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Q: ClassCastException w/ @TestFor in Grails 2.4.4 I'm getting a java.lang.ClassCastException when I use the @TestFor annotation in a Spock test in Grails 2.4.4.
Here's my code:
package com.mycompany.myproject

import grails.test.mixin.TestFor
import grails.test.mixin.TestMixin
import grails.test.mixin.support.GrailsUnitTestMixin
import spock.lang.Specification

@TestFor(SnsService)
@TestMixin(GrailsUnitTestMixin)
class SnsServiceSpec extends Specification {

    def "test something"() {
        expect:
        service.name == "bacon"
    }

}

Here's the error message:
| Running 2 unit tests... 1 of 2
| Failure:  test something(com.campuscardtools.myphotoid.SnsServiceSpec)
|  java.lang.ClassCastException: java.lang.Class cannot be cast to com.campuscardtools.myphotoid.SnsService
        at com.campuscardtools.myphotoid.SnsServiceSpec.test something(SnsServiceSpec.groovy:16)
| Completed 1 unit test, 1 failed in 0m 0s
| Tests FAILED  - view reports in /Users/terskine/git/myphotoid-api/target/test-reports

However, if I just declare the service, everything works:
package com.mycompany.myproject

import grails.test.mixin.TestFor
import grails.test.mixin.TestMixin
import grails.test.mixin.support.GrailsUnitTestMixin
import spock.lang.Specification

@TestFor(SnsService)
@TestMixin(GrailsUnitTestMixin)
class SnsServiceSpec extends Specification {

    SnsService service = new SnsService()

    def "test something"() {
        expect:
        service.name == "bacon"
    }

}

Then, I get:
grails> test-app -unit SnsService
| Completed 1 unit test, 0 failed in 0m 0s
| Tests PASSED - view reports in /Users/terskine/git/myphotoid-api/target/test-reports

I have tons of unit tests in the same project that use the @TestFor annotation but do not need to declare the component explicitly.
What am I missing?  I'm sorry in advance if it's obvious.

A: Why are you adding the GrailsUnitTestMixin? Is that even necessary?


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È stato vicario generale della Diocesi di Pistoia sino al 2008.

Biografia
Ricevette l'ordinazione presbiterale il 29 giugno 1950. Fu nominato Protonotario Apostolico.

Si è occupato di teologia dogmatica e ha pubblicato numerosi volumi sulla teologia e sulla politica. È stato docente di Teologia sistematica nella Facoltà teologica dell'Italia centrale. Ha collaborato a riviste scientifiche, periodici e giornali fra cui Famiglia Cristiana e La Vita, di cui è stato direttore responsabile.

Alcune sue opere sono state tradotte in albanese, portoghese, spagnolo e polacco.

Opere
 Teologia delle realtà terrestri, Marietti, 1971, ISBN 88-211-7533-2, pp. 176.
 La fede e le opere. Le teologie della prassi, Edizioni San Paolo, 1992, ISBN 88-215-2423-X, pp. 231.
 Impegno cristiano. Per una teologia della politica, Edizioni San Paolo, 1992, 2ª ed, ISBN 88-215-2363-2, pp. 294.
 Babele o Gerusalemme? Per una teologia della città, Edizioni San Paolo, 1992, ISBN 88-215-2429-9, pp. 307.
 L'attività umana. Per una teologia del lavoro, Edizioni San Paolo, 1994.
 In politica da cristiani, 1994.
 Evangelizzare oggi, 1994.
 Una Chiesa possibile, 1995.
 Aspettando l'aurora. Saggio di escatologia cristiana, 1996.
 Il pensiero sociale dei Padri, Queriniana, 1996.
 Per una spiritualità della politica, Editrice Esperienze, 1996, ISBN 88-8102-029-7, pp. 124.
 Teologia oggi. Una sintesi aggiornata e attualizzata, EDB, 1997.
 Chi dite che io sia? Una cristologia per tutti, EDB, 1997.
 Lo Spirito che dà la vita. Una sintesi di pneumatologia, EDB, 1998.
 Incontro al Padre. Una Teo-logia per tutti, EDB, 1999.
 Spiritualità e teologia, 2000.
 La Trinità mistero primordiale, 2000.
 Desiderio di infinito. Il cristianesimo e le aspirazioni dell'uomo, 2001.
 La risurrezione inizio del mondo nuovo, EDB, 2002.
 La politica, la Chiesa, il cristiano, Editore Portalupi, 2003, ISBN 88-8441-039-8, pp. 208.
 Una chiesa possibile, EDB, 2004, 2ª ed, ISBN 88-10-40924-8, pp. 280.
 Il ritorno della speranza, EDB, 2005, ISBN 88-10-40963-9, pp. 272.
 Laicità e mediazione culturale. Temi scottanti per i cristiani di oggi, Effatà Editrice, 2006, ISBN 88-7402-292-1, pp. 76.
 Antonio Acerbi, Giordano Frosini, Cinquant'anni di Chiesa in Italia. I convegni ecclesiali da Roma a Verona, Edizioni Dehoniane Bologna, 2006, ISBN 88-10-15004-X, pp. 208.
 Teresa di Lisieux e l'aldilà, Edizioni Dehoniane Bologna, 2006, ISBN 88-10-51044-5, pp. 216.
 Dio il cosmo l'uomo: exitus-reditus, Edizioni Dehoniane Bologna, 2011, ISBN 978-88-104-0828-5, pp. 432.
 Un mondo diverso è possibile , Edizioni Esperienze Fossano, 2013.
 Sinodalità, Edizioni La Vita, 2013.
 Costruttori del Regno, Edizioni La Vita, 2014.
 Una chiesa di tutti. Sinodalità, partecipazione e corresponsabilità, Edizioni Dehoniane Bologna, 2014.
 John Henry Newman. Una biografia teologica, Edizioni Dehoniane Bologna, 2014.

Voci correlate
 Diocesi di Pistoia
 La Vita (periodico)

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Andre Dawson of the Montreal Expos wins the National League Rookie of the Year Award by one vote
Nov 22, 1977 | Rookie Of The Year National League |
On November 22, 1977 — Andre Dawson of the Montreal Expos wins the National League Rookie of the Year Award by one vote over Steve Henderson of the New York Mets. Dawson hit .282 with 19 home runs and 65 RBI, while Henderson had a batting line of .297, 12, 65.
Dawson had a blend of power and speed, hitting at least 20 home runs in seven seasons with the Expos, and stealing at least 20 bases in his first seven seasons. Dawson the 8 time all-star will go onto have a Hall of Fame Career, winning the 1987 MVP Award, and narrowly missing out on the MVP 2 other times, he also won 8 Gold Gloves and 4 Silver Slugger Awards.
Henderson will have a solid 12-year career, hitting .280 and will be a regular in 4 of those seasons. He mainly became a platoon player. He never appeared on another ballet for any other award during his career.
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Q: Nginx URL wise redirect I have a some case to map in nginx

