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Why Harley Quinn is Scarier Than the Joker
By Ashley V. Robinson Thursday, September 28th, 2017
She's colorful. She's quirky. And she just might be more dangerous than you ever realized. Batman fan Ashley V. Robinson lays out her argument why when it comes to Gotham City villains, Harley's the one to fear.
When the big question of who the most frightening Batman villain is inevitably comes around in nerdy conversation, most people's go-to answer is the Joker. It's a pretty good answer. It was my answer for a very long time until I started doing deeper dives and expanding my reading. Once I did, I realized that the most terrifying Batman villain—yes, even more frightening than Scarecrow, Dollmaker or Professor Pyg—is Harley Quinn.
Now, I know some readers are going to want to argue that Harley Quinn is derivative of the Joker. That's she's just another off-shoot of his persona whose very existence could never have happened without his inception decades earlier. That's a very fair point. I'm certainly not going to argue that the point of conception for Harley was as anything other than "Joker's Sidekick" when she first appeared on Batman: The Animated Series a quarter of a century ago. However, I will contend that Dr. Harleen Quinzel and her adorably psychotic alter-ego are far more frightening than the Joker ever thought about being.
A large reason I believe this is because of her particular background and training. The Joker succeeds as a villain because he is shrouded in mystery, and by contrast, Harley Quinn outstrips him because of the details that we do know about her. She transcends simply being a cracked personality or unstable mind. Dr. Quinzel built her life as a master of the human brain—the type of person who can crawl inside any given person's psyche, make a home there and glue the pieces back together. You could even argue that it was precisely because she was so good at that job that she found herself entranced with the Joker and his deeply disturbed mind in the first place. If there was ever a holy grail of depraved minds to challenge a psychiatrist's abilities, it would be the Joker's. After healing a mind like that, everything else would be child's play and a pretty big letdown. Why not make a permanent home there?
This skill of hers—which ultimately brought about her baddie alter-ego—means that after a psychological examination, Harley Quinn is able to discern what is most fragile about any individual she faces. Harley may be known for whacking people in the face with a giant mallet, but the possibility of being psychologically destroyed by her is far, far more destructive in the long run. (Though I'm sure being whacked in the face with a mallet is no picnic either.)
That chaos and disorder that Harley Quinn can bring to any master plan or criminal undertaking? It's psychologically motivated to shatter the senses and put the victim as far back on their heels as possible while giving Harley and her goons multiple windows of opportunity to accomplish their tasks at hand. (Harley's got amazing goons in the Karl Kesel HARLEY QUINN solo series that you must read if you never have!)
Now, since her inception, Harley Quinn has undergone some fairly distinct personality changes and character evolution. She is presently enjoying the status of antihero, burgeoning on true heroism depending on the storyline and depending on the day. The most interesting thing about this shifting of her status quo is how Harley can unleash the same set of skills on the bad guys and gals that she used to align herself as effectively as she used to on innocents. The character as she exists in the Injustice video game and tie-in comic universe is a perfect example of this. She's able to harness her particular set of skills in order to set former allies, like the Joker, back on their heels. Or at the very least to distract them while another character she is allied with throws the punch.
This sense of biting psychological pain combined with traditional super-villainy is something that some readers might want to also credit Scarecrow with. While that's true, I would contend that what Harley does is more frightening because it's not all tied to a chemical. It's more unhinged, thereby more dangerous, because you never know what you are getting into with her. With Scarecrow it's always going to be a gas. Grab a gas mask and that's the lion's share of the work out of the way. Congratulations, you've beat the Scarecrow!
Harley has the unique ability to harm a victim (or a foe, if you'd rather frame it from that perspective), on a number of different levels and package that threat unpredictably. She does something that no one else is doing in the DC Universe and she can go farther and cut deeper than anyone else in the Multiverse. In this way, she is singularly qualified to be the scariest person that a character could go up against.
I would encourage readers to not dismiss the very real threat that Harley Quinn presents just because she is a beautiful, usually over-the-top woman in a colorful costume. This presentation is just another part of her evil genius. If you are thinking, "How could someone so cute be so dangerous?" Well, then she's already got the upper hand.
Ashley V. Robinson writes about Rebirth for DCComics.com and covers The Flash for the #DCTV Couch Club. Look for her on Twitter at @AshleyVRobinson.
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Try these accessible tech teaching tools on your next dream golf vacation
November 19, 2017 tech hero Technology 0
The closest most of us will probably get to the famed island green at the 17th hole at TPC Sawgrass is the EA Sports PGA Tour game from 2015, but if you've got the money for a dream golf vacation at the posh resort, you'll find an array of state-of-the-art technology in the PGA Tour's Performance Center that will help improve your game.
"We use the technology — Trackman, Foresight's GC Quad system, V1 Pro computer software, high-speed video, hitting vests, balance plates, etc. — to assess where they are with the game and how their body functions during a swing, and to quantify how to improve their game," Todd Anderson, PGA instructor, told Forbes. "We don't have tech that's different than everyone else, but it's how we assess a golfer and apply that to help them improve their game that's unique."
Previously only available to tour pros, these high-tech assessments help with clubfitting and individualized teaching tailored to a specific golfer's needs. Golfing resorts around the country are embracing the latest tech teaching tools and incorporating them into their resort packages.
"When they go to high-level performance centers like ours, they expect them to have the latest technology there," added Anderson. "It comes with the territory and is becoming a larger part of how resorts bill their destination."
The Sawgrass resort even includes a tech-heavy putting facility to help golfers learn how to read greens better. The Quintic ball roll software uses a high-speed camera, tracking the putter during impact and ball movement afterwards.
Once you get out on the course, there are hundreds of high-tech gadgets you can take along with you to give information about the course or provide feedback on your game. There are electric scooters you can ride instead of carts, or even driverless carts that follow you around the course. You can use GPS devices to plan your shots, or range-finding wearables that tell you how far you are from the hole. You can also don wearable sensors to track and analyze your swing, or smart golf balls that tell you when you've hit it correctly.
So far, there's no device that will automatically shout "Noonan!" when your opponent lines up for a putt, however. You'll have to do that one on your own.
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Q: Filtering input array in a Step Function and redirect to different states Given the following input for a State, is it possible to redirect the FAILS to one state and the SUCCESSES to another?
[
  {
    "Status": "SUCCESS",
    "Stack": "metadata"
  },
  {
    "Status": "FAILED",
    "Stack": "metadata-roles"
  },
  {
    "Status": "FAILED",
    "Stack": "master-storage"
  },
  {
    "Status": "SUCCESS",
    "Stack": "appstream-storage"
  },
  {
    "Status": "SUCCESS",
    "Stack": "capability-storage"
  },
  {
    "Status": "SUCCESS",
    "Stack": "action-storage"
  },
  {
    "Status": "SUCCESS",
    "Stack": "domain-action-storage"
  },
  {
    "Status": "FAILED",
    "Stack": "auth0-clients"
  },
  {
    "Status": "FAILED",
    "Stack": "ecr-repository"
  },
  {
    "Status": "FAILED",
    "Stack": "ecr-replication"
  }
]

I think I need a Choice state but I cannot figure out if the language supports this.
If all I have are SUCCESS items, then the Choice goes to a All succeed state, and if I have at least one item with FAILED, then the Choice goes to a Partially succeed state. If I could have the failed items carried over into the Partially succeed would be nice, but not mandatory.

A: I think you want to do something like the following. The idea here is to use a filter expression in JSON Path Processing to split the array into two lists, one for failed and one for success. You then send that into a Parallel state where you can have one branch for your successful items and one for your failed ones.
This example is a bit verbose but will allow you to drop it into your account and see how it works. I reality, the output would likely come from a Task and you could use the ResultSelector to format the output into separate items without needing a Pass state. As well, in the branches for the Parallel state, you could use InputPath or Parameters to grab the right part of the input without needing to add a Pass state if you didn't want to.

