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The Smiths released The Queen Is Dead: June 28, 1986
Originally posted 6/28/12. Updated 3/1/13.
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Release date: 28 June 1986
Tracks: (Click for codes to singles charts.) 1. The Queen Is Dead/Take Me Back to Dear Old Blightly (medley) 2. Frankly, Mr. Shankly 3. I Know It's Over 4. Never Had No One Ever 5. Cemetry Gates 6. Bigmouth Strikes Again (5/31/86, #26 UK) 7. The Boy with the Thorn in His Side (10/5/85, #23 UK) 8. Vicar in a Tutu 9. There Is a Light That Never Goes Out (10/24/92, #25 UK) 10. Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others
Sales (in millions): 0.85 US, 0.1 UK, 0.95 world (includes US and UK)
Peak: 70 US, 2 UK
Review: "The original kings of British mope rock could have earned that title on the basis of this album alone." RS "The Smiths typify one of the classic oppositional dynamics that define many rock bands." TM "The poet born Steven Patrick Morrissey spills out his elegant melancholy" EW and offers "waspish observations on the British obsession with social propriety and its appetite for juicy scandal," PR all the while backed by the "much scruffier" TM "liquid lead guitar of janglemaster Johnny Marr." EW "Marr and the rhythm section blaze trails toward an idealized zone of rock (and sometimes pop) sunshine. Their runaway exuberance magnifies and sometimes mocks Morrissey's gloomy desperation." TM The mix has been described as "absolute bliss meets a razor blade." ZS
Reviewer Adrian Denning called I Know It's Over "Morrissey's finest five minutes and forty nine seconds as a vocalist," AD but "the epic There Is a Light That Never Goes Out," AMG "could well be the ultimate Smiths song…Critic and author Simon Goddard dubbed it 'the national anthem of Smithdom.'" CAD "Morrissey typically manages to throw in some mordant humour amidst the euphoria" CAD with lines like "And if a double-decker bus, crashes into us / to die by your side, such a heavenly way to die / and if a ten ton truck, kills the both of us / to die by your side, the pleasure and the privilege is mine."
Bigmouth Strikes Again/Vicar in a Tutu (live)
The album was supported by two singles (although "Light" was also released as a single six years later). Bigmouth Strikes Again is a "rampaging Stones-style rockers about saying the wrong thing," TM complete with the "curiously empathetic line, 'Now I know how Joan of Arc felt as the flames rose to her Roman nose and her Walkman started to melt')." TM "While that "was largely Johnny's show," AD "the wistful The Boy With The Thorn in His Side." AMG is "Morrissey's time to shine. Both support each other." AD
The Boy with the Thorn in His Side
The album marked the group's "great leap forward, taking the band to new musical and lyrical heights." AMG This "is the album that best captures the droll humor and musical extravagances that made the Smiths so riveting." TM It "defined their times and gave us one of the greatest songwriting partnerships there's EVER been." CAD "This album is among the best the '80s pop scene had to offer and a remarkable achievement of musical artistry." RV "The Smiths' success brought about a resurgence of guitar-led pop in Britain after a period dominated by synthesizers." TB They "made it possible for future independent acts such as Oasis and The Stone Roses to break into the mainstream." PR "Forget Her Majesty — on The Queen Is Dead the Smiths simply slay us all." EW
The Smiths released The Queen Is Dead: June 28, 19...

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Axiomtek's "PICO312" Pico-ITX SBC offers Intel "Apollo Lake" SoCs and up to 8GB RAM, dual-display support, plus GbE, USB, SATA, and mini-PCIe expansion.
The Intel Apollo Lake-based PICO312 single board computer extends Axiomtek's broad family of Pico-ITX single board computers, which include the Skylake-based PICO500, Bay Trail-based PICO843 and PICO840, and Haswell-based PICO880, among others. As usual for Axiomtek, no OS support is listed; however, both Linux and Windows should run with no problem, thanks to the use of mainstream Intel core components.
The PICO312 can be ordered with either a quad-core Pentium N4200 or a dual-core Celeron N3350 processor. Although Axiomtek does not currently state the board models' CPU clock rates, Intel's Ark pages for the two SoCs list 1.1GHz/2.5GHz and 1.1GHz/2.4GHz base/burst clock rates, respectively, and 6W TDP (thermal design power) in both cases.
The 100 x 72mm SBC provides a single 204-pin SODIMM socket, which supports up to 8GB of DDR3L-1867 of RAM. The board's Intel Gen9 graphics engine offers dual-display HD video output over an LVDS interface along with a choice of either a VGA or HDMI output.
The PICO312 provides coastline connectors for Gigabit Ethernet, HDMI, and +12V DC power. Other interfaces include a full-size mini-PCIe slot with mSATA support, a SATA-600 interface, and an I2C connector. Additionally, a pair of expansion connectors provide signals for 1x PCIe lane, LPC, DDI, SMBus, HD audio, and up to 4x USB 3.0 ports.
According to Axiomtek, the PICO312 can be operated without a cooling fan over the -20 to 60°C temperature range. The board targets "media editing, imaging, graphics, and video intensive" applications including "Industrial IoT," says the company. The company supports the PICO312 SBC with "AXView" remote management software, which communicates over the board's I2C interface and provides functions including battery status monitoring.
Other Apollo Lake based Pico-ITX SBCs we've seen include Aaeon's PICO-APL1, Advantech's MIO-2360, and Congatec's Conga-PA5.
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Q: Create object using Java reflection I receive from an external source strings that are pretty much the signature of the constructor of the object. They contain the class name and the parameters.
For example:
public class Foo {
  public Foo(int x, int y, int z) {
    // do something
  }
}

public class Bar {
  public Bar (int x, boolean bool) {
    // do something
  }
}

Let's say I have many classes like this, and I want to create object from these classes based on the string I receive (that contains the class name and the paramters). Can this be done?
I know I can get the class using something like this:
String className = "myClass";
Class<?> myClass = Class.forName(className);
//Constructor<?> ctor = myClass.getConstructor();
//Object object = ctor.newInstance(new Object[] { ctorArgument });

But how can I instantiate the object if I don't know at compile time how many paramters the constructor will have and of which type they will be? By the way, the classes from which I want to create the object will most likely have only one constructor available. But each class might have a different constructor compared to the other.

A: No problem because the newInstance() method receives an array:
public T newInstance(Object ... initargs)

So you just initialize an array containing all the arguments and pass it
something like this:
String[] argsAsString = readValuesFromString(data);
Object[] args = new Object[argAsString.length()];
int i = 0;
Class<?>[] paramTypes = ctor.getParameterTypes();
for (String argStr: argsAsString) {
    args[i] = convertStringToActualType(argStr, paramTypes[i]);
    i++;
}

ctor.newInstance(args);

You probably need to call getConstructors() on the class and then try to find the constructor with the correct number of arguments. This will work only if you dont have two or more constructors with the same number of arguments.
Then the convertStringToActualType() should know how to convert the string value to the actual parameter.. for example if it's boolean field `Boolean.valueOf(argStr)' etc - example:
Object convertStringToActualType(String arg, Class<?> type) {
    if (type == String.class)
        return arg;
    if (type == Boolean.class)
        return Boolean.valueOf(arg);
    throw new IllegalArgumentException("type " + type.getSimpleName() + " not supported");
}

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Le Fridtjof Nansen est un ancien trois-mâts goélette de 1919 qui est maintenant exploité comme goélette à huniers par l'association Traditionssegler Fridtjof Nansen e. V. depuis 1991
Son port d'attache actuel est Stralsund en  Allemagne.

Histoire
Ce trois-mâts goélette a été lancé du chantier naval Skibsvaerrft de Kalundborg en Mars 1919 sous le nom de Edith avec un moteur intégré pour la société Fröde A/S.

