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City transportation gurus hope to install a slate of traffic-calming measure along two streets in Greenwood Heights by the fall — something which they say will lessen the impacts of truck traffic on the neighborhood, while bridging gaps in existing bike routes for local cyclists.
Earlier this month, representatives from the city's Department of Transportation presented their plans to convert 20th Street into a one-way road headed toward the waterfront between Third and McDonald avenues to a local civic panel.
As part of the city's new Bike Boulevard initiative, the proposal also includes the installation of car-deterring infrastructure along neighboring 21st Street — which already runs one-way toward Windsor Terrace between Third and Seventh avenues.
Mayor Bill de Blasio had pledged to build one of the so-called Bike Boulevards in each borough by the end of the year, essentially adding infrastructure to a roadway that calms driving speeds to allow bikers and cars to peacefully coexist on the same street without removing parking.
A DOT employee said the measure would allow people to drive on the road if they need, but the mechanisms would encourage drivers to use alternative routes whenever possible.
"We are not diverting traffic off the street," said Eileen Botti, a transportation planner in the department's bicycle unit. "We are just heavily discouraging that cut-through traffic through design."
Also, on the same area of 21st Street, the department will install curb extensions at four intersections, which will force drivers to make slower turns onto the street. Third and Fifth avenues will see one sidewalk extended further into the crosswalk, while Fourth and Seventh avenues will see symmetrical extension jutting into the crosswalk from either side.
The proposal would also construct roundabouts on Sixth Avenue at the intersections of 21st, 22nd, and 23rd streets that will slow traffic when entering the bike boulevard between Sixth and Seventh avenues.
Vehicles traveling on 22nd and 23rd streets would be able to continue straight around the roundabout and across Sixth Avenue, according to the plan.
On 21st Street, only bicycles and pedestrians would be able head straight across Sixth avenue, while cars cars would be forced to turn right onto Sixth Avenue at the roundabout — although cars already on Sixth Avenue could make a right onto 21st Street, a transportation rep said.
The Windsor-Terrace bike boulevard, paired with a waterfront-bound protected bike lane proposed for neighboring 20th Street, will fill a gap in bike lanes through the neighborhood, and connect Prospect Park with the newly incoming Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway.
As it stands, the proposal calls for the 20th Street bike lane to be constructed by removing eastbound vehicular traffic, and installing a 4-foot wide bicycle lane with a 3-foot buffer between Third and Seventh avenues.
After crossing Seventh Avenue, the proposed waterfront-bound 20th Street bike lane will expand into a two-way shared path for bicyclists and pedestrians — providing 7 feet of space both way, with a 3-foot buffer to make up for the existing narrow sidewalks along Greenwood Cemetery that are known to push joggers and pedestrians into the street.
On the other side of the plan's geographic scope, a patchwork system of bike lanes allows riders to snake from the corner of 20th Street and 10th Avenue one block over to 19th Street, and then to 11th Avenue, where they can finally head north to Prospect Park.
The transportation representatives said they elected to eliminate Windsor Terrace-bound traffic on 20th Street to make way for the new bike lane after studies showed that traffic patterns were predominantly headed in the opposite direction. They recommended that drivers who regularly utilize 20th Street to travel to areas around McDonald Avenue use the Prospect Expressway, Prospect Park Southwest, or 39th Street to reach their destination instead.
Trucks driving from those areas can also use 39th Street or enter the Prospect Expressway from Columbia Street if coming from Red Hook, or from Seventh Avenue from Park Slope.
In addition to increased bicycle and pedestrian safety, the one-way conversion of 20th Street would add parking spaces to the more-residential parts between Third and Fourth Avenue, transportation officials said. And while it will account for a total loss of approximately 130 spaces to make way for the two-way shared path, reps said those losses would largely include lesser-used spots along Greenwood Cemetery between Seventh and McDonald avenues.
The one-way conversion proposal also meets goals set in the city's ongoing efficiency plan for truck routing as it improves truck passage by eliminating the risk of them not being able to pass each other on the narrow road.
Two speed bumps will also be added on Seventh Avenue between 2oth and 22nd Streets to slow traffic around the exit of the bike boulevard.
Despite intricate plans, the head of the CB7's transportation committee raised concerns at the Aug. 3 meeting that truck traffic will be pushed to a similarly crowded 19th Street, where the transportation agency didn't propose any alterations to ease traffic. Meanwhile, other members feared the conversion would create congestion all around the neighborhood as drivers seek an eastbound route to leave.
"I feel like we're glossing over the impact that it's going to have on 19th Street," said Zach Jasie, chairman of the transportation committee. "It is just inevitable… 19th Street is going to become an eastbound corridor. A cut-through. I understand what you're doing on 21st Street so people can't use that as the cut-through but no precautions are being taken on 19th Street."
Jeremy Laufer, Community Board 7's longtime district manager, retorted that — even with such an overhaul in the works — it is unlikely that there will be any stepped-up enforcement of oversized vehicles on 20th Street, claiming the board has been asking for the same thing from DOT for more than a decade.
"Let me quickly say we've been asking for increased enforcement on 20th Street for 11 years," he said.
Transportation officials told community board members that the proposed signage, which they say will be plentiful, and the new design should be effective in routing truck drivers away from 19th Street. The agency has also vowed to work with the local 72nd Precinct to step up enforcement of improper road usage by truck drivers in the area.
"We did mention that enforcement will be a part of this larger conversation," Diniece Mendes, the director of the department's Office of Freight Mobility."The conflict-reducing designs that we are proposing as part of this proposal also helps to restrict the types of vehicles that we would likely see on this street."
Either way, the agency hopes to move ahead with the traffic-calming measures before the year is up.
"We are hoping for October," said Shawn Macias, the deputy director of DOT's bicycle unit. "September, October is our goal [to implement]."
While DOT does not need the board's approval to move forward, the agency's Brooklyn transportation commissioner told CB7 members that they would seriously consider community feedback, and reconfigure the plans if suggestions call for that.
"We are not asking for a vote, this is informational," said Keith Bray. "But again we do want to get community feedback on the program, so we are coming to the board, talking to elected officials. We are happy to talk to other parties as needed about this plan."
One resident of 20th Street commended the transit honchos for heeding their calls regarding the lack of safety and heavy truck traffic they deal with every day.
"Thank you for the continued efforts to try and solve a really unsafe and unpleasant condition living with all of this truck traffic," the local said, "and just say that I fully support the one-way travel."


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Croatia: population and cities
According to Countryaah website, Croatia has about 4.4 million residents.
Ethnic composition
- Croatian 90%
- Serbs 5%
- Bosniaks 0.5%
- Italian 0.4%
- Hungary 0.4%
- Albanians 0.3%
- Slovenes 0.3%
- Czechs 0.2%
About 88% of Croats are Catholic. The Serbian population is almost exclusively Christian Orthodox – around 4% of the total population. There is also an Islamic religious community (around 1%) and a small Jewish community.
- Roman Catholic 88%
- Serbian Orthodox 4%
- Muslim 1%
- Protestants 0.4%
- Atheists 5%
- Unknown 1.6%
National languages
Croatian and Serbo-Croatian.
The Croatian language belongs to the South Slavic subgroup of the Slavic branch of the Indo-European languages and is written with Latin letters. From a linguistic point of view, Croatian is largely identical to Serbian and Bosnian and was combined with them to form "Serbo-Croatian" until the fall of Yugoslavia. Since the breakup of Yugoslavia into different nation states, the respective dialects have also been recognized as different languages. Croatian is currently spoken by around 4.8 million people in Croatia, where it is also the official language. Furthermore, Croatian is still spoken as a mother tongue in some areas of Bosnia-Herzegovina, especially in Herzegovina (the area around Mostar) and in northeastern Bosnia (in the area around Bosanski Brod).
