It may be hard to believe, but more than a decade after the iPhone started killing the iPod and people turned to their smartphones for music, MP3 players still live on.
Credit: SonyIn fact, there's a surprisingly robust market for devices that primarily play music. The target audience ranges from children who might not be ready for a smartphone to older people who might not want to deal with a full-fledged handset. Or it could be those who simply want to work out to music.
Whatever your reasons, there's a host of MP3 players and media players that offer compelling features. These are the best MP3 players for your money right now.
Credit: AppleIt hasn't been updated since 2015, but the iPod Touch is still one of the most popular and prominent MP3 players on the market. The device is essentially a slimmed-down iPhone that plays your music, but also gives you access to apps in the App Store. Just note that the display is on the small size at 4 inches. Other features include an 8-MP rear camera, a FaceTime HD front camera and six color options. Expect up to 40 hours of battery life during audio playback. The device starts at $199 for 32GB of space.
Credit: SanDiskAt $40, the SanDisk Clip Jam is one of the more affordable MP3 players available. But it's also one of the smallest, with a tiny 1-inch display and physical buttons that let you quickly jump between tracks. The device has an 8GB drive, which means it can carry up to 1,000 songs. And if you want to listen to the radio, it also comes with an FM tuner. Best of all, it offers 18 hours of playback on a single charge.
Credit: SonySony's Walkman Wearable is an attempt by the company to bring back the MP3 player of old and combine it with the wearables people want. The device is technically earbuds and an MP3 player in one, but since it comes with only 4GB of space, you'll be able to store only up to 500 songs on it at any time. Sony says that the wearable is waterproof and sweatproof, so you can wear it while you work out. It offers up to 12 hours of battery life.
Credit: SanDiskThe SanDisk Clip Sport Plus is a diminutive device that's compact enough to clip to your clothes and is water-resistant. It comes with 16GB of storage, allowing you to store up to 4,000 songs for listening on the go. It has a small, 1.4-inch display for viewing album artwork and other content and physical buttons that will allow you to quickly change songs, pause playback and more. And at $59, it's one of the more affordable options available.
Credit: SonyIf you're looking for a Sony Walkman that comes with a nice screen and physical buttons, the Walkman NW-E394 is the way to go. The device ships with 8GB of storage for storing up to 1,000 songs. The screen, which measures 1.8 inches, is designed to showcase album art and other information about the tracks you're playing. In addition to an FM tuner, the NW-E394 comes with a big battery that delivers up to 35 hours of playback on a charge.
Credit: PioneerPioneer's MP3 Player is all about one thing: giving you premium audio quality, as long as you're willing to pay for it. The MP3 Player, which costs a whopping $300, comes with 16GB of storage to support up to 4,000 songs. It comes with a 2.4-inch LCD for viewing album art and other content and its built-in Wi-Fi is designed to help you connect to content wherever you are. Pioneer has boosted its audio performance with hi-fi support to help justify its lofty price.
Sony's Walkman NW-E395 is similar to the NW-E394, but has one major advantage over the alternative: double the storage. The 16GB device comes in black or red and has a 1.8-inch LCD screen to let you sift through content, see album art and more. Physical buttons on the front control playback. The player can store up to 4,000 songs, and with 35 hours of playback on a single charge, there's plenty of juice inside the device to keep you listening to music throughout the day.
People still use MP3-only players? gasp! even little kids have smartphones these days, parents want to track them.
I still have an ipod classic from the final generation with an mSATA (there are adapters) installed to replaced the hard drive that died a few years ago. Sadly, I don't use it as much as I used to as my Crosstrek doesn't get along with a classic ipod as well as the aftermarket system in my old Mazda 6 did (it does cooperate well with thumb drives though).
I've got an iPod Shuffle I wear when I'm cutting grass and working out. It's a whole lot easier than carrying a huge phone around to get broken. I tried to grab another one when they announced the discontinuation but I missed. They'd already gone up in price by the time I saw they weren't being made anymore. So I got a Fiio M3 instead. FLAC support and a pretty good DAC in a tiny package for $50.
Well technically the iPod Touch doesn't have an FM tuner and an app won't magically add an FM tuner to the iPod Touch, but you can always download a streaming app and stream the stations over the internet.
Still use MP3 player. Cowon player provide excellent audio, battery last long time; using smartphone drains the battery as well.


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Q: How to clear/reload/refresh JQuery Async Treeview? I've implemented the JQuery Async Treeview (in APS.NET MVC2) and it works fine, but the problem is when the user adds new nodes to a tree (via another interface), there is no way to reload the tree and reflect the new tree structure.
The only way to see the changes in the tree is to shut down the browser (IE8).  Trying .empty() on the tree on every reload doesnt do anything :(
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the URL /OrganizationStructure/Browse is only called when the tree is being built the first time..i cant for the life of me get it to rebuild even when the browsers "Refresh/Reload" button is clicked.
Any help would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks

A: EDIT: Surprise surprise - empty() then treeview() on document ready works fine in both Chrome and FF, but not IE8 :P
Still lost on this one...
is it possible to ALWAYS call the url everytime a node is expanded?  I have no idea whats stopping it once its already loaded
Thanks again

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Q: ES6 Is there any way to assign the same value for two and more object properties using curly braces definition? I need to assign the same anonymous arrow function to two different properties of the same object, which is defined with curly braces. E.g. now I have:
let testObject = {a: (a) => a+1, b: (a) => a+1};

And I want something like (pseudo-code):
let testObject = {a: b: (a) => a+1};

I actually know how to solve that problem (that is not a problem). But if there could be some way to assign the same intermediate (neither the variables, nor the primitives) values to two or more object properties like in a pseudo-code above, that would be very useful, isn't it?

