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The Best M4A1-S Skins in CS:GO
M4A1-S | Golden Coil
M4A1-S | Atomic Alloy
M4A1-S | Mecha Industries
M4A1-S | Player Two
M4A1-S | Leaded Glass
History of appearance
M4A1-S | The Golden Coil (M4A1-S | Golden Coil) was added to the game on September 17, 2015 as part of the Dark Case Collection released as part of the Shadow Boxing update. The author of the skin is Kitch.sb.
Pattern description
The body of the machine is covered with matt black paint. Over the background, an image of an attacking snake surrounded by floral patterns is applied in gold paint. Part of the handle is decorated with beige geometric patterns. The muffler and part of the butt are covered with a gold pattern imitating snakeskin.
Influence of Float value
Float Value of the skin ranges from 0.00 to 1.00, which makes M4A1-S | The golden spiral is available in all conditions. There are no signs of wear in the form of scuffs and scratches on the skin. At levels of wear close to the maximum, the body of the machine is covered with a layer of patina and looks much darker.
Pattern differences
The pattern index does not affect the appearance of the skin.
Skin features
M4A1-S | Golden Spiral belongs to the "Secret" quality and is available in a version with a StatTrak counter.
Skin popularity
M4A1-S | The Golden Spiral became popular immediately after its appearance in the game and remains in demand today.
Skin Cost
From 12.69$
M4A1-S | The Atomic Alloy (M4A1-S | Atomic Alloy) was added to the game on May 1, 2014 as part of The Hunt Begins Update. Skin authors are Coridium , Thurnip , Zaphk , .red , Machinata and FACEIT.com.
The body of the machine is decorated with graphic elements made in various shades of orange. The central part of the weapon is complemented by a pattern in the form of a translucent grid of hexagons. Individual parts of the body are adorned with pixel camouflage in various shades of brown.
Float Value of the skin ranges from 0.00 to 0.90, which makes M4A1-S | Atomic alloy available in all conditions. The first abrasions become noticeable on various parts of the Assault Rifle in Minimal Wear condition. At levels of wear close to the maximum, the entire body of the weapon is covered with significant abrasions and darkens noticeably; in some parts of the rifle, the paint layer is almost completely erased.
M4A1-S | Atomic Alloy is a classified skin and is available in a version with a StatTrak counter.
M4A1-S | The atomic fusion became popular immediately after its introduction in the game and remains in demand today.
From 7.4$
M4A1-S | The Mecha Cannon (M4A1-S | Mecha Industries) was added to the game on June 15, 2016 as part of the Gamma Collection released as part of the Gamma Exposure update. Skin authors are coyote37 and Hanzo.
The skin is made in a futuristic style. The body of the machine is partially painted black and lined with white ceramic panels. The design is complemented by red and beige graphic accents.
Float Value of the skin ranges from 0.00 to 0.80, which makes M4A1-S | The mech cannon is available in all conditions. There are no signs of wear in the form of scuffs and scratches on the skin. At levels of wear close to the maximum, the body of the machine is covered with a layer of patina and looks much darker.
M4A1-S | The Mecha Cannon is a Covert-quality skin and is available in a version with a StatTrak counter. The skin is part of the "Mechano Cannon" series.
M4A1-S | The Mecha Cannon became popular immediately after its appearance in the game and remains in demand today.
From 9.88$
M4A1-S | Player Two (M4A1-S | Player Two) was added to the game on March 31, 2020 as part of the Prisma 2 Collection released as part of the Clearing Out the Cobwebs update. The author of the skin is kadzor.
The skin is made in the style of manga. The entire body of the machine is decorated with multi-colored fragments of various patterns. The receiver is complemented by an image of the attacking GIGN counter-terrorist with a rifle in hand. The store depicts a dog's head with a protruding tongue. Silence, CSGO, I❤ Skins, Vanguard, as well as the speech bubble @ # $! Some small parts of the weapon are painted in solid black.
Float Value of the skin ranges from 0.00 to 0.84 which makes M4A1-S | Player Two available in all states. Slight abrasions are present on the black body parts already in Factory New condition. At levels of wear close to the maximum, the size and number of abrasions increase, and the skin darkens noticeably.
M4A1-S | Player Two belongs to the "Secret" quality skins and is available in a version with a StatTrak counter.
M4A1-S | Player Two became popular right after it appeared in the game and remains in demand today.
M4A1-S | Crystal (M4A1-S | Leaded Glass) appeared in the workshop on September 9, 2017 and was added to the game on September 14 as part of the Spectrum 2 collection released as part of the China update, are you ready? The author of the skin is de puiseau.
The entire body of the machine, except for the forend, is covered with images of glass fragments, made in different shades of yellow, blue and orange. The forend is dark brown.
Float Value of the skin ranges from 0.00 to 0.70, which makes M4A1-S | Crystal available in all conditions. There are no signs of wear in the form of scuffs and scratches on the skin. At levels of wear close to the maximum, the body of the machine is covered with a layer of patina and looks much darker.
M4A1-S | Crystal belongs to the "Classified" quality skins and is available in a version with a StatTrak counter.
M4A1-S | Crystal became popular immediately after its appearance in the game and remains in demand today.
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Pro-Life: A Fiercely Held Moderate Position
October 21, 2020 by Nathaniel
The Legal Status of Abortion, Revisited
I've talked to Terryl Givens a few times since his article on abortion for Public Square came out. Both of us are disappointed, but not at all surprised, by some of the reactions from fellow Latter-day Saints. I'll dive into one such response–a post from Sam Brunson at By Common Consent–but only after taking a minute to underscore the difference between an extreme position and a fiercely-held moderate position.
There's a reason why the first section in Terryl's piece is an explanation of the current legal status of abortion in the United States. Unlike many other developed nations, where abortion laws were gradually liberalized through democratic means, the democratic process in the United States was short-circuited by the Roe vs. Wade decision (along with Doe vs. Bolton). As Terryl explained, American abortion law since Roe is an extreme outlier: "America is one of very few countries in the world that permit abortion through the 9th month of pregnancy."
If the spectrum of possible abortion laws runs from "never and under no circumstances" to "always and under any circumstances," our present situation is very close to the "any circumstances" extreme.
In his rejoinder, Sam rightly points out that Roe is not the last word on the legality of abortion in the United States. Decades of laws and court cases–including return trips to the Supreme Court–have created an extremely complex legal landscape full of technicalities, ambiguities, and contradictions.
But the bottom line to the question of the legal status of abortion in the United States doesn't require sophisticated legal analysis if we can answer a much simpler set of questions instead. Is it true that there are a large number of late-term abortions in the United States that are elective (i.e. not medically necessary or the result of rape) and legal? That's the fundamental question, and it's one Terryl unambiguously asked and answered in his piece (with sources):
Current numbers are between 10,000 and 15,000 late-term abortions performed per year… "[M]ost late-term abortions are elective, done on healthy women with healthy fetuses, and for the same reasons given by women experiencing first-trimester abortions."
Thus, the key question of the current legal status of abortion in the United States is irrefutably answered. We live in a country where late-term, elective abortions are legal, and we're one of the only countries in the world with such a radical and extreme position.
This radical position is not at all popular with Americans, as countless polling demonstrates. Here's Gallup:
It is possible to quibble about whether the current regime is logically identical to "legal under any circumstances." No matter, the present state of abortion legality is so incredibly extreme that we can afford to be very generous in our analysis. Here are more detailed poll numbers:
American abortion law is more extreme than "legal under most circumstances" but even if we grant that we still find that combined support for the status quo is just 38% while the vast majority would prefer abortion laws stricter than what we have now. And stricter than what we can have, as long as the root of the tree (Roe) is left intact.
How Does A Radical, Unpopular Position Endure?
These opinions have been roughly stable, and so you might reasonably wonder: how is it possible for such an unpopular state of affairs to last for so long? One reason is structural. Because Roe short-circuited the democratic, legislative process the issue is largely out of the hands of (more responsive) state and federal legislatures. Individual states can, and have, passed laws to restrict abortion around the margins, but the kind of simple, "No abortion in the third trimester except for these narrow exceptions" law that they would accurately reflect popular sentiment would inevitably run up against Supreme Court where either the restriction or Roe would have to be ovturned.
As long as Roe is in place, it's impossible to limit abortion laws. And yet support for overturning Roe, perversely, is very low. Here's a recent NBC poll:
Here we have a contradiction. Most Americans want abortion to be limited to only a few, exceptional cases. But this is impossible without overturning Roe. And most Americans don't want to overturn Roe.
This is the fundamental contradiction that has perpetuated an extremist, unpopular abortion status quo for so long.
The most straightforward explanation is that Americans support Roe while at the same time supporting the kinds of laws that Roe precludes because they don't understand Roe. And this is where we get to the heart of the responses to Terryl's piece (and many, many more like his). The only way to convince Americans to support Roe (even though it goes counter to their actual preferences) is to convince them that Roe is the moderate position and that it is the pro-life side that is radical and extreme.
This involves two crucial myths:
Elective, late-term abortions do not take place, or only take place for exceptional reasons
The only alternative to Roe is a blanket ban on all abortions
If Americans understood that elective, late-term abortions are legal and do, in fact, take place in great numbers and if they understood that they only way to change this state of affairs would be to repeal Roe, then support for Roe would plummet. Thus, for those who wish to support the present situation, the agenda is clear: the status quo can only survive as long as the pro-life position is misrepresented as the extreme one.
