily compromised, putting guests passwords at risk and opening up their computers to malware infections and direct attacks.
Tim Greene (Network World) on 27 March, 2015 06:25
Corporate travelers should be warned that a Wi-Fi router commonly used in hotels is easily compromised, putting guests passwords at risk and opening up their computers to malware infections and direct attacks.
The good news is that there is a patch for the flaw, but there is no guarantee affected hotels will install it right away.
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Cylance, a security vendor whose research team found the problem, says 277 InnGate routers in 29 countries are affected. The routers are made by ANTLabs.
Cylance researchers wouldn't say which hotels were using the devices. "Listing those vulnerable devices at this time would be irresponsible and could result in a compromise of those networks," says the Cylance SPEAR team blog. "Take it from us that this issue affects hotels brands all up and down the spectrum of cost, from places we've never heard of to places that cost more per night than most apartments cost to rent for a month."
The vulnerability could also affect the hotels themselves if attackers are able to compromise the router then move to other parts of the hotel network, SPEAR says, potentially affecting reservations and billing.
"ANTLabs InnGate devices are a popular Internet gateway for visitor-based networks. They're commonly installed in hotels, convention centers and other places that provide temporary guests access to a WiFi connection. If you've ever used WiFi in a hotel, you're familiar with these types of devices as they are typically tied to a specific room number for billing purposes," the blog says.
The flaw, called CVE-2015-0932, gives read and write access to the file system of the routers. "Remote access is obtained through an unauthenticated rsync daemon running on TCP 873. Once the attacker has connected to the rsync daemon, they are then able to read and write to the file system of the Linux based operating system without restriction," according to the blog.
Once access is gained to the file system, it's trivial to execute remote code on the machine, it says.
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There are many things that can damage a house. Water is probably the worse villain when it comes to damage. If there's a leak in your home you can be looking at thousands of dollars in repairs. Water accidents can be found in malfunctioning dishwashers, leaky washing machines, broken or backed-up toilets, frozen pipes, leaking roofs, cracks in your foundation and in many other places. When water starts to leak on your carpeted floor or on your wooden floors, rot and mold can get started immediately. Rot and mold can start in a day or two, according to MSN.com. If you need to repair that floor, then it will cost you a pretty penny.
Many of us wonder if our insurance companies are going to cover damage that's caused by water. For your insurance company to cover you in case of water damage, the water-related damage must be sudden and accidental. For example, if you didn't repair a floor that's been rotting due to a leak, then your insurance company probably won't cover you. Many water-related damages can be prevented if the leak is repaired relatively early. The insurance companies believe it's up to the homeowners to maintain and repair their homes. If the houses are properly maintained, then water-related damage isn't likely to happen.
So what can you do if you run a bath and then get a phone call and you forget to turn off the water. Water has now overflowed everywhere and you panic. You need to have a plan. First thing you can do is to move any furniture that might be in the way. If you have long drapes that touch the floor, then make sure to lift them off the floor, you don't have to take them down completely. If you notice that the water is heading towards your walls, make sure to take a towel and try and absorb as much of the water as possible. Last thing you should do, is to call a professional company that can help you get this water damage under control. By taking these steps seriously, you can avoid lots of repairs later on in the future and save a lot of money.
What is the lesson you can learn here? Keep your home dry and make the necessary repairs to your home. The best way to avoid water-related damage is by preventing it. If you're a first time buyer in San Antonio, Texas, then make sure to find out if the house was properly maintained. When you're ready to buy your home, call the San Antonio movers, your local San Antonio moving company, to help you move. Our San Antonio professional movers are backed by four generations of moving experts, so we know what we're doing. If you want to have a pleasant and quick move, call the San Antonio movers today!


Selling Your Auto: When Is The Best Time to Sell a Used Auto?
If you think that you will be interested in selling a used auto in the near future, then you should keep in mind some of the guidelines that have helped others when selling their car.
Although it is true that you can just take out a classified advertisement for your used auto in your local paper, or list your auto online on a used auto website any time that you like, there are some times of the month and the year that are better for selling your auto than others. In addition, some factors can greatly impact the money you make on your auto.
When selling a used auto, you should always think about the type of auto that you are trying to sell, and whether or not it is an attractive auto for the time of year and particular weather conditions in your area of the country. When you think about optimizing the amount of money you sell your auto for, you want potential buyers to be excited about the auto you have and how much they can enjoy it. As a simple example, if you were selling a convertible, would you get more for it during winter or summer? So, think about your specific auto and try to sell when appropriate.
Any time you're selling a used auto, take the type of community you live in into account as well. For example, if you live in a town or city that is home to a major college or university, it can be in your best interest to think about the school's schedule, and whether or not the students will be in town when you are selling a auto. Many students get financial aid checks in the early fall and early spring, and this means that these are the best times to try to sell your gently used auto. So, if your community has specific times where there a lot more residents, try and sell during those months to reach more buyers.
Major holidays, like Memorial Day and Labor Day are also good times to consider selling a used auto. Many auto dealers will do a lot of advertising during holidays, so you can get some benefit by selling during this time as well.
Finally, think about the specific aspects of your used auto, such as age and mileage, which are two of the most important factors that impact your autos value. If you can plan accordingly, it's a good idea to sell your auto with less than 100,000 miles rather than above 100,000 miles. Potential used auto buyers will often use 100,000 miles as a cutoff point for what autos they will consider. Also, think about the age of your auto.
Obviously, you should get as much use out of your auto as you can to get as much value out of your original purpose as possible, but if you have the choice it's better to sell your used auto sooner rather than later, as age is the one factor that you can't control and negatively impacts your autos value.


