On May 17, Chelsea Manning will be released from military prison after her sentence was commuted by former President Obama in his last week in office. She has been incarcerated for seven years — far less than the 35 years to which she was sentenced, but longer than any whistleblower in U.S. history.
Chelsea's story raises numerous issues of interest to the ACLU, including the government's treatment of whistleblowers, the struggle of transgender people to survive and be treated with dignity, and prisoners' rights. Below is a timeline covering some of the basics of her case.
May 2010 — Chelsea Manning is arrested in Iraq for disclosing information to Wikileaks that was ultimately published by The New York Times, The Guardian, and Der Spiegel. The information, largely comprised of military and diplomatic documents, included evidence of civilian deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan, U.S. attempts to cover up the CIA torture program, and other matters of public interest. Shortly after her arrest, she is transferred to a U.S. military base in Kuwait, and then to the Quantico Marine base in Virginia.
April 2011 — After being held for almost a year in solitary confinement in Kuwait and Quantico, Chelsea is transferred to a medium-security military prison in Kansas. Shortly before her transfer, the ACLU sends then-Defense Secretary Robert Gates a letter objecting to her treatment as cruel and unusual. She had been regularly stripped naked, subjected to prolonged isolated confinement and sleep deprivation, deprived of any meaningful opportunity to exercise, and stripped of her reading glasses so she could not read. Almost 300 academics, most of them legal scholars, sign a letter objecting to her treatment.
March 2012 — The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture Juan Mendez formally rules that the U.S. government's treatment of Chelsea was cruel, inhuman, and degrading. The Pentagon refuses to allow Mendez to meet with Chelsea.
June 2013 — Chelsea's court martial trial begins. She is initially charged with "aiding the enemy," despite the fact that the government never claimed she directly provided military adversaries with information. The charge is akin to treason and punishable by death.
July 2013 — Chelsea is convicted of 17 of the 22 charges against her but acquitted of "aiding the enemy." The following month, she is sentenced to 35 years in prison. "When a soldier who shared information with the press and public is punished far more harshly than others who tortured prisoners and killed civilians, something is seriously wrong with our justice system," the ACLU says. This is the heaviest sentence handed down to a whistleblower or leaker in U.S. history, almost 20 times the pre-Obama record.
September 2014 — The ACLU sues the Department of Defense over its refusal to provide Chelsea medical treatment for gender dysphoria.
February 2015 — Prompted by over a year of litigation, the army begins to treat Chelsea with hormone therapy. She becomes the first person to receive health care related to gender transition while in military prison. The military continues to refuse to permit her to follow female grooming standards despite recommendations from its own medical providers that such treatment is a necessary part of her health care.
May 2016 — Chelsea appeals her conviction. The ACLU files an amicus brief in support of the appeal. We argue that her prosecution under the Espionage Act of 1917, which does not allow defendants to argue that their disclosures were in the public interest, violated the Constitution and should be overturned.
September 2016 — Chelsea ends a hunger strike she launched in protest of the army's refusal to provide her with medical treatment related to her gender dysphoria, after receiving assurances from the military that it would grant her request for gender transition surgery — a first for a transgender inmate.
January 2017 — Following a sustained, high-profile advocacy campaign — including a WhiteHouse.gov petition, videos from former whistleblowers and celebrities, and letters of support from every major LGBTQ organization — President Barack Obama announces he is commuting all but four months of Chelsea's sentence. She will be released on May 17, 2017.
Hi. I'm Rachel Madcow and I'm a dyke-dyke.
Assassinate AG Jeff Sessions. He is an idiot-idiot!
never assassinate anyone, they will just get someone stupider.
Now that we have an updated image of 'Chelsea' can you please remove the 'dead name' image of her?


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UN Expert: Iran Executes Minors In Violation Of Rights Law
Javaid Rehman is a British-Pakistani legal scholar and Professor of Islamic Law and International Law at Brunel University and the special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
An UN independent expert charged with monitoring human rights in Iran has found it "distressing" that Tehran continues using the death penalty, including executing minors, in a report he presented to the UN General Assembly on October 23.
Iran executed seven child offenders last year and two so far this year although it is prohibited to apply the death penalty to anyone under age 18, according to human rights law, Javaid Rehman told the UN's human rights committee.
Currently, there are 90 individuals on death row who are under age 18 at the time of their offenses, Rehman said, and that as of mid-July, at least 173 executions were carried out, including two 17-year-olds, based on "conservative estimates."
The expert noted that the execution rate in Iran is dropping, but still "remains one of the highest in the world."
Executions sunk from 507 in 2017 to 253 in 2018, he said.
An improved anti-narcotics law in 2017 was partially attributed to the drop in executions, Rehman said, stating that "there is more work to be done."
A number of troublesome "factors," including the worsening economic situations due to biting U.S. sanctions, have had "serious consequences for the realization of economic and social rights," he said.
U.S. President Donald Trump has intensified and broadened the scope of sanctions against Iran that are related to a 2015 nuclear deal from which Washington last year withdrew.
Rehman also noted that anyone standing up for human rights, including lawyers who defend activists, "have been intimidated, harassed, arrested, and detained."
UN Rapporteur Says Human Rights Suffered More Setbacks In Iran
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Q: Call a method from arraylist element Im new to Java and I completely stuck on it.
I have to implement "summator" class, to summ all Numbers in it.
For example this class holds a number
public class NumericNode <N extends Number>{
    private N nodeValue = null;
    public NumericNode(N initValue){
        this.nodeValue = initValue;
    }
    public N getNodeValue() {
        return nodeValue;
    }
}

second class need to do some summ
public class NumericSummatorNode<NumericNode, T> {
    private T nodeValue;
    private NumericNode[] inlets;
public NumericSummatorNode(NumericNode...inlets) {
        this.summ(inlets);
    }//constructor
public void summ(NumericNode... summValues) {
        ArrayList<NumericNode> numericList = new ArrayList<>();
        int count = summValues.length;
        for (int i = 0; i < count; i++){
           numericList.add(summValues[i]);
        }
       for (int j = 0; j < count; j++){
           Method method = numericList.get(j).getClass().getMethod("getNodeValue", null);
           method.invoke(numericList.get(j), null);
        }
     }

And here is the main:
public static void main(String[] args){
        NumericNode n1 = new NumericNode(5);
        NumericNode n2 = new NumericNode(4.3f);
        NumericNode n3 = new NumericNode(24.75d);
        NumericNode n5 = new NumericNode((byte)37);
        NumericNode n6 = new NumericNode((long)4674);
        NumericSummatorNode s1 = new NumericSummatorNode(5, 4.6f, (double)4567);
        NumericSummatorNode s2 = new NumericSummatorNode(n1, n2);
        NumericSummatorNode s3 = new NumericSummatorNode();
        s2.summ(n1, n2);
    }//main

So I have an issue to call getNodeValue() method from an NumericNode object in my array list.
How do I make this work?

A: You need to look at what the exception says, it tells you what is wrong. The exception probably says:

java.lang.NoSuchMethodException: java.lang.Integer.getNodeValue()

So the list apparently contains Integers, even though it appears that ArrayList<NumericNode> should contain only NumericNode. How can this happen? If I run it in eclipse, it also shows this warning:

The type parameter NumericNode is hiding the type NumericNode

This is caused because the class is declared as
public class NumericSummatorNode<NumericNode, T>

NumericNode is a type argument that unfortunately shares the same name as the NumericNode class. This means it hides the real NumericNode class and you can't use it anymore. This is also the reason why  new NumericSummatorNode(5, 4.6f, (double) 4567) even compiles. You can't just pass any Number to a constructor that actually takes NumericNode.
So restructure it to NumericSummatorNode<T> or maybe NumericSummatorNode<N extends NumericNode, T> or whatever your intention was there, so it won't hide any classes. It won't compile any more, so you will also need to adapt the types of your constructor and sum method. Also it's nice to use generics, but are they kind of useless if you are using raw types anyway.

