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Q: Press home button to stop service i want to if the user press home button my service will be stop , this is my code but it's not working for me, please help me:
@Override
public boolean onKeyDown(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
if (keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_HOME) {
stopService(new Intent(this, MyService.class));
return true;
}
return super.onKeyDown(keyCode, event);
}

Thanks

A: If you're trying to make sure the service only runs when the related activity is visible, a better solution would be to stop the service in the onPause() method of whatever activity the user is running.  That way, the event is handled when the user presses "back" and when the user presses "home".
Likewise, you can bind your service to the activity (or activities).  The bound service will be destroyed when all activities bound to it stop.

A:
public static final int KEYCODE_HOME
This key is handled by the
  framework and is never delivered to applications.

Source

A: Make a root activity and add this,
@Override
    public void onTrimMemory(int level) {
        super.onTrimMemory(level);
        if (level == ComponentCallbacks2.TRIM_MEMORY_UI_HIDDEN) {
            // Get called every-time when application went to background.
            System.exit(0);
        }

    }

extend each activity with rootActivity, it will shutdown service on home/menu button press


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Covid Is Causing Family Rows At Christmas Again – Here's How To Deal With It
Faima Bakar
Things can quickly go sour on Christmas. (Photo: middelveld via Getty Images)
Family arguments during Christmas is as natural as Yorkshire puds with gravy; it's just going to happen.
Whether over something as minor as who ate the last Ferrero Rocher or bigger issues such as beliefs over vaccines, it can make for an uncomfortable experience.
Chances are, as we're still in a pandemic, that the Covid-related arguments are more common, especially as laws are constantly changing.
Recently, we've seen the government cut the isolation period for coronavirus to seven days instead of a full 10. That might make you want to come home early, but family members may disagree over how safe it is.
Or perhaps Covid anxiety has made you the eschew Christmas dinner altogether this year, which might cause tension with loved ones who would rather you went home.
It's understandable that we'd fight during this time – we all have different boundaries, hygiene expectations, and general attitudes to the pandemic.
But there are ways you can approach the whole thing that ensures you won't be breaking family ties for good, and can stand to be with them by next Christmas.
Christmas can be awkward sometimes. (Photo: franckreporter via Getty Images)
Clinical psychologist Dr Tara Quinn-Cirillo says it's important to remember what we value about spending time with our families and not get too caught up in discussion topics.
"It can be helpful to think about setting boundaries for conversations and even certain topics if you know that it is likely that there will be heated discussions," she says. "As difficult as this may be, it can mean the difference between having a nice time or falling out unnecessarily. Boundaries may include having a moratorium on certain topics such as 'no discussing X during Christmas dinner' or even having a ban on topics altogether e.g. 'we are not talking about the pandemic on Christmas day'."
If you do veer into those heated topics then you can still make sure that you're able to discuss it while staying calm and collected.
"If you feel able to have specific conversations then maybe again think about the best place and time to do this. Is it a discussion to have 1:1 or amongst the whole family? Is there a time that would be most suited to having the discussion? Factors in other variables such as alcohol use and how this may impact interactions," advises Dr Quinn-Cirillo.
"It can be helpful to utilise some techniques such as using a calm and lowered tone of voice. Sitting adjacent rather than directly opposite each other can be less confrontational. The use of validation may help such as saying 'I can see this is important to you', or 'I can see that you strongly believe this' followed by 'but we will have to agree to disagree on this one'."
You could also take it outside, she says, and go on a walk to chat about it.
"Although emotions can run high, try and avoid making personal remarks about the individual rather than the content of what they say," she adds. "Avoid being hurtful or saying things such as their opinion is 'wrong'. This can lead to more arguments and further intensify emotions."
It's also crucial that you have a way to cool off, and/or an exit strategy, should things get too much.
Dr Quinn-Cirillo continues: "Set a limit for your tolerance that includes an exit plan such as leaving the dinner table to do something in the kitchen such as the washing up.
"Think about how you can have time out such as a space you can go to engage in some self care for a few moments such as watching something on your laptop in another room, reading a book, a short walk or a shower/bath. This can help reduce overwhelm, reset and build up resilience again."
If you can Dr Quinn-Cirillo also recommends taking some time out for yourself before relatives arrive, which will help to build up resilience and reduce stress levels.
And if you absolutely can't endure a day with family, then don't forget, there are other joyous ways to spend the festive time.
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By ttfadmin | December 5, 2016
The technical Director of the National Super League today declared officially, Cunupia Football Club as the winners of the 2016 NSL Championship Division.
There was some confusion over the weekend when a release on the final round of matches congratulated UTT on becoming champions, but this was not verified by the Technical Director, Wayne Cesar at that time, according to a press release from the National Super League.
Cunupia and UTT both secured 32 points during the league season, with UTT having a better goal difference. However since 2005, the National Super League changed it's regulations after a final round game the previous year had yielded 21 goals. The clubs and then technical director, agreed on the change from 2005 giving as the second tie breaker, head to head ( Meaning results of the games between the two teams tied at the end of the league) . Goal Difference has been the 5th. tie breaker since then. There has been no revision of the regulations since 2005 nor has the NSL been required to use the tie break system. These regulations are contained in article 17 of the TTFA National Super League rules and regulations.
There was no query raised on the tie break system at the traditional start of season briefing, this year.
Meanwhile the National Super League also advises that there is one outstanding matter to be determined by the TTFA Disciplinary committee which may impact on the third place in this year's competition. This is a matter between Saddle Hill Hotspurs and Petit Valley/Diego Martin United FC.
The management of the NSL congratulates Cunupia Fc and apologises unreservedly to UTT for frustrating their hopes of a first league title.
For More Information, please call: Wayne Cesear at 683 7136 or Richard Piper at 720 4188.
In Wednesday's other match at Barrackpore Recreation Ground, host club, Barrackpore United Sports Club whipped Prisons 5-2 led by a double from Jesse Downing in the second and 12th minutes.
Saturday's final round of matches also featured a fight for the division's leading scorer title which in the end went to Youth Stars' Hakeem Legall ahead with 15 goals closely followed by Barrackpore's Mikheil Peters and UTT's Bartholomew, with 13 each.
They are followed by Spartans' Donavon Derrick (12), Cunupia FC's Michael Yaw Darko (11), and Connell and Cunupia's Stevon Stoute with 10 apiece.
As runners-up Cunupia FC will get $100,000, while Spartan take home $80,000 for third spot and Hotspur, $60,000 as fourth placed finishers.
The top five "Players of Year" will each collect $1,500 and the "Most Valuable Player", $3,000.
Championship Division
Teams P W D L F A Pts
Cunupia 16 10 2 4 38 22 32
UTT 16 9 5 2 44 20 32
Spartans 16 8 2 6 33 30 26
Saddle Hill 15 8 1 6 32 34 25
Barrackpore 16 6 3 7 33 28 21
T&T Prisons 16 5 5 6 28 31 20
Youth Stars 16 6 0 10 34 33 18
P.V/D.M 15 5 2 8 23 33 17
Carenage 16 3 2 11 15 48 11
UTT 2 (Dillon Bartholomew 3rd, Shaquille Smith 63rd) vs Youth Stars 1 (Akeel Sterling 11th)
T&T Prisons FC 5 (Kerry Frederick 73rd, 81st, Anthony Parris 30th, Andy Alves 57th, Roland Walcott Jr 65th) vs Central 500 Spartans 2 (Keron Alexander 15th, Donavon Derrick 74th)
Petit Valley/Diego Martin United 4 vs Saddle Hill Hotspur 3 – Match abandoned in the 73rd minute with Petit Valley/Diego Martin 4-3 ahead
Barrackpore United SC 5 (Jesse Downing 2nd, 12th, Mikheil Peters 56th, Anton Charles 83rd, Renaldo Jack 85th) vs T&T Prisons 2 (Andy Alves 45th, 87th)
UTT 8 (Kevaughn Connell 8th, 32nd, 55th, Dillon Bartholomew 17th, 37th, 73rd, Theon James 23rd, Shaquille Smith 84th) vs Saddle Hill Hotspur 3 (Stern John 58th, Andre Rampersad 80th, Hector Sam 82nd) .
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using Microsoft.Office.Interop.Visio;
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{
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Kuvings released the C7000 in 2017. Kohler said this model has improved features compared with the Kuvings Whole Slow Juicer (B6000), which didn't impress us in testing. From watching a comparison review of the C7000 and the Whole Slow Juicer, we see that the C7000 has a new funnel for easily feeding produce, doesn't produce as much pulp, and has a more recessed auger for easier cleaning compared with its predecessor. But the C7000 still spins faster than our pick at 60 rpm, and is more expensive at the time of writing. And although Kuvings juicers boast a 3-inch feed tube that, in theory, can accept whole fruit, most apples in the store are much bigger than three inches in diameter, so that's a wash. When we tested the Whole Slow Juicer, it didn't hold a candle to the juice quality from Tribest or Omega machines. The Kuvings Silent Juicer was also an underperformer, giving us over an ounce less of green juice than the Slowstar. The resulting juice was also unpleasantly pulpy.