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Radio in the Golden Age
Historians of broadcasting often refer to the decades just prior to the popularization of television as "the Golden Age of Radio." Commercial stations emerged in the 1920s, and radio rapidly became the most popular form of entertainment in the American home. Broadcasts included news reports, live and recorded musical performances, and a wide variety of scripted programs. Perhaps most representative of this era are the serials and genre anthologies. Dramas, comedies, westerns, detective stories, and super heroes all got the serial treatment, while the anthologies leaned more toward science fiction, horror, and thrillers. Since our very own Fission Girl is an homage to these classics, today we'll take a look back at some of the most popular radio programs of the Golden Era.
The Adventures of Superman
This serial was the first attempt to bring the Man of Steel to an adult audience. Beginning in 1940, the show was hugely popular and ran for over a decade. The pace of production was incredibly high by current entertainment standards, airing three new episodes per week for most of its 11-year run. Much of the now familiar back story of Superman was codified on this program, and phrases like "Faster than a speeding bullet…", "It's a bird, it's a plane…", and "Mild-mannered reporter, Clark Kent…" originated there. In all, there were 2088 original episodes of The Adventures of Superman.
"Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows!" Listeners all across the US tuned in on Sunday nights to hear this introduction. The Shadow began as a character on the CBS program, Detective Story Hour, but soon was given his own show, known simply as The Shadow. This crime thriller with supernatural overtones transfixed audiences weekly from 1931 to 1954, and at one point featured the acting talents of Orson Welles in the titular role. Initially, the Shadow was merely the narrator of the program, but early in the 1930s, he became the protagonist. Many view the Shadow character as the conceptual father of Batman.
Beginning in 1934 and running until 1947, Lights Out is considered the first successful horror program, and it paved the way for others shows like Suspense and Inner Sanctum Mystery. Although it was originally a serial, the producers found a larger audience when they shifted to an anthology format. The style of the early scripts is quite grisly, with a macabre sense of humor. Vivid descriptions of gore were common, as characters were often tortured, torn apart, dissolved in acid, skinned alive, or dropped into foundries full of molten metal—all with appropriately histrionic voice acting and sound effects. Once the show became nationally syndicated, this element was toned down in favor of plots featuring more supernatural or psychological horror. The show changed networks several times and eventually made the jump to television, airing from 1949 to 1952.
Inner Sanctum Mystery
Running from 1941 to 1952, Inner Sanctum Mysteries is often credited with creating the comedy horror genre. Television horror hosts like Vampira, Ghoulardi, and Elvira owe much to Inner Sanctum. Combining campy intros with genuinely chilling tales, Inner Sanctum Mystery also brought major movie talent to the airwaves. Horror legends Bela Lugosi, Peter Lorre, and Claude Rains were joined by other big names like Richard Widmark, Frank Sinatra, Burgess Meredith, and Orson Welles. The original host, Raymond Johnson, always closed the show by wishing the listeners "pleasant dreams, hmmm?" with the most over-the-top, camp malevolence possible.
This program was a staple of CBS Radio from 1942 to 1962, and aired 945 original episodes. An illustrious list of writers and directors produced the episodes, and many famous actors lent their talents to the show. For example, the pilot episode was written and directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and voiced by Edmund Gwenn and Herbert Marshall, both famous British actors with lengthy Broadway and Hollywood resumes. Initially, the show focused on contemporary themes and settings, but by the 1950s it had shifted to more fantastic science fiction and horror tales.
No list of classic radio shows would be complete without at least one Western. Not only is Gunsmoke a great Western, it is regarded by many as one of the best radio dramas ever made. It ran on radio from 1952 to 1961 (and on television from 1955 to 1975), and it was groundbreaking in several ways. It was aimed at adults, unlike other Westerns popular at the time (The Lone Ranger and The Cisco Kid). The main character, Marshall Matt Dylan, was conceived as a sort of 1890s hard-boiled detective—the Phillip Marlowe of the Old West. Even those who are not aficionados of cowboy fare will find the stories engaging, and the voice acting compelling.
Little Orphan Annie
Although intended for children, the adventures of the mop-topped orphan and her little dog, Sandy, caught the attention of many adults as well. Although it was based on Harold Gray's long-running (86 years!) comic strip of the same name, the radio show was less political in its themes, focusing instead on narrow escapes from thrilling cliffhangers, and selling the products of its sponsors, first Ovaltine, and then Quaker Puffed Wheat. The show was broadcast in the afternoon to cater to its afterschool audience, airing its pilot in 1930, then serialized from 1931 to 1942. Little Orphan Annie is also important to radio history because it is viewed by many as the first successful use of premiums like decoder rings, badges, toys, and other branded products.
These classics of the Golden Age of Radio influenced electronic storytelling, especially when television was in its infancy. Even today there are writers and actors keeping audio theatre in the style of old time radio alive on the internet. Podcasts like The Thrilling Adventure Hour, Welcome to Nightvale, and The Incomparable Radio Theatre, are proof that the format is alive and well. Of course, the best example around this neck of the web is the Planetary Broadcast Network. Tune in to follow the exciting adventures of Fission Girl and her Faithful Maid Marie, airing just after the PBN Evening News. Award-winning journalist James Dixon and PBN's team of crack reporters bring you the news, weather, and rogue robot updates you need to be an informed member of our great democracy!


Why is UV Offset Printing Different?
Most commercial offset and web printing presses utilize conventional inks which are solvent based. In order for these traditional inks to harden or cure, the solvents have to slowly leach into the atmosphere. As these solvents evaporate, the inks begin penetrating into the paper and eventually cure or harden. The time required for conventional inks to cure can vary greatly depending on environment and substrate. This slower curing process releases dangerous chemicals into the environment and allows ink droplets to spread into the substrate resulting in dot gain and potentially muddy imaging and text.
Each of our unique offset printing presses are equipped with a series of UV lights that work in tandem with specially-formulated inks. These inks react instantly when exposed to ultra violet light. This reaction forces the UV ink to dry on top of the substrate, resulting in more vibrant imagery with better durability on a wider variety of papers and plastics. This Ultra-Violet printing process also enables various textures and special effects to all be done inline on press, saving you time and money.
More substrate options with UV printing.
For special applications such as point-of-purchase displays, outdoor signage, wraps, clear packaging, phone and credit cards, shelf talkers, magnets, stickers and other projects, there's a growing need to print on non-paper substrates such as vinyl, styrene, clear polypropylene, PVC, foils and other materials. Cedar Graphics has the equipment to get the job done.
Our presses lead the way in larger format UV curing applications. We can print with UV or hybrid UV inks as well as gloss or dull UV coatings, spot or flood with immediate drying (curing) results. Our UV capabilities mean high impact, high quality, unique applications, and immediate processing.
Why do we print with UV Inks rather than solvent based inks?
UV inks are 99.5% VOC (Volatile Organic Compounds) free, unlike conventional inks making it more environmentally friendly.
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are organic chemicals emitted as gases from certain solids or liquids, including soy based inks. VOCs evaporate at room temperature and react in sunlight to form ground-level ozone. According to the EPA, VOCs can cause various ailments and diseases.
Eliminating the possibility of offsetting and most ghosting.
If matching to sample colors, reduces the variance in colors between sample and live job (dry backing).
No additional dry time is needed and job can go straight to finishing.
UV Inks are more resistant to scratching, smudging, scuffing and rubbing.
Unlike conventional inks, UV inks allow us the ability to print on a variety of substrates, including plastics.
UV inks printed on uncoated paper will have crisper look to text and graphics due to the ink not being absorbed by the paper.
UV Inks provide superior finishes to conventional inks.
UV inks increase special effect capabilities.
This is a special effect varnish that is used underneath UV coating. When the reticulating varnish "migrates" through the UV coating, it gives a textured look and feel. Because of the textured effect, the surface is uneven, thus causing a more dramatic gloss/dull contrast. The light reflected off the uneven surface appears to be "duller" looking than a smooth surface.


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10 pictures that will take you through Akshay Kumar's style evolution over the years
He's undoubtedly a style icon for today's youth.
Being a trained martial artist, Akshay Kumar is one of Bollywood's fittest actors and even at 52, he can easily give actors half his age a run for their money. From his debut days in the '90s to now delivering three to four blockbuster hit movies almost every year, Akshay Kumar has come a long way. And so, has his style statement.
In his journey, spanning over decades, to become one of the most bankable actors, Akshay Kumar's fashion choices have drastically evolved, making him a style icon for today's youth. Probably that's why it doesn't come as a surprise that in 2018, he was honoured with the GQ Style Legend award. He mentioned in his acceptance speech, "When I was young, I would accumulate enough money to buy international magazines. And I would tear off the pages which had pictures of stylish actors, from those magazines. That's how I used to work on my personal style and grooming."
It seems like his mantra is working perfectly for him as he continues to turn heads with his sartorial choices and his fans looking up to him for style inspo. Let's take a look at how his style game has evolved over the years.
The '90s was a charming era, not just in terms of movies but also for the bold, over-the-top style choices of our beloved celebrities. And Akshay Kumar was no different. From flaunting a messy fringy hairdo or gelled middle parted hair, wearing high-waisted jeans with oversized T-shirts to sporting the denim on denim look, Akshay Kumar's fashion experiments were sometimes successful and sometimes questionable.
In early 2000s his style got more refined. It was formal yet nonchalant at the same, which perfectly mirrored his boy-next-door image. He started sporting shorter hair and if you look closely at his movies such as Phir Hera Pheri, De Dana Dan or Namaste London, it won't be wrong to credit him for making sunglasses a new rage all over again. It's not like people didn't wear aviators or sunglasses before him, but he definitely upped the game for everyone else.
Then came a time when he started flaunting a buzz cut and his wardrobe welcomed turtlenecks, scarves, tuxedos, suits and ripped jeans. He left his clean-shaven avatar behind and started donning a moustache and beard for quite some. While we're at it, can we also take a moment to appreciate the fact that no one can do the salt and pepper better than him.
In recent years, Akshay Kumar's style has leaned more towards comfort and athleisure. The actor is often seen stepping out in sweatshirt, track pants and sneakers. According to The Times of India, he was recently spotted wearing a Rs. 22,000 pink sweatshirt by Alexander McQueen with matching joggers that he paired with cool blue Converse Chuck 70 Twisted Tongue high top sneakers worth Rs. 7,000 approximately.
Here are some more pictures that will take you through his style evolution over the years.
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A two-vehicle car accident in Winter Haven, Florida on Cypress Gardens Boulevard has resulted in seven people being injured. The accident occurred on Sunday afternoon at approximately 4:00 p.m. as Officer Eric Womack, 37, was driving a police cruiser and another vehicle turned left in front of the officer. Shawana Jones, 20, of Auburndale, Florida was heading the opposite direction from Womack and turned her 1998 Chevrolet Monte Carlo in fromt of the police cruiser. Womack was sent to Winter Haven Hospital for a bruised knee, which his prisoner, J. Anthony Pineiro, 44, of Winter Haven, was treated for a broken collarbone. Jones was carrying her two children in the car and passenger Shanise Jones, 13, of Winter Haven. Jones had unknown injuries. Jones' infant, Lavay, was taken to Tampa General Hospital with unknown injuries. The accident is still under investigation.
This accident will likely be found to be the fault of Ms. Jones based on the information at present. While all drivers make mistakes on the roadway, when an accident of this magnitude occurs with injuries to otherwise innocent third parties, those injured parties may have the ability to make claims for money damages. This includes passengers as they have the right to sue a negligent driver. There are usually family member exclusions that refer generally to related people living in the same household. If you or a loved one has been injured by a car accident, please contact a Winter Haven personal injury or car accident lawyer for a discussion of the facts and circumstances of your case. Please contact a Winter Haven car accident or personal injury lawyer for your free consultation.


