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Q: loss in precision in JAVA while using byte datatype byte b=9 ;
b=b+6 ;

gives compilation error (possible loss of precision )
why does b=9 not give error whereas b=b+9 give loss of precision ?
i was told that 9 (or any number) is treated as int hence loss of precision. But then why does b=9 Not give any loss of precision error ?
Also when written as b+=6 ,the code does NOT give any error. Whats the difference between b=b+6 and b+=6 ?
Can anyone please explain the intricacies or add a link where i might study them ?

A: This code gives an error...
byte b=9;
b=b+6;

... because of the binary numeric promotion occurring with b+6, which promotes b to int to add the quantities.  Section 5.6.2 of the JLS talks about this:

When an operator applies binary numeric promotion to a pair of operands, each of which must denote a value that is convertible to a numeric type, the following rules apply, in order:

*

*If any operand is of a reference type, it is subjected to unboxing conversion (§5.1.8).

*Widening primitive conversion (§5.1.2) is applied to convert either or both operands as specified by the following rules:

*

*If either operand is of type double, the other is converted to double.

*Otherwise, if either operand is of type float, the other is converted to float.

*Otherwise, if either operand is of type long, the other is converted to long.

*Otherwise, both operands are converted to type int.

(emphasis mine)
To get b=b+6 to compile, you can explicitly cast the result back to byte:
b = (byte) (b + 6);

But what about b=9 and b+=6?  Why do they compile without error?
9 is a constant expression, and the Java compiler treats it differently, with respect to narrowing assignments.
Section 5.2 of the JLS talks about assignment conversion.

In addition, if the expression is a constant expression (§15.28) of type byte, short, char, or int:
A narrowing primitive conversion may be used if the type of the variable is byte, short, or char, and the value of the constant expression is representable in the type of the variable.

It can be narrowed if it's a constant expression, so that the compiler knows the value, and it knows that overflow wouldn't occur.  That is why b=9 isn't an error.
Section 15.26 of the JLS talks about the compound assignment operators.

A compound assignment expression of the form E1 op= E2 is equivalent to E1 = (T) ((E1) op (E2)), where T is the type of E1, except that E1 is evaluated only once.

That is, the result, even if it's promoted to int, will be implicitly casted back to byte.  Note that this may overflow without error; byte += 10009 will "succeed" with overflow.

A: The expression
b = b + 6

is an integer operation as og JLS §4.2.2. As stated in the JLS, each such operation is of type int or long (here: int). So the result is also of type int and it must be cast to byte if you want to assign it to such a variable.
On the other hand, JLS §15.26.2 explains the rules for the compound assignment operator. In short:

A compound assignment expression of the form E1 op= E2 is equivalent to E1 = (T) ((E1) op (E2)), where T is the type of E1, except that E1 is evaluated only once.

This clearly tells us that the compound assignment operator += implicitly does the cast.

A: During expression evaluation there is an implicit type casting to int, due to the promotion rules in java
So intead of :
byte b=1;
b=b+1;  //will give error

Write:
b=(byte)b+1;

Here are some links you can refer:
Link 1
Link 2
Link 3

A: When adding bytes, the result is an integer, so that you don't get byte overflow.
You should try casting it:
b=(byte)(b+9);

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Kayunga District is bordered by Amolatar District to the north, Buyende District to the northeast, Kamuli District to the east, Jinja District to the southeast, Buikwe District to the south, Mukono District to the southwest, Luweero District to the west, Nakasongola District to the northwest. Kayunga, where the district headquarters are located, lies approximately 74 kilometres (46 mi) northeast of Kampala, on an all-weather tarmac highway. The coordinates of the district are:01 00N, 32 52E.
Kayunga District was carved out of Mukono District in December 2000. The district consists of two counties, Bbaale County and Ntenjeru County. The land mass in the district measures approximately 1,587.8 square kilometres (613.1 sq mi).
According to the 1991 national census, the district had a population of about 236,200. During the 2002 national census, Kayunga District had a total population of approximately 294,600. In 2012, the district population was estimated at about 358,700.
Kayunga is a town in the Central Region of Uganda. It is the main municipal, administrative, and commercial center of Kayunga District.
Kayunga is approximately 74 kilometres (46 mi) northeast of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city, on an all-weather tarmac highway. This is approximately 58 kilometres (36 mi), by road, northwest of the city of Jinja, Uganda's second industrial city, also on an all-weather tarmac highway. The coordinates of the town are 0°42'12.0"N, 32°54'13.0"E (Latitude:0.703333; Longitude:32.903611).
According to the last national population census of 2002, Kayunga town had a population of about 19,800. In 2010, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) estimated the population at 23,100. According to UBOS, the mid-year population was estimated at 23,600 in 2011. In 2014, the national population census put the population at 26,588.


May 8, 2013, Harriston, Ont. – They say you can't turn back time. Yet Wellington County landowner Daryl Hutton has done just that by turning an old pasture on his farm near Harriston back into a wetland. And in doing so, he is helping improve water quality and increase wildlife habitat in his community.
Wetlands are abundant in the area, which is the headwater for both the Maitland Valley and Saugeen watersheds. An abandoned Grand Trunk Railway rail line runs along the east side of the Hutton farm. Drainage tiles and culverts to handle water were placed under the rail bed when it was built in the 1800s, but many no longer function properly, causing spring runoff water to back up in the field.
As well, portions of the farm had been tile drained using clay tiles, and here too, some no longer function as they should. This causes spring runoff to pool across flat areas of the field and then slowly drain away.
Nearby farmers who rent Hutton's land to grow cash crops were reluctant to use the eight-acre field because it was too wet, so he knew he needed to do something. There were environmental benefits, too, that led him to undertake the conservation project.
Hutton turned to David McLachlin, a biologist with Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC), for help. McLachlin assisted with the biological site work; the project design, including engaging DUC's engineering team; obtaining government permits; and lining up and managing the funding from various agencies that was essential to getting the project completed.
Hutton was able to access cost-share funding through the Canada-Ontario Farm Stewardship Program (COFSP), as well as support from the Wellington County Stewardship Council, Maitland Valley Conservation Authority and the Community Fisheries & Wildlife Involvement Program through the Ministry of Natural Resources.
McLachlin says the goal of restoring the wetland is to turn back the site's ecological clock. Soil samples show it was originally a wetland before the area was settled by farmers in the 19th century. It was already slowly reverting from old pasture to a wet shrub forest on its own, but with a more permanent water supply now in place, willow shrub and aquatic vegetation like arrowhead, soft stem bulrush, soft rush, broadleaf cattail, and spike rush are expected to flourish. Water levels will be monitored and slowly increased to ensure the development of a robust and diverse aquatic vegetation community, he says.
The wetland conversion was completed last summer and Hutton says it is just now filling up with water. He has already noticed less flooding in his neighbour's hay field than in previous years, and he expects the wetland to ultimately help improve ground water quality, removing excess nutrients as the water flows through it.
McLachlin agrees this project will have a significant beneficial impact on water quality, and says it's an excellent example of how wetlands and agriculture can work together.


