There are about 180 internationally recognized currencies circulating presently, ranging from the Burmese kyat to the Samoan tala. Just like the regular currency, there are a number of cryptocurrencies too. Bitcoinbeing thefirst, gets all the publicity, but with time now it has a lot of aspiring alternatives. Litecoin (LTC) being one of them. It is the third-largest cryptocurrency existing today after bitcoin and XRP. Just like its contemporaries, LTCs also functions as a mode ofthe online payment system. It can be used to transfer currencies to one another.
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of the device via a local network attack is possible.
product or service which is created or offered by using this oscilloscope.
Therefore, all procedures which are executed with this device are untrustworthy.
authentication which enables everyone to change settings on the oscilloscope.
to be vulnerable to various publicly known security issues.
the portmapper. The default ports are "5024" and "5025".
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City Of Poughkeepsie » Press Release » City Receives $75,000 Grant for Improvements to College Hill Park
City Receives $75,000 Grant for Improvements to College Hill Park
Posted September 14th, 2018 — Filed under Press Release
Mayor Rob Rolison announced today that the Hudson River Valley Greenway has awarded the City of Poughkeepsie $75,000 for improvements and a trail connection at College Hill Park. The city is partnering with the Revive College Hill Park Coalition to construct a trail that leads from the Dutchess County Rail Trail to the Reservoir Walk at College Hill, a historic path that circles the city's original Victorian-era reservoir. Signage and bike racks will also be installed along the new trail connection. Once completed, the project will enable users to access College Hill Park from the Walkway-over-the Hudson via the Dutchess County Rail Trail, reactivating the park as a source of outdoor recreation and neighborhood pride.
Interim Economic Development Director Paul Calogerakis said, "The administration, along with Councilwoman Yvonne Flowers (D-5th Ward), has been working closely with the Revive College Hill Park Coalition to identify critical improvements needed to College Hill Park. A connection with the Dutchess County Rail Trail has long been sought as a means of opening up College Hill to current residents and new visitors who may not be as familiar with the park. Now people will be able to more easily access College Hill and enjoy all that the park has to offer."
City Administrator Marc Nelson said, "This is particularly exciting because of how this project fits with our upcoming parks improvement plan, and with work already underway at College Hill Park. Mayor Rolison and the entire team at City Hall are committed to making Poughkeepsie's park system second to none, and the connection of the Rail Trail with the park will prove to be another high-water mark in its already storied history."
Hudson River Valley Greenway is a state agency created to advance New York's commitment to preserving and enhancing the scenic, natural, historic, cultural and recreational resources of the Hudson Valley. College Hill Park, located in the Fifth Ward, is the largest park in the city. Construction of the trail connection is expected to begin in Spring 2019 and be completed by Summer 2019.

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The guidance document describes the required and recommended information to include about planned evaluations in the Evaluation Plan of the Mission-Wide Performance Management Plan (PMP). The document also includes sample templates for managing the PMP evaluation plan and an evaluation schedule.
In addition, please refer to the PDF version of the instructions and templates. Excel and googlesheet versions are available on ProgramNet (for USAID staff).
These resources are part of the Evaluation Toolkit. The resources and templates are to be primarily used by USAID staff.


The Bae sisters are keen on keeping manufacturing in Los Angeles. The Baes — Elizabeth and Claudia — come from a family already in the business. Their parents own a factory in Los Angeles and the two quietly began working on their denim line, 1denim, in May 2015, more recently unveiling it to the public with a store at Caruso Affiliated's Americana at Brand in Glendale and an online store. Wholesale will eventually be in the cards as well.
The choice for the company's first real estate move at Americana is an interesting one but provides insight into how it's positioning itself in the future.
The 1,200-square-foot store, which bowed under the radar last month, has been doing well, the Baes reported. The majority, about 90 percent of people who try product on in store make an actual purchase, according to Elizabeth. The store also benefits from a good amount of walk-in business and boasts its own coffee bar and sells gourmet chocolates from Santa Barbara.
The two plan on opening additional brick-and-mortar locations and are eyeing a potential location in Orange County. It's a market similar to Glendale in that it's a more suburban setting that would garner a diverse customer mix, according to Elizabeth. She added the store could open as early as the first part of 2017.
The goal, Claudia added, would be to open as many as 10 stores next year, with a sprinkling in California and then other parts of the country.
Pricing on the women's side starts at $89 and can go up to $130 for a jacket, while men's starts at $99 and runs up to about $140.
A look at the 1denim store and some of its jeans, which start at $89 for women and $99 for men.
The company's also now building a sales team to develop a wholesale business, Elizabeth said. With small margins, finding the right retail partners will be key, her sister added.
The factory, located in Los Angeles with a workforce of about 300, is owned by the Baes' parents who have been running a private label business for more than 26 years and helped fund their daughters' business. The two sisters cited the rising labor costs that have made it a challenge to continue manufacturing domestically as a good chunk of production moves to Mexico or Vietnam. It's that shift that motivated the two to create their own brand and continue manufacturing in the city and it's also what gives them a leg up on the competition.


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Jeffrey Blitz, Rocket Science
There were a number of teen angst movies this past year — Eagle vs. Shark, Superbad — but the one I thought brought the most originality to a very watered down genre was Jeffrey Blitz's Rocket Science, and seeing it again just reaffirms my belief. Armed with great writing, a humorous yet sensitive performance by the talented Reece Daniel Thompson as the film's unorthodox lead Hal Hefner, and an amazing score by Clem Snide frontman Eef Barzelay, the film is a smart and funny look at the awkward high school years.
The film begins with ace debater Ben (Nicholas D'Agosto) cruising to win the New Jersey state championship when he abruptly stops in mid-sentence, crushing the dreams of his teammate/girlfriend, Ginny (Anna Kendrick). Across town things also go silent at the Hefner household as Hal's father walks out on them. These two separate incidents starts Hal's journey to young adulthood, and finding his own voice.
And Hal needs a voice. Along with being unpopular, he has a stutter which makes it hard for him to order what he wants for lunch let alone joining the debate team, which he does after Ginny offers him a chance to join the team. Hal builds up the nerve to do it, mostly because he wants to get in her pants.
Ginny shows Hal the ropes of debating leading up to them teaming up at a regional tournament. This is where the film takes off as Hal realizes he's been duped by Ginny as she transfers to a rival school leaving Hal to fend for himself and leading to a hilarious scene where he tries to speak in an accent to overcome his stutter at the tournament. Later he gets drunk and bikes to Ginny's house looking for payback while Clem Snide plays in the background. Once the haze lifts Hal realizes the only way to get back at Ginny is to team up with Ben to win states.
Blitz, whose previous film was the popular doc Spellbound, creates a well polished narrative, filled with witty dialogue. But it's the performance by Thompson, who's pretty much in every scene, that makes the film work.
With only a making-of featurette and Barzel music video for "I Love The Unknown," there isn't much to the features. HBO Video releases the DVD tomorrow for $27.95.
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The analog signal output from the sonar should have a 1 nF capacitor to protect from static discharges according to the manufacturer Talon. When I received the sonar, I used a 1 µF capacitor by mistake, that is 1000 times to big.
As a result of this the signal is basically integrated as seen in the picture (The vertical edge "A" should have been one peak and "B" another).
The sonar rings like a bell, and I thought that when the listening was turned on (at "A") it was still outputting sound, and when the first echo comes back it was superimposed on the still ringing sonar (at "B"). (See also Figure 3.3 for how I explained the looks of the signal.) So I differentiated the signal digitally to find the edges (Figure 3.4). And the signal became quite usable anyway.
I didn't figure this mistake out until 2 years after the report was handed in.


