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Here's How B.J. Novak Saved Christmas For Mindy Kaling's Kids
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By Lana Schwartz/Dec. 23, 2020 6:24 pm EST
The holiday season is normally full of parties, cheer, and visits to and from family members and friends. But things are a little different in 2020 (okay, more than just "a little"). A lot of what most of us took for granted about the holidays has been upended this year — and that's just as true for kids as it is for adults.
So while the traditional mall visit to Santa Claus is off the table this year, actor and writer B.J. Novak helped ensure that if his good friend, former co-worker, and ex-girlfriend Mindy Kaling's kids couldn't go to Santa Claus, Santa Claus could come to them (via USA Today).
As fans likely know by now, Kaling is mother to two small children, three-year-old Katherine ("Kit") and baby Spencer, who was just born in September. However, if this is news to you, it's for good reason. Kaling kept her second pregnancy a secret, not revealing the news until after Spencer's birth. She dropped the bombshell during an appearance on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (via YouTube).
Mindy Kaling's kids got a special visit from Santa Claus
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Kaling is plenty busy with her career right now. According to Elle, she is shooting season 2 of her hit Netflix series Never Have I Ever, producing and starring in an adaptation of Jennifer Weiner's novel Good in Bed, and writing the script for Legally Blonde 3. But that doesn't mean she doesn't find time to create unique memories for her children — starting with her good friend B.J. Novak showing up at their door dressed as Santa Claus.
Kaling explained to designer Tory Burch during Tory Talks with Mindy Kaling that she and her daughter, Kit, would be baking cookies in the kitchen when they would hear bells coming from another room, and upon inspection, find Novak in full Santa gear, asleep on the couch with a bag of gifts (via USA Today).
"This is the whole ruse that we're going to do and this might become a tradition," Kaling said, although it's plausible that Kit will see through the whole thing, as, after all, Novak is her godfather. Kaling also admitted that given that she is Hindu and Novak is Jewish, a visit to or from Santa is not typically aligned with either of their religious customs.
"This is like cultural appropriation on our part, to be Christian," she joked.
The relationship between Mindy Kaling and B.J. Novak is certainly not typical
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It's no secret that Kaling and Novak are longtime close friends, but that they were, at one point, more than that. As Kaling famously wrote in her book Why Not Me?, "I will freely admit: My relationship with B.J. Novak is weird as hell. He is not my boyfriend, but he is not my best friend. I guess you could describe our relationship as a 'romantically charged camaraderie with loud arguments,' but I don't think Facebook would accept this as a new status" (via Vulture).
In fact, fans speculated (okay, hoped desperately) that Novak was the father of Kaling's daughter, Katherine — particularly since Kaling has kept quiet about her children's paternity (via YourTango). Whether or not Novak is the father of one (or both) of Kaling's babies, we may never know. But Kaling has confirmed that Novak has really stepped up to the plate, godfather-wise.
"You know, he said the funniest thing because he's so attached to my older child, my daughter," Kaling told Jenna Bush Hager on Today back in October. "When I said, you know, 'B.J., if something happens to me, it's not like I have a husband, like you have to just take the kids.' And he's like 'Oh, my God, don't tempt me.'"
No matter how their relationship continues to evolve over the years, one thing is clear: There's a lot of love between Novak, Kaling, and the rest of Kaling's little clan.


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WW1 US Army 77th Division Lost Battalion Survivor Uniform Grouping
American WW1 Army Tunic, Pants and Cap, 77. Division Lost Battalion Survivor Grouping. These belonged to Maurice H. Ronan, service #1,657,838, Corporal, U.
Division, 154th Infantry Brigade, Company C, 306. Tunic details: a standard WW1 Army OD Wool Dough Boy Jacket with Corporal Stripes on the right arm.
The chevrons are mothed as shown in the image. The left arm has the 77th Division SSI, a red Honorable Discharge stripe, and a two stripe over-seas patch at the cuff. The Discharge stripe was originally "tacked-on" at it's corners, The top three tacks have come loose, and the stripe is being held to the uniform with the bottom two corner tacks. A US Victory Ribbon with three Stars over the left breast pocket, the center star is slightly larger than the two outer ones. The collar discs are the intertwined USNA (United States National Army), and Infantry crossed rifles, with M.
The lower jacket front flap, below the five-button front, has had two hook and eye closures that were sewn on during the period of use. There is the remnant of the depot label on the inside collar, next to a coat hanging loop. There are no other labels or markings in the jacket. The left lower pocket looks puffy in the image.
The cap was folded in half and spent the years since WW1 in that pocket. Cap details: standard WW1 Army Overseas Cap. The top seam has been sewn closed, which is a typical modification. The disc on the left front side is the the Infantry crossed rifles with MG above. There is a depot label on the sweat band, it is worn, but reads SIZE: 7 3/8 and makers info (which is somewhat faded).
Pant details: standard WW1 Army OD Wool Pants. These have mothing in the inside of the crease, where both legs laid against themselves on a clothes hanger.
It doesnt seem excessive when looking at the picture, mostly small moth nips. The legs have laces at the bottoms. The fly has three hidden and one exposed zinced metal buttons, the exposed button at the waist. There is a stain on the pocket fabric on the left rear pocket that is from the period of use. Included with the uniform are the following items.
1- a Set of two Dog Tags mkd; M. BN , and the reverse 1.657.838 on their original cotton cord. 2- a 1 ¾ x 2 3/8 WW1 photo of then Corporal Ronan, image size 1 ¼ x 2.
3- his WW1 Victory Medal with three clasps; OISE-AISNE, MEUSE-ARGONNE AND DEFENSIVE SECTOR. 4- a French VERDUM Medal on ribbon with award pin. 5- a Re-Union Ribbon, SURVIVOR LOST BATTALION RE-UNION SEPT. 27, 1942 w/ Statue of Liberty logo.
Lapel Button, on a piece of paper w/ pencil Mo Ronan. Naval Base at Newport, R.
For him as a Pipefitter, his photo is on the front and his personal info and thumb-print are on the reverse, issue date 2-8-53. For him as a Pipefitter, his photo is on the front and his personal info and thumb-print are on the reverse, issue date 3 Oct 55.
9- a brass City of New Bedford WW1 Recognition Medal w/ no ribbon. 10- a Sterling Silver City of New Bedford Welcome Home Meet, July 4. The reverse is engraved 100 YD DASH and stamped w STERLING and makers info.
Division SSI Patch, removed from a uniform, with fantastic wear and minor moth damage. 12- two celluloid pins; IVE VOTED, HAVE YOU?
A 1918 Red Cross Christmas Pin. Three German Tunic BUTTONS (one pewter finish, two brass), a red, white and blue Bow, a.
Brass VFW WW1 Lapel Button. 13- a USNA Collar Disc. Included is a copy of the booklet; "Rhymes of the Lost Battalion" which has a page that identifies the units of the Lost Battalion, as well as a copy of that page. Please note that this copy of "Rhymes of the Lost Battalion" did not come from this soldier's grouping, but was collected seperately.
This grouping is a rare offering. Approximately 194 survivors were rescued, out of the approximately 554 members of the 154th Infantry Brigade, who were surrounded. This grouping has many of Corporal Ronan's effects from World War One, as well as items of his through the 1940's and 1950's, including a Lost Survivor Re-Union Ribbon, and Shipyard I.
Badges which have his personal info and pictures of him during the 1950's. His likeness follows through these pictures and match the small snapshot of him taken in WW1. A great grouping of historical significance. The uniform is not i. D through ink markings on labels or in the interior, however this grouping has been in one collection for many years, and was acquired then as a collection of items from one U. WW1 Dough Boy who was a survivor of the Lost Battalion. I can provide other pictures of any of the items in this group. Please contact me with any questions or requests. I sell with a three day inspection, with return privilege. I pack securely and carefully. I live by the Golden Rule; "Treat others as you would like to be treated". Let's be fair, let's have fun! The item "WW1 US Army 77th Division Lost Battalion Survivor Uniform Grouping" is in sale since Monday, April 09, 2018. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Militaria\WW I (1914-18)\Original Period Items\United States\Uniforms". The seller is "tedhere" and is located in Warrenton, Virginia. This item can be shipped to North, South, or Latin America, all countries in Europe, Australia.

