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The ongoing impeachment proceedings against Enugu State Deputy Governor, Sunday Onyebuchi, entered another phase yesterday as the House of Assembly asked the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Innocent Umezurike, to set up a seven-man panel to investigate the allegations of gross misconduct levelled against the embattled deputy governor.
The latest resolution was sequel to the receipt of a reply to the allegations by the deputy governor in which he denied all the allegations, expressing delight however that none of the allegations bothered on financial impropriety.
The CJ was given seven days within which to set up the panel whose membership must be in line with constitutional provisions.
The leader of the assembly Hon S.K. E. Ude-Okoye, who moved the motion for the investigation of the allegations by the committee to be set up, told the assembly that the deputy governor was served the notice through a substituted means.
Ude-Okoye said he was moving the motion for the constitution of the committee by the chief judge of the state based on the provisions of Section 188(5) of the 1999 Constitution.
Ude-Okoye's motion was seconded by Hon. Kevin Ukuta and supported by 19 other members of the assembly. Twenty of the 24 members had initially signed the impeachment notice against Onyebuchi.
The deputy governor in his response to allegations preferred against him by the assembly did not only deny the alleged running an illegal poultry but also described as false allegation that he refused to obey lawful directive from the governor, Sullivan Chime.
He insisted that no complaint of any environmental or health hazard from the said poultry was made to him or brought to his attention between 2008 and November 2013.
Onyebuchi deposed that the poultry was in existence since the days of Dr. Micheal Okpara in the 1960s and had been in use by those who occupied the official quarters.
"It is important to state that the structure for the said poultry farm was built by Dizengorf WA Limited during the regime of the late Okpara.
On the allegation of disobedience to the governor, the deputy governor has this to say: "Let me start by saying that on June 9, 2014, HE the Governor commenced his 2014 annual vacation. This was made public through various news media. He did not tell me to take any action on his behalf pending his return, and I am not aware that he sent a formal letter to the Enugu State House of Assembly informing the assembly that he was proceeding on vacation. The governor did not tell me to take any action on his behalf pending his return, neither did he tell me that he would pass instructions to me through a third party. I did not receive instructions from him personally, by phone or in writing asking me to represent him at the meeting of the South East Governors Forum that took place in Enugu on July 6, 2014.
"When the governor resumed duty after his vacation, I represented him at various occasions even after he had asked me to resign. On Friday July 18, I represented the governor at the inauguration of the Power Training Institute at Oji River with the. Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Emeka Wogu. On Monday, July, 21 while my impeachment notice was being signed by the members of the state House of Assembly at Government House Enugu, I was at Udi representing the governor at the inauguration of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) Academy at Udi with the then Corp Marshall, Osita Chidoka.
"I wish to place on record the fact that when the governor spent a prolonged period abroad in 2013, I held forte for him and represented him at various events. It is not correct to say that I have defied the governor's directives, or persisted in defying his directives.
Onyebuchi said he was glad that non of the allegations bordered on corruption or fraud.


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Vandalism suspected after Balazs sculpture found toppled in downtown Spokane
Oct. 28, 2022 Updated Mon., Oct. 31, 2022 at 10:14 a.m.
A Harold Balazs art culture was found lying on its side and removed from its pedestal outside Chase Bank downtown Friday. (James Hanlon)
By James Hanlon jamesh@spokesman.com
UPDATE: The Harold Balazs sculpture that was found damaged on Friday was removed for repairs on Monday morning, Spokane Arts Director Melissa Huggins said. Huggins said there are a number of unknown variables regarding the cost and repair of the sculpture. The time frame to reinstall the sculpture is also unknown, she said.
A metal sculpture by the late Harold Balazs was found Friday morning removed from its pedestal and lying on its side outside Chase Bank along Howard Street in downtown Spokane.
It appears to have been vandalized late Thursday night, said Emily Cameron, director of Downtown Spokane Partnership, which is helping to coordinate an effort to repair it.
The structure was lying several feet from its base on the other side of a building column. It did not appear to be otherwise defaced.
The abstract circular sculpture is owned by the building owner and was not publicly commissioned.
Spokane Arts has agreed to help restore the piece. Executive Director Melissa Huggins had not had a chance to examine the damage in person late Friday afternoon, but had seen photos. "It looks bad, but it's repairable," she said.
Balazs, a noted sculptor whose works can be found throughout Spokane and the Inland Northwest, died in 2017. His family has been notified of the incident, Huggins said.
Spokane Arts has repaired smaller Balazs pieces, but never one knocked off its pedestal, Huggins said. The organization is evaluating how best to remove the structure for repair without causing further damage.
James Hanlon's reporting for The Spokesman-Review is funded in part by Report for America and by members of the Spokane community. This story can be republished by other organizations for free under a Creative Commons license. For more information on this, please contact our newspaper's managing editor.
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text:
Q: How to filter elements that have the same key or value? I have this query:
results = db.query(Requests.product, Requests.end_point, func.count(Requests.id)).\
            filter(Requests.user_id == user_id,\
                   Requests.date >= initial_date,\
                   Requests.date <= end_date).\
            group_by(Requests.product, Requests.end_point).order_by(Requests.product).all()

Which returns N (product, endpoints, requests).
Now I need to return this:
{
    "data": {
        "start_date": "date"
        "end_date": "date"
        "requests_by_product": [
            "product": "product name",
            "requests": "total requests",
            "requests_by_endpoint": [
                "endpoint": "endpoint name",
                "requests: "total requests"
            ]
        ]
    }
}

So, I'm trying to get that response through a for loop:
requests_by_endpoint = []
requests_by_product = []
for item in results:
    requests_by_endpoint.append({"endpoint":item[1], "requests":item[2]})
    requests_by_product.append({"product": item[0], "requests":item[2]})

response =  {"data": {"start date": initial_date, "end date": end_date,\
             "requests_by_product": requests_by_product, "requests_by_endpoint": requests_by_endpoint}}

So, of course this is wrong because it's not summing all products requests, just showing one by one.
Also, its not filtering the endpoints by products, but just returning a list with all endpoints from all products.
I tried everything, and I can't find a way to sum the requests per products, nor how to filter the endpoints..
I know the 'response' is not formatted correctly, that I can do. I just wrote here the 'simple-er' version.
Well, I found a way to sum the products requests, but I couldn't find a way to use it:
from collections import Counter
    counter = Counter()
    for product in sum_of_all_reqs:
        counter += product
    sorted(counter.items())

Sorry if this is too much to ask, but any help is appreciated!

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text:
"""
A combination of utilities used internally by pycassa and utilities
available for use by others working with pycassa.

"""

import random
import uuid
import calendar

__all__ = ['convert_time_to_uuid', 'convert_uuid_to_time', 'OrderedDict']

_number_types = frozenset((int, long, float))

LOWEST_TIME_UUID = uuid.UUID('00000000-0000-1000-8080-808080808080')
""" The lowest possible TimeUUID, as sorted by Cassandra. """

HIGHEST_TIME_UUID = uuid.UUID('ffffffff-ffff-1fff-bf7f-7f7f7f7f7f7f')
""" The highest possible TimeUUID, as sorted by Cassandra. """

def convert_time_to_uuid(time_arg, lowest_val=True, randomize=False):
    """
    Converts a datetime or timestamp to a type 1 :class:`uuid.UUID`.

    This is to assist with getting a time slice of columns or creating
    columns when column names are ``TimeUUIDType``. Note that this is done
    automatically in most cases if name packing and value packing are
    enabled.

    Also, be careful not to rely on this when specifying a discrete
    set of columns to fetch, as the non-timestamp portions of the
    UUID will be generated randomly. This problem does not matter
    with slice arguments, however, as the non-timestamp portions
    can be set to their lowest or highest possible values.

    :param datetime:
      The time to use for the timestamp portion of the UUID.
      Expected inputs to this would either be a :class:`datetime`
      object or a timestamp with the same precision produced by
      :meth:`time.time()`. That is, sub-second precision should
      be below the decimal place.
    :type datetime: :class:`datetime` or timestamp

    :param lowest_val:
      Whether the UUID produced should be the lowest possible value
      UUID with the same timestamp as datetime or the highest possible
      value.
    :type lowest_val: bool

    :param randomize:
      Whether the clock and node bits of the UUID should be randomly
      generated.  The `lowest_val` argument will be ignored if this
      is true.
    :type randomize: bool

    :rtype: :class:`uuid.UUID`

    .. versionchanged:: 1.7.0
        Prior to 1.7.0, datetime objects were expected to be in
        local time. In 1.7.0 and beyond, naive datetimes are
        assumed to be in UTC and tz-aware objects will be
        automatically converted to UTC.

