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Неевклидова геометрия е термин, обединяващ хиперболичната и елиптичната геометрия, които се разграничават от евклидовата геометрия. Основната разлика между евклидовата и неевклидовата геометрия е естеството на успоредните прави. В евклидовата геометрия, ако са дадени права l и точка A, нележаща на l, то през A може да се прекара само една права, успоредна на l. В хиперболичната геометрия съществуват безброй много прави през A, успоредни на l, а в елиптичната геометрия не съществуват паралелни прави.

Друг начин да се опишат разликите между тези геометрии е следният: Нека са дадени две прави в една двумерна повърхност, които са перпендикулярни на трета права. В евклидовата и хиперболичната геометрия тези две прави са успоредни. В евклидовата геометрия обаче тези две прави остават на еднакво разстояние една от друга, докато в хиперболичната геометрия те се отдалечават една от друга, увеличавайки разстоянието помежду си с отдалечаването от точката на пресичане с общия перпендикуляр. В елиптичната геометрия линиите се приближават една към друга и накрая се пресичат – следователно в елиптичната геометрия не съществуват успоредни линии.

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Докато евклидовата геометрия (наречена на гръцкия математик Евклид) включва едни от най-старите познати математически възгледи, неевклидовите геометрии не са били широко признати до 19 век. Дебатът, който накрая довежда до откриването на неевклидовите геометрии, започва с написването на евклидовите "Елементи". В "Елементите" Евклид започва с ограничен брой допускания (пет аксиоми и пет постулата) и се стреми да докаже всички останали резултати (теореми) в труда. Най-известният от постулатите често е наричан "пети постулат на Евклид" или просто "постулат за успоредността" и в оригиналната си формулировка гласи:

"Ако една права линия пада върху две прави линии така, че вътрешните ъгли от едната страна са заедно по-малки от два прави ъгъла, то правите линии, ако се продължат безкрайно, се срещат от страната, от която ъглите са по-малки от два прави ъгъла."

Други математици са измислили по-прости форми на това свойство (вж. "постулат за успоредността" за еквивалентни съждения). Независимо от формата на постулата обаче той винаги се оказва по-сложен от останалите постулати на Евклид (като например "Между две точки може да се прекара права линия").

В продължение на няколкостотин години геометрите се затрудняват от сложността на петия постулат и мислят, че той може да се докаже като теорема от останалите четири. Много от тях се опитват да намерят доказателство чрез допускане на противното, особено италианецът Джовани Сакери. В труд със заглавие "Euclides ab Omni Naevo Vindicatus" ("Евклид, освободен от всички недостатъци"), публикуван през 1733 г., той бързо отхвърля елиптичната геометрия като възможност (някои други от евклидовите аксиоми трябва да бъдат променени, за да може елиптичната геометрия да работи) и се захваща с доказване на голям брой резултати от хиперболичната геометрия. Накрая той стига до момент, в който смята, че резултатите му са показали невъзможността на хиперболичната геометрия. Неговото твърдение изглежда основано на евклидовите предположения, защото няма логическо противоречие. В опита си да докаже евклидовата геометрия всъщност, без да иска, той създава нова приложима геометрия. По това време широко е разпространено убеждението, че Вселената работи по принципите на евклидовата геометрия.

Сто години по-късно, през 1829 г., в руснакът Николай Лобачевски публикува монография за хиперболичната геометрия. По тази причина хиперболичната геометрия се нарича още "геометрия на Лобачевски". Горе-долу по същото време унгарецът Янош Бояй също написва трактат по хиперболична геометрия, който е публикуван през 1832 г. като приложение към работа на баща му. Великият математик Карл Фридрих Гаус прочита приложението и разкрива на Бояй, че е получил същите резултати преди него, но не ги е публикувал поради страх от неразбиране.

Името на Лобачевски е дадено според правото на най-ранната публикация. Фундаменталната разлика между неговата и по-ранните работи като тази на Сакери е, че те са първите, които непредубедено заявяват, че евклидовата геометрия не е нито единствената геометрия, нито единствената възможна геометрична структура за Вселената. Лобачевски нарича евклидовата геометрия "обикновена геометрия", а новата хиперболична геометрия – "имагинерна геометрия". Но все пак е оставала възможността аксиомите на хиперболичната геометрия да излязат логически противоречиви.

Евклидовата геометрия се моделира от понятието "равнина". Най-простият модел на елиптичната геометрия е сфера, където правите са големи окръжности (като екватора или меридианите на един глобус), а срещуположните точки се идентифицират (смятат се за съвпадащи). Дори след трудовете на Лобачевски, Гаус и Бояй остава въпросът, дали съществува такъв модел за хиперболичната геометрия. Отговорът е намерен от Еудженио Белтрами през 1868 г., който доказва, че повърхнина, наречена псевдосфера, има кривина, подходяща за моделиране на хиперболичната геометрия. Работата му е пряко основана на тази на Риман. Значението на труда на Белтрами е в показването, че хиперболичната геометрия е логически непротиворечива, ако евклидовата геометрия е такава.

Развитието на неевклидови геометрии се оказва много важно за физиката през 20 век. При ограничението на скоростта на светлината сумирането на скорости изисква използването на хиперболична геометрия. Айнщайновата теория на относителността описва пространството като, общо взето, равно (т.е. евклидово), но изкривено елиптично (т.е. неевклидово) в области около места, където има наличие на материя. Тъй като Вселената се разширява (виж константа на Хъбъл), пространството, където няма материя, може да се опише чрез хиперболичен модел. Този вид геометрия, в която кривината се променя в различните точки, се нарича риманова геометрия.

Има и други математически модели на равнината, в които постулатът за успоредността не е валиден, например в равнината на Ден, състояща се от всички точки (x, y), където x и y са крайни сюрреални числа.

Вижте също
 Евклидова геометрия
 Риманова геометрия
 Геометрия на Лобачевски
 Геометрия на Минковски
 Сферична геометрия
 Проективна геометрия

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Thanks to my boss for assigning me to work in Bantayan Island. It is indeed a paradise. Stayed here for 9 days. I did not expect it to be that magical. From the long stretch of white sand beaches, crystal clear waters, sunrise and sunsets to its friendly people.
I did this trip solo. I tried to immerse myself with the locals. In every trip it is the locals that I have a great respect for. It is their place and I want it to stay that way. I gained friends during my stay and I had a heavy heart leaving this place. It is the people that makes a place special.
This is one of the places I want to go back to. I will let the pictures speak for themselves. And since the trip is work related, I'll be featuring places, activities, restaurants that you can try during your stay in the island.
The bus headed to Hagnaya Port leaves the terminal at 8am. There are trips to Hagnaya Port every after 30-45 minutes.
When I get off the boat, I asked a motorbike man to take me take around the area where the resorts/lodges can be found. Luckily I found a place for 600/night. It is good for two and the room has air-conditioning.
I was lucky I was the only guest at the guesthouse for the rest of my stay in the island. I get to use solo their kitchen and the living room, too. The room is air-conditioned and can fit 2 pax. They have kitchen utensils and a refrigerator in the kitchen, and a TV and stand fan in the living room. They clean my room everyday. How nice!
I am so tanned and I got it from living in Boracay for 4 weeks and surfing in Leyte for 3 days. Plus the snorkeling, i'm burnt!
I am jealous of your work that takes you to such awesome places!! 🙂 Happy travels!
Hi,i really like you DIY writings, I would love to go on June 29;will go to bantayan skydiving and diving,do you remember rent boat only 500p that guy contact number ? Can you give me that guy contact number? and rent moto that guy contact number.Do you know what time isthe last bus from North Bus Terminal to Hagnaya Port ?