The Violence of Abortion Protects Abortion
With tragic irony, the indefensibleness of elective abortion makes this task much easier. Abortion is an act of horrific violence against a tiny human being. It is impossible to contemplate this reality and not be traumatized. This is why pro-life activists suffer from burn-out.
It is not just pro-life activists who are traumatized by the violence of abortion, however. The most deeply traumatized are the ones most frequently and closely exposed to the violence of abortion: the abortionists themselves. This is what led Lisa Harris to write "Second Trimester Abortion Provision: Breaking the Silence and Changing the Discourse." She reports how the advent of second-trimester D&E abortions, which entail the manual dismemberment of the unborn human, led to profound psychological consequences for practitioners when they became common in the late 1970s:
As D&E became increasingly accepted as a superior means of accomplishing second trimester abortion… a small amount of research on provider perspectives on D&E resulted. Kaltreider et al found that some doctors who provided D&E had ''disquieting'' dreams and strong emotional reactions.
Hern found that D&E was ''qualitatively a different procedure – both medically and emotionally – than early abortion''. Many of his staff members reported: ''. . .serious emotional reactions that produced physiological symptoms, sleep disturbances (including disturbing dreams), effects on interpersonal relationships and moral anguish.''
This is the perspective from an abortionist, not some pro-life activist. In fact, Lisa describes performing an abortion herself while she was pregnant:
When I was a little over 18 weeks pregnant with my now pre-school child, I did a second trimester abortion for a patient who was also a little over 18 weeks pregnant. As I reviewed her chart I realised that I was more interested than usual in seeing the fetal parts when I was done, since they would so closely resemble those of my own fetus. I went about doing the procedure as usual, removed the laminaria I had placed earlier and confirmed I had adequate dilation. I used electrical suction to remove the amniotic fluid, picked up my forceps and began to remove the fetus in parts, as I always did. I felt lucky that this one was already in the breech position – it would make grasping small parts (legs and arms) a little easier. With my first pass of the forceps, I grasped an extremity and began to pull it down. I could see a small foot hanging from the teeth of my forceps. With a quick tug, I separated the leg. Precisely at that moment, I felt a kick – a fluttery ''thump, thump'' in my own uterus. It was one of the first times I felt fetal movement. There was a leg and foot in my forceps, and a ''thump, thump'' in my abdomen. Instantly, tears were streaming from my eyes – without me – meaning my conscious brain – even being aware of what was going on. I felt as if my response had come entirely from my body, bypassing my usual cognitive processing completely. A message seemed to travel from my hand and my uterus to my tear ducts. It was an overwhelming feeling – a brutally visceral response – heartfelt and unmediated by my training or my feminist pro-choice politics. It was one of the more raw moments in my life. Doing second trimester abortions did not get easier after my pregnancy; in fact, dealing with little infant parts of my born baby only made dealing with dismembered fetal parts sadder.
This is hard to read. Harder to witness. Harder still to perform. That's Lisa's point. "There is violence in abortion," she plainly states, and the point of her paper is that abortionists, like her, need support to psychologically withstand the trauma of perpetrating that violence on tiny human beings again and again and agin.
Thus, pro-lifers find themselves in a Catch-22 position. If we do nothing, or soft-peddle the true state of affairs, then the pro-choice myths remain uncontested, and misuided public opinion keeps Roe–and elective abortion at any point–safe.
But if we do describe the true nature of abortion then our audienc recoils in shock. Ordinary Americans living their ordinary lives are unprepared for the horror going on all around them, and they are overwhelmed. They desperately want this not to be true. They don't even want to think about it.
If you tell someone that your neighbor screams at his kids, they will be sad. If you say your neighbor hits his kids, they will urge you to call the police or contact social services. If you say your neighbor is murdering his children one by one and burying them in the backyard, they will probably stop talking to you and maybe even call the cops on you. Sometimes, the worse a problem is the harder it is to get anyone to look at it. That is the case with abortion.
Terryl's piece was a moderate position strongly argued. He is taking literally the most common position in America: that abortion should be illegal in all but a few circumstances (but that it should be legal in those circumstances). He never stated or even implied that other, ancillary efforts should not be tried (such as birth control).
Abortion is a large, complex issue and there are a lot of ambiguous and aspects to it. But not every single aspect is ambiguous. Some really are clear cut. Such as the fact that it should not be legal to get a late-term abortion for elective reasons. Virtually all Americans assent to this. Why, then, was Terryl's essay so utterly rejected by some fellow Latter-day Saints?
On Sam Brunson and Abortion
As I mentioned earlier, Sam's response to Terryl is the first extended one I've seen and is pretty representative of the kinds of arguments that are typical in response to pro-life positions. It is a great way to see the factors I've described above–the myth-protecting and the violence-denial–put into practice.
Terryl's piece includes this line in the first paragraph:
I taught in a private liberal arts college for three decades, where, as is typical in higher education, political views are as diverse as in the North Korean parliament.
This is what is colloquially referred to by most people as: "a joke," but Sam's response see it as an opening to impugn Terryl's motives:
Moreover, bringing up North Korea—an authoritarian dictatorship where dissent can lead to execution—strongly hints that he's creating a straw opponent, not engaging in good-faith discourse.
Is a humorous line at the expense of North Korea really a violation of "good-faith discourse"? Did he really not recognize that this line was written humorously? I suppose it's possible, since he seemed to think the BCC audience wouldn't know North Korea was an authoritarian dictatorship without being told. Also, he is a tax attorney.
Still, it seems awfully convenient to fail to recognize a joke in such a way that lets you invent some kind of nefarious, implied straw-man argument.
It almost seems like bad faith.
Facts and the Law
This is the section where the first of the two core objectives (defend the myths) is undertaken. Sam characterizes Terryl's piece as "deeply misleading" and specifically refers to "big [legal] problems," yet his rejoinder is curiously devoid of substance to validate these claims. For example:
And, in fact, just last week the Sixth Circuit upheld a Kentucky law requiring that abortion clinics have a hospital transfer agreement. So the idea that abortion regulation always fails in the courts is absolutely absurd.
So Terryl says elective abortions are generally legal at any time and the reply is, well those clinics that can provide the abortion at any time for any reason may be required to "have a hospital transfer agreement". In what way is this in any sense a refutation of the point at hand?
It's like I said, "buying a light bulb is generally legal at any time for any reason" and you said, "well, yeah, but hardware stores can be required to follow safety regulations."
… OK?
None of the legal analysis in this section gets to the core fact: are late-term abortions frequently conducted in the United States for elective reasons and are they legal? If that is the case, then no amount of legal analysis can obfuscate the bottom line: yes, abortions are legal for basically any reason at basically any time. There's room to quibble or qualify, but–so long as that central fact stands–not to fundamentally rebut the assertion.
Sam never even tries.
That's because, as we covered above, the facts are unimpeachable. Terryl's source is the Guttmacher Institute, which is the research arm of the nation's most prolific abortion provider. It's an objective fact that elective, late-term abortions are legal in the United States as a result of the legal and policy ecosystem descending from the Roe and Doe decisions. Instead of a strong rebuttal of this claim, as we were promised, all we get are glancing, irrelevancies.
Moral Repugnance
Having attempted to defend the myth that later-term abortions are illegal, in this section Sam turns to the next objective: leveraging the violence of abortion to deflect attention from the violence of abortion.
He begins by citing Terryl:
I am not personally opposed to abortion because of religious commitment or precept, because of some abstract principle of "the sanctity of life." I am personally opposed because my heart and mind, my basic core humanity revolts at the thought of a living sensate human being undergoing vivisection in the womb, being vacuum evacuated, subjected to a salt bath, or, in the "late-term" procedure, having its skull pierced and brain vacuumed out.
Then he presents his own pararaphse: "[Terryl] finds abortion physically disgusting and, at least partly in consequence of that disgust, finds it morally repugnant."
This is an egregious mischaracterization. I understand that the clause "at least partly" offers a kind of fig leaf so that Sam can say–when pressed–that he's not actually substituting Terryl's moral revulsion for a mere gag reflex, but since the rest of the piece exclusively focuses on the straw-man version of Terryl's argument, that is in fact what he is doing, tenuous preemptive plausible deniability excuses notwithstanding.
To say that the horror of tiny arms and legs being ripped away from a little, living body is the same species of disgust as watching a gall bladder operation is an act of stunning moral deadness.
I understand that urge to look away from abortion. I wish I had never heard of it. And, as we covered above, even a staunch pro-choice feminist and abortionist like Lisa not only admits that abortion is intrinsically violent, but insists that this violence causes a psychological trauma that merits sympathy and support for abortionists who subject themselves to it. She is not the only one, by the way. Another paper, Dangertalk: Voices of abortion providers, includes many additional examples of the way that abortionists frankly discuss abortion in terms of violence, killing, and war when they are away from public view. "It's like a slaughterhouse–it's like–line 'em up and kill 'em and then go on to the next one — I feel like that sometimes," said one. "[Abortion work] feels like being in a war," said another, "I think about what soldiers feel like when they kill."