En 1922, il est acheté par la compagnie maritimeP.F. Cleeman à Aabenraa au Danemark et prend le nom de Frederik Fischer.
En 1927, il revient en Allemagne, au port d'Arnis en étant rebaptisé Gertrud II. Le moteur ayant explosé en 1936 il est remplacé sur les Chantiers navals de Gdańsk. Il navigue comme caboteur dans les ports de la mer baltique.

Lors du déclenchement de la Seconde Guerre mondiale le navire se trouvait au port de Greifswald en Poméranie. À la fin de la guerre, il effectue le transport de réfugiés lors de l'opération Hannibal.

En 1952, le navire est rallongé. Il continue le cabotage de frets divers (coke et briquettes, pommes de terre, fourrage et  céréales) jusqu'en 1986.

Dans le cadre d'un programme de création d'emplois sur un chantier de Wolgast  en 1991 il est restauré en goélette à trois mâts. Le , le navire portant le nom de l'explorateur norvégien Fridtjof Nansen est lancé  par Margret Greve, la petite-fille de celui-ci.

Le Fridtjof Nansen
En 1992-93, après son baptême et un essai dans la mer Baltique  le navire effectue son premier long voyage jusqu'aux Caraïbes. De là, il était de retour sur les Açores puis l'Islande, pour rejoindre un groupe de jeunes en expédition polaire avec Arved Fuchs.
>En 1993-1994 le navire passe en océan Pacifique par la canal de Panama pour une expédition archéologique d'étudiants aux
Îles Galápagos, puis au Costa Rica
En 1997, lors de la Semaine de Kiel, il obtient une figure de proue en orme représentant un Inuit avec un harpon en os.
Puis il participe à la Tall Ships' Races d'Aberdeen - Stavanger via Trondheim.
En été 2005,sur ARTE et ARD le Fridtjof Nansen apparait dans un documentaire télévisé en six parties intitulée Windstärke 8 (vent de force 8).
Dans les années 2007 à 2014, le navire était d'Avril à Octobre en navigation avec des groupes de jeunes de Wismar sur la mer Baltique. Il participe aussi à la Hanse Sail de Rostock.

Notes et références

Source :
 Chapman Great sailing ships of the world (Otmar Schäuffelen) p 96

Liens externes

 Schiffsspotter.de
 Traditionssegler Fridtjof Nansen e.V.

Nom de bateau
Goélette
Navire-école
Bateau allemand
Bateau des années 1910

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Florida man reunites with pet cat lost 14 years ago
Perry Martin, of Fort Pierce, Florida, has been reunited with his orange tabby named Thomas Jr., or T2 for short, after 14 years of separation. [Courtesy: Humane Society of the Treasure Coast]
FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) - A Florida man has been reunited with a cat he lost 14 years ago.
TCPalm.com reports Perry Martin of Fort Pierce said he had assumed his orange tabby named Thomas Jr., or T2 for short, had died in traffic.
Martin moved in with a friend after Hurricane Jeanne clobbered the state in 2004. A few days later, T2 escaped the home and never returned.
Martin had T2 implanted with a microchip in 2002. He never had news of his missing pet until a Martin County Animal Services officer called him March 9 to tell him T2 was in a shelter in Palm City.
Martin said he initially thought the call was "too crazy to believe."
The pair reunited last week at the Humane Society of the Treasure Coast.
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KOUTROULOU MAGOULA - 2012
Neolithic
Tomb - Figurine - Hearth/Kiln/Oven - Tools/weapons - Plant remains - Bone - Domestic space - Building Type - Find Type - Material Type - Site Type
Excavation - Research excavation
BSA and the Ephoreia of Paleoanthropology and Speleology for Southern Greece
Neo Monastiri
Koutroulou Magoula. N. Kyparissi-Apostolika (Director Emerita, Ephoreia of Paleoanthropology and Speleology for Southern Greece) and Y. Hamilakis (BSA/Southampton) report on the 2012 excavation season.
The principal aims were to investigate the Neolithic buildings uncovered in Θ4 and Z1 in 2011, to clarify Neolithic activity in that area, and to understanding the later, corridor-like feature partially uncovered in 2011 (Figs 1, 2). Two trenches were opened on the eastern periphery of the tell to test indications of terrace walls and perimeter ditches around the settlement revealed both in topographical survey and in a new geophysical survey which now provides a near-complete picture of the mound, save for the areas close to the shelter (Fig. 3).
The Neolithic building now exposed in Θ5 and H5 was mostly destroyed in later periods. Θ4 produced evidence of outdoor activities during the Neolithic period, including hearths and in situ deposition of finds. The building in Z1 has stone walls preserved to a height of up to 0.8m, with at least three building phases evident in the same wall. The area of H3 was a locus of significant open-air activity in the Neolithic, with evidence of hearths, feasting remnants, and depositional pits.
The corridor-like feature in H3 proved to be a later tholos tomb (Figs 2, 4, 5) which was excavated in full. The tomb was empty of significant and diagnostic finds, and was evidently looted in the pre-modern past. The maximum diameter of the chamber is 2.65m, and its walls are preserved to a height of ca.0.6m with in places evidence of corbelling. The dromos is preserved to a length of 4.07-4.1m, and a height of 0.35-0.38m. Study of the material from the tomb has not yet begun, but it was probably built at the end of the Bronze Age or the beginning of the Iron Age.
On the periphery of the tell, E14 produced evidence of linear features (possibly a robbed wall), and Θ24, on the east side and at the foot of the tell, a series of parallel earth features that appear to be ditches, thus supporting the picture shown by the geophysical survey. Soil micro-morphological sampling was carried out in these features.
Finds include a further 95 figurines, taking the total for the site to over 300, one of the highest densities in any Neolithic site in Greece (Fig. 6). More than 130 chip stones were collected, as well as 14 polished stones, seven quern stones, and 15 hammer stones. A large number of animal bones was also collected, plus samples for organic residue analysis, charcoal analysis and radiometric dating, phytoliths and soil micromorphology.
Catherine MORGAN
Unpublished BSA Field Report
Fig. 1/ Koutroulou Magoula 2012. The topographic plan of the site, showing the location of the trenches.
Fig. 2/ Koutroulou Magoula 2012. Plan of the main area of excavation at the top of the tell.
Fig. 3/ Koutroulou Magoula: the results of the geophysical survey, contacted in January and September 2012.
Fig. 4/ Koutroulou Magoula: the tholos tomb.
Fig. 5/ Koutroulou Magoula: the tholos tomb from north east.
Fig. 6/ Koutroulou Magoula, a figurine found during the 2012 season.


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ISIS Terror Group Rolls Out New Video Starring Child Terrorists Calling for Suicide Bombings
ISIS has shown children in their videos here and there in the past. But now the vicious terror group is featuring a video wholly focused on children who look to be around 10 or 11 years of age as they call for suicide bombers, death to infidels, and sharia law.
We've seen clips of ISIS kids beheading people and now this video shows ISIS proudly revealing how they indoctrinate little boys.
ISIS's official media wing in Iraq's Dijla province released a new video Wednesday that boasts the terror group's boy fighters and ups the ante of a bellicose propaganda campaign championing child soldiers.
The video, called "The Cubs of Dijla" in a reference to the young boys being indoctrinated and groomed to fight, shows children as the clip's primary speakers. They deliver monologues and recite verses of the Quran, marking the first time the Islamic State has depicted boys—one as young as three—speaking at length directly into the camera.
"Where are the martyrs? Where are the suicide attackers?" a young boy asks, urging Muslims and Arabs to stop talking and start acting. "Give me my weapon," he declares as he grabs a gun almost as long as his body. He later fires the rifle.
The troubling nine-and-a-half minute clip also pictures children in a classroom sitting at desks and listening to a lecture on Sharia law. It then shifts outdoors, where the same children are depicted in military fatigues performing training exercises with rifles.
Truly a disgusting and warped world they are building.
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Mt Taesong is in the midst of autumn.
Employees of Kimilsungia Greenhouse of the Central Botanical Garden devote their sincerity to make Kimilsungias bloom with ardent yearning for President Kim Il Sung.
Health workers at the Pyongyang Maternity Hospital strive to improve medical service, keeping in their minds the loving care of the Workers' Party of Korea for people.
The workers' hostel of the Pyongyang Kim Jong Suk Silk Mill is located on the picturesque bank of the Taedong River.