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Brian's Column: The Epstein Trails
An unparalleled opportunity to end the Cabal and move forward
Since the dawn of unconscious humanity, our species has endured empires of aggression and collective domination by elites who run them. So in the realm of general psychopathy, nothing is new under the sun about what Jeffrey Epstein and his handlers were doing—basically pimping/child-sex trafficking to virtually ALL the "Men of the Deep Power Sickness" of our day. And when I say ALL, and I say DEEP, this means just about every high political official of the United States (from the White House to the state house)… for starters. AND, needless to say, large mainstream media-social media (MM-SM) figures who covered up and continue to cover up the raw criminality of all this.
Before I do any real assessments of my own, let me first send out to my loyal readers, what I have learned from established, courageous independent-media sources. First, anyone seriously interested in the foundational truth and accountability behind the Epstein Trails must read the outstanding series of articles from Mintpress.com, written by Whitney Webb:
[1: Deep History and Background]
[2: The Rise of Cohn]
[3: Metastasizing to Mossad/CIA]
[4: Big Picture: Orwellian Mossad/CIA "Pre-'Crime'" Control]
The author's recent chat on FB .
The latest from Ms. Webb, October 2, 2019:
[5: Looks Like Israel Ran Epstein]
Then for a more up-to-the-minute—was released just as Epstein was officially pronounced suicided—journalistic assessment of where we are on the official story, this Steemit video from guerilla journalist, Luke Rudkowski:
[What You're Not Being Told by the MSM about the Epstein Trails]
Let me also point you to one of the more important independent media crowdfund projects (because the MM-SM is treating the Epstein Trails as 'see-no-evil, hear-no-evil, speak-no-evil' case that will actually END them). And it will. Which is why all the MM-SM sources are uniting to discredit and take away the platforms of the real journalists who speak truth to power… Google, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, etc., and of course the 'Jewish CBS'[1] dinosaurs represented most by the Washington Post and the NY Times.
What does it mean for decent, consciousness-aspiring humanity?
In my humble view, the unraveling and bringing to justice of those responsible for (and knowingly participating in) the Empire's premier child-sex trafficking network—which Jeff Epstein and his associates are the smiley-face of—is ONE OF THE GRANDEST OPPORTUNITIES FOR GENERAL HUMAN JUSTICE AND FREEDOM IN OUR TIME.
Because—qua terminal public-official corruption of our country in service to a Big Brother, collective-brain global agenda—we the people have been handed the biggest broom in history to sweep out all the bad apples in one swoop. Are they rich, powerful, politically entrenched? Bye bye. They won't be facing the guillotine, rather people's independent grand jury indictments, then convictions for any crimes against humanity… not to be seen in public life again, many behind bars for decades.
Political level…
First, it seems to me, the MM-SM itself has to go belly up en masse. Literally, NO ONE with half a brain has any reason to believe ANY ONE pulling the MM-SM levers on the Epstein murder/disappearance. Further, EVERY ONE now knows that the puppeteers behind the rich and powerful of the global KRT (kiddy rape and torture) network are Israeli Mossad… with its usual associates in the US/UK intel hierarchy. [btw, for all you Trump&Q fans: DJT, like Slick Willie Clinton, is a major KRT user and pusher—per the Madsen Report, the president has paid $30 million in hush money to his rape victims, underage and older.]
How to fail the MM-SM oligarchy?
We the people (WTP) unplug, that is, stop watching or reading the MM-SM Daily and Nightly News, and stop supporting Google, YouTube, Facebook, not to mention platforms and convenience-mongers too big to fail, such as Amazon (all of which control society from the shadows by manipulating mass perceptions and emotions). To destroy this ruler class of the shadows, WTP have to step up and mind up as Independents.
Toward Consciousness: Starter Kit
Personal economic level… and taking charge of public officials…
Buy and read my book, American Gumption-Catharsis (AGC, 2019). Quite literally it will take you step by step toward consciousness. Eckhart Tolle (The Power of Now: http://bit.ly/2AKXeJW_Power_of_Now) has nailed the fundamental barrier to the next stage of (independent) human consciousness: the vast majority of us have been taken over by collective-compulsive 'mind.' and are thus being manipulated toward unconsciousness one by one:
"The pollution of the planet [with reactive perceptual- emotional 'thinking'] is only an outward reflection of an inner psychic pollution: millions of unconscious individuals not taking responsibility for their inner space [that is, not watching, controlling, and rationally deploying the thinker]." — page 65
AGC provides to the man on the street, who is typically stuck in unconsciousness, a straightforward approach to getting control of his time, his life, and his mind by means of full understanding of the federal income tax (I call it The Hendrickson Discovery) … and that it is an excise tax that does not fall on private-sector earnings.
The average benefit in property retained or recovered for Americans is $10,000 annually, which not only keeps one's wealth right where it belongs, it disables the US federal government from performing GREAT EVILS ON ALL FRONTS… including the perpetuation of the ongoing ethnic-cleansing state of Israel (whose Mossad runs the KRT network against our people).
Turning off their water is the best way to get the corrupted ones' attention. Combined with watching them like a hawk, as the Founders and their/our First Principles of the Declaration of Independence made clear. Which puts into effect people's independent grand juries, everywhere. The book showing what those grand juries look like (and why we need them back NOW) has been written and published. It's by "The Oracle" (Diane McGilvery), and is called What is the Foundation?. I am the editor and publisher.
My Low Key Walkoff Grand Slam Big Idea
Fact is, the odds are very long against the people rising up and taking charge, even at the level of extreme and rather specific, legally actionable corruption of the Epstein Trails. Most of our peers have been effectively 'absorbed;' they cannot be counted on to do much more than amuse themselves to death as the Ship of Culture sinks. Per my novel, The Truman Prophecy, the 'revolution' against the naked emperor may fail for lack of the 'Second Little Boy' (to affirm the obvious observation of the First Little Boy).
A good friend of mine, navigating the corrupt waters of the IRS and taxing agencies as they are apprised of the truth of the federal income tax, offered this key observation:
"What we are witnessing is a battle between Truth and Power. In such a battle, behaving in accordance with the law matters only to Truth. Power does what it wants as much as it can. The US is now a police state. Virtually everything the government now does violates the Constitution. That is, the Constitution has been effectively shredded, and with it so goes the law. We see that daily all around us."
In the World of Form, WTP are outnumbered and overpowered
To win, I'm convinced we need to rise above the political conflict. Adopt a new approach that changes the field of battle toward our strengths as Independent spiritual beings—pull the rug out from under the would-be collective-brain directors who are engaged in mass attack against everyone, especially the millions who think and see for themselves.
Enter FLOW
I, Brian R. Wright, turned 70 five weeks ago. Since then I've been rereading Tolle's main book, The Power of Now, as daily meditations. I also happen to have watched an important presentation on the impending ramp up of wireless radiation, and the unprecedented threat it poses to our health and rights. This presentation was from the TED talks, by a man named Jeromy Johnson. I want readers particularly to note his spiritual quality, and let it become contagious.
The 5G Summit was a champion, thoroughgoing eye opener, as well. It included several talks on raising consciousness, too, though I was focused mainly on the technicalities and legal counteraction we can make. The upshot is that we are already in deep trouble species-wide from the existing electrotoxic haze created via 4G wireless. Integrate this with the other high-crime assaults of the ruling class and we're done like a dinner.
Thus, I'm coming to see that more than anything we need to reclaim and strengthen our own Independent conscious-nesses en masse, as we simultaneously turn the millions of CBSer (un)con-sciousnesses. We need a a rapidly growing Independents Rising haven and movement.
Congruent with that project we need to achieve full consciousness, per se, as described by Eckhart Tolle and others. Along with the fellowship of kindred souls, independent consciousness and full consciousness must happen fast—as in a geological New York minute. Hence my FLOW Fellowship, with projected membership card shown above right.
Joy, Ease, and Lightness
I'll start with the Website with the basic sketch of project and a crowdfund.
Please stay tuned.
Note: In a FLOW society of Independents, no government could become so corrupt as to enable the Epstein network. Further, corrupted establishment media would not exist to prevent awareness of such corruption because the CBS phenomenon would die out as people abandoned it en masse in favor of becoming self-actualized beings of Independent Consciousness, i.e. Independents.
[1] CBS = Collective-Brain Syndrome.
[Note: It's no secret that today Jewish sovereignism and its special manifestation of unconsciousness, the proudly self-declared apartheid-racist-terror state of Israel, thrive in, indeed, dominate the Western collective-brain marketplace… with its peculiar form of theocratic, bio-collectivist, supremacist, anti-American consensus-reality ideology. Not all self-identifying Jews suffer from CBS—many work to assimilate into humanist society—but those who have fallen into the CBS trap are legion today and thus enable this particular imminent threat to humanity of deep Zionist global tyranny spelled out in the Whitney Webb's terrifying conclusion above to the Epstein series.
[Leveraging the Epstein network's depravity and evil into a mass uprising throwing off this Ziotyranny may be our best hope… though a 9/11 truth breakthru—it's becoming clearer and clearer that Israel had a dominant, prime mover hand in the conceiving and carrying out of the 9/11 attacks—would certainly do the trick.]
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"Tonal Glints" in Drifting Almost Falling
James A McDermid is an English Ambient artist who has appeared on Polar Sees Recordings, Cathedral Transmission and 1834. This is possibly his most personal album.
"This album is dedicated to my sister, Harriet, who died in August 2016. Throughout the 2 years she was ill – leading up to her death – I had started writing music as a way to privately articulate what I was feeling. After she'd passed away, there was the question around what to do with the many tracks I had written; they had, in all honesty, been written for her. For me to perhaps leave them sitting on a hard-drive seemed a disappointing end to what amounted to, in my mind, a tribute to her. About 6 months later, I was fortunate enough to be offered a 25 track album release (titled Ghost Folk) though Canadian label, Polar Seas Recordings, in April 2017.
Her death is the worst thing that's ever happened to me; once the original shock dissipated, a wall of grief fell on me and, as a result, I found it an almost impossible task seeing my world in quite the same way as I once had. The wear and tear of life became suffocating, so I continued with the idea of channeling what I was feeling, into music; however, coming to terms with Harriet's death, rather than her illness, started to cloud and confuse what I was doing.
"The Vagabond" is a short and sweet opener utilizing various chimes and a slightly cold drone which comes in waves. The chimes resonate out and cast light against the drones. You get the feeling that this is a bit of letting go, as if it is environmental and the chimes are making the music by a breeze rushing through them.
"All the Shutters Are Closed" a slow building series of drones and field recording build up enveloping the listener in a storm of sound. Buried deep other drones start to become noticeable with their darker textures. They start to force their way through and are able to shine, They are deep and low drones with tendrilous sound that have a somewhat melancholic edge to them. As the track continuous the drones become more pronounced taking centre stage and proceed to wring out as much emotion as they can. A howling drone takes in the background coating the track and adding another layer before eventually taking over the track towards the end.
"I Put A Letter In My Pocket" the types of drones contained herein are ones that I always associate with being airborne and flying over everything, looking down and surveying the territory. They have that floating feeling, as well as one that has fluctuating synth generated sounds. Having the slightly experimental flourishes of the fluctationg drones give the music an extra layer of freedom, as if something is being blown away and taken by the wind.
"I'll Take One Who Loves Me" a lo-fi opening with static/distortion and a rollicking somewhat free form acoustic guitar which is a change of flavour to the music. Music that is of a lo-fi nature for me has a more intimate nature than that of something highly produced it. It also has a sense of immediacy. In the back ground the faintest of shape shifting drones can be heard and they have sounds that compliment to the tones generated by the guitar. The drones pulse, chop and resonate as their presence becomes more defined, switching with guitar as being the tracks focal point. The guitar finishes off the track with a nice repeating section at the end.
"Bunny" Harsh storm, Field Recordings and Ghostly apparitions give this the feeling commonly associated with Ambient music that is centred around memory and how it informs our lives. What this all means is possibly only known by the artist himself.
"Within Reach" the music isn't crystal clear, but it feels like dawn is upon us and the day is just starting with all possibilities available. Shimmering sounds radiate over a collection of drones, fractured sounds and possibly a voice buried deep within. The music is constant in the way it flows with a relaxing feel present and only briefly extends outwards. The ending of the track is the converse to the opening where it feels like things are coming down.
"Worse Than The Last Look" distorted and wind-swept sounds battle it out to be heard. The piece feels a bit more experimental than the others as a lot of the elements are buried and you can hear melodies deep within, that if not for the distorted approach to the track could totally change the effect of the music.
"If You Concede" from silence acoustic guitar, quiet voices and drones appear. The repetitive nature of the voice whispering the title forms part of the music which is loop based with acoustic parts also repeating. The music is joined by a collection of rumbling, dark distorted drones which are threatening to overflow and drone out the voice and acoustic guitar. Hypnotic in nature the track feels like a bit of tug of war between the two elements, resulting in the darker side winning, but with the clarity of the voice and guitar still being heard. Sonicly a rich track, it is more than just two sound types with a lot of layering and textures involved in creating such a heavy sound.
"Eastern Block" A relaxing warped drone track with backwards loops and icy tones that cut across. Chimes are featured, but have a very cold sound to the track, which sounds like it's being played backwards and consists of a series of short drones. As the piece builds, the more layers are added and more complex it gets. Vocal elements add a melodic touch to it, which steers it away from being too cold.
"Last Year" Completely manipulated sounds that sound positively Sci-Fi based warp and pulse in this short-lived interlude which seems quite different from the rest of the album. I am not sure of its position on the album.
"I Saw Red, And Through The Red, Nothing" rumbling, cloaked drones that sound like they are broken up and not linear from the basis of the track. Minimal in nature, the movements are not deep troughs and high valleys, rather more entrenched in frequency and slight variations. They are layers to the piece with the top layer being more haunting, as well as a slightly ominous one that is best heard in the last thirty seconds of the track as the other elements make way.
"Faraway Too Close" field recordings of rain feel like they are washing away something. McDermid is adept at slowly drawing out the depths in the pieces and this is best displayed in this track. A horn like drone forms a rhythm while a whispered indecipherable voice repeats something that feels over and over. Melodic drones billowing in the wind add a feeling of hopefulness to the music. The contrast between the penultimate and final tracks are outstanding and show the many dimensions to McDermid's work.
You get the feeling of McDermid's sisters passing in the music. The album is quite moody, at times dark and at other times shrouded and buried. It's not totally in despair, but you get the feeling that the artist is coming through the other side, such is the balance of light and dark that is either included in the same track or on different tracks. If you like music that plays with colour and shade, "Tonal Glints" may be for you.
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This post looks to describe an interesting property intrinsic to any and all quartic functions, and it has to do with the relationship between the functions' inflection points. Below is a Desmos graph, with labeled $f(x)=Ax^4+Bx^3+Cx^2+Dx+E$, the general quartic equation, as well as its 2 inflection points $P$ and $Q$. A third point $R$ is labeled, which is the point that intersects the line between $P$ and $Q$ and $f(x)$. What we are interested in today is the ratio $\frac{PR}{PQ}$. Play with the graph below to vary $f(x)$ and see what happens to that ratio.