*

*for /  it take from the /var/www/html/cont

*for /content/*  it take form the var/www/html/cont

*if it is not / and not /content/*
the it should take from /var/www/html/web

i am stucking in case 3
Here is my config
    location / {
                 root /var/www/html/cont;
                 if (!-e $request_filename){
                     rewrite ^(.*)$ /index.html break;
                 }
                 # try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
             }
   location /content {
                 root /var/www/html/cont;
                 if (!-e $request_filename){
                     rewrite ^(.*)$ /index.html break;
                 }
                 # try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
             }

Any help appreciated.
Thank you

A: Set root for server {} context as root /var/www/html/web;
then
location / {
    root /var/www/html/cont;
    # your other directives
}

location /content {
    root /var/www/html/cont;
    # your other directives
}

A: Here is my solution which works perfectly in as per my use case.
    location / {
                 if ($request_uri = "/") {
                     set $custom_root /var/www/html/cont;
                 }

                 if ($request_uri != "/") {
                     set $custom_root /var/www/html/web;
                 }

                 root $custom_root;

                 if (!-e $request_filename) {
                     rewrite ^(.*)$ /index.html break;
                 }
                 # try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
             }

location /content {
            root /var/www/html/cont;
            if (!-e $request_filename) {
                 rewrite ^(.*)$ /index.html break;
             }
    }

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by Mashfique Hussain Chowdhury. February 7, 2009.
I've driven three Focii in two years now, all hatchbacks, and its handling never fails to impress. This time, I got handed a Ford Focus Sport. While it did have upgrades compared to the ones I drove before, it sadly didn't add any performance bits whatsoever.
For a minute, I thought I finally got the 2.0-litre version, but some performance tests revealed the same performance as the 1.6-litre ones I drove before. The Sport model does not say "Sport" anywhere, but it comes with different 16-inch wheels, smoked headlights, a rear spoiler and nothing else extra on the outside when compared to a non-Sport model. Even the rear drum brakes remain.
The Sport seats have a two-tone theme with good side-bolstering, cloth upholstery and weird rubber stripes.
The rear bench seat continues a similar theme. Rear space is about average, and retains the quirk we found in all Focus models, namely hard plastics on rear door panels with soft-touch plastics on the front door panels.
The unique interior bits we've not seen before are the 'intelligent' keyless entry and starter button feature, probably a first among compacts. The tiptronic feature only has four gears to play with.
The cool gauges also let us know of our remarkable fuel economy. It seems we saved 25% more fuel than our previous tester just by having the a/c off most of the time, during these winter months.
So the 2009 Focus remains a fun-to-drive alternative to the usual Japanese compacts, with the practicality of a rear hatch and some unique features. The "Sport" certainly won't help your autocross times, but the Focus was a class-leading handler to begin with.
The speedo goes to 240!!Mash how fast do you think this will actually go and what that power button?? is that the starter switch or for throttle response??
But the front looks real nice with that whole smoky effect..
I think it is 70k. Its top speed should be in the car guide. The button just a starter.
Those fuel numbers are official figures, tested by various agencies under lab conditions. They are always lower than real life. The top speeds are mostly manufacturer figures, but some I estimated when not available. The real speedo always shows the wrong top speed.
THIS IS REAL NOT FROM THE BOOK !!
Can you help to check what is the part number for rear seat center bolster and how much is it?
In asia Ford Focus Sport not install rear seat center bolster because cost down.