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Cytonn Report Lays Out Factors Slowing Down Real Estate Performance In Kenya
The real estate sector performance slumped in the third quarter of this year with rental yields in the commercial office and retail sectors dropping by 0.1 per cent and 0.2 per cent respectively.
According to an investment firm Cytonn investments, residential sector remained flat at 4.9 per cent during the same period under review.
This slump in the multimillion-shilling investment segment has been attributed to delay in the processing of construction permits by some of the county governments.
Some of the counties notorious for delaying the processing of documents include Nairobi, Kisumu and Kiambu.
"The delays have mainly been as a result of the e-permit system downtime, inadequate staffing and suspension of planning committees of the Nairobi, Kisumu, Kiambu and Mombasa county governments," said part of the report.
Currently, construction permits in Kenya can take as long as two years and this has greatly affected Kenya's rank in the global Ease of Doing Business Index by the World Bank.
By the end of 2018, Kenya's rank dropped from 128 to 124 in the previous year in terms of ease of obtaining construction permits.
"This largely due to lack of improvements on the system, and the situation has only worsened in 2019 and thus we expect Kenya's rank in 2019 to drop further," added the report.
Industry players such as the Architectural Association of Kenya (AAK) and the Kenya Private Developers Association (KPDA) have called for an immediate resolution of the matter.
"This is critical as the government attempts to deliver the affordable housing initiative through public-private partnerships. Delays in approval system leads to unnecessarily high development costs for private developers," states Cytonn report
Besides the delay in processing the documents, another factor that has slowed down the sector is inadequate access to finance by developers and potential buyers.
The sector is also constrained by oversupply in the commercial office and retail sectors with a surplus of 5.2 million square feet and 2.0 million square feet respectively as at 2018.
Another challenge facing the sector include private sector credit growth coming in at 5.2 per cent in June 2019 compared to an average of 14 per cent recorded in the five-year period of 2013 to 2018.
Cytonn Real Estate, the development affiliate of Cytonn Investments in its latest report says that commercial office and retail sectors recorded rental yields of 7.7 per cent and 8.0 percent respectively in the third quarter of this year, from 7.8 per cent and 8.2 per cent respectively, in first half of this year.
In the residential sector, Ruiru and Kilimani areas in Nairobi ranked best in terms of rental yields recording 6.1 per cent and 5.8 per cent respectively.
Cytonn Real Estate handed over the first phase of its Ruaka project, The Alma after full uptake of the 113 units which were selling at between Sh6.3 million and Sh12.9 million.
Nairobi County government commenced works on the Pangani Regeneration Project, one of the seven flagship projects earmarked as part of the Kenyan government's affordable housing initiative.
Other multimillion housing projects undertaken in the third quarter include the construction of the 160 units River Bank Apartments Project by Centum Real Estate along Limuru Road.
Chinese developers Erdemann Properties launched phase three of their Greatwall Gardens Project in Athi River while Safaricom Investment Cooperative unveiled its gated community development dubbed "The Zaria Village" in Kiambu County.
The government's aim of improving the mortgage market also took shape as the central Bank of Kenya finally gazetted the Mortgage Refinancing Companies regulations. These regulations are critical for the commencement of operations of the Kenya Mortgage Refinancing Company.
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Anime Winter 2017 Part 1. Overall Impressions: The Best And The Worst
I apologize that this is a little late. I have also been very busy with school and work. I am graduating soon! I plan to post my Master's final project about Japanese education on here when it is finished 🙂
Although I usually watch cutesy shows with a lot of girls and yuri, some of the ones I watched in Winter 2017 do not fall into that category (most of them do, though). Without anymore delays, let's review all of the shows I watched for Winter 2017, highlighting the best and worst.
Best Overall– Urara Meirochou
This came as quite a surprise. Even though I liked the first episode, I wasn't sure how the series was going to hold up because of its questionable fan service. I fell behind on it for a while and ended up marathoning most of it. And strangely enough, it ended up being my favorite. What drew me in the most was the premise. I practice fortune telling in real life and to have a whole anime dedicated to its many forms (not just Japanese fortune telling, but other kinds from various cultures) was wonderful. It also showed witchcraft in a positive light, which is extremely important in my opinion.
On top of this, the story was solid, even though this is a slice-of-life anime. There was character development that illustrated the girls maturing and coming to terms with their own personal identities. Parts of the story also became pretty dark. Other than this, it has all of the other elements I can't resist: a cast of adorable, lovable female characters; many cutesy and chibi moments; and a decent amount of yuri. The art and backgrounds in this show were also fantastic. My only real complaint for this series is the fan service, but it does become a little less obnoxious as the series goes on.
If you want an adorable, yuri-ish slice-of-life anime that is a little more story driven and goes a little deeper than other SOL anime, definitely check out Urara Meirochou. Overall, I give it a 9.5/10.
Runner Up- Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid
This is also quite a surprise because I assumed that this was going to be my favorite of the season. This series is right under Urara Meirochou; it just turns out that Urara had more elements that resonated with me on a personal level.
That being said, Kobayashi did have a lot of important and refreshing aspects. Not only did the show have obvious yuri themes, but it also critiqued Japanese culture's emphasis on conformity. Instead of being weary of those who are different, the show teaches its viewers (and Miss Kobayashi herself) to accept each other, and, that, despite our differences, it is possible to still live together harmoniously. It is a very poignant theme in today's world and I found it very uplifting. I plan to write more about the show's themes in the future. I also applaud how the show was able to incorporate so many different allusions to mythical folklore about dragons.
Other than that, the show was sweet, funny, and overall very enjoyable. It is another slice-of-life comedy that is a must-watch for yuri fans, but I would really recommend it to anyone who wants to smile and laugh. Overall, I give this series a 9/10.
As a side note, Toru is life. And don't forget Kanna.
Worst Overall- Chaos Child
I tried. I really did. I tried so hard to like this show. It started out on a good note, and even though it was a little rough around the edges, I wanted to give it a chance. The story got a little better in the middle and I had hope once I watched Episode 8, which revealed a lot of essential information.
However, after that episode, instead of getting better, the show got worse. It was a complete mess. There were so many loose ends and plot holes. And even though they explained the reasons behind the murders and the killer's intentions, it just wasn't satisfying in the end. There was not enough build up to make me fully understand or really care about the characters, which made the "conclusion" very ineffective.
This show had an interesting premise and was able to create some amazingly creepy moments, but it fell short in the end. If the show were longer, it (probably) would have been able to fully flesh out the story more and connect all of the pieces. Or maybe if the plot wasn't so unorganized, twelve episodes would be enough. I plan to eventually check out the source material, so I can see how the story is really supposed to play out.
I don't recommend this show. It may interest you if you are a fan of horror, but I don't think it is worth the time, unfortunately 😦 Overall, I give it a 5/10.
Most Surprisingly Good- Interviews With Monster Girls
If you read my comments from mid-way through Winter 2017, you will see that I didn't have the best opinion of this show. This is because the harem aspects of the show irritated me to the core, especially since the young teenage characters go gaga over an older teacher. The show has so much potential that it doesn't need to rely on that kind of cliche. I never finished the manga because of this, but I decided to continue the anime since they did such a good job of adapting it.