Quickly you will notice that for (most) non-zero $A$ values, $\frac{PR}{PQ}$ always remains at the rather famous constant, $\varphi=1.61803...$, the golden ratio. This may seem coincidental, but there is a rather nice way of proving that this ratio is _exactly_ equal to the golden ratio.

## The Golden Ratio
The classic definition of $\varphi$ comes from a specific geometric construction of a rectangle.

In this _golden rectangle_, there are two rectangles to focus on: the large one with aspect ratio $\frac{a+b}{a}$, and the smaller red one with aspect ratio $\frac{a}{b}$. The golden ratio is given by $\frac{a}{b}$ when the small red rectangle has the _same_ aspect ratio as the larger rectangle (made up of the blue square and red rectangle). Letting $\varphi=\frac{a}{b}$, and setting the ratios equal to each other nets us:

$\begin{align}
  \frac{a+b}{a} & = \frac{a}{b} \\
  \newline
  1+\frac{b}{a} & = \frac{a}{b} \\
  \newline
  1+\frac{1}{\varphi} & = \varphi \\
  \newline
  \varphi+1 & = \varphi^2 \\
  \newline
  \varphi^2-\varphi-1 & = 0 \\
  \newline
\end{align}$

$\large{\varphi = \large{\frac{1 \pm \sqrt{5}}{2}}}$

The positive solution to this quadratic is the more well known value $\varphi$. Taking some variations of the previous equations can net other interesting relationships that $\varphi$ pertains to. For example, taking the third line from the derivation of $\varphi$ nets a recursive, cyclic definition of the golden ratio. Expanding out the relation gives another famous definition of $\varphi$.

$\varphi = 1 + \large{ \frac{1}{1 + \frac{1}{1 + \frac{1}{1 + \frac{1}{\ddots}}}} }$

An infinite descending fraction solely containing 1s. Taking a variation of the fourth line also gives an interesting appearance of $\varphi$.

$\varphi = \sqrt{1 + \sqrt{1 + \sqrt{1 + \sqrt{1 + \ldots}}}}$

An infinitely nested radical solely containing 1s. Notice, however, that the solution to the golden ratio has a negative counter part as well: $1-\varphi=-.61803$. Although it may seem nonsensical to assign a negative value to many of the expressions we used in defining $\varphi$, this value holds many of the same properties that $\varphi$ holds on its own as well, and the reason we don't see it as often has to do with the volatility of the value in these iterated scenarios, but that's for [another time](http://xperimex.com/blog/fixed-points/).

## The Proof
First, let's look at how to find the inflection points of a quartic. Inflection points are given by the quality that it's the point along a function where its concavity changes. I.e. if you look at the tangent lines along a curve as you vary the input $x$, the tangent lines' slopes will change. The inflection points are found when the slopes' behavior alters. Take the function $x^3$, for example.

Notice how as we let our value $a$ increase, the slope of our tangent line — the first derivative of $f(x)$ — decreases from $-1.5$ to $0$. But from $0$ to $1.5$, the slope begins to increase. This is all visualized in our graph $f'(x)$ which plots every point $x$ and the value of its slope at $f(x)$. One can clearly see $f'(x)$ tends in a downward manner initially, before rising again. And for $f'(x)$ to have a slope that's first negative (decreasing) then positive (increasing), it must have a slope of zero in between. So, our point where our concavity changes is when the slope of $f'(x)$ equals 0. In other words, when the second derivative $f''(x)=0$. Here we can see it clearly visualized at the solution $x=0$, which confirms all of our previous observations. Doing so for any general quartic nets us:

$\begin{align}
f(x) & = Ax^4+Bx^3+Cx^2+Dx+E \\
\newline
f'(x) & = 4Ax^3+3Bx^2+2Cx+D \\
\newline
f''(x) & = 12Ax^2+6Bx+2C = 0
\end{align}$

As this is a degree 2 polynomial, the quadratic formula quickly gives our two solutions for $x$ in general, which we will call $p$ and $q$.

$p = \large{ \frac{-3B-\sqrt{9B^2-24AC}}{12A} }$    $q = \large{ \frac{-3B+\sqrt{9B^2-24AC}}{12A} }$

This also explains why only most values of our constants have inflection points, as if the $9B^2-24AC$ term is negative, it results in an imaginary solution, meaning no inflection point is found within the real plane. With valid constants giving us solutions for our inflection points $P$ and $Q$ respectively, the line through them can quickly be written as:

$g(x)=\frac{f(q)-f(p)}{q-p}(x-p)+f(p)$

The intersection point $R$ can be found solving for when $f(x)=g(x)$, or in other words, when $f(x)-g(x)=0$

$f(x)-g(x)=0$

$Ax^4+Bx^3+Cx^2+Dx+E-\frac{f(q)-f(p)}{q-p}(x-p)-f(p) = 0$

One can try to factor and work this out, but there is a much nicer approach that avoids working with this messy equation.

## Transformations
If we limit our transformations to purely scaling and translating our graph, all of our ratios will remain equivalent. So if we can find a set of transformations to make our work easier, we will still be able to prove our initial proposition, but in a much easier way. To (re)start, we're going to define a new function $h(x)$ that takes $f(x)$, and scales and moves it around as follows:

$h(x) = \frac{1}{q-p}(f([q-p]x+p)-f(p))$

This may seem arbitrary, but keeping in mind what $p$ and $q$ mean, this transformation alters the graph in a rather specific and useful way. First notice these two key components in our transformation:

$h(x) = \frac{1}{q-p}(f([q-p]x+{\bf p})-{\bf f(p)})$

This results in shifting the graph over to the left $p$ units and down $f(p)$ units. Or more clearly, it takes our first inflection point $(p,f(p)) \rightarrow (0,0)$, the origin. We'll refer to the origin as $P'$. Now, let's look at the remaining components of the transformation:

$h(x) = {\bf \frac{1}{q-p} }(f({\bf [q-p]}x+p)-f(p))$

Multiplying $x$ by $q-p$ results in _compressing_ the $x$-axis by a factor of $q-p$. So, the x coordinate distance between our inflection points is condensed from a length of $q-p$ to a length $\frac{q-p}{q-p} = 1$. Just to keep our scaling consistent throughout $f(x)$, we also scale the $y$-axis down by a factor $q-p$, so we add an extra factor of $\frac{1}{q-p}$. This factor is almost purely for aesthetic purposes, as you will see it will preserve the structure of our graphs and make it easier to see our scaled copy of $f(x)$ in $h(x)$. So, as the difference in $x$ coordinates between $P'$ and $Q'$ is 1, $Q'$ will be at $(1,h(1))$. $R'$ will retain its same definition as $R$, differing only in that it is on our newly transformed function.

