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It is with a heavy heart that we report that former NSMF T-Bird, Hawk and Eagle, Brandon Nestor passed away on the February 25, 2017 from a head injury after he collapsed in his home on February 11. Pictured here with his daughter, Ciarra, Brandon was only 22 when he passed. His whole family was involved at North Surrey with his step-dad, Darren, as a coach, his mom, Kelley coached cheer and his sister, Tiffany, was a cheerleader.
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The phase field method has recently emerged as a powerful computational approach to modelling and predicting mesoscale morphological and microstructure evolution in materials. It describes a microstructure using two field variables: concentration (a conserved variable) and order parameter (nonconserved variable). The temporal and spatial evolution of these field variables is governed by the Cahn-Hilliard non-linear diffusion equation and the Allen-Cahn relaxation equation. At present stage the phase field method is able to predict the evolution of arbitrary morphologies and complex microstructures. However, some important phenomena like defects formation, grain boundaries motion or reconstructive phase transitions require atomic scale study. Recently an approach coined atomic density function (ADF) modelling has been developed to incorporate atomic-level crystalline structures into standard continuum theory for pure and binary systems. The ADF model describes the diffusive, large-time-scale dynamics of the atomic density field ?, which is spatially periodic on atomic length scales. In this talk the application of phase field and ADF models for various material processes including solidification, solid-state structural phase transformations, coarsening and microstructure evolution will discussed.

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"Making the album was a brutal back-breaking process that nearly killed me" We chat with Holly Miranda
Indie guitaring her way onto the scene back in 2015, Holly Miranda made a reputation for herself with her self-titled album that year. Following up a critically well-received album can be tough, but Holly's made it look easy with Mutual Horse. We caught up with her to discuss the album.
Hey Holly, how are you doing?
I'm alright, how are you?
Great, thanks! Where are you right now?
Right now I am in Los Angeles.
So what have you been up to today?
It's 7:33am here, so far today I let the dog out and made some coffee.
Right, onto the album. What can you tell us about Mutual Horse in two sentences?
There was a sign on the studio door that said "Wizards only" and that was really our vibe. We had a lot of fun making this album, but it was also a brutal back-breaking process that nearly killed me.
How did you go about writing and choosing songs for the album?
I wrote as much as I could and went into the studio with 33 songs, we then tracked basics on 23 and then had to choose 18 to focus on. From there we shaved off a few more as we got into the "finer" stages, i.e. horns, vocals, etc. What we wound up with was the strongest of the bunch. A very Darwin approach. I would like to someday do what Joni Mitchell has done and make my own "Misses" album of just the songs that don't make it on the records. I would have a lot.
It feels like you've grown sonically in your 2015 album, what can you tell us about how you got the sound of the album?
It was a lot of collaborating and experimenting. Jared Samuel, aka Invisible Familiars, was indispensable to the sonicallity of this record. He is a wizard.
Tell us about 'Golden Spiral', my favourite song on the album.
'Golden Spiral' is a song I started with my best friend and soul sister, Ambrosia Parsley, it's about her childhood growing up in the deep valley in the 70's.
Actually, I love 'Mr Fong's' too. Who (or what) is Mr Fong? (Or can you tell us about that track?)
Mr Fongs is a bar in Chinatown that I was spending a lot of time at, along with my bass player, Josh Werner, who I also wrote this song with. For the chorus we sent it to the incomparable Shara Nova, My Brightest Diamond, and she sent us back that gorgeous juxtaposed hook that was exactly what it was missing. We also enlisted the guitar work of Sam Stewart to really take that track into the weird realm it lives in, he is also a wizard.
What was behind you putting out a covers EP in 2016?
A record label.
Does how people listen to music these days matter? For example, Spotify not being near CD quality, or people using Apple earbuds which are just horrible. Or are you happy for people to just hear you?
I am happy to be heard, but if you want to hear it right, buy the record and light a j and lay on the floor in front of the speaker and get up to the flip the record and then lay back down.
You've spent time in Detroit, Nashville, and New York, three cities rich in musical heritage; what influences have you taken from them?
I was raised mostly on Motown.
Finally, how do you take your coffee?
Holly's new record Mutual Horse is out now and available to stream everywhere. For more information on Holly and her tour schedule visit her website. You can also follow her on Twitter, like her on Facebook, and others.