And I am glad I did. Although two of the characters still have crushes on the biology teacher, the show focuses less on haremy moments and more on the development of the characters. This show also has themes of learning to accept that every person is different and the demi-chans learn that their unique identities make them special, not dangerous.
In terms of a slice-of-life anime, this show is definitely a little more mature. I like how it discusses sexuality in a serious manner, rather than using fan service as something to laugh at. I recommend this show to someone who wants a slice-of-life that is a little more thought-provoking than other silly SOL shows, like Anne Happy. Altogether, I give it a 9/10.
Most Disappointing- Konosuba 2
Although I did enjoy Konosuba 2, I didn't like it as much as the first season. The show always used fan service as a form of comedy, but I felt like the second season used much more, and I found some of it distasteful. This could be because the story focused more on Darkness and we all know how Darkness is >.> I've nothing against her and actually really like her, but the animators loved to make her the center of anything sexual.
I also didn't enjoy the story as much. Again, maybe because it was more centered on Darkness. I swear, I don't hate Darkness. But I would have liked there to have been a more even portrayal of all of the characters. Like, the part with Aqua's followers was funny, but why are they so insane, and how did Aqua turn out to be… well, Aqua?
Maybe I am just bitter because there wasn't a lot of Megumin this time.
If you want a crazy comedy with cynical humor, or an isekai adventure that is very different, check out the second season of Konosuba. It gets a 8/10 from me.
Shows To Give A Second Chance-
Schoolgirl Strikers
DON'T HATE ON SCHOOL GIRL STRIKERS! Many people were panning this show from the very beginning. I, on the other hand, really enjoyed the silly antics of the show's quirky cast. It is true that the show has a typical premise, and, at first, does not seem to have anything special about it. Is the show innovative? Not necessarily, but it does have some unique elements, in my opinion. The first half of the show focuses on the girls honing their powers, but something silly is incorporated into every episode. The first few episodes are like a slice-of-life comedy, only with battle involved. I liked seeing the girls in strange battle situations, such as using a volleyball as a weapon.
Toward the middle of the show, the story becomes more focused and is actually well-executed. There are a lot of threads that become interconnected and I found the small intricacies interesting. I plan to write about my theories on the show's ending when I get a chance.
Again, is it groundbreaking? No. But I recommend for anyone who wants to see slice-of-life combined with action, silly comedy, or some yuri. It also has a lot of well known voice actresses from this genre, which makes it nostalgic.
Despite its flaws, this was is one of my favorites. Like, ever. (Don't judge me). In my heart it gets 328482 out of 10. Realistically, it gets a 7/10.
Idol Incidents
I noticed a lot of people dropping or ignoring this show because they found it strange or unbelievable. The truth is that the premise is really odd and preposterous. But that is what makes the show so enjoyable. You have to embrace the weirdness and laugh at the anime because it is a convoluted paradox. Idols are acting as politicians- they are young and have no political background. They use cuteness, songs, and flashy shows to win over the audience rather than rhetoric. However, in the show, the idols are the good guys, and the real politicians are the bad guys because they are very narrow-minded. It's backwards. And yet, you can't help but root for the idols because they represent being kindhearted and pure.
I recommend this show for fans of idols, or anyone who wants to laugh at the extremely tumultuous political climate we live in right now. It is very relatable in a very strange way. Altogether, Idol Incidents gets a 7/10.
Other Shows I Watched
Read more about my opinions about Winter 2017 in the second part of this post, which will discuss my favorite and least favorite characters from the season. Keep an eye out for Part 2 (whenever I get around to writing it) so you can learn more about these shows:
Minami Kamakura High School Girls Cycling Club
Masamune-Kun's Revenge
Blue Exorcist Season 2
Shows I Never Finished, But Will Attempt To At Some Point
Akiba's Trip
ReWrite Season 2
Did you agree with my overall impressions? Please comment below to let me know what you thought of these shows, and whether you agree or disagree with me.
Also, check out my favorite and least favorite shows from previous seasons:
Fall 2016 // Summer 2016
Now that is available on Netflix, I watched the first half of Little Witch Academia. And I loved it. Trigger is known for making crazy anime like Kill La Kill, and I was expecting something similar. It does have its silly moments, but the anime overall is very deep. There are themes of personal growth, learning to adapt, and more. I like the characters as well. Akko is the kind of I-don't-give-a-crap protagonist like I like. Sucy is pretty chuunibyou and hilarious. And Lotte is basically a doppelganger of myself. On top of this, the animation is colorful and really breathtaking at certain moments. I also have to say that the orchestration is gorgeous. The violins really help set the mood and atmosphere. Additionally, I am very interested in witchcraft and the show has many allusions to the original religion of witchcraft and Wicca, which I plan to write about more later.
Overall, I highly recommend this anime. So far, I give it a 10/10. If you are a fan of Harry Potter, you will like it, but it has a lot more to offer than just that. I can't wait until the second part comes on Netflix.
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In 2015 Netflix is launching a host of new series based on Marvel comics characters. One of them is Luke Cage who will help launch A.K.A Jessica Jones before moving into his own series.
Luke Cage has been in Marvel comics in various incarnations since the 70s and has even been part of the Avengers. With that in mind Disney CEO Bob Iger said that if the series was popular enough we could see him get his own movie in the future too.
Luke Cage has a fairly simple back story and classic super strength / bullet proof skin powers which every super hero needs. He will fit in well with the other Netflix series as each one seem to setup a super hero as an investigator or lawyer or general weekly problem solver type role.
The title role in the series will go to Mike Colter who was in Men in Black 3, the Halo TV series and will be in A.K.A Jessica Jones.
The series has also been rumored to possibly cross over with Marvels Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and with the possibility of a film deal might even join the Avengers at some point. Either way it's much better than the Dwayne Johnson movie that nearly was.
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While there are plenty of coffee brands around, most consumers have adjusted to the cheaper drive-thru options which are riddled with sugars and fats. If you're a true coffee lover, however, you'll be seeking top of the line coffee to wake you up in the morning. There's no doubt that Italian coffee has not only the best taste but it's packed with caffeine to keep you going throughout the day. Let's explore the various Italian coffees!
For those of you that have already traveled to Italy, you've probably noticed that sipping on coffee is a leisurely activity. Espresso is often the go to beverage at Italian coffee shops and while it's often served in a smaller cup, it really packs a punch. Espresso has hot water added to it, creating a much stronger drink than the standard coffee you receive in the U.S.
This is essentially espresso but with a hint of milk. There are various types of macchiatos such as the Macchiato Caldo which includes steamed milk, Macchiato Freddo has cold milk and the Macchiato con Schiuma di Latte that has froth milk.
Typically served in a large glass, this sweet beverage is weaker than espresso but stronger than American coffee. The Caffé Americano also consists of espresso and hot water is added after the brewing process.
Although many believe a Cappuccino is just espresso with steamed milk, Italians are very particular when it comes to the ingredients. Prior to pouring the frothy milk, the barista will pour 1/3 of steamed milk onto the top. You can also add cacao powder or a chocolate topping.
Another espresso beverage to add to your morning, but as opposed to the Caffé Macchiato, this drink includes milk foam on top instead of a liquid milk.
If you're looking for Italian coffee in Boston, MA, Caffé Strega has several locations all with the best coffee in the city.