Notice how the two inflection lines are parallel. That is due to that extra factor of $\frac{1}{q-p}$ in $h(x)$, but note that the math that follows is not dependent on it.

It's worth noting that we don't actually know any of the constants that shape our new quartic $h(x)=ax^4+bx^3+cx^2+dx+e$ as they don't change according to our scaling factors (notice the change in capitalization; these new constants for $h(x)$ is separate and different to those of $f(x)$). However, we do know the solutions to $h''(x)=0$. Instead of using our function to find its second derivative like we did in our original approach, we are working backwards from our second derivative to narrow in on our function. Since we know where our inflection points are at, we can rewrite our $h''(x)$ as a product of factors.

$h''(x)=0 \rightarrow x=P',Q' \rightarrow x=0,1 \rightarrow h''(x)=12ax(x-1)$

The factor of $12a$ comes from the leading term when taking the second derivative of any general quartic, as we saw in the original attempt to prove this. Expanding this expression and integrating twice gives us:

$\begin{align}
  h''(x) & = 12ax(x-1)=12ax^2-12ax \\
  \newline
  h'(x) & = 4ax^3-6ax^2+b \\
  \newline
  h(x) & = ax^4-2ax^3+bx
\end{align}$

Notice I didn't add a new constant after the second integration, as that is equivalent to the $y$-intercept, which we know to be at $(0,0)$. Now that we have $h(x)$ in terms of itself, separated from $f(x)$, we can easily find the coordinates of $Q'$ and find $h(1)$.

$h(1)=a(1)^4-2a(1)^3+b(1)=b-a \rightarrow Q':(1,b-a)$

Now we can create a new secant line $g(x)$ to pass through our two inflection points, $P':(0,0)$ and $Q':(1,b-a)$.

$g(x)=\frac{b-a-0}{1-0}(x-0)+0=(b-a)x$

Now we can continue using our original method, which is to find all solutions to $h(x)-g(x)=0$. Only this time, our transformations should net a cleaner equation.

$\begin{align}
  h(x)-g(x) & = 0 \\
  \newline
  ax^4-2ax^3+bx-(b-a)x & = 0 \\
  \newline
  ax^4-2ax^3+bx-bx+ax & = 0 \\
  \newline
  ax^4-2ax^3+ax & = 0 \\
  \newline
  ax(x^3-2x^2+1) & = 0
  \end{align}$

That $ax$ we factored out is our solution at $x=0$, or $P'$, which we used to construct the line in the first place. Similarly, because we used $Q'$ to construct the line as well at $x=1$, we can factor out an $x-1$ as well.

$\begin{align}
  ax(x^3-2x^2+1) & = 0 \\
  \newline
  ax(x-1)(x^2-x-1) & = 0
\end{align}$

That last factor is the exact quadratic that we derived to define the golden ratio. Knowing that, we now have all of our solutions to the intersection points between our quartic and secant line.

$x=0,1,\large{ \frac{1 \pm \sqrt{5}}{2} }$

The negative solution to the golden ratio here is the fourth point of intersection at $S:(s,h(s))$ with $s<0$. Now the last thing to note is that our 3 points of interest, $P'$, $Q'$, and $R'$, are all collinear. So, they can be thought of as a projection of the $x$-axis to a sloped line that scales how far they are spaced apart. However, since this is multiplicative, the ratios will be the same, so we only need to look at the ratios between their $x$ coordinates.

$\large{ \frac{PR}{PQ} = \large{ \frac{P'R'}{P'Q'} } = \frac{\frac{1 + \sqrt{5}}{2} - 0}{1 - 0} = \varphi }$

You can also quickly find other ratios of different lengths and find other interesting connections. Take $\frac{PQ}{QR}$, for example.

$\large{ \frac{PQ}{QR} = \large{ \frac{P'Q'}{Q'R'} } = \frac{1 - 0}{\frac{1 + \sqrt{5}}{2} - 1} = \frac{1}{\varphi-1} }$

If you look at our defining quadratic $\varphi^2-\varphi-1=0$, it can be rewritten as $\varphi(\varphi-1)=1 \rightarrow \varphi=\frac{1}{\varphi-1}$. Completing our expression gives us:

$\large{ \frac{PQ}{QR} = \large{ \frac{P'Q'}{Q'R'} } = \frac{1 - 0}{\frac{1 + \sqrt{5}}{2} - 1} = \frac{1}{\varphi-1} = \varphi}$

Just as our golden rectangle previously foretold.

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local GetSettings = require "elasticsearch.endpoints.Cluster.GetSettings"
local MockTransport = require "lib.MockTransport"
local getmetatable = getmetatable

-- Setting up environment
local _ENV = lunit.TEST_CASE "tests.endpoints.ClusterTest.GetSettingsTest"

-- Declaring local variables
local endpoint
local mockTransport = MockTransport:new()

-- Testing the constructor
function constructorTest()
  assert_function(GetSettings.new)
  local o = GetSettings:new()
  assert_not_nil(o)
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end

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  endpoint = GetSettings:new{
    transport = mockTransport
  }
end

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  mockTransport.params = {}
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Control of aedine mosquito vectors, either by mosquito population reduction or replacement with refractory mosquitoes, may play an essential role in the fight against arboviral diseases. In this review, we will focus on the development and application of biological approaches, both natural or engineered, to limit mosquito vector competence for arboviruses. The study of mosquito antiviral immunity has led to the identification of a number of host response mechanisms and proteins that are required to control arbovirus replication in mosquitoes, though more factors influencing vector competence are likely to be discovered. We will discuss key aspects of these pathways as targets either for selection of naturally resistant mosquito populations or for mosquito genetic manipulation. Moreover, we will consider the use of endosymbiotic bacteria such as Wolbachia, which in some cases have proven to be remarkably efficient in disrupting arbovirus transmission by mosquitoes, but also the use of naturally occurring insect-specific viruses that may interfere with arboviruses in mosquito vectors. Finally, we will discuss the use of paratransgenesis as well as entomopathogenic fungi, which are also proposed strategies to control vector competence.
Kean, J., Rainey, S., McFarlane, M., Donald, C., Schnettler, E., Kohl, A., and Pondeville, E.


