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Open Thread: It Happened to You
This is your place to talk about the funny, sad, outrageous things that are happening in your life -- whenever you're ready.
When I was 14 years old, my father was dying. He'd gone into remission from lung cancer shortly before my parents adopted me. They had been waiting for about two years for a baby to adopt, and I guess that when they finally brought me home everything was great for a while. At least, it seemed that way to me, based on the photos I still have. Those pictures were clearly taken in the late 1970's and early 80's; the overall hue is all rusty orange, both from age and the aggressive overrepresentation of burnt umber and gold tones in home furnishings of the time.
We all looked so happy in those photos from my early years – baby birthday parties, first communion, and my confirmation were all documented, but the picture taking had gradually subsided by the time I reached early adolescence.
Whenever I talk about my father's illness and death, it feels like I'm trying to remember someone else's history. It feels garbled, staticky, disconnected from my feelings. Today, I'm a social worker who has worked with other trauma survivors, so I know that I was experiencing dissociation and detachment, and that these were coping mechanisms to help me put one foot in front of the other and live through the experience.
My dad was still working at the plant assembling postage meters, but had stopped taking overtime. For years, he had compensated for the 12-hour days spent away from my mother by jotting down his thoughts and feelings – poetry – for her on these little yellow assembly-line punch tickets. Suddenly I began finding him at home and already in bed when I returned from school. Then, it's like I blinked my eyes and he was in the hospital. My aunt and my mom and my oldest cousin were there, and my dad was saying that he just wanted to come home, that he was done. Everyone around me was crying. I sat stiffly in the dimly lit hospital room, waiting for lightning to strike.
My father had been through months of chemo and radiation; I think because he had already fought this battle once before, he just got sick of it all. The cancer was in his lung and his liver, and my dad was sent home with a hospital bed and machines and medical equipment. All of this was moved into the spare bedroom upstairs. My mother would sit with him all day and night in that room, watching a shitty little black & white TV. My mother's eyes were blue like mine and looked just like glass during that time, always wet and milky, as though she never stopped crying. My dad was the stable center of our little family, and the sicker he grew, the more untethered my mother became, and the more I was left to drift on my own.
You have to understand that my dad was my mom's reason for living, from the moment they met until the day she died. She had grown up feeling like a burden – broken and weak instead of soft and gentle. He treated her as though she was precious and I don't think she was ever able to feel whole again after he was gone. My mother died a few years later of a stroke, which was clearly doctor-code for "broken heart."
As a kid, I would wander around the house after my parents went to sleep early, opening drawers and looking at things like the cartons of Newport cigarettes they kept in the kitchen. In that same drawer, among measuring tape, screwdrivers, stray pens and other mundane objects, I found the love poetry. Part of my dad's job assembling postage meters included filling out those yellow punch cards anytime a meter was defective. There was a form printed on one side, and the other side was blank. On the blank side of each card, in my father's tiny, collapsed cursive, was a poem written to my mother. A whole stack of them.
I remember reading them over and over, but I cannot tell you exactly what they said. Mostly they were sweet little verses observing the softness of her hair, or how her skin smelled to him in the morning. They became this sort of magical thing that I would go back to at night, a window through which I could look and learn about my parents as people. I was young enough to not yet have experienced longing or that deep love that eats you whole; romantic and protective, and also terrifying in its ability to ensure that the void left by its sudden absence can never be filled.
After my dad got sick, my mother would tell me every day when I came home from school to go upstairs and see him. I remember loving my father so much my entire life, but I could barely get both feet into that room. I felt nothing, seeing him lying there, moaning and unknowable. I was thousands of miles away, locked carefully away from my feelings of terror and sadness.
So on Christmas Eve, when my mother asked me to come into his room and watch It's a Wonderful Life, I passed on the invitation and went downstairs to the living room while she sat with him, holding his hand. I watched it alone and I can't remember feeling anything at all, just numbness and dread. To this day, I fucking hate that movie. I got into bed on Christmas Eve and when I woke up my mother was shaking me, telling me that my dad had died during the night. He'd died, and I hadn't been there.
After the funeral, my mother got into bed and I stopped going to school. We were in that house together, both alone, both numb and mute and unable to tolerate each other's suffering. The numbness was slowly replaced by a great, dark emptiness, and that's when I decided I didn't want to exist anymore. My mother took me to a psychologist and I was admitted to a hospital that day. It happened that quickly. I wanted to be as far away from her suffering as they could send me.
In the hospital, I found a boyfriend almost immediately. His name was Naiim and he was depressed, smart and wore a lot of sweater vests – apparently, I discovered my type early in life. We had nothing to do there on the adolescent unit but talk about our lives. I kissed him in the doorway of his room; his lips were soft and he tasted like cookies stolen from the dining hall.
This was the first time I had ever bonded with someone over the shared experience of pain, which is something I find comforting to this day. I don't trust people who haven't ever experienced a major loss. Does that sound judgmental? Friends who have had nice lives: I adore and respect you, but may never fully trust you with my deepest self. And I know that that's unfair and judgmental, and I'm sorry about that.
One night shortly after I had returned home from the hospital, in a moment that felt very much like a dream, I awoke smelling something burning. I went to my bedroom window and watched my mother standing round-shouldered over the grill in the backyard, feeding those little yellow punch cards into the fire, one by one. She was watching my father's handwriting turn first brown, then curl into ash, then disappear forever. It comforts me a little to think that perhaps the burning was some sort of spiritual act of reunion, but it's also possible that she just wanted them fucking gone. We never talked about it. Was she letting go? Was it just too sad to keep these tangible artifacts of grief and pain around? Were any of the poems spared from the fire? Did she keep them hidden? Did she take them out secretly, feeling their worn, familiar edges?
These are questions I will probably never stop asking myself. After my mother died, 6 years later, I had no one to go to for answers. I haven't been in contact with any remaining family members since her death when I was 22, and I doubt they would have any more information about something so intimate, anyway.
My traditional Catholic family had been under the impression that I did not care about my parents' deaths, because I reacted by dissociating and isolating myself. That first Thanksgiving after she passed away, I called my Sicilian grandmother to ask what I should bring. She told me it was probably better if I didn't come. She had been thinking about it, she said, and thought it was probably my fault that my mother had died.
That was the last time I spoke with anyone on my mother's side of the family, and we'd lost touch with my dad's side years earlier.
In my early 20s, I would stay up until 3am writing furious, stoned and desperate poetry about it all. It was how I coped with all of the unanswered questions, my loneliness, and the unwritten narrative of my family. What I had was a problem of origins – data that seemed pivotal to my development as a person, lost during very formative years.
Some of us learn who we are from our family histories and the impressions of those who claim us as their own, and some are left to learn ourselves almost from scratch. Suffering builds as much as it breaks down. Suffering and loss are the architects of experience; they are the rusty wire scaffolding some of us learn to wrap our lives around. And I think you recognize right away that this is the truth - unless of course it's not true for you at all. Maybe some of us are made of rusty wire and papier mache, and others are made of sturdier stuff.
It took me years to find ways to be emotionally present, to engage with and learn to trust others. I went back to school at the age of 27 and majored in psychology, in part because I wanted to make sense my own experiences. I immediately enrolled in a social work program to earn my Masters. At the time, I chose the field of social work because I imagined that I would be able to help other people who were in pain, without realizing how much nourishment and healing I would receive in return.
I wasn't able to retain possession of many of my parents' belongings because my living situations were unstable for years afterward. There are so many lost artifacts, objects I could have unearthed at my own pace, brushed off, examined, and reflected on.
I have never been able to learn the details of my birth family, either. It's lonely without history. Once, I thought that this would be my doom--but over time I have found freedom in moving through the world without the weight of those who love you so much they are desperate to define you, those who count you as a beloved possession. The last remaining artifact of my family – of our love and our loss – is me.


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Expect orientation to be a time to learn to know teammates, practice the practical skills necessary to orient yourself to a new location, and to gain tools that will be helpful for self-reflection and communication.
This year the first week of orientation will be held July 23-30 just south of Chicago. The second part of orientation will take place in Elkhart, IN at the Mennonite Mission Network offices September 3-7. You will fly to your immersion location directly after these days of orientation.
Orientation takes place in an urban context, in a church or service unit. Men and women have separate sleeping quarters, and married couples receive a private room.
After you are accepted into the Journey International program, staff will place all applicants on teams, taking your location preferences into consideration. You will receive a handbook specific to the country you will be serving in and will receive orientation to the country once you arrive there.
