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Burakovsky's OT goal gives Kraken wild 9-8 win over Kings
By Dan Greenspan and AP News
Updated 6:50AM
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 19: Gabriel Vilardi #13 of the Los Angeles Kings skates with the puck around Andre Burakovsky #95 of the Seattle Kraken during the first period of a game at Climate Pledge Arena on November 19, 2022 in Seattle, Washingt
LOS ANGELES - Andre Burakovsky had two goals, including the winner in overtime, and the Seattle Kraken defeated the Los Angeles Kings 9-8 on Tuesday night in the highest-scoring NHL game this season.
Burakovsky scored on a power play at 2:08 of the extra session to give Seattle the first six-game winning streak in franchise history.
"End of the day, it was one of those games where last shot wins, and that's exactly what happened," Kraken coach Dave Hakstol said. "It's better to be on the winning side and the good side of it than the other, but it's a crazy hockey game."
Matty Beniers and Jared McCann each scored twice as the Kraken, playing their second NHL season, set a team record for goals. Alex Wennberg, Daniel Sprong and Oliver Bjorkstrand also scored, and Martin Jones made 27 saves.
Gabe Vilardi had two goals for the Kings, but Cal Petersen allowed four on 16 shots after replacing Jonathan Quick early in the second period. Anze Kopitar, Viktor Arvidsson, Carl Grundstrom, Adrian Kempe, Sean Durzi and Mikey Anderson also scored for Los Angeles.
Durzi cut it to 8-7 with 8:16 remaining in the third period, and Anderson tied it with 6:21 to go.
LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 29: Los Angeles Kings Defenceman Mikey Anderson (44) defends against Seattle Kraken Center Matty Beniers (10) during an NHL game between the Seattle Kraken and the Los Angeles Kings on November 29th, 2022, at the Crypto.com
"It's a very, very confusing night for all of us," Kings coach Todd McLellan said. "I'm really disappointed that we gave up nine goals, absolutely. But on the other side of the coin, I'm glad that we fought back, got a point, and scored eight. So it's mass confusion right now for all of us, and we better fricking figure it out quickly."
It looked as if the Kings were in position to score in overtime when Trevor Moore played the puck in the offensive zone before Kempe could get to the bench, resulting in a penalty for too many men on the ice. Burakovsky fired a wrist shot from the right circle through traffic on the ensuing power play.
"I got the puck in a good area, and I'll take that shot from there all day," Burakovsky said.
Despite securing the win with his second multigoal game in the past three outings, Burakovsky wasn't happy.
"It was kind of a messed-up night," he said. "We were trading chances, a lot of sloppy plays. I think we played a really bad game, and so did they. We were lucky that they didn't play good at all."
GOALS, GOALS, GOALS
Seattle topped the eight goals it scored against San Jose last Wednesday. McCann likened the game to playing pond hockey growing up in Canada before then pointing out the similarities to junior hockey.
"It's gonna be one of those nights," he said. "Gonna be a lot of goals, gonna be a lot of offense, so good to get the two points."
STAY OR GO
Hakstol said he never considered pulling Jones, who picked up his 12th win in 18 games to match his total in 25 games with Philadelphia last season.
For the Kings, the decision to change goaltenders proved costly, as Petersen was at fault for the score that put the Kraken back in front.
Petersen made a blocker save on Sprong's shot but didn't realize the puck went high into the air before coming down in his crease, landing on his skate and tumbling into the net at 7:27.
Bjorkstrand then beat Petersen with a wrist shot from the high slot under the crossbar to make it 7-5 midway through the middle period.
STRANGE FROM THE START
The first period was practically a game unto itself, producing a 3-3 tie after 20 minutes with Kopitar scoring 16 seconds in. It was his 11th career goal in the first minute of a game, which puts Kopitar sixth in NHL history, and it set the stage for two power-play goals per team on their four combined opportunities. Kraken defenseman Justin Schultz picked up the secondary assist on all three of his club's goals to set a franchise record for most assists in a period.
Kings F Kevin Fiala had four assists, and D Drew Doughty had three. … Kraken F Jordan Eberle had four assists.
Kraken: Host the Washington Capitals on Thursday night.
Kings: Host the Arizona Coyotes on Thursday night.
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Bargains Still to be had in Eastern Europe
17/08/2009 18/10/2016 by Charlotte J
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Eurostat have revealed the results of their latest price survey across Europe, proving bargains are still to be had across Eastern Europe. The survey revealed that price levels in 2008 differed widely across Europe: Northern European countries tend to have the highest prices while the south-eastern European countries have the lowest prices. Southern and central European countries tend to show price levels closer to the EU average.
In Denmark consumer prices appeared 41% higher than the average of the 27 EU Member States, while in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia prices are 53% lower than this average. Among the EU Member States, the cheapest country is Bulgaria (49% below the average).
Food and non-alcoholic drinks are most expensive in Denmark and cheapest in Bulgaria. Taxes on food, alcohol and tobacco across the bloc's 27 states are highest in Ireland and lowest in Romania. Regarding clothing prices, Britain is the least costly and Finland is the most expensive. Prices for consumer electronics are lowest in Britain and highest in Malta. Hotels cost the most in Denmark and the least in Bulgaria.
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Eurostat examined prices of 2500 consumer goods and services across 37 European countries (27 Member States, the three Candidate Countries (Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Turkey), three EFTA countries (Iceland, Norway and Switzerland) and four Western Balkan countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia).
The results of the surveys are expressed in "price level indices" (PLIs), which provide a comparison of countries' price levels with respect to the European Union average: if the price level index is higher than 100, the country concerned is relatively expensive compared to the EU average and vice versa, if the price level index is lower than 100, then the country is relatively cheap compared to the EU average.
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10 Least Expensive European Countries
1. Macedonia
2. Bulgaria
3. Albania
4. Bosnia and Herzegovina
6. Montenegro
7. Romania
8. Lithuania
9. Poland
10 Most Expensive European Countries:
1. Denmark
2. Norway
3. Switzerland
4. Ireland
5. Finland
6. Iceland
7. Luxembourg
8. Sweden
>9. France
10. Belgium
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We're breaking into the Crossrip feed for a special bonus episode this week, Paul Feig was honored by the Athena Film Festival this past weekend and as part of the festivities, there was a fantastic moderated Q&A where Ghostbusters (2016) was talked about at length - far beyond the one or two quotations that the major media has picked up. The state of comedy, the origins and the intentions behind the new Ghostbusters, the importance of giving talented women the chance to succeed in the film business. Presented here are some highlights from the live Q&A that took place on the Athena Film Festival's live feed. For more, check out athenafilmfestival.com!


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It's particularly frustrating - I and I think most other people on Patreon knew there was that charge that came out of what I got after people donated. It's just what happens.
What they've done is just (quite rightly) going to annoy Patreons to the point of leaving, and actually makes very little difference to the overall figure. It's like the pointless change of logo that required everyone to change all their stuff - I don't know who is in charge of Patreon but they're doing a horrible job.
And don't get me started on the $0.35 processing charge - presumably if you support multiple people then Patreon take one payment for all of them so there's just a single $0.35 charge - and then they just pocket the rest!
Honestly, at the moment it's just the PayPal donations - those could be an option? There's an option for recurring payments there - but it's not like there'll be anything like the specific news feed that Patreon had.


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'The Intellectual' B49 from a series of 60 Spirit Faces by Anita Ford. Giclee print from original artwork in an edition of 75. Signed and numbered by Anita's estate.
Anita Ford was born in London in 1948. She studied sculpture at Loughborough College of Art where she received a first class honours degree in 1969. During her lifetime, her prolific output covered all aspects of printmaking, paperworks, ceramics and painting.
'Process is of great importance not only as a manner of executing an art work, but also as a manner of pacing my thoughts and allowing myself to get in touch with my intuition.'
Over the years, Anita travelled extensively, notably throughout India, Japan and Europe and was inspired by diverse cultures and contradictions. Much of her work was anchored in the duality of creativity and destruction. Personal experiences of other cultures and environmental concerns often fuelled this continuing enquiry.
Much of Anita's later work was inspired by her summers at sea and reflect the water and coastal landscape of France and Southern Europe. This inspiration fed her artwork throughout the winter months when she returned to her studio to interpret her travels.
'I am an artist who likes to travel. For five months of the year I live on a 32' sailing boat with my partner, living a gipsy life which allows me to meet surprising people, takes me to unexpected places, and feeds my artwork. I explored the Carnac alignments. Threads of experience mingle. A shining pillar of light pierced a violet green sky in a force nine gale. What will happen when that view of the Vilaine estuary meets the anagogic stones of Carnac? I don't know. My winter's work explains my travels to me.'
Anita was a prolific artist who produced numerous editions of prints, paperworks, monoprints and paintings throughout her lifetime. Her work was widely exhibited, both in the UK and abroad, and is held in many corporate and private collections worldwide.
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Das Unabhängigkeitsreferendum in Kroatien wurde am 19. Mai 1991 abgehalten, bei dem über die Unabhängigkeit Kroatiens von Jugoslawien abgestimmt wurde. Den Wählern wurden zwei mit "Dafür" oder "Dagegen" zu beantwortende Fragen gestellt. Das Referendum fand nur ein Jahr nach den ersten Mehrparteienwahlen in Kroatien statt.