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The mostly unremarked upon spectre of sectarianism hanging over the Scottish referendum
17th September 2014 by Nick 1 Comment
A group of Orangemen joined a Scotland No rally in Glasgow over the weekend. It was a reminder of a topic that has been little discussed during the Independence campaign: sectarianism in Scotland and what the implications of a Yes vote might be in starting a whole new chapter in this unfortunate side to Scotland's history and cultural makeup.
The No campaign, of course, distanced themselves as quickly as possible from the march. The chief reason that sectarianism has mostly been swept under the carpet is because both the Yes and No campaigns do not wish to touch it with a bargepole. It is not talked about in Scotland at the best of times, and it is easy to see why. It flairs up either a lot or a little every time there's an Old Firm derby, but a lot of people like to blame it on the hoards of people who cross the North Channel to attend the matches – when they know deep down that most of the sectarian feeling is home grown.
What would happen to the issue in an independent Scotland is hard to predict, but the signs are not good. In a fledgling state, looking to reshape its identity, it could get ugly on this front. Religious identity and nationalism share an uneasy and often hard to define bond that can be hard to contain, never mind control. Should things go not as smoothly as Salmond predicts on several fronts, most notably the economic ones, this could bring the situation to an unfortunate head.
Worse yet however, is what a Yes vote might do for Northern Ireland. Sinn Fein have already stated that they want a referendum should Scotland separate. It need not be stated what a can of worms this opens up. And with Scotland out of the Union, one can see people in England saying, "Let them have it. It would be nice to be rid of that problem."
I recall visiting the Falls Road about ten years ago. At the time, the Troubles seemed like a part of history already, the murals a sort of cultural artefact in a Belfast that was attempting to re-invent itself. The fracturing of the Union could easily bring the worst of it all back again. Just thinking about it, even vaguely, upsets my stomach.
Of course, none of this may happen. The polls look set to deliver a very slight No vote. And even if Scotland did become independent, sectarianism might not rear its ugly head and the worst of what I've discussed above might not take place; it's a unique situation and thus impossible to fully predict. But given the horrors of what might be, that is scant consolation right here and now, sat one day in front of the biggest decision that any group of peoples on this island are ever likely to take.
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The Orange walk was in Edinburgh!!
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Q: Null Records Triggering Else Statement Incorrectly I have a function that creates a slug for two of my database properties, but I want it to return the slug of the two values together only if a data is present for a record. To create this logic I decided to create and if/else statement that looks to find if there is a null value for both fields and then renders if a statement is true or false. I have a few records with null values, but they are still triggering the "Statement false" console.log and I can't understand why. When I console log the variables on their own I get null for those records. Any reason why my statement isn't working?
Console logs:
null //startDateValue no value
null //endDateValue no value
Statement false //Wrong conclusion. "Statement true" should have been triggered
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Thu Apr 07 2016 20:00:00 GMT-0400 (EDT)
Statement false //Correct conclusion. Both values are present

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A: if (startDateValue && endDateValue == null){
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This condition is verified when startDateValue is set and endDateValue is null.
You can correct it by this :
if (startDateValue == null && endDateValue == null){
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The && is an AND between two conditions, you can't use it to check both variables are null as you do it.

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The treatment of people infected with HIV was revolutionised with the introduction of protease inhibitor based antiretroviral combination therapy. The therapy has greatly reduced the incidence of AIDS and AIDS-related mortality in the industrialised world. However, the necessity of strict adherence to the complicated regimes and the long-term adverse effects have a negative impact on the patient. The aims of this thesis were to study the longitudinal influence of vaccination therapy, antiretroviral therapy and therapy interruption on the health-related quality of life and biomedical variables of HIV-positive patients. Further, to develop methods to monitor HIV DNA during different treatment conditions. The five-year impact of recombinant envelope glycoprotein 160 (rgpl60) vaccination was investigated in 40 HIV-infected patients. During the first six months of therapy, the immunisations were followed by two weeks of double-blind azidothymidine or placebo therapy. Treatment with rgp160 was safe and temporarily improved the levels of CD4+ cells but had no apparent long-term effect on disease progression. In a subsequent study of the rgpl60 vaccine, the impact on the health-related quality of life of 72 men was investigated, using the Swedish Health-Related Quality of Life Questionnaire (SWEDQUAL) and the Health Index. Before the initiation of treatment there was a negative effect on quality of life compared with random population groups. The most affected parameters were those related to emotional well-being. During two years of treatment the physical domains deteriorated, unrelated to treatment arm (rgp 160 or placebo). Moreover, 54 patients were measured by the SWED-QUAL before and after two years of protease inhibitor based antiretroviral therapy. We constructed two new comprehensive scores to facilitate evaluation of data obtained by SWED-QUAL. Initiation of therapy improved immune and viral parameters but induced a decrease in the emotional health domain while 'the physical and social domains remained unchanged. The experience of adverse effects contributed most to the deterioration of emotional health. Further, physical health domains before the start of therapy predicted experiences of adverse effects and adherence. That is why it could be important to consider health- related quality of life when planning strategies and care for antiretroviral therapy. For the first time, the viral content of CD4+ cells was studied during long-term therapy interruption. In order to accomplish this, we developed an unorthodox assay, comparing two viral genomes by realtime PCR. A multiplex PCR was established for measuring the HIV DNA load in CD4+ cells by simultaneously amplifying a conserved region of the HIV-1 pol gene, an EBV gene and a section of the human albumin gene. The HIV DNA load was monitored in 15 patients undergoing long-term supervised therapy interruption. HIV DNA seemed to decrease unceasingly during efficient treatment. When therapy was interrupted, HIV DNA increased in all patients with an average doubling time of two months. The change in the HIV DNA load (slope) was positively related to the HIV RNA maximum load, the RNA steady state level and the baseline HIV DNA value. The HIV DNA slope was also inversely related to the decrease in CD4+ cells both before the start of therapy and during the therapy interruption. The health-related quality of life in the patients undergoing long- term supervised therapy interruption seemed to remain stable or improved slightly after two years of interrupted therapy. The progression rate of the HIV infection before initiation of antiretroviral combination therapy and the health-related quality of life may thus be important considerations when assessing patients for supervised therapy interruption.


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The local community of Trang during the seagrass transplanting activity in the Sikao bay. This project, involving the young generation, started in 2004 after a severe storm hit the coasts destroying large part of the seabed. The PH and the O2 level in the water begun to gradually changed, resulting in a loss of biodiversity. Thanks to these continuous efforts by the local community, since 2018 the seagrass planted in the beginning of the project have totally developed. The ecosystem slowly recovered its health status with a noticeably increase of the fish fauna. ©Giacomo d'Orlando
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The ocean covers 71% of the planet's surface. It feeds us, protects us and absorbs more than 90% of the excess heat generated by global warming. It is an inestimable source of economic, social and cultural wealth – 3 billion people depend on marine and coastal biodiversity for their livelihoods. Oceans and coasts are vital allies in the fight against climate change, with coastal system absorbing CO2 emissions at rates up to 50 times those of the same area of tropical forest.
South East Asia has been classified as one of the regions most vulnerable to climate change, with Thailand and Indonesia in the top ten most affected Countries.
Symbiosis will demonstrate the interconnection of climate change related issues such as coral bleaching, ocean acidification, biodiversity loss, sea level rise and coastal erosion.
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Detail of a fisherman arm and his fishin net in Tom Thong Yai village. One of the causes of the decrease of the fish population is the overfishing practices done in the past years by the big boats. Fishing techniques with trawl nets and dynamite destroyed large part of the reefs, catching indistinctively both adult and juvenile fishes, interrupting their life cycle and consequently their population. People have realised that in the long term these practices weren't profitable anymore due to a drastically decrease of the fish population in the bay. For this reason, since 2012 they decided to change regulations and ban the big boats from the bay, allowing just sustainable fishing practices using the long tail boats and the small fishing nets. © Giacomo d'Orlando
In the north coast of Central Java, many communities lives litterally under the water due to sea level rise and subsidence of the soil. People adopt different strategies to survive, such as building walls or raising the house floor until the drastic decision of moving to another less impacted zone by these phenomena. For those who can't aford these options, keep belongings off the floor the only way to live with chronic flood. ©Giacomo d'Orlando
The fish houses project (Sai-Nang) in Tom Thong Yai bay. Sai-Nang are built using bamboo sticks and palm leaves. The local community started this project 15 years ago in order to avoid the use of destructive fishing practices in the bay, preserving its environment. The palm leaves around the bamboo sticks provide a safe place that fish can use as shelter for breeding groung and consequently increase the fish population in the bay. Since the project has started they use to build 100 to 500 fish houses per year. Due to the natural decomposition of the bamboo and the palm leaves, the fish houses has to be replaced once a year. Since the beginning of the project, the fish population (especially tuna, black pomfret, grouper and mackarel) increased noticeably in the bay. ©Giacomo d'Orlando
Many coastal communities in the Indo Pacific area are committed in mangroves transplantation activities to increasing their resilience from erratic climatic events. Replanting mangrove forests also contribute to restore vital agricultural land. There are different method to transplant a mangrove. In this particular case near the Jakarta coasts, plots were set up using polybags filled with muddy sand as a substrate for growing propagule. Daily fresh water irrigation is carried out until the first to fifth leaves have grown and are prepared for planting. Depending on the species, once the propagule have been planted, the mangrove can be fully grown in less than 2 years. ©Giacomo d'Orlando
In the majority of Thailand coastal areas, communities rely almost exclusively on income derived from fishing activities Especially from April to July many families dedicate themselves to squid fishing as is one of the most remunerative product of the seafood market. The best hours to catch them are during the dark as squid are attracted by the green lamps used by the fishermen. Due to climate change and biodiversity loss, in the last vears families passed from a daily catch of 80kg to 20kg. This incides negatively on their incomes and many family nowadays need a second activity to sustain themselves, mostly in the rubber or palm oil plantation. ©Giacomo d'Orlando
Bunarung Rakru (51) works as a fisherman since he was 10 years old and now taught to his adolescent sons how to practising fishing. According to his experience now in the waters there are less fish compared to the past. His family can still rely on the income derived by fishing activity but since 2019 he started a parallel business as boat driver for tourist who wants to visit the area in order to have a second income. "The fishing activity is becoming very unpredictable due to extreme weather events and environmental changes. Local families need to be prepared to overcome some periods of financial difficulty due to the low fishing seasons". ©Giacomo d'Orlando
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Sea turtles are among the most impacted marine species by climate change. While sea level rise and stronger storms erode their beach habitats, the rising temperatures can change ocean currents, potentially introducing sea turtles to new predators. Furthermore, according to several studies, exist a direct relation between the sand temperature where the turtles nest and the gender of the offspring. The sand temperature infact, influence the gender of the offspring during incubation, favoring the females birth and creating consequently a shortage of males. Since years the Royal Thai Navy is committed in sea turtle econservation activities. Thanks to conservation centers spread all over the Country, they monitor and breed hawksbill and green turtles with the aim of releasing them in the sea increasing their population. ©Giacomo d'Orlando
A diver during a Ramkhamhaeng University scientific expedition is conducting a fish survey among the Acropora fields surrounding Koh Tao. This research is important for analyze how the marine biodiversity is changing in the years and how the climate change impact the migratory path of several fish species. ©Giacomo d'Orlando
Oceans are important ecosystems that are increasingly degraded through human influence. Coastal environments suffer from nutrient enrichment, due mostly agricultural fertilizer use, which results in accelerated eutrophication effects due to increased microbial metabolic rates. Climate change related prolonged warming will likely accelerate existing eutrophication effects, including low oxygen concentrations. All these water quality changes will affect negatively the marine ecosystem resulting especially in algae blooming which will aggressively compete against coral reefs. ©Giacomo d'Orlando
Photographer: Giacomo d'Orlando
Based in: Italy
Website: giacomodorlando.com
Instagram: @giacomo_dorlando
Giacomo d'Orlando (1990) is an Italian documentary photographer focused on environmental issues. His work looks at how the increasing pressure brought about by climate change are reshaping the planet and how present day society is reacting to the new challenges that will characterize our future.
His projects have been exhibited worldwide in photographic festivals and galleries, receiving also prestigious awards such as POYi Award of Excellence in Science & Natural History, Sony World Photography Award in environmental category, UN World Ocean Day Award in Nature Based solutions, IPF Photographer of the year 2022 among the others. Since the beginning of his career, he collaborated with international magazines being published on National Geographic, Washington Post, Stern, Der Spiegel, Mare Magazine, Paris Match, GEO France, El Pais, Vice, D-La Repubblica, FQMillennium, De Volkskrant and more.


