Facebook groups enable people to share easily with one another. Instead of sharing separately with each friend. This is more like a group of people sharing ideas with one another. Facebook group can be used to foster a bond between groups of friends.
Facebook users, can either join an existing Facebook group or create one. Both steps for joining or creating a new group will be thoroughly outlined in this article, later on, to enable you to join or create a group. As a user who has an account on Facebook you can always join any Facebook groups of your choice now depends if your request is accepted.
There are lots of benefits up for users as a group is not just made up by one person. There are Facebook groups with over a million users on it.
Posts and photos can be shared with other group members.
This is just one good way of connecting people of like mind together. As you can share your ideas and also see others and get notified as well. There is just so many activities on Facebook groups as users get updates from other users.
Secret Group: With the secret group, only members can see the group or any of it's information. People, who are not members, won't know the group exists.
Note, when you join an existing group, that information, gets posted to your timeline as well as your friend's Newsfeeds.
Before you decide to join a group, consider first, if you feel comfortable sharing this with all of your friends on Facebook. If no, then you can create your own secret group, so that your information is only divulged to those you deem fit.
Any user who has a facebook account can create Facebook groups if he or she wants more than one. Below are the steps in creating a group.
Select a "Privacy Setting" for your group. The privacy options are Open, Closed, and Secret.
Your group will be created.
You can now enjoy your group, by sharing and posting on the group wall to chat and exchange ideas, with everyone in the group. As creating a group is free and open to all users. You can also invite users to join your group.


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Being a PAL
Story by: Amelia Reyes, Reporter|October 30, 2018|18 Views
photo courtesy of Amy King
Juniors and Seniors travel to elementary and middle schools as they embark on their journey of mentoring kids that they will continue to build a relationship with throughout the year. Although the Seniors in Pals have gone through the experience before, the encounter can still cause nerves.
Senior Josh Barretto, second year PAL, said he feels a great amount of responsibility taking on this difficult task.
"I was excited for the new experience and meeting a new kid," Barreto said. "It was very enlightening because you get to meet a new person that has very real problems."
On Tuesdays, PALs travels to elementary schools and Thursday to middle schools. Young children and pre-teens need different things from a PAL, which sometimes may present as a challenge.
"My elementary school pal is very quiet and sort of shy," Barretto said. "They don't like to talk that much, but the middle school [Palees] sort of understand why they are there so they are more willing to open up."
Each year PALs get to know two new kids they've never met before. Senior and second year PAL, Jessica Brown, knows this commitment well.
"It was very exciting because you never know what type of kid you're going to get," Brown said. "I just am so anxious to see why they paired me with this kid."
The PALs program, beneficial to not only elementary and middle school kids, but to the high school students as well. It takes a special kind of person to put aside their own problems in order to focus all their attention on another.
"I could be having a bad day but on travel days I have to put all that to the side and focus on my kid," Brown said. "Being a PAL means being selfless, putting others before yourself."
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'Get ready to hunker down': Dufferin enters a 28-day provincial lockdown on Dec. 26
Another province-wide lockdown has been confirmed.
"Thousands of lives are at stake right now," said Premier Doug Ford at a press conference today (Dec. 21). "If we fail to take action right now the consequences could be catastrophic. It's a temporary but one time measure."
Ford explained that the current exponential spread of the virus in the province has been hitting concerning levels, and precautions exercised so far have not helped.
"I want to start by giving you an honest assessment," said Ford. "Despite the restrictions, we've seen a growing number of people travelling. Our hospitals are filling up more each day. There has been a 70 percent increase in hospital admissions and an 80 percent increase in ICU needs."
On Dec. 26 at 12:01 a.m. the lockdown will take effect. When asked why the decision was made to wait despite advice that closing down sooner would prevent more cases.
"We want to give the same opportunities to businesses who haven't experienced a lockdown before," said Ford. "We don't want them left with inventory and not having time to prepare. Get ready to hunker down."
Another question was asked regarding the delay in shut down and concerns over people getting together during the holidays.
"The worst places are already in Lockdown," said Ford.
He added that people should not have visitors over to their house, but that he has to be fair to businesses.
"I'm asking for the support of the people, to cooperate as they have," Ford said.
One of the largest concerns Ford expressed was the number of individuals still travelling, noting many people are coming through Pearson Airport every day. With more people coming into the province's borders, it means Ontarians efforts 'are for naught'.
"Our borders are like a sieve, like a spaghetti drainer," explained Ford, adding that passengers arriving at Pearson need to be tested. "This is critical."
Essential businesses will remain open at reduced capacities and other retailers will be allowed to continue curbside pickup. The lockdown will last for 14 days in northern Ontario and 28 in the south.
Ford spoke to communities in yellow or green areas, asking them to understand that the risk of inter-region spread is a real concern, with people travelling to lower tier levels for services they cannot obtain on their own.
"These are decisions that are extremely difficult, but are absolutely critical," he said.
Quebec will also be shutting down, noting that while Quebec has done a great job mitigating spread, the risk of people flooding into Ottawa is high.
He added that while schools are shutting down, they are not part of the problem. Elementary level schools will be shut down until Jan. 11, while high schools will remain closed until Jan. 25.
Ford explained that the province is also revisiting support for communities, including up to $20,000 for small businesses.
Health minister Christine Elliott said that while there has been an investment of 2,000 or more beds in hospitals across the province, more needs to be done.
"Our hospital situation is a reflection of community spread," said Elliott. "Urgent and Immediate action must be taken. Issuing a province-wide shut down was not an easy decision, but we have reached a tipping point."
Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health (WDGPH) confirmed the number of COVID-19 cases within its boundaries is now at 2,149, an increase of 133 cases since the last update on Dec. 18.
As of Dec. 21, there are 315 active cases within WDGPH, including 152 in Guelph, 59 in Dufferin and 44 in Wellington County. There was 14 persons hospitalized due to COVID-19 in WDGPH.
Ford continued to stress the need to stay home, during the holidays and into the lockdown, and asked people to venture out as little as possible.
"Only leave the house when absolutely necessary," said Ford. "As I've said before, tough times don't last, but tough people do. The vaccines are on their way, there is light at the end of the tunnel."
Tabitha Wells/Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Alexandra Heck/The Orangeville Banner, Orangeville Banner


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Photo of the Week: Selfie laureate
Photo by Matt Cashore '94
The selfie being snapped in this photo may not be worthy of a Nobel Prize — but its subject is.
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus (center) came to campus last week to give a keynote address as part of the Notre Dame Forum, which this year focused on the theme of globalization. Yunus won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for his pioneering work in microcredit and microfinance. The Bangladeshi social entrepreneur is known as the "banker to the poor," and talked at Notre Dame about his efforts in poverty alleviation and sustainability.
While on campus, Yunus also received the Kellogg Institute's Ford Family Notre Dame Award for International Development and Solidarity . . . and took some time from his busy schedule to pose for photos with audience members and fans.
Photo of the Week is a new weekly series at magazine.nd.edu highlighting photos of notable happenings on campus and in the Notre Dame family around the world. Have a snapshot you think we should see? Email scahalan@nd.edu to be considered for publication.


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Хэлтон Кристиан Арп, (; 21 марта 1927, Нью-Йорк — 28 декабря 2013, Мюнхен) — американский астроном, получивший известность благодаря созданному им Атласу пекулярных галактик, в котором перечислено большое количество пекулярных и взаимодействующих галактик.

Биография
Хэлтон Кристиан Арп родился 21 марта 1927 года в Нью-Йорке.
Степень бакалавра он получил в Гарварде в 1949 году.
Степень Доктора философии () была получена им в Калифорнийском технологическом институте в 1953 году, после чего он работал в Институте Карнеги, выполнял исследования в Паломарской обсерватории, Обсерватории Маунт-Вилсон. Кроме того, он работал в Университете Индиана. В 1983 году стал членом Общества (Института) Макса Планка в Германии.

Научная деятельность
В 1960 годах Хэлтон Кристиан Арп высказал теорию о том, что квазары — это объекты, выброшенные из ядер активных галактик. Теория была высказана в противовес предположения Мартена Шмидта о том, что квазары — это чрезвычайно далёкие галактики (что подтверждалось их значительным красным смещением из-за явления расширения Вселенной).

Доказательство своей гипотезы Арп видел в том, что на некоторых фотографиях квазары размещались на переднем плане (или в непосредственной близости) относительно галактик, которые, в соответствии с Законом Хаббла, располагались значительно ближе к Земле. Также он отмечал, что квазары не расположены произвольно по всему небу, а стремятся располагаться недалеко от других известных галактик. Объяснение большого красного смещения, по мнению Арпа, было не «космологическим», а «внутренним», например, связанным с выбросом квазара из ядра активной галактики. Отдельные факты наблюдений (в частности, галактик Дева А, Центавр А) подтверждали теорию Арпа.

Прогресс в развитии средств изучения космоса с момента выдвижения гипотезы Арпа позволил более глубоко изучить квазары, в результате чего сейчас они, в основной своей массе, признаются очень удалёнными галактиками с большим красным смещением. Глубокие исследования космоса, такие, как Hubble Deep Field позволили найти сходство спектров квазаров и галактик поблизости, в том числе в рентгеновском и в радио диапазонах. Несмотря на эти факты Арп полностью не отказался от своей гипотезы и продолжал публиковать материалы в её подтверждение.