Not only thick and firm produce like apples or carrots, or more fibrous leaves like kale, cabbage, or celery, the NC900HDC would take even the thinnest of leaves like spinach or dandelion. Its strong squeeze takes every single drop of nutritious liquid out of your veggies, leaving only fiber to the pulp. This is the reason why it also takes the first position in our list of the best juicers for leafy veggies.
When you feed the machine with fruits and veggies, it will first crush and slice them all up using its pocket recesses. Sinewy stuff like cabbage leaves or celery will be automatically cut short by the cutting teeth, a feature missing on many other juicers. This significantly reduces clogging and tangling (but if that ever happens, there's a Reverse button to release the culprit).
Although I don't claim to be a healthy-living enthusiast, I do regularly enjoy grassy green juices and spicy beet turmeric shots myself. I've personally owned a few different juicers over the years—including long-term testing our picks for the past three years—and I also have a lot of experience working with the commercial Champion juicer in restaurant kitchens.
the Breville Juice Fountain Elite is an amazing machine able to help power-up health-focused juice diets. This juicer cranks out nearly 1000 watts of power to ensure you get more juice from your fruits or vegetables than with any other juicer on the market. It's easy to take apart, super easy to clean, and all the right parts are dishwasher-friendly. This juicer makes use of Breville's powerful Nutridisk filtering system to provide unmatched performance.
This juicer is worth it's value. That said I note that since it is a sintrifical force juicer it seems to make much more frof then other slow grind type juicers and the remining pulp is still wet, so not all of the juice was removed ( or more could have been removed). I do like the eaz of break-Down and and reassemble and it is easy to clean. It is small enough for the counter or storage area. If you are starting out and looking to explore the world of juicing - start right here. Enjoy!!
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Con Edison Reports 2017 Third Quarter Earnings
NEW YORK, Nov. 02, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Consolidated Edison, Inc. (Con Edison) (NYSE:ED) today reported third quarter net income of $457 million or $1.48 a share compared with $497 million or $1.63 a share in 2016. Adjusted earnings, which exclude the effects of the gain on the sale of Con Edison Clean Energy Businesses, Inc.'s (the Clean Energy Businesses) retail electric supply business in 2016, the gain related to a solar electric production investment in 2016 and the net mark-to-market effects of the Clean Energy Businesses, were $453 million or $1.47 a share in 2017 compared with $460 million or $1.51 a share in 2016.
For the first nine months of 2017, net income was $1,020 million or $3.33 a share compared with $1,039 million or $3.47 a share in the first nine months of 2016. Adjusted earnings, which exclude the effects of the gain on the sale of the Clean Energy Businesses' retail electric supply business in 2016, the gain/impairment related to a solar electric production investment in 2016, the gain on the sale of a solar electric production project and the net mark-to-market effects of the Clean Energy Businesses, were $1,018 million or $3.32 a share in 2017 compared with $987 million or $3.30 a share in 2016.
"This is an exciting time in the energy industry," said Con Edison Chairman and CEO John McAvoy. "We're incorporating renewables into the grid at an increasing rate, we're using data analytics to provide customers with more information about the way they're using energy and how they can save, and we're working on programs to increase electric vehicle use and access to charging stations. At the same time, our $1 billion storm hardening program after Superstorm Sandy has made our system more reliable than ever five years later, having already prevented 250,000 power outages due to our investments."
The following table is a reconciliation of Con Edison's reported earnings per share to adjusted earnings per share and reported net income to adjusted earnings for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016.
For the Three Months Ended For the Nine Months Ended
per Share Net Income
(Millions of Dollars) Earnings
Reported earnings per share (basic) and net income (GAAP basis) $ 1.48 $ 1.63 $ 457 $ 497 $ 3.33
$ 3.47 $ 1,020 $ 1,039
Gain on sale of a solar electric production project — — — — — — (1 ) —
Gain on sale of the CEBs' retail electric supply business (a) — (0.15 ) — (47 ) — (0.15 ) — (47 )
Gain/impairment related to a solar electric production investment (b) — (0.02 ) — (5 ) — — — —
Net mark-to-market effects of the Clean Energy Businesses (c) (0.01 ) 0.05 (4 ) 15 (0.01 ) (0.02 ) (1 ) (5 )
Adjusted earnings per share and adjusted earnings (non-GAAP basis) $ 1.47 $ 1.51 $ 453 $ 460 $ 3.32 $ 3.30 $ 1,018 $ 987
(a) After taxes of $(57) million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, which includes an adjustment for the apportionment of state income taxes.
(b) In August 2016, the company recognized a gain of $5 million (after taxes of $3 million) upon its acquisition of the remaining ownership interest in a solar electric production investment. An impairment charge of a similar amount was recognized in June 2016 on the investment portion held at that time.
(c) After taxes of $(3) million and $10 million for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and $(1) million and $(3) million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.
For the year 2017, the company expects its adjusted earnings per share to be in the range of $4.05 to $4.15 a share. The company's previous forecast was in the range of $4.00 to $4.15 per share. Adjusted earnings per share for 2017 exclude the gain on the sale of a solar electric production project shown on the preceding table. It also excludes the net mark-to-market effects of the Clean Energy Businesses, the amount of which will not be determinable until year end.
The results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, as compared with the 2016 periods, reflect changes in rate plans and regulatory charges and the impact of weather on steam revenues. The new electric rate plan of Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. (CECONY) includes changes in the timing of recognition of annual revenues between quarters. Operations and maintenance expenses for CECONY for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 primarily reflect lower costs for pensions and other postretirement benefits. In addition, the utilities' rate plans provide for revenues to cover expected changes in certain operating costs including depreciation, property taxes and other tax matters.
The following table presents the estimated effect on earnings per share and net income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 periods compared to the 2016 periods, resulting from these and other major factors:
Three Months Ended Variation Nine Months Ended Variation
2017 vs. 2016 2017 vs. 2016
CECONY (a)
Changes in rate plans and regulatory charges (b) $ 0.12 $ 35 $ 0.29 $ 87
Weather impact on steam revenues — (1 ) 0.01 4
Operations and maintenance expenses (c) 0.07 22 0.24 73
Depreciation, property taxes and other tax matters (d) (0.10 ) (30 ) (0.36 ) (108 )
Other (e) (0.06 ) (13 ) (0.17 ) (32 )
Total CECONY 0.03 13 0.01 24
Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. (O&R) (a)
Changes in rate plans and regulatory charges — 1 0.04 12
Operations and maintenance expenses (f) (0.01 ) (2 ) (0.03 ) (9 )
Depreciation and property taxes (0.01 ) (4 ) (0.02 ) (6 )
Other (e) — —
Total O&R (0.02 ) (5 ) — (2 )
Clean Energy Businesses
Operating revenues less energy costs (g) 0.10 32 0.10 31
Operations and maintenance expenses (h) (0.08 ) (23 ) (0.10 ) (30 )
Depreciation (0.02 ) (5 ) (0.05 ) (15 )
Net interest expense (0.01 ) (3 ) (0.02 ) (6 )
Other (e) (i) (0.17 ) (53 ) (0.15 ) (46 )
Total Clean Energy Businesses (0.18 ) (52 ) (0.22 ) (66 )
Con Edison Transmission, Inc. (e) (j) — (1 ) 0.04 14
Other, including parent company expenses (e) (k) 0.02 5 0.03 11
Total Reported (GAAP basis) $ (0.15 ) $ (40 ) $ (0.14 ) $ (19 )
Gain on sale of CEBs retail electric supply business 0.15 47 0.15 47
Gain/impairment related to a solar electric production investment 0.02 5 — —
Gain on sale of solar electric production project — —
— (1 )
Net mark-to-market effects of the Clean Energy Businesses (0.06 ) (19 ) 0.01 4
Total Adjusted (non-GAAP basis) $ (0.04 ) $ (7 ) $ 0.02 $ 31
(a) Under the revenue decoupling mechanisms in the Utilities' New York electric and gas rate plans and the weather-normalization clause applicable to their gas businesses, revenues are generally not affected by changes in delivery volumes from levels assumed when rates were approved. In general, the Utilities recover on a current basis the fuel, gas purchased for resale and purchased power costs they incur in supplying energy to their full-service customers. Accordingly, such costs do not generally affect Con Edison's results of operations.