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Using iron-on labels, embroidery yarn and the sisters' gift bags in a heavy cotton quality, you can conjure the finest gift bags. The beautifully decorated and personal gift bags can be used year after year, and are therefore worth the effort, if you ask the sisters. Anna also suggests using the gift bags for wrapping Christmas presents, so the wrapping can be reused at many Christmas celebrations.
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It's been a sleepy summer for the folks of Lake Eden, Minnesota. In fact, it's been a whole four months since anyone in the Swensen family has come across a dead body--a detail that just made the front page of the local paper. And that means Hannah Swensen can finally focus on her bakery. . .or can she? Life is never really quiet for Hannah. After all, her mother's wedding is a little over a month away and guess who Delores put in charge of the planning? Yet just when Hannah believes her biggest challenge will be whether to use buttercream or fondant for the wedding cake, she accidentally hits a stranger with her cookie truck while driving down a winding country road in a raging thunderstorm. Hannah is wracked with guilt, and things get even worse when she's arrested. . .for murder But an autopsy soon reveals the mystery man, his shirt covered in stains from blackberry pie, would have died even if Hannah hadn't hit him. Now, to clear her name, Hannah will have to follow a trail of pie crumbs to track down the identity of the deceased, find a baker who knows more about murder than how to roll out a perfect pie crust--and get herself to the church on time. . . Indulge In Joanne Fluke's Criminally Delicious Hannah Swensen Mysteries Red Velvet Cupcake Murder "Culinary Cozies Don't Get Any Tastier Than This Winning series." --Library Journal "Loaded with mouthwatering recipes and clever plotting, the latest Hannah Swensen mystery delights." --RT Book Reviews "If your reading habits alternate between curling up with a good mystery or with a good cookbook, you ought to know about Joanne Fluke." --The Charlotte Observer Cinnamon Roll Murder "Fans of this wildly popular series will not be disappointed. Fluke has kept this series strong for a long time, and there is still plenty to enjoy for foodie crime fans." --Booklist Devil's Food Cake Murder "Fabulous." --Publishers Weekly Apple Turnover Murder "The ever popular Fluke writes engaging cozies with one part great characters, one part gentle story, and three parts the best recipes in the genre." --Library Journal Cream Puff Murder "Entertaining and sprinkled with tempting recipes. It's a sweet treat of a novel." --The Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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F8720 Plasma physics laboratoryFaculty of Science
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- Verification of the Paschen law, determination of the glow discharge
cathode fall and voltage-current characteristics.
Determination of the Townsend's ionisation coefficient of noble gases.
Measuring of the electron temperature and electron density in the glow discharge plasma with use of the Langmuir probe.
Determination of the electron collision frequency from the electron cyclotron resonance absorption.
Study of the plasma afterglow by microwave resonant cavity methode.
Determination of the electron distribution function in low pressure plasma.
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- TÁLSKÝ, Antonín and Jan JANČA. Speciální praktikum z vysokofrekvenční elektroniky a fyziky plazmatu. 1. vyd. Brno: Rektorát UJEP, 1975. 100 s. info
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Protection for a computer system from any kind of damage or theft is referred to as IT security. Its main purpose is to keep the software, hardware and information safe and also to prevent misdirection or disruption of services that are being provided. There are also other terms that can be used to refer to IT security, these are; computer security and cyber security.
IT security involves management of hardware as far as physical access is concerned. IT security is able to do so by blocking any harm that might get to the hardware through code injection, network access or data. Malpractice is another way through which computer systems can get damaged and it can be done by the operators accidentally or intentionally. Though it might not reach such limits, this kind of problem might put IT security at bad angle of understanding.
The field in which IT security is in, is vastly growing in its vitality all over the world. Reason being, there is increment in the reliance and usage of computer systems, wireless networks, Internet and smart devices. In reference to smart devices, we are talking about televisions, the modern day cellphones (smartphones) and small devices that are part of Internet of Things (IoT).
Not all computer systems have the best IT securities, there are vulnerabilities experienced that bring forth attacks. IT security development grows yet the ones that are against its success find ways to surpass the security and infiltrate an organization's system and manage to tamper with it. With the right IT security and the right procedures followed to the latter these attacks or vulnerabilities will cease to exist but caution must always be taken.
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Kawa, Ava, Intoxicating Pepper, Ava Pepper, kava
Indigenous to Polynesia, Australian Colonial islands, South Sea Islands and the Sandwich Islands this herb has been part of these tribe's ceremonial customs for thousands of years.