Bei einer Wahlbeteiligung von 83,56 % stimmten insgesamt 93,24 % der Wähler für die staatliche Unabhängigkeit Kroatiens und 5,38 % sprachen sich für den Verbleib in Jugoslawien aus. Daraufhin erklärte die Republik Kroatien, zusammen mit der Republik Slowenien, am 25. Juni 1991 die Unabhängigkeit von der Sozialistischen Föderativen Republik Jugoslawien. Es wurde jedoch ein dreimonatiges Moratorium für die Entscheidung eingeführt, als die Europäische Gemeinschaft und die Konferenz über Sicherheit und Zusammenarbeit in Europa im Rahmen des Brioni-Abkommens dazu aufforderten. Der Krieg in Kroatien eskalierte während des Moratoriums und am 8. Oktober 1991 beendete das kroatische Parlament alle verbleibenden Beziehungen zu Jugoslawien.

Im Jahr 1992 gewährten die Länder der Europäischen Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft Kroatien die diplomatische Anerkennung und Kroatien wurde in die Organisation der Vereinten Nationen aufgenommen.

Hintergrund

Kroatien nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg
Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg erhielt Kroatien den Status einer "sozialistischen Republik" im Einparteienstaat SFR Jugoslawien. Die Sozialistische Republik Kroatien wurde, bis zum Fall des Kommunismus in Jugoslawien, von dem Bund der Kommunisten Kroatiens (Teil des BdKJ) regiert und hatte ein gewisses Maß an Autonomie innerhalb der jugoslawischen sozialistischen Föderation.

Deklaration über die kroatische Schriftsprache und Kroatischer Frühling

Im Jahr 1967 veröffentlichte eine Gruppe kroatischer Autoren und Linguisten die Deklaration über die Bezeichnung und Stellung der kroatischen Schriftsprache und forderte eine größere Autonomie der kroatischen Sprache. Die Erklärung trug zu einer nationalen Bewegung bei, die sich für mehr Bürgerrechte und eine Dezentralisierung der jugoslawischen Wirtschaft einsetzte. Diese Bewegung gipfelte sich im Jahr 1971 mit dem Kroatischen Frühling, von Gegnern als "MASPOK" (Kürzel für masovni pokret, dt. "Massenbewegung") bezeichnet, der von der jugoslawischen Führung unterdrückt wurde.

Die vierte und letzte Verfassung Jugoslawiens, welche mit dem 21. Februar 1974 in Kraft trat, stärkte die Autonomie der föderalen Einheiten, erfüllte somit im Wesentlichen ein Ziel des Kroatischen Frühlings und bietet eine Rechtsgrundlage für die Unabhängigkeit der föderalen Teilrepubliken.

Zerfall Jugoslawiens
Nach dem Tod des jugoslawischen Präsidenten Josip Broz Tito, verschlechterte sich die politische und wirtschaftliche Situation in Jugoslawien im Laufe der 1980er Jahre. Die ethnischen Spannungen wurden durch das serbische SANU-Memorandum von 1986 und die von dem serbischen Machthaber Slobodan Milošević inszenierten Großdemonstrationen von 1989 in der Vojvodina, dem Kosovo und in Montenegro verstärkt. Im Januar 1990 zersplitterte der Bund der Kommunisten Jugoslawiens nach nationalen Gesichtspunkten und die kroatische Fraktion forderte eine lockerere Föderation. Im selben Jahr fanden in Kroatien die ersten Mehrparteienwahlen statt, wobei der Sieg von Franjo Tuđman (HDZ) zu weiteren nationalistischen Spannungen führte. Die kroatischen Politiker serbischer Abstammung boykottierten den Sabor, die kroatischen Serben übernahmen die Kontrolle über die von Serben bewohnten Gegenden Kroatiens, errichteten im Zuge der sogenannten "Baumstammrevolution" Straßensperren und stimmten für eine Autonomie dieser Gebiete. Die "Serbischen Autonomen Oblaste" (kurz SAO) schlossen sich kurz darauf zu einem international nicht-anerkannten De-facto-Regime unter dem Namen Republik Serbische Krajina (RSK) zusammen, mit der Absicht einer späteren Abspaltung von Kroatien.

Referendum

Am 25. April 1991 entschied das kroatische Parlament, am 19. Mai 1991 ein Unabhängigkeitsreferendum abzuhalten. Die Entscheidung wurde im Amtsblatt bzw. in der Volkszeitung der Republik Kroatien veröffentlicht und am 2. Mai 1991 offiziell bekannt gegeben.

Das Referendum bot zwei Möglichkeiten. Im ersten Fall würde Kroatien ein souveräner und unabhängiger Staat werden, der den kroatischen Serben und anderen nationalen Minderheiten in Kroatien eine kulturelle Autonomie sowie alle Bürgerrechte garantiert  und die Möglichkeit hat, ein Bündnis von souveränen Staaten mit anderen ehemaligen jugoslawischen Teilrepubliken einzugehen.  Im zweiten Fall würde Kroatien weiterhin ein Bundesstaat im vereinigten Jugoslawien bleiben. Die serbischen lokalen Behörden riefen zu einem Boykott des Unabhängigkeitsreferendums auf.

Referendumsfragen

1. Frage: Unabhängigkeit

2. Frage: Verbleib bei Jugoslawien

Ergebnis
Das Referendum wurde in insgesamt 7.691 Wahllokalen abgehalten, in denen die Wähler jeweils zwei Stimmzettel erhielten – einen blauen und einen roten, mit jeweils einer der beiden Optionen bei dem sowohl ein oder beide Stimmzettel verwendet werden konnten. Die auf dem blauen Stimmzettel vorgelegte Frage über die staatliche Unabhängigkeit Kroatiens wurde von 93,24 % befürwortet und 4,15 % verneint, während 1,18 % der abgegebenen Stimmenzettel entweder ungültig oder leer gewesen sind. Die zweite Frage des Referendums, ob Kroatien in Jugoslawien bleiben soll, wurde von 5,38 % befürwortet und von 92,18 % verneint, während 2,07 % der Stimmen ungültig gewesen sind. An dem Referendum nahmen 3.051.881 Wähler teil. Dies entspricht einer Wahlbeteiligung von 83,56 %.

Für die Unabhängigkeit sprachen sich 93,24 % der Wähler aus.

Den Verbleib im föderalen Jugoslawien befürworteten nur 5,38 % der Wähler.

Unabhängigkeitserklärung

Kroatien erklärte, zusammen mit Slowenien, die Unabhängigkeit am 25. Juni 1991 und löste seine Verbindung mit Jugoslawien auf (kroatisch: razdruženje). Die Europäische Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft und die Konferenz über Sicherheit und Zusammenarbeit in Europa forderten die kroatischen Behörden auf, ein dreimonatiges Moratorium für die Entscheidung zu verhängen. Kroatien erklärte sich bereit, seine Unabhängigkeitserklärung für drei Monate einzufrieren, um zunächst die Spannungen abzubauen. Trotzdem eskalierte der kroatische Heimatskrieg weiter.

Am 7. Oktober 1991, dem Tag kurz vor Ablauf des Moratoriums, griffen die Jugoslawischen Luftstreitkräfte die Banusresidenz an, eines der wichtigsten Regierungsgebäude in Zagreb. Am 8. Oktober 1991 lief das Moratorium aus und das kroatische Parlament beendete alle verbleibenden Beziehungen zu Jugoslawien. Diese besondere Sitzung des Parlaments fand im INA-Gebäude in der Šubićer-Straße in Zagreb statt, aufgrund der großen Sicherheitsbedenken durch den jüngsten jugoslawischen Luftangriff. Der 8. Oktober wurde einige Zeit als Unabhängigkeitstag gefeiert und war somit auch ein Feiertag. Heute ist der 8. Oktober der Gedenktag des kroatischen Parlament und somit kein staatlicher Feiertag mehr.