A: No, not in the way you describe.

You could assign the function to a variable, but then it's not anonymous anymore:
const myFunc = a => a + 1;
const testObject = {a: myFunc, b: myFunc};

A: let testObject = (fn => ({a: fn, b: fn}))(a => a+1);


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The Georgian Mess
The ongoing war in Georgia, being an ethnic conflict that, most unlike the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s--featured great-power military intervention right from the start, and as a result has attracted a very large amount of international attention from the word go. Google News Canada returns in excess of 39 thousand hits to a simple search using the keywords "Russia" and "Georgia." This latest spurt of interethnic war is only the latest in the long-standing conflicts South Caucasus region including the states of Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, with the wars of Armenians versus Azerbaijani and of Georgians versus Ossetians and Abkhazians, but it's one that will be very serious for Georgia's economic future.
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The South Caucasus forms an interesting region in Europe insofar as fertility is concerned, as revealed by the Vienna Institute of Demography's European Demographic Data Sheet 2008 (sources here PDF format)which provides data on the populations of the three different South Caucasus states. Georgia stands out somewhat among its Caucasian peers. Selected information from Georgia, the other South Caucasus states and on their neighbours Turkey and Russia, is provided in the table below.
Some interesting trends appear--Azerbaijanis seem to behave rather like their Turkish counterparts--but one that does stand out is the extent to which Georgians have advanced beyond their South Caucasus peers further down the stages of the demographic transition. This isn't new: Georgia was to be found advancing ahead of Armenia and Azerbaijan and joining the Slavic republics of the Soviet Union in the movement towards post-transitional fertility patterns and low fertility at least as early as the 1950s--one source suggests that as of 1950, Georgia's TFR was around 3, while Armenia's was close to ~4.5, and Azerbaijan's ~5.5.
The aging of populations is a natural phenomenon around the world, and even in the most fortunate polities the management of this aging consumes quite a few resources. Georgia is not one of those fortunate polities, as the World Bank points out in its 2007 survey of gross national income per capita (PDF format). Edward's writings back in 2006 on Serbia's serious demographic issues and their likely impact on Serbia's economy were quite accurate, but Serbia is starting from a much higher point than Georgia.
Economic gaps with Russia existed before. As noted here, Georgia fell, along with Moldavia and Armenia, into a group of lower-middle income republics, well ahead of southern Central Asia but well behind Russia and the Baltic States. After the Soviet collapse, suffering internal disintegration and the shock of isolation from the wider Soviet economic space that Georgia was affiliated with, Georgia suffered a steep collapse. Timothy Heleniak observed that in the conflict-ridden post-independence South Caucasus, first Russians, almost half of the South Caucasus' population, left, followed by large chunks of the general population. With growing--and stable--21st century economic gaps like the ones shown above, it's no wonder that this mass labour migration has occurred. Fiona Hill described the current state of affairs in a recent lecture, "Eurasia on the Move: The Regional Implications of Mass Labor Migration from Central Asia to Russia".
According to Hill, Russia has experienced positive net migration since 1991, with the majority of immigrants arriving from other Soviet successor states. Ethnic Russians migrating to their titular homeland from other Soviet republics comprised nearly 60 percent of total immigration to Russia between 1989 and 2002. However, Hill noted that these numbers reflect only legal migration. She argued that significant numbers of non-Russian labor migrants have come to Russia from the Caucasus and Central Asia, often illegally. As many as 2 million Azerbaijanis, 1 million Armenians, 650,000 Tajiks, 500,000 Georgians and Kyrgyz, and 100,000 Uzbeks may be working in the Russian Federation.
High levels of immigration have affected Russia in a number of ways--many of which, Hill argued, have been very beneficial to the country. She noted that the Russian economy has more than doubled since 1999 and that domestic demand has increased significantly. Immigrant entrepreneurs provide Russian consumers with cheap goods (primarily from Asia and the Middle East), which is particularly important in Siberia and the Far East, where transportation costs make goods from European Russia prohibitively expensive. In addition, "cheap labor is filling a void inside Russia itself--the whole of the lower-paying sectors in the Russian economy are increasingly being filled by migrants from elsewhere in the CIS," she said.
Immigration has also helped to ameliorate the consequences of Russia's demographic decline, Hill argued. Russia could face serious labor shortages in all fields due to out-migration of skilled workers, high death rates among working age people, low birth rates, and a high percentage of the population above retirement age. However, according to Hill, immigrants have compensated for three-fourths of Russia's natural population decrease between 1992 and 2003. The majority of immigrants are of working age, and although many are employed in low-skill sectors of the economy, migrants from the CIS also include a large number of university graduates.
Hill contended that labor migration to Russia has also had a stabilizing effect in the Eurasian region as a whole: "Russia's biggest contribution to the security of this very vulnerable region over the past decade has not been through its military presence--or security pacts, but has been specifically through absorbing the surplus labor from the Caucasus and Central Asian states, providing markets for their goods, and transferring funds in the form of remittances." Russia's labor market has provided an outlet for hundreds of thousands of people who would be unemployed in Central Asia and the Caucasus, and remittances from migrants working in Russia have become a major component of the economies of many former Soviet states--as much as 25 percent of GDP in Georgia and 18 percent in Tajikistan.