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Joseph Earl Simmons
October 2, 1989 — January 17, 2023
Joseph Earl Simmons, age 33 of Thompson's Station, TN passed away on January 17, 2023. He was born on October 2, 1989 to parents Mark and Laura (Kennedy) Simmons in Landstuhl, Germany, while Mark was serving in the U.S. Air Force. When his dad's service in the military ended in 1991, Joe (along with his parents and big sister, Kelsey) moved to Tennessee to join their extended Simmons family. He attended a few different schools in the area, including Freedom Intermediate and Fairview High School, but his friendships stretched beyond the boundaries of any particular area.
Joe had the bluest eyes, the widest smile, and the kindest heart. He had the ability to make everyone around him feel special and was always able to make you laugh with his quick wit and hilarious comebacks. His laugh was infectious. He loved writing, working on cars, tattoos, being outdoors, orange soda, and sherbet.
Joe's life changed on January 11, 2016, when he became the daddy to Christian Joseph, his sidekick, his best friend, and as Joe called him, his road dog. Whether they were fishing, at the skateboard park, doing a puzzle, or playing outside, the two of them always had fun and were inseparable. Christian was Joe's world and he was so proud to be his daddy.
He is preceded by his grandparents, Marvin and Billie Simmons. In addition to his parents he is survived by his son, Christian Joseph Carlon-Simmons; big sister, Kelsey (Simmons) Cassidy; brother-in-law, Patrick Cassidy; and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.
A funeral service will be held at 2:00PM Sunday, January 22, 2023, at Williamson Memorial Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 12:00-2:00PM before the service. Burial will follow in Williamson Memorial Gardens.
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Manchester United Latest - Tuesday Transfer News Roundup
Manchester United Latest.
Solskjaer And Manchester United.
Following the 5-0 thrashing by Liverpool, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer could leave before the Tottenham match. Many Manchester United players have lost faith in the Norwegian and the United board sees no sense in allowing him to take charge of the game against Spurs.
Zinedine Zidane has been linked with the Manchester United job but the Frenchman wants to hold out for a job in France. Zidane wants to become the coach of the French National team or Paris Saint Germain.
Sky Sports believes that Manchester United have made their first contact with ex-Chelsea boss Antonio Conte.
Former Newcastle defender Ryan Taylor says the Magpies should appoint Rangers boss Steven Gerrard.
After establishing himself in the first team, Trevoh Chalobah is close to agreeing to a new long-term deal at Stamford Bridge.
Mohamed Salah wants £500,000 in weekly wages to sign a new deal with Liverpool.
Ronald Koeman needs to win his next three matches. Barcelona board might sack the Dutch coach if he fails to impress in his next three matches.
Contract talks between Chelsea and defender Andreas Christensen has stagnated for the past two months. Although the defender still wants to remain at Stamford Bridge.
Juventus are eyeing a deal for Spanish goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga.
Juventus are also offering Matthijs De Ligt to Chelsea. It is understood that the Dutch star`s wages is a problem in Turin.
Van de Beek and de Ligt
Donny Van de Beek has decided to change his agent. The Manchester United man wants to move away from Manchester United in other to challenge for a spot at next year's World Cup.
Everton plan to step up their move for Stoke center-half Harry Souttar, according to reports in the Sun. The Australia international, 23, is contracted to the Championship club until the summer of 2025.
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July 6-8, 2023
For those kids looking for the ultimate Cub Scout summer camp experience, this is it! This resident style camp is a three-day and two-night program with fun around every turn. Scouts will have a chance to realize their full potential while taking part in one-of-a kind activities. Experience all that Cub World has to offer. There are unique activities for all ages and camping ability. AOL Scouts will spend their last night on Outpost, the highlight of the Cub World experience. All Scouts and leaders will enjoy the accommodations at the Fort, the Castle, the Mountain Man Village, or the Miners Camp. Together with their Pack, den, and others their age, your youth will use the power of imagination to be swept away to another time and place.
So what do youth do at Adventure Camp? There are the classic favorites — BB gun shooting, swimming, archery, nature hikes — and the opportunity to work toward Cub Scout advancements that fit their rank.
The camp is rounded out by camp-wide activities each evening, including the beloved Cub World campfires. The skits and songs performed by the camp staff are famous for their silliness and fun and will be remembered by your Scout for many years.
This year, the schedule is structured to give Scouts more time to bond with their Pack! All activities will be done as a Unit, allowing Scouts to build better friendships, develop new skills with their friends, and to give the parents/leaders the opportunity to see all of their Scouts have an amazing time at camp!
This resident camp is a safe, fun, and character-building program. There is nothing like it in the Cincinnati area, and no camp facility like Cub World in the country. Take advantage of this hidden treasure along the banks of the beautiful Little Miami River and give your child the experience of a lifetime. Talk to your pack leaders today about signing up for Adventure Camp!
Your youth may qualify for a Camp Discount. See below for more information!
2023 ADVENTURE CAMP FEES
Fee Description Regular Fee (Ends April 30) Late Fee (Begins May 1) Deposit
Youth Fee $215 $230 $50
Adult Fee $80 $80 $30
Final payments for the Regular Fee are due April 30 at 11:59pm. After April 30, you will be charged the Late Fee for those that are not paid in full. Youth registered after April 30, will pay the Late Fee, which is due 10 days prior to your start of camp.
10:00 AM……..Check-In
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11:45 AM……..Meals 101
12:00 PM……..Lunch
1:00 PM……….Siesta & Leader's Meeting
1:30 PM……….Afternoon Program 1
6:00 PM……….Flag Lowering & Dinner
7:30 PM……….Opening Campfire
9:00 PM……….Campsite Quiet Time
10:00 PM……..Lights Out
7:45 AM……..Flag Raising
8:00 AM……..Breakfast
8:40 AM……..Chapel (Sundays)
9:00 AM……..Morning Program 1
10:30 AM……Morning Program 2
12:00 PM……Lunch
1:00 PM……..Siesta & Leader's Meeting
1:30 PM……..Afternoon Program 1
6:00 PM……..Flag Lowering & Dinner
7:15 PM……..AOL's depart for Outpost
7:15 PM……..Camp-wide Game
9:00 PM……..Campsite Quiet Time
10:00 PM…….Lights Out
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1:30 PM………Afternoon Program 1
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Code must be used or discount requested before full payment; no refunds will be issued.
Second Adventure Discount: Receive $25 off the second week of camp, any type.
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The Dan Beard Council will refund all but 20% of fees paid per participant for those who fill out the 2023 Summer Camp Refund Request form, no later than 30 days prior to arrival at camp. You may replace the name and information on a registration at no additional fee, but they must be of the same participant type (youth for youth and adult for adult).
No refunds will be given after the 30-day cancellation deadline, except in cases of personal medical reasons as determined by the Council Camping Director. In order to be considered for reimbursement, a refund must be requested by the unit leadership within two weeks after the first day of your camp session. A doctor's note is required for refund requests.
All refunds will be processed on a weekly rolling basis until the start of camp (June 18). All requests received during camp will be processed starting on August 7, 2023. Payments made within a Unit Registration will be refunded back to the Unit in the care of the Contingent Contact. Those who registered as Individuals will have refunds issued back to the payee.
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It's the first time Sarnia has hosted the event since 2003.
Blue Water Area boat watchers will have the chance to see historic tall ships pass through the St. Clair River a few times this summer.
Sarnia is hosting the 2019 Tall Ships Celebration Aug. 9 -11. Its the first time since 2003 Sarnia has been picked as a host for the event, which spans the Great Lakes.
On display this year will be the Bluenose II, Picton Castle, Empire Sandy, Fair Jeanne and Appledore IV. More ships will be announced prior to the event.
But residents can get a sneak peak of the ships before the event. Several ships will be passing through the area following the end of the Tall Ships Celebration in Cleveland on July 14 while they make their way to Bay City in time for its July 18th start.
When they return to Sarnia for the celebration scheduled for Aug. 9 through Aug. 11, the ships will be available for viewing around Sarnia's Centennial Park. The ships should be visible from the U.S. side, said Vicky Praill, Tourism Sarnia-Lambton special events and sports marketing coordinator.
"You'd need your binoculars," Praill said.
Praill invited U.S. residents to cross the bridge and check out the ships up close.
"A lot of these ships, they probably won't ever see again," Praill said.
Two main types of passes are available for sale, general admission passes and ship boarding passes. The general admission pass allows guests to enter the festival and see the ships up close from land, but not board. The ship boarding passes get ticket holders on board. Sail away tickets will also go on sale for those interested in taking a ride on one of the ships.
Carpenters' Local 1256 is the event's title sponsor and Imperial Oil Sarnia is the presenting sponsor, formally dubbing the event the Carpenters' Local 1256 TALL SHIPS® Celebration powered by Imperial Oil.
Tickets are available at ticketscene.ca/SarniaTallShips at a variety of prices. For more information, visit sarniatallships.com.