Given this, Sam's substitution from moral revulsion at an act of violence to physical revulsion at blood and guts is unmasked for what it truly is: a deflection. Abortion is very, very hard to look at. And that's convenient for pro-choicers, because they don't want you to see it.
The reset of this section is largely a continuation of the deflection.
"Why no support for, for example, free access to high-quality contraception?"
"[Y]ou know what I consider disgusting? Unnecessary maternal death."
"You know what else I consider morally repugnant? Racial inequality."
I do not wish to sound remotely dismissive of these entirely valid statements. Each of them is legitimate and worthy of consideration. Nothing in Terryl's piece or in my position contradicts any of them. Let us have high-quality contraception, high-quality maternal care, and a commitment to ending racial inequality.
But we do not have to stint on our dedication to any of those policies or causes to note that–separate and independent from these considerations–elective, late-term abortions are horrifically violent.
These are serious considerations, and they deserve to be treated as more than mere padding to create psychological distance from the trauma of abortion. Just as women, too, deserve a better solution for the hardship of an unplanned pregnancy than abortion.
To the Latter-day Saints?
Sam writes that, "Although he claims to be making a Latter-day Saint defense of the unborn, his argumentation is almost entirely devoid of Latter-day Saint content." Here, at least, he is basically correct. Not that he's made some insightful observation, of course. He's just repeating Terryl's words from the prior quote: "I am not personally opposed to abortion because of religious commitment or precept."
In this section, which I find the least objectionable, Sam tries to carve out space for Latter-day Saints to be personally pro-life and publicly pro-choice, including a few half-hearted references to General Authorities and Latter-day Saint theology. I say "half-hearted" because I suspect Sam knows as well as I do that President Nelson and President Oaks, to name just two, have spoken forcefully and clearly in direct contradiction to Latter-day Saint attempts to find some kind of wiggle room around "free agency" or to view the lives of unborn human beings as anything less than equal with the lives of born human beings.
No one should countenance the legality of elective abortion at all, but Latter-day Saints especially so.
The Moral Imagination
In the final section, Sam circles back to the myth-defending. The first myth to defend is that elective, late-term abortions do not take place in the United States, which is just a detailed way of saying that the pro-choice side seeks to conceal the radicalism of our current laws.
The second myth to defend, which occupies this section, is the myth that any alternative to our current laws must be the truly extreme option.
So in this section we encounter new straw-men such as: "it's not worth pursuing other routes to reduce the prevalence of abortion." Terryl never says that, nothing in his article logically entails that, and I know he does not believe that. One can say, for example, "theft ought to be illegal" and also support anti-poverty measures, after-school programs, and free alarm systems to reduce theft. Much the same is true here: one can support banning elective abortion and support a whole range of additional policies to lower the demand for abortion.
Similarly, he writes that "I find abortion troubling as, I believe, most people do. But I also find a world without legal abortion troubling." That sounds modest and reasonable enough, but it's another straw-man. The Church, as he noted in the previous section, "has no issue with abortion" in exceptional cases. Neither does Terryl. So the issue is not "a world without legal abortion" because no one has argued for that position. The issue is "a world without legal elective abortion". Omitting that word is another great example of a straw-man argument.
By making it appear as though Terryl wishes to ban all abortions and refuses to consider any alternative policies to reduce abortions, Sam creates the impression that Terryl is the one with the radical proposal. Except, as I've noted, neither of those assertions is grounded in anything other than an attempt to preserve vital myths.
I echo what Terryl originally said: "I do not see reproductive rights and female autonomy as simple black and white issues." Abortion as a whole is very, very complicated issue legally, scientifically, and morally. There is ample room for nuanced discussion, policy compromise, and common ground.
But for us to have that kind of a conversation, we have to start with honesty. That means dispensing with the myths that American abortion law is moderate or that abortion is anything other than deeply and intrinsically violent. And it means allowing pro-lifers to speak for themselves, rather than substituting extremist views for their actual positions.
Because abortion is so horrific, pro-lifers face a tough, up-hill slog. But because it is so horrific, we can't abandon the calling. We will continue to seek out the best ways to boldly stand for the innocent who have no voice, to balance the competing and essential welfare needs of women with the right to life of unborn children, and to advance our modest positions as effectively as possible.
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2000s Beauty
Posted on October 11, 2016 October 12, 2016 by Allison Barbera
It's the last post of the Decades of Beauty series! It's cool that it only took me five years to finish it, right? That's not that long in the scheme of things. I mean, I covered nine decades in five years. That's actually quite impressive.
This post will cover beauty trends up through 2010. That decade is called the "aughts", which is a weird word. It sounds like something a person trying to be cool would say. Like "Bro, you remember that time in the aughts?" I personally prefer "the early 2000s" or "the previous decade."
Anything after 2010 is part of the decade we are in, so I can't write about that for another three years. Maybe I'll be on schedule for that post. Maybe.
Although I lived through it and started my career as a makeup artist during the previous decade, it is difficult to write about in a way because we are not far away removed from that decade to see all of what was cheesy, weird or trendy. Some of what became popular 10 or 15 years ago is still popular today. But other trends–zig zag parts, anyone?–were short-lived enough to easily write about. So I'm gonna give this a go.
Ten years made a big difference in what was considered an attractive skin tone for Caucasian women. In the early 90s, pale skin was attractive. Even if foundation made your skin a little lighter, that was no big deal. By the early 2000s, tanning beds, self tanner and bronzer were mad popular. Bronzed beauties (that's the magazine world's term, not mine) like Jennifer Lopez and supermodel Gisele Bundchen were emulated. Self tanner and bronzer continued to get less orange-y and better formulated, which is a positive. But the rise of tanning beds/booths brought about "tanorexics," or people addicted to the tan they got from those machines. In the areas of the country I lived in between 2000-2010, there were tanning salons in every section of each city. Melanoma occurrences increased significantly between 1990 and 2010, which I think could be partly due to fake tanning. Those who were lucky enough to not get skin cancer from regular fake tanning almost certainly have some skin damage today. I am kicking myself for tanning in high school and college. I didn't do it regularly, but I've had five pre-cancerous moles removed in the last six years, and I think tanning booths/beds played some part in that.
Okay, off my soapbox. My point is that tanned skin became a desirable look in the early 2000s and is still part of the beauty world today. If it was out of fashion, there would be a much smaller self tanner market and spray tan techs would be struggling. I get it–I am one of those people who likes to (safely) look tan. I get a spray tan a couple times a year, and I'm a pretty regular Jergens Natural Glow user. I say it's because I think tan skin looks better with my coloring–dark eyes, hair and eyebrows–but maybe I'm more influenced by the tan trend that I thought.
For women of color, ten years made a huge difference in what was available for foundation shades. More lines developed shades that would match all skintones. Some lines, like IMAN Cosmetics, were specifically created for darker skin. There are still some companies today that need to catch the hell up and add some darker colors to their lines, but the options have definitely improved and continue to grow.
Mineral makeup became big around 2005 due to the success of the bareMinerals line by Bare Escentuals. It seemed like for a while there, everyone was swirling, tapping and buffing. I always ask clients what they normally use for foundation and although I still hear "bareMinerals," I hear it less than I did a few years ago. I think that's because women are getting less afraid of liquid foundation, as there are so many great ones now on the market. (Some gals have also gone down the BB or CC cream routes.) In the last decade, we said goodbye to the days of only full coverage, all pink-undertoned shades available.
The trendy eyebrow of 2000 was a lot thinner than the trendy eyebrow of 2010. It was fuller than the early 90s brow, but not quite Cara Delevingne level. One of the big differences between the brows of ten years ago and today is the level of brow powder or pencil used. Filling in brows wasn't a thing for the average woman in 2006, but as you may have noticed if you've ever been on Instagram, it's almost standard now.
Whatchu know about the smokey eye? This trend became extremely popular in 2007 and stuck around for several years. It was hands down the biggest request I got when I started working as a professional makeup artist in 2008. I still get the request, but now it's more like "Can you make my eye makeup a little smokey?" A true smokey eye is shades of eye makeup done on a gradient. So the darkest color is closest to the lashline and the colors used get lighter as you move towards the crease. (On the lower lashline, it's darker at the lashline with a lighter color or colors under that.) The smokey eye started in the 1920s, so this trend, like many others, is a recycle of something that's already been done. The difference between 2007's smokey eye and 1927's smokey eye was that a) There were many more eyeshadow colors and textures to choose from in 2007 and b) Brows weren't the thin, low, drawn-in brows of the Jazz Age, and brow style makes a huge difference in how a smokey eye looks.
