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Q: Convert  tag as a Date picker This is my GUI view in html  and my html code is

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                            <input type="date" dataformatas=""/>
                            <?php echo date('Y-m-01'); ?>

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                            <?php echo date("Y-m-d"); ?>

. how can i convert this span tag as a date picker.
Thanks,
Buddhika.

A: You would have to implement a datepicker instead of a span.
Easiest way would be to just use <input type="date"> and let the browser handle this for you. Downside of this is that you can't really style this input.
Second option is to use a javascript library that takes care of rendering the datepicker, two popular choices are:

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*Bootstrap datepicker

*jQuery UI Datepicker
This are only 2 options, if you search for javascript datepicker you will find a lot more, so feel free to chose a different one if you don't like the 2 mentioned above.


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Climate Change in the General Election
How much talk about climate are we likely to hear?
Climate change has surfaced as an issue in the Democratic primaries much more than it has in past elections. What's likely to happen in the general election?
Start with Trump. Given his freeform speaking style, he's likely to at least touch on climate change and fossil fuels from time to time. The question is how much time he devotes to the subject and what tack he takes. At present, it looks the election will be fought out in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. Trump flipped all three states in 2016 and can probably win again if he replicates the feat. Pennsylvania has a significant fossil fuel industry, and Trump might decide to go after those voters in a big way. If so, you can expect to hear more about the climate "hoax" and the glories of coal and fracking. But this risks alienating suburban voters (especially women), who could hold the balance of power in those states. So Trump might keep relatively quiet about climate or try to moderate his stance. Though neither moderation or silence appear to come easily to him, admittedly.
In some ways, the calculus for Biden is the opposite of Trump's — try to attract more suburban voters or risk driving up turnout of Trump voters in Pennsylvania? But another factor is in play for him. He don't have super-strong support among young voters, who are both a key part of the Democratic voting block and prone to low turnout. Anything he can do to get those voters fired up would be a big plus for him, climate change is an issue that young voters care deeply about. Biden seems to be taking heed of this need. Just last week, he appointed Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a young progressive icon, to co-chair his climate change task force.
Biden's seeming new openness to "going big" on climate policy may not be entirely strategic. Many Democrats are convinced that the COVID-19 pandemic has made bolder, more transformative policies politically realistic. Trillion-dollar price tags certainly don't seem as shocking as they did three or four months ago. A Green New Deal-like melding of economic reforms with climate policy might be particularly appealing to many members of the public right now.
Don't expect climate change to be the core election issue. A lot of people care about the issue, but there aren't enough people for whom it would determine their vote. Unless something changes drastically between now and then, the coronavirus outbreak and its economic fallout will surely be the focal point. But climate change could still end up getting more airplay than it has in the past. It's a good issue for the Democrats because their base cares strongly about it, and because Trump's stonewalling the issue isn't very popular.
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Today, our political and intellectual leaders are afraid to unite, afraid to challenge and overcome Trump's Motto: "Delay, Denial, Death" as Nancy Pelosi said it best.
Republican political leaders in Washington have produced a worst case scenario of Us/Them dichotomy that eliminates the possibility of producing any effective alliance to save our civilization.
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The Princess Bride (film)
Dead Person Impersonation
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This Was His True Form
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Trope, Royalty and Nobility Tropes, Settings,
Speculative Fiction Tropes
Feudal Future
Q: What's the difference between democracy and feudalism?
A: In democracy, your vote counts. In feudalism, your Count votes.
Feudalism IN SPACE!!!
Kings and queens, princes and princesses, nobles, courts. . . .
A form of Days of Future Past which can incorporate elements from the High Middle Ages right up to the Victorian Age. The chief characteristic is that social status is legally enacted and hereditary.
Occasionally we are told that the king/emperor is elected, but it makes no difference in their authority. Certainly we never see them running for re-election. (A clever writer could make it like the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, also elected, but such issues as who are the electors and who is eligible to run never come up.)
(Elected monarchy is fairly common in history, but was generally for life; it matters at the succession, not later.)
Among the commonest societies in Space Opera, Planetary Romance, and other forms of Science Fiction.
Falls into two categories:
A planet has such a social structure. Often justified by having technological regression (but why does it never regress further? Because medieval or even Renaissance technology can be easily recreated from materials found in nature, the process is intuitive, and if you know it you will never "unlearn" it.) but may have futuristic technology.
A multi-planet, even interstellar society. Always has futuristic technology, of course.
Prone to Medieval Stasis, even though technology is far above medieval level. May also involve anachronistic items from real medieval Technology Levels. Evil nobles may restrict commoners' use of high technology; medical technology is particularly common, but commoners often live lives of drudgery and toil. The extent of which any of it can be considered "feudal" is up for grabs.
Often an excuse to use Medieval European Fantasy tropes in SF. On the other hand, most historical (sedentary) societies have had legal enforceable hierarchies, and many do to this day; democracy has frequently been very ill-thought of, and has, from time to time, deserved it.
Frequently rather benevolent, but may range all the way to Aristocrats Are Evil and Deadly Decadent Court. However, it is seldom explicitly Dystopia; Dystopian authorities tend to be more blatantly kept in place by naked force. This trope covers only societies where social status is legally inherited; 1984, where the children of Party members are theoretically admitted because of an exam, and the children of proles who might qualify tend to vanish before it, does not qualify. Also, under this trope, the royals and nobles draw their authority from the law, where the ruling party of a Dystopia does not acknowledge anything as giving them their power.
Often leaning towards the Romantic end of Romanticism Versus Enlightenment.
In some works, heroes have great ease in converting them to democracies. Partly because writers seem to be unaware of any arguments against democracy, and of the complexity of developing a stable democracy.
Note that every large enough nation is divided into territories for ease of administration, and if a given territory is large enough that elections would take years hereditary governors would be practical, which is the definition of feudalism. So this trope may be Justified in settings without FTL communications or Casual Interstellar Travel.
Examples of Feudal Future include:
Planetary monarchies and empires
Terra II in Saber Marionette J. The six city-states are modeled after various cultures of Earth-That-Was, one being feudal Japan, and another medieval Italy.
Not to mention the ones modeled on Czarist Russia, Imperial China, Nazi Germany, and modern-day America.
The Kingdom of Sphere in Yoake Mae Yori Ruriiro na rules the moon. Tensions between them and the Earth Federation are a significant plot point.
In Code Geass The Britannian Empire is ruled directly by the Emperor and the royal family. While being an oppressive regime it is certainly not a dystopian future, as the countryside is full of Ghibli Hills.
It should be noted that this regime is only oppressive to those it conquers. The homeland is a pretty nice place to live. Also, it doesn't actually take place in the future, calculating the calender of the Alternate History reveals that it takes place in the sixties. Still counts though, because feudalism was pretty much dead by the 20th century in Real Life.
In Gundam SEED the 'United Emirates of ORB' have this sort of structure, with the Chief Representative and Prime Minister supposedly being elected from one of the five noble houses, but in reality seems to be a simple hereditary handover until the positions are left vacant due to death or the Chief Representative getting kidnapped.
ORB's governmental structure is pretty close to the real life example of Malaysia, whose ruler is elected from (and by) the hereditary kings (or appointed governors in case of governorates) of its member states, though in Malaysia's case the position usually simply rotates on the basis of seniority as per gentleman's agreement between electors, and it depends less on the individual electors' power.
In Star Wars, we have Princess Leia, and her mother, Queen Amidala, "recently elected ruler of Naboo". Naboo also has a Prime Minister, so Naboo is probably a constitutional elected monarchy with the Queen acting in a similar role to Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (i.e., lawmaking and ambassadorial duties).
It's eventually expanded by, naturally, the star wars Expanded Universe. Naboo elects a new monarch every couple of years, the monarch is meant to represent the innocence of humanity and as such is often very young, which explains why Amidala was queen at age 14. Also the monarch is usually given a new post when their time to reign is over, monarchs are allowed only one term with Padme Amidala becoming the galactic senator for her planet after her reign as Queen.
Leia is actually a princess through her adopted father, Prince Bail Organa of Alderaan.
Certainly there is feudalism, but besides it looking futuristic to us simple humans, George Lucas did write "A long time ago..."
In earlier drafts of the script, Alderaan was to be the center and capital of the galaxy (now Coruscant), and Leia was probably meant to be related to the emperor by blood in some way.
Princess Vespa's home world, the planet Druidia in Spaceballs. They even take the medieval imagery even further with Vespa's father the king dressed like an Old World monarch with crown, ermine cape and sceptre.
In Poul Anderson and Gordon R. Dickson's Hoka stories, the imaginative to the point of autohypnosis Hokas have emulated human societies, and since some have kings and nobles, they emulate them. They have a Victorian Britain with a Hoka Queen Victoria.
Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover.
Edgar Rice Burroughs's Mars
John Christopher's Prince In Waiting trilogy. Set mostly in England, centuries after a nuclear-war-like natural disaster. England is a bunch of warring city states ruled by princes, but with a dominant anti-technology religion in which people worship Spirits. Christians are an oppressed minority, and mutants are a lower caste.
Christopher's The Tripods trilogy as well, in that case overseen by more technologically advanced aliens.
Anne McCaffrey's Pern. In the backstory Pern was colonized by space travelers and the dragons were genetically engineered, but for most intents and purposes Pern is medieval (to the point where biological pest control is considered revolutionary).
Andre Norton features a good number in her SF: Ice Crown, Android At Arms, Forerunner Foray.
One of David Brin's short stories, The Fourth Vocation of George Gustaf explores the possibility that even in a highly technological society, humans are hard-wired to need royalty; the sentient computer(s) running much of Earth's near-utopian future manipulate George, a highly successful but bored intellectual, into becoming King of Earth by "allowing" him to run a sociological experiment in which he claims to be heir of most of the defunct thrones of Europe and Asia. Then they rewrite the human database with the intention of keeping him on the throne - with no way of proving his original hoax.
Justified in Lois McMaster Bujold's Barrayar, in that the eratic nature of wormhole travel isolated their colony before it was properly established, leading to loss of technology and reversion to a semi-medieval culture. Just when the warlords had been united and pacified, the planet was reconnected to the galaxy and promptly invaded by an Evil Empire, forcing them to get modern in a generation. Hence a high-tech, star-travelling culture run by a hereditary aristocracy, complete with oath-bound retainers and servile serfs, and an Emperor constantly watching his back for pretenders and plots.
There is a strong suggestion that the system is transitioning to a more democratic system as the old feudal order changes, but so far most of the characters are aristocrats so the focus is on their interactions among themselves.
Justified and played with in The Peshawar Lancers. In the future of 2025, the developed world is still trapped in the Victorian Age, embroiled in a power struggle an Indianized British Empire, Damascus-based Caliphate, China-Japan and a Satanic Russian Empire.
A number of Russian sci-fi novels portray future Russia as a restored monarchy with prosperous economy. Despite being a monarchy, civil rights are still enforced. This likely stems from the idea that Russian people need a single strong ruler who gets things done and doesn't get bogged down with politics and bureaucracy. The same novels will often portray the US as an empire and/or a Wretched Hive, which may or may not be caused by another civil war.
In the Carreras Legions series, the UN, after becoming a true world government for Earth, has over the centuries become this, with hereditary positions and a rather explicit caste system.
Theodore Judson's novel The Martian General's Daughter takes place in the late 23. century on an Earth with a massively changed socio-political landscape. The main superpower is the Pan-polarian Empire, which spans most of the northern hemisphere. The empire's society and political philosophy is modelled after many previous eras of history, including the Roman and Greek empires of Antiquity and 18th and 19th century monarchies. Similarly to the writer's previous but unrelated novel, Fitzpatrick's War, the novel mixes high sci-fi technology with a deliberately steampunkish aesthetic.
The atevi in the Foreigner series have a social structure whose closest Earth analogue is feudalism. This is due the the alien psychology of the atevi, making it pretty much impossible for them to have a social structure which isn't feudal-like. The Lost Colony of humans living on their planet still have a democracy.
