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Then And Now Essay, Research Paper
Anxiety and distress, interrupted occasionally by pleasure, is the normal course of man's existence.
Joseph Krutch (McWilliams online).
The period between the two World Wars is known as the Age of Anxiety. This is for three main reasons. One of these reasons is because of the loss of a spiritual center because of the war. Another reason is that Europeans felt helpless about not being in control of their lives. The third is that they were miserable and this caused them to be anxious about the future.
Anxiety is abnormal fear that lacks a specific cause. Between the two world wars, Europeans were surrounded by nothingness. This was a time when Europeans were uneasy and looking for some kind of identity for themselves. A reader ignorant of the history of the twentieth century who was given samples European literature of this time could think that Europe had been defeated in the war. The futility of World War I had led to the loss of a spiritual center. The Europeans who lost their spiritual center became known as the "lost generation. They were soldiers who were no longer convinced of the good purposes of European civilization or of the inherent good of human beings. This loss had meant the death of human faith, science, reason, God, progress, and history. The war had taken Europeans ability to answer the ultimate questions, Why do we exist? and What is the meaning of life? There was a new quest for knowledge. Paul Tillich coined this type of anxiety as the anxiety of meaningless, which makes perfect sense: Does it not follow that people who think their lives are meaningless, are anxious about finding meaning in life? The loss of their spiritual center led to fascist movements and, it turn, to World War II.
Fascism comes from the Italian word fascio, which means union. It was created by Benito Mussolini, and is a political ideology that sought to regenerate the social, economic, and cultural life of a country by basing it on increased patriotism. Fascist political parties and movements capitalized on the intense patriotism that emerged as a response to the social and political uncertainty after World War I. While most of these movements failed, fascism succeeded in Germany, and the result was World War II and the holocaust.
Anxiety is a also strong wish to do something. According to Frederick Fritz Perls, a psychoanalyst influenced by existential philosophers, and Peter McWilliams, a New York Times bestseller who uses Perls quotation to further explain anxiety, Anxiety is a form of fear. Anxiety is the space between the now and the then, explained Fritz Perls. Anxiety…demands we do something right now about closing the gap between now and then. The fight or flight response is triggered, and the body wants to take action, productive, physical action right away…We can't do anything about the thing we want to do, but the energy to do remains (McWilliams online). One type of anxiety is a loss of control of a situation, which leads to a feeling of helplessness (Kelvens online). With the loss of their spiritual center, Europeans of post-W.W.I had nothing to do but just wait. They were constantly worried, anxious that the then would come soon, but they could not do a single thing to prevent it. Nietzsche wrote the ice that still supports us has become thin: all of us feel the warm, uncanny breath of the thawing wind. Europeans were standing on the ice, knowing that to remain would cause the ice to break, but still were unable to move. They would have done anything in their power to prevent a Second World War, or the anxiety it would certainly bring with it, but they had no power to stop it from coming.
Seneca, an ancient Roman philosopher, once said, The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable (McWilliams online). It follows that a person who is miserable will be looking to, and be anxious about the future. It is safe to say the post-W.W.I Europeans were miserable: they had just been through a world war. Miserableness causes anxiety causes miserableness in an endless cycle that lasted until World War II.
Three main things caused the Age of Anxiety in twentieth century Europe in between the two world wars. The loss of human faith made Europeans anxious about their future and the meaning of life. Europeans were anxious because of their inability to do anything that would affect their lives. Also, because Europeans were miserable, they were looking towards the future and they were anxious about it.
This is, I think, very much the Age of Anxiety.
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by Ramzy Baroud / October 27th, 2011
In a White House Statement on October 21, US President Barack Obama pledged that his country would finally withdraw forces from Iraq.
"After nearly nine years, America's war in Iraq will be over," he said.
Providing some context to Obama's announcement, a CBSNews.com report published on the same day stated, "The war in Iraq has meant the death of more than 4,400 U.S. troops and come at a cost of more than $700 billion."
The US media is now failing to process any facts aside from the losses suffered by the US, who wrought war and destruction on a country in urgent need of peace and humanitarian assistance. For over a decade prior to the war, Iraq was reeling under US-led UN sanctions, which left the country's infrastructure in a state of near collapse.
In her introduction to Ramsey Clark's important book, The Impact of Sanctions on Iraq: The Children Are Dying, Sara Flounders wrote, "Sanctions are a weapon of mass destruction. Since sanctions were imposed on Iraq, half a million children under the age of five have died of malnutrition and preventable diseases. Sanctions impose artificial famine. A third of Iraq's surviving children today have stunted growth and nutritional deficiencies that will deform their shortened lives."
In 1999, I was one of those who directly witnessed the impact of the sanctions on Iraqi children. I came back from the country with heaps of photos and memories that haunt me to this day. Oddly, enough, it was not sanctions as "a weapon of mass destruction" that inspired action to end the siege, but alleged Iraqi WMDs that invited another disaster to an already devastated nation.
It might take us years to truly understand the magnitude of what has since transpired in Iraq. Death and destruction have hovered over the country, killing and wounding hundreds of thousands, sending millions into exile and millions more have been classified by UN agencies as Internally Displaced Persons (IDP). It was a horror show that cannot be captured with the language of reason, but every moment of it was experienced by millions of ordinary people, punished severely for a crime they never committed.
The last US forces will depart the country by January 1 "with their heads held high, proud of their success," according to Obama. This is the very president who, in a speech in Cairo on June 4, 2009, stated that "unlike Afghanistan, Iraq was a war of choice." What is there to be proud of in a devastating war of choice, Mr. President?