Journey International is focused on the relational aspect of ministry, the balance of being and doing, so participants are asked to show up and engage in ways that are helpful to the community. Often times, our immersion coordinators are working with several details for your time: service placements, host families, language study arrangements, etc.; therefore, you may not know your specific assignment(s) until you reach the immersion location.
Living accommodations vary from location to location. In most locations, especially where language learning is part of the experience, participants are placed with host families. In other locations, participants live in an apartment or "flat" as a team or in a student dormitory.
It's important in the formational process for you to have support and encouragement from others. For this reason, we ask you to form an advocacy team to help you raise support, offer care, and personal connection. Your immersion coordinator and Journey International staff are also committed to walking with you on this journey.
When you return from the immersion location, all teams will spend the first week in the original orientation location for you to rest, reflect, and prepare to return to your sending community. Upon your return to your sending community and congregation, you will seek ways – along with your advocacy team – to integrate your experience back into the life of the congregation.
While the total cost per participant is approximately $14,500, Journey International asks each participant to raise $9,000 (2016-2017) toward team costs. As an issue of peace and justice, we do not ask our immersion partners to support teams financially. These participant contributions cover travel to and from the immersion location, room and board, initial orientation and in-country orientation costs (some locations include basic language study), team retreat travel and expenses, and local transportation costs.
We have crafted a sample letter (see participant information packet) to help you talk about Journey International to potential supporters. We have found congregations and individuals supportive regardless of the type of service you are offering in the immersion location. Talk with Journey International staff if you are struggling to raise the necessary funds.
Participants will need to contact the lending institution where they received their loans to check for deferment arrangements. Journey International will gladly supply documentation that you are in this program.
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Adventure Always 2013
It was a whirlwind of a trip, and it's been a whirlwind since I got back from Adventure Always in Long Beach. But I just have to share…. As it is with most beautifully challenging and impactful experiences, I find it hard to put into words the three days that made up Adventure Always. After… Continue reading Adventure Always 2013


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About New Frontiers
New Frontiers is a three-phase programme that is designed to provide an integrated and comprehensive set of business development supports to participants.
Phase 1 - Testing the business
The first phase will be part-time over an 8-10 week period and will help you to validate the market potential of your business idea. These weekend and evening workshops will provide information and general start-up training, allowing you to tease out the feasibility of your business idea and to see whether a viable proposition exists.
Phase 2 - Planning the business
Following a competitive selection process, committed participants who have a strong value proposition and can demonstrate that their business proposition has potential to grow and create jobs may be offered a place on Phase 2.
If successful, you will receive intensive support for six months to develop both your own skills and to work up your business proposition. This will entail full-time participation in workshops, mentoring and regular reviews. Using these supports, you will fully detail and validate your business proposition and identify potential customers, sales channels and funding options.
You must be available for full-time participation. To facilitate this, you will receive up to €15,000 in funding subject to satisfactory development reviews (*income tax liability will be the sole responsibility of the participant, and individuals are encouraged to seek professional advice on this).
The aim of this phase is to support you in your development of an investor-ready business proposition.
Phase 3 - Developing the business
On the basis of their potential to develop sales and/or secure investment, businesses emerging from Phase 2 will then be guided to the government supports that can best help them at their particular stage of development. Further incubation facilities and support may be available to participants for a limited period.
If you wish to receive notification when we open for the next phase, please complete the form here
Schedule for New Frontiers 2018
New Frontiers Phase 2 - 2018
Event Date
Applications Open 26th April 2018
Applications Close 24th May 2018
Programme Start 16th July 2018
Programme End Mid December 2018
New Frontiers Phase 1 - 2018
Event Date
Applications Open 26th July 2018
Applications Close 24th August 2018
Programme Start 21st September 2018
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December 2, 2016
Casino E-Games with Auto Spin and Big Win Jackpots
E-games have become a trend today in online gambling. It is just like a simple video game with money bets included. Many online casinos offer these casino e-games with auto spin and big win jackpots as part of their enjoyment and fun offer to their members. Modern Casino E-games are now equipped with Auto Spin features to help you Win Big Jackpots.
There are a lot of online casinos to choose from and the best way to get one is checking its features and bonuses that can help you get Big Wins and Jackpots.
Casino E-Games with Auto Spin and Big Win Jackpots
E-games, specifically the video slot machine games, before only have 3 reels, 3 rows, and 1 pay line. To achieve a win, you just have to set your bet amount and click the Spin button to get reels rolling.
After that, you now have to wait for 3 identical symbols to line up on the single pay line. You need to do this every time you want to spin. That sounded tiring at during that time but players managed to adapt and enjoyed the game anyway.
New technology allowed the casino game developers to improve their online machines which allowed them to add more features that can help players be more convenient to get big win jackpots prize quickly. One of these features is the Auto Spin which helped the player spin continuously without the need to press the Spin button every round.
Casino E-Games Auto Spin Features
With the Auto Spin feature, you just need to set conditions that need to be met on every spin on casino e-games. You can set the number of spins, the maximum amount of bet, or the amount of losses before the spinning stops.
Once your conditions are set, instead of clicking the Spin button, you may now click the Auto Spin button and wait until the conditions are satisfied. This way, you can just sit back, relax, and enjoy while the reels automatically spin. Waiting for you're a big win jackpots is now all that is left to do.
The Jackpots differ on each e-game. There are the Fixed Jackpots and Progressive Jackpots to choose from. For the Fixed Jackpot, a fixed amount of jackpot is set to be won depending on the requirement of the game. The types of e-games which offer a Fixed Jackpot usually have high round payout rates but the actual jackpot is relatively smaller.
Big Win on Progressive Jackpot
If the casino e-games has a Progressive Jackpot, the payout rate may lower but the jackpot can grow into insurmountable amounts. The Progressive Jackpot continuously grows every time a player spins because part of their bets goes to this increasing Jackpot. Some Progressive jackpots can grow up to a million in amount that is why it is usually very tempting to many players to get big win jackpots.
The best way to win these jackpots, especially the Progressive Jackpot, is to use the Auto Spin feature because you will definitely need a lot of spins to hit it. If you are aiming for the jackpot, set the minimum bet amount and fix it for a number of spins. This way, you will limit your losses but still have the chance to win on every spin. The best part of it is that you are having the chance to hit the jackpot at the lowest possible cost.


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I am so happy to introduce this month's amazing mompreneur, my friend Stephanie. Stephanie promotes healthy living and healthy products and much more, on her blog, Simply Twintastic. Yes, that's right, she is a mother to twin girls and she has a baby boy! Stephanie is sharing some of her journey with us today, and why she turned to Essential Oils and then made the switch to chemical-free cleaning products and makeup. Join us and live cleaner today!
Are you ready to live a cleaner, healthier lifestyle? Check out the Young Living Essential Oils starter kit at the end of the post, sign up and Stephanie will be there to answer any of your questions and guide you along the way.
My name is Stephanie; I am a stay at home mom of three kids, including twin girls that just started kindergarten. My baby boy is 20 months old. I have been married to my husband for 6 years. The choice to become a stay at home mom came right after I had my twin girls and my husband's job transferred us to West Texas. I started writing my own personal blog, www.simplytwintastic.com about raising twins five years ago after giving birth to my girls. I love writing and being crafty, which gives me the outlet I need as a stay at home mom.
My family is my world, and my reason for being so passionate about
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I gave birth to my twin girls at 34 weeks. We were blessed that they were able to come home after 11 days in the NICU. Knowing that premature babies have premature lungs our biggest fears were always the respiratory illnesses. We were very fortunate that neither child caught a respiratory virus until they were 18 months old. We were at a well checkup at our pediatrician and my daughter caught RSV from the doctor's office. This virus took two months for her to recover and started a spiraling nightmare of virus after virus for her. The next eight months she battled colds, multiple cases of pneumonia, and then Enterovirus D68 which put her into the hospital. After a week in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), we came home but my little girl was weak and needed some support. The doctors told us to prepare ourselves that she would continue to be sick over the next few months which would most likely lead to asthma or other respiratory issues due to the repetitive strain on her lungs. Being the mom that I am, I refused to wait and see what happened. I wanted to help her get better and be able to fight those illnesses.