(b) For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to the 2016 periods, reflects lower electric net base revenues of $(0.03) a share, resulting from the timing of recognition of annual revenues between quarters under the company's new electric rate plan. Also, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 as compared with the 2016 periods, reflects higher electric net base revenues ($0.07 a share and $0.08 a share, respectively), resulting from the increased base rates under the company's new electric rate plan, higher gas net base revenues ($0.01 a share and $0.16 a share, respectively), incentives earned under the electric Earnings Adjustment Mechanisms of $0.02 a share, a property tax refund incentive of $0.01 a share, and an increase to the regulatory reserve related to certain gas proceedings in 2016 ($0.02 a share and $0.03 a share, respectively). For the nine months ended September 30, 2017 as compared with the 2016 period, reflects growth in the number of gas customers of $0.03 a share.
(c) Reflects lower pension and other postretirement benefits costs of $0.07 a share and $0.22 a share for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 as compared with the 2016 periods.
(d) Reflects higher depreciation and amortization expense of $(0.04) a share and $(0.13) a share, property taxes of $(0.04) a share and $(0.13) a share, and income taxes of $(0.02) a share and $(0.10) a share for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 as compared with the 2016 periods.
(e) Includes the impact of the dilutive effect of Con Edison's stock issuances.
(f) Reflects higher pension costs of $(0.01) a share and $(0.02) a share for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 as compared with the 2016 periods. Also, for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 as compared with the 2016 period, reflects higher regulatory assessments and fees that are collected in revenues from customers and a higher reserve for injuries and damages of $(0.01) a share.
(g) Reflects higher revenues from renewable electric production projects and lower revenues and energy costs resulting from the retail electric supply business which was sold in September 2016. Includes $0.01 a share and $(0.05) a share of net after-tax mark-to-market gains/(losses) for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and $0.01 a share and $0.02 a share of net after-tax mark-to-market gains for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Substantially all the mark-to-market effects in the 2016 periods were related to the retail electric supply business sold in September 2016.
(h) Reflects Upton 2 engineering, procurement and construction costs ($(0.05) a share and $(0.06) a share, respectively) as well as increased energy service costs ($(0.02) a share and $(0.04) a share, respectively) for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 as compared with the 2016 periods.
(i) Includes $0.02 a share of net after-tax gain related to the acquisition of a solar electric production investment for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, net of $(0.02) a share of impairment loss related to the solar electric production investment for the nine months ended September 30, 2016. Includes $0.15 a share of net after-tax gain related to the sale of the retail electric supply business for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016.
(j) Reflects income from equity investments.
(k) Reflects higher state income tax benefits.
Refer to the company's Third Quarter Form 10-Q, which is being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, for the consolidated balance sheets at September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016 and the consolidated income statements for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016. A third quarter 2017 earnings release presentation will be available at www.conedison.com (select "For Investors" and then select "Press Releases").
This press release contains forward-looking statements that are intended to qualify for the safe-harbor provisions of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements are statements of future expectations and not facts. Words such as "forecasts," "expects," "estimates," "anticipates," "intends," "believes," "plans," "will" and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements reflect information available and assumptions at the time the statements are made, and speak only as of that time. Actual results or developments may differ materially from those included in the forward-looking statements because of various factors such as those identified in reports the company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including that the company's subsidiaries are extensively regulated and are subject to penalties; its utility subsidiaries' rate plans may not provide a reasonable return; it may be adversely affected by changes to the utility subsidiaries' rate plans; the intentional misconduct of employees or contractors could adversely affect it; the failure of, or damage to, its subsidiaries' facilities could adversely affect it; a cyber-attack could adversely affect it; it is exposed to risks from the environmental consequences of its subsidiaries' operations; a disruption in the wholesale energy markets or failure by an energy supplier could adversely affect it; it has substantial unfunded pension and other postretirement benefit liabilities; its ability to pay dividends or interest depends on dividends from its subsidiaries; it requires access to capital markets to satisfy funding requirements; changes to tax laws could adversely affect it; its strategies may not be effective to address changes in the external business environment; and it also faces other risks that are beyond its control.
This press release also contains a financial measure, adjusted earnings, that is not determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (GAAP). This non-GAAP financial measure should not be considered as an alternative to net income, which is an indicator of financial performance determined in accordance with GAAP. Adjusted earnings excludes from net income the net mark-to-market changes in the fair value of the derivative instruments the Clean Energy Businesses use to economically hedge market price fluctuations in related underlying physical transactions for the purchase or sale of electricity and gas. Adjusted earnings may also exclude from net income certain other items that the company does not consider indicative of its ongoing financial performance. Management uses this non-GAAP financial measure to facilitate the analysis of the company's financial performance as compared to its internal budgets and previous financial results. Management also uses this non-GAAP financial measure to communicate to investors and others the company's expectations regarding its future earnings and dividends on its common stock. Management believes that this non-GAAP financial measure is also useful and meaningful to investors to facilitate their analysis of the company's financial performance.
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Only recently the year ended in which the bi-centenary of the publication of Giambattista Bodoni's Manuale tipografico occurred, and the occasion has prompted an exhibition and study day organised by the Fondazione Museo Bodoniano of Parma.
The manual was published posthumously by Bodoni's widow in order to bring to completion a long-matured project taken on by her husband. It consists of a collection of 665 different alphabets and a series of around 1,300 friezes, as well as a foreword in which Bodoni lays out some of his working methods.
There was a previous collection of typefaces printed by Bodoni in 1788, at the time also entitled Manuale tipografico, but the work lacks a preface or other explanatory text. It is probable that the letter founder from Parma had borrowed the title from a small technical manual by Fournier, the Manuel typographique of 1764, but in reality the two volumes, although sharing the same name, were objects with very different functions. Indeed, Fournier's was a manual in the real sense of the term, an explanatory publication describing the essential elements of the complex activity of the letter founder, from punch-cutting to producing matrices and ultimately moveable characters. Whereas that of Bodoni was a sample book displaying typefaces and ornaments that he had designed.
The Manuale tipografico of 1818 is something else again, being more of a hybrid that, despite its name, belongs neither to the field of manuals, nor to the field of typeface catalogues. Here, what we find is a proud and monumental summary of his activity, which Bodoni wanted to conserve in time, setting it down in black and white.
Taking these elements as a starting point, alongside the display of Bodoni's books, his punches and matrices, hand-written notes and archival documents we are showing a selection of manuals and typeface catalogues, or specimens as they were then called, designed by other typographers (before and after 1818), with the aim of bringing to a less–specialised public these two distinct and little known types of publications. What they have in common, however, is the object at the centre of the work, which is to say alphabet letters in their printed form: writing that as it spread has had such a weighty effect on western culture over the last five centuries.
In parallel, part of the exhibition is dedicated to printing today. A select group of international graphic designers has contributed to the making of a typographical poster. The objective of this section is to set up a visual recognition of concepts around the potential of writing expressed by designers who are known for their outstanding and conversant approach to printing. If the poster can be defined as a programmatic document that lays out rules and inspirational principles, we find ourselves in the unusual situation in which the object in question and its shape coincide, as do the designer and contributor.
Exemplary Signs, therefore, are visual testimonies that allow us to trace our changing history by means of the evolving shapes of lettering, and to take the opportunity to set in motion new critical discussions on the theme of writing as a tool of knowledge.
Exhibition brochure and informative materials printed on Fedrigoni Materica, Arcoprint and Splendorgel papers.