Anerkennung

Die Badinter-Kommission wurde am 27. August 1991 vom Ministerrat der Europäischen Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft (EWG) eingerichtet, um den ehemaligen jugoslawischen Republiken Rechtsberatung und Kriterien für die diplomatische Anerkennung zu bieten. Gegen Ende des Jahres 1991 erklärte die Kommission unter anderem, Jugoslawien befinde sich im Auflösungsprozess und die inneren Grenzen der jugoslawischen Teilrepubliken könnten nicht geändert werden, es sei denn, dies wurde frei vereinbart. Faktoren für die Erhaltung der kroatischen Vorkriegsgrenzen, die 1947 von Abgrenzungskommissionen festgelegt wurden, waren die jugoslawischen Bundesverfassungsänderungen von 1971 und 1974, die gewährten, dass die souveränen Rechte von den föderalen Einheiten ausgeübt wurden und dass der Bund nur die Autorität hatte, die ihm von der Verfassung ausdrücklich übertragen wurde.

Die Bundesrepublik Deutschland befürwortete eine rasche Anerkennung Kroatiens und erklärte, die anhaltende Gewalt in den serbisch-bewohnten Gebieten stoppen zu wollen. Frankreich, das Vereinigte Königreich und die Niederlande lehnten dies ab, jedoch einigten sich die Länder darauf, einen gemeinsamen Ansatz zu verfolgen und einseitige Maßnahmen zu vermeiden. Am 10. Oktober 1991, zwei Tage nachdem das kroatische Parlament die Unabhängigkeitserklärung bestätigte, beschloss die EWG, jede Entscheidung zur Anerkennung Kroatiens um zwei Monate zu verschieben und die kroatische Unabhängigkeit in zwei Monaten anzuerkennen, sofern der Krieg bis dahin nicht beendet war. Nach Ablauf der Frist legte Deutschland seine Entscheidung vor, Kroatien anzuerkennen – eine Position, die von Italien und Dänemark unterstützt wurde. Frankreich und das Vereinigte Königreich versuchten, die Anerkennung zu verhindern, indem sie eine Resolution der Vereinten Nationen ausarbeiteten, in der keine einseitigen Maßnahmen gefordert wurden, die die Situation verschlechtern könnten. Sie traten jedoch während der Debatte des Sicherheitsrates der Vereinten Nationen am 14. Dezember zurück, als Deutschland entschlossen schien, sich der Resolution der Vereinten Nationen zu widersetzen. Am 17. Dezember stimmte die EWG offiziell der diplomatischen Anerkennung Kroatiens am 15. Januar 1992 zu. Die Badinter-Kommission erklärte, dass die Unabhängigkeit Kroatiens nicht sofort anerkannt werden sollte, da die neue kroatische Verfassung keinen von der EWG geforderten Schutz der Minderheiten vorsieht. Als Antwort darauf versicherte der kroatische Präsident Franjo Tuđman Robert Badinter schriftlich, dass dieses Defizit behoben werden würde. Die Republik Serbische Krajina erklärte am 19. Dezember 1991 offiziell ihre Sezession von Kroatien, jedoch wurde ihre Unabhängigkeit international nicht anerkannt. Am 26. Dezember 1991 kündigten die jugoslawischen Behörden Pläne für einen kleineren Staat an, der auch die von Kroatien eroberten Gebiete umfassen könnte, jedoch wurde dieser von der Generalversammlung der Vereinten Nationen abgelehnt.

Kroatien wurde erstmals am 26. Juni 1991, von der Republik Slowenien, als unabhängiger Staat anerkannt. Die Anerkennung durch Litauen folgte am 30. Juli 1991. Die Ukraine, Lettland, Island und Deutschland erkannten die Unabhängigkeit Kroatiens im Dezember 1991 an. Die EWG-Länder gewährten Kroatien am 15. Januar 1992 die Anerkennung und im Mai 1992 folgte die Aufnahme in die Vereinten Nationen.

Nachwirkung

Obwohl es sich um keinen staatlichen Feiertag handelt, ist der 15. Januar der Tag, an dem kroatische Medien und Politiker der internationalen Anerkennung Kroatiens gedenken. Zum 10-jährigen Jubiläum dieses Tages, im Jahr 2002, präsentierte die Kroatische Nationalbank eine 25-Kuna-Gedenkmünze.

In der Zeit nach der Unabhängigkeitserklärung eskalierte der Krieg mit der Schlacht um Vukovar, Belagerung von Dubrovnik und vielen Kämpfen in anderen Gebieten Kroatiens, bis der Waffenstillstand vom 3. Januar 1992 zu einer Stabilisierung und einer erheblichen Verringerung der Gewalt führte. Der Krieg endete effektiv im August 1995 mit einem entscheidenden Sieg für Kroatien infolge der kroatischen Großoffensive Militäroperation "Sturm". Im Zuge dieser Großoffensive wurde der Hauptteil der Republik Serbische Krajina innerhalb von nur 85 Stunden zurückerobert.

Die heutigen Grenzen Kroatiens wurden im November 1995 mit dem Abkommen von Erdut wiederhergestellt, als die letzten serbisch-belagerten Gebiete Ostslawoniens an Kroatien zurückgegeben wurden. Der Prozess wurde im Januar 1998, mit der friedlichen Reintegration Ostslawoniens, abgeschlossen.

Weblinks
 Entscheidung über die Einberufung eines Referendums. Volkszeitung der Republik Kroatien (Narodne novine), narodne-novine.nn.hr (kroatisch)

Einzelnachweise

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Kroatien
Kroatien 1991
Konflikt 1991
Kroatische Geschichte (20. Jahrhundert)
Recht (Kroatien)

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Freshman Retreats: NDA Tradition Good for Freshmen, Good for Upperclass Leaders
Elizabeth Bolin, Staff Writer, Advanced Journalism
February marks the time for many exciting events at Notre Dame Academy, including, but not limited to, Tritonfest, solo and ensemble competition, basketball playoffs and the freshman retreat.
Once again, every student at the academy has experienced this retreat, which is a major turning point for the underclassmen.
The retreat is primarily designed to connect the freshman class and introduce them to the classmates they have not met yet.
"The retreat is an opportunity to reset and maybe branch out to other students from their class," said Campus Minister Daniel Kriegl, the primary mind behind the planning of the retreat, in explaining why it is held in the second semester. "The goal is to attempt to connect the freshmen to one another and connect them with their faith."
This year, the girls retreat was February 7 with the boys the very next day. The retreats were in place before Kriegl became a part of the academy, but since then he has tweaked the activities.
"We try to empower them to see the sacred dignity in themselves and in one another. Our slogan is 'I am Sacred, We are Sacred,'" Kriegl said.
Activities include discussions within small groups led by upperclassmen as well as "Witness Talks" in which students and teachers share how NDA has empowered them to be their best selves.
"I felt like it was an amazing way to connect with the school's future," said Theo VanStraten, a retreat leader. "I hope that the future upperclassmen learn from our high school experiences and use that to improve NDA's future."
Maya Filon, one of the girl's retreat leaders, agreed with Van Straten.
"I wanted to be a retreat leader because I still remember my own retreat from freshman year and how they gave me a lot of insight on high school, and I thought it would be fun to do the same for girls this year."
Filon, a junior, encourages underclassmen to consider being a leader in the future. "It's a unique way to help and connect to the younger grades, and it would never hurt to apply."
As for the freshmen, the retreat was a new learning experience. Allison Lamm shared her favorite parts of the day. "I especially liked the stories Ms. Griffith and the upperclassmen shared. The retreat definitely gave me an extra boost of confidence."
Despite all the talk of success, Kriegl is always looking for ways to improve the retreats and encourages anyone to come to him with questions or concerns.
Elizabeth Bolin, Staff Writer
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The Southwest Ohio Landowners' Group is an organization of landowners in southwest portion of the Utica shale, who will utilize the power of large numbers to educate, protect, and help landowners achieve the highest overall value for their eventual mineral lease, and create an infrastructure to get the most out of a partnership with the oil & gas operators, and to ensure the fruits of our minerals benefit our communities for generations to come. We do not work for drilling companies or oil companies but instead, we work for the landowners. As an organization run by local landowners, we understand the importance of making sure the landowner has a good understanding of the lease terms and conditions being offered, how it affect their pocketbook, their land, their loved ones, and their community.
As I researched the Utica shale in regards to my families land in Perry County, it quickly became apparent that a strong group of landowners is vital to protecting our interests, and that little effort to organize such a group was underway.
The Southwest Ohio Landowners group started out as Perry County Shale, by attorney Jerry Shade who grew up in Perry and Licking County, went to college in Muskingum County, and Business school in Athens county. But it quickly evolved to incorporate the surrounding counties as a potential source for membership. While grouping these counties as "southwest" Ohio may seem a bit odd given our central location in the state – we are on what appears to be southwestern edge of the Utica Shale play. Studies can be wrong, but by the looks of it, the productive window of the Utica will not extend far beyond our western borders.
The Home page lists a detailed presentation, but In a nutshell the group is based on the certainty that a group organized by, and for the benefit of, those people with a real interest in the land will yield the best results for our people, and our land, and our counties.
Everyone affected by the Utica Shale has been caught off guard to some extent. No one even knew this thing existed a few short years ago, and only since July 2011 has the real potential come to light. We're all trying to figure out what the real story is on the dangers of fracking? whether and when we might get offers? what contract terms must we have? do we currently even own the rights to our minerals ? what lawyer should we use ? The questions are endless and they all must be answered, but Priority Number 1 should be organizing into the smaller neighborhood groups and developing those groups into good chunks of contiguous acreage and then connecting those groups to each other so that the landowners represent sufficient acreage to control their own destiny.
We can have our titles spotless, a perfect understanding of the contract we want, and the best attorney in the state – but it doesn't trump having what operators want – lots of contiguous acreage. If you want to buy a 100 acre farm – who has more negotiating power – the one man in town who has a 100 acre farm for sale, or the 200 men who have 10 acre farms for sale? Its that simple. We are sellers, they are buyers – we get the best deal by selling what they want to buy.