Capital, other cities
The capital of Croatia is Zagreb, with a population of around 790,000. According to Abbreviation Finder, HRV stands for Croatia in English. Click to see other meanings of this 3-letter acronym.
The 10 biggest cities including Zagreb are:
- Split, approx. 200,000 residents
- Rijeka, about 150,000 residents
- Osijek, about 120,000 residents
- Zadar, approx. 75,000 residents
- Slavonski Brod, approx. 70,000 residents
- Velika Gorica, about 65,000 residents
- Karlovac, about 60,000 residents
- Pula, approx. 59,000 residents
- Sisak, approx. 53,000 residents
And not to forget Dubrovnik, the pearl of the Adriatic with around 44,000 residents.
Croatia: geography, map
Croatia shares a border with the following four countries:
- Bosnia-Herzegovina with a length of around 930 km
- Slovenia with a length of around 500 km
- Hungary with a length of around 330 km
- Serbia and Montenegro with a length of around 265 km.
The country has a sea coast (including its islands) with a length of around 5,835 km. Check topmbadirectory for politics, flags, famous people, animals and plants of Croatia.
Area, land use and geology
Croatia covers a total area of around 89,810 km², of which around 33,200 km² is in the sea area.
- ForestAround 35% of the country is forested.
- Fields and fieldsAround 57% of the land is used as arable land, fields or meadows, especially for growing cereals (wheat, rye), potatoes, sugar beets, hops, corn, wine, fruit (apples, peaches, pears, cherries, etc.), Vegetables, olives, poppy seeds, tobacco etc.
The landscape of Croatia was essentially formed 180 million years ago (Upper Jurassic) to about 55 million years ago (Eocene). These charming karst formations were built from carbonates. The appearance is irregular and very rugged. Istria is assigned to the northwestern part of the Adriatic carbonate platform.
Dalmatia, on the other hand, consists of the upper folds, which were caused by the continental collision of the northwest and southeast running hollows and saddle structures in the so-called Dinaric phase 30 million years ago.
The predominant part of the soil type in Croatia is the so-called red earth ("terra Rossa"). This covers the Dolomites and limestones in large parts of the country. Millions of fossil inclusions can be found in large areas.
The Dinaric Mountains (also known as the Dinaric Alps) is a south-east European mountain system that connects to the Eastern Alps. It is a southeastern branch of the Alps. It connects to the Julian Alps in northeast Italy and Slovenia and runs over the Balkan Peninsula (Croatia in particular the region of Dalmatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and especially Montenegro) to the Drin in northern Albania. Here it goes over to the northern Albanian Alps.
The highest point is the Jezercë in Albania with a height of 2,694 m.
The Dinaric Mountains are among the highest and steepest in Europe. It consists largely of limestone and is characterized by its strong karstification, which is particularly pronounced between Dalmatia and Bosnia. The Dinaric Mountains, like the Central Alps, were created by the collision of the African-Arabian and Eurasian plates in the Oligocene, which has continued into the present day.
Tidal range
At the coasts and ports of the country, the mean tidal range is only around 0.2 to 0.4 m.
For detailed explanations of ebb and flow, see Tides, Ebb and Flow.
The world's highest tidal range can be found in the Bay of Fundy in Canada, where it is up to 16 m, and at spring tide even over 20 m. The Bay of Fundy is located on the Atlantic between the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, which is called Nova Scotia in German and whose capital is Halifax. On the German North Sea coast it varies between 1 m and 3 m. In the western Baltic Sea, on the other hand, the tidal range is only 0.3 m, while it is barely noticeable in the eastern Baltic Sea.
Longitude and latitude
Croatia extends over the following geographical latitude (abbreviation Δφ) and geographical longitude (abbreviation Δλ):
Δφ = from 42 ° 24 'to 46 ° 32' north latitude Δλ = from 13 ° 31 'to 19 ° 23' east longitude |
You can find detailed information on this subject under Longitude and Latitude.
Time in the country
For Croatia, the following value applies to Central European Time (CET), i.e. the time without summer time. A minus sign means that it is earlier there, a plus sign that it is later than CET:
Δt (CET) = 0 h |
Further and detailed explanations of the time can be found under Time zones, time.
The highest point of the sun in Zagreb
Zagreb lies at a northern latitude of around φ = 46 °.
If the sun is at the tropic, i.e. at δ = 23.5 °, summer starts in Zagreb, June 21st. Then, for the highest position of the sun at noon, according to Eq. 1 (see position of the sun):
46 ° = (90 ° – h) + 23.5 °
Biokovo, Dinara
In Dalmatia, Biokovo (1,762 m) by the sea and Dinara (1,831 m) in the hinterland are the highest mountains.
Ucka, Velebit
In the north on the Adriatic coast are the Ucka with a height of 1,396 m and the Velebit with 1,758 m.
Risnjak, Velika Kapela, Pljesivica
Furthermore, Risnjak 1,528 m, Velika Kapela 1,533 m and Pljesivica 1,657 m are to be mentioned as large mountains.
The east and northwest of Croatia are mostly flat.
The rivers of Croatia flow towards the Black Sea or towards the Adriatic Sea.
Mirna, Rasa, Zrmanja, Krka and Cetina
In the coastal area there are only smaller and shorter rivers. The largest of them are called Mirna and Rasa in Istria and Zrmanja, Krka and Cetina in Dalmatia.
In the hinterland there is the longest river in the country, the Save (Sava), with a total length of 945 km (562 km through Croatia). The Sava rises in the Alps in Slovenia, then partially crosses Croatia through Bosnia-Herzegovina and flows into the Danube in Belgrade (Serbia).
Drau, Danube
Another larger river in the hinterland is the Drau (Drava) with a total length of 749 km (through Croatia 305 km) and last but not least the Danube (Dunav) with a total length of around 2,860 km (188 km of which through Croatia).
Vransko Lake
The country does not have many large lakes. The largest lake is the Vransko Lake near Biograd with an area of about 30 km².
Plitvice Lakes, Crveno, Modro Lake, Vransko Lake, Prokljansko Lake.
Other important lakes are the magnificent Plitvice Lakes, Crveno and Modro Lakes near Imotski, Vransko Lake on the island of Cresu and Prokljansko Lake.
Lokvarsko, Bajersko Lake, Trakočansko Lake, Perucko Lake
Well-known artificial lakes are the Lokvarsko and Bajersko Lake in Gorski Kotar, the Trakočansko Lake in the Croatian Zagorje and the Perucko Lake on the Cetina River in Dalmatia.
Kopačevsko Lake
Kopačevsko Lake in Baranja in the northeast is a popular spot for many fish and birds.
The country includes a total of 1,185 islands, of which only around 70 are permanently inhabited: The largest islands are:
- Cres with an area of 405.7 km²
- Krk with an area of 405.22 km²
- Rab with an area of 91 km²
- Pag with an area of 284.18 km²
- Brač with an area of 395.44 km²
- Hvar with an area of 297.37 km²
- Korčula with an area of 271.46 km²
The islands in detail
- BrijuniThe Brijuni archipelago consists of fourteen islands that stretch for seven kilometers between Pula and Rovinj. There are paradisiacal flora and fauna on the Brijuni Islands. There are also historical monuments and modern hotels here. The islands are famous for the Stabala crnika, the hundred year old olive groves.
- KrkThe golden or green Krk is an island connected to the mainland by a bridge. Nature is idyllic on Krk. The small islands of Plavnik, Kormat, Galun, Prvić and Zec offer a very beautiful sight, as you will find nature untouched by human hands. Plavnik also has an airport. The island towns of Baška, Malinska, Omišalj, Njivice, Krk and Punat are almost completely developed for tourism and are popular travel destinations. The latter has the largest marina on the Croatian Adriatic coast.