Before the U.S. House of Representatives on January 18, 2007, now Republican candidate for president, Ron Paul fittingly remarked, "Clichés about supporting the troops are designed to distract us from failed policies, policies promoted by powerful special interests that benefit from war. Anything to steer the discussion away from the real reasons (for) the war in Iraq will not end anytime soon."
But it is ending, simply because it was militarily unwinnable, financially unsustainable and politically indefensible. "Supporting the troops," however, will continue to serve as an escape route for those who still refuse to discuss the Iraq war from a moral and legal viewpoint. For them, it is essential that the cover-up persists, so as not to deny the US the opportunity to instigate other wars of choice whenever suitable.
In a press briefing shortly following Obama's end of war announcement, Antony Blinken, National Security Advisor to Vice President Joe Biden, remarked on whether the war was worth it. He answered, "history is going to have to judge."
But Iraqis don't need to wait for US history books to demonstrate to them the depth of their tragedy. The Lancet survey had already determined that between March 2003 and June 2006, 601,027 Iraqis died violent deaths. Opinion Research Business survey said that 1,033,000 died as a result of the conflict from March 2003 to August 2007. In one single revelation, WikiLeaks stated that "its release of nearly 400,000 classified U.S. files on the Iraq war showed 15,000 more Iraqi civilians died than previously thought" (Reuters, October 24, 2010).
Equally important is the fact that the violent mentality that insists on war – as opposed to diplomacy – to further US interests is still deeply rooted among US elites. Reporting from Washington, Jim Lobe wrote, "Key neo-conservatives and other right-wing hawks who championed the 2003 United States invasion of Iraq are calling for military strikes against Iran in retaliation for its purported murder-for-hire plot against the Saudi ambassador here" (Asia Times, October 19).
Blogging for Foreign Policy website on October 21, Dalia Dassa Kaye wrote, "The martial rhetoric from inveterate hawks was predictable. But even President Obama suggested that the United States would not take any 'options off the table,' a phrase that is understood to leave open military options."
The rhetoric buildup for another conflict received a big boost during US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta's first visit to Iraq since taking office on July 1. He said then that his country "will act 'unilaterally' to confront what he said were Iranian threats to US interests in Iraq." The US was "very concerned about Iran and the weapons they are providing to extremists here in Iraq," he said, as reported by Al Jazeera (July 11).
It will not be easy to reconcile Panetta's comments with Obama's end of war announcement which states that "Iraqis have taken full responsibility for their country's security" and that the relationship between the US and Iraq will be that "between sovereign nations, an equal partnership based on mutual interest and mutual respect."
There are no signs of the neoconservatives altering their views. The appetite for conflict also seems well and alive among Washington's influential elites, who still brazenly propagate that the US war brought good to Iraqi society, despite all evidence to the contrary.
The official website for the US Forces in Iraq, USF-Iraq.com, is adorned by the following statement under the banner, The New Face of Iraq: "The nation of Iraq has undergone sweeping political, economical and social changes since the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime. Elected officials are now in power, overseeing the continued development of security, infrastructure, education, security and finance."
With that apparent 'success' in mind, the neocons can always advocate another military intervention or full scale invasion, whenever possible and affordable.
"The tide of war is receding," said Obama. One has serious doubts.
Dr. Ramzy Baroud is an author and a journalist. He is athor of The Second Palestinian Intifada: A Chronicle of a People's Struggle and his latest My Father Was a Freedom Fighter: Gaza's Untold Story. He can be reached at ramzybaroud@hotmail.com. Read other articles by Ramzy, or visit Ramzy's website.
This article was posted on Thursday, October 27th, 2011 at 8:00am and is filed under Crimes against Humanity, Disinformation, Iraq, Militarism, War Crimes, Weaponry.
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woman was found locked in a room in her house. Apparently the woman has been locked in the room for 18 years. The reason for her imprisonment was becoming pregnant when she was unmarried.
If you do the math, the woman was 20 years old when became pregnant. Although being unmarried and pregnant is not the idea situation, she was an adult at the time. While the family may have been disappointed, they should have been able to deal with the fact that a grown woman was expecting a child. Instead of allowing the woman to make some decisions on her own and have a chance to care for her child, they decided to take the baby and give it away to family members. This boy, who is not 17 has had no opportunity to know his mother.
The woman was taken from the room where she was locked up and put in a mental institution. Obviously, after 18 years the woman is in no predicament to be without constant psychiatric care. The Italian news showed the dirty room where the family held that woman hostage. There was a filthy sink and toilet and a bed. The woman's mother who was 80 years old and her two siblings were arrested. The police got an anonymous tip that led them to this discovery.
Who does this type of thing? Eighteen years ago would have been 1990. I am shocked that in 1990 there was a family so shamed by a wedlock pregnancy in Italy that they had to lock the poor woman up. I just don't understand that kind of thinking. Like I stated before, she was an adult at the time and she did not get pregnant all by herself. There had to be some male party involved. So what happened to the guy? Did he ever know? How do people make these type of things right in their minds?
Another woman has lost a huge chunk of her life because of the ignorance of her family. Just like in the Fritzl case, this woman has missed out on so much life that there is really no fitting punishment for her captives. My question is, did the brother and sister still live at home or did they go on to live regular lives? Did this woman's two siblings work to steal her life while living their own? The implications are disgusting.
What lies ahead for this woman? Will she be able to readjust to life and move back into society? What will happen to the people that held her against her will for 18 years? How will this stunning revelation effect the woman's son who will get to see his mother for the first time in his life? Will he want to see his mother? There are more questions than answers at this stage. It will be interesting to see what unfolds over the next few weeks.


