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Writing Great Fiction: An Introduction
by ImproveYourWriting
Chapter 1: Elements of Fiction Writing
Chapter 2: The Two Rules of Writing
Chapter 3: Dialogue
Chapter 4: Description
Chapter 5: Conflict, Stakes and Rising Action
Chatper 6: Theme and the Interior World
Chapter 7: Writing Great Characters
Chapter 8: Plot vs. Story
Chapter 9: The Writing Process
Welcome to the Wattpad Writing Great Fiction introduction! You can browse through the chapters and use them as a reference when needed, or you can treat this like a class in writing fiction. There are assignments you can do, but don't worry, there a...
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Let's talk about money.
No, we're not going to talk about how to make money from your writing (that's a big discussion for a different book.).
What we're going to talk about is actual, physical money.  Chances are, you probably don't have any coins in your pocket right now.  Across the world, we've switched more and more to virtual money, but (until everything goes digital) I bet you've held a coin in your hand.
Coins are remarkably universal.  Whether it's a Bhat, a Quarter, a Euro or a Peso, it's got two sides.  There is usually someone's face on one side and something else on the back.  When you think about it, it's pretty much impossible to imagine a coin without two sides.  You may picture one side most of the time, but you always know the other side is there.
And that's how we need to look at what we write...that all of our stories and novels have two sides.
In the last few chapters we've been really focused on one side of the writing coin.  We've talked about what is going on inside the characters.  As I've said before, this change that the character goes through is the Story (big S).  But, I've also given you some hints about the other side of the coin...the plot.
We've talked a bit about how Story interacts with the plot (no need to capitalize this one as it almost always means the same thing), but now it's time to give you some details on how you can bring both sides of the coin together by making the plot and Story work together.
When most of us get an idea for a new story, we tend to get ideas for things that might happen.  True, the first images we conjure up might be of a character, but it's generally a character doing something that the reader can see or hear.  Our first impressions of a character or story tend not to be about how that character is changing, becoming something new.
That's why we've spent so much time talking about all the internal stuff.  It takes time to consider all the aspects of theme and character arc and the internal whys that make up the Story of a story.  But plot's relatively straightforward.  Something happens that leads to the next thing.  Characters do things and the plot builds until it's over.
Yes, there are lots of tools you can use to shape a great plot, and we will get into those in upcoming chapters, but we get rough ideas for plot pretty naturally.
So, to get started, let's go back to our money analogy.  Go find a coin.  Set its edge on the table and give it a good spin.  While it spins, look at it.
You don't see one side or the other anymore, do you?  When it's spinning fast, it all blurs together.
That's what reading a good story is like for your readers.  When you put everything together well, the two different sides of character development and plot blur into one experience for the readers.  They can't see the mechanics of how things fit together because you've made the two sides flow together so well.
But how?  At the fundamental level it's pretty simple...the decisions or choices the character makes drive things that happen to form the plot.  And the new situations in the plot give opportunities for new decisions and actions for the character to make.
And, by the end of the story, the plot has hopefully provided a situation where the character has to make a decision that she would not have made earlier in the story.
What really ties this together is a sense of causality in a story, a feeling that actions lead directly to certain outcomes, without the randomness of life.  Do you remember our time spent with Curious George the monkey?  As an adult we don't enjoy Curious George quite as much because there are few causal connections in the actions.  George does one thing, then a different thing and finally the Man with the Yellow Hat shows up to rescue him.  Not only is the Man with the Yellow Hat a predictable deus ex machina, but George's actions don't lead directly to anything.  They don't build or put him in situations where he has to grow or change.
This is totally fine for a young children's book, but if we are writing for even slightly older readers, we have to satisfy that need for causality.  There are probably a number of reasons for this.  Our brains are amazingly good at spotting patterns, and seeing a pattern of cause and effect makes our brains happy.  Also, we often lack a sense of causality in real life.  Too often we are in Curious George's position, where life throws us from one situation to another and there is little we can do to influence what happens.  So, getting to read about a character who gets to see the direct impact of her actions feels good.
Now, let's take a moment to look at some examples of how character decisions cause new plot events, which cause the need for even more decisions.
In the film Big Hero 6, the protagonist Hiro definitely drives the action.  He is always pushing, always investigating, always seeking revenge or justice for the death of his older brother.
Here's just a bit of the interplay between his decisions and the plot taken from the first act of the film.
In the beginning, we meet Hiro as he is hustling an illegal bot fight and has to be rescued by his brother Tadashi.  And, instead of listening to his brother's warnings, Hiro decides to go to yet another bot fight.
This decision triggers a reaction by his brother, who says he will take him to the fight, but they have to make a stop first.  Tadashi takes Hiro to his nerd school and Hiro decides that he has to get in there.  This sparks his decision to sign up for the big robotics competition so he can win a place at the school.
The next bit of the plot follows because of this decision.  Hiro builds his microbots and wins the competition.  Plus...what we don't see directly is that it is Hiro's decision to make microbots that drives the decision of the villain to blow up the convention hall so that he can steal the microbots.  It isn't shoved in our face, but it's Hiro's actions that lead to the death of his brother.  This isn't saying Tadashi's death is Hiro's fault, far from it.  It's just that the death is causally connected to earlier events and is not random.
This takes us into the rest of the film.  Hiro keeps making decisions that keep changing the situation throughout the rest of the movie.  And this is something that you can do too.  When you are thinking of the events that will happen in your story (plot), just take time to think about what your main character might do that would create these events.  You can start from the beginning or even from the ending and work backwards.  We will go into a lot of detail on the backward pass soon, I promise.
No matter which end you start at, if you work to link up internal decisions with external moments of the plot, you will have yet another critical technique that will help you create stories that readers will not be able to put down.
Instructor's note:
This lesson marks the end of the theory section of our writing manual.  If we take the money analogy a bit further, we've been talking about the theory of money so far.  But from now on, we are going to be talking about cash that you can hold in your hand.  From this point, we launch into specific techniques to help you plan and write great stories.
So, hold onto your hats and get ready!
Chapter 8 Homework:
Describe the cause and effect relationship of character decisions and plot action for one of your favorite films or books.


Every year, the Association of Registered Graphic Designers (RGD) invites submissions of graphic design projects from around the world done under the theme of communication design for social good; work with the power to incite action and make meaningful change in the way we live our lives.
For 2015, a portion of the entry fees will be donated to the Canadian Red Cross Nepal Region Earthquake Fund.
Featured artists, Girolamo Giantempo and Francesco Zorzi, Italy, Mirko Cresta, Switzerland and James Yang, United States.
ih8war.com is a personal project of graphic designers Charles HIvely and Sarah Munt. To date we have had over 65 artist submissions centered around the thought that artists can make a difference. Other participating artists include Seymour Chwast, Anthony Freda, Lasse Skarbovik, Davide Bonazzi, Adria Fruitos, Omer Hoffman, Giulio Bonasera and Ken Orvidas to name a few. Check out the gallery online for a complete view of all the work.
Over 8 million people from all over the world flock to the Louvre every year for the opportunity to gaze upon the beguiling Renaissance masterpiece, La Gioconda, more popularly known as "Mona Lisa."
For over 500 years, civilizations have exhaustively attempted to examine all facets of the famous artwork's creation, influence, mythology, heritage, and mystique. But perhaps one of the most fascinating aspects of Mona Lisa's enduring legacy is the frequency with which this painting has been reinterpreted, parodied, appropriated, and imitated by other artists. No painting in history has been reproduced as often as Mona Lisa, and yet never before has there been published a book such as MONA LISA REIMAGINED, a captivating anthology of hundreds of pieces of art that have been inspired by this priceless world treasure. Featuring both established and emerging artists from over 50 different countries, this book is destined to become an essential addition to every bookshelf, coffee table, and library.
Author Erik Maell is an illustrator and graphic designer whose clients include Lucasfilm Ltd., Universal Studios, The Walt Disney Company, Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Topps Trading Card Company, and Victoria's Secret Beauty Corporation. He lives in Columbus, OH.