- Cres and LosinjThe two islands were once connected until the Romans dug a canal and separated them. The northern part of Cres extends far into the bay of Rijeka and is exposed to the strong storms of the Bora (cold fall winds, especially on the northeast coast of the Adriatic). This can sometimes make the peaks white from snow and ice.
The southern part is protected from the bora, which is why there is a pronounced Mediterranean climate there. The old core of the homonymous town of Cres, which is the center of the island, can be reached through three gates.
Monuments bear witness to the long history. The family coats of arms above the portals of the houses and the chiseled tools report on the status and professions of the people: blacksmith or carpentry tools on the craftsmen's houses and fish on the doors of the fishermen's huts.
The climate on Lošinj is very pleasant. Because the island is covered with forest, it is both a recreational and health resort.
- SusakOf the 1,185 islands and reefs scattered along the Adriatic coast, which consist of sharp stone and a handful of earth here and there, the island of Susak is an exception, as it consists mostly of sand.It gives the wine from Susak a special aroma.
- RabThe Kvarner island of Rab is one of the most forested islands and has around 300 water sources. In the middle of 1889, the then city council named the town of Rab a seaside resort and health resort. The British King Edward VIII is said to have been the first to bathe unclothed on the island when he spent some time there with the American Wallis Simpson. This is how nudism was supposedly founded on Rab.
- PagPag is the island of mythical olive groves. Sea salt is also extracted here. Pag is known for its lace (Pag lace). They also praise their delicacies: Pag cheese made from sheep's milk and olive oil. Part of Pag is reminiscent of a lunar landscape with its peculiar relief.
- Olib, Silba, Ist, Premuda, Vir, Dugi Otok, Lovrada and PašmanOn the central Adriatic islands of Olib, Silba, Ist, Premuda, Vir, Dugi Otok, Lovrada and Pašman, the visitor will only find untouched nature. Silba is a place of ship owners, captains and fishermen. There are many old captain's houses there. The sheltered harbors are known to boaters as a safe haven. The island of Ugljan is a "suburb" and garden of the city of Zadar. It got its name because of its richness in olive oil. There are more than 100,000 olive trees on the island. The nearby island of Pašman is also covered with silver-green olive groves. The island of Iž lies between Ugljan and Dugi Otok. It has a lush Mediterranean flora and no car traffic. There are fishermen and farmers, beautiful secluded beaches and tourist facilities. On it is the Telašćica bay, the largest natural harbor of the Adriatic islands and a nature park with a habitat for mouflons. The forest-covered north-western coast has many wide bays and wonderful beaches as well as a 41-meter-high lighthouse, in the mortar of which, in addition to the pebbles from the nearby beach, about 100,000 egg yolks were mixed during the construction in 1949.
- Kornatic IslandsAccording to legend, this maze of straits and islands was formed from a handful of rocks that God had left over after he created the world. He threw them into the sea, looked at his work, and concluded that there was nothing that could be improved. The famous Georg Bernard Shaw said of this archipelago of the Adriatic and the Mediterranean: "The gods wanted to crown their work and on the last day created the Kornati out of tears, stars and breath" It consists of 140 large and small islands and reefs. There are a number of fishing settlements and houses on the islands that are temporarily inhabited. Because of the abundance of fish, they are often the target of sport fishermen. The Kornati are particularly attractive for boaters, which is why the Žut and Piškera nautical centers were founded.
- MurterThe islands has an area of only 18 square kilometers. It is connected to the mainland by a twelve-meter-long drawbridge. It is the island of fishermen, olive growers and shipbuilders in the settlements of Hramina, Betina, Tisno and Jezera.
- PrvićThe island of Prvić, located near Vodice, is an oasis of Mediterranean flora and fauna. The island of Zlarin is located southwest of Šibenik and has been known for its corals and sponges since the 15th century, to which the local museum is dedicated.
- Obonjan.To the west of Zlarin is the island of Obonjan, known as the "Island of Youth". Not far from there is the island of Kaprije, named after the Mediterranean plant caper, the buds of which are used as spices. Due to the many bays and beautiful beaches, it is visited by numerous yachts.
- ŽirjeThis island in the Šibenik archipelago has good fishing grounds. Krapanj is the smallest and lowest but most densely populated island of the archipelago with an area of only 0.36 square kilometers and a height of seven meters.
- BračOpposite Split, a city of unusual harmony and extraordinary cultural and historical values, with an airport and seaport, lies the island of Brač, the highest and third largest island in the Adriatic. It is covered with thick pine forests, vineyards and olive groves. The famous Brač white stone was used for many important buildings around the world, such as the White House in Washington. There are numerous bays, sandy and pebble beaches on the richly indented coast of Brač. Bol is the largest tourist place in the southern part of the island with beautiful beaches. Zlatni Rat Beach is the only beach that changes shape every day. There are many bathing and vacation spots on Brač, such as: Postire, Milna, Supetar.
- HvarSouth of Brač is Hvar, the longest island on the Adriatic. The island of vineyards, olive groves and lavender fields. The island has a clear cobalt blue sea, numerous springs and the highest annual number of hours of sunshine. The stone houses along the two coasts of Stari Grad on the island of Hvar, which are connected by several small bridges, form a harmonious unit. In Vrboska there is a fishing museum unique on the Adriatic. Hvar is a pleasant summer and winter health resort because of the mild winter climate and the lush subtropical plants. The small, partly forested Pakleni otoci with mainly nudist pebble and sandy beaches and a seabed favorable for underwater fishing are particularly interesting. They are a well-known meeting place for boaters.
- ŠoltaOpposite Split lies the small island of Šolta with its sparse vegetation and a steep and richly indented coast. The main port of Maslinica is an anchorage for smaller ships.
- VisVis is known for the fishermen and sailors. It has a beautiful nature and a diverse tourist offer.
- BiševoThe island of Biševo has an area of around six square kilometers. There are many caves along the steep coast, of which the "Blue Grotto" (Modra špilja) is the most interesting. It has an entrance above and below the sea. When the water is still, the light refracts so that the objects and people in the cave are bathed in blue color and those in the water shimmer with silver.
- Svetac, Jabuka, Brusnik and the Palagruža archipelago.The Vis archipelago also includes the islands of Svetac (Sveti Andrija), Jabuka, Brusnik and the Palagruža archipelago. Although "officially" a peninsula, Pelješac as an island is separated from Korcula by a narrow channel. The picturesque towns of Ston and Mali Ston are the most important fortified places of the Dubrovnik Republic after Dubrovnik. The oysters from Mali Ston Bay and the renowned Postup and Dingac wines are well known.
- KorčulaIt is said that Korčula is the island with the most legends and monuments and, along with Lokrum and Mljet, the most densely wooded Croatian island. At the end of the 13th century, a naval battle between Venice and Genoa was fought near Korčula, in which Marco Polo had also participated on the Venetian side. Marco Polo is believed to have been born on the island of Korčula. In the towns of Korčula, Lumbarda and Vela Luka, the knight game "Moreska" was invented at the end of the 15th century. Famous stonemasons, sailors and shipbuilders also come from the island.
- LastovoFar out at sea is the island of Lastovo with an area of 50 square kilometers, an indented coastline with pebble and sandy beaches and a few small offshore islands. The houses on Lastovo were built one on top of the other in stages, because every resident had a right to his or her part of the sun, air and view.
- MljetParallel to the island of Pelješac lies the forest-covered island of Mljet with an area of 100 square kilometers. Because of the old, dense forests of Alpine pines and pines, the karst caves, the two picturesque lakes connected to the sea, the numerous sandy and pebble beaches and the rich fish and lobster grounds, the western part of the island was declared a national park.
