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module Jekyll
  module GitHubMetadata
    class RepositoryCompat
      attr_reader :repo

      def initialize(repo)
        @repo = repo
      end

      # In enterprise, the site's scheme will be the same as the instance's
      # In dotcom, this will be `https` for GitHub-owned sites that end with
      # `.github.com` and will be `http` for all other sites.
      # Note: This is not the same as *instance*'s scheme, which may differ
      def url_scheme
        if Pages.enterprise?
          Pages.scheme
        elsif repo.owner == "github" && domain.end_with?(".github.com")
          "https"
        else
          "http"
        end
      end

      def user_domain
        domain = repo.default_user_domain
        repo.user_page_domains.each do |user_repo|
          candidate_nwo = "#{repo.owner}/#{user_repo}"
          next unless Jekyll::GitHubMetadata.client.repository?(candidate_nwo)
          domain = Jekyll::GitHubMetadata::Repository.new(candidate_nwo).repo_compat.domain
        end
        domain
      end

      def pages_url
        return enterprise_url unless Pages.custom_domains_enabled?

        if repo.cname || repo.primary?
          "#{url_scheme}://#{domain}"
        else
          URI.join("#{url_scheme}://#{domain}", repo.name).to_s
        end
      end
      alias_method :html_url, :pages_url

      def domain
        @domain ||=
          if !Pages.custom_domains_enabled?
            Pages.github_hostname
          elsif repo.cname # explicit CNAME
            repo.cname
          elsif repo.primary? # user/org repo
            repo.default_user_domain
          else # project repo
            user_domain
          end
      end

      private

      def enterprise_url
        path = repo.user_page? ? repo.owner : repo.nwo
        if Pages.subdomain_isolation?
          URI.join("#{Pages.scheme}://#{Pages.pages_hostname}/", path).to_s
        else
          URI.join("#{Pages.github_url}/pages/", path).to_s
        end
      end
    end
  end
end


particularly in terms of the means of representation and the lexicon through which they are respectively articulated.
This project takes as precedent Gustave Flaubert's unfinished project, Le dictionnaire des idées reçues. Just as the latter, it sets out to detect and collect received ideas and provide definitions – or, rather, a user's manual – so as to render them self-evident and thereby undermine their perpetuation.


In this episode of T21 Action Taymar interviewed Dr Erica Peirson on thyroid treatment specific to Down syndrome.
The majority of people with Down syndrome have thyroid issues, but these are often overlooked, causing lifelong cognitive and health problems that might have been avoided by proper treatment starting in infancy.
Dr Peirson is a licensed primary care physician in Portland, Oregon and she consults with families from all over the world. She is a member of the Endocrinology Association of Naturopathic Physicians and graduated from the National College of Naturopathic Medicine in 2005.
She also has a son who has Down syndrome, and is passionate about treatment for children with special needs.
Here are some the resources she specifically mentioned in the podcast that you can download and share with your doctor.


Guest Blog: Do Your Gut Bugs Influence Your Weight and Overall Health?
New research shows that your body does best when your gut microflora exhibits more bacteria AND a high degree of biodiversity or richness. A lack of gut bacteria and diversity is a cause for concern. This makes sense since the bacteria living in you produce vitamins, mature and strengthen the immune system, and communicate with your nerve and hormone-producing cells, among many other functions.