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He wrote newsletters (401(k) ALERT and Variable Products ALERT) and Financial Planning (as Editor-in-Chief), the trade journal of the International Association of Financial Planning (IAFP).
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The joy of quitting your job
Arwa Mahdawi
It's hard to shake the addiction to a monthly salary. But take the advice of a master quitter – jacking it in before you're too successful might be the best thing you ever do
Tue 8 Mar 2016 13.21 EST Last modified on Sat 25 Nov 2017 00.39 EST
Suddenly, dropping out is the new leaning in. Photograph: PeopleImages.com/Getty Images
I am a very important, very busy person. Sometimes I wake up and don't even have time for breakfast because I have just got so much on. I normally check my email on the subway so I can hit the ground running when I reach my Manhattan office; but, you know, it's impossible to ever really catch up because I get so many emails. I don't exactly have a corner office, but one could say that I sit in a corner of the office. From this corner, I spend my day busily reaching out and circling back and adding people to my professional network on LinkedIn. Occasionally, my days contain so much circling back that I wonder whether I have turned into a squiggle.
Of course, I'm being facetious. I would have to harbour delusions of grandeur to think of my meaningless job in advertising in those terms. Not that those delusions would be a bad thing. In fact, if you want to get ahead in much of the corporate world, they're essential. If you're going to spend your life working crazy hours, you need to feel that you're doing something important, that you're someone important. Which is why corporations, particularly American ones, bestow you with titles such as president, vice-president and chief this-and-that. It's also why you learn to speak a special language that dresses up banal actions in game-changing, out-of-the-box verbiage. And it's why everyone is always so "busy", even though they're often just busy doing busy work. Finally, it's why a certain strata of people feel justified in taking home disproportionately large salaries for jobs that contribute very little to society.
If you're not totally delusional then you're probably somewhat disillusioned with your working life. Of course, there's also the possibility you have a meaningful job you love or that you're simply happy to have paid employment and find self-validation outside of prescribed capitalist notions of success. But, for the sake of the next paragraph, let's stick with "somewhat disillusioned" if not "completely and utterly miserable".
A recent study by the London School of Business and Finance found that 47% of professionals in the UK wanted to change job. That figure jumped to 66% among millennials (people aged between 20 and 34). Further, a report found that nearly half of workers in the UK plan to quit their jobs this year.
Quitting is in, apparently. More than three million Americans quit their jobs last December, the highest number in a decade. This is a good indicator that the US economy is doing OK, but also shows that our attitudes towards work are shifting. Suddenly, dropping out is the new leaning in.
This is the point of the debate around changing attitudes to work where people wade in with generalisations about whiny, entitled millennials who don't understand how the "real world" works and who expect interesting, well-paid jobs to be handed to them on a plate. These kids wouldn't really feel fulfilled unless they were prime minister, won a Nobel prize for literature and had babies with a supermodel. Even then, they'd still wonder, am I really following my passion?
Stressing out about your unfulfilling job is, of course, a pretty privileged problem to have. But, you know what else is a problem? Accepting that the world that capitalism has created is the real world and that it works a certain way, ergo you have to work a certain way.
I'm a big proponent of quitting; I do it regularly. I began my quitting career in law, which I sort of found myself in by mistake to begin with. After studying English literature – which is an excellent grounding for a life of perennial disillusionment – I got a job at a corporate law firm because that seemed to be what a lot of people did. They funded a law conversion course and this was followed by a well-paid two-year training contract. It seemed like a no-brainer.
The scholar and author Nassim Taleb wrote: "The three most harmful addictions are heroin, carbohydrates, and a monthly salary." Indeed, many of these seemingly covetable graduate jobs are basically stepping stones to a life-long money addiction. You get used to a certain lifestyle and pretty soon you are tethered to it with a mortgage. Or sometimes it's not even the money; it's the social currency – having an impressive answer when people ask: "What do you do?"
The best thing to do if you want to avoid developing a salary addiction is to quit before you're ahead – before you're so far up the career ladder that earning less money seems unthinkable. This was very easy for me to do with law because I was really quite bad at it. Also, I was working on a case about ice-cream that had been going on for 19 years and I'd started having nightmares about ice-cream.
Sometimes, however, the signs are not so clear. I'm 32 now, which puts me in a zone I have termed the Point of No Return. This is somewhere between the ages of 29 and 35 where it is easier to just quit quitting and get on with it. It's a bit like when the returns policy on your shoes runs out – but for your life. At the Point of No Return, you abandon the foolish dreams you had been clinging on to and instead accept that real world. Certainly, that's what a lot of my peers seem to be doing. A lot of would-be poets are now trying to make partner in corporate law firms. As a result, I recently decided to quit my career yet again so I could take some time out, gather my sanity, regain some perspective, and stop myself from busily circling back and actually mean it seriously.
In the future, I'm hopeful that technology will automate so many of our jobs that we will redefine, for the better, how we work and the sort of work we value. In the meantime, however, there's a lot to be said for occasionally quitting the rat race so you don't find yourself becoming one of those people who spend their life being busy, busy, busy. Busy doing nothing much at all.

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Tax Reform, EEOC Regulation and Employer Healthcare: Here's What YOU Need to Know
What's the impact of tax reform on employer health and welfare plans?
How might Association Health Plans impact the healthcare market?
What do recent developments in EEOC wellness program regulation mean for you?
Which legislative proposals will impact large employers?
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Epstein Becker Green
Adam C. Solander is a Member of the Firm in the Health Care and Life Sciences practice, in the Washington, DC, office of Epstein Becker Green.
Mr. Solander:
Represents clients with respect to health regulatory compliance issues and health policy
Advises health care clients on issues concerning ERISA preemption, obligations of plan fiduciaries and breach of fiduciary duties, prohibited transactions, and denial of benefits
Interprets and provides counsel on issues related to managed care laws and self-funded plans
Advises on data breach/cybersecurity issues across industry lines
Mr. Solander is a Certified CSF Practitioner, a designation given by the Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST), an organization that provides training to develop and maintain effective security programs for health care and life sciences companies that comply with security laws, regulations, and standards, including HITECH, HIPAA, PCI, JCAHO, CMS, ISO, NIST, and various other federal, state, and business requirements.
In 2016, Mr. Solander received a JD Supra Readers' Choice Award for his thought leadership on the Affordable Care Act (ACA). He was cited in the top ten of nearly 900 authors writing about the ACA. In 2014, Mr. Solander received a Burton Award for Legal Writing. The award, which is given in association with the Library of Congress, was presented to only 30 authors from entries submitted by the nation's 1,000 largest law firms. The winners were selected by a distinguished panel of judges and law school professors from Harvard Law School, Columbia Law School, and Stanford Law School. Mr. Solander was also selected to the Washington DC Rising Stars list (2016 to 2018) in the area of Health Care.
Prior to joining Epstein Becker Green, Mr. Solander served as Health Policy Counsel at the ERISA Industry Committee in Washington, DC, where he counseled Fortune 500 companies on health care legislation, including ACA, the HITECH Act, ERISA, and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act; analyzed federal and state rulemakings and their potential impact on companies; prepared and submitted comment letters and position statements to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services and the U.S. Department of Labor; and led committee meetings examining the impact of health care legislation on employee health benefits and related employer obligations.
Mr. Solander also has experience advocating on behalf of health care trade associations and disease-specific patient advocacy groups, to the Congressional and Executive branches.
While attending law school, Mr. Solander was a case note editor of the Penn State International Law Review and served as an extern on Senator Kennedy's HELP Committee health staff.
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West Virginia University (M.A., 2004)
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This past spring, our Editorial Board unanimously voted to end our regular printing schedule and to instead refocus our efforts toward online publication. Since this decision will obviously affect our readers, I wanted to take some time to explain our reasoning, give some context, and tell you all what to expect from us in the future.
This past April, Editor in Chief of the Columbia Journalism Review Kyle Pope gave a talk about the current state of journalism at Rensselaer. During the somewhat casual Q&A, I asked if there were any valid reasons to hold onto print newspapers. Pope's answer was no; if you have the resources to print, then great, but it's not something to cling to, especially when it's doing more harm than good.
I had been mulling over this idea for months by this point, largely because of how much time and money it takes just to put out a physical issue. I also serve as the advertising director, which leaves me with the responsibility of soliciting around $1,000 each week in advertisements, just so that we can afford to print. There were many weeks where we didn't have the money, likely because there are more cost-effective ways to advertise.
Pope's answer prompted me to start a discussion with the Editorial Board about the possibility of not printing regularly anymore. The more we talked about it, the more obvious it became. Print publications, especially on a scale as small as a school newspaper, are constantly becoming harder to independently sustain. The switch to online-first journalism feels inevitable, and we would much rather make the switch an active decision on our part, while our staff can expect it and prepare for the transition.
Laying out the physical paper also takes a considerable amount of our time. We would come into the office at 7 pm on Tuesdays, and often not finish until 3, 4, or sometimes even 5 am. Eliminating the time spent on layout means our staff will be able to focus more on creating meaningful content for the Rensselaer community.
To clarify, we still plan to publish content on our website at least every Wednesday, except during holiday and examination periods. Don't get me wrong—I love the print paper, and I'm sad to see it go. But, as the editor in chief of the paper, I believe this is what's best for us. We've been serving the Rensselaer community since 1885; we look forward to serving it in 2018 and beyond.