As essential as these labour diasporas might be for the migrant-sending nations, not only are their affairs complicated by the hostility of some Russians towards Caucasians of all ethnicities and Muslims (including Russian citizens) and by the formulation of immigration policies that make life relatively difficult for these diasporas. Osmanova, Vartanian and Bulghadarian wrote in their 2007 IWPR article "Caucasian Migrants' Struggle in Russia", Armenians and Azerbaijanis found it easy enough to evade Russian restrictions on the employment of foreigners in marketplaces. Georgians found it much more difficult, thanks to very bad Russian-Georgian relations.
Pro-government parliamentarian Giga Bokeria has said that neither the government nor parliament in Georgia will take any steps to ease the problems of Georgians wishing to work in Russia.
According to the World Bank, remittances from Russia constitute five per cent of Georgia's GDP. The real figures are certainly higher as much of the money is sent in roundabout fashion.
There are an estimated one million Georgians living in Russia. In addition, around 90,000 Georgians go to Russia each year for seasonal work. Typically, these workers come from the provinces of Georgia, have no higher education and are aged between 25 and 35.
They are the ones worst affected by the transport blockade on Georgia imposed by Russia last autumn.
In May, Federal Migration Service deputy head Vyacheslav Postavnin, appeared to utter a veiled threat towards Georgia, saying, "When it comes to attracting labour migrants it is always better to give the priority to those countries with which Russia has good relations, including trading and economic relations, where there is a positive attitude."
Further complicating things for the Georgians working in Russia is the possibility that Georgia's large diaspora is not only politically active but possibly also aligned against Saakashvili: Might the President have been trying to weaken pro-Russian factions by weakening their economic base? God only knows.
What is certain is that, as Mzia Shelia noted in her 2006 "Population Aging in Georgia Under conditions of Economic Crisis" (PDF format), a Georgia facing a rapidly aging and shrinking population is going to face challenges of an almost existential nature.
It is significant that demographic burden didn't increase in the noted period; presumably it was caused by reduction of average life expectance. In the same period aging process developed more profoundly in rural areas than in urban ones. All the regions of the country have aged considerably. At the present time in Georgia not a single region or ethnic group is demographically young. Age structures were deformed most of all among Russians, Ukrainians, Ossetians and Greeks. The level of longevity has declined too with which Georgia had always been a distinguished country.
Due to the economic and political crisis in the 1990s, Georgia retreated from the evolutionary way of its demographic development and at present starkly different model of demographic aging has been formed. Under weak economic conditions all social, economic, psychological and moral problems associated with population aging were brought out much severely. For example, in parallel with the growth of pension expenses incurred by high level of aging, retirement-age increase becomes more and more actual issue. It should be noted that in Georgia where according to the official statistics the unemployment level is 15.1 percent, retirement age increase cannot give the same results as it can give in developed countries. In our opinion and as it attested by studies, the rise of retirement age for the country which is under conditions of economic crisis will lead to the further increase of unemployment, acceleration of emigration processes, "brain drain" and decline in the country's intellectual potential in the long run. It will intensify social tension even further; intergenerational relations will become acute. All the above will deepen economic crisis.
There's no easy way for Georgia to catch up economically. Gylfason and Hochreiter this month have attributed Georgia's wealth gap relative to Estonia to underinvestment in the economy generally and in education, a lack of technological sophistication, and isolation (Turkey can't play the same role for Georgia that Finland played for Estonia, and Russia most certainly won't). The thing is, Estonia of all of the countries of post-Communist Europe is going to come the closest to replacement-level fertility at the end of the day because it really is a post-Communist Nordic country in quite a few dimensions including the demographic, but Georgia's more likely to fit into the typical Mediterranean (and Black Sea?) framework of sustained below-replacement fertility. Without immigration, it's bound to suffer rapid aging. Add in emigration--if not to Russia then to Turkey, another neighbouring regional superpower with a large and dynamic economy and historical connections to the country--and Georgia's rapid marginalization is secured.
If this fate can be avoided at all, Georgia needs good leaders. It doesn't have them now: Misha Glenny was right to write recently in The New Statesmen that Georgia's triggering the recent war was "a disastrous political miscalculation, even in an era that is increasingly defined by spectacularly poor judgement." The author of a 2002 report from the office of the Public Defender of Georgia looks to have been right to argue that the Georgian state's manifold failures are responsible for the exit of many thousands of people from the Georgian nation-state. The damages of this war have imposed huge costs on the country. If Georgia can only continue to offer its young people poverty and war, why should they stay?
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very good and rational
Blog Sahibi said...
This conflict was a huge win for the Russians. This not only revealed America's weakness, but also boosted oil prices once again and helped the Russians.
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Tamar said...
This conflict was a huge shame for the Russians. This not only proved Russian miliraty and political elite's cruelty but also demonstrated once again that Russia doesn't adapt existance of independent democratic countries
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Follow this tutorial to customize the WhatsApp ringtone for each contact on iPhone and Android. You can set a different WhatsApp call ring for each contact by following the steps in this article.
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Q: Docker container redirects to the wrong url I've created a docker windows container from the sample image from dockerhub:
docker run -it -p 8000:80 --name aspnetcore_sample --network cn -v C:\src\:C:\src mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/framework/samples:aspnetapp

The container runs fine and I can browse the sample app at http://localhost:8000.
Now, I have a webapp running on my local IIS at port 63330 which I can browse without problem.
