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GitHub provides [basic documentation](https://developer.github.com/actions) on how actions/workflows work and how to create them.

##### Configuration details

1. [Create new workflow using visual editor](https://help.github.com/articles/creating-a-workflow-with-github-actions/#creating-a-workflow-using-the-visual-editor) or manually in file `.github/main.workflow`.

2. Define build steps (aka Actions) of the workflow and dependencies between them (see [Creating a new GitHub Action](https://developer.github.com/actions/creating-github-actions/creating-a-new-action/)).

3. For this Android project, special actions were created:
    - [vgaidarji/android-github-actions/build](https://github.com/vgaidarji/android-github-actions/tree/master/build)
    - [vgaidarji/android-github-actions/emulator](https://github.com/vgaidarji/android-github-actions/tree/master/emulator)

    See these projects' `README` and `Dockerfile` files for configuration details.

    Use `vgaidarji/android-github-actions/build@v1.0.0` for regular build steps and provide commands via action `args` parameter.
    For example: `args = "./gradlew assembleDebug -PpreDexEnable=false"`. This will be passed to `entrypoint.sh` of the appropriate GitHub Action and executed in root folder of the workspace.

    Use `vgaidarji/android-github-actions/emulator@v1.0.0` for running UI tests on Android Emulator.
    By default, this action will execute [ui-test-on-emulator](https://github.com/vgaidarji/android-github-actions/blob/0381c333953e22b4b95d4ef843effefb35c67fdf/emulator/Dockerfile#L18) script (see [script sources](https://github.com/vgaidarji/docker-android/blob/570d8f3aacd6af72b817254d08c99cd5bae57636/docker-android-emulator/ui-tests-on-emulator.sh)).

    To modify the way Android UI tests are executed, you need to override `/usr/bin/run-ui-tests` script and provide custom way of executing UI tests. Alternatively, use another GitHub Action or Docker image.
    By default, UI tests will be executed via `./gradlew connectedAndroidTest` command.

    See [.github/man.workflow](./.github/main.workflow) with final configuration.

4. Add `COVERALLS_REPO_TOKEN`, `FABRIC_API_KEY`, `FABRIC_API_TOKEN` secrets via Actions UI editor

    Once secrets are created via editor, they will be automatically used in Action from which you initiated the secrets creation. For any other Action which needs secrets or environment variables we need to either specify them

    via visual editor

    or directly in workflow file as follows
    ```
    secrets = ["FABRIC_API_KEY", "FABRIC_API_SECRET"]
    ```

5. Project will be built on every `push` action (both from branches and PR's)

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Linda "Jerry" Bishop, age 70, of Loudon, passed away Tuesday, January 22, 2019. Jerry loved her dogs! She was preceded in death by her parents, Charles and Alma Mainor; brother, Danny "Cokie" Mainor; great aunt and uncle, Gus and Bernice Bivens; two nephews, Scottie and Jimmy Mainor; and cousins, Jeff Lambert and Brenda Lambert. She is survived by her daughter, Robin and Ryan Webb; son, Billy L. Bishop; brother, Leonard and Pat Mainor; grandchildren, Justin Burnette, Chad Purdy and Carter Webb; great granddaughter, Aria Purdy; father of her children, Billy F. Bishop; niece, Joy Stinnett; nephew, Brandon Mainor; and cousins, Vivian Lambert and Halk Lambert. Funeral service will be held 7pm Friday, January 25, 2019 at Loudon Funeral Home with Rev. Rick Kirkland officiating. Graveside service 11am Saturday at Simpson Cemetery. The family will receive friends 5pm – 7pm Friday, prior to the funeral service. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations in Jerry's memory be offered to assist with expenses. Loudon Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.


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Art Artworks
Art, Artists and Artworks news
ghibellini exhibitions, Featured, Headline
Francesco Vezzoli #MAXXI #Rome
29 May through to 24 November 2013
Internationally recognised as one of the most brilliant Italian artists of his generation, in 2013 Francesco Vezzoli is set to be showcased in three solo shows at MAXXI in Rome, MoMA PS1 in New York and MOCA in Los Angeles. Three independent exhibitions but each forming part of the major project The Trinity, born as a joint venture between three prestigious international institutions and exploring and presenting to the public diverse and fundamental aspects of the artist's work and development.
Luigi Ghirri #MAXXIRome
Luigi Ghirri. Thinking through images
Icons Landscapes Architectures
MAXXI, Rome
24 April – 27 October 2013
From 24 April to 27 October 2013 MAXXI is dedicating a major anthological exhibition to one of the undisputed masters of Italian photography: Luigi Ghirri (1943-1992). Born out of the collaboration between the municipality of Reggio Emilia and the Biblioteca Panizzi, which conserves many of the original documents (photographs, galley proofs, books, catalogues and negatives) in its archive, the exhibition Luigi Ghirri. Thinking through images recounts the multiple aspects of this complex artist.
pivari exhibitions, Featured, Headline
Fly to Baku
MAXXI – Via Guido Reni 4/a, Roma
From March 6 to March 26, 2013 the exhibition FLY TO BAKU will take place in Rome at MAXXI, the National Museum of the XXIst Century – Spazio D, organized by the Heydar Aliyev Foundation with the support of the Rome Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Tribute to Arte Povera at MAXXI (Rome)
Tribute to Arte Povera
7 October 2011 – 8 January 2012
With the ambit of the celebrations of Art Povera – a series of events curated by Germano Celant on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the unification of Italy – MAXXI presents two major installations by Jannis Kounellis and Gilberto Zorio that dialogue with the Lymph sculptures by Giuseppe Penone, a permanent feature of the museum spaces.
With its dialogue between artificial and natural elements, Lymph sculptures synthesises one of the strands of research underlying the Arte Povera movement.
pivari exhibitions
The Otolith Group at MAXXI (Rome)
The Otolith Group. Thoughtform
October, 7th 2011 – February, 5th 2012
The Otolith Group. Thoughtform, the first exhibition in Italy devoted to the London-based group founded by Anjalika Sagar and Kodwo Eshun, has been co-produced by MAXXI and MACBA – Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona where it has been first presented last February.
Indian Highway at MAXXI (Rome)
Indian Highway
22 September 2011 – 29 January 2012
The exhibition is an itinerant collective show that, through a vast selection of works, presents the multiform panorama of the Contemporary Indian artistic scene. Indian Highway offers an exciting opportunity to learn about Indian artistic research and constitutes the first investigation by an Italian museum of the art of this fascinating country.
ghibellini exhibitions
Michelangelo Pistoletto at MAXXI (Rome)
Michelangelo Pistoletto: Da Uno a Molti, 1956-1974
4 March 2011 – 15 August 2011
MAXXI is reinforcing its international vocation through profound synergy with the Philadelphia Museum of Art, one of the leading American museums, and is taking to America the most important exhibition devoted to Michelangelo Pistoletto, recognised in Europe as one of the greatest living artists and considered in the United States as a sensitive pioneer of contemporary artistic practises.
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The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth opened its new building, designed by Japanese architect Tadao Ando - 52,360 views
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Please very briefly state how does this policy and/or procedure affect college readiness, access, retention, progression and/or graduation.
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Q: Validate a form using Angular-material How Can I validate a form using Angular-material, I need two functionalities:
1) When click submit show error messages if required fields are empty.
2) Do not send post request(avoid submit) if form fields are not valid.
The next code avoid submit but it does not show error messages when clicking, only when cursor is going out of each input field.
 <form name="userForm">
<md-input-container>
    <input name="email" placeholder="Email" data-ng-model="vm.registerUserData.email" required />

This is required!