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Welcome to podcast #35 from Football-Oranje – discussing all Dutch football. This time, Michael Statham and James Rowe discuss the failure of Dutch clubs in the Europa League and who may be included in Ronald Koeman's September squad selection.
Have to disagree with you on your analysis of no.6 for national team.
I think the assumption that if your playing with a back 5/3CBs you don't need a DM is wrong.
If you look back at the WC qualifiers its for exactly this reason we didn't qualify.
Because there was none one really occupying that position effectively – pressing, tackling, blocking, shielding, tracking etc in front of the centre 3, the line would be broken by one CB having to come out…and that is fine if your coming out to back up/link/press with a 6 who is already doing the work…but can lead to all sorts of problems if there isn't.
I can think of at least 2 goals conceded directly from Strootman's inability to play that role…basically costing us a place in the WC.
De Jong is not far off being as good as Strootman on the ball and passing, and yes he may lack experience in vision, but the side will concede less goals by having him there than Strootman. Which is really the place you want to start from.
The combination of De Light, Van Dijk, Ake/DeVrij and De Jong in front of them is about a good a foundation to begin building a team around, anywhere in world football.
There's no better time to bring him in with games against Peru, Belgium and then France and Germany.
With Wijnaldum on one side and DeRoon/VanDeBeek on the other he should be ok.
It would be a wasted opportunity to build as Oranje will still have a good chance to qualify for Euros whether or not they lose to France and Germany.


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La Becca d'Oren (3.532 m s.l.m.) è una montagna delle Alpi Pennine posta lungo il confine tra l'Italia e la Svizzera. Dal versante italiano si trova a chiusura della Valpelline; dal versante svizzero si trova sopra Arolla.

Descrizione

La montagna si colloca sul tratto di confine tra l'Italia e la Svizzera compreso tra La Sengla e l'Evêque. Il Col d'Oren (3.264 m) la separa dalla Sengla mentre il Col de l'Evêque (3.382 m) la divide dall'Evêque. Il versante italiano precipita sulla Comba d'Oren, vallone che ospita il Rifugio Nacamuli al col Collon mentre il versante svizzero è ammantato dal Ghiacciaio d'Arolla. Presenta tre vette di cui la più alta è quella est. La vetta ovest raggiunge i 3.490 m.

Salita alla vetta
Dalla Valpelline è possibile salire sulla vetta partendo dal rifugio Nacamuli al Col Collon e passando dal colle Collon. Dal rifugio per sentiero non molto segnalato si sale al colle. Appena superato il colle si svolta a sinistra e si mette piede sulla parte alta dell'Alto Ghiacciaio d'Arolla. Si risale il ghiacciaio fino al Col de l'Evêque ed infine dal colle si affronta la cuspide innevata della vetta.

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IMPORTANT::: ALWAYS BACKUP YOUR FILES BEFORE UPDATE!!
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If there were changes in the templates, or other files, you will lose those changes !!
Regarding the modules, they will continue to work, however we made some corrective changes in these new versions.


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← POTENTIALS AND PITFALLS OF CUBA'S MOVE TOWARD NON-AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES
Venezuela and Argentina: The party's over; [ time for Cuba to partner with Brazil ! ] →
EU to start talks with Cuba on a co-operation accord
Posted on January 31, 2014 by Arch Ritter
Original Essay here: http://www.bdlive.co.za/world/americas/2014/01/31/eu-to-start-talks-with-cuba-on-a-co-operation-accord
BRUSSELS, JANUARY 31 2014 (Reuters) — The European Union (EU) will agree next month to deepen relations with Cuba in its most significant overture to the communist island since the bloc lifted diplomatic sanctions in 2008, people close to the matter have told Reuters.
Foreign ministers from the EU's 28 countries will give the go-ahead on February 10 to launch talks with Havana on a special co-operation accord to increase trade, investment and dialogue on human rights. The pact could be agreed by the end of 2015.
"Cuba wants capital and the EU wants influence," said one person involved in the talks who declined to be named because of the sensitivity of the issue. "This co-operation could serve as a prelude to much more."
Two other people with knowledge of the negotiations told Reuters that a consensus had been reached in Brussels to give momentum to Cuba's market-oriented reforms under President Raul Castro and to position European companies for any transition to a more capitalist economy there in the longer term.
While the initial effect of a co-operation agreement will be limited, the symbolism is huge for the EU, whose ties with Cuba had been strained since it imposed sanctions in 2003 in response to Havana's arrest of 75 dissidents. Although the EU lifted those sanctions in 2008, the normalisation of relations has been tortuous because of resistance from Poland and the Czech Republic due to their communist past.
Havana has rejected the EU's "common position" on Cuba that the bloc adopted in 1996 to promote human rights and democracy in the country.
Furthermore, the US, Cuba's long-time foe that has kept an embargo against the Caribbean island since 1962, had exerted pressure on Brussels to try to isolate Havana. Washington has not sought to block the EU's latest efforts, people close to the talks said, while Poland and the Czech Republic now back a deal with Cuba.
In a sign of impatience with the status quo, the Netherlands sent its foreign minister to Havana in January. This first such trip by the Dutch since the 1959 Cuban Revolution broke with EU policy to limit high-level visits. Spain, a former colonial power in Latin America and the Caribbean, has also been pushing for a change of approach since ailing, long-time Cuban leader Fidel Castro handed power to his younger brother Raul in 2008. Some EU countries see the 1996 "common position" policy as outdated because 18 EU governments have bilateral agreements with Cuba outside the common position, making it hard for the bloc to speak with one voice.
Still, Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo has been adamant that the "common position" will remain for the time being while the European Commission, the EU executive, negotiates the co-operation pact.
"If Europe wants to have a presence when there's a transition in Cuba, the EU has to start working now.
"It's right to start dialogue now so that Europe isn't absent when a transition happens," said Carlos Malamud, head of Latin American research at the Real Instituto Elcano, a think-tank in Madrid.
A co-operation pact, which the EU has used as a tool in the past to strengthen relations with Central America and Asia, is not likely to increase trade greatly because Cuba sells very little to Europe. Besides cigars and rum, Cuba's exports are not of huge interest to the EU, but Brussels believes developing business ties is the best way to press for change in Cuba. The EU is Cuba's biggest foreign investor and Cuba's second biggest trading partner after Venezuela, and a third of the tourists to the island every year come from the EU.
Cuba recently opened a Chinese-style special economic zone and is preparing a new foreign investment law. The country is seeking foreign investment at its port facilities in Mariel Bay to take advantage of the expansion of the Panama Canal.
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Oh yes, America. Well, North America. Canada's army is insane right now—all those composite bowmen have to go somewhere, right? I would be pissed at Lincoln for stealing the Maritimes with something called a "St. Louis." Nothing about the Bay of Fundy is going to inspire Nelly into Country Grammar or Nellyville unless he really had something to say about tides that rise and fall more than 50' per day in some areas.
North America is completely peaceful at this moment. The only active wars are, best I can tell, the "stare at each other and do nothing" Brazil-Argentina v. the Inca war in the New World, for that matter. On the other hand, this looks like a powder keg. Canada *should* crush America. They have a straight shot into Washington and their sizeable cities with very little competition. However, I think Medicine Hat and Sherbrooke are going to have a little "icing problem" pretty soon, from the look of it. Canada has good ranged units and a decent navy, but Iceland looks to start heating things up.