I began to research natural immune builders and immune support that could help her immune system heal. During my research, Thieves essential oil came up several times for immune support. My husband and I were skeptical about essential oils being able to help with her immune system in the beginning but the more testimonies we read on essential oils, the more we were beginning to see it as a good option. I started her on Thieves oil a few weeks after her release from the hospital, using it daily. By the end of that winter sick season her immune system was back to supporting her body. She still caught colds but instead of the weeks of nasty coughing and congestion that usually lead to pneumonia, she was fighting it off in a matter of days. Thieves essential oil had given her the support she needed to heal.
From that point, I was hooked on essential oils and wanted more of the oils however the price of Young Living oils can be expensive, especially that bottle of Thieves essential oil. I wanted a way to buy the oils and save money, and getting a membership to Young Living is the best way to do that. I joined Young Living to get their 24% discount which is only given to their wholesale memberships. To get this membership you have to buy one of their starter kits. I chose their premium starter kit which includes 11 oils, a home diffuser, and samples of other oils that cost $160 but all the products are discounted. I have been a member of Young Living for a few years and have loved using the oils! Young Living has a seed to seal policy which means that their essential oils are 100% pure. Harsh chemicals or solvents are not included in the oil to make more oil.
Since joining Young Living, my family has taken steps to living a healthier lifestyle with our food. We were doing great with our healthy eating but I was unaware of the harsh chemical laden products we were bringing into our home. I was using the oils daily in my home but it was contradicting the point of the oils with the chemicals I was using when I would clean my house or bath my family. I realized that to live the healthier lifestyle we were wanting, I needed to get rid of the cleaners and beauty products. I changed all of our products to Young Living's products for the natural and healthier benefits for our bodies. Are you ready to live cleaner?
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Hello, guys! I hope you're marching on fairly well. (I couldn't resist, forgive me.) It's been another interesting month for me and here are some of the articles/stories/essays I've read that have made it so. Let us have a quick moment of contemplation for the insights, beauty, joy and humanity the internet brings to us.
Then let's dive.
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Today, I'm grateful for friends who send me links and book suggestions – making my life wonderful by these seemingly mundane acts.
Ife put me on to Nell Zink's books. I read The Wallcreeper this week, and wow! Go find! He also introduced me to Zadie Smith's essays recently. This one is about Joy. What it means, the other side of it, i.e., why it is just as painful.
Uche sends me wonderful gems such as The Coddling of the American Mind about the possible disasters of 'hypersensitivity' online and in Colleges. Then this gorgeous story that moved me so much about the author's journey to becoming a writer/editor. I think that more people than not will relate with the story; in the words of Titilope Sonuga:
Somewhere there is a writer whose finger tips tap a calculator all day, and there are no stories left to tell at night. Somewhere there is an artist daydreaming about wet paint dripping down a cubicle wall. Somewhere there is a singer whose voice is hoarse from repeating fast food orders. Somewhere there is a dancer whose body moves with the rhythm of a mop across marble floor. We are all dreamers, and morning comes too soon.
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It's been forever since we did one of these, right? But because of how long ago it's been, I might not remember all the good good I've read in that time, so forgive me?
Let's get to it; these are the stories, articles, thingsss that I've red recently that made me think, laugh or cry.
– This account of Clemantine Wamariya's life as a refugee; she and her sister fled the Rwanda genocide. Any attempt to qualify the effect this had on me would reduce it.
– This story by Louise Erdrich. The Flower is everything otherworldly and beautiful. Here's a quote I adored:
That he called her Flower made her uneasy. Girls were not named for flowers, as flowers died so quickly. Girls were named for deathless things—forms of light, forms of clouds, shapes of stars, that which appears and disappears like an island on the horizon.
– Hotel Melancholia is a woman's story of how hotel rooms came to be worlds of loneliness and despair. And this, from our people at Aeon attempts to explain how people are violent because of the moral codes they are bound to.
– Reading Comprehension is a story that made me laugh. If you're up for it, do answer the comprehension questions that follow.
– Kov and I were drooling over these pictures of Michael and Kyle's house. I dare you not to covet!
– As a shameless self-plug, I wrote this story and it won a Prize, so I'm still stoked about that. I enjoyed these shortlisted stories: Being a Man and Social Studies.
I've just finished Adewale Maja-Pearce's The House My Father Built – it's a lovely light read that Uche and I think would make a great sitcom. Check it out. Also, I'm presently going through Abigail Arunga's book of poetry called Akello. I love her simple, mostly short poems about love and life and sexuality.
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That's What's Up: The real reasons Batman won't kill the Joker
Since the Joker wins if Batman kills him. That's just what the Joker wants. Everything he does usually is to taunt Batman into killing him. Actually, the interesting section of their relationship, the actual conflict of each and every story, Isn't to discover if Batman stop him (he is going to ), but to watch Batman have a problem with not killing him, because anyone apart from Batman would in fact kill him. This self-control is Batman's superpower.
The Joker and Batman are each attempting to prove a point to society – and really to us, your readers. The Joker wants Batman to kill him because he perfectly embodies chaos and anarchy and wishes to prove a point to everyone that individuals are basically more chaotic than orderly. This really is why He's so scary : We're worried he can be right. When the Joker is true, then civilization is really a ruse and We're all truly monsters inside. When the Joker can prove that Batman – the foremost orderly and logical and self-controlled of most of us – is really a monster inside, then We're all monsters inside, and that's terrifying. The Joker is terrifying because we fear that many of us are like him deep down – that he's us. Batman is what it is that we (any average person ) could possibly be at our absolute best, and also the Joker is what it is that we could possibly be at our absolute worst. The Joker's claim is that many of us are terrible deep down, and it's only rules and regulation and our misplaced sense of justice that keeps us in line. Since Batman isn't confined by rules and regulation, He's a perfect test case to attempt to get him to "break. " The Joker wants Batman to kill somebody, any person, but knows the only person Batman might ever even remotely consider killing would need to be a terrible monster, so is willing to do that himself and sacrifice himself to prove this macabre point. Batman needs to prove that it isn't just laws that keep us in line, but basic human decency and our natural instinct NOT to kill. If Batman can prove this, then others will certainly be inspired by his example (the citizens of Gotham, but again, also your readers ), just as We're all inspired daily to stay civilization running smoothly and never descend into violence, anarchy, and chaos. This ability to become decent inside the face from the horrors and poker 88 temptations present all around us is humanity's superpower, the superpower of each and every of people. The struggle of Batman and also the Joker is that the internal struggle of each and every of people. However we are inspired by Batman's example, not the Joker's, because Batman always wins the argument, because he is well known regarding his not killed the Joker.
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This basic logic relates to all superheroes who don't kill, however the Joker-Batman conflict is the foremost perfectly distilled example. There will be lots of other good answers for this page, and they're all different-but-correct ways of taking a look at the question, but to me, the philosophical and thematic reasons above tend to be more resonant compared to the plot and character reasons that exist inside the logic from the story.
Recommended reading : The Killing Joke (1988 ), obviously, but additionally Legends from the Dark Knight Annual #1 (1991, which the above mentioned picture is from, by Denny O'Neil and Jim Aparo ), if you re able to see it. Excellent. And in fact, also watching The Dark Knight. Nolan and Ledger got the Joker perfectly right.
Perhaps this really is why sidekicks work so well with Batman. It's always been a little bit of a conundrum why the "lone avenger" wound up with way more sidekicks and assistants than other superhero. But when Batman is about inspiring others, these partners support his cause as evidence that he's winning. (Being inspired by Batman is even section of the first Batgirl's origin. ) Robin, in particular, must be young showing that Batman is inspiring subsequent generation. The Tim Drake Robin (my personal favorite ) also shows that you may be inspired to assist even without Batman's defining tragedy in your lifetime. Perhaps this really is why the ending of Miller's The Dark Knight Returns is so great, and why Morrison created Batman Inc., showing Batman inspiring others throughout the planet.agen togel
Word broke on Monday of discussions between 21st Century Fox and The Walt Disney Company that will begin to see the latter buy a lot of the former. Consistent with reports, Disney would buy movie studio 20th Century Fox, the company's television production unit, and it is entertainment networks, while 21st Century Fox would retain its sports interests, its cable news channel, and also the Fox broadcast network.
While the potential of Disney holding the complete distribution rights to the initial Star Wars, National Geographic programming, along with other properties has Wall Street buzzing with anticipation, the potential of this merger means one important thing for fans of comic book movies and television shows : The return from the X-Men and Fantastic Four characters to Marvel Studios.
Inside the late 1990s, when Marvel was an independent company nearing bankruptcy, Fox bought the film rights to both properties in perpetuity : So long as they create X-Men or Fantastic Four movies every couple of years, they've control of these titles and associated characters forever.