May 16, 2016 Welcome to the eighth edition of the PwC Indonesia "Mining in .. the restrictions on the ownership of KP licences to Indonesian nationals the.
"Welcome to the ninth edition of the PwC Indonesias "Mining in Indonesia: Investment and Taxation being dealt with include foreign ownership restrictions,.
Feb 28, 2017 Indonesia wants changes to the mining company Freeport-McMoRans business. It also wants a majority ownership share to go to Indonesians.
Aug 9, 2017 The world-class Tujuh Bukit copper-gold mine in Indonesia, Intrepid Mines in 2012, is likely to return to the ASX under new ownership.
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South Kalimantan, Indonesia secured the long-term operational contract for the Senakin Coal Mine in South Kalimantan in 2000 with mine owners Arutmin.
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In most cases, individual shareholders or members of a corporation are exempt from personal liability for the debts and obligations of the corporation.
The three main differences between for-profit and not-for-profit corporations are (1) not-for-profit corporations are without share capital and have members rather than shareholders, (2) in a not-for-profit corporation, the members are prohibited from receiving any pecuniary gain, and (3) not-for-profit corporations are established for purposes other than gain for their members. The purpose for establishing the corporation is set out in the Articles of Incorporation under the section called 'objects.' A not-for-profit corporation can have either charitable objects or non-charitable objects.
In Ontario, not-for-profit corporations are incorporated by filing Articles of Incorporation. The Articles of Incorporation may be withheld when incorporation is considered not to be in the public interest.
As with any other type of corporation, a not-for-profit corporation must have by-laws which provide the framework for democratic decision-making and which set out the rules of how the business of the corporation will be conducted. The by-laws also set out the rights and obligations of the members of the corporation.
If a not-for-profit corporation is incorporated federally, under the Canada Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, it will also be incorporated using Articles of Incorporation. Not-for-profit corporations incorporated under previous federal laws will have to file a "certificate of continuance" to avoid dissolution. The new federal Act adds a new set of modernized and flexible rules for creating, organizing and maintaining a not-for-profit company in Canada.
For more information, visit Corporations Canada, part of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada.
The affairs of a not-for-profit corporation are managed by a board of at least three directors. Directors must be or become members of the corporation, must be at least 18 years of age, and cannot be an undischarged bankrupt. The people named as the first directors in the Articles of Incorporation of the corporation remain the directors of the corporation until they are replaced by the same number of other people appointed or elected in their place. The directors of a not-for-profit corporation are elected by its members. In turn, the directors must elect a president from among themselves. The directors must also appoint a secretary and may appoint vice-presidents and other officers, all of whom do not need to be directors. The appointment, remuneration, functions, duties and removal of officers of the corporation are governed by its by-laws.
In addition to directors and officers, every not-for-profit corporation must have members. Each member who signs the application for incorporation becomes a member as of the date of incorporation. Although there is no limit on the number of members of a not-for-profit corporation, there must not be fewer than three. After incorporation, others may be admitted to membership by the directors.
Membership in a not-for-profit corporation is generally not transferable and therefore ceases to exist upon the death or resignation of a member. There may be more than one class of membership and members may be natural persons, corporations or unincorporated associations. However, a not-for-profit corporation is not allowed to pay dividends to its members and no member can receive any profit or gain from the corporation because it must be carried on without the purpose of gain for its members. Any profits must be used in the promotion of the objects of the corporation as set out in its Articles of Incorporation.
To properly and legally run a not-for-profit corporation, an auditor must be appointed by its members every year, and certain records must be kept. These include proper books of account and accounting records with respect to all financial and other transactions of the corporation, books containing minutes of all meetings of members and directors, and registers of the members and directors. These records must be kept at the head office of the corporation and are to be available during normal business hours for inspection by the directors.
For more information about forming a not-for-profit in Ontario, visit ontario.ca. For information on the differences between a registered charity and a non-profit organization (NPO) and the tax implications, view Canada Revenue Agency's Canada Income Tax Guide to the Non-Profit Organization (NPO).


Security Systems, like all technology, are continually evolving and so, where appropriate, we will advise customers to take advantage of the latest available benefits and upgrades. Surprisingly there are still a few VCR Systems that we still come across in our surveys. The approach 'if it works don't fix it' is unfortunately only found to be inappropriate after the event!
Early DVRs only normally provide around 25% of the definition available on a good quality current DVR!
Recordings are fine for viewing after the event but if prevention by pro-active response is preferable – have you considered 'Off Site Monitoring'? Imagine an On Site Electronic Security Guard – at a fraction of the cost of full Manguarding! This option is Active Crime Prevention.


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Poulallé, parfois appelé Foulalli, est une localité située dans le département de Pissila de la province du Sanmatenga dans la région Centre-Nord au Burkina Faso.

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Poulallé se trouve à  au sud-ouest du centre de Pissila, le chef-lieu du département, et à environ  à l'ouest de Kaya, la capitale régionale. Le village est à  au sud de la route nationale 3, axe majeur du pays reliant à Tougouri à Kaya.

Histoire

Économie

L'activité du village est essentiellement agro-pastorale (le village possède une banque de céréale) mais Poulallé possède également un marché notable pour les échanges commerciaux.

Éducation et santé

Poulallé accueille un centre de santé et de promotion sociale (CSPS) tandis que le centre hospitalier régional (CHR) se trouve à Kaya.

Le village possède une école primaire publique ainsi qu'un collège d'enseignement général (CEG) accueille environ 150 élèves en 2018 tandis que le lycée départemental est à Pissila.