Атлас пекулярных галактик

В 1966 году Арп опубликовал каталог галактик, который служит наглядной иллюстрацией процесса эволюции, изменения, взаимодействия и поглощения галактик.

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Perspective from Theodore Eickhoff, MD
Suboptimal vaccine effectiveness against influenza A/H3N2 identified
Researchers from the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control observed suboptimal vaccine effectiveness against the influenza A/H3N2 virus during the 2010-2011 winter season and also detected genetic variants to the virus using a sentinel surveillance platform.
During this time frame, there were many outbreaks related to influenza A/H3N2 at long-term care facilities in Canada. The outbreaks also affected vaccinated staff. Interim data from the sentinel surveillance system, which incorporated genotypic, phenotypic and epidemiologic indicators, identified genetic variants and suboptimal vaccine effectiveness.
"Unlike other vaccines, the influenza vaccine must be reformulated and re-administered each year to keep pace with ongoing changes in circulating virus strains," Danuta Skowronski, MD, epidemiology lead of Influenza & Emerging Respiratory Pathogens at BC Centre for Disease Control, told Infectious Disease News. "For this reason, real-time monitoring of circulating strains, their relatedness to chosen vaccine components and their impact on vaccine protection are important. To do this requires the efficient harnessing of molecular, individual and population-level information."
Danuta Skowronski
The researchers analyzed nasal/nasopharyngeal swabs and epidemiologic data from 1,718 participants who presented with influenza-like illness. Among these participants, 93 tested positive with A(H1N1)pdm09, 408 had A/H3N2 and 199 had influenza B. Patients who tested negative for influenza were considered controls. Among the cases, 16% received the influenza vaccine and among the controls, 24% received the vaccine.
The vaccine efficacy for adults aged 20 to 49 years was 65% for A(H1N1)pdm09 and 66% for influenza B. For A/H3N2, however, the vaccine efficacy was only 39%.
Two hundred thirty-three specimens were isolated for hemagglutination inhibition characterization. This process showed that all of the A(H1N1)pdm09 isolates were A/California/7/2009-like and all of the A/H3N2 isolates were A/Perth/16/2009-like, demonstrating that all of the isolates were well matched to the vaccine. However, on phylogenetic analysis, only two of the A/H3N2 isolates belonged to the A/Perth/16/2009 vaccine clade. Most belonged to the A/HongKong/2121/2010 variant, and the remainder belonged to the A/Victoria/208/2009 variant, both of which were not matched to the vaccine.
"Understanding influenza virus evolution and its impact on vaccine effectiveness real time can help inform adjunct prevention and treatment measures when suboptimal vaccine protection is identified," Skowronski said. "Having a systematic platform to collect influenza viruses and accurately assess their impact on vaccine effectiveness is important in selecting new strains to be included in revised formulations each year."
Skowronski DM. Clin Infect Dis. 2012;55:332-342.
The researchers report financial relationships with Becton Dickinson, Gen-Probe, GlaxoSmithKline, Hoffmann-LaRoche, Merck, Pfizer, Roche, Sanofi-Pasteur and Siemens.
Theodore Eickhoff, MD
Skowronski and co-workers have reported an interesting project in influenza surveillance; this was carried out over a one-year period during 2010-2011 over a broad area of Canada. It does represent influenza reported from a number of large viral surveillance areas, but certainly does not represent real public health reporting.
As suggested by the title of the paper, these authors established an influenza vaccine effectiveness program in about six major medical centers following an agreed-upon protocol requiring influenza immunization or not, and the subsequent workup of all persons with symptoms who presented within 7 days of onset. With a wide range of laboratory assets available, it was possible to put together careful analyses of vaccine behavior as well as a close look at viral variant behaviors.
The investigators have clearly demonstrated the enhanced power of this kind of comprehensive surveillance. They could clearly assess enhanced surveillance, increased or decreased vaccine efficacy, new variant circulation, and the like. What they have not clearly determined is whether it has all been worth it. Perhaps, however, it is still too early in this kind of field epidemiologic research to make such a determination. Personally, I would encourage rather than discourage further work in this complex field epidemiology area. Do, for example, H1N1 viruses relate at all to H3N2 viruses during a single season? If so, how? Certainly we need to see, as this report partially does, that they both occur, but do they occur together or apart? Does one have any influence on the other? And that's before we even get to influenza B.
Many of these answers could be obtained, I would think, with smaller scale surveys carried out simply in one or perhaps at most two medical centers. It is not clear to me what the added benefit has been of using coast-to-coast medical centers.
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you feel me_ at FACT, Liverpool
Sara Jaspan, Exhibitions Editor
Anna Bunting-Branch, Warm Worlds and Otherwise. Installation view at Wysing Arts Centre, 2019 (c) Wilf Speller
you feel me_ at FACT, City Centre, 1 November 2019–23 February 2020, free entry - Visit now
Back in the early days of the internet, it was seen by many as a space full of radical potential. A grassroots sphere that lay outside of society's long-established governing structures that could offer a new, more democratic social model. It didn't take long for the dream to begin to unravel, however, and for the dominant forces that shape the offline world to take hold. Today, the licit areas of the world wide web have become increasingly used by corporate and state entities to monitor and influence our behaviours in similar if not worse ways to IRL.
Brandon Covington Sam-Sumana
A new exhibition at FACT in Liverpool adopts a fresh perspective, however, exploring the wider virtual realm as an area still full of promise for those wishing to challenge the unequal systems of power that underpin society and dismantle the engrained social prejudices that they perpetuate. you feel me_ brings together new and existing multisensory artworks – spanning ceramics, virtual reality, artificial intelligence, video and game design – by seven artists who invite audiences to imagine how emerging technologies can be used positively to help us move towards a place of healing.
Video still from Anna Bunting-Branch, The Linguists (2017).
The highly immersive show will feature highlights including an experimental animation by Anna Bunting-Branch that explores alternative worldbuilding, using digital technology to transport viewers between environments such as unknown planets and a restaurant orbiting in space. And a virtual reality experience led by Megan Broadmeadow that puts a player from the video game Red Dead Redemption 2 on trial for using his in-game avatar to kill a suffragette. Works by Rebecca Allen, Phoebe Collings-James, Brandon Covington Sam-Sumana, Aliyah Hussain and Salma Noor will also be on display.
you feel me_ is accompanied by a programme of related events, including a film season of cult classic films numbering Barbarella and Belladonna of Sadness, an artist-led tour with ROOT-ed Zine, and a series of video game-based adventures led by performer and gamer Conway McDermott that will take place throughout FACT's galleries. The exhibition is organised by guest curator Helen Starr who founded The Mechatronic Library in 2010 – an initiative that invites artists to engage with new media tools such as artificial intelligence, virtual reality, game engines, and 3D printing technologies, with a focus on improving the wellbeing of local communities.
you feel me_ at FACT, City Centre
1 November 2019–23 February 2020
Art Galleries in Manchester & Salford
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Coffee Shops in Liverpool
Over the last couple of years, Liverpool – like the rest of the country – has been taken over by an army of artisan coffee shops. But how do you separate the wheat from the chaff (or bean from the berry)? Here we share our guide to the city's best caffeinating holes.
Museums in Liverpool
Our guide to museums in Liverpool ranges from gargantuan offerings like the World Museum to the small but perfectly-formed.
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Whether it's classical sculpture or cutting-edge photography you're after, check out our guide to the best art galleries to visit in Liverpool.
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Exhibitions Until 4 June 2023, from £5.00
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Activity Until 31 January 2025, £8.50 with concessions
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The Go LaSalle program, due to be introduced for the start of the 2018 academic year, will give UniLaSalle's engineering students valuable experience abroad via partnerships with the global network of La Salle universities, composed of 62 institutions worldwide. Around twenty partner universities, in Mexico, the United States, Colombia, Brazil, Costa Rica and the Philippines, will begin hosting nearly 150 UniLaSalle students in summer 2018.
The program will initially be aimed at Agronomy and Agro-Industry engineering students, before being extended to Food and Health students in 2019, and Earth and Environmental Sciences students in 2020.
With Go LaSalle, students will enjoy a bespoke study program that combines quality teaching with an international outlook.
The program is based on the global network of La Salle universities, composed of 62 establishments worldwide that share the same values and offer similar academic and social environments.
A period abroad at the end of their studies, with students being given the choice of spending time at one of the 135 UniLaSalle partner universities (a semester, a study period leading to a qualification or a dual degree) or completing an internship abroad.


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Of the many ways to cap off a year, I think it's harder to top a new job. I received my official offer yesterday while devouring a steak at Longhorn. Come Monday, a new chapter begins. A chapter that hopefully will not involve requesting forbearance from loan companies.
Chris and Mike came over for New Years. The time went by really quickly and I was probably asleep by 1:30.