But should Fox actually sell the studio to Disney, It'll mean a number of Marvel Comics' preferred characters can finally appear alongside the stars from the Marvel Cinematic Universe — and also the potential for character crossovers and story line adaptations is staggering. Here are just a couple of ways fans win when the deal goes through.
Despite Marvel Studio's attempts to position the Inhumans as their answer towards the X-Men, fans desperately want the Merry Mutants to fight alongside (or against ) the MCU's roster of Iron Men, Asgardians, sorcerers, and talking raccoons. Actually, pitting the 2 groups against one another could be a thrilling method to introduce the X-Men towards the MCU. This type of battle took place in 2012's Avengers vs. X-Men. The storyline line saw the Phoenix Force go back to Earth as the Avengers and also the X-Men fought over how best to guard individual destined to bond using the cosmic entity.
Usually there are some pitfalls to adapting the storyline, because it relies on lots of shared history between the 2 groups. Wolverine, for instance, is really a longtime participant in both the Avengers and also the X-Men. But without his presence inside the MCU, those connections would need to be built anew. Going straight into the fifth phase of Marvel's feature film story line, the X-Men will be a completely new element (possible using its own group of advantages ) unless there was a method to retroactively insert them into MCU history.
The 2015 event series Secret Wars saw Marvel's mainline universe (mentioned as Earth-616 ) merging with numerous other alternate realities published by Marvel through the years. The storyline is epic and insanely intricate with Doctor Doom like the supreme ruler of the feudal universe. Finished result saw Ultimate Spider-Man Miles Morales join the most Marvel Universe and also the company's first family (Reed Richards, Sue Storm, and the children ) removed entirely.
It is effortless to imagine, say, Legion's David Haller (Dan Stevens ) imitating his comic book counterpart – who once ripped apart the Marvel Universe with his awesome power – to produce a new MCU where mutants are a longtime fact.
The pitfall, in fact, is that the X-Men film series' own convoluted timeline and half-hearted reboots. Which films could be considered cannon? Can you retroactively call X-Men : Days of Future Past an opening shot from the Secret War? Maybe it may be better to possess Deadpool laugh it off and merely accept the characters are section of the MCU now. But fans would want some kind of acknowledgement of the monumental change to Marvel's film universe whilst X-Men films suffer from a way of reboot fatigue.
Perhaps it may be easier for Marvel to start out using the comic book concept that never generated a winning film for 20th Century Fox —
As watchers from the comic book industry know, the disappearance from the Richards clan in Secret Wars was not only a story point ; it was eventually an allegedly cynical move inside an ongoing battle between Fox and Marvel Entertainment CEO Isaac Perlmutter. Knowing the studio was prepping a brand new Fantastic Four film – the infamous 2015 reboot directed by Josh Trank – he reportedly ordered the publishing division to cease publication of it. Based on the rumor, Perlmutter allegedly considered a Fantastic Four comic book to become free advertising for any Fantastic Four film Marvel would see little revenue from.
And thus, longtime Fantastic Four scribe and Secret Wars writer Jonathan Hickman wrote the family from the prime universe.
But when all media rights towards the Fantastic Four were once again under one roof, Marvel Comics could be free to share the comic once again, while also potentially giving fans something they crave : a Marvel Studios–produced Fantastic Four.
Imagine, as much fans do, a film set inside the 1960s with Reed Richards, Sue Storm, Johnny Storm, and Ben Grimm experiencing their original comic book origin. It may be something hip and poppy, inside the vein of A Hard Day's Night, having a Doctor Doom who looks and sounds the part. It may be easy to elucidate away their absence inside the MCU like a plot of Doom's to obscure the cursed Richards and his family. It might even make light of all of the silly studio politics.
Nevertheless, There's one problem plaguing the Fantastic Four like a film property : It's already failed twice. Or three times in case you count the infamous and unreleased Fantastic Four produced by Roger Corman. The underlying premise of the science hero family doesn't sit well using the action-oriented screenwriting tropes of Hollywood studios. Even Marvel itself may need an issue adapting the concept. Perhaps it, and positively other Marvel properties controlled by Fox, would work better inside the realm of television.
As the Fantastic Four may make a far better television program, one among their supporting characters practically screams for any TV adaptation. The current run of Silver Surfer by Dan Slott and Mike Allred stars a human character named Dawn Greenwood that is whisked away from the Surfer on the psychedelic trip over the universe. Like the two journey among the many stars and help people from jams, Dawn shows the often aloof and spacey Surfer – real name Norrin Radd – the worth of consideration and compassion. Additionally they fall in adore, but their relationship is challenged when she learns how Norrin became the Silver Surfer.
Like Doctor Who infused using the adore story between Downton Abbey's Lady Mary (Michelle Dockery ) and Matthew Crawley (Stevens ), this winning TV premise is unlike anything Marvel or Fox have produced with comic book properties thus far.
In fact, having the majority of Marvel in one place may also clear up the way in which shows like Legion and The Gifted dance around their feature film cousins. Currently, the layers of bureaucracy between Marvel and also the web of Fox film and TV production and distribution companies cause it to be difficulty for either show to relate towards the established X-Men film series or one another. If Marvel's television division was the only real authority, Professor X could possibly be revealed as David Haller's father while Polaris could announce to her friends inside the Underground that she's Magneto's daughter. Imagine if both of those shows suddenly took to heart Marvel's edict that "it's all connected. "
But before we think about the potential for character crossovers, let's go to the Silver Surfer for any second and his possible place inside the MCU. Whether he received his own series or popped up inside an Avengers movie, his debut inside a Marvel film or television project could herald the MCU's next big bad.
Since the very first Avengers film, Thanos the Mad Titan is teased like the group's ultimate cosmic antagonist. But once his defeat comes inside the fourth Avengers, who'll pose any major threat for them inside the MCU's fifth phase?
How about somebody who eats planets for breakfast?
Though the traditional and eternal devourer of worlds appeared in Fantastic Four : Rise from the Silver Surfer, the film re-imagined him being an amorphous alien death cloud. The character, with his thrilling Jack Kirby–designed head gear, living spaceship, and next-level intelligence, could possibly be the kind of opponent even the combined strengths of Tony Stark, Thor, the Guardians, Captain Marvel, and Ant-Man would find overwhelming.
Alternatively, the Fantastic Four property has one villain who can be worth more to Marvel Studios than anyone else inside the Fox-controlled library. Imagine the sudden appearance of Latveria upon the MCU scene and also the arrival of their absolute dictator, Dr. Victor Von Doom. Facing nearly every character from Luke Cage to Reed Richards to Squirrel Girl (as well as in one instance, Superman ), Doctor Doom is extremely much the best antagonist. All of us have a bone to pick with him and each Marvel fan laments his absence inside the MCU.
Either would make worthy adversaries from the combined Marvel Studios and Fox libraries. Actually, Doom's ubiquity like a Marvel Comics villain underscores the foremost thrilling aspect from the potential Fox sale : the character interactions.
Hulk and Wolverine's first meeting hasn't be realized in live action or perhaps cheekily referenced in a film. In Avengers : Age of Ultron, Scarlett Witch and Quicksilver's real parentage isn't discussed because Magneto is really a 20th Century Fox property. After which there's a story line like World War Hulk, which requires the presence of Professor X and Reed Richards to finish a counsel of power characters like Doctor Strange, Tony Stark, and Black Bolt.
Because Marvel Comics has always enjoyed crossing characters over into its various titles, the MCU is somewhat poorer for lacking the X-Men and also the Fantastic Four. A perfect example is Scarlet Witch, who first appeared in early X-Men stories before spending decades inside the Avengers ranks. However that emotional tie is blunted in her own MCU form. Imagine an Avengers film during which the veil is lifted and she remembers who her father is. Imagine a Secret Wars–style mashup during which she meets her father (as Michael Fassbender or Ian McKellan ) and also the Evan Peters version of her brother. Imagine the drama and also the confusion for any character who has got had little to carry out inside the MCU thus far.
And that's just one example. Think about the potential for laughs should Deadpool and Ryan Reynolds find a good way straight into the MCU. Relish the potential of Chris Evans and a brand new Johnny Storm made a wink-and-nod reference to his own Fantastic Four past. Imagine the connections between Legion, The Gifted, and also the upcoming Cloak & Dagger (coming in 2018 towards the Disney–ABC Television Group's Freeform ). Then there will be Wolverine's constant guest appearances in each and every Marvel title clearing the way in which for him – once he's recast – to venture everywhere to Avengers films and Hulu's Runaways.