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Q: Is there an isdate PHP function? I saw an inbuilt function called isdate in the user function below and when I checked the PHP documentation I didn't find it. Does it exist and what does it do; or is this simply a typo?
function mystery($a, $b, $c) {
$result = null;
if (strlen(trim($a)) == 0) {
    $result = $c;
}
else {
    if (strtolower(trim($b)) == "n") {
        if (!is_numeric($a)) {
            $result = $c;
        }
        else {
            $result = trim($a);
        }
    }
    else {
        if (strtolower(trim($b)) == "d") {
            if (!isdate($a)) {
                $result = $c;
            }
            else {
                $result = trim($a);
            }
        }
        else {
            $result = $a;
        }
    }
}
return($result);
}

A: Perhaps, this isn't really an answer since I don't know what the original function is for and to be honest I don't care. Whatever, you can do several simplifications to make it more readable, to avoid duplicate processing, the useless $result variable and in particular to remove these unreadable nested if/else, in other words to remove all this useless noise:
function mystery($a, $b, $c) {
    $trima = trim($a);

    if ( empty($trima) )
        return $c;

    $b = strtolower(trim($b));

    if ( $b == "n" )
        return is_numeric($trima) ? $trima : $c ;

    if ( $b == "d" )
        return isdate($trima) ? $trima : $c ;

    return $a;
}

I hope this will help you to understand what this function is supposed to do (perhaps a context will be helpful).


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Am using this template some time ago and now i enabled the https support. Browsers sowing errors. I found the problem but i dont know where to correct it. Its on links for google fonts. Am sending an attachment.
Basically, you should change each "http://" with "//".
Thanks Milos. Why i cant fine the path Extensions > Templates > hot_fitness > Features > Google Web Fonts????
This is not a file path. This is the way you go through your Joomla administrator panel.


Today we have yet another sad reminder of the fact that we live in a fallen, cursed world: news headlines (Monday) that, in the worst school shooting in U.S. history, 32 people have been murdered (and 15 injured).
Although this marks the worst school shooting incident in U.S. history, sadly it is not the first involving the loss of several lives. In 1999, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris killed 12 students and a teacher before killing themselves at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado.
When such terrible acts occur (and sadly, random violence is occurring more frequently these days), they become the major topic of conversation on news and talk show programs. Quite often, church leaders are asked by reporters to give an explanation as to how someone can believe in a loving God when we see such tragedies happen.
Sadly, when it comes to what people would call "natural evil" (e.g., earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, etc.), I've heard many Christian leaders on television make statements such as: "We don't know why such things occur—we just have to have faith—and we just have to trust God." When it comes to "moral evil,'' such as a person shooting fellow human beings, I'm sure most of these leaders would say that it was because of sin. However, if really pushed, many (just like the secular world), would not take all of Genesis 1–11 as literal history.
There's an inconsistency here in taking Genesis literally to accept sin to explain moral evil, such as the shootings at Virginia Tech, but not taking Genesis literally in their acceptance of millions of years of "natural evil" before man (e.g., death, violence, catastrophe, and extinction of animals).
At Answers in Genesis, we have written articles (and books) dealing with this often-asked question of how a good God can allow all this suffering and evil. For instance, see our article on the Columbine school shootings in Colorado. And we also have an online book on understanding a God of love in the face of the death and suffering around us.
We now live in a fallen world where we have just a taste of what we really asked for in Adam, when the head of the human race disobeyed God's instruction.
You see, when we accept Genesis as it was meant to be taken—as literal history—then we understand that death, disease, and violence are intrusions into this world, and that they occurred after Adam was created. Paul tells us in Romans 8:19–23 that the whole of the creation is groaning because of sin.
So, it's not God's fault that there is death and violence in the world—it's humanity's fault, because we rebelled against our Creator. Certainly, the shooter at Virginia Tech has to answer for his own sin. However, we still have to recognize that we now live in a fallen world where we have just a taste of what we really asked for in Adam, when the head of the human race disobeyed God's instruction not to eat the fruit of one particular tree. In a real sense, we are all responsible for the death and suffering we see around us.
Only the person who believes in God has a basis to make moral judgments to determine what is "good" and what is "bad." Those who claim God does not exist have absolutely no authority upon which to call something right or wrong. If God doesn't exist, who can objectively define what is good and what is bad? What basis could there be to make such judgments? The atheist has no basis upon which to call anything good or bad. They can talk about good and bad, and right and wrong—but it's all relative, it's all arbitrary. What's "good" in one person's mind might be completely "bad" in another's.
Of course, from a biblical perspective, God must have morally good and just reasons as to why He allows bad things to happen. For instance, Christ's death on the Cross was an evil event, but God allowed this for a wonderful purpose: to redeem sinful human beings.
There is another important lesson we need to be reminded of in the context of suffering and death in this world. In Luke 13:4–5, Jesus said: "Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you think that they were worse sinners than all other men who dwelt in Jerusalem? I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish."
Jesus was reminding people that every person will one day die, and that they need to be ready! Those who were killed by this tower in Luke 13 didn't know that when they arose that morning, it would be their day to die. The Lord Jesus, in saying "unless you repent," was reminding everyone that they needed to be sure they were ready to face eternity.
This is the most important lesson for all of us to consider during this tragic time in American history, and to be reminded of what the Apostle Paul wrote in Romans 10:9 : That if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
Did God Create Williams Syndrome?
This is the very campus where the modern creation movement, in one sense, was launched: it's the school where Dr. Henry Morris was teaching civil engineering when he co-wrote the classic work The Genesis Flood, which historians acknowledge as the beginning of what was to become a worldwide creationist movement. Also, for many years Dr. Morris was the head of VT's civil engineering department, which was housed in Norris Hall—where most of the victims were murdered.


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Inscription: on the base illegible inscription.
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Measurements: high 15" (38 cm).