For ceremonial purposes a drink was prepared by a number of people chewing the root of this plant (Kava Root), spitting the masticated herb into a bowl, diluting the pulp with water or coconut milk and straining to get the famous drink, which was then consumed during the ceremony. As the process of preparing must inevitably result in some absorption of the narcotic one must assume that these ceremonies start in pretty relaxed fashion.
Methods of preparing vary from region to region. some tribes pound the root instead of chewing, some also use the leaves and others ferment Kava Kava into a mildly alcoholic beverage. Although some tribes used Kawa for ceremonial purposes only, many used it for recreational and medicinal purposes.
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A statistical quantity called spatial variance is defined. It combines the advantages of spectral variance calculations and spatial statistics like second-order structure functions. In particular, spatial variances have a clear interpretation and are tolerant for missing data. They can be related in an exact manner to second-order structure functions, both for discrete and continuous data. The flexibility of spatial variances is used to study various sampling strategies, and to compare them with second-order structure functions and spectral variances. It is shown that spectral sampling is biased to calm conditions for scatterometer ocean surface winds, thus underestimating the variance by a factor of about 2. Moreover, variances calculated in the spectral domain over a finite interval can not be easily transformed to the spatial domain. Finally it is shown that one-fifth of the second-order structure function value is a good proxy for the cumulative variance.
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When Malaysia's opposition coalition took power after a shock election victory in May 2018 that ousted the Barisan Nasional coalition, in power since independence in 1957, "New Malaysia" was born. Now, two months short of a year later, it is clear there was no "reset" button, that the trajectories in place before the return to power of long-time former premier Mahathir Mohamad remain deeply embedded in the country's social and political fabric. Public confidence in the new government has eroded, with a slowing economy, piecemeal political reforms and a worrying rise in ethnic tensions. Positive measures taken by the new government — and there are many, as outlined below — are being overshadowed by negative public perceptions. To date, the government has lost two by-elections (in Cameron Highlands and Semenyih) this year alone. The opposition, comprising members of the former government still led by United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) leader and former prime minister Najib Razak (despite an onslaught of outstanding legal charges against him) and the Islamist party PAS have been able to capture persistent voter resentments and channel them into a divisive racial and religious sectarian narrative. Anger and fear have replaced the euphoria and hope that followed the elections less than a year ago.
To understand this trajectory, it is necessary to look both within the Pakatan Harapan governing coalition and to transformative changes taking place in society in response to the more democratic and uncertain environment. In this new era of Mahathir, Malaysia is haunted by its past, contracting the space for substantive reform.
A Different Malaysia: Modest Reforms
It is important to begin with the positive. Malaysia is not occupying the same political terrain it did before May 2018. There are important steps being taken to strengthen democratic governance, with perhaps the most important the expanded citizen empowerment in the aftermath of the 14th General Election, which Malaysians refer to as GE14. Since 2008, political participation has become increasingly important to Malaysians, with the competitiveness of GE14 reinforcing the view that participation does matter. In the election, 39 seats (17.6 percent) were won with less than a 5 percent majority and the government took a majority of 122 parliamentary seats out of a total of 222 (54.9 percent), but with post-election defections to the government the number is now 135. Malaysians have taken ownership of GE14, a development that has contributed to the challenges the new government faces in meeting public expectations.
Pakatan Harapan also has introduced various measures to strengthen institutions. The most significant of these are in parliament, where committees are being created that foster both inclusion and greater professionalism. The parliament as an institution is becoming a more important player in formulating laws, oversight and checks on executive power. Equally significant are ongoing changes in the Election Commission. After a tribunal removed the tainted commissioners of the previous government, new appointees of experts offer a meaningful opportunity for much needed electoral reform. Malaysia's electoral integrity has been considered one of the worst in the region in terms of malapportionment, gerrymandering and professionalism. Even in the judiciary, steps are being taken to appoint respected legal experts in a more inclusive manner and there has been an announcement of a Royal Commission of Inquiry to assess grievances raised about alleged past judicial misconduct. An important step is a drive to separate the attorney general's office from legal prosecutions. Even the prime minister's office has been transformed, with changes in the reporting structure of agencies moved to parliament and a reduction in its budget and size.