    """
    if isinstance(time_arg, uuid.UUID):
        return time_arg

    if hasattr(time_arg, 'utctimetuple'):
        seconds = int(calendar.timegm(time_arg.utctimetuple()))
        microseconds = (seconds * 1e6) + time_arg.time().microsecond
    elif type(time_arg) in _number_types:
        microseconds = int(time_arg * 1e6)
    else:
        raise ValueError('Argument for a v1 UUID column name or value was ' +
                'neither a UUID, a datetime, or a number')

    # 0x01b21dd213814000 is the number of 100-ns intervals between the
    # UUID epoch 1582-10-15 00:00:00 and the Unix epoch 1970-01-01 00:00:00.
    timestamp = int(microseconds * 10) + 0x01b21dd213814000L

    time_low = timestamp & 0xffffffffL
    time_mid = (timestamp >> 32L) & 0xffffL
    time_hi_version = (timestamp >> 48L) & 0x0fffL

    if randomize:
        rand_bits = random.getrandbits(8 + 8 + 48)
        clock_seq_low = rand_bits & 0xffL  # 8 bits, no offset
        # keep the first two bits as 10 for the uuid variant
        clock_seq_hi_variant = 0b10000000 | (0b00111111 & ((rand_bits & 0xff00L) >> 8))  # 8 bits, 8 offset
        node = (rand_bits & 0xffffffffffff0000L) >> 16  # 48 bits, 16 offset
    else:
        # In the event of a timestamp tie, Cassandra compares the two
        # byte arrays directly. This is a *signed* comparison of each byte
        # in the two arrays.  So, we have to make each byte -128 or +127 for
        # this to work correctly.
        #
        # For the clock_seq_hi_variant, we don't get to pick the two most
        # significant bits (they're always 10), so we are dealing with a
        # positive byte range for this particular byte.
        if lowest_val:
            # Make the lowest value UUID with the same timestamp
            clock_seq_low = 0x80L
            clock_seq_hi_variant = 0 & 0x80L # The two most significant bits
                                             # will be 10 for the variant
            node = 0x808080808080L # 48 bits
        else:
            # Make the highest value UUID with the same timestamp

            # uuid timestamps have 100ns precision, while the timestamp
            # we have only has microsecond precision; to create the highest
            # uuid for the same microsecond, add 900ns
            timestamp = int(timestamp + 9)

            clock_seq_low = 0x7fL
            clock_seq_hi_variant = 0xbfL # The two most significant bits will
                                         # 10 for the variant
            node = 0x7f7f7f7f7f7fL # 48 bits
    return uuid.UUID(fields=(time_low, time_mid, time_hi_version,
                        clock_seq_hi_variant, clock_seq_low, node), version=1)

def convert_uuid_to_time(uuid_arg):
    """
    Converts a version 1 :class:`uuid.UUID` to a timestamp with the same precision
    as :meth:`time.time()` returns.  This is useful for examining the
    results of queries returning a v1 :class:`~uuid.UUID`.

    :param uuid_arg: a version 1 :class:`~uuid.UUID`

    :rtype: timestamp

    """
    ts = uuid_arg.get_time()
    return (ts - 0x01b21dd213814000L)/1e7

# Copyright (C) 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Michael Bayer mike_mp@zzzcomputing.com
#
# The 'as_interface' method is part of SQLAlchemy and is released under
# the MIT License: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php

import operator

def as_interface(obj, cls=None, methods=None, required=None):
    """Ensure basic interface compliance for an instance or dict of callables.

    Checks that ``obj`` implements public methods of ``cls`` or has members
    listed in ``methods``.  If ``required`` is not supplied, implementing at
    least one interface method is sufficient.  Methods present on ``obj`` that
    are not in the interface are ignored.

    If ``obj`` is a dict and ``dict`` does not meet the interface
    requirements, the keys of the dictionary are inspected. Keys present in
    ``obj`` that are not in the interface will raise TypeErrors.

    Raises TypeError if ``obj`` does not meet the interface criteria.

    In all passing cases, an object with callable members is returned.  In the
    simple case, ``obj`` is returned as-is; if dict processing kicks in then
    an anonymous class is returned.

    obj
      A type, instance, or dictionary of callables.
    cls
      Optional, a type.  All public methods of cls are considered the
      interface.  An ``obj`` instance of cls will always pass, ignoring
      ``required``..
    methods
      Optional, a sequence of method names to consider as the interface.
    required
      Optional, a sequence of mandatory implementations. If omitted, an
      ``obj`` that provides at least one interface method is considered
      sufficient.  As a convenience, required may be a type, in which case
      all public methods of the type are required.

    """
    if not cls and not methods:
        raise TypeError('a class or collection of method names are required')

    if isinstance(cls, type) and isinstance(obj, cls):
        return obj

    interface = set(methods or [m for m in dir(cls) if not m.startswith('_')])
    implemented = set(dir(obj))

    complies = operator.ge
    if isinstance(required, type):
        required = interface
    elif not required:
        required = set()
        complies = operator.gt
    else:
        required = set(required)

    if complies(implemented.intersection(interface), required):
        return obj

    # No dict duck typing here.
    if not type(obj) is dict:
        qualifier = complies is operator.gt and 'any of' or 'all of'
        raise TypeError("%r does not implement %s: %s" % (
            obj, qualifier, ', '.join(interface)))

    class AnonymousInterface(object):
        """A callable-holding shell."""

    if cls:
        AnonymousInterface.__name__ = 'Anonymous' + cls.__name__
    found = set()

    for method, impl in dictlike_iteritems(obj):
        if method not in interface:
            raise TypeError("%r: unknown in this interface" % method)
        if not callable(impl):
            raise TypeError("%r=%r is not callable" % (method, impl))
        setattr(AnonymousInterface, method, staticmethod(impl))
        found.add(method)

    if complies(found, required):
        return AnonymousInterface

    raise TypeError("dictionary does not contain required keys %s" %
                    ', '.join(required - found))

# Copyright (c) 2009 Raymond Hettinger
#
# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
# obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files
# (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction,
# including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge,
# publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software,
# and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so,
# subject to the following conditions:
#
#     The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
#     included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
#
#     THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
#     EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES
#     OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
#     NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT
#     HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
#     WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
#     FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR
#     OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

from UserDict import DictMixin

class OrderedDict(dict, DictMixin):
    """ A dictionary which maintains the insertion order of keys. """

    def __init__(self, *args, **kwds):
        """ A dictionary which maintains the insertion order of keys. """

        if len(args) > 1:
            raise TypeError('expected at most 1 arguments, got %d' % len(args))
        try:
            self.__end
        except AttributeError:
            self.clear()
        self.update(*args, **kwds)

    def clear(self):
        self.__end = end = []
        end += [None, end, end]         # sentinel node for doubly linked list
        self.__map = {}                 # key --> [key, prev, next]
        dict.clear(self)

    def __setitem__(self, key, value):
        if key not in self:
            end = self.__end
            curr = end[1]
            curr[2] = end[1] = self.__map[key] = [key, curr, end]
        dict.__setitem__(self, key, value)

    def __delitem__(self, key):
        dict.__delitem__(self, key)
        key, prev, next = self.__map.pop(key)
        prev[2] = next
        next[1] = prev

    def __iter__(self):
        end = self.__end
        curr = end[2]
        while curr is not end:
            yield curr[0]
            curr = curr[2]

    def __reversed__(self):
        end = self.__end
        curr = end[1]
        while curr is not end:
            yield curr[0]
            curr = curr[1]

    def popitem(self, last=True):
        if not self:
            raise KeyError('dictionary is empty')
        if last:
            key = reversed(self).next()
        else:
            key = iter(self).next()
        value = self.pop(key)
        return key, value

    def __reduce__(self):
        items = [[k, self[k]] for k in self]
        tmp = self.__map, self.__end
        del self.__map, self.__end
        inst_dict = vars(self).copy()
        self.__map, self.__end = tmp
        if inst_dict:
            return (self.__class__, (items,), inst_dict)
        return self.__class__, (items,)

    def keys(self):
        return list(self)

    setdefault = DictMixin.setdefault
    update = DictMixin.update
    pop = DictMixin.pop
    values = DictMixin.values
    items = DictMixin.items
    iterkeys = DictMixin.iterkeys
    itervalues = DictMixin.itervalues
    iteritems = DictMixin.iteritems

    def __repr__(self):
        if not self:
            return '%s()' % (self.__class__.__name__,)
        return '%s(%r)' % (self.__class__.__name__, self.items())

    def copy(self):
        return self.__class__(self)