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I don't know, maybe the kids were misbehaving or something. Because radishes are kind of like punishment for a kid, not a fun vegetable to try together. Maybe I was thinking that I'd find out that all of my kids really like spicy food and I could start making them blazing hot Thai curries for dinner rather than the plainer meals I tend to make. However, it did end up being one of our more engaging mystery food challenges, until it wrapped up quickly at the end.
ME: "What does it look like?"
LAUREN: "I think it looks like…"
SAM: "A tomato."
LAUREN: "A little tomato."
SAM: "It looks like a small and smaller potato."
ME: "What does it feel like?"
LAUREN: "Well it's kind of smooth."
ME: "What do you think like Sam?"
SAM: "Ya ya ya ya."
ME: "Emma, what do you think?"
EMMA: "Mooth (smooth)."
ME: "What does it smell like?"
SAM: "Yuck."
LAUREN: "I think it smells a little bit like apples."
ME: "Cool. Do you want me to cut into it so that I can show you the inside?"
LAUREN: "Not mine."
ME: "What color do you think it's going to be on the inside?"
LAUREN: "I think it's going to be pink. Because it looks really pinkish."
ME: "What color do you think it's going to be on the inside Sam?"
SAM: "Bee bee bee bee. Blue!"
ME: "Baby blue?"
LAUREN: "Well, I think it's going to be reddish pink."
ME: "What color do you think it's going to be on the inside Emma?"
EMMA: "Cut it!"
ME: "OK, here I'm going to cut it right down the center, TADA!"
LAUREN: (GASP) "White!"
ME: "White! Are you guys surprised?"
LAUREN: "Yeah!"
ME: "Now smell it."
LAUREN: "Now it really smells like apples. Sweet apples."
SAM: "Can you cut mine?"
LAUREN: "Me too!"
ME: "Sam's is actually a little pinky on the inside."
ME: "Emma don't eat the green part on the end!"
What do you think it tastes like Emma?"
EMMA: "Water."
ME: "I'm going to try mine too because it looks so delicious."
ME: "What does it taste like Lauren?"
LAUREN: "Well, kind of yummy, but a little spicy."
EMMA: "Picy (Spicy)."
SAM: "I hate radishes."
LAUREN: "Ok, I give it back." (starts to fake hyperventilate)
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Q: Not able to assign local variable value to Global variable in Python Selenium automation - POM I have a global variable named global_my_gift_card = "", and I want to update the value of the same variable from local variable (created inside method), I am trying to do this, but global variable is not getting updated.
Below is my code
import time
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions
from selenium.webdriver.support.select import Select
from selenium.webdriver.support.wait import WebDriverWait

class Create_Giftcard:

    giftcardtype_dropdown_xpath = "//select[@id='GiftCardTypeId']"
    activated_checkbox_xpath = "//input[@class='check-box']"
    generatecode_button_xpath = "//button[@id='generateCouponCode']"
    cuponcode_field_xpath = "//input[@id='GiftCardCouponCode']"
    recepiantname_field_xpath = "//input[@id='RecipientName']"
    save_button_xpath = "//button[@name='save']"

    global_my_gift_card = ""

    def __init__(self,driver):
        self.driver = driver

    def test_create_new_giftcard(self, gc_type, gc_rec_name):
        wait = WebDriverWait(self.driver, 30)
        gctype = self.driver.find_element_by_xpath(self.giftcardtype_dropdown_xpath)
        sel = Select(gctype)
        sel.select_by_visible_text(gc_type)
        time.sleep(2)
        self.driver.find_element_by_xpath(self.activated_checkbox_xpath).click()
        self.driver.find_element_by_xpath(self.generatecode_button_xpath).click()
        time.sleep(3)
        global global_my_gift_card
        my_gift_card =
        self.driver.find_element_by_xpath(self.cuponcode_field_xpath).get_attribute('value')
        self.driver.find_element_by_xpath(self.recepiantname_field_xpath).send_keys(gc_rec_name)
        self.driver.find_element_by_xpath(self.save_button_xpath).click()
        self.global_my_gift_card = my_gift_card + ""
        print(global_my_gift_card, "Outside")enter code here

A: The global statement that you used in the test_create_new_giftcard function
global global_my_gift_card

indicates that an identifier belongs to the module's scope, but the global_my_gift_card variable has been created in the Create_Giftcard class scope. So you should remove the global statement, and refer to your variable as Create_Giftcard.global_my_gift_card instead of self.global_my_gift_card (you might want to rename it as well).


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Q: swift iOS - Not able to create array from tracker.frequency audiokit output I am using AudioKit Microphone Analysis in my app to detect sound frequencies. Everything is working fine, however, I want to capture first few (may be 20 to 30) frequencies and store it in an array. I can print the frequencies using print(tracker.frequency). I am trying to use insert on an empty array to store the
Here's the code in my view controller
@objc func updateUI() {
    if tracker.amplitude > 0.01 {
        frequencyLbl.text = String(format: "%0.1f", tracker.frequency)

        var frequency = Float(tracker.frequency)

        while frequency > Float(noteFrequencies[noteFrequencies.count - 1]) {
            frequency /= 2.0

        }
        while frequency < Float(noteFrequencies[0]) {
            frequency *= 2.0
        }
        // This is not working. I need an array like [23.111, 234.555, 345.65.. etc]
        var dynamicFrequency: [Float] = [frequency]
        for f in dynamicFrequency {
           dynamicFrequency.insert(f, at: 0)
        }
        print(dynamicFrequency)

        var minDistance: Float = 10_000.0
        var index = 0

        for i in 0..<noteFrequencies.count {
            let distance = fabsf(Float(noteFrequencies[i]) - frequency)
            if distance < minDistance {
                index = i
                minDistance = distance
            }
        }
        let octave = Int(log2f(Float(tracker.frequency) / frequency))
        noteNameLbl.text = "\(noteNamesWithSharps[index])\(octave)"
        noteNameFlatsLbl.text = "\(noteNamesWithFlats[index])\(octave)"

    }
    amplitudeLbl.text = String(format: "%0.2f", tracker.amplitude)

}

The output shows are below
AKMicrophone.swift:init():45:Mixer inputs 8
Audio Kit Started
[27.1829815, 27.1829815]
[16.7672386, 16.7672386]
[32.2606049, 32.2606049]
[31.2773647, 31.2773647]
[31.2035122, 31.2035122]
[31.5194035, 31.5194035]
[32.4384956, 32.4384956]
[25.3139915, 25.3139915]
[28.1445961, 28.1445961]

However, I am expecting output as
    [27.1829815,16.7672386,32.2606049,31.2773647,31.2035122,31.5194035,32.43849 56,25.3139915,28.1445961]

What am I doing wrong?