Etihad Airways' Flight EY073 was met with the customary water cannon welcome as it touched down on schedule at Zürich Airport yesterday morning, marking the start of the airline's new daily non-stop service between Zürich and Abu Dhabi.
The new Etihad Airways service builds upon the airline's existing daily flights between Abu Dhabi and Geneva launched on 5 June 2004, bringing to 14 the number of flights linking Zürich and Geneva to Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, each week.
The new Zürich - Abu Dhabi route is served by an Airbus A330-300 aircraft configured with 8 seats in First Class, 32 in Business Class and 191 in Economy Class.


Dr. Ernest W. Beasley Jr., M.D.
Dr. Ernest W. Beasley, Jr., M.D. laid down his stethoscope for the last time on January 6, 2019 and went to meet his maker. He died of natural causes at age 94. The medical staff at his birth on May 7, 1924, at the old Grady Hospital, could not have guessed that this child would rise from simple roots in Grant Park to a 60-year career as a caring physician to generations of Atlantans. He had a meaningful medical practice ending April 15, 2015, just 3 weeks shy of his 91st birthday. His competence, proven by his earning board certification in multiple specialties (Internal Medicine, Family Practice, Geriatrics, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism), was complemented by his caring nature and unparalleled bedside manner.
Many wondered how he kept such an agile mind as he got on in years. He did so by always surrounding himself with people younger than himself. As a young physician he derived enormous joy teaching resident doctors. At that time foreign medical graduates served at only a few selected hospitals, and Dr. Beasley helped direct the teaching program at Crawford Long Hospital (now Emory Midtown). As a result of this, he developed a lifetime of friendships with doctors from many countries, including Turkey, Peru, Japan, France and many others.
Dr. Beasley was the only child of Ernest W. Beasley, Sr. and Arrinda Elizabeth Eidson. He attended Atlanta Public schools, graduating from Boys High School in 1942. His studies at Emory University were interrupted after only one year when he was called to serve his country with the U.S. Army in the Pacific theater in World War II. Upon returning to the US, he immersed himself in pre-medical studies with the help of the GI bill at Virginia Military Institute and Temple University and then went on to study and graduate from Georgetown School of Medicine. He did his internship at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D.C.
On July 1, 1950 he was wed to Ann Lee Jeffreys. Three weeks later he was called to duty in the Korean Conflict. He saw combat in Korea as a paratrooper with the 187th regiment of the 11th Airborne Division (now the 101st Division). He was awarded a Purple Heart Medal for being wounded during one of his parachuting missions. He returned to finish his medical training at Emory University in the Department of Medicine and at Grady Memorial Hospital. He established his Atlanta private practice in 1955 which was done solo for much of his career of 60 years.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a daughter Mary Elizabeth (Mimi) Beasley, M.D. He is survived by his wife of 68 years Ann Lee Jeffreys Beasley, 2 daughters, Janet Ann Greer (Glen) and Barbara Elaine Paine (Joe) and a son Ernest W. Beasley, III, M.D. (Steppie), 7 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren.
The family will receive friends at H.M. Patterson & Son Arlington Chapel, 173 Allen Road, NE, Sandy Springs on Friday evening January 11, 2019 from six until eight o'clock and a memorial service will be at Arlington Chapel on Saturday, January 12, 2019 at one o'clock with Reverend Dr. G. Gil Watson officiating. Prior to the memorial the family will gather for a private interment at Marietta Campground Cemetery.
The family especially wish to thank the wonderful employees of Belmont Village Buckhead and Capstone Hospice who cared lovingly for him during his final months.
The family ask that in lieu of flowers, gifts be made to the American Diabetes Association, The Empty Stocking Fund or the charity of one's choice.
He is survived by his wife of 68 years Ann Lee Jeffreys Beasley, 2 daughters, Janet Ann Greer (Glen) and Barbara Elaine Paine (Joe) and a son Ernest W. Beasley, III, M.D. (Steppie), 7 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren.
My condolences to the family. I know he will be missed.
We loved Dr. Beasley and will miss him greatly.
What can I say that others have not already said about this wonderful man who was my physician for three decades? I could always count on him for a joke, smile, and a strong dose of common sense when trying to understand whatever medical situation confronted me. I have missed him since his retirement more than I can say and am forever grateful for the care he provided. My thoughts are with you all.
In Memory Of Dr. Ernest W. Beasley Jr., M.D.


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James A. Moffett '29 Lectures in Ethics - Robert Gooding-Williams - "Du Bois and 'The Souls of White Folk'"
From University Center for Univ Center for Human Values
Professor Gooding-Williams's paper, "Du Bois and 'The Souls of White Folk'" is a study of W.E.B. Du Bois's moral psychology of white supremacy. Du Bois means his moral psychology to serve two purposes. The first is a social scientific explanation—specifically, the social scientific explanation of the domination and exploitation of the world's darker peoples. The second is to articulate the Christian white supremacist's ideal conception of his life as a Christian, for it is in virtue of this conception that the Christian white supremacist is vulnerable to moral appeal.
Robert Gooding-Williams is the M. Moran Weston/Black Alumni Council Professor of African-American Studies and Professor of Philosophy and of African American and African Diaspora Studies at Columbia University. He is the author of Zarathustra's Dionysian Modernism (Stanford, 2001), Look, A Negro!: Philosophical Essays on Race, Culture, and Politics (Routledge, 2005), and In The Shadow of Du Bois: Afro-Modern Political Thought in America (Harvard, 2009). Gooding-Williams was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2018 and was a 2020 Guggenheim Fellow.
Co-sponsored by the Department of African American Studies

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Subject to the availability of appropriations to implement AS 47.20.300 - 47.20.390, enacted by sec. 6 of this Act, the Department of Health and Social Services shall implement the program required by this Act so that 100 percent of all newborns and infants in the state are being screened for hearing loss by January 1, 2008.
Coverage for newborn and infant hearing screening. (a) Except for a fraternal benefit society, a health care insurer that offers, issues for delivery, delivers, or renews in this state a health care insurance plan shall provide coverage for newborn and infant hearing screening under the schedule described in (b) of this section if the plan covers services provided to women during pregnancy and childbirth and the dependents of a covered individual. (b) The minimum coverage required under (a) of this section includes (1) a newborn or infant hearing screening to be performed within 30 days after the child's birth; and (2) if the initial screening under (1) of this subsection determines that the child may have a hearing impairment, a confirmatory hearing diagnostic evaluation. (c) The coverage required by this section may be subject to standard policy provisions that are applicable to other benefits, such as deductible or copayment provisions.
Sec. 47.20.340. Outreach campaign. The department shall conduct a community outreach and awareness campaign to inform medical providers, pregnant women, and families of newborns and infants of the newborn and infant hearing screening, tracking, and intervention program and the value of early hearing screening, tracking, and intervention.
(d) A hospital or other health facility, clinical laboratory, audiologist, physician, registered nurse, certified nurse midwife, direct-entry midwife, officer or employee of a health facility or clinical laboratory, or an employee of an audiologist, physician, or registered nurse is not criminally or civilly liable for furnishing information in good faith to the department or its designee under this section. The furnishing of information in accordance with this section is not a violation of AS 08 or AS 18 or regulations adopted under AS 08 or AS 18 for licensees under those statutes.
Definition: Sec.6, Sec. 47.20.390. Definitions.