You'd be hard pressed to find a symbol of New Orleans more loved and cherished than the Fleur de Lis.
The Fleur de Lis says Louisiana and especially New Orleans to people all over the world. This iconic symbol has come to represent the culture, atmosphere and style of the Big Easy.
Where exactly does this symbol come from? And how did it come to be such a big part of the quintessential New Orleans style?
Its history is more storied and complex than many realize.
The emblem is most likely based on the lily or iris. Historians believe the current style dates back to early France, placing its arrival at 1062 A.D. It has earlier roots in Babylonian times, and later become a traditional insignia of French royalty.
Its association with France remains strong to this day. However, it did reach Great Britain and make its mark there as the feather fleur.
While the Fleur de Lis was found on many coats of arms throughout European history, it also became a common symbol on flags. You'll find it today on the flag of Quebec, Baton Rouge, New Orleans and the Franco-American Flag.
The Fleur de Lis has been an integral part of New Orleans culture since the city's inception. Settlers of La Nouvelle Orleans immediately marked the area with a Fleur de Lis flag. Look back on Mardi Gras invitations from the 19th century and you'll see the symbol used as decoration.
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"Then God said, 'Let there be light'; and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good."
It's one of the deepest ideas in our collective (un)consciousness. The Sun brings heat, makes plants grow, helps us wake, explore, work, create. Gods of the Sun and Moon are associated with law, arts, the mind, justice, protection, inspiration, all the things that make up the best part of being human. (And even the other nice thing about being human gets this treatment - Venus is, after all, the Morning Star.note In turn, that was a trait acquired from proto-indo-european dawn goddesses, whose derivations still are associated with love in known mythologies.) The lightbulb coming on over one's head is the genesis of a great idea. By light we can see the world; by extension, light lets us confront evil and destroy it, both within and without ourselves.
It's the more or less obvious conclusion.
Almost every RPG does this, some more than others. (It's always the holy magic that heals, never the dark.) For characters with light-based powers with this connotation, see Light 'em Up. Holy Hand Grenade is not out of the question.
The polar opposite of Light Is Good is Dark Is Evil and its sub-tropes. Light Is Not Good originated as a subversion of this trope. Note, however, that Good Is Not Nice can also come into play if said hero has an affinity for light, and both Light is Good and Light Is Not Good may come into play, as a Hypocrite tries to pose as a good guy by taking on the trappings suitable for the good guys. If a story wants to use Light is Good and Dark Is Not Evil at the same time, it's generally justified as both forces being necessary for a truly stable and peaceful world, with the perceived 'evil' of darkness being a misunderstanding between the sides. See Light/Darkness Juxtaposition.
Why having the sun appear is good. Also the reason White Magic is called that. Related to Heaven Above, since the sky and the light-bearing suns often go hand-in-hand when depicting the good God. This trope's relationship with the sun can often lend it to be used similarly to Rays from Heaven, Cue the Sun, and Watching the Sunset. See also Holy Halo, Shining City, and Shining Goodness.
For more chromatic inspiration, see Color-Coded for Your Convenience. For light used as one of the Elemental Powers, see Light 'em Up.
Daylight Horror and Light Is Not Good are subversions of this trope.
Most Magical Girl series play this trope straight, with the heroines wearing bright and colorful outfits, having light/purity/Love related powers.
In BTX The Hero Teppei rides a white B't Which eventually turns golden.
Subverted in Death Note, where the character named Light appears to be a pretty good guy at first (or at worst a Well-Intentioned Extremist) whose ideas of morality and justice are just slightly askew. However, it quickly becomes a case of Light Is Not Good as he descends into corruption and madness... as a result of believing himself to be this.
Angemon and Angewomon of Digimon Adventure are both angelic Digimon with golden hair who both debuted to promptly easily defeat a powerful dark Digimon with their powers of light. Angewomon takes this almost to ridiculous extremes - her partner is Hikari Yagami, whose first name translates to "light", and who uses the Crest of Light to make her evolve to Angewomon to begin with. Oh, and near the end of Adventure she started glowing.
Though transforming tends to make them look more threatening in Dragonball Z, all the Super Saiyans, apart from the movie villain Broly, embody this with a golden hair and aura, even Vegeta by the end of the series.
The two main heroes in Fullmetal Alchemist are blonde, with gold eyes to boot.
That said, aside from the homunculus, the overwhelming majority of the villains invoke Light Is Not Good, and the only characters with anything resembling light powers are both villains.
Except for the Colonel, who has light-themed powers and is most definitely on the heroic side.
The titular main characters in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure use Hamon during Part 1, Part 2 and a bit in part 3. Subverted in that Kars uses it after obtaining the Ultimate Form, whose Hamon is actually hundreds of times stronger than what the main characters used.
In Legend of Heavenly Sphere Shurato, The Hero wears a white armor (which also has a Golden Super Mode). Other characters associated with light (like Lady Vishnu) are good too.
Most protagonists in Lyrical Nanoha feature white prominently on their Barrier Jackets, usually the most outer layer. Hayate and Reinforce Zwei take it one step further by having white as their magic colors.
Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn has Syam Vist, a kind old man in white robes and Banagher Links, who pilots a White Gundam known as The Unicorn that is named after a Beast of Light and Possibility.
Hinata Hyuga defies what the rest of her clan stands for.
Purity goes with light in Sailor Moon, and it becomes a common theme (most easily seen in the first anime's SuperS season).
While this trope was sometimes averted by the original Saint Seiya and Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas, in Saint Seiya Omega the Light Cosmo have been portrayed as a good force, opposed to Darkness Cosmo.
In Shinzo this trope is played straight most of the time.
Asuna, the female protagonist from Sword Art Online, wears white clothing, a stark contrast from male protagonist and Love Interest Kirito.
Light magic in Destruction Flag Otome is only confirmed to be able to dispel curses, detect dark magic and heal injuries.
Superman is powered in part by the light of Earth's yellow sun.
As their Badass Creed says, Green Lantern's light is their power that the worshipers of Evil's might should beware. The GLs co-exist with several groups wielding light that are not so benevolent.
In Zombies Christmas Carol pure, loving light, as represented by Fan and Fred, is universally good and can heal the zombies.
In RainbowDoubleDash's Lunaverse, a world defined by its fear of the Sun, Princess Cadence stands out as the one example of this trope. Despite her Incorruptible Pure Pureness, she still chooses to evoke the Sun in her dress and heraldry.
Cassandra in Angel Of The Bat starts to live by this. After her (unofficial) conversion, she wants to begin wearing a bright white uniform — not because dark is inherently evil, but she believes others will find hope in her new outfit.
An underlying factor in the Contractually Obligated Chaos series is that there is a prophecy regarding Life and Death; the Avatar of Life embodies this trope.
In Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within the Earth's Gaia is a bright pale blue light that is in direct contrast to the angry red of the Phantoms.
In Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole, Boron and Barran, the two leaders of the Guardians use golden helmets and have a white plumage. Of course, considering they're snowy owls, it's not like they have much choice regarding their feather colour, and the villains are also the generally light coloured barn owls.
In Rise of the Guardians, the characters associated with Light (like Sandman and the Man in the Moon) are good, opposed to the darkness of the Big Bad.
Similarly, Epic plays this trope completely straight: The Leafmen use bright colored armors and are associated with light, while the villains seem more associated with darkness.
This trope is played straight in most of the movies from the Disney Animated Canon.
Oddly, Ray the firefly in The Princess and the Frog. His light abilities prove useful in fighting shadow demons.
In Tangled, Rapunzel, a gentle, caring girl who is a Friend to All Living Things, loves daylight (as well as starlight) and has shining golden hair because her mother ingested a flower that had grown from a drop of liquid sunlight.
In most of the Don Bluth movies. Though Bluth's movies also have aesthetically dark characters that aren't evil (The Secret of NIMH, for example), and the very last movie uses has villains associated with blue light.
Being the benevolent overseer of the candles of life, the Candlemaker from The Book of Life, is this.
Chief starts out as Dark Is Not Evil, being a black-furred dog with a gruff attitude and a determined attitude that helps his pack survive Trash Island. He later gets an Important Haircut that reveals that he actually has white fur with black spots, just like Atari's dog Spots, further linking them as long-lost brothers. Thanks to bonding more with Atari, Chief ends up becoming a nobler dog.
Spots, Atari's guard dog and Chief's long-lost brother has white fur with black spots, and he's a noble and kind dog.
The Light Side of the Force in Star Wars. The Expanded Universe is a bit more relaxed with this, though. Oddly enough, nobody ever calls it the "Light Side" in the original and prequel trilogies... it's only ever "The Force" and "The Dark Side of the Force." The entire idea of calling it the "Light Side of the Force" most likely came from fans making the "Dark Is Evil = Light is Good" connection on their own! The sequel trilogy finally uses the term.
Tangina: When people die, there's a wonderful light as bright as the sun. But it doesn't hurt to look into it. All the answers to all the questions that you ever want to know are inside that light. And when you walk to it, you become a part of it forever.