A: It looks like you are calling updateUI() frequently. That's why dynamicFrequency is printed many times.
What you have to do to get the desired output is declare dynamicFrequency outside of updateUI() and print its contents once it has 20 frequencies or so:
var dynamicFrequency: [Float] = [frequency]
@objc func updateUI() {
    //...
    for f in dynamicFrequency {
        dynamicFrequency.insert(f, at: 0)
    }
    if dynamicFrequency.count == 20 {
        print(dynamicFrequency)
        //The following line would be optional
        //if you'd like to empty the dynamicFrequency
        //once you print its contents
        dynamicFrequency.removeAll()
    }
    //...
}


Critics were shocked when Cushing Academy reinvented its Fisher-Watkins Library as a center for digital learning. Today – three years later – the change is a great success.
Headmaster James Tracy calls the new library a "digital agora."
"In the past, you would see two or three students in the library on a busy day. Now there are 100 or more," Tracy said. "It's the most popular spot in the 43 buildings on our campus."
Instead of traditional stacks of books, the library now makes web-based books and databases available to student laptops and e-readers. A "Cyber-café" has replaced the circulation desk, and librarian-monitors are available to help – in person and online.
"Cyber carrels" are available, as are quiet study rooms. Comfortable chairs are clustered at one end of the room in an open classroom arrangement. And a faculty lounge in the building facilitates informal meetings between teachers and students.
Students also make use of the library's Kindle e-readers for recreational reading, which has increased ten-fold, according to Tracy.
Some printed books remain in the library and are still used in classes, but the emphasis is on providing students with the technological skills and resources they will need to succeed in college and in life in the 21st century.
"We went from 20,000 books to several million," Tracy said. "Every student who has access to digital tools can have access to all of human knowledge."
and he regularly speaks before educational groups about the changes happening at his school.
The innovations are part of Cushing's long tradition of embracing the best of the future, Tracy says in his welcoming letter on the school website.
The academy was founded in 1865 as a coeducational boarding school, more than a century before many other schools went coed. Cushing also was one of the first private schools in the country to recruit foreign students and to support and mainstream students with learning differences.
"Cushing is once again the model that other schools emulate as the best of the new, woven seamlessly into the rich tapestry of tradition," Tracy said.


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Paul Due, född 13 augusti 1835 i Kristiansand, död 26 februari 1919, var en norsk arkitekt. Han var brorson till Frederik Due.

Due studerade vid tekniska högskolan i Hannover 1852–1856, varefter han 1856–1865 och 1868–1870 praktiserade som arkitekt i USA, däremellan arbetade han i Drammen. Från 1870 verkade han som arkitekt i Kristiania (nuvarande Oslo), där han ritade en rad större byggnadsverk, således bostadskomplexen vid Sehesteds plads, "det engelska villakvarteret", Athenæum, Steen & Strøms varuhus. Utanför Kristiania uppförde han bland annat flera kyrkor.

År 1874 erhöll Due tillsammans med ingenjör Jens P. Vogt koncession på anläggningen av Kristianias första spårväg (för hästar). Han var flera gånger ordförande i juryer vid tävlingar om arbeten på Nidarosdomens restaurering. Han var en av stiftarna av Den norske Ingeniør- og Arkitektforening och dess hedersledamot. Han var ledamot av olika offentliga kommissioner och satt en del år i Kristiania bystyre.

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There are a lot of people in the world, and just about every single one of them is a game player. Caillois' Man, Play, and Games argues that games are not a niche activity by nature, but rather a necessary cultural one. Somewhere along the way from tag to Final Fantasy, though, arises a stigma. To understand how the digital world might overcome its negative connotation, it helps to look at another medium that has: the modern German boardgame industry.
In North America, boardgames generally have fallen into one of three camps: family-friendly (Monopoly), party (Trivial Pursuit) or geeky (Talisman, Arkham Horror). Boardgames live an entirely different life in Germany.
Simply put, Germany is the world center of boardgaming. If you've heard of great games like The Settlers of Catan, Ticket to Ride, Carcassonne or Bohnanza - two of which will be gracing your Xbox 360 by the time you're reading this - you have Germany's love for boardgames to thank.
To properly discuss German boardgames, we have to discuss the Spiel des Jahres: Game of the Year.
The SDJ, as it's affectionately known, is the top prize in boardgame design. It is awarded each year by a collection of German journalists and represents excellence in the field of games. Unlike many awards in the North American industry, the SDJ is no paper tiger - it is an enormously important accolade that carries a sizable financial windfall. It can increase sales by an order of magnitude and turn a starving freelance designer into a household name. One implicit but vital factor in the selection process is the games must be family-friendly. That's a huge point that can't be overstated in the videogame industry's quest to go mainstream.
Games that have taken the SDJ include The Settlers of Catan, Ticket to Ride, Carcassonne, El Grande and Scotland Yard.
The most important factor that contributes to the German game industry's success is a simple one of demographics: boardgaming in Germany is not niche. Quite the opposite, it's seen as a healthy, family-oriented activity suitable for after-dinner entertainment. And "family" means cross-generational; grandmas through granddaughters can all be expected to play in the same game.
While at first this doesn't seem unusual - Monopoly is a family game, isn't it? - the truth is the Germans are onto the Holy Grail of the videogame world. They make games appeal to a wide age group and a large assortment of mental faculties or attention spans. And more importantly from a revenue perspective, they have a consuming public trained to buy new titles every year instead of fixating on the aforementioned Monopoly and playing it to death for 30 years. Each year brings a whole new crop of games, flashily marketed with the premiere designers' names (in fact, a common alias for these games is "Designer Games") and capitalizing on existing franchises. It's a direct parallel to videogames.
At German game shows, press and public flock to see new releases and purchase them - picture an E3 where you can buy the games you see demoed right away. The SPIEL game fest (aka "Essen") regularly grosses crowds of over 100,000 people - 151,000 in 2006 ! Compare that to Gen Con , the largest specialty game convention in North America, which generally tops out around 25,000 . Now consider that Germany is a country with 27 percent of the population of the United States.


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Q: ArrayList with integers and user input So I have a school assignment that I am stuck on and would like some guidance on how to approach it. The task is:
The purpose of this lab is to manipulate an ArrayList of integers. The assignment is to
write a program that:
1. Declares an ArrayList of integers.
2. Implements the following methods:
 A method that displays a menu. The menu should be displayed after each
completed menu selection.
1. Add elements
2. Add an element at a specific index
3. Remove an element at specific index
4. Show min, max, sum and average
5. Search
6. Exit
So I already have the code here
import java.util.Scanner;

public class ArrayList
{
    static int count;
    static Scanner kb = new Scanner(System.in);

    public static void main()
    {
        int item=0;
        ArrayList numArray = new ArrayList();
        count=0;

        while (item !=6)
        {
            menu();
            item=kb.nextInt();
            if (item==1)
                addElements(numArray);
            //else if (item==2)
                //printArray(numArray);
        }

        System.out.println("Goodby!");

    }

    public static void menu()
    {
        System.out.println("1. Add Elements");
        System.out.println("2. Add an element at a specific index");
        System.out.println("3. Remove an element at a specific index");
        System.out.println("4. Show min, max, sum and average");
        System.out.println("5. Search");
        System.out.println("6. Exit");
        System.out.print(": ");
    }

    public static void addElements(ArrayList arr)
    {
        count=0;
        int num;
        System.out.print("Enter integer values to fill the arrayList -vevalue to stop: ");
        do
        {
            num = kb.nextInt();
            if (num >=0)
            {
                arr.add(count);
                count++;
            }
        } while (num > 0);

    }

So basically when you input 1 in the console, itll prompt you to add integers to the empty arraylist I established in the beginning. Im just having trouble with the first part alone with the syntax on how to get the user input to be added to the array list.