I copied the source files from that webapp to C:\src and from within the container terminal, I removed the contents of C:\inetpub\wwwroot\ and replaced it with the files from C:\src. Then when I browse again the http://localhost:8000, it removes the port 8000 like http://localhost/Login.
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Economist Surjit Bhalla appointed as Executive Director for India at IMF
Updated: October 1, 2019 9:13:57 PM
The ACC approved the appointment of Bhalla for a period of three years from the date of assumption of charge of the post or until further orders, whichever is earlier, the order said.
Economist Surjit Bhalla
Eminent economist Surjit S Bhalla was on Tuesday appointed as the Executive Director for India on the board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), an official order said.
Bhalla (71) will succeed former RBI deputy governor Subir Gokarn, who died in the US on July 30 after a brief illness.
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Gokarn, who died at the age of 59, was appointed as the executive director for India on the board of the IMF in November 2015. He was to complete his term in October.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC), headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved the appointment of Bhalla for a period of three years from the date of assumption of charge of the post or until further orders, whichever is earlier, the order said.
Bhalla, an economist and columnist, in December last year resigned as part-time member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM).
He holds a PhD in Economics from Princeton University, a Masters in Public and International Affairs from Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, and a BSEE degree from Purdue University.
The EAC-PM is an independent body constituted to advise the government of India, specifically the prime minister, on economic and other related issues.
Bhalla will join the Washington-based IMF's Executive Board which is responsible for conducting the day-to-day business of the multilateral institution.
The board comprises 24 directors, who are appointed or elected by member countries or by groups of countries, and a managing director, who serves as its chairman. The board meets several times each week and carries out its work largely on the basis of papers prepared by the IMF management and staff.
Meanwhile, in a separate appointment, additional charge of the post of the Secretary, Department of Public Enterprises, was assigned to Asha Ram Sihag, a 1983-batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre, who is the Secretary, Department of Heavy Industry, with immediate effect and till the appointment of a regular incumbent or until further orders, whichever is earlier.
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Curled up in a cosy little huddle around the coffee table, we listened intently as Maggie chattered away, a sparkle in her eye and a genuine smile upon her face. When our director Tre told us that Margaret (Maggie) Edson had replied to his email and agreed to Skype with us all, I thought he was pulling our leg. Why would a Pulitzer-Prize winning playwright want to Skype with a group of random actors in Shenzhen, China? Well, probably because she is one of the kindest, most down-to-earth people I have ever had the chance to meet (if meeting over Skype counts). For some reason when we think of someone famous who has won prestigious awards we more often than not assume that they have no interest in speaking to the little people (us). Why would we think in this way? As I ran into the room and plopped down on the floor, cross-legged, Maggie immediately greeted me and it was with real interest that she asked me questions, not just out of nicety. She remembered all of our names and she listened to our questions and thoughts intently. She seemed as happy as we were to have this unique opportunity to discuss her play and the production we put on of it. It felt like talking to an old friend, someone we had known our whole lives. Everything she said, regarding both the play and real life, really hit me hard. This woman is wise I tell you. So wise. I couldn't stop smiling and nodding along with everything she said. And she is funny! I may have laughed a lot during the ninety minutes that we all chatted. Now I feel more inspired than ever and I wanted to share a few things that she talked to us about because I feel that these are things we all need to acknowledge.
Firstly, we need to slow down. I mean, really slow down. This is particularly important in our modern-day technology-fueled 'go go go' lifestyle. We never stop. We wake up, go to work, work all day, go home, sleep, and then we do it all again. We say 'yes' to everything. We fill up our schedules until they are positively bursting at the seams with both work and social engagements. It's almost like we're scared to stop, scared to stop ticking things off a list of never-ending activities. Why must we do something every single night after work? What's wrong with going home, cooking a delicious meal, climbing into bed and reading until we drift into sleep? Nothing. There is nothing wrong with that, and yet still we inject our lives with such chaos, until before we know it, we are having an absolute meltdown. This is very true for Shenzhen. Living in such a young city filled with budding entrepreneurs, this city is our playground. We are the generation that has been put in charge of creating and developing the image and future of this baby city. And we don't know when to stop. We can't stop. We are addicted to accomplishing things. We work full-time, we party full-time and still, we are hungry for more. One more business plan, one more TV commercial, one more drink.
I felt guilty. Should I have gone to the music festival even though I was tired and it was raining heavily? What about the TV commercial people? Had I let them down? Maybe I should be writing instead of watching movies? I better go outside and exercise a bit.
She is right. You, me, we are so much more than the sum amount of all that we've achieved in our lives so far. I am so proud of all that I've accomplished in my mere 28 years on this planet, and yet do you know what I am more proud of, or at least should be more proud of? Who I am. For being a kind, caring, compassionate human being. For always being honest and never harming anyone else. For being able to feel and in return, express these feelings, and for that making me who I am. For all my flaws and quirks, because they are unique to me. When I die one day (sorry, but come on, we all will die eventually. Wit reminded me of that, and we shouldn't be scared), noone is going to remember me for the things I've accomplished, the gifts I bought them, the houses I owned, the countries I travelled to, the bicycle I rode. They are going to hopefully remember me because of the relationships I created and allowed to flourish. For being a real friend, an ear that was always ready to listen, a shoulder that was ready for any tears or laughter that came its way. For loving unconditionally and making people smile. For inspiring, if only for a second. These are the things I hope I am remembered for and the things you may also hope to be remembered by. Achieving amazing things in one's life is awesome, but loving other human beings, laughing so hard you snort, watching little humans you brought into the world grow and blossom into big kind human beings, that is what matters. Relationships, with both yourself and others, and of course the world around you. Nurture those, instead of your greedy little materialistic desires.