</md-input-container>

<md-input-container>
    <input name="Password" placeholder="Password" data-ng-model="vm.registerUserData.password" required />

This is required!

 </md-input-container>

 <md-input-container>
    <md-button id="registerUser" value="Register" class="md-raised md-primary" ng-click="userForm.$valid &&  vm.registerUser()" aria-label="login" ng-disabled="login.loginForm.$invalid()">
      Create
     </md-button>
</md-input-container>
 </form>

A: You're missing 2 things.
First: add type="submit" to your md-button element.
Second: add novalidate to your form element:

Note that novalidate is used to disable browser's native form validation.

You should also consider using ng-submit on the form element instead of using ng-click on the button.
<form name="userForm" novalidate ng-submit="userForm.$valid &&  vm.registerUser()">
    <md-input-container>
        <input name="email" placeholder="Email" data-ng-model="vm.registerUserData.email" required />

This is required!

    </md-input-container>

    <md-input-container>
        <input name="Password" placeholder="Password" data-ng-model="vm.registerUserData.password" required />

This is required!

    </md-input-container>

    <md-input-container>
        <md-button type="submit" id="registerUser" value="Register" class="md-raised md-primary" aria-label="login" ng-disabled="login.loginForm.$invalid()">
            Create
        </md-button>
    </md-input-container>
</form>

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A man reacts after identifying his relative among the bodies of tsunami victims in Carita, Indonesia.
The death toll from the tsunami believed to be triggered by a volcanic eruption in Indonesia on Saturday has reached at 222 people, while over 800 have been reported injured. The tsunami hit at least nine beach hotels, hundreds of houses and a group of people attending a beach concert during the long holiday weekend.
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Saturday's tsunami rekindled memories for some of the massive magnitude 9.1 earthquake that hit on December 26, 2004. It spawned a giant tsunami off Sumatra island in western Indonesia, killing more than 230,000 people in a dozen countries — the majority in Indonesia.


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Q: How to enable or disable the submit button thru radio button in angular here's the code:
list.component.html
<nz-radio-group formControlName="radiostatus" [(ngModel)]="radioValue" (ngModelChange)="onChangeStatus($event)">
              Passed
              Failed
            </nz-radio-group>
<button class="mr-1" nz-button nzType="primary" type="button" [disabled]="disableSubmitBtn()">
  Submit
</button>

When it select the passed it should enabled the submit button if it select the failed it should disabled the submit button

A: just a small change in your code
<nz-radio-group formControlName="radiostatus" [(ngModel)]="radioValue" (ngModelChange)="onChangeStatus($event)">
          Passed
          Failed
        </nz-radio-group>
<button class="mr-1" nz-button nzType="primary" type="button" [disabled]="radioValue == 'failed'">
    Submit
</button>

A: You just change following line
 <button class="mr-1" nz-button nzType="primary" type="button" [disabled]="!radioValue ? 'disabled': null">

A: You can try like this
<nz-radio-group formControlName="radiostatus" [(ngModel)]="radioValue" (ngModelChange)="onChangeStatus($event)">
              Passed
              Failed
            </nz-radio-group>
<button class="mr-1" nz-button nzType="primary" type="button" [disabled]="radioValue == 'passed' ? 'false' : 'true'">
  Submit
</button>

A: You may asssign true or false value to radio button to identify pass or fail. And use this condition to enable or disable button.
<nz-radio-group formControlName="radiostatus" [(ngModel)]="radioValue" (ngModelChange)="onChangeStatus($event)">
              Passed
              Failed
            </nz-radio-group>
<button class="mr-1" nz-button nzType="primary" type="button" [disabled]="nzValue" >
  Submit
</button>

A: The best and efficient way to achieve this is to use custom validators in angular forms.
import { ValidationErrors, AbstractControl } from '@angular/forms';

export class CustomValidator{
    static checkIfPassed (control: AbstractControl): ValidationErrors | null {
        if (control.value == 'passed') {
            return { shouldbepassed: true }
        }
        return null;
    }
}

Then use this validator in you angular forms.
passed: ['', [Validators.required, checkIfPassed]],
failed: ['', [Validators.required, checkIfPassed]],


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package org.perfclipse.core.reflect;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Set;

import org.eclipse.core.runtime.FileLocator;
import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Platform;
import org.osgi.framework.Bundle;
import org.perfclipse.core.Activator;
import org.perfclipse.core.logging.Logger;

/**
 * ComponentScanner class is able to parse  bundle installed in eclipse
 * and find implementation of components (e. g. for PerfCake bundle it finds
 * Senders, Generators, ...)
 *
 * @author Jakub Knetl
 */
public class ComponentScanner {

	final static Logger log = Activator.getDefault().getLogger();
	private String bundle;

	public ComponentScanner(String bundle){
		this.bundle = bundle;
	}

	//TODO : remove duplicate information about type (both T and componentType)
	public <T> Set<Class<? extends T>> scanForComponent(String packageName, Class<T> componentType) throws PerfClipseScannerException{
		Set<Class<? extends T>> classes = new HashSet<>();
		String packagePath = "/" + packageName.replace(".", "/");

		Bundle bundle = Platform.getBundle(this.bundle);
		URL bundleUrl = bundle.getEntry(packagePath);
		URL pathUrl = null;
		try {
			pathUrl = FileLocator.toFileURL(bundleUrl);
		} catch (IOException e) {
			log.error("Cannot obtain URL to package", e);
			throw new PerfClipseScannerException("Cannot obtain URL to package", e);
		}