    @classmethod
    def fromkeys(cls, iterable, value=None):
        d = cls()
        for key in iterable:
            d[key] = value
        return d

    def __eq__(self, other):
        if isinstance(other, OrderedDict):
            if len(self) != len(other):
                return False
            for p, q in  zip(self.items(), other.items()):
                if p != q:
                    return False
            return True
        return dict.__eq__(self, other)

    def __ne__(self, other):
        return not self == other

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text:
Let's Get the Facts on the Table
August 31, 2005 by Phyllis Schlafly
Two Democratic Governors, Bill Richardson of New Mexico and Janet Napolitano of Arizona, have declared a state of emergency and asked for federal help to deal with the costs of the violence and property damage caused by illegal aliens coming over their southern borders. If President Bush lets these partisan Democrats get to the right of him on the immigration issue, all Republicans will suffer in the next election.
Dr. Madeleine Cosman, Esq. is a national authority on the diseases brought into our country by illegal aliens, who of course are not given health examinations required of all legal immigrants. Apparently, some people would like to prevent her from presenting her message to the public.
Along with Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO) and several California public officials, she was scheduled to speak at the Carlsbad Cultural Center on August 11 in a forum called Defense of Our Nation Begins at Our Borders. The facility broke its contract for the event because of threats from illegal-alien activists, and only a timely lawsuit persuaded the Center to allow the event to take place.
The anti-free-speech activists didn't go away quietly. About 200 loud, bullhorn-shouting protesters, mostly Hispanic and some Muslims in headscarves or burkas, did their best to disrupt the meeting and scare the attendees. It took 250 police officers in full gear with face shields and automatic weapons, plus SWAT team members in black tank-like vehicles, to keep the demonstrators at bay.
The message Dr. Cosman delivered to a standing-room only crowd should be heard by all Americans. She spoke about the 84 California hospitals that closed between 1994 and 2003 because EMTALA, the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, requires every emergency room to treat every patient coming with an "emergency" (including childbirth) even if unable to pay and even if illegally in the United States.
The law is tough; hospitals and doctors are fined up to $50,000 for refusing to treat. This unfunded federal mandate has caused dozens of hospitals to go bankrupt.
Dr. Cosman, who is both a Ph.D. and a lawyer, described the infectious diseases now spreading across the United States. Contagious diseases that our country wiped out years ago, such as malaria, polio, tuberculosis, and hepatitis, and rare diseases of Third World poverty such as leprosy, Chagas Disease, and Dengue Fever, are coming in.
The Centers for Disease Control reported 38,291 California cases of tuberculosis that included Multiple Drug Resistant Tuberculosis, which is 60 percent fatal and for which treatment costs $200,000 to $1,200,000 per patient. Illegal aliens are also bringing in syphilis and gonorrhea.
It is a mystery to those of us in heartland America what President Bush must be thinking of when he continues to push for his unpopular guest-worker/amnesty plan to allow millions of illegal aliens in our country to stay here without punishment, and to invite millions more "willing workers" to come on in. How many "willing workers" do you think there are in the rest of the world?
The Pew Hispanic Center has just provided us with a clue. A Pew survey in May of migration attitudes in 120 locations in Mexico showed that 46 percent of Mexicans (that means 49 million people) said they would live in the United States if they had the opportunity, and two out of ten are willing to come here illegally.
Maybe the reason the Bush Administration is so out of touch with reality on this issue is that, for five years, the opinion survey mailed out by the Republican Party to millions of potential donors pretended that the illegal-alien issue doesn't exist. I complained about this over two years ago when the survey included only one question on immigration out of 54.
We've made some progress; the latest Republican survey contains eight questions on immigration out of 57. But this issue still is not included in the sections on the Economy (even though illegal aliens working in the underground economy are avoiding taxes and depressing wages for Americans), or Social Security (even though Bush is still pressing for his Totalization plan to put illegal aliens in our Social Security system), or Education (even though the taxpayers are suffering a tremendous tax burden to educate illegal aliens).
The Republican Party's survey still avoids asking us our opinion about the Kennedy Diversity Visa Lottery that admits 50,000 aliens a year mostly from non-Western countries, or the tremendous costs to the taxpayers from giving illegal aliens free medical care or in-state college tuition rates, or the need to close our borders to contagious diseases and illegal drugs, or the need to inspect all the Mexican trucks that a NAFTA tribunal ordered us to admit into the United States, or the racket of smuggling very-pregnant aliens into our country so they can give birth to their babies in the U.S., or the use of foreign-language ballots (which is ridiculous since the ability to read English is a requirement to become a citizen and only citizens are supposed to vote).
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Sadly, the miners in Bolivia sometimes still fish that way which means there are very few trout in the hills, unlike say, in the Sierra.
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Tiago Mestre
Night. Inextinguishable, inexpressible night.
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Tiago Mestre, a Portuguese artist who has gained prominence in the Brazilian art scene, exhibits his works for the first time at Galeria Millan from July 12 through August 12. The show, Noite. Inextinguível, inexprimível noite. [Night. Inextinguishable, inexpressible night.], borrows its title from the poem Lugar II by Portuguese poet Herberto Helder (1930-2015) and features a selection of 60 artworks that explore the issue of form and the myth of the modern project relating to sculpture. Materials such as clay, bronze and plaster give shape to works that are in a constant negotiation between design and unpredictability, between plan and expressive freedom.
The set of works includes sculptures of different scales, video, interventions with the gallery's architecture and a large installation (a landscaping element that organizes the whole exhibition). These works refer to the first human attempts at assimilating the natural within projectual thought, mapping the process of assimilating the landscape starting from the intellect. "The idea of the design as a backdrop, as the orchestration of a system," explains Mestre.
Each of the sculptures seems to demonstrate a concise act, that's clearly manual, as if it were unfinished or in a perpetual state of becoming, often leaving an ambiguous affiliation as to its disciplinary nature. The use of color emerges punctually, not so much as a system, but rather as a resource that accentuates, corrects or clarifies specific issues in the work. This semantic uncertainty, or programmatic transversality, is one of the focal points of the work. The problematization of the performative capacity of each of the works is made evident (if not parodied) in situations such as the one of the sculpture of two hills (a work that is both landscape sculpture and a niche for other minor works).
The video, on the second floor of the gallery, stands as a kind of general synthesis of the show. The immateriality of this medium contrasts decisively with the predominantly objectual side of the remaining works. In it, we see a slow, silent and interminable transmutation of geometric and organic forms, in an "apathetic" reference to the myth of Brazilian architecture, to its unique relationship with nature and the landscape.
Although some architectural procedures are involved in his process—such as sketches and scale models—his focus is more directed toward the observation of the bodies' experience in the space, whether they be natural, sculptural, or architectural. It seems that this intimacy between nature, space and form, is what Mestre's exhibition seeks to unveil.
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La 59.ª edición de Miss Universo se realizó el 23 de agosto de 2010, en el Centro de Eventos Mandalay Bay, dentro del complejo hotelero Mandalay Bay Resort en Las Vegas, Estados Unidos. Concursantes de 83 naciones y territorios autónomos compitieron por este título de belleza. Al final del evento, Stefanía Fernández, Miss Universo 2009 de Venezuela, coronó a Ximena Navarrete, de México, como su sucesora.

Es la tercera ocasión que el certamen Miss Universo se realiza en Las Vegas. El concurso fue emitido en vivo por NBC Universal y Telemundo y fue conducido por el músico de metal Bret Michaels y la conductora Natalie Morales; hubo la participación especial del Cirque du Soleil y de John Legend & The Roots.

Historia
Autoridades y empresarios de Croacia presentaron una oferta que fracasó por problemas económicos; el 21 de febrero, la delegación croata anunció el retiro de la oferta para acoger el concurso. Aruba ofrecía su candidatura para realizar el concurso, pero las autoridades decidieron no hacerlo. Las autoridades de Santa Cruz, Bolivia, querían presentar su candidatura para ser sede del certamen, pero después de una serie de reuniones se decidió retirar la oferta en el 13 de marzo señalando que muchos de los pactos en el contrato propuesto se encontraban en conflicto con la nueva constitución boliviana.