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Theodore Lumpkin Jr., a Tuskegee Airmen member, dies at 100 due to Covid-19 complications
Theodore Lumpkin Jr., one of the last surviving members of the famed Tuskegee Airmen who served during World War II, has died at age 100.
Lumpkin passed away on December 26, just a few days shy of his 101st birthday, from complications due to Covid-19, his alma mater Los Angeles City College said Friday.
"Ted Lumpkin represents the best of our distinguished alumni in his service to our country as a member of the groundbreaking Tuskegee Airmen and his other accomplishments during a long and highly productive life; he will be missed by all of us," Robert Schwartz, executive director of the Los Angeles City College Foundation, said in a statement.
Lumpkin's legacy extended from fighting for his country in the decorated 100th Fighter Squadron of the Tuskegee Airmen to his work as a social worker and later a real estate agent. The Tuskegee Airmen were a pioneering group of all-Black fighter pilots and service personnel who served in World War II.
"We're carrying on his [legacy], but it's an end of an era," his son Ted Lumpkin III told the Los Angeles Times.
Tuskegee Airmen's deaths leave few to carry on 'legacy of inspiration'
In 2009, Lumpkin and a group of Tuskegee Airmen attended the inauguration of President Barack Obama to see the first Black US president sworn in.
Obama spoke of the importance of the aviators when he was a US senator in 2007. "My career in public service was made possible by the path heroes like the Tuskegee Airmen trailblazed."
Lumpkin was born and raised in Los Angeles, where he attended Los Angeles City College from 1938 to 1940 and received an associate's degree, the college said.
He was studying mathematics at UCLA when he was drafted in July 1942 at age 21.
After basic training, he was assigned to the 100th Fighter Squadron as a second lieutenant with the US Army Air Corps. He was shipped to Italy in February 1944 with the 332nd Fighter Group.
Lumpkin became an intelligence officer with the squadron, where he briefed pilots for their combat missions. He also wrote intelligence reports and presented briefings about the overall progress of the war.
Lumpkin used the money he received from the GI Bill to pursue an undergraduate degree in sociology at the University of Southern California. He met his future wife, Georgia, while he was a student, according to the LA Times.
Former U.S. Air Force Lt. Colonel Theodore Lumpkin Jr. attends a celebrity poker tournament benefiting veterans in 2019.
In 1947, he became a social worker with Los Angeles County. He also volunteered for the Air Force Reserves, serving as an air intelligence officer from 1947 to 1968.
Lumpkin never forgot his roots. He served as a national board member, western regional representative and the Los Angeles chapter president for Tuskegee Airmen, Inc., a national nonprofit.
Lumpkin also became a member of the board of directors of the Tuskegee Airmen Scholarship Foundation in 2007, according to the organization. He raised money and donated thousands of dollars for scholarships for "financially and academically deserving underserved students," according to a TASF campaign set up in his name.
Robert Friend, one of the original Tuskegee Airmen, dies at 99
"The Tuskegee Airmen were not recognized after the war," Lumpkin said in 2000, according to USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work's website. "People didn't believe us when we told them what we did, and our work wasn't documented anywhere."
It wasn't until 60 years after World War II that the bravery of Lumpkin and his fellow Tuskegee Airmen was officially recognized by the US government. In 2007, the group received the Congressional Gold Medal.
Lumpkin is survived by his wife, 99-year-old Georgia. They had four children, nine grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Airmen, complications, Covid19, dies, Lumpkin, member, Theodore, Tuskegee
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Growing mushrooms can help people and gorillas
We know that for conservation to be successful it must also address the needs of the human communities that share the gorillas' forest home. That's why our motto is "Helping People, Saving Gorillas." Our community engagement programs focus on addressing needs like food and water security, education, and livelihood development, which can improve people's lives and lessen their dependence on the forests where the gorillas live.
Recently, we were able to implement an agricultural project using mushrooms, which addressed all of our community engagement strategies at once: food security, livelihoods and education.
This project was supported by an IUCN Save Our Species protection grant, co-funded by the European Union. We used a portion of the grant to develop a mushroom-cultivation project with 40 families living adjacent to Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda, where we work to protect endangered mountain gorillas.
Nutritious and fast growing
Chances are you haven't thought much about the mushrooms that appear on your store shelves and dinner plates. But with their high protein levels and ability to grow quickly, mushrooms are a healthy and relatively easy crop to cultivate. That makes them a good choice to help reduce the possibility of malnutrition among people who are at risk, and can offer a steady source of income to families who grow them.
In collaboration with Kigali Farms, a specialized mushroom-growing company based in Rwanda, we recently built 20 mushroom huts — special structures designed for farming the tasty fungus. We then worked with the local families to plant mushroom spores — the "seeds" from which new mushrooms sprout — in four of the huts, giving all of them hands-on training in the cultivation process.
Luckily, mushrooms grow fast — they are typically ready to eat within 10-14 days of planting — so within weeks, the first harvest was ready. The first four huts together produced 240 kilograms — about 530 pounds — of mushrooms. Of these, 143 kilograms were either consumed by the families or used in another training session, aimed at teaching the families different ways to cook their mushrooms.
Mushrooms also generate income
The remainder of the mushrooms — 97 kilograms, or 214 pounds — were sold at a local market. And now all the families are growing their own mushrooms.
We've now also added training on managing and maximizing the income generated from selling the excess mushrooms, including how to establish savings and loan accounts.
"I was not aware that mushroom farming can be a profitable business and contribute to improving health," said Saveline Nyirankusi, one of mushroom project's participants. "I will put a lot of effort into it and encourage my neighbors to grow mushrooms too."
"Because mushrooms can be grown quickly and on a small scale, this project can generate significant income for participating families," says Ildephonse Munyarugero, the Fossey Fund's community development officer.
"The huts themselves will last three years or longer, making this an effective long-term food security program for the communities we serve. This project, in partnership with IUCN Save Our Species and Kigali Farms, really enables us to expand our mission of helping people and saving gorillas at the same time!"
This is all possible with the support of IUCN Save Our Species, co-funded by the European Union.
IUCN's Save Our Species program aims to improve the long-term survival prospects of threatened species, which includes protecting the habitats of endangered species and working with communities who share these habitats. It achieves success by funding and coordinating conservation projects in multiple initiatives across the globe.
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Saving gorillas and helping people in Congo
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Kin: Microsoft Launches Social Networking Phones [LIVE]
Today, Microsoft is launching its own Microsoft-branded phones targeted at younger users, "Kin," also known as Project Pink. There are two models of the phone.
We're here live at Microsoft's Project Pink launch event in San Francisco, California. Here are my notes on today's launch:
Project Pink: The Details
- Microsoft has dubbed a group of younger users "sociologists." They like to share pictures on Facebook, check on their friends via mobile, talk tech and blog. They're talking about Generation Y.
- Microsoft is now touting the positives of Windows Phone 7, but said that it found an opportunity to really reach this younger, more share-happy audience by modifying Windows Phone 7 and focusing it on social networking and social media.
- It's called the "Kin," and it comes in two flavors.
- The first phone (pictures coming) is almost completely square. Microsoft is demoing the device on stage now, showing off its social features. Your contacts are almost entirely photo-based — it looks like a collage when you look at your favorites or friends.
- The interface is touchscreen: You can do drag-and-drop of links and swipe to open windows such as search. It does have a physical keyboard.
- It has a video service via Zune — I wonder how it looks on this size screen.
- The phone has access to the Zune music cloud service; you can stream music via Zune without having to store any on the Kin phone.
- 5- and 8-megapixel cameras on the two models, and it shoots video in 720p.
- The Kin Studio: There is a web component to your phone. You can access your friends, photos, social networks and more via a slick-looking interface. It features a timeline of your social history — when you uploaded photos, videos, etc.
- Here's a pic:
- Photos are automatically geotagged and can be put on a Bing map for easy viewing.
- Sharp built the hardware.
- Verizon and Vodafone are the launch network partners. Yes, you'll be able to get your Kin phones on the Verizon network.
- Verizon's John Harrobin is on stage now to talk about the phone. They, of course, put up Verizon's now-famous 3G coverage map on screen.
- "It's better than the Flip."
- Verizon is the exclusive wireless launch partner for the U.S. The company says that you can find Kin phones in Verizon stores next month — May.
- Now to try out the phone.
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Topics: Kin, Microsoft, Mobile, Mobile phone, Project Pink, Social Media, social networking


Thank you to all the parents who attended the support session on 14th February 2017. The feedback was really positive and parents reported that they felt better equipped to support their child at home with learning phonics.
We hope to offer further sessions in the future and parents have indicated that they would find this useful.
If you were unable to attend the session, please click here to find some of the key terminology that was discussed, as well as an alphabet resource for you to use at home. This is in PDF format and can be printed out. If you have any queries about these resources, please feel free to speak to our SENCo (Mrs Luke) or Deputy Head (Miss Vine).


Re: What 99 items to buy...?
I've had a number of Saab 99 and 900 speedometers/odometers fail so I'd want to keep a spare handy.
I bought a set of new injectors off a popular auction site for under $50 and despite the old ones looking mostly OK for flow the car is much nicer to drive now.
If you have the old style seat suspension then it's only a matter of time before it fails, I'd at least buy the spring suspension kits to have on hand.


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Calling, or  in Japan, is a survival horror video game developed by Hudson Soft exclusively for the Wii console. The game was released in Japan on November 19, 2009, in North America on March 9, 2010, and in Europe on March 19, 2010.

Gameplay
From a first-person perspective, players explore the Mnemonic Abyss' haunted locations; including a doll-filled house, Shosei High School, an internet café, a hospital, a bedroom, and a hair salon. Players can use the Wii Remote's pointer function to interact with objects and move around. The controller also acts as a mobile phone through which ghosts speak to the player character via the speaker. The player can also use the phone to warp to different locations, as well as take pictures and record ghostly voices.

The ghosts confront the player in featured "fight events", where the player must fend them off via swinging the Wii Remote and following button commands.

Plot
Rin Kagura, Shin Suzutani, Chiyo Kishibe, and Makoto Shirae visit "The Black Page", a website featuring only a counter that is said to show the number of people who have died after visiting the website. Rin is drawn there because six years ago she promised Kureneko, a little girl in a hospital, over an online chatroom that she would visit her. After going on The Black Page and entering a chatroom Rin, Shin, Chiyo, and Makoto are drawn into a Purgatory void that lies between life and death; said void manifests memories of the dead and is known as the "Mnemonic Abyss". Using their mobile phones, which can be used as teleporters, the group must try to escape.

Shin is the first person to end up in the Abyss, waking up in the home of a man who's obsessed with doll-making. After later finding Chiyo unconscious on the floor along with several of the doll maker's creations, which are alive, he flees back to where he began. There, the ghost of a little girl holding a black cat doll suddenly appears, attacking him.