		File packageDir = new File(pathUrl.getFile());

		if (packageDir.exists()){
			String[] files = packageDir.list();
			for (String filename : files){
				// TODO: if directory then recursion ???
				Class<? extends T> component = getClassOfType(packageName + "." + filename, componentType);
				if (component != null){
					classes.add(component);
				}
			}
		}

		return classes;
	}

	private <T> Class<? extends T> getClassOfType(String path, Class<T> type) throws PerfClipseScannerException{
		if (path.endsWith(".class")){
			//trim .class extension
			path= path.substring(0, path.length() - 6);
			Class<?> clazz = getClassFromPackage(path);
			//if class is subclass of componentType
			if (type.isAssignableFrom(clazz)){
				// if class is not abstract
				Class<? extends T> component = clazz.asSubclass(type);
				if (!Modifier.isAbstract(clazz.getModifiers()))
					return component;
			}
		}
		return null;

	}

	private Class<?> getClassFromPackage(String path) throws PerfClipseScannerException{
		try {
			Class<?> clazz = Class.forName(path);
			return clazz;
		} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
			log.error("Cannot obtain class file for given file", e );
			throw new PerfClipseScannerException("Cannot obtain class file for given file", e);
		}
	}

}


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CCR Chronicle
CCR's monthly e-newsletter
Canadian Council for Refugees E-Chronicle Vol. 7 #10, 5 February 2013
Current issue and campaign pages:
Refugee Reform - Bill C-31 changes to the refugee determination system
Cuts to the Interim Federal Health Program
Migrant Workers - Canada's Disposible Workforce
Are you proud to protect refugees? Take action this Refugee Rights Day (4 April)
Upcoming CCR meetings in 2013:
Winter Working Group meetings, Friday, February 22 and Saturday, February 23 2013, Toronto
Spring Consultation, Thursday, May 30 - Saturday, June 1 2013, Vancouver
Fall Consultation, Thursday, November 28 - Saturday, November 30, Kitchener-Waterloo
New CCR reports:
Fall 2012 Consultation Report
Trafficking Forum 2012 Report
BC Supreme Court strikes down human smuggling law
When are you guilty of a war crime?: The CCR says its piece before the Supreme Court
Concerns about accessing citizenship in Canada
Participate in the CCR's Working Group meeting discussions, 22 and 23 February 2013
Other important dates in 2013
The Canadian Council for Refugees welcomes the recent decision by the BC Supreme Court striking down a section of the immigration legislation, on the grounds that it criminalizes humanitarian acts to protect refugees.
The section has been a grave concern to refugee workers in Canada, particularly since charges were laid five years ago against Janet Hinshaw-Thomas, a representative of a refugee support organization in the US. Although the charges against her were eventually dropped, people across Canada who work with refugees felt intimidated, because they knew that the law was so broad that it criminalized many activities to assist refugees.
In his recent decision, Justice Arne Silverman found that section 117 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, which criminalizes human smuggling, violates the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms because it is so broadly worded that it includes humanitarian actions to help refugees. The decision is being appealed.
Most refugees must depend upon other people "aiding and abetting" them in escaping persecution and getting to a country where they can find safety. Those people may be family members, friends, compassionate strangers or humanitarian workers. The actions they take to help protect refugees must not be defined as criminal – on the contrary they are honourable actions to defend human rights, actions of which they can be proud.
The Canadian Council for Refugees invites Canadians to join in a campaign to declare that we are proud to protect refugees, to show our support for ensuring refugees find safety and their basic rights are respected.
For more information about the charges laid against Janet Hinshaw-Thomas, and the response by the CCR and others in the "Proud to Aid and Abet Refugees" campaign, see http://ccrweb.ca/aidandabet/index.htm
How closely involved must you be in a war crime in order to be excluded from refugee protection? How much proof must there be of your guilt?
In mid-January, the Supreme Court of Canada considered these questions when it heard the case of Ezokola, a case concerning the interpretation of the exclusion clause 1F(a) of the Refugee Convention.
In recent years Canadian courts have been saying even an indirect association to a war crime, based on flimsy evidence, is enough to exclude a person from refugee protection. As a result, refugee claimants have been refused protection simply on the basis that they were a member of a military force or government that committed abuses (even though their role might have been as a typist or chauffeur). There might be no proof of the person's participation in the group or the crime - the decision-maker just didn't believe the claimant's testimony. Canada has been excluding many refugee claimants from protection who would not be excluded in other countries.
As an intervener in the case, the CCR asked the Supreme Court to put Canada back on track with international legal standards and to establish a clear new test for excluding a person on the basis of 1F(a). The CCR argued that those excluded must be shown, on reliable evidence, to be individually responsible for a specific crime, recognized in international law. The CCR was represented by Catherine Dauvergne, Pia Zambelli and Angus Grant.
The decision won't come for several months.
The webcast of the hearing is available from the Supreme Court website.
Increasing delays in processing citizenship applications were highlighted in a recent Toronto Star article. Many issues raised, including new language requirements, echo concerns raised by the CCR. Refugees in Canada applying for citizenship may face the burden of having to pay for proof of their language skills in either English or French. Prior to November 2012, language testing for citizenship applicants was a federal government responsibility.
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Do you want to be part of efforts to promote rights for refugees?
Want to participate in in-depth discussions on pressing issues affecting refugees and immigrants in Canada?
Looking for an opportunity to share information and strategies with others from across Canada?
Come to the CCR Winter Working Group meetings in Toronto!
The CCR Winter Working Group meetings will be held in Toronto on 22 and 23 February. CCR members and others interested are encouraged to attend the Working Group meetings. The meetings are closed to media and government.
The meeting schedule is:
- FRIDAY 22 FEBRUARY: 9:30am - 5pm
Overseas Protection and Sponsorship Working Group meeting and
Immigration and Settlement Working Group meeting
- SATURDAY 23 FEBRUARY: 9:30am - 5pm
Inland Protection Working Group meeting
For details and updates, see: ccrweb.ca/meetings
New season of CCR webinars starting in February 2013
By popular demand, the Canadian Council for Refugees offers webinars to CCR members and allies. Webinars are interactive presentations that you join online and by phone. They include encore presentations from CCR Consultation workshops, as well as other topics of interest to refugee and newcomer advocates. In early 2013, we will feature sessions on:
Update on the new refugee determination system and introduction to the Refugee Appeal Division
New directions in the resettlement of refugees
Temporary resident permits and trafficking in persons: a legal training session
Register for the first CCR webinar of 2013 'Les intersections de l'exploitation au travail : la traite et les travailleurs migrants' next Tuesday 12 February (in French only).
For more information and to register for upcoming webinars, see: ccrweb.ca/en/webinars
Refugee Rights Day, Thursday, 4 April: Proud to protect refugees
How will you mark Refugee Rights Day this April 4th? Have you decided on a theme for your events and activities?
Watch for CCR updates leading up to Refugee Rights Day this April 4th and check ccrweb.ca/en/refugee-rights-day for details.
Want more information on this year's theme? Visit the Proud to Protect Refugees action page: ccrweb.ca/en/proud-to-protect-refugees
CCR Spring Consultation, Vancouver, 30 May – 1 June
The Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR) will hold its national Spring Consultation in Vancouver from 30 May to 1 June. Discussions will address issues relating to newcomer settlement and integration, refugee resettlement and refugee protection.
Information and online registration will soon be available at: ccrweb.ca/meetings
Could you or your organization contribute to the Consultation? Contact: consultation@ccrweb.ca
Are you in the Vancouver area and want to get involved? Contact Sherman Chan at: schan@mosaicbc.com