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They're among 167 teachers statewide competing for the honor, the most nominees for the award in more than 35 years, according to Education Minnesota.
Upon accepting their nominations, the teachers submitted myriad materials to the judging panel, including several essays, five letters of recommendation, and a year-by-year account of everything they've taught since the beginning of their careers.
"That was kind of difficult, after all my years!" laughed Michael.
Nominated teachers will learn in February whether they've made the semi-finals, according to Michael. If they have, they face another rigorous judging period. Finalists will be announced in March, followed by the official announcement of the 2018 Minnesota Teacher of the Year on Sunday, May 6, in Bloomington.
The Minnesota Teacher of the Year is an honor meant to raise up the best of the best in the field of education, but you'll find nothing but true-blue Midwestern humility in the local nominees.
"It's a humbling thing because I am not a braggy person," Johnson said. " ... I am privileged to get to do what I do every day."
The Times talked to Michael and Johnson about their jobs, their teaching philosophies, and their reactions to the nominations. Learn more about the two nominees in their profiles below:
Name: Jean Michael
School: Apollo High School
Grade(s)/subject(s): Grades 9-12; Math 3, Pre-Algebra, and AP Calculus AB.
Number of years teaching: 25. "This is my 24th year at Apollo, and I taught one year at Proctor (public schools)," Michael said. Prior to her teaching career, she attended the University of Minnesota-Duluth for her undergraduate degree. Michael attended graduate school at St. Cloud State University.
What made you want to teach?: "I had a really awesome math teacher when I was in high school," Michael said. "I had a situation where I had to be out of school for a while because my mother was sick. When I was going through that, trying to teach myself the concepts at my grandmother's kitchen table, it really made me have an appreciation for how much my teacher could help me. I thought, 'I want to do this. I want to make a difference.'"
What is your teaching philosophy?: "Students can learn, if they're given the tools and the support and the things that they need. Any student can learn anything."
What do your students think of your nomination?: "I've only actually announced it to one class — they happened to be in the room when someone called me to talk about the nomination, so they heard that half on the conversation. ... I'm not walking around saying 'Hey, I've been nominated!' It's weird to be in the spotlight!" Michael chuckled. "But my students clapped when I told them. It was pretty surreal."
Name: Adam Johnson
School: Sauk Rapids-Rice High School
Grade(s)/Subject(s): "I am primarily the multimedia teacher, which would basically include the web design, game design, and multimedia video production-type classes. I am also the robotics and engineering tech class teacher, which is our co-curricular class," Johnson said. Though he teaches grades 10-12, he spent the four years prior to his current position as the ninth-grade woods technology and construction teacher. "We're really privileged to have a school district that offers such a wide range of technology education classes for students to take," he said. "Technology, it's kind of all encompassing." Johnson is also the head coach of the competitive robotics team as well as a coach for track and field.
Number of years teaching: Five. Prior to his teaching career, he graduated from Sauk Rapids-Rice High School and attended St. Cloud State University. "I'm very integrated into the community," Johnson said. "One of my platforms that I'm really adamant about is increasing the number of students that have the skills to go into manufacturing positions, or engineering, or any of those careers after high school. A lot of kids can go into a technical college and be really successful in the adult world."
What made you want to teach?: "Ever since seventh grade, I always had a knack for working in the shops, and I really loved working with other kids on projects, getting their perspectives and giving my input on things," Johnson said. He said the enthusiasm of the teachers during his own time as a Sauk Rapids-Rice student inspired his career choice. "We really have some of the best teachers in the world in our district, and their passion really shone through in their classes. It's pretty neat to be able to tell that these people are coming to school and love what they do. It's sort of contagious."
What is your teaching philosophy?: "My biggest thing that I stress to students is professionalism," Johnson said, "ensuring that kids are learning, for any learning type they have, whether it be auditory or visual or hands-on. I want kids to feel like they can learn any topic and be successful after high school and out in the world. I teach the kids time management, because we only get four years with them to prepare them for the rest of their life."
What do your students think of your nomination?: Johnson said that many of his students found out about the nomination through the power of the internet. "They're so innovative with news and social media. I didn't even know about (news articles announcing the nomination) until a student showed me!" he laughed. "But they're excited for me. ... They're just the best kids in the world."
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Lunar Udonge
Not to be confused with Reisen Udongein Inaba.
In Buddhism, udonge (優曇華) (uḍumbara in Hindi) is a plant said to bloom only once in three thousand years. Due to this, in China and Japan it is used as a word for an auspicious sign, a good omen, or a rare and fabulous thing. In The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, the Jeweled Branch of Hourai was called udonge.
"Udonge" can also refer to the plantain flower or to the eggs of the lacewing insect (which resemble a flower).
Udonge in Touhou
Udonge, apart from the varieties mentioned above, is also a type of tree which grows in the Lunar Capital. While normally barren, in the presence of impurity it sprouts beautiful seven-coloured jewels, allowing it to act as a early-warning system.
The Jeweled Branch of Hourai is the branch of an udonge which has been brought to Earth; the Lunarians use these to sow conflict on Earth, since its beauty will grow in accordance to the impurity of its holder who will then take it as a sign of their authority.
Kaguya Houraisan owns a bonsai udonge, as well as a Jeweled Branch which was already in her possession. The bonsai remained unbloomed until the spell of eternity over Eientei was lifted following the events of Imperishable Night. [1]
Reisen Udongein Inaba's second name is a nickname given by Eirin Yagokoro, taken from the udonge tree.
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Existing-Home Sales Declined 2.4% in April, Prices Hit Record High
Washington, DC, May 19, 2022-Total existing-home sales slid 2.4% from March to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.61 million in April, according to the National Association of Realtors. Year-over-year, sales dropped 5.9% (5.96 million in April 2021).
"Higher home prices and sharply higher mortgage rates have reduced buyer activity," said Lawrence Yun, NAR's chief economist. "It looks like more declines are imminent in the upcoming months, and we'll likely return to the pre-pandemic home sales activity after the remarkable surge over the past two years."
Total housing inventory at the end of April amounted to 1,030,000 units, up 10.8% from March and down 10.4% from one year ago (1.15 million). Unsold inventory sits at a 2.2-month supply at the current sales pace, up from 1.9 months in March and down from 2.3 months in April 2021.
"Housing supply has started to improve, albeit at an extremely sluggish pace," said Yun.
He also noted the rare state of the current marketplace.
"The market is quite unusual as sales are coming down, but listed homes are still selling swiftly, and home prices are much higher than a year ago," said Yun.
"Moreover, an increasing number of buyers with short tenure expectations could opt for five-year adjustable-rate mortgages, thereby assuring fixed payments over five years because of the rate reset," he added. "The cash buyers, not impacted by mortgage rate changes, remain elevated."
The median existing-home price for all housing types in April was $391,200, up 14.8% from April 2021 ($340,700), as prices increased in each region. This marks 122 consecutive months of year-over-year increases, the longest-running streak on record.
Properties typically remained on the market for 17 days in April, equal to both the number of days in March 2022 and in April 2021. Eighty-eight percent of homes sold in April 2022 were on the market for less than a month.
First-time buyers were responsible for 28% of sales in April, down from 30% in March and from 31% in April 2021. NAR's 2021 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers-released in late 2021-reported that the annual share of first-time buyers was 34%.
According to the Wall Street Journal, "U.S. home prices climbed to a new record of $391,200 in April, but the number of sales fell as high prices and rising interest rates pushed more buyers out of the market.
"The U.S. housing market has started to slow after a two-year frenzy spurred by record-low mortgage interest rates and a desire for more space during the Covid-19 pandemic. Mortgage rates have climbed sharply in recent months, making home-buying less affordable.
"Existing-home sales fell 2.4% in April from the prior month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.61 million, the weakest rate since June 2020, the National Association of Realtors said Thursday. April sales fell 5.9% from a year earlier.
"Demand to buy homes continues to exceed supply, forcing buyers into bidding wars and pushing home prices higher.
"The median existing-home price rose 14.8% in April from a year earlier, with $391,200 a record high in data going back to 1999, NAR said.
"'Higher home prices and sharply higher mortgage rates have reduced buyer activity,' said Lawrence Yun, NAR's chief economist. 'We are moving back to pre-pandemic sales activity.'"


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Dwijendra Tripathi (29 July 1930 – 5 September 2018) was a professor of business history at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad where he worked for more than 25 years. He is considered the "Father of Business History" in India.

Personal life and education
Dwijendra was born on 29 July 1930 in a village in Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh, while India was still under British colonial rule. He got a First Class in his Class XII exams in the Arts stream. He studied at the University of Allahabad where he received his Bachelor of Arts in History, Economics, and English Literature in 1952 and his Master of Arts in History in 1954. He graduated in 1963 from the University of Wisconsin where he pursued a Ph.D in Comparative Economic History - India & U.S. as a Fulbright scholar. He was married to his wife Saraswati for more than fifty years, and had three children- Tushar, Parimal, and Smita. He died on 5 September 2018, which is also the day India celebrates Teachers' Day.

Career

In India
From August 1954 to April 1964, he worked at the Department of History and Political Science, D.N.J. College, University of Jabalpur. In May 1964, he moved to Bombay (now Mumbai) to work at the State Bank of India as a Research Officer in their Historical Research Department. In July 1964 he joined the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad where he chose to teach in the Economics educational area. He was sent by the institute to the Harvard Business School, which had a tie-up with IIMA, for the International Teachers Programme for a year in 1964. While at IIMA, he was on numerous committees, was the PGP Chairperson for four years, and was also dean for four years. He joined the Board of Governors of IIMA as a faculty representative in the 1980s.

At other universities
In the summers of 1961, 1962, and 1963 respectively, he worked as an instructor at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, George Washington University and Howard University, and University of Wisconsin Milwaukee.  He was a research assistant at University of Wisconsin from 1961-1962 and 1962-1963. In 1970, he was visiting professor at the Department of American Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University. He taught at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City for a year in 1979. From 1985–1986 he was a visiting research fellow at the Institute of Developing Economies, Tokyo. He was a Visiting Researcher (American Fellowship) at Brown University from March to June 1992.  In 2002-2003 he was the General President of the Indian History Congress.

To honour his legacy, the International Conference on Indian Business & Economic History in Memory of Prof. Dwijendra Tripathi will be held on 29-31 August 2019, at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.

Writing
Some of Tripathi's vast range of works include:
 Dating the Destiny: Thirty Five Years of the Larsen & Toubro. (1975)
 Themes and Perspectives in American History: Essays in Historiography (1978)
 The Dynamics of a Tradition: Kasturbhai Lalbhai and His Entrepreneurship (1981)
 Tribute to Ethics: Remembering Kasturbhai Lalbhai (1983), co-editor
 Towards a New Frontier: History of the Bank of Baroda (1985)
 State and Business in India: A Historical Perspective (1987), author and editor
 Historical Roots of Industrial Entrepreneurship in India and Japan: A Comparative Interpretation (1997)
 Alliance for Change: A Slum Upgrading Experiment Ahmedabad (1998)
 The Oxford History of Indian Business (2004)
 The Concise Oxford History of Indian Business, with Jyoti Jumani (2007)*
 Dynamics of Ascent: A Centenary History of Bank of Baroda (2007)
 The Oxford History of Contemporary Indian Business (2013)

References

1930 births
2018 deaths
20th-century Indian historians
21st-century Indian historians
21st-century Indian male writers
20th-century Indian male writers
People from Azamgarh district
University of Allahabad alumni
Indian expatriates in the United States
Academic staff of the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
Business historians

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Angelina Jolie left her Malibu hideaway for an estate in Hidden Hills, California, overnight, and ET has details on the new pad.
The property is nearly double the size of her 4,409-square-foot Malibu rental, boasting 8,284 square feet. Within that space are two beach entry pools, a cascading waterfall, an 800-sqare-foot cabana and a wine tasting room.
The new mansion is also cheaper than her former property. While the Malibu estate is worth close to $12 million and rents for $95,000 per month, the Hidden Hills residence is listed at a price of $6,895,000, renting at monthly rate of $30,000.
And the Oscar winner isn't the only famous person in the gated neighborhood. Her address is nearly a mile and a half away from Kim Kardashian and Kanye West.


MasterTruth: An Evil Spirit From God?
An Evil Spirit From God?
How can it be that an evil spirit came from God? For context, God had already rejected Saul, the first king, from remaining as king because of his disobedience. This is the beginning of the downfall of Saul as king and the rising of David to become king.
God can use anything to accomplish His punishments and judgments. Everything is in God's arsenal—in physical and spiritual realms. In the physical, He caused the earth to open up and swallow people; snakes to bite people; all the plagues in Exodus; fire and brimstone to fall on Sodom and Gomorrah; a flood; draught; enemy armies to get confused and kill each other; and much more.
He also can use things in the spirit world to accomplish His punishments and judgements. He can use evil as handily as He uses good. Saul wasn't the only king to whom God sent a questionable spirit. Ahab was also a wicked king in Israel who needed to be taken down.
Just note that the verse says that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul. This does not imply that God created the evil. He sent it. If I send someone a dozen roses, they are from me, but I didn't grow them. If an evil spirit comes from God, it means He sent it. The spirits are subject to Him. That's not difficult to understand. The spirits were also subject to the disciples through Jesus's name (Luke 10:17).
So, in summary, everything in the physical and spiritual realms are subject to God. He can and does use anything to accomplish His punishments and judgments.