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TransUnion, which shares the title as one of the big three credit-reporting firms with Equifax and Experian, opened trading on the New York Stock Exchange Thursday June 25th up at $24.62, 9.4% above its initial public offering price of $22.50. It's stayed pretty steady ever since, trading at $24.66 in recent trading.
It was not the credit-reporting company's first attempt to publicly list its shares. In 2011, TransUnion launched an IPO, but its stock never made it to the public market. Instead, Advent International and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. private-equity unit acquired TransUnion.
According to investors who spoke to bank analysts or salespeople about TransUnion's IPO, projections for the firm's earnings in 2017 are about $1.19 a share. That would give TransUnion a price-to-earnings multiple of about 19 at is IPO price. This is below the price-to-earnings multiples of Experian and Equifax, which are currently trading at 25 times and 33 times the past 12 months of earnings, respectively, according to FactSet.
The deal was led by Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Bank of America Corp. and Deutsche Bank and raised about $665 million by selling 29.5 million shares.


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"Oozes love Flamenco. Don't ask."
Gold: Unlocked at Rogue Level 57.
"With the help of his trusty sidekick Dreadscale, the giant jormungar Acidmaw is ready to face any knight!"
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Home News Watch Team USA Play In Final Game of Pool Play – NBC Los Angeles
Watch Team USA Play In Final Game of Pool Play – NBC Los Angeles
After a rough start in Tokyo, the U.S. men's basketball team is hoping to end the preliminary round on a strong note.
After a dominant victory over Iran and a 7-point loss against France, the United States is hoping to break the .500 mark in the final game of pool play.
A win would all but secure their place in the knockout stage, where eight of the top-12 teams advance. The only question in that scenario is seeding. A loss, however, would put that status in jeopardy, with a path forward still open.
While the Czech Republic — which has just one NBA player in the Chicago Bulls' Tomas Satoransky — beat Iran by six points, they then lost to France by 20.
To watch Team USA try to bolster their position, viewers can stream the game on Saturday, July 31 at 8 a.m. ET.
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Home Letters To The Editor Gambia: Ouza Jallow of Senegal should go read about the meaning of...
Gambia: Ouza Jallow of Senegal should go read about the meaning of Pan Africanist
Ouza Jallow of Senegal should go read about the meaning of Pan Africanist and Patriotic: "Yahya Jammeh does not deserve to be credited as a Great Pan Africanist and Patriotic Leader"
Mr. Editor, in the Daily Observer edition of April 18-22, 2016 the erstwhile Senegalese musician Ouza Jallow praised Yahya Jammeh as a great Pan Africanist and a Patriotic Leaser. Perhaps Ouza should open a dictionary and look up the meaning of a Pan Africanist and Patriotic leader before crediting these great phrases to Africa's most despotic President.
By definition "Pan-Africanism is an ideology and movement that encourages the solidarity of Africans worldwide. It is based on the belief that unity is vital to economic, social, and political progress and aims to "unify and uplift" people of African descent" (Pan-Africanism. n.d.). So clearly speaking a Pan-Africanist leader would be expected to promote all the ideals of Pan- Africanism. Ok, I think Ouza Jallow should go back and read along these definitions to have a firm understanding of the implications of his pronouncements.
Yahya Jammeh is far from being a Pan-Africanist and has never in his 20 years Presidency exhibited any ideals of a true Pan-African leader. Jammeh has failed the test of Pan-Africanism because he was at the forefront of attacking an African initiative that was meant to bring development within Africa. It was the same President Yahya Jammeh who attacked the NEPAD (The New Partnership for Africa's Development) initiative and called it "KNEEPAD". In his own words, Jammeh was quoted as saying "People are sick and tired of African beggars. Nobody will ever develop your country for you. I am not criticising NEPAD, but the way it was conceived to be dependent on begging." (Gambia and NEPAD. 2011 May 04).
He said NEPAD will never work. "You come up with a programme and depend on nothing but begging. I, Yahya Jammeh, will not kneel down before any man and beg. I will only kneel before God. Yes." i.d,.
Right, Jammeh said NEPAD was coined on the principles of begging and he said the African people need to put on their kneepads because he believed NEPAD will never work. How can a true Pan Africanist loathe an African initiative that was designed by African Heads of States for the benefit of the African continent? Well maybe Ouza Jallow's idea of Pan-Africanism.
Actually Yahya Jammeh does not even understand the ideals upon which the NEPAD initiative was founded. NEPAD came about as a result of a merger of the Millennium Partnership for the African Recovery Programme (MAP) and the Omega Plan for Africa and its main principles were poverty eradication, promote sustainable growth and development, African integration and promote empowerment of women. So all the bad comments Yahya Jammeh said about NEPAD were totally based on his lack of understanding of the current development issues facing the African continent.
What is even more nauseating about Ouza Jallow's statement is calling Yahya Jammeh a Patriotic leader. A President that goes on killing his own people or even locking them up and their whereabouts unknown cannot be patriotic. Ouza Jallow should tell us whether the things Yahya Jammeh does to the Gambian people happens in Senegal or not. How many Gambians have disappeared since Yahya Jammeh assumed power 20 years ago? Some families have even deserted the idea of ever knowing where their loved ones are because Yahya Jammeh's government has no answer for them. Is this Ouza Jallow's idea of a patriotic leader? Certainly Yahya Jammeh is the least patriotic of African Presidents. Where is the Pan Africanism in Yahya Jammeh? Ouza Jallow should answer these questions because the money Yahya Jammeh is showering on him belongs to the Gambian tax payer.
Written by Ebou Ngum. Everett Washington
Gambia and NEPAD. (2011, May 04). Retrieved from http://dailynews.gm/africa/gambia/article/gambia-and-nepad
Pan-Africanism. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan-Africanism
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Why You Should Calculate XP at Your Table
When I started running D&D for my friends out of my apartment, I tried to simplify the game as much as possible. The fewer things I had to think about, the more I could focus on the story, the players, and the rules I knew we couldn't play without. There was still a lot of looking up rules and referencing manuals back then, but not so much that it interrupted the flow of our fun. When considering what to ignore during my game prep, calculating experience was one of the first things to go. And rightly so! Math takes time: time we would rather spend playing. Having the party level up when certain story beats wrapped up or villains were defeated made a lot more sense.
Now that I've got a little more experience (pardon the pun) under my belt, I prefer to calculate XP for players at my table. I keep track of it on simple Excel documents I share with my players via Google Drive and other avenues. The calculations don't take much time, and I've found that I can encourage my players to be more engaged and prepared at the table by implementing a little system I developed.
A common complaint about XP is that level progression feels slower than earning levels when you reach milestones in the story. But when my players heard that they could potentially DOUBLE the XP they earned every session, that complaint vanished. And all they had to do to earn it was practice a little etiquette at the table. By simply observing a few good behaviors, they could potentially level up sooner than their friends! And the contest was on…
Here's how to use the system at your table. First, tally up the XP values listed in the stat blocks for all the monsters they defeated, as well as a percentage (I usually recommend half) of any encounters they avoided by good rolls or roleplay. Whether or not the players perceived the threat, make sure to award them the XP. The assassin disguised as the barmaid counts as an encounter even if she didn't get one of the party members alone. Be sure to award some extra XP for surviving, disarming, or avoiding traps as well. Also consider awarding a bonus amount of XP if a story milestone was reached. Add up the XP for all the Party's Accomplishments for the session and determine the total XP.
Whatever that number is, divide it evenly amongst the players who attended the session. Don't play favorites here! Everyone gets the same amount for making time to play on a regular basis. Players need to have those efforts rewarded just as much as their characters do. If you have 4 players in your party, divide the XP 4 ways. Each player's share of the total XP will henceforth be called the "base XP".
Now each individual player has a chance to MULTIPLY their XP based on their performance as a PLAYER. That's not to say their performance in an artistic, theatrical sense, but rather their habits and behaviors before and during the game. Each good player behavior multiplies the base XP by a certain amount, stacking with other multipliers granted by other good behaviors, culminating in a chance to DOUBLE the base XP value! The good player habits are as follows:
Attendance x 1.2
Players who are respectful of the dungeon master and their fellow players' time by showing up early or on time earn a 1.2 times multiplier to their base XP. I'm usually pretty generous with this one, allowing players who inform me ahead of time that they'll be running late to still earn this XP, so long as we did not have to waste any game time calling or texting trying to find out where they were.