Lashes started getting a lot of love (and sometimes, abuse) by the end of the early 2000s. False lashes have been around since the 1920s, but other than a resurgence in the mid 1960s had been mostly the domain of models and celebrities. I don't know the exact statistics on this, but I feel confident that false lash sales have increased dramatically since 2010. Lash extensions are also very popular and using Latisse to increase lash growth had its moment. New mascaras that promise the world come out every day, and the creation of new, supposedly groundbreaking mascara wands–many of them garbage–started around 2006. The desire for long, full lashes became so strong that cosmetic companies were using false lashes in their mascara ads and got called out on it. That is true false advertising. (Ohhhh! Killed it.) Companies now have to put disclaimers on ads saying the model is wearing "lash inserts." I think that happened because I bitched about it so much on Facebook and this blog…
Your lipgloss be poppin'? You know it was if you were under 35 between 2000-2010. The glossy lips trend gained traction in the late 90s and went strong up until the past few years. The trend now is matte lips, although I keep seeing runway trends of glossy lips trying to be a thing again. (It's all cyclical, folks.) Nude lips were also very popular during the previous decade, especially when paired with a smokey eye.
Acrylic nails, particularly with a French manicure, were the go-to look for nails up to about halfway through the previous decade. By 2010, 63% of nail salons were offering the new popular nail polish option–gel manicures. This type of polish, if you can even call it that, was invented in the 1980s but due to some product flaws and limited education on the service, faded out for 20 years. From what I can tell–and this could just be the part of the country I live in–gel manicures are now considerably more popular than acrylic nails. In the almost 40 weddings I have personally done this year, I have seen acrylic nails exactly twice. Everyone else has had gel manicures, which tells me this 2010 trend is still going strong.
What was hair looking like in the last decade? Up through 2005, chunky highlights, zig zag hair parts and two-toned hair–think Cristina Aguilera during her "Dirty" era–were big. Flat iron mania hit around 2008. The flat iron itself had existed for over 100 years, but with its ceramic plates and adjustable heat settings, the flat irons of the later part of the last decade were far superior to their predecessors. And so, flat ironed hair became popular. Smooth, sleek and shiny was the goal, and a good flat iron and the right products could deliver.
Hair extensions had been used on models and actresses forever, but during this decade, that secret came out and they became mainstream. African American women had been getting weaves (sewn or braided-in extensions) for years, but the hair extensions I'm referring to were mostly clip-in, glued-in or taped-in extensions. Extensions are still popular today. Just ask the legions of guys who have put their hands through their girl's hair and felt a clip, bead or tape.
While having a lot of hair on your head was a good thing during this decade, having hair elsewhere became undesirable to many. Chances are you never even heard of a Brazilian Wax–unless it's some type of candle I don't know about–before 2000. But starting around the beginning of this century, it became a common service offered by many salons and spa. Laser hair removal, which can be done on any body part, became popular. The majority of hair removal service clients are women, but some men have jumped on board too. Steve Carell's chest waxing scene in The 40 Year Old Virgin comes to mind…
Injectables like Botox, Juviderm and Restylane became mainstream in the middle of the last decade. Chemical peels and lasers that reduce pigmentation also grew in popularity. More dermatologists and estheticians came out with their own skincare lines and regular facials became more commonplace. A greater emphasis was placed on clear, youthful skin during this decade, and that has only increased in recent years.
There are a lot of other areas related areas I could get into–YouTube beauty tutorials, the creation of Instagram and its influence on the beauty industry, the effect of HD filming, the start of the extreme retouching era, etc.–but I suspect you've had enough.
I hope you've enjoyed this post and any of the other Decades posts you may have read. I love learning about the trends and backstories of those trends from different decades. But when it comes to trends, I say don't follow them because you feel you should. Choose products, looks and styles that best flatter and work with your features, skintone, coloring, hair type, etc. Looking and feeling your best will always be in style.
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NEWS ARCHIVES - ARTICLES Feature
Planeswalker Points Achievements and Badges Beta Launches!
Posted in Feature on August 2, 2012
By Dave Guskin
Why do we play games? I think it's primarily because we want to have fun and long-lasting experiences. That sense of long-lasting fun comes from learning the games' rules, competing within them, and eventually succeeding. Winning is just one way to succeed when you play a game. Any time we experience moments of discovery or accomplishment, that's success—and those moments stick with us and give us stories to tell long after the gaming session ends.
I'm going to talk today about a Beta program that we've launched for achievements in Planeswalker Points. Now, in addition to recognition of your participation and wins, you'll be able to receive acknowledgement of the "cool things" you do while playing. You can then share those fun experiences with the world as part of your Planeswalker Points Scorecard. You can see your Magic event history on the Planeswalker Points website—where you played and what you won—and that is also the best place to track all of the fun things you did at those events.
Gamers Gonna Game
Long before I started working at Wizards, I was a gamer. Working at Wizards hasn't exactly diminished that. What I have found, reflecting on the games I have liked and the ones I haven't, is that it's pretty bad when it feels like the game is beating you. You enter into a kind of agreement with a game—I will play by your rules, but in return, I'll have fun doing it. When that implicit contract is broken, it really sucks. This can happen in a number of ways, but it usually happens because you feel the game is preventing you from reaching the agreed-upon goal. Seriously, game—why you gotta be like that!?
Battletoads is an old classic on the original Nintendo, renowned for its insane difficulty. I never beat it, and I didn't really have fun with it beyond the fun of ranting at how unfair it was. (To be fair, ranting about unfairness can be fun, but it gets draining after a while.) Jetpack Joyride, a one-button arcade/survival game on iOS, is a great example of what I consider a "fixed" Battletoads—it's still very difficult (in fact, you can't win) but the game is structured such that there are a lot of small victories—the game becomes about those small victories instead of about raw winning.
Starcraft 2 is a great game of tactical combat, and there's a lot of fun to be had in just finding synergies among units and setting objectives for yourself and then beating them. However, if you are unwilling to shift to a Spike mindset, PvP multiplayer is going to be very frustrating. I know I had a lot of trouble having fun in multiplayer because of this; I like to go Johnny with my games, and that's not really what ranked play is about. Luckily, Starcraft 2 has a lot of built-in lower-level challenges you can tackle, including a really great single-player campaign and rewards for doing cool things.
I found that most digital games can maintain their challenge level and sidestep unfairness by giving you sub-goals. Maybe that main quest line is really hard... but you can spend time exploring and mastering other parts of the game, and be rewarded for them. This extends in a straightforward way to multiplayer, PvP games—fighting for the top rank in structured multiplayer play is a "high difficulty" main quest line. There's plenty of room to be awesome below being the very best.
If You Believe, You Can Achieve
Games these days reward this "awesome" factor with achievements, and there are a lot of activities achievements can track and reward –
Progress through the arc of a single-player game—Completed the game on nightmare mode!
Exploration of the bounds of activity in a game, like special game modes or alternative play patterns—Solved the hardest puzzle in puzzle mode!
Discovery of hidden aspects of a game, in a surprise-and-delight kind of way—Found the hidden world!
Mastery, especially in a multiplayer/metagame setting—Ten-win streak! Beat the puzzle in ten seconds!
...and of course, many more depending on the type of game you're playing.
The important thing to note is that only a handful of these kinds of activities are connected to winning the game itself. Winning already has a bunch of sweet rewards associated with it—both real (tournament awards and fame) and psychological (sense of accomplishment, vindication of ambition). But winning doesn't happen every time you play a game, and losing can color your memory of a fun game and make it seem less fun than it actually was. That's where achievements step in.
First, There Was Doing Stuff
Planeswalker Points is a great record of your activity from event to event. When you play, you earn points. As you earn points, you can reach certain thresholds that grant you Grand Prix byes, invites to World Magic Cup qualifiers, and more if you are eligible. Now you can also track your achievements as you play through the Achievements and Badges Beta.
Magic Prereleases use a form of proto-achievement. If you have attended a recent Prerelease, you might have seen personal achievement cards that have a few in-game scenarios you can collect and record as you play with the new set. This is half of the secret sauce—identification of "cool things" and a way to track them. It is lots of fun to let achievements guide you into cool moments—I know I have had a lot of fun high-fiving people at our employee Prereleases and trying to attack with a 20/20 exalted creature.
We blew this out a bit with Avacyn Restored's Prerelease and the Helvault. Players contributed to the activity of unlocking the Helvault by turning in filled-out achievement cards. This gave a meaningful next step once you had achieved "cool things"—it was connected to the rest of the experience, and gave a bit of closure to what is essentially a self-regulated activity.
Even this more sophisticated in-store achievements system was missing something: a way to shout from the rooftops "I DID IT." Planeswalker Points now has that built in with Facebook and Twitter sharing through the Achievements and Badges Beta.
Then There Was Sharing Stuff
When you play in your local store in events, you can get awards and qualifications to even bigger, more impressive events. Now you have a Scorecard you can share with your friends to show them the cool things you are doing.