Doctor Who ran across these in The Ribos Operation, The Androids of Tara, The Armageddon Factor and on many more occasions. See also the system spanning version.
What the vampires set up in State of Decay.
There are a few Feudal Lords (barons, dukes, etc.) on different planets in Firefly. In one episode, Mal goes to a party full of aristocrats and winds up fighting one of them in an old-fashioned sword duel.
Another episode features a local Baron hiring Inara to "make his son a man."
It makes sense, since even the society of the core planets of The Verse have a lot of visible throwbacks to 19th century culture. While the outer rim planets have a definite Western feel, the members of high society on the core planets evoke Victorian Britain and the American Reconstruction and Gilded Age eras (contemporaries of pretty much the whole Western mythos and its tropes).
In Star Trek the Next Generation, Lwaxana Troi is a daughter of the Fifth House of Betazed, the Holder of the Sacred Chalice of Rixx, and Heir to the Holy Rings of Betazed. Betazed is the name of her planet, and may therefore imply quite high ranking nobility. However, the series did never elaborate on the extent of the actual political power of Lwaxana's family, so for all we know, all this titles might not even impress other Betazoids that much anymore.
Adventure Time is filled with numerous odd kingdoms, mostly ruled by princesses, and comes off feeling like a bizarre fantasy world with randomly anachronistic technology. Word of God, however, states that the Land of Ooo is actually on Earth after a massive war destroys currently society. Pretty much lampshaded in this exchange:
Finn: Pleased to meet you, your highness.
Mildwin: I'm not a king. I was democratically elected.
Finn: Haha! That's adorable!
Bigger entities (monarchies of several planetary systems, galactic empires, etc.)
In Mobile Suit Gundam, we know the Zeons are the bad guys because they have hereditary nobility murdered billions with nerve gas and a Colony Drop. Also, they have hereditary nobility.
The Zanscare Empire of Victory Gundam takes the feudalism schtick even further. Their entire stated goal is to reinvigorate human society by replacing the increasingly impotent democracy of the Earth Federation with a return to a traditional feudal way of life. Might have actually done some good if it hadn't been for Evil Chancellor Fonz Ka Gatie manipulating things for his own benefit.
Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki, The Jurai Empire, the largest stellar empire in the show, is ruled over by four Imperial Houses, from which the Emperor is 'elected' - it's never explained how they're elected, but the candidate pool doesn't seem to be that big, and generally goes to the most powerful candidate. Or whoever Seto-sama wants....
Correction: Whoever Tsunami wants, as it was their agreement with her that gives Juraian royalty their powers. And Seto actually installed just one emperor to the throne -- her son-in-law Azusa Masaki Jurai. But then, Tsunami is her granddaughter... well, it's all really complicated.
Pretty much all the major powers in The Five Star Stories, though Democracies like the Trun Union are not unheard of. The United Hathuha Republic is a bit of an odd case, as its leader is elected (though not by the general public), but many of its member states have monarchies.
Though Trun's president spends more time selling his lance around than he does actually ruling his country, and Amaterasu Kingdom Demesnes is in fact a federated constitutional monarchy with elected parliaments both on the local and federal levels, which just happens to have monarchies for most of its member nations, and a Physical God for its emperor.
The Empire in Legend of Galactic Heroes is basically Prussia in space.
Humankind Empire of Abh in the Crest of the Stars is a galaxy spanning polity uniting half of the whole Humanity, but is still has a complicated feudal structure with a three-tiered citizenship[1], but it is subverted in that this feudal structure is in fact just a rank ladder of civil/military service, and is open to any imperial citizen on the basis of individual merit and promotion.
There are a few monarchies in the Star Wars Expanded Universe - the Hapes Consortium is (despite its rather Cyberpunk like name) a hereditary absolute monarchy and major galactic power.
An even bigger example is the Legacy-era (set 137 years after the films) Galactic Empire which has evolved into a semi-benign hereditary monarchy.
Emperor Palpatine replaced the elected senate with regional governors known as "Moffs" but they were appointed rather than hereditary.
Bunches of star nations in David Weber's Honor Harrington, including but not limited to the Star Empire of Manticore (constitutional monarchy), Grayson (constitutional monarchy with strong theocratic undertones) and the Andermani Empire (absolute monarchy with rather nutty, but competent monarchs). Then again, the whole series is Horatio Hornblower IN SPACE!!! Many other forms of government are also seen, ranging from various forms of republics to corporate-run colonies to so-called Peoples' Republics.
Manticore had an interesting Justification for its nobility: The oldest noble families are descended from the original colonists who footed the initial investment for the trip out to the Manticore system, with the Queen's family being descended from the biggest investor.
Manticore was initially established as a corporativist society not unlike Beowulf or Mesa, but it had to fall back on feudal structure after The Plague that wiped out more than half of its entire population shortly after the colony foundation. Faced with a need to quickly import a huge number of fresh immigrants, and fearing the erosion of their original investment, the original settlers developed the current feudal system as a way to ensure their political and economical domination.
Empire of Man/Prince Roger series, by John Ringo and David Weber.
Also Weber's The Excalibur Alternative in passing, but there it's justified by the Emperor being an English noble born in the 14th century(yes, it's sci-fi - it's a rather odd story).
For that matter, the Empire From the Ashes trilogy. The Emperor is absolute in military matters but a kind of limited monarch in civil. The ships of Battle Fleet are hard-wired to obey not the Emperor, however, but rather a massive supercomputer orbiting the capital, leaving him largely impotent if he is voted out of office until a new Emperor can be put into power. This was arranged by the first emperor (elected by the Senate to stop the civil wars) as a check against absolute power, and nothing short of complete reassembly of the supercomputer's core can change its mind.
Jerry Pournelle and Larry Niven's A Mote In God's Eye
Interestingly, in notes published elsewhere the authors say that their use of titles like Count, Emperor, etc. were intended as translations of the far-future titles, which would probably be more like Commissar-General, or President. But since the system worked like a feudal aristocracy, they went with traditional names to preserve the feel.
Dune is basically nobles feuding IN SPACE. True to the trope, they do have some advanced technology, such as starships and personal shields, but they don't have so much as a computer, and they tend towards knife fighting. All perfectly justified in the backstory - to wit, the Butlerian Jihad, an immense crusade against 'thinking machines' that, among other things, placed House Corrino (Padishah Emperors for the next several thousand years) in power -, naturally. Imagine a mix between the Holy-Roman empire and Spae Age Style Assortad Duhys, Baronys, and Counthys in spae. Thats Dune.
The prequel novels also show that feudalism has been around even before the Corrino Imperium, with the League of Nobles, and the Old Imperium before that. No one ever bring up the idea of an elected government.
There does not seem to be an explanation why almost no one uses anything longer than a dagger. The Swordmasters of Ginaz appear to be the only ones.
Probably due to most of the action we are explicitly shown being close quarters combat between nobles on the run or the Fremen, who by tradition use crysknifes. Another issue is the nature of swords and other bladed weapons - in Dune, shields prevent most of the slashing or blunt force action inherent in how blades are normally used in reality. The slow piercing movement of a dagger counters the shield, but predicates a different fighting style based on slower thrusts. Paul mentions this in his internal dialogue during his fight with Janis, when the other Fremen think he is just moving slowly to toy with him.
This is justified by how shields react to ranged weaponry. Kinetic weapons cannot be slowed down like a sword or knife and energy weapons create a massive nuclear explosion, therefore to prevent mutually assured destruction, only knife fighting functions. A technological justification for anachronism.
Grenades would still work, though, if you can roll them slowly enough to get inside the shield before detonating. This is actually mentioned when Tio Holtzman first tests the shield on himself by giving a Zenshiite slave weapons to use against the shield. When the slave throws a grenade, he does it with such low force that Norma Cenva fears that it will pierce the shield before exploding. Never mentioned again. Some novels by Herbert's son also have suicide bombers of sorts who wipe out whole regiments by deliberately using Frickin' Laser Beams on shields.
The Galactic Empire in Isaac Asimov's Foundation trilogy. This is particularly clear after the breakdown of the empire begins. It is implied, however, that the Empire was a constitutional monarchy, with powers resembling Great Britain in the late 18th century (i.e. the ministers run most of the business of state, but if the monarch wants something done, it gets done.) Although the Emperor's power was gradually removed, by Forward the Foundation, in the later sections, he couldn't really do anything.
This wasn't so much because the empire was becoming democratic, as because the court and ministers were becoming so corrupt that nothing the Emperor said had any effect on the facts on the ground after it had been filtered through layers of government officials, each with their own take on what really needed to be done. It's a common problem in empires with a large bureaucracy- the emperor vanishes into the royal palace and for all practical purposes it's the bureaucrats who really run the system.
Also in Foundation, the Four Kingdoms that broke away from the Galactic Empire at the start of its fall were feudal. One of them attempting to take over and "impose its own peasant-aristocracy system" on the Foundation was the conflict of that time period, until the Foundation became an Expy of the Medieval Catholic Church.
The prince-regent of Anacreon specifically despised the Foundation for being ruled by a lowly commoner instead of a rightful nobleman, completely ignoring the fact that Terminus was settled by scientists without any noble blood.
Katherine Kurtz's The Legacy of Lehr
Elizabeth Moon's Hunting Party -- although the author was apparently unable to suspend her own disbelief, as the sequel reveals that the feudalism is mostly societal set-dressing over democratic underpinnings, and deconstructs, sometimes unpleasantly, several of the tropes that were used straight in book one.
Poul Anderson's Technic History included a Terran Empire. (Deliberately established on feudal-service lines by the "Founder" Manuel Argos the Great, before it went decadent.)
Poul Anderson plays the trope for laughs in The High Crusade, in which a party of Englishmen heading for the Crusades is hijacked by aliens and winds up establishing an empire because the aliens have forgotten how to do combat on land.
This is reworked by David Weber in The Excalibur Alternative, which is a sequel to David Drake's Ranks of Bronze.
Simon R Green's Deathstalker series is a fairly dystopian version of this trope, and unlike many actually does deal with the difficulty of setting up a working system of democracy, although not in any great detail. Given that it was almost a gleeful self-parody of the whole space-opera genre, this is not particularly surprising...
In Poul Anderson's Corridors Of Time, the hero realizes that the futuristic society that recruited him to fight a Dystopia is rather Dystopian itself when he is dropped in it and learns that the queen has high tech medical treatment while the poor woman he meets looks ancient at forty because of her lack of it.
M.K. Wren's The Phoenix Legacy, which is a more literal version of a Feudal Future than most: a thousand years after the Pandemic and World War III nearly wiped out world civilization, Earth and its colonies are ruled by noble houses, giving formal and limited obedience to a central government based in what is today Australia. Most of humanity are Bonds (serfs), kept illiterate and oppressed to a greater or lesser degree depending on who owns them. The Fesh are educated professionals (e.g. university scholars, technicians), while the Elite are the aristocrats who control the government. For the past few hundred years, it has been effectively impossible to change from one caste to a higher. The civilization is teetering on the edge of another Dark Age as the story opens.
In the Mankeen Revolt, a relatively recent historical memory, Lionar Mankeen attempted to liberate the Bonds by force. The attempt failed miserably and set back social progress a long way because the implementation was not well thought out; the Bonds were not only illiterate, but unused to handling money and working for wages, and Mankeen hadn't made preparations to alleviate those problems.
The Society of the Phoenix was working to evolve the civilization into a true democratic republic, although acknowledging there were possible advantages to a constitutional monarchy. It wasn't going to be Easy Evangelism, however; one Phoenix scholar estimated it'd take at least five and perhaps seven more generations before they achieved their goal -- and this was after already working on it for fifty years.
The Praxis (Dread Empires Fall) has The Peers, Lords and Ladies born to a higher station.
Lampshaded in an unidentified Space Opera story. Yes, the Earth of the 35th century (or whatever time it was) has a royal family, but it is purely ceremonial and came into being as the dual result of deregulation of royal succession laws and the members of the few remaining royal families going to the same types of parties, until eventually all the royal families had basically become indistinguishable from one another. Since by this time Earth had ceased to have countries or anything, the idea of their being a British/Japanese/Belgian/Monacoian/Dutch/whatever royal family anymore was dumb anyway so it was just decided that there would be a ceremonial "King/Queen of Earth" instead.
Both averted and played straight by H. Beam Piper. Piper's Terro-Human Future History ended with a series of galactic Empires. This was justified: the universe was too big to hold a vote for general leader. Not only counting a vote of trillions, but also transporting the vote took far too long. The aversion is in the planetary governments: Piper's Empire allowed each planet to be self-governing, under a general Imperial constitution that controlled how the planets interacted with each other. This meant that any number of types of governments existed from planet to planet, from enlightened democracies to totalitarian nightmares. The capital planet of the Empire itself, Odin, was actually run as a constitutional monarchy, with a strong parliament to balance out the Emperor.