Rin is next to enter the Abyss, finding herself in a school after having a dream she hasn't had for a long time. Shin soon runs in, hiding from a ghost. Following a separate ghost, Rin runs into Makoto, who explains the connection between the Abyss and the Black Page, as well as how people who lose hope become spirits, causing him to worry about Shin's condition. As Rin tries to leave, the door closes shut and the previous ghost girl holding a cat doll appears, saying "just you stay here forever with me". The ghost grabs Rin but lets go, calling her a liar before disappearing.

Rin tells Shin that they can use their phones to teleport to another, but that he can't phone himself. Before telling Shin that he'll die if he tries to phone himself, Shin suffers a stroke and vanishes. Before she can retrieve Shin's phone, a ghost appears and takes it. Then, Rin learns about the Black Page and sees a phone number. Using the number to teleport, Rin lands in what appears to be a room full of dolls; the same room where Makoto was. Here she meets Chiyo, an elderly woman who has no idea how she got there. Rin hears a phone ringing, telling Chiyo to stay there until she returns. Chiyo sees a ghost of a mailman, following it into a void which leads to the same hospital she was meant to be staying at before finding the Black Page. Rin comes back, finding a note in Chiyo's place, with only a phone number on it.

Dialing the number, Rin teleports to what looks like a 2-story house, wandering around until she finds another number. Eventually, Makoto contacts Rin, telling her that she can contact ghosts with her phone. She talks to Kuroneko to tell the ghost that she didn't break their promise and had been in an accident, with their hospital beds being right next to each other. Rin explains that she will soon be a part of this world and they could be friends again. In response, the ghost walks away to the third floor and Rin follows. Once there, Kuroneko tries to jump out of a window and Rin attempts to stop her by grabbing her wrist; falling through her ghostly form and hitting the ground, immediately dying. Closely following is Kuroneko jumping face-first, with a snapping sound indicating her death.

Chiyo wakes from the nightmare in a hospital, surrounded by her family. Then time rewinds itself to show Rin arriving at the hospital, once again rewinding to show Makato. He wakes up in what looks like an otaku's room, located in a barber shop. At school he meets his deceased partner, Sadao. Sadao kills Makato, deciding that they can be "partners" again. Meanwhile, Rin meets Kuroneko for the second time. She profusely apologizes while running after Kuroneko, the previous scene where the two girls fall to their deaths being reenacted. Just before Kuroneko jumps we see what the hospitals nurse did to them both, and Rin hugs Kuroneko as they both fall.

In a post-credits scene we see Rin, still alive, waking up and hugging Kuroneko's black cat doll.

Development
The game was first unofficially unveiled when gameplay footage was leaked onto the internet in October 2008. Hudson reported that the footage was stolen from a PR company's servers. It was later officially revealed in Famitsu in July 2009.

Reception

Calling has received a mostly mixed reception from critics. Based on 28 reviews the game holds a Metacritic score of 49/100, and a 51.40% on GameRankings based on 20 reviews.

References

2009 video games
Fiction about purgatory
Hudson Soft games
Konami games
Psychological horror games
Video games about ghosts
Video games developed in Japan
Wii games
Wii-only games


Unpaid Internship Programs: Want to Play this Game?
Some companies have been running a rigged game for interns to play. Their unpaid internship programs offer the chance to gain experience but leave their interns without anything to show for their hard work. It's similar to winning a video game without a big loot-drop at the end. Gamers grind their characters into the perfect build by gaining the experience, knowledge, and tools for that big reward after the final boss. So imagine not receiving any reward after the game is complete. Unpaid interns would work for companies with nothing to show for their labor. To help, the government created laws that companies must follow to protect unpaid interns from being exploited.
Completing a video game doesn't entitle you to anything. The rewards you receive at the end of a video game depend on how well you play the game. Landing the job at the end of unpaid internship programs is possible. Although most interns aren't compensated for their work, they still get something out of the time they devoted to the internship. As a solution, companies promise interns with real-world work experience.
Under federal law, companies must give minimum wage, overtime pay, and other benefits to employees. However, In the case of Walling v. Portland Terminal Co., it's possible for companies to have an exemption. With this said, the supreme court made a clear distinction between an employee and an intern. An employee is someone who's hired to work for the company's benefit. If you're working for personal gain in the form of experience, that's what makes you an intern. To be clear, the supreme court created six factors to define what an intern is.
The internship, even though it occurs on the premises of the employer, is similar to training which would be given in an educational environment.
The employer that provides the training derives no immediate advantage from the activities of the intern; the company accepts that on occasion, training the intern will impede workplace operations.
Finishing the internship doesn't guarantee a job for the intern at the company where the internship took place.
The employer and the intern agree to the understanding that the internship is unpaid.
Guides and walkthroughs help you play video games. You use them to navigate the game worlds and handle the controls properly. With these laws, companies take the role of guides and walkthroughs. In fact, the laws governing unpaid internship programs require companies to teach interns about the field they're working in. This knowledge helps unpaid interns receive experience, while at the same time, companies get an idea of how the intern performs in their role. This relationship between the interns and the company opens up the possibility of a job opportunity once they complete their internship.
Interns must comprehend that their role in unpaid internship programs won't be compensated with money. Clear communication helps both parties recognize their roles. Unpaid internship programs with misleading paperwork causes confusion to the interns and leads to dissatisfaction. In a video game, it's important that guides and walkthroughs are accurate. If not, you'll have a hard time playing the game and want your money back. In the case of unpaid internship programs, this lack of documentation can be a red flag indicating exploitation.
As video games became more violent, criticism grew in response. Critics argued that the violent and adult content of video games harmed children. For this reason, they created the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) which assigns age and content ratings to video games. The laws governing unpaid internship programs work similarly.
College years are an excellent time to gain hands-on experience in the workplace. If you're a late high school or college student wanting to get an early jump on your career, you'll gain the most from unpaid internship programs. As a result, the laws governing unpaid internship programs protect student interns.
If you decide to go this route, you should focus on companies with an educational component to their unpaid internship programs. Just be careful to read the fine print, companies should state in writing if their unpaid internship programs count towards college credit. Unpaid internship programs should benefit student interns as a crash-course in real-world work environments.
Saved data logs the progress of video games. Losing all your achievements after hours of gameplay is a soul-crushing feeling. Likewise, unpaid internship programs can cause these same problems. Therefore, companies should create an internship program with scheduled starts and end dates.
Companies must maintain records of an intern's work hours. Unpaid internship programs must prioritize their training and supervisory aspects. Then, interns will put their training into action. Interns need to be cautious of companies who use unpaid internship programs as a source of free labor. The laws governing unpaid internship programs prevent companies from using interns as substitutes for employees.
It's important to know the laws in place to help you when it comes to unpaid internship programs. Understanding these laws will help you get the most out of your experience with unpaid internship programs. But everyone's got to start somewhere, and sometimes you can get started without having to leave your home.