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South Koreans Ready to Discard Disposable Cup Culture
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Sit down with a coffee at almost any café in South Korea and you'll be surrounded by people drinking from disposable takeout cups. Walk in any public place during the morning rush or after lunch and you'll notice every public garbage bin overflowing with plastic cups. In cafés, so ingrained is the throwaway culture that it's common to be given a disposable cup even when you've asked for a ceramic mug.
These typical scenes might create the impression that consumers aren't bothered about this wasteful practice, but new evidence suggests that South Koreans are concerned about the profusion of trash. A survey released on Dec. 4 by the Ministry of Environment found that of 2,005 respondents, 78.6 percent said they thought the increase in use of disposable cups was a "serious" problem, while only 3.7 percent said it was "not serious."
The survey also gauges the public's appetite for a "disposable cup deposit scheme" as a partial solution. Under such a scheme, the price of the disposable cup (approximately 50-100 won, or 5-10 US cents) is included in takeout drink prices, and paid back to customers if and when they choose to return their empty cup.
A whopping 89.9 percent of respondents claimed that a disposable cup deposit scheme was needed; 61.8 percent said they would use non-disposable cups if such a scheme were introduced, while 69.2 percent said it would prompt them to return the disposable cups they had used. The numbers make it clear that most South Koreans are more than ready for a change to the current throwaway model. South Korea operated disposable cup deposit scheme from 2002 to 2008, but abolished it as part of wider easing of regulations on businesses.
Since then, use of disposable cups has skyrocketed. According to the Korea Women's Environmental Network (KWEN), the number of disposable cups sold rose from 432 million in 2009 to 672 million in 2015 — a jump of more than 55 percent. Conversely, the proportion of disposable cups recovered by businesses from their customers fell from 77.8 percent in 2010 to 68.9 percent in 2015.
"Our primary demand is that the government reintroduce the disposable cup deposit scheme," said Cho Eun-ji or KWEN's Environmental Health Team. "It would also help if more cafés advertised discount schemes for customers who bring their own cups. We found that a lot of cafés did run such programs but weren't advertising them."
Even when disposable cups are recovered by cafés from their customers, it appears that most end up burned or landfilled. Hong Su-yeol, director of Resource Recycling Consulting, has estimated that less than five percent of disposable cups are currently recycled. "Most cups that are not recycled are either just incinerated or burned as solid recovered fuel to generate electricity" Hong told Korea Exposé.
As well as the environment, disposable cups may also pose a threat to the health of consumers: KWEN found that 96 percent of lids used on hot drink takeout cups in South Korea were made from polystyrene, a substance that may release carcinogens and substances that can cause hormone imbalances.
Meanwhile, KWEN also reported that the number of cafés and coffee shops in South Korea passed 90,000 in the first half of 2017. The corresponding number in the United States, which has a population more than six times that of South Korea, is just over 30,000.
Cover image: Disposable cups (Source: Pixabay)
Ben Jackson is Korea Exposé's environment editor. He studied languages at undergraduate level and has an MA in Korean Literature from the School of Oriental and African Studies in London.


I read on Vogue last week that Luella has 'ceased trading' as the label's current backer has pulled out and they don't have another lined up. It's disconcerting that that yet another strong, inspiring designer has fallen under the pressure of the current economy. I really adored Luella's SS '10 collection and, personally, hope someone will come to the rescue and it won't be the last we see of her.
On the bright side, everything is currently up to 50% off on luella.com. Sadly, even at half price I can't afford to splash out on a piece at the moment, so have settled with this inspired Topshop version of the blouse.
Regarding the Bronx 'Shani' wedges: how do you get the laces to stay done up? Mine come undone almost straight away because of the stiff ties.
Great oufit, love the blouse especially!!
Great post, I too am very sad, recently posted about my Luella inspired bits as well. Topshop also has a really similar polka-dotted corset similar to her latest collection.
I still cant afford anything, either!
soon as I saw the photos of your post, I immediately thought that the shirt was from LUELLA, then I read it wasn't ... it's hard to grasp the difference, excellent choice then!
i'd look for a new pair of laces in a similar colour; stiff leather laces are never gonna stay tied for long!
great outfit. i heard this news too. so sad! i hope luella continues forever!
jealous of the warm weather you must be having over there.
<333 @ your shoes + bag!!!!! and top! and skirt! i think i have the same one and wear it with everything.
Thanks for the sale tip :) I love your shoes here this look is perfect for spring!
I love these shoes.. but its been too hot to wear them. Simple I know but I double knot them. Cos the laces are so stiff do you find that they stick out alittle?
Love everything about that outfit! So great.
Lovely outfit. That top is super cute. So sad to hear what is happening with Luella. I hope it's not an indication of things to come/other labels 'ceasing trading' as well.
That's sad to hear :( Love your outfit- esp that bag!
Oh I love this outfit! Nice tribute to the floral skirts that Luella made famous.
I am also sad about Luella's situation. I don't have anything by her, but I've always liked her runway shows. I hope someone steps up and saves her.
Lovely outfit! The blouse is absolutely irresistible.
Very pretty look, this top is great, I love the shoes and the vintage bag YSL!!!
v sad news, but hopefully she'll keep designing, I wish I could afford reduced items too- there's no piece of any collection I don't like!
Oh sad that you cannot afford.But the picture is too good.
Lovely outfit, Love ur style.
OMG love your shoes !!
I have a question about those wedges, I bought them in black about a week ago to find out one shoe is made of smooth leather and the other one is made of grainy leather, are they supposed to be that way? It's cute and not noticable but it's still kinda disturbing.
Anyway, lovely outfit and blouse!


One of my pleasures during the winter (and it's winter here) is to cook on a cast iron stove we have in the kitchen. My wife usually lights it up as soon as she wakes up, as it's used both for cooking as well as for heating (yes, we have air conditioning too, but sorry, I can't cook on it). It's very nice for cooking old recipes using not so tender ingredients, demanding long cooking times, and a cast iron pan.
Last weekend I prepared some beef ribs with manioc roots (the largest source of carbohydrates for human food in the world – yes, more than rice). The best thing about this dish is the sauce, of course. Small diced onions, garlic, tomatoes, red pepper, half a bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon, black pepper corns, salt to taste. Let the meat cook slowly for a couple of hours (be careful not to let the water dry out) and then add the manioc. Cook for an additional hour and after sprinkling some fresh parsley on top you're ready to go. If possible eat the sauce with some Italian bread.