Social Interaction x 1.2
I tend to run very social games, with lots of NPCs, side quests, and subplots. I spend a lot of time working on these elements for my players, so it delights me when they engage with them. I'm especially grateful when the party tries to use social leverage and subterfuge rather than relying on murder-hobo violence to solve their problems. Players whose characters regularly engage with NPCs, ask questions, and make an effort to discover more than meets the eye earn a 1.2 multiplier to their base XP.
Exploration x 1.15
If you've been running D&D long, you'll be familiar with the pain of having painstakingly designed an intricate dungeon just to have the party beeline to the end and walk back out the way they came, ignoring some fun elements you wished they'd have seen. I encourage my players to open closed doors, look for clues, seek out new NPCs, and hunt for treasure by awarding characters that consistently take such risks a 1.15 times multiplier to their XP.
Good Roleplay x 1.2
Nobody is forced to roleplay at my table. People are welcome to interact with the game only as much as they want to. Roleplaying takes effort, after all. But for those players who put in the effort to play their characters in a thoughtful, consistent manner, I offer a reward. Players who stay engaged and don't make us repeat ourselves, whose characters are able to use the names of NPCs and locations in our campaign, and interact with the other players' characters in meaningful ways can earn a 1.2 times multiplier at my table. (This is also the easiest way for a character to earn Inspiration from the DM!)
Keeping Up With Your Sheet x 1.15
Characters change a lot over the course of the campaign. They unlock new abilities, acquire new items, learn new spells, expend ammunition, and much more. It is a lot to keep up with, and no Dungeon Master can do it all for all their players. Consequently, players who keep their character progression, choices, spells, and inventory up-to-date earn extra XP for their characters, to the tune of a 1.15 times multiplier. My players use dndbeyond to keep track of their information these days, which makes things much easier on both them and me, but I'd award the same XP for managing a sheet on Roll20, Fantasy Grounds, or even good ol' pencil and paper.
Being Active Online
This one will vary depending on your group. My main group uses Discord to communicate with one another for scheduling, attendance, party decisions, and announcements concerning the game. Others use Facebook Messenger, text groups, online forums, or other mediums. However you communicate, it is important that the group stay active on that platform, not waiting til the last minute to participate in important decisions. Even if they don't feel the need to comment regularly, as many people have varying degrees of comfort with that sort of thing, I do reward those who stay abreast of the conversation and vote on time-sensitive matters like whether or not to skip a session. Players who stay connected can earn a 1.1 times multiplier to their base XP.
So let's say there were four players at my weekly game: Adam, Betty, Chad, and Dave. They earned 10,000 XP as a party by killing an Adult White Dragon. Divided four ways, each player ends the session with a base 2,500 XP.
Adam hadn't finished up levelling his character sheet before game time, and we had to spend the first few minutes of the session getting him squared away. No bonus for Keeping Up With His Sheet, but he was very attentive during the session, made dynamic decisions, and kept in contact with the group through the week, making my job easier. Since he earned merits in all other categories, he earns a bonus x1.85 multiplier to his base XP, making his new total 4,625 XP!
Betty and Chad are both always on time (easy, because we play at their place), always engaged in our discord chat, and are always eager to push the envelope when it comes to roleplay and exploration. They almost always earn the full x2 bonus each week, except under unusual circumstances. Both of them earn a full 5,000 XP!
Dave has fun playing D&D with us each week, but has a lot going on outside the game. He's taking online classes to get his degree, and his band takes up a lot of his free time. He likes to unwind and play with his friends, but it's hard for him to properly prepare and communicate his changing schedule. Even when he does get to play, he's usually late, and doesn't always have his sheet updated. Still, as the party's bard, he's always sure to be involved in the goings on in game. He still earns a x1.55 multiplier for Exploration, Good Roleplay, and Social Interaction. His total for the session is still 3,875!
These numbers aren't radically different over the course of just one game, but players will begin to see a definite lead forming for those who personify a considerate, prepared player over the course of a campaign. To catch up to them, players will begin to emulate those behaviors. Soon, a definite change will be felt at the table.
When I start a new campaign, I present this XP system to my players before the first session. We take the time to discuss each point and I answer questions they may have. I also promise them to be open about how I calculate the XP, showing my work and which multipliers were earned. I also make it clear that these multipliers are bonuses awarded for exemplary behavior. Everyone who shows up and participates will receive full XP for the session! These are simply rewards for the players who go above and beyond.
My players regularly check my spreadsheet to make sure they each received the full x2 multiplier. They come to my table on time, well-prepared, and eager to engage. I've remained consistent and open about how I've awarded the multipliers, and not one player has ever questioned or contested the amount of XP they earned. Often, if a player misses out on a fraction of the bonus XP, they strive even harder to earn it during the next session!
Below you'll find a copy of the XP system I send to my players before each campaign, and a sample spreadsheet similar to the ones I use to track XP in my games. I hope this system works for you as well as it works for us!
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Madrid Metro was inaugurated in 1919 by King Alfonso XIII. At that time, it comprised a single line with stops at the following stations: Cuatro Caminos, Ríos Rosas, Martínez Campos, Chamberí, Bilbao, Tribunal, Gran Vía and Sol. These stations are all operational today, except for Chamberí, which has been converted into a museum.
Madrid Metro was a resounding success during its first year of operation, carrying over 14 million users. That first line was 3.5 kilometres long and all eight stops were in the city centre.
In the decades that followed, Madrid Metro gradually expanded its coverage. Ferrovial Agroman completed many major engineering projects on Madrid Metro: it connected the Sol and Embajadores stations in 1934, completed the "Boulevard Line" in 1944, and built the section between Argüelles and Moncloa in 1963.
Those contracts helped strengthen our company's capacity. Since then, Ferrovial Agroman has built more than 150 kilometres of metro tunnels and developed stations and stops in Barcelona, Bilbao, Granada, Lisbon, Santiago de Chile and Valencia. Madrid Metro is currently the sixth-largest underground network in the world in terms of kilometres of line.
Infrastructure of this calibre requires regular maintenance. To this end, in the summer of 2013, Ferrovial Agroman was involved in several projects for Madrid Metro on the section between Tribunal and Bilbao stations.
Construction of this section began in 1900. The tunnels, built with granite masonry and adobe bricks, are 6.86 metres wide and 5.36 metres high; they are quite close to the surface and generally followed the line of the streets overhead. Trains measuring 2.3 metres wide and 3.34-3.52 metres high travel on this section. The average carriage length is 14.72 metres.
In view of these measurements and materials, it is impossible to use modern tunnel machinery. As a result, our team of 70 professionals worked in shifts around-the-clock on the projects to compensate for those practical limitations.
Our company was tasked with protecting the tracks, establishing overhead clearances, cleaning and repairing the tunnel lining, and waterproofing and adding structural support to this section of the Metro.
THE PROJECT IN 2013
What procedures did we follow to complete this project? First, in the Tribunal-Bilbao section of Madrid Metro, the track is laid on ballast and wooden ties. As a result, it necessary to cover the track and bed completely with fireproof tarps to prevent contamination of the ballast in the process of cleaning and applying shotcrete to the tunnel lining.
Once the track was covered, the entire section of tunnel was cleaned with water at high pressure; then the brickwork was repointed by hand to remove accumulated dust. The bricks, which are 5-10 cm thick, were scarified to eliminate surface deterioration produced by the passage of time, humidity and other causes.
This section of the tunnel is below the water table and a considerable amount water flows into the tunnel in certain places. To seal or channel these water flows, grout was injected into the tunnel walls and deep drains were installed to prevent entrainment of fine particles from creating cavities behind the brick or masonry lining of the tunnel. In areas where the entire cross-section of the tunnel was affected by water infiltration, waterproof backing was installed before the tunnel lining was reinforced.
The tunnel was reinforced by installing an electrowelded mesh, attached to both roof and walls with mechanical anchors (5 per square metre), over which a 10-cm layer of shotcrete was applied as the final finish.