Río de Janeiro (Brasil), Singapur, Mar del Plata (Argentina); Palma de Mallorca (España), y Macao presentaron propuestas para ser la sede del certamen de este año, aunque ninguna se pudo concretar, principalmente por la cantidad de dinero que la Organización Miss Universo exige como pagos de licencia para ser la sede del evento.

Finalmente la Organización Miss Universo, al no encontrar una ciudad que pudiera acoger el concurso, decidió realizar el certamen por tercera ocasión en Las Vegas, Estados Unidos; esta vez en el Centro de Eventos Mandalay Bay, dentro del complejo hotelero Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, las dos ocasiones anteriores se hicieron en el Teatro para las Bellas Artes, dentro del complejo Aladdin (hoy PH Live). La ceremonia final se realizó la noche del lunes 23 de agosto de 2010.

 Resultados

 Orden de Clasificación

 Áreas de competencia

 Final
Durante la competencia final, el grupo de 15 concursantes seleccionadas en la Competencia preliminar fue dado a conocer y fue evaluado por un nuevo panel de jueces que expresó su opinión por medio de calificaciones. Estas quince concursantes compitieron de nuevo en traje de baño y las diez candidatas con las calificaciones más altas otorgadas en esta nueva ronda avanzaron a la siguiente fase de la competencia. Estas diez concursantes desfilaron en traje de noche, y las cinco candidatas con las puntuaciones más altas siguieron a la última ronda de competencia. Estas cinco concursantes participaron en una ronda final de entrevistas durante el evento televisado y en virtud de esto, las posiciones finales fueron anunciadas, y a su vez, fue revelado el nombre de la nueva Miss Universo.

 Calificaciones
Las calificaciones en Miss Universo tienen un carácter única y exclusivamente eliminatorio, y no son acumulables ni se promedian. La decisión final de los jueces se basa en la impresión general que cada finalista dejó en ellos, y no coincide necesariamente con las posiciones que generan las calificaciones.

     Miss Universo 2010
     Primera Finalista
     Segunda Finalista
     Tercera Finalista
     Cuarta Finalista
     Semifinalistas
     Cuartofinalistas
(#)  Posición por calificación.
(T#)  Empate

 Panel de jueces finales
El panel de jueces encargado de evaluar a las cuarto, semi y finalistas, y de escoger a la nueva Miss Universo estuvo conformado por:
 Criss Angel, ilusionista, escapista y músico.
 William Baldwin, actor, escritor y productor.
 Sheila Escovedo, cantante, baterista y percusionista.
 Tamron Hall conductora de televisión.
 Evan Lysacek, medallista olímpico.
 Chazz Palminteri, actor y director.
 Chynna Phillips, actriz y cantante.
 Jane Seymour, actriz multipremiada.
 Niki Taylor, modelo y presentadora.

 Competencia preliminar
El día 19 de agosto, todas las concursantes compitieron en traje de noche (elegidos al gusto de cada concursante) y en traje de baño (similares para todas) durante la competencia preliminar. Ellas también fueron entrevistadas en privado por un jurado preliminar y desfilaron ante ellos en traje de baño; este jurado eligió a las concursantes que más destacaron en las tres áreas de competencia. Se formó, con esto, un grupo de 15 candidatas, basándose en su desempeño en las preliminares y en la opinión de la Organización Miss Universo, que no será dado a conocer hasta la noche final.

 Panel de jueces preliminares
El panel de jueces encargado de evaluar a todas las candidatas durante el espectáculo de presentación estuvo integrado por:
 Carlos Bremer, ejecutivo.
 Louis Burgdorf, productor.
 BJ Coleman, periodista y publicista.
 Sadoux Kim productor televisivo.
 Corinne Nicolas, presidente de la Agencia de Modelos Trump.
 Natalie Rotman, comentarista.
 Basim Shami, presidente de la empresa de productos para el cuidado del cabello Farouk Systems.

 Premios especiales oficiales
La Organización Miss Universo otorgó dos premios especiales durante las actividades del Miss Universo 2010: el ya tradicional Miss Simpatía y Miss Fotogénica. También se entregará un reconocimiento al mejor Traje nacional o de fantasía.

 Miss Simpatía de Miss Universo 2010
La concursante ganadora al reconocimiento como Miss Simpatía (Miss Congeniality) fue elegida por las mismas concursantes, que votaron en secreto por aquella de sus compañeras que reflejó mejor el sentido de sana competencia, fraternidad, y amistad entre las naciones; y fue dada a conocer durante la noche final.

Ganadora:  — Jesinta Campbell

 Miss Fotogénica de Miss Universo 2010
La concursante ganadora al reconocimiento como Miss Fotogénica (Miss Photegenic) fue elegida por los cibernautas de todo el mundo de entre las 83 concursantes, por medio de la página de la televisora NBC, codueña del certamen, y fue dada a conocer durante la noche final.

Ganadora:  — Fontip Watcharatrakul

 Trajes nacionales y de fantasía de Miss Universo 2010
Una exhibición se realizó el día 16 de agosto, sin que se realizara premiación alguna; el traje nacional o de fantasía declarado como el ganador fue elegido de entre los diseños portados por las 83 concursantes por los cibernautas de todo el mundo que sean miembros del Club Universe —al cual se accede por medio del pago de una membresía— y fue dado a conocer durante la noche final.

Traje Ganador:

 Relevancia histórica de Miss Universo 2010
 Corona
La corona Peace, diseñada por la empresa Diamond Nexus Labs, destacada por crear piedras preciosas en un ambiente ecológico y amigable con el ambiente; sufrió un cambio en su diseño y tamaño, pues se recortó la orilla que engalanaba la parte superior de la corona. El cambio obedeció a que el diseño resultaba ser muy pesado, y provocaba que la corona se deslizara hacia el frente, haciendo su uso inestable. Durante la coronación de Stefanía Fernández como Miss Universo 2009, la corona resbaló de su cabeza y cayó, fracturándose ligeramente, lo cual impidió su uso durante las primeras semanas de Fernández como Miss Universo; al final de su reinado, tampoco pudo usarla pues su rediseño estaba en proceso. Ximena Navarrete, se convierte así en la primera portadora del rediseño de la corona.

 Resultados

  obtiene por segunda vez el título de Miss Universo, la primera vez en 1991 con Lupita Jones, quien además ganó también en Las Vegas.
  obtiene por primera vez el puesto de primera finalista.
  obtiene por tercera vez el puesto de segunda finalista la última vez fue en 1970.
  (Primera finalista) y  (semifinalista) alcanzan su más alta posición en Miss Universo.
 , , , , ,  y  repitieron clasificación a cuartos de final. En el caso de  es su cuarta clasificación consecutiva.
 ,  y  clasificaron por última vez en 2008.
  clasificó por última vez en 2007.
  clasificó por última vez en 2004.
  clasificó por última vez en 1999.
  clasificó por última vez en 1998.
  clasificó por última vez en 1984.
 Ningún país clasificó a una segunda ronda por primera vez.
  no clasifica por quinta vez a una segunda ronda en la historia de Miss Universo, la última vez que esto ocurrió fue en 2002.
 Desde que regresó el formato de cinco finalistas, es la ronda final con menos concursantes latinoamericanas, ya que solo  estuvo entre la selección.
 De Europa entraron siete representantes a la ronda de cuartos de final, siendo este el continente con más clasificadas, no obstante, solo  llegó a la final.
  gana por quinta vez Mejor traje nacional y por tercera vez Miss Fotogénica, ganándolo también en la edición anterior.
  gana por tercera vez Miss Simpatía.

 Otros datos significativos
 Es la tercera ocasión que Las Vegas sirve como sede al certamen.
 El certamen se realizó el 23 agosto, misma fecha que el certamen anterior.
 Es el segundo año consecutivo que ninguna nación debuta en Miss Universo. Se esperaba que este año lo hiciera Azerbaiyán, pero finalmente no se concretó la participación de la nación caucásica.
 Haití envío una delegada después de 20 años de ausencia.