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Q: Paying child support to Oregon but kids lives here in PA and ex won't let me see them. what should i do?
My ex girlfriend told she got a full custody which she only made a decision. She filed child support in Oregon. I paying child support to oregon for 2 years while I live here in PA but Kids moved to Different state for one year and i still paying child support to Oregon then she recently moved in pittsburgh, pa like 4 months ago. I still paying child support to Oregon. She won't let me see kids but i only saw kids one time in 4 months. She won't give me address. what should i do? continue to pay child support to Oregon or change here in PA?


What is Manor Personnel Deployment (MPD)?
The importance of work for one's general well-being is well established. When we began in 1985, we found that program participants were experiencing limited success accessing traditional employment supports. Research and our experience indicate that people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) encounter great difficulty finding and maintaining competitive employment, which has a significant impact on their mental health, self-esteem and quality of life. We have concentrated our vocational resources on supporting participants to be gainfully employed with Manor Personnel Deployment (MPD).
MPD is a 'service company' that provides seasonal lawn maintenance, cleaning services for businesses and individuals, and data entry. MPD provides work opportunities for people with ASD. The major advantage of the company is linked to their ability to make the many accommodations required to maintain people with ASD in the workplace.
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In my recent findings I realized that June would be really tought month for traders. In order to find profitable stocks, firstly I used my quick search method. After finding the right stocks (only a few) I make prediction for one month using 30 minute price data to produce daily scenarios.
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After every transaction is completely closed, I will reveal my trading results as well as strategies I had used.
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Elsevier and PerkinElmer partner for chemistry research
Nancy Victor 11th May 2018
Analytics company Elsevier has entered a strategic partnership with PerkinElmer for combined chemistry research.
During the collaboration's first phase, Elsevier's Reaxys chemistry database will be integrated with PerkinElmer's ChemDraw JS software by the second quarter of this year.
The main focus of this integration is to offer enhanced research tools to scientists around the world.
Academic and industry users can create publication-ready drawings, graphics for publication and simplify other commonly used features by accessing ChemDraw JS's structure editor through Reaxys.
Elsevier life science solutions marketing director Neal Katz said: "By integrating ChemDraw with Reaxys, we are enhancing the user experience, allowing chemists and researchers to work in whatever way is most natural and familiar to them.
"At Elsevier, we are consistently working to understand how the ways chemists work on a day-to-day basis are transforming, and to develop solutions that help them achieve their goals faster.
"This is the first step in a collaboration that will benefit chemists and researchers around the world."
"We're so excited about collaborating with PerkinElmer. This is the first step in a collaboration that will benefit chemists and researchers around the world."
As part of the second phase of the collaboration, Reaxys will be integrated with ChemDraw Desktop during the fourth quarter of this year.
Following integration, Reaxys subscribers can draw structures in ChemDraw and immediately search for them in the Reaxys database.
Companies can use the integrated solution to save time in training chemists, resulting in lower costs and increased productivity per user.
Reaxys database currently stores more than 240 years of chemistry content, including 105 million organic, inorganic and organometallic compounds, 500 million published experimental facts, 42 million chemical reactions, 16,000 chemistry related periodicals and six indexing sources.


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Q: Clearing whitebox without using resizeToAvoidBottomInset: false I'm developing application with Flutter and webview_flutter package.
With default configuration I'm getting a white box at bottom of screen.

When I put this code to Scaffold:
resizeToAvoidBottomInset: true

it's disappear:

But in that case Webview not auto resizing when virtual keyboard openned.

If i don't use "resizeToAvoidBottomInset: true" it resizing but white box in the first picture appears.
Is there an another way to clear that white box?
My code:
import 'dart:async';
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:webview_flutter/webview_flutter.dart';
import 'package:flutter/services.dart';

class WebViewExample extends StatefulWidget {
  @override
  _WebViewExampleState createState() => _WebViewExampleState();
}

class _WebViewExampleState extends State<WebViewExample> {
  final Completer<WebViewController> _controller =
  Completer<WebViewController>();

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    SystemChrome.setEnabledSystemUIOverlays([]);
    return Scaffold(
        resizeToAvoidBottomInset: false,
        appBar: null,
      body: Builder(builder: (BuildContext context) {
        return WebView(
          userAgent: "random",
          initialUrl: 'https://www.2harf.com',
          javascriptMode: JavascriptMode.unrestricted,
          onWebViewCreated: (WebViewController webViewController) {
            _controller.complete(webViewController);
          },
          onPageStarted: (String url) {
            print('Page started loading: $url');
          },
          onPageFinished: (String url) {
            print('Page finished loading: $url');
          },
          gestureNavigationEnabled: false,
        );
      })
    );
  }

A: If your app isn't fullscreen then use
    SystemChrome.setEnabledSystemUIOverlays([SystemUiOverlay.bottom]);

A: If you have a FocusNode attached to the text input widget you use, you can listen to it. Keep a local boolean which you attach to the resizeToAvoidBottomInset parameter of the scaffold. And now when the FocusNode has focus (this is of course not the same as the keyboard showing, but it works) set the parameter to true.
You can start a Flutter project with the following main.dart:
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:flutter/services.dart';

void main() {
  WidgetsFlutterBinding.ensureInitialized();
  SystemChrome.setEnabledSystemUIOverlays([]);

  runApp(ResizeWithoutWhitespace());
}

class ResizeWithoutWhitespace extends StatefulWidget {
  @override
  _ResizeWithoutWhitespaceState createState() =>
      _ResizeWithoutWhitespaceState();
}

class _ResizeWithoutWhitespaceState extends State<ResizeWithoutWhitespace> {
  final TextEditingController _controller = TextEditingController();
  final FocusNode _focusNode = FocusNode();

  bool resizeBottom = false;

  @override
  void didChangeDependencies() {
    _focusNode.addListener(_setResizeScaffold);
    super.didChangeDependencies();
  }

  void _setResizeScaffold() {
    setState(() {
      resizeBottom = _focusNode.hasFocus;
    });
  }

  @override
  void dispose() {
    _focusNode.removeListener(_setResizeScaffold);
    _focusNode?.dispose();
    super.dispose();
  }

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return GestureDetector(
      onTap: () {
        _focusNode.unfocus();
      },
      child: Scaffold(
        resizeToAvoidBottomInset: resizeBottom,
        body: Column(
          children: <Widget>[
            Expanded(
              child: Container(
                margin: EdgeInsets.symmetric(vertical: 32),
                child: Text(
                  'Resize Without Whitespace',
                  textScaleFactor: 1.6,
                ),
              ),
            ),
            TextField(
              focusNode: _focusNode,
              textAlign: TextAlign.center,
              autofocus: false,
              controller: _controller,
              decoration: InputDecoration(
                border: OutlineInputBorder(),
                enabledBorder: OutlineInputBorder(),
              ),
            ),
            Container(
              width: double.maxFinite,
              color: Colors.blue,
              padding: EdgeInsets.symmetric(vertical: 32),
              child: RaisedButton(
                child: Text('Button'),
                onPressed: () {
                  print('button pressed');
                  _focusNode.unfocus();
                },
              ),
            ),
          ],
        ),
      ),
    );
  }
}