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Q: Extract part of file name and add it into a dataframe list I have a list of dataframes that looks like this:

I have filenames like this:
testlist
"Folder1/AT0ILL10000700500dymax.1-1-1990.31-12-2011"
"Folder1/CH0001A0000700100dymax.1-1-1992.31-12-2007"
"Folder1/CH0005A0000700500dymax.1-1-1992.31-12-2011"

I read the data with this command.
data_list = lapply(testlist, read.table)

Now I want to extract a part of the filename and add it into the dataframe as V6. These are the parts I want to extract.
AT0ILL1
CH0001A
CH0005A

So this would be the 9-15 letters, and in the first dataframe [1] would only contain 6 times"AT0ILL1" in the last new column, [[2]] would only be "CH0001A" in V6 and in [[3]] only "CH0005A".
I can do it for example with only one file with:
substr(name, 9, 15)

But how can I do it with all files (in reality I have over 1000)?
Here is the code of my testframe from the beginning.
V1= c("20000608", "20000609", "20000610", "20000611", "20000612", "20000613")
V2= seq(5, 30, length=6)
V3= rep(c(-1,0,1), times=2)
V4= seq(10, 60, length=6)
V5= rep(c(1,-1,0), times=2)

testframe1 = data.frame(V1, V2, V3, V4, V5)

x1= c("20030608", "20100609", "20060610", "20040611", "20009612", "20002613")
x2= seq(4, 80, length=6)
x3= rep(c(0,-1,1), times=2)
x4= seq(3, 60, length=6)
x5= rep(c(-1,1,0), times=2)

testframe2 = data.frame(V1=x1, V2=x2, V3=x3, V4=x4, V5=x5)

a1= c("20030602", "20100606", "20060610", "20040511", "20007612", "20002624")
a2= seq(7, 133, length=6)
a3= rep(c(-1,0,1), times=2)
a4= seq(9, 47, length=6)
a5= rep(c(1,0,-1), times=2)

testframe3 = data.frame(V1=a1, V2=a2, V3=a3, V4=a4, V5=a5)

list = list(testframe1, testframe2, testframe3)

A: What about simple for solution?
#  I assume that:
# - testlist is a vector that contains filenames
# - df.list is a list of dataframes (in the example named list)
for(i in 1:3){
   df.list[[i]]$V6 <- substr(testlist[i], 9, 15)
}


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Would it be possible to do what the Computer Clubhouses do in the context of more formalized educational structures? Why or why not?
YASMIN: We have many examples of schools that adopt the premise of self-directed work for students who with assistance of teachers and other peers dig deeply into projects rather than to follow textbooks. Schools and classrooms like these think about themselves as communities of learners rather than as a collection of individuals. Examples are the recently opened "Quest to Learn" school in New York City; here in Philadelphia, I know of the Science Leadership Academy.
But to become a school like this requires some fundamental changes in how we organize learning in general, what the roles of students and teachers are, and what the role of technology is - how it's being used for research, exchange and production. The Computer Clubhouse also reconceptualized the role of the coordinator. We conducted many interviews with coordinators, community organizers and network administrators to get a better sense on what a job description for clubhouse coordinator would be like - part social worker, youth support, art teacher, mentor - it's not a traditional role when you're there to support youth in creative endeavors. I think the same would apply to teachers, principals, and administrators who want to adopt the principles of the Computer Clubhouse model in their schools.
You write, "The Computer Clubhouse is not a computer lab." Explain the difference.
YASMIN: Actually Gail Breslow, the director of the Computer Clubhouse Network made this statement in an interview that we conducted with her. The picture that people have of a computer lab is one with rows of computers facing walls and students not interacting with each other as they're running programs. The picture of a Computer Clubhouse is very different: computers in clusters so that youth can talk to the person right next to them and see what they're doing and a green table in the middle with no computers on it that serves as play and meeting space.
ROBBIN: Computer labs provide an invaluable service by making digital technologies available to its clients. These labs, however, are not designed to generate a learning community and to respond to needs and situations outside of the use of computer equipment and computer resources. The Clubhouse provides access to digital technology, but that is just the beginning. In fact, the Clubhouse is primarily a learning community, both for learning to use technology for creative expression and becoming a lifelong learner.
You place a strong emphasis on helping young people to learn how to program. What do you see as the value of programming, as opposed to other kinds of digital skills, such as networking or storytelling?
KYLIE: It's not really an either/or proposition. Certainly, social networking and digital storytelling are important skills in the 21st Century. Learning to computer program is really about learning the language of the computer. Now, I'm an artist and not a programmer by trade, so it's probably surprising that I would see the value in learning to program. By championing programming as a critical skill for today's youth, I'm not advocating for a generation of hackers insomuch as I'm seeing programming as a key step in moving youth from consumers to producers, and learning to program provides transparency into how software and computers operate and give youth some degree of control over their interactions with the computer. Casey Reas and others have called this "software literacy" because at the heart of using the computer as a creative medium is learning how to manipulate it and to create your own software in a sense. You really don't need to look far to see how people are taking up this type of literacy on a widespread scale--The iPhone app phenomenon is one example where everyday people are creating their own apps. This is also catching on in youth communities. It's not as hard to do as it might seem--As the book illuminates, the field has produced several shortcut tools (see for example Scratch or Processing) that allow youth (and adults alike) to use programming concepts in a way that is more user-friendly to novices. As evidenced by burgeoning online communities of tween/teen game designers, animators and digital artists, learning to code creatively is becoming to today's generation what learning to read and write was to those growing up in the 20th Century. Furthermore, media projects (like the Scratch projects described in the book) emphasize graphic, music and video -- media at the core of youths' technology interests and thus provide new opportunities to broaden participation of under-represented groups in the design and invention of new technologies.
ROBBIN: Programming constructs can be viewed as another instance of Papert's "gears." In Papert's case, his play with gears gave him insight into more powerful mathematical ideas of differentials, etc. Programming can give learners insights into more powerful ideas such as convergence, iteration, etc. However, I disagree with the phrasing of your question, as it presupposes storytelling is not as important an activity at the Clubhouse as programming. Storytelling, or more specifically, being able to tell a good story, is important whether you're a researcher telling the story of your data or a Clubhouse member telling the story of your learning. Storytelling embodies many powerful ideas, including non-determinism. Storytelling also engages learners in various modes of critical reflection.
You write that when the Clubhouses started in 1993, 70 percent of your visitors had never used a mouse before. How have the users of the Clubhouses changed over this time and what shifts have you needed to make to keep pace with the nature of your learners?
ROBBIN: Members come into the Clubhouse with a greater familiarity and comfort with computer technologies. There are regional variances, of course. As a result, members can dive right in to using the equipment. At the Clubhouse, it is important that mentors support the members starting "where they are" along the user spectrum. What is unique about the Clubhouse experience is members are challenged to create and be expressive with rather than just use technology. If a member wants to play computer games, she must first create a computer game to play.
What processes have you built into the Computer Clubhouses to insure that participants reflect on their own practices and share what they have learned with others?
ROBBIN: At the Flagship Clubhouse, members use software called, Pearls of Wisdom, to share their meta-learning and creative experiences around their project development. There are also project showcases and presentations that take place at the Clubhouse. Additionally, the Clubhouse-2-College/Clubhouse-2-Career program provides opportunities for members to reflect on how their Clubhouse learning can leads to job and education opportunities beyond the Clubhouse itself.
How have you been able to tap the international network of Clubhouses to help foster greater global consciousness in your participants?
KYLIE: One experience that really stands out in my mind is the Teen Summit in Boston in 2006. I attended this summit along with several of the youth from the Youth Opportunities Unlimited, Inc. Computer Clubhouse in South Los Angeles. To give you a bit of background, the Computer Clubhouse Network hosts a teen summit every couple of years. Every Clubhouse is able to send a couple of their top members (15 years and older) to the event as well as one or two members of their staff to help with supervision. The youth come from across the globe and speak a variety of languages. Keep in mind that Clubhouses are mostly located in very low-income areas by design, so this is the first time that most of the youth have been outside of their city, let alone on a plane to another country or state. The youth coming from the Los Angeles Clubhouse really blossomed as a result of this experience and met youth from South America and elsewhere. Like with most similar experiences for teens, the intense amount of time spent together day and night forge deep bonds that were made deeper as they engaged in meaningful collaborative work during the workshops. Participating youth signed up for a range of workshops to explore new types of software and project ideas, including video workshops where they learned interview and editing techniques, Adobe Photoshop workshops, robotics labs, social network analyses labs and the list goes on and on. All of the youth participated in multiple workshops and were also able to visit local college campuses, museums, and stay in campus dorms. Some of the groups made videos about their darkest fears or learned new programming skills to put the latest Chris Brown dance video together. When the youth returned to Los Angeles, you could see their horizons had expanded and they worked hard to remain in contact with their new friends. The book highlights many other examples, including how a traveling puppet named Cosmo, which was based on the Flat Stanley books, moved between Clubhouses worldwide, bringing together youth from all over the world to create a collective narrative about the puppet's journeys in each country. Youth's stories were well documented on the intranet and new chapters (as well as Cosmo's arrival) were much anticipated by the youth. Additionally, in countries like Israel, there are Clubhouses in the Israeli and Palestinian areas of the country, which are geographically close to one another. Coordinators use creative projects to bring youth together and foster cross-cultural tolerance in meaningful ways through creating musical compositions or fostering meaningful dialogues among participants.