{
  "Comment": "A example to show how to send data to two separate states",
  "StartAt": "Generate Input",
  "States": {
    "Generate Input": {
      "Type": "Pass",
      "Result": [
        {
          "Status": "SUCCESS",
          "Stack": "metadata"
        },
        {
          "Status": "FAILED",
          "Stack": "metadata-roles"
        },
        {
          "Status": "FAILED",
          "Stack": "master-storage"
        },
        {
          "Status": "SUCCESS",
          "Stack": "appstream-storage"
        },
        {
          "Status": "SUCCESS",
          "Stack": "capability-storage"
        },
        {
          "Status": "SUCCESS",
          "Stack": "action-storage"
        },
        {
          "Status": "SUCCESS",
          "Stack": "domain-action-storage"
        },
        {
          "Status": "FAILED",
          "Stack": "auth0-clients"
        },
        {
          "Status": "FAILED",
          "Stack": "ecr-repository"
        },
        {
          "Status": "FAILED",
          "Stack": "ecr-replication"
        }
      ],
      "Next": "Split"
    },
    "Split": {
      "Type": "Pass",
      "Parameters": {
        "success.$": "$.[?(@.Status == 'SUCCESS')]",
        "failed.$": "$.[?(@.Status == 'FAILED')]"
      },
      "Next": "Parallel"
    },
    "Parallel": {
      "Type": "Parallel",
      "End": true,
      "Branches": [
        {
          "StartAt": "Get Success",
          "States": {
            "Get Success": {
              "Type": "Pass",
              "OutputPath": "$.success",
              "Next": "Process Successful"
            },
            "Process Successful": {
              "Type": "Pass",
              "End": true
            }
          }
        },
        {
          "StartAt": "Get Failed",
          "States": {
            "Get Failed": {
              "Type": "Pass",
              "OutputPath": "$.failed",
              "Next": "Process Failed"
            },
            "Process Failed": {
              "Type": "Pass",
              "End": true
            }
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

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namespace Http\Helper\Tests\Extractor;

use Http\Helper\Extractor\ProtocolVersionExtractor;
use Http\Helper\Tests\HeaderProvider;

/**
 * @author GeLo <geloen.eric@gmail.com>
 */
class ProtocolVersionExtractorTest extends HeaderProvider
{
    /**
     * @dataProvider headerProvider
     */
    public function testExtract($headers)
    {
        $this->assertSame('1.1', ProtocolVersionExtractor::extract($headers));
    }
}