Where Does The Nickname "Beantown" Come From?
Boston goes by a lot of nicknames, but there's one that just seems to stick a little better than all the others. We're talking, of course, about "Beantown". Boston is the largest city in New England, and one has to wonder if Bostonians don't somewhat resent their silly-sounding nickname. Where does the name come from, anyway?
The fact is, no one really knows when or why Boston got dubbed "Beantown", but plenty of myths and legends abound. One of the more obvious origin stories comes from Massachusetts' famous baked beans, a New England delicacy that can be traced back to the original Native American population. Massachusetts' particular way of making baked beans has a storied history of its own. In the late 17th century, Massachusetts and Rhode Island were both major hubs for distilling rum and other alcoholic beverages. Both early colonies produced huge quantities of the spiced libation, which was a valuable commodity in the Triangle Trade. During the Triangle Trade days, rum from Boston would be traded in Africa for slaves, which were also traded for other goods like molasses; the molasses was, ironically enough, one of the most important parts of distilling rum.
But molasses had other uses, as well, notably in making – you guessed it – baked beans. Diverging from the traditional method of making baked beans with maple syrup, molasses became the favorite ingredient for New Englanders all around Boston. Legend has it that the moniker "Bean Town" was originally sailor slang referring to Boston as one of the major ports of the Triangle Trade.
But there are other, less offensive stories about the nickname, as well. One claims that the name comes from a 1890 Civil War veterans' convention hosted in Boston, where the Beverly Pottery Company gave out free souvenirs: the souvenirs, which were small bean pots, inspired some of the vets to dub the city "bean-town".
But it could also be none of the above; another legend claims that a 1907 publicity stunt is the origin of the nickname. Old Home Week, an event where ex-Bostonians were recruited to return to the city and reminisce at some of their favorite spots, was first held that year and was a week-long celebration meant to encourage tourism and business. The city went hard in their advertising for the event, sending out posters, stickers, and fliers across the continent to draw attention: many of these advertisements featured bean pots and slogans like "You Don't Know Beans Until You Come To Boston". This might be as good an explanation as any for why Boston is known, lovingly, as "Beantown".
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Home Bollywood Bobby Deol: It's a challenging time to be an actor
Bobby Deol: It's a challenging time to be an actor
Mumbai– Actor Bobby Deol is looking forward to foraying into the digital world, and says it is an exciting as well as challenging time to be an actor.
The actor makes his digital debut with the film "Class Of '83", which is backed by superstar Shah Rukh Khan's banner Red Chillies Entertainment.
"I love the sheer variety of content a digital medium has to offer and it's truly encouraging to know that your work can reach so many people across the world," Bobby said.
"The 1980s was a fascinating period in Mumbai's history and this film allowed me to live and feel that era all over again. When (director) Atul (Sabharwal) and Red Chillies Entertainment approached me, I was drawn by the intensity and depth of the character. It's my first attempt on digital. It's an exciting and challenging time to be an actor," said Bobby.
The actor added that he is "super excited" that everyone gets to see the trailer on Friday, as well as the film eventually.
The film is the story of a hero policeman, who is shunted to a punishment posting as the Dean of the police academy, and narrates how he, in turn, decides to punish the corrupt bureaucracy and its criminal allies by training five lethal assassin policemen.
"Class Of '83" also stars Annup Soni, Joy Sengupta, Vishwajeet Pradhan, Bhupendra Jadawat, Ninad Mahajani, Hitesh Bhojraj, Sameer Paranjape and Prithvik Pratap, and releases on Netflix on August 21. (IANS)
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Bellinzona treasure hunt
Piazza Collegiata 12
Bellinzona's family treasure hunt winds its way through the old town and up to the Castles of the Bellinzona Fortress. This multi-level treasure hunt will lead the little ones on a discovery of the Capital and its magnificent castles.
Arm yourself with a map and set off to discover the friendly characters from the past who are hiding in the most important tourist attractions, streets, squares and ancient houses of the Turrita.
Ask for your map at the Infopoint Bellinzona in Piazza Collegiata and set off in search of the mysterious word. Follow the numbered points on the map and discover the letters scattered around the town. Once you have found all 8, put them together and you will find the mystery word.
Return the map to the Infopoint Bellinzona in Piazza Collegiata and you will find a nice surprise waiting for you.
But beware! For those who are not satisfied, there are 2 extra bonuses at the Castles of Montebello and Sasso Corbaro.
The cost of the treasure hunt is CHF 5.00 per family and is suitable for children of all ages. The duration is 2 hours for the basic tour with the first 8 characters.
And don't forget to take a selfie with the characters at InfoPoint Bellinzona and tag @bellinzonaevalli!
Those wishing to find extra bonuses can reach the Castles of Montebello and Sasso Corbaro by car, on foot or, from April to October, with the Artù train. In this case the game time will be longer depending on the type of route you choose.
For further information contact the Infopoint Bellinzona of Piazza Collegiata or call 091 825 21 31. The opening hours of the Infopoint Bellinzona are as follows:
MO-FR: 09.00-18.00
SU ET HOLIDAY: 10.00-16.00
TIMETABLE Monday: 09:00 - 18:00
Sunday: 10.00-16.00
VENUES Suitable for families
Hungerforts
Artù, the small train of the Castles
Cablecar Monte Carasso-Mornera
Castelgrande and the wall
Santa Petronilla Waterfall
Curzútt above Monte Carasso


I was searching through some old videos and I stumbled upon Warrior queen. I remember The first time I heard this track I was floored by the mean mean Bass and the Mc's mad skill. It has been a while and it doesn't quite hit me the same way but that is subjective and purely incidental. Warrior Queen Featuring with the Bug. Dubstep Sub bass madness. And the queen is dripping with attitude. It gets a bit repetitive by the end, but then again it is dance music. Nonetheless there are teeth here and they are sharp.
Visually the video betrays it's VJ roots, a mash up of collage visual art and dance hall projection. Also reflections of war speak to the post Iraq and Afghanistan British psyche.
More collage cut out bumping bass and speakers on the run. This time featuring some obligatory booty gyration and some Kung fu fighting skills to match (the male equivalent of slow arse gyration is of course kicking and punching a lot). This time featuring for Sunship, Warrior Queen is on top form. Again accompanied by some serious Sub bass but again, alas, loses it's grip after the first or second round.
The Last of our Warrior Queen roundup, Mutants by Liquid Stranger. A strange Low Fi almost bad but mostly great music video featuring a Mime madman. The Low Fi quality of the video here as in the others reminds of the niche confines of this music. That is at least for me quite charming. Though that word brings to mind Julie Andrews whom Warrior Queen is decidedly not.


Have you tried nail strips? Being a self-confessed nail art addict, I had been wanting to try these for a long time, but for some reason, I haven't until this week, when I received two kits of NAIL DRESS MIX IT UP from KISS. They are pressure-sensitive adhesive that you apply on clean and dry nails to dress them with fun patterns and textures. Looking for a statement accessory? Try statement nails!
They're easier to applier than I thought and easy to peel off, without any damaging acetone (hooray!). Mine lasted about a week (way longer than I thought in the first place!), but if you have an important event, I suggest you apply them the night before, to make sure they look their very best. Each kit contains two different designs (perfect to mix and match) and includes 40 strips (in 12 different sizes) and a nail file! You will find them at any Target store for less than $10! Have I told you how happy I am that Target finally opened up in Canada?
Ta-daaa! You're ready to rock your manicure!
I'm wearing the golden ones from the Daiquiri pack (first photo) and Tania is wearing the Cosmopolitan, in the lightest shade (second photo). See those products here.
Are you going to try those? Where would you rock such a cool manicure?
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#define WorkerRuntimeAgent_h

#if ENABLE(INSPECTOR) && ENABLE(WORKERS)

#include "InspectorRuntimeAgent.h"
#include <wtf/PassOwnPtr.h>

namespace WebCore {

class WorkerGlobalScope;

class WorkerRuntimeAgent : public InspectorRuntimeAgent {
public:
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    {
        return adoptPtr(new WorkerRuntimeAgent(instrumentingAgents, state, injectedScriptManager, context));
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    virtual ~WorkerRuntimeAgent();

    // Protocol commands.
    virtual void run(ErrorString*);

#if ENABLE(JAVASCRIPT_DEBUGGER)
    void pauseWorkerGlobalScope(WorkerGlobalScope*);
#endif // ENABLE(JAVASCRIPT_DEBUGGER)

private:
    WorkerRuntimeAgent(InstrumentingAgents*, InspectorCompositeState*, InjectedScriptManager*, WorkerGlobalScope*);
    virtual InjectedScript injectedScriptForEval(ErrorString*, const int* executionContextId);
    virtual void muteConsole();
    virtual void unmuteConsole();
    WorkerGlobalScope* m_workerGlobalScope;
    bool m_paused;
};