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PowerRay is an underwater drone for filmmakers or fishermen
Lora Kolodny	@lorakolodny / 4 years
The creator of the PowerEgg, an ovoid flying robot, has begun accepting orders for its newest creation, a submersible camera drone for home use. Dubbed the PowerRay, the waterproof device can find, attract and record fish. It operates at a depth of 30 meters, or about 98 feet, for up to four hours at a time. It is suitable for use in fresh-, salt-or chlorinated-water.
The PowerRay garnered buzz when PowerVision Technology Group first announced it at CES in January 2017. Of course it was a crowd pleaser among technophiles. But it remains to be seen how outdoor and marine biology enthusiasts may embrace or reject this technology.
The basic package, the PowerRay Explorer, has a 50 meter cable that tethers the device back to a base station above water. Besides keeping the drone from getting lost in a strong current, the cable transmits power to and video from the PowerRay back to the base station. All PowerRays have a 4K camera on board. ZEISS provides optical components to PowerVision.
The mid-level package, the PowerRay Angler, gives fishermen a way to cheat, homing in on prey underwater with the company's "Powerseeker Fishfinder," shining lights and dropping bait to attract them using a remotely operated "Bait Drop Line."
The PowerRay Wizard edition includes a VR headset that lets users watch what they're recording in a kind of immersive open water exploration that doesn't require a wetsuit. The PowerRays cost from $1,488 to $1,888 in the US, and €1,599 to €2,099 in European markets.
PowerRay faces competition in the US market from makers of other underwater drones and waterproof cameras, most notably the deeper-diving Trident made by startup OpenROV.
PowerRay footage captured underwater at the Aquarium of the Bay in San Francisco.
PowerVision's US CEO, Chih-Che Tsai, told TechCrunch, he does not view PowerRay's features as "cheats" for fishermen. He said, "Fish finders are nothing new. You have sonar systems that help you identify the landscape and where the fish are, already. Instead of putting it on the boat, we are just letting you move it around to go out and find the fish."
We met up with the CEO for a PowerRay launch party at the San Francisco Aquarium of the Bay this week. The aquarium barred PowerRay pilots from "swimming" in tanks with sharks, because they would be likely to try to eat the submersible drones.
However, we were able to see the PowerRay approaching perch and sea bass and a range of other marine wildlife, as well as navigating through the currents and kelp in the aquarium tanks. Surprisingly, the fish didn't flee. Then again, as fish go, these were already fairly accustomed to electronics.
Updates: We added PowerVision's U.S. prices for its PowerRay submersibles after our post originally ran. The post previously reflected European prices only.


I ran into a couple of good articles on setting up Claims Based Authentication on SharePoint 2010 using Azure. In these pages Mike Hacker runs you through all the settings in the Azure ACS panel and SharePoint 2010.
The only problem I found after following these guides was that the logon token cache expiration window expired way too fast. To solve this you'll have to set the LogonTokenCacheExpirationWindow to 1 minute instead of 10.
Access is denied. Verify that either the Default Content Access Account has access to this repository, or add a crawl rule to crawl this repository. If the repository being crawled is a SharePoint repository, verify that the account you are using has "Full Read" permissions on the SharePoint Web Application being crawled.
This is quite a clear error, but there might be a couple of solutions that are less obvious.


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Disturbed neighbors meet with TPD over Ft. Lowell/Oracle corridor concerns
Officers and Ward 3 leaders met at Amphi HS
By: Ryan Fish
Posted at 10:33 PM, Nov 30, 2021
TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — It's already a record year for homicides in Tucson with one month left in the year, but police are also facing other challenges.
TPD officers met with concerned neighbors at Amphi High School on Tuesday night amid worries that crime in the surrounding neighborhoods is spiraling out of control.
The Fort Lowell/Oracle corridor, which is in the city's Third Ward, is a primary focus for police.
Captain Christopher Dennison told neighbors he is aware of several issues in the area, including homelessness, trash, prostitution and drug trafficking—especially meth and dangerous blue pills known as "Mexican Oxy."
Dennison says his first step is to "dose" small geographic "hotspot" areas with officers, whose presence alone can temporarily bring down crime.
"Several hundred times a week we have officers moving through these areas," he said. "Not a sustainable plan by any means."
For a more long-term approach, Dennison says he has highly trained Community Response Team (CRT) members in the area proactively addressing crime trends.
"I also have them in that area every night when we're not hunting a homicide suspect or a violent suspect, they are in that area," Dennison said. "And they are doing undercover drug operations."
The issue is that CRT teams are often busy tracking down violent suspects around the city, often leaving issues like drug trafficking unchecked.
TPD staffing is very low, with Dennison saying the department has roughly 750 floating officers, about half of the ideal amount.
"We are so tight on bodies, that I am putting personnel in the most critical spots," he said.
Dennison says there is an aggressive recruitment plan, plus a push to hire more community service officers in the next year.
"They're non-sworn. They take a lot of calls for service work for us: Lot of the accidents, the burglaries, a lot of those reports," Dennison explained. "And they free up my cops to go out and do a lot of the proactive work."
Neighbors say more of that proactive work is needed, with trash and homeless encampments building up in alleys. Some of those experiencing homelessness have turned belligerent or violent with drugs and alcohol cycling through the area.
"I have break-ins every night," one apartment building owner said.
Other business owners say they don't feel safe at night and cannot get police to respond to frequent burglaries or disturbances.
Ward 3 Chief of Staff Sarah Launius spoke at the meeting, discussing city teams that do homeless outreach with the goal of getting more off the street.
She says communication with the Ward office and city council members is crucial, and that identifying the problems can help determine who needs law enforcement response and who simply needs to be offered resources and housing.
Both TPD and the city staff are preaching patience in order for significant progress to be made, with TPD aiming to increase staffing and the Launius estimating that the city will need 3,000 additional permanent housing units over the next decade.
Another in-person meeting is tentatively scheduled for January.
Kevin Dahl, city council's newest member who will officially represent Ward 3 beginning next week, attended Tuesday's meeting to hear from his constituents.


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Q: Python: Write data to file (excel or txt) with field names What is the best way (or what would you suggest) to do the following thing in Pyhton:
I run several simulations in Python and I want to store some results (each simulation in a new sheet, or new txt file).
Example:
for model in simmodels:
   result = simulate(model)
   speed = result["speed"]
   distance = result["distance"]

"speed" and  "distance" are numpy arrays (1column, 1000lines)
Now i want to store these results with the following structure:
1 column: 1 line "speed" 2-1001 lines --> result-array speed
2 column: 1 line "distance" 2-1001 lines --> result-array distance
etc.
I am new to Python and i found a lot of possibilities (structured arrays in numpy, lists, dictionaries, etc.). I am looking for a pretty simple, straight forward approach :).
Thank you very much for your help

A: Please check link - CSV Module
CSV files can be opened in Excel also.
Please check the below code :
import csv

speed = [10,20]
dist = [100,200]
f = open("out.csv", 'wb')
try:
    writer = csv.writer(f)
    writer.writerow( ('Speed','Distance') )
    for i in range(2):
        writer.writerow( (speed[i],dist[i]) )
finally:
    f.close()

Content of out.csv file :
Speed,Distance
10,100
20,200

Also, if you want exact excel format, you can set dialect as below:
writer = csv.writer(f,dialect='excel')

Please check dialect section in shared link for more info.
Finally can be use as :
import csv

f = open("out.csv", 'wb')
writer = csv.writer(f,dialect='excel')
writer.writerow( ('Speed','Distance') )
for model in simmodels:
   result = simulate(model)
   speed = result["speed"]
   distance = result["distance"]
   writer.writerow( (speed,distance) )
f.close()


I've always been a huge fan of salad rolls but had never ventured into the collard wrap department. This is definitely going into the rotation of favorites. The carrot sauce is loaded with flavor from the ginger and rice vinegar and goes so well with avocados. I loaded them up with fresh herbs, edamame, julienned daikon and cashews. Feel free to experiment with other ingredients, sliced red pepper, radish sprouts and tofu would all be great additions.
The secret to rolling the wraps is to trim down the tough stalk that runs through the center of the collards. If you leave it like it is you are going to have a hard time wrapping it without tearing. Once you remove the fibrous stem you can just fold in the side and roll it up like a burrito or even more simply fold it like a taco and enjoy!
Combine the carrot, onion, garlic, ginger, rice vinegar, sesame oil, water and canola oil in a food processor or blender and process until smooth.
Trim the tough inner stem lengthwise so that the collard will be easier to wrap. Place 2 tablespoons of the carrot mixture on the bottom and then layer on the daikon, mushrooms, edamame, avocado and herbs. Sprinkle with the sesame seeds and cashews and serve.