Provided, in fact, the merger involves pass. And though it may be sad to discover one among Hollywood's oldest studios disappear straight into the Disney banner, the return of significant Marvel properties to Marvel is simply too exciting for fans from the characters. So, here's hoping Reed Richards, Doctor Doom, Wolverine, and all the remainder result in the move from 20th Century Fox's Century City studio towards the Burbank home of Disney.


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If you're anything like me you have 10,000 spam comments in your spam moderation queue. Every once in a while I check whats going on there. Maybe its the fact that my girlfriend lives 2,000 miles away or maybe I should just own up to the truth that I have no life. Either way you can't tell me you haven't seen your share of "Buy WoW Gold" in blog comments somewhere. Most blog authoring systems like wordpress and blogger automatically add the nofollow tag to urls in comments by default, making them useless right? Wrong.
Baidu.com, which has 60%+ market share of all searches in China doesn't recognize the nofollow attribute that Google invented years back to combat blogspam. Baidu treats every link the same – No relevancy issues, no PageRank, no reason not to run wild with automated link building.


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Canastota, N.Y. >> The last time the Oneida and Canastota boys volleyball sides squared off, the Raiders dropped the first game before taking three in a row for a 3-1 January win.
Tuesday, the two teams met for a rematch.
The outcome was another 3-1 Canastota win as the Raiders remain unbeaten this season at 13-0.
"We really don't think about any game that we played before or any game that is coming up. The only game that counts is the one we are playing," Canastota coach Shay Sgroi said.
Unlike the first meeting, Canastota opened the contest by taking the first game 25-19. The Raiders scored first, but Oneida stayed close throughout, buoyed by the connection between Justin Holmes and Michael Hood. Holmes set Hood up for a kill to level the score at 12-12, but Canastota responded with an Adam Burbank block to retake the lead. Hood put away another kill on the next volley to again tie the score, this time at 13-13. Later in the first, Oneida briefly took a 17-16 lead on a Canastota misfire, but the hosts responded with a 9-2 run, capped by two soaring Ian Torkelson kills for points 24 and 25 to take a 1-0 lead.
The two teams continued their neck-and-neck pace into the second game. Sam Snow crushed a kill midway through the second to give Canastota a 14-10. Oneida picked up a point on a Canastota serve into the net to bring the score within three at 14-11 before Snow found a hole in the Oneida defense for a second kill and a 15-11 Raider lead. Oneida tied the game at 18-18 before the two teams traded four consecutive points for a 22-22 tally, neither side able to gain the advantage. The visitors took the second game 25-23, fending off a diving serve from Canastota's Zach Blanchard for the game point.
Sgroi had a simple message for the Raiders with the contest knotted at 1-1.
"Just play our game," she said. "Oneida doesn't let anything hit the floor. You can't take any hit for granted; the ball is coming back."
With Canastota holding a 20-16 advantage in the third game. Snow helped ensure the hosts would not surrender a second game. The junior crushed two kills to give the Riaders a 22-16 edge and force an Oneida timeout. Out of the stoppage, Snow went to work again, putting away two more kills after an Oneida point to bring the score to 24-17.
"I think we really came together as a team well. We have a bunch of good seniors that are leading the team. This is my first year, so I am kind of new to the program," Snow said. "Hitting, I just felt a lot better. We have a lot of great athletes. We pretty much have two solid starting sixes. It's really nice. We have a deep bench." Oneida answered with back-to-back points before Lucas Barnello got in on the action at the net, powering home the game-point shot for a 25-19 Canastota win.
Trailing 2-1 in the contest, Oneida refused to go away in the fourth. A block kill by Drew Fielder leveled the score at 11-11. Later, Hood hit another kill shot for Oneida to keep the visitors within two at 15-13, but Canastota closed on a 10-6, capped by a Torkelson kill, to take a 3-1 victory and remain undefeated on the season.
"We made too many mistakes. We had eight serve errors. You are not going to beat a team like that if you are giving them points where they don't even have to do anything," Oneida coach Rick Ano said. "You leave an opening on the floor and they are going to get the ball to it. I think that threw the kids off a little and they were leaving their area to try and cover somewhere else...their offense will do that to you."


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Rep. Darin LaHood (R-IL) told Breitbart News that he is saddened to hear the passing of Breitbart News' Mike Flynn, the founding editor of Big Government.
"It is with a heavy heart to hear of the passing of fellow conservative, Mike Flynn," LaHood said. "There is no question that Mike was a patriot who firmly upheld our conservative values. My sympathies are with his family as they face this tremendous loss."


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E-Discovery (Voice Mail)
Many of us have seen articles recently on the need to retain email messages on servers for the purposes of complying with government regulations or as part of the discovery process for lawsuits.
I recently however saw a few articles / references to voice mails also being added to the list of potential areas of data which might need to be retained for the above reasons. According to the article, since voice mail messages are also stored on servers and backed up, it is reasonable to demand these during the course of investigations or lawsuits.
Thought this might be of interest to those of you responsible for voice mail systems to be sure the backup plans/data retention plans for this media is appropriate given the potential need to restore/hand over this information.


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AVENEL, N.J., Nov. 2, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NORTHFIELD BANCORP, INC. (Nasdaq:NFBK), the holding company for Northfield Bank, today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Flatbush Federal Bancorp, Inc. (OTCBB:FLTB), the parent company of Flatbush Federal Savings & Loan Association. Stockholders of Flatbush Federal Bancorp are entitled to receive 0.4748 shares of Northfield Bancorp common stock for each share of Flatbush Federal Bancorp common stock that they owned as of the close of business November 2, 2012.
John W. Alexander, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Northfield Bancorp, said, "We are excited to announce the completion of the acquisition of Flatbush Federal Bancorp. Flatbush's staff has joined the Northfield family, and we welcome our new stockholders. We now have nine branch offices in Brooklyn, and we look forward to offering our products and services to our new customers."
Stockholders of Flatbush Federal Bancorp who hold their shares in brokerage accounts will automatically receive Northfield Bancorp common stock, subject to the exchange ratio, for their Flatbush Federal Bancorp common stock. Stockholders in possession of Flatbush Federal Bancorp common stock certificates will receive instructions, by mail, on how to exchange those shares for Northfield Bancorp common stock.
About Northfield Bancorp, Inc.
Northfield Bancorp, Inc. is the holding company for Northfield Bank, founded in 1887, and with the acquisition of Flatbush Federal Bancorp operates 29 full service banking offices in Staten Island and Brooklyn, New York, and Middlesex and Union counties, New Jersey. For more information about Northfield Bank, please visit www.eNorthfield.com.
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Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 214533
configure needs to support --with-fhs
Last modified: 2015-12-07 11:57:55 EST
Description of problem:
Richard Megginson wrote:
> I think we just need the following options:
> 1) Default paths - user specifies nothing, use defaults for everything -
layout looks like this:
> /opt/fedora-ds - the default prefix
> bin/ - bindir is relative to exec_prefix (which set to prefix by default)
> lib/ - libdir is relative to exec_prefix (which set to prefix by default)
> etc/ - relative to prefix
> var/ - relative to prefix
> share/ - relative to prefix
> include/ - relative to prefix
> which is what we want, I think. I don't think we want to have
/opt/fedora-ds/usr/include or /opt/fedora-ds/usr/bin or the like - I think we
want to have everything under a flat namespace if a prefix is given. And in
this case, we don't need libdir/fedora-ds, share/fedora-ds, etc. since
everything is already under a single path.
> 2) User specified prefix - user specifies --prefix=/path - layout is the same
as above
> This would be useful for development e.g. configure
--prefix=/export/rmeggins/ds72 && make && make install
> 3) FHS style --with-fhs
> This is equivalent to
> --prefix= --exec_prefix=/usr --includedir=/usr/include --datadir=/usr/share
> based on the default definitions in configure:
> bindir='${exec_prefix}/bin'
> sbindir='${exec_prefix}/sbin'
> libexecdir='${exec_prefix}/libexec'
> datadir='${prefix}/share'
> sysconfdir='${prefix}/etc'
> sharedstatedir='${prefix}/com'
> localstatedir='${prefix}/var'
> libdir='${exec_prefix}/lib'
> includedir='${prefix}/include'
> oldincludedir='/usr/include'
> infodir='${prefix}/info'
> mandir='${prefix}/man'
> So this would result in the following:
> /usr/bin
> /usr/share
> /etc
> /var
> /usr/lib
> /usr/include
> It's weird that both datadir and includedir are defined relative to prefix and
not exec_prefix. If they were defined in terms of exec_prefix, we could just
get FHS by doing
> --prefix= --exec_prefix=/usr
> I think this is all we need. For the GNU style, you just specify
--prefix=/usr/local. I'm not sure what other styles we need to support.