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Commento del Segretario Generale sul conferimento del Premio Nobel per la Pace al World Food Programme
I am delighted by the decision of the Nobel Committee to award this year's Prize for Peace to the United Nations World Food Programme.
The World Food Programme is the world's first responder on the frontlines of food insecurity.
In a world of plenty, it is unconscionable that hundreds of millions go to bed each night hungry. Millions more are now on the precipice of famine due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The women and men of the WFP brave danger and distance to deliver life-saving sustenance to those devastated by conflict, to people suffering because of disaster, to children and families uncertain about their next meal.
There is also a hunger in our world for international cooperation. The World Food Programme feeds that need, too. WFP operates above the realm of politics, with humanitarian need driving its operations. The organization itself survives on voluntary contributions from UN Member States and the public at large.
Such solidarity is precisely needed now to address not only the pandemic, but other global tests of our time. We know that existential threats such as the climate change will make the hunger crisis even worse.
I warmly congratulate David Beasley, WFP Executive Director, and the entire staff of the World Food Programme, for advancing the values of the United Nations every day and serving the cause of "we the peoples" as the Organization marks its 75th anniversary year.


An old tree of Edohigan said to be 800 years old "Kanonetsu Sakura". The 2nd generation "Katsuya cherry blossoms" of Kanonetsu Sakura bloom beautifully beside the backdrop of the snowfall of the Asahi mountains. Soy Yoshino cherry blossoms in the park and makes people's eyes pleasant. Please come by all means.


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Text Sermons : Watchman Nee : Dark forces have been liberated
(The following is an excerpt from Spiritual Equipment for the Last Days, a book by Charles Usher. It was originally published by Marshall Brothers, LTD., London, England, July 1920.)
We are in the last hours of this dispensation. The hand of the clock is approaching the hour of twelve. It is the dark hour of midnight, but the darkest hour is just before the dawn.
The Church is rapidly drifting into a state of apostasy, further and further away from God.
The War has left the world chaotic and the Church paralysed.
Dark forces have been liberated which are producing as evil an effect upon the Church as upon the world.
The late conflict has left problems for the Church to face, as difficult to handle as those with which the world is battling.
The Cross of Christ is the light that will illuminate the present darkness.
We need a fresh revelation of sin, for it is through sin that we have lost our way, and it is through Christ's death on the Cross that we are won back and restored to God.
See I Peter iii. 18—"Christ...hath once suffered for sins...that He might bring us to God."
The reason why many lose the sense of the sinfulness of sin is that they get away from the reality of Christ's atoning death, for it is only at the Cross that we get a vision of the depths and misery of sin.
Calvary is a revelation of man's hatred to God's authority—a hatred which manifested itself in the blackest, darkest deed ever committed.
We are told that the Cross is the "Touchstone of Faith"; that is blessedly true! but it is also true that it is the criterion of the human heart. It reveals man in his true character.
The Church has lost sight of the Cross, and has therefore lost sight of the awfulness of sin. She has wandered from the place where sin is seen in God's light, and where the soul is led to cry out, "I have crucified my Lord."
What astonishes one in these days is the sin in the Church. How awful it is that Christians can sin and be unmoved by it!
God's people are sinning—sinning in the heart, sinning in the mind, sinning in the pulpit, sinning in the pew,—sinning in spite of Calvary and of all that the Bible reveals of the horror and degradation of sin!
Child of God! go back to Calvary and take the sinner's place. Let the Cross melt the hardness and cause the tears to flow!


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Q: Which is most accurate way to distinguish one of 8 colors? Imagine we how some basic colors:
RED = Color ((196, 2, 51), "RED")
ORANGE = Color ((255, 165, 0), "ORANGE")
YELLOW = Color ((255, 205, 0), "YELLOW")
GREEN = Color ((0, 128, 0), "GREEN")
BLUE = Color ((0, 0, 255), "BLUE")
VIOLET = Color ((127, 0, 255), "VIOLET")
BLACK = Color ((0, 0, 0), "BLACK")
WHITE = Color ((255, 255, 255), "WHITE")

I want to have a function, which gets a 3-tuple as a parameter (like (206, 17, 38)), and it should return the color which it is. For instance, (206, 17, 38) is red, and (2, 2, 0) is black, and (0, 255, 0) is green.
Which is most accurate way to choose one of 8 colors?