Steve Rounds was an English major at Hamilton and did his Ph.D. at Indiana in 19th Century British Literature. After some college teaching, he joined the Foreign Service and enjoyed a 28-year career that included seven overseas tours in five countries. He and his wife retired to the Upper Valley in 2005.
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We have Google to thank for plenty of the innovative technology that we rely on today. But Google as a company is always pushing forward, testing the boundaries of what we can use technology to do next.
In that spirit, Google in the Netherlands has announced a new project called Google Wind where they can actually control the weather using Netherlands' ubiquitous windmills.
Cool, right? We thought so, especially for a company's April Fools' joke. We've already seen so many bad ones in the last few days that it's a true delight to see one that doesn't blow.


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O pălărie plină de cer este un roman al seriei Lumea Disc de Terry Pratchett și al doilea din subseria pentru adolescenți Tiffany Aching. Cartea a câștigat premiul Locus, premiul pentru fantezie și premiul asociaței ALA pentru tineri cititori.

Tiffany se pregătește să-și înceapă ucenicia ca vrăjitoare, dar nu este pregătită de adevăr. Simțindu-se tot mai singură și izolată, aceasta atrage atenția unui spirit antic și foarte puternic care vânează oameni și-i posedează până ce aceștia mor.

Cartea a fost tradusă și publicată pentru prima dată în România de editura Corint în 2007.

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Tiffany se pregătește să plece ca să-și înceapă ucenicia ca vrăjitoare. Aceasta începe să învețe cu Miss Level despre diversele scopuri ale plantelor. Curând devine conștientă de prezența lui Oswald, un ondageist, un spirit obsedat de păstrarea curățeniei. Tiffany ajunge să fie dezamăgită de studiile ei, o dată ce-și dă seama că viața unei vrăjitoare are puțin de-a face cu magia propriu-zis, fiind mai degrabă repetitivă și monotonă, fără recunoștință sau surse stabile de venit, marcată de responsabilitatea de a avea grijă de cei care nu mai pot avea grijă de ei înșiși.

Un hiver, o creatură foarte puternică fără trup, începe să o vâneze pe Tiffany, și o posedă atunci când ea iese pentru câteva momente afară din propriul trup ca să se observe. Acesta îi împărtășește cunoștințele adunate, folosindu-i puterea pentru a se răzbuna pe cei care-și bătuseră joc de ea. Miss Level încearcă să o oprească dar spiritul îi omoară unul dintre cele două corpuri.

Noua matcă a clanului întrevede amenințarea și-i trimite pe scoțidușii liberi ca să o ajute. Aceștia se întâlnesc cu Miss Level și aceasta realizează că Tiffany e posedată. Scoțidușii intră în capul lui Tiffany și împreună îl alungă.

La întâlnirea vrăjitoarelor, Tiffany se întâlnește cu Miss Weatherwax care-i explică că spiritul o va vâna până ce o va putea poseda din nou. Tiffany înțelege că este responsabilitatea ei să îl învingă. Când acesta o atacă ea îl capturează și înțelege că acesta posedă oameni ca să se ascundă de lume. Ca să-l ajute, Tiffany deschide ușa către moarte și-l conduce înăuntru. După plecarea acestuia, Tiffany rămâne singură și nu-și dă seama că ușa e pe cale să se închidă. Miss Weatherwax își proptește piciorul în ușă și o trage afară.