Richard Megginson wrote:
> I think the best approach would be to have configure set all of these paths as
#define in an include file or -D on the gcc command line:
> #define LOCALSTATEDIR "/var"
> #define SYSCONFDIR "/etc"
> #define BINDIR "/usr/bin"
> #define DATADIR "/usr/share"
> #define DOCDIR "/usr/doc"
> I think we also need libdir.
> I think we can just use AC_DEFINE for this, or perhaps configure automatically
defines these.
> configure can automatically create a config.h that we can include in our files
if we don't want it to define everything on the command line.
Created attachment 140927 [details]
cvs diffs (configure.ac Makefile.am), new file m4/fhs.m4
1. introduced a new option --with-fhs
2. instead of passing the define macro with -D, generate config.h
I verified that the changes in Comment #1 generates config.h with the following
with_fhs/config.h:#define IS_FHS 1
without_fhs:/* #undef IS_FHS */
And the build command line (on RHEL4) looks like this:
if gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -I. -DXP_UNIX -DLinux -DLINUX -DLINUX2_0
-DLINUX2_2 -DLINUX2_4 -DBUILD_NUM=\"2006.314.1857\" -I../ldap/include
-I../ldap/servers/slapd -I../include -I. -I../lib/ldaputil
-I/usr/include/mozldap6 -I/usr/include/dirsec/nspr4 -I/usr/include/dirsec/nss3
-I/usr/include/dirsec/nss3 -I/usr/include/dirsec/nspr4 -g -O2 -MT
lib/ldaputil/libldaputil_a-ldapdb.o -MD -MP -MF
"lib/ldaputil/.deps/libldaputil_a-ldapdb.Tpo" -c -o
lib/ldaputil/libldaputil_a-ldapdb.o `test -f 'lib/ldaputil/ldapdb.c' || echo
Now, each source file can have this include at the top of the code?
#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
# include <config.h>
(In reply to comment #2)
> Now, each source file can have this include at the top of the code?
> #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
> # include <config.h>
> #endif
Yes. If there are already common include files, we might be able to save some
work and just put that code in the common include files. OTOH, it's probably
not a big deal to write a script to add this to all our source code.
(In reply to comment #3)
> (In reply to comment #2)
> > Now, each source file can have this include at the top of the code?
> > #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
> > # include <config.h>
> > #endif
> Yes. If there are already common include files, we might be able to save some
> work and just put that code in the common include files. OTOH, it's probably
> not a big deal to write a script to add this to all our source code.
Thanks, Rich! The autoconf manual writes "The package should '#include' the
configuration header file before any other header files, to prevent
inconsistencies in declarations (for example, if it redefines const)." So, I
think it'd be safer in the long run to add the include to all... Let me work on it.
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+# include <config.h>
I updated all the *.h, *.c, *.cpp, and *.cc files under ldapserver.
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> Ok.
I assume this "Ok" includes this note "to add this to all our source code." :)
And Nathan gave me a verbal ok, too.
I'm going to check in ALL the source code files in 15 min (starting from 3:30pm)
... Please stop me now if you have any issue.
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# installation paths
-dnl bindir=/usr/bin
+if test "$with_fhs" = "yes"; then
+ bindir=$prefix/usr/bin
+ libdir=$prefix/usr/lib
+ datadir=$prefix/usr/share
# relative to sysconfdir
# relative to datadir
Now, ds_newinst.pl works without any changes.
$ cd <prefix>
$ ls usr
bin/ lib/ share/
$ ls usr/*
dbgen.pl* infadd* infadd-bin* ldclt* ldclt-bin* rsearch* rsearch-bin*
$ perl usr/lib/fedora-ds/ds_newinst.pl /tmp/install.inf
[nhosoi@laputa ds72_core]$ perl usr/lib/fedora-ds/ds_newinst.pl
/tmp/install.infSuccess! Your new directory server instance was created
Note: create_instance is going to be updated to support --without-fhs, too.
Note: if $prefix is not added, bindir starts from /usr/bin although I set
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File: configure Status: Up-to-date
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$ ./configure --help | egrep with-fhs
--with-fhs Use FHS layout
--with-fhs-opt Use FHS optional layout
The package built with --with-fhs is installed at the directories defined with
FHS. If --prefix=<path> is added to it, FHS under <prefix> is used. If an inf
file is passed to setup (setup-ds.pl or setup-ds-admin.pl), the directory
instance is created at the locations specified in the inf file (quickinstall
does it).
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Deleted and reposting: It is 12 Cities not 10, sorry. We are completing a series of travel blog posts and need help to research some of the key information per city. This job is to complete 12 cities, as listed below. Please fill out the provided template. You are not required to write the actual blog posts, just do thorough research for each city
I need many 350 -400 words descriptions of various cities in UK and USA. I prefer freelancers from these areas because there's a specific guideline that MUST be followed - without sounding to be rude, please do not bid if you are not from these areas. I need freelancers who can write at least 3 articles per day. I am happy paying $0.75 - $2 for 100
Hi, I will need a creative writer for to write the overviews for the US cities. City introduction - 70-80 word City overview - 100-120 words. 3 categories from the list below - 50-100 words: Arts, Business, Climate, Cuisine, Culture, Demographics, Entertainment, Historical, Landmarks, Nightlife, Outdoors, Shopping, Transportation, Health, Education
I need some changes to an existing website. I need you to build it.
I have a list of IT companies and the location they were established along with the type of work they do. I need a slide or two to show the c...and list the company associated with that country. It has to be better than just a 'basic' illustration. It has to have solid graphics and maps with the name of the larger cities associated with the company
...Later when we select a State on that displayed map it should drill down (to be more precise zoom in) to a state level map and the state level map should show the available Cities and their Supply (# of people) & Demand (# of Jobs) with respect to the "function rollup" column in the sheet attached. Please find attached my Excel sheet with data.
I need a python script for extracting all the cities names and locations (lat-lon coordinates) of any country from Google Maps or from OpenStreetMap. (It could be all the cities, or the most important cities). All that info must be exported as a csv file.
I need a python script for extracting all the cities names and locations (lat-lon coordinates) of any given country from google maps. (It could be all the cities, or the most important cities). All that info must be exported as a csv file.
I wanted to rank which dispensary or delivery appear the most in weedmaps. Let's say one dispensary appear in 50 cities in weedmaps, another one appear in 45 cities in weedmaps. Rank the most to the least for dispensaries and deliveries.
Die Aufgabe besteht darin den text zu lesen und entsprechend zum text die 4 Fragen zu beantworten (im angehängten pdf). Die jeweilige Anzahl an Wörter ist daneben geschrieben. Quellenangaben müssen nicht gemacht werden. ENGLISH
20-min .ppt presentation about 'Smart Cities' - looking for 10 slides to explain what Smart Cities are and what technologies are being used to advance them (with some graphics). Some examples of which cities are leading the way using smart technologies and how they are using them (i.e. one or two case studies). How urban societies are being changed/transformed
Hi We need someone permanent (over a years full time work is available). The task is to write information articles about different cities around the world. Writer would be expected to produce around 2000 words per 8 hour shift if other tasks are not given. There will aslo be some administrative tasks to do for our company. If administrative tasks
We are looking for an updated and accurate data of all clinics, polyclinics and medical centers located in KSA (all cities) and UAE (all cities). The data should cover our 8 medical specialties as below: ENT Obstetrics/Gynecology Dermatology Nutrition Dental Internal medicine Pediatrics Ophthalmology The provided data should include the following:
I need a list of every city in a country that is recognised by Google Maps.
Hello, We have a landing page that needs the following: Dynamic keyword insertion- page should be able to populate a title/headings with a different city name by adding a modifier to the URL. Background image is missing on the page. I'll supply a new image. You'll just need to size this and insert it. Youtube video is erroring. We need to re-insert the embed code for this. Add call ...