 Candidatas

83 candidatas compitieron por el título:

(En la lista se utiliza su nombre completo, los sobrenombres van entrecomillados y los apellidos utilizados como nombre artístico, entre paréntesis; fuera de ella se utilizan sus nombres "artísticos" o simplificados):

  — Andjela "Angela" Martini
  — Kristiana Rohder
  — Jurema Ferraz
  — Yésica Natalia di Vincenzo
  — Priscila Nicole Wai-Yien Lee
  — Jesinta Campbell
  — Braneka Bassett
  — Cilou Annys
  — Claudia Arce Lemaitre
  — Tirelo Ramasedi
  — Débora Moura Lyra
  — Elena Semikina
  — Wen Tang
  — Dímitra Olymbiou
  — Natalia Navarro Galvis
   — Kim Joo-Ri
   — Marva Wright Ureña
  — Lana Obad
  — Safira de Wit
   — Ena Sandra Čaušević
  — Lady Fernanda Mina Lastra
  — Donia Hamed
  — Sonia Yesenia Cruz Ayala
  — Marika Savšek
  — Adriana Reverón Moreno
  — Rima Fakih
  — Maria Venus Bayonito Raj
  — Viivi Pumpanen
  — Malika Ménard
  — Nanuka "Nana" Gogichaishvilli
  — Krystle Awura Amma "Awurama" Simpson
  — Tara Vaitiere Hoyos-Martinez
  — Anna Prelević
  — Vanessa Laguana Siguenza Torres
  — Jéssica María Schell Noyola
  — Tamika Affia Henry
  — Sarodj Bertin Durocher
  — Kenia Melissa Martínez Sambulá
  — Tímea Babinyecz
  — Ushoshi Sengupta
  — Qory Sandioriva
  — Rozanna Purcell

  — Josephina Nuñez
  — Janeisha John
  — Bat-El Jubi
  — Jessica Cecchini
  — Yendi Amira Phillips
  — Maiko Itai
  — Asselina Kuchukova
  — Kështjella Pepshi
   — Rahaf Abdallah
  — Nadine Ann Thomas
  — Dalysha Doorga
  — Jimena "Ximena" Navarrete Rosete
  — Scharllette Alexandra Allen Moses
  — Ngozi Odalonu
  — Melinda Victoria Elvenes
  — Ria van Dyke
  — Desirée van den Berg
  — Anyolí Amorette Ábrego Sanjur
  — Yohana María Belén Benítez Olmedo
  — Giuliana Myriam Zevallos Roncagliolo
  — Maria Nowakowska
  —  Mariana Paola Vicente Morales
   — Jitka Válková
   — Eva Carolina Arias Viñas
  — Anna Amenová
  — Oana Paveluc
   — Irina Igorevna Antonenko
  — Lidija Kocić
  — Tania Lim Kim Suan
  — Ishanka Dilrukshi Madurasinghe
  — Nicole Flint
  — Michaela Savić
  — Linda Fäh
  — Fontip Watcharatrakul
  — Nuya Hellen Dausen
  — LaToya Woods
  — Gizem Memiç
  — Anna Poslavskaya (Poslavska)
  — Stephany Ortega Da Costa
  — Marelisa Gibson Villegas
  — Alice Rowlands Musukwa

 Retiros
 : Se había anunciado que Marijana Pokrajac representaría a Montenegro, no obstante nunca fue inscrita, siendo así la primera vez que la nación balcánica se ausenta del concurso en su corta vida independiente.

 Designaciones
 : Awurama Simpson fue seleccionada para representar a su país, Ghana, de manera privada.
 : El certamen Miss España, que tradicionalmente se realizaba en la primavera, fue retrasado hasta septiembre; ante la imposibilidad de elegir a la nueva Miss España antes del Miss Universo, Adriana Reverón fue designada tras un casting en el que se invitó a varias exconcursantes a Miss España.

 Suplencias
 : Maria Venus Raj ganó el título de Miss Filipinas Universo (Binibining Pilipinas Universe 2010), pero debido a incosistencias relativas a sus documentos de nacimiento —fecha, lugar, datos de los padres— le fue retirado. La organización nacional filipina decidió enviar al certamen Miss Universo 2010 a la segunda suplente al título, Helen Nicole Henson; pero Raj, al inconformarse legalmente, tuvo la oportunidad de regularizar su situación con la obtención de un pasaporte filipino legal; al obtenerlo Raj recuperó el título de Miss Filipinas Universo (Binibining Pilipinas Universe 2010) y la oportunidad de representar a su país en Miss Universo 2010.
 : Debido a un error de computo Sandra Marinovič había sido dada a conocer como representante de Eslovenia en Miss Universo 2010; al corregir el desacierto, resultó que la verdadera ganadora del concurso nacional era Marika Savšek, por lo que fue ella la representante eslovena en el concurso.
 : Alexandra Cătălina Filip, ganadora del certamen Miss Universo Rumania 2010, renunció al título debido a que los compromisos que este le obligaba a cumplir, entraban en conflicto con su preparación como bailarina para una importante competencia de baile en la República de Corea. Su suplente fue Oana Paveluc.
 : Gizem Memic, ganadora del certamen Miss Turquía 2010 representó a su país en lugar de Serenay Sarikaya, electa en el mismo certamen para competir por Turquía en Miss Universo. El cambio obedece a la minoría de edad de Sarikaya.
 : Alejandra Barillas, ganadora del título Miss Universo Guatemala, no fue enviada por su organización debido a una lesión y en su lugar compitió Jéssica Schell. Barillas concursó en Miss Universo 2011.

 Datos acerca de las delegadas
 Algunas de las delegadas del Miss Universo 2010 han participado en otros certámenes internacionales de importancia:
 Sarodj Bertin (Haití) concursó en el Miss Intercontinental 2005 y en el Miss Hawaiian Tropic 2007, en este último representando a la República Dominicana.
 Anyoli Abrego (Panamá) concursó en el Ford Super Model of the World 2006, en el Miss Model of The World 2009, donde clasificó a la ronda semifinal; y ganó el certamen Miss Beauty International 2007.
 Jessica Scheel (Guatemala) compitió en Miss Tierra 2007.
 Yendi Philipps (Jamaica) fue semifinalista del Miss Mundo 2007.
 Débora Lyra (Brasil) ganó el certamen Top Model of The World 2008.
 Elena Semikina (Canadá) concursó en el Reinado Internacional del Café 2008 y en el Miss Internacional 2008, sin éxito; y en el concurso Miss Bikini Internacional 2010, donde estuvo entre las 26 semifinalistas.
 Adriana Reverón (España) ocupó un sitio entre las finalistas en el Miss Tierra 2008. En el mismo certamen Giuliana Zevallos (Perú) concursó sin éxito alguno.
 Joori Kim (Corea -República-) fue reina de Asia y el Pacífico en el Miss Mundo 2009, donde además ocupó un puesto entre las 16 semifinalistas.
 Claudia Arce (Bolivia), concursó en el Queen of the World 2009.
 Josephina Nuñez (Islas Vírgenes Británicas) concursó en el certamen Miss Caribbean World 2010.
 Braneka Bassett (Bahamas), Cilou Annys (Bélgica), Asselina Kuchukova (Kazajistán), Rahaf Abdallah (Líbano), Dalysha Doorga (Mauricio), Desiree van der Verg (Países Bajos),  Nicole Flint (Sudáfrica), y Gizem Memic (Turquía); compitieron en el Miss Mundo 2010; Bassett, van der Verg y Flint lograron colocarse entre las 25 semifinalistas.
 Yésica di Vincenzo (Argentina) participó en el Miss Italia nel Mondo 2006 —certamen para mujeres de todo el mundo con ascendencia italiana— y en el Miss Internacional 2008; también quedó en séptimo puesto de Reina Hispanoamericana 2010. En este último también participaron Stephany Ortega (Uruguay), quien quedó en sexta posición y Lady Mina (Ecuador) quien no clasificó.
 Donia Hamed (Egipto) concursó en Miss Mundo 2011.
 Algunas de las delegadas nacieron o viven en otro país al que representarán, o bien, tienen un origen étnico distinto:
 Por sexto año consecutivo Canadá envía como su representante a Miss Universo a una mujer inmigrante: Natalie Glebova en 2005 (nacida en Rusia, Unión Soviética, y ganadora del certamen); Alice Panikian en 2006 (nacida en Bulgaria), Inga Skaia en 2007 (nacida en Rusia, Unión Soviética), Samantha Tajik en 2008 (nacida en Irán) y Mariana Valente en 2009 (nacida en Brasil). Elena Semikina, representante para 2010, nació en Moldavia cuando aún era parte de la Unión Soviética.
 Cuatro naciones latinoamericanas envían una candidata negra a Miss Universo, ellas son:
 Marva Wright (Costa Rica), siendo la primera mujer afrocaribeña en representar a su nación en Miss Universo.
 Lady Mina (Ecuador), que es la tercera mujer negra en representar a Ecuador en Miss Universo.
 Kenia Martínez (Honduras), que es la segunda mujer negra en representar a su país en este certamen.
 Scharllette Allen (Nicaragua), que se convierte en la primera delegada negra de su nación en Miss Universo.
 Angela Martini (Albania), Natalia Navarro (Colombia) y Awurama Simpson (Ghana) radican en los Estados Unidos.
 Yésica de Vincenzo (Argentina) tiene origen italiano.
 Priscila Lee (Aruba) tiene ascendencia china.
 Claudia Arce (Bolivia) tiene ascendencia francesa por el lado materno.
 Ena Sandra (Dinamarca) es de origen bosnio.
 Rima Fakih (Estados Unidos) es mitad libanesa y hondureña. También es la primera mujer de origen árabe en representar a los Estados Unidos en certamen de belleza alguno.
 Maria Venus Raj (Filipinas) nació en Doha, Catar, y tiene ascendencia india, por parte de su padre.
 Tara Hoyos-Martinez (Gran Bretaña) es de origen colombiano. Será la primera mujer de ascendencia latinoamericana en representar la belleza británica en certamen alguno.
 Anna Prelevic (Grecia) tiene ascendencia serbia.
 Sarodj Bertin (Haití) radica en Santo Domingo, República Dominicana.
 Josephina Nuñez (Islas Vírgenes Británicas) nació en la República Dominicana.
 Janeisha John (Islas Vírgenes de los Estados Unidos) es mitad puertorriqueña.
 Yendi Philipps (Jamaica) tiene ascendencia india.
 Keshtjella Pepshi (Kosovo) radica en Berna, Suiza, y tiene la doble nacionalidad, kosovar y suiza; e inclusive compitió por el título de Miss Berna 2010, selectivo al Miss Suiza.
 Melinda Elvenes (Noruega) nació en Botsuana. Fue la primera mujer negra en representar a Noruega en Miss Universo.
 Michaela Savic (Suecia), tiene origen croata.
 Marelisa Gibson (Venezuela) tiene ascendencia sueca, mexicana y panameña.
 Otros datos acerca de las concursantes:
 La concursante más alta fue Elena Semikina (Canadá), con 1.85 m de altura; la más baja es Josefina Nuñez (Islas Vírgenes Británicas) con 1.65 m.
 Priscila Lee (Aruba) es hermana de Zizi Lee, Miss Aruba en Miss Universo 2004 y en Miss Mundo 2001, donde figuró como segunda suplente y Reina del Caribe.
 Braneka Bassett (Bahamas) modeló profesionalmente para la agencia de la exmodelo Janice Dickinson.
 Awurama Simpson (Ghana) portó el título Miss Ghana de Estados Unidos 2009.
 Sarodj Bertin (Haití) es hija de la abogada Mireille Durocher Bertin, asesinada en Haití en 1994, crimen que conmocionó a la comunidad haitiana e internacional.
 Janeisha Jonh (Islas Vírgenes de los Estados Unidos) concursó por Miss América 2008.
 Anyolí Ábrego (Panamá), Eva Arias (República Dominicana) y Giuliana Zevallos (Perú) son unas reconocidas modelos profesionales en su país; mientras que Angela Martini (Albania) trabaja como tal en Nueva York, Estados Unidos.