Adriatic, Mediterranean
Croatia is located on the Adriatic Sea, which is part of the Mediterranean Sea.


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In recent times, with the shift of energies and the rise of the frequencies, the need of having a soul mate and finding our twin flame has increased.
Lives aren't as slow and smooth as they used to be earlier which is why it has become important to have someone who knows your soul and can remind you of your true energy when you need it the most. Unlike other love relationships, soul-mate twin flame doesn't just happen or break all by itself. Your twin flame connection is not someone you 'know'.
They are a part of your soul that got detached from you before entering the 3D word. You meet them later in life or sometimes even after death in the next life. Remember, it's the body that dies, not the soul. Sometimes twin flame take birth at the same time and they can be years apart.
But that just increases the longing and passion between them when they find each other. There are processes and phases that need to be completed before the twin flame couple can begin having a peaceful happy life together.
Sometimes, we are unable to find our twin flame connection or are unable to be with them, in such situations we are sent more than one kind of soulmate so that we can get through this life in a fulfilling manner. It is to be remembered that there is not only a romantic soulmate.
In life, you will come across various soulmates who will bring out different kinds of goodness in you. There will be a 'let's get some coffee together' kind of soulmate, a 'similar taste in music' kind of soulmate, 'let's go on a walk' kind of soulmate, 'let's make money' kind of soulmate.
A romantic soulmate who will love you entirely is just one of the many soulmates you will have in life. Not to forget, you can find a soulmate belonging to your gender too. Just be ready to accept them when they walk into your life.
Twin flames need to be absolutely balanced in many aspects, one of which is divine masculinity and femininity. This will make sure that both of you can fill in the gaps as and when needed.
Twin flame and soulmates aren't completely similar but they aren't absolutely different from each other either. Both of these bonds share similarities. They all belong to the same tree, just different branches, serving one mutual purpose and that is, completing you as a person.
Finding your true twin flame doesn't mean you will instantly start blending in with them and it's going to be all happy and pretty. Just like other humans, you two will also need time to adjust according to each other's needs. It's not that you should meet anyone before you meet your twin flame. Life is a series of walk ins and walks outs.
Every person you meet will give you some sort of experience and honestly, that is what life is all about. It is through this journey of meeting new people and exploring different minds, you'll find your soul mates. Sometimes your soulmate can be someone you've lived your entire life with, your sibling, your parent, your grandparents, even your teacher.
You won't realize how valuable they are and what they add in your life until you realize that just the thought of not having them around can send chills down your spine.
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In context: Anytime the modding community gets its hands on a new game, sex and nude mods are almost inevitable. Modders are still getting their feet wet with Cyberpunk 2077, but Nexus had to pull a recent sex mod that allowed players to "do it" with Keanu Reeves, despite it being rated-PG.
Modders have been tinkering with Cyberpunk 2077 practically since day one. CD Projekt Red usually encourages community mods for its games. In fact, it just released its official Modding Support Tools on Wednesday. However, there is one thing the studio is asking modders to stop doing---can you please not turn Johnny Slverhand into a joytoy?
Earlier this week, Eurogamer detailed how some modders are customizing sex scenes by swapping joytoy (Night City sex worker) models with a variety of other NPCs, including Johnny Silverhand, who is portrayed by Keanu Reeves. In Johnny's case---or any model based on an IRL person---CD Projekt Red says, "don't do it."
"Our most important rule regarding user-generated content, game mods, in particular, is that it can't be harmful towards others," CDPR said in a statement to PC Gamer. "In the case of model swaps, especially those that involve explicit situations, it can be perceived as [harmful] by the people who lent us their appearance for the purpose of creating characters in Cyberpunk 2077."
The Keanu Reeves sex mod was up on Nexus Mods for only about a day before getting pulled. It isn't that the customized sex scenes are too explicit. On the contrary, the swapped in NPC models are fully clothed (for the time being), so the sex is even tamer than it already was. The problem is that CDPR does not want to create a situation where real-world actors are put into sexual scenarios that were not in the script.
Reeves does have a legitimate sex scene in the game. It plays out from Johnny Silverhand's perspective in a segment that allows the player to semi-control the mercenary rock star. The scene is virtual, of course, meaning that Reeves did not actually perform the act in a mo-cap studio or anything. However, he did agree to this scene when he accepted the script. Anything beyond that could potentially lead to legal issues that CDPR would rather avoid. The game maker added that there is one exception.
"When making fan content, creators have to make sure they've got permission from all the concerned parties (which might be people other than CD PROJEKT RED). For the characters we've invented for the game, we broadly permit you to tweak the game at will and just have fun. When it comes to models of real people whom we've asked to participate in the game, we kindly ask you to refrain from using them in any situation that might be found offensive if you don't have their explicit permission."
So if you happen to have Keanu or Hideo Kojima (yes, he's in the game briefly, image above) on speed dial, you might have a chance at talking them into it. Otherwise, please don't attempt having "not-sex" with Keanu Reeves.


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As if exercising wasn't hard enough when you are plus size, you also have to deal with all the health issues that go with it. Shortness of breath, sore limbs, aching knees and to add to the list, skin irritations such as chafing and sweat rashes.
Skin chafing is a painful experience that takes days if not weeks to recover from and is the result of the skin being irritated by repetitive friction and rubbing, usually generated through skin to skin contact of multiple body parts and natural body sweat but can also be a result of fabric to skin irritation. For plus size people, chafing is usually contracted on the inner thighs as this is one of the areas that is rubbed the most but can also occur on the waist and below the bust and belly.
Amanda Whaley, a plus size mother of 2, suffered from thigh chafing for many years and said that when she wanted to start jogging she knew that chafing would be one of her main obstacles. So in a bid to help thousand of other plus size men and women as well as herself, she set about designing underwear that gave her relief from chafing. 'I created underwear in a sweat wicking fiber as sweat is the common factor that leads to chafing. I knew that by using a fiber that took control of sweating, it would ultimately help reduce chafing as the two go hand in hand. Sweat wicking fiber works similar to how a candle wicks away wax but the fiber (Coolmax) wicks away sweat. The fibre allows the body to breath, wicks away the sweat, whilst providing a barrier for the skin so that the repeated rubbing action is cushioned and the inner thighs, waist and buttocks protected'. Amanda Whaley, founder.
"There were quite a few amendments and it took over a year to get the final underwear signed off. I had people reviewing it from all of the world in all different sports capacities including cycling, fun runs, horse riders, hikers and plus size 10k runners. I had ladies from our local sports centre try them out in there Zumba classes and also gym users. I received really good and encouraging reviews but most importantly I listened to what people had to say about the underwear. I made changes such as wider leg openings as some ladies found the standard leg opening too restricting. I increased the gusset area so that it covered all the pubic hair, so ladies felt more hygienic and it made attaching sanitary towels and panty liners easier and I altered the leg length of the boxers shorts".
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The magnets don't dull knives because they aren't strong enough to bend a blade. However, those racks have the potential to damage your blades. It's pretty easy to drag the edge along with the rack as you pull it off, and it's also straightforward for the magnet to snap the blade against the frame as you put it back on.
Both are, however, avoidable. When withdrawing the knife, rotate it so that the sharp edge will exit the magnet. When you put it on the rack, let the blunt side touch first so that when it snaps on, only the flat side touches the frame, never the blade.
It's also beneficial to choose a version that isn't just exposed metal; there are numerous on the market with the magnet hidden beneath the wood. It's not ideal if you drag the blade across it frequently, just as you wouldn't want to remove it across your cutting board, but it's a lot better than metal. Furthermore, because the knife isn't directly against the magnet, the force doesn't build as abruptly as it does as you approach the rack, resulting in less snap.