Bombay potatoes or Bombay Aloo are the perfect side dish to these simply roasted spiced chicken legs, spiced with Indian flavours in a dish that is not Curry.
Bombay Potatoes With Chicken Legs.
I'm probably, ok definitely, as guilty as many people as my heavy associations between Indian food and Curry recipes. This Bombay potatoes recipe along with my recent Tandoori Fish recipes go some way to address that.
Also known as Bombay Aloo, it is often assumed that Bombay Potato represents some form of Anglo Indian fusion. However, potatoes were introduced to India in the early 17th century by the Portuguese.
Written reports of potatoes at Indian banquets date back as far as 1675. So whilst this may not have been called Bombay potatoes it is fair to assume that the idea is pretty ancient.
This is not the only Portuguese influence on Indian food either. The much vaunted Vindaloo Curry is actually an Indian take on Portuguese dish.
Anyway enough of the history lessons. These potatoes are heady with the fragrant spices of North India and just a hint of chili.
The chicken legs they are cooked with add flavour to the pan they are cooked on. Which naturally transfers to the potatoes in the final toss.
How To Cook Bombay Potatoes.
I have seen Bombay Potato recipes that vary from a wet curry all the way through to fairly 'dry' dishes. I prefer the latter!
My version involves parboiling potatoes first with dried chili to get a little background heat. But the most important reason for this is so that they can be lightly crushed.
Why is the crushing important? Well because that allows the crushed edges to go crispy when roasted in the oven of course. As a Brit crispy bits on roasted potatoes are somewhat of an obsession!
Then it is a simple case of frying off some classic North Indian Spices like cumin, fenugreek, fennel, and fenugreek and ghee. Before roasting in the oven and then tossing before serving.
Then adding some tomatoes and onion, feel free to add garlic and ginger if you wish, but for me, they are not required.
What Are The Best Potatoes For Bombay Potatoes?
As far as I am concerned the perfect spud for Bombay aloo is a small waxy salad potato.
Most specifically I do not want my potatoes to break down when cooked and not have that fluffy texture. It is a personal thing, you can, of course, experiment with any old potatoes you fancy having a play with.
I personally think that the structure of salad potatoes like Charlotte or Jersey Royals is a perfect vehicle for Indian flavours.
If you wanted to make a wetter curry then maybe consider a more floury potato.
They will add starch into the gravy and thicken it, perfect if you making a main course Bombay Potato Curry.
It is a texture thing I think, and I use them in both my Aloo gobi and Saag Aloo recipes.
What can I say, I like potatoes, I like curries… And as far as I am concerned potatoes are an incredible vehicle for flavour.
It kinda makes sense that potatoes in Indian food work so well!
So go ahead get your Krumpli on and add some spuds to your Indian food, you are in good company!
Bombay potatoes or Bombay Aloo are the perfect side dish to these simply roasted spiced chicken legs. Spiced with Indian flavours in a dish that is not a Curry!
Mix together the seasoning for the chicken legs and then thoroughly dry your chicken legs before rubbing in the seasoning.
Bring a pan of salted water to the boil and throw in the dried chili and potatoes and boil for 15 minutes to soften.
Heat the ghee in a pan and add the seeds for the potatoes.
Thinly slice your onions and when your seeds start to pop add in the onion and curry leaves then cook for 10 minutes.
Drain your potatoes making sure you reserve the chili.
Lightly crush your potatoes, you do not want the squished just broken open a little.
Chop the chili and dice the tomato.
Add in the turmeric to the onions followed by the chili, tomato, and crushed potatoes and toss to coat.
Nestle in the chicken legs, I like to portion mine into drummers and thighs.
Roast at 200°C or 400°F for 30 minutes, covering with foil nearing the end of the cooking process if things are catching.
Serve sprinkled with lots of chives.
I'm short of Fenugreek here in Thailand But I'm going to go for it this week.
Would you have a recommendation for a replacement ?
Difficult because Fenugreek is so distinctive.
PS. Those moving pictures were a bit scary at first haha !!!!
Haha. I personally think that Fenugreek is very difficult to substitute… I have read that a combination of mustard seeds and fennel seeds toasted off and then ground does an ok job although I am a little skeptical. Many Indian curry powders contain fenugreek so you could play around with the balance of seeds and add a little curry powder that you like, although make sure that curry powder is fresh as it loses its flavour really quickly.
The great thing about Indian food is that you can be driven by your nose, I use a sense of smell to work out when the balance is correct when I start a new Indian recipe and then tweak from there.
If you really can't get it then omit and increase the mustard which will change the flaovur but will still taste great!
Looks like a great dinner recipe for a busy weeknight. My family is sure to love it.
lol, it is bizarre how the availability of ingredients vary around the World, I do not struggle to get any of the ingredients I use in Hungary which genuinely is the land that food progress forgot. I do have to go to a big city for supplies though.
I love all the seasonings going on here, especially the fennel and the cumin. Yum.
Two of my favourite spices.
Loving the combination of Bombay potatoes with chicken, that really makes a whole meal of it and your photos are making me super hungry. Such a great idea!


Here is a montage ( for a change!), of a friends garden.
February and March is spring time her in the North and the entire station is blossoming. I confess my garden too has some Dahlias, some meagre Pansies and Zinnias. But after seeing this garden I don't want to spoil the visual treat for you all by showing a comparatively arid garden (mine), as against this veritable Mughal Gardens!
My friend's husband is a passionate botanist/plant lover/plant grower. He lovingly explained to us how he plans the different colours that go into the garden, the height variations and the manner in which one bed of flowers should offset the next set in terms of contrast and height!
So he had beautiful light hued sweet peas followed by a bed of Lady's lace, intermingled with some pink paper (real) flowers.
For once I took my camera ( without inhibitions!!), and took some amateur pics for myself. I have a lot to work on in terms of getting the light and focus correct.
It is real hard work, and the Passionate Gardner has done this without the help of a full time gardner! Hats Off!!
I always appreciate hard work and effort.....On top of that We got to enjoy the fruits of His labours!
I am pretty lazy in this area, and just listening to the PG's tales of toil and trouble, I was inspired enough to start watering my garden (at least!).
Well the Icing on the cake was the yum food we also had.
Visual and Oral treat.....why can't all Sundays end as well?!!
wow !!! Such a beautiful garden !!! and maintained by someone who is not a gardener ?? wow indeed !!!
And you have taken your first step....took out your camera without inhibitions!!


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import org.flywaydb.core.Flyway;

/**
 * Maven goal that initializes the metadata table in an existing schema.
 *
 * @goal init
 */
@SuppressWarnings({"UnusedDeclaration", "JavaDoc"})
public class InitMojo extends AbstractFlywayMojo {
    @Override
    protected void doExecute(Flyway flyway) throws Exception {
        flyway.init();
    }
}

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California Offers Electric Car Rebates
California has again adjusted its electric car rebates program for buyers of fuel cell cars, plug-in hybrid, and all-electric cars in an effort to augment the sale of low emission vehicles. High-income earners are excluded from getting these rebates while low-income earners will get more money under the Clean Vehicle Rebate program.
These changes are designed to help California reach aggressive goals set by California Air Resource Board and Gov. Jerry brown to increase the number of Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEV) on the State's highways. Gov. Jerry Brown wants 1.5 million ZEV on California highways by 2025 while the Air Resource Board calls for at least 15.4% of the new vehicles sold in the state to qualify under the definition of Zero emission.
Though California has the highest number of Zero emission vehicles on the road compared to other states, but with only nine years to go until the 2025 deadline, ZEV only makes up 3% of new cars on the State's highways.
How the rebate program will work
Prospective buyers for hybrid vehicles with less income than 300% of the federal poverty level will receive $3,500 while those buying battery electric vehicles will receive $4,500 and $7,000 for fuel-cell vehicle buyers. This is $2,000 more per vehicle than they received two years ago and $500 more than they get currently.
300% of the federal poverty level translates into an individual gross income of $35,640 or less and a family of four with an income less than 72,900. These new rules make it harder for high-income earners to qualify. They cancel the rebates for those with income exceeding $150,000 for a single filer, $300,000 for joint filers and $204,000 for the heads of household filers.
Previously, there were no income caps at all. Anyone who bought a vehicle that met the qualifications for being a ZEV received a rebate regardless of the income level. But in 2014, this linkage of income to rebates was enacted through Senate Bill 1275 which also outlined other programs to increase sale in low-income areas.
"A lot of these rebates were going to wealthy folks buying their Teslas and we want to preserve these dollars due to their limited nature by targeting folks who really need them." Joel Espino, a legal counsel for the Greenlining Institute stated.
But there is a concern about whether or not the rebate program will help California achieve the desired results. According to Jeremy Acevedo, pricing and industry analyst for Edmunds.com. The results are unpredictable but according to the data, high-income people are buying more of low-emission vehicles compared to the low-income people.
Colin Santulli, a senior manager of transportation at the center for sustainable Energy said, "We want to see different communities buy these vehicles so that more Californians can experience the benefits of driving Zero-emission vehicles and we are hoping to see a snowball effect that we see on other technologies."
The changes to the rebate program continues to raise many questions for analysts such as:
Is $500 extra really enough to get the low-income people who have always stayed out of the market? Is there infrastructure in place for the low-income buyers and are there charging stations in low-income people zip codes?
Joel Espino admits that the program comes with challenges but also adds that increasing electric car rebates for low-income buyers is not the only strategy they have taken to get more zero-emission vehicles on the state's highways.
A financing assistance pilot program called buy down grants has also been launched to offer affordable loans for the low-income ZEV car buyers. Later this years, several automakers will roll out new electric car models at lower prices. Chevrolet Bolt will be priced at about $37,500 while Tesla Model 3 set to debut in 2017 will be priced at $35,000.
"These cars will help you save money on maintenance and gas and who best to benefit from this that the low-income folks especially when you consider the impact of vehicle pollution in these communities." Espino said. "To us, given the prices of ZEV, it makes sense that a person making $150,000 and above is in a position to afford a ZEV without needing a rebate." Espino Concluded.
If you are in need of any type of electrical repairs or installation, call Penna Electric. Our knowledgeable, experienced staff will get your electrical work done right the first time every time.
Image courtesy of David Pinter. flickr.com creative commons