This is the second ingredient for the secret sauce: a way to share your accomplishments. Individual events from your Planeswalker Points event history don't tell the whole story of what you've done. That's because when you get points or level up, it's not clear to your friends why you're awesome. When you win an event, you can share that, and that's sweet—but as we discussed, winning is kind of its own reward. As a game designer, I'm more concerned with players having fun when they aren't winning because winning is good in its own right. Planeswalker Points now gives us a way to show that you are awesome for doing cool things in addition to collecting points and leveling up.
Systems Are Go
So here is the full picture—we want a system that rewards players for doing cool things, not just winning, and we want them to be able to share the story of those accomplishments with their friends. Here's how we built that system:
When you play in events, we pay attention to a lot of things other than winning—cool formats, "sub-goal" accomplishments like Top 8s, long-term participation, and much more.
You receive achievements on the PWP site for these things.
You can then take the achievements you like the most and arrange them on your personal Scorecard, and let everyone know how awesome you are.
We hope this system will both allow players of all levels to enjoy playing the game (as opposed to just focus on winning at the expense of game play), and we hope that it will encourage existing players to stretch a little into exploring the bounds of Magic and maybe find more fun along the way.
Unlike PWP as a whole, achievements won't be retroactive. That means that you won't get achievements for your activity in the past, but you can start earning achievements right away.
When you visit the website and log in, you'll see there's a new Achievements Beta tab available. In addition, your home page has been augmented with a new achievements tracker.
When you earn new achievements, the badge you've earned will show up both on your home page and in the Achievements Beta tab. You'll also be able to adjust your Planeswalker Points Scorecard to personalize what achievements are displayed when you share it or another user visits your page. You can click on any badge for any achievement to see a full art treatment along with a description of how to earn it.
(One more aside before I walk through some of our initial launch achievements—I should note that one of the sweetest things about our game is the amazing art and graphical composition of our cards. Although it's not really part of my game-design sphere, I am very proud of our website designers—they have taken that amazing resource of Magic art and applied it to our achievements system on Planeswalker Points. No boring black-and-white icons here—we've got badass Angels and Dragons in full glorious color. Rawr!)
Our Beta achievements break down into three categories, organized by how they work.
Series Achievements: As Easy as Level 1-2-3
The first category of achievements we are releasing are series achievements. A series achievement is three levels of accomplishment, all centered around one kind of activity. They basically progress in easy-medium-hard, like you would expect. As you move through the levels of these achievements, your badge for it "levels up" and shows your highest level of success in this activity to date.
In addition to series achievements that show your progression through release events and FNMs, we have some that point toward exploration activities, because we think there's some fun to be had in those areas too:
Format Novice/Format Adept/Format Master rewards mastery of our sanctioned formats. Maybe you've sampled other formats, but you're mostly a Standard player. When that desire to try out new ways to play Magic hits you, you can begin your quest toward mastering all of the variety Magic has to offer.
Store Squire/Store Knight/Store Hero encourages you to attend your local game store on more nights of the week. Maybe you already go every Friday night for FNM, but did you know there is also a casual night that runs on [insert weeknight here]? And who could forget grab-bag drafts on [insert weekend day here]? It's (probably) true!
Cumulative Achievements: If At First You Succeed, Achieve, Achieve Again
Achievements are, at their heart, a record of the cool things you have done. The second category of achievements is cumulative achievements—you can earn more than one if you do the activity multiple times. We want you to be proud of your Magic accomplishments, and that includes being awesome in the same way over the course of many events. It takes a lot to compete in a Pro Tour, for example, and that accomplishment only gets more impressive as you do it again and again.
PTQ Top 8 is like a digital pin you collect and share as you journey on the road to the Pro Tour.
Unstoppable is the Magic metagame equivalent to "killing spree!" We want you to feel even more awesome when you go above and beyond a winning record into the realm of "basically unbeatable."
One-Shot Achievements: You Only Achieve Once
We don't want to lay out everything for all time in front of you from the start. Not only is that kind of brain-melting, but it also cuts out the fun of discovery: is there something you can do that very few other people have done? That's where our third category comes in—one-shot achievements can only be earned once, and remain hidden until you have done so. (You might learn about them from friends/celebrities who have earned them, or you might be surprised and delighted to earn one for a job well done!)
Spoilers:
Glory Seeker rewards newer players by marking their acclimation to Organized Play after their 100th sanctioned match.
Relentless Dedication is kind of a rollup achievement that marks your success in a number of areas. I'll keep the spoilers to a minimum by letting you discover on your own how to achieve it!
Achievement Unlocked!
Of course, this Beta launch of Planeswalker Points achievements is just the beginning. We have a bunch of plans in the works, including:
Really amazing, really all-encompassing update for Return to Ravnica.
New achievements with every new release, with some tied to the theme of that release, and some more generically cool things.
Eventual merging of "Prerelease achievements" and "Planeswalker Points achievements" into some sort of mega-super-hybrid achievement system (this one really excites me because it will allow us to reward in-game cool moments, again matching reward to fun).
If you haven't already signed up for Planeswalker Points, it's easy to do. Just attend a store event (might I suggest FNM or Magic Celebration?) and ask for a DCI membership card. Then go to the Planeswalker Points website and set up your account. For more information about Planeswalker Points and Achievements see the terms and conditions located at www.wizards.com/magic/planeswalkerpoints/Information#Terms.
Thanks for reading! I'm looking forward to seeing the sweet achievements you all collect. Keep the conversation going on twitter at #pwpts!
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The first 2018 JUST DILIJAN IT! summer programmes for children aged 9 – 16 is now over.
Participants in these programmes this year are invited to select from one of five areas: Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Nature & Technology, Leadership and Healthy Lifestyle & Sports. Together with the educators, the kids work on projects in their chosen area, and then present them to the public at the final event of the session.
The participants in the Performing Arts group shone on the stage, presenting a mix of a silent movie, a painting session and a theatrical performance. Theatre expert Greta Susceviciute worked literally day and night on the production: the day was spent with the kids while at night she was making the theatre space ready for the public – the lights in the Black Box concert hall didn't go out until three or four o'clock in the morning.
Another project was a genuine immersive performance based on "Romeo and Juliet". It took place across the entire UWC Dilijan campus – despite the pouring rain and thunder which took everyone unawares, the performance received an ovation from all the parents in attendance.
The experts in the Visual Arts group were impressed by how the children prepared for the final project: even those who didn't try so hard during the session turned into workaholics. As a result, the kids created unique handmade comics, based on characters and stories which they themselves came up with from their own experience. An exhibition of all their work was put on and presented to the guests on the final day of the session.
The Nature & Technology group is famous for presenting spectacular and vivid experiments, that at times prove breathtaking.
This year proved no exception. The participants carried out multiple studies of the ecology of the camp, such as chemical and bacteriological analyses of the water, air and soil, but also found an interesting way to present their work in the form of the Armenian symbol of eternity – the arevakhach. It is noteworthy that the sign itself was made of fabrics that the kids coloured with dyes extracted from plants growing around the camp. Everyone was also very impressed with the presentation of the study of some poisons of... grasshoppers!
The kids who chose the Leadership group staged a business conference in the school's Atrium. Over two sessions, more than 30 business plans for commercial and social initiatives aimed at the development of the sports, entertainment and educational infrastructure of the city of Dilijan were created. The nature of the projects varied: from the construction or improvement of schools in Dilijan to new businesses.
Worthy of a special mention is the social project about separated garbage collection conducted during the second session. All the collected plastic went straight to the Re-Apaga factory opened by UWC Dilijan alumni. Representatives from Dilijan Town Hall even came to the project presentation.
There were also ideas on improving the JUST DILIJAN IT! camp: one of the teams made recommendations to improve the food in the dining room, and the menu of the second session was altered in accordance with the project.
The kids in the Leadership group made documentary films on various topics. One of the highlights of the project was the tall tales of life at JDI! During the filming, the kids learned the art of storytelling, constructing a frame, and also had the wonderful opportunity to talk seriously about frivolous fictional things.
A short film about autism was also released, raising a very pressing and important question in our society, a problem requiring attention from both adults and children.
The participants of the Healthy Lifestyle & Sports group talked about how to build a daily routine, why we need regular physical activity, and even held a final physical training competition, of course, with the involvement of the parents.
In addition, there was a lively football game against a team from Dilijan. It was joined by participants from small to large, some in the role of players, others as fans.
And also, this past month there was an abundance of laughter, dancing, soulful conversations around the campfire, jumping into the pool, all in a circle of new friends who now will probably keep in touch for life.
Join us on Facebook and Instagram to keep abreast of the latest news in the English-language sessions that are now in full swing.