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Rashmika Mandanna Removed from Allu Arjun's Pushpa 2? Mission Majnu Actress Finally Reacts
The speculations of Sai Pallavi replacing Rashmika Mandanna in Pushpa 2: The Rule created a massive buzz on social media. However, later media reports suggested that Sai Pallavi is in talks for another character in the upcoming film. Now, Rashmika Mandanna's latest social media update has debunked the rumours involving her being replaced in Sukumar's directorial. Rashmika Mandanna, who knows how to steal the limelight with her social media presence, on Monday, organized an impromptu 'Ask Me Anything' session to interact with fans on a personal level.
It was during the candid chat session that the actress clearly mentioned the names of some of her upcoming projects and the list included Pushpa 2. An inquisitive fan asked Rashmika about her 'next movie update.' The actress quickly responded, "4 and many more surprises coming your way. Varisu, Mission Majnu, Pushpa 2: The Rule, and Animal," she captioned a photo herself that saw her dazzling in a stunning saree while getting ready for an event.
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While Rashmika Mandanna played the role of Allu Arjun's love interest Srivalli in the first instalment of the actioner, it appears that Sai Pallavi has been approached to play the actor's sister in the sequel film. As per a report by Siasat, filmmaker Sukumar will seemingly introduce a strong tribal girl character in Pushpa 2 and is considering Sai Pallavi to play the role. Her segment is about to be 20 minutes long, if the actress denies it, the makers are also considering Aishwarya Rajesh for the role.
It is important to note that the makers and Sai Pallavi have neither confirmed nor denied the report yet. The first instalment Pushpa: The Rise was released back in 2021, and depicted the rise of the smuggling syndicate of red sandalwood, a rare wood that grows only in the hills of Andhra Pradesh. It showcased how a low-wage labourer Pushpa rises up to dominate the smuggling syndicate by not only defeating goons but also picking up a fight with an egoistic police officer played by Fahadh Faasil.
In the much-awaited sequel, the makers will chronicle how Pushpa continues to rule the smuggling syndicate by defeating all odds thrown his way. The sequel is likely to hit the big screens this year but the release date hasn't been disclosed by the makers yet.
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Q: c# probability and random numbers I want to trigger an event with a probability of 25% based on a random number generated between 1 and 100 using:
int rand = random.Next(1,100);

Will the following achieve this?
if (rand<=25)
{
    // Some event...
}

I thought I would use a number between 1 and 100 so I can tweak the probabilities later on - e.g. adjust to 23% by using
if (rand<=23) {...}

A: The second argument of Next(int, int) is the exclusive upper bound of the desired range of results.  You should therefore use this:
if (random.Next(0, 100) < 25)

or, if you must use 1-based logic,
if (random.Next(1, 101) <= 25)

A: You can also use this code (usually for percentage calculations double between 0 and 1 is used):
double rand = random.NextDouble();
if(rand < .25)
{
...

A: The biggest error you are making is it should be random.Next(0,100) as the documentation states

minValue: The inclusive lower bound of the random number returned.
maxValue: The exclusive upper bound of the random number returned. maxValue must be greater than or equal to minValue.

Emphisis mine, exclusive means it does not include number you passed in, so my code generates the range 0-99 and your code generates the range 1-99.
So change your code to
int rand = random.Next(0,100)

if (rand < 25) //25%
{
    // Some event...
}

//other code
if (rand < 23) //23%
{
    // Some event...
}

The change from <= to < is because you are now using the exclusive upper bounds range


Most people take for granted that their dentist is competent — and has gone through the proper legal channels to certify this fact — but as the examples below indicate, there is a disturbingly large number of individuals in the US practicing dentistry without a license. In some cases, they were dentists in other decades or in other countries and never made the transition to the here and now. In other cases, they are dental assistants who can't wait to become full-fledged dentists and end up jumping the gun. And in some cases, they're just wackos with a tooth fetish. Whatever the fake dentists' backstory, though, they primarily seem to take advantage of the poor and the uninsured looking for a good deal on dental work. But as these stories show, you generally get what you pay for. If you want to verify your dentist's license, by the way, here's a handy list of state dental boards.
West Palm Beach, Florida: With friends like Luis Sanchez, who needs teeth? Stopped by police for running a red light, Sanchez was discovered to be driving around with bloody, rusty dental tools in his car. He admitted that he had been performing dental work on "friends" to earn some extra money. Police later found more dentistry tools in Sanchez's presumably very red home.
Suffolk, New York: Think that a few jacked-up teeth is the worst that can happen from visiting an unlicensed dentist? Well, consider the case of Gilberto Cordova, 47, an El Salvadoran immigrant who was caught illegally catering to his fellow countrymen's dental needs. When a patient whom he'd given a root canal developed an infection that required several teeth being pulled (by a real dentist), Cordova's illegal practice came to light. In addition to practicing dentistry without a license, he was charged with "violation of environmental laws in disposing of x-ray film and other items" and "failure to use procedures necessary to prevent the spread of the AIDS virus." So, if losing your teeth isn't bad enough, you could also catch AIDS and destroy the environment. Congrats.
Colorado Springs, Colorado: Even fake dentists tend to have an office setup — rudimentary as it might be — but Robert J. Brantley, 39, did away with such formalities, setting up shop whenever and wherever he could find a patient (read: victim). Case in point, 10-year-old Robert Pizzitola, whom Brantley approached in a movie theater and who somehow held still while Brantley removed four teeth by hand. "Doctor Bob" was suspected in removing the teeth of two other small children earlier in the year.
Peekskill, New York: I suppose if you're willing to visit a dentist who operates out of the kitchen of his home — as Ecuadoran native Carlos Flores did — you shouldn't be surprised that he uses a jug (!) of wine as an anesthetic.
Palm Bay, Florida: Got a spare $150 lying around? For that not-so-low sum, fake dentist John Tibaduiza will pull your tooth using nothing but a set of pliers! But wait, there's more! For no additional charge, he'll accidentally slice your tongue! And if you feel lingering pain days later, don't worry, and don't ask for pain medication; the feeling with just go away on its own…when you die.
St. Louis, Missouri: Elwyn Bentley, 60, was a retired banker who claimed that he pulled teeth as a "hobby," but it certainly sounded like more of a fetish. He reportedly pulled the teeth of 200 patients — all women — free of charge, including a 29-year-old lady whom he supposedly offered a free cleaning. She consented, and before she knew it, he'd pulled three of her teeth. When she protested, he vanished, but two years later, he approached her with the same offer, not realizing she was one of his previous victims. She again accepted and then called police, who arrested Bentley for practicing dentistry without a license and assault.
Portland, Oregon: When you go to a non-professional dentist, you should expect non-professional customer service. Such was the case with 80-year-old Viktor Gregorevich Gebauer, an unlicensed dentist from Russia who shot and killed a man who had a tooth pulled eight days earlier and had returned seeking treatment for his pain. In some respect, I suppose he got it.
North Hollywood, California: When a woman came into the "clinic" (i.e., the apartment) of unlicensed dentist Oscar Moran, 22, complaining of a toothache, he told her that she needed four crowns and quoted a price of $500. In order to make an impression of her teeth, he poured hot plastic to form a mold but then left the room, and by the time he returned, the mold was so hard that he couldn't pry it off. For TWO HOURS, Oscar and his fellow illegal dentist brother Marvin, 23, literally hammered at the mold — during which time, the patient's painkiller had worn off — before it finally came loose. Needless to say, she wasn't pleased and turned them into the police. The cost to get a legitimate dentist to repair the damage done was more than $3,000.
Van Nuys, California: As if it weren't bad enouth that an unlicensed dentist could be working on your kid's teeth, it's possible that he could also be a child molestor. That was the case with Carlos Andrade, 34, who was arrested for molesting a six-year-old girl in a dental office operating out of a three-bedroom home. He and fellow Ecuadorian native Carmen Cevallos, 29, ran the office, which catered to illegal immigrants without health insurance who want inexpensive care and who were wary of filling out paperwork. When police raided the home, they found a scene "like something out of the Dark Ages," including electricians' pliers for tooth pulling, a porcelain spit bowl that channeled blood and saliva through a pipe into the backyard and sterilizing equipment that, ironically, was crawling with roaches.
Chicago, Illinois: And the award for least prepared fake dentist goes to Francisco Rendon, 49, who not only had his patients sit in a leather office chair instead of a reclining dentist's chair and made them spit into a trash can instead of a sink, but he also operated on their teeth using an electronic metal polishing tool.
Oakland, California: It's a safe bet that Mario Alfredo Pacheco won't win Dentist of the Year anytime soon. Even by unlicensed dentist standards, his strategy to give a patient a "Colgate smile" by grinding down her teeth down to nubs and then treating her infected gums with diluted bleach is pretty scandalous.