A bare metal magnetic knife rack is not a good choice if you're concerned that you or others in the home are not always careful with knives. On the other hand, the wooden kind is probably alright unless you're extremely careful of your blades.
Long-term usage of a magnetic rack, according to some, could magnetize the blade, allowing it to pick up tiny fragments of metal, especially during sharpening, which would subsequently wear and dull the edge. This isn't a significant issue as far as I'm aware: I've seen blades stored on magnetic blocks for extended periods without apparent magnetization. But, of course, you may always keep an eye out and, if required, demagnetize the edge.
There is some study being done on how to use steel's magnetic characteristics to measure mechanical parameters. That could imply that altering the steel's magnetic characteristics (for example, by hanging it on magnets) can change its hardness, but I haven't seen any evidence to support this theory.
A problem that could arise later is during sharpening (on a stone, not while sharpening steel). Over time, the knife will most likely become magnetic. When you try to point it, microscopic particles attach to it, making it more difficult to sharpen. As a result, it may appear dull because you can't get it as crisp as you used to.
You can get around this difficulty by slamming it against a wooden board multiple times (back of the blade). This will demagnetize the edge, making sharpening much more accessible.
Do Magnetic Knife Holders Ruin Knives?
No, magnetic knife holders do not ruin knives. Magnetic knife holders function just like any other ordinary magnet; only they are positioned so that they can hold knives conveniently.
Do Knife Blocks Damage Knives?
Knife blocks do not damage knives. They're the best option for storing knives next to solid magnetic strips.
A countertop knife block is the most excellent option for knife storage ideas if you have more counter space and want to keep your knives within easy reach of your work surface. But don't bother with the one that comes standard with a set of knives unless you want to be bound to the limited slots of a knife block set. You'll want a block without pre-sized spaces if you've been creating your diverse collection of knives (as you should).
Many countertop knife blocks are angled diagonally to allow blades to be slid in and out at an angle, although they take up more room. Instead, choose a partnership with slots at the top for more excellent space and a cleaner, more elegant appearance. Once again, how you position and retrieve the knives will aid in keeping the blade sharp: When sliding a knife into and out of a slot, push the knife's rear side against the wood rather than the short side.
Do Stainless Steel Knives Stick to Magnets?
Knives and kitchen sinks are made of stainless steel, but they're constructed of various alloy combinations. Therefore their magnetic characteristics are different.
Why are restaurant knives magnetic? Restaurants have such massive losses of silverware that they place an enormous magnet in their waste bin so that when silverware is accidentally thrown into the trash can, the forks, spoons, and knives all become stuck to this magnet, which can become quite magnetized if left on there sufficiently.
As a result, one would wonder if ordinary steel is magnetic.
Almost all steel you come across or see is not magnetic. Steel, on the other hand, might be converted into a magnet. Because it is primarily made up of ferromagnetic elements, steel is a magnetic substance because magnets can drag it.
Should Knives Point Up or Down on Magnetic Strip?
Knives can be positioned in various ways – horizontally or vertically, depending on the user.
Knife blocks tend to occupy plenty of space, especially if your kitchen is small. Hanging your knives on the wall frees up counter space and allows you to see whatever knife you're selecting plainly. In addition, you may keep your blades in an easy and accessible place, whether you place them on a strip or in a customized rack.
Locate a spot in your kitchen where you can hang the strip. Allow enough space to turn each of your knives so that you can quickly grab them. You should have enough room to choose a knife without knocking over the others. Utensils are commonly hung over the sink, above the stove, or behind the counter on the backsplash. Keep the knife strip out of children's reach.
A magnetic knife strip should be purchased. Find a magnetic strip that can hold all of your blades, or buy two shorter strips to divide your knives into distinct rows. Knife strips can be found in specialty kitchen stores and on the internet.
Mark the board where you'll hang the strip with a level. Mark the wall where you want one side of the knife strip to go. Make sure the magnetic stripe is straight by using the level. Next, draw a line where you want the ribbon to hang with a pen or pencil. If your space allows, hang the strip horizontally or vertically to add interesting detail to your kitchen.
Mounting strips should be attached to the back of the magnet. Apply adhesives to both ends of the magnetic stripe, such as Command strips. Apply at least one more mounting strip in the middle if you have a more extended magnet or plan on supporting a large number of knives. Some mounting strips have Velcro attachments for a secure fit that can also be removed quickly. If you want to tighten the strip, even more, use screws and a drill to fasten it to the wall.


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MANILA, Philippines – Former senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr accused the Supreme Court (SC), sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), of "unfair treatment" in the electoral protest he filed against Vice President Leni Robredo.
Marcos made the claim during the "Kapihan sa Manila Bay" media forum on Wednesday, January 10, where he called out Associate Justice Benjamin Caguioa for allegedly making what he called "disturbing" decisions.
"I have come to be concerned because the PET's treatment of me has been unfair. And we can see there have been a disturbing series of decisions made by [Associate] Justice Caguioa that are clearly unfair and unjust," Marcos said in Filipino.
After losing to Robredo by only 263,473 votes in the 2016 vice presidential elections, Marcos accused the Vice President and the Liberal Party (LP) of robbing him of victory. Marcos filed an electoral protest against Robredo in June 2016. The electoral protest was raffled off to Caguioa.
Caguioa served the administration of Benigno Aquino III as chief presidential counsel and acting justice secretary before his appointment to the High Court. Caguioa and Aquino were classmates at the Ateneo de Manila University.
For now, the former senator said he and his legal team were still thinking of how to address his alleged unjust treatment by the SC.
Asked if he would petition the PET to raffle off his electoral protest to another SC justice, Marcos said: "I imagine that's one option. I don't know if we will do it. But we have to do something soon."
During the forum, Marcos said will not run for senator in 2019 even if he fared well in the December 2017 Social Weather Stations survey on possible senatorial candidates, confident he would win his case against the Vice President.
'Unjust' decisions?
Marcos also cited several PET rulings which he claimed were unfair.
The first was when the Court initially asked him to pay the first P36 million out of his P66.2 million protest fee on April 14, 2017, which fell on Good Friday. Marcos, however, failed to mention that the PET immediately moved his payment deadline on April 17, 2017, a Monday, so he could pay on a regular work day.
Marcos also called out the PET because it delayed Robredo's payment deadline of her P8-million fee in her counter-protest because she "couldn't pay on time."
At the time, the Vice President's camp had petitioned the PET to defer her payment until an initial recount of votes was completed in the 3 pilot provinces to be identified by Marcos, later named as Camarines Sur, Iloilo, and Negros Oriental.
The PET did not grant Robredo's petition and instead told her to pay the P8 million by May 2, 2017, which she did.
Marcos also hit the PET for making him pay P2.97 million for the decryption of ballot images in his 3 pilot provinces, yet Robredo was allowed access to soft copies without any payment.
He also criticized the Court for not yet deciding on the list of 8,000 witnesses he submitted to prove there was electoral fraud in Basilan, Maguindanao, and Lanao del Sur – another 3 provinces where he wants the PET to nullify the votes for vice president. (READ: Robredo camp hits Marcos for 'misleading' SC over witnesses)
The PET has deferred acting on this matter because its next steps will be based on the results of the ballot recount in Camarines Sur, Iloilo, and Negros Oriental, set to begin in February.
"I give respect to the justices….We always give them the benefit of the doubt. That's why all the orders, even if we don't agree with the decision, we comply. But the same rules don't seem to apply to the other side," said Marcos. – Rappler.com
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What other activities does everyone participate in? I'm a varsity cheerleader, play violin, and am in French and International clubs. I also coach gymnastics twice a week.
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Tennis and football.
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After the success of An American in Paris, MGM's Arthur Freed signed Alan J. Lerner to a three-picture writing contract.