These changes have taken place as Pakatan Harapan has worked to address the legacy of kleptocracy and malfeasance it inherited from the UMNO-led government. Corruption runs deep in Malaysia, reinforced by decades of institutionalized patronage, perceptions of entitlement among political elites, a close political-business nexus and, of late, unprecedented greed and impunity on the part of elites. The coalition has focused its attention on the international scandal surrounding the sovereign wealth fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), involving the alleged theft of US$4.5 billion, with charges filed against dozens of those perceived to be instigators and facilitators of the abuse of power. This includes Najib and his wife, Rosmah Mansor. Greater activism on the part of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MAAC) has extended to political elites within UMNO who have been charged with misappropriating funds involving foreign workers and land permits. Trials in these cases are pending. While there are many allegations outstanding against prominent politicians, the level of anti-corruption activism and interventions to strengthen accountability is unprecedented. It includes not only senior politicians but also government servants. This has served to reduce outright corruption within government departments, at least for now.
These changes have taken place as Pakatan Harapan has taken a stance of greater interaction with the public. Many ministers have opened their offices and extended outreach to groups largely excluded (and sometimes demonized) before, even as they have been learning their jobs. Most members of the coalition government are inexperienced and have faced a steep learning curve against a backdrop of high expectations. At the same time, Pakatan Harapan is the most inclusive — genuinely Malaysian — coalition in the country's history and greater openness reflects this orientation. So does the government itself — with gains in representation for women, youth, minorities and outlying (previously discriminated) regions, notably Sabah and Sarawak.
The post-GE14 period has witnessed other important shifts from below. The more open political space has been filled by continued activism on the part of civil society, with groups recalibrating to create pressure for reform. A new civil society platform of more than 70 non-governmental organizations has formed a pressure group around reform, from elections to government-linked companies. Aided by Pakatan Harapan's openness, there has been considerable media liberalization, with previous mainstream government-controlled media adopting more diverse views and online media maintaining their critical line. Effectively, Pakatan Harapan is now operating in an environment of unprecedented scrutiny and transparency.
These are significant developments by any measure in such a relatively short period of time. They have been accompanied by repeated (but yet unfulfilled) promises of further change. More than a hundred laws are targeted to be rewritten, but to date, only one has been amended, the Universities and University College Act of 1971, which has allowed students to participate in politics. The fake news law introduced to chill online media right before the May 2018 polls has been repealed. There has also been a moratorium on the death penalty. Key promises of legal reform including a two-term limit on the prime minister and a reduction of the voting age from 21 to 18 are still pending.
The focus on laws reflects a narrow view of reform itself as a top-down process. This has fueled efforts to encourage political defections from the opposition to reach the two-thirds majority required for constitutional amendments. At the same time, much of the content of reform remains unsolved. This is obvious in the contentious arena of federal-state relations and, importantly, the economy. It also extends to areas where progress has been made, for example, electoral reform and the bureaucracy. Little attention has centered on the problems of implementing the reforms.
What has also become clear is that there are definite red lines in the reform process. There has been a staunch defense of the continued use of affirmative action and protection of the "special status" of the ethnic Malay majority as well as the large intrusive religious state apparatus that accounts for the deeply-entrenched conservative views of a majority of the Malay community. Rather than change the system of patronage, control of the state sector has led to displacement of previous cronies and the emergence of new ones. Many of the wealthy established elites and conglomerates have found safe landings, a regional pattern well honed in other political transitions in the Philippines and Indonesia, to name two. The security sector has largely escaped scrutiny, with concerns being raised about the white-washing of human trafficking violations, no meaningful structural changes in the police and limited interventions in the defense sector. Of these, the red lines over race and religion have been the most contentious, leading to multiple mass protests that have led Pakatan Harapan to reverse even modest measures addressing inclusion. This is not surprising, given the prominence of race and religion in Malaysian politics, but it contributes to alienation among parts of Pakatan Harapan's political base that voted for a rejection of racialized politics.
Understanding the Euphoria Crash
The Malaysian public's focus on unfulfilled promises is a product of a number of factors — the coalition's performance, conditions that Pakatan Harapan inherited and ongoing changes in society itself.