Overhead clearance in tunnels dating from this period can be as little as 10 cm, so an exhaustive survey is required before reinforcing the ceiling to ensure no loss of headroom
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doing a flip-flop again. I`m not going to let him off the hook.
charity is to do our part to help others stand on their own.
from a guy who fires people on TV.
privilege to endorse Mitt Romney.
Klein, Sam Stein, Michael Eric Dyson, and Caroline Heldman.
And the backlash against the Susan G. Komen Foundation is exploding.
outraged, and she is here tonight.
miles apart from each other.
shared sacrifice, and how it`s rooted in his Christian faith.
much is given, much shall be required.
about in the last 24 hours, the poor.
to be the Republican nominee for president.
safety net there. If it needs repair, I`ll fix it.
I`m not concerned about the very rich. They`re doing just fine.
that message across the nation.
who told a Nevada newspaper to let the foreclosure process run its course.
Romney, famously said -- famously said let Detroit go bankrupt. Now, G.M.
is back on top and President Obama has a different message.
car company in the world.
on TV, supporting the guy who likes to be able to fire people.
things to continue to happen to this country that we all love.
So, Governor Romney, go out and get `em. You can do it.
in your life. This is one of them.
SCHULTZ: Yes? We just have to cherish the moment, don`t we?
President Obama`s campaign team was thrilled with the endorsement.
note saying, "in case you missed it".
a guy who is concerned about one thing, and that`s being very rich.
the next nominee, don`t you think?
Tonight`s question, which candidate is more concerned about the poor?
Welcome tonight, both of you. Appreciate you being here.
something that is similar to that, but quite acceptable for a long time."
very low end. It`s certainly not those at the very high end.
poor have a safety net, they`re taken care of.
percent. Those at the bottom are in dire need of help.
deal with the situation that is of utter necessity for those who are poor.
in the media, he decides to come out and say, well, I misspoke.
Caroline, the Romney damage control -- is this going to work?
most are the middle class, the poor aren`t hurting as much.
elderly people and they`re children.
something he can talk his way out of.
SCHULTZ: There`s a real big disconnect there for sure.
of people aren`t going to be influenced by this and some negatively.
here, then it might help with those who are on the fence.
full long form. I mean, it`s really been a dog and pony show.
that they would play it up the way they are playing it up?
Does this serve the president well, Michael? What do you think?
trying to call him everything but literally a child of God.
principles some concern for the poor and he`s dismissed out of hand.
God wants me to do and that`s best I can offer.
models and his NCAA comment and food stamps.
gets to the truth. And Sam Stein joins me for the politics of it all.
Arizonans how to bust unions. We`re right back.
on the deficit and how Republicans will spin the latest CBO report.
Organization of Women joins me tonight.
recession and that`s true. But he made it worse.
Welcome back to THE ED SHOW. And thanks for watching tonight.
new CBO report that says that the deficit will top $1 trillion this year.
over $1 trillion every year in office.
trillion added to the deficit. We got to talk about it.
Great to have you with us tonight, Ezra.
EZRA KLEIN, MSNBC POLICY ANALYST: Good evening.
declares unanimously that the Bush tax cuts did not blow up the budget.
Bush tax cuts added to the deficit.
now have a lie that is into the record.
$4 trillion with the growth of the economy.
has done or has signed into law on its own and projected its cost out.
director at the end of his presidency.
things Obama hasn`t done yet.
cuts are a budget buster.
in deficits, what is the short answer here in the bullet point culture?
to keep the growth going so they could begin to deleverage.
SCHULTZ: And we have seen the stimulus package work.
Ezra Klein, thanks for your time tonight. Appreciate it.
Republicans to go out and distort the deficit numbers, don`t you think?
here and how Obama inherited a lot of the problems.
the Republicans have made it difficult to argue in favor of more stimulus.
prohibited from doing anything to solve it.
Wall Street donors, the people that work on Wall Street.
look where it is today. I mean, and plus the bonuses they`re bringing in.
How could Wall Street not like this president?
culture on Wall Street is back to relatively normal.
beneficial for them and that`s Mitt Romney.
think alarming today. Here it is.
can spring up and quit being poor.
see that it is OK to go to work. And that it is part of being an American.
SCHULTZ: Having their children see that it is okay to go to work?
More dog whistle politics? What do you think?
STEIN: Yes, there is always -- there is always that.
though. So I don`t know if they`ll be there to see their parents work.
misunderstanding of how poor the safety net is -- safety net is right now.
sixing them like crazy. I think with the American people.
saying: forget that, they`ll have the social safety net to deal with.
DeGeneres show. We`ll have the highlights next.
State of the Union address as a guest of the first lady.
story and she walked away with a big surprise.
children. We won`t. We won`t.
going to hurt all of us.
see that. It is going to hurt all of us. This is -- they`re our future.
school. And they need to have a good teacher in front of them.
dollars gift card to go to JC Penney. And whatever you want to get.
out. You`re going to get a check for 100,000 dollars for your school.
FERGUSON: Oh, thank you so much!
slashing education budgets are paying attention.
want to do away with unions across the board. Done, over, out.
shoulder and arm to arm and say, we`re not going to back down.
I want the choir to sing.
SCHULTZ: The Goldwater Institute took Walker`s advice to heart.
Government Unions Will Save Taxpayers Billions."
But Arizona Republicans are not reforming public employee unions.
employees for doing union work.
Washington correspondent of "The Nation Magazine."
support for his recall on a national level.
collective bargaining in their state.
are very supportive of him when he was governor.
Legislative Exchange Council had their national conference down in Arizona.
There`s a lot of connection here.
these laws to get through?
strength that they have in Wisconsin, because it is a right to work state.
are if Arizonans wanted to recall Jan Brewer.
NICHOLS: Arizonans can do exactly what Wisconsinites are doing.
exercised their recall power recently.
out of office via a recall.
SCHULTZ: Well, they have been down this road before.
I guess you could say are seminars, clinics, on how to go after unions.
Carolina even said the other day he wishes he was president.
of Women will join me for that discussion in detail.
president who will stand up to cheaters.
let GM and Chrysler just fail.
Gerard, international president of the steel workers.
understand, have filed a petition against these Chinese trade policies.
Tell us about it. Where are we right now?
stood tougher against China than President Obama and his administration.
committee and given Vice President Biden what he calls the China portfolio.
up on all of the enforcement issues that we have brought to him.
call him out on it. And that`s basically what is happening here, isn`t it?
where you had a tire grievance, and he called him on that. Did he not?
in that case and they have been taking them on one at a time.
they have agreed to them, they violate them.
if China drives 85, just ignore them. That`s not what we`re going to do.
We`re going to fight for our members.
it from the bully anymore.
- has got tremendous expertise on how to deal with these trade issues?
on anything. This guy is responsible for more job loss than anybody else.
know what he`s talking about half the time.
brought 24 cases and we have won every one.
on all of them, and you`ve won all of them?
SCHULTZ: What do you need the president to do now on this?
towns, where auto parts are.
already lost 400,000 auto parts jobs since the recession came.
We`re not going to let them take anymore of our jobs.
have you with us tonight. Thanks so much.
Organization for Women, will join me. Stay tuned.
Obama; three percent of you said Mitt Romney.
Women on what it all means next.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I`m just steaming over this.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: How dare they?
to cut off funding to Planned Parenthood.
would stop new grants for breast cancer screenings at Planned Parenthood.
led the charge in the Congress to defund the organization last year.
percent of what Planned Parenthood does has nothing to do with abortion.
to fund cancer research there.
Tonight, at least one top official has reportedly quit in protest.
2010, advocating to defund Planned Parenthood.
Komen CEO Nancy Brinker says Handle had nothing to do with it.
politics has no place in health care.
a lot of people to the point where their response is amazing.
In your opinion, was the decision political?
it is important for people to wrap their brains around that.
take place? Who would take the lead? Could it be reversed?
O`NEILL: You know, I don`t believe that it is going to be reversed.
there is a building backlash.
anti-women`s health agenda like Komen does now.
actually done has been really to lead this organization right off a cliff.
this, you know, it seems to be bigger. What is the difference?
in part by providing abortion care.
You know, one in three women will have an abortion in her lifetime.
politicians to attack Planned Parenthood.
very strong because of that.
question about that. This is really going to hurt them.
O`NEILL: I think it will.
one with a lot of people.
say between 10 and 25 percent of its current size.
SCHULTZ: Terry O`Neill, National Organization of Women, thank you.
strong stuff, man. Thank you.
SCHULTZ: It is big. Thanks, Rachel.