Ulterior, Tiffany află de la Miss Weatherwax că și bunica ei fusese o vrăjitoare, chiar dacă nu învățase ca să devină una. Tiffany refuză să intre în ucenicie la Miss Weatherwax, alegând să se descopere pe sine și se întoarce în Creta ca să ia locul bunicii sale.

Personaje
Tiffany Suferind
Miss Level - o vrǎjitoare afabilǎ care s-a nǎscut cu douǎ corpuri
Miss Weatherwax
Scoțidușii liberi

Primire
Cartea are un scor de 4.21/5 pe Goodreads, pe baza 9,122 punctaje. De asemenea a primit Premiul Locus pentru cel mai bun roman pentru tineri adulți(2005), Premiul Mythopoeic Fantasy la categoria Literatură pentru adolescenți(2005), Premiul ALA Notable Children's Book for Older Readers (2005) și Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award for Senior (2007).

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Legături externe
O pălărie plină de cer  pe HarperCollins
O pălărie plină de cer pe pagina editurii Corint

Cărți din 2004
Romane britanice
Romane fantastice
Lumea Disc

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The Certificate IV in Design (Graphic Design) is the foundation course which provides you with a broad understanding and experience of the graphic design discipline.
This qualification is weighted approximately 50/50 digital versus traditional, manual skills. The course is concentrated on solid software skills using industry-standard Adobe illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign in an environment that replicates a real industry setup.
Lecturers are hands-on and always present to help as the course is delivered using learning activities such as tutorials, design briefs and class discussions. Some units concentrate on an introduction to web and interface design, which are greatly expanded upon in the Diploma and Advanced Diploma courses, while other units over conceptual and creative thinking skills.
Graphic Designers are communicators who communicate through images and words. The industry demands a mastery of typography and you will begin this journey by having fun combining digital techniques with traditional Letterpress to learn the basics.
This industry also demands drawing and sketching skills to convey concepts to both clients and fellow designers and the Cert IV drawing unit lays the foundation for further development in digital illustration required in the Diploma and beyond.
Design is a process - a process that combines elements such as layout, colour theory, harmony, contrast and balance into a workable solution whether it be a logo or an app interface and the concept development and ideation units have these foundation skills covered.
Successful completion of the course prepares you for the role such as graphic design assistant.


Take five minutes to warm up your voice.
A short vocal warm up helps maintain vocal health and improve vocal stamina. Follow these simple steps to warm up for your next audition, performance or presentation.
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It's common to yawn in a downward direction, pushing the jaw down. Instead, think about opening horizontally, almost as if you're going to smile. The wide opening provides an excellent stretch for your soft-palate and throat, and brings energy to the middle part of your face. It's even better if you expose your top and bottom teeth.
A good yawn stretches the soft palate and releases tension in the throat, creating more open space for the voice.
Place one hand on your naval, and see if you can feel your belly move as breath comes in and out. Concentrate on letting the breath move your belly out into your hand as it arrives, and then the belly relaxes in as the breath releases. Your shoulders and chest should stay relaxed. Having your hand on your naval helps to focus the breath away from your shoulders and chest, and to centre the breath low in the body.
This exercise releases tension in the breath that can interfere with effective voice use. Breathing this way will help calm any nerves and help you feel grounded.
Feel the breath come in, and then sigh it out on a gentle hum. You can hum through your range or hum a favourite tune.
Humming is a massage for the vocal folds. It's a great way to start a vocal warm up and a good way to soothe a sore, tired voice as well.
Place your lips loosely together and release air steadily to create a trill, something like "brrr". If this is difficult for you, you can take two fingers and gently press on your cheeks to narrow the space in your mouth. Hold the sound steady and keep the air moving past the lips. Remember to keep the breath centred.
Next, repeat the trill gliding gently up and down through your pitch range. Stay in the area and volume that feels comfortable – it's not about being loud, nor being as high or low as possible.
This exercise releases tension in the lips and vocal folds, and helps connect breathing and speaking.
Some may find this easier than the lip trill, others may find it more difficult! Place the tip of the tongue behind the upper teeth, and gently release the breath on a trilled "r" sound. Think of sighing through the trill – it's easy and relaxed; it is a pleasurable a sigh of relief. Next, gently sigh up and down your pitch range on the tongue trill. You may like to visualise painting stripes upwards and downwards as your glide, drawing circles around and around, or writing your name in the air in front of you.
This exercise relaxes the tongue, and once again helps connect breathing and speaking.
Giddy goddesses gathered together and gossiped in garrulous groups.
Billy Button bought a bunch of beautiful bananas.
All these exercises are drawn from the work of Kristin Linklater (Freeing the Natural Voice 2006) and other leading voice practitioners.
It is recommended to consider practical training to further strengthen and develop your voice.
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The Sol Passion Music team of instructors is a select group of professional DJ's, Producers, Studio Engineers, and Musicians who are passionate about sharing their craft through music education. Our instructors possess vast knowledge and understanding of their respective fields with years of music industry experience. We are dedicated to helping you explore and discover your potential as a budding musician through our courses.
CASEY ANDERSON
Music Production Instructor & Hardware Synth Specialist
NISHAD SUBBA
Music Production & DJ Instructor