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Greg Carson est un producteur, réalisateur et compositeur de cinéma américain.

Biographie

Filmographie

comme producteur
 1995 : A Gathering of Magic: Behind the Scenes of 'Lord of Illusions' (vidéo)
 2002 : Behind the Peepers: The Making of 'Jeepers Creepers' (vidéo)
 2002 : De Sade: Richard Matheson Story Teller (vidéo)
 2002 : Coming Home: Hal Ashby - A Man Out of Time (vidéo)
 2002 : Coming Home: Coming Back Home (vidéo)
 2002 : The Vikings: A Tale of Norway with Director Richard Fleischer (vidéo)
 2002 : Actor's Notebook: Christopher Lee (vidéo)
 2002 : Conan: The Making of a Comic Book Legend (vidéo)
 2002 : Basil Poledouris: Composing the Conan Saga (vidéo)
 2002 : The Return to the Onion Field (vidéo)
 2002 : Roger Corman Unearths 'The Premature Burial' (vidéo)
 2002 : Return of the Living Dead: Designing the Dead (vidéo)
 2002 : Masque of the Red Death: Roger Corman Behind the Masque (vidéo)
 2002 : Behind the Outer Limits (vidéo)
 2002 : CQ: DVD Special Features (vidéo)
 2002 : The Onion Field: Ring of Truth (vidéo)
 2002 : The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming: The Russians Are Coming to Hollywood (vidéo)
 2002 : Psychedelic Cinema (vidéo)
 2002 : Filming 'Rush' (vidéo)
 2003 : Tune in Trip Out (vidéo)
 2003 : The Trip: Psychedelic Light Box (vidéo)
 2003 : Allen Daviau, ASC on Psychedelic Film Effects (vidéo)
 2003 : Igby Goes Down: In Search of Igby (vidéo)
 2003 : Life Stinks: Does Life Really Stink? (vidéo)
 2003 : Salaam Bombay!: No Guts, No Glory (vidéo)
 2003 : Of Mice and Men: In Conversation, Gary Sinise and Horton Foote (vidéo)
 2003 : Personal Velocity: In Conversation Rebecca, Parker, Fairuza, and Kyra (vidéo)
 2003 : Personal Velocity: Creating 'Personal Velocity' (vidéo)
 2003 : Marvin Hamlisch: Broadway to Hollywood (vidéo)
 2003 : Love & Haight (vidéo)
 2003 : Valley Girl: In Conversation - Nicolas Cage and Martha Coolidge (vidéo)
 2003 : Valley Girl: 20 Totally Tubular Years Later (vidéo)
 2003 : Thrashin': Skatepark Sensations (vidéo)
 2003 : Thrashin': Makin' Thrashin' (vidéo)
 2003 : Road to 'The Sure Thing' (vidéo)
 2003 : Reading 'The Sure Thing' (vidéo)
 2003 : Dressing 'The Sure Thing' (vidéo)
 2003 : Casting 'The Sure Thing' (vidéo)
 2003 : Norman Mailer in Provincetown (vidéo)
 2003 : Images: Imagining Images (vidéo)
 2003 : Making 'Christmas Carol: The Movie' (vidéo)
 2003 : Lights, Camera, Creeper: Making 'Jeepers Creepers 2''' (vidéo)
 2004 : Serpent's Egg: German Expressionism (vidéo)
 2004 : Passion of Anna: Disintegration of Passion (vidéo)
 2004 : Pieces of April: All the Pieces Together (vidéo)
 2004 : With One Eye He Cries (vidéo)
 2004 : Shame: The Search for Humanity (vidéo)
 2004 : Persona: A Poem in Images (vidéo)
 2004 : Hour of the Wolf: The Search for Sanity (vidéo)
 2004 : Fool for Love: Art and Soul (vidéo)
 2004 : Faro Island Mystique (vidéo)
 2004 : Osama: Sharing Hope and Freedom (vidéo)
 2004 : Wild Party: Hollywood Hoopla (vidéo)
 2004 : The Wedding Banquet: A Forbidden Passion (vidéo)
 2004 : The Value of a Single Human Being (vidéo)
 2004 : A Tribute to Stanley Kramer (vidéo)
 2004 : In Conversation: Abby Mann and Maximillian Schell (vidéo)
 2004 : Obtaining Cover: Inside Code 46 (vidéo)
 2005 : The New York, New York Stories (vidéo)
 2005 : Liza on 'New York, New York' (vidéo)
 2005 : The Struggle (vidéo)
 2005 : Making of 'King' (vidéo)
 2005 : In Conversation with Tony Bennett and Abby Mann (vidéo)
 2005 : The Civil Rights Movement (vidéo)
 2005 : A Message for Peace: Making 'Hotel Rwanda' (vidéo)
 2005 : Supernatural Homicide (vidéo)
 2005 : The Source of Evil (vidéo)

 comme Réalisateur
 2002 : Coming Home: Hal Ashby - A Man Out of Time (vidéo)
 2002 : Coming Home: Coming Back Home (vidéo)
 2002 : Conan: The Making of a Comic Book Legend (vidéo)
 2002 : Mr. Saturday Night: The Buddy Young Jr. Story (vidéo)
 2002 : Mr. Saturday Night: See What We Did (vidéo)
 2002 : Mr. Saturday Night: Make-Up! (vidéo)
 2002 : Roger Corman Unearths 'The Premature Burial' (vidéo)
 2002 : Return of the Living Dead: Designing the Dead (vidéo)
 2002 : Masque of the Red Death: Roger Corman Behind the Masque (vidéo)
 2002 : Behind the Outer Limits (vidéo)
 2002 : Vilmos Zsigmond Flashes 'The Long Goodbye' (vidéo)
 2002 : Powaqqatsi: Impact of Progress (vidéo)
 2002 : The Onion Field: Ring of Truth (vidéo)
 2002 : The Long Goodbye: Rip Van Marlowe (vidéo)
 2002 : Koyaanisqatsi: Essence of Life (vidéo)
 2002 : The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming: The Russians Are Coming to Hollywood (vidéo)
 2002 : Psychedelic Cinema (vidéo)
 2003 : Tune in Trip Out (vidéo)
 2003 : The Trip: Psychedelic Light Box (vidéo)
 2003 : Allen Daviau, ASC on Psychedelic Film Effects (vidéo)
 2003 : Salaam Bombay!: No Guts, No Glory (vidéo)
 2003 : Personal Velocity: In Conversation Rebecca, Parker, Fairuza, and Kyra (vidéo)
 2003 : Personal Velocity: Creating 'Personal Velocity' (vidéo)
 2003 : Marvin Hamlisch: Broadway to Hollywood (vidéo)
 2003 : Love & Haight (vidéo)
 2003 : Valley Girl: In Conversation - Nicolas Cage and Martha Coolidge (vidéo)
 2003 : Valley Girl: 20 Totally Tubular Years Later (vidéo)
 2003 : Thrashin': Skatepark Sensations (vidéo)
 2003 : Thrashin': Makin' Thrashin' (vidéo)
 2003 : Road to 'The Sure Thing' (vidéo)
 2003 : Reading 'The Sure Thing' (vidéo)
 2003 : Dressing 'The Sure Thing' (vidéo)
 2003 : Casting 'The Sure Thing' (vidéo)
 2003 : Norman Mailer in Provincetown (vidéo)
 2003 : Images: Imagining Images (vidéo)
 2003 : Lights, Camera, Creeper: Making 'Jeepers Creepers 2' (vidéo)
 2003 : A Day in Hell: On the Set of 'Jeepers Creepers II' (vidéo)
 2004 : Serpent's Egg: German Expressionism (vidéo)
 2004 : Serpent's Egg: Away from Home (vidéo)
 2004 : Passion of Anna: Disintegration of Passion (vidéo)
 2004 : Pieces of April: All the Pieces Together (vidéo)
 2004 : With One Eye He Cries (vidéo)
 2004 : Shame: The Search for Humanity (vidéo)
 2004 : Persona: A Poem in Images (vidéo)
 2004 : Hour of the Wolf: The Search for Sanity (vidéo)
 2004 : Fool for Love: Art and Soul (vidéo)
 2004 : Faro Island Mystique (vidéo)
 2004 : Osama: Sharing Hope and Freedom (vidéo)
 2004 : Wild Party: Hollywood Hoopla (vidéo)
 2004 : The Wedding Banquet: A Forbidden Passion (vidéo)
 2004 : The Value of a Single Human Being (vidéo)
 2004 : A Tribute to Stanley Kramer (vidéo)
 2004 : In Conversation: Abby Mann and Maximillian Schell (vidéo)
 2004 : Obtaining Cover: Inside Code 46 (vidéo)
 2005 : The New York, New York Stories (vidéo)
 2005 : Liza on 'New York, New York' (vidéo)
 2005 : The Struggle (vidéo)
 2005 : Making of 'King' (vidéo)
 2005 : In Conversation with Tony Bennett and Abby Mann (vidéo)
 2005 : The Civil Rights Movement (vidéo)
 2005 : A Message for Peace: Making 'Hotel Rwanda' (vidéo)
 2005 : Supernatural Homicide (vidéo)
 2005 : The Source of Evil (vidéo)

 comme Compositeur
 2002 : Coming Home: Hal Ashby - A Man Out of Time (vidéo)
 2002 : Coming Home: Coming Back Home (vidéo)
 2003 : Thrashin': Skatepark Sensations (vidéo)
 2004 : Faro Island Mystique'' (vidéo)

Récompenses et nominations

Récompenses

Nominations

Anecdotes

Liens externes

Carson, Greg
Carson, Greg
Date de naissance non renseignée (XXe siècle)