A: I'm by no means a color expert, but I've been desperately looking for a RGB/HEX/HSV to simple color names converter in python. After doing some research I believe I made a formidable solution. According to IfLoop in this post:

If you end up using Cartesian distance to compare colors, you should normally translate the inputs into a linear, perceptual color space, such as Lab or Yuv. Neither RGB nor HSV are linear, and so cartesian distance doesn't much relate to similar two colors really are. –  IfLoop Jul 27 '11 at 21:15

Therefore, Jochen Ritzel's code won't always return the proper color, as Graf pointed out. This is because both RGB and HSV are linear color spaces. We need to use a linear perceptual color space like YUV.
So what I did was I took Jochen Ritzel's code and replaced the rgb to hsv code with the rgb to yuv code based on this post.
colors = dict((
((196, 2, 51), "RED"),
((255, 165, 0), "ORANGE"),
((255, 205, 0), "YELLOW"),
((0, 128, 0), "GREEN"),
((0, 0, 255), "BLUE"),
((127, 0, 255), "VIOLET"),
((0, 0, 0), "BLACK"),
((255, 255, 255), "WHITE"),))

def rgb_to_ycc(r, g, b): #http://bit.ly/1blFUsF
    y = .299*r + .587*g + .114*b
    cb = 128 -.168736*r -.331364*g + .5*b
    cr = 128 +.5*r - .418688*g - .081312*b
    return y, cb, cr

def to_ycc( color ):
    """ converts color tuples to floats and then to yuv """
    return rgb_to_ycc(*[x/255.0 for x in color])

def color_dist( c1, c2):
    """ returns the squared euklidian distance between two color vectors in yuv space """
    return sum( (a-b)**2 for a,b in zip(to_ycc(c1),to_ycc(c2)) )

def min_color_diff( color_to_match, colors):
    """ returns the `(distance, color_name)` with the minimal distance to `colors`"""
    return min( # overal best is the best match to any color:
        (color_dist(color_to_match, test), colors[test]) # (distance to `test` color, color name)
        for test in colors)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    r = input('r: ')
    g = input('g: ')
    b = input('b: ')
    color_to_match = (r, g, b)
    print min_color_diff( color_to_match, colors)
    input('Press enter to exit.')

Now we seem to end up with the right colors almost every time:
>>> color_to_match = (2, 2, 0) #Graf's test
>>> print min_color_diff( color_to_match, colors)
>>>
(6.408043991348166e-05, 'BLACK')

More examples:
>>> color_to_match = (131, 26, 26)
>>> print min_color_diff( color_to_match, colors)
>>>
(0.027661314571288835, 'RED')
>>> color_to_match = (69, 203, 136)
>>> print min_color_diff( color_to_match, colors)
>>>
(0.11505647737959283, 'GREEN')

So far it appears that my version seems to be working almost perfectly, but please note: It is likely that if an rgb color is too bright or too dark, you will probably get returned 'WHITE' or 'BLACK.' To resolve this you will need to add lighter and darker colors to your colors dictionary. Also adding more colors like 'BROWN' and 'GRAY' (and so on) to the colors dictionary will also return better results.

A: Treat colors as vectors and count distance between the given and each of them and choose the one, which is the least. The simplest distance can be: |a1 - a2| + |b1 - b2| + |c1 - c2|.
Read this too: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071202234050AAaDGLf, there is a better distance function described.

A: Use rgb_to_hsv to convert. Then match the color with the closet hue
For your example it would be RED because the hue matches exactly
>>> from colorsys import rgb_to_hsv
>>> rgb_to_hsv(192,2,51)
(0.83333333333333337, 0, 192)
>>> rgb_to_hsv(206, 17, 38)
(0.83333333333333337, 0, 206)
>>>

Here's an example of how to find the closest match
>>> from colorsys import rgb_to_hsv
>>>
>>> colors = dict((
...     ((196, 2, 51), "RED"),
...     ((255, 165, 0), "ORANGE"),
...     ((255, 205, 0), "YELLOW"),
...     ((0, 128, 0), "GREEN"),
...     ((0, 0, 255), "BLUE"),
...     ((127, 0, 255), "VIOLET"),
...     ((0, 0, 0), "BLACK"),
...     ((255, 255, 255), "WHITE"),))
>>>
>>> color_to_match = (206,17,38)
>>>
>>> print min((abs(rgb_to_hsv(*k)[0]-rgb_to_hsv(*color_to_match)[0]),v) for k,v in colors.items())
(0.0, 'RED')

A: Short answer: use the Euclidean distance in a device independent color space (source: Color difference article in Wikipedia).  Since RGB is device-dependent, you should first map your colors to one of the device-independent color spaces.
I suggest to convert RGB to Lab*.  To quote Wikipedia again:

Unlike the RGB and CMYK color models,
  Lab color is designed to approximate
  human vision.

Here's a recipe to do the conversion.  Once you have the L, a, b values, calculate the Euclidean distance between your color and all the reference colors and choose the closest one.

Actually, the python-colormath Python module on Google Code (under GPL v3) is capable of converting between many different color spaces and calculates color differences as well.

A: I hope this is the way it's supposed to work: It converts the colors to hsv, then takes the (squared) euclidean distance to all available colors and returns the closest match.
Mostly a fixed version of gnibblers code.
from colorsys import rgb_to_hsv

colors = dict((
((196, 2, 51), "RED"),
((255, 165, 0), "ORANGE"),
((255, 205, 0), "YELLOW"),
((0, 128, 0), "GREEN"),
((0, 0, 255), "BLUE"),
((127, 0, 255), "VIOLET"),
((0, 0, 0), "BLACK"),
((255, 255, 255), "WHITE"),))

def to_hsv( color ):
    """ converts color tuples to floats and then to hsv """
    return rgb_to_hsv(*[x/255.0 for x in color]) #rgb_to_hsv wants floats!

def color_dist( c1, c2):
    """ returns the squared euklidian distance between two color vectors in hsv space """
    return sum( (a-b)**2 for a,b in zip(to_hsv(c1),to_hsv(c2)) )

def min_color_diff( color_to_match, colors):
    """ returns the `(distance, color_name)` with the minimal distance to `colors`"""
    return min( # overal best is the best match to any color:
        (color_dist(color_to_match, test), colors[test]) # (distance to `test` color, color name)
        for test in colors)

color_to_match = (127, 255, 255)
print min_color_diff( color_to_match, colors)

All the funky list comprehension would look much better with a simple Color class that supports sorting and distance (but you can do that for practice ;-).