Wit. A play that at first glance seems so full of arrogance and an overwhelming urge to want more knowledge, more recognition, is actually a play about kindness, about the human touch. Once you push all that 17th century metaphysical poetry aside and really engage with what is going on under all those complicated big words, you will notice a vulnerability, a gentleness that is buried within all of us. And sometimes it takes something like dying to let that out. Vivian Bearing is a professor who spends her life buried knee-deep in a pile of John Donne books. Then she gets cancer. And who is there to comfort her? Well, noone actually, because she spent so much time and energy on John Donne papers that she never truly formed a real relationship with another human being. Thank goodness for the character I played- Susie, the nurse, or we might have all left the theatre in an even bigger pile of tears. Susie brings that element of kindness back into Vivian's world. It was always there, lurking in the shadows of all that poetry and philosophy, and yet she couldn't quite see it. E.M Ashford (her professor in university, a wise, kind woman) tried to instil it in her, but in that moment all she cared about was gaining more knowledge.
Moral of the story? It's perfectly OK to follow your path in life, to ignite that passion within you, but please never lose sight of who you really are- that of a human being with a heart made to love and spread kindness wherever it goes. When you're on your death bed strive to spend your last days surrounded by the people you love and who love you back, because those thesis papers and contracts and business plans sure as hell won't be keeping you company. That's not to say that success in what you love isn't important too, but it's all about finding a balance. Sign that contract, but at the same time turn your phone off on sundays and take your kids out for ice-cream in the park. Hold meetings all day and write until your hands might fall off, but at night have dinner with your loved ones and really listen to what it is they're saying. Slow down and enjoy all of those little moments because they are so much more meaningful than anything else will ever be. Those are the moments that will flash across your mind. The faces of your loved ones, the way they sounded when they laughed, the smell of lavender growing in your garden, the taste of birthday cake.
Thank you Maggie for not only writing an incredibly, insightful play that struck such a chord within us, that brought a diverse group of talented people together from all around the world, but also for reminding us that we are far more than our accomplishments add up to. We are human beings and we are capable of the most magical thing in the world- kindness.
Let's all slow down, be kind and learn to really appreciate life again.


The Framework 2021: A P-20 Vision for Learning in Colorado project is a grass-roots effort, being developed by and for teachers. The project addresses the pressing problems of student engagement; development of students' thinking, problem-solving, and life skills, and lack of alignment of teaching and learning skills across grade levels pre-school through university (P-20). There are four strands to the project: (1) development of a tool (the "Framework") to guide teachers' design of student learning experiences, (2) enhancement of teachers' leadership skills (particularly related to sharing leadership for instructional improvement), (3) dissemination efforts that support understanding and use of the Framework across levels of the education system and in all areas of the state, and (4) provision of a platform that provides rural areas in Colorado with easy access to the Framework and extends access to and use of the Framework across the United States and the globe.
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By Rodney Reynolds
It's 1805 and the new Governor of the Crown Colony of Ceylon has just arrived to take his place in the country. The Kandyan War continues unabated in the hill country, and local half-Sinhalese, half-Portuguese beauty, Lovinia, experiences the impact of these events on her flourishing life.
Imagine being transported to Colonial Ceylon and taken on a journey of love, lust and intrigue over 200 years ago. That's exactly what author Roderic Grigson gets with the evocative descriptions of him in his fourth novel, "The governor's mistress".
Grigson tells the story of the relationship forming between Lovinia, the principal dancer in her father's corps de ballet, and the newly arrived governor, Sir Thomas Maitland. A relationship that has the power to change his fortune and that of his father and family, whom he loves dearly. She is torn between two very different lives and she must choose to follow her heart or her head.
History provides stories that need to be kept alive to understand how different cultures have developed and grown. I quickly got lost in the beauty, enchantment and mystery of Lovinia and this time and place in history.
By the end of the first chapter, drawn in by its mystique and left with a desire to know more about its history: past, present and future, I couldn't put the book down.
This story is so important to recent Sri Lankan history that the town of Galkissa, where their clandestine affair took place, was renamed Mount Lavinia after the female protagonist of the narrative.
The mansion built for the Governor as his country retreat became the famous Mount Lavinia Hotel, one of the oldest hotels in Asia.
However, while the story offers us this fascinating underlying narrative, it leaves us with little else. Was this another romance or was there much more to this flirtation?
The well-researched novel combines historical fact with gripping fiction, and you've got a real turntable. Immerses the reader into life in Ceylon in the early 1800s, painting a vivid picture of the opulent colonial lifestyle enjoyed by the British ruling class against a backdrop of poverty, anger and resentment among locals who have lost their country because of the European invaders.
The areas in question are so well presented that they force the reader to see the country in a new way and to appreciate the historical significance of these neighborhoods.
Surrounding the two main protagonists is an equally intriguing cast of characters, each worthy of a story. They help provide depth and texture and give the reader a true appreciation for life in those times.
The author's experience growing up in Ceylon and his knowledge of the country allowed him to put the reader right in the center of the story's events. His easygoing writing style, carried through this novel and all of his previous novels, creates a sense of excitement through its unexpected twists.
More importantly, through the lives of the characters, the book presents the internal conflict and belief that we all come across, showing us that nothing is as simple as "just a love story."