With 13 years of experience spinning for major clubs in Hong Kong and Asia, Krayon has also opened for artists like KSHMR, Skrillex, SteveAoki, Diplo, Don Diablo and AlanWalker. Krayon is passionate about producing; his most recent recognition was from Spinnin' Records for hisremix of Watermät's track 'Fade'.
DAVIS WILKY
DJ Instructor
Born & raised in Los Angeles, Davis moved to Hong Kong in 2018. Bringing the west coast sound to venues throughout the city.
SANSAR BIJAY GURUNG
Sansar Bijay Gurung, SINKEBRANDON, is a Hong Kong-based DJ with 10 years of experience with residency in clubs like Boomerang HK, Bungalow HK, Pacha Macau. He has opened for artists like Kaskade, Laidback Luke, Mark Knight and Oliver Heldens in Hong Kong and around Asia.
ALDO 'ALEGAR' LEGARDA
Aldo has been a DJ for over twenty years playing in different venues throughout the United States and Asia. He has also worked with big brands such as Casio, Coca-Cola, Monster Energy, Pioneer DJ, Redbull and Samsung VR on special events and promotions. As a music producer, Aldo has had several original releases over the past few years on the dance label ToneDef Beats. In 2018, he was signed to be an official remixer for the German dance label CNR Records.
KWAN YIP
Kwan is a Hong Kong-based musician and music producer. His music embodies layers of renovating electronic music and beats production. Through digital manipulation of authentic beats and sampling elements, his work blended electronic music with contemporary sonic content accompanied by a hint of oriental touch.
FARRAH NG
DJ & Music Production Instructor
Farrah is a Hong Kong-based producer and DJ. She is a pioneer in the East Asian Bass and Trap communities and beyond. Acting as a vanguard for women in the scene, she sees no bounds with her lofty and infectious remixes and originals. Her releases across Jadū Dala, Bassrush, Electric Hawk, Below The Surface, and BredNButter garnered significant support from dance heavyweights Alison Wonderland, Flosstradamus and many more.
ANTHONY HOR
DJ Instructor & Scratch Specialist
DJ FU grew up in South London, exposed to London's vibrant electronic music scene. Whether he's playing at a secret underground rave, a brand launch event or to a crowd of ten thousand people, Fu has the experience and tunes to get the vibe right every time. Fu's talents have seen him play all over the world for some of the best festivals and venues.
DARYLL GRIGGS
Born in London but spending most of his life in Asia, Daryll spent a period back in the U.K. from 2008 to 2016. Now he is returning to Hong kong and bringing back with him the sound of London.
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James Woodward, also known as Woodtek & Broadback has been DJing for 15 years. He started out DJing on pirate radio in the depths of East London out of a shipping crate. Since then, he has opened shows for many international music acts such as: B.Traits (BBC Radio 1) | DJ EZ (Kiss 100) Ms. Dynamite (Mercury Music Prize winner) Young Guru (Jay-Z's producer) | DJ Zinc |Simian Mobile Disco | Brandon Fallis | Oneman | DJ Marky | Ben Pearce DJ Sliink | Simon Dunmore (Defected) | Man without a Clue (Defected)
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An expert in Native Instruments Traktor & it's related hardware for more than a decade - including the new Remix Sets & STEMS - Mike utilises this technology in his own signature 4 deck mixing performances, as well as teaching the techniques and principles behind this live remixing style of DJ'ing in his advance classes & workshops. He is also the co-founder of Sol Passion Music.
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Luke Rowell is an electronic musician from Wellington, New Zealand who has released eighteen albums of solo electronic music under two projects - the eighties style,
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Chilly Devils can't match St. Eds
By ZACH BOLINGERDaily Record Sports WriterWOOSTER Zanesville coach Scott Aronhalt emerged from the locker room.In passing, the Blue Devils' longtime coach extended his hand to College of Wooster coach Steve Moore and asked, "Got some time to work with my kids on shooting?"That said more than enough about Zanesville's battle with Lakewood St. Edward in the final high school game of the 2005 WQKT/Steve Smith Holiday Hoops Classic.Zanesville shot a frustrating 17-of-56 from the floor and trailed for the final 30 minutes, losing its first game of the season with a 61-45 setback to the Eagles. The Blue Devils fell to 4-1, while St. Eds improved to 3-1."The sad thing is shooting the ball is our strength," Aronhalt said. "We didn't do a good job of setting screens and moving the ball to get better looks. And when we did occasionally do that, we still didn't hit anything."Sophomore standout Logan Aronhalt, the coach's son, led Zanesville with 17 points. However, the 6-foot-4 forward was a mere 7-of-25 from the floor, including 1-of-8 from 3-point range.Aronhalt was frustrated all game long by the play of Delvon Roe, the Eagles' sophomore star who is considered the top 10th grader in the state of Ohio. The 6-foot-7 Roe scored 18 points (9-of-15 shooting) and pulled in a game-high 14 rebounds, adding four blocks and four steals."I told our kids after the game, 'I don't think you understand how good of a win this is for us,'" St. Eds coach Eric Flannery said. "Obviously we're a lot bigger and we have better athletes, but in the game of basketball that doesn't necessarily mean you're going to win."Zanesville was a regional finalist last year and had a good nucleus back," Flannery added. "I'm proud that our kids were able to withstand Zanesville's run and extend the lead when we had to."St. Eds pushed its lead to 38-24 midway through the third quarter, but Zanesville trimmed its deficit to just four (43-39) entering the final quarter. Aronhalt and Kodey Haddox (11 points, seven rebounds) both had jump shots to cut it to two early in the fourth, but St. Eds scored six of the next eight points and never were threatened thereafter.It was a much-needed win for the Eagles, who gave up 40 points in the fourth quarter and lost to Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary earlier in the week."Coaches, players, fans people were real upset," Flannery said. "But we're looking at the big picture. We want to be good at the end of the season, and in the long run, we'll learn a lot from that loss. I think we showed today that we had already learned some things."Scott Moviel, a 6-10 Major League Baseball pitching prospect, added 14 points for the Eagles. He hit 5-of-6 from the floor, while Albany (Div. I) recruit Reid Anderson added 11 points.