The GestureDetector Widget in this example makes sure the FocusNode loses focus. And for every other widget that consumes an onTap you also need to programmatically unfocus the FocusNode.
It's not perfect. The user can still dismiss the keyboard without tapping in the app and then the FocusNode doesn't lose focus. So you need to use a package like https://pub.dev/packages/flutter_keyboard_visibility to also listen for that. Of course if that package works well enough you might not need to listen to the FocusNode anymore which will make this easier.
In reality this should all be unnecessary as the Flutter team has to fix this issue
(https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/23913)

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Even More of the Most Heavily Guarded Places on Earth
By Pauli Poisuo on June 24, 2019 Misc
There are many ways to build a nice house. Some go for pure looks, opting to hire the flashiest architect available. Others go for comfort, and stuff the place full of luxuries and finest modern amenities. And then there are the other structures — the ones designed solely to be as secure as modern technology, large numbers of grumpy guards and/or countless tons of concrete allow. We've already discussed some of these extremely well-guarded locations, but it turns out we were only getting started. Here are 10 more of the most heavily guarded places in the world.
10. Cheyenne Mountain
Cheyenne Mountain nuclear bunker complex in Colorado is one of those supposedly top secret sites that everyone and their dog knows about, which is not exactly helped by the fact that it has featured in multiple high-profile movies over the years. Still, if the powers that be decide that you're not going in, you're decidedly not going in.
Construction on this famous cold war structure started in 1961, when the U.S. Military hired a mining company to blast huge caverns inside the mountain. After this space had been cleared, they built a number of buildings within the chambers, fully reinforced with earthquake-proofing springs. There are also many support chambers for supplies, and the site even has its own water reservoir, making it self-sufficient for extremely long stretches of time if the situation so required. All of this was completely protected against virtually any offense imaginable, from old-fashioned ground invasion to EMP blasts and bombing.
Cheyenne Mountain became fully operational in 1966, and being the ultra-secure fortress that it was, it became the home of NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command). Within the confines of the five air defense centers within their new mountain lair, they controlled air defense programs … and hosted the American end of the much-feared "buttons" that would send nukes flying if the Cold War -era push came to shove. However, there was one thing Cheyenne Mountain wasn't proofed against: time. Over the decades, the country's military structure changed, and defensive processes were moved to an airbase near the mountain. This left the mighty Cheyenne Mountain with a status as a "backup" strategic location, manned by just a tiny maintenance skeleton crew.
9. The Bank of Hiroshima
There are many banks that are happy to tell you that their vaults can withstand anything. However, only one of them can make the claim that their entire bank building can take a nuclear bomb in the face and stand to tell the tale. That bank is, of course, the Hiroshima branch of the Bank of Japan, which was put to the ultimate test on the morning of August 6, 1945, when the U.S. unleashed the fury of a nuclear bomb on the city.
Apart from the heavy, tragic loss of life the bomb caused, it was hell on the city itself. The force of the explosion equaled roughly 16,000 tons of TNT, which was enough to destroy roughly 70 percent of Hiroshima's buildings. Every building inside the mile-wide radius directly under the explosion was essentially erased from existence … that is, except for a handful of absurdly sturdy buildings such as the Bank of Japan, Hiroshima Branch. Despite being located just 1,250 feet from the bomb's most forceful fury, the bank remained standing, and was virtually undamaged apart from its third floor, which happened to have its iron shutters open when the bomb exploded and was completely burned out as a result.
To be fair, the atom bomb that had just exploded next door did have some impact on the bank's operations, and they were forced to cease operations … for two days. On August 8, they were open for business as if nothing had happened, and even allowed other financial institutes with less bomb-proof buildings to set up temporary offices in the premises.
8. Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Fans of the Die Hard movie franchise might recognize the gold vault of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York as the target of a heist in Die Hard With A Vengeance. In real life, the villains might find this chore a bit more daunting, seeing as the vault is the world's biggest known depository of gold bars: At one point, it held over 12,000 tons, and though activities with monetary gold are on the decline, in 2019 it still houses roughly 497,000 individual gold bars, with a combined weight of 6,190 tons. Just to support the weight of all the gold, the vault has to rest on bedrock, 80 feet under street level and 50 feet below sea level.
If the pure logistical issues of stealing that amount of baggage from such a deep hole aren't enough, there's also the fact that the bank is guarded like, well, the biggest gold repository in the world. The gold bars are rigorously measured, recorded and stored in 122 separate smaller vault compartments, where not even a light bulb gets changed without the presence of a control group of three tightly vetted officials. The only entry is through a 90-ton steel cylinder set within a 140-ton frame, which is able to close to an air- and watertight seal that won't open until the next business day. The vault is surrounded from all directions by thick steel and concrete walls, and monitored from all directions by an array of cameras and motion sensors. Oh, and if for some reason some super-thief were able to overcome all this, the only way in and out of the vault is through the bank building above, which has its own extremely advanced security system … and a private, armed police force.
7. Area 51
Area 51 is a long-standing favorite location of conspiracy theorists everywhere. This mysterious military installation at Groom Lake, Nevada is an active site that has been in operation since at least WWII, but gained notoriety over the decades when several supposed UFO-related incidents were connected to it. The government took until 2013 to publicly recognize the site's existence, and although released documents imply that the facility is merely a classified aircraft test site, speculation about alien-related activities continues to run rampant.
Being a strictly secret site that nevertheless attracts more than a few enthusiastic UFO fans and other civilian visitors, it's no surprise that Area 51 takes its security seriously. Employees of the facility enter by flying in with unmarked planes that have special clearance to fly above the Area 51 airspace, which is otherwise heavily restricted. The ground route might seem easier for the casual wannabe visitor, as the site is not fenced. While this might make it appear easy to just drive in and high-five a little green man, that could not be further from the truth. While the perimeter of the base is just a spot in the desert, plastered with warnings signs and some orange posts, just reaching it means you've already been caught. The security cordon between the base and the rest of the world is at least 10 miles deep, and full of cameras, magnetic sensors and guards watching your every move. Anyone who ventures on that stretch of land will be monitored every second of the way, and by the time they actually reach those posts and signs (some of which have been known to make direct threats about the use of deadly force), they're still miles away from the actual site … but only seconds away from being arrested by angry men in white SUVs if they even think of taking a step further.
6. The Intel Smart Tiny House
The Intel Smart Tiny House doesn't come with a battalion of security guards and probably won't survive an artillery attack, but few buildings give you more bang for your security buck than this small, yet hyper-guarded tech marvel. A 264-square-foot tiny house doesn't usually have room for too many technological features, what with needing all the available space for basic amenities such as the kitchen, bathroom and bed. The Smart Tiny House is an ongoing, evolving project designed to change all that: It features all the thermostats, lighting adjustments and other features you'd expect from a much larger, high-end house, and it's all connected to a single app you can operate on a tablet.
Impressively, this high-tech approach also means that the house recognizes its owner, giving you full control of who to let in and when. The locks are based on facial recognition, meaning that you (and, presumably, your possible identical twin) are the only person who gets to enjoy your tiny high-tech house. However, that doesn't mean you can't let other people in, should you so desire. In fact, even if you're away from home and want to let a friend in, you can remotely open the lockdown with a single swipe on the house's controlling app.
The house's technological marvels also guard you against unfortunate houseowner annoyances such as leaky pipes — the sensors will inform you of the leak and automatically turn off the tap to prevent damage. Of course, all of these functions can also be operated with voice control, so if you've had a bad day at work and your boss has ordered you around, feel free to vent at home by yelling at your door.
5. Pionen
WikiLeaks has been hosted on a number of servers including a rented one in Moscow, but the most famous one is arguably Pionen, a part of Bahnhof data centers in the southern parts of Stockholm, Sweden. An elaborately designed underground structure that the Swedish Civil Defense commissioned in the 1970s, Pionen lies 115 feet deep in the side of a mountain. Originally intended as a nuclear bunker, the site was eventually turned into a popular rave spot for the city's young and cool, until it was acquired by Bahnhof and converted into an ultra-secure data center that looks like a James Bond villain lair.
Pionen is elaborately designed to look as cool as possible while still being as protected as you'd expect from a high-security data facility. Its massive vault doors have been described as looking like "a gateway to the future," and the first thing you see when you enter is a pair of huge, brutal German submarine engines that are prepped to automatically start running backup power in case of power shutdown. On the other hand, the main chamber is dominated by an elevated, floating, soundproof glass cube that's custom designed for important meetings and, we assume, villainous monologues.
4. Svalbard Global Seed Vault
Svalbard Global Seed Vault looks like a fortress designed to survive the apocalypse, and in a way, that's precisely what it is. The facility is custom designed to store the world's largest collection of crop diversity (read: lots of different seeds) in case some of the varieties go extinct or are otherwise in danger. It's an insurance policy for the food supply of the entire world, and as such, the builders made sure the world absolutely, positively could not endanger it before it's needed.
To minimize dangerous elements such as power outages, human error and random deers wandering in to snack on the pine seeds, the vault was constructed on the most remote place you can still access with regular air transport: Svalbard archipelago halfway between Norway's mainland and the North Pole. There, the thick bedrock and permafrost ensure that the samples will remain frozen in the event of power failure. Being a vault, the facility also features sturdy security, including a "black box" deposit system not unlike those used by banks, making sure that the institutions and countries depositing the seeds are the only ones with access to them later on.
3. Guantanamo Bay Naval Station
Guantanamo Bay Naval Station in Southeastern Cuba has been a source of constant controversy since 2001, when its migrant-detaining facilities were converted to holding detainees of the "War on Terror." It has held close to 800 people with an official "enemy combatant" status, and as of 2018, still had around 40 people.
As a facility for holding people, it's hard to imagine a better guarded one than Guantanamo, because of the heavy military and CIA presence, and also because it strips the detainees from many of their basic human rights. Since the station is not located on American soil and the "prisoners" are considered active enemy soldiers, the Government views they're not covered by U.S. Constitution, nor are they entitled to all of their basic legal rights. This has led to some pretty interesting takes on the detainees' basic human rights, as the interrogators have humiliated and tortured them in a number of ways ranging from waterboarding to sleep deprivation, noise and vibration torture. At least nine detainees have died in Guantanamo.
2. Saddam Hussein's palace bunker
Saddam Hussein was prepared for a bomb or six hundred when they started dropping in Baghdad in 2003. After all, he had several bunkers that, according to their designers, could survive anything "short of a direct hit with a nuclear bomb." The bunker underneath Hussein's palace in particular had four-feet-thick walls and a massive 60-foot concrete roof, and was considered to be virtually impenetrable.
While history would prove the designers wrong, it's true that nothing the U.S. Military's brightest minds could come up with was ever able to put a single dent on the palace bunker. While the palace itself was bombed halfway to oblivion, the bunker remained undamaged: When the Coalition troops eventually managed to cut through the six-inch steel doors, they discovered an immaculate bunker labyrinth where power still worked and Hussein's bedsheets remained unruffled. The bombs hadn't even managed to knock the maps off the tables of the bunker's command center.
In the end, the palace bunker was destroyed in a much more poetic manner: By Hussein's own disgruntled former subjects. Over time, the bunker's interiors were wrecked and dismantled by looters until it was completely stripped of its former glory. Hussein himself was later caught in a significantly less luxurious bunker: A tiny hole in the ground at a farm near the outskirts of Tikrit.