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Home Sports Pablo Laso, transferred to the plant
Pablo Laso, transferred to the plant
Ryan Barclay
Paul Laso recovering from the myocardial infarction he suffered on the night of Saturday to Sunday. Yesterday he underwent a catheterization at the Hospital de la Moraleja and will still have to undergo tests that clearly identify the reason for the ailment, but the evolution is positive, as the white club itself has recognized in a new statement that they have given to find out today: "Real Madrid CF announces that Pablo Laso is progressing favorably and has been discharged from the ICU of Sanitas La Moraleja University Hospital. Our trainer has been transferred to the plant and will continue to monitor his evolution by the cardiology service".
Although the Basque coach is stable, logic says that he will not train Real Madrid again for the remainder of the season. There is no official confirmation, but the dates do not help. Madrid will play tomorrow the third semifinal game of the Endesa League against Baskonia. The tie goes 2-0 in favor of the white team and, if the fifth match is reached, it would be on Saturday. From there, if Madrid qualifies for the ACB final, it would end on Friday June 24 at the latest, in less than two weeks.
Therefore, Chus Mateo, assistant coach of Madrid, has all the ballots to lead the team in these last games. As for next season and who will start as head coach, it's still too early to tell. Will Pablo Laso be fully recovered to take charge of the team? Will Mateo continue to lead while waiting for the return of the man from Vitoria? Whatever time it is, this will not be the first time that Laso's assistant has been in charge of directing the white team. He already took charge of the team this season when Laso tested positive for COVID on December 14. The work of the Basque's assistant was outstanding: he won the four games he coached, three in the Euroleague (Alba Berlin and CSKA Moscow at the ¬WiZink Center, and Armani Milan at the Mediolanum Forum in Italy) and one in the Endesa League (UCAM in Murcia).
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Giant Monsters Attack Japan Again in Toukiden 2
August 14, 2017 Matt Jones	Leave a comment
PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Steam OS
Tecmo Koei
For as crazy as the world can be, there are certainties we can always fall back on. The sun will rise in the east, your cat will never catch the red dot, and Japan will invariably be attacked by huge monsters. Whether it's classic titans like Godzilla and Mothra, the giant foes of Super Sentai (the basis for the Power Rangers) or more recent entries such as Attack on Titan, Japan and massive enemies have a long history.
Following up 2013's Toukiden: Age of Demons and 2014's Toukiden: Kiwami, Toukiden 2 puts players back in the role of a Slayer in mid-industrial-era Japan, which is under siege from merciless oni, demons that want nothing more than to destroy humanity.
As a time-displaced slayer, your job is to lead a band of fellow warriors, hunt down the oni and purify the land. But where Toukiden 2's story follows well-trodden ground, its gameplay delivers surprising depth that had me itching to go out for just one more hunt every time.
Players start out in the town of Mahoroba, one of the last bastions of human refuge. Through various quests, missions and ventures into multi-level ruins, Toukiden challenges players to slay oni of increasing difficulty and size. Smaller enemies usually fall in one or two hits, particularly when travelling with three other AI companions, but the larger beasts are the game's main focus.
With 11 different weapon types to choose from, Toukiden 2 offers a plethora of options to take down your enemies with style and skill. Although you can jump in and start mashing buttons, the game encourages a more strategic approach. To start with, each large oni has two health bars: an outer shell and its true essence.
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Destroying the shell doesn't directly damage the oni, instead stunning it, making its health bar susceptible to damage. Think of it as a type of shield, but one that has high resilience and won't go down easily. To more efficiently take down an oni, players can lock on to specific body parts, which have individual health bars that can be viewed through a system called the Eye of Truth.
While active, the Eye allows players to see the different parts they can target, how much damage they've taken and which have already been destroyed, a critical step that instantly takes down the oni's outer shell and leaves it open to punishment. After a short time, larger enemies attempt to regenerate, forcing you to repeat the cycle until the monster goes into an enraged state, in which it loses its shield but gains quicker, more damaging, less predictable attacks.
Targeting specific body parts doesn't just whittle down an oni's health faster. As Toukiden 2 likes to repeat, the best way to slay an oni is using weapons crafted from oni, meaning that every body part doubles as a crafting component. It adds to the meta- and end-game content by forcing players to not just hunt specific enemies, but also to defeat them in a certain way.
Fortunately, Toukiden 2 gives you countless ways to do that. In addition to the 11 different weapon types, there's also a robust upgrade system that allows you to apply a straight damage increase, add elemental effects or up your critical hit chance. Different enemies provide different elemental affinities, and the unique parts from those enemies correspond to different weapon classes.
For example, a particular oni may open a tier of fire-based weaponry. The arm of that oni may correspond to crafting a sword, while the horn or tail could be used to craft a bow or chain whip. Oni parts are also used for crafting new armor, which despite not being as flashy as a newly acquired weapon is still invaluable in surviving the late-game missions.
As the game progresses, players also discover Mitama, fallen warrior spirits who provide unique attributes and skills when equipped. Toukiden 2 allows you to have three active Mitama at a time (and a fourth in special circumstances), which can drastically alter gameplay.
As an example, equipping two Mitama that increase the homing arrow skill on a bow can turn a relatively tame ability into something that can destroy an end-game enemy's outer shell in a single shot. Finding, equipping and matching Mitama becomes a game within the game, and it's incredibly satisfying to set up a build after searching for the right combination.
A unique tool called the Demon Hand complements your loadout of Mitama and weapons, functioning as a way to maneuver around the battlefield, disable oni and, after charging it enough, permanently destroying an oni's body part so it can't regenerate.
Weapons, warrior spirits and a Demon Hand fit together well, but it's Toukiden 2's highly competent AI that make the game shine. I was genuinely surprised how well my computer-controlled party fought and defended, and more often than not, they were the ones reviving me, not the other way around.
For those so inclined, the game's multiplayer allows you to team up with three other friends or strangers, and once you do, you can bring back an AI-controlled replica of their character to use in your single-player game.
Whether you choose to play with other players or alone, Toukiden 2's atmosphere and visuals do a lot to keep things interesting. Environments generally offer expansive, if slightly uninspired, scenery, and the design of the large oni is something that never gets old. Smaller oni aren't as visually appealing, but it's clear there was stilla lot of thought and detail that went into each design.
The Japanese voice acting does an excellent job immersing you in the atmosphere, too. And despite the cast of characters and plot falling into storytelling tropes, there's a charm to the game's narrative.
Toukiden 2 continues the tried-and-true tradition of Japan and their giant monsters, earning itself 4 GiN Gems out of 5.
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Juschno-Sachalinsk ( , japanisch ユジノサハリンスク) ist mit  Einwohnern (Stand ) Verwaltungszentrum und größte Stadt der Oblast Sachalin auf der Insel Sachalin im Fernen Osten von Russland.

Geographie

Juschno-Sachalinsk liegt im Süden der Insel Sachalin, am Fluss Sussuja. Die Entfernung nach Moskau beträgt etwa 6660 km Luftlinie.

Der Stadt sind 10 Dörfer, darunter die ehemalige Siedlung städtischen Typs Sinegorsk, mit zusammen 7549 Einwohnern unterstellt. Juschno-Sachalinsk ist die einzige Großstadt der Insel.

Geschichte
1882 wurde das Dorf Wladimirowka (russisch ) an der Stelle der heutigen Stadt gegründet.

Von 1905 bis 1945 hieß der Ort Toyohara (jap. , -shi) und stand unter japanischer Herrschaft. Er war das Verwaltungszentrum der Präfektur Karafuto in Südsachalin. Die Japaner bauten damals im Süden die Eisenbahn mit einer schmaleren Spurweite als die russische Bahnlinie im Norden. Der südliche Teil Sachalins war als Folge des von Russland verlorenen Russisch-Japanischen Krieges von 1904–1905 an Japan gegangen. Tausende Koreaner, vor allem aus den Südprovinzen, kamen vor 1945 auf die Insel Sachalin. Heute ist im einzig verbliebenen Gebäude aus der Zeit der japanischen Verwaltung das Stadtmuseum von Juschno-Sachalinsk untergebracht.

1945 ging Südsachalin wieder an die Sowjetunion. Während die Japaner aus dem Gebiet Sachalin abgezogen wurden, mussten viele Koreaner bleiben, weil sie nach 1947/52 weder die japanische noch die sowjetische Staatsbürgerschaft hatten. Viele hofften auf eine Rückkehr nach Korea und lehnten deshalb die UdSSR-Staatsbürgerschaft ab. 1946 wurde Juschno-Sachalinsk das sowjetische Stadtrecht verliehen, und es erhielt seinen heutigen Namen, abgeleitet von der Lage im Süden Sachalins.

Erst 1990, nach Aufnahme der diplomatischen Beziehungen zwischen Russland und Südkorea, wurden Bemühungen um die Rückführung der Koreaner in ihre Heimat aufgenommen. Japans Regierung finanzierte dazu den Bau eines Altersheims im Süden der koreanischen Halbinsel und eines Wohnviertels in der Stadt Ansan. Rund 2000 Koreaner der ersten Generation zogen danach von Sachalin dorthin um.