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Masking – Corona-Masquerade, or: Unmasking the New Sociology of Masks
David Inglis, University of Helsinki, Finland
Corona-Masquerade: It sounds like the name of a comic opera. But large parts of the population of the world have very recently donned, or are being compelled to wear, face masks, in response to the rapid spread of Covid-19. Masks have fast become ever more subject to various kinds of politicised dispute and controversy. Consequently, the masquerade surrounding Coronavirus has become a deadly serious globalised phenomenon, truly a matter of life and death.
Sociology has not had a great deal to say about masks and masking, at least in comparison to anthropology, where these inter-related topics have for a long time been a major investigative focus. Sociology has often dealt with masks more as metaphor than concrete objects. Both everyday talk and Goffmanian sociology deal with issues to do with a person's face being 'like a mask'. The use of masks as 'stage props' by actors like doctors and dentists is another obvious Goffmanian focus. But anthropology has more systematically dealt with actual, physical-material masks, in terms of what they look like, and what types of work they have been and are put to, in diverse societies around the world, at different historical periods.
There is probably a Western bias in sociology's relative lack of interest in masking. The historical / anthropological record shows that masks and masking have been present in most, if not all, human societies. Manipulating the human face by masks, whether to hide it wholly or partly, or alternatively to draw attention to it, seems to have been very widespread throughout much of human history. Many societies around the world have maintained masking traditions up until the present time, albeit inflected many ways by modernising and globalising dynamics. But in the West, masks and masking have undergone long-term processes of sequestration, moving them from the centre of social life into specific, regulated pockets, often commodifying and trivialising them on the way. In the contemporary West, masks are usually more likely to be objects of entertainment than the awe-inspiring entities they have been in other times and places. The Halloween mask worn by a child, the Batman mask worn by a cosplayer, the obligatory mask of the killer in a horror movie… all of these may provoke some sort of relatively mild emotion, ranged on a spectrum from amusement to a momentary frisson.
But these masks are very distant in their effects from the masks worn through much of human history at religious ceremonies, rites de passage, and theatrical performances. Those masks were meant to – and probably usually did – invoke feelings of awe and wonder, as gods, spirits, demons and ancestors were once again brought into tangible existence through the ritualised powers of masking.
Anthropology has remained attuned to such matters, while sociology has by and large tuned out, probably because masks and associated practices have seemed so relatively unimportant. Yet masks are back, with a vengeance, around the world today, including in Western countries, and new masking practices are being created constantly. So, it is high time that a new sociology of masks and masking was put firmly onto the sociological agenda. It is very clear that today masks are bound up in many ways with all sorts of sociologically important phenomena: health and medicine, death and dying, social inequalities, ethnicity, politics… You name it, there will likely now be a masking aspect to it.
The revived sociology of masks needs to learn from the anthropological literature, which I imagine many sociologists are unfamiliar with. Purely by happenstance I read quite a lot of that literature a few years ago, and I wrote up a summary and extension of it [1]. Despite massive differences between societies, throughout history and across the world there are nonetheless some recurring patterns as to how humans have created masks and deployed mask-related activities in social life. Here are just some of them...
1) Masks stylise the human face. But as socialisation and cultural conditioning already shape how an individual's face looks and works from birth, the mask can be understood as a double stylisation of the human visage.
2) Masks are intimately associated with identity and transformations of identity.
3) Masks often represent issues of death and life.
4) Masks are powerful objects, in various ways, including magical ones. Masks can operate as forms of protection, especially for participants in rituals. When 'we compare a shaman's mask and an astronaut's helmet, we find that they are not so dissimilar if we understand them both as protective armour' [2]. (Muslim veils may be understood by their wearer in similar terms, as means of avoiding being profaned and polluted by the surrounding environment.)
5) Masks are potentially dangerous. They have often been thought to be invested with dangerous powers that must be harnessed, such as the capacity to take over and possess the identity of the wearer.
6) Masks are ambiguous. They both hide and reveal, often simultaneously.
7) Masks may sometimes be efficacious, but they also may at times fail to work. Nothing was likely so distressing to the masked priest or theatre actor that the audience they were performing for may not accept the performance, instead seeing through the mask to the vulnerable, revealed person lurking behind it.
8) Masks are associated with the performance and imposition of social order. Hence their ubiquity in religious ceremonies around the world, which are aimed at dramatising and then reconciling social and cosmological tensions. This may take more benign forms. Or it may involve very negative activities, like masked figures terrorising targeted groups (think, for example, of masked Ku Klux Klansmen).
9) Masks are involved with social disorder. Moralists across the centuries have often deplored the possibility that masking allows people to do things they otherwise would not be able to do or would not dream of doing otherwise. The archetypical case here concerns early modern carnivals in Catholic Europe, where religious and secular authorities were often very uneasy about the possibilities for licentiousness among a masked population, whereby the normal world was turned upside down, and individuals masqueraded as social types quite other than they usually were. (In 2020, the Venice carnival was cancelled, and the ornate masks of tourists were replaced by the face masks of locals.)
10) Masks are often deeply political. This is so both in the service of existing power structures, and in terms of resistance to them. The Guy Fawkes masks of contemporary anti-capitalist protestors, inspired by the graphic novel and film V for Vendetta, is a case of popular cultural masking moving out into other, highly politicised domains.
11) Masks play significant roles in the symbolism of crime and social deviance. Avengers of wrongdoing like the Lone Ranger, Batman, and Zorro are masked, their (often ambivalent) righteousness signified by their fully or partly hidden faces. The masked, and thereby blind, female persona of Justice, holding scales in her hand, is a central feature of the semiotics of law and lawfulness. The oscillating perfidy and heroism of the bandit are represented and made possible by a face mask. The masked hangman and highwayman stand outside the law, one above and the other below it, their symbolic positioning made possible by their masked features.
12) Masks are deeply gendered. There is a long history of masked men in secret societies using masks to enforce gendered norms on women. There is an equally long history of female resistance to such enforcement. Masks can be made such as to represent what a group understands as the essence of masculinity, femininity and modes of gendered being somewhere in between. But masks can also be used for the purposes of transvestism and gender and sexual subversion.