1. The Dead Hand Bunker
In 1985, the Soviet Union created one of the most horrifying inventions of the whole Cold War. The Dead Hand system was a doomsday machine that was specifically designed to kill millions of people in the event of nuclear war. Its most famous (or rather, terrifying) iteration was a top secret, virtually everything-proof spherical bunker, where two duty officers watched over a system that would launch all available nukes toward the country's enemies, with explicit orders to do precisely that in the event of a large-scale nuclear attack aimed at the Soviets. The bunker's specific security systems have not been detailed, but it has been described as "possibly the most secure place of all time in the Cold War," which is saying something when you look at places like Cheyenne Mountain.
Within this extremely isolated bunker sphere, the officers would wait for the three things they needed to launch the Armageddon: First, Kremlin had to activate the system with a special "predelegation" switch. Then, they had to verify that communication lines with authorities had completely broken down. Finally, the bunker's array of complex sensors had to detect a nuclear explosion within the borders of the Soviet Union.
As you can probably guess by the fact that you're not reading this while barbequing a mutant rat in the middle of a radioactive wasteland, the Dead Hand never saw use. However, here's a strange and frightening thing: We don't know for sure that the Kremlin ever dismantled the system. For all we know, two elderly and increasingly anxious Soviet officers could still be sitting in a deteriorating supervillain bunker, with their fingers nervously hovering over big red buttons and hoping with all their heart that the light labeled "predelegation" never turns on.
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15 ways to improve your character animation
By Rob Redman published 19 January 18
Creating an animated character that's believable is a big challenge. Antony Ward offers some pro tips to help you succeed.
For as long as humans have crawled upon the surface of the earth we have held a fascinated with art and motion. Early cave drawings show that even primitive man would try to give the illusion of movement by posing the limbs on their animal sketches.
Fast forward to the 1800s and even before the invention of the motion picture camera, Edward Muybridge was using photographs taken sequentially to help study human and animal motion, images which are still frequently used to this day.
These days we are surrounded by animation in one form or another, be this film, television or more traditional methods. So with animation all around us, how do you as an animator stand out from the crowd and improve your own skills?
What follows are 15 tips to improve your character animation. Although some of these are aimed at 3D animation, most can also be applied to other, more physical genres too.
01. Observe real-life characters
Breathing life into a once inanimate object may seem a simple task, yet it's those subtle nuances that can help to portray emotion and give a true feeling of thought and consideration behind each movement.
Observing people, how they interact, how they express themselves and even how they move around is essential in helping you gain a good understanding, not only of motion but also timing and weight. Why not take some time to go out, grab a coffee and observe the world around you? (You're not skipping work - it's research!)
02. Study the psychology of movement
To truly mimic someone you must first understand their movements, not only the process of motion but also in intention. I'm not suggesting you drop everything and enrol at your local university, but instead do a little research.
Everything we do has a purpose, and the way we pose and hold ourselves can speak volumes. Understanding the thought processes behind why we do what we do, and when, will help you to share this through your animation.
03. Seek out real-world references
Grab a mirror and use your own face as a reference
When animating the face it's essential to have something solid to refer to. When working with voiceover artists, most of the top animation studios will record them as they lay down the audio for their characters. This video is then passed to an animator to refer to as they work, allowing them to capture the actors' expressions as they speak and emote.
If this isn't an option then why not use your own face as reference? Grab a mirror and repeat the words, or even just recreate key expressions to give you a good starting point to work from.
04. Film yourself
Acting out the scene yourself can give you the starting block you need
You can never get a good feel for the way a certain animation should play out while sitting at a desk, and online references can only get you so far. To understand how and why a character should move the way they do, why not record yourself performing that action?
We all have access to video cameras these days, in fact most of us have them in our pockets. So instead of just using your phones for selfies and Facebook, why not get out of your seat and record yourself in action?
Act out the scene yourself, and no matter how rough and embarrassing it may seem, this recording will give you an essential starting block to then work on top of. Being able to pause, rewind and review it in slow motion ensures you will capture all the subtleties that would otherwise be missed.
05. Keep your rig simple
Animating successfully in 3D isn't just down to the talent of the animator. Most of what they can achieve relies heavily on the rig they are using. A quick and generic system will give you the main tools to use, but to give your character that edge, the rig needs to be tailored to the animator's specific needs.
An unprofessional rig can also add to the animator's workload. If much of the underlying mechanics and systems are easily accessible they could accidentally be edited, resulting in a broken rig.
The best rigs are the ones which leave the animator to animate. They simply pick up the character and move them around without any complicated systems to contend with, or constant trips to the technical artist because the jaw is suddenly at the other side of the scene and they don't know why.
06. Form key poses first
Seeing a pile of polygons or clay suddenly come to life and show emotion is truly rewarding, but that doesn't mean you need to rush ahead and focus on each pose in detail, refining it before you move onto the next. Working on one small area at a time will mean you're not seeing the bigger picture and this can result in the sequence not being as fluid or natural as it should be.
Following a layering system ensures you are not wasting precious time. The first layer should be quick poses at specific frames, to get a sense of timing. Then once you've nailed those you can go through and repeat the process, adding more and more detail with each new pass.
07. Lead with the eyes
If you watch people as they go about their daily lives (not in a stalker-type way, but just in passing), you will notice that with each purposeful movement comes a specific sequence.
First the eyes move to where they want to go, and then the head follows and then the neck. This continues down the body until they eventually move to where their focus was drawn.
The eyes are what we're drawn to the most when we look at someone, and in most cases they are also the first thing to move before the rest of the body.
08. Study the effects of gravity
Gravity has an affect on every one of your character's movements
Gravity effects everything, unless you're in space. As we age, we are in a constant struggle to stay upright, which is never more noticeable than through our loose, wobbly bits. It's this gravitational pull, combined with our own physical mass which is crucial to capture in every movement.
Walking for example, is a simple movement - but much of how we move is dictated by our own physical build. If you are tall and thin then you may be lighter on your feet whereas someone with a fuller figure will have a heavier foot fall, with their waist dipping more as they then try to raise their upper body.
This may seem like an obvious tip, but it's an important one. Remember to give weight to your animation.
09. Time your character's movements
The world is governed by time. Even though our days are different we all move to the sound of the same clock. Where animation is concerned, this time is in your control. Yet use it irresponsibly and the results can be difficult to read, and end up giving the viewer the wrong impression.
Happier, more joyful movements are usually quick and sharp; this is why they work well in cartoons. They can also help to add exaggeration to a movement, and also add emphasis as the hero draws back slowly to power up the punch, which is over in a flash.
Slower movements can mean the opposite, and are often used to show the character is feeling down, or upset.
10. Keep your character balanced
One of the first things we learn as children is how to climb onto our feet and take our first steps. To do this is no easy feat as it takes strength and most importantly, balance. With each step you learn to shift your centre of gravity to ensure you don't fall. The centre of gravity is an important element to bring into animation too.
Try standing with your feet apart and lift your right leg off the floor, but do this while keeping your waist still. It's difficult to resist the urge to move your waist over your left foot, to keep you from falling.
When you do this you are shifting your centre of gravity to maintain balance. And of course, if you have to do it in real life you'll need make sure your characters do it too.
11. Recycle basic animations
Keep basic animations on standby so you have more time to focus on the subtleties
This particular tip only really works when animating in the virtual world, but it's important to save basic animations, and keep a healthy stock of them at the ready.
Even if it's a basic walk or run cycle, you can bring it into a scene when working on a new character and give yourself a head start.
Once you have this base movement applied, with all the main poses and keyframes in place, you can then dedicate more time to adjusting the timing, weight and style to suit the personality of that particular character.
12. Use a basic model
Animate with a simple proxy model to keep your workflow light
Manipulating a high resolution model in the viewport can end up causing a strain on your system, especially when the model needs to deform and move with a skeleton or other complex deformers. This is more noticeable when you attempt to play the animation in real time and discover you are only seeing every tenth frame.
When working with the overall motion of your character, hide the high resolution model and instead animate with a much simpler proxy model.
This could be a reduced version of the character, or even a few boxes scaled to loosely fit the proportions, but this version will allow you to fluidly work on the main areas of movement before you then bring back the high detail model for the finer detail work.
13. Anticipation, action, reaction
Every major movement can be split into three main areas
When you break down every major movement it can be split into three main areas - Anticipation, Action, and Reaction. If we take a simple leap as an example, the character bends first to build up power, this is the Anticipation. The leap itself is the Action and then the landing, with momentum pushing them forward is the Reaction.
This principle works with many movements, like throwing a punch or swinging a bat. It can also be used on facial animation, and even exaggerated for a more comic effect.
14. Offset your keys
Achieving the natural flow of an element dragging behind your character, like a tail, can be tricky. The root remains fixed to the pelvis but the motion then has to follow through to the tip like a wave.
A quick way to achieve this movement is to animate the base, and then copy this animation to the rest of the joints. Initially this will give them all the same action, but you can then go in and edit the key frames on each joint, shifting them forward a frame or two.
This essentially delays that initial action on the higher joints, giving you the wave like motion.
15. Don't form every letter in speech
When animating the face, and in particular the mouth, it's a good idea to try not to include each and every letter of the word the character is saying. This can make the mouth move too quickly, and often give an erratic appearance.
If you observe people as they speak you will see that their lips don't physically form each letter, instead what you get is a more general and organic movement flowing through the sentence.
Take a simple 'Hello' for example. If you mouth this greeting while looking in a mirror you will see that your lips form more of a H-E-O, with the tongue making a brief appearance to make the L sound.
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Ant Ward will be at Vertex answering your questions, as part of our 'Ask an Artist' section. These sessions are a fantastic opportunity to get one to one with a veteran artist, who can help you overcome a road block in your work, or to talk through a problem area.
Ant is an artist with huge experience in many areas of CG. He has been a regular on the pages of 3D World for many years and has written numerous tutorials, as well as being a part of our expert Q and A team.
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That's meant to be mean, right?
Anyhow, we moved to the top of Alpine – a neighbourhood in Whistler, and of course Rob was excited because the Flank Trail (a popular bike route) is literally right behind our place.
I had heard that if you continue on, it leads to a beautiful spot in the alpine, approximately 7km in. So, of course I asked him to come along on my little backyard wilderness adventure.
The trail changes from being a flat, fairly mellow incline, to a routed, rocky, steeper single track through the trees.
As you switchback, passing a river you do start to wonder when you might see the treeline and the glorious peaks of the alpine.
Just as you've given up, wondering if you'll ever see it, the alpine unexpectedly shows up. And it's got all the stops.
Because it had already snowed quite heavily, and we were ill-prepared, we couldn't complete the entire trail. (It heads up and around the entire mountain in a loop – hence the name "Skywalk Trail").