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Draft Scope Comments For Lincoln Park Power Plant Project Submitted by Citizens and Coalition Partners.
TownOfUlsterCitizens.org co-founders Laura Hartmann and Regis Obijiski today at Town of Ulster Town Hall delivering scoping comments for the proposed Lincoln Park power plant project in the ToU.
Today, out ahead of the March 22nd deadline (at 4:00 pm), TownOfUlsterCitizens.org founders Laura Hartmann and Regis Obijiski submitted Town of Ulster citizens scoping comments. With 24 pages and 206 Town of Ulster citizen signatures, it is an incredible success.
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Meanwhile, Scenic Hudson generously included the coalition of partners in their scoping comments document that included new members, the Woodstock Land Conservancy and Kingston Land Trust. The teamwork for this process has been exemplary – all for the public good.
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You can review Catskill Mountainkeeper Draft Scope comments by clicking on the image below:
You can review Citizens for Local Power Draft Scope comments by clicking on the image below:
Deadline for comments on the Draft Scope of the proposed Lincoln Park Grid Support Center project, a gas-fired power plant in the Town of Ulster are due tomorrow: Thursday, March 22nd at 4:00 pm.
VIEW our facebook event for all details.
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Air Quality Scoping Issues and the Proposed Lincoln Park Grid Support Center, a Gas-Fired Power Plant in the Town of Ulster.
March 6, 2018 March 6, 2018 by kingstonnavigator
Since the Draft Scope for the proposed Lincoln Park Grid Support Center project (a gas-fired power plant in the Town of Ulster) was released on February 1, citizens have been focused on improving the document with many generous not-for-profit partners and experts who have provided support and assistance.
One of those experts is the Hydrologist / Hydrogeologist Paul A. Rubin, who spent all day yesterday at a weather station nearest to the proposed site, to create the following maps that can help us to identify air quality scoping items.
"I focused on finding and assessing data from the nearest weather station with wind velocity and direction data (available through Weather Underground: KNYKINGS15). This Kingston weather station is approximately 13,590 ft south of the proposed emission tower (~ 2.57 miles; elevation: 138 ft msl). I reviewed five years of weather data and selected assorted wind speeds as a basis to calculate wind/emissions arrival times outward from the proposed emissions stack, downloaded imagery data, and generated the attached maps using GIS technology. The only difference between the three attached maps is the background base.The assorted colored circles represent example emission plume arrival times for assorted wind speeds. Arrival of stack gases at the outer rings would require worst-case temperature inversion conditions with minimal wind dispersion."
Air Quality Scoping Issues: Identify all potential human receptors that may inhale toxic exhaust emissions from the Lincoln Park stack under worst case weather conditions (e.g., temperature inversions). Identify all potential adverse health impacts (e.g., CO2 poisoning/hypercapnia).
1990s color infrared imagery
(Click on link or image for full map)
2016 imagery
ESRI road base map imagery
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WHAT TO EXPECT: Public Comment Brainstorming Session on Sunday, March 4th from 10am – 5pm and a Question About Eminent Domain.
VISIT: Our Facebook Event Page
On Sunday, March 4th, a Public Comment Brainstorming Session will occur at the Town of Ulster Senior Center located at 1 Town Hall Drive in Lake Katrine, NY (adjacent to the Town of Ulster Town Hall).
Citizens will have the opportunity to work together with experts to draft strong comments of concern for study as it pertains to the Lincoln Park Grid Support Center, a gas-fired power plant being proposed in the Town of Ulster. Participants will work with a projected Google Doc. The afternoon will be facilitated by Rebecca Martin (KingstonCitizens.org), Laura Hartman and Regis Obijiski (TownOfUlsterCitizens.org). Please bring your computer and any materials you wish to share with others.
As this is a 'potluck' affair, citizens are invited to bring a dish to share. Food will be organized and served throughout the day thanks to Vince Guido.
This event is open to all citizens, NFP and municipal leaders wanting to contribute.
SCHEDULE AND EXPERTS
10am – 11:30am: ON EMISSIONS AND NOISE
Experts on Hand will include Evelyn Wright, Energy Economist, Sustainable Energy Economics, and member of Citizens for Local Power
11:30am – 1:30pm: ON COMMUNITY CHARACTER, COMMUNITY SERVICES, RUPTURES/FAILURES AND CULTURAL RESOURCES.
Experts on hand will include Kevin McEvoy
1:30pm – 2:30pm: ON FLORA AND FAUNA
Experts on hand will include Nora Budziack
2:30pm – 4pm: ON WATER (SURFACE, GROUND, WETLANDS, STORM WATER, WASTEWATER AND INFRASTRUCTURE)
Experts on hand will include TBA
4pm – 5pm: ON SOCIOECONOMIC, FISCAL AND ALTERNATIVES
Experts on hand will include Audrey Friedrichsen, Land Use and Environmental Advocacy Attorney, Scenic Hudson
VISIT ToU "Proposed Project" page for all relevant Lincoln Park Grid Documents.
On Sunday, March 4th, Citizens of Ulster County (and beyond) are invited to a Public Comment Brainstorming session in the Town of Ulster. The event, created to support citizens in creating Scoping comments for the proposed Lincoln Park Grid Support Center project, a gas-fired peak power plant project in the Town of Ulster, will occur from 10am – 5pm at the Town of Ulster Senior Center (1 Town Hall Drive) in the Town of Ulster.
With a positive declaration announced on February 1st, the Town of Ulster (as Lead Agency) also released the Draft Scope for the proposal. Coalition partners (that include Catskill Mountainkeeper, KingstonCitizens.org, Scenic Hudson, Riverkeeper, CAPP – NY and Sierra Club Mid-Hudson Valley) and the public requested through letters and petitions a 90 day public comment period. The Town approved 50 days, instead of 30 – making the deadline for public comment to be Thursday, March 22nd.
What is Scoping in SEQR (State Environmental Quality Review) and why is it so important to the public and a project such as the proposed GlidePath Lincoln Park Grid Support Center, a gas-fired peak power plant in the Town of Ulster?
The purpose of scoping is to narrow issues and ensure that the draft EIS (Environmental Impact Statement) will be a concise, accurate and complete document that is adequate for public review.
The scoping process is intended to:
ensure public participation in the EIS development process;
allow open discussion of issues of public concern; and
permit inclusion of relevant, substantive public issues in the final written scope.
The scoping process can also allow the lead agency and other involved agencies to reach agreement on relevant issues in order to minimize the inclusion of unnecessary issues. Finally, scoping should help the sponsor avoid the submission of an obviously deficient draft EIS.
In a recent document provided to us by Andy Willner (founder of NY/NJ Baykeeper), he outlined for the public "SEQR for GlidePath Scoping":
The Scope of Work shall require the applicant to:
consider relevant environmental impacts, facts and conclusions as required under SEQR;
assess relevant environmental, social, economic and other adverse impacts;
certify how this project can be consistent with social, economic and other essential considerations
assess how the action avoids or minimizes adverse environmental effects to the maximum extent practicable, and that adverse environmental impacts will be avoided or minimized to the maximum extent practicable.
This is the "teeth" of SEQRA, and the only provision which clearly takes it beyond a mere environmental full disclosure procedure, and requires substantive results:
Therefore by including these analyses in the required scope of work the agency will have the information to enable it to consider fully the environmental consequences and to take these consequences into account when reaching a decision whether or not to approve an action.
The scope of work shall include language that requires the applicant to prepare an EIS that must assess:
the environmental impact of the proposed action including short-term and long–term effects,
any adverse environmental effects,
any irreversible and irretrievable commitments of resources,
and "growth inducing aspects" of the proposed action.
The Scope of Work must require the applicant to consider all viable alternatives:
………….contain an evaluation of "alternatives to the proposed action. The analysis of alternatives has been called the "driving spirit" of the SEQRA process. The "range of alternatives must include the no-action alternative," and "may also include, as appropriate, alternative:
sites;
technology;
scale or magnitude;
timing;
use;
The Scope of work requires the applicant to assess the cumulative Impacts to water, air, wildlife, and quality of life:
What are the cumulative impacts?
These are impacts on the environment that result from the incremental or increased impact of an action(s) when the impacts of that action are added to other past, present and reasonably foreseeable future actions.