In the first The Lord of the Rings film, Arwen appears to Frodo in a flowing white gown with light radiating out from her. This is just a vision to Frodo but it symbolises that she is good and is there to help him. Though she does warn him that she could end up evil and remain like she is.
A bit of a no-brainer but the stars in Stardust. They shine when their hearts are full of joy and happiness although Yvaine actually uses this as a weapon against the witches.
Played straight in one of the very last scenes of Pan's Labyrinth, which shows the throne room from King & Queen of the Underworld as a golden place full of bright light, where Ofelia is received after she dies in the real world.
The 1939 film version of The Wizard of Oz and Oz: The Great and Powerful play this trope straight with their respective versions of Glinda, the Good Witch of the South.
X-Men: Apocalypse: The pale grey background of the "Defend" poster ◊ (which promotes the heroes) signifies this.
The doctor who treats Maria and confronts her mother is dressed in a strikingly white lab coat, in an office as clean, light, and comforting as him.
The first thing Bernadette, a genuinely good Christian, can think of when asked to describe Heaven is "a great light," before going on to describe the songs the saints will sing and the great joy they will feel.
Maria's mother insists her daughter is given a white dress in the penultimate scene, because she believes her daughter has proven herself to be completely pure, ignoring how self-destructive Maria's devotion has become.
Deconstructed in The Queen's Consort, as while light is something embraced and dwelled upon by most of fairy kind, it is not a simple case of "light = good, dark = bad". In-fact, one of the biggest dilemmas in the story is that a random solar flare gives Elsa magic-based amnesia, making things harder for when the ritual to keep the darkness away needs casting.
Night Watch's Light Others live and breathe this trope... though, it can be said that the series examines this trope, bends it, reshapes it, subverts it, averts it, and when all else is lost, the author throws in the towel and pretty much says that all bets are off.
The Light in The Dark Is Rising series of novels is good, but not nice. However, while Dark Is Evil is mostly played straight, Light occasionally is actually evil as well too, with later instalments blatantly stating that balance is better.
In the Wheel of Time series, the Creator and the Light.
Subverted (for the most part) with the Children of the Light.
In mythology and fantasy stories, light (particularly sunlight) severely impairs or even harms monsters.
The Child of Light (and the Prophecy of Light) in The Belgariad.
In The Dresden Files, sunlight is anathema to most creatures of the Nevernever, and can disrupt more negative and evil enchantments and spells. Also, the Swords of the Cross emit light that cancels out the powers of the Denarians.
In Robert A. Heinlein's Magic, Inc., the heroes storm Hell because light always overcomes darkness (since darkness is merely the absence of light), and they are the forces of Light, so it does not behoove them to sit around reacting to the demonic forcs.
Diane Duane's Young Wizards series works with this considerably, especially in the first book, although they play with it increasingly through the series and at the end of the third book have a decisive Redemption arc where it is shown that Dark Does Not Have To Be Bad. Of course, the fact that the Powers don't live within linear time means there are still loads and loads of incarnations of the Lone One running around being evil for books and books more, but they've finally given him the chance to start going home.
T. S. Eliot's Choruses from "The Rock"
О Light Invisible, we praise Thee!
In L. Jagi Lamplighter's Prospero Lost, Father Christmas tells Miranda, Mab and Mephisto that they can stay a while because all who serve the Light are welcome.
In Teresa Frohock's Miserere: An Autumn Tale, only the good guys are capable of casting the light spell.
In Poul Anderson's "Brave To Be A King", a beggar urges, "Alms for the love of Light!" Later two time travellers makes themselves glow to convince a king that they are heavenly messengers.
In Robin McKinley's Sunshine, Sunshine herself. Yolonda wisely refuses to believe evil of anyone who draws power from sunlight even though she hobnobs with a vampire.
In John Milton's Paradise Lost, continually used, for the angels, include those that later fell.
The default in The Lord of the Rings and J. R. R. Tolkien's other words, though there's more subtlety to it than that: the Elves are associated with the cold light of the stars and later the moon, while Men are associated with the hotter, harsher light of the Sun. Tom Bombadil also notes that he remembers when 'the dark under the stars was fearless, before the Dark Lord came from Outside', so Dark is not intrinsically evil.
In Jennifer Crusie's Maybe This Time, Andie urges ghosts to Go into the Light, assuring them that it's probably good, because light is.
In the land of Caederan, Light is one of the two "supra-elements" that surround and infuse the four elemental magics. Each element has a light aspect, which is the proper and natural use of that element. In addition, it is possible for someone to turn you into an orah, those who "live aligned with light alone," and can access the light side of each of the four elemental magics. It's mentioned specifically that fire called by an orah burns hotter and cleaner, and is much easier to prevent from running amok, as compared to fire called by an aesh.
The poem "Oxalis", by Nancy Cato, lovingly describes the flowers gleaming "like a streak of sunlight ".
A term of romantic endearment between Fey is: "The Great Sun rises in your eyes, beloved."
The heroine is compared favorably to Erimea, an in-universe star that illuminates the dark skies of winter.
When Ellysetta saves the tairen cubs, their souls are depicted as living light, in stark contrast to the Well's anonymous shadows.
Downplayed in Jeramey Kraatz's The Cloak Society. Still, light powers belong to good characters.
The friendly optimist Neela just so happens to have light-based powers, meaning that her body constantly glows. Naturally, she glows brightest when happy.
In the first book's finale, the protagonists cast a spell that merges their souls (and various magical powers). This results in the heroes literally glowing [[spoiler:with Neela's shared magic.
In Warrior Cats, characters use rhetoric about the heroes being light fighting the darkness, their ancestors become stars and the cats go to the Moonstone which allows them to contact their benevolent ancestors and glows with moonlight. Most cats with light-related names are clearly good (Firestar, Whitestorm, Whitewing, Sunstar, Moonflower, Brightheart, Briarlight, Brightspirit, Shiningheart, etc.) - pretty much everyone besides Sol.
As Dante explains in The Divine Comedy, "On high, joy is made manifest by brightness, as, here on earth, by smile." What he means is that the saints living in Paradise are encased in light that gets progressively brighter the closer they are to God. By the time Dante has ascended the first three spheres of Heaven, the light of the blessed is too bright for Dante to recognize people he knew back on Earth.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Bright white haired Willow from the last episode of Season 7.
Game of Thrones: Viserion is the dragon with white and gold skin, and is the dragon most tolerant to people aside from Daenerys. Hold the "good" after he Came Back Wrong.
In Smallville, using some meteor powers emit a Sickly Green Glow. However, when an unambiguously good Chloe Sullivan gets Empathic Healing, her hand glows gold and white.
The Ultramen are beings of light and defenders of the universe from monsters and other evils threatening it.
Omnipresent in songs about being yourself or standing up for oneself, in which light is your "inner self" or strength or individuality or whatever.
In the Lusitanian Mythology, the god Endovelicus was associated with light and healing, being obviously benevolent. However, the same mythology also has Neto, a sun god associated with war, and when Christianity settled in Endovelicus became identified with Lucifer.
Manichaean scripture spread the idea of light being good and darkness being evil, which is likely why it sometimes shows up in mainstream Christian rhetoric despite the Bible not favoring either (as in the cases of Milcom, Satan and Lucifer being bad and the shade of the lord good). However, there are many a passage in canon Christian scripture that can be taken this way if not put against the work as a whole.
Psalm 18:28 — You, O LORD, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light.
Isaiah 50:10 — Let him who walks in the dark, who has no light, trust in the name of the LORD and rely on his God.
John 1:4-5 — In him was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.
Romans 13:12 — The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.
Exalted gives us The Unconquered Sun, the divine embodiment of virtue and righteousness, created by the Primordial of dickery solely because he wanted to find out what would give him purpose. And boy, did he succeed there, as the Unconquered Sun saw that the Primordials were yoking Creation about and helped lead the struggle to overthrow them. His chosen, the Solar Exalted, are supposed to be like this... save for that little Great Curse thing.
Sun gods in Dungeons & Dragons are generally always of a good alignment. Pelor from Greyhawk is Neutral Good, Lathander from the Forgotten Realms is Neutral Good. Amaunator, the defunct Netheril sun god, averted this trope by being Lawful Neutral, but upon being reinstated in the fourth edition (by fusing with Lathander) became Lawful Good. He became Lawful Neutral again in 5th edition.
Prior to the 4th edition, where they could be good or evil, angels and metallic dragons, who will actively attempt to aid weaker races. The 4th edition still played this straight with the good dragon god Bahamut.
The white color in Magic: The Gathering uses a sun for its symbol. It has by far the lion's share of cards concerning healing, protection, spells that disarm creatures or only destroy/remove creatures when they attack you, and creatures traditionally associated with good such as angels, knights in shining armor and honest soldiers. Depending on the block, white cards can just as easily make for Light Is Not Good, however.
In terms of characters wielding White Magic, the most famous are heroic, but there's a sufficiently large amount of paranoid Knight Templars as well. So light is pretty much neutral in this setting.