Hi I need some information articles on a certain topic related to different cities in Italy. All the source material can be found online - however it might be easier for a local Italian speaker/native to do the research in Italian language. Articles are to be written in English
We have a list of cities. It needs to be checked for translation correctness into DK, SE and NL. We will provide the list in Excel, with the English version and additional info (such as city code, etc) to verify whether existing translation is proper. If it's not – you will have to correct it (insert the proper city etc. name), making sure the spelling
Hi I need many articles about different cities around the world. The task involves researching and writing unique articles with a bit of imagination (not simply re-writing other articles)
Research and write about cities (first 15,000 words) This is quite a straight forward job possibly interesting for someone. You will be researching topics in cities around the world and then producing short articles on them. We are hiring a number of writers, we have a very large amount of content to write over many months. Please apply if you are
I need some changes to an existing website. I need you to design a website for my small business.


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AWS services or capabilities described in AWS Documentation may vary by region/location. Click Getting Started with Amazon AWS to see specific differences applicable to the China (Beijing) Region.
Describes the specified policies.
If you specify a load balancer name, the action returns the descriptions of all policies
created for the load balancer. If you specify a policy name associated with your load
balancer, the action returns the description of that policy. If you don't specify
a load balancer name, the action returns descriptions of the specified sample policies,
or descriptions of all sample policies. The names of the sample policies have the
ELBSample- prefix.
For .NET Core and PCL this operation is only available in asynchronous form. Please refer to DescribeLoadBalancerPoliciesAsync.
Namespace: Amazon.ElasticLoadBalancing
Assembly: AWSSDK.ElasticLoadBalancing.dll
Version: 3.x.y.z
public abstract DescribeLoadBalancerPoliciesResponse DescribeLoadBalancerPolicies()
|The specified load balancer does not exist.
|One or more of the specified policies do not exist.
.NET Framework:
Supported in: 4.5, 4.0, 3.5
Portable Class Library:
Supported in: Windows Store Apps
Supported in: Windows Phone 8.1
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Offered at Georgia Tech as CS 6475
Lerne, virtuelle Realitäten zu entwickeln
Im Schnellverfahren zur Karriere, die dir vorschwebt.
This class explores how computation impacts the entire workflow of photography, which is traditionally aimed at capturing light from a 3D scene to form a 2D image. A detailed study of the perceptual, technical and computational aspects of forming pictures, and more precisely the capture and depiction of reality on a (mostly 2D) medium of images is undertaken over the entire term. The scientific, perceptual, and artistic principles behind image-making will be emphasized, especially as impacted and changed by computation.
Topics include the relationship between pictorial techniques and the human visual system; intrinsic limitations of 2D representations and their possible compensations; and technical issues involving capturing light to form images. Technical aspects of image capture and rendering, and exploration of how such a medium can be used to its maximum potential, will be examined. New forms of cameras and imaging paradigms will be introduced.
Rich Learning Content
Interactive Quizzes
Taught by Industry Pros
Self-Paced Learning
Student Support Community
Dieser kostenlose Kurs ist der erste Schritt auf dem Weg zu einer neuen Karriere mit dem Werde VR-Entwickler Programm.
Erweitere deine Fähigkeiten und Karriere durch innovatives und unabhängiges Lernen.
Students should be familiar with:
Programming assignments for this course can be completed either using Python-OpenCV (recommended platform) or Matlab/Octave. Working knowledge of either Python or Matlab would thus be required.
Detaillierte technische Voraussetzungen
You will undertake a hands-on approach over the entire term using computational techniques, merged with digital imaging processes to produce photographic artifacts. In addition to understanding how various elements of the computational photography pipeline function together to produce novel - and sometimes stunning - results, you will be given ample opportunity to appreciate and critique artifacts produced/curated by your peers.


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BRICO 2018 – The Nordic Steel Bridge Competition
BRICO 2018 is a great opportunity for students studying civil engineering, mechanical engineering or architecture (students from other faculties are also welcome) to test their designing skills in competitive and fun atmosphere. Best teams will receive considerable monetary prizes. BRICO 2018 is not only about competition. During five days in Estonia a lot of different social and cultural events are planned as well. Food and accommodation will be provided for all the participating teams.
|Where and when –
|Tallinn, Estonia, 14-18 May 2018
|Organizer –
|Board of Civil Engineering Students from Tallinn University of Technology
|Short problem statement –
|Material: Steel, S355
|Span of the bridge: 5m
|Load on the bridge: 1000 kg (750+250)
|Bridge should be made of elements (max length = 1200 mm)
|Categories of competition –
|Display (originality and aesthetics)
|Construction efficiency (time of assembly)
|Structural efficiency (weight and deflection under load)
|Deadline for applications –
|29. January 2018
|Credit points –
|6 ECTS for every participant


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13 May 2014
Plant Puzzle 3
What have we here, with all those interestingly patterned buds about to burst into more deep blue flowers? I have no idea, although I may invent my own name for everything and call them Bluebudders... Who do we think we are telling the planet's species what they are called? I wonder what they would call us? The Uglywreckers, perhaps. Anyway, if you know what we call it please let me know.
14 comments:
- Sean Jeating said...
Interestingly, while there is one name in German (Kornblume), my online dictionary gives me four English alternatives: (garden) cornflower, bachelor's button and bluebottle.
Scientific name: Centaurea cyanus.
- 13 May 2014 at 19:40
- Andrew MacLaren-Scott said...
I don't think so Sean. look at the wide thick leaves. I did a Google image search on all the names you offered and they all look something quite different from what I have, being atop long spindly stems (although the flowers are blue, I grant you). I await other offers...
- 13 May 2014 at 19:48
- Andrew MacLaren-Scott said...
...but the buds are quite similarly marked too, but those leaves of ours are completely different from what Professor Google is offering me for your names.
- 13 May 2014 at 19:51
- Sean Jeating said...
Hm, compared with this photo, for example, I'd still say it's a Kornblume / cornflower.
But let's see what others offer.
- 13 May 2014 at 20:15
- CalumCarr said...
Hi Sean!
Only going by Google, this looks like a cornflower. See here and here
- 13 May 2014 at 21:09
- Andrew MacLaren-Scott said...
Ah... It sure does look like it in these latest photos, especially the leaves in Sean's one, and perhaps I was misled because the flowers have ony started to emerge and the stalks may be much higher when the flowers are out fully. So, Kornblume it (probably) is, and Kornblume it shall be to me (not cornflower). Danke schön
- 13 May 2014 at 21:16
- Andrew MacLaren-Scott said...
Next one coming soon... distinctive dark and corrugated neat leaves but I am awaiting on the flowers to photograph. My controlled willow-herb patch is looking okay too.
- 13 May 2014 at 21:19
- susan said...
Meanwhile, any medium-sized, dull shaded birds we can't identify get called grackles.
- 13 May 2014 at 22:33
- Andrew MacLaren-Scott said...
We get a lot of grackles in our garden Susan. Thanks for identifying them for me.
- 13 May 2014 at 22:41
- John Gray said...
Looks like a blue Centaurea to me!
- 13 May 2014 at 22:54
- Andrew MacLaren-Scott said...
Thanks. I am convinced.
- 13 May 2014 at 23:01
- John Gray said...
My work here is done
- 13 May 2014 at 23:49
- Andrew MacLaren-Scott said...
Until the next one.
- 14 May 2014 at 00:40
- Claude said...
Such a lovely blue flower! I love the different links identifying it. Yes, please, do this again, Andrew.
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Pires: Alexis 'doesn't know' about Gunners renewal, just wants to play0
Arsenal legend Robert Pires has said that Arsenal talisman and top scorer Alexis Sanchez 'doesn't know' whether he will renew his contract with the Gunners but insists that the Chilean 'just wants to play.'
Speaking with news outfit La Tercera, Pires, who is currently a coach at Arsenal, praised the 28-year-old for his performances this season, most recently his last minute Panenka penalty to take three points for the Gunners on Sunday. Pires heaped praise on the in-form striker and was especially impressed with his calmness over the 98th-minute game-winning penalty against Burnley.
"It was impressive. He doesn't know what pressure is,"
"You have to have a lot of balls to take a penalty like that."
Pires also touched on the sizeable offer Arsenal received for the Chilean over the summer, something Arsene Wenger has already conceded.
'Everyone is aware of that yes'
'All we want is for Alexis to stay at Arsenal. I hope he re-signs because he is a wonderful player, the engine of the car. I hope he stays forever.'
The Frenchman also noted that Alexis' effort and commitment, especially in training, remains unwavering amidst the heightening speculation surrounding his future. Sometimes the Chilean needs to be told to calm down a bit during his rigorous training routine but he rarely responds to warnings from Wenger that he may be overdoing it.