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Roundtable: Guilty Pleasures
K-pop in itself is a guilty pleasure to most, a part of ourselves that we choose to not reveal to even our closest friends, family members, and loved ones. Even within the realm of Hallyu, there are guilty pleasures that we choose to not reveal to our closest K-pop affiliates and networks. Well, now is the time to let it all out. This is now a judgement-free space where you can feel safe to release all that inner tension and share with the world that thing you do late at night with the lights off. What guilty pleasures do you hesitate to share with others?
Leslie: I guess my guilty pleasure would be writing fan fiction. I even use a pseudonym. I don't share it with a lot of people because few people get the appeal of fan fiction, especially if they're not in the fandom. I remember when I first got into K-pop, I thought it was weird that people actually wrote fan fiction about real life celebrities. I'd written fan fiction in the past but only with fictional characters, but now I write tons of it and actually get requests to write more.
The main reasons I guess I don't share this "guilty pleasure" even with some people in the K-pop fandom is because within the fandom there is an extreme zeal for shipping. I personally don't ship much so I of course don't write ships, which is always what people want when I say I write fan fiction. Plus, since I write elsewhere professionally, I have to be mindful about what is tied to my name.
Gaya: Oh my lord, fan fic! It was never something I embraced when I was in the Harry Potter fandom, but I've somehow found myself reading select Exo AU fics (wow, I even know terms like AU). I was at the library the other day and heard a high school girl telling her friends about the Teen Top and Exo fics she reads. Meanwhile, one part of me was cringing in secondhand embarrassment, another part admonishing the aforementioned part and silently cheering the girl on for being "out and proud" of her fangirling, and yet another part was debating whether to butt in and recommend some good LiveJournal communities.
Ultimately, I remained silent but I really wish I hadn't!
Amy: I think liking a good majority of SM's music is a huge guilty pleasure. Right?
Miyoko: Four words: Sexy. Free. &. Single.
Kelsey: "Ayy Girl" might secretly be one of my favorite K-pop songs.
Lindsay: My guilty pleasure is definitely girl group singles. Give me the most sickeningly cute song with the most inane lyrics and most simple dance, and I will love it. I hate that I love it, because I know they aren't "quality," but I love them anyway. Some of my favorites are TINY-G's "Miss You," Girl's Day's "Twinkle Twinkle," and Hello Venus' "Venus. "
Nicholas: I would agree with Amy that most of the SM material is so bad it is good. My personal favourite would be EXO's "Two Moons." I love the live version for how it allows me to play out my inner rapper fantasies.
While "Sexy, Free, & Single" might not have been much of an album, I love the song "Rockstar." How many songs let you enjoy a really cheap electronic hook, and let you egoistically proclaim you are a rock star in the cheesiest manner possible?
And lastly, I love that viral hot mess known as "Bar Bar Bar"..Though at Seoulbeats we preach refined musical tastes and quality concepts, I am not above the occasional lowbrow entertainment.
Patricia: "Bar Bar Bar" is my jam. Do people even call things their "jam" anymore? Whatever, I don't care. It's my jam and I love it.
Going back to what Leslie said about fanfiction, this is probably the secret confession to top all secret confessions, but I wrote fan fiction for a while. I still dabble in it occasionally. Even after bashing the entire institution of fan fictiondom in multiple Seoulbeats articles, I am a fanfic writer.
Yes, my fics are posted somewhere on the internet. No, I will not tell you where it is. Yes, most of it is shamefully embarrassing. Yes, I am a huge flaming hypocrite. Yes, I kind of hate myself for it. Go ahead, judge me.
After dabbling in the K-pop fanfic community and writing some fic of my own, though, I still don't really understand the amount of fan fervor that feeds into this thing. It's fun and all, but it completely baffles me why, for instance, so many BNFs in K-pop are able to gather such a huge following and are loved and respected by other fans solely because they write fic. Maybe I should quit blogging and just write K-pop fan fiction full time.
Anyway, not to devolve this conversation into a dialogue about fan fiction, but there you go. Now the world knows my deepest, darkest secret.
Mark: I have an irresistible urge to consume anything Waveya, the "professional" K-pop dance cover group led by two flaming hot girls. I too feel like a hypocrite for indulging in the sexual objectification of these women, especially after all that praise put out for Ga-in's "Bloom" last year, but I try to justify it by saying to myself that these women aren't like K-pop idols: they willingly subject themselves to being sexually objectified for clicks and views; they aren't under contract with any money-grubbing corporations. What's that? They're now affiliated with CJ E&M, one of Korea's largest media groups? Please for give me for I have sinned.
Fannie: I don't even know if we can make that ha-ha-robotronic-SM argument anymore. I mean, barring some questionable tracks like "Wolf," they really stepped up their game and released some of the best albums of last year.
I regularly keep up with We Got Married even though everything about it is a beautifully orchestrated lie. It's like my ritual way of winding down at the end of a long week.
Ambika: I'm not a super fan of the cute, but SNSD's "Oh!" gets me every time. It's that song that I didn't expect to like when I first heard it but, lo and behold, I end up unexpectedly singing or humming it.
I also like really stupid references, like in Prime Minister and I where Exo's Suho cameos and the Prime Minister's daughter essentially fawns over him because he looks like Exo's Suho. Please help me off the floor because I can't stop laughing. I don't even know why his part exists in this drama, but for that alone, I don't even mind.
We Got Married is like variety crack because it's so bad yet I can't help but watch it regularly. It's like this fluff drama that keeps repeating itself to no end, yet I can't turn away.
I think my ultimate pleasure are idol friendships (at least what seem to be friendships), the ones that aren't within the same company. Shinee's Jonghyun being carried by Big Bang's Seungri? Where and when? The very existence of this cross-company China Line? Uh, yes please. I feel like it's something inevitable considering how often idols do shows together, but I can't help but be delighted when I see it on screen or through some form of social media. I don't think this quite qualifies as guilty, but here you go.
Laverne: Idol friendships are a good one! Especially when one member obviously doesn't care. Specifically, I'm talking about the friendship between Leo and N from Vixx. I could watch them interact all day. In fact, I have. More than once.
My other guilty pleasure is the "bad" English in K-pop. At this point, I've totally just embraced it. The idols (and their companies) are trying so hard that I can't help but enjoy it — I sing the lyrics loudly and proudly. Who doesn't love to sing along to things like "Loverholic, robotronic" and "Can't breathe, like freeze?"
Shweta: In the ultimate backfire, I think I now like both "I Got A Boy" and "Missing You," after trying to figure out why I had been hating on them so much. I guess when you spend too much time thinking about a song, you end up liking it despite yourself.
Also, the love-hate is strong for A Pink's "No No No."
Pat: My love-hate for "I Got a Boy" is so strong that it's the third most played song on my iPhone. To my real life friends who may be reading this — when I was doing the fanchants when SNSD performed in DKFC, I lied when I said I did them just to avoid angry glares. I did them because I freaking love the song.
Another guilty pleasure of mine? I have a playlist filled with the most non-sensical Engrish ever and I think at least half of it is from Beast's discography. From "Choom Choom my heart like rocket" to "Roll like a buffalo" (yeah, I have the edited version to include that particular gem), the playlist has my back whenever I need a good laugh, or when I'm writing something for my fan fiction, or a post here for Seoulbeats. I fully admit to having that "Mama" weird Kai thing as my background music when I wrote my most recent B1A4 post.
Amy: "Beautifully orchestrated lie."
In that vein, I guess I keep watching K-dramas because of the same reason — they're so familiar now that it's okay to me that they're all basically about the same thing. It's super comfortable to just slip into them because you know exactly what's coming, what kind of characters you're dealing with, and where the story will go.
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Excellent Anime Fan Gifts
If you need a gift for a birthday, Christmas, or other occasion, anime fans can be challenging to buy, particularly if you are unfamiliar with the " slots online NZ " industry. Let me first give a brief introduction to anime. Japan is where anime, a form of animation, first emerged. In essence, you could refer to it as a Japanese adaptation of cartoons. Anime has some significant differences, though. While American animation is frequently geared toward young audiences, there are many different types of anime that are appropriate for people of all ages and interests. For instance, there are anime series specifically made for young boys, girls, women, and so forth. Additionally, there are anime series for adults with more explicit themes and content. There are numerous different thematic anime subgenres, such as those focused on robots (known as mecha), romantic anime, combat anime, and so forth.
You need to know what anime series, or at least what kind of anime series, the anime fan in your life likes before you can choose a great present for them. Look through their DVD collection or see what they watch on TV to find out. Here are some ideas for gifts that are certain to please anime fans once you know which series they enjoy:
The Japanese equivalent of comic books or graphic novels is known as manga. Numerous anime shows are adapted from manga series. The original manga that inspired their favorite anime would be adored by any anime fan. You can typically find some original Japanese manga on eBay and at Japanese importers like JustManga and Manga.com. You can find English-translated manga books for the most well-known anime series, like Inuyasha, at many large bookstores.
Dvds Of Live-Action And Japanese Dramas
A fan of Sailor Moon, for example, might be interested in some anime and manga series that have live-action adaptations. Consider giving your anime fan some Japanese TV drama series if they appear interested in Japanese culture. There are numerous Japanese drama series for tweens and teens, most of which are set in or around high school. Check out Hana Yori Dango, Nodame Cantabile, and Gokusen; they were all based on anime or manga series, or both. Look for these series on eBay and sites like YesAsia. Get the English-subtitled versions if possible.
Toys A variety of toys are available for some anime series, including Gundam, Neon Genesis Evangelion, and others. Try to purchase some of the imported toys from Japan if you truly want to give someone a special gift. Action figures, vehicles, stuffed animals, models, and dolls are among the available toys. Major toy retailers carry toys for the most well-known anime series; for less well-known series, try eBay, YesAsia, and other import websites.
Games On Video
Video games are based on many of the most well-known anime series, including Naruto, Inuyasha, and Bleach. What anime fan wouldn't want to play as their favorite character in a video game? This is a fantastic gift idea. So that you can purchase a game for their specific console or handheld, be sure to find out what gaming system they own.
Because the soundtracks to the majority of anime series feature well-known Japanese musicians and bands, many anime fans become interested in Japanese culture through anime. You could give them the series' soundtrack or even a few JPOP or JROCK CDs. Japanese pop and rock music are referred to as JPOP and JROCK, respectively. Find a lot of artists on eBay and YesAsia. Ayumi Hamasaki (pop), Utada Hikaru (pop/R&B), Arashi (pop boy band), L'Arc-en-Ciel (rock band), Morning Musume (pop girl band), and many others are well-known Japanese musicians.
Antiques And Decorative Items
For some series, there are also a ton of collectibles and decorative items available. Think about limited-edition toys, photo albums, calendars, posters, and animation cells. Both YesAsia and eBay carry these.
Clothes And Clothing
Cosplay is the term for when anime fans dress up as their favorite characters. Discover their favorite character, then buy them a costume or other accessories. A play sword or necklace similar to the one Inuyasha wears, for instance, would be loved by an Inuyasha fan. Alternatively, go all out and buy them a full costume replicating their preferred character. CosplayMagic.com is one place to look.