Both subverted and played straight with the Living Saints of Warhammer 40,000. They are shining examples of all that's good about humanity, avatars of the Immortal God-Emperor of Mankind, shining with light that causes most heretics to repent and desire to serve the Imperium, that fills the hearts of the faithful with unshakable courage and joy in serving the Emperor. Within the Imperium, almost universally accepted as unambiguously morally good, serving humanity selflessly in and out of combat and eventually sacrificing their lives for the good of the Imperium. Outside the Imperium, they're probably viewed no better than any other Imperial tool.
The Stellaknight archetypes' appearance and implied role in the Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG saga started in The Duelist Advent implies that they are benevolent or even heroic.
In BIONICLE, every sentient character has a dark side and light side, representing of course good and evil. These could be tapped into, to obtain either light or shadow powers, and naturally, shadow is easier to master, and makes one corrupt. To those who have light or shadow powers from the get-go, obtaining the opposite "element" can prove difficult, since the two powers tend to cancel each other out. This is a mostly late development, however. While bad guys were since early associated with darkness, the light in Bionicle was originally more ambiguous and meant to be "special" rather than "good".
The Transformers' god, Primus, is often referred to as the "Lord of Light", and the Matrix of Leadership is meant to "light our darkest hour."
Dr. Light, the good scientist in Mega Man (Classic).
A reoccurring weapon that Link receives is the Arrow of Light. These are used against the main antagonists who have an affinity for darkness.
One of Link's allies in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is Rauru, the Sage of Light. Also, like the aforementioned statement for the Zelda series, one of Link's weapons is the Arrow of Light, which is used in the final battle against Ganondorf.
In The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, the Light Spirits of the four springs, who aid you and who keep the land peaceful.
This trope is sprinkled liberally throughout the games as a whole. Many of the climatic scenes involving Link use dramatic lighting to grand effect - just watch any of the Master Sword sequences. Probably most prominently displayed thematically in The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, where Ganondorf's dark power has corrupted the Sacred Realm (a Golden Land where the Triforce once resided) and turned it into the dangerous and evil Dark World. Subverted somewhat in Twilight Princess.
Amaterasu, the goddess of the sun and mother of all life, in Ōkami.
"I know now, without a doubt, Kingdom Hearts is Light!"
The power of the Holy Light from the Warcraft universe can only be used by good hearted people (among other lesser requisites), has the power to heal and damages undead and demons. Sure there are people who aren't precisely good, however, they are able to use it since it still works if you're good only in your own mind.
In Alan Wake, light is so good that flashbang grenades are lethal against evil.
The sheer brightness from the lighthouse in the second DLC "The Writer" is very much One-Hit Kill against the Taken. So as long the boulders are cleared out.
In The Haunted Mansion video game, evil ghosts cannot inhabit a lit room. Every puzzle in the game is figuring out how to light up the current room.
The first Fable has this in spades, with light clothing giving you good points and dark clothing giving you evil points, and good characters morphing to have lighter features. The sequels ease up on it, but it's still present.
Final Fantasy III has the warriors of light, to contrast the equally heroic warriors of darkness.
While Cecil Harvey originally followed the brother trope, he manages to redeem himself as a Paladin, originally being a Dark Knight.
In Final Fantasy VIII, Rinoa Heartilly is associated with angel wings, being her limit break, nice contrast from Squall, The Hero dressed in Black.
In Final Fantasy X, Yuna serves primarily as The Heroine in a white/blue kimono. Her Summon Magic often involves light.
Lux and Leona from League of Legends fit this to a T, the former having light based skills while the latter has sun-symbolism.
Palutena of Kid Icarus is the good goddesses of light. Her sister, in contrast, is the evil goddesses of darkness. The Hero of the game is also rather light aligned with his own antagonistic Shadow Archetype to deal with, though he is aided by a shady Anti-Hero.
Boktai has the solar child Django and his solar enpowered gun.
In StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm after Kerrigan kills General Warfield, a beam of light shines on her face as she calls the Swarm off, allowing his men to escape.
Aurora, the titular Child of Light has light-elemental powers which she uses to fight the Queen of Darkness. She wears light yellow clothing and a completely white outfit at the end of the game.
Shantae and the Pirate's Curse introduces to the series the concept of Light Magic, which is the power inherent to Benevolent Genies, and since the titular heroine is a half-genie, she naturally possessed it too. In addition to being the magic inherent to genies, Light Magic is the only thing that could harm the Dark Magic-fueled Pirate Master, though Light Magic could also be corrupted into Dark Magic if it was used for evil. However, the opposite is also true, and Dark Magic could be converted back into Light Magic if it's in the possession of a good person.
The Fire Emblem series uses this often in combination with Dark Is Evil, especially in the older games. Light magic is often supereffective against dark magic, with users of light magic dealing heavy damage to dark magic users, while taking less damage from them in return. In games with monsters infesting the world map, light magic is supereffective against them as well. It's especially true in Fire Emblem Jugdral, when the 11th-Hour Superpower, the light tome called the Book of Naga, is the only weapon capable of easily taking down the Big Bad of Genealogy of the Holy War, a demon-possessed dark mage from a Cult of evil dark mages whose tome ordinarily cuts all damage he receives in half.
In Smite, if there's a Light-based deity (mostly sun), they're going to be good and benevolent deity, such as Khepri and Amaterasu. Ra zig-zags on this, though. He used to be a good deity of light, but then got horribly poisoned by Isis (she has her reasons) that he snaps and starts using his light more destructively while being a jerk about it, but he's still keeping the world light from being consumed by Apophis' darkness.
Pokémon Black and White: Pokémon Black has the player character pitting the white-colored Reshiram against N's black-colored Zekrom. White inverts this, with the player pitting Zekrom against N's Reshiram.
Pokémon Black 2 and White 2: Pokémon White 2 has N using Reshiram to help the character battle against Ghetsis's Kyurem.
In Romance Game Shall We Date?: Angel or Devil, two love interests are angels who wish to claim the protagonist.
Satan orders a book to banish light.
In The Red Star, Marcus's instincts cry out the something is wrong with the Psychopomp who appears to him . What we see is that he is dark and the being who appears to appears to dispute for his soul is bright .
Homestuck: The White carapaces are all the good-guys. Rose plays with this, as she is the only light player to not fall into Light Is Not Good, but she's also the one most involved in darkness and destruction, though she never raises a hand to her friends and always fights with them. She becomes a more traditional example after her ascension to God Tier (featuring bright orange robes), and later when she's shown to use the Quills of Echidna.
In the Magical Boy Creation Myth, Aurore, Goddess of Light bestowed light upon the world and banished Devoid from his role as dark lord over the planet before bestowing light onto the creatures that lived there. After her being was sacrificed in her efforts to banish Devoid from our dimension, her descendants take up the role of Magical Girl to keep Devoid and his minions from escaping.
In Worm, Scion is this; he's a gold-skinned man dressed in white spandex who does literally nothing but save people. As of Interlude 26, this is averted in the worst possible way.
Jem in almost all her incarnations is associated with light through her robot Synergy, with She's Got The Power being the most explicit about this. However, in a twist the heroes' association with light is in its potential for deception and illusions rather than truth.
Stella from Winx Club gets her powers from the Sun (well, and the Moon, but mostly the Sun), and most of her attacks consist in casting beams of light. Despite her occasional selfishness, she cares a lot about her friends.
Steven Universe plays with this trope. The Gems, beings made of Hard Light, are strongly associated with light, which enhances their visual of heroism and awesomeness. Rose Quartz is decked out in white and has a saintly appearance. However, over time we learn their faults and mistakes, showcasing that in spite of their initial image of perfection, the Crystal Gems are anything but, and have their own hang-ups that need to be solved through talking, not using a veneer of righteousness. And, you know, there's also an Evil Empire of other Gems, also made of light.
The Toa of Light from the first Direct-to-Video movie, Mask of Light.
Mata Nui when he now wears the Mask of Life.
Played with in Raava in The Legend of Korra. On the one hand, she is the spirit of light and peace, certainly better than Vaatu, and eventually fused with Wan to create the Avatar. On the other hand, she is also an example of Good Is Not Nice, given she has disdain against humans, to the point that she had to be convinced to work with a clearly repentant Wan. Her essence can also be used by malevolent people for their own purposes, like Unalaq, which is the first person seen to use light energy. Though the fact that he later only uses dark energy in his waterbending and Jinora uses light without a medium would fool you otherwise.
The Amulet from Trollhunters conjures armor and a sword made of pure daylight.
"For the glory of Merlin, Daylight is mine to command!"
Often averted, as many of the happiest places in the world are in Scandinavia and the Nordics, which are generally not known for sunshine.
However, many of the happiest places in the United States are located in California, Texas and Florida; three states known for getting a lot of sunshine.