"I see him in training every day. He's stronger and more powerful. He's more mature. The way he trains is impressive and he never wants to stop. Wenger and I have told him to take it easy, but he says that if he is on the field, it's to train."
It is clear that Alexis' commitment at present cannot be questioned, despite his occasional negative reactions to being subbed off early the 28-year-old seems content at Arsenal and it seems the ball is firmly in Wenger's court when it comes to making the right offer. It is becoming increasingly clear that the Gunners need to stump up the cash to make sure their star player isn't tempted to go elsewhere when his contract runs out.
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Welcome to Small Acts BIG Facts
The Small Acts Big Facts webshop offers you the advanced and innovative products of Greenteeth® & Greenknives® via the Internet.
It is an official collaboration with greenteeth-shop.eu.
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The pockets stay fixed on the stumpgrinder-disc and do not need to be replaced along with the teeth once these have been used. They can be used on any brand of professional stumpgrinder!*
About the Greenknives® we have only praise. The patented scarifier knife-system offers you 400 hours of stand by time per knife! The knives are rotated a 90° up to 4 times in a jiffy. Once the scarifier knives are used, here also the knife pockets don't need to be changed, as there is no wear on them! For each brand professional scarifier there is a specific type of knife pocket.
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Great shoe store with a wide selection of quality shoes. The staff is always friendly and helpful. They have everything from everyday shoes to dress shoes. Highly recommended.5
This is a small town shoe store but they offer a great selection of all sizes and also carry popular high end brands. The staff is helpful and knowledgeable.5


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Keep up with current Liturgical Ministry news and events via "The Block".
Liturgical ministers help to enhance our worship through their talent and service. Their ministry centers around the celebration of the Eucharist, and they are an invaluable part of the Sacred Liturgy and our community. Liturgical ministry is a a part of the Spiritual Life Commission.
This volunteer group welcomes the faithful before weekend and Holiday Masses and services, and assists with any issues or concerns they may have. The help distribute worship aids, organize gift bearers and collections. The Ushers help facilitate family Mass, Holy Week Services, and the Annual Catholic Appeal.
Liturgical Writers
The Prayers of the Faithful prayed at each liturgy after the homily are one way in which the liturgy reflects the community spirit here at St. Benedict. These Prayers are written by members of the Liturgical Writing Ministry. Each person who writes the Prayers prayerfully considers the needs of our community, our church and our world in light of the scripture readings. If you would like to participate in this ministry, you are invited. There is no experience or special knowledge required. The only requirement is a heartfelt desire to pray with our community and a commitment to write the Prayers once every 4-6 weeks throughout the year.
Eucharistic Ministers
The Eucharistic Ministers at St. Benedict's are a very engaged, committed group that welcome the opportunity to participate in the Mass by serving Eucharistic to fellow parishioners. There are ~ 100 Eucharistic Ministers (EMs) and we are always in need of more individuals that want to solidify their faith by playing this important role within the variety of ministries at St. Benedict's. We typically will offer a one-hour training session for interested parishioners 3-4 times a year. During the training, you'll learn the importance of the role and the mechanics of performing this service. The expectation is that EMs will typically serve two times a month at their time of their favorite Mass. Youth ministers over 18 years of age are able to participate. We welcome questions from anyone seeking more information. Please email Karen Tabbert at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Music Ministry
Our ministers of music help us to enhance our liturgy as choir members, cantors, and instrumentalists.
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In the past 16 years procedures have increased by more than 80% and nonsurgical procedures has increased by 461%. Majority of the growth is attributed to non-surgical treatments. In 2012 nonsurgical treatments made up 83% of the total number of procedures and 39% of total expenditure. $2 billion of which were spent on injectable procedures; $1.8 billion were spend on skin rejuvenation procedures; and over $483 million were spent on other nonsurgical treatments including laser hair removal. With such a growing demand and opportunity, investors have been investing significantly into companies that are pursuing cutting edge non-invasive technology.
Among the largest non-invasive skin tightening and fat reduction companies, Ulthera (skin tightening) and Liposonix (fat reduction), both using ultrasound technology, have collectively raised around half a billion dollars.
Furthermore, a large percentage of those funds were raised during the devices R&D phase. For example, Liposonix received $150 million to perform research and development for a single device and was promised an additional $150 million after completion.
The current ultrasound solutions available in the market are very expensive, intrusive and inconvenience. In this explosive consumer market, the need for reducing the cost and increasing the convenience of these procedures will play a significant differentiating role.


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As demand grows for higher speed, large data centers being built today have begun to make preparations for 40G/100G transmission. MTP cables, with great performance and high speed, have become the main component in data centers.
In today's data centers, MTP cables, like 8-fiber or 12-fiber MTP cable, are frequently used to establish an optical path between switch tiers. Different from common fiber patch cords, one MTP cable has multiple fibers inside, which leads to more complex in the polarity management. Because the MTP connector terminates multiple fibers in a single high-density interface. And there are different fiber positions. To match these fiber position, TIA standards define three types of polarity MTP cables: type-A, type-B and type-C. Different types polarity cables may have different applications. In this tutorial, we will mainly introduce the type-B polarity MTP cables and its applications.
The type-B polarity MTP cable uses key up connector on both ends of the cable. Often referred to as a 40G MTP cable, the type-B MTP cable is the second standard for polarity, and extremely versatile. This cable assembly can be used to plug directly between your 40G QSFP+ optic transceivers, so it is commonly referred to as a QSFP/QSFP+ cable or direct attach 40GBASE-SR4. As you can see in the diagram, this cable has a "flipped" polarity and will result in a Pin 1 to Pin 12 relationship. This is extremely useful because 40G optics utilize parallel optics, meaning instead of alternating Tx and Rx in a duplex pattern, the port will look like the following diagram.
Figure 1: Type-B polarity MTP cable
In today's fiber optic networks, especially in data centers, MTP trunk cable and MTP-LC harness cable are two most common types used. Besides, MTP connector is pin and socket connectors, which require a male side and a female side. Therefore, in terms of MTP trunk cable, there are female-female, female-male and male-male three types. In addition, when connecting two parallel optics 40G SR4 QSFP+ transceivers, only a female to female type-B MTP cable should be used. For MTP-LC harness cable, female MTP-LC harness cable and male MTP-LC harness cable are available.
Figure 2: Type-B polarity MTP cable types
MTP cables are designed for higher bandwidth applications such as 40GbE and 100GbE. Due to the special structure, a female MTP cable is often required to mate a male MTP cable. Male guide pins fit into the female holes to ensure precise fiber alignment. Attempting to mate two female connectors or male connectors will cause light loss or damage the fiber connectors. The following examples mainly explore applications of female type-B polarity MTP cables.
Except for the parallel 40G optical transmission mentioned above, female to female type-B trunk cable also can be used direct switch to switch connectivity with no patch panels. The following figure shows two Cisco 40G transceivers connected by a 12-fiber MTP female cable directly.
Figure 3: Female to female 12-fiber type-B MTP cable in 40G connection
With a MTP adapter, type-B MTP polarity trunk cable can be used for connecting a patch panel and QSFP+ SR4 transceiver.
How to breakout 40G link into four 10G links for a different purpose? A female MTP-4LC type-B harness cable can solve this problem easily. The following figure shows the four 10GBASE-LR SFP+ transceivers interconnect with one 40GBASE-LR QSFP+ transceiver by one female MTP-4LC harness cable directly.
Figure 4: 8-fiber type-B MTP-LC breakout cable in 40G connection
Type-B MTP trunk cable and harness cable can be used together to achieve high performance fiber networking. Figure 5 shows the interconnect of 10GBASE-LR SFP+ optics transceivers connected by type-B MTP trunk cable and harness cable. It is an ideal solution to link two Cisco switches in the data center for high speed fiber optic transmission.
Figure 5: type-B MTP trunk cable and harness cable in 10G interconnection
The biggest market for 40GbE and 100GbE is in data centers for interconnection links with servers and storage area networks. Optimal for 40G and 100G application, MTP cables become more and more popular than before in data centers. To simplify the complex networking cabling, FS polarity management solution for base-8, base-12 and base-24 MTP/MPO cabling allows data center managers to effectively migrate to 40/100G.
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PCH bids farewell to employee Mr. Keith Robertson
Our beloved employee and friend is now headed for College in Arizona. Mr. Keith Roberston has been working for Pacific Coast Hobbies helping customers with this expertise in RC Airplanes and Helicopters. We will miss you Keith. Good luck and have fun in school.
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