Cumulative impacts can result from a single action or a number of individually minor but collectively significant actions taking place over a period of time.
Either the impacts or the actions themselves must be related.
Cumulative impacts must be assessed when actions are proposed to or will foreseeably take place simultaneously or sequentially in a way that their combined impacts may be significant. Considering the cumulative effects of related actions insures against stratagems to avoid the required environmental review by breaking up a proposed development into component parts which, individually, do not have sufficient environmental significance."
Because it is often difficult to distinguish between segmentation and the failure to address cumulative impacts and courts often muddle the concepts the applicant must include in its scope of work information to assist the agency in determining whether or not the project will both address cumulative impacts and avoid segmentation:
SEQRA generally prohibits "segmentation," which is defined as "the division of the environmental review of an action such that various activities or stages are addressed under this Part as though they were independent, unrelated activities, needing individual determinations of significance. Accordingly, "[e]nvironmental review of the entire project is required before 'any significant authorization is granted for a specific proposal.' The SEQRA regulations prescribe the basic contents of an EIS
In the EIS, the lead agency is required to
identify the relevant areas of environmental concern,
take a "hard look" at them,
and make a "reasoned elaboration" of the basis for its determination.
Additionally because this is a complex process the agency shall require the applicant to provide not just access to all of its consultants work products but funds to assist the agency in analyzing the materials to enable it to make a determination. The agency may use these funds to hire professional engineers, environmental consultants, and for legal advice.
IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS:
VIEW: SEQR and GlidePath by Andy Willner
VIEW: SEQR Scope of Work by Andy Willner
HEADS UP: ON EMINENT DOMAIN AND THE TOWN OF ULSTER.
At the Town of Ulster Town Board Workshop meeting on March 1st, an item on eminent domain near the proposed Lincoln Park Grid Support Center project lands certainly caught my attention.
During the meeting, Supervisor James Quigley's description of "Discussion on start of Eminent Domain Proceedings on a portion of Parcel SBL 48.12-1-20, corner of Miron Lane and Sottile Blvd, owned by Kingston Landing Development Corp" seemed to indicate nothing more than the opportunity for the Town to acquire a parcel via eminent domain that would allow its entrance to the transfer station to be free and clear forevermore.
Later, during the public comment period, Town of Ulster citizen Dan Furman asked the Town Board, "….isn't this what GlidePath is buying?"
"Yes. You're absolutely right….the eminent domain takes it away from them before they buy it." said Supervisor Quigley.
The Town Board has given permission for a survey to take place, and for Town of Ulster lawyers to start drafting paperwork for the transaction to be approved at the next Town Board meeting (on March 15).
To be sure, it is recommended that citizens look into this land agreement more fully and request an explanation as to the suddenness of this transaction and whether or not it is an emergency situation. If it is not, then perhaps it's wise to request that the Town of Ulster delay any activity on lands that involves GlidePath and the Town of Ulster until the SEQR review is complete.
LISTEN Town of Ulster Town Board Workshop Meeting.
@ 6:28 – 9:06 – An explanation by the Town of Ulster Town Supervisor James Quigley on the need for eminent domain, where there is no mention of GlidePath.
@ 28:23 – 29:00 – Town of Ulster Citizen Dan Furman inquires whether or not the parcel under discussion re: eminent domain is a part of what GlidePath is looking to acquire. "Yes, you are absolutely right" says Supervisor Quigley.
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Rafa Benitez explains why he can't play fantasy football with Newcastle United
The Magpies came under fire after losing 2-1 to Chelsea on a day they fielded a five-man defence
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Rafa Benitez admits he has little choice but to play with defensive tactics against the Premier League's big guns.
Benitez came under fire from TV pundits and some fans on social media after the 2-1 defeat to Chelsea at St James' Park but he may have to opt for a similar system away to Manchester City in his next top flight game.
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"When a team is organised, it seems that it is defensive.
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"Now again I will say, I was watching yesterday teams playing 5-4-1, 4-5-1 and it seems that they are great tacticians and they are fantastic because someone on the TV has an opinion.
Newcastle United boss Rafa Benitez hits back at critical TV pundits
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According to the GNH Centre Bhutan, Gross National Happiness is "a holistic and sustainable approach to development, which balances material and non-material values with the conviction that humans want to search for happiness. The objective of GNH is to achieve a balanced development in all the facets of life that are essential; for our happiness." His Majesty Jigme Singye Wangchuck, the Fourth King of Bhutan, in 1972 questioned whether the prevailing measurement system (Gross Domestic Product – GDP) alone could deliver happiness and well-being to society.
Four decades later, Bhutan's 2008 constitution stated that "The State shall strive to promote those conditions that will enable the pursuit of Gross National Happiness."
The GNH Center further defines Gross National Happiness:
4 Pillars of GNH
Good Governance is a considered a pillar for happiness because it determines the conditions in which Bhutanese thrive. While policies and programs that are developed in Bhutan are generally in line with the values of GNH, there is also a number of tools and processes employed to ensure the values are indeed embedded in social policy.
Sustainable Socio-economic Development
A thriving GNH economy must value social and economic contributions of households and families, free time and leisure given the roles of these factors in Happiness.
Preservation and Promotion of Culture
Happiness is believed to be contributed to by the preserving the Bhutanese culture. Developing cultural resilience, which can be understood as the culture's capacity to maintain and develop cultural identity, knowledge and practices, and able to overcome challenges and difficulties from other norms and ideals.
Environmental Conservation is considered a key contribution to GNH because in addition to providing critical services such as water and energy, the environment is believed to contribute to aesthetic and other stimulus that can be directly healing to people who enjoy vivid colours and light, untainted breeze and silence in nature's sound.
9 Domains of GNH
The four pillars are further elaborated into nine domains, which articulate the different elements of GNH in detail and form the basis of GNH measurement, indices and screening tools.
Community Vitality
Time-use
Psychological well-being
Cultural resilience and promotion
These 9 domains, clearly demonstrate that from the perspective of GNH, many inter-related factors are important in creating the conditions for happiness…In accordance with these 9 domains, Bhutan has developed 38 sub-indexes, 72 indicators and 151 variables that are used to define and analyse the happiness of the Bhutanese people.
To measure GNH, the Centre for Bhutan Studies and GNH published survey reports based on its GNH Survey and index, most recently in 2015. This is then "used to clarify areas in which the conditions for happiness exist and those where public action is required to establish the conditions of happiness". Internationally, additional related research has been performed, such as the UN's World Happiness Report.
Democracy in Bhutan
The country has been a constitutional monarchy since 2008; the Druk Gyalpo (King of Bhutan) is the head of state. The secular government has executive, legislative and judicial branches, plus the religious Dratshang Lhentshog (Monastic Affairs Commission).
Elections take place at both national and local levels. Legislative bodies include the National Council (upper house) and National Assembly (lower house). Local governments include Dzongkhags (districts), Gewogs (village blocks), and Thromdes (municipalities). In the most recent 2018 elections, the previously unrepresented Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa – DNT (Bhutan United Party) received the most votes and its leader Lotay Tshering became Prime Minister.