13) We should not impose ocular-centric Western assumptions about masks onto masking practices worldwide. Ancient Greek science, ancient and medieval Christian moral philosophy, and early modern science all contributed to long-standing assumptions about the face in general, and the eyes in particular, as 'windows to the soul'. In Western masking practice, a mask is usually not really a mask unless the eyes are dealt with in some way. From this partly springs Western fears about Islamic veils and headgear, felt to be threatening because of the disappearance of the eyes from view. But other groups around the world have thought that the mouth, the nose, or even the ears are far more symbolically and practically crucial, and that the covering and altering of those features by masks or other means is more important and powerful than hiding the eyes.
14) Masks influence and alter the spaces, and therefore also the modes of social interaction, between their wearers, and between wearers and non-wearers.
At least some of these anthropological insights can be drawn upon in developing the new sociology of masks. This will help in two inter-related ways: first, to bring a deeper theoretical understanding to bear on current mask phenomena; and second, to locate those phenomena both globally and historically. This allows us to see better which elements in contemporary masking practices are genuinely unprecedented, and which elements bear strong resemblances to things that have happened before, in other times and places.
Here are some ideas as to themes and topics that sociologists of masking, armed with the relevant anthropological literature, could focus on now, among many other possible areas.
Masks, spaces and interactions
The nature both of urban spaces and of the interactions going on within, and constitutive of, them, are altered in various ways, once large numbers of people start to wear masks. This is especially so when those masks are both emblems and mechanisms of new forms of social-physical distancing. Masks enable and compel new forms of social intercourse. New forms of selfhood are both made possible by, and are created through, such intercourse. Novel forms of etiquette and politeness are generated. Stigmas and social sanctions are reinvented. When and how does masking move from individual eccentricity to enforced norm? Does a non-masked majority look at the masked person suspiciously, or does a masked majority dislike the apparently selfish and odd behaviour of those who still do not wear masks? How do individuals pay lip-service to masking without doing it 'properly'? Advice guides for masked interactions proliferate online.
Masks and citizenship
The defining of masking as good citizenship, protecting others from you infecting them, and the making of your own DIY mask, not only as an expression of self-preservation, but also as contributing to active, responsible citizenship.
The effects of compulsory masking of whole populations
Such as the laws being enforced in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and the Italian region of Lombardy, and masks being required to enter shops in Austria. Other countries will follow these precedents, with marked consequences for modes of sociality within them.
Culturally and geographically variant responses to masks
We need to investigate how culturally willing or reluctant particular social groups are to wear masks during and after the pandemic. Many people in East Asia already wear them in the streets, being habituated to do so, especially in the wake of the SARS crisis. But widespread mask-wearing may be resisted by different Western populations for a variety of reasons, which sociologists should be well-equipped to identify.
Masks and policing
Masks allow policing to go on during pandemic times, including controversial forms of police activity. A striking case is that of border enforcement officials in the US using scarce N95 respirators, that could otherwise be used by medics, to keep on raiding the homes of alleged illegal immigrants during the pandemic period.
The politics of heads and faces: masks and legal bans
The case of the Hong Kong authorities retaining a ban on masks, as a way of controlling mass demonstrations and identifying protestors facially, despite the need for face masking for health reasons.
The case of French authorities banning face covering, especially of a Muslim sort, except for 'health reasons', and the ambiguities likely to result from this situation. Lawyer and graphic designer Namira Islam Anani noted online the apparent double standard: 'And here I was told covering your face was objectively offensive and a security threat'. 'Didn't they ban the niqab??' one follower soon replied, adding 'Now they are ok with covering the face!'.
Masks, international relations and global economics
Ongoing 'mask wars' between rival countries and actors, each trying to secure scarce mask supplies, leading to 'bidding frenzies', a sad reflection on the condition of inter-state solidarity today. Partly in contrast, the rise of 'mask diplomacy'.
Masks, health and scientific authority
The crises in health services because of having too few medical masks, and medics resorting to supplies of masks wherever they can find them. Contradictory advice as to the health-maintaining properties of masks, being given to national and global publics by different authorities, with all sorts of confusions resulting.
Masks and social inequalities
People in disadvantaged ethnic groups being frightened of wearing face masks, as covering of the face may activate and exacerbate existing patterns of prejudice, such as being taken for a robber by suspicious shopkeepers.
And in general, we may expect new masking practices to extend and deepen existing social inequalities, while perhaps creating novel dimensions of these. On the other hand, perhaps whole cities being masked will create some new forms of social levelling.
Masks and gendered dynamics
Example: Donald Trump refuses to wear a mask (hiding behind a mask is perhaps an insufficiently masculine activity for one such as he), while Melania advises that everyone should wear one. (Melania Trump often operates with a mask-like face…)
Masks as sartorial object
The ambivalent interplay of the face mask as health object and fashion item. Advice as to how to apply makeup behind a mask or veil, maintaining your glamourous looks during pandemic conditions. (Compare and contrast with Muslim women's veils intersecting with global fashion systems.) The President of Slovakia making a dramatic entrance with an ensemble of matching mask and dress – a new kind of power dressing.
Masks as aesthetic objects
The appearance of face masks on statues across the world, signifying such possibilities as humour cultivating solidarities among people, or satire of established socio-political orders. The proliferation of mask-centred street art.
Covid-19 is not going away any time soon, and its effects will be felt for decades to come. Whether mass masking remains in place in specific locations after the worst of the pandemic is over remains to be seen. But the mask will continue to haunt the world, both practically and symbolically. It already has become as emblematic of the current crisis as the condom was for AIDS.
Let's face it: the new sociology of the mask's time has indeed come.
[1] Inglis, David (2017) 'Cover Their Face: Masks, Masking, and Masquerades in Historical-Anthropological Context', in Almila, A and Inglis, D. (eds) The Routledge International Handbook to Veils and Veiling Practices, London: Routledge.
[2] Nunley, John W. (1999) 'Introduction', in Nunley, J.W. and McCarty, C. (eds.) Masks: Faces of Culture, New York: Harry N. Abrams.
David Inglis