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Informatyka afektywna – dział informatyki, zajmuje się metodami i narzędziami rozpoznawania, analizy, interpretacji i symulacji stanów emocjonalnych użytkowników komputerów.

Dziedzina ta została wyodrębniona w 1995 roku przez Rosalind Picard i nazwana affective computing. Ponieważ istnieje bogata literatura w języku angielskim i raczej znikoma w języku polskim, brak jest odpowiedników pojęć używanych w tej dyscyplinie leżącej na styku informatyki i psychologii. Zgodnie ze słownikiem angielskie słowo affective można przetłumaczyć jako afektywny lub emocjonalny, natomiast computing tłumaczy się jako przetwarzanie, komputyka lub informatyka. W związku z wątpliwościami dotyczącymi prawidłowości tłumaczenia nazwy dziedziny zasięgnięto opinii Rady Języka Polskiego. W dniu 5 września 2013 roku Zespół Terminologii Informatycznej Rady Języka Polskiego wydał opinię, zgodnie z którą polskim odpowiednikiem nazwy dziedziny affective computing jest określenie przetwarzanie emocjonalne.  Zaproponowana nazwa budzi jednak wiele wątpliwości, ponieważ kojarzy się raczej z działem psychologii niż informatyki.

Informatyka afektywna obejmuje:
 metody rozpoznawania stanów emocjonalnych użytkowników komputerów i urządzeń mobilnych na podstawie różnorodnych charakterystyk (mimika twarzy, postawa ciała, parametry fizjologiczne, głos, tekst, wzorce behawioralne);
 metody reprezentacji stanów emocjonalnych na potrzeby przetwarzania komputerowego;
 tworzenie aplikacji afektywnych (ang. affective) i postrzegających emocje (ang. affect-aware);
 modele interwencji afektywnych;
 analizę ładunku emocjonalnego tekstu (ang. sentiment analysis);
 symulacje stanów emocjonalnych na potrzeby wirtualnych postaci.

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Informatyka


First spy shots of 2017 Honda CR-V camouflaged prototype have been revealed on the media. The fifth-gen compact crossover has been caught testing in the USA. Because of a light camo-painted coat, the final cutting-edge version shows an extremely dramatic redesign yet revealing some updated styling ideas.
The current front and rear prototype styling is believed to borrow some evolutionary details from the Civic and the Jazz hatchback exterior. Besides that, the curvy prototype has been taken cues from the Civic about the engine having borrowed a Turbo 1.5-litre power unit. However, we hope a higher CR-V output compared to the latest Civic as the current engine delivers 175hp. It seems that the current CR-V looks enlarged in size; it would be reasonable to conjecture that the bigger size range will let the model to be equipped with third-row seats to rival with a VW Tiguan in the compact crossover segment. The new CR-V will reportedly offer the seven-seat and AWD option, along with a hybrid version.
It's unfortunate that we can't enjoy the possibly sophisticated interior; it is likely considered to feature the latest tech-savvy and safety widgets. Prices should expectedly get underway around $24,645.


This paper explores hospice social workers experiences with regards to compassion satisfaction and their work. Existing research on the topic of compassion satisfaction recognizes that it could be the mitigating factor in preventing compassion fatigue, or even worse burnout among individuals with highly stressful professions. The proposed factors that help increase compassion satisfaction are utilizing self-care methods, education, training material, supervision, and organizational support (Alkema, Linton & Davies, 2008; Adams, Boscarino & Figley, 2006; Harr 2013; & Slocum et al., 2013; Conrad & Kellar-Guenther, 2006). The sample of this study, which included eight hospice social workers, participated in a thirty to forty-five minute semi-structured interview. Data was analyzed using grounded theory for theme development. The findings indicate the personal and professional aspects influencing professionals' satisfaction with their work. Findings also suggest expanding the research to other aspects of social work and the possibility of implementing the results for greater amounts of satisfaction.


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package com.github.kubatatami.richedittext;

import com.github.kubatatami.richedittext.writer.Writer;

import org.junit.Test;

public class WriterTest extends BaseTest {

    public WriterTest(Writer writer) {
        super(writer);
    }

    @Test
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What Does Cigarettes Actually Do Towards The Smoker?
Question by iNOOB: What Does Cigarettes Actually Do Towards The Smoker?
All the smokers i asked say that it relieves stress?
i also heard that smoking helps you loose weight?
yup, and they also kill you. have at it.


Red Bull's Christian Horner recently quoted in the press a direct comparison between Liberty Media and the previous 'arrangement', being one Bernard Charles Ecclestone.
In it he laments the era of total decision making and is quoted as saying that "Liberty are trying to operate in a democratic way" and that in comparison, "Bernie controlled a tight ship", albeit when describing the issues of leaking more say toward race promoters and circuit owners.
"Well, you would have never heard a promoter talk out about Bernie, because they wouldn't have had a grand prix the following year!" commends 'Spice boy' Horner about the former ringmaster.
An important paragraph. In many ways Horner is correct, it is now very clear that Liberty are teethless, and at the head of the organisation is a inept leader in Chase Carey. If you don't believe me, just listen to his interview in the player below.
Still, Horner is likely applying his own logic of politicking via the media by emphasising exactly where Liberty are going wrong.
"There's that constant comparison of American sport and franchises versus Formula 1 — American sport works in America, it doesn't work globally." continues Horner.
After his history lesson to the American, cliché, Horner could well be sending his message in the media to Liberty with one eye on the high likelihood that Honda will not be equal by any stretch to Mercedes and Ferrari come 2021.
"The more concerning question is what is their blueprint, both financially and regulatory in line with the FIA, for what they want Formula 1 to be from 2021 onwards." says Horner.
There we have it. Red Bull did do a big U'y when it came to pushing for the simplification of the 2021 Power Unit regulations, funnily enough as soon as Honda came on board.
Now the message is Liberty must even up the manufacturers engines, we need to ensure Honda are not being left behind. Well, from Red Bull's point of view that is.


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Documenting the art of seal skin preparation for future generations
"It's still a custom we value very much"
Sheila Katsak shows off a cleaned sealskin to a participant at the Inuit Studies Conference Oct. 10. (PHOTO BY SARAH ROGERS)
The Mittimatalik Arnait Muqsuqtuit Collective show off their skills at National Boutique in St. John's Oct. 8 during the Inuit Blanche arts festival. (PHOTO COURTESY OF MAMC)
ST. JOHN'S—When Regilee Ootova was a child, she remembers watching her mother preparing to bleach seal skin.
It looked like a frantic activity: she would place the seal skin in boiling water, twirling carefully, and anxiously chanting "Aina, aina" to herself.
Years later, Ootova realized that anxiety was her mother's way of ensuring the seal skin didn't overcook, so it was in good condition to be sewn into clothing.
Today, the Pond Inlet seamstress and culture teacher wants to make sure the same skills she learned from her own mother transfer to a younger generation of seamstresses in the Baffin community.
"Today, we're still practicing," Ootova tells an audience at the Inuit Studies Conference Oct. 10, hosted in St. John's, NL. "But our elders and teachers aren't as strong as they were. We have to do the physical work for them."
Ootova is one of 15 women in Pond Inlet who make up the Mittimatalik Arnait Muqsuqtuit Collective, a group of local seamstresses dedicated to sharing their knowledge on traditional sealskin preparation.
The group has prepared extensive video footage and masters classes, instructional videos on seal skin preparation and sewing available online in English and Inuktitut, funded by Mobilizing Inuit Cultural Heritage.
One video shows Ootova and her sister Sarahme Akoomalik seated outside scraping the fatty remains from a seal skin with an ulu (see below).
In another video, the sisters stand outdoors in the melting snow of June, showing viewers how to tie seal skins to wooden frames for drying.
The videos aren't meant to be an exhaustive resource for people who are new to skin processing and sewing, but rather to serve as a starting point.
Collective member Sheila Katsak said the videos are designed to encourage young sewers to take an interest in a project, and then engage elders to help them complete the work.
"It's a good reference tool for the younger generation," Katsak said.
Katsak's own 16-year-old daughter is featured in one video learning to make a pair of kamiks. Following the shoot, the teen took her work to her own grandmother to help finish them.
Katsak said the collective wasn't trying to remedy a lack of skills in sealskin preparation or sewing, but a lack of opportunity to communicate those skills.
"We all work all the time and there's not always time to learn," she said.
The Mittimatalik Arnait Muqsuqtuit Collective has been equally busy in St. John's this week, hosting a sealskin skills open house as part of The INuit Blanche arts festival Oct. 8, and sharing their work with conference goers.
They've been bombarded with questions, Katsak said. "Are there enough seals? Does it smell? How do you make patterns in sealskin?"
One participant, a Rigolet man who has lived most of his life in St. John's, had a number of questions for the woman Oct. 10 about how they practice their craft.
Most of the Inuit in Nunatsiavut have lost those skills, he said, but he hangs onto fond memories of the first seal he killed in his twenties, and the sealskin mitts his aunt fashioned for him.
"It's still a custom we value very much," Ootova said.
You can learn more about the collective and watch some of its master classes here.
Sisters Master Class 3 from Mittimatalik Arnait Miqsuqtuit on Vimeo.