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Q: Repeat cell background color I have 6 base colors that go in order for each cell created in the following order:
• yellow
• dark yellow
• red
• dark red
• lime
• dark lime
I have an Array of those 6 colors in that order to use as background color of each cell but if I want to add a new cell and make it 7 cells I have to re-add the first color so the array looks like this:
• yellow
• dark yellow
• red
• dark red
• lime
• dark lime
• yellow
is there a way to make the six colors of the array repeat after the sixth cell is created?
Thanks for the help!

A: You can use modulo:
NSArray *colors = @[ Red, Green, Blue ];

colors[0 % colors.count]; // Red
colors[1 % colors.count]; // Green
colors[2 % colors.count]; // Blue
colors[3 % colors.count]; // Red
colors[4 % colors.count]; // Green
// and so on...

A: You may want to use the % operator (modulus), something like this will do
UIColor *currentColor = colorsArray[row % colorsArray.count];

where row is the integer that represents the current row number, and colorsArray is your array of UIColor
You can read more about modulus operator here
http://www.cprogramming.com/tutorial/modulus.html

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Juan Carlos Parada (Caracas, Venezuela, 8 de marzo de 1988) es un futbolista venezolano que jugó como delantero y su último equipo fue el Monagas SC de la Primera División de Venezuela.

Clubes

Monagas Sport Club

Torneo Apertura 2016
Para el Torneo Apertura de 2016 continuó jugando con el Monagas SC hasta la culminación del torneo.