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Letter regarding the targeting of the family of Berlin-based Egyptian Scholar Taqadum Al-Khatib
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi
Egyptian Constitution's Article 65
Hamada El-Sawy
Khaled Diauddin
National Association for Change
Taqadum Al-Khatib
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi
Arab Republic of Egypt
Prime Solicitor-General Khaled Diauddin
Supreme State Security Prosecution in the Arab Republic of Egypt
Fax: +202-2638-1956
Public Prosecutor, Hamada El-Sawy
Office of the Public Prosecutor
Twitter: @EgyptJustice
Dear President al-Sisi, Prime Solicitor-General Diauddin, and Public Prosecutor El-Sawy:
We write to you on behalf of the Committee on Academic Freedom of the Middle East Studies Association of North America to express our profound concern regarding the intimidation of Egyptian activists living abroad by targeting their Egypt-based family members. Among the escalating number of such cases, that of Taqadum Al-Khatib is especially disturbing. Al-Khatib, who served in the National Association for Change in Egypt from 2010 to 2013, was a doctoral student at the Free University of Berlin from 2014 until 2019 and a post-doctoral scholar at the same university between 2019 and 2020. In Berlin, Al-Khatib has encountered harassment and intimidation by representatives of the Egyptian government on several occasions. Recently, his family's home in Egypt was raided and his father, questioned.
MESA was founded in 1966 to support scholarship and teaching on the Middle East and North Africa. The preeminent organization in the field, the Association publishes the International Journal of Middle East Studies and has over 2800 members worldwide. MESA is committed to ensuring academic freedom and freedom of expression, both within the region and in connection with the study of the region in North America and elsewhere.
In a public statement dated 10 February 2021, Al-Khatib revealed that National Security Agency officers raided his family home in Egypt's Luxor governorate at dawn on that day. During the raid, officers asked his parents a variety of questions related to his work, activities and address in Germany, and his visits to Egypt. After questioning Al-Khatib's elderly father, the ranking officer seized his phone, took photos of his parents' identification documents, and confiscated various documents and photographs belonging to Al-Khatib and his parents. Until now, the police have neither apologized for the incident, nor returned the items taken from Al-Khatib's family residence.
As Egyptian government repression of students, scholars and rights activists intensifies at an alarming rate, we are especially troubled by what appears as a worsening trend, reflected in Taqadum al-Khatib's case, whereby Egyptian authorities target Egyptian scholars abroad and retaliate against their families at home in an effort to intimidate and thereby repress academic freedom and freedom of expression. We have written to you repeatedly over the past several years regarding cases involving Egyptian scholars working or studying in academic institutions in the U.S. and Europe who were detained during visits to Egypt [see, among others, 22 February 2021, 18 February 2021, 4 November 2020, 25 February 2020, 14 August 2019, 6 July 2018]. A recent statement published by Human Rights Watch and signed by 22 international human rights organizations recognizes that same trend more broadly. Since August 2020, the statement reports, Egyptian authorities have targeted the families of four activists who reside in the United States, and at least one activist in each of the following countries: Turkey, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
The pressures to which Taqadum Al-Khatib has been subjected through the pursuit of his family are a violation of the 2014 Egyptian Constitution's Article 65, which guarantees freedom of speech and freedom in all means of expression and publications, and of Article 23, which provides for the freedom of scientific research. We call on the Egyptian authorities to investigate the recent harassment of Dr. Al-Khatib's family members in Egypt. We urge you, as well, to investigate other similar cases of harassment abroad of Egyptian scholars and students and intimidation of their families in Egypt, and put an immediate stop to such unjust practices.
Thank you for your attention to this pressing matter. We look forward to receiving your response.
Dina Rizk Khoury
MESA President
Professor, George Washington University
Laurie Brand
Chair, Committee on Academic Freedom
Professor, University of Southern California
Motaz Zahran, Ambassador, Embassy of Egypt, Washington, D.C.
Mohamed Fathi Ahmed Edrees, Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations19
The Honorable Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria, The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
The Honorable Mary Lawlor, UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders
Maria Arena, Chair of the European Parliament Subcommittee on Human Rights
Viktor Almqvist, Press Officer for the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the European Parliament
Dunja Mijatović, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights
Kati Piri, Member, Committee on Foreign Affairs, European Parliament
Irene Khan, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression
Joey Hood, Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State, United States Government
Philip McDaniel, Foreign Policy Advisor: Congressman Tom Malinowski (NJ-7), Member of Egypt Human Rights Caucus
Nancy Chen, Legislative Fellow: Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), Member of Egypt Human Rights Caucus
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Plenitude by Daniel Sarah Karasik quantity
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A non-binary faun wishes their body had a variety of sex organs, interchangeable daily. A prison abolitionist scrutinizes Rothko paintings on the carceral state's boardroom walls. The insurrectionary tactics of mass social movements spread, like a secret handshake, from Chile to Hong Kong to Toronto.
Shaped by Daniel Sarah Karasik's experience of grassroots social and political advocacy, these poems are an offering to those engaged in struggles for a better world—and an acknowledgement of the sometimes contradictory meanings of those struggles. How do individual erotic desires relate to collective desires for deliverance from alienation and exploitation? How might we dream of a more humane future, and work towards building it, without minimizing the challenges that stand in our way?
Plenitude cartwheels towards a world that might be: a world without cops or bosses, without prisons, without oppressive regulation of gender and desire. It is a song for the excluded and forgotten and those who struggle alongside them.
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"Weaving the political, the frisky, the personal, and the furious, there are few poets who write with as much ecstatic ferocity as Karasik does here in Plenitude. May the world this book dreams be one day manifested." —John Elizabeth Stintzi, author of My Volcano
"Karasik's Plenitude is indeed a plenitude—of beauty, pleasure, joy, rebellion. Plenitude really and truly is an abundant work, abundant with all sorts of urgent and radical political demands, stories, questions, and visions. Karasik's poems grapple, with immense care and attentiveness, with our difficult present, addressing labour politics, the police, the law, imperialism, fascism, gender—all the while imagining (and nourishing!) other possible futures, other possible arrangements for living and loving. I want to be in that possible place that Karasik so generously conjures in these poems." —Bahar Orang, author of Where Things Touch
"Daniel Sarah Karasik's Plenitude is 'trans-socialist' as in (among other things) having 'communism that would abolish debates over when and how to say 'communism'' as its horizon. At turns motivating, thought-provoking, touching and hilarious, this collection compresses volumes of theory and collective experience into shockingly short poems grounded in a world where 'freedom / [is] a spilling over / from one bright, / unbearable / impossibility / into the next' and there's a 'we' struggling toward it. Daniel Sarah is the kind of writer that wants everything; this is the kind of book you read and give to comrades." —Wendy Trevino, author of Cruel Fiction
Daniel Sarah Karasik (they/them) is the author of five previous books, including the poetry collection Hungry and the short story collection Faithful and Other Stories. Their work has been recognized with the Toronto Arts Foundation's Emerging Artist Award, the CBC Short Story Prize, and the Canadian Jewish Playwriting Award. They organize with the network Artists for Climate & Migrant Justice and Indigenous Sovereignty (ACMJIS), among other groups, and are the founding managing editor of Midnight Sun, a magazine of socialist strategy, analysis, and culture. They live in Toronto.
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Shanghai, China -- July 20, 2018 -- Chinese publisher E-Home Entertainment Development today announced that their dystopian third person shooter (TPS), Gene Rain, will launch on Xbox One on July 24th. Set in a futuristic world where humans and technology collide, in Gene Rain players control the Death Squad, who must put a halt to a catastrophic gene-altering rain, which has been killing generations of innocent humans for years. Exploring the notion that the end does not always justify the means, Gene Rain expands the plot through new human narrative structures offering spectacular next-gen graphics.
"Following its launch on Playstation 4, we are now gearing up towards the launch on Xbox One, so Xbox players can experience this thrilling third person shooter," says Kavka Wang, the Marketing Director at E-Home Entertainment Development. "Gene Rain draws players into a post-apocalyptic world with a rich backstory, that keeps them engaged through intense combat and striking visual effects. On a deeper level, Gene Rain portrays the story of a tragic hero who, despite his good intentions, chooses to sacrifice countless human lives for a brighter tomorrow."