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The 10 Maps Of Exquisite Beauty And Elegance
During much of history, maps were designed as much for beauty and display as for accuracy. When maps were hand-drawn, they were difficult and expensive to produce, and ones designed for personal libraries were appropriately lavish to reflect their status as luxury items. Even in modern times, some map makers design their works to make a point. Others designed them for beauty, and sometimes a map designed for entirely practical purposes is also beautiful.
10. Planisphaerium Arateum Sive Compages Orbium Mundanorum Ex Hypothesi Aratea In Plano Expressa
Photo credit: Andreas Cellarius
The planisphere of Aratus, or the composition of the heavenly orbits following the hypothesis of Aratus expressed in a planar view, was designed by Andreas Cellarius and published in 1660 as part of his Harmonia Macrocosmica (harmony of the macrocosm). It shows a model of the universe according to the Greek astronomer and poet Aratus. It shows the Earth at the center of the universe, with the Sun, Moon, and other planets orbiting around it, and the signs of the zodiac orbiting around those.
The orbits are particularly graceful, and all the details are clear and precise. Every map in the Harmonia is stunningly beautiful, but this one combines some of the virtues of each.
9. The Cedid Atlas Tercumesi
Photo credit: Nikolaj Blegvad/The National Library of Norway
Selim III, then Sultan of the Ottoman empire, engaged in many reforms and modernizations during his reign, and this 1803 atlas was the first known complete printed atlas in the Muslim world to use European-style cartography. Only 50 copies were printed, and many of these were burned in a warehouse fire during a Janissary uprising of those opposed to Selim's reforms, so it is also one of the rarest printed atlases.
The lettering is remarkably well done, even by the high standards of the day. Each page was mounted on cloth, rather than paper, to make it more durable.
8. This Fantasy Map Of Sarkamand
Photo credit: Robert Altbauer
This map of a mighty capital in the desert, seat of the Padisha, was created in Photoshop and Illustrator by Robert Altbauer. The lettering style suggests Arabic, and the name references the extraordinarily beautiful city Samarkand, located in today's Uzbekistan.
The design of overlapping circles almost looks like photographs of cellular structures. Altbauer has designed maps for games, television, and fantasy novels.
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7. An Ancient Mappe Of Fairyland
Photo credit: Library of Congress
This map, created in 1918, depicts an island that shows the locations of dozens of myths, fairy tales, and folklore. The sources are mostly British, but there are also inspirations from Greek and German myths. You can see Oberon's kingdom from Midsummer Night's Dream, King Arthur's tomb, a mountain where rocs build their nests, Red Riding hood's cottage, Tom Thumb, Monsalvat (the land where the Holy Grail is guarded by the Grail Knights), and Ulysses's ship.
Sleigh was inspired by many of the artists of the Arts and Crafts movement, especially William Morris, and this shows in not just the subject matter but the delicacy of the colors. 1918 marked the end of World War I, so it's quite possible that for Sleigh and those who admired the map, this fantasy land in which even the more dangerous creatures, such as dragons, looked peaceful was a welcome escape.
6. Duke's Plan Of New York
Photo credit: British Library
1664 was the year the English captured New York from the Dutch. This map shows several of the original spellings from that time, including Hudson's River, Longe Isleland, and Mannados. The map was presented to James, the Duke of York, with the expectation that he would name the city after himself.
The design, copied from an earlier Dutch map, blends ornate elements, such as the decorative border and legend, with plenty of empty space depicting land and much of the water. The British ships, added to reinforce that the city became British territory, are drawn so delicately that they emphasize the empty space.
5. Cheonhado
Photo credit: Wikimedia
This map, created in Korea around 1800, is known as a Cheonhado. The term means "complete map of all under Heaven" and shows the mystical Mount Meru in the center. In Buddhist, Jain, and Hindu beliefs, Mount Meru is not just the physical but the spiritual center of the universe.
Other countries, with little regard for their relative sizes or geographical location, orbit China and Mount Meru.
4. Yongying County In China
Photo credit: Arthur William
This map was created in China sometime between 1734 and 1779 and shows the river systems of Yongying County in China. Unlike most Western maps, the south is at the top and the north at the bottom.
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It was painted on silk, and the labels were pasted on. The gentle curves and muted colors give the map a rather tranquil appearance.
3. Leo Belgicus
Photo credit: Famiano Strada
In 1583, Michael Aitzinger drew a map that depicted the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Belgium in the shape of a lion, inspired by the lions that were so common in the region's heraldry. He called it the Leo Belgicus, and it started a trend for mapmakers. The most famous version is by Claes Janszoon Visscher, from 1611.
2. Geological Investigation Of The Alluvial Valley Of The Lower Mississippi River
Photo credit: Harold Fisk
In 1944, Harold Norman Fisk, a geology professor, published this as part of a report for the Army Corps of Engineers. These maps of the changes of the Mississippi River over time look a bit like the undulations of muscle tissue, a bit like ribbon candy, and a bit like abstract art.
The research behind these maps is just as impressive as the maps themselves. Fisk and his team used approximately 16,000 soil samples from various locations around the river and compared them to aerial photographs to establish the old flow patterns.
1. Book Of Navigation
Photo credit: UW Green Bay
The Ottoman admiral Piri Reis designed many gorgeous maps, including the collection in his Book of Navigation, published in 1521. The maps show the delicate precision of Ottoman illuminated manuscripts, and the coloring of the land masses (which were far less important to Reis) has an almost playful note.
His first world map, published in 1513, includes both North and South America. Some people believe the section that shows the southern part of South America and the coast of Antarctica are so accurate that it proves humans explored Antarctica long before the historical record indicates. However, the map has enough mistakes (including an annotation that says the region is warm) to make it clear that the points that are accurate are far more likely due to good informed guesses based on Reis's topography skills.
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From February 10-14, the Maker's Asylum in Mumbai got together a hundred or so people for a Franco-Indian hackathon. Objective: find DIY and low-cost solutions to make disabled people's lives easier. Portraits.
Mahen Pitale (left) and Vinod Rawat (in the center) with one of their maker-biker buddies.
Hit by a truck when he was 6, Vinod Rawat lost his left leg. Equipped with a Jaipur Foot prosthesis since the age of 27, this sportsman is training for the Mumbai marathon, climbs the Maharashtra summits on a bicycle… And most importantly, rides a motorbike. "I first joined a MC (Moto Club, editor's note) but they rejected disabled people. With friends in the same situation as I, we decided to create our own club. We even went to Ladakh to help people after the earthquake!" Since its creation in 2010, his MC, the Convoy Control Club, welcomes more than 120 members, opened six chapters and takes part in numerous biker meetings such as the Rider Mania in Goa.
Survivor of the Mumbai train bombings in 2006, Mahen Pitale, lost his left forearm there. Thanks to the bionic hand prototype inspired by Nicolas Huchet's Bionicohand this other maker-biker from the club hopes to find heat and pressure sensations in order to help him maneuver his bike… or phone more easily when driving.
"We should all be more open to others," affirms Ankita Patil.
3rd year student in mechanical engineering at Mumbai university, Ankita Patil worked with Nicolas Huchet's team and his bionic hand project Bionico to develop a new socket prototype during the STEAM Fabrikarium. An alternative to prohibitively expensive prosthetic solutions offered on the market. Equipped with sensors and a battery, the prototype is already operational. "We model the socket in thermoplastic. The complete fabrication process takes us an hour," explains Ankita Patil who is focusing on the man-machine interface of the prosthesis. "In the end, we will be able to add anything we like," as demonstrated Nicolas Huchet with his "mosquito swatter" hand during the final presentation of the projects.
Neha Saigal, analyst of the program PMKVY.
Neha Saigal came to STEAM Fabrikarium as an "active observer". She knows a great deal about disability issues in India. Now an analyst at the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojna, a program from the National Skill Development Cooperation (NSDC) in Delhi, this former regional coordinator of Handicap International came to see how solutions imagined during the hackathon could be implemented, for example, in rural areas. "First, one would need to carry out a preliminary study to identify the true needs of rural India: must one head for the Bionicohand or go towards a version made from low-cost materials one could find even more easily in the countryside?", she asks herself.
Varun Heta and Sanjeev Ghosh, engineers at Autodesk.
Faisal Thakur in his bicycle store.
Mentor of the Fabrikarium for the Flying Wheelchair team—a wheelchair adapted for paragliding—Faisal Thakur is an expert cyclist. And an authentic activist for the cyclist cause in a megacity asphyxiated by vehicle traffic, totally out of control. This former BMX champion, passionate about customization, opened a store in Mumbai in the West Bandra district close to the coastline where he is developing is own brand of bicycles. He even equipped the Mumbai police with mountain bikes and works with the teams from the Indian Institute of Technology to refine his prototypes.
Abhijeet and Priya Thube, brother and sister from the Maker's Asylum.
At Maker's Asylum, we also work as a family. During the whole duration of the STEAM Fabrikarium, Abhijeet Thube and his sister Priya were very caring for the participants. He is a sound engineer and DJ in his spare time. Member of staff, he is in charge of logistics and operations. His mission? Ensure that the hackathon teams do not lack anything, from the material to connections including the organization of meals. As for Priya, she manages the events of the place. Artist and blogger, fan of fooding, she earned her first stripes in advertising. So, not too complicated to work as a family? "No problem, because my brother knows that I am the boss!", she burst out laughing.
Vaibhav Chhabra, founder of Maker's Asylum.
Difficult to talk about STEAM Fabrikarium without talking about Vaibhav Chhabra, great organizer of the event and founder of Maker's Asylum. Graduated from Boston university, this engineer in mechanics earned his first stripes at Eyenetra, a MIT Media Lab start-up that develops low-cost ophthalmological diagnosis tools on smartphone. But it was in 2015 that he devoted himself definitively to making with the creation of Maker's Asylum that had in time become the largest makerspace in Mumbai. Since then, Vaibhav Chhabra's agenda has been overloaded: signatures from partners left and right, inauguration of a second Maker's Asylum in Delhi, his native city, launch of the STEAM School then the Fabrikarium… "It's simply incredible to see what we managed to do in just three years!", he exclaims in front of a cheering public.