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Body paint transforms the human canvas. Whereas tattoos are permanent, body paint allows you to experiment with different designs on your body. These designs will wash away with soap and water, or in the case of some latex-based paints, peel off, allowing you to change designs quickly. If you are interested in body painting, learn more about the history of the art and the mediums available today.
From its ancient tribal roots to face painting at carnivals and fairs, body painting has long been part of the human experience. It has been practiced in ceremonies and rituals for thousands of years to the present day to symbolize coming of age, fertility, beauty and much more. Nearly every tribal culture had some form of body painting with natural pigments or dyed clay. Body paint has also been used by actors and other performers for centuries.
The modern body painting revival arguably kicked off in 1933 when legendary artist Max Factor and a model were arrested at the world's fair for causing a public disturbance. The art increased in popularity in the 1960s among the hippie community. Today, the practice of body painting is used in modern society more as a means of artistic expression, although it can still be filled with symbolism, if that is what an artist wishes to convey. It's less permanent than a tattoo or scarification, but it provides the creative outlet both artist and model seek.
An artist may choose to create intricate designs, faux clothing, masks, and anything else the imagination can inspire. Models may be painted partially or fully undressed, depending on the artist's goal.
Many products can be used to paint on skin, each yielding various levels of success. It's always best to begin with a clean "canvas" for best adherence, and shaving/waxing body hair may be necessary for some projects.
Markers work well, but only those marked non-toxic. Markers may be easier to use for those who find it hard to hold the paint brush steady.
Water-color paint sticks and crayons are the medium of choice for children's face painting. Dip the tip of the crayon in water or rub a wet brush on the paint stick; you are ready to paint.
Non-toxic Acrylic paint is another medium used by some body paint artists, but be aware that it's not approved for use on human skin. It's safer to stick with cosmetic grade body paints.
Tempera paints may be used, but tend to flake when dry, so they are less desirable than fabric acrylics.
Airbrush makeup is perhaps the best (and most expensive) body paint medium to use and brings terrific results. If you'd like to see a very fine example of airbrush makeup, check out Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats.
Henna, a natural reddish-brown plant dye can painted on to create a temporary tattoo.
Liquid latex has also been used with success, as it has some durability once dry.
Edible body paints are also available for those with a certain sense of adventure.
Paint brushes in all sizes can create the desired images and designs.
Sponges and sponge brushes are terrific for creating textures and covering larger spaces quickly.
Air brushes are another favorite tool used to create fantastic works of art in a very short time.
Be aware, that body paints can cause allergic reactions in some individuals when they come in contact with the skin. If you have a latex allergy, make sure that you get a body paint without latex. With so many body paint products available, it's very possible that someone who has been painted before without any problem could have a severe reaction when a different product is used. In the same vein, a particular type of paint may cause no reaction on some people, but can cause rashes or worse on others.
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Wash the paint off if any symptoms are noted and seek medical attention, if the problem doesn't begin clearing up soon after.
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And after getting major touring slots with Sara Bareilles, Paolo Nutini and Kelly Clarkson, along with dates with Colbie Caillat, Duffy and One Republic under his belt, Jon McLaughlin hit his stride on the road.
Flushed with that success, McLaughlin entered an L.A. recording studio last year intent on undergoing both a musical and stylistic transformation. The heartland piano player expanded his palette by working with new producer John Fields (Rooney, Jonas Brothers, Lifehouse, Switchfoot), co-writing with the likes of Jason Reeves (Colbie Callait's Bubbly ) as well as writer/producers Tricky and The-Dream (Rihanna's Umbrella ), Troy Verges (Kenny Chesney's You Save Me ) and Brett James (Carrie Underwood's Jesus, Take The Wheel ).
McLaughlin admits the experience of appearing in Enchanted and performing on the Oscar telecast was a career-defining moment.
The whole thing has taken on a life of its own, he says. I wasn't even supposed to be in the movie. I love Disney ballads, but I didn't necessarily connect it to what I do as an artist. But that image of an old-school crooner inspired me. I was able to see myself as something different, which helped me open up to try new things on this album. I wasn't afraid to try on some new looks, either.
Jon describes himself as a child of the '80s in talking about the musical direction of OK NOW, with the very first single Beating My Heart the perfect example, an introspective, existential tune about nothing less than the meaning of life, with an elaborate pop-rock production that evokes Coldplay, thanks to soaring synths and a crackling backbeat.
With producer Fields playing bass, drums, slide guitar and a variety of other instruments, McLaughlin also enlisted the talents of ace players such as guitarists Tim Pierce and David Ryan Harris, as well as drummer Dorian Crozier in the studio.
Smack Into You, written and produced by Grammy winners Tricky and The-Dream, is about falling head over heels in love, a combination of the Police's Every Breath You Take and U2's With Or Without You, melding acoustic guitar and McLaughlin's piano to create a passionate undertow. This song has such a great groove and is so fun to play live, says Jon. It creates such a special moment in the room.
Jon describes You Can Never Go Back, which he co-wrote with acclaimed L.A. singer/songwriter Bleu, as his attempt to write a late-'70s, early-'80s Billy Joel song, an admonition to not dwell on the past that evokes the blue-eyed soul of the Bee Gees crossed with Hall and Oates, buttressed by Fields' George Harrison-like slide guitar riffs.
McLaughlin's soul/R&B croon also characterizes Things That You Say, a bittersweet song about loneliness, the isolation you feel when you're trying to connect with anybody, but end up with these shallow, going-through-the-motions relationships instead.
Synthesizers introduce You Are the One I Love, a song Jon co-wrote with Jason Reeves, inspired by the tabloid reports about Amy Winehouse's stormy relationship with her husband Blake that shows an empathy to the beleaguered pair. The multi-layered production is driven home by Peter Gabriel-like tribal drum rhythms.
I feel for them, McLaughlin admits. Who's to say any of our relationships are any less dysfunctional? I think it's cool that they're so madly in love.
The Middle is about being able to take the Hoosier kid out of Indiana, but not being able to take Indiana out of the Hoosier. The youngster who grew up in a conservative Midwestern household admits home is where his heart still remains: Let me tell you now where I went wrong/Hollywood is just another place/I don't belong.
Four Years is another Billy Joel-style, tongue-in-cheek take on a '50s rocker about high school peer pressure that advises freshmen not to worry about the dictates of fashion.
You just spend so much time worrying about stupid stuff that just doesn't matter, says McLaughlin, who insists his own high school years were pretty good. I wish I could get back all the money I spent on Abercrombie and Fitch back then. If I heard this song when I was still in high school, I still don't think it would change anything. You can't change high school kids' minds about these things...but I'm still going to try.
We All Need Saving, a song about the importance of friendship, starts with a stack of Beach Boys-styled street corner doo-wop oooh-oooh harmonies McLaughlin recorded late one night on Garageband.com, which gives the song its sacred feel, while Throw My Love Around counsels that, with only one life left to live, it's preferable to take risks then end up having regrets.
That same spirit of taking chances informed the making of OK NOW.
My philosophy has changed, nods McLaughlin. Now I believe you should get crazy in the studio, explore different sounds, and I love the challenge of recreating the songs in the live setting –that's the best part.
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Everhood, or Everhood: An Ineffable Tale of the Inexpressible Divine Moments of Truth, is a 2021 video game developed by Chris Nordgren and Jordi Roca. The game's plot involves a red doll-person trying to recover their stolen arm from Gold Pig, an immortal inhabitant of the land of Everhood. Along the way, the player allies with a small creature by the name of Blue Thief, and encounters a variety of characters who either attempt to aid or deter the player on their quest to retrieve Red's arm. It was released on Microsoft Windows and Nintendo Switch on March 4, 2021.