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No, Remain has not won the economic argument
Published by Spiked – 7 June 2016
It's simply not proven that Brexit would be bad for the economy.
The most important reason to vote Leave on 23 June is to strike a blow for democracy following years of erosion in political engagement and accountability. This decay in democracy has been a common national trend in Britain, in other EU countries and in many other parts of the advanced industrial world. It is within national territories that elites have spurned accountability to their peoples. While the undermining of democracy is not something that emanates only from Brussels and Strasbourg, the outsourcing of authority and decision-making from European capitals to the unaccountable institutions of the EU is the most important manifestation of this trend.
While national electorates are still usually able to get rid of and replace their own political leaderships – though the EU explicitly denied that democratic right when it imposed technocratic governments in Italy and Greece in 2011, and has compromised it further in making threats against elected governments in Austria, Poland and Hungary – these same national electorates cannot vote out the collective European Council of the heads of the member states that makes most of the big decisions on EU-wide policies.
Leaving the EU is no panacea for restoring democracy; that is an ongoing struggle. But it would strike a powerful blow for regaining the democratic initiative and reviving popular sovereignty. The fact that the EU today is visibly failing and fostering inter-region conflicts and fragmentation only adds urgency to the democratic case for change.
While this political argument will continue right up to polling day, it has been undercut by the widely held notion that the economic case has already been decided: in favour of remaining inside the EU. A vote to leave is believed by people on both sides of the sovereignty debate as being likely to cause recession and huge job losses in the short term, and probably a smaller economy into the future. With just about every leading national and international economic institution – including the International Monetary Fund, the OECD, the UK Treasury and the Bank of England – making this claim, it seems to many a sure consequence of Brexit.
This apparently overwhelming economic case for staying in has got in the way of the popular sovereignty arguments, swaying many democrats and others open to the democratic case for exit to plump instead for remaining. 'If the economic cost is so certain, better to be safe than sorry.' These people may be sceptical of the precise economic claims made by the Remain side. Very few would bet on chancellor George Osborne's forecast that every household will be £4,300 worse off in 2030 outside the EU (a relative outcome that anyway would be impossible to measure). But they are convinced that leaving would be a hit to the British economy.
Most of the prominent Leave campaigners have been far too defensive on these economic claims. It is an unnecessary concession to the Remain side. Economics is not a reason for hesitation in the face of the political arguments. And the economic case for staying actually doesn't stack up.
That the great and the good from the business and economics world that have lined up for remaining in the EU is entirely what we should expect in today's conservative times, when change has become a source of great unease. This accord is not evidence of the substance of their claims. There is no conspiracy that unites them all, or makes them sing the Cameron-Osborne tune: as establishment bodies and supporters, they are simply expressing their support for the status quo.
Established businesses too – while often talking the talk about the disruptive benefits of innovation – have in practice not only been reticent disrupters, based on their abysmal record of capital investing, but have also strongly resisted changes that risk disrupting and undermining their own position. Leaving the EU would be a big change – that's why it is worth fighting for – but change is scary to most incumbent institutions and businesses. Hence, their commitment to Remain.
The economic arguments themselves are fatuous and flimsy. The models they appeal to that project national output to be smaller out than in the EU merely reveal that these academic exercises are internally consistent. The adverse assumptions about the effects of leaving that are put into the models produce negative outputs. How could they yield anything else? Make the presumption that Brexit leads to businesses spending and investing less and the models' results show… less investment and smaller economies. This is spreadsheet economics, not intellectual acumen.
Mistaken models don't make reality, which is why their economic forecasts are so often wrong even six months ahead, never mind 15 years away. The tiny number of alternative models that show positive benefits from leaving are no more helpful because they just make the opposite assumptions.
Most models and arguments against exit rely upon the 'uncertainty effect'. Changing a status quo that we are familiar with is bound to foment uncertainty. Brexit would bring uncertainty about future trading and other relationships between Britain and the EU countries. The reasoning goes: as uncertainty is a bad thing for businesses and households, this greater uncertainty means the economy will suffer.
Leave aside the impossibility of measuring degrees of uncertainty: a common proxy measure is the number of mentions of the word 'uncertainty' in the media – a rather circular definition. More importantly, the contemporary economic role assigned to uncertainty is also circular. Since the future is always uncertain, and businesses, households and policymakers are constantly making their decisions in that context, there can be no determinate economic effects of uncertainty. It coexists with times of boom and slump. The Cold War 1950s was perceived to be a very uncertain time – people were continually considering the four-minute warning of nuclear Armageddon – yet it coincided with the buoyant investing and spending of the postwar economic boom.
What today's obsession with uncertainty tells us is that society has become much more uncomfortable with change. The revulsion with uncertainty is another way of saying: keep things as they are. This is why appraisals of the economic role of uncertainty are convoluted and become so silly. The Bank of England's Inflation Report in May – another occasion for governor Mark Carney to warn of the dangers of a Brexit – illustrated some of these absurdities in a special section on 'Uncertainty and GDP growth'.
The box makes the senseless point that a 'sharp fall in GDP could be associated with uncertainty around the extent to which it will recover' – apparently the economy is weak because of the uncertainties arising from economic weakness. Then, having asserted that increased Brexit uncertainties are a big problem for the economy, it gets its excuses in early for why a post-referendum Remain result bounce might fail to materialise: 'The effects of uncertainty on spending may persist for some time even after uncertainty recedes.'
So the supposedly depressing effects of uncertainty can continue after the cause of uncertainty passes. Of course in the next Inflation Report, after such a vote, we can anticipate that other sources of uncertainty will be highlighted to explain continued economic sloth: a US interest rate rise; no US interest rate rise; the Chinese slowdown; a Trump presidency; low oil prices; rising oil prices; whether we'll see much sun this summer.
The key point that should be made on economics and the referendum is that there can be no compelling economic case for or against the EU because what happens to growth depends primarily on the actions that are, or aren't, taken, whether inside or outside the Single Market. Britain's economic future is primarily the outcome of today's state of fundamentals, and of decisions still to be made, mainly in Britain but also to an extent elsewhere in the world, since those decisions can impact on the global economic context in which Britain operates.
One of the main reasons that leading Leave campaigners have struggled on the economics issue is that they share a great evasion promoted by the Remain camp: the erroneous belief that Britain today is in robust economic shape. The notion that Britain is doing pretty well has gone unchallenged. Again and again it is pointed out that Britain has had the strongest record of economic growth within the major Group of Seven advanced economies in recent years.
But this avoids the more pertinent point that all the advanced economies have had an abysmal recovery since the financial crash. Temporarily Britain has had a few better tailwinds than others, primarily resulting from the positive effects of zero interest rate policies for spending by business, consumers and the British government. It is often forgotten that 'austerity' Britain is running a bigger activity-supporting public budget deficit than most other G7, and EU, countries. Super low interest rates have enabled old debts to be serviced easily and new ones to be taken out. This has helped employment growth, which directly boosts national output.
Undermining this apparently benign economic condition, British productivity levels – output per hour: the most important determinant of prosperity – have barely progressed from where they were in early 2008, before the West's big financial crash. As a result, income levels for low and middling households have stagnated. Employment rates are high but this says nothing about the quality of recent employment gains.
Most of the new jobs created over the past decade are less secure – many rely on continued easy debt funding. They also pay lower incomes than the jobs they are replacing. The consultancy EY ITEM Club explained that the consequence of British workers moving into poorer paying, as well as more part-time work, is that the distribution of wages has shifted downwards, with the number of workers earning over £45,000 having fallen by around one seventh in the post-crash period.
Very little of this sorry economic malaise is the fault of being in the EU. But it refutes the falsehood that continued membership is a passport to economic success. Instead of confronting the fantasy picture of a strong economy that could be buffeted by post-Brexit changes, the official Leave campaign has let itself be diverted into conjecturing about what trading arrangements Britain would substitute for its EU Single Market membership. Would it be something like the current Norwegian, or Swiss, or Canadian, or Turkish arrangements? There are two flaws with going down this path of speculation.
First, the trading deal Britain establishes with the EU27 is one of those future policy actions that cannot be predetermined. It will derive from what is negotiated with the EU, which will represent a compromise that will appear to serve best the different national economic interests involved.
Moreover, the particular trading relationship established with the 27 other EU countries is not the decisive factor for Britain's economic future. Nor is there some unique perfect alternative to existing Single Market arrangements that would bring about the 'best' economic outcome. Each possible British-EU trade arrangement established would not bring about a fixed economic future. Trading deals are only one small component of how the economic future could evolve. When organisations claim that leaving the Single Market will mean so many jobs are lost, that manufacturing will experience such-and-such a contraction, and that wages will fall by so much, what is ignored is that all these things are driven not by trade access but by productivity.
Most countries in the world are not in the EU Single Market. Their economies do well or badly not because of, or despite being outside of, the Single Market, but because of the state of their own fundamentals of investment and productivity, the impact on them of world economic developments, and the national economic policies that they pursue.
Trading arrangements do not ordain Britain's or any country's levels of jobs and wages. These are determined by the amount and quality of investment taking place embodying innovative processes, and the resulting level of productivity. Foreign trade is one of the ways nations can realise their economic possibilities, but it doesn't magic them up in the first place. Models like the UK Treasury one, which claims that it does, falsely turn the genuine correlations existing between trade and growth into trade being a causal driver of growth.
A national economy could negotiate the best tariff-free, barrier-free deal with every other country in the world, but if its productivity was below its competitors' levels then it would still not be prosperous. Remember that current British membership of the allegedly beneficial Single Market coexists with British productivity being about one-fifth below the average level for the rest of the G7 economies. It goes with Britain running its largest current account deficit with other countries since annual records began in 1948.
A UK trade deal similar to any of the existing ones secured by other countries would have effects that are dependent both on how Britain's economic fundamentals develop and also on other policy decisions taken. Even the Treasury model, with all its unfavourable trading assumptions, could conjure up an annual difference in economic growth of only a few tenths of a per cent. This would be small change compared to what happens to productivity: will the average rate of productivity growth get back to about the historic two per cent mark, rather than the flatlining experienced over the past decade?
Economically, the UK could crash, or it could thrive – whether inside or outside the EU. What matters are the policies pursued. More of the same will likely mean the continued decay in Britain's capacity to create new sectors, industries and jobs. On the other hand, a break with the past evasion, in recognition of the urgency of restructuring its misfiring engine of production, could reverse all this. One of the things that leaving the EU on democratic grounds could enable is taking control of working out, implementing and adjusting the alternative economic policies that advance this overdue shake-up.
Phil Mullan is author of The Imaginary Time Bomb: Why an Ageing Population Is Not a Social Problem (IB Tauris, 2000: (buy this book from Amazon (UK) or Amazon (USA)), and Re-Mojo: Putting an End to the Long Economic Depression (forthcoming).