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Home » News » Auto » Automobile Sales in India Set to Plunge 45 Percent in Current Fiscal Due to Covid-19 Crisis
Automobile Sales in India Set to Plunge 45 Percent in Current Fiscal Due to Covid-19 Crisis
Last Updated: May 14, 2020, 21:11 IST
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The auto sector is already reeling, with sales of cars, SUVs, trucks and motorbikes falling 18% last fiscal year to 21.5 million vehicles due to economic slowdown.
India's automakers have warned that total automobile sales could fall as much as 45% in the current fiscal year in a worst-case scenario as economic growth slumps due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and they are seeking government help through the crisis.
The Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), an industry trade body, told government officials last week that if the economy contracts by 2% in the year starting April 1, sales of cars, trucks and motorbikes could decline by as much as 45% from a year before.
SIAM presented two more scenarios to the government: one where the economy grows by 2%-3%, which would lead to a 20% decline in auto sales, and a second where growth stagnates from last year, resulting in a 35% decline in sales.
The trade body represents most major automakers in India, including Maruti Suzuki, Tata Motors, Mahindra & Mahindra, Hero MotoCorp and the local units of Toyota Motor, Hyundai Motor, Ford and Volkswagen.
Global consultancy McKinsey & Co estimated in April that if India's lockdown was extended until mid-May, the economy could shrink by 2%-3% in the current fiscal year, while rating agency Moody's said on Friday the country could see 0% growth.
India's auto industry is already reeling, with sales of cars, SUVs, trucks and motorbikes falling 18% last fiscal year to 21.5 million vehicles due to an economic slowdown. The pandemic, which has seen businesses shuttered and people told to stay at home all over the world, is set to make things worse.
If the combined decline over two years is 40%-45%, it could push auto sales numbers to their lowest level in a decade, SIAM's president Rajan Wadhera told road transport ministry officials, according to the recording of a web conference they held last week.
During the meeting, auto industry executives sought tax cuts, a one-year delay in implementing certain safety and fuel efficiency regulations, and loans at low-interest rates to help the sector revive production and prevent layoffs until sales and revenues pick up.
"The biggest problem we are facing right now is cash flow liquidity," Mahindra & Mahindra managing director Pawan Goenka, a former president of SIAM, said during the meeting.
Nearly all automakers recorded zero domestic sales in April after the government imposed a nationwide lockdown on March 25 to control the spread of the coronavirus. Since May 4, it has allowed some economic activity to resume in places where there are zero or a few cases of people being infected.
While a handful of companies like Maruti and Hyundai either plan to or have restarted production, many automakers are still waiting for supply chain disruptions to settle and signs of demand to return before they start manufacturing.
(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed)
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'The Last Days of Judas Iscariot' T. Schreiber Studio & Theatre – New York
Betsy Kim
Tommy Buck (Soldier 2) and George Mouriadis (Soldier 1)
Photo Credits: Daniel Terna
The play provides interesting points to contemplate, packed with reinterpretations of Judeo-Christian traditions. However, outsized by its efforts in asking too many big questions, the play loses its focus.
Last Days of Judas Iscariot
Venue: T. Schreiber Studio & Theatre
Judas (Steven Carrieri) goes on trial in the very funny play, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot.
Filled with profane and obscene language, and people from a mix of centuries, the courtroom in purgatory resembles a back alley junkyard, with graffiti on metal shutters and garbage kicked to the corners. Mismatched furniture includes a bar stool for the defense attorney's chair and some kind of car or airplane seat for the witness stand. One after another, witnesses take the stand, similar to a line-up of stand-up comedians. Playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis's word of the Gospel tells a familiar story but in a new way, with a twist of gritty street language and 21st century one-liners.
Erica Lauren McLaughlin as Saint Monica
St. Monica (Erica Lauren McLaughlin) says, "Judas, how much you pay for that haircut? Thirty pieces of silver? Yo, Judas, why you so 'hung' up? C'mon, let's 'hang' out. C'mon, b*tch, go out on a limb! Wanna go to the Olive Garden restaurant? Whaddya say you and me go down to the bar and betray some mothahf*ckahs! I know you like betraying! How 'bout some supper, mothaf*ckah. C'mon, one last supper, whadday say?".
Guirgis's gift for creating comedy through puns and ridiculous scenarios sparkles. In the court of purgatory, Satan, who also goes by "Lou", (Stephen Alan Wilson) expresses annoyances at constantly being called as a witness: "I'm not some wind-up doll to be summoned and dismissed like a f*ckin' toy!" Satan also irritably complains that God has been poaching condemned souls from hell. He recognized some of them, now working as court security, hanging out by the vending machines in purgatory.
Eliud Kauffman as Yusef El-Fayoumy
Several talented actors artfully deliver Guirgis's witty and acerbic lines. In addition to Satan, a macho, sexist Pontius Pilate (Omar Bustamante), and a flattering, sycophantic prosecutor, Yusef El-Faymouy (Eliud Kauffman), give hilarious performances with natural comedic timing and flair.
However, the more than three-hour production is too long. Nineteen actors, playing 27 roles, are a bit excessive. Witnesses, including Mother Teresa, Sigmund Freud, Peter, Matthew, Simon, Mary Magdalene and Judas's mother, Henrietta Iscariot, have funny lines. Yet some scenes are superfluous to the story. It almost seems as if Guirgis just could not bear to eliminate some of the characters and dialogue. The production at times resembles Comedy Central interspersed with Saturday Night Live sketches, but with no option to change the channel.
Judas's defense attorney, Fabiana Aziza Cunningham (Adyana de la Torre), is part Irish and part Romanian gypsy. She argues Judas must be forgiven and allowed entrance into heaven. The prosecutor, El-Fayoumy, an Egyptian, argues that Judas having committed the one unforgivable sin of despair betrayed the Son of God. Both of Guirgis's parents have passed away. His mother was an Irish American, who met his father, an Egyptian while vacationing in Cairo. (See David Colman's June 10, 2011, The New York Times article, "Crosses That Bear the Past".) Guirgis's play Motherf*cker with the Hat received a 2011 Tony Award nomination for best play. This increased name recognition for this revival of The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, which originally premiered in 2005 at the Public Theatre.
The play takes on the large, religious and philosophical questions including the absence or presence of God, the morality of God, justice, remorse and forgiveness.
In cross-examining Satan, Cunningham challenges the inconsistencies in the Bible. She asks if God loves Judas but Judas languishes in damnation, does that mean God's love is conditional, thus false and unworthy? She asks, if human despair is so powerful so as to render God powerless over it, then is God not all-powerful? If the Book of Matthew says, "A good tree cannot bear bad fruit", and God created Satan, can Satan be all evil?
The play provides interesting points to contemplate, packed with reinterpretations of Judeo-Christian traditions. However, outsized by its efforts in asking too many big questions, the play loses its focus. Guirgis has no shortage of creative ideas, but his play could have a stronger impact, if he narrowed and organized his thoughts and questions in a more disciplined way.
Despite graphic language, the play reaffirms religious ideals. Judas is not only Judas but all of humanity, as all people are flawed and capable of betrayal in some form or another, especially in upholding our ideals, in their perfection. Judas speaks to anyone who has ever felt an absence of God or abandoned by God.
Jesus (Alexandra Turshen), a woman dressed in a white shirt and white jeans, remains in the courtroom throughout the trial. Jesus says that she is in Fallujah, in Darfur, and panhandling in New York City for change to get high. She is walking through the Rose Garden with George Bush and helping Donald Rumsfeld get a good night's sleep. She was in the cave with Osama and on the plane with Mohammed Atta. "And what I need you to believe is that if you hate who I love that you do not know me at all. And make no mistake, 'Who I Love' is every last one. I am every last one. People ask of me: Where are you? Where are you? Verily I ask of you to ask yourself: Where are you? Where are you, Judas?".
Guirgis forces the audience to ask where are they? Have you felt the despair in an absence of God? Or does this mean it is you who have left God (in whatever form may be your belief in divine spirituality)? If hell is defined as an absence of God, Guirgis reasserts a very traditional idea of free will in belief for determination of fate.
Even with its flaws of overambition, the play offers sharp jokes, and a mentally engaging opportunity to consider the world in different ways. An evening watching, for example, Two Broke Girls, Two and a Half Men and Mike & Malloy on TV instead, is a dull, bad joke by comparison.
Brendan Vickery (Matthias), Julie Szabo (Henrietta Iscariot), Bud Stafford (Judge Littlefield), Eliud Kauffman (Yusef El-Fayoumy) and Steven Carrieri (Judas Iscariot)
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot is playing at T. Schreiber Studio & Theatre, 151 W. 26th Street, New York, NY, through April 8, 2012. Tickets are $20, www.tschreiber.org or (866) 811-4111.
Last Days of Judas Iscariot Stephen Adly Guirgis