Bevölkerungsentwicklung

Anmerkung: Volkszählungsdaten

Wirtschaft

Wichtige Industriezweige in Juschno-Sachalinsk sind Fischfang und -verarbeitung, Möbelherstellung, Maschinenbau, Leicht- und Nahrungsmittelindustrie. Die Stadt besitzt einen Flughafen und ist Sitz der Fluggesellschaft Aurora Airlines. Öl- und Gasvorkommen wurden entdeckt.

Die mit Stand Dezember 2012 durch die Ölförderung verursachten Umweltschäden sind erkennbar durch Vermischung des Grundwassers mit Öl, umfangreiches Fischsterben, Versteppung von Wiesen und weit überproportionalen Krebserkrankungen der Einheimischen.

Im Projekt Sachalin II werden rund 20 Milliarden US-Dollar zur Erschließung von geschätzten 150 Millionen Tonnen Öl- und 500 Milliarden Kubikmeter Gasvorräten investiert. Im Süden der Insel Sachalin soll ein Gasverflüssigungswerk mit einer Kapazität von 9,6 Millionen Tonnen pro Jahr gebaut werden. Bohrinseln sollen den Festlandsockel von Sachalin erschließen und eine Rohrleitung längs der gesamten Insel von Nord nach Süd gebaut werden. Die Insel Sachalin ist jedoch durch Erdbeben und Vulkane gefährdetes Gebiet.

Am Ort befindet sich eine Monitoring-Station des SDKM-Systems.

Kultur
Die Stadt besitzt ein Heimat- und ein Kunstmuseum sowie das Tschechow-Theater. Die Insel Sachalin von Anton Tschechow beschreibt die Zwangsarbeit im Zarenreich in Form eines Reiseberichts und zählt zur Weltliteratur. Der Schriftsteller besuchte Korsakow im Jahre 1890 und trat von dort aus seine Heimreise nach Moskau an.

Bildung
Juschno-Sachalinsk ist Sitz einer Vielzahl von Bildungseinrichtungen, unter anderem mehrerer Institute der Meereswissenschaften, der Staatlichen Universität Sachalin, einer pädagogischen Hochschule, einer Zweigstelle der Staatlichen Handelsuniversität Moskau und einer Hochschule für Wirtschaft, Recht und Informatik.

Sport
Der Eishockeyverein HK Sachalin nimmt am Spielbetrieb der Asia League Ice Hockey teil. Im Fußball ist die Stadt durch den Verein FK Sachalin Juschno-Sachalinsk vertreten.

Bauwerke
In Juschno-Sachalinsk steht ein 182 Meter hoher Fernseh- und UKW-Sendemast, der über vier in zwei Ebenen angeordnete Querträger verfügt, die bis zu den Abspannseilen reichen (siehe Bild oben).

Klimatabelle

Städtepartnerschaften
Juschno-Sachalinsk listet folgende Partnerstädte auf:
  Hakodate, Japan, seit 1997
  Wakkanai, Japan, seit 2001
  Ansan, Südkorea, seit 2003

Söhne und Töchter der Stadt

 Oleg Kagan (1946–1990), Violinvirtuose
 Natalja Tschistjakowa (* 1946), Sprinterin
 Alexander Godunov (1949–1995), Balletttänzer und Schauspieler
 Andrei Dundukow (* 1966), Nordischer Kombinierer
 Georgi Karlow (* 1971), Politiker
 Wladyslaw Dolohodin (* 1972), ukrainischer Sprinter
 Alexander Koslow (* 1981), Politiker, Minister
 Dmitri Uljanow (* 1983), Skirennläufer
 Alexandra Prokofjewa (* 1985), Schauspielerin
 Julija Leschnewa (* 1989), Sopranistin
 Alexander Baschenow (* 1995), Skispringer
 Jewgeni Swetschnikow (* 1996), Eishockeyspieler
 Alexander Smoljar (* 2001), Rennfahrer
 Sofija Nadyrschina (* 2003), Snowboarderin

Weblinks

 Website der Stadt (russisch)
 Sachalin-Portal (englisch)
 Juschno-Sachalinsk auf mojgorod.ru (russisch)

Einzelnachweise

Ort in der Oblast Sachalin

Hochschul- oder Universitätsstadt in Russland
Hauptstadt eines Föderationssubjekts Russlands
Stadtrechtsverleihung 1946

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Jar Jar Binks – bohater filmu George'a Lucasa Gwiezdne wojny: Części I Mroczne widmo i Części II Atak klonów.

Przedstawiciel rasy gungańskiej z jej ojczystej planety – Naboo. W Części I przyczynia się do pojednania ludzi i Gungan, za co zostaje mianowany przez Boss Nassa generałem Armii Gungan. Według Gungan wsławił się szczególnym męstwem w bitwie pod Theed, lecz w rzeczywistości jego osiągnięcia były jedynie dziełem przypadku.

W Części II Jar Jar Binks jest asystentem senator Amidali, a pod jej nieobecność zastępuje ją. Na forum Senatu pod wpływem Palpatine'a składa w jej imieniu wniosek o przyznanie nadzwyczajnych uprawnień Wielkiemu Kanclerzowi Palpatine'owi, co było równoznaczne z utworzeniem Wielkiej Armii Republiki i wybuchem wojny z Separatystami.

Krytyka
Przedstawienie postaci Jar Jar Binksa było powszechnie krytykowane za infantylność i przesadny ukłon producentów filmu w kierunku najmłodszej widowni. Wcześniej podobna krytyka spadła na postacie ewoków w filmie Powrót Jedi. Jar Jar Binks został uznany przez ABC News za jedną z najgorszych postaci filmowych i telewizyjnych.