 Sobre los países en Miss Universo 2010
 Naciones ausentes
(Esta lista es en relación a la edición anterior)
 : El 8 de septiembre de 2009 el director del concurso nacional anunció que no enviaría a ninguna concursante al Miss Universo 2010 por falta de patrocinadores.
 : El certamen nacional de entró en conflicto con la fecha del Miss Universo 2010'' por lo que tampoco concursó ese año.
 , , , ,  y  no enviaron una concursante ese año.

Naciones que regresan a la competencia
 , que desde 1989 no envía una candidata.
 , cuya última participación fue en 2002.
 , que participó por última vez en 2004.
 , que envió una delegada por última vez en 2007.
 , ,  y , que compitieron por última vez en 2008.

Historia del certamen
 Miss Universo

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Miss Universo Sitio web oficial (en inglés)

Estados Unidos en 2010
Concursos de belleza en 2010
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Last year, the Coney Island Sand Sculpting Contest attracted more than 10,000 attendees from the U.S. and around the world to check out the sand artistry. This year's fun, festive event will feature a music DJ, a performance by the Santos Latin band, Brooklyn Dance Center and Coney Island Brooklyn Public Library representatives showcasing the children's summer reading program.
An original sand sculpture to salute the BCS 150th anniversary year-long celebration will be built on the beach during the Coney Island Sand Sculpting Contest. The Coney Island Sand Sculpting Contest is co-sponsored by the Alliance for Coney Island and NYC Dept. of Parks & Recreation. Sponsorships are still available.
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Brooklyn Community Services (BCS) celebrates the strength of the human spirit, and in 2016, we celebrate our 150th Anniversary. Our mission is to empower at-risk children, youth and families, and adults with mental illness or developmental disabilities to overcome the obstacles they face, as we strive to ensure opportunity for all to learn, grow and contribute to ONE Brooklyn Community. To achieve this mission, we offer comprehensive and holistic services: early childhood education; youth development services and educationally rich after-school programs; counseling for at-risk families; treatment, recovery and job training to support the life goals of adults living with mental illness; person-centered rehabilitation and community living support for adults with developmental disabilities and disaster recovery case management and relief services. BCS also seeks to increase public awareness of the impacts of poverty on individuals and the community at-large. With a staff of over 400 and over 20 sites around the borough, BCS serves 12,000 people every year. Today, BCS is one of the longest serving nonprofit,non-sectarian social service providers in New York City.
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Magic Craft Aims to Leverage Founder's 18 Year Experience to Build the GameFi Metaverse
As one of the upcoming MMORPG games in the blockchain gaming world, MagicCraft wants to provide an original turn-based war universe with PvE or PvP modes that allows players to earn in-game tokens, receive awards, and stake them. The game's main focus is 'Castle Sieges' where every week, clans meet on the battlefield to slaughter one another, loot castles, and claim the title of King. The spoils of war are given to the winners in the form of $MCRT, the DAO governance token in the game is $MCRT, which is a Binance Smart Chain BEP-20 token. Players can select powerful heroes and offensive weapons from the in-game assets (NFTs) with these assets ranging from free to premium, depending on the selection and level. The $MCRT token serves as a vital link between the crypto market and the gaming economy, from the Winner's Reward to the purchase of in-game assets, $MCRT will drive the game's total commercial activity.
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Magic Craft to continue its Metaverse dominance in 2022 as well as it started the year with a new listing on MEXC Global. Founded in 2018, MEXC Global is a centralized exchange that employs a high-performance mega-transaction matching technology. The CEX platform is run by a team of professionals with extensive financial industries and blockchain technology experience. MCRT is also listed on Dextools, Pancakeswap, and Bitmart. The project is achieving significant milestones on a daily basis, thanks to increased trading volume and positive price action.
The IDO presale of $MCRT saw the community buy the entire quantity of 300,000,000 tokens available for presale in a stunning fashion. $MCRT's Soft cap program for 2000 BNB sold out in a day, indicating that the event was a success. On Dextools, Pancake-Swap, and Bitmart Exchange, community members who missed out on the spectacular presale are clamoring for the new token. The successful launch has led crypto enthusiasts to believe that $MCRT is more than just another token project, but one with great potential, value, and utility in the crypto space. With over a million interactions on Twitter and Telegram, the successful launch has led crypto enthusiasts to believe that $MCRT is more than just another token project. $MCRT is presently selling at a large premium to its presale value, indicating that its mainstream acceptance is rapidly increasing.
Play-to-earn gaming is becoming increasingly popular, and it's sweeping the cryptocurrency industry. Many people who participate in P2E games have one goal in mind: to generate money. There is a lot to do in this game, from finding rare items and selling them on marketplaces to defeating other players in PvP combat and earning in-game cash. Under this exclusive gaming model, participants are rewarded for playing games that they would otherwise play for free or for spending money from their wallets to level up.
The Magic Craft ecosystem intends to disrupt incumbent game developers such as World of Warcraft and League of Legends by granting creators actual ownership of their inventories in the form of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and rewarding them with the utility token, $MCRT. Magic Craft distinguishes itself from the competition in three significant ways:
Gaming: This involves players engaging with the virtual world of Magic Craft through heroes, battles, quests, tournaments, and more. It enables players to earn money via the play-to-earn and free-to-play models.2
NFT Marketplace: NFT owners would be able to treat all in-game collectibles as digital assets and interact with players to buy, sell, or trade collectibles in the form of NFTs.
Staking: This would be appealing to developers and crypto enthusiasts interested in the back-end part of the game. They would be involved in staking in-game characters and earning revenue through various staking rewards.
The popularity and rapid adoption of blockchain games have resulted in a tremendous increase in the number of crypto games in the market. During the current crypto bull run, the value of some blockchain gaming tokens has surged by up to tenfold in the last year. According to a recent industry survey, approximately 3.1 billion individuals play video games worldwide, accounting for around 40% of the global population. Gaming continues to develop year after year and has now surpassed both the music and film industries in terms of revenue. All of this creates the promise of a new world, a new economy, and new opportunities.
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Carnegie Hall's 2014-2015 Perspectives Artist Curates Six-Concert Series
Opening Night Gala with Sir Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic, Wednesday, October 1
Series Includes U.S. Premiere of Sebastian Currier's Ringtone Variations &
Sir André Previn's Violin Concerto No. 2
Launches First North American Tour of Mutter Virtuosi
Appears as Pittsbugh Symphony Orchestra's Opening Night Artist
As Carnegie Hall's 2014-2015 Perspectives artist, violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter curates a six-concert, season-long series exemplifying her commitment to the future of classical music and highlighting her long-standing relationships with some of today's greatest conductors, soloists and orchestras. Ms. Mutter begins her Carnegie Hall residency Wednesday, October 1 at 7:00 pm in an opening night gala marking her first United States appearance with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra led by Music Director Sir Simon Rattle. She performs Bruch's Violin Concerto No. 1 as part of a concert that includes Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dances and the closing scenes from Stravinsky's The Firebird. Ms. Mutter first performed with this legendary orchestra at age 13 under the direction of Herbert von Karajan, subsequently launching an international career that has spanned nearly four decades.
The concert airs on WQXR 105.9 FM, produced by WQXR and Carnegie Hall and hosted by WQXR's Jeff Spurgeon. Concerts in the series are available for live streaming on wqxr.org and carnegiehall.org/wqxr.
She explains, "Coming to Carnegie Hall with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra playing the Bruch Concerto with Sir Simon Rattle is obviously a very important moment because that orchestra is linked so closely with the beginnings of my musical life with Karajan. I have never traveled to America with this orchestra and it somehow feels particularly festive and wonderful." This reunion comes on the heels of an all-Dvořák album Ms. Mutter recorded with the Berlin Philharmonic, released in October 2013 on the Deutsche Grammophon label.
Ms. Mutter is joined by pianist Lambert Orkis Tuesday, November 11 at 8:00 pm in recital at Carnegie Hall. The pair, who celebrated the 25th anniversary of their partnership and the violinist's Carnegie Hall recital debut in December 2013, commemorated this milestone with a European tour and the release of the two-disc album, The Silver Album, on the Deutsche Grammophon label. The Grammy Award –winning duo have planned an eclectic program for the Perspectives series: Sir André Previn's Tango Song and Dance (a work written for Ms. Mutter), Franck's Violin Sonata in A Major, Beethoven's Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Major, Op. 47, "Kreutzer" and the U.S. premiere of Sebastian Currier's Ringtone Variations, a work commissioned by the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation featuring double bassist Roman Patkoló, a protégé of Ms. Mutter.
Also in November, the violinist is proud to lead the first North American tour of Mutter Virtuosi, a string ensemble comprised of 14 current and former scholarship students of the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation. For many years, Ms. Mutter has performed with the Foundation scholarship holders introducing them to the life of a professional musician and to a broad audience, while also emphasizing the importance of performing charity concerts for humanitarian causes. Mutter Virtuosi was formed in 2011 for touring projects and benefit concerts with performances of established masterpieces and works by living composers. Following a 2011 European tour and a 2013 Asian tour, Ms. Mutter leads the ensemble in Washington, D.C., Chicago, Toronto, Atlanta, Naples, Kansas City and in New York at Carnegie Hall Tuesday, November 18 at 8:00 pm as part of her Perspectives series. The program comprises the U. S. premiere of Previn's Violin Concerto No. 2, Bach's Concerto for Two Violins, Strings and Continuo in D Minor, BWV 1043 as well as Vivaldi's Four Seasons.