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Blanca Castellón (Managua, Nicaragua, 1958) es una destacada poetisa nicaragüense.
Es autora de Ama del espíritu (poesía, 1995), Flotaciones (poesía, 1998) y Orilla opuesta (poesía, 2000). Es también ganadora de Instituto de Estudios Modernistas de poesía en Valencia, España. Actualmente es la Vicepresidenta del Centro Nicaragüense de Escritores.
Está casada con Brooks Flores Enríquez, y tiene tres hijos: Luis, Carlos y Javier.

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Symmetra's rework in Overwatch has been underway at Blizzard for some time, and Principal Designer Geoff Goodman took to the game's forums to outline some of the changes that are currently in place in the development build of the game including her move to the Defense category.
The Overwatch developers initially tried a healer version of Symmetra by having her turrets heal allies rather than damaging enemies. However, that didn't work out very well considering the fast-paced and highly mobile nature of the game. Her turrets have since been changed to a projectile that is fired onto a wall and activates once it lands somewhere. The deployed turrets travel infinitely in a straight line at a slow speed. The maximum number of turrets has been reduced from 6 to 3, but each additional turret deals more damage and applies a greater slow effect as opposed to the ones currently in the game. Additionally, the turrets currently in testing have 30 HP (as opposed to 1), making them slightly more durable. Ultimately, their testing has found that fewer turrets with greater power are more impactful on the game.
Symmetra's weapon has also undergone some changes. The current "lock-on" primary fire is no more; instead, she fires a straight beam. The overall damage curve and time to ramp up to maximum damage has been changed, meaning that there is greater potential for damage but it takes a bit longer to get there. The new weapon also generates ammo when attacking a barrier (rather than using it), making Symmetra a keen barrier buster. As for the alternate fire, it travels three times as fast but no longer penetrates enemies; it instead explodes on impact dealing area of effect damage (with a large portion of the damage focused on the point of impact).
Her abilities have been tinkered with a good bit, too. The Teleporter is being moved to the E ability and Photon Barrier is currently her new Ultimate. The teleporter can be placed up to 25 meters away from your current position and the entrance is built right in front of you, changing it from a sort of faster respawn into a possible flanking tool. The developers are also experimenting with allowing certain projectiles (like D.Va's self-destructing mech) to pass through the teleporter, making for some interesting plays unique to Symmetra.
Finally, the Photon Barrier is currently her Ultimate in the development version of the game. This version of Photon Barrier is significantly beefier than the E ability in the live game - it effectively creates a wall of infinite width and height with 5,000 HP that is placed similarly to Mei's wall. One interesting use of this new Ultimate is the ability to deploy it from spawn and still have an effect on a current team fight since it covers the entire map on a single plane. And if you haven't noticed, the Shield Generator hasn't been mentioned yet because it is currently not part of her kit on the development build.
As it stands, all of these changes Mr. Goodman revealed are still in testing and very much subject to change. Which Symmetra changes will ultimately get pushed to the live version of the game (or even the PTR) is still up in the air, but the Overwatch development team is certainly headed down an interesting path.
What do you think of the changes for Symmetra currently being tested by the Overwatch development team? Do they seem like an overall improvement on her current kit? Let us know in the comments below!
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A] 5773. Twenty three years ago, when it was just 5750, I stood before my then congregation and told them of an old midrash / a speculative or fanciful, rather than a factual, tale / that imagined that the universe was on a Shabbat-like cycle, and just as God worked for six days in creating the world, we also work six days then experience the day of rest / or the day of fulfillment / a day of appreciation and so too the universe was on a 6000 year cycle, to be followed by God's own Shabbat of 1000 years -- the messianic era.
We can choose to appreciate the inventiveness of this midrash or dismiss the science – doesn't much matter.
But what I flagged for my congregants is that if you consider the cycle of the universe 6000 years, and see that as God's day, and if, then, you divide that day into 24 hours, for that is how we parse a day's time, each hour is of 250 years, and, by that calculation, we were then entering the last hour /24th hour of the universe's day.
250 years is still a long time, and 23 years later is but five minutes in that final hour – so its only 11:05, but it remains a creepy thought.
B] But the reason I bring this up tonight is not to warn that global warming is a sign of the end – but rather, simply to note that the rabbis were imagining the life of the universe as part of a cycle – unlike Aristotle who thought of the universe as an eternal fabric of existence.
This is not really surprising, because the Torah speaks of a beginning – Breishit – and things that have beginnings typically have ends, or at least you can see how one might conclude that.
And there were other cycles of nature readily observable. There was the sun's rotation about the earth (as it was observed and understood at that time) – in our parlance a day. There was the moon's waxing and waning every month. And the annual cycle of the sun and stars in the sky – that which we call a year.
And so we say "hayom harat olam" – today is the birthday of the world – and by that we mean that we can map the heavenly sign of the year on the unbroken life of the universe. But it is artificial, for the life of the universe may indeed be a cycle in God's awareness of time, but that cycle is beyond our reach, and for all our intuition and observation the life of the universe is as good as eternal. It is unbroken. It does not fail. And the world has no birthday, for it has no repetitive frame save one we impose upon it.
C] The same is true of our lives – birthdays are an artificial, social expedient by which to stop and look about us / to stop and smell the roses – for we are not significantly different any one day from the next.
The generations are staggered, so we see one pass that we did not see begin and another begin that we will not see pass. But one life, our life, has a beginning and it has an end, but we cannot see it in its fullness. While we can make faith statements about an afterlife, we cannot know the cycle of the soul.
D] Rosh Hashanah is much the same as any birthday. There is no reason to consider our lives, to reassess, to undertake changes on this day any more than on any other, save that we in fact do so today more so than on any other. We do. Or, I hope we do.
We stop to smell the roses, to look about us, to pause and ponder our existence, to reckon with what we have and what we are – what we have, what we are and what we yet hope to be. And it is the stopping that matters – that makes Rosh Hashanah what it is. If we did not mark Rosh Hashanah, it is not clear that it would continue to exist. In Rosh Hashanah we have found a way, forced a way, to halt the inexorable march of undifferentiated time and steal a moment to see ourselves.
Not surprisingly, this is an altogether earthbound view. The Psalmist knew only what he could see. But we are no less awed by the larger universe that we see than the Psalmist in his day.
In the 17th century, the physicist Blaise Pascal cast his gaze as far and farther than he could see and asked, like the Psalmist, that you share his awe.
We are frozen -- awed and insignificant.
A few years ago a pair of High School students, Cary and Michael Huang, produced an Internet phenomenon called the Scale of the Universe, which depicts the size of known objects from the very largest (the presumed size of the observable universe – can't really hazard any guess beyond that) to a string (currently the smallest subatomic particle that has been proposed) all on a gently sliding panoramic scale. After Yom Tov you might want to look it up. The Scale of the Universe. Absolutely riveting.
And Pascal makes a point of our middlingness.
F] The Hasidic Master Rabbi Bunim of Pshiskha was reflecting on this problem when he suggested that we should each carry two notes in our two pockets. One would say, I am but dust and ashes – that note to be consulted when we are overly vain and self-important.
Yet how do we ever convince ourselves, in the immensity of the universal continuum from the very tiny to the very great, of that -- That the world was created for me? That, withal, I matter.
It is Rosh Hashanah that does that trick.
We stop, to sense, to watch, to wonder – to appreciate our surroundings – that is why we were given senses, after all. In the immensity of the universe, in the chatter of our lives, we stop and sense the grandeur of what is – and to appreciate our appreciation.
This is the problem of the tree that falls in the forest – if we did not sense this world, would it really exist? A materialist might say yes, it would, but its existence and non-existence would be altogether indistinguishable if there was no one to perceive the one or the other. I AM the heart of existence.
Blasphemy? Perhaps, but only when engaged as a materialist might engage it. The fact is that the meaning we infuse in existence only inheres because we are able to perceive it. Absent existence, it too would not exist.
Insofar as the world that I perceive exists only in my perception – the world really WAS created exclusively for me.
And those moments, in turn, keep our lives as a whole full of vibrant colors and insuperable worth -- clear, focused, intense, alive.
Call Rosh Hashanah, then, preventive maintenance. We all need it lest we grow encrusted and lose our sharpness, our edge.
H] An odd story of an electric shaver.
I bought a new shaver about a year ago – one that was water resistant and allowed you to clean it by running it under the faucet.
Unlike my previous shavers, it's cutter assembly did not seem to come apart – so I brushed it and washed it and went about my shaving business, until it grew dull and wasn't cutting well.
Increasingly frustrated, I prepared for its demise.
Then, in a moment of frustration and clairvoyance, I attacked its cutting head one more time, and found that I'd been able to (and clearly was supposed to) take it apart all along. I was greeted by a year's worth of crud that was easily cleaned out, renewing the edge I had been missing.
So it is with Rosh Hashanah.
Let us use Rosh Hashanah to eliminate the crud and enter the New Year in fighting trim – ready to breathe deeply and smell the roses, to appreciate those around us every minute and sing God's praises as we are meant to do.
So that life does not pass us by and that we not drift into eternity without getting out of it, or putting into it, all the meaning, the wonder, the joy that we can.