The first one of these was the 1954 film version of Brigadoon, with Gene Kelly and Van Johnson, to be directed by Minnelli. In the end, Lerner was vastly disappointed with the picture, which he found quite wooden, to use his words.
Lerner later recalled, "That was unfortunate. Arthur Freed was the producer, and he was, and for all I know, is the best producer that ever was. But it was one of those mistakes, putting it on a sound stage instead of doing it in Scotland. I suppose, it takes genuinely talented people to do something really bad.
The Band Wagon marked Minnelli's tenth anniversary as Freed's most valued director and a highlight for the Freed Unit, as one of the most celebrated production entities.
In contrast, Brigadoon signaled the end of sustained creativity for Freed, and is now considered one of Minnelli's few boring pictures,
Up until now, the consistent success of Freeds musicals had withstood the changes that shook Hollywood during the post-War years. However, due to TVs increasing prominence, movie audiences declined rapidly, and many theaters were converted into supermarkets. Clearly, by 1953, the old studio system began to fade. Freed could no longer sign freely fresh talent from New York to long-term contracts.
At Metro, the production schedule shrank considerably, particularly in the number of musicals made. It was not just economics that led to the genres decline. Minnelli's tragedy as a filmmaker was that he had arrived and matured in Hollywood rather late. Minnellis career would have benefited had he been there in the 1930s, like George Cukor, who made some of his best movies during that decade, including Little Women (with Katharine Hepburn), Camille, David Copperfield, and others.
The Freed Unit viewed itself as the last creator of classy musical entertainment. As such, it struggled against the rise of mass fare like rock n roll movies in the mid-1950s, with new stars like Elvis Presley. The style that made Minnelli's musicals lavish began to fade in the wake of Metro's new policy to play it safer. Trying to guess the tastes of the fickle public, Hollywood increasingly relied on the pre-sold Broadway hits rather than on the development of original musicals in house.
Goldwyn and Fox had already grabbed the rights to the most prestigious Broadway hits, Guys and Dolls, and the Rodgers-and-Hammerstein musicals. MGM followed the lead, picking up whatever was left. Of the six musicals Freed was yet to produce at Metro, four were adaptations of stage hits. Almost in vain, Minnelli would point out that, despite the safety of Broadway imports, three of MGMs most popular 1950s musicals were conceived directly for the screen, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, High Society, and his own Gigi, all Oscar-nominated or Oscar-winning pictures. The studio, however, countered with the argument that those were the exceptions rather than the rule.
Vulgar as it was, Long, Long Trailer made money at the bix office, what cannot be said about Minnellis Brigadoon, which turned out to be one of his weakest film both artistically and commercially.
No one could have anticipated problems from the Production Code. However, in a memo dated November 2, 1953, Joseph I. Breen complained: This material seems unacceptable, as it deals with the effort of Meg to seduce Jeff, which is made to seem highly romantic and hence is completely in violation of Code requirements.
Then, in a February 2, 1954 memo, objection was raised to a line of dialogue by an incidental character in a New York bar: "Once you've driven a foreign car you'll never drive anything else." The Code was concerned about the hostile reaction of the American automobile industry and the "anti-patriotic" line was revised.
Iain F. Anderson broke down the script, scene by scene, with comments. Though pre-production began in late 1952, the actual shoot was pushed back to January and February of 1954. Brigadoon became another quick production for Minnelli, and the studio was able to conduct its first preview in the Encino Theatre on June 4, 1954.
Brigadoon, the third collaboration between Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, showed the first evidence of creative inertia.
This operetta in kilts was a surprise hit of the 1946-7 Broadway season, when Celtic whimsy seemed to be in, as another musical, Finian's Rainbow, was also on the boards.
In March 1951, MGM announced that Gene Kelley and Kathryn Grayson would head the cast. But Kelly's European plans stalled Brigadoon for two years, by which point MGM's contract with Grayson had lapsed. The studio then decided to cast Moira Shearer, the dancer-actress of The Red Shoes fame. However, Brigadoon's uncertain schedule made the Sadlers Wells Ballet nervous and unwilling to commit. Having lost Shearer as his ideal Fiona, Minnelli settled for Cyd Charisse, a good dancer but nit much of an actress.


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Mike writes: My experiences over 43 years on this planet with AGW vs. peace officers goes something like this: Every single police encounter has gone badly and been a pain in the ass if not outright civil rights violations. Every single encounter with sheriff's deputies over several states and many counties has been mostly fine, not threatening, and generally mutually respectful as one would hope two citizens of a civil society would interact to determine whatever it is that has brought them to the same place and time. Corporate whorebags vs. elected – and constitutionally authorized into existence — sheriffs.
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Increase Your Blog Traffic Without Going Broke
It doesn't actually matter if your blog is a personal blog which you do just for fun, or if you are a serious internet marketer which uses their own blog to earn money, everybody wants to find out how you can increase your blog traffic. That is very much the common question.
The good thing is that just simply by using a blog structure for your web site you have already carried out a great deal to get more targeted visitors to your blog. The various search engines love fresh new written content and since blogs are updated much more often compared to a static site would be, the search engines see that like a content driven site and can rank it higher.
There are lots of other things that you can do, for free, to improve the quantity of traffic you get to your blog. And don't forget, it's not only about any traffic, it is more about getting high quality traffic, traffic that contains those who are actually serious about the main topic of your blog.
Here are some of the easiest and most successful free things that you can do to help keep the flow of high quality traffic to your blog going strong:
1. Post frequently. The more frequently you post, the more frequently your blog will get spidered by the search engines and you'll be compensated with a increased page ranking plus more free traffic. One word of caution though, just like vitamins, do not fall into thinking that if one is good 15 has to be better. If you post a great number of times per day, the search engines will believe that your not building your site in a very 'natural' way and they'll penalize you for it.
An effective guideline is to post one post everyday for a 3 week period, I'm not sure why, but that 21 appears to be the magic number. After the first 21 days it is possible to decrease to several posts per week if you would like, or you can continue with one a day, the choice is yours.
2. Another great way to increase your blog trafficincrease your blog traffic is write articles which will direct individuals to go to your blog. You may use the free Google keyword tool to focus on the kinds of keywords and key phrases people are using to locate your blog, then write good quality articles around that keyword, then you can submit your article free of charge to article directory sites such as EzineArticles.com.
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4. Visit other blogs and leave a comment with a link back to your blog. This doesn't just show people that you're an expert in your field, but they may also be interested in looking at your blog and more about what you have to say, assuming obviously that you leave informative, interesting remarks.
These are the simplest methods that you will find to help you increase your blog traffic. And even though PPC advertising certainly works and is a viable option, you don't have to spend a lot of money on expensive pay-per-click campaigns when it's possible to have even better results simply by investing a little time.
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Hello guys! Finally, I'm almost done with my very first novel in my new series, Lycan Legacy.
My advance reader is very happy with the story and has asked me when the next book in the series will be out. Let's get this one published first! I just sent it out for final editing and expect to have it up on Amazon by 16 March. Go ahead and mark your calendar so you can pick it up. Or join the reading list and I'll email you when it goes live.
So what's it about? It's a paranormal romance and it's my first time writing in this genre. I will talk about the plot of the book on my next post and will probably activate the link for those who want an advance reader copy of my books. In the meantime, why don't we enjoy a look at this awesome book cover for my first book, Prey.
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Tia Mowry is pregnant with her second child, she announced on social media on Nov. 8.
The "Sister Sister" actress shared an image on Instagram of her husband, Cory Hardrict, and their son, Cree, kissing her baby bump while she smiled.
She captioned the image with four heart emojis.
Several of her 4 million followers had been suspecting she was pregnant for several days.