The main explanation given for unmet expectations is "politicking" within Pakatan Harapan. The coalition is comprised of five major political parties — Mahathir's Bersatu (PPBM), Anwar Ibrahim's Keadilan (PKR), the Chinese-dominant Democratic Action Party (DAP), the splinter progressive Islamist party Amanah, and the regional Sabah party Warisan. The political pact between Mahathir and Anwar, in which the former will eventually hand over power to Anwar, has come under strain. The infighting between the different coalition partners and even within individual political parties has preoccupied media headlines. Political jockeying has served to undercut the entire coalition. Different political camps and personalities are believed to be vested in a "numbers game," trying to reach the number of seats needed to hold government without the other, leading to acceptance of former government representatives into Pakatan Harapan parties and alliance maneuvers with current opposition parties that have reinforced the view that the main thrust has been about elites holding power. The personal antagonisms of the past — divisions that go back to the reformasi era of 1998-1999 and Anwar's arrest when Mahathir was in power the last time — continue to undermine trust and co-operation. Rather than clearly plan the leadership transition and reduce uncertainty, attention has focused on who will hold power and for how long.
These power dynamics are further complicated by ideological and policy differences within the coalition itself. Pakatan Harapan is a broad umbrella that came together to oust Najib's kleptocratic government. It was a coalition of convenience. To win power, it campaigned on a wide range of promises, many of which were unrealistic and had varied levels of support among the different coalition partners. Pakatan Harapan's campaign manifesto, Buku Harapan (Blue Book), was a product of compromise, based on limited knowledge of governing and even less experience working together as a coalition. Pakatan Harapan has mistakenly used the document as a basis for governance, rather than trying to identify a realistic future-oriented program, another factor that has served to enhance underlying differences.
New Day, Old Legacies
Broadly, the differences encompass three areas: national identity, economic interventions and normative mindsets. The first arena is the most apparent, given the emergence of a post-GE14 racialized national narrative. Questions of race, religion and region sharply divide the coalition. Some partners want a return to an exclusionary Malay-focused affirmative action policy based on the "special status" of the Malay community, while others want greater ethnic equality and to redress perceptions of discrimination against the non-Malay community. Along the religious spectrum, some partners want a secular government, while others want to retain the Islamist institutions and continue to appeal to more religiously conservative voters. Finally, some partners want greater regional autonomy, especially for the East Malaysian states of Sarawak and Sabah, while others are resistant to these pressures.
Questions of national identity are compounded by an ideological split between the right and left on economic policy. Some want a close relationship with the private sector, allowing the business community to drive the economy, while others want a large public sector, more social welfare and deeper patronage networks. Tied to this are differences over spending, austerity, distribution, trade and privatization. Unlike the previous government's more neo-liberal approach, Pakatan Harapan includes a combination of views that range from an embrace of the West and trade liberalization to residual suspicions of "northern" exploitation (read: China and the United States) and a broadening of the social safety net. The jockeying over policy is further complicated by the politicking noted above. Almost one year on, Pakatan Harapan has been unable to provide a clear program with goals for its government.
To complicate matters further, the coalition differs on the nature of political reform. At the core are different normative outlooks. Mahathir has shown that he has not abandoned his roots and his "UMNO" outlook, where legitimacy is based on support from the Malay community and the focus is on maintaining political survival. The "divide and rule" tactics that kept Mahathir in office as prime minister for 22 years under UMNO have returned. For many other partners in the coalition, it has been difficult to move away from the attack mindset of being in constant opposition. There seems to be little realization that the new government is actually the nationalgovernment. At times, Pakatan Harapan has shown itself to be even more sensitive to criticism than the previous government, further eroding public confidence. It has not helped that the government has no effective communications strategy. As the realities of governing have set in, these internal differences have become obstacles to reform.
Pakatan Harapan is also constrained by the legacy of Najib. The damage caused by the 1MDB scandal and years of corruption have left unprecedented debt. This has limited the options to engage in pump priming to stimulate the economy (a common response to crisis in the past) and to fund different priorities. The removal of the unpopular and poorly implemented Goods and Service Tax (GST) to fulfill a campaign promise has curtailed revenue further. Also complicating the situation is resistance from within. Malaysia's 1.7 million bureaucrats have long been tied to the previous coalition, where a culture of promotion based on loyalty rather than merit was the norm. Many in the system are not comfortable working for the first alternative government in the nation's history. The new government has transferred or retired more than 20,000 senior and middle-level bureaucrats, fueling resistance and perceptions of "victimization." The sheer size of the bureaucracy (with family networks that run deep into Malay society) has contributed to alienation in this community. Resistance has become more open as government decisions are being ignored and, in some cases, openly sabotaged by the bureaucracy.
At the same time, Pakatan Harapan has found itself constrained by the contracts and deals made in the previous era, from padded construction projects to favored monopolies cornering the distribution of goods and services. The patronage network contributing to corruption and inequalities has not been dismantled. The coalition has thus been hit by anger from both sides — from those being displaced and from those that believe the government has proven unwilling or unable to displace more.