We have no problem with Sabbatarians, either Jews or Gentiles, who want to keep the seventh-day Sabbath. But when they insist that Sabbath-keeping is a requirement for salvation, then they are preaching an un-Biblical Gospel (Gal. 3: 1-14 NIV). In fact, twice, the Apostle Paul warned about these false teachers in Rom. 14: 5- 11, and Col. 2: 13-17 (NIV).
Frankly, we are not looking for a perfect church because there is none. We are not in a hurry to become "members" of another congregation; but we have found Evangelical Christians here in Central Oregon who have a clearer concept of what the TRUE GOSPEL is, enunciated by the Apostle Paul in Ephesians 2: 8-10: We are saved by grace through faith in Christ- as a gift of God; then the good works that only Christ can do through us, by the power of the Holy Spirit, is demonstrated in an already saved and maturing Christian (Gal. 5: 22-23 NIV).
Every Sunday morning and Monday evening, we fellowship with folks who worship God in spirit and in truth (John 14:6 NIV). The day we worship God in is of no consequence, because those who worship Him on the first day of week are no more Sun worshippers, than those who worship Him on the seventh day are no more Saturn worshippers.


02 Nov 2018 / 11:37 H.
NEW YORK: US prosecutors unveiled criminal charges on Thursday against two former Goldman Sachs Inc bankers and fugitive financier Low Taek Jho.
Prosecutors announced that Tim Leissner, a former partner for Goldman Sachs in Asia, had pleaded guilty to conspiracy to launder money and conspiracy to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and agreed to forfeit US$43.7 million (RM185 million).
Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) director Commissioner Datuk Seri Amar Singh confirmed Roger Ng, the other Goldman banker charged was arrested in Malaysia. He refused to elaborate when contacted by theSun, at the time of writing.
Jho Low, however, remains at large.
Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak set up the fund, in which Low played a key role. Najib has consistently denied wrongdoing in connection with alleged graft involving 1MDB.
An estimated US$4.5 billion (RM19 billion) was misappropriated from 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), by high-level officials of the fund and their associates, the US Justice Department has alleged.
Goldman did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The investment bank, which generated about US$600 million (RM2.5 billion) in fees for its work with 1MDB, has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing and said it is fully cooperating with authorities.
While US prosecutors have previously filed civil asset forfeiture suits for assets allegedly bought with some of the stolen funds, these are the first criminal charges the Justice Department has brought against individuals in the case under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, a federal law targeting official bribery abroad.


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France happy with UN reaction over New Caledonia
17:29 independence referendum, New Caledonia
France says the UN decolonisation committee has welcomed an invitation to New Caledonia following the territory's third rejection of independence from France in December.
The invitation was made by the French overseas minister Sebastien Lecornu who briefed the committee in New York last week.
Mr Lecornu said while the series of referendums under the Noumea Accord has been completed, it only marks a step in the process started in 1988.
He said it is now necessary to get out of the logic of pro- and anti-independence politics and instead open a new page of discussions to build a common institutional framework.
France wants to hold another referendum in June next year about a new, yet to be determined statute for a New Caledonia within France.
In December, more than 96 percent of voters rejected independence in the third and final referendum, which was marked by a majority of voters abstaining.
The vote was boycotted by the pro-independence parties after Paris rejected concerns about the impact of the pandemic and refused to postpone the plebiscite.
Pro-independence politicians visited the UN days before the vote, with their parties rejecting the referendum outcome as illegitimate.
They said they will only discuss a path forward once France has had its presidential elections, and then they will only talk about terms to attain independence.
New Caledonia has been on the UN decolonisation list since 1986
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El pueblo nicaragüense (también Nica y Pinolero) son personas que habitan en, se originan o tienen un patrimonio significativo de Nicaragua. La mayoría de los nicaragüenses vive en Nicaragua, aunque también hay una importante diáspora nicaragüense, particularmente en los Estados Unidos y Costa Rica con comunidades más pequeñas en otros países del mundo. También hay personas que viven en Nicaragua que no son nicaragüenses porque no nacieron o crecieron en Nicaragua ni han obtenido la ciudadanía.

Demografía

Población
La ciudad más poblada de Nicaragua es la capital, Managua, con una población de 1,055,247 habitantes (2020). A partir de 2009 vive en las regiones del Pacífico, Centro y Norte, en la región del Pacífico solamente, mientras que los habitantes en la región del Caribe solo alcanzaron una estimación de 300,000.

Según la ONU, tiene una población de 7,243,000 (1 de julio de 2015) con una tasa de crecimiento demográfico de 1.31% (durante el periodo 2005-2010) y una tasa de natalidad de 24.9 / 1,000 habitantes (2005-2010), la tercera más alta en la región. La esperanza de vida para los nicaragüenses al nacer es (2005-2015) 74.45% años; 70.9% para hombres y 78.0% para mujeres.

Grupos étnicos
La mayoría de la población nicaragüense es mestiza y blanca. El 69% de los nicaragüenses son mestizos (una mezcla de aproximadamente 1/2 europeos, 1/6 indígenas y 1/3 africanos, según las evaluaciones autosómicas moleculares de ADN de la Universidad de Zaragoza, España), mientras que el 17% son "blancos" con hasta 69% de ancestros europeos, con la mayoría de ellos son de ascendencia española. También hay blancos de ascendencia italiana, alemana o francesa. Los mestizos y los blancos residen principalmente en la región occidental del país, y en conjunto conforman el 86% de la población nicaragüense.

Alrededor del 5% de los nicaragüenses son nativos nicaragüenses, descendientes de los habitantes indígenas del país. La población precolombina de Nicaragua estaba compuesta por muchos grupos indígenas. En la región occidental, el pueblo Nahua (también conocido como Pipil-Nicaraos) estuvo presente junto con otros grupos como el pueblo Chorotega. La región central de Nicaragua y la costa del Caribe estaban habitadas por pueblos indígenas que eran en su mayoría grupos relacionados con Chibcha que habían emigrado de América del Sur, principalmente lo que es hoy Colombia y Venezuela. Estos grupos incluyen los misquitos, ramas y sumos actuales. En el siglo XIX, había una minoría indígena sustancial, pero este grupo también se asimilaba en gran parte culturalmente a la mayoría mestiza. A mediados de los años ochenta, el gobierno dividió el departamento de Zelaya en dos regiones autónomas y otorgó a los negros e indígenas de esta región un autogobierno limitado.

El 9% restante de la población nicaragüense es negra, y reside principalmente en la costa caribeña (o atlántica) escasamente poblada del país. La población negra es principalmente de origen antillano, los descendientes de trabajadores contratados traídos en su mayoría de Jamaica cuando la región era un protectorado británico. También hay un número menor de garifunas, un pueblo de ascendencia mixta caribeña, angoleña, congoleña y arawak.