Social Media Marketing has exploded over the past few years. These days, it isn't enough just to have a website for your business. If social media isn't a part of your current marketing strategy, you're missing out – big time.
Increased Brand Recognition. Every opportunity you have to showcase your business and increase the visibility of your brand is invaluable. Social media is a fantastic platform for your brand's voice and content. By being visible on platforms like Facebook and Twitter you build up a relationship with your audience and create warm leads which lead to increased sales!
Your competition is doing it. You need to be involved in social media purely for the fact that you need to keep up with the competition within your sector. Any business in any niche should have a social media presence, don't give your competitors an extra edge!
Improved Search Engine Rankings. SEO is imperative to increasing your Google ranking and pushing your website high up within Google's search results. Gone are the days when it was enough to simply post regular updates to your blog to garner decent SEO. Social media is a significantly boosts your sites visibility because platforms like Pinterest and Facebook have an incredibly high domain authority, and as such, being active on social media serves as a "brand signal" to search engines that your business is legitimate, credible, and trustworthy. When you want to rank for a certain keyword(s), having a strong social media presence is considered a must!
Precise and detailed consumer targeting. One of the best tools social media boasts is it's ability to target ads to an extremely specific market. Take Facebook for example, it's possible to target people with very definitive interests, such as a certain brands or leisure activities. So if you owned a sports clothing brand, you could target people that were fans of Nike and Adidas as those customers are likely to have an interest in your product! With Facebook ad targeting you can even choose to direct your brand's adverts to people who have an upcoming birthday, have just been on holiday or who are about to get married. This insight into the lives and habits of your potential customers is invaluable and simply not available on any other marketing channel.
Increased Inbound Traffic. Remove social media from the equation and most likely your inbound traffic is limited to people already familiar with your brand and people organically searching for keywords you rank for. Every social media platform you participate with is another funnel leading back to your website. Each piece of content you post on those platforms is another opportunity for a new visit to your site, and potentially a sale. "Killer content" is key, as the better quality the content your post across your platforms, the more inbound traffic you'll generate, and more chance of increased profits!
According to industry experts Social Media Examiner, 92% of marketers are currently participating in social media—but 85% of participants aren't sure what social media tools are the best or how to use them effectively.
That's where we come in! We can handle everything from creating killer content, to targeting effective ad campaigns. However if you'd prefer to handle your own social media strategy but aren't sure where to start, we can arrange a one-to-one training session. You'll soon know your Tweets from your Pins and your Instagram from your Facebook! Send us a quick message and we'll see what we can do for you!