Referencias

Enlaces externos
http://us.soccerway.com/players/juan-carlos-parada/348379/

Caraqueños
Futbolistas del Monagas Sport Club

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Stanley A. Moody, director of choirs, holds a Bachelor of Music, from the University of Texas at San Antonio. His principal teachers include Dr. Gary Mabry, Dr. Jerry McCoy, and Dr. John Silantien. Before coming to Seguin High School in the fall of 2014, Mr. Moody held positions as assistant choral director at James Bowie High School in Arlington, Tx and head choral director at New Braunfels Middle School and OakRun Middle School in New Braunfels, Tx. While working in New Braunfels ISD, Mr. Moody helped to form and co-direct the New Braunfels ISD Elementary Honor Choir. In addition, while in San Antonio, Mr. Moody served as Associate Artistic Director of the Alamo City Men's Choral, Director of Music at Northwood Presbyterian Church, and Interim Director of the New Braunfels Community Chorale. Upon his move to the DFW area, Mr. Moody accepted the position of Interim Director of Westminster Presbyterian Church and completed one year of study toward a Masters Degree in Choral Directing. Choirs under his direction are consistent recipients of UIL Sweepstakes awards and have been recognized as "Best In Class" in regional performance festivals. Mr. Moody occasionally serves as a guest clinician & judge throughout the State of Texas. In addition to teaching and conducting, Mr. Moody has sung professionally with the Lyric Opera of San Antonio, Saint Marks Episcopal Church in San Antonio, and the Dallas Chamber Choir. Mr. Moody maintains active memberships in the Texas Music Educator's Association, the Texas Choral Director's Association, and the American Choral Director's Association. In addition to his appointment at AISD Juan Seguin High School, Moody is the Director of Music at Horizon Unitarian Universalist Church where his choir performs for Sunday Morning Worship as well as prepares and performs a winter and spring concert.
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Vitex (Vitex agnus-castus [Latin]), also known as chaste berry, chaste tree, and monk's pepper, and wild pepper, has traditionally been used to reduce the sex drive of both men and women. Modern research indicates that this herb may deserve its name, and is also helpful for treating a number of women's hormone-related health conditions.
Vitex agnus-castus is native to the Mediterranean, but today it is also grown in eastern coastal areas of the United States. It produces black peppercorns that were once eaten by ancient Roman priestesses and medieval monks to help them keep their vows of chastity. Ancient Romans also used this vitex fruit to increase a nursing mother's milk supply and help stop women's hemorrhaging after giving birth.
Research has shown that vitex may indeed be helpful for treating premenstrual syndrome (PMS), erratic menstrual cycles, and insufficient milk supply in women, and may even help reduce sex drive in men. Vitex causes the pituitary gland to decrease production of follicle stimulating horomone (FSH) and to increase production of luteinizing hormone (LH), a hormonal shift that indirectly leads to higher progesterone levels and a decrease of male hormones, or androgens, in the body.
Vitex also helps regulate levels of prolactin, a hormone produced by the pituitary gland that stimulates the production of milk but has also been linked to premenstrual breast tenderness and the development of fibroids in the breast and uterus. Vitex causes a hormonal shift that both reduces bloating and breast pain that many women experience before their periods and increases mothers' milk supplies.
In European studies women using vitex for treatment of PMS discomfort reported significant improvement; in other studies nursing mothers taking vitex demonstrated a significant increase in milk supply. Vitex has also been used successfully to treat irregular menstrual cycles, increasing or decreasing flow as needed, and to reduce menstrual cramping. The androgen-reducing effects of vitex may help curb male libido, which supports the traditional use of this berry my monks to reduce sex drive. Vitex has also been used to acne, which has also been linked to high androgen levels, and may help treat women experiencing abnormal hair growth, or hirsitism, which has been linked to high levels of androgens and FSH in women.
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1909 Edward H. Mitchell Postcard (#1835) - View of the Agriculture Building, Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition at Seattle, Washington
Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition, Mitchell No. 1835, Agricultural Building Exterior View
Overview - The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition's Agriculture Building was one of two buildings curving around the fair's central fountain, the other, its pendant, was the Manufacture Building. The two together embodied the symbolic heart at the center of Washington State.
Building History - The Agriculture Building occupied a site just east of the main round fountain, the Arctic Circle, at the center of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition grounds, where the current Chemistry Building later was erected on the University of Washington, Seattle, Campus. Like the Manufacture Building standing to its east, both buildings had a curved form echoing the circular central round fountain. The partnership of Graham and Myers, Architects, active between 1905-1910, designed the AYPE Agriculture Building. collaborating with M. Chase, who served as the building contractor. The building had a utilitarian interior. A central street, shaped in an arc, led fairgoers past exhibits on either side. The pavilion had three stories, the upper two as galleries on either side of the central corridor. The curving interior structure consisted of posts supporting laminated arches and trusses that held up a glazed roof.