Tia and Cory welcomed Cree in 2011, and her pregnancy was documented on the show "Tia & Tamera," which featured her sister, Tamera Mowry.
The two girls could be on camera together again. The pregnant TV star recently told Us Weekly that there is "one step left" in finalizing a "Sister, Sister" revival.
"[It's] amazing and wonderful. My sister and I are taking meetings as we speak, so it's definitely closer than ever to making this reboot happen," she said. "We are being told that they want it to be or happen next year in the fall. So, it's going by so fast, everything."
"Sister, Sister" ran from1994 to 1999.
The new show will be different, and could even center on motherhood.
"I think fans will love it because I just feel very blessed and honored that people are still following my sister and I 20 years later. So I think they'll be excited to see where we are right now and to see our dynamic right now," Tia told Us. "We're just excited to just give back to the fans and make them happy, that's really one of the main reasons why we're doing it."
She continued on her hope for the show. "I'd like it to be where we are in our lives right now," she said. "We're moms with children, but I would like for the show to really focus on sisterhood and the strengths and weaknesses of sisterhood."


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Indiana INTERNnet is now accepting nominations for the 15th annual IMPACT Awards, an annual celebration of internship excellence. We encourage you to complete the online nomination form, and share how an individual has made an impact at your organization by committing to internship excellence. The nomination deadline is November 6.
Have a question about the nomination process or awards program? View our frequently asked questions. If you can't find the answer you're looking for, contact Caitlyn Beck (email@example.com).
What are the awards categories?
- Intern of the Year (3)
- High School
- College
- Non-Traditional
- *High school and college interns must be enrolled in school during the time of their internship in 2020. The non-traditional category is for an intern who was not an enrolled student at the time of the internship or was 26 years old or older during the internship.
- Career Development Professional of the Year (2)
- High School
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- *This individual must be an employee of an Indiana academic institution
- Employer of the Year (2)
- Non-Profit
- For-Profit
- *Organizations must be located in Indiana
- Intern Supervisor of the Year (1)
- *Organizations must be located in Indiana
Can I nominate a previous nominee or winner?
- Yes. Previous nominees and winners can be nominated for multiple years.
When is the deadline?
- Nominations for all categories must be submitted by November 6 by 5 p.m. EST.
What should I expect after submitting a nomination?
- You will receive a confirmation email once we have received and reviewed your submission. If you do not receive confirmation within two business days, please email email@example.com.
- Nominees will be notified of their nomination by early December.
Can I make changes to my entry once it is submitted?
- Once your nomination has been submitted, you will not be able to make changes on the online form. If there is a major change (name, employment status, etc.), please contact us immediately.
What advice do you have for filling out the nomination form?
- Each category has specific criteria that judges will reflect on as they are choosing winners. We encourage you to include stories, facts, measurements and the significance of your nominee's impact. Your response to each criterion should be 2,000 characters or fewer. Double check to make sure everything is spelled correctly.
Are cooperative education students eligible for nomination?
- Yes! Cooperative education students can be nominated for the Intern of the Year Award.
Who judges the awards?
- A panel of impartial judges reviews and scores the nominations.
Where can I find a list of past winners?
- The list of past winners can be found on the IMPACT Awards webpage.
Are you still having the awards luncheon?
- For the first time, Indiana INTERNnet's IMPACT Awards will be held virtually, forgoing the in-person luncheon to ensure the safety of attendees amid COVID-19.
When and where will the IMPACT Awards program be held?
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Authorities in deep slumber despite acute stress on water bodies
Mohinder Verma
JAMMU, June 16: The National Institute for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog has taken serious note of Jammu and Kashmir Government's utter failure to furnish data for Composite Water Management Index (CWMI), which has been developed to enable effective water management across the country in the face of growing crisis.
The non-participation in the detailed and first ever major exercise has made it clear that effective management of water resources is least priority for the concerned authorities of the State although there is acute stress on the water bodies because of increasing population and developmental activities.
Official sources told EXCELSIOR that as the entire country is facing the worst water crisis in its history and millions of lives and livelihoods are under threat and the situation is going to turn worse in the coming years, the National Institute for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog felt it imperative to put in place timely interventions to make water use efficient and sustainable in the length and breadth of the country.
Accordingly, an exercise was set into motion for development of Composite Water Management Index (CWMI) to enable effective water management in the States in the face of this growing crisis.
The objective behind this exercise was to establish a clear baseline and benchmark for State-level performance on key water indicators; uncover how States have progressed on water issues over time and identify areas for deeper engagement and investment on the part of the States.
All the States and Union Territories were directed to furnish information on 28 points covering nine sectors on the NITI Aayog portal. These sectors included source augmentation and restoration of water bodies; source augmentation (ground water); major and medium irrigation—supply and management; watershed development—supply side management; participatory irrigation practices—demand side management; sustainable on-farm water use practices—demand side management; rural drinking water; urban water supply and sanitation and policy and governance.
The data on these points was collected for two years—the base year of Financial Year 2015-16 and Financial Year 2016-17 for benchmarking of the current water performance of the States and also to study the evolution of this performance across the last two years.
Though all the States in the country effectively participated in the exercise of NITI Aayog yet Jammu and Kashmir failed to furnish information on any of 28 points covering nine sectors, sources said while disclosing that J&K is the only State in the country which has been dubbed as 'non-cooperating' State by the NITI Aayog.
While NITI Aayog has classified the States on the basis of the data furnished on its portal in the Composite Water Management Index, which was released two days back, in case of J&K "no-data available' has been mentioned.
As per the key results of CWMI, no ranking has been given to J&K vis-à-vis State level performance on water resource management. Similarly, "no data available" has been reflected against J&K as far as categorization of high, medium and low performing States on water resource management is concerned.
Likewise, for want of required data NITI Aayog could not ascertain whether J&K is making improvements vis-à-vis management of water resources, rural water access and quality of drinking water.
By not participating in the Composite Water Management Index the concerned authorities of State Government have clearly conveyed that effective management of water resources and becoming part of the national level exercise to meet the water crisis are least priorities for them, sources said.
"It is a matter of concern that J&K which is itself facing water crisis and acute stress on water resources because of growing population and developmental activities doesn't want to take corrective measures", they further said while disclosing that NITI Aayog has taken serious note of 'non-cooperation' from the J&K and has conveyed its concern to the highest level in the State Government.
It is pertinent to mention here that restoration of water bodies to their pristine glory is also the concern of J&K High Court, which in different Public Interest Litigations (PILs) has passed numerous directions to the State Government.
But, non-participation in the exercise conducted by NITI Aayog has made it clear that concerned authorities of the State have yet not woken from the deep slumber otherwise data sought by the NITI Aayog should have been prepared and made available well in time.


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The Initiative Is Part Of The Government's Efforts To Enhance Taxpayer Services In The Country
The Income Tax Department of the Government of India has recently announced the launch of an online chat service to make the process of filing income tax returns easier and less complicated. Through the new service, taxpayers will be able to seek answers to queries pertaining to direct tax.
To avail the newly-launched service, taxpayers will have to visit the department's homepage and click on the "Live Chat Online – Ask Your Query" icon. Upon entering the "chat room", the user will be asked to furnish his/her email address before being able to ask questions.
Every chat carries the following precautionary note at the beginning, "The replies are based on the opinion of the expert and in no manner it should be interpreted as the clarification by the Income Tax Department on any matter."
Commenting on the development, an officer stated, "A team of experts from the department and independent tax practitioners has been deputed to answer the general queries of a taxpayer. This first-time initiative is aimed to enhance taxpayer services in the country."
According to sources, the Indian government is currently working on adding more features to the online chat system.
A government official in the know added, "An option has also been provided to the taxpayer for emailing the entire chat to their IDs for future reference."