At a time of incredible technological advancements, the majority of human population has failed to adapt to the new rules of the world. In the hope of aiding humanity, the veteran of science and technology, Dr. Bill Feynman, created a genetic spraying agent to change the genetic structure of human beings, to make everyone's IQ equal. Spread throughout the world by wind towers, the Gene Rain proved fatal to many and kicked off the fight between those in support of the Gene Rain and those rebelling against it and the new order.
Gene Rain puts players in charge of the Death Squad, who were formed to put a stop to the Gene Rain era. Controlling four characters LiYing (human), Salman (robot) and Alex (half human half robot) - players aim to close the wind towers over four main game scenes - the ruined city, the quiet town, the deep canyon, and the dark city. Utilising nine different guns, three of which can be upgraded, players fight different types of enemies driven by an intricate AI tree that allows for unique behavioral patterns. Players find themselves amidst intense bullet storms and explosions wreaking havoc on their surroundings, making Gene Rain a truly intense TPS experience.
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Meredith Doig / 21 August 2015
The Rationalist Society today applauds the Victorian Government's announcement that it will introduce new curriculum to teach Victorian students about rationalism and secular humanism, and the world's five major religions.
RSA President Dr Meredith Doig said, "In our globalising world, this makes sense. Our children need to learn about a range of belief systems, religious and non-religious. In the UK, in Wales, in Ireland, there are moves to strengthen professional education about religions and non-religious worldviews. This is about opening young minds to the reality of our multicultural, multi-faith society. It's good to see Victoria taking the lead on this in Australia."
The Victorian Government is introducing new curriculum about the world's five major religions and rationalism and secular humanism. SRI (Special Religious Instruction) will be taken out of class-time and treated as an elective.
Dr Doig said, "The RSA knows that parents and experienced leaders in the Christian community believe this is an appropriate step. They have recognised that for too long, when it comes to religion, the evangelical tail has been wagging the mainstream religious dog."
There will also be new curriculum on "Respectful Relationships".
Dr Doig concluded "This is particularly welcome, given the shocking revelations coming out of the Royal Commission into Family Violence. We simply must do something to build a greater sense of civility in both the private and the public spheres."
About the Rationalist Society of Australia Inc.
The RSA is the oldest freethought group in Australia, promoting reason since 1906. Members and supporters hold that all significant beliefs and actions should be based on reason and evidence, that the natural world is the only world there is, and that answers to the key questions of human existence are to be found only in that natural world. We seek to stimulate freedom of thought, support a secular and ethical system of education, promote the fullest possible use of science for human welfare, and encourage interest in science, criticism and philosophy as connected factors in a progressive human culture.
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Depiction of the seder, from the Prague Haggadah, 1526
We all know Rabban Gamli'el's dictum: "Whoever does not speak of three things on Pesach has not done their duty".
Very simple and straightforward?
Actually, full of problems.
Why not say, "Whoever does not eat three things on Pesach has not done their duty"?
Is it because we already know that we must eat pesach, matzah and maror and hardly need a reminder? One can not imagine Rabban Gamli'el merely reiterating something so obvious.
But the Torah command does not equate the three foods as Rabban Gamli'el does. It has an order of priorities. Pesach (the paschal lamb) comes first, even before matzah, and maror appears as an accompaniment.
What Rabban Gamli'el does is to make an amazing contribution to the reshaping of Judaism.
He raises the status of the matzah and maror because by his time the Temple has been destroyed and it is no longer possible to carry out the Passover sacrifice. Shall the Pesach observances be abandoned as a result? Christianity gave one answer; Judaism, thanks to Rabban Gamli'el, constructed a different one.
For Christianity, the paschal sacrifice was no longer necessary and the Seder could move into limbo because Jesus was the paschal lamb and his death replaced the sacrifice.
What did Rabban Gamli'el say? There are three requirements, not one: pesach, matzah and maror, and when pesach is not practicable, the other two move up in status.
When the Temple is rebuilt, the paschal offering will return; in the meantime we talk about it and place a reminder on the table without eating it.
This is already an important development, but Rabban Gamli'el makes a second crucial contribution by saying, "Don't only eat the required foods but speak about them".
Seder is a time for eating, but also for explaining. Isn't this the great mitzvah of Pesach: v'higgadeta l'vin'cha (Ex. 13:8)?
Isn't it what lies behind the story of the five rabbis in Bnei Brak, which shows that even the greatest of the sages can keep talking about the Pesach themes all night?
Isn't it also what lies behind the passage about the four sons, to whom the story must be told in ways that fit their various degrees of understanding?
The duty to speak about the Exodus long pre-dated Rabban Gamli'el, but he turned it into a ritual.
Rabban Gamli'el is one of the moulders of the Pharisaic tradition which in its turn moulded the Judaism we practise today.
The Haggadah is a Pharisaic construction, built upon foundations laid in the Torah. The Pharisees' principle is expressed in Pir'kei Avot (3:3), which tells us that when we eat we must talk Torah, and only then does it become "the table of the Lord". If this applies to any meal, all the more does it apply to the Seder.
The Greeks developed the idea of the meal-table symposium where there was food and drink – and talk and debate. Characteristically, one of Plato's works is called "Symposium". For the Greeks, the table became a philosophical meeting place.
Rabban Gamli'el and the Jews also turned the table into a cultural experience, but more: they made it "the table of the Lord"; there was philosophy, but spirituality too.
What Rabban Gamli'el is telling us is to eat and drink and also reflect on the miracles of the Exodus and the hope for messianic redemption.
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The Panthers plan to repeat the division title with the help of division foes?
When the Carolina Panthers picked up Chase Blackburn last season his role was never thought to be more than an insurance policy with senior benefits. He was a huge part of a Giants team that had story book like ending after an improbable regular season. His experience, great character and ability to lead were thought to be the attributes that enticed the Panthers to acquire him. Apparently Rivera and Company had bigger plans for the Giants vet when his role expanded tremendously against the very team he fought in the practice trenches with, week in and week out. Now I'm not making the presumption that the Panthers are operating a "Spygate" like scandal, NFC South Version, but I can't help but notice the impact of having a player familiar with an opposing offense and cashing in with a win as big as the one against the Giants. The game ended with the proverbial sign of total defensive dominance: "A Shutout". The Giants seem to have no answer to a defense that seamlessly dissected their offense and wreaked havoc on their All-Pro QB. Almost as if they knew his every move, before even he knew his every move. Fast forward to present day. With newly acquired former Falcons safety Thomas Decoud and recent signing of former New Orleans Saint Roman Harper, it's only a wonder if 'Fat Cat' and the gang are trying to rekindle some the magic produced with Blackburn a season ago. Both, Decoud and Harper, are seasoned vets from defenses that grew accustomed to seeing the offensive strengths and weaknesses of their former teams. They possess secrets, much like Blackburn, not any amount of film can ever expose. Because unlike film, they have the human ability to teach the necessary adjustments that should be made to impede comfort in the pocket and in the trenches against their former camps. Unlike anyone else, I didn't see the new moves as discounted talent that wouldn't negatively affect their sleeper hold tight cap figure. To me this looked more like a systematic approach to strategically acquire advantageous commodities from blind adversaries (In other words: These guys were picked for a very specific reason). If you look at it, the two teams seem to have been specifically chosen as well. With the Bucs essentially in the rebuilding stages under new coach Lovie Smith, there are only two teams left that pose a real threat to Carolina's repeat of winning the division title caps. So is this strategy or nah? Tell me what you think. Please keep in mind these are just my thoughts. This is not a Conspiracy Theory.


To become the other one has to kill the other.
The other only remains other when it is separate from oneself.
an aloof component that lingers to the side of one's 'unified self'.
and in integrating the other one looses the self.
The other becomes the self and the self the other.


Garfield :: Cats need a balanced diet. Meat, eggs, fruit, bread, vegetables... And an occasional boston fern for dessert.
Cats need a balanced diet. Meat, eggs, fruit, bread, vegetables... And an occasional boston fern for dessert.


This is interior paint with a matte finish.
This wall has a textured finish.
Please hold the bottom end of the stick.
That's the end of the news for this evening.
With this I will conclude my opening remarks.
I am glad at the successful conclusion of the elections.