Building Notes- Various WA Counties sponsored exhibits in the Agriculture Building, including Pierce, Walla Walla, Klickitat, Lewis, and Snohomish. Apple growers of the Wenatchee Valley had an exhibit, as did food processing companies, including the Seattle Brewing and Malting Company, brewers of the popular local brand, Rainier Beer. Additionally, the Canadian Pacific Railway Company sponsored a large exhibit in the Agriculture Building. LINK to the complete article - pcad.lib.washington.edu/building/5511/
Edward H. Mitchell Postcard Publisher 1867-1932 - Edward Henry Mitchell was born on April 27, 1867 in San Francisco and was one of the most prolific postcard publishers on the west coast of the United States and was based in San Francisco from the late 1890's to the early 1920s. In the 1891 Langley's San Francisco directory he is listed as manager of the stationery dept. The Bancroft Co. and lived with his mother Mary Hodnett Mitchell at 6 Ford St. He married Idelle G. Lanehan Mitchell on November 26, 1891, she was born on June 16 of 1870 also in San Francisco and lived until 1941 and was survived by three children, a son, Allen G. Mitchell and two daughters, Mrs. Stafford (Marion) Buckley and Mrs. Garton Keyston – all residents in the S. F. Bay area. He was Primarily a businessman not a photographer. He bought the postcard business of California scenes and one set depicting Yellowstone National Park published by Albert Kayser of Oakland in 1898. Before the earthquake he was at 225 Post Street and after he was at 3363 Army Street now Cesar Chavez Street, San Francisco. Over the years Mitchell bought out numerous small western competitors. One was George A. Besaw (1846-1923) of the Western Card Company publisher of realphoto cards and located in Reedley, California Mitchell hired Besaw in May of 1911. Mitchell printed postcards for a number of other publishers as well to name a few Charles Roscoe Savage,"Michael" M. Rieder of L. A,. There are a number of cards published by Mitchell that were taken by photographers that were the original negatives or prints used to make the cards some of the photographers. They are Charles Leon Aydelotte (1868-1924) of Santa Cruz, E. A. Cohen (1859-1939) of Alameda, R. J. Arnold (1856-1929) and A.C. Heidrick (1876-1955) of Monterey. In 1921 he is listed President with F. E. Edwards as Secretary of Dominion Oil Company, 3363 Army St., San Francisco. Mitchell retired from the postcard business in 1923 and sold the remainder of his stock of three-and-a-half million cards in Los Angeles for only $500.00. In 1928-30 he is listed as V-press-treas of the Pacific Novelty Co. 579 Market St. S. F., Later in life he dealt in real estate and oil well leasing. The Mitchells moved to 509 Hale Street at University Ave., Palo Alto. He died on October 24, 1932 in Palo Alto of a heart attack at 65 years old.
Link to - Edward H. Mitchell checklist - www.thepostcard.com/walt/pub/ehm/chklst/ehmchk.htm
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When one of my coworkers asked me if I could make a Chinese Red Dragon Cake for her son's first birthday - who was born in the Chinese Year of the Dragon - I was secretly a little scared, and thought, how in the heck am I going to pull that off? You see, every cake design is a learning experience for me, because (almost never) does someone request something that I have already made and am somewhat comfortable with.
But I agreed to make it, and started looking up images of dragons. I looked at many, many images before I found one I liked, and that I thought I could replicate in a cake design.
After choosing the picture, I gave a lot of thought as to how I would decorate the cake. She had asked for a vanilla cake, with lemon curd filling, and lemon yellow buttercream, with a red dragon.
I thought of piping the dragon with buttercream, but wasn't sure I'd be able to make it look right. Also, red buttercream is so bold, and one mistake could have ruined the cake.
So I decided gum paste was the way to go. I made the head and feet first, just by using a knife and cutting the shapes free-hand, attaching the ear, tongue, claws and spiky bits with a little water. After they dried, I added a little embellishment with a black, edible food-coloring marker.
As for the body, I did not want to make one solid piece, which would be too cumbersome and would have to be removed before cutting the cake. So instead, I just cut a whole bunch of little circles for the dragon's scales and triangles for the spikes along his back, knowing that all those little pieces would be easy to cut through when serving the cake. With all the pieces dried, I arranged them on parchment paper to get an idea of how I wanted to place them on the cake.
So, once I had frosted the cake, decorating it was just a very simple matter of sticking all those little pieces into the frosting to create a dragon.
I was so happy with how this turned out, but more importantly, they loved it, too!
This cake is wonderful and you did a great job by creating such a perfect dragon. I'm very impressed by what you can make with gum paste. Happy birthay to little Clark!
The dragon pieces are sticking directly to the buttercream, which will work if you stick them on right after frosting the cake, before the buttercream crusts over. If you wait to decorate, and the buttercream has already crusted over, then just pipe little dots of fresh buttercream onto the back of each piece, which will act as edible glue to adhere them to the cake. I'm sure he'll love the cake!
Thank you so much! I'm hoping I can get it to look at least half as good as yours.
I made the cake! It turned out great, only my roses aren't as pretty as yours. I thought it was tip 1M. What was it after all? It took SO long to cut the pieces out to make sure he was the right size and looking uniform. I wish I had made a bigger cake because he was too big to fit on the side, so he starts on top and then wraps around, which worked out fine. Your cake idea was wonderful! Thank you again!
You're right, the tip was a 1M.