A fascinating read.
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The bombings, which occurred near a hotel and a military headquarters, came a day after a suicide bombing in a neighboring region killed 43.
A security official in the Bouira area told the Associated Press that nearly all the victims were civilians.
Wednesday's first bomb targeted a regional military command and injured four soldiers, the state-run APS news agency said.
"Parts of the walls have fallen off, the fence is destroyed, cars are buried under the rubble," Abdellah Debbache, the Bouira correspondent of Algeria's Liberte newspaper, told the AP by telephone.
Halim Osbani, who lives near the military barracks, told Reuters that a suicide bomber rammed a car into the building.
"The blast pulverized the bomber's body into pieces, with bits of his limbs strewn meters away," Osbani said.
Minutes later, 11 people died and 27 were wounded when a second bomb went off next to a downtown hotel, exploding just as a bus passed by carrying workers to a dam construction site, APS and state-run radio said. Most of those who died were traveling on the bus.
Bouira is part of a so-called "zone of death" it forms with Algiers, Tizi Ouzou and Boumerdes where attacks have been rife.
No one has claimed responsibility for the bombings Wednesday or the five other attacks this month. All have occurred in the area east of the capital of Algiers where militants from an offshoot of al-Qaida are suspected to operate.
On Tuesday, a suicide bomber drove a car packed with explosives into the entrance of a police school killing 43 people and injuring 45 in Issers, also east of Algiers.
It was the deadliest attack this year in Algeria and worse than the December attacks in Algiers against government and United Nations buildings, which killed 41 people and injured many others.


Why is American health care so expensive, anyway?
Although our nation likes to pride itself on its innovative and groundbreaking medical discoveries, it does not seem to match the quality of health care delivered to its citizens. Home to the best hospitals, research facilities, and doctors in the world- the best medical care is here…but only available to those who can dish out the money.
Unlike Europe, (although it is rapidly changing overseas) the US contains a great disparity between the rich and the poor. So while the best of the country, in fact, do have the best, the common individual has a greater lack of resources and support than in other countries with a more level playing field.
There are many factors that play a role in this complex dynamic.
The inception of ObamaCare has demanded lots of unhappy attention regarding the quality and accessibility of American health care. Although it seems impossible to create a universal system that suits the needs of everyone, a vast majority of Americans remain concerned about the disparity of health care access and increasingly high rates.
The biggest complaints about this system have been the lack of care for young adults and university graduates- it is too expensive for many of them to enroll, thus the system not working to its full potential. The other biggest downfall for ObamaCare has been the unreasonably high premiums, which has a deeply negative impact across the board.
How do we cope without losing our money or our health?
Although there is no replacement for health insurance, luckily there are medical and financial resources to keep us afloat until a better system is created. The biggest concern stands in how we can maintain our health and prevent chronic illness even during this lack of adequate care.
Luckily, a service named TeddyCanHeal is doing the important job of providing access to wellness testing, lab services, discounted RX, and doctor consultations. No one should be denied the tools to maintain their health or have access to important medical information just because of finances.
Together, we can take steps in the right direction for future generations.
By being committed to building a world with reliable and accessible medical services, we will create a healthier future for those that follow us. There is no excuse for needless suffering when we have the information that can defeat it. The best thing we can do is to keep looking forward and seeking new solutions to old problems.


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She-Ra season 5 (2020 Netflix)
MotU: Revelation (2020 Netflix)
He-Man & the MotU (2020 Netflix)
Masters of the Universe (2021 film)
He-Man & the MotU (1983)
Episode 1: The Cosmic Comet
She-Ra: Princess of Power (1985)
Episode 1: Into Etheria
New Adventures of He-Man (1989)
Episode 1: A New Beginning
Episode 65: The Final Invasion (finale)
The Secret of the Sword (1985 film)
A Christmas Special (1985 film)
He-Man & the MotU (2002 remake)
Episode 1: The Beginning Part 1
Scrapped sequel
Castle Grayskull
Three Towers
Snake Mountain
Zagraz Mountain
Crystal Sea
Heroic Warriors
Teela
Man-At-Arms
Battle Cat
Prince Adam
Sy-Klone
Great Rebellion
Princess Adora
Light Hope
He-Ro
Wun-Dar
Ancient Ones
Megator
Flipshot
Tuskador
Artilla
Trap Jaw
Two Bad
Beast Man
Panthor
Grizzlor
Mantenna
Dragstor
Modulok
Multi-Bot
Evil Mutants
Slush Head
Crita
Lizorr
Karatti
Quakke
Kobra Khan
Rattlor
Snake Face
Sssqueeze
Blast-Attak
Tung Lashor
Characters, Heroic Warriors, Bird People,
Married characters
Eternians
Citizen of Avion
Winged warrior!
Alias(es)
Bird People
Gray (feathers)
Energy projection
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Scott McNeil
Stratos is the leader of a race of Bird People of Avion, who possess the power of flight and other bird-like abilities. The Bird People are close allies of He-Man, and Stratos is one of his most trusted warriors. Besides the power of flight and his aerial acrobatic skills, Stratos is also a handy spy for the Heroic Warriors due to his sharp, bird-like eyes.
Stratos is unusual in the toy line because, like Moss Man, his action figure uses Beast Man's mould. Stratos' figure has a gray hairy body. Also, the mold had unusual "brass knuckles" on the right hand. In the minicomics, Stratos often fires lasers from this device, though it is not seen in other media.