A: *

*You are using the raw type of ArrayList. The safer method is using a generic type, where you can't just add everything:

ArrayList<Integer> numArray = new ArrayList<Integer>();

*To add the user input to the array, you have to add num since this is the integer you saved the user input in:

just replace
arr.add(count);
with
arr.add(num);


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James Gunn's Firing Exposes Double Standards & Danger In Punishing The Past
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The Situation: A Messy One
The situation with James Gunn is a messy one. Not just for Gunn, Disney, and the MCU but for all of us. Let me briefly explain, for those who aren't Marvel Fans, don't bother with social media, or just have no clue what has happened with James Gunn.
Director James Gunn, the man behind the blockbuster Guardians of the Galaxy movies, was been fired by Disney and therefore will not be working on the upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 due to the fact that several of his old tweets, which contained some severely offensive and shocking jokes about material that really isn't funny (pedophilia and rape), were unearthed and passed around social media by far-right activists; some point specifically to pundits Mike Cernovich and Jack Posobiec as having unearthed the tweets.
These two men are known for pushing conspiracy theories such as Antifa's involvement with a train derailment near Dupont, Washington and the infamous "Pizzagate". The well-known fact that these two were conspiracy theorists might not be a reason to entirely discount what they had to say but it certainly should have given Disney pause when it came to making decisions. The fact that one of them has stated his strategy for defeating people he sees as the enemy is "To beat a person, you lower his or her social status," should have been a red flag. Unfortunately, it wasn't.
The Cost Of Being Kind
It bears mentioning that this all seemed to coincide with a Twitter event which involved Gunn, Ben Shapiro, and Gunn's defense of fellow filmmaker Mark Duplass. Gunn had the audacity to attempt to get people to look at the Mark Duplass situation from a different perspective and immediately the hounds of Twitter turned on him. There is a terrifying irony in that fact.
Looking at what both Duplass and Gunn were put through is it any wonder that people have become quick to attack their perceived enemies but slow to defend their friends and allies? When we talk about the lack of civility, maybe one of the things we need to look at is the price people are paying for anything that resembles kindness, compassion, or loyalty. It's a sad statement on our society that we have reached a point you have to be as brave as Draxx to stand up for someone you care about. Incidentally, while others ahve since come to stand beside Gunn, it was Dave Bautista who was the first reported to his side.
I will have more to say but for right now all I will say is this..@JamesGunn is one of the most loving,caring,good natured people I have ever met. He's gentle and kind and cares deeply for people and animals. He's made mistakes. We all have. Im NOT ok with what's happening to him
— Dave Bautista (@DaveBautista) July 21, 2018
In spite of Disney's failure to "consider the source" or to even look at the context of the entire situation because let's few companies have the time to do that, the fact remains that Gunn did tweet those things. Not only, did he say them but in the years sense he has addressed them, acknowledge his responsibility, and demonstrated a desire and ability to evolve beyond them. A desire that his brother Sean goes in to detail about in a recent interview.
The fact is that what happened to Gunn isn't about him as much as it is about us as a society. Recently, we've seen more careers destroyed over words than over actual behaviors. Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit have been around more than a decade. In spite of the good that comes from the added connection, we are seeing more and more often that social media can be weaponized as ways to hurt, humiliate, threaten, and even destroy those with whom we disagree. One only has to do a simple Google search using "fired over social media" to find a plethora of examples from both the world of celebrity and the day to day lives of average people.
What will you do when the #cybernazis attack you? Who will stand by you? Who will cowardly distance themselves from you? Who will punish you for horrible JOKES in the past instead of defending you for INSPIRING millions? MILLIONS!!! #Redemption #injustice @JamesGunn
Is This How Freedom Of Speech Dies?
I mulled over the potential death of freedom of speech given the state of our society and rapidity with which words can get a person fired. Dave Banks, my GeekDad colleague, reminded me "The fact that people are still speaking means that freedom of speech is still alive and well. It's civilized discussion that's on life support. There's too much yelling and very little listening."
One only needs to spend 5 minutes on any social media 'discussion' about any hot button topic to see he is right. While, the loss of civil discourse is part and parcel to the weaponization of social media and worthy movements like #metoo, that is a rabbit hole I will save for a later date. His point reminded me that all too often we confused "freedom of speech" with "freedom from consequence".
Keeping in mind, the difference between "freedom of speech" and "freedom from consequence" when dealing with the issues of civil discourse prevents us devolving to the point where our political ideologies become our defining characteristics. As a society, we never want to get to the point where you are expected to only do business, speak to, or associate with those of a like mind. That creates the mentality of "sticking to our own kind" and I think our history shows us clearly how dangerous that mentality is to our humanity.
We also need to avoid that sort of an echo chamber because it not only further divides us it makes us more stupid. We learn more when we are willing to have our thoughts and beliefs challenged. That is how we learn. That is how we grow. When we open our minds to a broader range of perspective even if, in the end, we still adhere to our original thoughts / beliefs on an issue we are now more informed.
Freedom of Speech vs Freedom from Consequence
The most common argument I see on both sides in these types of situations is the "Freedom of Speech" argument. The claim that anyone, anywhere, should be able to say what they want at any time. That's a horrendously broad definition of the first amendment. Too often, people talking about "free speech" are advocating "freedom from consequence".
Even Gunn recognized this as you can see in his referenced tweet above. I would bet money that this understanding was why he is quoted by BuzzFeed as saying:
I understand and accept the business decisions taken today. Even these many years later, I take full responsibility for the way I conducted myself then. All I can do now, beyond offering my sincere and heartfelt regret, is to be the best human being I can be: accepting, understanding, committed to equality, and far more thoughtful about my public statements and my obligations to our public discourse.
The first amendment is specific in stating that Congress is not to make a law prohibiting or reducing free speech. It doesn't say that you can say anything anywhere anytime without consequences. It says you will not go to jail or be persecuted by your government for what you said. Free speech is the reason you can say "President is a big jerk face who stinks." Without being arrested.
If you are caught shouting "Fire" in a crowded theater, or joking about blowing up a plane while on an airline and you will suffer legal repercussions, likely jail.
Call your boss a foul name to his face, or post that you hate the company that employs you on twitter and you will not face jail or legal issues. You will, however, be without a job (unless your boss or company are very easy going).
This is the difference between "freedom of speech" and "freedom from consequence". Too often, when the person in the hot seat is someone we like or agree with we start yelling "freedom of speech" when what we are really saying is we want them to be free from consequence. Yet, when the person in that same hot seat is not "one of our own" we dismiss the very same arguments and demand to see the full weight of consequence brought to bear.
False Equivalency & Double Standards
This brings me to my next point and one that I wish more people online understood. The danger of double standards and false equivalency. I cannot count the number of Tweets I saw that evoked the Roseanne Barr situation as a reason Gunn should be fired. There's a false equivalency there.
Roseanne made those tweets and received immediate consequence for her actions. They were not something from nine years earlier that someone with way too much free time dug up. There was an immediate shock and outcry. Also, she didn't exactly give a heartfelt and sincere apology. She didn't have years of personal change and growth prior to her being fired.
Gunn's offenses were a decade or more ago — and he's since changed his behavior.
If Roseanne makes a sincere apology and changes her behavior, then maybe ABC will hire her again in a decade.
— Tyghe Deerfield (@Tyghe_Bright) July 22, 2018
Gunn had already apologized and addressed his abhorrent tweets in 2012. There is no way that Disney didn't know about them. Disney knows where I am every minute I am on their property and exactly what my kids want for their birthday. They had to know. Okay, maybe that was an exaggeration (about the birthday thing) but given the extremely public apology Gunn gave in 2012, it's safe to say Disney knew. This was very much like having your kid own up to breaking a vase, you forgive him and then two months later in spite of no further infractions you ground him for that same vase.
At the same time, we can see that a number of people defending Gunn are the same ones that want people they consider "on the opposite side" held accountable for old comments. I was quite proud to see one of my online associates give a very salient example that most of the internet could identify with of why we can't just excuse a person like we like from something for which we'd hold a person we dislike accountable. I'm paraphrasing his comment:
If we hold Trump accountable for his infamous 'grab them' quote then we should expect the same level of accountability when the accused is someone we don't find reprehensible.
His point is that we all too often see double standards on both sides of the isle. We reserve our outrage only for those we see as the opposition. This is perhaps the most difficult bias to combat and yet the most dangerous thing to allow. It promotes the 'Othering' of someone based on ideology. We lose our compassion when we see those we disagree with as nothing more than the dissenter, the opposition, an enemy to be destroyed rather than as a human.
We also run as dangerous risk of excusing those we agree with of horrific acts, insidious cruelty based solely on the fact that they are "one of us". It evokes an almost Stepford like mentality that brings me back to my argument about the echo chamber. Progress comes from diversity and growth from accountability. We, as a society, need both.
A Dangerous Lesson
As it stands now the biggest takeaway from what has happened to Gunn is a dangerous lesson that is being taught to every one of us. Never make a mistake. However, mistakes are how we learn, how we grow. Without failing a time or two (or two dozen) we can never succeed. Yet here we sit, in judgement on a man over jokes made in in his past without considering any of the following very salient facts:
The world was very different a decade ago
The individual in question has demonstrated personal growth
The individual in question accepted accountability and addressed about six years ago
The intention behind these tweets was pure malice not the greater good
One of my colleagues, Stephen Clark, made a solid point that I have seen echoed in a few tweets about the real damage that this does to us as a whole.
"This is telling people who try to make themselves better that it will never matter."
This is a very legitimate concern. Have we really, as a society, hit the point where if you have ever done anything wrong, stupid, offensive, or immature that you shouldn't bother doing the work to move pat that stage because it will be dug up when you least expect it? Are we going to spend our lives chasing down the social sins of others just so we can see their nose rubbed in it. Have we reached the point where we judge others not on the content of their character but on the content of their Twitter Feed?
Never bother to apologize. Never try to change because in the end you will still be forced to pay for it, no matter how long or (more importantly) how much change you have experienced. We no longer believe that humans are capable of character development.
It's sad to see that in a society where we as fans demand well-developed comic book and movie characters; we treat real humans as if they are two-dimensional, flat characters incapable of personal growth. We want to see our fictional heroes overcome hideous personality flaws and experience tremendous moments of personal reflection and redemption. Yet, we cannot imagine that a human being might be prone to precisely these things.
So tell me again why you need sympathetic villains, anti-heroes, great moments of redemption, and characters with depth of personality when you cannot look at your fellow humans with those eyes and believe the same is possible for them? I will leave you with a gentle suggestion to read this thread by Ashley Lynch and a tweet from Selma Blair.
Marvel: RE-HIRE JAMES GUNN – Sign the Petition! https://t.co/JeVbFZkQLL via @Change. Because if people are punished despite changing, then what does that teach people about owning mistakes and evolving? This man is one of the good ones.
— Selma Blair (@SelmaBlair) July 22, 2018
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Brian Pugh: The Facts on Fiscal Policy
On October 27, 2017 November 2, 2017 By crotondemocrats
In the last few issues of the Gazette, the Croton United party candidates and their partisans have portrayed themselves a champions of fiscal responsibility. However, their actual record falls short of their rhetoric.
The most recent budget, which came in under the tax cap, was only able to pass with the votes of the two Democratic Trustees on the Board, Ann Gallelli and myself.
Before that, our Village was only able to remain under the cap last year thanks to $19,000 "carryover factor" that the Village earned from the 2015 budget, passed by the former Democratic Majority Board. Simply put, the 2016 tax freeze checks were only possible thanks to the fiscal responsibility of the Democrats.
All of this spin is because Croton United has painted itself in the corner. They campaigned aggressively against "debt". But once they gained power, they quickly approved some $8 million in new borrowing. Two years into Croton United's reign they have been unable or unwilling to take a break from politicking and get down to governance.
We should be taking concrete steps to control the most significant increases in expenses for the Village identified in by the Village manager in her budget memos. I have outlined such steps, including the use of buying groups to tame insurance costs, in my recent letters to the Gazette and will continue to work diligently to implement them.
Ann Gallelli: Decoding Village Agendas
Brian Pugh: Croton CAN Do Better!