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(CBN) – A California pastor plans to gather with his congregation Sunday despite a temporary restraining order by the state forbidding it. Pastor Rob McCoy and Godspeak Calvary Chapel Church leaders voted to carry out worship services as planned despite what they see as a clearly unconstitutional order against them and their church.
McCoy made the announcement in a Live-streamed message to members. "I wish it didn't have to come to this, I really do, but we will be violating the judge's order," McCoy said. "We will be open this Sunday." The "VC Star" reports the temporary restraining order "prohibits Godspeak and McCoy from offering indoor services at the church in Newbury Park or any other indoor venue in the county until Aug. 31."
"Come to church, and if you're one of the first thousand, you win a prize. You will get a citation. It will be a misdemeanor," McCoy said in the video message. He reminded members it would go on their record, so it's not a decision to be taken lightly.
Liberty Counsel is working with the pastor and his legal counsel. Although it doesn't represent the church, Liberty Counsel explains the implications of the order as meaning "every person who attends the church or who will attend the church. Anyone who dares visit the church to worship could be held in contempt of court." READ MORE
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Q: How do I get rid of this unwanted cropping? I have a chart created using the amCharts library. But I face an unwanted crop in the image which is on top of each bar when it goes too high, as I've highlighted here:

Please help I don't want to have that cropping.
Here is the CSS code:

    #chartdiv {
      width: 100%;
      height: 500px;
      padding: 70px 0;
      border: 3px solid green;
    }

    body {
      margin: 0 0 0 0;
      overflow:hidden;
      background-color: transparent;
      font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol";
    }

And here is the last part of JavaScript code:

    // Add bullets
    var bullet = series.bullets.push(new am4charts.Bullet());
    var image = bullet.createChild(am4core.Image);
    image.width = 150;
    image.height = 150;
    image.horizontalCenter = "middle";
    image.verticalCenter = "bottom";
    image.dy = 80;
    image.y = am4core.percent(100);
    image.propertyFields.href = "bullet";
    image.tooltipText = series.columns.template.tooltipText;
    image.propertyFields.fill = "color";
    image.filters.push(new am4core.DropShadowFilter());

EDIT:
When I add zoom: 0.5; to the chartdiv CSS code this happens:

A: The bullets you created are not calculated in the reserved rendered area for your chart. The bullets in your chart are very large, so they are cropped at the top. If you set paddingTop on your chart it should solve your issue.
chart.paddingTop = 50;

I created this code pen from the official amcharts demos and added your bullet configuration.

A: Try putting:
z-index:5;
into the 'chartdiv' id in CSS. This is happenning because there is something that is on top of the image at the top. The z-index function, will ensure that the chartdiv is on top of anything else. If it doesn't work, try increasing the z-index value.


An April 19 Can-Am Series match at Westhills Stadium in Langford is part of the road to the Women's Rugby World Cup for Team Canada.
The national 15's team program will host 41 players from across the country for training camp starting this week at the Canadian Rugby Centre of Excellence in Langford and at Shawnigan Lake School.
Among the local club players taking part are Victoria's Jessica Dovane and Velox RFC teammate Barbara Mervin.