} // namespace WebCore

#endif // ENABLE(INSPECTOR)

#endif // !defined(InspectorPagerAgent_h)

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const loaderUtils = require("loader-utils");

module.exports = function(source) {
  this.cacheable();
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We're an integrated (development & construction) commercial real estate company located in New Orleans doing business in the Gulf South – having developed over 2.3 million square feet of retail for National Retailers.
We have been very successful rolling out Dollar Generals throughout the Louisiana market – especially in the New Orleans and Jefferson Parish markets. We bring stakeholders, political leaders, planners, and communities together to support our projects.
As a Developer and General Contractor we are able to control the entire project from start to finish – that gives us confidence that we can deliver as promised – being the single point of contact simplifies the process. We accept total responsibility for quality and timely results.
We are a relationship-based developer. We value our clients and the trust they place in us. In the developer | tenant relationship we understand the need to get the deals done – even when, on occasion, some projects are not home runs for us – we get our tenants the locations they desire.
Through our 13 year relationship with Dollar General of rolling out over a hundred stores, we could clearly see the necessity to follow their program to the "T". We get it that each tenant has a "process." Our primary responsibility is getting it done your way.
Brokers and tenants enjoy working with us because of our flexibility. One of our clients identified a site, but the owner wouldn't subdivide the property. We purchased 7.5 acres and an old Shopping Center shell to get them their location.
We have been very fortunate to be in a preferred developer relationship with Dollar General for the last 13 years. DG's growth has helped us expand our reach into new markets – which helped us hone processes for rolling out new stores (developments) in new markets.
When we take on a new assignment, we don't spread our resources thin, we dedicate a team to focus on our Tenant's Pipeline. We consider the assignment a trust and strive to meet and exceed client's expectations.
We are strong financially and well capitalized and are able to develop multiple projects in multiple markets for multiple tenants simultaneously.
Leadership with – 3 MBAs, 2 JDs, 6 Bachelors with a combined 120 years of real estate experience.
Dorsey works with brokers and joint venture partners.
The Dorsey Team has an established track record.
Dorsey is a creative, innovative Development Partner.


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Expert system "Input Specification" - develop an automatic tool to specify initial casting process conditions (orientation, gating & feeder system, process temperatures, filling parameters) based on best-practice rules for a given casting design. This is a prerequisite for MDO with casting simulation included.
Casting simulation - automatic meshing (as-cast geometries), automatic multiple batch mode analyses, automatic data import/ export, result mapping.
Expert system "Feasibility & Quality" - develop an assessment tool based on casting simulation results to evaluate design proposals of chassis castings (may be extended to body castings) with respect to casting feasibility (completely filled) and cast part quality (e.g. defect distribution and cast part properties with an impact on mechanical properties, attribute requirements and component performance).
Calibration and validation - develop demonstrator components to calibrate the "Feasibility & Quality" assessment tool. Design related test conditions, tailored to feature and test the most relevant phenomena in cast parts like incomplete filling, porosity, inhomogeneous microstructure or misrun problems. Run casting trials with modular casting tools with a variety of demonstrator design proposals and process conditions. Validate the final feasibility assessment system using real cast parts.


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Scoring first goal key to victory, says Doherty
Matt Doherty felt Wolves were well deserving of their first victory of the Premier League season after his goal set his side on their way to a 2-0 win against Watford at Molineux.
The wing-back broke the deadlock with 18 minutes on the clock, tapping in Pedro Neto's low cross from six-yards out to put Wolves in front in a league match for the first time this season. Doherty believes scoring first was all important, as his side are difficult to beat once they've taken the lead.
On first league win of the season
"It was a good win. I felt they had a lot of possession at times but didn't really penetrate us that much, we defended really well and then went ahead.
"The back three were immense today, all of them, especially Boly aside me, he just wins absolutely everything and takes it off people one-v-ones, nobody can get round him. It's good that we were able to keep the clean sheet.
"It was great to get the first league win, especially at home in front of another packed out crowd. It's nice to get the first win on the board, even though it's taken a bit longer than we would have expected.
"This result has brought us a bit of relief, obviously we would've wanted it to come earlier than it has, because the longer that it doesn't happen you start to get itchy. But I felt we played well today and thoroughly deserved to win."
On taking the lead for the first time
"When we go ahead in games, we're pretty good. That's kind of what we do, we like to get ahead in the game and our record when we go ahead is pretty exceptional.
"That's been the problem so far this season – we've not gone ahead in games, so when we do, we're clinical and we've done it again today."
On putting Wolves ahead
"Just breaking into the box like that is something I like to do, that's what I'm encouraged to do by the manager and the staff, so I guess that type of goal is the type I normally score.
"Adama was out wide and the way we kind of play is break inside, anticipate something happening on the left and get across the box. Fortunately enough, it's kind of worked out.
"Playing in this position you kind of have to do both sides of it, you've got to defend the back post, but get in at the back post the other end. The way we played today allowed me to get into the box, and Pedro picked out a great little cross and I couldn't miss."
On building on the three points
"It's obviously not been the start we would have liked, but it's only the start and there's a long way to go. If you're going to have a dip in results, it's probably better to get it at the start.
"I hope it can be the springboard we need. We want to finish as high as we can, we want to try and improve on last season.
"The games we've got coming up this week are what you play football for – to play in these big games in Europe for the first time, we're all experiencing something new, and then we've got the big game against Man City next week.
"This result will give us a bit more confidence going into Thursday, and then let's see how we get on before the weekend."
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F-Energies GmbH is a holding company owned by the Frizberg family of entrepreneurs with interests in mechanical engineering (hydropower turbines, electromechanical equipment for hydropower plants), electrical engineering and building services engineering.
As an owner-managed holding company, we attach great importance to close cooperation with the management and employees of the subsidiaries and focus primarily on the strategic management and further development of the companies. In addition, F-Energies GmbH takes care of the areas of organization, marketing & communications, human resources, strategic purchasing, accounting, controlling, law, quality management, and IT.
"As a family-owned company, it is already a tradition for us to live and develop future orientation in the area of tension between sustainability and innovation. That was, is and remains our passion."
After studying law, Dr. Gilbert Frizberg joined the family business in 1979 to join it in the 4th generation. In addition to the completely rebuilding the former electricity and heat supplier, the company continued to develop into a dynamic, industry-oriented service provider and hydropower specialist. His responsibilities as Managing Director and majority shareholder of F-Energies GmbH and its subsidiaries include strategy and organization, HR, and marketing and communications. Speaking of family businesses: Dr. Gilbert Frizberg, his brother and his cousins directly and indirectly own 100 percent of F-Energies GmbH.
In addition to his activities in the family business, Dr. Gilbert Frizberg was Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Verbund AG and previously served as Vice President of the Styrian Chamber of Commerce as well as Member of the National Council and Parliament (including Energy Spokesman, Industry Spokesman and European Spokesman).
"This family-owned company carries growth, courage, and an eye for the world market in its DNA. In this way we are constantly tapping promising international potential for the F-Energies Group and its competencies – as the positive development of the company shows."
The graduate of the Joanneum University of Applied Sciences (Urban Technologies studies with a focus on "Energy and Environmental Technology" and "International Financing Concepts") initially spent eight years as commercial manager at an international technology group.
Since 2008, Heinz Peter Knaß has played a key role in shaping the development of the F-Energies Group and also acts as Managing Director of the subsidiaries Global Hydro Energy GmbH and Hereschwerke GmbH. He is responsible for finance, technology, and project management.
"In the field of technological innovations, we are always at the forefront of the industry. The road to successful solutions in energy technology will clearly lead through the F-Energies Group in the future, too!"
Since 2017, Richard Frizberg has been a representative of the 5th generation of the Frizberg family. After studying law, he spent five years in business development at Kapsch TrafficCom. He is also responsible for this area at F-Energies GmbH.
Richard Frizberg is also Managing Director of Franz Heresch & Co GmbH and a member of the management team of the subsidiary Global Hydro Energy GmbH.
In this company, owners have come together who are equally committed to sustainability and innovation – in a constant effort to transform the power of water into future-oriented solutions. In addition to F-Energies, Invest Unternehmensbeteiligungs AG and Oberösterreichische Beteiligungsgesellschaft m.b.H & Co KG, as sustainable financial shareholders, are guarantors of continuous expansion. The success proves that this endeavor is right, as the growth of FE Future Holdings GmbH proves.
For 80 years, small-scale hydropower technologies have been developed at the site located directly on the Danube in Niederranna in Upper Austria. Today, Global Hydro Energy is successful worldwide with its outstanding engineering and manufacturing expertise in Kaplan, Pelton and Francis turbines ranging from 100 kW to 25 MW. Global Hydro Energy is a complete electromechanical supplier for hydropower plants, supplemented by its own products for control and regulation.
In the meantime, the company has grown beyond its location in Austria, has subsidiaries in Norway, Canada, Turkey, Indonesia, Colombia, Chile and Vietnam with currently 200 committed employees worldwide, and continues to expand.
Hereschwerke offers a comprehensive range of services for electrical engineering and building electrical engineering. Private and commercial customers rely on smart solutions from consulting and project planning through installation to commissioning and beyond.
In the top-class team of around 130 employees, each individual stands for the high quality of the solutions and services. For each project, a dedicated project team is put together from this large pool of qualified and committed employees, who are passionate about the challenge at hand and who can meet both the current task and the entire life cycle of the project.