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Infinity Marketing Honored with Seven Telly Awards
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Infinity Marketing, a full-service integrated marketing agency in the Upstate, won seven awards in the 2020 Telly Awards competition for various client video projects. This is the largest number of accolades the firm has ever received from the Telly Awards in a single year, bringing its total creative award count to more than 150 in the past three years.
"From education and telecom to retail and transportation, we are thrilled to see so many of our client verticals recognized in this year's Telly Awards competition," said Curt Westlake, Creative Director. "Our team's creative abilities continue to progress, and we couldn't be more pleased with how these projects showcased the brands they represent."
Infinity received two gold awards:
• Comcast Internet Video
• Comcast X1 Video
Three entries received silver awards:
• Comcast Redefining Awesome Video
• Fayetteville Regional Airport Single Spot
• International Culinary Institute of Myrtle Beach Video
Two entries were honored with bronze awards:
• Comcast AT&T Know the Facts Video
• Window World Single Spot
About Infinity Marketing
Founded in 1993 and located in Greenville, S.C., Infinity Marketing (infinitymkt.com) is an integrated marketing agency. The firm offers a wide range of services including brand strategy, digital and traditional media, analytics, DJ influencer programs, social media, SEM, SEO, creative services and web development. For more information on Infinity Marketing, please visit our website, LinkedIn page or follow us on Twitter @InfinityMktSC.
About Telly Awards
The Telly Awards is the premier award honoring video and television projects across all screens. Established in 1979, the competition receives over 12,000 entries from all 50 states and five continents. Entrants are judged by The Telly Awards Judging Council — an industry body of over 200 leading experts including advertising agencies, production companies and major television networks, reflective of the multiscreen industry The Telly Awards celebrates.
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Song of the Day: "Shark Song" by Public Figures
Posted on 03/26/2021 by Parklifer	in Local Spotlight, Preview and tagged DC Public Library, livestream, post-punk, Public Figures, Rhizome, Song of the Day.
Public Figures (Photo by Marcela Morales)
DC post-punk duo Public Figures today release "Shark Song," their debut number, and they play a livestream show at Rhizome DC as well!
If you're like us, you'll be pleased to see Van Hillard (drums/vox) and Chad McCall (bass/vox/theremin) reunite in this new project after the dissolution of Park Snakes, formerly one of DC's best indie rock bands.
Music Park: "Concrete" by the Pleasure Curses (New Release on 3/31/15)
Posted on 03/31/2015 by Mickey McCarter	in Live Review and tagged DC Public Library, disco, Pleasure Curses, Prince George Records, synthpop.
The Pleasure Curses, DC's premier disco dance duo, Tuesday released a new song, "Concrete."
Here it is!
It's one of their best, in my opinion. It starts out with a crunchier, blockier sound, but the song gets more sparkly as the band, and we, get more invested in it.
They lyrics also serve as a wonderfully polite snub to the subject of the song:
"everyone is something to someone/
nobody is nothing to no one/
but hanging out with you seems like no fun/
hanging out with you seems like no fun, no"
Essentially, some experiences can be as grey and lifeless as concrete.
Jahn Alexander and Evan Maxwell are certain to play the song live at their next gig on Thursday, April 2, at the Martin Lurther King DC Public Library.
After that, their next scheduled show, at the moment, is apparently part of an event at the Smithsonian American Art Museum on Friday, May 22 (Memorial Day weekend!).
Around Town: Orwellian America @ DC Public Library, Through January
Posted on 01/23/2015 by Parklifer	in Around Town and tagged DC Public Library, Edward Snowden, Frontline, International Spy Museum, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, Newseum, Orwellian America, privacy, spy, transparency.
Outside the Newseum
We've been remiss in mentioning that the DC Public Library has an interesting 10-day series of events on government transparency and personal privacy, Orwellian America, being held in municipal libraries and other locations.
On Saturday, Jan. 24 at 2pm, the DC Public Library hosts the next event in the series at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library (901 G St. NW, DC)
From the DC Public Library: "Join Frontline producer Mike Wiser for a special screening and discussion of United States of Secrets, Part 1. Learn about the evolution of "The Program": a top secret surveillance operation that began in the Bush administration and continued at the National Security Agency until Edward Snowden's revelations in 2013. The screening will be followed by a discussion with Wiser." (This program is made possible thanks to a grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Studies.)
Another event is scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 31 at 2pm: Orwellian America: Government Transparency vs. National Security. This event is hosted by the Newseum (555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, DC) in its Knight Studio.
From the DC Public Library: "Join us at the Newseum's Knight Studio as representatives from the International Spy Museum and the Newseum Institute discuss issues of government transparency and national security, moderated by the Newseum. Voice your opinion afterwards with our electronic voting system. See a TV studio in action as the conversation is live streamed to the DC Public Library, Newseum and International Spy Museum websites." (This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.)
For more information on other events in the Orwellian America series, visit http://dclibrary.org/1984.