A: The colors module of my Goulib library does this fairly well, and much more.
It defines a Color class that can be inited from several color spaces, and grouped in a Palette dictionary. Several palettes are predefined, notably one that is indexed by the html/matplotlib names. Each Color automagically recieves a name from the index of the nearest color in this palette, measured in Lab space (deltaE)
see demo here http://nbviewer.jupyter.org/github/Goulu/Goulib/blob/master/notebooks/colors.ipynb


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distance between the atoms involved is 2.8 to 2.95 angstroms (10~10 meters). While individually weak, the large number of hydrogen bonds along a DNA chain provides sufficient stability to hold the two strands together.
The stabilization of duplex (double-stranded) DNA is also dependent on base stacking. The planar, rigid bases stack on top of one another, much like a stack of coins. Since the two purine.pyrimidine pairs (A.T and CG) have the same width, the bases stack in a rather uniform fashion. Stacking near the center of the helix affords protection from chemical and environmental attack. Both hydrophobic interactions and van der Waal's forces hold bases together in stacking interactions. About half the stability of the DNA helix comes from hydrogen bonding, while base stacking provides much of the rest.
Double-stranded DNA in its canonical B-form is a right-handed helix formed by two individual DNA strands aligned in an antiparallel fashion (a right-handed helix, when viewed on end, twists clockwise going away from the viewer). Antiparallel DNA has the two strands organized in the opposite polarity, with one strand oriented in the 5'-3' direction and the other oriented in the 3'-5' direction.
In the right-handed B-DNA double helix, the stacked base pairs are separated by about 3.24 angstroms with 10.5 base pairs forming one helical turn (360°), which is 35.7 angstroms in length. Two successive base pairs, therefore, are rotated about 34.3° with respect to each other. The width of the helix is 20 angstroms. An idealized model of the double helix is shown in Figure 3. As can be seen, the organization of the bases creates a major groove and a minor groove.
Adenine and thymine are said to be complementary, as are cytosine and guanine. Complementary means "matching opposite." The shapes and charges of adeninne and thymine complement each other, so that they attract one another and link up (as do cytosine and guanine). Indeed, one entire strand of duplex DNA is complementary to the opposing strand. During replication, the two strands unwind, and each serves as a template hydrophobic interactions attraction between portions of a molecule based on mutual repulsion of water van der Waal's forces weak attractive forces between two different molecules il
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Bioregionalism
Bioregionalism is a political, cultural, and ecological system or set of views based on naturally defined areas called bioregions, similar to ecoregions. Bioregions are defined through physical and environmental features, including watershed boundaries and soil and terrain characteristics. Bioregionalism stresses that the determination of a bioregion is also a cultural phenomenon, and emphasizes local populations, knowledge, and solutions.
Relationship to environmentalism
Bioregionalism is a concept that goes beyond national boundaries—an example is the concept of Cascadia, a region that is sometimes considered to consist of most of Oregon and Washington, the Alaska Panhandle, the far north of California and the West Coast of Canada, sometimes also including some or all of Idaho and western Montana. Another example of a bioregion, which does not cross national boundaries, but does overlap state lines, is the Ozarks, a bioregion also referred to as the Ozarks Plateau, which consists of southern Missouri, northwest Arkansas, the northeast corner of Oklahoma, southeast corner of Kansas.
The term was coined by Allen Van Newkirk, founder of the Institute for Bioregional Research, in 1975, given currency by Peter Berg and Raymond Dasmann in the early 1970s, and has been advocated by writers such as David Haenke and Kirkpatrick Sale.
The bioregionalist perspective opposes a homogeneous economy and consumer culture with its lack of stewardship towards the environment. This perspective seeks to:
Ensure that political boundaries match ecological boundaries.
Highlight the unique ecology of the bioregion.
Encourage consumption of local foods where possible.
Encourage the use of local materials where possible.
Encourage the cultivation of native plants of the region.
Encourage sustainability in harmony with the bioregion.
Bioregional mapping is a powerful tool to increase understanding, change the story and influence policy. A good bioregional map shows layers of geology, flora, fauna, and inhabitation over time. All the interdisciplinary content that is integrated in this kind of map makes it a great communication tool to illustrate an ecological approach. One of the best examples of a richly communicative bioregional map is David McClosky's new map of Cascadia.
Bioregionalism, while akin to environmentalism in certain aspects, such as a desire to live in harmony with nature, differs in certain ways from classical, 20th century environmentalism.
According to Peter Berg, bioregionalism is proactive, and is based on forming a harmony between human culture and the natural environment, rather than being protest-based like the original environmental movement. Also, while classical environmentalists saw human industry as the enemy of nature and nature as a victim needing to be saved; bioregionalists see humanity and its culture as a part of nature, focusing on building a positive, sustainable relationship with the environment, rather than a focus on preserving and segregating the wilderness from the world of humanity.
North American Bioregional Assemblies have been bi-annual gatherings of bioregionalists throughout North America since 1984 and have given rise to national level Green Parties. In addition, bioregionalism spawned the sustainability movement. The tenets of bioregionalism are often used by green movements, which oppose political organizations whose boundaries conform to existing electoral districts. This problem is perceived to result in elected representatives voting in accordance with their constituents, some of whom may live outside a defined bioregion, and may run counter to the well-being of the bioregion.
At the local level, several bioregions have congresses that meet regularly. For instance, the Ozark Plateau bioregion hosts a yearly Ozark Area Community Congress, better known as OACC, which has been meeting every year since 1980, most often on the first weekend in October. The Kansas Area Watershed, "KAW" was founded in 1982 and has been meeting regularly since that time. KAW holds a yearly meeting, usually in the spring.
The government of the Canadian province of Alberta has recently made major amendments to its land-use policies including a separate "land-use framework" document for each major river basin within the province. This is supported by local initiatives such as the Beaver Hills Initiative, which seeks to create a large biosphere reserve encompassing Elk Island National Park and the surrounding area.
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Georg Riedesel zu Eisenbach (* 6. Mai 1657 in Lauterbach; † 30. März 1724 ebenda) aus dem Haus Burg der Freiherren Riedesel war Erbmarschall der hessischen Landgrafen.

Familie
Georg Riedesel zu Eisenbach war Sohn des Johann Riedesel zu Eisenbach (1624–1691) und dessen erster Ehefrau Catharina Riedesel (aus der Hermannsburger Linie) (1628–1657). Sie starb in Folge von Georgs Geburt am 13. Mai 1657. Drei seiner Geschwister starben jung, lediglich der Bruder Hermann (1654–1677) erlebte das Erwachsenenalter.

Georg Riedesel heiratete 1686 Johannetta Amalie geborene Diede zum Fürstenstein (1661–1720), die Tochter des Friedberger Burggrafen Hans Eitel Diede zum Fürstenstein. Aus der Ehe gingen vier Töchter und vier Söhne hervor. Alle Söhne starben im Kleinkindalter (Johann Carl war der langlebigste; er starb 1697 im Alter von drei Jahren). Von den Töchtern überlebten nur Anna Metta Catharina (1691–1747) und Catharina Eleonore (1703–1757) den Vater.

Leben
Georg Riedesel studierte an den Universitäten Gießen und Tübingen Philosophie und Rechtswissenschaften. 1676 machte er eine Bildungsreise in die Niederlande und besuchte die Universität Leiden. Nachdem sein älterer Bruder 1677 in einem Gefecht gefallen war, beorderte ihn der Vater nach Hause.

1696 wurde er zum kurpfälzischen Kammerherren ernannt.