To ease the taxpayers' burden, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) issued an order for setting up a dedicated structure for delivery and monitoring of taxpayer services in the Income Tax Department. The initiative, as per reports, was part of the government's sustained efforts to offer multi-layered grievance redressal to the country's taxpayers.
The newly-announced online chat service is intended to bridge the gap that currently exists between taxpayers and authorities, making the process of filing income tax returns more transparent.
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The 2007 Best Factory Awards celebration event will take place on Friday 21st September at the London Hilton, Park Lane, London. Once again, the best in UK manufacturing will gather to find out - only as the envelopes are opened - just who has won what award. In every category, companies that were shortlisted, and subsequently passed the judging day, only find out if they are highly commended, or if they have won an award at the moment that the sponsor representative steps up onto the stage to present the trophy. The room is prepared for the cacophony as the wining factory's employees celebrate each win.
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Follow along as we build a next gen NFT marketplace — Mintable v2.0 — Dev Update 5
2 weeks away from launching our v2.0 — which has features that will push the NFT ecosystem forward!
Note: Mintable.app has been replaced by a landing page for the next 2 weeks until our launch. So you won't be able to buy any discount NFTs, and you won't be able to manage/mint new NFTs on your items you've made. But we needed to do this to test different functionality! Sorry!
Before we dive into what's coming — what is Mintable
A next gen NFT marketplace
Our v2.0 focuses mainly on providing a new type of NFT marketplace — one that mixes a series of web 2.0 marketplace features we are all used to, with the cutting edge technology of NFTs. We will no longer be focusing on providing a tool to manage NFTs, but instead focusing on helping creators and buyers trade and create NFTs. We are now focusing on being the most flexible NFT creator's tool ever made, as well as the best NFT marketplace with features no other marketplace has.
With each weekly update we share some of the features coming up, today we will be covering the updates we did over the last week.
Next Gen Features — it looks like a real ecommerce marketplace!
Messaging for buyers and sellers
Just like on etsy, amazon, or ebay — you can message the seller of an item to get more details, or the seller can contact the buyer to ask them to submit a payment on an auction they won. Mintable will also have this — it will be the only NFT marketplace with messaging! (but we are sure many other marketplaces will follow suit)
Promote your listings
Instead of having your NFT be lost in the hundreds of thousands of other NFTs for sale on a marketplace — now you can promote yourself and your listings to get more views.
On our zilliqa marketplace — some of the promoted NFTs have gotten over 20,000 views!! Its extremely easy to promote your items, you pay in ETH, and you can set all the details of your promotion, just like on etsy, or amazon.
Your History
Of course you'll need to be able to see every transaction you've performed on Mintable — so we show it to you!
OUCH! I got a 1 star review
Track all of your reviews from buyers in your profile — so that you can keep up to date with what your customers are asking for. Do they like your NFT? Do you have a high rating? Every review can be seen, sorted by rating or time. This is very important for ensuring that your reputation is maintained and as a means to combat fraud/fake NFTs.
Dev updates/Progress
This week we have done a lot of work. Mainly all focused on finishing the profile section, finishing the messaging functionality, fixing bugs, and working on the landing page that replaced mintable.app until launch.
We have finalized the profile section completely, the messaging system completely, and the landing page this week.
QA team:
Has been testing the profile section and interaction between buying NFTs, updating profiles, and tracking everything for you to track in your profile. They are making great progress getting everything tested — faster than we can code for them to break!
Dev work:
Since we have finished the profile sections, which was a huge hurdle as they are quite complex and large, we are ready to move on.
We went into messaging and built the messaging system within a few days and its now done and ready.
We built the landing page for mintable.app and a way for you to sign up for updates.
We are now looking to work on some of the more important core functionality, specifically selling any NFT on the blockchain.
Next steps for this week:
Now we are ready to work on selling any NFT that follows the ERC-721 standard. What we have done so far is only for Mintable NFTs, but now its time to sell any NFT in your wallet. So that will be the goal of this week, it should only take 3 days or so to have it complete. Then we can start testing it.
After that — we will be building the DAO proposals and voting section, as well as the main DAO landing page — where you can see all of your MINTs (Votes for the DAO) and buy MINT NFTs if you want to.
After that — we will move into the Go Pro pages and checkout process, then start finalizing small little tasks that we have left for end — including the documentation.
We are trying to move at a breakneck pace — as we only have 14 days left before launching. So send us a tweet to show some support — because we've been working 12–15 hour days every day! What an amazing team we have.
Check us out and stay tuned for next Sunday's update
This week we went on 4 different shows to talk about the future of the NFT ecosystem:
The Nifty Show:
Not another bitcoin podcast:
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The NHL qualifying round is almost over thanks to five teams punching their tickets to the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs on what was dubbed "Elimination Friday." That name came from six Game 4 matchups, where one team was facing elimination from the qualifiers, and five of those teams with series leads were able to move on.
The one team with a series lead who'll have to play a Game 5 — the Columbus Blue Jackets — lost in the most thrilling game of the day, to the Toronto Maple Leafs. Columbus led 3-0 and had dominated for the first 56-plus minutes of the game, but the Leafs found some magic, playing in the Eastern Conference bubble in their home arena, and came up with three goals in the final four minutes of the game — all with goalie Frederik Andersen pulled to send the game into overtime, before Auston Matthews won it, to give the Maple Leafs at least one more game in their season.
The day kicked off in Toronto, with the New York Islanders making short work of the Florida Panthers in a 5-1 win, in the most lopsided game of the day. Three of the games, including Columbus-Toronto, went to overtime. The Arizona Coyotes eliminated the Nashville Predators with an overtime winner from Brad Richardson, and Christopher Tanev lifted the Vancouver Canucks over the Minnesota Wild just 11 seconds into the extra frame to end a high scoring back-and-forth game.
The other two games on the schedule involved teams with aging three-time Stanley Cup-winning stars and both No. 12 seeds knocking out the No. 5 seeds. In the West, Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane led the underdog Chicago Blackhawks past the high-powered Edmonton Oilers. Over in the East, the Montreal Canadiens, who had the lowest points percentage of the 24-teams in the bubbles, eliminated Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins, who had the most points of any team entering the Stanley Cup qualifiers.
Relive all of the action of the thrilling Game 4s below.
Friday's Stanley Cup Playoffs schedule:
- Game 4: Islanders 5, Panthers 1 | Islanders win series, 3-1
- Game 4: Coyotes 4, Predators 3 (OT) | Coyotes win series, 3-1
- Game 4: Canadiens 2, Penguins 0 | Canadiens win series, 3-1
- Game 4: Blackhawks 3, Oilers 2 | Blackhawks win series, 3-1
- Game 4: Maple Leafs 4, Blue Jackets 3 (OT) | Series tied, 2-2
- Game 4: Canucks 5, Wild 4 (OT) | Canucks win Series, 3-1
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This is a remix of the lovely "Ebony Dagger (Skyrim)" model by Shadowcraft. Thanks, Shadowcraft!
I have made the following changes to the original:
Scaled up the dagger so that overall length is now about 40 cm.
Trimmed the base of the blade and made a hole for it in the handle so it's a bit sturdier and easier to assemble.
Made holes in the tip of the blade so that it fits on the pegs on the blade base.
The finished print shown in the pictures had some supports fail on the handle, and I also had trouble getting the very tip of the blade to print. Both of these issues were with my printer and not the model.
download the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3523134
Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each Thursday we celebrate and highlight these bold pioneers!
Have you considered building a 3D project around an Arduino or other microcontroller? How about printing a bracket to mount your Raspberry Pi to the back of your HD monitor? And don't forget the countless LED projects that are possible when you are modeling your projects in 3D!