Casa Oasis Troncones location is ideal. We are the solitary end of the quietest, 99% residential, sandy swimming beach in Troncones. The only mostly residential sandy beach in town. (Which means our beach is practically private and much cleaner.) While we're far from any town noise, It's an easy 10-15 minute stroll to restaurants and stores on the beach road, with its tropical flowers and technicolor birds. Or a five minute bike ride, if you don't stop to chat with anyone, that is.
Where in Mexico is Troncones?
Troncones village is hidden away in time, just 20 miles North of Ixtapa Zihuatanejo (and around 30 miles from ZIH international airport). A good two hours North of Acapulco, on Mexico's gorgeous Costa Grande. About a three-hour drive from Morelia. Most major airlines have flights into ZIH, though sometimes only 2-3 times a week. Google flights calendar feature is helpful in planning your Troncones flights.
Where in Troncones is Casa Oasis?
Casa Oasis is a little over a mile north of the two streets that make up "downtown" troncones. Just far enough away for total peace and quiet, and yet still conveniently close to Troncones restaurants, stores, shopping, yoga, etc.
Even the turtles love our location. The wide deserted stretch of soft sand at our end of the beach is ideal turtle egg-laying ground. Thus their frequent visits. So, seeing sea turtles up close and personal just got that much more possible, when you stay at Casa Oasis.
The Troncones night sky is also spectacular, so don't forget to look up.
Troncones is home to more stars than you've probably ever seen in one place, at least while lying around the beach in a bathing suit. The Milky Way herself generally hangs out right on top of Casa Oasis.
Casa Oasis Troncones as seen from our swimming hole.
That's Casa Oasis, down near the end, behind the mangrove tree. See us?


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Anna Fernstädt (Praag, 23 november 1996) is een Duits/Tsjechisch skeletonster.

Carrière
Fernstädt behaalde driemaal de wereldtitel bij de junioren (2018, 2019 en 2020) en neemt al sinds 2016/17 deel aan de wereldbeker. Ze miste enkel seizoen 2018/19 doordat ze voor Tsjechië ging uitkomen. Ze nam in 2018 deel aan de Olympische Winterspelen waar ze een zesde plaats behaalde. Daarnaast behaalde ze ook al twee keer een 4de plaats op het wereldkampioenschap. In de wereldbeker wist ze al drie keer top tien te eindigen.

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Billy Russo is a changed man in season 2 of The Punisher, both physically and mentally. And, though he's never officially referred to as Jigsaw in the Netflix series, he is portraying the character in a more internal way.
Every hero has his arch-nemesis. Batman has The Joker, Superman has Lex Luthor, and Spider-Man has the Green Goblin. For The Punisher, not many of his enemies make return appearances - since he shoots to kill - but there are nevertheless some villains who manage to elude death (or recover from it) and survive to fight another day. In the comics, that nemesis is Jigsaw, one of extremely few bad guys whom Frank Castle has been unable to permanently put down. The character of Billy Russo was reimagined for Netflix's take on The Punisher; rather than a simple mobster, this version of Russo was an old army buddy of Frank - arguably his best friend - who went on to create a private military company, successfully turning bloody war into big business.
"We don't refer to the character in the series as Jigsaw. We've gone for a more grounded version of what that imagery would be, but there are other interesting facets to that, one of which is we're talking about a deeply narcissistic character in the first season. He has a mask of appeal, in terms of his hair and his nice suits, has been stripped from him. It's about what he sees when he looks in the mirror, not necessarily what other people see. It's not necessarily a horror show, it's about something more internal."
"He's got brain damage and severe issues with his memory. I won't go into specifics of what he can and cannot remember, but he's trying to piece together what happened to him and who he is. There is a metaphor used, at one point, that his brain is the jigsaw, and they're trying to put the pieces together."
Jigsaw is a broken man, in every sense of the word. He was physically beaten to within an inch of his life, had his business crumble beneath his feet, got his face carved to ribbons, and received heavy brain trauma, resulting in severe memory loss. He has been reduced to an empty shell of his former self, and the act of putting the pieces back together will form the backbone of his storyline in the new season, which is due to debut in January. What's more is that a new addition to the series is Supergirl's Floriana Lima, playing Russo's psychotherapist, Krista Dumont - a character who has worked with veterans with PTSD. While the actors were diligent in their silence regarding their storyline, it's clear that she will play a large role in Russo's development into... well, into whatever he ultimately becomes.
Season 2 of The Punisher will stream on Netflix in January 2019.


Ashbourne is situated in the middle of England - the Midlands, in the county of Derbyshire, at the southerly end of the Pennine chain - the mountainous backbone of England. Derbyshire is popular with tourists and locals alike for its great beauty - from the ruggedness of the Peak District in the north to the more gentle hills in the south of the county. Ashbourne itself is a charming, picturesque - predominantly Georgian - market town nestling in the gently sloping Henmore valley, (market days are Thursday and Saturday). It is surrounded by a wide rural area, beautiful scenery and picturesque villages. The nearest city is Derby, 15 miles to the south-east, but a number of small and not so small towns are well within 30 - 40 minutes drive, such as Matlock, Buxton, Leek and Bakewell. A little further afield are the cities of Nottingham, Sheffield, Manchester and Birmingham.
An exceptional, 5 Star, grade II listed sandstone country cottage, set in 6 acres of private landscaped gardens and pastureland and perfectly located for all Derbyshire has to offer.
The Peveril of the Peak Hotel takes its name from the romantic novel penned by Sir Walter Scott in 1822.


Mike Lafferty, Nick Fahringer and Nathan Woods are featured in this Video recap of the National Enduro season.
I am not sure of who is going to be on the factory Bergs next year. I think Lafferty will be back. Nathan Woods is out and told me he is still looking for a ride for next year. Look for Husaberg to drop out of the WORCS Series. Many of the riders and factories are starting to lose interest in the WORCS series. Now with the demise of Cycle News it is difficult to determine what series will bring the most news coverage and general exposure.
But it looks like a done deal that there will be one factory bike in the National Hare & Hound series, but so far no word on the rider. I think the bike is going to take a lot of development to make into a top level desert racer and that fact is making it difficult to find the right rider for the job. I have talked to one top rider who has already passed on the opportunity, preferring to take a KTM support deal on a 2011 KTM 450sxf, rather than starting from scratch on the Husaberg FE570.


Republicans Said China Wouldn't Follow Through on its Climate Pledges. Looks Like They Were Wrong.
The world's top emitter is pledging to cap coal use starting in 2020.
Indeed, exactly how China will begin to "peak" its emissions around 2030 without a legally binding agreement is still an open question. Historically, there's been widespread suspicion about China's intentions on the issue—the country has, after all, been a thorn in the side of international climate negotiations for years. And even the White House appeared to raise an eyebrow at the staggering scale of the cleaner energy sources China would need to install to reach its goals: the non-fossil fuel equivalent of the "total current electricity generation capacity in the United States" over the next 16 years, the White House said.
But this week, China's leadership has begun to answer that question. According to reports in state-controlled media, China's State Council—essentially its cabinet—unveiled a new cap on annual coal use Wednesday. Under the new targets, China will limit coal consumption to 4.2 billion tons in 2020. That's an increase from 3.75 billion tons last year. But relative to the country's overall energy consumption mix, it's a reduction; last year, coal accounted for around 67 percent of China's energy consumption. Under the new plan, that figure would fall to 62 percent in 2020. The Xinhua report also says that the share of non-fossil fuels will rise to 15 percent by 2020 (from 9.8 percent in 2013)—a significant advance towards the goal of reaching 20 percent by 2030 outlined in the US-China deal.
While the cap represents a big step politically—coming from the State Council—the new promises are consistent with current trends in China. Many provinces have recently introduced air quality policies that seek to reverse the rapid growth in coal use, according to a Greenpeace report released in April. Twelve of China's 34 provinces, accounting for 44 percent of the country's coal consumption, have already pledged to implement coal control measures, according to the report.
Twelve Chinese provinces have already pledged to implement coal control measures. Click to view a larger version.
This week's announcement is likely to cement China's plans at the very highest levels of government—and it sends a signal to the international community that the country means business. The South China Morning Postreports that the new targets announced this week are likely to make their way into China's official "five year plan"—a kind of economic development master plan that will be formalized next year and will dictate top-down strategy for 2016-2020.