Isaac Asimov's Stars Like Dust takes place in star sector written to resemble feudal Russia under the Mongols' rule.
Stargate SG-1 is set in the present, but the Goa'uld System Lords definitely operated under a feudal system. The main difference being that, due to their nigh-immortality, it was less about lines than about individuals, and holdings would usually pass from father to son by conquest.
Star Trek's Klingon Empire has a very feudal feel to it, being organized into noble houses and the like. The Empire has technically always had an imperial throne, but for almost all of its history this was vacant, following the departure of the first emperor, Kahless the Unforgettable. Real power resided with the Chancellor of the High Council. Towards the end of Star Trek the Next Generation a clone of Kahless was installed as emperor in a ceremonial role.
The Centauri Republic in Babylon 5; also the Minbari, in a different way.
In Doctor Who
The Tharils' past in Warriors' Gate.
in Frontier in Space, the Draconian Empire.
The 2005 series mentions the New Roman Empire sometime around the year 12,000 (in the 51st century humantity has already spread across half the galaxy) and what should be The Fourth Great and Bountiful Human Empire around the year 200,000 which is supposed to span "a million planets, a million species". It's not specified how these are governed, but the word "empire" does imply hereditary rulers.
The Systems Commonwealth of Andromeda was originally the Vedran Empire, but they transitioned to a constitutional monarchy thousands of years before contact with humanity. During the Long Night several feudal and semi-feudal governments arose, most notably some of the larger Nietzschean Prides such as the Drago-Kazov and Sabra-Jaguar, who lord over enslaved populations of "kludges" and sometimes even use titles.
Warhammer 40000 has the Imperium of Man, a justified use of a feudal structure on an interstellar scale-given the sheer unwieldy size of the Imperium and the unreliable nature of faster-than-light communications. The central authorities of the Imperium, the Lords of Terra and the Administratum, serves as the feudal lord and appoints one governor for each planet. That governor has three duties: Pay your tithes to the upkeep of the Imperium, turn over any psykers to the black ships, and keep your world from rebelling. As long as those three tenets are upheld, the central authority cares little for how the world is run on a day-to-day basis. Thus, one can find practically any sort of government on imperial planets, from medieval feudalism or military dictatorships to modern-day democracies. The only thing they all have in common is a de jure governor, to be held responsible by the Administratum should the planet lapse in any of its three duties.
Along with these three basic duties there were also upholding the Cultus Imperialis, submitting to the authority and supervision of Adeptus Arbites in the matter of the (admittedly few) Imperial Laws and, as a duty to any Imperial citizen, following every whim of the Inquisition.
Space Marine Chapters double in as Feudal masters and Knightly Orders. They are semi-independent yet owe their loyalty to the Imperium, and maintain their own upkeep using (usually) a Star System.
The Ultramarines are particularly notable in that their dominion encompasses multiple star systems.
Everyone not part of the Clans in BattleTech. Feudal-like systems were initially adopted due to simple practicality: there was FTL travel on the scale of weeks, but no FTL communication faster than a courier. So a ruler of an interstellar empire needed someone on-hand he could trust to take care of the day-to-day management. Even after the advent of FTL communcations, they maintain a feudal society. When the Inner Sphere joined together in the Star League, the head of the Terran Hegemony became First Lord, but his power was semi-limited by the heads of the other member nations in the Star League. Once the Star League was destroyed, it basically became 5 separate feudal nations at war with each other.
Each of the 5 nations of the Inner Sphere has its own take on their feudal system:
The Federated Suns is a pretty straight-up Medieval European feudal system, with nobles having almost total power over what happens within their fiefdoms, override only by higher nobles in the hierarchy. It's a fairly free society however, with citizens have freedom of speech and the right to protest the actions of nobles. The nobles who try to suppress these rights are usually striped of power or executed.
The Draconis Combine is basically feudal Japan, though with less direct conflict among nobles; high-ranking military leaders can often have greater power than planetary lords.
The Free Worlds League is something of a democracy (it is also the nation with the most civil strife), but each of the member states and worlds in the League is a feudal society. Their ruler has the title "Captain-General", and his family has the right of first refusal of that tile. The Captain-General was initially just the highest military rank, until the League Parliament voted to give the Captain-General special powers "for the duration of the conflict." Naturally, the conflict has not been deemed to be ended, even after 300 years.
The Capellan Confederation is a fairly traditional feudal system, though it has quasi-Chinese and Russian trappings. It also has the notion of having to earn ones citizenship.
The Lyran Commonwealth is an odd form of feudalism. Feudal lords are more like chief executors in the overall governmental power structure, rather than absolute rulers. And one can gain nobility by becoming the head of a large corporation. This doesn't confer any de-facto powers on them, but it does give them access that might otherwise not have been granted. The nobility and the military even merged to a degree during peacetime. These "Social Generals" seriously screwed up the Commonwealth military once peace was over, infusing it with a lot of politicking that has lead to the richest nation having the least effective military.
The Clans have something of a merit-based feudal system, at least among the ruling warrior caste. You have to actually earn your last name, called a "bloodname", in a Trial of Bloodright. These battles often are to the death. Once you have a bloodname, you get to have a vote on clan-wide business.
Fading Suns role-playing game is set in a Dune-esque interstellar feudal empire, millennium after the fall of the Republic. The peasants are forcefully (nobles) and brainwashingly (the Church) restricted to medieval-level technology, while the upper echelons of the society are allowed to enjoy high-tech to the fullest.
The Third Imperium of Traveller is one of the earliest RPG examples. Individual planets are more or less autonomous and can have practically any form of government, but the space between them is the domain of the local nobility. As Jump drive takes a week to regardless of distance traveled and most drives can only jump a couple parsecs at a time a hierarchy of nobles is one of the few governments that can function across such a vast region of space.
The system of nobility is complex. For instance a noble's estate is not the same as his office. For instance the duke of a given subsector does not hold that subsector as part of a family possession. He holds it as a sort of satrapy. At the same time he will likely have several different estates that he is a direct Feudal Overlord over. How the Third Imperium assures loyalty in it's nobles is not made clear (though it's implied the Imperial Navy and Marines have something to do with it).
The Elites/Sangheili from the Haloverse have a society set up in this manner. They even have their own keeps to rule over the surrounding countryside.
The leaders appear to be elected by the local council.
The accepted way to express disagreement or disapproval with a leader is to assassinate him. However, if it fails, then the leader has a right to kill the councilman who has sent assassins, usually for cowardice. A proper Sangheili would do the job himself. If the leader kills the councilman for cowardice, then he may also have his entire family slaughtered or exiled, depending on his mood.
The Amarr Empire in Eve Online, complete with a theocratic government and widespread use of slavery.
Imperium Nova's whole schtick. Each player controls a feudal house with operations spanning several planets in a galactic empire theoretically under the rule of an imperial house. Though planetary governorships are elected.
The emperor of the Capricorn server has recently allowed houses to claim their homeworlds as Satrapies.
In Mass Effect, the salarian society is this, according to the Codex. Though they are matrilineal rather than patrilineal like most other examples due to their haploid-diploid sex determination (males hatch from unfertilized eggs).
One of the government options in the Master of Orion series.
It appears that three of the four Houses in Freelancer have (at least, partly) a feudal system. Bretonia resurrects the British constitutional monarchy. Kusari has an Emperor and local lords. Even Rheinland goes back to the old days of unified Prussia and has its own aristocracy. Liberty appears to be the only one with a purely democratic government.
It is unclear if the nobility of Rheinland has any actual power by virtue of their titles anymore, but Rheinland at the very least was this trope, before a disastrous conflict led to a revolution that toppled the Emperor (and established a republic that may or may not have been about as democratic as Liberty, if more unstable, before the Nomad infestation).
Imperial space in Frontier Elite games.
Vega Strike human faction Highborn. They seem to think of themselves as Knight in Shining Armor better than anyone including superhumans. Highborn are noticeably decadent, but there's enough of high-end jousting forces to back up their claims.
The interstellar Nemesite Empire in The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob has been shown to have an emperor, a princess, and solar system viceroys. As well as trials by combat.
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In the history of Orions Arm a number of Great Houses emerged as the First Federation declined. But by the 106th century A.T. most have been supplanted by the Sephirotic Empires of the Archailects.
In Xyber 9: New Dawn, there are kingdoms, empires and lots of peasants, and yet there's also hoverbikes, Airborne Aircraft Carriers, and various forms of energy weapons.
↑ subjects' right and freedoms are mainly determined by laws of their own planets, and on the federal level only few explicitly stated provisions apply to them, citizens are subject to the full extent of the Imperial laws, and the nobility -- the titular Abh -- have a third, entirely different set of rules, which in many ways is more limiting that the citizens' rights
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In addition to providing a network of support and love, the family also plays an important role in the education and formation of children. Parents and other family members are the first role models and are often the ones responsible for teaching values and norms to children. It is important to remember that parents are not the only family members who play an important role in the education of children. Grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins can also have a positive impact on children's growth and development.
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Malta's head of fisheries has been suspended after a Spanish investigation of illegally caught bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean implicated her in wrongdoing.
Phone intercepts by the Spanish investigative authorities show how Andreina Fenech Farrugia asked a Spanish tuna operator for payment.
Transcripts of the conservations between Fenech Farrugia and the king of Spanish blue fin tuna operators, José Fuentes García, were leaked to the Spanish media house El Confidencial.
Environment Minister Jose Herrera told MaltaToday on Tuesday morning that he has suspended Fenech Farrugia. "I will be appointing an acting head shortly," Herrera said, without elaborating.
At 4:20pm, Fenech Farrugia issued a denial of the allegations. "I would like to categorically deny any wrongdoing on my part and I strongly rebut the allegations in my regard. Moreover, I would like to declare that I have always observed and employed the highest standards of diligence and professionalism in my work and this is documented at the relevant competent authorities and I always took the necessary legal steps against all operators, at all times, when any illegalities were detected."
In one conversation intercepted by the Spanish investigative authorities on 20 June last year, Fenech Farrugia told Fuentes: "I'm in Bulgaria just for you, you have to pay me, because there's a meeting and I'm with the [director] general of Brussels."
On that date Fenech Farrugia was representing Malta in meetings of the fishing sector that were taking place in Sofia. Bulgaria held the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union in the first half of 2018.
Other intercepts show that the Maltese high official would have collaborated for years to enable the Fuentes Group introduce more bluefin tuna onto the market.
Bluefin tuna is highly regulated with quotas but the Spanish investigation has shown how many more tonnes of fish were declared and authorized in farms operating from Malta. The estimated value of this illegal trade is €25 million.
Fuentes, has a subsidiary operation in Malta by the name of Mare Blue Fishing.
The Spanish investigators have alleged that Fenech Farrugia used her influence to regularize the catches so that they could be exported to lucrative markets in Japan, Spain and the US. Fenech Farrugia is being accused of taking bribes.
The fishing director did not respond to questions from the Spanish media house.
In a subsequent development, Fisheries Parliamentary Secretary Clint Camilleri has pledged Malta's full collaboration in the investigations.
"In the best interest of the Maltese fishing and acquaculture sector the government will be collaborating fully with relevant authorities in any type of investigation that is necessary to establish all the facts," Camilleri said.
Speaking during a press conference later on Tuesday, the PN's environment spokesperson Jason Azzopardi questioned why the government had suspended Fenech Farrugia immediately given that it had dragged its feet over other cases.
"I'm not saying that she shouldn't have been suspended. It's good that she was. But this is an allegation in a foreign report on a public official while facts on government officials have still not resulted in resignations," Azzopardi said, referring to Tourism Minister Konrad Mizzi and the Prime Minister's Chief of Staff Keith Schembri.
Azzopardi also noted that Fenech Farrugia had been removed from her post back in 2010 before being reinstated in 2013. "What kind of agreement did she have with Labour for this to happen?" Azzopardi asked.
Correction: A previous version of this article mistakenly said that European Environment Commissioner Karmenu Vella was present for the fisheries meeting in Sofia on the day that Fenech Farrugia communicated with Fuentes. Vella was actually in Brussels on the day, at a meeting of the college of commissioners.