Opposition Counterattack
The new opposition comprised of the de facto Najib-led UMNO and Islamist party PAS have managed to tap into this anger. They have joined forces to propagate a narrative of race and religious displacement of the Malay community, who comprise the largest share of not only Malaysia's population but the economically vulnerable bottom 40 percent that have been hardest hit by high prices and the slowing economy. The emotive mobilization around identity politics through the use of fear and insecurity is not new, but it has taken on greater meaning with these parties out of power. Post-GE14, Pakatan Harapan's attacks on the former premier have served to give him new political life. He has tapped into dissatisfaction with the ruling coalition's performance. Facing jail time, Najib has shown a willingness to do anything to stave off prison, even if it means stoking racial tensions. The co-operation among the country's largest Malay-membership parties has proved itself a formidable challenge electorally for Pakatan Harapan, although at this stage, given Malaysia's multi-ethnic fabric, the opposition is unlikely to be able to form an alternative national government. The lack of meaningful non-Malay representation in the opposition has meant that a racial/religious political fault line is consolidating — a sharp contrast from the promised national cohesion of the May 2018 victory.
Perhaps the most surprising issue for Pakatan Harapan has been the negative response it has received from its own political base. Support for the coalition has plummeted. Mahathir's approach to ratcheting down expectations has been to blame his own cabinet's "inexperience," not fully appreciating that this has been destructive. Rather than deal with poor performance and ethical concerns about his appointees, the response has been to look away. This has also eroded confidence.
The main issue, however, has less to do with actions than with the shifts that have taken place in Malaysian society. The sentiments that kicked Najib out of office remain, as do the critical politics that the opposition nurtured for decades. Many of the strongest Pakatan Harapan supporters are "critical citizens" who expect good governance and better performance. When they don't get it, they speak up. Dissatisfaction has found a new target. The country's more open political environment has enhanced the criticism, as discussion of "sensitive" issues on race and religion are now the norm. Unlike earlier governments, ministers are intensely monitored for the first time. Sensational reporting on the part of the media enhances the attacks. The "take down" politics of the past persists.
This is coupled with the fact that a large share of society has not adjusted to the greater political uncertainty of coalition politics. Many who voted for the Mahathir government expected the strongman era of the past. They want the long-honed feudal, hierarchical political structure, rather than a more equal, compromise government; they want fast, clear results rather than the messier process of democratic governance. These sentiments also underscore the growing dissatisfaction.
The fall in the euphoria surrounding Pakatan Harapan has not been easy. The Mahathir government is dealing with less favorable terrain for democratic governance and economic growth globally and regionally, as well as having to grapple with internal and historical problems. It is no wonder that the process has been fraught with challenges. The coalition's success, however, will have less to do with the individuals involved and more to do with the future of democracy in Malaysia and in the region, because the failure to address these challenges will potentially exacerbate forces of anger and sectarianism that can undercut democracy further.


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The summer solstice day is the lightest day of the year, for it is on this day, only once a year, that we can spend the shortest night sitting by the fire among our family, friends or acquaintances.
The 1100AD team sincerely congratulates all players on the upcoming Holiday and wishes that peace and love reign in your families and hearts.
In honor of this holiday - starting from June 20 until July 11, new items, promotions, games and special offers will be available in the game!
In all the cities where there is a free square of sand or grass, a special, festive tree will appear - Oak. Once in a while the Oak tree lights up with colorful ribbons and brings its owner a gift. Visit your oak regularly and have fun finding the gifts! Among the gifts can be found - resources, artifacts, unique soldiers, gold and diamonds.
Take a part in the mini-game "Match three" and try your luck in the battle among the best!
The rules of the game are very simple:
It is necessary to collect in a row or column of 3, 4 or 5 identical elements.
Depending on the number of collected items, the player receives points. Accumulate game points and get super prizes! The more games are played, the more valuable prizes you can get.
For each player and each Order, there are statistics on the number of points collected and at the end of the holidays the TOP-10 best players and TOP-10 best Orders on each server will receive valuable prizes.
Additionally, we are announcing a mid-server contest!
The top 3 players from this TOP will receive special prizes, however each player can receive only one prize in the categories:
- The best player in the mini-game;
- The best decorator;
- the best collector of combinations;
- The best player in effectiveness;
- Hot Player.