Nach dem Tod von Hermann Adolph Riedesel zu Eisenbach wurde er 1707 Erbmarschall und Regent der Herrschaft Riedesel. Im August 1698 führte er gemeinsam mit seinen Vettern die halbjährliche Familienkonferenz ein, auf der von da an bis zur Mediatisierung 1806 die Regierungsgeschäfte beschlossen wurden. Außenpolitisch strebte er ein gutes Verhältnis mit der Landgrafschaft Hessen-Darmstadt an. 1710 wurde er zum Hessen-Darmstädter Geheimrat ernannt. 1713 kam ein Staatsvertrag mit Hessen-Darmstadt zustande, der für die nächsten 90 Jahre das Verhältnis zum übermächtigen Nachbarn bestimmen sollte.

Literatur
 Karl Siegmar von Galéra: Die Riedesel zu Eisenbach. Vom Reich zum Rheinbund 1713–1806. 1961, S. 191 (Stammbaum) und S. 192–195.

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Home News Haddon and Mantel lead BBC Short Story shortlist
Haddon and Mantel lead BBC Short Story shortlist
Published September 17, 2015 by Natasha Onwuemezi
Hilary Mantel's "controversial" story, The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher (Fourth Estate) has made the shortlist for the BBC National Short Story Award 2015 with Book Trust....
Hilary Mantel's "controversial" story, The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher (Fourth Estate) has made the shortlist for the BBC National Short Story Award 2015 with Book Trust.
Selected from 439 stories, this year's shortlist includes Briar Road by novelist and former Rough Guides editor, Jonathan Buckley, and Broderie Anglaise by poet Frances Leviston.
The shortlist also includes stories that depict "love in unusual forms": Bunny by Mark Haddon tells the story of a morbidly obese young man who makes an "unlikely" friend as "the world shrinks around him", and Jeremy Page's Do It Now, Jump the Table is a "touchingly comic" story of a young man who meets his girlfriend's parents, who happen to be nudists, for the first time.
The prize was established to "raise the profile" of the short story. Now in its 10th year, the award is "one of the most prestigious for a single short story" with the winning author receiving £15,000, the runner-up £3,000, and three further shortlisted authors £500 each.
Each of the shortlisted stories is set "firmly behind closed doors" and "expresses an unexpected side of British life," the prize organisers said.
Ian Rankin, crime novelist and judge, said: "It was great fun reading so many terrific short stories, but really tough to whittle the list down and pick a winner! The quality was matched by a variety of approach and subject matter, leaving me in no doubt as to the continuing robust good health of the form."
Rankin is joined on the panel by novelist and short story writer, Tash Aw; 2013 BBC National Short Story Award-winner, Sarah Hall; and Books editor at BBC Radio, Di Speirs. The panel is chaired by former BBC foreign correspondent Allan Little.
Di Speirs said: "We have come a long way in the ten years since our first BBC National Short Story Award when the short story in the UK felt endangered – not much published, read or feted, though always a core part of BBC Radio. A decade of reading the best short fiction produced here, and the rise of home-grown collections, often headlined by National Short Story Award shortlisted stories, is proof that the story is once again flourishing, constantly inventive, constantly challenging. This year's shortlist is no exception – comic or poignant or both, they all throw the glancing light that a short story can do so well, into overlooked corners of Britain, and in a brief moment, illuminate characters we might otherwise pass by, unaware.'
To mark the 10th year of the award, the BBC and Book Trust launched the Student Choice, which enabled nearly 500 16-18 year old students from schools around the UK to cast their own votes on the shortlist. The scheme aims to encourage young people to read high quality adult short stories. The Student Choice winner will be announced at the award ceremony on 6th October.
Interviews with each of the shortlisted writers will be broadcast over five weekdays on BBC Radio 4's 'Front Row' from Friday 18 to Thursday 24 September 2015. Each writer's story will be then be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on the following working day, from Monday 21 to Friday 25 September 2015. Each story will also be available as a free download from the day of broadcast for 30 days.
Previous winners of the prize include Lionel Shriver, Hanif Kureishi and Zadie Smith. The winner will be announced on 6th October. The shortlisted stories are published by Comma Press. This is their sixth year of publishing shortlisted stories on behalf of the BBC.
This year will also see the launch of the BBC Young Writers' Award with Book Trust. Open to 14-18 year olds, the aim of the award is to "inspire and encourage the next generation of short story writers" and is a cross-network collaboration between BBC Radio 4 and Radio 1. The winner of the Young Writers' Award will also be announced on 6th October.
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W&M's Momen Zahid Earns CSC Football Academic All-District Honors
(Tribe Athletics)
WILLIAMSBURG — After excelling on the field and in the classroom, William & Mary football defensive lineman Momen Zahid was selected to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Team.
Zahid advances to the CSC Academic All-America ballot, as the national honorees will be announced in late December.
The Ashburn, Va., native appeared in all 11 games this season and totaled 2.0 sacks, 3.5 TFL and a PBU en route to helping W&M post its best regular season record in school history (10-1) and earn a share of the Colonial Athletic Association title.
Zahid currently owns a 3.93 GPA and is considering which major to pursue.
W&M will continue its quest for a National Championship as the No. 5 seed in the upcoming NCAA FCS Playoffs.
The Tribe will have a bye this week before hosting the winner of Gardner-Webb/Eastern Kentucky at Zable Stadium on Dec. 3 at 2 p.m.
Playoff tickets are now on sale and may be purchased online at TribeAthletics.com. For complete ticket and parking information, please click here.
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CSC Football Academic All-District Honors
Momen Zahid
NCAA FCS Playoffs
No. 5 Seed
Tribe Athletics
Zable Stadium
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The role of a structural engineer today involves a significant understanding of both static and dynamic loading, and the structures that are available to resist them.
Course participants will be exposed to the theories and concepts of concrete and steel structures design and construction as well as detailed understanding of the role of the civil/ structural design engineer in the development of engineering projects per related codes and standards.
In this course, case studies and end-of-course dummy design project will be utilized to drive home the key learning points and ensure applicability of knowledge acquired.
Perform basic risk assessment in civil/structural engineering design.
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FAQ: How To Play Fortnite On Mobile?
1 Can you play fortnite on mobile?
2 How do you play fortnite on any phone?
3 Why is fortnite not on mobile?
4 Is fortnite shutting down in 2020?
5 Is fortnite banned from Apple?
6 Is fortnite banned in India?
7 How many GB is fortnite?
8 Why is fortnite banned?
9 Is fortnite dying?
10 Did fortnite remove mobile?
11 Who is the best fortnite player?
12 Can 2 people play fortnite?
Can you play fortnite on mobile?
Android. You can download Fortnite on Android via the Epic Games App on the Samsung Galaxy Store or epicgames.com. Google has blocked your ability to update or install Fortnite via Google Play. Players with Fortnite currently installed on their Android device via Google Play can still play version 13.40 of Fortnite.
How do you play fortnite on any phone?
It can be downloaded by going to fortnite.com/ android on any Android smartphone, which will begin installation of the game. Players will then be able to join the fierce battle royales that have made Fortnite such a hit, although since the version is currently in beta they may experience a few niggles along the way.
Why is fortnite not on mobile?
In an official statement Google said, "while Fortnite remains available on Android, we can no longer make it available on Play because it violates our policies." The tech giant said it welcomes the opportunity to continue discussions with Epic and bring Fortnite back to Google Play.
Is fortnite shutting down in 2020?
No, Fortnite is not shutting down in 2020. Fortnite isn't shutting down in 2020 (be it June or later) thanks to the fact it continues to make more money than any other video game due to its format and collaborations with movies such as Star Wars The Rise Of Skywalker.
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Is fortnite banned from Apple?
When Fortnite released in 2017, it took the gaming world by storm. It was released on nearly every major platform, including on mobile via iOS and Android. Apple swiftly removed Fortnite from the Apple Store and banned it for what is promised to be at least a year.
Is fortnite banned in India?
We know Fortnite is not available for Android right now. Epic Games started the fight with Google and Apple by letting users initiate direct in-app purchases. However, both the companies did not like this move and banned the apps from their respective Play Stores.
How many GB is fortnite?
With the Fortnite file size dropping from around 90 GB to under 30 GB, players wonder how it compares to other games.
Why is fortnite banned?
Long story short: Fortnite has been kicked off both the App Store and the Google Play Store after attempting to bypass the 30% fee Apple and Google charge developers. That's huge news, since the game has been downloaded over 250 million times on iOS alone.
Is fortnite dying?
This is what popular content creators like Ninja, Tfue, and Nickemercs do every time they return to the game. And according to every one of them, Fortnite is not going to die so soon. The game might burn out instead of fading into oblivion, but not any time soon.
Did fortnite remove mobile?
Later on Thursday, Google also removed the Fortnite app from its official Android app store, the Google Play Store, saying the app violated Google's policies. Epic replied with a similar lawsuit. Apple's confrontation with Epic has much higher stakes than Google's because Fortnite remains available for Android devices.
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Who is the best fortnite player?
Kyle "Bugha" Giersdorf, now known as SEN BUGHA 父 in Fortnite, is one of the best-known names in the competitive scene. Winner of the 2019 Fortnite World Cup in Solos, Giersdorf is a force to be reckoned with. He will most likely shoot up the rankings as the year goes on.
Can 2 people play fortnite?
One of the best additions to Fortnite over the past few years has been the ability to play the game in split-screen mode. This useful feature allows two players to enjoy the battle royale game on the same screen without the need to own a second console.