Gameplay

Everhood was described by Screen Rant as an adventure RPG that focused on having its battle system based on a rhythm game as opposed to a standard strategy or turn-based combat system. Similar to Guitar Hero, the battlefield consists of five lanes that the player can move between freely. Each enemy in the game has their own battle theme, and will time their attacks to the song's beat. However, unlike standard rhythm games, the player is meant to dodge the enemy's attacks rather than hitting them. At the beginning of the game, attacks can only be avoided by jumping over them or dodging to the side, but after acquiring Red's stolen arm, the player can absorb attacks and fire them back at the enemy. Initially, the player must survive for the entire length of the song to progress, but later-game battles loop until the enemy's health is drained by deflecting their attacks.

Plot

Setting
Everhood's world is composed by multiple separate areas, such as a carnival, a mushroom forest and a desert. Many of these areas are not directly connected, but can be accessed from the central Cosmic Hub through different doors, in a similar fashion to Yume Nikki. These areas are inhabited by a diverse cast of characters, most of them named after colors. This is the case of the player character itself, Red, as well as Blue Thief, Professor Orange, and the Green, Purple and Brown Mages among others. None of these characters has a defined gender.

It is gradually revealed that Everhood is the tattered remains of an ancient realm of Immortals. Its remaining inhabitants mostly don't enjoy existence, but some are trapped by their fear of oblivion.  The player must choose what is the right thing to do - use Red's arm to kill the inhabitants, even the unwilling ones, or abandon their quest.

Story
At the beginning of the game, a disembodied voice directly addresses the player, asking them to "abandon their humanity and accept immortality" in order to enter the land of Everhood. After accepting, the player is given control over Red, a mute wooden doll who awakens after their arm is stolen by Blue Thief. Red's other limbs are strewn about the ground, but quickly reattach themselves, allowing Red to begin following the thief's trail out of the forest. They soon meet Frog, who engages in a battle serving as the game's tutorial. Upon completing the fight, Frog introduces save points (which take the form of street lights) before clearing the way.

Red continues forward and quickly arrives at a Nightclub. Guards and patrons bar Red's way to a backroom where the hostile Gold Pig, who keeps Red's missing arm, awaits. Gold Pig throws Red into an incinerator, an almost-unwinnable battle which does not end the game if their health is fully depleted.

Upon succumbing, Red is transported to the post-mortem world, where they must survive a strange battle with mysterious figures and gnomes on a psychedelic playfield. Following this the voice once again speaks directly to the player and offers them an "Absolute Truth" before returning Red to the now-broken incinerator. These events can be skipped entirely if the player manages to survive the incinerator battle.

Red exits the incinerator, and discovers that Gold Pig has stolen Blue Thief's legs and abandoned them.  They set out together to find Gold Pig, retrieve their stolen limbs, and understand the nature of Everhood. They soon arrive at the Cosmic Hub, and begin exploring the different worlds located behind each door. Throughout their adventure, Red and Blue meet and are attacked by different characters, including the sassy Green Mage, the slime-like siblings Flan and Muck, and the stoic Rasta Beast. They eventually venture through Gold Pig's fortress and confront them, enduring their attacks until Gold Pig surrenders out of exhaustion. Pressured by their own former allies, Gold Pig yields and agrees to returning Red's arm and Blue Thief's legs.