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The Affordable Care Act's Employer Mandate & How It Impacts Nonprofits and Small Businesses
Over the past two years, a recurring theme in legal news has been the current Administration's changes to, interpretations of, and delays in implementing President Obama's flagship Affordable Care Act ("ACA") otherwise known as "Obamacare." This law has wide-reaching implications for many industries across the United States and impacts each individual American's private life. Two of the most significant provisions of the ACA are (1) the requirement for large employers to provide affordable health care for their employees, and (2) the requirement for all providers of health insurance to cover contraceptive services. This short memo aims to give a brief overview of these two requirements and how they may impact you or your organization, whether nonprofit or for-profit, religious or nonreligious.
Under the large employer mandate, if your organization qualifies as a "large employer," it must provide affordable, minimum essential health coverage (MEC) that provides the essential "minimum value" to their employees.
Is my organization a "large employer"? To determine if your organization is a "large employer," you generally must have employed, in a calendar year, on average 50 or more full- time employees (FTEs). FTEs are those employees who worked each month an average of at least 30 hours per week, on business days during the previous calendar year. This calculation also includes FTE equivalents, which are not actual employees, but a fictional construct that accounts for the combined labor of part-time employees who each worked fewer than 30 hours per week. The number of FTE equivalents is obtained by aggregating all the hours worked in a month by non-full-time employees and dividing that number by one hundred twenty (120) (the total number of work hours per month for an FTE working 30 hours a week).
For example, assume that your organization employs 49 FTEs. Your organization also employs 12 other part time employees, but none of them work, on average, more than 30 or more hours per week in any given month. These12 employees work a total of 240 hours during a month. By dividing 240 (total hours worked by non-FTEs) by 120 (average hours worked by a FTE in a month), we get 2, which translates into 2 FTE equivalents that you must add to your organization's employee calculations. This brings the total FTE count to 51, thus making your organization a "large employer" subject to the shared employer payment requirement of the ACA (see below). You are not a large employer, however, if you employ more than 50 employees for 120 or fewer days during the calendar year, and those excess workers are seasonal workers.
When making the necessary calculations to determine whether you are a "large employer," remember that employees who work for different corporations, which are all part of the same "controlled group" of corporations under a parent entity relationship, can be lumped together for the purposes of the 50-employee threshold.4 Unless you have contacted legal counsel first, do not overlook counting the employees of your subsidiary churches and integrated auxiliaries that are controlled through a parent organization/church that has 80% or more authority over the subsidiary boards.5 If you have questions about whether your organization qualifies under this definition, please contact our firm or your attorney to determine your liability.
My organization is a large employer. What now? If your organization does qualify as a large employer, then it must provide to all employees the opportunity to enroll in affordable "minimum essential coverage" (MEC) through an eligible employer-sponsored plan (ESP).6 An eligible ESP includes a governmental plan (provided by the government for its employees), any other plan covered in the group market within a state, a grandfathered plan in a group market, or a self-insured group health plan. As a large employer, you may be subject to the Employer Shared Responsibility Payment if the insurance plan you offer to your employees fails to provide affordable MEC for minimum value.
What do "affordable" and "minimum value" mean? Affordable coverage means that the employee's share of the premium is not more than 9.5% of the employee's yearly household income (generally you can estimate from their W-2 wages). Minimum value means that the plan's share of the total costs of covered services is at least 60%.
If your organization does provide healthcare coverage to its employees, but it does not qualify as "affordable" coverage or does not provide "minimum value," then you may be responsible for a "shared responsibility payment." Liability for this non-tax deductible "payment" takes effect in 2015, and arises in the following situations:
(1)You fail to offer insurance altogether. In this case, the penalty is $2000/yr. per full- time employee (excluding the first 30 employees); or
(2)You offer insurance, but the healthcare plan is not affordable and does not meet minimum value. In this case, the penalty is $3000/yr. per full-time employee who qualifies to save money on their monthly premiums if they were to purchase a plan through the Marketplace (where all plans meet minimum value).
What benefits must our Employer-Sponsored Plan include? The ACA requires all "Qualified Health Plans," that is, those plans that may be sold on state and federal healthcare exchanges, to provide certain "Essential Health Benefits" (EHB). EHB requirements vary from state to state, but, by statute, they must include the following ten categories:
Ambulatory patient services;
Emergency services;
Hospitalization;
Maternity and newborn care;
Mental health and substance use disorder services, including behavioral health treatment;
Prescription drugs;
Rehabilitative and habilitative services and devices;
Laboratory services;
Preventive and wellness services and chronic disease management;
Pediatric services, including oral and vision care.
What are the required "Preventive services" required under the contraceptive mandate? The Comprehensive Guidelines promulgated by Health and Human Services require plans to cover "all Food and Drug Administration approved contraceptive methods, sterilization procedures, and patient education and counseling for all women with reproductive capacity." All non- grandfathered health plans (including self-insured plans) must cover such preventive services with no out-of-pocket cost to the insured. That means that your organization's health insurance plan must provide these services for employees.
What if my organization objects to contraception on moral grounds? An exemption is made for "religious employers" who, as a matter of conscience, object to being forced to provide contraceptives for their employees (popularly referred to as the "contraception mandate"). Under 45 CFR 147.130(a)(1)(iv)(B), a religious employer is defined as an organization that meets the following criteria:
The inculcation of religious values is the purpose of the organization;
The organization primarily employs persons who share the religious tenets of the organization;
The organization serves primarily persons who share the religious tenets of the organization;
The organization is a nonprofit organization as described in section 6033(a)(1) and section 6033(a)(3)(A)(i) or (iii) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
This definition of "religious employer" issued by HHS regulations is so narrow that its application is likely only limited to individual churches, to the exclusion of religious organizations that engage in charitable work with members of the community who do not share their faith, and religious nonprofit organizations who employ individuals who are not members of their faith. Thus, religious nonprofits engaged in educational, charitable, and health services likely are not exempt, and therefore must provide contraceptive coverage, even if doing so violates their conscience.
The HHS modified their regulations after an understandable outcry from the religious community. Their modification, however, provided little comfort as it still required that the contraceptive services be provided, but merely allowed the healthcare provider and not the employer to provide them. HHS allowed for an accommodation for an organization that could not meet the above definition of a religious entity, but that could meet the following criteria of a "qualified organization:"
The organization is organized and operates as a nonprofit entity and is referred to in section 6033(a)(3)(A)(i) or (iii) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended;
The organization opposes providing coverage for some or all of any contraceptive services required to be covered on account of religious objections;
The organization is organized and operates as a nonprofit entity;
The organization holds itself out as a religious organization;
The organization self-certifies, in a form and manner specified by the Secretary, that it satisfies the criteria above, and makes such self-certification available for examination upon request by the first day of the first plan year to which the accommodation in paragraph (c) of this section applies.
While many more organizations can meet these criteria, the fact that the contraceptive services would still be provided through the healthcare provider, even though the employer would no longer be required to "contract, arrange, pay, or refer for contraceptive coverage," makes the changes almost meaningless for a majority of religious organizations.
For example, the exemption does not apply to an order of Catholic religious nuns, the Little Sisters of the Poor, who operate a nursing home for the indigent elderly in Denver. Because the Sisters serve many in the community who do not share their Catholic faith, the Sisters do not qualify as a religious employer because their organizations does not "serve[] primarily persons who share the religious tenets of the organization," as required by HHS regulations. The Sisters obtained an emergency injunction against enforcement of the contraception mandate from Justice Sotomayor on December 31, 2013, hours before the mandate went into effect. The issue of their eligibility will not be tested in the courts.
Numerous other lawsuits have been brought challenging the contraception requirement, from both religious and nonreligious for-profit and nonprofit organizations. Although the full implications of the ACA and its contraceptive mandate may not yet be known, for most Americans—whether employees, small employers, or large employers—it will have a significant impact on their day to day lives.
Disclaimer: This memorandum is provided for general information purposes only and is not a substitute for legal advice particular to your situation. No recipients of this memo should act or refrain from acting solely on the basis of this memorandum without seeking professional legal counsel. Simms Showers LLP expressly disclaims all liability relating to actions taken or not taken based solely on the content of this memorandum. Please contact Robert Showers at hrs@simmsshowerslaw.com or Justin Coleman at jrc@simmsshowerslaw.com or Daniel J. Hebda at djhebda@simmsshowerslaw.com or call Robert Showers at (703) 771-4671 for legal advice specific to your church or organization. Simms Showers LLP © 2014
To read more, please download a pdf version by clicking here.
By Simms Showers LLP | Posted on August 3, 2016


Just like taking proper care of your body, you might have to spend some time and money to take care of your hair. If not, then hair fall is quite common, in any part of the world. However, just like hair fall, dandruff can often prove to be a great problematic area to deal with. It can take place to any scalp, whether dry or oily. And when the scalp is too dry, then dandruff formation seems to be the most important factor to work on, and get some permanent relief.
You might try using some anti-dandruff shampoo, but the result will last temporarily. However, using too much of such shampoo can cause some negative results on your hair, making the strands rough and easy to fall. There are some heavy duty chemicals used in these shampoos, which make them hard to use on a daily basis. So, you can always try your hand towards some natural ingredients, which are safe on hair and can always offer you with the best result, as asked for.
This might be somewhat shocking to you, but using aspirin can cause some serious solutions to your dandruff hair. This might be another chemical item, but here the ingredients are not that harsh, as people generally consume this medicine to get rid of tremendous headache. It has the same component like most of the medicated shampoo, which is salicylic acid. And this will work done deep within the roots of your hair, and will prevent from dandruff formation, at all.
The best part is that you do not have to use this medicine on a daily basis. Use it once a week and you are good to go. Crush this medicine into dust and mix with normal shampoo, and apply it directly on your scalp. You will start getting some results from the first time, you use it.
Well, the natural tea tree oil is defined as a perfect ingredient for those, suffering from acne and pimple prone skins. But, most of you might not know this fact, but the same ingredient is good for your scalp. You can always use tea tree oil to target the dandruff region and it can help you to get rid of any sign available. So, in case, you are suffering from such options, then you might want to get along with this natural item, easily available from multiple retailer stores.
Apply it directly on the scalp, and leave it for few minutes. After that shampoo your hair with a mild one and you are good to go.
The type of natural ingredient to be used solely depends on the type of scalp you have. It can be oily or dry, and the natural ingredients must be chosen accordingly. If you are not sure of your scalp type, then make sure to go for a test first. But before that, do not try to use any of these ingredients on your scalp, for preventing any negative result.