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Assam govt to give financial aid for inter-caste marriage
TNM NewsDesk Nov 27, 2021
The Assam government will give financial assistance under an inter-caste marriage scheme to undertake a business or income generation venture, officials said on November 26.
An official of the welfare of scheduled castes department said that under the recently announced inter-caste marriage scheme, Rs 10,000 to Rs 5 lakh would be given to undertake any kind of business or to start any income generation project.
According to the Assam government official, the beneficiary of the scheme has to be married between April 2019 and March 2021 and the annual income of the couple should not exceed Rs 5 lakh.
Another condition for being a beneficiary of the scheme is that one spouse must belong to the Scheduled Caste and the other to a general caste.
He said that on many occasions, it was witnessed that families reject inter-caste marriages leading to numerous problems, including suicides. This scheme would encourage a sense of harmony, positive mindset and societal balance in the state, he added.
Assam, Mizoram CMs meet Amit Shah to discuss modalities to resolve border row
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This page is no longer being updated. Go to my current site.
This page is intended to be the main source of information about the Mesa graphics library under RISC OS.
The RISC OS sources are for drivers which are specific to the RISC OS platform and are separate from the main Mesa sources.
Mesa was originally distributed under the GNU Library General Public License. However, this was later changed to the license used by The XFree Project and the COPYING file is now distributed instead.
The current driver is written to work with version 3.4.2 of the Mesa library. I am no longer maintaining this driver.
24/07/2005: Edited parts of this page to make it clear that I am no longer working on the driver.
04/06/2001: Rewrote some of the 16 bpp rendering functions in assembler, releasing a new version of the driver as a result (0.37a1). The new functions have only been minimally tested.
29/05/2001: Updated the precompiled libraries in line with the current release of Mesa (3.4.2).
26/05/2001: Updated the driver to build with the current release of Mesa (3.4.2).
05/05/2001: Updated the driver to build with the current release of Mesa (3.4.1). Tested it against the demos archive and some other programs of my own. Note that dithering in 16 bpp modes is much slower than before. This needs investigation, so in the meantime turn dithering off in these modes.
16/04/2001: Modified the link to the correct distribution to use (3.2.1). The driver is unlikely to change in the near future.
26/08/2000: Minor changes to the distribution so that Mesa 3.2.1 builds - the Makefile for the GLU library needed changing.
21/07/2000: Added a StrongHelp manual to document the RISC OS specific functions.
20/07/2000: Changed the driver slightly to hopefully improve the situation with colour rendering mentioned in the previous update. The README/RISCOS, rosm.zip and libraries.zip files have been updated.
03/05/2000: Mesa 3.2 has been released so I have updated the README.RISCOS file in the driver distribution to reflect this release, and tidied up various parts of the document. I'm not sure that the driver renders colours properly in certain cases so feedback on the behaviour of the driver is welcome.
11/01/2000: Changed the driver distribution slightly so that the final release of version 3.1 will install and build. I'm not currently sure that it behaves properly. Feedback on the behaviour of the driver is welcome.
26/09/1999: Changed the driver distribution slightly so that the third beta of version 3.1 will install and build correctly.
08/06/1999: The driver has been changed to work with version 3.1 beta 2 of Mesa. This is slightly different internally to the previous beta version so do not simply attempt to overwrite a previous distribution with this one.
07/05/1999: Changed the way a rendering context is created. The demonstrations haven't yet been changed to reflect this. Also fixed some bugs in the 8 bpp rendering mode.
13/02/1999: Included sources to do some transformations in assembler for machines equipped with a floating point coprocessor.
29/01/1999: The driver corresponding to the latest beta version of Mesa (3.1 beta 1) is now available. In addition, precompiled versions of this library are also available for download.
11/12/1998: Mesa 3.1 beta 1 is available, but changes need to be made to the RISC OS driver to enable it to compile. I may put a modified version of the driver on this page for anyone who wants to try it.