Red proceeds to recover their arm, triggering the credits. However, these are interrupted shortly after starting by Frog, who notices Red having recovered their arm. Frog then reveals the true nature of the world, explaining that its inhabitants are eons-old immortals, and tasks the player with ending their existence, and the entire world's with them. A second tutorial battle ensues with Frog teaching Red how to deflect incoming attacks and shoot them back against their enemies, making it possible to kill them.

Red is then returned to Gold Pig's Temple, and begins their mission to end the realm. They can now engage and kill the characters they have met along the way, with many of them refusing to die and only a few accepting their fate. A key item keeps track of how many alive inhabitants remain, and counts down with every kill. This counter can go down to 1, at which point the normal ending's final battles can be accessed.

Normal ending
After killing every possible character, with one more life still left to take, Red may contact the Lost Spirits, stranded souls who make cryptic appearances at various points throughout Everhood up until that point. The Lost Spirits instruct Red to destroy the doors leading to the world's various regions, and then send them to kill the final immortal, which is revealed to be the Sun (seen under the guise of a white rabbit for most of the game). Red ultimately defeats it, triggering the end of the world. Red then encounters the disembodied voice from earlier, representing the Universe itself and taking the form of a cube. In battle, the player is confronted with all the lives they ended, and then attacked by the Lost Spirits. Several of them then take the appearance of deceased characters, with one of them (Rasta Beast) viciously attacking red in an attempt to kill them. Suddenly, a humanoid named Pink emerges from Red's body, which immediately falls apart. Red turns out to have been only a vessel to Pink's soul the whole time.

Pink then tries to explain the purpose of Red's actions to the spirits, but they reveal that it was Pink themselves who actually killed them, as Red's body was destroyed in the incinerator. The spirits then vanish, along with Red's remains, leaving Pink alone in despair. However, after the player is prompted to input a Konami-code-like sequence, a bandage from Red's clothing reappears in front of Pink, who ties it around their eyes as a blindfold. Purportedly under Red's (and by extension, the player's) control, a calmed Pink explores a deserted landscape and arrives at a cottage. Inside is Frog, waiting to guide the protagonist through the final step in erasing the world from existence, and a door leading downstairs to the underground depths.

Pink descends to find themselves in what appears to be a subterranean lake. They must then allow themselves to sink in the water, apparently ending their life. This begins the final battle against the Universe, again in the form of a cube, where Pink must survive and deflect incoming attacks as reality begins to glitch out. As the Universe's health decreases, the glitching becomes more and more intense, until Pink defeats it and finally puts an end to the world.

As Pink wonders whether they are dead, a being resembling Buddha introduces them to the Waiting Room, a plane of existence where all the fallen characters can be talked to before their definitive departure. After interacting with everyone the player has met across their adventure, talking to Buddha will begin a farewell battle, seeing all of the game's characters say their goodbyes before ending the game. The first time this ending is achieved, a final cutscene featuring the Universe's voice plays, hinting at secrets yet to be found and unlocking the New Game+ mode.

Alternate endings
Several other endings can optionally be unlocked in different playthroughs.

 Frog's Wrath: If Red avoids killing anyone, speaks to the Forest Spirit -one of the few characters willing to pass away- and refuses to take their life, a special door will appear at the Cosmic Hub. Entering it and traversing the path found afterwards leads to an encounter with Frog, who chastises the player for refusing to carry out their mission and attacks them with a plethora of musical instruments. Upon defeating Frog, both them and Red are addressed by the disembodied voice, who bids farewell to the former and destroys the latter. The player can reload the game and continue playing for other endings.
 Dev Gnomes: Certain optional enemies can be defeated to earn three different gems. Upon entering the Cosmic Hub, there is a chance for a special statue to spawn. If the player interacts with it and inserts all three gems, they will be transported to a battle against the game's developers and the Gnomes from the post-mortem world fight.
 Corridor: After recovering their arm, Red can enter the basement in Green Mage's house and traverse a long corridor composed by hundreds of rooms. They ultimately reach a hidden room where Red can opt to stop killing, in which case their body is disassembled and remains there.
 Cat God endings: In the New Game+ mode, unlocked by obtaining the normal ending once, a new character named Sam invites the player to scavenge a bounty in a hidden place. Sam leads them to the domains of Cat God, who is fought as a secret boss. If the player fails to deplete their health before the music is over, Cat God spares Red's life and allows them to proceed. Sam and Red can enter the lair to discover a console (which can be played with) and a door leading to a second incinerator which is scripted to kill the player. After this happens, a cutscene revealing part of Pink's background plays. If Red manages to kill Cat God, a different ending plays with the disembodied voice addressing the player one more time.

Reception

Zoey Handley of Destructoid praised the music in the game, but noted that the story threw in too many plot twists and critiqued spelling errors and long load times within the game. Nintendo World Report's Jordan Rudek praised the game's rhythm-based combat and humor and called it "an instant classic", while also noting the grammar and spelling errors within the game and long loading times.

References

2021 video games
Adventure games
Indie video games
Nintendo Switch games
Retro-style video games
Rhythm games
Role-playing video games
Single-player video games
Video games developed in Spain
Video games developed in Sweden
Windows games

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A right-wing and outspokenly homophobic group in the United States organised a campaign against an advert that was only shown in the UK.
The ad, which featured a kiss between two men, was targeted by what gay equality group Stonewall called an organised campaign here in Britain.
It has emerged that a similar tactic was used by the American Family Association.
Heinz's corporate headquarters in Pittsburgh was deluged with complaints from some of the estimated 3.5 million fundamentalist Christians in the AFA.
The group targeted IKEA last year for showing gay families in their ads, and has led boycotts of Ford and Disney because of their commitment to equality.
"We suggest you forward this to all your family and friends letting them know of the push for homosexual marriage by Heinz," the AFA said in an email to supporters, reports The Guardian.
Heinz UK had already decided to pull the advert from British TV before the AFA became involved, a decision that has led everyone from gay groups to MPs to condemn them.
They have frequently opposed equal-rights and hate-crime legislation that would benefit homosexuals and advocated censorship of print and electronic media.
Last year in a dramatic u-turn Wal-Mart, the largest grocer in the US and the second largest in the world, stepped back from the active support it was previously giving to gay-rights groups.
The AFA threatened to boycott Wal-Mart's next big sales period and condemned the blanket support it offered to gay-friendly business initiatives.
The company succumbed to the AFA's latest threat to urge shoppers to boycott their post-Thanksgiving sale.
The company, which owns British retailer ASDA, was in the news in August 2006 for supporting the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, in an effort to advance diversity within the store's associate, supplier and customer base.