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Les régularités dans la nature sont des formes répétées que l'on trouve dans le monde naturel, telles que les spirales, les arbres, la disposition de traits ou de fentes, les chants d'oiseau. Chaque régularité peut être simulée mathématiquement et peut s'expliquer à un niveau physique, chimique ou biologique (sélection naturelle). Cette branche de la mathématique applique des simulations informatiques à une grande gamme de formes.

Histoire

Platon
Le philosophe grec Platon (env. 427 – env. 347 AJC) – en examinant uniquement ses études de formes naturelles  – soutenait l'existence d'universaux. Il considéra que ceux-ci se composait de formes idéales ( eidos: "forme") selon sa philosophie, le réalisme platonique. Les formes platoniques sont des objets parfaits mais abstraits, ou dans un certain sens des formes naturelles; les objets physiques n'atteignent jamais la perfection de ces formes idéales. Ainsi une fleur est à peu près un cercle, mais n'est jamais un cercle parfait et mathématique.

Fibonacci
En 1202, Leonardo Fibonacci (env. 1170 – env. 1250) introduisit la suite de Fibonacci à l'Ouest grâce à son œuvre Liber Abaci.

D'Arcy Thompson
En 1917, D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson fit paraître son livre On Growth and Form (Croissance et forme). Sa description de phyllotaxie et la suite de Fibonacci, les relations mathématiques au fond de la croissance spirale des plantes, forment une base classique. Il démontra que des équations simples pourraient décrire la croissance spirale (autrement apparemment complexe) des cornes des animaux et les coquilles des mollusques.

Turing
En 1952, Alan Turing (1912–1954), mieux reconnu pour ses efforts de déchiffrement et la fondation de l'informatique, écrit The Chemical Basis of Morphogenesis (Les Fondements chimiques de la morphogénèse) . Il prévit les réactions oscillantes, en particulier les Réactions de Belousov-Zhabotinsky. De tels mécanismes activateur-inhibiteur peuvent générer des raies et pois réguliers, et contribuent aux formes spirales présentes dans la phyllotaxie.

La contribution de Lindenmayer et Mandelbrot
En 1968, le biologiste théorique hongrois Aristid Lindenmayer (1925–1989) développa le système de Lindenmayer, une grammaire formelle capable de simuler le développement végétal de la manière fractale. Ces systèmes ont un alphabet de symboles qui peuvent s'associer pour bâtir des chaînes de symboles plus longues, et un dispositif pour traduire ces chaînes en structures géométriques. En 1975, Benoît Mandelbrot écrit un article célèbre How Long Is the Coast of Britain? Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension (Quelle est la longueur de la côte de Grande-Bretagne? L'autosimilarité statistique et la dimension fractionale), fixant la pensée mathématique au concept fractal.

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The Equifax ePort is an online portal that can be used by banks, lenders, and other financial institutions. Through the portal, businesses can access an extensive database of individual consumer credit information.
Institutions can register to become an Equifax customers online or by contacting the customer support team. Access to the Equifax Credit Information Company's database is only possible once the institution has officially registered with Equifax as a customer.
The Equifax website has a link through which companies can register for ePort here https://eport.equifax.co.in/eport-sdk/registration.jsp. Those registering will have to provide their Company Name, Existing Customer Account Number, Security Digits, First Name, and Last Name. If you forget your Customer Account Number, or Security Digits – the website will direct you to help resources.
The ePort login on the Equifax website requires a User ID and Password, which will be assigned to you after completing step 2. Using the User ID and Password, customers can log in to the portal, and access a wide range of Equifax products and services.


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Tillerson to Kushner: We've Got to Stop Meeting Like This
Former U.S. secretary of state's testimony reveals Jared Kushner's omnipresent, perhaps unprecedented, role in the Trump administration.
By Robbie Gramer, Maya Gandhi
| June 27, 2019, 5:44 PM
Former U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Foreign Policy illustration/JONATHAN ERNST/AFP/Getty Images
Former U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson pulled back the veil on the dysfunctional inner workings of the Trump administration's foreign policy in newly released testimony, highlighting what some experts described as the unprecedented behind-the-scenes role of President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
In the transcript of his recent conversation with the House Foreign Affairs Committee released on Thursday, Tillerson recounted how Kushner repeatedly shut him out of meetings and policy deliberations. In one instance raised by a committee staffer, Tillerson and then-Defense Secretary James Mattis were apparently caught completely off guard by Kushner having advance knowledge of a Saudi Arabia-led blockade on neighboring Qatar that plunged the region into crisis. (The former secretary of state did not confirm or deny Kushner's apparent advance knowledge raised by the committee staffer.)
The testimony from Tillerson, whom Trump fired in a tweet in March 2018, gives striking first-hand insight into the influential and ill-defined role Kushner plays as a senior adviser at the White House. Kushner has flitted across the federal government to craft Trump's Israel-Palestine peace plan, help redo the North American Free Trade Agreement, and insert himself into domestic policy issues like government shutdown negotiations and criminal justice reform.
"It's unprecedented. … There's nothing that Jared isn't touching," said Nancy McEldowney, a former senior U.S. diplomat who left the State Department in June 2017. "He crisscrosses substantive and bureaucratic boundaries," said McEldowney, now an advisor at Foreign Policy for America, a nonprofit advocacy group.
In one illustrative example, Tillerson stumbled onto Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray dining in a Washington restaurant with Kushner, caught unaware the foreign minister was even in town. "I could see the color go out of the face of the foreign secretary of Mexico," Tillerson recounted as he approached the men. "I smiled big, and I said, 'Welcome to Washington.' And I said, 'I don't want to interrupt what y'all are doing.' I said, 'Give me a call next time you're coming to town.' And I left it at that."
Tillerson was asked by a committee aide about a dinner between Kushner and then-White House strategist Steve Bannon with the rulers of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates in May 2017, in which the foreign leaders outlined their plan to impose an economic blockade on Qatar. Tillerson said he had no idea of the dinner before this. "It makes me angry," he said. "Because I didn't have a say. The State Department's views were never expressed."
Neither the White House nor the State Department responded to request for comment.
Many past presidents have relied on senior White House aides to oversee top policy issues, but few, if any, had such an expansive portfolio as Kushner—perhaps none with such little experience beyond familial ties, and none in such an undisciplined manner, some experts say.
Kushner, 38, has served as a senior advisor to Trump along with his wife, Trump's daughter Ivanka, since the first days of the administration. Before joining the White House, Kushner ran his father's real estate company and had no prior diplomatic or political experience.
"While it is true that a number of individuals have played expansive roles in past administrations, there was always knowledge of and a process for what they were doing," McEldowney said.
"You could make the argument this is similar to the way Henry Kissinger, when he was national security advisor, helped President [Richard] Nixon conduct foreign policy very directly," said Thomas Countryman, a former senior U.S. diplomat who spent 35 years in the State Department. "But at least Kissinger was … somebody who had real experience in foreign policy and not someone who was a marginally successful real estate investor."
Kushner's prominent foreign-policy role in the administration is on display and under scrutiny this week as the president's son-in-law unveiled the economic portion of his Middle East peace plan at a workshop in Bahrain on Tuesday. The administration is proposing $50 billion worth of investment projects over the next decade and is seeking support from regional allies.
Critics are skeptical of the proposal, which is seen as light on details and ducking political questions fundamental to the peace process. The Palestinian Authority boycotted the Bahrain conference, and Palestinian leaders have already rejected Kushner's economic plan.
In the released testimony, the former secretary of state denied any indication that the business interests of Trump or his family were relevant factors in his decision-making.
But Tillerson also said he wasn't told that the Kushner family had sought Qatari help refinancing a property they owned, learning only after media reports on the financial ties. The family's effort came at the same time as Jared Kushner's presence behind the scenes during the Qatar blockade, which Tillerson also indicated ignorance on.
"Your question assumes that I was aware that he was involved in decisions around Qatar," Tillerson said. "I'm unaware of that."
Tillerson's conversations also illuminated other aspects of dysfunction within the administration, including on issues of staffing and the president's own preferences.
The former secretary of state said Russian President Vladimir Putin out-prepared Trump for a meeting between the two leaders in Hamburg, Germany, in 2017. "We didn't undertake that kind of preparation for the president, because we didn't expect that that's the way it was going to go now," Tillerson said.
Per Tillerson's account, the vetting process for senior State Department positions was complicated when the White House vetoed candidates for reasons the former secretary saw as insufficient—such as support for candidates other than Trump.
"If people signed the 'Never Trump' letter, that would oftentimes disqualify them," Tillerson said. "If they had tweeted something or retweeted something that the White House office thought was inappropriate, then that might disqualify them. If they had a spouse that might have supported the other candidate, that would disqualify them."
Asked about the State Department halting of daily press briefings—agencies across the government have pared down or entirely stopped press briefings under Trump—Tillerson denied any White House involvement in the decision.
Tillerson also described how he adapted to briefing the president, who he previously described as "pretty undisciplined" and difficult to persuade in a December 2018 interview, nine months after he was fired by the White House. In the released testimony, the former secretary of state reaffirmed his description of a president who "doesn't like to read things" and emphasized concision in his efforts to keep the commander in chief informed.
Thomas Wright, a scholar on foreign policy at the Brookings Institution, called the transcript of the House Foreign Affairs Committee's interview with Tillerson a "significant document" that "confirms suspicions about dysfunctions in Trump's foreign policy."
"If there was anything that said, 'It's better than it looks,' that would be new," said Wright. "But that was not [in the transcript]. It was really, 'It's as bad or worse than you think.'"
Robbie Gramer is a diplomacy and national security reporter at Foreign Policy. Twitter: @RobbieGramer
Maya Gandhi is a former intern at Foreign Policy. Twitter: @MDGANDHI
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Флавиу Базилуа Жасинту Назинью (; родился 20 июля 2003) — португальский футболист, левый защитник клуба «Спортинг».