Inmigración

En relación con su población en general, Nicaragua nunca ha experimentado una ola de inmigrantes a gran escala. El número total de inmigrantes a Nicaragua, ambos provenientes de otros países latinoamericanos y de todos los demás países, nunca superó el 1% de su población total antes de 1995. El censo de 2005 mostró que la población nacida en el extranjero era del 1,2%, habiendo aumentado un mero 0.6% en 10 años. Esto no quiere decir que los inmigrantes no son importantes para la evolución de la sociedad nicaragüense y la nación nicaragüense.

En el siglo XIX, Nicaragua experimentó una ola de inmigración, principalmente de Europa. En particular, las familias de España, Alemania, Italia, Francia y Bélgica generalmente se mudaron a Nicaragua para comenzar una nueva vida. Recibieron tierras gratis, incentivos monetarios y otros beneficios a cambio de poblar territorios inestables y trabajar en la nueva industria cafetalera en crecimiento. Con el tiempo, los inmigrantes pudieron establecer periódicos, hoteles y bancos.

También hay una pequeña comunidad nicaragüense de Oriente Medio de sirios, armenios, palestinos, judíos y libaneses en Nicaragua con una población total de alrededor de 30,000. También hay una comunidad del este asiático de japoneses, taiwaneses y chinos. La población nicaragüense china se estima en alrededor de 12,000. Los chinos llegaron a fines del siglo XIX pero no fueron confirmados hasta que el segundo censo (en 1920) reveló a 400 personas de la nacionalidad china.

Nicaragüenses en el extranjero
Nicaragua, al igual que otros países latinoamericanos, tiene una larga historia de migración a los Estados Unidos. Sin embargo, Nicaragua es el único país de su región que tiene a Costa Rica como destino principal. Las estimaciones sobre la base de la Encuesta de salud de Nicaragua indicaron que al menos el 11% de los hogares nicaragüenses tienen al menos 1 persona que reside en el extranjero.

Considerando datos a 2020, existen más de 718,000 nicaragüenses que viven fuera de su país (no necesariamente incluye personas de segunda generación), lo cual representa un aumento del 20.3% desde el 2010 e implica que el 9.9% de la población nacida en Nicaragua vive en el extranjero.

Nicaragüenses en Costa Rica

La migración nicaragüense a Costa Rica ha ocurrido desde mediados del siglo XIX. A diferencia de otros países de América Latina, el principal destino de los migrantes nicaragüenses no es los Estados Unidos, sino Costa Rica. Una estimación 9% (más de 385,899) de la población costarricense está compuesta por nicaragüenses; algunos de ellos migran para oportunidades de trabajo estacional y luego regresan a su país. Costa Rica y Nicaragua firmaron un acuerdo que regula la migración estacional en 1998; permite a los nicaragüenses con permisos de trabajo ingresar a Costa Rica en la frontera occidental de Peñas Blancas en la carretera Panamericana. En la parte norte de Costa Rica hay 287,766 nicaragüenses y la Iglesia Católica en esta área tiene un programa activo para proteger los derechos de los trabajadores migrantes.

Nicaragüenses en los Estados Unidos

En el exterior, Estados Unidos es el hogar del segundo mayor número de nicaragüenses fuera de Nicaragua, particularmente en el área de Miami. La cantidad estimada de nicaragüenses estadounidenses en los Estado Unidos fue de 281,167 en 2006, en comparación con 177,684 en 2000.

Los primeros documentos de inmigración desde Nicaragua a los Estados Unidos se combinaron en total con los de otros países centroamericanos. Sin embargo, según la Oficina Censal de los Estados Unidos, unos 7,500 nicaragüenses inmigraron legalmente de 1967 a 1976. Se estima que 28,620 nicaragüenses vivían en los EE. UU. en 1970, 90% de los cuales se autoidentificaron como "blancos" en el censo de 1970. La mayoría de los inmigrantes nicaragüenses a fines de la década de 1960 eran mujeres: solo había 60 inmigrantes varones nicaragüenses por cada 100 mujeres inmigrantes durante este período. En 1998, más de dos millones de nicaragüenses quedaron sin hogar debido al huracán Mitch, como resultado muchos nicaragüenses recibieron residencia permanente o estatus de protección temporal (TPS) a fines de la década de 1990.

Según el Censo de los Estados Unidos de 1990, 168,659 del total de 202,658 nicaragüenses documentados en los EE. UU. nacieron en Nicaragua. En 1992, aproximadamente el 10-12% de la población nicaragüense había emigrado. Estos emigrantes tendían a ser desproporcionadamente mayores de edad, mejor educados y, con mayor frecuencia, trabajadores de cuello blanco que los no inmigrantes. Además, los emigrantes eran más propensos a provenir de hogares de mayor tamaño y hogares de mayores ingresos.

 Áreas de concentración más grande en los Estado Unidos

La mayor concentración de nicaragüenses estadounidenses en los Estados Unidos, alrededor de 79,559, se encuentra en Miami, Florida, especialmente en las áreas de Sweetwater y "Little Managua". Sweetwater tiene la mayor concentración de nicaragüenses estadounidenses en los Estados Unidos, en el año 2000 el 16.63% de los residentes de Sweetwater se identificó como de origen nicaragüense. Este fue el porcentaje más alto de estadounidenses nicaragüenses en cualquier lugar del país. Como resultado, Sweetwater se conoce localmente como "Little Managua" después de Managua, la capital nicaragüense. Sin embargo, el área de "Little Habana" en Miami también se llama coloquialmente "Little Managua" a pesar de que Sweetwater tiene un mayor número de nicaragüenses estadounidenses.

California alberga la segunda mayor concentración, sobre todo en las áreas metropolitanas de Los Ángeles y San Francisco. La cantidad de nicaragüenses estadounidenses que vivían en California era de 51.336 en 2000.

Historia

Se sabe que Nicaragua estuvo habitada por paleoindios desde hace 6000 años. Esto es confirmado por evidencias arqueológicas, principalmente cerámicas y estatuas hechas de piedra volcánica como las que se encuentran en la isla de Zapatera y petroglifos encontrados en la isla de Ometepe. A fines del siglo XV, el occidente de Nicaragua estaba habitado por varios pueblos indígenas diferentes relacionados por la cultura con las civilizaciones mesoamericanas de los aztecas y los mayas, y por el idioma del Área Lingüística Mesoamericana. Sin embargo, dentro de tres décadas, una población india estimada de un millón cayó en picado a unas pocas decenas de miles, ya que aproximadamente la mitad de los indígenas en el oeste de Nicaragua murió de enfermedades traídas por los españoles. La región central y la costa caribeña de Nicaragua estaban habitadas por pueblos indígenas que eran en su mayoría grupos relacionados con Chibcha que habían emigrado de América del Sur, principalmente lo que hoy es Colombia y Venezuela. Estos grupos incluyen a los Miskitos, Ramas y Sumos actuales que vivieron una vida menos sedentaria basada en la caza y la recolección, así como en la pesca y la agricultura de tala y quema.

Durante el levantamiento de 1979, muchas familias de clase media y ricos dejaron Nicaragua. La revolución sandinista durante la década de 1980 trajo una ola de refugiados nicaragüenses a los Estados Unidos, y la ola más grande de inmigrantes documentados.
Muchos nicaragüenses también huyeron a la vecina Costa Rica y otros países. Más del 62 por ciento de la inmigración documentada total de 1979 a 1988 ocurrió después de 1984.

Muchos nicaragüenses que inmigraron lo hicieron para escapar de la pobreza, en el condado de Santa Clara, California, los beneficiarios de beneficios públicos nicaragüenses informaron que en sus familias, el 43% tiene una persona que trabaja por cuenta propia o el propietario de un negocio, y el 14% de las familias tienen dos personas. Sin embargo, casi todos los aproximadamente 200,000 nicaragüenses que huyeron a los Estados Unidos (y otros países centroamericanos cercanos) entre 1978 y 1979 regresaron después de la victoria de los sandinistas en 1979.