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Le plateau tibétain est un vaste ensemble de plateaux situé en Asie centrale, au nord de l'Himalaya, dont la majeure partie est située en République populaire de Chine et quelques parties le sont en Birmanie, au Bhoutan, au Népal et en Inde. Il a été créé par la collision des plaques indienne et eurasienne qui ont pris en étau les plaques de Qiantang et de Lhassa au cours du Cénozoïque. Constituant une des plus grandes structures topographiques de la Terre, il a d'importants effets climatiques régionaux (aridité du plateau lui-même, mousson) et mondiaux (circulation atmosphérique mondiale). Le nord-ouest du plateau, le Changtang, en est la région la plus élevée. D'une altitude dépassant souvent , il est presque inhabité.

Topographie, géomorphologie et géologie

Le plateau tibétain est appelé en mandarin, le Haut plateau Qing-Zang (), Qing se référant au lac Qinghai et Zang au Tibet (Xizang), divisé en cinq grandes aires géographique et géologiques :
 Le Changtang, (), la plus grande aire, situé au Sud-Ouest.
 Le Plateau du Ngari (), situé dans l'actuelle Région autonome ouïgour du Xinjiang
 Le Plateau de Qinghai () , situé au Nord-Est et de plus basse altitude.
 Le Plateau Ouest-Chuan (), situé dans l'actuelle province du Sichuan.
 Le Plateau Est-Tibétain (), situé au Sud-Est du plateau, dans l'actuelle province du Yunnan.
Trois chaînes de montagnes traversent le plateau : Le  qui culmine au mont Kailash (), les monts Nyainqêntanglha  () et les monts Tanggula avec le Geladaindong ().

Histoire

Les études génétiques suggèrent qu'il existe une division profonde entre les populations de l'Eurasie orientale, remontant à plus de , entre un ensemble de populations issues de groupes liés à l'homme de Tianyuan et des populations ayant des affinités avec les peuples autochtones du sud-est de l'Eurasie et Australie (nommés en anglais Ancestral Ancestral South Indians AASI) comme les Onges, les Negritos de Malaisie et des Phillippines et les Océaniens. Les populations modernes d'Asie de l'Est et du Sud-Est peuvent être considérées comme un mélange entre ces deux groupes, sous diverses impulsions et vagues. Elles montrent également que l'ascendance liée aux Onges se trouve apparemment être la couche la plus profonde du plateau tibétain

L'exploration archéologique du plateau du Changtang, entreprise à partir du début des années 1990 par John Belleza, a permis de repérer plus de 500 sites remontant à l'âge du fer. L'ensemble présente une nette parenté avec les cultures d'Asie centrale et pourrait constituer une partie de la culture de Zhang Zhung. Plus récemment, Michel Peissel et son équipe explorèrent en 2000 le Nord-Ouest du Changtang, jusqu'alors inconnu de tout homme ou carte géographique. Les premiers peuplements permanents du plateau pourraient dater, selon une étude de 2017 du site de Chusang, à environ 80 km de Lhassa, du paléolithique, et plus précisément de - 8 000 av. J.-C..