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Pilot FTZ in China's Chongqing sees robust whole-vehicle imports
CHONGQING, April 1 (Xinhua) — The pilot free trade zone (FTZ) in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality registered stellar whole-vehicle imports in 2020 with streamlined China-Europe freight train services.
In 2020, 6,053 vehicles were imported via the China-Europe freight train services, with a total value of nearly 2.82 billion yuan (about 430 million U.S. dollars), according to municipal customs authorities on Wednesday.
This came after the pilot FTZ simplified its bonded warehouse services for whole-vehicle imports to one inspection and one transit, which cut the time taken to enter and exit the FTZ by over 50 percent.
The pilot FTZ has also set up whole-process electronic monitoring for packages to improve the efficiency of international parcel transport via the China-Europe freight train services.
Chongqing's China-Europe freight train services transported more than 17 million parcels in 2020, accounting for over 65 percent of all parcels handled via the services nationwide. Enditem


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import { CommonEngine } from '@nguniversal/common/engine';
import * as express from 'express';
import { join } from 'path';

import { AppServerModule } from './src/main.server';
import { APP_BASE_HREF } from '@angular/common';

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    '*.*',
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      maxAge: '1y',
    }),
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}

// Webpack will replace 'require' with '__webpack_require__'
// '__non_webpack_require__' is a proxy to Node 'require'
// The below code is to ensure that the server is run only when not requiring the bundle.
declare const __non_webpack_require__: NodeRequire;
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const moduleFilename = (mainModule && mainModule.filename) || '';
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Jagan Lamps is a 100% Export Oriented Unit founded by Jagannath Aggarwal and his son S P Aggarwal in the year 1993 for the manufacturing of H4 Halogen Lamps. The company is a leading manufacturer and exporter of auto bulbs, halogen bulbs, headlights, automotive electrical spares and other related products of extremely high quality at competitive prices.
Achievements/ recognition : Jagan Lamps is an ISO 9001:2000 certified company.
ARAI Approval from ARAI Pune.
"E" Homologation from RDW Holland and VCA , U.K. for 21 different category of lamps.
Compliance Statement Issued by RDW Holland.


A flower bouquet is a collection of flowers in a creative arrangement. Flower bouquets can be arranged for the decor of homes or public buildings, or may be handheld. Handheld bouquets are classified by several different popular shapes and styles, including nosegay, crescent, and cascading bouquets. Flower bouquets are often given for special occasions such as birthdays or anniversaries. They are also used extensively in weddings. Bouquets arranged in vases or planters for home decor can be arranged in either traditional or modern styles. Symbolism may be attached to the types of flowers used, according to the culture.


Everest Industries is gaining significant business benefits following a seamless migration to SAP S/4HANA 1709 that was spearheaded by DXC Technology. The transformation at Everest, a building products company based in India, improved its analytics, more tightly integrated its core business systems and streamlined its supply chain.
With a rich history of manufacturing building materials and pre-engineered steel buildings, Everest realized it needed to upgrade its Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) platform to improve efficiencies and bolster operational capabilities to support expansion of its product portfolio.
Everest was running SAP ECC (ERP Central Component), which had undergone extensive customization and lacked the accountability, governance and controls to sustain the company's expansion. Building on a strong IT services partnership, Everest turned to DXC to develop a transformation strategy. The logical move was to migrate to SAP S/4HANA 1709, which was released in September 2017 and features improvements in such areas as analytics, machine learning and user experience.
DXC's first step was to, in very short order, evaluate the solution by putting together a proof of concept using real-time data and different business scenarios. Once a business value matrix identified and validated the expected process gains, DXC proposed an SAP S/4HANA 1709 transition roadmap that involved three phases. A primary goal was to leverage the new solution's embedded analytics for better business controls and decision making.
"DXC's innovative delivery approach, commitment to planned milestones, collaboration with our core business team, tools and accelerators, helped Everest achieve the SAP S/4HANA 1709 journey in just 100 days, with no loss of sales during the transition."
The first phase of the transition focused on data cleansing to improve data quality, and then building a parallel SAP ECC instance in the cloud to enable a seamless transition with near-zero downtime. The second phase involved the migration, which DXC accelerated by using SAP Activate, an adoption framework for expediting SAP S/4HANA implementations, and a DXC-developed utility to identify unused custom code to remediate.
In phase three of the transformation, Everest collaborated with DXC on a business value realization strategy that taps into SAP S/4HANA 1709's advanced decision-making tools. DXC also guided Everest through a significant organizational change and helped develop a new operating model to facilitate future business growth.
DXC followed that up with a recommendation that Everest take advantage of SAP Fiori apps, an SAP product line designed to simplify the user experience across lines of business, tasks and devices. Business scenario recommendations and an SAP S/4HANA readiness check were used to identify relevant simplifications and the appropriate Fiori apps.
The new system is helping Everest improve operational efficiencies, such as resolving issues around order fulfillment and procurement. Integrating analytics capabilities on a single platform is saving significant time related to data consolidation for better business control and faster decision making. Plus, the adoption of Fiori apps is improving mobility capabilities and user experiences.
When Everest originally implemented SAP in 2012, its business was relatively straightforward, focused on manufacturing materials such as roofing products and boards. With the move to SAP S/4HANA 1709, Everest is now positioned to grow as a multichannel retailer with a fully integrated supply chain, so it can expand its product offerings and use data more efficiently to inform business decisions.


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Liliensternus liliensterni es la única especie conocida del género extinto Liliensternus ("de Lilienstern") de dinosaurio terópodo neoterópodo, que vivió a finales del período Triásico, hace aproximadamente 210 millones de años, durante el Noriense, en lo que hoy es Europa. Es el terópodo triásico mejor representado de Europa y uno de los más grandes conocidos.

Descripción
Liliensternus tenía aproximadamente 5,15 metros de largo, y puede haber pesado alrededor de 127 kilogramos. Otras estimaciones sugieren que Liliensternus tenía como máximo 5,20 metros de largo y pesaba 200 kilogramos como máximo. Los restos de dos especímenes de Liliensternus juntos forman una serie sintética con el número de inventario MB.R.2175 y consisten en esqueletos parciales y fragmentarios de al menos dos individuos, que contienen elementos del cráneo, las mandíbulas inferiores, las vértebras y el esqueleto apendicular. La tibia de 409 milímetros es más corta que el fémur de 440 milímetros, tanto en Dilophosaurus como en Liliensternus, a diferencia de los taxones de celofísidos, como la Coelophysis . Paul en 1988 señaló que, según su apariencia, Liliensternus podría considerarse un intermediario entre Coelophysis y Dilophosaurus . Aunque el cráneo no se conoce bien, muchas reconstrucciones muestran a Liliensternus con una cresta similar a la observada en Dilophosaurus. Su ilion, hueso de la cadera, es inusualmente corto, como es el caso de Dilophosaurus. Liliensternus tiene cinco dedos, al igual que sus contemporáneos, pero sus dígitos cuarto y quinto son más pequeños que el resto, una posible etapa de transición entre los terópodos de cinco dedos del Triásico y los de tres dedos del Jurásico. Rauhut y colaboradores en 199  señalaron que los restos pueden representar un individuo juvenil o subadulto basado en la presencia de solo dos sacros fusionados y el hecho de que las suturas neurocentrales aún son visibles en las vértebras.

Un diagnóstico es una declaración de las características anatómicas de un organismo o grupo que lo distinguen colectivamente de todos los demás organismos. Algunas, pero no todas, las características de un diagnóstico también son autapomorfías. Una autapomorfia es una característica anatómica distintiva que es exclusiva de un organismo o grupo dado. Según Rauhut en 2000, Liliensternus se puede distinguir en función de las siguientes características, las vértebras cervicales presentan una cresta ancha y redondeada que se extiende desde el extremo posterior de las diáfisis hasta el extremo posteroventral del centro vertebral, un par de pleurocoelos en  las vértebras del cuello, una fosa infradiapofisaria menos desarrollada, la ausencia de una cresta horizontal en la base de las espinas neurales cervicales, la ausencia de una protuberancia lateral en el ilion.

Descubrimiento e investigación
Los especímenes de Liliensternus, designados como la serie sintética HMN BM.R.2175, se recuperaron cerca de Großen Gleichberg en la Formación Trossingen del Grupo Middle Keuper en Turingia, Alemania, junto con restos de Ruehleia. Los sintipos fueron descubiertos por el conde Hugo Rühle von Lilienstern en el invierno de 1932 a 1933 en marl, una lutita rica en cal, depositada en la etapa noriana del período Triásico Tardío, hace aproximadamente entre 228 a 208 millones de años. Un metatarsiano izquierdo más tarde asignado a este género, también depositado en el Noriense, fue recolectado en 1834 en la piedra arenisca de la Formación Trossingen en Bayern, Alemania. Este metatarsiano fue descrito originalmente como un elemento manual o pedal por Meyer en 1855 y un fragmento púbico de Plateosaurus por Huene en 1908 pero Moser en 2003 identificó el material como un metatarsiano proximal perteneciente a Liliensternus. Sander en 1992 refirió material adicional a Liliensternus, que se cree que fue recolectado en 1961 piedra de marga gris y verde de la Formación Löwenstein en Aargau, Suiza, que también se considera de la etapa noriense del período Triásico Tardío. Un diente se refería a Liliensternus , depositado en el Noriano y recogido en 1913 en lutita roja oscura de la Formación Löwenstein en Baden-Württemberg, Alemania. El único material asignado a este género de estratos posteriores se descubrió en 1913 en piedra de arcilla azul de la etapa rética del Triásico Tardío, en la Formación Trossingen de Sachsen-Anhalt, Alemania, hace aproximadamente 208 a 201 millones de años. Los especímenes de Liliensternus permanecieron en el castillo de Hugo Rühle von Lilienstern hasta 1969, cuando fueron transferidos a la colección del Museo de Historia Natural de Berlín, su ubicación actual.