Following its North American tour, the Mutter Virtuosi travels to Worms, Germany for a concert benefitting the Lebenshielfe organization for the mentally disabled. Previous benefit concerts given by the ensemble have supported the Hanna and Paul Gräb Foundation for the handicapped and the Swiss Multiple Sclerosis Association.
Ms. Mutter's Perspectives series resumes Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at 8:00 pm with conductor Cristian Măcelaru and the Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Sibelius' Valse triste and Violin Concerto open the program, followed by Nielsen's Symphony No. 4, "The Inextinguishable." Pianist Yefim Bronfman and cellist Lynn Harrell join Ms. Mutter as the Mutter-Bronfman-Harrell Trio on Tuesday, April 14 at 8:00 pm performing Beethoven's Piano Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 97, "Archduke" and Tchaikovsky's Piano Trio in A Minor, Opus 50. The Trio also tours Montreal and the California cities of Northridge, Santa Barbara, Costa Mesa and Sonoma throughout the month of April.
As further testament to Ms. Mutter's commitment to the future of string playing, she concludes her Perspectives series with Michael Tilson Thomas and his New World Symphony on Tuesday, April 28 at 8:00 pm. Moret's En rêve, a work written for Ms. Mutter in 1988, receives its New York premiere alongside Berg's moving Violin Concerto, Schubert's Incidental Music from Rosamunde and ending with Debussy's La mer.
In addition to her Perspectives series, Anne-Sophie Mutter opens Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra's 2014-2015 concert season Saturday, September 13 at 7:00 pm playing Bruch's Violin Concerto conducted by Manfred Honeck in a program that also includes works by Sibelius, Smetana, Strauss and Prokofiev. She and Maestro Honeck recently collaborated for Ms. Mutter's all-Dvořák disc.
Carnegie Hall Perspectives Series
Stern Auditorium/ Perelman Stage
Wednesday, October 1, 7 PM
Berlin Philharmonic
Sir Simon Rattle, Music Director and Conductor
RACHMANINOFF: Symphonic Dances
BRUCH: Violin Concerto No. 1
STRAVINSKY: Closing Scenes from The Firebird
Tuesday, November 11, 8 PM
Lambert Orkis, piano
Roman Patkoló, double bass
CURRIER: Ringtone Variations (U.S. Premiere)
PREVIN: Tango Song and Dance
FRANCK: Violin Sonata in A Major
BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Major, Op. 47, "Kreutzer"
Mutter Virtuosi
BACH: Concerto for Two Violins, Strings and Continuo in D Minor, BWV 1043
PREVIN: Violin Concerto No. 2 (U.S. Premiere)
VIVALDI: The Four Seasons
Wednesday, February 11, 8 PM
Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Cristian Măcelaru, conductor
SIBELIUS: Valse triste
SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto
NIELSEN: Symphony No. 4, "The Inextinguishable"
Tuesday, April 14, 8 PM
The Mutter-Bronfman-Harrell Trio
Yefim Bronfman, piano
Lynn Harrell, cello
BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio in B flat Major, Op. 97, "Archduke"
TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 50
Michael Tilson Thomas, Artistic Director and Conductor
SCHUBERT: Incidental Music from Rosamunde
BERG: Violin Concerto
MORET: En rêve (NY Premiere)
DEBUSSY: La mer
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Heinz Hall
Saturday, September 13, 7 PM
Manfred Honeck, Music Director
SIBELIUS: Finlandia, Opus 26, No. 7
SMETANA: "The Moldau", No. 2 from Má vlast
STRAUSS: "Salome's Dance" from Salome, Opus 54
PROKOFIEV: "March" from Love for Three Oranges, Opus 33
PROKOFIEV: "Kijé's Wedding" from Lieutenant Kijé, Opus 60
PROKOFIEV: "Romanza" from Lieutenant Kijé, Opus 60
PROKOFIEV: "The Death of Tybalt" from Romeo and Juliet, Opus 64
BRUCH: Concerto No. 1 in G minor for Violin and Orchestra, Opus 26
About Anne-Sophie Mutter
Anne-Sophie Mutter has been recognized as one of the world's greatest violinists for more than 35 years. Since her international debut at the Lucerne Festival at the age of 13, Ms. Mutter has appeared in all the major concert halls of Europe, North and South America and Asia. Her artistry embraces everything from richness of tone and consummate technical virtuosity to transcendent expression and profound musicianship. Born in the German border town of Rheinfelden, she showed signs of exceptional talent at an early age. Anne-Sophie began to study piano at the age of five and soon after received her first violin lessons. At age nine she commenced violin studies with Aïda Stucki.
In 1976 the legendary conductor Herbert von Karajan heard the 13-year-old Mutter in recital at the Lucerne Festival and subsequently engaged the young violinist to make her concerto debut with the Berlin Philharmonic at the 1977 Salzburg Whitsun Festival. Their partnership continued when Mutter made her first recording for the Deutsche Grammophon label, an album of Mozart's Violin Concertos, in 1978. In the early years of her career, Mutter collaborated regularly with Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic to create a landmark series of recordings and swiftly became an established presence at the world's leading concert halls, a position reinforced by the critical and public response to her debuts in Berlin (1978), Washington and New York (1980), Tokyo (1981) and Moscow (1985).
Anne-Sophie Mutter has won the Grammy® Award for "Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)" three times, as well as the Grammy® Award for "Best Chamber Music Performance" with her longtime recital partner, pianist Lambert Orkis. Mutter's pledge to the future of string playing is evidenced by her wholehearted championship of contemporary music. Cited by The Chicago Tribune for contributing more than "any living violinist to enrich the late 20th-Century violin repertory," Ms. Mutter's current tally of world premiere performances includes 22 compositions with works composed for her by Sebastian Currier, Henri Dutilleux, Sofia Gubaidulina, Witold Lutoslawski, Norbert Moret, Krzysztof Penderecki, Sir André Previn and Wolfgang Rihm.
As Carnegie Hall's 2014-2015 Perspectives Artist, Mutter curates a six-concert series exemplifying her commitment to the future of classical music and highlighting her relationships with some of today's greatest conductors, orchestras and soloists. She opens the prestigious venue's season with Sir Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic marking her first performance with the legendary orchestra in the United States. Throughout the series she will be joined by Michael Tilson Thomas and his New World Symphony, Christian Măcelaru with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, pianist Lambert Orkis in recital, as well as pianist Yefim Bronfman and cellist Lynn Harrell as part of the Mutter-Bronfman-Harrell Trio. The Mutter Virtuosi, an ensemble consisting of 14 former and current scholarship holders of The Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation, makes its Carnegie Hall debut in the Perspectives series as part of its first North American tour. Ms. Mutter also joins these young, talented string soloists in the cities of Washington, DC, Chicago, Toronto, Atlanta, Naples, and Kansas City.
Throughout the 2014-2015 season, Anne-Sophie Mutter makes guest appearances with the Pittsburgh and San Francisco Symphonies, Berlin and Vienna Philharmonics, London Symphony Orchestra, Oxford Philomusica, and on tour with Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Danish National Symphony, National Orchestra of Spain, New World Symphony and Cherubini Youth Orchestra. In April, she embarks on a six-city tour with the Mutter-Bronfman-Harrell Trio in the cities of Montreal, New York, Northridge, CA, Santa Barbara, Costa Mesa and Sonoma.
Anne-Sophie Mutter has long used her public profile to support and promote charitable causes, notably those associated with the alleviation of medical and social problems. Her benefit concerts – 62 to date this season – have raised funds for, among other organizations, Save the Children Japan, the Swiss Multiple Sclerosis Society, victims of the 2011 Japanese tsunami and nuclear energy disasters and l'Association des Amis de la Maison de Solenn in Paris. Other recent benefit projects have included fundraising concerts for the Hanna and Paul Gräb Foundation's Haus der Diakonie in Wehr-Öflingen, Artists Against Aids in the United States and a number of Romanian orphanages. Mutter's many awards and honors reflect the nature of her humanitarian work as well as the excellence of her artistry. She received the prestigious Ernst von Siemens Music Prize in 2008, the Légion d'honneur in 2009 for services to contemporary French music and the 2011 Erich-Fromm-Preis for the advancement of Humanism through social engagement. Additional honors include the Merit Cross 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Mendelssohn and Brahms Prizes, the Herbert von Karajan Music Prize and the Bavarian Order of Merit. In 2013 Anne-Sophie Mutter was inducted into the American Academy of Arts & Sciences as a Foreign Honorary Member.
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Rep. Tim O'Neal Makes History in 48th District
Rep. Tim O'Neal (R-Washington) continues an impressive trend in western Pennsylvania politics–of veterans coming back to their native area for a career in public service. O'Neal served in Afghanistan.
"My father had served for four years when he was younger but I initially didn't go toward the military," he told me on a recent visit to his suburban Pennsylvania district. "My parents are divorced and after my freshman year of college my mother actually asked me to explore the National Guard to help pay for school. And I fell in love with it."
O'Neal went on to active duty in the Army infantry as a Second Lieutenant in 2003. He concedes there were some tough times during his tour of duty, but….
"I wouldn't change almost anything about it," he said. "It's strange to say, but the experience of war overall was an extremely positive experience. I did have a squad leader killed, so that's the one thing I would change. But other than that it was an overall positive experience."
O'Neal got out of the Army in 2007, worked in the energy industry and then went on to become a human resources director for a construction company. However, he says he missed the service component in the private sector. He decided to seek public service.
The 48th District has been electing Democrats forever–until O'Neal that is. It doesn't seem like it's due to a big change in the voters. Maybe it's a case of the voters seeing a change in their party–whether it be locally, state-wide or nationally.
"It's one of the things about our area of Washington County and the 48th District in particular. It really is a wonderful place and it doesn't matter what letter is behind your name. We basically have the same viewpoints. We're generally conservative. We're generally God-loving and God-fearing and the values from southwestern Pennsylvania are pretty similar across parties. I am a fiscal conservative and I consider myself conservative overall and that resonates with the area regardless of what letter is behind your name."
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NOE is running a group buy for 30XCB over at that other forum.
Somebody posted a youtube of XCB 500yards on a dinger. it must have been a very humid day, as you can see the bullet in flight. You can see the so-called rainbow trajectory in flight. I thought interesting enough to post a link.
yeah, and, he said he did that with a 1:10 twist rifle.
that is 2moa with a 1:10 twist at Mauser speed.
but this is the first time I could SEE trajectory .