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Q: Japanese characters not supported by rmagick I'm tring to build a voucher from template by rmagick, (using utf8 encoding) Below is just a small code snippet
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When i provide offer_label as 安価な価格でホテルを予約 (japanese)
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The offer_label is stored correctly in the database
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The label_name is displayed correctly in the browser web pages, this issue only comes in the voucher which is created using rmagick

A: 1) you should install Japanese font(s) to your runtime environment(s).
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use Draw#annotate and specify font name/font_family name that you'd like to use.
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Tampa Interstate Project Development & Environment (PD&E) Study
I-75 at SR 54 | WPI Seg. No.: 7140004 | Pasco County, Florida
Project Final Documents
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The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) is requesting a new interchange on I-75 at S.R. 54 (new) to serve north Tampa. For purposes of this document, S.R. 54 (new) refers to the proposed road while S.R. 54 (old) refers to the existing facility. Also, note that prior to July 1, 1988, S.R. 54 (old) was previously designated as Pasco County Route 54. Greiner, Inc. has been requested by the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) to perform professional services related to the justification of the new interchange.
The proposed interchange is part of the new realignment of S.R. 54 (new). This alignment extends from the Zephyrhills East Bypass Westward to U.S. 19, and provides a connection between I-75 and Zephyrhills and between I-75 and the urban areas of New Port Richey in South Pasco County.
The proposed interchange of S.R. 54 and I-75 is also a integral link in the Tampa Interstate Study (TIS). The TIS is a study that recommends the preferred type and location of multi-lane improvements, potential high-occupancy-vehicle (HOV), transit facilities, traffic management techniques, and traffic surveillance and control systems. The TIS sutdy limits are:
I-275 from the Howard Frankland Bridge, eastward and northward to south of S.R. 54 (old) in Pasco County;
Memorial Highway from I-275 to Cypress Street; and
I-4 from its junction with I-275 at the Tampa Central Business District eastward to I-75.
The proposed interchange provides improved regional accessibility and an alternative connection for traffic traveling along I-75 south destined for the downtown Tampa, Westshore and St. Petersburg business districts. This traffic can exit I-75 at S.R. 54 (new), travel west along S.R. 54 (new) to the improved Dale Mabry Highway and connect to the Northwest Expressway. This alternative route is a key element in the TIS maintenance of traffic plans for the reconstruction of the I-4 and 1-275 junction, and I-275 north of the junction which lies south of the I-75 and S.R. 54 (new) interchange.
Study Purpose and Need
Pasco County has experienced a 155 percent population increase from 1970 to 1985 (from 76,000 to 194,000 respectively). The Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council (TBRPC) has projected growth in Pasco County to increase by 25 percent between 1985 and 1990, and an additional 33 percent between 1995 and 2010. In addition to the increase in population, Pasco County has also experienced tremendous economic growth along the northwestern portion of the project. This economic growth is evidenced by the recent surge in real estate and retail trade activity.
The amount of population and economic development projected for Pasco County will increase the travel demand on the area's roadway system. Network traffic forecasts for the year 2010 indicate that several roadway improvements are needed to meet this travel demand. One of these improvements includes the future upgrading of the existing 1-75/S.R. 54 (old) interchange to an urban interchange. This proposed action would provide a more desirable volume to capacity (V /C) ratio and less vehicle delay, thus upgrading safety. Design year projections also indicate the need to upgrade the existing S.R. 54 facility to a six-lane arterial from the 1-75/1-275 connection, north to the existing S.R. 54 interchange. Because there are currently no major east-west routes in the project area, the proposed six-laning of the existing facility would improve levels of service at the 1-75 ramp terminal on S.R. 54.
Proposed Improvements
The proposed project site is located approximately 2 miles south of the existing I-75/S.R. 54 (old) interchange. The new S.R. 54 facility would extend from Cypress Creek Road to the proposed Zephyrhills East Bypass (approximately 18 miles in length). Exhibit 1 illustrates the project location.
The proposed interchange will provide full access to the Interstate from S.R. 54 (new). The interchange justification is being conducted in conjunction with the Project Development and Environmental (PD&E) Study on S.R. 54 and TIS.
For more information or to comment, please contact:
Environmental Management Office
Florida Department of Transportation, District Seven
11201 N. Malcolm McKinley Drive
M.S. 7-500
Tampa, FL 33612-6456
Para preguntas en Español
Valoramos la opinión del público sobre este proyecto. Si usted tiene preguntas o comentarios o si simplemente desea mas información en Español, favor ponerse en contacto con el ingeniero a cargo de este proyecto, la señora Elba Lopez al teléfono (813) 975-6403.
Non-Discrimination Laws & Regulations: The Florida Department of Transportation is required to comply with various non-discrimination laws and regulations, including Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Public participation is solicited without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex, religion, disability, or family status.
The environmental review, consultation, and other actions required by applicable federal environmental laws for this project are being, or have been, carried out by the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) pursuant to 23 U.S. C. §327 and a Memorandum of Understanding dated December 14, 2016 and executed by the Federal Highway Administration and FDOT.
Tampa Interstate PD&E Study
WPI Seg. No.: 7140004