11/11/1998: Certain rendering functions for 16 million colour modes. This appears to speed up some demonstrations by about a factor of two.
* The dates used here are of the form, day/month/year.
Documentation is available for the RISC OS specific functions in StrongHelp format.
You will need one of the latest versions of the Mesa distribution, which is currently to be found in the beta release section of the Mesa archive. The RISC OS driver source and precompiled libraries should be used with the latest beta.
the driver for RISC OS.
To save you time, I have precompiled the GL, GLU, and aux libraries using gcc and UnixLib. They are available in the standard library format. You should still download the sources, if only to obtain the header files required to do anything with the libraries.
You will need the aux toolkit to build any of the demos mentioned here. This is to be found in the archive mentioned in the next section.
For the demos, you may wish to look at older version of the MesaDemos archive.
For RISC OS-specific demos, you may find these demonstrations useful.
For your entertainment, I have included a pre-compiled morphing demo which is included in source form in the official distribution, and has been modified to work under RISC OS. This version is slightly different to that which is available in the RISC OS demos archive, above. It is about 900kB in size and will be over 3.5MB when uncompressed.
A version of the morphing demo which runs in a window. This requires RISC OS 3.5 or higher and more than 4MB of memory free. It is shown on the pictures page.
A demonstration of rotating gear wheels which runs in a window. This runs in a 256 colour mode, but may require RISC OS 3.5 or higher anyway. It is shown on the pictures page.
An interaction demonstration of lighting in a scene. This is from the redbook.zip archive from Silicon Graphics Inc.
A desktop sliding block puzzle.
All of these demos require a fast machine, probably with floating point hardware. Don't be disappointed if they run very slowly. Instead, you should consider contributing some code to make Mesa run faster on your machine.
You can view a selection of pictures produced by the Mesa library running under RISC OS on this page.
If you have any problems with the output from this driver, then you should probably try and compile the same program using another driver, and compare the results. Under RISC OS, an alternative driver to use is the OSMesa driver, but this may only be useful for non-interactive demonstrations.
If the results you obtain using another driver are different to those you obtain using this one, then it is likely that there is a problem with this driver. Report these problems using the address at the bottom of this page.
Feedback on the RISC OS driver, and its installation, is most welcome. I'm also interested in getting other people involved in developing it, as I don't have the facilities to make sure that it will run acceptably on all machines. The contact address is at the bottom of this page.
Mesa on RISC OS needs optimisation. In particular, the driver rendering functions need rewriting in assembler. This is where you come in. Your improvements will be appreciated.
It would also be interesting to see people getting involved in writing drivers for 3D graphics hardware on the Acorn platform if/when/before such hardware appears. Take a look at the list of supported hardware on the Mesa home page for an idea of what is already supported on other platforms. It may even be possible to modify currently existing drivers for XFree86 so that they work with AGP graphics cards supported by Viewfinder.
I would like people to test the driver under a variety of configurations. Since there is an 8 bits per pixel mode then it should work with pre-RISC OS 3.5 machines as long as they have enough memory to compile, or Virtual. A fair amount of memory is required anyway.
I'm interested in the performance of Mesa on new machines as they appear. To get some idea of performance, compile using the -DPROFILE switch with whatever C compiler you use. When executing programs, setting the MESA_PROFILE environment variable (using something like set MESA_PROFILE 1) will tell Mesa to print a report on standard output (usually the screen) on exit.
I'm going to have to provide better compilation support, which will invariably require a good Makefile. I'll attempt to improve things over time. The intent is to support a variety of configurations of compiler, linker, and libraries. If you manage to compile using a compiler other than gcc then please let me know.
The aux toolkit, which is partially used by the demos I have adapted, has been replaced by the GLUT toolkit. This has yet to be ported, although people have shown interest in doing so.