How do I retake a quiz that I already paid for?
what are the requirements for CEC providers and the educational materials they submit for consideration?
I bought fit TV, but how can I watch to get cec points?
How many cec do I need to recert for, Fitness Instruction?
How many cec's do I need to get recertified?
Hi does anyone know if there's any expiry date for completing Nutrition, Hormones & Weight Management - 2.0 CEC/CEU Bundle?


This had to be one of the craziest things to ever happen to me on a photo shoot. Here in Myrtle Beach, my client decided that since you only live once, she wanted to take a photo on top of a horse! I'm not much of a fan of large animals myself because of the unpredictability of them, but I agreed to take the photo if she wanted. What happened next was absolutely crazy! The bride was completely fine and not hurt other than a couple of bruises. Made for a fun story to tell at the wedding!


i just bought a book about handbags.
it's called, "Handbags- The Power of the Purse"
as i'm sitting here browsing the purse forum, my boyfriend is sitting on my bed reading THE BOOK! i am laughing it's soo cute!
i haven't even gotten a chance to read it yet!
"so..... is it any good?"
guess it is, he's not talking to me! LOL.
LOL! THAT'S a cute picture!
I bought that..it has a really great pics!
ooo I need to get that book!
Sounds like your bf is a keeper!
Does Amazon carry it or did you get it from borders or something like that. I think i would really enjoy it.
Oooh that sounds like an interesting read !
I've got it too! Interesting little book.
What exactly is it about? Besides the obvious.
Oh my god, that's a great book. I think there's another one in the series about shoes. But I've read that writer's articles - she's great - very witty.
I hope it's everything that I hope it would be. I'll pick up a copy tomorow.


October 1, 2017 2017 Regular season, Joe Schad.
LONDON — There was no dramatic West End conclusion for Jay Ajayi's homecoming story.
There were only 12 carries. Only 46 yards. And a great deal of disappointment.
It's not all Ajayi's fault. There's been nowhere to run.
After a stunning 20-0 defeat to New Orleans, Ajayi believes the Miami Dolphins offense is underperforming.
Ajayi was not one making an excuse about the Dolphins being fatigued from too much travel.
Ajayi said the trip home was still good, but dampened of course by the shutout.


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