After awarding the 15 players who won prizes in the above-listed tops, this time we will award 15 more players from the top "best mini-game player"*, who showed excellent results, but could not get into the top 3 best.
* Player receives only one prize for only 1 nomination.
Follow the statistics of the game and win unique prizes!
Mini-game "Festive table" - it's time to prepare for the holiday and set the table for the guests! To complete the task, you need to collect special artifacts that can be obtained for the exploration in temporary locations (Wrecked wagon, military camp, fair, dense forest, misty mine, Iroquois camp, sunken ships bay, Zizorsky castle and burnt village). The artifacts need to be inserted into the appropriate slots on the festive table. When all parts are in their places, the player receives the specified reward. List of rewards can be shuffled for gold.
For each player, statistics are kept about how many festive tables have been laid. At the end of the holidays, the TOP 10 best players will get a prize. Your place in the top you can see in the TOP statistics.
In the Mini game "festive table" there is also a mid server competition!
TOP-20 best players among all servers that will gain the most points in the mini-game will receive valuable prizes.
For the time of the celebration, a new soldier will appear in the game - the Ranger,but this time, a new soldier has been added to his teammate - the Horse Ranger. Soldiers can be obtained for a mini-game, purchased or received as a gift. The soldiers will serve until September, after which they will automatically retire. The exact time of disappearance will be announced later.
Mercenary and population locations received two additional levels of development. This requires a new artifact, which will improve the location to level 14.
Draft buildings also received additional levels of development. All unique buildings can be raised to level 20, except the Lighthouse. Alexandrian Lighthouse can be improved to level 22.
Castles got the opportunity to improve their level to 43!
Dear players, improving their possessions, remember that some types of buildings require not only a draft, but also accompanying buildings.
Heroes get three new skills: Master of the sword, Master of the spear and Master of the ax, and each unit got the type of weapon he owns.
Now for the hero militia attack, there are 2 skills - a hand-to-hand and master of axes, for a swordsman's attack - a hand-to-hand and master of the sword, and an attack of the Teutonic knight will be enhanced by the skills of the cavalry and master of the sword.
Skills will be available also on current heroes.
The orders have a new tab - Quests.
There are 15 assignments available daily for the order. For the completion of the assignments, points are added, which gradually fills the scale. Filling the scale brings nice bonuses in the form of useful artifacts, gold, diamonds, units and even points of development of the order. Prizes come to all members of the order (except for points of development of the order).
But this pleasure is not cheap. To accomplish the mission, the knights of the order must empty their storages and put the missing ingredients in sufficient quantity in the order.
If a recipe is assembled, you can click the make button, the artifacts will be removed from the order's vault, and in exchange the scale will be filled with points.
To perform these tasks, some artifacts can be moved to the order, but unfortunately it is impossible to issue a player from the order.
Consider it!
Important: Only the Master of the Order can collect recipes.
The number of points collected can be seen in a special top. For points scored during the holidays there will be prizes, after that the Top will only be informative.
Do not miss the festive events in the game:
On the night of June 23 to June 24, in honor of the Summer Solstice, everyone will receive pleasant gifts!
During the holidays in the game store you can find items at low prices, as well as the following discounts:
- 50% for the transfer of artifacts;
- 40% for the purchase of vassal points and points of possession of locations;
- 40% for the construction of tunnels;
- 30% for the construction of all mercenary camps;
- 30% for the construction of the fort and walls in the valley;
- 25% for building castles up to level 40
In the diamond store, the drafts are in a separate section.
Hero's life and attack increased to 15,000
1. There is a distinguish between winter and summer solstice. Currently (2010–2025) world time (in other time zones, these dates may differ by day: east of Greenwich may be more days, west of Greenwich — less than a day) in the northern hemisphere, the winter solstice occurs on December 21 or (before leap years) on December 22, and the summer solstice occurs on June 20 (in leap years) or on June 21. In the southern hemisphere, on the contrary, the December solstice is summer, and the June solstice is winter.
2. In the culture and mythology of many countries, the days of the winter and summer solstices have a mystical significance. One of the most famous traditional names for the winter solstice is Yule, the summer solstice is called Midsummer. Ivan Kupala (Ivanov Day, Kupala Night) is a folk festival of Eastern Slavs, dedicated to the summer solstice and the highest flowering of nature and celebrated on June 24 (July 7). By the time it coincides with the Christian holiday of the Nativity of John the Baptist. In the calendar cycle is symmetrical to Christmas.
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