The Bachelor's sixth season kicks off tonight and we bloody can't wait for what is sure to be the funniest and most true blue Aussie season of all time!
We've got our Uber Eats sorted and our bodies are SO ready to watch all of the ladies as they exit the limos and of course our Bachie Nick Cummins in one of those typical, shirtless, beach scenes where he tells us how unlucky he's been in love and what he's looking for in a future partner.
But before making his reality TV debut, Nick 'The Honey Badger' Cummins joined Kyle and Jackie O this morning for a quick chat, during which he gave us a little inside information ahead of the first episode.
Nick gave us a little hint at what he looks for in a woman and how he judges whether she'd be right for him or not. And we have to say it's a little strange!
"Do you like girl's feet? Because I look at feet," admitted Kyle.
To which The Badge replied, "Yeah feet, I'm more, ankles are important." Um…What?
"It's pretty important," he continued. "I think being an athlete myself I like to know that if sh*t goes down she can high knees and hit the stride and get the hell out of there." Fair point we guess!
But according to Nick it won't be difficult to pick who his favourites are. He told us that one woman stands out to him from the get go (must have some fab ankles going on) and she even ends up being rewarded with something pretty darn special!
"Straight away was there one that stood out more than the others," asked Kyle.
"There was and that's the one who may have got the key," answered the Honey Badger.
The key is a new feature added into this season of The Bachelor, which allows the chosen woman to visit Nick's Bachelor pad any time she pleases.
Listen to Kyle and Jackie O's full chat with Nick 'The Honey Badger' Cummins below!


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Melanie Hall (nascida a 20 de Agosto de 1970; desaparecida por volta de 9 de Junho de 1996; declarada legalmente morta a 17 de Novembro de 2004) era uma administrativa de hospital britânica de Bradford on Avon, que desapareceu a 9 de Junho de 1996, depois de uma saída à noite no clube nocturno de Cadillacs em Bath. Foi apenas a 5 de Outubro de 2009 que os seus restos parciais foram descobertos, depois de um saco de plástico do lixo contendo ossos humanos ter sido localizado por um trabalhador na estrada M5 perto de Thornbury, Sul de Gloucestershire. Os ossos, que incluía a pelvis, fémur e crânio, foram analisados e identificados como pertencendo a Melanie Hall a 7 de Outubro de 2009. Foi determinado que Hall tinha sofrido sérias fracturas no seu crânio e cara, e que tinha sido atada com uma corda, apesar de não ter sido possível apontar a causa da morte.

História de fundo
Hall era descrita pelos seus pais como "filha jovem e vibrante". Ela graduou-se na Universidade de Bath em 1995, e a mãe de Hall, Pat Hall, disse que a graduação tinha sido um sonho "acarinhado" pela Melanie durante 4 anos. Melanie Hall trabalhou como administrativa no Royal United Hospital de Bath. Três semanas antes do seu desaparecimento, Hall andava a sair com um médico alemão, Philip Karlbaum, que tinha conhecido no hospital. O seu pai, Stephen Hall, tinha servido como presidente do Bath City Football Club.

Desaparecimento
Hall tinha arranjado forma de ficar com o seu namorado Karlbaum a 8 de Junho e a sua mãe deixou-a em sua casa. Na noite de 8 de Junho de 1996, Hall foi ao clube nocturno Cadillacs em Bath com Karlbaum e outro casal. Foi dito que Hall estava a discutir com Karlbaum, e ele saiu do clube "chateado" depois de alegadamente a ter visto a dançar com outro homem. Hall foi vista pela última vez sentada num banco do clube por volta da 1:10 da manhã a 9 de Junho de 1996. Foi dada como desaparecida a 11 de Junho de 1996 pelos seus pais, depois de ter faltado ao trabalho.

Karlbaum descreveu a sua tristeza com o seu desaparecimento a 17 de Junho de 1996. Avon and Somerset Police lançou várias buscas no rio Avon depois do seu desaparecimento e entrevistou centenas de pessoas da discoteca e condutores de taxis numa operação que envolveu 60 oficiais. Um recompensa de £10,000 foi oferecida por informação, o programa da BBC Crimewatch e Crimstoppers fizeram apelos ao público por informação, assim como a irmão de Hall Dominique, mas não foram encontradas pistas de Hall.

Hall foi legalmente declarada morta a 17 de Novembro de 2004.