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package org.apache.commons.jexl.parser;

import org.apache.commons.jexl.JexlContext;
import org.apache.commons.jexl.util.Coercion;

/**
 * LT : a < b.
 *
 * Follows A.3.6.1 of the JSTL 1.0 specification
 *
 * @author Geir Magnusson Jr.
 * @author Peter Royal
 * @version $Id: ASTLTNode.java 480412 2006-11-29 05:11:23Z bayard $
 */
public class ASTLTNode extends SimpleNode {
    /**
     * Create the node given an id.
     *
     * @param id node id.
     */
    public ASTLTNode(int id) {
        super(id);
    }

    /**
     * Create a node with the given parser and id.
     *
     * @param p a parser.
     * @param id node id.
     */
    public ASTLTNode(Parser p, int id) {
        super(p, id);
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    public Object jjtAccept(ParserVisitor visitor, Object data) {
        return visitor.visit(this, data);
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    public Object value(JexlContext jc) throws Exception {
        /*
         * now get the values
         */

        Object left = ((SimpleNode) jjtGetChild(0)).value(jc);
        Object right = ((SimpleNode) jjtGetChild(1)).value(jc);

        if ((left == right) || (left == null) || (right == null)) {
            return Boolean.FALSE;
        } else if (Coercion.isFloatingPoint(left)
                || Coercion.isFloatingPoint(right)) {
            double leftDouble = Coercion.coerceDouble(left).doubleValue();
            double rightDouble = Coercion.coerceDouble(right).doubleValue();

            return leftDouble < rightDouble ? Boolean.TRUE : Boolean.FALSE;
        } else if (Coercion.isNumberable(left) || Coercion.isNumberable(right)) {
            long leftLong = Coercion.coerceLong(left).longValue();
            long rightLong = Coercion.coerceLong(right).longValue();

            return leftLong < rightLong ? Boolean.TRUE : Boolean.FALSE;
        } else if (left instanceof String || right instanceof String) {
            String leftString = left.toString();
            String rightString = right.toString();

            return leftString.compareTo(rightString) < 0 ? Boolean.TRUE
                    : Boolean.FALSE;
        } else if (left instanceof Comparable) {
            return ((Comparable) left).compareTo(right) < 0 ? Boolean.TRUE
                    : Boolean.FALSE;
        } else if (right instanceof Comparable) {
            return ((Comparable) right).compareTo(left) > 0 ? Boolean.TRUE
                    : Boolean.FALSE;
        }

        throw new Exception("Invalid comparison : LT ");
    }
}


Babelkid - Raising Multilingual Children: Here's to Chaos & Complexity!
Here's to Chaos & Complexity!
Now that's a 4-word phrase containing a whopping 4 different languages!
She started with an arabic word, probably because a) she was talking to Souad, and b) "tekkedri" is a lot shorter than "can you please" or "would you please".
For the next word, she switched to German. We think she switched to German because I use the words "zudecken" and "Decke" ("blanket") more often than Souad. "Zudecken" is a verb that means "to cover up", "to blanket" or "to tuck someone in". As usual in German, certain types of phrases are built by detaching the prefix ("zu") and placing it at the very end of the sentence. So, Lilia applied German grammar and detached the prefix.
She then switched to French in order to refer to herself. She probably did this because she was talking to Souad.
Finally, she finished the sentence the German way, by adding the prefix. Except she said it in English, for whatever reason. Note that she did use the correct prefix!
This is by far the most complex phrase she has ever built. The sheer complexity of it is mind boggling. Why did she not say everything in Arabic or French? What is going on in that little head of hers?
Her life is going to be so interesting! In a good way, of course.
Wow! That is so very cool. And I love the fact that she can use all four languages at the same time so nonchalantly and that she can make herself understood.
wow, that is something! 4 languages all used correctly in one sentence. She obviously feels very comfortable with all of them.