Books Or Software For Languages
Consider giving your anime fan a book or audio learning set to help them learn to read and write Japanese if they have a sincere interest in Japanese culture. If you're having trouble finding presents from their favorite anime series, this is a great gift choice. Given how important it is for their future that they learn a new language, this is also a gift you can feel good about giving.
If your anime fan is interested in Japanese culture, they might like to try some of the food they have seen being consumed in anime and dramas, such as sushi and Pocky. Sushi-making supplies, Japanese candies and gum, Pocky (a chocolate-covered pretzel), oddly flavored Japanese KitKat versions, and more are some ideas. AsianFoodGrocer and other Japanese food import websites carry a wide variety of Japanese candies.
Shojo: Anime For Girls
The rise of anime, or Japanese animation, has been one of the biggest successes on television and DVD over the past few years. This style of television, which has its roots in comic books and has experienced its most recent and arguably biggest success on the small screen in the West, ranges from the genre-defining classic Akira to the most recent Sailor Moon tales. However, despite the perception that anime is a distinctly male genre due to a penchant for robot gun suits and psychotic megalomaniacs, there are a number of more female-friendly anime that prove the opposite.
Shojo (or shojou as it's sometimes called) anime is finding a sizable audience whose preference for romance and love over robotic destruction is due in large part to its younger and female-oriented demographic. Due to the popularity of this more recent anime, the DVDs would make an ideal gift for any female friends or family members who wouldn't normally give anime even a minute of their time.
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17-year-old Hong Kong student stirs up controversy
By MEGAN FLOURNOY Joshua Wong is a 17-year-old activist for democracy in Hong Kong, China and founder of the activist group Scholarism. The group was established in 2011, consisting of Wong's friends and family. It has since grown to include 120,000 protestors and 13 hunger strikers.
By MEGAN FLOURNOY
Joshua Wong is a 17-year-old activist for democracy in Hong Kong, China and founder of the activist group Scholarism. The group was established in 2011, consisting of Wong's friends and family. It has since grown to include 120,000 protestors and 13 hunger strikers.
Scholarism's desire for universal suffrage stems from China having a fixed government that has been run by the Chinese Communist party since 1949. The members of this party are appointed every five years by the current members and run the government for the five years they are required to serve. In other words, members do not get nominated or elected by the people of China.
In 1997, Hong Kong was promised the democratic election of its own leader, but, as of right now, that does not exist. There is discussion of Hong Kong allowing five of the seven million considered citizens be able to cast their votes in 2017, according to Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying.
More recently, officials said that Hong Kong will be able to vote for their leader, but the candidates must be approved by Beijing. This angered Wong and led him to build up his activist group to fight for complete universal suffrage.
At first, Scholarism's main focus was the newest education program established in the country: Moral and National Education. Scholarism protested outside Hong Kong's government headquarters, spurring officials to withdraw the new curriculum.
The group quickly gained attention and has since stayed active in fighting for democracy and striving for universal suffrage. According to CNN, in July, Scholarism "staged a mass sit-in which drew a warning from China's vice president not to disrupt the 'stability' of the city."
The group is mobilizing students to walk out of classes, which represents the reversal of the system in place.
These educational protests helps give students a voice, and will hopefully turn into universal suffrage, fulfilling Wong's goal.
Scholarism shows students that if they fight for something, they can have a huge impact and really make a difference. Though young, Wong is a great icon for the movement, showing that the students care about what they learn and how they learn. Students taking a stand also shows that they really do want to have a say in what goes on, how they are treated and what rights they have.
Scholarism's efforts will be helpful and powerful if they continue to fight and persevere. They could be the ones who change Hong Kong one day and gain a more democratic government, all because they stood up for what they believe in.
I completely support Wong's efforts and ideas for sit-ins and protests, and the group as a whole. Very few 17-year-olds would take charge and attempt to alter the government. His efforts are brave and I hope he succeeds.
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Those who get approved for a loan will be presented with an offer by the lender, and there are certain things to look for. You don't want to accept just any offer, because you will likely end up regretting your decision later on. Instead you will need to take your time and analyze the details so you can get the best overall deal possible. There is usually some room for negotiating with lenders, so you will need to keep that in mind. You don't want to get a loan if the terms don't match your needs.
The very first thing that you need to look for in a loan offer is the total amount that you will be required to pay back. This includes the principal (amount you borrow), the interest rate, and any other fees you will have to pay. A standard loan offer will include a specific number.
When you are looking at this number, you have to think about whether or not you can really afford it. The last thing you want to do is to get a loan that you won't be able to pay back on time. It can be tempting to accept, but you have to be realistic.
The APR or interest rate on your loan will be the biggest secondary expense. This number will ultimately be determined by the lender, but your credit history plays a big part. Those who have poor credit tend to get higher rates. And while the interest on your loan is very important, you don't want to forget about the other smaller fees. The last thing you want to do is take out a loan with all kinds of hidden fees that are in the fine print.
It is also crucial that you know when you are going to receive your funds. This is another detail that you should see in the offer you are given by the lender. If you are in a hurry to get your money, it is important that you look for a lender that can expedite this process. Most private lenders can get you cash quick, but it depends on the one you choose.
Another aspect of the loan offer that you need to take a close look at is when the money is due to be paid back. You need to know when you will have pay back your loan so that you don't incur late fees. Ask yourself if you really have enough time to pay it back, because otherwise you could end up with some serious regrets. Smaller loans usually have a payback period of a couple weeks, though it depends on the amount of money you borrow. Ask the lender if they would be willing to extend the deadline if you have trouble paying back the loan on time. A shorter payback period is typically better, as you will pay less interest.
When you are looking at the offer contract that the lender has put together, make sure that you see if there are any penalties for early repayment. Some lenders will charge you a fee for paying the loan back before the due date. If there are no such fees, you should try to pay it off as quickly as possible. The sooner you pay back the loan, the more money you will save.
It is important to look over the contract that the lender gives you, but you also need to find out what kind of reputation they have. You don't want to borrow your money from just anyone. If you are planning to go through a private lender, it is crucial that you consider this. It will help you to make the right overall decision. One of the best ways of doing this is to go online and look at reviews for each lender. You will most likely be able to find quite a bit of information on each one you come across.
It's always necessary to take a close look at your own finances before applying for a loan. You need to be confident in your ability to repay it. Failing to pay back your loan on time can hurt your credit in a big way. A personal loan can be a great thing for those who have an important expense but don't have the money to pay for it. Private lenders that are based online can provide you with some amazing deals, but you have to do your research. The more time you spend evaluating offers from these lenders, the easier it will be to get a great deal on the loan you need.
While filing for bankruptcy might seem tempting because it will erase your debts, it should be a last resort. Those who take this action will have a huge black mark on their credit. It is almost always better to try to pay off your debt rather than go down this path. This article will lay out some of the most effective ways to avoid bankruptcy. If it is at all possible, you should at least try.
If you have not tried negotiating with your creditors, you will definitely need to do so right away. There is a good chance that they will be open to coming to an arrangement that works for both them and you. Whether it is getting an extension on the payback period or a lower interest rate, this is an option worth trying. The worst that can happen is that your credits refuse to budge. You have absolutely nothing to lose by doing this.
As silly as it might seem, sometimes the only way to get out of debt is to take out a loan. A lot of people don't do this because they don't want to take on more debt. The fact is that a consolidation loan can really help you out a lot. In this situation the lender agrees to take on all of your debt, but you have to repay them over time.
You will have to repay the lender by a certain date. One of the great things about this arrangement is that your interest rate will most likely be lower. This should make it a lot easier for you to take care of your debt so you don't have to file for bankruptcy.
Nobody likes to even consider selling their car or house, but it might be necessary to avoid bankruptcy altogether. The first thing you want to do is to consider everything you own and determine what you can afford to give up. You should also think about cashing out on any stocks you might have. This could help you get by long enough to where you can avoid destroying your credit for a very long time. It's never a pleasant thing to think about, but it can be an effective way to improve your overall financial situation.
You should also consider taking on another job part time to pay off your debt. It can be very physically and emotionally exhausting, but it's better than going into bankruptcy. Sometimes you just have to push through for a bit to turn things around. In the end you will be glad that you decided to do this. The more money you have coming in, the easier it will be to keep your debt from completely spiralling out of control.
When you are in desperate need of money to keep yourself afloat, you might want to consider refinancing your mortgage. This can help you save quite a bit of money on your monthly payments. The more money you save on your mortgage, the more you will have to put towards paying off creditors. Depending on what your credit is like and the value of your home, you could get a pretty good deal.
Sit down and take a long hard look at all of your current recurring expenses. It is very likely that there are some things that you could reduce or even eliminate for the time being. This could help you to save enough money to avoid going down the bankruptcy path. It might require you to buckle down and tighten your belt for a while, but it will be worth it in the end.
It is incredibly important that you decide which debts to pay off first. When you figure out which ones are most important, you can devise a plan of attack. This will make it a lot easier for you to get your finances sort out so that bankruptcy isn't necessary.
There are quite a few mistakes that you should avoid when trying to avoid filing for bankruptcy. People do all sorts of ridiculous things in an effort to avoid this, but you need to keep a level head. You shouldn't pay for debt settlement services, as most of them just cause more harm than good. These services will most likely only get you deeper into debt, making bankruptcy your online viable option. Don't get emotional when it comes to making these kinds of decisions. Instead you will need to think things about as clearly and rationally as possible. This will help you avoid doing anything stupid that you will deeply regret later on.