Descoberta dos restos mortais
A 5 de Outubro de 2009 , um trabalhador de estrada encontrou um saco de plástico do lixo contendo ossos enquanto limpava a vegetação numa estrada na Junção 14 da estada M5. Os ossos no saco incluíam um crânio, pélvis e fémur e outros restos foram encontrados enterrados e espalhados no terreno ao lado da estrada. A polícia confirmou que os restos eram humanos, e mostraram uma peça de joalharia encontrada no local ao Sr e Sra Hall, que confirmaram pertencer à sua filha. Apesar disso, a polícia recusou-se a confirmar que o corpo era de Hall até uma autópsia ser levada a cabo. Os restos foram formalmente identificados como sendo de Hall através dos registos dentários a 7 de Outubro. Tinha vários traumas de contusão na sua cabeça, resultando num crânio, ossos da cara e maxilar fracturados. Hall tinha sido também amarrada com uma corda azul fina.

Os pais de Hall lançaram um novo apelo a 8 de Outubro para que quem tivesse informações falasse, enquanto o oficial da Avon and Somerset Mike Britton disse que ia ficar mesmo depois da sua reforma para continuar a trabalhar no desaparecimento de Hall, com nome de código Operação Dinamarca, tendo passado 13 anos no caso. A 29 de Outubro de 2009, a polícia anunciou que 3 chaves de um carro Ford, possivelmente Transit, Fiesta ou Escort tinham sido encontradas perto do corpo, e que estavam a trabalhar com a Ford para identificar o veículo. Crimewatch também lançou um novo apelo por informação, que resultou em mais de 200 chamadas do público. A recompensa por informação que levasse a prisão também foi aumentada para £20,000.

Prisões
Em 2003, a polícia prendeu dois homens ligados com o desaparecimento de Hall mas foram libertados sem acusações depois da polícia ter feito buscas a edifícios e ao terreno perto de Bath, Somerset. Em 2009, um homem de 37 anos confessou o seu envolvimento com o assassinato de Hall à polícia em Greater Manchester, mas foi eliminado do inquérito depois de testes psiquiátrico. Em Julho de 2010, um homem de 38 anos de Bath foi preso sob suspeitas do assassinato de Hall e consequentemente libertado sob fiança. Em Agosto de 2010 um homem de 39 anos de Wiltshire foi preso pela polícia por suspeita do homicídio depois de se entregar à polícia na área de Avon and Somerset. O homem foi libertado sob fiança.

Em Outubro de 2013, a polícia disse que tinham encontrado um carro Wolkswagen Golf branco ligado aos seus inquéritos, e que tinham recebido informações importantes sobre a corda usada para atar o corpo de Hall. A 25 de Novembro de 2013, foi reportado que um homem de 44 anos tinha sido preso numa morada em Bath, sob suspeitas do crime. O homem foi libertado sob fiança a 19 de Dezembro, e uma propriedade em Roundhill Park, Whiteway, foi analisada. A 28 de Dezembro de 2014 foi reportado que não havia provas suficientes para acusar o suspeito.

Ligações a outros casos
A polícia não excluiu ligações com as mortes da consultora imobiliária Suzy Lamplugh (que desapareceu em Julho de 1986 e cujo corpo nunca foi encontrado) e o caso do atacante sexual em série em Bath, com a alcunha de "Batman Violador" depois de ter deixado um chapéu de basebol com o logótipo do Batman numa cena de um dos ataques. O atacante desconhecido é conhecido por ter tentado roubar um carro a uma mulher sob ameaça de faca, deixando-a ferida quando ela lutou e conseguiu escapar, na mesma área da cidade poucas horas antes de Hall ser raptada. Na Primavera de 2011, polícias a investigar os assassinados de Sian O'Callaghan e Becky Godden-Edwards (cujos corpos foram ambos encontrados em Wiltshire) também começaram a olhar para uma possível ligação com o de Melanie Hall.

Cultura popular
Enquanto vivia em Bath, o cantor/produtor Peter Hammill (também com Van der Graaf Generator) teve a ideia para uma canção, mais tarde lançada no seu álbum Thin Air (2009), chamada "Your Face on the Street" inspirada pelo desaparecimento de Melanie Hall. Algumas das letras da música foram escritas na altura do seu desaparecimento, e quando o álbum saiu, a descoberta foi feita.

Referências

Links externos
 Timeline: Melanie Hall disappearance from BBC News

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