Kelpies books are ideal for use in the classroom or school library, either as a class text or to be read just for pleasure. We hope that the familiar Scottish themes and locations of many books in our range give Scottish children familiar stories to identify with and also celebrate Scottish literature. And teachers and librarians seems to agree!
We hope that these frequently asked questions will help teachers and librarians who would like to use Kelpies in schools. If you have any questions that aren't covered here please feel free to phone us on 0131 337 2372 or email floris@florisbooks.co.uk.
Do you have any resources that can be used in the classroom?
Yes! We produce classroom resources for selected Kelpies books to give you ideas and inspiration for your lesson plans. Many of these include Curriculum for Excellence learning outcomes. Visit our Features for Teachers page to see what's available, and feel free to get in touch if you'd like to see classroom resources for a book that's not included yet.
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Many of our authors/illustrators regularly visit schools and children's book groups/clubs to share their passion for reading and writing. Each of our authors/illustrators have their own styles and specialties — whether you're looking for a storyteller for P3s, an author to lead a World War One project for P6s, or a creative writing tutor for S2s.
If you'd like to arrange an author visit for your school, please browse our Author and Illustrator section to discover which author might be most suitable for your needs, or alternatively email floris@florisbooks.co.uk with your requirements and we'll be happy to advise. The majority of our authors are registered with Scottish Book Trust's Live Literature scheme (which allows their visits to be part-funded).
I would like to order books for my school or library. Should I order through the website?
We would suggest that schools and libraries don't order through the website, but rather directly with us by emailing floris@florisbooks.co.uk. We are sometimes able to offer free or reduced UK delivery to schools and libraries (regardless of order quantity), the opportunity to pay via invoice, and potential discounts on volume orders. Why not use our Wishlist feature to decide which books you'd like to buy, and then send it on to us?
If you are unable to order direct, our books are also stocked by many school and library suppliers/wholesalers. You could also use the Wishlist feature to tell your regular supplier what you'd like to order next time.
Do you have a catalogue of all your Kelpies books?
Absolutely! We produce our Kelpies catalogue twice a year and send copies out to all the primary schools in Scotland. If you haven't received your copy, or would like to receive additional copies for colleagues and friends, please email floris@florisbooks.co.uk with your details. The catalogues are also available to view online on our catalogue page.
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Today, we want to say a big ol' thank you to one of our good friends, Tanya Whitley! For those of you who don't already know it, Tanya is the artist behind many of our favorite beer labels (102 labels and counting) and the aunt of one of our pub brewers, Luke Whitley. Illustrating by hand, Tanya carefully crafts works of art dreamt up by our staff. From Space Rock to Old Reliable, Melt My Brain, ERMAGERDNESS, and the brand new Tiramisu Blonde, Tanya translates the craziest of our ideas to paper and label.
"Her range is deep, and her passion is great. Her technique is super raw and beautiful. Tanya's a rare talent with a heart of gold," said Short's Art Director, Jesse Den Herder. In a digital world, it's worth mentioning that Tanya illustrates each label by hand without the assistance of a computer or Photoshop.
So Tanya, if you're reading this, we just wanted to take a moment to thank you. Your work brings the kind of life to our brews that water, hops, grain, and yeast simply can not. Cheers to the first 100, and with any luck, 100 more!
Is there any place Tanya's work can be found for purchase? Having trouble finding her work outside of the great brew labels.
Tanya doesn't have a shop, but we do offer a custom canvas print option on our website. Any of the labels created by Tanya can be printed 16″ x 16″ and ordered on our website by following this link: http://shortsbrew.com/customcanvasprints.