A conversation on Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead and encouraging women to pursue their ambitions. Joanna Coles and Sheryl Sandberg will examine the ways women are held back through gender biases and how women and men can work together to create a more equal world. The discussion will be followed by a panel of some of the industry's leading women moderated by Carolyn Everson.


Q: What is the easiest way to get over a broken heart? What if simply can't move on after a relationship is over? What can I do to get over him... or will I always feel like I've lost my true "soulmate" forever?
The truth is, getting over a broken heart, and getting on with your life and meeting your one TRUE love (we all have one!) is very simple when you change your thinking up a bit.
Here is something I encourage you to try... and the results, if you practice it, are quick, easy and quite remarkable.
You are here for a reason. You are a spiritual being filled with love, light, passion and PURPOSE. Your life has meaning, a specific mission, and a destiny that you are here to fulfill.
Next, and with that in mind, understand that you have soul-mates... and what we like to call "partners in progress" as well.
Each relationship you have is meant to teach you something. Every BAD relationship, every broken heart, every hurt and even the humiliations are all done by design. They are part of your destiny. We call these relationships partners in progress, because each of you (both you and your partner) are serving a purpose that helps the other learn, grow, flow and PROGRESS in discovering what it is that you are meant to be, and accomplish while here.
Your hurts and heartbreaks teach you exactly that. And the people who hurt you... are really helping you grow, and getting you one step closer to your truth.
When you realize that every person, every problem and every interaction you have is something that you've chosen, or is designed to help you grow emotionally, energetically and spiritually, all of a sudden your perspective changes.
You become grateful for everyone, and everything... even the stuff that doesn't feel so good.


Since January 2017 a sample of 370 ICOs with a cumulative funding of circa 9 billion USD has been analyzed. The data collection takes place via smart contract monitoring of the token sale contracts as well as via statements by the teams and external data providers. An evaluation was done on the basis of the CryptoGo databank. The proclaimed and realized fundings are analyzed as well as their time frame and the capital yield in USD, Bitcoin and Ether. It should be mentioned additionally that this dataset is not complete and therefore can only be viewed as a subset of the whole. Among the most successful ICOs to-date are Tezos with 230 million USD, Filecoin with 257 million USD, the Huobi Token with 300 million USD, Telegram ICO with 1,7 billion USD and the still running, uncapped EOS Token Sale, which, according to their own statements, have received more than 2,7 billion USDT in a time frame of 300 days(Status 10.04.2018).
The projects have been divided into clusters their fundings categorically summed. To the exclusion of outlier-categories with less than three ICOs the average funding per project is highest in the category "exchange". On the one hand this is due to the very successful Huobi Token TGE on the other hand it can be attributed to the concept of decentralized exchanges like IDEX or Etherdelta, for example, which work without a central entity and have no access to private keys or user accounts. Here, Tokens and Coins are traded directly via smart contracts. Through the regulatory pressure and the ensuing problems for current cryptoexchanges a promising future can be predicted for this segment. The incentive to participate directly in the fees via the issued (security) tokens furthermore increases the demand. Decentralized exchanges, which often serve as contact points for the trade of many tokens, therefore have a direct influence on the current crypto world. Tokens with a large functional variety can be integrated into the product easilly.
Based on the model of Ethereum, a total of 23 ICOs of the evaluated dataset (status 22.03.2018) have been realized with the goal to develop simpler, more efficient and more scalable blockchain solutions. Driven by the gain in value of more than 122384% compared to the USD with an issue price of 0,311 USD per Ether more and more projects are crowding the infrastructure segment. Investors, too, make comparisons and speculate on new infrastructure projects with technological innovations meant to solve the scalability problem.
Looking at the rates of return of the analyzed ICOs and dividing them into different segments, categories advantageous from the investors perspective can be identified. Analyzed are the percental value gains and losses in USD, Bitcoin and Ether at the deadline compared to the issuing prices. As the value of the matter at the time of investment the exchange rate without bonuses set by the issuer is chosen. Particularly a performance based comparative analysis on the established crypto currencies is interesting. Hence conclusions can be drawn on whether the holding of USD/ETH/BTC or the acquisition of in the TGE has a higher rate of return. With fifty percent of all analyzed categories the token price of the venture at the deadline was below the issuing price. "Banking"-ICOs are among the segments with high negative capital profitability with more than 50% losses but still manage to reach comparatively high funding sums.
ICOs in categories like "Exchange" and "Blockchain" that despite high hardcaps a good return on assets is possible. The statements made in the categories "Blockchain Service", "Finance", "Blockchain" and "Trading" are of particular relevance to the interpretation due to their relatively large data basis. Statements made in these categories can be seen as particularly valid.
Which category is especially interesting from the investors perspective?
In conclusion a short evaluation of the ROI in USD of ICOs in March and April 2018 on their deadline. Here only the most mentioned and previously hyped ICOs have been represented and evaluated.
ICOs possess the potential to influence all illiquid asset classes disruptively. The simple investment process and the high liquidity of the asset class allow investors to quickly and easily withdraw their capital. The freedom of the capital enables more flexible reaction to changing market conditions. This leads to a high volatility of single crypto assets and with high investments to a market liquidity risk. Where until now investments have been made for several years, by now already selling the tokens for a profit after a few months is tried ("Token-Flipping"). Consequently it can be reasonable for investments in ICOs to divide the bases of valuation the weighting of the rating into short term investments with a time frame of less than three months and long term investments with the goal to hold the token for several years. A categorized consideration here helps during the due dilligence control.
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CryptoGo has the aspiration to transparently and independently report on and evaluate new ICOs. In doing so we create the articles to the best of our knowledge and belief. But the reports and evaluations on this site only reflect our own opinion and in no way are meant to issue investment advice. Every investor should extensively investigate the presented ICOs and analyze and asses them to their own standards.


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Wargaming Forum and Wargamer Forums > Warhammer 40K > General 40k > How to the various Space Marines work?
How to the various Space Marines work?
Anyways...when it comes to the various different SM chapters....I know some have (or will have) their own Codex so those will definitely be different from the others. Grey Knights, Blood Angels, Space Wolves, ect. But for those that won't have their own codex...are there any rules or play differences between them and a standard SM?
Is it just going to be a color scheme and fluff difference or are there small differences that are in the SM codex that gives them some different rules?
There's so many awesome looking variants...it's hard to decide on an army.
Hey, can't help but notice you've got two near identical threads going on.
The Codex: SM armies all kind of play the same but with subtle tweaks in strategy while the satellite Codex books (BA, SW, GK, etc) offer quite different options in terms of units and strategies employed.
Ultimately they are still a little samey as the core units are all Space Marines.
Yeah...I guess I do...haha...I totally forgot I had that thread posted. My brain has been fried trying to figure this out and decide on where to start and sadly 2 weeks later after the original thread...I'm not any better off as far as trying to nail it down. I know it shouldn't be that difficult...but for some reason...it is. So I'll re-visit my original thread and this one can be disregarded.
Last edited by Nubster; 10-15-17 at 11:32 PM.
Chapters like the Grey Knights, Space Wolves, or Blood Angels have drastically different rules or layouts that alter the way they play compared to other chapters. Space Wolves are more character heavy, Grey Knights are a bit tougher with a lot of psychic units, and Blood Angels employ faster units. These chapters have their own unique units (stormwolf, dreadknight, and honour guard to give examples) in addition to unique rules.