Cultura y tradiciones
La cultura nicaragüense tiene un fuerte folclore, música y tradiciones religiosas, profundamente influenciadas por la cultura europea pero enriquecidas con sonidos y sabores de los nativos nicaragüenses. La cultura nicaragüense puede definirse aún más en varios aspectos distintos. La costa del Pacífico tiene un fuerte folclore, música y tradiciones religiosas, profundamente influenciadas por los íberos. Fue colonizado por España y tiene una cultura similar a otros países latinoamericanos de habla hispana. La costa caribeña del país, por otro lado, fue alguna vez un protectorado británico. El inglés sigue predominando en esta región y se habla en el país junto con los idiomas español e indígena. Su cultura es similar a la de las naciones del Caribe que fueron o son posesiones británicas, como Jamaica, Belice, las Islas Caimán, etc. Los grupos indígenas que estaban presentes en la costa del Pacífico se han asimilado en gran parte a la cultura mestiza, sin embargo, el los pueblos indígenas de la costa del Caribe han mantenido una identidad distinta.

La música nicaragüense es una mezcla de influencias indígenas y europeas, especialmente españolas. Los instrumentos musicales incluyen la marimba y otros comunes en América Central. La marimba de Nicaragua es interpretada de manera única por un intérprete sentado sosteniendo el instrumento sobre sus rodillas. Suele ir acompañado de un violín bajo, guitarra y guitarrilla (una guitarra pequeña como una mandolina). Esta música se reproduce en funciones sociales como una especie de música de fondo. La marimba está hecha con placas de madera dura, colocadas sobre tubos de bambú o metal de diferentes longitudes. Se juega con dos o cuatro martillos. La costa caribeña de Nicaragua es conocida por una forma de música viva y sensual llamada Palo de Mayo que está muy viva en todo el país. Es especialmente ruidoso y se celebra durante el festival de Palo de Mayo en mayo. La comunidad garífuna existe en Nicaragua y es conocida por su música popular llamada Punta.

Literatura de Nicaragua se remonta a la época precolombina con los mitos y la literatura oral que formaron la visión cosmogónica del mundo que tenían los pueblos indígenas. Algunas de estas historias aún se conocen en Nicaragua. Al igual que muchos países de América Latina, los conquistadores españoles han tenido el mayor efecto tanto en la cultura como en la literatura. Históricamente, la literatura nicaragüense ha sido una importante fuente de poesía en el mundo de habla hispana, con colaboradores de renombre internacional como Rubén Darío, considerado la figura literaria más importante de Nicaragua, conocido como el "padre del modernismo" por liderar el modernismo. movimiento literario a fines del siglo XIX. Otras figuras literarias incluyen a Ernesto Cardenal, Gioconda Belli, Claribel Alegría y José Coronel Urtecho, entre otros.

El Güegüense es un drama satírico y fue la primera obra literaria de la Nicaragua precolombina. Es considerado como una de las expresiones de la época colonial más distintivas de América Latina y como la obra maestra folclórica de Nicaragua que combina música, danza y teatro. La obra teatral fue escrita por un autor anónimo en el siglo XVI, convirtiéndola en una de las obras teatrales y de danza indígenas más antiguas del hemisferio occidental. La historia fue publicada en un libro en 1942 después de muchos siglos.

Idioma

El español es hablado por aproximadamente el 90% de la población del país. En Nicaragua, la forma de voseo es común, al igual que en otros países de América Central y del Sur como Honduras, Argentina, Uruguay o Colombia costera. El español tiene muchos dialectos diferentes que se hablan en toda América Latina, el español centroamericano es el dialecto hablado en Nicaragua. En la costa del Caribe, muchos afro-nicaragüenses y criollos hablan inglés y criollo inglés como primer idioma. También en la costa del Caribe, muchos indígenas hablan sus idiomas nativos, como el Misquito, el Sumo, el Rama y el Garifuna. Además, muchos grupos étnicos en Nicaragua, como los nicaragüenses chinos y los nicaragüenses palestinos, han mantenido sus lenguas ancestrales, que son lenguas minoritarias, mientras que también hablan español y / o inglés. Estos idiomas minoritarios incluyen chino, árabe, alemán e italiano, entre otros.

El idioma y la pronunciación varían según la región. Algunos nicaragüenses pronuncian la palabra vos con un fuerte sonido al final. En la parte central del país, regiones como Boaco emiten vos sin el sonido al final. El resultado es vo, similar a vous en francés y voi en italiano.

Nicaragua tiene un total de 4 lenguas extintas. El lenguaje de señas nicaragüense también es de particular interés para los lingüistas.

Símbolos

La Bandera de Nicaragua fue adoptada el 27 de agosto de 1971. Se basa en la bandera de los Estados Unidos de América Central. Las dos rayas azules representaban el Océano Pacífico y el Mar Caribe; mientras que el blanco simboliza la paz. Una interpretación moderna indica que el color azul simboliza la justicia y la lealtad; mientras que el color blanco representa virtud y pureza. El escudo de armas presenta un triángulo equilátero que representa la igualdad. Dentro del triángulo hay cinco volcanes, que representan a los cinco miembros de la federación. El triángulo también contiene símbolos de libertad y paz que están representados por un gorro rojo frigio, rayos blancos y un arco iris.

Véase también
 Demografía de Nicaragua
 Lista de nicaragüenses
 Nicaragüense Americano
 Lista de nicaragüense-americanos

Referencias

Wikipedia:Páginas con referencias sin URL y con fecha de acceso
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After taking a little while off, the Ubisoft team dropped back into the Assassin's Creed world with a bang, launching Assassin's Creed Valhalla alongside next generation consoles and providing players with one of the greatest AC titles yet. Since that launch, it's a game that has been built upon, and that is where the latest expansion comes in – The Siege of Paris.
Available to purchase, download and add into your Valhalla base game right now, The Siege of Paris is the latest huge expansion for Ubisoft's Viking fuelled jaunt.
It's set in Francia as the latest adventure sees Eivor head off on a path full of quests, as they take in some of the most dangerous adventures to have yet hit the series. The goal? To work towards the most infamous battle in Viking history.
In The Siege of Paris players will find themselves equipped with new gear, additional weaponry, more abilities and plenty of skills; all of which will be required for success to be found. But The Siege of Paris also marks the return of Infiltration Missions which will let you decide on the very best way to take down specific targets.
It's priced at £19.99 (Xbox Store) or available as the latest addition to the Assassin's Creed Valhalla Season Pass, alongside the likes of the previous drop, Wrath of the Druids. You'll find access to the latest content after you've completed one of the two first narrative arcs in England – Grantebridgescire or Ledecestrescire. It's here where you'll stumble across visitors from Francia – just be sure that you have a power level of around 200 as that's what Ubisoft suggest you may wish to lead out with. There is however no mandatory level set to involve yourself in The Siege of Paris.
When you do gain access, expect to find the following key features…
• Infiltrate the fortified walls of 9th Century Paris
• Aid the resistance against the Carolingian Empire
• Explore the lush Frankish countryside and sail the iconic Seine River
• Assassinate key enemies in open-ended quests
It goes without saying that you'll need a copy of Assassin's Creed Valhalla in your library prior to being able to enjoy what The Siege of Paris has to offer. Both the base game and the new Paris DLC are available on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, PS5, Google Stadia and PC.
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Relive the most ambitious battle in Viking history. Sail to the war-torn kingdom of Francia and besiege the fortified city of Paris. Fight the merciless forces of Charles the Fat and form strategic alliances to safeguard your clan's future.
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Export declaration must be done to the Customs for all goods exported from the EU.
If you need export from Finland, we can help you!
Usually export declaration must be done at the country of origin. If value of the good is less than 3000 euros and the place of exit is in Finland, we can prepare customs papers for you.
Barbeque-house bought from Estonia, priced 2000 €. In case you bring it to Norway and cross the border at Kilpisjärvi, we can make export declaration for you. If the price of your purchase is more than 3000 €, you need export declaration from Estonia. The export declaration must be done before the barbeque-house exits from Estonia.