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Question: Is there a (more) explicit description of the $R$-modules $Ext_R^i(I,R)$ for $i \geq 0$ (at least in special cases such as $R$ being Gorenstein)? When are those modules finitely generated?


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Spence says Thurman hasn't been 'One Time' in a long time
January 11th, 2018 - Comments Closed
By Chris Williams: Errol Spence Jr. doesn't have many positive things to say about the inactive WBA/WBC welterweight champion Keith 'One Time' Thurman (28-0, 22 KOs), who has seemingly been dodging a fight against him for the past 2 years now.
Spence says the 28-year-old Thurman hasn't lived up to his nickname 'One Time' for a long time. Spence (22-0, 19 KOs) sees Thurman as a guy that does a lot of talking, but he doesn't back it up inside the ring by taking the fight with him.
"Keith Thurman says a lot of things that he doesn't live up to. He hasn't been 'One Time' for a long time," said Spence. "I don't care what Keith Thurman says. Until he signs a contract it doesn't matter what he says. Everything else he says is irrelevant," said Spence.
Before Thurman became a world champion in 2015, he was anxious to fight the best fighters in the welterweight division. But ever since Thurman was elevated the World Boxing Association 147 lb. champion outside of the ring in January 2015, he's failed to take fight the boxing fans have wanted to see in Spence. Thurman has instead fought these fighters:
•	Robert 'The Ghost' Guerrero
•	Luis Collazo
•	Shawn Porter
•	Danny Garcia
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Porter is a good fighter, and you can't knock Thurman for fighting him. But by picking Guerrero, Collazo and Garcia over Spence, it looks like the 28-year-old Thurman is milking his WBA title by minimizing his risks. Thurman needs to fight Spence if he wants to take his career to the next level.
Thurman's wins over Shawn Porter and Danny Garcia has failed to do much for his career. Facing them in rematches is pointless. He's not going to gain anything fighting Porter and Garcia a second time. The way for Thurman to increase his popularity to become a big star is to move on and keep fighting better opposition with each fight rather than getting bogged down by taking needless rematches.
Thurman has been a pro for 11 years now since 2007, and he still doesn't have a signature win on his resume. The best fighters Thurman has faced to this date in his career is Shawn Porter and Danny Garcia. This far into Thurman's career, he should have already fought Spence and guys like Terence Crawford.
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Spence will likely fight Terence Crawford (32-0, 23 KOs) before he gets a unification fight against Thurman. Spence says he's open to the Crawford fight.
"It's going to happen," said Spence when asked about a fight against Terence Crawford. "As long as we keep winning, it's going to happen. I'm not shying away from any type of competition in my weight class," said Spence.
Crawford will be making his debut at welterweight in April against WBO 147 lb. champion Jeff Horn. If Crawford wins that fight, then he'll be on his way to building a name for himself to make a unification fight against Spence. Hopefully, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum doesn't stunt Crawford's career by matching him only against his fighters from his stable the way he did with Manny Pacquiao. Crawford needs to fight non-Top Rank fighters like Spence for him to become popular.
It would be sad if the 86-year-old Arum had Crawford waste the next 6 years of his career fighting Horn 4 times and Konstantin Ponomarev 4 or 5 times. We saw Pacquiao fight guys from Arum's Top Rank stable repeatedly. Whether Arum matches Crawford against Spence might come down to how well the Nebraska fighter does against Horn. If Crawford dominate Horn, then I think Arum will be willing to put him in with Spence. if Crawford struggles to beat Horn, then it's probably unlikely that he'll want to risk his unbeaten record against a bigger and stronger fighter like Spence. Horn will be the litmus test for Crawford. It'll be up to Crawford though if he wants his career to be walled off the way Pacquiao's was in fighting only certain guys with Arum's stable.
"Keith Thurman is more of a mover," said Spence in comparing Thurman to Crawford. "Terence can move, but Terence likes to fight."
We don't know yet how Crawford will fight at welterweight. Crawford uses a lot of movement when he's facing guys with power. He might turn out to be a full runner at 147, and be an unwatchable fighter. If that's the case, then it might not be worth it for Spence to ever fight him. Spence needs to face guys that will stand and fight. Thurman is a pure runner. That's going to be hard for Spence to chase him down. Thurman would be a good warm-up for Spence to fight Crawford. By the time Spence is done chasing Thurman down to give him is first defeat, it'll have him ready for the movement that Crawford will use against him. Unfortunately, it doesn't work that way. Spence will need to wait until Arum is willing to let him fight Crawford, and that might not be soon.
"We'll find somebody," said Spence in talking about his next fight after his January 20 title defense against Lamont Peterson. "It's a deep pool of welterweights. If nobody in the top 5 wants to fight, then boxing fans will realize it. We'll have to find somebody. The main objective is to stay busy this year. We got Lamont. After that, if we can't get a top 5, then we'll get somebody. I have to stay busy this year. I want to stay active and stay in the ring," said Spence.
After Spence defends his IBF title against Lamont Peterson on January 20, it'll come down to one of these fighters:
•	Carlos Ocampo
•	Konstantin Ponomarev
•	Quadratillo Abduqaxorov
•	Mohamed Mimoune
•	Rashidi Ellis
•	Ray Robinson
•	Zhankhozh Turarov
•	Carlos Molina
•	Keita Obara
•	Tsiko Mulovhedi
Those are the contenders in the International Boxing Federation's Top 15 rankings. Those are not good fighters. The IBF needs to start ranking some better guys, because those are like tune-up level fighters. Spence is going to hold onto his IBF title forever with that kind of guys being ranked by the sanctioning body.
"The last I heard the Russian dude with Top Rank was the mandatory, Ponomarev," said Spence in naming his IBF mandatory challenger. "I don't know. I don't care. If my mandatory comes, then I'll fight my mandatory," said Spence.
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Confused by the complications of copyright? Get the answers you need before you download that photo, upload those GEDCOMs or publish your family's story.
If you've read Robert Fulghum's All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, you know that genealogists have mastered one childhood lesson: how to share with others. When an Internet cousin asks for your research on Great-great-grandpa, you're happy to oblige. You might even post your ancestral discoveries online or write a book about them.
What you may not have learned in kindergarten is that sharing has limits. For example, the Denver Public Library <www.denver.lib.co.us> might not be pleased if you published one of its online photos in your family history. The author of Springfield County Founders would be similarly underwhelmed if you photocopied chapter seven for your family's entire California contingent. And Aunt Sue probably wouldn't consider it a personal favor if you submitted her GEDCOMs to GenCircles <www.gencircles.com> without first getting her OK.
US copyright laws dictate the dos and don'ts of using others' research — even when it's about your own ancestors. Unfortunately, those laws are notoriously bewildering. So how do well-intentioned genealogists like you get past the legal mumbo jumbo and stay on the right side of the law? Don't upload another family file or duplicate another photo without reading our essential, plain-English guide to genealogists' common copyright questions.
Q: What exactly is copyright, anyway?
It's the right to make and distribute copies of a work, to create adaptations or derivative works (such as making a painting from a photograph) and to perform or display the work. Only the copyright holder owns these rights, unless she transfers them to someone else by, say, signing a contract to allow a magazine to publish her article. If someone wrongfully uses her material, she can sue.
The law automatically protects original works — you don't have to register them with the US Copyright Office <www.copyright.gov>. It's a good idea, though: By registering your published family history or cookbook, you make your copyright a matter of public record. You'll have legal advantages if you ever go to court over a violation.
Q: Why do we need copyright?
Because it encourages the creative efforts of artists, writers and businesses. After all, how willing would you be to, say, publish a genealogy Internet site if anyone could come along and claim ownership to all your hard work?
Q: What kinds of works are copyrighted?
Q: What doesn't copyright protect?
Q: How long does copyright last?
• Works published before Jan. 1, 1923, are in the public domain (meaning anyone can use, adapt or copy them freely).
• Works published between 1923 and 1963 were protected for 28 years — but the copyright could be renewed for 47 years, then extended for another 20. If the copyright wasn't renewed, the work is in the public domain. About 85 percent of works published during this period aren't protected anymore.
• If a work was published between 1964 and 1977, the copyright lasts a total of 95 years.
• Any published or unpublished work created on or after Jan. 1, 1978, is protected for the life of the creator plus 70 years.
• A work created before Jan. 1, 1978, and published between that date and Dec. 31, 2002, is protected for the life of the creator plus 70 years or until Dec. 31, 2047, whichever is greater.
Confused? You can assume that anything published within the past 75 years is protected. Once the copyright expires, a work moves into the public domain.
Q: How can I tell if a work is in the public domain?
If you want to include parts of an old diary or book in a project you'll publish or distribute (say, a Web site or a research compilation to sell at a family reunion), it's your responsibility to determine whether the work is protected by copyright. It may not be easy — there's no database to consult or number to call. You'll need to know when the creator made the work, whether she's alive (if not, when she died), and whether she published it. Then use the copyright-duration guidelines above.
For example, suppose you find a drawing in Great-aunt Eloise's attic. It's dated 1776 and as far as you can tell, no one published it. Are you free to reproduce it? You bet. Even if your artist ancestor lived well into old age, the 70-year duration has long passed. But before using it, check out New Rules for Using Public Domain Materials <www.copylaw.com/new_articles/PublicDomain.html>.
Or let's say you have the unpublished diary Great-grandpa Ebenezer wrote in 1892. Can you publish it? First you need to know when Ebenezer died. If he passed away in 1939, his diary would be protected until 2009, so you'd need permission from his heirs — usually his children or grandchildren. Might be easier to wait five more years for the copyright to expire.
Visit <www.copyright.gov/circs/circ22.html> to read the US Copyright Office guide "How to Investigate the Copyright Status of a Work" or submit a research request for a fee. If you have any questions about the legality of using someone else's research, consult a copyright lawyer.
Q: lf a work isn't in the public domain, how do I get permission to use it on my Web site or in my book?
• Books: Write to the publisher. Look for an address at the front of the book or on the publisher's Web site.
• Photos and articles in magazines or journals: If a freelancer snapped the photo or wrote the article, he might own the copyright. Write to the editor, and she'll forward your request if necessary.
• Online photos, documents and materials: Write to the site's owner. Look for a Contact Us link or permissions page.
• Other photographs: Track down the photographer. If the people pictured are living, you need their permission, too.
• Song lyrics: Contact the music publisher (look on the album cover or the Internet).
• Newspaper obituaries, articles and photos: Write to the newspaper.
Q: What if I just want to print research from the Internet to send to Uncle Clarence, or photocopy an article for my files?
This means you can download GEDCOMs from an online database and merge them with your files, print a page of an online database and tuck it into your file drawer, or photocopy a book passage to paste into your scrapbook. Sending such copies to a few cousins is OK, too. But if you want to send the photocopy or printed database page to all 85 members of your genealogical society, or if you plan to charge for the information, you'll need to get permission. If you want to publish information you've downloaded as a GEDCOM — which is based on someone else's research — ask permission and give credit.
Q: lf I upload GEDCOMs to a Web site, do they belong to the site or to me?
Q: But don't I own the information about my own ancestor?
No one — including you — owns the information about your ancestor, since copyright doesn't protect facts. But compilations of facts, such as the databases at Ancestry.com <www.ancestry.com> and other genealogy Web sites, are protected (unless, of course, a government employee created the database as part of his job).
Say you've gathered your family facts (names, dates, places) and added your own thoughts, some biographical information and historical context. You're on the eve of publishing your book, when you happen across a genealogy Web site containing many of your facts. Apparently, cousin Ethel, with whom you've shared family group sheets over the years, submitted the data you supplied.
Is that a violation of your copyright? No, because copyright doesn't protect those names, dates and places. But were Ethel to post that information in the form of entire passages from your book, she'd be asking for a family feud — or a lawsuit.
Q: Then how much of a book can I quote and still call it fair use? 100 words? 200?
There's no magic number. Many factors affect whether fair use applies: how you intend to use the work (in a family history you plan to sell, or for a noncommercial purpose), the nature of the work (you can quote far more from War and Peace than you can from a limerick), the importance of the quoted passage to the original work (don't give away the whodunit in a murder mystery) and the effect your use would have on the market (would someone buy your work instead of the work you've quoted?).
Only a copyright attorney can say for sure what's fair use in your case. But in general, follow these two guidelines: Quote or paraphrase only as much as is necessary to make your point — and cite the original work. Then consider whether you'd have a problem with someone quoting or paraphrasing that much of your work without asking permission.
Q: Could I publish an ancestor's journal that I find in an archive?
Copyright guidelines would apply here, although the heirs may have granted their copyright to the repository. Since the archive owns the physical journal, you still need its permission — and you may have to pay a fee. That's because copyright ownership and physical ownership are separate issues. Even if the journal is in the public domain, it's a one-of-a-kind historical item, so physical ownership entitles the repository to charge a user's fee. The same goes for historical photos in online databases (see the next question).
Q: How can I tell who owns an old photo that I've found online?
Ask. The Web site owner should be able to tell you who owns the image. The Library of Congress American Memory site <memory.loc.gov>, for example, displays many historical images digitized by other archives, and you have to go to the right archive for permission to use its photo. Similarly, if you want to use a Boston Historical Society photograph from Joe Schmo's Web site, check with the society — not Joe. No matter where you find images online, unless the Web site expressly states that the images are copyright-free, always ask permission before sharing or posting them to your own site. Better yet, if you want to share an online photo with someone, give him the site's URL and suggest he take a look.
Q: What about family photographs? Can I share or post them to my Web site?
Photographs are a complicated matter. The photographer holds the copyright, but the people portrayed in the image also have a right to privacy. So before you put last year's family reunion photo online, get the permission of everyone in the photo, as well as the person behind the camera.
Don't let copyright complications scare you out of sharing your genealogy. Keep practicing what you learned in kindergarten, and remember another lesson from Fulghum's book: Play fair. That means knowing when you need to get permission — and then asking for it — before using another genealogist's research. Chances are he remembers kindergarten, too, and will want to help.
From the December 2004 Family Tree Magazine.
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You can also collaborate with others simultaneously on a webbook.
Illustrate a webbook by adding voice recordings, audio clips, images, videos and links.
Publish your webbook online or print it if you need a paper copy for your portfolio.
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The Celtic Sea provides important habitats for a number of bird and marine mammal species, as well as other coastal and marine organisms. The wide variations in coastal geography (from fjordic sea lochs, to sand dunes, bays, estuaries and numerous sandy beaches) cause a large range of habitats, like kelp forests, sea grass beds and cold-water corals. The large range of habitats support a diverse fish fauna such as herring and mackerel.
In the Celtic Sea is increasing competition for ocean space in the Celtic Sea. Initiatives have been started to designate marine protected areas. There are also two wind farms being planned. Fishermen feel that they are increasingly being displaced from fishing grounds, due to the allocation of ocean space for nature conservation and offshore renewable energy development. This and other developments create growing conflicts between the different sectors that use the Celtic Sea.
In this case study we will look at several on-going initiatives in the case study area and the conflicts, challenges and good practices of marine spatial management that emerged from these initiatives. This will provide important information for the MESMA framework, particularly in evaluating the key governance/institutional issues that affect the management effectiveness of spatial management. It also gives information about the possibility and requirements for implementing the key recommendations derived from the MESMA framework.
Due to the large geographical area (almost 400.000 km2) we focus on selected projects, initiatives and issues within the case study area. Subcases are: PISCES and Southwest England (including: Finding Sanctuary and SW England trail of the 'ecosystem approach').
PISCES is an existing project to promote an integrated approach to implementing the ecosystem approach to managing the uses of this regional sea. Finding Sanctuary aims to design a network of Marine Conservation Zones around South West England with participation of stakeholders. SW England trail of the 'ecosystem approach' aims to develop an evidence-based model for assessing the ecosystem impacts of different fishing techniques and thereby to assess the cumulative ecosystem impacts of fishing in an given area.
Identification of pros and cons for marine spatial planning in the Celtic Sea.