1 Character history
1.2 2002 series
3 Minicomic Appearances
Character history
Stratos' portrayal in He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, cartoon series by Filmation is generally consistent with his portrayal in Mattel's mini-comics. He is the leader of the Bird People, who inhabit the airborne land of Avion, located high in the Mystic Mountains. Although he rules over the Bird People, he is frequently called away from Avion to aid He-Man in his battles against Skeletor.
In the mini-comics, Stratos is married to an ordinary human girl, Delora, who also appears in numerous storybooks of the time. In "Wings of Doom", by Ladybird Books, she appears as a blonde Avian with blue clothes, but still Stratos' wife. However, the cartoon makes a significant change to Delora's character by making her Stratos' sister rather than his wife, and therefore one of the Bird People as well. This change was made because the show's producers did not feel their target audience of young boys would react well to love interests within the show. Stratos appears regularly in the early episodes, often fighting alongside Ram-Man. His most significant episode is "Reign of the Monster", which focuses around his kingdom coming under attack by Skeletor. The episode features the only cartoon appearance of Delora. The story was later adapted into the mini-comic "Siege of Avion". Despite being established as one of He-Man's leading battle comrades, Stratos receives little character development in comparison to other characters, and as a result gradually fades into the background of the series, to the point that his character is almost forgotten, his appearances sparse at best. However, in the middle of the show's second season another episode is written around him: "Betrayal of Stratos", in which he is exiled from Avion after being framed for a crime by a vengeful Birdwoman, Hawke. This episode reveals that his people gain their power of flight from the Egg of Avion, a large egg, which presumably powers the jetpacks on their backs. Stratos can also fire bolts and beams of energy from his hands.
Mattel originally intended the character of Stratos to be evil, as is evidenced in early, unreleased promotional material for the toy line and a brief cameo in He-Man and the Power Sword.
The comics by MV Creations show Stratos with winglike hair and birdlike eyes when unmasked.
200X Stratos
was used in the contemporary relaunch of the Masters of the Universe franchise. His appearance is slightly modified. Whereas in the old continuity his wings seem to be merely attached to his body, the relaunch depicts him with large, widespread wings which are part of his anatomy, and his jetpack serves to enhance, rather than produce, his power of flight.
In the new cartoon series, Stratos is seemingly one of the older members of the Masters, and is given a Scottish accent remarkably similar to that of actor Sean Connery. His Bird People once again feature in the new series. The most prominent bird person besides himself is a birdwoman named Hawke, who seems to be a combination of the 80s series' characters Hawke and Delora. Although she shares her name with the classic character Hawk, her personality is different. She is close and loyal to Stratos rather than power-hungry and vengeful like her '80s counterpart. Although their family relationship is never actually mentioned in the series, she is also Stratos' sister, like Delora in the '80s cartoon. This is stated in the series bible as well as the comic books that accompany the show.
Stratos' most significant episodes of the new show are "Sky War", which features his people being manipulated by Skeletor into entering a war with Buzz-Off's race, and "Trust", in which he is forced into forming an uneasy alliance with Trap-Jaw to cross the Ice Mountains.
At one point Stratos was going to be re-designed as being black skinned for the 2002 relaunch, by toy sculptors the Four Horsemen, in response to Mattel's demand for racial diversity within the toy line. However, the Four Horsemen decided the racial change did not go well with Stratos' overall design, and so the character Zodak was made black instead.
Stratos has the skills of a bird such as: flying and greater agility. Stratos carries a jetpack on his back to increase their speed of flight. Stratos is a skilled physical combatant. Stratos can also shoot lightning from his "brass knuckles."
Minicomic Appearances
Like other characters, such as Man-At-Arms and Mer-Man, Stratos' appearances in the minicomics decreased as the line went on despite being a central character to start with. It is interesting to note that in He-Man and the Power Sword, whilst he only appears on one page, he is depicted as one of Skeletor's men.
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King of Castle Grayskull
Battle in the Clouds
The Vengeance of Skeletor
The Tale of Teela
Siege of Avion
Skeletor's Dragon
The Stench of Evil
The Treachery of Modulok
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A Year in Review: Top 10 Toronto Raptors Moments of an Incredible 2019
There is no way to end a decade with the most memorable year in Toronto Raptors history.
For the Raptors, 2019 was one for the history books, a year filled with memories that will last a lifetime. It was a year filled with records, new heights, rings, and championship banners. It's truly difficult to recap an entire year in just ten spectacular moments, but we tried our very best to put a bow on what has been an outstanding year – one that we will never forget.
Without further adieu, here are the top 10 Toronto Raptors moments of 2019!
10. All-Stars SZN
The Toronto Raptors were well represented at the 2019 NBA All-Star Game.
OG Anunoby got the nod to participate in the World vs. USA game, a format spotlighting the top rookies and sophomores in the NBA. Danny Green, who led the NBA last season in three-point percentage (45.5-percent) earned a spot in the Three-Point Shootout.
All-Star Szn
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Lastly, for Sunday night's spectacle, the Raptors sent a duo of players to the All-Star Game. Kawhi Leonard was named an All-Star starter and was joined by teammate Kyle Lowry in Charlotte.
9. Retro Night
The Raptors threw it back to the old days as they celebrate their 25th anniversary all season long. Bringing back their vintage Raptors jersey for a set number of home games throughout the season, the Raptors also customized their home floor for throwback nights at the Scotiabank Arena.