One of the messiest fruits to deal with, of late this has made it to the supermarkets too. Last week I've seen the it for sale at a Bangalore hypermarket. Oh yes. the following pic was shot at roadside, in front of a busy temple in Tenkasi in Tamilnadu.
And this from our backyard at Home!
Shot in front of the Tenkasi Temple, Tamilnadu.
The hilltop Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple at Sholinghur.
Finally the much anticipated lens arrived in style.
Photography in Ajanta Caves is riddled with that typical good-news bad-news tradeoff.
Site of the architecturally thrilling 5 storied step well in Gujarat.
The adobe of Lord Muruga in Tamilnadu.
The rural but rich district in southern Karnataka sharing boarder with Kerala.
The enigma and charm of India has caught the imagination of endless number of poets, thinkers, scientists, and philosophers.
And finally I found a book on photography that doesn't talk much about the camera!


It's hard to argue with a statement like that, as Rian Johnson is as much of a Star Wars fan as J.J. Abrams is. While some may have thought that Abrams' return would look radically different from Johnson's middle installment of this third act trilogy, the trailer to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker looks like it fits nicely into the trajectory that the previous film already set up.
What's also nice to know is the admiration between these two directors is mutual, as earlier today J.J. Abrams handed out a very special thank you to Rian Johnson, in particular for hiring actor Kelly Marie Tran. This comes after Johnson commented on how he's actually interested to see what J.J. Abrams does with the Star Wars universe in his latest film, even if it happens to retcon pieces of The Last Jedi in order to close this portion of the series.
Though it's not like Rian Johnson isn't heading back to that galaxy far, far away himself. Much as Abrams came back for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Johnson will be making more magic in the franchise himself. As previously reported, Rian Johnson is still on track for the trilogy of Star Wars films that take place outside of the Skywalker Saga's episodic structure. When exactly that'll take place is in question, particularly in the light of the hiatus recently announced by Disney CEO Bob Iger. But at least for now, as exhibited in his Twitter feed's latest output, Johnson is still very much on board for whatever comes next.
Star Wars fans, as any fandom at its best behavior, lift each other up in the name of their appreciation of the series. Now that both J.J. Abrams and Rian Johnson have provided a bridge between their theoretical halves of the property, it's up to the fans of both directors to meet in the middle, as they await this next and last chapter of the classic story arc to come to a close.
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker heads to theaters on December 20. However, if you're looking for some movie excitement to tide you over until then, head to our 2019 release schedule to get a jump on this year's biggest debuts.


General Training? Follows easy hand signals like come or go.
Elsa is a sweetheart. Probably one of the happiest dogs I've ever seen. She just wants love and her forever. She is a 5 year old deaf husky. She was in a high kill shelter and pulled by a rescue group. She loves kids, tolerates cats but she is not dog friendly.


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Срболю́б Кривоку́ча (; ) — югославский футболист, игравший на позиции вратаря, в частности, за клуб «Црвена звезда». По завершении игровой карьеры — тренер. Участник чемпионатов мира по футболу 1958 и 1962 годов в составе национальной сборной Югославии.

Клубная карьера
В профессиональном футболе Кривокуча дебютировал в 1948 году за команду «Явор» (Иваница), в которой провёл один сезон, после чего в течение 1950—1951 годов защищал цвета клуба «Будучност» (Подгорица).

Своей игрой за последнюю команду привлёк внимание представителей тренерского штаба клуба «Црвена звезда», к составу которого присоединился в 1951 году. Он впервые получил шанс сыграть за новый клуб на Кубке Рио 1951 после травмы основного вратаря команды  и выходил на поле во всех трёх матчах группового этапа. После этого на протяжении большей части времени оставался основным вратарём белградской команды, пока не проиграл конкуренцию за место в воротах Владимиру Беаре в 1956 году. В составе команды трижды становился чемпионом Югославии в 1953, 1956 и 1957 годах.

В 1958 году выступал за клуб «Воеводина», после чего на протяжении четырёх лет выступал за клуб ОФК. В составе этого клуба он был основным вратарём и стал обладателем кубка Югославии. После этого в течение двух лет выступал за клуб из ФРГ «Ворматия» (Вормс), вернувшись в «Црвену звезду» в 1964 году. В сезоне 1964/65 он вышел на поле в семи матчах чемпионата, а в следующем чемпионате отыграл 25 матчей, что стало его личным рекордом в Югославии.

Завершил игровую карьеру в команде «Раднички» (Крагуевац), за которую выступал на протяжении 1966—1967 годов.

Карьера в сборной
В 1956 году дебютировал в официальных матчах в составе национальной сборной Югославии в матче Кубка Центральной Европы 1955—1960 против Венгрии, который был сыгран в Будапеште (2:2). В составе сборной был участником чемпионата мира 1958 года в Швеции, где сыграл в четвертьфинале с ФРГ (0:1).

Также присутствовал в заявке сборной на чемпионат мира 1962 года в Чили, но на поле не выходил. Всего в течение пяти лет, проведённых в национальной сборной, провёл в её форме 7 матчей.

Статистика в сборной

Итого: 7 матчей и 11 пропущенных голов; 0 побед, 1 ничья, 6 поражений, 2 «сухих» матча.

Тренерская карьера
Начал тренерскую карьеру вскоре после завершения карьеры игрока, в 1968 году, возглавив тренерский штаб клуба «» (Аранджеловац).

В течение тренерской карьеры также возглавлял команды «», «» и «Раднички» (Крагуевац), работал в Кувейте, а также входил в тренерский штаб , где и закончил карьеру тренера в 1984 году.

Умер 22 декабря 2002 года на 75-м году жизни в Белграде.

Достижения
«Црвена Звезда»
 Чемпион Югославии (3): 1953, 1956, 1957
ОФК (Белград)
 Обладатель Кубка Югославии: 1962

Примечания

Футболисты Югославии
Игроки сборной Югославии по футболу
Игроки ФК «Явор» Иваница
Игроки ФК «Будучност» Подгорица
Игроки ФК «Црвена звезда»
Игроки ФК «Воеводина»
Игроки ФК ОФК
Игроки ФК «Ворматия»
Игроки ФК «Раднички» Крагуевац
Футбольные тренеры Югославии
Тренеры ФК «Раднички» Крагуевац