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using VkNet.Model;
using VkNet.Utils;

namespace VkNet.Exception;

/// <summary>
/// Достигнут количественный лимит на вызов метода
/// Код ошибки - 29
/// </summary>
[VkError(VkErrorCode.RateLimitReached)]
public sealed class RateLimitReachedException : VkApiMethodInvokeException
{
	/// <inheritdoc />
	public RateLimitReachedException(VkError response) : base(response)
	{
	}
}


Renault is upgrading the Mégane range, giving it a more dynamic look, strengthening its powers of attraction and applying the new design identity. The new models feature the brand's latest equipment and cutting-edge technologies including the Renault R-Link connected multimedia system.
As with all the new vehicles in the range, the Renault Mégane family is taking on the new brand identity. Mégane hatchback, coupé and estate now feature a new bumper, new vent grilles and a new hood bearing the enlarged Renault logo set against a gloss black background.
The Mégane family of vehicles is now available with the EDC dual-clutch automatic transmission on the TCe 130 engine (without Stop & Start).
The engineering department has re-tuned the engine by bringing in the turbo function faster and more frequently for enhanced performance. The re-tuning involved upgrading engine and transmission control software in order to better anticipate acceleration and pick-up.
The EDC automatic transmission gains new shift pattern management.


The Kimball ninth grade-and-under boys wrestled in the MNGWL Region 7 Individual Qualifier Saturday, Jan. 26, and faired very well. The Cubs took third place overall in a field of 17 teams and were the highest scoring team in class A.
Kimball's Lucas Jurek, Ashton Hanan, and Carter Holtz earned the right to wrestle in state tournament action on Saturday. Results from the weekend: 113-pound Lucas Jurek wrestled extremely well. He gutted out an overtime victory in the semifinals and battled back for a true second place and the right to advance to state. 120-pound Brett Schiefelbein continues to impress and improve, finishing an impressive fourth in the tournament. 132-pound Cody Leither had a great tournament and he continues to show improvement and promise. He lost a tough one in the true second match to take third place. 160-pound Ashton Hanan dominated the field with three pins, on his way to a championship and the right to wrestle in the state tournament. 189-pound Carter Holtz picked up where "Shuggs" (Hanan) left off and capped off his dominant campaign with a 19-0 tech fall in the championship match. That earned him the right to represent Kimball in the state tournament on Saturday. 285-pound Ace Meyer battled and had some impressive wins. The future is bright for Ace. He finished fourth place over the weekend. Weekend Tournament Team Finishes: 1 Big Lake, 181.0; 2 Becker, 118.0; 3 Kimball, 115.5; 4 Foley, 104.5; 5 Princeton, 86.0; 6 Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa, 81.5; 7 Pine City/Hinckley/Finlayson, 81.0; 8 Sauk Rapids-Rice, 75.0; 9 St Cloud Tech, 73.0; 10 Milaca, 70.0; 11 Eden Valley-Watkins, 66.5; 12 Paynesville, 60.0; 13 Sartell, 56.0; 14 Mora, 36.0; 15 Royalton, 32.0; 16 Holdingford, 31.5; 17 Pierz, 11.0.
Ashton Hanan at 170# v Carter Mathies. Photo courtesy of DeeAnn Schueller.