Cinq explorateurs l'ont partiellement traversé. Gabriel Bonvalot en 1890 du nord au sud côté est, Bower en 1892 dans sa partie sud, M. Wellby en 1896 d'ouest en est, Sven Hedin en 1906 de l'est vers le sud.

Climat
Le climat du Tibet est très continental, froid et sec. Paradoxalement, la température moyenne annuelle est supérieure à celle de l'atmosphère à une altitude équivalente (rayonnement de la terre). Cet effet provoque d'importants gradients nord-sud de pression, et participe activement au phénomène de mousson. Les changements de températures sont assez brusques sur le plateau du Tibet : par un temps ensoleillé et chaud, la température peut chuter brusquement de plusieurs dizaines de degrés si des nuages viennent couvrir le ciel. Le climat varie également très fortement entre la nuit et le jour. Vers , il vaut mieux avoir un gros blouson d'hiver au petit matin, avant le lever du soleil, et être en vêtements d'été à midi. Ces variations brusques expliquent la forme du vêtement traditionnel tibétain, une grosse fourrure recouverte de tissu et souvent portée avec un bras couvert, l'autre découvert, la manche étant tout simplement enlevée de l'épaule pour ne pas souffrir de la chaleur.

Faune et flore

Faune
La faune de ce plateau est à la fois riche et fragile. On compte des centaines d'espèces d'animaux ; parmi eux le yak, la gazelle, le kiang (la plus grande race au garrot d'âne sauvage) le cerf de Thorold et les moutons sont en grand nombre malgré l'aridité du sol. On trouve aussi l'antilope du Tibet, dont les cornes du mâle font plus de deux fois la taille de l'espèce au garrot, et qui fut pourchassée durant le siècle dernier pour sa peau, permettant la fabrication du shatoosh (tissu presque invisible par sa grande finesse). La grue à cou noir, la seule grue qui peut vivre jusqu'à des altitudes de 5000 m, y est également présente. Le plateau tibétain devrait rassembler près de  renards du Tibet, selon les estimations de 1989, avec une densité de 2 à 4 individus par km. Le porc tibétain est une race de porc de couleur noire élevée sur le plateau. Les principaux chiens du Tibet sont le massif dogue du Tibet, le terrier tibétain, l'épagneul tibétain, le Shih tzu et le Lhassa Apso.

Plusieurs projets de protection ont été mis sur pied, comprenant entre autres la création de 33 réserves à l'est du plateau tibétain, où vivent les pandas géants.

Flore

Dans la partie actuellement située dans la province du Yunnan, dans la réserve protégée du Parc national du Pota tso, on peut trouver autour du lac des résineux nommés localement arbres à barbe, de grands pâturages ainsi que certaines plantes toxiques. La végétation y est entre la steppe et la forêt de résineux.

Ressources économiques

La Réserve naturelle du Changtang (), créé en 1993, est la seconde plus grande réserve naturelle du monde, après le Parc national du Nord-Est du Groenland, au Danemark, regorge de nombreux lacs dont on extrait le sel en grande quantité. Certains y viennent pour trouver avec succès de l'or de façon illégale. Elle est devenue en 2000, l'Aire protégée nationale du Changthang, afin de mieux protéger ses ressources.

Son sous-sol est également riche en pétrole et en gaz.

Arts
Les plateaux tibétains abritent différentes cultures humaines, Tibétains (appelés zang en Chine), Mongols, Cachemiris, Naxi, Bais, Huis, Yi, Monba, Ladakhis, Newars, Népalais, Goloks, Tu, Bhoutanais  Chacun de ces groupes a des arts différents. D'autres groupes de l'Antiquité et du Moyen Âge qui s'y trouvaient ont disparu depuis, au gré des guerres, c'est le cas des Tangoutes ou des habitants de Tuyuhun (proto-mongols descendants des Xianbei) et de quelques groupes turcs.

Han Hong, originaire de Shigatse, est une chanteuse connue pour son interprétation de Plateau tibétain (西藏高原 xīzàng gāoyuán, sur l'album《醒了》(xǐngle, « éveil »)), chanson tibétaine célèbre dans toute la Chine.

Notes et références

Lien externe

  Nomads of Western Tibet – The survival of a way of life, Photography and Text by Melvyn C. Goldstein and Cynthia M. Beall, University of California Press, 1990

Tibet
Tibet
Terrane
Géographie du Bhoutan
Géographie de la Birmanie
Géographie de la Chine
Géographie de l'Inde
Géographie du Népal
Géographie du Tibet