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Bombay High Court on Share Transfer Restrictions
The question of whether transfer restrictions imposed by agreement on shares of a listed company are enforceable has been a vexed one. Numerous decisions of the Supreme Court as well as High Courts had expressed somewhat different views on the nuances of the issue. However, some stability was brought about in 2010 by a decision of a division bench of the Bombay High Court in Messer Holdings v. Shyam Madanmohan Ruia, which effectively ruled that restrictions expressed in an agreement between shareholders are not violative of the Companies Act, 1956 (the "1956 Act") and that they can be enforced inter se among shareholders. In doing so, the Court diverged from the ruling of a single judge in Western Maharashtra Development Corpn. Ltd. v. Bajaj Auto Limited, which had held such transfer restrictions to be unenforceable. Both the decisions have been the subject-matter of appeals. While the Messer Holdings decision was appealed to the Supreme Court, where hearings are underway, the Bajaj Auto decision was appealed to a division bench of the Bombay High Court. By way of a judgement dated May 8, 2015, the division bench of the Bombay High Court in Bajaj Auto Ltd. v. Western Maharashtra Development Corporation Ltd. pronounced its judgment by overturning the judgment of the single judge and essentially concurring with the division bench in Messer Holdings. It is this decision that is the subject matter of the post. The relevance of this decision is that it further establishes the prominence of Messer Holdings and adds some robustness to the enforceability of share transfer restrictions in agreements as between shareholders.The brief facts are that Bajaj Auto Ltd. and Western Maharashtra Development Corporation Ltd. ("WMDC") had set up a joint venture in the form of Maharashtra Scooters Ltd., in which Bajaj Auto held 24%, WMDC 27% and the public 49%. The dispute arose out of a share transfer restriction contained in clause 7 of a Protocol Agreement between Bajaj Auto and WMDC, which is in the nature of a right of first refusal. A dispute related to the price at which Bajaj Auto could exercise the right to acquire WMDC's stake. The matter resulted in arbitration for determination of the price, wherein an award was issued. The single judge set aside the arbitration award on the ground that clause 7 was in violation of section 111A of the 1956 Act, which provided for free transferability of shares in a public company. It is against this order that Bajaj Auto preferred an appeal. The division bench allowed the appeal. A large part of the division bench's reasoning resonates with Messer Holdings, which explores the historical origins of section 111A that substituted section 22A of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 (SCRA). Given the similarity of reasoning with Messer Holding, I do not propose to discuss the division bench judgment in detail. However, some key excerpts are set out below:24. On a reading of section 22A as it stood then, it is clear that the provisions therein applied only to public companies whose shares were listed on the recognised Stock Exchanges. The provision in section 22A(2) that securities of public companies shall be freely transferable, was made only as the basis for the consequential provisions in sections 22A(3) to (9) to provide for free transferability by restricting the entitlement of public companies (through their Board of Directors) to refuse registration of transfers only in four stipulated circumstances [section 22A sub-section (3)]. This is also borne out by the statement of objects and reasons discussed above. In other words, section 22A(2) provided for free transferability and the actual steps taken to provide for the same were set out in sections 22A(3) to (9).25. The wordings of section 22A as well as the objects and reasons discussed above make it clear that section 22A was introduced to ensure that the Board of Directors of public companies exercising powers under its Articles of Association, do not place an undue burden on small investors by refusing to transfer shares without assigning any reason. In light of the language of section 22A as well as the statement of objects and reasons, we do not read section 22A(2) to mean that it would affect the right of individual shareholders to deal with their own shares on such terms and conditions as they deem fit or to enter into any consensual arrangement / agreement regarding their own shares by way of sale, pledge, pre-emption or otherwise.26. Once the context in which section 22A had been inserted is understood, it cannot be said that two individual shareholders entering into a consensual agreement to deal with their shares in a particular manner, either in presenti or at a future date, would impinge or violate the concept of free transferability as contemplated under section 22A(2). The purpose of the said provision, as we understand it, was to ensure that the Board of Directors of the company cannot refuse transfer of shares except on the grounds specified in the said section. This does not mean that if an individual shareholder enters into a separate agreement with another shareholder to deal with his specified shares in a particular manner, the same would violate the concept of free transferability as envisaged under section 22A.27. We have come to this conclusion because we find that shares of a company are movable property and the right of the shareholder to deal with his shares and / or to enter into contracts in relation thereto (either by way of sale, pledge, pre-emption etc.), is nothing but a shareholder exercising his property rights. Such contracts voluntarily entered into by a shareholder for his own shares giving rights of pre-emption to a third party / another shareholder, cannot constitute a restriction on free transferability as contemplated under section 22A. In fact, such contracts (either by way of sale, pledge or pre-emption) are entered into by a shareholder in exercise of his right to freely deal with and / or transfer his own shares.Furthermore, the court concluded that even through the terms of the Protocol Agreement were incorporated into the articles of association of the company, that would not alter the enforceability of the agreement inter sebetween the parties.An extended contribution of the division bench judgment is its analysis of the factual situation in the context of the new legislation, i.e. Companies Act, 2013 (the "2013 Act"). Although the case itself was decided under the 1956 Act, the court expressed its views on the 2013 Act (which can at best be considered obiter dicta). It examined section 58(2) of the 2013, which "specifically provides that without prejudice to sub-section (1), the securities or other interest of any member in a public company shall be freely transferable. However, the proviso to the said section stipulates that any contract or arrangement between two or more persons in respect of transfer of securities shall be enforceable as a contract". After briefly considering the parliamentary process behind the enactment of this provision, the Court appears to suggest that the new provisions will resolve the matter:40. On reading section 58 …, we are of the view that section 58 merely clarifies and codifies the existing legal position regarding such pre-emption agreements. In other words, what was implicit in the provisions of section 111A of the Companies Act, 1956 has now been made explicit in section 58 of the Companies Act, 2013.However, in an earlier paper, Niranjan and I find (on page __) that section 58 may not have resolved the matter entirely, and that some open issues remain.In all, the recent decision of the Bombay High Court further entrenches the Messer Holdings position and enhances the enforceability of transfer restrictions in public companies. Although this judgment relates to the 1956 Act, some observations have been made regarding the position under the 2013 Act as well. However, the limitations of this approach are that this and the Messer Holdings are both Bombay High Court decisions, without other High Court having expressly concurring with this view. In fact, other High Courts such as Gujarat High Court (Mafatlal Industries Ltd. v. Gujarat Gas Co. Ltd., [1999] 97 Comp. Cas. 301) and Delhi High Court (Smt. Pushpa Katoch v. Manu Maharani Hotels Ltd., [2006] 131 Comp. Cas. 42) have adopted a different view. Moreover, since Messer Holdings is on appeal (and the present judgment might very well be appealed against as well), the true resolution of the issue will have to await a pronouncement from the Supreme Court.[I would like to thank Nikhil Suresh Pareek for bringing the judgment discussed in this post to our attention]
Source: Corporate


COP21: road to disaster or the future?
These days the Paris Climate Summit is taking place. There, 195 countries in addition to the European Union are meeting in order to try to rise up some alternatives and possible solutions to face climate change.
This article analyzes the different challenges that authorities, environmentalists and mass media face when communicating the Summit's development, its objectives and compromises beyond dates and technicalities, since it is a topic on which citizenship should be educated. In order to achieve it and to transmit everything related to the Summit it is recommendable to use storytelling as a communicative tool.


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'Sena is not supporting the govt the way it should'
Yogesh NaikYogesh Naik / Updated: Oct 29, 2017, 03:11 IST
Devendra Fadnavis,
Chief Minister, Maharashtra
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday expressed strong reservations about the way Shiv Sena was performing as an alliance partner, saying that the Uddhav Thackeray-led party ought to help in running the government, but it was not doing so.
Fadnavis was speaking to Mumbai Mirror at his residence, Varsha.
"In Maharashtra, the people's mandate is such that we have to work together. They (Shiv Sena) have to be in power and also work as the Opposition, but one can't oppose everything," the CM said.
He added that during Bal Thackeray's tenure, he opposed some issues, but extended wholehearted support on many key subjects. Excerpts from the interview:
Any possibility of an alliance with Shiv Sena in 2019?
I can't say now what will happen in 2019. We are not against any alliance. But Sena has to decide whether they want to be with us. They have to take into account the rise in BJP's seat share
Any comments on the praise heaped on Rahul Gandhi by Saamana editor Sanjay Raut?
I don't read Saamana. But people tell me what is written. I don't react to the statements of Raut. People of his stature in my party will react.
Narayan Rane's imminent inclusion in the cabinet...
Rane has not come from the Sena to BJP. He was in the Congress and resigned after 10 years. He set up a party and then joined NDA. The Sena has not communicated to us about its objections to Rane joining the BJP, but it might be opposed to it.
How is the agriculture sector functioning?
There is 12.5 per cent growth in agriculture. In my tenure, 5 crore SMSes on weather updates are sent to farmers. Because of Jalyukt Shivar (a water conservation programme), the rabi crop yield is at all-time high.
The investment scenario?
Maharashtra continues to be no 1 when it comes to investments. There is a quantum jump in FDI. FDI investments have increased from 8 billion dollar in 2013 2014 to 30 billion dollar now. Jobs were created in a big way in all sectors.
How has been the performance in Swachh Bharat Abhiyan?
We have constructed 40 lakh new toilets. Urban Maharashtra has been declared open defecation free. Rural Maharashtra was supposed to be declared open defecation free by October 2018, but now we will do it by April 2018.
What would be the state's focus areas in the next two years?
In the next two years, we will complete the projects that have been announced.
How is Maharashtra planning to cope with traders' unrest in the wake of GST?
Maharashtra is doing well in GST mobilisation, our registration increased to 4 lakh in three months. Next year, we will have surplus collections.
What about the debt-to-GDP ratio?
The debt-to-GDP ration is 15 per cent now. The 25 per cent mark is fine. Fiscal deficit was estimated to be Rs 16,000 crore last year, but the final figure Rs 3,000 crore.
How are infrastructure projects progressing in Mumbai?
All infra projects will be visible by 2019. As an opposition MLA, I had said that MMRDA must draw loans. MMRDA is not a bank. Today, we are undertaking works worth Rs 1lakh crore. In the case of coastal roads, pre-qualification is done. We have most permissions from the Centre in place. For phase 2 of the coastal road projects, we will call for RFQ soon. Mumbai will also boast a 250-km Metro line.
On Mumbai-Nagpur supercommunications highway…
The work on the Mumbai-Nagpur highway can start by January or February. The issues of funding will be sorted soon. The highway will be completed in 1.5 years and bridges built in 2.5 years.
Do you have anything to say about your bonhomie with NCP leaders?
Many NCP leaders are turning old, so I go for their birthday programmes and jayantis. But that doesn't mean that they don't criticise my government. In the irrigation scam (where NCP leaders are involved), four chargesheets have been filed.
The row surrounding Mumbai University vice chancellor and the results mess...
It is true that the VC faulted, but the governor intervened and ensured that the results were declared. The online marking system is good, but one often wonders who checked the papers before this system came in place. The higher and technical education minister Vinod Tawde need not be sacked for this. Under the Maharashtra Public Universities Act, a minster is empowered to only sanction budgets.
What about the BJP's loss in the Nanded civic polls?
In the last polls, we were No 5 and Congress No 1. We had 3 per cent vote share, which increased to 25 per cent this time. Congress vote share increased by 4 per cent and they got 33 seats more. The other parties like NCP, Sena and AIMIM, which got 18 to 20 per cent vote share, collapsed.
Any plans to have a direct election for the mayoral post?
Yes, there are plans to directly elected the mayor. We now have a system of directly electing sarpanch of gram panchayats, which prevents horsetrading.
Is cabinet expansion on the cards?
I have evaluated all ministers. If we get a better performer, the existing performer will be weeded out. We will also maintain regional balance. The Sena quota of ministers is full, but they can go for a reshuffle if they want to.
Any comments on the MNS agitation against hawkers after the Elphinstone tragedy?
Raj Thackeray is doing (the hawker hatao campaign) for his survival. We are also acting against hawkers. We will take action as per law.