One Truro family is considering moving house to be closer to their preferred primary school after their daughter was rejected for a place at their three choices by education bosses in Cornwall.
Alex and Laura Graves were left reeling when they received an email from Cornwall Council warning that their top three choices of primary school for their daughter Lily had been turned down.
The Graves' had hoped their four-and-a-half year-old girl would be able to go to Kea Primary School, with Bosvigo and St Mary's CoE Primary Schools their second and third choices.
While the family lives only half a mile from Tregolls School, which is the school their daughter was allocated to, Lily's parents hoped she could have followed her friends to Kea school on the outskirts of the city.
Mr Graves said a letter from the council explained that Kea was out of catchment for the family, while Bosvigo and St Mary's were oversubscribed.
"My wife is seriously looking at moving house," Mr Graves said. "I know it was a knee-jerk reaction after we got the email from the council but it is something we are now looking at. My wife has been looking at what's available and we could be moving if it made a difference in the choice of school.
"Children are in primary school for seven years so it makes sense to move house to be closer to the school you want them to go to. We have a little boy, Albie, who will probably go to the same school Lily goes to so it makes sense that way too to move."
The Graves' are among the 1% of families whose children will not have been accepted to any of their three preferred schools.
Cornwall Council said it received 5,486 applications for reception places for pupils to start school in September 2018.
Of those, 5,221 (95.2%) were offered a place at their first preference school, an increase on last year's figure of 93.4%.
Education bosses at the local authority said nearly 99% of applicants have been offered a place at a school they named as one of three preferences on their application form.
Councillor Sally Hawken, Cabinet member for children and wellbeing, said: "We're pleased so many children and families have the news they wanted on national offer day. Thanks go to the school admissions team for their hard work in co-ordinating this process and to schools for their support in ensuring as many children as possible attend their preferred school."
She added that Cornwall Council recognised that some families, like the Graves', might be disappointed by their allocation for this September.
She said that areas in Cornwall experiencing particular pressure on reception places this year included Newquay and Bude.
Cornwall has 226 schools with reception classes and this year 72 of those are full after the first round of allocations compared to 92 at this time last year.
A spokesman for the council added: "The number of oversubscribed schools is expected to increase as late applications for places are processed over the next few weeks. Late applications are always a concern for us as they reduce the chance of families getting a preferred school.
"The school admissions team, in partnership with the family information service, works hard each year to get the message out to families through various channels including social media and early years settings, but they have still received more than 130 late applications so far this year."
Sharon Hindley, head of education access and sufficiency, added: "We will continue to plan for the demand on places to ensure as many children as possible can go to their preferred school now and in the future."
If children are not allocated to their first, second or third preference and have been offered an alternative Cornwall Council says it will work with individual families to support them in finding the right school for their child.
Children will automatically be placed on a waiting list for that school and will be considered if a vacancy comes up between now and the start of the school year. This means there is still a chance for Lily to be accepted at Kea, Bosvigo or St Mary's by the time the new term starts.
Mr Graves, co-founder of Truro-based creative agency Hutch, said he was considering appealing the decision by the council.
He added: "It is possible they are oversubscribed, which is surprising. We came from London and we thought it would be easier in Cornwall, which is not so populated, to have one of your three choices accepted. Our daughter is really shy and all her friends are going to Kea. We fear she might be swallowed up in a bigger school like Tregolls.
"Our other option is to keep her out of school until she is five and see if she will be accepted at a later stage in the school we want. To put three choices down and to not get any one of them feels random. It is disappointing."
If anyone wants to appeal a decision, please email educationappeals@cornwall.gov.uk.