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Upgrades, F1's true pecking order and the three other things to look out for in this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton won in Spain in 2017, breaking a run of 11 different winners in 11 years Credit: REUTERS
Luke Slater
11 May 2018 • 2:17pm
The Formula One circus returns to Europe for the first time in 2018 and to a very familiar track. The Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya is where the teams do all of their pre-season testing and the drivers know it pretty well, too. So no excuses. The track has been resurfaced since last year's Grand Prix, giving an unknown aspect, especially given how cold it was in testing.
2018 has been a season of unpredictability so far but Barcelona is unlikely to throw up as many surprises as Bahrain, China or Azerbaijan. Could we see another winner in 2018, following Vettel, Ricciardo and Hamilton?
The teams, as ever, will be bringing upgrades to Spain and will be hoping they shave a few tenths off their lap time. There are some that have an awful lot of ground to make up, no more than Williams.
New championship leader Lewis Hamilton will be hoping to finally find form here and repeat last year's victory. Another point of note is that this is Robert Kubica is featuring in an F1 race weekend for the first time since both the end of 2010. The Pole competes in first practice.
Kubica's F1 career was seemingly ended with the horrific injuries he sustained in an off-season rally crash. How he fares against Lance Stroll will be interesting. There are a few other things to keep an eye on over the course of the Spanish Grand Prix weekend, too, in what will be an intruiging weekend.
Can Max Verstappen keep out of trouble?
Max Verstappen has had an error-strewn start to the 2018 season Credit: GETTY IMAGES
The start to 2018 has not been an easy one for Red Bull driver Max Verstappen. Much of it is his own fault. The Dutchman has had error-strewn weekends in all four races so far. In Australia, he dropped it at the first turn and in Bahrain he put it into the barriers in qualifying before colliding with Lewis Hamilton in the race.
In China he sent one down the inside of Sebastian Vettel and made contact with the Ferrari driver, spinning them both. Worse came in Azerbaijan a fortnight ago, as his aggressive driving played a part in two collisions with his team-mate, the fatal one putting them both out of the race.
Verstappen has repeatedly said that he doesn't need to change his driving style but the truth is he has cost himself and his team an awful lot of points in races where they should be scoring heavily. He returns to the scene of his maiden F1 win this weekend. A repeat might not be entirely out of the question but those around him should be hoping for a contact-free weekend from a man whose reputation has taken a few knocks.
Upgrades, upgrades, upgrades
McLaren and Ferrari updates
As is traditional, the Spanish Grand Prix weekend is where most teams bring upgrades to their cars. These will be under a fair amount of scrutiny and, given the miles clocked up in pre-season testing here, will show teams just how well - and indeed if - they work.
The size of the update packages for each car varies but the two most striking additions so far have been on the McLaren and Ferrari. McLaren, despite being fourth in the standings, have failed to deliver on their pre-season hopes, with qualifying pace a particular issue. They've introduced an interesting nose for this round which looks a bit, dare we say it, fishy.
Ferrari have - after a technical directive from the FIA - integrated their mirrors into the halo, with winglets above them. If the mirrors are the eyes, the winglets are the eyebrows. Again, the aero-mirrors are not the most aesthetically-pleasing construction and they are uncertain whether they'll stick with it.
The true pecking order emerging?
The midfield has been particularly tight in 2018 Credit: GETTY IMAGES
Barcelona is a true test of a car's abilities, with a good mixture of fast and slower corners - which is partly why it's the choice for testing. While the front of the grid has been shaken up a little, 2018 has been even more uncertain in the midfield. Toro Rosso seemed to be the best-of-the-rest one weekend and then not far off the slowest the next. Haas had incredible pace in Melbourne but have since fallen behind Renault, Force India and McLaren.
All ten teams have scored points so far but the familiarity of this track will mean we will have a truer idea of where all ten teams stand after five races and what that might mean for the rest of the season. It's not exactly make or break time for Williams and McLaren - but poor pace will lead to some glum faces in Wantage and Woking.
Home favourites fighting at the front
Carlos Sainz and Fernando Alonso will be fan favourites this weekend Credit: GETTY IMAGES
Before the rise of home favourite Fernando Alonso, Spain was not one of the most fanatical F1 territories. Motorcycling was more popular here. But Alonso helped drive a growth in the sport. He won't be in F1 forever - and he may leave sooner rather than later - but there is a more than capable Spaniard to take over from him in Carlos Sainz Jr.
Alonso has won here twice (in 2006 and his last F1 victory in 2013) and Sainz has scored points in his three races in Catalunya, finishing ninth in his debut year, sixth in 2016 and seventh last year. So they like it around here. They are also both in decent form and if Nigel Mansell's assessment of a home crowd being worth a big chunk of time then these two could be fighting near the front of the field.
A new surface on a familiar track
Haas's Romain Grosjean was one of a few drivers to struggle on the new track surface in Catalunya Credit: AP
One unknown is how the new track surface will exactly affect performance and tyre wear. Pre-season testing was done in the much cooler months of February and March, with one day almost written off due to snow. First practice on Friday saw a handful of drivers struggle for grip and run win, with Ricciardo running wide into the barriers in turn four.
The supersoft compound is new for Spain this weekend (in reality two steps softer than the softest in 2017) and tyre manufacturers Pirelli believe that the surface will see increased pace but with reduced wear. As ever with 2018, strategy will be one to keep an eye on, and Spain has been a three-stopper in the past.
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Time for goodbye: Liverpool have had enough with £9m flop and it's time they promote youngsters again
by Mizgan Masani November 11, 2018, 12:30 pm
Why Simon Mignolet leaving Liverpool would be ideal for all parties
According to the Mirror, Liverpool goalkeeper Simon Mignolet could be offered a route out of the club by French club Nice, managed by Patrick Vieira. The Belgian is now a backup at Anfield after the Reds spent a fortune to sign Alisson Becker from Roma in the summer.
It is clearly evident that the 30-year-old isn't going to get much game time, especially after witnessing the fact that Jurgen Klopp's men were knocked out in the first game of the EFL Cup. As per the report, the Ligue 1 side are interested in the player and are keen to sign him in the January transfer window.
Vieira is not happy with the current options in goal – Yoan Cardinale and Walter Benitez, and would like to find a replacement. (Mirror)
Mignolet, bought from Sunderland for £9m in 2013, wanted to leave Liverpool in the summer but had to stay as Loris Karius went out on loan to Besiktas. Here's why it would be ideal for both Liverpool and Mignolet if they part ways in January:
Time for Liverpool to trust in youth
After spending a huge amount on Alisson, it is fairly obvious that Liverpool are expecting the Brazilian to take the gloves for a long term.
They are investing in an important position in the league and the continental games. Hence, to play as a back-up to the first-choice keeper, the Reds can trust in youth.
They have a fantastic youth setup, from where players of the highest quality emerge. The Merseysiders do have Kamil Grabara and Caiomhin Kelleher to work on and upgrade them to the first-team. They are both talented goalkeepers, who if given a chance, can showcase their talent on the big stage.
Therefore, it would be great for the club to promote their local players to become number two. Just like Trent Alexander-Arnold, the Reds can have another player from the youth academy featuring in the first-team.
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Mignolet was the first-choice up until December last year, however, the emergence of Karius, and now the arrival of Alisson means the Belgian is the second choice.
However, it makes sense for him to go elsewhere and look for a regular spot. Consequently, Liverpool can trust in youth and upgrade one of their own to come into the first-team and take England by storm.
Written by Mizgan Masani
A football enthusiast, who loves to analyse the game in depth. Following various leagues and knowing about the playing styles of different managers intrigues me to the core.
Other than that, I am an Electronics Engineer!
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Let's be honest: There is so much competition for your professional dollars that it's often hard to choose who or what gets your attention. The market is over-saturated with plug-ins vying for your attention. Get prepared for the exception.
As the name implies, Speakerphone 2 was designed as a speaker simulation plug-in. However, what makes this product so unique is the folks at Audio Ease painstakingly ran audio directly through every original hardware unit, capturing its true characteristics. From tube radios, smart phones & landlines, megaphones, and speaker cabinets & amps, to vintage mic-modeling, and vinyl simulation, Speakerphone has them all. Even toy robots!
If that were all Speakerphone could do, it would be well worth the price of admission. Ironically, though, that is just the beginning. You can also customize where the audio is coming from, how the physical environment would affect the waveforms, and even insert ambience loops over the source sound pre and post effect! In addition, it includes built-in compressors, limiters, bit-degradation, high-quality convolution IR reverbs, delays, and other unique modulation effects to further 'futz' your sound. Ten individual units per plug-in can be instantiated based on needs.
According to Audio Ease, Speakerphone has become the standard for 'futzing' in post production. That is, the ability to imply a sound is being broadcast through a specific type of speaker. While it is not uncommon for mixers to attempt to create these scenarios using traditional gear, what makes Speakerphone exceptional is in the quality of the result, accuracy of the sound, and ease in which to attain that result.
Installation was quick and effortless. The plug-in supports 64-bit architectures, is available for both Mac and Windows, and is compatible with most major DAWs, including Pro Tools, Digital Performer, Logic and Cubase. Other than the need for an iLok2, the specs are quite lenient. They even make a 32-bit version available for those using older equipment. Just make sure to verify compatibility prior to purchase.
Upon initial launch, Speakerphone's GUI appeared a bit intimidating. In essence, it was hard to know what to do first. However, once I previewed a short video available on Audio Ease's Website, introducing navigation tips and key features, I was good to go.
Within a session, Speakerphone can be inserted into a signal chain or auxed. It does not function as a standalone program. Since some features generate random results, such as dropouts from GSM connections, wind noise interference on cell calls, or electrical clicks on walkie-talkies, I found it best to print the audio to another track within the session and then edit out the desired effect. For more static settings, inserting worked perfect.
In this review I utilized the plug-in for three scenarios. First, I needed a bullhorn effect for an announcer at a local baseball game. Dialing that in literally took seconds. Additionally, however, I was able to place that sound in an external environment similar to the locale. Within minutes, it even allowed me to layer in sampled crowd noise.
My second need was for a two-part cell phone ring while being removed from a coat pocket. Because Speakerphone allows the placement of audio within objects, I was able to mimic the coat by placing the sound within a half-closed suitcase and tweaked the EQ to taste. Finally, I had to place audio from a telephone receiver about 10 feet down a hall lined with wood and tile surfaces. With Speakerphone, I was able to effortlessly attain this complicated task with stellar results.
Among the many strengths of Speakerphone is CPU efficiency. While many other manufacturers create unique style "all-in-one" plug-ins, I've found that they are often resource hogs. As a result, they become nearly unusable. With Speakerphone however, I actually tried to intentionally crash my system by opening several very large sessions already loaded with plug-ins and purposely insert multiple instances of Speakerphone within the signal-flow. The sessions included upwards of 300 tracks, over 90 EQs, 65-plus dynamics processors, and 20 or so timed-based units. After inserting five heavily-utilized versions, although there was a slight delay when launching, the plug-in performed perfect in all cases, with a minimal CPU hit.
Another strength is its versatility. Don't be fooled. This is not a one-trick pony. It does what it does quite well. However, the brilliance of this plug-in is what's below the surface. Basically, the potential beyond the literal. Those doing sound design understand that it is key to convince the audience that what they are hearing is believable. What the actual audio is, or how it was created is ultimately irrelevant. As long as the audience is 'sold,' it's a success. This opens the door for sound effects creators, sound designers in animation, including those involved with audio for video games, to also reap endless rewards from this plug-in. Since these genres foundationally begin with zero production audio, everything must be created from scratch. Speakerphones' ability to generate and influence sound by utilizing its abstract characteristics allows the user to go beyond the presets, and craft audio fitting for inanimate objects as well as make-believe worlds. If you can think it, it can do it.
Lastly is value. Because I found myself not having to launch multitudes of other plug-ins, not having to create numerous custom send configurations, or dial-in complex automation sequences, the initial cost pays for itself many times over.
I will not pretend to imply that the $499 price tag is insignificant. In fact many core DAWs dwell in that range. So having to consider a single plug-in for that cost might seem daunting. In this case, however, Speakerphone is an exception. There is simply nothing like it around. If you are a commercial post facility involved with the production of sound effects, sound design, and mixing for all genres of television and film, including animation or game sound, Speakerphone by Audio Ease is mandatory. Order now!
Mike Swittel is a Grammy Award-winning mixer/producer. He can be reached via his Website: www.mikeswittel.com.