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Hagemeijer, W. J., and M. J. Blair, eds. The EBCC Atlas of European Breeding Birds. London: Poyser, 1997.
Southern African Birds. Vol. 1, Non-passerines. Johannesburg: BirdLife South Africa, 1997.
Stattersfield, A. J., and D. R. Capper, eds. Threatened Birds of World: The Official Source for Birds on the IUCN Red List. Cambridge: BirdLife International, 2000.
Löhrl, H. "Zum Brutverhalten des Wiedehopfs Upupa epops." Vogelwelt 98 (1977): 41-58.
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Are constants constant? Is science dogmatic?
I think this is an interesting video that highlights the closed-mindedness of humans.
I hadn't realized Metrology is the science of weights and measures. I find it surprising that with evidence of change pouring in they aren't at least curious.
The point of science is to question everything. Recent science being published by the UN and collected into a couple of videos will surprise many.
The next gets more into the physics.
The UN is still predicting disaster. But, why would anyone believe a group that is so consistently wrong? Or one that has an agenda that is detrimental to most of the people on the planet?
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9K-Mile 1980 Honda CBX Wants to Show You the Ways of Collectible Six-Cylinder Goodness
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Over the years, Honda made a fair number of cool bikes that would never taste commercial success, and the CBX is probably the most iconic.
Displaying approximately 8,800 miles (14,000 km) on the clock, this 1980 Honda CBX looks exceedingly pristine for a motorcycle that's been around for more than four decades. Right before it was acquired by the present-day owner, the classic icon received a youthful set of Shinko Tour Master tires, new fork seals, and a modern rectifier.
In addition, the motor oil was flushed and the valve clearances have been optimized for good measure. A fresh battery was brought into the picture under current ownership, along with a replacement gas tank that can store up to 5.3 gallons (20 liters) of fossil syrup. Now, let's proceed with a closer look at the technical specs characterizing the almighty CBX, shall we?
Its power source is an air- and oil-cooled 1,047cc inline-six with 9.3:1 compression, 28 mm (1.1-inch) Keihin carbs, and 24 valves motioned via twin cams. The four-stroke colossus has the ability to spawn as much as 105 hp and 52 pound-feet (71 Nm) of torque at the crankshaft. A five-speed gearbox is tasked with feeding the engine's grunt to the rear wheel by means of a chain final drive.
When taking off from a standstill, Honda's gladiator will require just 4.6 seconds to hit 60 mph (96 kph) and a further 6.8 to run the quarter-mile. Eventually, the CBX is going to plateau at a very respectable top speed of 135 mph (217 kph), while stopping power comes from dual 276 mm (10.9-inch) rotors up north and a single 296 mm (11.7-inch) module down south.
The bike's suspension arrangement comprises air-assisted 35 mm (1.4-inch) forks and twin preload-adjustable shocks. You may find this 1980 MY gemstone listed on Bring a Trailer, where it'll be welcoming your bids at no reserve until Tuesday, November 29. Venturing to top the highest bid would set one back more than $15k, though, so don't get too excited unless you've got deep pockets.
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