Клубная карьера
Выступал за молодёжные команды «Браги» и «Спортинга». В марте 2021 года подписал свой первый профессиональный контракт со «Спортингом». 24 ноября 2021 года дебютировал в основном составе «Спортинга» в матче группового этапа Лиги чемпионов УЕФА против «Боруссии Дортмунд». 28 ноября 2021 года дебютировал в португальской Примейра-лиге в матче против «Тонделы».

Карьера в сборной
Выступал за сборные Португалии до 16, до 18 и до 19 лет.

Примечания

Ссылки
 Профиль футболиста на официальном сайте «Спортинга»
 Профиль футболиста на сайте Португальской футбольной федерации

Футболисты Португалии
Игроки ФК «Спортинг» Лиссабон
Игроки ФК «Спортинг B» Лиссабон


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Now that you have some information, it's time to reflect more on what is appropriate for you and your family. If possible, gather everyone together to speak on their feelings and desires. The grieving process is important, and so is planning a funeral or memorial service for your loved one. Once you've reached a decision together, contact our Georgetown/Sun City-area family-owned funeral home and crematory. Our professionals are available to help you plan and to answer questions 24/7 at (512) 354-2509 or via email.


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Last year's breakout new series, Manifest returns with captivating drama, heart-pounding mysteries and the answers to last season's biggest questions. After a turbulent but routine flight, the crew and passengers of Flight 828 disembarked to find the world had aged five-and-a-half years and their friends, families and colleagues had given up hope of ever seeing them again. Now, faced with the impossible, the passengers' dreams of a second chance at life evaporate as they encounter the imminent danger surrounding them, both tangible and unexplained. With the stakes higher than ever, the passengers of Flight 828 will embark on an unexpected journey into a world grounded in hope, heart and destiny.
Manifest, Season 2
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Reporter Doing Sexual Harassment Story Gets Sexually Harassed
BBC Radio Nottingham, Facebook
A British reporter doing a segment on sexual harassment proved her point in spades.
Sarah Teale was doing a report on sexual harassment for the BBC when someone on the street made some obscene remarks to her while the camera was rolling.
In the clip, Teale says:
An online study showed that a shocking 95% of people said they had been harassed, jeered at, or had obscenities shouted at them in the street and a large proportion said they'd also been groped or grabbed inappropriately in public."
Shortly after that, a man makes his disparaging remark, which is bleeped out. Teale then says, "Yeah, like that."
BBC journalist Sarah Teale gets sexual obscenities shouted at her while filming a report about harassment of women...
Posted by BBC Radio Nottingham on Friday, September 25, 2015
Teale was genuinely disturbed by the incident. "It's not banter, it's not funny and no-one should have to put up with it," she said.
Source: Reporter Doing Sexual Harassment Story Gets Sexually Harassed
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Antivirus software is your safety net if all other protections fail. The first line of defense is smart computing, of course, but everyone needs a backup. Once they're installed, check periodically to ensure they have been successfully updating as well. An out-of-date antivirus is not a happy antivirus!
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package org.fixtrading.timpani.securitydef.messages;

import java.time.LocalDateTime;

/**
 * Interface for FIX SecurityDefinition
 *
 * @author Don Mendelson
 * @see Message type = 'd'
 */
public interface SecurityDefinition extends Message {

  interface InstrAttrib {
    // tag 871
    InstrAttribType getInstrAttribType();

    // tag 872
    String getInstrAttribValue();
  }

  interface MarketSegment {

    // tag 1301
    String getMarketID();

    // tag 1300
    String getMarketSegmentID();
  }

  // tag 870
  int getNoInstrAttrib();

  InstrAttrib getInstrAttrib(int index);

  // tag 1310
  int getNoMarketSegments();

  MarketSegment getMarketSegment(int index);

  // tag 461
  String getCfiCode();

  // tag 231
  double getContractMultiplier();

  // tag 15
  String getCurrency();

  // tag 779
  LocalDateTime getLastUpdateTime();

  // tag 1142
  String getMatchAlgorithm();

  // tag 200
  String getMaturityMonthYear();

  // tag 1140
  int getMaxTradeVol();

  // tag 969
  double getMinPriceIncrement();

  // tag 460 - int
  Product getProduct();

  // tag 201 - int
  PutOrCall getPutOrCall();

  // tag 107
  String getSecurityDesc();

  // tag 207
  String getSecurityExchange();

  // tag 1151
  String getSecurityGroup();

  // tag 48
  String getSecurityID();

  // tag 22
  SecurityIDSource getSecurityIDSource();

  // tag 1607
  SecurityRejectReason getSecurityRejectReason();

  // tag 320
  String getSecurityReqID();

  // tag 560
  SecurityRequestResult getSecurityRequestResult();

  // tag 323
  SecurityResponseType getSecurityResponseType();

  // tag 167
  String getSecurityType();

  // tag 120
  String getSettlCurrency();

  // tag 731 - int
  SettlPriceType getSettlPriceType();

  // tag 202
  double getStrikePrice();

  // tag 23
  SubscriptionRequestType getSubscriptionRequestType();

  // tag 55
  String getSymbol();

  // tag 336
  String getTradingSessionID();

  // tag 625
  String getTradingSessionSubID();

  // tag 462 - int
  Product getUnderlyingProduct();

}


A cracking, kid-friendly classic filled with physical comedy and the tastiest morsels of Shakespeare's prose!
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This Melbourne International Comedy Festival, join Company 13 for a limited return season as they enact the dreadfully bloody tale of Macbeth's passage from a comfortable nobleman, to despised tyrant. This is Shakespeare unplugged and re-wired! The perfect show for those who love their classics with a twist.


Note: Several Authors (Compilation), Iqbal Review: April, 1965, ed. by Bashir Ahmad Dar (Karachi: Iqbal Academy Pakistan, 1965), p. 184.
Bibliography: Iqbal Review: April, 1965. Edited by Dar, Bashir Ahmad. Karachi: Iqbal Academy Pakistan, 1965.