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The new £20 plastic note is set to be launched and this is everything you need to know
The Bank of England will be launching the new plastic £20 note within two years
Tommy WathenEngagement Producer
With the new plastic £5 already a firm part of the UK currency and the new £10 set to appear later this month, the Bank of England have confirmed details of the new plastic £20 too.
It is expected that the brand new polymer £20 will be released within the next two years and will pay homage to JMW Turner - according to Kent Live.
These brand new plastic £20 note will start appearing in Britain within the next two years
One of four rare Jane Austen five pound notes worth £50,000 remains undiscovered
Here is everything you need to know about the new £20:
When exactly will the new £20 be launched?
It is not currently known an exact date that the new polymer £20 will be launched, although it is understood that it will be within the next two years.
After its introduction, the old paper £20 will be phased out by 2020, meaning that within the next three years, all British bank notes except the £50 will be made of plastic.
Why was J.M.W. Turner chosen to feature on the note?
Landscape painter J.M.V. Turner is one of the most influential artists in British history.
In 2005, his famous oil painting 'The Fighting Temeraire' was voted the nation's favourite painting.
Turner was chosen for the £20 note after over 30,000 members of the public were asked to nominate their favourite artist.
Governor of the Bank of England Mark Carney said: "I am delighted to announce that J.M.W. Turner has been chosen to appear on the next £20 note.
"Turner is perhaps the single most influential artist of all time. His work was transformative for the art world. His influence spanned his lifetime and well beyond."
The reverse of the note will feature:
- Turner's self-portrait, painted in around 1799 and currently on display in the Tate Britain gallery, London
- The painting 'The Fighting Temeraire' - a tribute to the ship that played an important role in Lord Nelson's famous victory at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805
- Turner's quote "Light is therefore colour" - referring to his innovative use of light, shade, colour and tone in his artworks
- Turner's signature from his will
Top 10 romantic things to do in Essex this Valentine's weekend
Why are the bank notes made from plastic?
The Bank of England are moving the notes to a polymer material because they are harder wearing than the existing cotton-paper versions and can include a whole raft of new security measures to prevent counterfeiting.
What will feature on the other side of the new £20 note?
As with every other British banknote, the Queen will be the main image on the new £20 note.
When did the £20 note first appear?
The first £20 note appeared in circulation in the United Kingdom back in 1725 and appeared much different to the purple note we have today.
The notes back then were hand-written and could be redeemed at the Bank of England for the same sum in either gold or coins, which is why notes still include the slogan: "I promise to pay the bearer on demand the sum of..."
The current cotton-paper note dates from 2007 and features the image of economist Adam Smith on the reverse.
The previous Edward Elgar £20 banknote was withdrawn in June 2010.
Will the new £20 be 'vegetarian'?
When the polymer £5 was first launched in the UK, it caused a wave of controversy when it was revealed that it contained traces of animal fat.
The Bank of England said that, after careful consideration, they intended to press ahead with the production of the new £10 note.
However, the new plastic £20 note could well be free of animal products because the bank is speaking to suppliers about a plant-based alternative.
A final decision is due to be make this summer.
The 10 bizarre laws that you probably didn't know existed – and you may have broken


Rest in Peace Ranger buddy. Dave was the epitome of a quiet professional.
Ranger, Thank-You for your Service, and for Your Sacrifice!
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Godspeed, brother - to a better place than this.
"Damn a man who doesn't read books" (Mulholland, 2000, p. 32).
Damn. Dave and I went to RIP together. He was a good dude and a hell of a Ranger. Farewell, brother.
RIP. thanks for your service.


If your teen is overweight, it's important for him to shed the pounds to avoid a lifetime of higher health risks. Fad diets are tempting because they promise a quick fix, but they often don't work in the long run. The best way for your teen to lose weight is to stick to tried and true healthy methods.
One pound equals 3,500 calories and if your teen eats fewer calories than she needs, she'll lose weight. Ask your pediatrician how many calories your child should be eating and try to limit her food within this range. Calorie counting appeals to many because there are no foods that are off limits. The key to making it work is to fill up on lower calorie foods and monitor portion sizes.
Some teens can lose weight simply by changing their diets to healthier ones. Instead of reaching for the bag of chips as an after-school snack, your teen might eat cut vegetables and hummus. Instead of pizza for dinner, you might serve a stir-fry over brown rice. This ultimately works because you are reducing calories, but since the focus is on eating healthy rather than dieting, it can help foster a positive relationship with food in your children.
People can eat too much when they don't think about what they're eating. Encourage your teen to pay attention to his body and true hunger signals. He should stop eating when he is no longer hungry and only grab a snack when he is hungry, not because he's bored. Don't force him to clean his plate if he feels full. Discourage him from sitting down to watch TV with a full package of cookies.
Liquid calories can quickly add up and if your teen is primarily drinking soda, juices or other sugary drinks, it's adding to her waistline. Simply switching all or most of these drinks to calorie-free water can help her stay hydrated, create a feeling of fullness so that she's not eating as much and help her lose weight.
Diet is only part of the weight loss equation. The more your teen moves, the more weight he can lose. Encourage him to participate in some extracurricular activity that involves moving, like sports or theater. If he's not into that, he might enjoy bike riding, walking or lifting weights. Exercise videos allow him to work out in the privacy of the home. Even something like a Wii video game console can help increase the calorie burn.


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El franco luxemburgués fue la moneda oficial de Luxemburgo antes de la sustitución por el euro el 1 de enero de 2002. Un franco luxemburgués se dividía en 100 céntimos. El código ISO 4217 para esta unidad monetaria es LUF.

Era equivalente al franco belga, tanto en valor como en validez de uso. Se podían usar tanto en Luxemburgo como en Bélgica las monedas y billetes de ambas divisas.

El tipo de cambio preestablecido con respecto al euro fue de 1 € = 40,3399 LUF.

Historia

Hasta 1795 la unidad monetaria de Luxemburgo era la libra, dividida en 20 sólidos, y cada uno de estos en 4 liards. A finales del , se acuñaron monedas de ½ y 2 liards, y de 1, 3, 6, 12 y 72 sólidos, utilizándose el cobre en los liards y la plata y el vellón para los sólidos. La última moneda acuñada en 1795 fue un sólido del Sitio a Luxemburgo.

La conquista de muchos países de la Europa occidental por parte de las tropas napoleónicas hizo que el franco francés circulara ampliamente por estos territorios, incluyendo a Luxemburgo. Sin embargo, su incorporación a los Países Bajos hizo que Luxemburgo adoptara el florín neerlandés como su moneda. Tras independizarse Bélgica de Holanda, se adoptó el franco belga en 1839 y circuló en Luxemburgo hasta 1842, y nuevamente desde 1848. Durante el periodo abarcado entre 1842 y 1848, y como miembro de la Unión Aduanera alemana, se utilizó el thaler prusiano.

En 1854 Luxemburgo comenzó a acuñar su propio franco, con la paridad fijada respecto del franco belga. El franco luxemburgués se unió a la Unión Monetaria Latina en 1865 junto con Bélgica. En 1926 Bélgica abandonó la Unión, sin embargo siguió existiendo la unión económica y monetaria con Luxemburgo creada en 1921, estableciendo las bases para una Unión Económica Belgo-Luxemburguesa creada en 1932. En 1935 se revisó las tasas de cambio de los dos francos, estableciéndose el cambio de 1 LUF = 1¼ BEF.

En mayo de 1940 el franco tuvo que unirse al Reichsmark alemán con una tasa de 4 LUF = 1 RM. En julio del mismo año esta tasa cambió a 10 LUF = 1 RM. El 26 de agosto de 1940 el Reichsmark pasó a ser aceptado en Luxemburgo y el 20 de enero de 1941 solamente el Reichsmark fue la moneda de curso legal en el Gran Ducado, aboliendo el franco luxemburgués. En 1944 se restableció el franco, una vez más unido al franco belga.

El franco belga en Luxemburgo

Entre 1944 y 2002, 1 LUF se correspondía con 1 BEF. Dentro de Luxemburgo los francos belgas eran aceptados, al igual que en Bélgica lo eran los francos luxemburgueses. Sin embargo, el pago con billetes normalmente era rechazado por los comerciantes belgas. Con muy pocas excepciones, las monedas eran idénticas en tamaño, forma y composición, aunque tenían diseños distintos.