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INTERMIX partners with Sophia Bush and Rock the Vote to register voters for International Women's Day
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This International Women's Day, in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the 19thamendment, INTERMIX is partnering with Sophia Bush and Rock the Vote to stand up for equal representation and encourage women to vote. Launching today, text the word INTERMIX to 788-683, go to intermixonline.com, or visit any of their 32 boutiques to register to vote. This campaign marks the first activation in 2020 by Gap Inc. and its brands to help raise awareness about the importance of registering and voting, with additional engagement moments planned this year.
INTERMIX's Make a Statement campaign features Sophia Bush, actress and activist; Carly Cushnie, founder and designer of Cushnie; Dee Poku, Founder and CEO of WIE, an influential membership network and platform for women leaders; Rebecca Hessel Cohen, founder of LoveShackFancy; Tezza, fashion photographer, musician and artist; Olivia Anakwe, model and advocate for Edible Schoolyard NYC; Andrea Lieberman, founder of A.L.C; Jyothi Rao, President of INTERMIX and Carolyn DeWitt, President of Rock the Vote. A custom INTERMIX "voting booth" will be located at 98 Prince Street, New York, on March 7thand 8th where shoppers are invited to send a vote of confidence to women who inspire them. Pre-addressed postcards with prompts to inspirational female leaders like will be available, alongside blank postcards to write to an inspiring woman in their lives.
"This campaign is a celebration of all the incredible women in our lives," says INTERMIX President, Jyothi Rao. "The best way for women to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 19thamendment is to exercise the fundamental right to vote. We're honored to join forces with Rock the Vote to encourage women around the country to Make a Statement: with their voice, with their power, with their confidence, and with their vote."
"We're thrilled to be partnering with INTERMIX this International Women's Day to recognize 100 years of women's right to vote. INTERMIX aims to empower and bring confidence to the lives of women each and every day through self-expression," says Rock the Vote President Carolyn DeWitt. "Women's suffrage was the culmination of a long struggle marked by themes that are still very much relevant today—voting rights, women's rights, and the rights of women of color and Native women. At Rock the Vote, we know how important it is for women to be empowered to use their voice to advocate for themselves, their friends and families, and their communities. That's why this International Women's Day, we're providing American women with the resources they need to register to vote, make confident, informed decisions and use their voice in 2020 in honor of all the women here and around the world who still don't have the right to vote."
About INTERMIX
INTERMIX is a highly curated, omni-channel women's fashion business comprised of 33 boutiques with hyper-localized assortments and a rapidly growing e-commerce channel. The brand is known for curating the most sought-after styles from a compelling mix of both established and emerging designers. Founded in 1993 and acquired by Gap Inc. in 2012, INTERMIX delivers a personalized shopping experience across both channels, with complimentary personal stylists on hand to work one-on-one with clients to create looks that make them feel confident and to make fashion fun and inspiring.
About Rock the Vote
Rock the Vote is a nonpartisan nonprofit dedicated to building the political power of young people. For 30 years, Rock the Vote has revolutionized the way we use culture, music, art, and technology to engage young people in politics–registering and turning out millions of young voters. Since its founding, Rock the Vote has processed over 12 million voter registrations. The organization consistently turns out its voters more than 30 points above the national youth average with approximately 60% voting for the first time. Rock the Vote fights for voting rights to ensure all eligible voters can exercise their right to vote and promotes civic education to ensure young voters have the resources and information they need to participate in our civic process. Learn more at rockthevote.org and follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram @rockthevote.
Gap Inc. is a leading global retailer offering clothing, accessories, and personal care products for men, women, and children under the Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic, Athleta, Intermix, Janie and Jack, and Hill City brands. Fiscal year 2018 net sales were $16.6 billion. Gap Inc. products are available for purchase in more than 90 countries worldwide through company-operated stores, franchise stores, and e-commerce sites. For more information, please visit www.gapinc.com.
INTERMIX:
Meredith Meyer, Brand Communications Manager
mmeyer@intermixny.com
Rock the Vote:
Derrick Robinson, Director of Communications
derrick@rockthevote.com
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