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Normally if you are involved in a program that you know is profitable, you want to promote it as extensively and as extravagantly as you can. But that is not what I am doing with these three programs, even though I love using them and am making money with them.
What are these three companies?
The first one is SignaSource. It provides customized interactive email signatures for a just $9 a month for one, and less than that per signature for those businesses who want two or more signatures. I use my own SignaSource created signature in my emails, and I also use them in press releases and on other pages that I publish online.
I also am earning a residual income from SignaSource. They pay 30% monthly commissions for each direct referral, and another 10% for each of the next four levels of referrals. That meant that as soon as I had referred 4 people, I was earning more than I was paying each month. And even if you only subscribe for 1 signature, when you refer someone who subscribes for several signatures, you earn 30% of whatever they are paying each month from your direct referrals, and 10% from each person in 4 more levels of referrals.
SignaSource is a great service that I love to use, and it has that sensational compensation plan. So why am I not profusely promoting it?
Well, before I answer that question, let me tell you about the second of the three companies that this press release is about.
That second company is Global Domains International. For just $10 a month they provide me (or anyone else) with a domain name and web hosting service. You can use the service to have your own website, such as a blog, that has your own unique domain name. Or you can get the unique domain name that you want, and then use it to forward to whatever site you want to send people to. That way you don't have to use a company's referral URL to promote a replicated referral website. Either way, the tiny $10 a month is well worth it.
GDI's compensation plan is simple and over time can be exceedingly lucrative. You earn $1 per month for each person you directly refer to GDI, and another $1 per month for 4 more levels of referrals. A funny thing about my personal experience with GDI is that I tried using it a couple of times before and after awhile quit because I wasn't getting enough paid sign ups to cover my $10 a month cost.
However, I'm back using GDI, and I'm now getting more paid sign ups than I ever did before. So of course I must be promoting it more than I was before, right?
Nope. I don't have time to promote it a lot. I've got other things to do than to always be telling people what a great program GDI is (and it sure is). But I do sometimes talk or write about it (such as in this press release) because it is such a worthwhile program to be in.
Oh, I guess I should add a link right now to GDI so you can zip on over there to sign up if you're not already in it.
But, no, I'm not going to do that. Instead I'm going to move on to telling you about the third profitable program that I love to use.
That name of the third company is TrafficWave. TW provides autoresponder service for any online or offline business that wants an automated way to easily send emails to all its prospects and customers to keep in touch with them, build a relationship with them, and get more signups and sales. Every business should have a top notch professional autoresponder service, and TrafficWave can provide that for just $18.95 a month no matter how many subscribers you get, no matter how many email campaigns you create, and no matter how many follow up emails you create.
As for the compensation plan in TrafficWave, you earn a 100% fast start bonus for each new paid referral for their first month, and then you can earn an ongoing monthly commission from up to 10 levels of referrals. I liked the sound of that when I'd joined TrafficWave in the past, but when it turned out that I usually wasn't getting that one sign up per month even though I was in a team and was promoting it extensively, I gave up on it.
Not long ago, I rejoined TrafficWave and I'm now getting more paid sign ups that I ever did before, and therefore earning more commissions from it than I ever did. So you may want to know whether I am now doing a lot of promoting of TrafficWave?
Ahh...as you might by now have seen by the trend of what I am writing, and by the title itself, I am not doing very much promoting of TrafficWave itself.
So how is that I am not doing much promoting of these three companies, yet I am getting more paid signups for them than for any other paid programs (even the same ones) that I've promoted in the past?
The answer is the Virtual Wealth System. I am a member of the free for life Virtual Wealth Sytem. I am upgraded in the first 7 programs listed in it, of which 4 are one time only payment programs, and the other three are, you guessed it, SignaSource, GDI, and TrafficWave.
I promote VWS, and in doing so I am getting the signups and the commissions that I've been telling you about in this press release. Whover joins VWS gets to see the training videos in it, gets to read the follow ups emails that are sent out by its owner, Alonzo Brown, and, if they upgrade in those first 7 programs, they get additional promotional pages to help them get even more signups to VWS.
I strongly recommend you join and make use of the Virtual Wealth System. You can get it free, and you can give it away for free. Using it could help you, and everybody you give it to, be able to get more paid referrals in the three profitable programs I've written about it in this article. It can also help you get more paid signups to the other programs listed in VWS, and to whatever other 5 programs you want to recommend to the people you refer to it.
So, what are you waiting for? Wouldn't you like be making more money by profusely promoting VWS instead of individually promoting each of these programs by themselves? Click the banner below and let's get going!


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