First half rewind vi👁ws (1/3)
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With the original Raptor logo at center court, vintage nights are a celebration of Raptors pride.
8. The Summer of Drake
From giving Nick Nurse a back rub mid-playoff game, to being villianized by a multitude of players and members of the media, the Raptors' Global Ambassador had his finger prints all over the Raptors championship run.
Quite honestly, Drake nor the Raptors could care less for the backlash.
Did y'all boys not get the memo 🏆
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This championship run was unlike any moment in the history of the country and Drake, a Canadian icon and rap mogul was one of the voices of journey.
"We have the best player, we have the best fans in the whole NBA, in the whole world," Drake proclaimed as pandemonium broke out in Jurassic Park with the Raptors clinching a spot in the NBA Finals. "Look around you, look at this, we created this. This didn't exist before we were here, look around at the square, this didn't exist before we were here, we did this.
"It doesn't matter what anybody says. They can say it's disrespectful, they can say, it's this, it's that. Everybody's within the rules, everybody's doing their thing. All we are is proud and passionate. We are like a college sports team – the Toronto Raptors are a college sports team, I promise you.
"I love Toronto, I love this team and we're going to the NBA Finals."
24 hours ago. #WeTheNorth
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The Summer of Drake capped off with an OVO Fest for the ages. With a massive blow up Larry O'Brien trophy on stage, Drake brought out the real "Larry O.B." in front of an electric crowd.
Drizzy wanted his chip with the dip, and you can bet that Drake got what he asked for!
7. The Improbable Comeback
On the back of Kyle Lowry, the Raptors overcame the largest deficit in franchise history.
Down 30-points to the upstart Dallas Mavericks in the second half, the undermanned champions fought and clawed back into the game, en route to a historic comeback – the largest comeback the NBA has seen in nearly a decade.
"We had a great team effort," said Lowry, who scored 20 of his 32 points in the final frame. "Malcolm (Miller), Terence Davis, Rondae and Chris Boucher. I give them all the credit today. They won that game for us. Malcolm got a few steals, T.D. hit a couple of big threes. Chris with his defections and blocked shots. Rondae with his putbacks and hustle effort. Give those guys the credit man, seriously."
Never underestimate the heart of a champion!
6. A Finals Berth
"You're going to the NBA Finals for the first time in your career."
When Ernie Johnson uttered that statement to Kyle Lowry, the entire country of Canada took one great, big exhale. It was a first time for all of us. This was the moment when it all felt possible. The Raptors overcame every obstacle put in their path and had just one final road block – the defending champion Golden State Warriors.
Yet, at this moment it all felt so possible.
The entire fanbase felt as confident as ever. This team's ability to overcome adversity made all of us believe. There was not a single doubt in anybody's mind that this Raptors team was capable of making history. The Raptors came all this way not to fall short of their goal.
"Best 7 years of my career" – @kyle_lowry7
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The NBA Finals was the Raptors' opportunity to show that they belong.
Masai Ujiri and the Raptors knew they had something special in their late first round pick Pascal Siakam.
The Cameroonian forward proved them right in 2019 – his coming out party. In June, Siakam took home Most Improved Player of the Year honours after transforming into an absolute force on both ends of the floor. Averaging 16.9 point per game last season, Siakam showed glimpses of star-power throughout the year, putting the entire league on notice in the NBA Finals for his incredible performances in Game 1 and Game 6.
This season, Siakam has taken another giant step forward. Through 27 games, he has averaged 25.1 points and looks destined to be named an NBA All-Star for the first time in his career.
Who knows, he may even be named an Eastern Conference starter!
4. Chip with the Dip
The final celebration.
Prior to the 2019/20 regular season's opening tip off, the Toronto Raptors received their championship rings in front of a sold out Scotiabank Arena. The biggest championship rings ever made for the champions, the Raptors got to celebrate their incredible victory once more as the 2019 championship banner was raised.
Soakin' it all in 🤩
The Raptors then proceeded to overcome a feisty New Orleans Pelicans teams, starting off the season 1-0. The Raptors showed right from the start of the season that they were ready to defend their championship crown.
3. The Shot
"GAME!"
"TORONTO HAS WON!"
Never has there been a Game 7 buzzer beater in NBA history until Kawhi Leonard sunk a corner jumper to sink the Philadelphia 76ers in the Eastern Conference semifinals.
It was a shot heard all around the world, earning the Raptors a Conference Finals date with the Milwaukee Bucks.
2. A Parade for the Ages
With over three million fans converging in downtown Toronto, the Raptors know how to party, putting on a spectacle unlike anything ever seen in Canada. The champs were ready to party with the fans, albeit, some haven't stopped partying since their Game 6 victory.
Aha, aha, aha.  Last laugh. Goodnight sweet world. #WeTheNorth
Whether Raptors fans were at Nathan Phillips Square or at any other spot along the parade path, this was a moment of celebration that has been etched in Canadian history forever.
1. We The Champs
To place a cherry on top of the cake, the Toronto Raptors reached the mountain top in 2019.
As one unit, the Raptors defied the odds, reached the NBA Finals after overcoming the Milwaukee Bucks and the Philadelphia 76ers and then took care of business in six games. Making an entire nation proud, the Raptors defeated the Golden State Warriors, a team that has captured three of the prior four championship trophies.
There are many things that 2019 brought to the Raptors and to Canada as a whole, but a championship is what a team plays for and what an entire fanbase craves each year. This year, the Raptors won their first and will enter 2020 as the reigning NBA Champions.
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