Monedas
Las primeras monedas se acuñaron en 1854, en denominaciones de 2½, 5 y 10 céntimos. En 1901 las monedas de 5 y 10 céntimos de bronce se sustituyeron por otras de cuproníquel. Entre 1915 y 1916 se introdujeron monedas de zinc de 5, 10 y 25 céntimos en las zonas ocupadas por los alemanes. Tras la I Guerra Mundial se acuñaron monedas de hierro en las mismas denominaciones anteriores hasta que se restableció el cuproníquel en 1924 junto con las monedas de 1 y 2 francos de níquel. Las monedas tenían escrita la leyenda Bon pour, lo que implicaba que eran fichas válidas por 1 o 2 francos. Estas leyendas también aparecían en las monedas belgas y francesas de la época.

En 1929 se acuñaron las primeras monedas de 5 y 10 francos, y un año más tarde se introdujeron denominaciones de 5, 10 y 25 céntimos de bronce, más pequeñas que las anteriores emisiones, y 50 céntimos de níquel. La última acuñación antes de la II Guerra Mundial fueron las denominaciones de 25 céntimos y 1 franco de cuproníquel entre 1938 y 1939.

Las primeras monedas acuñadas tras la Guerra fueron denominaciones de 25 céntimos de bronce y 1 franco de cuproníquel en 1946. A estas las siguieron 5 francos de cuproníquel en 1949. En 1952 el tamaño de la moneda de 1 franco se redujo para adaptarse al del franco belga, introducido en 1950. Desde este momento, todas las acuñaciones luxemburguesas utilizaban el mismo tamaño y composición que los francos belgas, exceptuando la moneda de 25 céntimos. En 1971 se acuñó una moneda de 10 francos de níquel, seguidas de 20 francos de bronce-níquel en 1980 y 50 francos de níquel en 1987.

Antes de la entrada del euro se encontraban en circulación monedas con valor de:

Billetes

Tras la I Guerra Mundial los billetes los emitía el Banco Internacional de Luxemburgo y el Banco Nacional, con las denominaciones en thaler, marcos, y ocasionalmente francos, con una tasa de cambio de 1 franco = 80 pfennig.

En 1914 se emitieron bonos del Estado. La primera serie tenía la denominación en francos y en marcos, pero estos fueron los últimos billetes en mantener la denominación de la moneda alemana. Las denominaciones fueron de 1, 2, 5, 25 y 125 francos. En 1919 una segunda serie de bonos se imprimió con denominaciones de 50 céntimos y 500 francos. En 1923, el Banco Internacional de Luxemburgo emitió los primeros billetes de 100 francos que continuaron hasta la década de los 80. En 1932 el Estado introdujo billetes de 50 francos, seguidos por los de 1000 francos en 1940.

En 1944, tras la liberación, se introdujeron nuevas denominaciones de 5, 10, 20, 50 y 100 francos. Los billetes de 5 francos fueron reemplazados por monedas en 1949, y en 1971 los de 10 francos, los de 20 LUF en 1980 y los de 50 LUF en 1987.

En 1985, el Instituto Monetario de Luxemburgo tomó la competencia de emitir los billetes e introdujo el primer billete de 1000 francos tras la II Guerra Mundial, seguidos por las denominaciones de 100 LUF en 1986 y 5000 LUF en 1993.

Los billetes que se encontraban en circulación antes de la entrada del euro eran los de las denominaciones que a continuación se detallan:

Véase también
 Monedas de euro de Luxemburgo
 Franco belga

Enlaces externos
 Numi: Catálogo de Moneda Luxemburguesa
 Billetes de Banco históricos de Luxemburgo (en inglés)

Monedas de Luxemburgo
Monedas de Europa
Monedas fuera de curso
Francos (monedas)


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Universal Gaming Gaming Galaxy Video Games Hogwarts: Legacy
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Jan 31st, 2023, 03:15 PM
So I went ahead and pre-ordered the Deluxe Edition for PS5 since there's a few pre-order bonuses, and the Deluxe Edition also comes with getting the game three days early as well (if Amazon doesn't botch the shipping, I should get my copy on the 7th instead of the 10th). Decided to go with PlayStation for platform because the game has a quest on PS that's going to be exclusive to that platform for one year, and doing the quest will unlock a shop that you can sell items and gear to for a higher price than normal, so seems worth getting the game on PS5 over PC, since I don't imagine I'll still be playing this game in a year, haha.
I forgot this game has timed content for PlayStation, despite seeing a lot of complaints about it when it was announced. Although that was mostly aimed at Sony's hypocrisy for complaining Microsoft was going to make some Activision things exclusive if that sale goes through then in the same breath is paying to get timed content.
As for the Deluxe Edition, I wonder how long any of that Dark Arts stuff will remain exclusive to that edition; that's if it ever does get released out to those who only get the standard edition.
Also for those who are playing this or getting it for someone else to play it, what House are you planning to pick?