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Brigadier General Nadja West, deputy chief of staff, G-1/4/6 for the United States Army Medical Command, will be promoted to Major General. This promotion will make West the first African-American two-star general in the United States Army Medical Command.
West graduated from the U.S. Military Academy with a bachelor of science in engineering and attended the George Washington University School of Medicine, where she earned a Doctorate of Medicine degree. She completed an internship and a residency in family practice at the Martin Army Hospital. Dr. West did a second residency in dermatology at Fitzsimons Army Medical Center and the University of Colorado Medical Center.
Later, she was assigned chief of dermatology service at the Heidelberg Army Hospital in Germany, and served as the division surgeon of 1st Armored Division in Bad Kreuznach, Germany, deploying to Macedonia and Kosovo as the deputy task force surgeon. She graduated from the National War College, earning a master's degree in national security strategy. She is also a fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology and the American Academy of Family Practice.
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Over the last decade, democratic Europe built an image of Russia as a country in the midst of an intense but irreversible process of political, economic and social modernisation. It was thought that economic development, as elsewhere in post-Cold War Europe, would lead to the emergence of a middle class in which individuals would flourish in an environment of shared freedom, rights and prosperity. Many also dreamed, if not of Russia joining the European Union, of a framework of relations so close that they would have amounted an "everything but the institutions" partnership.
This Russian mirror was broken in 2009, when Vladimir Putin, who just completed two mandates at the head of the country, announced his intention to seek the presidency again in 2012. Former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev, who had previously hailed Putin as a moderniser, publicly expressed his concern for the turn Russian politics was taking and called on Putin to reconsider his decision.
Barely five years later, we see the extent to which Gorbachev was right. Since his re-election in 2012, Putin has carefully and meticulously put this mirror in place and blocked any prospect of modernising the country.
Instead of opening the economy to the world and seeking to create an independent entrepreneurial class, he has opted to concentrate political, economic and media power into the hands of a small elite of friends, oligarchs and former KGB comrades. It's possible to speak of an "extractive elite" blocking the country's economic and political progress for reasons less and less ideological and more and more personal: with the current economic structures, this elite is well aware that modernisation would leave it without power.
Through an unprecedented concentration of economic and media power, the Putin regime achieved a feat unequalled in the annals of authoritarianism: to obtain democratic and popular legitimacy (because Putin is very popular) through an extractive oligarchy that owes its very existence to strong political authoritarianism, extreme social inequality and incredible concentration of wealth.
Little by little, Russia has become a petro-state, a public entity that does not only base its power on raw materials, but also uses this base to ignore society's demands for political, economic and social modernisation. This so-called "resource curse" has created a strange hybrid Russia, something halfway between a pseudo-Venezuela, where oil and gas revenues are used to build the social support base the regime needs to maintain a democratic façade, and an oil monarchy whose legitimacy is based in a rancid nationalism that nourishes itself on religion, culture and warmongering historical myths.
From manipulation of media to harassment of independent civil society groups and social movements (including the LGBT movement), along with strict control of foreign influences and aspirations to both tsarism and its antithesis, the Soviet era, Putin has become obsessed with identity and nation-building.
If Gorbachev can be reproached for one thing, it's that his foresight did not go far enough. Putin has not limited himself to managing Russia's stagnation in a direct and irksome manner reminiscent of Brezhnev. He has gone to great lengths to build an irredentist and revisionist Russia, resulting in a huge security problem on Europe's doorstep. By treating his neighbours like peons, obliged to participate in the creation of a sphere of influence that assures an independent Russia distinct from the West, Putin has linked his destiny to that of Ukraine, because he cannot allow himself to lose the central component of his Eurasian project.
As such, he finds himself between a rock and a hard place: if he proceeds, he will enter into economic confrontation with the West, which will weaken his petro-state, impoverish the oligarchs and irritate public opinion. If he backs down, he will have to abandon his acolytes in eastern Ukraine and face criticism of selling Russia's soul and identity in exchange for a bit of paltry money.
Whatever the outcome, it is clear is that a leader who has built his political career on the desire to avenge the humiliations Russia has suffered will not tolerate ending in humiliation himself.


President Trump on Wednesday called out by name several GOP House lawmakers who lost their reelection bids the night before, saying they failed because they distanced themselves from his administration and policies.
Trump specifically mentioned Republican Reps. Carlos Curbelo (Fla.), whose name he mispronounced, and Mike Coffman (Colo.), both of whom lost in contested congressional races on Tuesday evening.
Trump also called out by name defeated GOP Reps. Mia Love (Utah), Barbara Comstock (Va.), Peter Roskam (Ill.), Eric Paulsen (Minn.) and John Faso (N.Y.), as well as Bob Hugin, a Republican Senate candidate who challenged Sen. Bob Menendez in New Jersey.
Meanwhile, Trump credited himself for campaigning for House candidates who won in tough races, including Republican Rep. Andy Barr in Kentucky.


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Considered to be one of the largest museums in the world, the Louvre Museum is also one of the busiest. It's fair to say that if you went to Paris without seeing the glass Pyramid, walking across the Khorsabad courtyard, admiring the Venus da Milo, and looking at the Mona Lisa, it would be scandalous! But a visit to the Louvre requires some planning, for example you have to know the Louvre opening hours. It would be a shame to have planned to go there on a Tuesday only to find out that it's the only day it is shut.
You want to know the Louvre hours ? The Louvre Museum is open almost every day of the year from 9 am to 6 pm, with the exception of January 1, May 1 and December 25. Don't stay focused on the Louvre hours, think about the opening days too.
It is closed on Tuesdays. You can't visit the Louvre on that day, but it's only to ensure that your visit is as enjoyable as possible, as it is on that day that all of the maintenance and restoration work is done and new works are installed. The museum does not close at lunchtime. And if you are too busy during the day, evening visits are organized on Wednesdays and Fridays. You can check out the temporary and permanent exhibitions until 9:45 pm. The evenings are known for being very pleasant as the museum is less busy, giving you a chance to get up close with the exhibits.
The Museum is situated in the first arrondissement of Paris. It enjoys a central location that is easy to get to from several metro and bus lines. The nearest metro stations are: Palais Royal – Musée du Louvre (lines 1 and 7), Louvre-Rivoli (line 1), Tuileries (line 1), and Pont-Neuf (line 7). If you are traveling by bus, you have the choice of the following services: 95, 21, 27, 69, 72, and 76.
You can also get there by car, but there is a charge for parking in the 670-space, 2-floor underground parking lot just under Carrousel du Louvre. It is accessible from Avenue du Général Lemonnier 75001 Paris.
The best hours to access to the Louvre ? At the morning, sure ! Write down the Louvre address to save time : you won't get lost.
First of all, let's get you into the museum! The best-known entrance is the Pyramid entrance. Escalators and stairs lead directly to the Louvre's grand lobby from where you can easily choose where to begin your tour. Regular visitors prefer the less well-known entrances at Porte des Lions (currently closed for technical reasons) and Passage Richelieu, for which you need a queue-jump ticket or a reservation. The second (again very busy) entrance is the "inverted pyramid", i.e. from Carrousel du Louvre, the adjacent underground shopping mall. You can get there by metro, and from Rue de Rivoli and the Jardin des Tuileries.
Please be aware that the Louvre Museum has facilities to accommodate disabled visitors. There are elevators to all floors. In addition, the Tactile Gallery offers blind visitors molded works that can be touched.
When you will discover the Louvre adress, you will see that the palace has several wings and floors. The departments are organized by era and by type of work. The Napoleon Hall is dedicated to museum services. It has ticket offices, a bookshop, cloakrooms, bathrooms, and a cafeteria. On the mezzanine of the Richelieu Wing (level -1) is the Petite Galerie, which is entirely dedicated to visitors with reduced mobility.
There are various pricing options for the museum's collections. A ticket to the Louvre grants access to both the permanent collections and the temporary exhibitions. Skip-the-line tickets bought in advance ensure a more comfortable visit. They mean you don't need to queue at the ticket offices or even before you enter the museum. To take advantage of this, go to the less busy Passage Richelieu entrance. You arrive in the grand lobby, next to the wing of the same name.
Thanks to PARISCityVISION guided tours, there's no chance of getting lost in the 251,000 square yards of rooms and galleries. You can book your ticket to the Louvre Museum with an audio guide, or a guided tour led by a professional guide. For a day of culture in the City of the Iron Lady, why not check out the special offers that combine a visit to the Louvre with a cruise on the Seine, or perhaps a priority access visit to Notre-Dame de Paris ?


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Q: Using an alternate compiler for Travis-CI R project builds Travis-CI's official R project build support on Ubuntu uses (at the time of this question) gcc version 4.6.
CRAN uses gcc 4.9 and some packages that build fine on CRAN will not build on Travis with gcc 4.6.
How does one change the default gcc compiler for R project/package builds to more closely mirror CRAN builds?