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La Unión es un municipio del departamento de Copán en la República de Honduras.

Toponimia
Este lugar fue conocido como Malcinca cuando fue una pequeña aldea, a medida que fue creciendo la población pensando en que debía existir la unidad entre los vecinos decidieron llamarle La Unión.

Límites
La Unión está situado en la parte Sur del departamento de Copan, sobre la ribera izquierda del Río Higuito.

Historia
Sus primeros pobladores se cree que vinieron de la localidad de Sensenti para dedicarse a la agricultura.

Este municipio fue creado por acuerdo extendido el 14 de noviembre de 1894 por el Gobierno Político del Departamento de Copán con su sede en Santa Rosa de Copán. Cuando fue creado este municipio fungía como presidente de la república el Doctor Policarpo Bonilla.

La Gobernación Política en uso de sus habilidades de conformidad con el Artículo 82 de la Constitución inciso 2 y 5 de la Ley de municipalidades acordó: Que el vecindario de La Unión se proclama en municipio independizándose del municipio de Cucuyagua al cual ha pertenecido y se compondrá de las aldeas de La Unión, Coyolito, San Andrés, Jualgipa y Arena, siendo La Unión la cabecera municipal.

Las primeras autoridades: Tomaron posición el primero de enero de 1895 a eso de las 9:00 a.m., reunidos ante el alcalde municipal de Cucuyagua en su carácter de Gobernador del Distrito, José Contreras por delegación del Gobernador político del departamento, presto la promesa de ley a la municipalidad electa. Dicha municipalidad la integraba:

En la primera reunión decidieron nombrar secretario al señor Bernabé Alvarado con el sueldo de 15 pesos mensuales quien ofreció hacer todo lo que sea derecho.

División Política
Aldeas: 9 (2013)

Caseríos:

Hijos destacados

Referencias

Municipios de Copán


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When you are stuck after partly solving a puzzle, there is a chance that the puzzle is solved in the wrong order. Using my path seeking algorithm might not work, since the letter are in the wrong place in the matrix. The remaining letters are however correct. This is why I made a simple program for finding all possible permutations of the remaining letter, disregarding the location. The program also compares against the Norwegian dictionary. You type in the letters and choose length of the word.


between Night and "Misha Nikaia".
Night: Precisely. But hey, it's interesting, right? Riiight? We humans know so little we may as well be unarmed.
Nikaia: do you really have nothing better to do then harass people? spend more with your books if you truly lament the state of learning.
Night: Books were never the source of all knowledge, nor is any system of education. What is lacking is the will to search. And wield that like a sword to cut apart the false world. …and no, I don't have anything better to do.
Nikaia: go do that and leave off bothering me. i don't have any answers for you or uncomfortable truths.
Nikaia: and even if i did, i wouldn't give them to you. how is it said? "too easy~"
Night: Besides, the depths of the darkest lakes hold the most guarded of mysteries.
Nikaia: i could always introduce you to a lake. i hope that you can swim.
Night: You seem to be misunderstanding. No matter what you do, everyone will come to form your version of your truth. Also, not with the way you fight you can't.
Nikaia: i said nothing about fighting. there is a saying about assumptions.
Night: You really don't have the power to harm me. The will, certainly.
Nikaia: will finds a way.
Night: And mine will beat your anger. I can't be defeated by a coward hiding behind false serenity.
Nikaia: oh, yes, because everything to you and out of your paradigm is false. silly me, i will be a better doll in the future. go play with yamazaki masaru. i do not have time for your delusions. good night.
Night: …so bitter. What is it that makes you so angry, Lin? My paradigm isn't what makes your mask false, you know.