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Vaccinate the World: Gates, Rockefeller Seek Global Population Reduction
Being a former computer professional from back when we had to know how the things worked to program them, Bill Gates was always the incompetent amateur who got a big leg up because of his CIA connections and then made 'not fit for purpose' acceptable quality. Now this half witted shyster is playing a big role in formulating United Nations eugenics policy
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When posting stuff like this we usually get called conspiracy theorists. Of course the people who use that shout to try to undermine our credibility never bother to read the source material we link to which provides irrefutable evidence from reliable sources to back up our reports. Today we let Old Thinker News do the digging and reproduce a lage extract from one of their articles under 'fair use terms' to wake up people to the elite's agenda.
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The global elite has launched a world-wide operation against an unaware population to reduce and control fertility. Vaccines and even staple food crops have been modified to achieve these goals.
If you can't seem to bring yourself to believe that such an undertaking is possible, or that there are human beings willing and capable; Look back in time, this kind of conspiracy isn't new, in fact this kind of control was idealized by Plato some 2,300 years ago in his momentous work The Republic. Plato wrote that a ruling elite should guide society, "…whose aim will be to preserve the average of population." He further stated, "There are many other things which they will have to consider, such as the effects of wars and diseases and any similar agencies, in order as far as this is possible to prevent the State from becoming either too large or too small."
The activities of the ruling elite in controlling population, writes Plato, must be kept secret. He writes, "Now these goings on must be a secret which the rulers only know, or there will be a further danger of our herd… breaking out into rebellion."
Peering back into the mists of time and history reveal that there is truly nothing new under the sun. What has been done will be done again, and the 21st Century manifestation of global elites have advanced tools at their disposal.
The GAVI Alliance (Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization)
The GAVI Alliance, founded in 2000 with the help of the Gates Foundation, has the goal of vaccinating all of the third world. The member organizations of GAVI are listed on group's the website, which include:
"…national governments of donor and developing countries, the Bill and Melinda Gates Children's Vaccine Program, the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Associations (IFPMA), the Rockefeller Foundation, UNICEF, the World Bank Group and the World Health Organization (WHO)."
In December of 2000, David Rockefeller and William H. Gates Sr., among others, (pictured to the right) visited the Rockefeller University campus to take part in a meeting on "Philanthropy in a Global Century". While there, Gates spoke glowingly about his inspiration from Rockefeller in founding GAVI,
"Gates said that 'Taking our lead and our inspiration from work already done by The Rockefeller Foundation, our foundation actually started GAVI by pledging $750 million to something called the Global Fund for Children's Vaccines, an instrument of GAVI.'"
He also praised the Rockefeller family's century of philanthropy, saying, 'It seems like every new corner we turn, the Rockefellers are already there. And in some cases, they have been there for a long, long time.'"
The fact that such a global mechanism like GAVI exists – in the hands of outspoken population control advocates – for delivering vaccines to millions of people across the world should be disconcerting to say the least; Especially when confronted with the mountains of documentation proving that anti-fertility vaccines have been researched and delivered by the World Health Organization with grant money from the Rockefeller Foundation.
Bill Gates reaffirmed the global population control agenda during a recent TED conference presentation in which he stated,
"The world today has 7 billion people. That's heading up to about nine billion. Now if we do a really great job on new vaccines, health care, reproductive health services, we could lower that by perhaps 10 or 15 percent."
When Bill and Melinda Gates founded their charity is was as a subsidiary of the US government, much as when Gates, a college drop out who had never held a job or written a computer program but was the son of a CIA director (people forget that)founded Microsoft, a bunch of spotty nerds who successfully bid fot the contract to supply the operating system for the IBM / Intel personal computer despite not having an operating system (they had to buy in another contenders product) The Gates provides vaccines to Third World countries, and has promoted the need to decrease the global population and supported the 'death panel'format for a eugenics program.
It shocked many people when Gates said "The world today has 6.8 billion people", said Gates, "that's headed up to about 9 billion. Now if we do a really great job on new vaccines, health care, reproductive health services, we could lower that by perhaps 10 or 15 percent."
In January 2010, at the Davos World Economic Forum, Gates announced his foundation would give $10 billion over the next decade to develop and deliver new vaccines to children in the developing world. The primary focus of the Gates Foundation is vaccinations, especially in Africa and other underdeveloped countries. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is a founding member of the GAVI Alliance (Global Alliance for Vaccinations and Immunization) in partnership with the World Bank, WHO and the vaccine industry. The goal of GAVI is to vaccinate every newborn child in the developing world.
I am always amazed at how we the punters can be so trusting of the modern medical establishment and its government and corporate supporters. Same goes for the scientific and technological establishment and its government and corporate sponsors. Doctors are supposed to "first do no harm", yet many of the medical advances have adverse, harmful, and even deadly side effects and yet are approved by regulatory bodies of developed nations.
Watch any drug commercials lately? Suicidal thoughts are listed as a possible "side effect" of one havily promoted drug. Same goes for the scientific and technological establishment. The Internet has information on the harmful effects of exposure to nanomaterials and radiation from electronic communications devices, and other problems, yet few are aware of this, and few even care because the establishment media wants it that way and it is easy for Google and other search engine operators to filter results so inconvenient information is buried. Can't interfere with the growth of the economy or the drive towards a meritocratic global government now, can we!
Zika Virus Threatens Rio Olympics As WHO Declares Global Emergency
This could just be another jolly jape for the fear and panic industry, remember Swine Flu, Bird Flu, SARS, MRSA, Mad Cow Disease, AIDS and all the other things that didn't wipe us out? After an inauspicious start when it was discovered in the Ugandan forest about sixty years ago to genetically-modified Mosquitoes in Brazil, the latest threat to humanity (most notably to pregnant women who get infected) is the ominous-sounding Zika virus.
Transatlantic trade deal is an assault on democracy says left wing libertarian
Sneaking a transatlantic trade deal through with Obama, by - passing the elected parliament and British law is just about David Cameron's style. But this latest exercise in dismantling democracy could have far reaching consequences for all of us, for example it will give global corporations the power to change British law.
The Big Conspiracy: Corporatism Is Fascism, Democracy Is Dead
The dividing line that marks where big business ends and big government starts has become so blurred it is hardly visible. Is that any wonder with politicians being handed sinecures on corporate boards and senior executives being employed as 'Czars', experts hired to head up government projects. What is clearly visible is the merging of business and government is not good for democracy or individual citizens.
American Paranoia - Something Weird Under The New Denver Airport - conspiracy? With the weird things we know the American Government are involved in, is it surprising that the nation is getting paranoid about some crazy things. The Obama administration must be the least transparent, most out of control government since Pol Pot's regime in Cambodia or Hitler's Nazification of Germany.
Genetically Modified (GM) Organisms Playing Roulette With Humanity's Future
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Preformed Line Products Company (PLPC) financial analysis and rating
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Company Name Preformed Line Products Company
Industry (SIC) 1623 - Water, Sewer, Pipeline, and Communications and Power Line Construction
Latest quarterly report 12/31/2021 (filed 3/04/2022)
Revenue $131 million (ranked #14 out of 16 companies in the industry)
Assets $489 million (ranked #13)
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EBIT $13M
EBITDA $18M
Earnings per Share (basic) $1.83
Earnings per Share (diluted) $1.79
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We have conducted a comparative analysis of the balance sheet and the income statement of Preformed Line Products Company (hereafter – the "Company") for the year 2021 submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The primary business activity of the company is Water, Sewer, Pipeline, and Communications and Power Line Construction (SIC code 1623). During the analysis we have compared the key financial ratios of the company with the average (median) values of those ratios calculated for the specific industry sector and for all industries. The averages are calculated using the data from financial statements for the year 2021 submitted to the SEC through the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system (EDGAR). By comparing each of the eleven key metrics with the median value, we have made a generalized conclusion about the quality of the financial condition of the company. Calculations and summary conclusions are made in a computerized way using software and methods developed by Consulting financial and analytical company Ankon.
As a result of the analysis of the key financial ratios of the company, we have established the following. The financial condition of Preformed Line Products Company in 2021 is better than the financial condition of half of all companies engaged in the activity "Water, Sewer, Pipeline, and Communications and Power Line Construction"
The same conclusion can be made when comparing the ratios of the Company with the averages for all U.S. industry sectors. The financial position of Preformed Line Products Company is better than that of most listed companies that submit financial statements to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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The above is a comparative analysis of the financial position and performance of the company. The comparison is based on official financial statements filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system (EDGAR) (about 10,000 largest publicly traded companies). The comparison is performed using the eleven key financial ratios (see table above). Company's financial ratios are compared with the median values of ratios of all companies and of companies within the same industry, and also with the quartiles of those ratios. Each ratio value is given a score ranging from -2 and +2 depending on its position relative to the quartiles (-2 – below the first quartile; -1 – between the first and the second quartile; +1 – between the second and the third quartile; +2 – above the third quartile; 0 – the ratio value deviates from the median by no more than 5% of the difference between the median and the quartile closest to the ratio value). To draw a conclusion from the analysis the individual scores are weighted equally to get an overall score ranging from -2 and +2.
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