A: I really wanted to be able to use Travis to test my ndjson package but the C++ library I'm using won't compile under gcc 4.6.
The ndjson package is on CRAN and the CRAN builds are fine (except for r-oldrel on Windows which doesn't bother me a bit), so I needed a way to change the compiler that R uses on Travis.
I'm using gcc 5 in the example below, but you can use any version available in the toolchain test builds. Ideally, one should mimic CRAN's gcc version and this may be something the Travis folks might consider making default for R builds.
The .travis.yml starts off the same:
language: r
warnings_are_errors: true
sudo: required

env:
 global:
   - CRAN: http://cran.rstudio.com

I added a matrix build configuration to add the new package source as well as specify the package(s) that needed to be installed. I left it in a matrix configuration since I'm going to try to (eventually) add clang.
matrix:
  include:
    - os: linux
      compiler: gcc
      addons:
        apt:
          sources: ['ubuntu-toolchain-r-test']
          packages: ['g++-5']
      env:
        - COMPILER=g++-5
        - CC=gcc=5
        - CXX=g++-5

Next, I made sure the auto default compiler is set to this newer gcc and also made doubly sure that R would use it by creating a local Makevars:
before_install:
  - sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/g++ g++ /usr/bin/g++-5 100
  - mkdir -p ~/.R
  - echo "VkVSPS01CkNDPWdjYyQoVkVSKSAtc3RkPWMxMSAKQ1hYPWcrKyQoVkVSKQpTSExJQl9DWFhMRD1nKyskKFZFUikKRkM9Z2ZvcnRyYW4KRjc3PWdmb3J0cmFuCg==" | base64 -d > ~/.R/Makevars
  - cat ~/.R/Makevars

The base64 string equates to:
VER=-5
CC=gcc$(VER) -std=c11
CXX=g++$(VER)
SHLIB_CXXLD=g++$(VER)
FC=gfortran
F77=gfortran

and is just (IMO) cleaner this way.
In theory, all I would have had to do is create the Makevars (i.e. not have to change the default gcc with update-alternatives) but it turned out that Travis used the Makevars gcc setting when installing the dependencies but not for the actual package build itself. So, the update-alternatives is necessary. I also had to add the -std=c11 to ensure a few of the dependencies compiled (the build errored w/o it).
After these modifications to the .travis.yml configuration, ndjson built fine.

A: Just to give an alternate approach, I use a custom shell script in one of my packages sourcetools. My goal there was to ensure the package would build using the (now ancient) gcc-4.4 compiler. In .travis.yml, I have:
language: r
cache: packages
sudo: false
warnings_are_errors: true

before_install:
  - source travis/before-install.sh

addons:
  apt:
    packages:
      - gcc-4.4
      - g++-4.4
      - clang

r:
  - oldrel
  - release
  - devel

env:
  - COMPILER=gcc-4.4
  - COMPILER=gcc
  - COMPILER=clang

And in travis/before-install.sh, I have:
#!/usr/bin/env sh

mkdir -p ~/.R

if [ "${COMPILER}" = "gcc-4.4" ]; then
    echo "CC=gcc-4.4 -std=gnu99"    >> ~/.R/Makevars
    echo "CXX=g++-4.4"              >> ~/.R/Makevars
    echo "CXX1X=g++-4.4 -std=c++0x" >> ~/.R/Makevars
fi

if [ "${COMPILER}" = "gcc" ]; then
    echo "CC=gcc -std=gnu99"    >> ~/.R/Makevars
    echo "CXX=g++"              >> ~/.R/Makevars
    echo "CXX1X=g++ -std=c++0x" >> ~/.R/Makevars
fi

if [ "${COMPILER}" = "clang" ]; then
    echo "CC=clang -std=gnu99"      >> ~/.R/Makevars
    echo "CXX=clang++"              >> ~/.R/Makevars
    echo "CXX1X=clang++ -std=c++0x" >> ~/.R/Makevars
fi

The end result is basically the same, but IMHO it's somewhat cleaner to separate the 'setup' logic into its own script that's driven entirely off of environment variables. It also makes it easier to construct the R matrix builds, since Travis automatically combines the permutations of r and env here (no need to do it 'by hand').
I imagine the before-install.sh script I use could be cleaned up / made more general, but I haven't had the need to do that yet.


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Distribution and abundance of cladocerans in the eastern Arabian Sea
Naomi, T S and Mathew, K J and Antony, Geetha and Sathianandan, T V and Pavithran, P P (1996) Distribution and abundance of cladocerans in the eastern Arabian Sea. In: Second workshop on scientific results of FORV Sagar Sampada, 15-17 February 1994, Kochi.
Of the two species, Penilia avirostris Dana and Evadne tergestina Claus encountered, 86% of the population of the former occurred within the 50 m depth zone and 75% of the total population of the latter in the 50 m-100 m depth zone. Striking day-night variations in the population densities of Penilia and Evadne were observed. The samples collected at night contained 99.7% and 88% of the populations of the former and latter species respectively. Swarming of Evadne and Penilia is a regular phenomenon during the southwest monsoon season.The highest concentration of the former species was observed in August and that of the latter in September. High concentrations of Penilia and Evadne were observed in the 30 m depth zone off Cochin and in the 40 m depth zone off Karwar. The abundance of Penilia observed in the 30 m depth zone of Wadge Bank off Cape Comorin coincided with its maximum recorded in August off Cochin. The length frequency studies on Penilia and Evadne showed that different size classes dominated in the different regions from 07°N to 19°N and that an increase in size of the individuals was evident from south to north in both Penilia and Evadne. Fecundity of Penilia was the highest in the southernmost region between 07°00'N and 09°00'N while that of Evadne was in the northern region, 15°N- 19°N. Gamogenetic females of both Penilia and Evadne were very few in number. Occurrence of large numbers of parthenogenetic females of Penilia and Evadne with well developed advanced embroys in their brood pouches in the night samples probably suggest nocturnal brood maturation.
Distribution and abundance; cladocerans; Eastern Arabian Sea
Marine Biology > Zooplanktons
Oceanography > Seawater study
http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/5152


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Mario Balotelli isn't going anywhere — at least, not anytime soon.
The Italian soccer star refuted rumors about his impending departure from AC Milan. He told weekly magazine Chi that he doesn't want to switch clubs before this summer's FIFA World Cup, Sky Sports reports.
"I will remain at Milan — I must arrive at the World Cup especially tranquil," he reportedly said.
Balotelli's name has popped up in the transfer rumor mill in recent weeks after reports of a fall-out between AC Milan president Silvio Berlusconi and the talented striker appeared in an Italian newspaper. The late-December report claimed Berlusconi had authorized AC Milan directors to sell Balotelli for €25 million (£20.7 million/$34 million) or more. AC Milan denied the story, but it reportedly alerted a host of clubs who are seeking help scoring goals.
Balotelli's comments in Chi should squash those rumors. As a key figure on Italy's national team, it was always unlikely that he would uproot himself just months before a major international tournament like the World Cup. If discord truly exists behind the scenes at AC Milan, he'll probably endure it for the next few months, do his best at the World Cup and then make a decision about his club future.


Are things going well for your healthcare brand? Are you sure?
No one wants to admit when things aren't going well. But the only way to change for the better is to address the issue, learn from it, and make adjustments. And thankfully, elements of your brand can be adjusted for the better relatively easier. But the first step to making improvements is admitting there's a problem.
It's okay, this happens all the time. The leader/board nixes an idea because it doesn't appeal to them. But unless you fit the demographic and psychographic profile exactly, you can't base any decisions on what you like.
2. Your touchpoints don't align with the market.
It's easy to spend some of the budget and not reach the right people. If you're still using flyers and yardsigns when your audience is online, you're incurring unnecessary costs and missing big opportunities.
3. People think of you the way you were.
If your NPHO has been around a long time, it might be hard to shake issues of the past. Ghosts of mistakes and struggles past can haunt you for a long time. And some people will always hang onto those for as long as you let them. You have to find a way to grow beyond that and give your shareholders something hopeful to hold onto for the future.
4. Your media/PR plan never changes.
Habits change. New channels open. You have to be flexible enough to be where your audience is – and realize that it changes, often.
5. Your Brand Identity is indicative of the year you were founded.
If you are still using a type treatment and mark that hint of 80s big or 90s grunge, your consumers are not going to feel confident that you have a handle on the world they live in.
6. You look like someone else.
This is a case where people can't tell the difference between you and your competitors. You may think you know how you are better, but you can't verbalize it. You struggle with answers about differentiation, but you don't have a clearly defined reason that explains your excellence.
7. You would rather broadcast to your audience instead of conversing with them.
If you're waiting until this whole 'social media thing' blows over you are going to be blue in the face pretty soon from holding your breath. Meanwhile, your audience is developing relationships with your competition, the ones that know who they are and what they have to offer.
8. Your audience is aging.
They discovered you when you were young and they were young. It was a match made in heaven. But now they are older and are spending less and less every year. You have to create a connection with the younger emerging demographic groups or you will lose all of your customers to attrition.
If you're just now realizing that you might have a problem on your hands, just keep breathing. I'm here for you. Shoot me an email at jaci@brandrusso.com and let's get you back on track.
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