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Post by qafkinnetic on Nov 14, 2010 21:13:27 GMT -5
Woah, all the lines are making me a little dizzy! But I'm glad this is up again. I was getting worried when I saw the other forum was spazzing out.
Do y'all still want me to do a fic dump, or should I wait a little bit 'til everyone is back on track on here?
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Post by juno29 on Nov 15, 2010 3:04:25 GMT -5
Nov 14, 2010 17:53:46 GMT -5 cwazy said:
Elly said: What I want to know is what the "exalt" and "smite" buttons do! I can't do it to myself or I would have hit one or the other by now. Anyone tried them?
I think the exalt and smite buttons are to click if you agree or disagree with the message . If you click exalt the poster gets a karma point. IDN the smite maybe if you click that it takes a point away?
I dont know if I have the whole AU article. I'll look.
I'd hate like hell to have to go into a litany of the things that Hal has said and done over the years--one of them was when he criticized Gale for not revealing his sexual orientation in the first year, implying with that and other remarks, that Gale was in the closet and at one point called him "confused" about it.
What he didnt bother to make note of was that both Gale and Scott decided in that first year, not to reveal their sexual orientation so as not to interfere with the artistic merits of the show.
When Gale in the second year *did* finally admit that he was straight in IIRC an Advocate article, he did so *reluctantly*. Personally I'd have preferred if he'd never have answered the question, but ah....I digress...
On the quote, Hal is supposedly an expert on Eastern religion/philosophy-and was misunderstanding/ misquoting what he may have read of Marianne Williamson. Yes, it makes no sense the way he misquotes it which is why it raised such ire.
Hal, having to constantly emphasize that he was straight kind of annoyed folk as well, it's almost as if he was afraid that people might think he was really gay ( Oh MY!! what a curse:)
I said I didnt want to go into a litany and here I have started to already. I dont think Hal has in any way been misrepresented. His fans like him and it makes sense that they'd think he was.
I just feel very strongly about it.
The stories about Hal and Gale not getting along are probably true to an extent, although with all that Hal has criticized Gale for, Gale being a true professional never criticized Hal in public.
Hal seems to be the only cast member that the others dont seem to like to hang with. I guess one can draw different conclusions from that.
Okay since you're all making new avatars and sigs for the new community I thought I'd have a go too.
meo2
Post by meo2 on Nov 15, 2010 13:18:07 GMT -5
Nov 14, 2010 8:44:40 GMT -5 Stephanie said:
Hi. Thanks for your efforts. I hope this site will prove more durable.
About the name - I've been a member of the thread/site since Gale Harold had his accident. It was a site for him and dedicated to him. No problem if people post about other well-liked QaF people but the name should not have Randy Harrison first. The site was started and dedicated to GALE HAROLD.
Please, would you fix this officially. Thank you.
Last Edit: Nov 15, 2010 13:42:12 GMT -5 by meo2
G A L E ~ H A R O L D
Anyone who knows - is everyone back to newbie status on this site?
OY! *sigh*
I noticed postings about Hal Sparks and criticisms of him - all within the first 3 pages of our new forum.
Is this what people want to do to set the tone for our forum?
Why is Hal used as such a target for people's hostility?
And, he is being used as a target whether or not some people are willing to admit it.
If some of you dislike him so much and/or dislike what he says, why do you bring it to this board?
"I said I didnt want to go into a litany and here I have started to already."
I will take you at your word that you didn't want to do it, so - PLEASE -
anyone Hal-bashing or Hal-rehashing - stop now.
This forum is starting off with Luna-like postings with Hal substituting for Gale.
Please let's not go there.
Let's make and keep this forum as a happy place where we can enjoy posting and communicating with each other.
Is everyone back to newbie status on this site?
I think we are.. we Did create a new account, so my guess is, it's ALL new and back to the beginning
Nov 15, 2010 13:42:30 GMT -5 MissBabylon said:
Thanks. Not bad for all to begin anew.
Speaking of Gale...
Meo - will he be in this Wed's episode of HC?
ETA - LUV this quick reply
Nov 15, 2010 13:22:54 GMT -5 meo2 said:
That's a bit harsh. Are you now the moderator of this forum? I hate it when you bring up activities on another board. Dont dare compare me to Luna. She hates Gale. I didnt bring Hal to this board and wouldnt have.
I've held back in the past when Hal's name was brought up in but
a question that I thought deserved an answer was asked. I responded and tried to keep it as skimpy as possible. Obviously because I've lived with it for so many years and have such vivid emotions about it it got a little away from me.
But I take your point
If anyone wants to follow up it should be done in private. I deal with Hal's direct quotes - But please note, when you post something complimentary as you have in the past, it's asking a lot to try to forbid me from replying with that which I know to be the plain unvarnished truth.
Ah it must be "our" forum when in the first three pages we have a little tussle going on......you got to love it!
I'll put my two cents regarding the name of the group. It started out with the names reversed and I personally think it should stay that way...Gale Harold and Randy Harrison. As much as many of you love Randy's character in QaF, he wasn't the main star/character/attraction on the show.....Brian was. I'm sure this could start World War 3 so I'm not going to push my position, instead, I'll rely on history to plead my request that it be changed.
So, let's dance, let's party.......and celebrate ;D
If we're taking a members' vote on this I agree Gale's name should come first.
ETA Please don't be offended Elly, we all appreciate you going to the trouble to start us up in our new home. As you started it I think you are the only one who can change it.
Nov 15, 2010 15:01:03 GMT -5 QAFnewbie said:
As far as I know, yes - it's episode #10. How much airtime he'll have, I've no idea and haven't read much about it. Hopefully, more like the episode in which he went down to the police station.
Also, hopefully, he'll be in future episodes as well. Fingers crossed.
QAFNewbie asked:
Meo - will he be in this Wed's episode of HC? .
I'm not Meo but I have an answer....YES, he will bein episode 10. How much time he gets on screen is another discussion altogether.
I´m fine with it. It makes no difference to me which name we pick as long as we are reunited!
Cwazy your new avatar is awesome! I like the hearts - it looks so cute! And no WWIII please!
My personal main character:
That reminds me of Randysgirl - she´s still not here... I hope she will find us soon.
Edit: I´ll try to change the title. Please give me a moment...
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How does the introduction of the GDPR affect this forum?
Feature and community announcements, and technical support relating to the forum itself
How does the introduction of the GDPR affect this forum?#538656
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Pretty much as per the thread title really: what steps are being taken to ensure compliance?
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Ta for that, Kreuzy. In the past the forum of which I'm a mod has been asked/instructed by former members who have left to have all their posts removed.
Which of course would be respected.
The problematic issue arises when there are quoted posts and follow ups and then there's the added complication of which jurisdiction an order would need to be made in.
However, whilst it is correct to consider these things, it won't come to that. As always, any take-down requests would always be honoured unless they, themselves, were in relation to actionable and which needs to be preserved.
So, yes, nothing changes. The leitmotiv of unity, good grace and respect applies.
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If ever there was an example to illustrate the need for professional translation, it was this; major Chinese newspaper The People's Daily have taken an article by the Onion as fact and consequently declared North Korea's Kim Jong-Un the Sexiest Man Alive, utilising the American satire website's description of the, ahem, "great man":
"With his devastatingly handsome, round face, his boyish charm, and his strong, sturdy frame, this Pyongyang-bred heartthrob is every woman's dream come true. Blessed with an air of power that masks an unmistakable cute, cuddly side, Kim made this newspaper's editorial board swoon with his impeccable fashion sense, chic short hairstyle, and, of course, that famous smile."
This shouldn't happen.
It does, though. Every day. It's a mystery to me that people still take translation of foreign languages so lightly. In developed countries, we're confronted with language from the day we're born; it never leaves us, and becomes an absolutely integral part of how our brains work.
Granted, there are much better ways of determining that the Onion is not a legitimate news source (though it does shed perhaps more light on current affairs than most 'real' outlets). For example, you could read about the previous stories that have been taken as gospel by foreign journalists. There are plenty of them to go around, including one from earlier this year wherein the publication asserted that white voters in the USA would rather vote for Iranian President Ahmadinejad than Obama.
But this still says quite a lot about the way we approach foreign-language content. The Onion prides itself on the line it toes between reality and fiction, in both tone and content, but any educated English speaker with awareness of English-language culture could have distinguished that the article wasn't being entirely serious. It's not enough to just translate English to Chinese from text on a page. You have to get inside of the words, and for that, you need someone whose brain works the right way. Use native speakers for your translation, or you risk looking more than a little bit silly.


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Authorities in Craiova remain determined to bring a new stadium to the city and even raise the ambition to 38,000 spectators. Meanwhile in less known Suceava a private partner may build the much needed stadium.
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The MAREDO ST 21 Vibe Spiker Aerator for Gardens cassette turns the ST 63 Powerunit into an aerator, that opens up the soil. We all know how important aeration is for our turf. There are many ways of doing, but the ST 21 Vibe Spiker Aerator for Gardens is a unique MAREDO technology.
The problem with a regular drum type spiker is the fact that we need a lot of weight to push the spikes in the soil. For small machines, this is always a problem. Maredo has developed a new way of penetrating the soil. The technique that we use is vibration. The spike sections are mounted on a cam shaft. When this shaft is driven, the rolling spike sections start vibrating. And this vibration helps the spike to enter the soil. Next when fully pushed in the soil, the vibrating spikes open up the soil. This cracking action is important to relieve compaction and getting a healthy grass root system.
The maximum depth of the ST 21 Vibe Spiker is 55 mm = 2,2". The depth is adjustable via the front roller. The spike thickness is 3 mm = 0.120".
Because the spikes roll over the surface, they easily roll over hard objects, like stones and pavement. The head weighs about 40 kg = 90 lbs.
We punch about 495 holes per square meter = 400 holes per square yard.


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Is it possible to add a single package from that dependency (e.g. org.apache.commons.lang.math) to a final jar package?

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Shade plugin can automatically remove all classes of dependencies that are not used by the project.
Please look at example in shade projekt maybe useful for you:
https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-shade-plugin/examples/includes-excludes.html