El género y los nombres específicos Liliensternus liliensterni se derivan del apellido del conde, paleontólogo aficionado y médico, Hugo Rühle von Lilienstern. Este dinosaurio fue nombrado en su honor por su apoyo a la paleontología en Alemania al fundar un museo paleontológico en su castillo en Bedheim, el 1 de julio de 1934. Liliensternus fue descrito por Friedrich von Huene en 1934. Debido a que originalmente fue nombrado por von Huene como miembro del género Halticosaurus, la especie tipo del género Liliensternus es Halticosaurus liliensterni, con la combinatio nova que es Liliensternus liliensterni, nombrada por Welles en 1984.

En 1993, Gilles Cuny y Peter Galton describieron una nueva especie que asignaron a este género, Liliensternus airelensis. Otros investigadores comenzaron a notar diferencias entre L. airelensis y la especie tipo, L. liliensterni y en 2007, Martin Ezcurra y Cuny asignaron el material a su propio género, Lophostropheus.

Clasificación
En 1934, Huene describió dos esqueletos que les asignaron el nombre de Halticosaurus liliensterni, pero en 1984 Samuel Paul Welles concluyó que la especie tipo de Halticosaurus, H. longotarsus, era dudosa. De hecho, la mayoría de lo que se había escrito en la literatura sobre Halticosaurus consideraba a H. liliensterni. Por lo tanto, Welles erigió un nuevo género: Liliensternus, el nombre nuevamente honrando a Rühle von Lilienstern. El nuevo nombre de la especie se convirtió en Liliensternus liliensterni. Rowe en 1989 descubrió que Liliensternus se deriva más que Dilophosaurus. Una segunda especie nombrada en 1993 por Cuny y Galton por restos fragmentarios encontrados en Francia, Liliensternus airelensis, que tenía un par adicional de pleurocoelos cervicales, fue reasignada en 2007 a un género separado, Lophostropheus. Originalmente asignado a los Halticosauridae, Liliensternus se considera hoy un miembro basal del Neotheropoda.

Filogenia
El siguiente árbol evolutivo ilustra una síntesis de las relaciones de los primeros grupos de terópodos compilados por Hendrickx et al. en 2015, incluida la posición de Liliensternus en la que coinciden todos los estudios.

En la Cultura popular

Lilliensternus ha aparecido en Walking with Dinosaurs: The Live Experience, pero no en la serie de televisión.

Referencias

Enlaces externos

Coelophysoidea
Dinosaurios del Triásico Superior
Dinosaurios del Jurásico
Dinosaurios de Europa


I am not a senior member of Design Your Own Mission website but i create many missions for GTA Sanandreas but upload only that mission which i like it!
i am not proud on myself other members create better missions than me.
i dont know anyone in dyom but a littile information about my friend Dragon Warrior DnW he was the first person that i saw him in my profile!
Downloading my missions are not important, i am not forcing anyone to download my missions i uploaded these missions because i want to play them via my new laptop about a year to go.
MY NEXT MISSION IS ON HOLD!
The Germans Failed to Catch the Americans after a counter attack on the American Soldiers, Now The Americans are at Mountain Chilhad cought by Japanese Military Convoy and Were teleported to Japan Prison.
hi, your Medal of Honor (World War II Edition) mission looks interesting. I'll play it as soon as my pc is repaired.
btw if u need any help on dyom just ask me, I'm looking fowared to help any one who ask help from me.
Thank you very much. I need your help plz I need a tutorial how to fall a parachute object from sky in mission.
Add a object and under carl and raise him up until u get the hight u want, the change the players spawn point to the place where u ar, then add a parachute item where the player spawn, and delete the object u ar standing on. better hide because if u want to edit the player again it wont be easy.
use bbcodes format to make the table, if u don't know bbcode formating google it or send the data to be included in the table to me through email, my Email dragonwarrior199@gmail.com.
1.take CJ as high as u want with a object like a gate.
2. press y -> player(keep cj on somewhere on the object) -> set settings.
3. goto pickups and add a parachute where cj spawns on the object and hide the gate object.
there ar codes for table, scroll down the page and find the topic.
its because u have set the pickup spawn after u reach the checkpoint on the ground or the pickup is too far away to player to pickup before falling.
support svatar file:any format less than 1mb.
if not, u have deleted the gate object. don't delete it just hide it after player spawn.
the object code must be: spawn after 0 hide after 0.
and i.know tht doesn't make any scence.
the one i mentioned as Pickup is the Parachute.
don't use the pickup as obj. , just a pickup no obj. thts the prob.
i just helped a needy, if u want to and like to play my missions, play. if not don't, I'm not forcing anyone to do so.
ur planetcricket link doesn't work because it doesn't contains a 'http://' at the begining, am i correct ;). correct it to http://www._______________.com or whteverr.
madras cafe? i think the the film as shooted in Sri Lanka and other 2 or 3 countries. thts were i live ;) :P.


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Gender, Sexual and Reproductive Health Option: Master of Science in Global Health Delivery (MGHD)
improving sexual and reproductive health program design, delivery, research and advocacy
Through its flagship Master of Science in Global Health Delivery (MGHD) program, UGHE is pleased to offer a one-year blended program providing specialized skills in Gender, Sexual and Reproductive Health (GSRH) delivery, and the tools with which to influence gender and sexual and reproductive health through innovation, advocacy leadership, and management.
The master's program will equip graduates with the following skills and competencies:
Understanding of the intersection between gender and sexual and reproductive health concepts, discussions and efforts to achieve universal access to health care
Understanding the importance of gender integration and analysis and apply knowledge and skills in gender and sexual and reproductive health programs.
Application of the continuum of approaches for gender integration in sexual and reproductive health projects.
Critique gender and sexual and reproductive health policies and programs and develop policy and program recommendations to address key problems.
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Identification of resources for additional information and technical assistance.
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Employing the principles of evidence-based implementation to translate research into practice.
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The program contains, but is not limited to the following courses.
Social construct of gender, gender-based inequality, gender and health
Human rights in health, and sexual and reproductive rights
Ethical issues in SRH, Ethics and SRH policies
Gender as health determinant,
Health Systems and Health Inequality
Issues of special interest in SRH discussions – adolescent and youth SRH and rights, family planning, maternal and child health, sexual health, safe abortion, sexual and gender-based violence.
SRH leadership, management, and governance
SRH program analysis – case studies on SRH focused organizations, SRH indicators, measurement, and analytics (best approaches and challenges)
SRH research methods and application
Eligibility & Applications:
Applications for the Class of 2023 are now open; 1st October 2021 and close on 4th February, 2022, and candidates can apply via the UGHE Application Form.
This master's program is designed for those who have taken their undergraduate courses in health-related fields including but not limited to health care or public health or social science who want to acquire specialized skills in gender and SRH sensitive global health delivery. Applicants are required to have:
A Bachelor's degree or equivalent from a recognized institution of higher learning in health or related social science fields
A stated interest in interactive, active problem-based learning on gender and sexual and reproductive health
A demonstration of values and experience consistent with the philosophy of the University of Global Health Equity
Proficiency in English to enable the student to both comprehend learning material and to engage in verbal and written communication at the graduate level.
Additionally, priority will be given to:
Candidates from traditionally disadvantaged communities, including gender minorities, ethnic minorities, impoverished families and communities
Strong applicants from organizations in the field of gender, sexual and reproductive health
Female candidates from traditionally disadvantaged communities, including minority gender groups, ethnic minorities, impoverished families and communities
Female candidates
Learning and Teaching Strategy
UGHE will combine classroom-based work, distance or eLearning, leadership training, and field-based work to allow students to develop the skills to tackle major gender, sexual and reproductive health problems. A variety of learning approaches will be used, including:
Traditional in-person classroom lectures and seminars
Facilitated classroom discussion of case studies
Online courses: Asynchronous courses based on access to learning materials on the web anytime, and from anywhere.
Under the GSRH program, UGHE provides full scholarships for candidates from low and middle-income countries, with priority for applicants from Sub-Saharan Africa and other African regions. This scholarship is provided based on merit and financial need. While the scholarship covers tuition fees, accommodation, meals, academic materials and research (practicum-related) costs in Rwanda; it does not cover visa costs, Covid tests, and transportation of students to Kigali and back to their home countries.
Center for Gender Equity Faculty:
Tsion Yohannes
Dr. Tayechalem G. Moges
Rashidah Nambaziira
Center for Gender Equity staff:
Deborah Umucyo


San Jose, CA and Mountain View, CA (February 4, 2014) — Cisco and Google today announced they have entered into a long-term patent cross-licensing agreement covering a broad range of products and technologies.
The agreement allows each company to extract significant value from its patent portfolio through a license to the other's portfolio and by helping to reduce the risk of future litigation. It stands in direct contrast to actions such as patent privateering – or the transfer of patents to patent assertion entities – that harm consumers.
"Our agreement with Cisco will reduce the potential for litigation, letting us focus instead on building great new products," said Allen Lo, Google's Deputy General Counsel for Patents. "We're pleased to enter into this cross-license, and we welcome discussions with any company interested in a similar arrangement."
"In today's overly-litigious environment, cross-licensing is an effective way for technology companies to work together and help prevent unnecessary patent lawsuits," said Dan Lang, Cisco's Vice President of Intellectual Property. "This agreement is an important step in promoting innovation and assuring freedom of operation."
Both Cisco and Google are members of the Coalition for Patent Fairness, a leading advocacy group for patent reform. In addition, Cisco General Counsel Mark Chandler recently reiterated a pledge not to sell patents to patent assertion entities in order to help encourage innovation rather than litigation.
Google is a global technology leader focused on improving the ways people connect with information. Google's innovations in web search and advertising have made its website a top Internet property and its brand one of the most recognized in the world. Google's patent portfolio of more than 50,000 patent assets is ranked as one of the top patent portfolios in the high-tech industry.