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Class 10 History Notes
Class 10 Science Note
The ability of the living organisms to produce new living beings similar to themselves is called reproduction.
Asexual Reproduction
Fission (L. fissus-cleft)
Binary Fission
Methods of Asexual Reproduction
Multiple Fission
Spore Formation
Fragmentation (1. fragmere – to break)
Natural Vegetative Propagation
Natural Vegetative Propagation by Roots
Natural Vegetative Propagation by Stems
Natural Vegetative Propagation by Leaves
Artificial Vegetative Propagation
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Single organism commonly multiply through asexual reproduction. Asexual reproduction is the process of formation of new individuals from specialised or unspecialised parts of a single parent without the formation and fusion of gametes. Because of the formation of new individuals from a parent, asexual reproduction is called uniparental.
It is a mode of asexual of asexual reproduction in which a parent undergoes division to form two or more individuals. Fission is of two types, binary fission and multiple fission.
It means 'splitting into two'. In binary fission, the nucleus or nuclear matter elongates and then divides into two. It is followed by cleavage of cytoplasm in between the two daughter nuclei to form two daughter individuals.
Binary Fission in Amoeba
In multiple fission, many individuals are formed from a single individual.
Multiple fission in plasmodium
The nucleus of cell divides repeatedly, producing many nuclei.
Each nucleus is surrounded by a small amount of cytoplasm & many daughter cells are produced within the cyst.
The cyst breaks up under favourable conditions & small off springs are liberated.
In plant, multiple fission is seen in many algae & in animals, a common example of multiple fission is that of the malarial parasite (Plasmodium).
In budding a small part of the body of the parent organism grows out as a "bud" which then detaches and become new organism.
The nucleus of the parent divides and one of the daughter nuclei passes into the bud.
The bud detaches itself from the parent body & becomes a new individual after growing to full size.
In plants, budding takes place in yeast and in animals budding is seen in hydra & sponges.
Budding in Hydra
In spore formation, the parent plant produces hundreds of tiny spores which can then produce new plants. During the growth of a fungus plants like. Rhizopus, tiny round bulb like structure called sporangium develops at the top of the hyphae.
Spore formation in a fungus
Non-flowering plants like fungi (mucor, Rhzopus, penicillium) bacteria, ferns or mosses, formation of spores is method of reproduction.
It is the ability of an organism to replace its lost body parts.
Regeneration in Planaria
A special case of regeneration is fragmentation, in which a parent multicelluar organism on maturing breaks up naturally to produce two or more daughter organisms.
Among plants, filamentous algae like spirogyra reproduce by this method.
Hydra, Planaria & Sponges exhibit regeneration.
It is the process of bracking up of the body of an organism into two or more parts called fragments, each of which grows into a new individual. Fragmentation is quite common in algae, fungi, bryophytes and some marine ribbon worms. It is caused by mechanical disturbance, chemicals, death and decay of older parts, emptying of intervening cells, etc. Fragmentation is common method of multiplication in green filamentous alga, Spirogyra (figure). Here all the cells are capable of photosynthesis, growth and division. Therefore, each fragment grows into a new filament.
Fragmentation in Spirogyra
In vegetative propagation, new plants are obtained from the parts of old plants like stems, roots & leaves, without the help of any reproduction. It can be achieved naturally or artificially.
There are two ways of vegetative propagation.
Various sturcture that take part in this type of reproduction are roots, stem, leaves.
In some plants like Dahlia, sweet potato, etc., the adventitious roots become thick, swollen and tuberous due to storage of food.
Some plants reproduce by means of stems. They may be aerial like runners, suckers or underground like ginger (rhizome), potato (tuber), and sugarcane.
The fleshy leaves of Bryophyllum bear adventitious buds in the notches along the leaf margin.
Some plant growers have developed artificial methods of vegetative propagation like cutting, layering and grafting which are used in agriculture and horticulture.
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We've reached the end of Squaduary 2018 and I'm pleased to announce that I've completed my pledge of three Kataphron Destroyers for my Adeptus Mechanicus force.
Robots with abs, what's not to love!?
I know three models isn't exactly impressive compared to some of my fellow Squaduary participants but I'm pretty pleased with myself. The squad has come together nicely and added another 200 points to my growing force.
Painting some models with a bit more flesh was a breath of fresh air in the midst of my mechanical hordes. Wargame Exclusive have created a nice set of miniatures here, which were a lot of fun to build and paint.
So much plasma, so much potential for gets hot!
I've yet to try fielding these guys on the tabletop which is probably a first for me (completely painting a squad before they hit the tabletop). I do have a game booked this weekend so I feel duty bound to give them a test run.
I've thoroughly enjoyed Squaduary again this year. Once again, seeing the progress of the other participants has given me the motivation to finish a squad of my own. Big thanks to Rory over at Stepping Between Games for organizing the event and posting weekly updates of everybody's progress.
If, like me, you're a fan of these monthly painting challenges, Swordmaster at Path of an Outcast will be running Monster March again this year. I will be taking part and attempting to paint my Cerastus Knight Castigator (such an awesome model). Check back later this week for an introductory post to Monster March.
As usual, you can see my Squaduary progress here, here and here. I've had a blast, let's do this again next year!
Three models is two more than I painted all of 2017 mate. Well done!
Wow! Way to make me feel good about my glacial painting progress! Do you have a painting target for this year?
Well done chief, a wonderful squad to add to the collection.
Cheers Rory. It was a pleasure to take part in Squaduary again.


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There is a trend of roof replacement to add more efficiency to your house. Roof replacement is generally done in two cases. First is when there is an intense damage in the roof and its repair is expensive or it cannot be repaired. Whereas, another case is in which the roof replacement is done when you want to change the existing roof. There are plenty of options of roof replacements which make the roof replacement easy. You are required to choose the right roofing option to have the new roof in your house.
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Death of baby dolphin devastates rescuers
RAINBOW BEACH: Bayley, Nadine and Shayla Hall work to rescue a baby dolphin they named Sandy. Contributed
21st Jan 2014 5:40 AM
A BABY dolphin found struggling for life at Rainbow Beach on Friday afternoon died over the weekend, but not before capturing a family's heart.
Rainbow Beach property owner Nadine Hall, her husband Roy (pictured), their two children and a handful of other beach-goers came across the three-week-old fraser's dolphin half-way between Double Island Point and Rainbow around 3pm.
They spent the next two hours trying to keep her alive.
Mrs Hall said it was a rough day in the ocean so the initial plan was to help the youngster make it past the breaking waves and back out to sea. But the exhausted dolphin kept washing back to shore.
After 45 minutes of trying, Mrs Hall resorted to holding the dolphin, which they later named Sandy, in the water against the choppy conditions while they awaited the help of wildlife rescue workers.
Mrs Hall nursed Sandy in the ocean for around an hour while her children cleared the dolphins' blowhole so she could breath.
The young dolphin, which still had a pink undercarriage, was dependent on its mother's milk and Mrs Hall was later told by a Sea World spokesperson that it appeared Sandy had been abandoned for up to five days and was seriously malnourished.
As Sandy was held in the water, Mrs Hall and her children felt for a heart beat and occasionally they would see their little patient's eyes open.
Two hours after the dolphin was found, wildlife rescue workers collected her in a stretcher and transported her to a temporary tank where she was picked up by Sea World carers.
Mrs Hall said when she called Sea World Saturday morning, things were looking up for Sandy, who had drunk milk from a bottle.
So it came as a shock when just a couple of hours later the struggling dolphin died in the arms of a carer as she held Sandy in the water.
"My kids are absolutely devastated; They haven't stopped crying," Mrs Hall said of daughter Shayla, 12 and Bayley, 10.
Mrs Hall, an avid dolphin lover who's Gold Coast home is filled with dolphin art, said while it wasn't "the right ending", it was a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
"You'd never take it back."
Mrs Hall said Sea World planned to undertake an autopsy on Sandy.
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