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Toronto firms benefit from Ottawa's $58 million grant for clean-tech innovations
Katia Snukal | Wednesday, January 20, 2010
As reported by the Toronto Star, the federal government recently committed $58 million to the development of clean-technology through the federal government's granting agency Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC). Brampton's SunOpta BioProcess Inc. (clean fuel developers) and Toronto's Morgan Solar (specializing in making solar power more efficient) are among the businesses benefiting from the grant.
"SDTC has completed 15 funding rounds since it was formed in 2002, putting $464 million into 183 projects and leveraging another $1 billion from the private sector. Vicky Sharpe, chief executive of SDTC, emphasized the importance of funding technologies that achieve both environmental and economic goals.
"Otherwise it won't last," said Sharpe, pointing to a Chinese delegation in the room that is interested in licensing SunOpta's cellulosic-ethanol technology. "I think there's a lot of opportunity to get some early exports in this area."
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BY TORONTO LIFE and Toronto Culture | PHOTOGRAPHY BY NETFLIX | JUNE 28, 2019
It's a new month and a brand new list of movie and show additions from your favorite streaming service provider. This month brings us the much-anticipated Stranger Things: Season 3, along with a number of fan-favorite movies! This is definitely one of the better monthly drops we've seen in a while!
and here we go:
Stranger Things: Season 3
The kids from Hawkins, Indiana, are back, this time as a crew of hormone-crazed (but still fearless) teens. The much-anticipated new season brings the action to the summer of 1985—a year after we saw a baby-faced Dustin and badass Eleven rescue Will and close the gate to the Upside Down. With school out, the gang is gearing up for a few months of bonfires, pools hangs and amusement parks trips, only to discover that the trans-dimensional Demogorgon may have attached itself to a new host. Now it's not just a threat to the people of Hawkins, but to the entire planet. The new season also has three new characters joining the cast: a new smooth-talking mayor (played by Cary Elwes, best known as Wesley from The Princess Bride), a sexist middle-aged reporter (Jake Busey) and a sweet old lady next door. Still no sign of Barb, though. July 4.
Queer Eye: Season 4
At the dawn Trump era, a show about five fierce gay guys went a long way to restore the world's faith in America. The Fab Five return to Kansas City for another round of transformative makeovers and sob-inducing heart-to-hearts. If you end up binging all the new episodes in one sitting, fear not: filming for season 5 is already underway. July 19.
Orange is the New Black: Season 7
The Ladies of Litchfield are preparing to bid us—and each other—farewell as Orange is the New Black enters its last season. Piper was granted an early release, but adjusting to life on the outside isn't as easy as she thought it would be: Alex (her now wife) is still behind bars, her new office job turns out to be even more boring than sitting in a cell and her old "friends" treat her like a criminal. Back in prison, there are plenty of threads to tie up before the grand finale: Will Lorna have a baby boy or a girl? Will Daya work through her drug addiction? And will Taystee get a life sentence for Piscatella's murder—or face the electric chair? July 26.
The Haunting of Hill House meets Ghostbusters in Netflix's latest Indian series. Set and filmed in the beach region of Goa, Typewriter tells the story of three friends (and Peter Venkman wannabes) who stumble across a haunted book in an old villa. When strange things start happening around them—typewriter keys clicking away by themselves, loud noises and a chain of mysterious deaths—the kids suspect a ghost is terrorizing the neighbourhood and set out to capture it. July 19.
Suits, Season 8
Filming is already underway for the final season of Suits (so watch for a blazer-sporting Sarah Rafferty on your meanderings through the city), but since the new episodes don't premiere until mid-July, there's plenty of time to re-watch season 8. To distract from the glaring absence of Patrick J. Adams and the Duchess of Sussex, the show's producers have ramped up the drama: there's a new conniving lawyer in town (played by Grey's Anatomy star Katherine Heigl), Sheila is pregnant, Katrina is in love with a married associate, and Donna and Harvey finally admit their feelings for each other. July 18.
Also coming to Netflix this month
Available July 1
Katherine Ryan: Glitter Room
Cafarnaúm
Girlfight
Mike Tyson Mysteries: Season 4
Swiped
The World's Most Extraordinary Homes: Season 2
War Against Women
Bangkok Love Stories: Objects of Affection
Bangkok Love Stories: Plead
Yummy Mummies: Season 2
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Sea of Love
Kakegurui: Season 2
Free Rein: Season 3
Sicilian Ghost Story
Disney's Mary Poppins Returns
Available July 10
Parchís: El documental
Cities of Last Things
3Below: Tales of Arcadia: Part 2
4 latas
Bonus Family: Season 3
Kidnapping Stella
Luis Miguel – The Series: Season 1
Taco Chronicles
RuPaul's Drag Race: Season 1
Frankenstein's Monster's Monster, Frankenstein
Pinky Malinky: Part 3
Suits: Season 8
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee: New 2019: Freshly Brewed
The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants: Season 3
La casa de papel: Part 3
Last Chance U: INDY: Part 2
The Great Hack
Sugar Rush: Season 2
Girls With Balls
My First First Love: Season 2
Nobody's Fool
The Worst Witch: Season 3
Whitney Cummings: Can I Touch It?
The Red Sea Diving Resort
Kengan Ashura: Part l
The Letdown: Season 2
Leaving Netflix this month
Bring It On (July 2)
Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (July 2)
The Bourne Identity (July 2)
The Bourne Legacy (July 2)
The Bourne Supremacy (July 2)
The Bourne Ultimatum (July 2)
The Holiday (July 14)
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown: Seasons 1-8 (July 15)
Marvel Studios' Guardians of the Galaxy (July 24)
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RTÉ internal review expected within weeks after 'wholly untrue' allegations
RTÉ apologised at the High Court yesterday to Fr Kevin Reynolds for false accusations made against him in a Prime Time Investigates programme in May.
By Hugh O'Connell Friday 18 Nov 2011, 11:57 AM
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RTÉ EXPECTS TO have an internal review completed within weeks following yesterday's apology to a Catholic priest in the High Court over untrue allegations broadcast last May.
The High Court ordered the national broadcaster to apologise yesterday for false accusations made against Fr Kevin Reynolds in a Prime Time Investigates programme earlier this year.
The Prime Time programme alleged that Fr Reynolds was the father of a child conceived with a teenage girl when he worked as a missionary in Africa. RTÉ had already issued an apology for the programme last month, acknowledging that the claims were "baseless".
TheJournal.ie understands that an internal review is now underway at RTÉ and is expected to be completed in weeks.
It is understood the the chain of command went from the reporter who had the story, Aoife Kavanagh, to producer Mark Lappin, to executive producer Brian Pairceir to current affairs editor Ken O'Shea and up to managing director of news Ed Mulhall.
But who gave the final decision to broadcast and whether the story made it all the way up that chain of command is unclear. Producer Mark Lappin has since left RTÉ and now works as a senior producer of CNN's 'Connect the World'. The other four all remain at RTÉ.
The Irish Independent carries comments from RTÉ spokesman who says that possible sackings is not "the best way" for the broadcaster to learn lessons from the issue.
In an apology broadcast on RTÉ's Morning Ireland, which covered the story the day after it was broadcast, the programme acknowledged that its accusations were "wholly untrue" as well as "serious" and "damaging" to Fr Reynolds.
It also accepted that the accusations were broadcast despite a denial by Fr Reynolds to Kavanagh on-camera, correspondence between the former Bishop in Kenya which said the story was false, solicitors letters from Fr Reynolds to the same effect, and an offer from Fr Reynolds to undergo a paternity test.
The apology acknowledged that the allegations "ought never to have been broadcast".
Yesterday the Head of the Association of Catholic Priests said the fact RTÉ had to apologise should be "a wake-up call" to journalists in this country and how the Catholic Church is covered in light of the various abuse scandals that have emerged in recent years.
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![Banner](banner.jpg "Tic-Tac-Toe")

Here is THE original tic-tac-toe game made with love during classroom in order to improve my scripting level.

###Install & Play
```
git clone git@github.com:Izin/tic-tac-toe.git
cd tic-tac-toe/
bash play.sh
```

###Warning
Single player is not implemented. So you can play alternately as Player1 and then
Player2, but I strongly recommand you to play with a friend using an instant terminal
sharing app, like [tmate](http://tmate.io/) ;).

###Thanks
Many thanks to [Romain Baumier](https://github.com/rbaumier) for it's help.

###Changelog
```
v0.3
 - Complete rewrite
v0.1 (2014-12-08)
 - Separation files + one method for one thing (SOC)
 - First attempt
```