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Catalan Waste Cluster founded to promote a sector with a turnover of 10 billion euros and 41,000 workers
The organisation will encompass all the companies in the waste management sector across the entire value chain whose headquarters or value-added business activities are located in Catalonia
The Catalan Government approves the Catalan Strategy for Adapting to Climate Change 2021-2030
This new strategic framework proposes 312 specific measures to facilitate the adaptation to new environmental scenarios
President Aragonès: "The search for the body of Cipriano Martos demonstrates the Catalan Government's firm commitment to the victims of the Spanish Civil War and the Franco regime"
This morning the Catalan President and the Minister for Justice, Rights and Memory visited the exhumation work for the remains of the anti-Franco activist, which is currently under way in the mass grave in Reus cemetery
Minister Serret shares with Finnish Minister Hanna Sarkkinen the Catalan pilot plan for universal basic income: "Finland led the way, now it's Catalonia's turn"
Catalonia presented the project at an event in Helsinki, exchanging experiences with the Finnish Government, which pioneered the roll-out of an innovative experiment in universal basic income between 2017 and 2019
President Aragonès celebrates the strength of the semiconductor sector
Aragonès, accompanied by the Minister of Business and the Minister of Economy and Finance, met with representatives of companies and universities.
President Aragonès on Catalan, to the UN: "We must preserve linguistic diversity and ensure that everyone can live fully and normally in their own language"
The head of the executive took part at the 15th United Nations Forum on Minority Issues, in Geneva, to defend the Catalan language.
The touristic international demand represents half of the visitors, but generates 85% of the income
The plan for the reactivation of the tourism sector contains more than 30 actions and 6,5M€
Visit Catalonia
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Catalonia Votes
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The five-member committee, tasked to investigate the cause of the October 5, 2015, Starbow Airline accident at Tamale Airport, has presented its preliminary report to Mrs Joyce Mogtari Bawa, Deputy Minister of Transport.
Speaking during the presentation of the preliminary report, Air Commodore Kwame Mamphey, Chairman of the Committee, said the actual report would be presented to the Ministry in two weeks' time, during which members would be in a better position to explain to Ghanaians and stakeholders the cause of the accident as well as the recommendations.
"For now, we cannot comment on this preliminary report as it is not the final report," he said.
He appealed to Ghanaians to not to lose hope in the aviation sector, and continue to patronise the airlines operating in the country as they are safe.
He said as part of the investigations, the Committee which was inaugurated on November 5, 2015, had to send some parts of the aircraft, including the Blackbox to the Accident Investigations Centre in the United Kingdom for investigations and other analysis.
Mrs Mogtari Bawa said the setting up of the committee was in line with Annex 13 of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Regulations, as well as the Ghana Civil Aviation Act 678 of 20004, which mandate the Transport Ministry to set up a committee with the purpose of investigating aircraft accidents.
She said the committee was made up of experts within the Aviation Industry, with the requisite experience and expertise in areas such as aircraft operations, airworthiness, aerodromes, and aircraft control, among others.
She pledged to fully disclose the cause of the accident and the recommendations of the Committee to stakeholders and Ghanaians when the Ministry receives the final report.
The terms of reference for the committee included establishing the probable cause of the accident, determining the extent of fatalities and injuries if any, establishing the extent of loses or damage to property, make recommendations to forestall any future occurrences, as well as come out with a preliminary report within 30 working days.
Other members of the Committee are Mr Emmanuel Quao, Wing Commodore Mike Ayesu, Mr Kenneth Kwawukume, and Group, Captain Adu Gyamfi, whilst Mr Ellis Hugh-Tamakloe is serving as the Coordinator.
On October 6, a Starbow Flight S9110 which was en route from Accra to Tamale was involved in an accident at the Tamale Airport.


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namespace spvtools {
namespace fuzz {

CallGraph::CallGraph(opt::IRContext* context) {
  // Initialize function in-degree and call graph edges to 0 and empty.
  for (auto& function : *context->module()) {
    function_in_degree_[function.result_id()] = 0;
    call_graph_edges_[function.result_id()] = std::set<uint32_t>();
  }

  // Consider every function.
  for (auto& function : *context->module()) {
    // Avoid considering the same callee of this function multiple times by
    // recording known callees.
    std::set<uint32_t> known_callees;
    // Consider every function call instruction in every block.
    for (auto& block : function) {
      for (auto& instruction : block) {
        if (instruction.opcode() != SpvOpFunctionCall) {
          continue;
        }
        // Get the id of the function being called.
        uint32_t callee = instruction.GetSingleWordInOperand(0);
        if (known_callees.count(callee)) {
          // We have already considered a call to this function - ignore it.
          continue;
        }
        // Increase the callee's in-degree and add an edge to the call graph.
        function_in_degree_[callee]++;
        call_graph_edges_[function.result_id()].insert(callee);
        // Mark the callee as 'known'.
        known_callees.insert(callee);
      }
    }
  }
}

void CallGraph::PushDirectCallees(uint32_t function_id,
                                  std::queue<uint32_t>* queue) const {
  for (auto callee : GetDirectCallees(function_id)) {
    queue->push(callee);
  }
}

std::set<uint32_t> CallGraph::GetIndirectCallees(uint32_t function_id) const {
  std::set<uint32_t> result;
  std::queue<uint32_t> queue;
  PushDirectCallees(function_id, &queue);

  while (!queue.empty()) {
    auto next = queue.front();
    queue.pop();
    if (result.count(next)) {
      continue;
    }
    result.insert(next);
    PushDirectCallees(next, &queue);
  }
  return result;
}

}  // namespace fuzz
}  // namespace spvtools


Yes, I owe you all a blog post! It has been ages since I last blogged. Where to start?
I have had back-up these last two weeks- my family is over in London from Germany to sweeten our summer holidays. My mum and sister arrived nearly two weeks ago, my sister left after a week while my mum stayed on and now my dad has arrived yesterday to take my mum back with him this coming Sunday. Back-up has made my life so much easier. Gone are the worries about where to leave Lyra and Alys when Vega is due in hospital, I have constant help with Alys and her monkey impersonating ambitions and although there is more washing up, it is just so much easier done when it is all shared.
Vega's regime has been relatively 'easy' these last two weeks, at least in terms of hospital appointments. Vega had her third and last dose of Doxorubicin last week and I am glad to make another 'done and never again' tick on my chemo flow chart. The red devil has not been too bad at all, although we will only find out if it has affected the long term function of her heart at the end of her entire treatment when she will have another ECHO, in a good 22 months or so.
The steroids, whereas seemingly easy during the first pulse week, hit her hard this last week. She was so depressed and sad, tired and obsessed with only the blandest foods, I found myself literally counting down each administration-14,13,12,11,10, ahh single digits! 9,8,7,6,5, come on!! 4,3,2,1, DONE! Although both my mother and my sister were here, Vega does rarely allow anyone but me to help her with anything. When on steroids she is incredibly needy and it so very much wears me out and down. I am feeling sorry for her, of course, but I also get angry and frustrated with the whining, and crying and the constant constant constant demand for food. She will have 5 days of steroids each month when she begins Long Term Maintenance in September. I will probably dread those five days every month for the next 22 months.
Only good thing about the steroids is that the effects fade as fast as they come. Usually given every twelve hours, you can actually already notice an improvement in Vega's mood just 13 hours after the last dose. The steroid 'hunger' lasts a little while longer and Vega is still eating a good 5 meals a day two days after her last dose. Her face has blown up again too, chubby cheeks, and so is her stomach and the back of her neck, all typical for steroids. Her legs are still just as skinny and she often comments that they feel weak or tired. She is walking but I can feel her shake when I hold her hand.
Speaking of blood- Vega's counts have been surprisingly good. I've had a bit of a paranoia mum moment last week and thought Vega looked pale and was breathing shallow and quick (all signs of low HB, her red blood cells) so I dragged the poor little sausage into Kings for an unscheduled blood test but- hey presto- her HB was above 10, which is very very good! She has been neutropenic only for a fraction of this first part of delayed intensification but as we know from our first Cytarabine experience we are going to go down!! As we walked into Kings last week for that blood test I felt like I haven't been there for such a long time and it is kind of true, because it has now been a whole month since Vega's last admission. That is good of course, but somehow I can not shake this feeling that with each day that passes we are also one day closer to our next trip down to Toni and Guy ward… Today Vega felt hot and I took her temperature-37.7! Yeeezzz! Anyway, it seemed to have settled so I just try to relax.
Just a note about my fundraising drive- it is looking great! Thank you all who have donated or who still are considering to donate. My team can be found at the bottom of my fundraising page and all donations to Beccy or Jo will be added to our team total as well as helping them to achieve their targets too.
Last but not least, I wanted to share with you all a picture my sister took of Vega last week between her steroid weeks, being happy and looking so incredibly beautiful- even if I say so!
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funny i have been checking your site daily and wondering if no news was good news and yesterday was a blah day for me so missed it. So glad to hear you have family with you to share the load. Also so glad to hear you tick a few more boxes!!!!!!!! As for the steroids – i wonder if, when she goes to 5 days a month for maintenance whether the effects will be a little different and easier? as in it will be more like a buffer than an onslaught as she is having now – I remember something like that being said to me. anyway the bloods sound excellent considering what she is going through – so big thumbs up for that dear one.
finally, this picture brings tears to my eyes – YES she is so beautiful!!!!!!! You know i think of her wee legs every single time I am in hydro therapy – i run for Vega, on the spot, on my little grill and it is the best part of my session.