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import java.util.LinkedList;
import java.util.List;

import io.shardingsphere.core.parsing.antlr.sql.segment.SQLSegment;
import lombok.Getter;
import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;

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Kim Yong-jun (* 19. Juli 1983 in Pjöngjang) ist ein ehemaliger nordkoreanischer Fußballspieler und heutiger -trainer. Als Spieler absolvierte er über 60 Länderspiele für die nordkoreanische Nationalmannschaft und nahm mit dieser an der Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft 2010 teil. Er war von 2018 bis 2019 Cheftrainer der nordkoreanischen Nationalmannschaft.

Karriere

Spieler
Kim trat international überwiegend als Spieler der Sportgruppe Pjöngjang in Erscheinung. Zwischen 2006 und 2008 war Kim jedoch einer der wenigen in Nordkorea geborenen Spieler, denen es erlaubt war, im Ausland zu spielen. Zunächst spielte er 2006 und 2007 für den chinesischen Zweitligisten Yanbian FC. Anschließend kam er 2008 in China für den Erstligisten Chengdu Blades zu einigen Einsätzen. 2009 kehrte er nach Nordkorea zur Sportgruppe Pjöngjang zurück.

Kim gehört bereits seit 2001 zum Kader der nordkoreanischen Nationalmannschaft. 2002 gewann der Defensivakteur mit dem Team den King's Cup in Thailand, 2003 spielte er in mehreren Qualifikationsspielen zur Asienmeisterschaft 2004. 2005 wurde er im Qualifikationsturnier zur Ostasienmeisterschaft 2005 als Most Valuable Player ausgezeichnet, in der Finalrunde belegte er mit dem Team den dritten Rang; 2008 gehörte er ebenfalls zum Endrundenaufgebot. In der Qualifikation für die Ostasienmeisterschaft 2010 scheiterte er überraschend mit dem Nationalteam.

Nachdem Kim bereits in der Qualifikation zur WM 2006 zu elf Einsätzen gekommen war, gehörte er auch in der erfolgreichen Qualifikation für die Weltmeisterschaft 2010 zu den Stützpfeilern der Mannschaft. Bei der WM-Endrunde gehörte Kim ebenfalls zum Aufgebot, kam aber nur im zweiten Vorrundenspiel gegen Portugal (Endstand 0:7) zu einem 32-minütigen Einsatz.

Trainer
Noch während seiner Spielerkarriere betreute er mit der Sportgruppe Pjöngjang erstmals eine Mannschaft als Trainer. Nachdem er lange Zeit als Assistenztrainer nordkoreanischer Nachwuchsnationalmannschaften tätig war, übernahm er 2018 das Amt des Cheftrainers der A-Nationalmannschaft. Nach dem schlechten Abschneiden Nordkoreas bei der Fußball-Asienmeisterschaft 2019 wurde er jedoch nach dem Turnier wieder von seinen Aufgaben entbunden.

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Fußballnationalspieler (Nordkorea)
Fußballspieler (Chengdu Blades)
Teilnehmer an den Asienspielen (Nordkorea)
Teilnehmer an einer Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft (Nordkorea)
Fußballtrainer (Nordkorea)
Fußballnationaltrainer (Nordkorea)
Nordkoreaner
Geboren 1983
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The Net 25 tower is a free-standing lattice tower with triangular cross section used by Net 25 a Philippine television network based out of Quezon City. Built in the year 2000, the tower stands  tall.
It is currently the second tallest structure in the Philippines and one of the tallest lattice towers in the world. Its transmitter transmits the signals of Net 25 (DZEC-TV) & Eagle FM 95.5 (DWDM-FM).

See also
 Lattice tower
 List of tallest freestanding steel structures

References

External links
http://www.eaglebroadcasting.net/dzec/

Lattice towers
Towers completed in 2000
Broadcast transmitters
Buildings and structures in Quezon City
Transmitter sites in the Philippines


Have-Company is a shop on Division Avenue that is curated and owned by Marlee Grace Hanson. It's a local and handmade good store full of lifestyle magazines, handmade goods, textile work, fine art, herbal remedies and much much more! Have-Company has artist residencies. An artist residency is where you spend a week at Have-Company, working on your creations and then you teach a workshop. Have-Company also has a podcast where the current artist talk about what they're working on and how they became that type of artist along with their process.
I remember it being the "First Fridays" of the month and my friend Sarah Lewis and I went to Have-Company for the first time. First Friday's are the first Friday's of the summer months where Division Avenue becomes a large artist market. That day, it truly became my favorite store on earth. It was simply perfect! Pure Bliss!!
As you walk into this wonderful store, you're greeted by Marlee and then she asks about your day and how you're doing, striking a conversation like you've been friends since you were young . That's my favorite thing about Have-Company. Yes, I love the goods, but it's ambiance...Its like home. Marlee has made the shop so welcoming. It's warm and cozy and you're welcomed with open arms. This shop has certainly helped me find myself. It has inspired me to become a creator myself. Using a mixture of things in my printmaking work such as textiles, yarn, flowers...etc. It was also where I got my first issues of Kinfolk and Hello Mr; another milestone in finding myself. Whenever I'm in Grand Rapids it's vital that I make my trip over to Have-Company and spend as much of my time as I can. When you visit this store you truly get inspired not just by the work of the artist, but the artists themselves. Let's give a LARGE THANK YOU to Marlee for opening a great shop who has brought creators together.


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Q: Implement a role and authorization concept with Wolkenkit? I recently started working with Wolkenkit and I was wondering if there is a possibility of implementing some sort of role concept yet?
I already found Wolkenkit: ACLs for authorization and user roles which is already quite interesting, and gives me a first idea on how to solve that, but at the same time it is not exactly what I need.
In my Use-Case I need a dynamic role concept which can be changed at any time in order to grant and revoke access to certain parts of my application.
Ideally it would be a mechanism that allows me to associate commands and events with multiple roles at run-time. Are there any new approaches on this topic or any examples where this is already done?
Thanks for the help in advance.

A: The authorization concept of wolkenkit is based on tokens.
Hence, the simplest thing to do is to have the identity provider add claims for roles, as described in ACLs for authorization and user roles (which is the article you already linked to). This works out of the box, and you do not have to provide and special logic to your wolkenkit applications except to read the token and evaluate its claims. However, this is only suited for static role models, as you'd need to change the identity provider's configuration every time a role assignment changes.
If you require a more dynamic approach, right now unfortunately you are left to your own devices. What you could do is to add a property to your aggregate that contains an array of roles (or user IDs) that you want to be able to access the aggregate. Then, in each command, you would need to check the current user against this array. But still, this means that you have predefined roles, you just could allow or restrict access to aggregate at runtime for specific roles.
If you require an even more dynamic approach, such as making up roles ad-hoc, e.g. to share data with a group that you just want to create at hand, you end up with what we call group-based authorization. Right now, there is no support for this, and AFAIK nobody has yet implemented something like that. Support for this is on the wolkenkit roadmap, but right now unfortunately there is no ETA available (maybe this is something you could contribute to wolkenkit?).
Either way, you need to make sure that your identity provider is configured correctly and wolkenkit is setup accordingly, as described in wolkenkit redirects to Auth0 even when user is logged in.
Disclaimer: I'm one of the core developers of wolkenkit, working at the native web (the company behind wolkenkit), so please take my answer with a grain of salt.

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Yet again my constituency neighbour, Peter Hain claims that the Barnett formula has only this year started to disadvantage Wales, and that his party were right not to reform it during their 13 years in power at Westminster.
The graph below, copied from the independent Holtham Commission, clearly indicates that Labour's position is completely at odds with the facts. The graph indicates that there has been a progressive decline in the Welsh block grant since around 1999.
Labour really haven't got much credibility on this issue, and the fact that the position of the party in Wales seems to completely contrast their London bosses on the need for reform does little to fill anyone with confidence.
Rather than peddling myths, Labour would be better off admitting they were wrong over Barnett during their years in power at UK level and provide a clear statement from their London Leadership that they have actually changed position on this vital issue.


Training was in the struggle, preparation in the tears.
Enemy throwing heat, but sorry you never had me.
So this what I'll do, stand in the gap cause I know how you do. i'll pray for you.
And I am bout to lose my mind!


Prior to joining Seacurus in 2013, Angus worked for a shipbroking firm specialising in the oil, gas, and renewable energy sectors. He gained valuable experience of the offshore sector and developed his technical knowledge of the industry. Since joining the team, Angus taken over the management of the Marine Kidnap & Ransom, Hull War and CrewSEACURE books of business. He holds a First Class Honours Degree in Business with Marketing from Northumbria University.
Patrick graduated from Newcastle University in 2014 with a BSc (Hons) in Agri-Business Management. He then worked for an energy and marine insurance broker for around 2 years as an assistant account manager where he gained experience in various marine lines. He also spent time with several underwriters and brokers giving him an understanding of the London market.
Following a decade as a navigation officer in the merchant navy, Steven Jones graduated from Liverpool John Moores University with a BSc (Hons) in Maritime Studies before moving into fraud investigations and maritime security. He has worked within the Risk Management department of a leading International Group P&I Club and advised a number of high profile shipping companies and organisations on risk and security.


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