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Forward references normally work, but not in an if block.
bzimport set Reference to bz69924.
This will break all scripts using var foo = 'bar'; to set global variables, as it will turn them into local ones.
as it will turn them into local ones.
Oh, yes. This would generate other problems.
I had to fix a user's userscript yesterday due to this bug.
For that, see bug 63728.
$.globalEval()  as suggested in bug 63587 would be a possible solution.
Maybe this can added as a general optional parameter for all modules.
Why do user scripts have to be enveloped in that if-clause anyway?
In most browsers the global mw will be defined before the user script is executed, so there is no need to test for it.
If for some reason the loading order is wrong, it would be a bug, that should be reported, and for this should be visible. Testing for the existence of mw will silently hide such a bug.
The only case in which mw will not be defined are unsupported browsers (like IE6) which are blacklisted in the startup function. But if a user of such a browser has a user script that doesn't depend on mw and jQuery, why shouldn't it be executed?
So there is actually no benefit of wrapping user scripts in that if-clause, but several reasons not to do so.
Michael, if common.js is non-blank, this will lead to site-wide errors in IE6 (and other disabled browsers). That was one of the motivations for Timo's change. But I'll let him comment on strategies to resolve the issue with user scripts.
IE6 (and other disabled browsers).
My comment was limited to user scripts, and did not include site-wide scripts. For MediaWiki:Common.js etc. I agree it is the right thing to wrap it into that if-clause. But I don't think it should be done for User:Foo/common.js etc. While most site-wide scripts should be fixed by now, most user scripts aren't, because it is much more difficult to fix lots of user scripts that to fix a few site-wide scripts.
If a user script breaks because it refers to mw without checking for its existence though the user uses a blacklisted browser, it's solely the user's responsibility to fix his own script. But a user script should never break, because the software changes it in a way that changes valid syntax into invalid (as it is in this case, a FunctionDecleration is allowed in global scope, but not in block scope, and the if-clause changes the scope of the script from global to block).
All these look similar, but behave differently.
User scripts affected by this bug use functions defined as FunctionDecleration.
In ECMAScript a FunctionDecleration is not allowed inside a block.
When such a user script is wrapped in an if-clause, Firefox therefor treats the functions as FunctionStatement instead.
This can cause errors, because functions defined as FunctionStatement can't be called before they are defined, while this is possible for functions defined as FunctionDecleration.
Additionally FunctionStatements are not valid in strict mode. This isn't a problem here, because even if the script declares strict mode globally, this won't have any effect after it is wrapped in that if-clause (because the 'use strict'; no longer is in the first line then). Nevertheless one shouldn't rely on syntax extensions by different browsers.
Up until recently this applied to MSIE 5, Firefox 2 (and below). This was raised to MSIE 6, Firefox 2 and Opera 11 (and below).
This has exposed the ReferenceError wider. Thus, we've wrapped the site/user module in the same "if(window.mw)" conditional as we've wrapped other scripts for years now (mw.config.set, mw.user.options etc.). This means users in older browsers no longer get errors (especially for site scripts. For user scripts it's a minor issue because they are their own scripts, if they frequently use older browsers, they probably don't need that user script as it wouldn't be executed anyway).
We can't wrap the code in a closure because they need to be executed in the global scope. If we can wrap them in a closure, they wouldn't have to be loaded via hardcoded script tags, wrapped in mw.loader.implement closures and we wouldn't have this problem in the first place.
Many of these scripts do indeed have global var statements or function declarations (including relying on function hoisting).
To my knowledge, conditional function declarations (or variable declarations for that matter) are a bit silly because it's unconditionally hoisted.
Because 'var bar;' was hoisted.
This is bad practice, but I figured it'd be harmless for an implementation detail like if-window-mw (considering there'd never be any statements before or after the if-statement).
btw, in Firefox this yields 1.
Hm.. so yeah, that's annoying. The condition-wrap is supposed to hide an issue in old browsers, not introduce issues in modern browsers.
Wrap in $.globalEval, passing the function body as a string.
Though this is relatively cheap and doesn't bloat the output much in terms of size, it does make it impossible to minify after the fact, so we should probably run the js-filter on it first.
This requires getting a JS parser in PHP though, or shelling out to nodejs.
Open to other ideas. Of neither #1 or #2 is acceptable, we may have to remove the if-wrap for the time being since modern Firefox triumps priority over grade C browsers.
If a user script throws a ReferenceError because it uses mw or $, but the user uses a blacklisted browser, it's the user's fault, and nothing MediaWiki needs to try to work around. And if it doesn't use mw or $, there is no reason not to execute it.
This still leaves the question whether site-wide scripts should be wrapped. If admins fix errors with these scripts quickly, it is better to wrap them (as errors in Firefox are noticed much faster than errors in IE6), but if admins don't fix errors, it would be better not to wrap them (as errors in IE6 are less important than errors in Firefox). It seems that the errors in site-wide scripts were fixed quite fast in the last few days, so I think the if-clause is ok for site-wide scripts.
Of course, document.write is horrible, but nothing about this is pretty. document.write can be unreliable, but there are certain scenarios in which it is deterministically and cross-browser safe to use. I wonder if this is such case.
Another solution would be to return early instead of wrap the whole thing.
While a return statement is not allowed in the global scope, a throw works fine.
.. rest of script ..
Hm.. continuing the monolog; while exceptions are harmless indeed, that's what we started with. Execute the script and let it fail on mw/$ undefined.
This wasn't really a problem. Except that old IE tends to actually expose script errors to regular users through an alert, so I guess we can't do this.
I quite like the document.write one, seems it will have the least impact on users with non-broken user JS and should be easy to implement?
Erm, so something was introduced to deal with users of outdated browsers (say, 1 % of our users) and that something broke something else for users of non-outdated browsers (Firefox, about 20 % I guess?) and instead of fixing the problem immediately, what happens is... nothing? Hello???
Krinkle: So is there some conclusion what should be done here, and by who?
I've proposed various solutions. None of which are field-tested, best practice and known to work cross-browser.
The inline doc.write solution seems the most straight forward. I'll implement that and test it in as many browsers as I can. While we're already using doc.write in other places, embedding it in the HTML can have side-effects with regards to caching and/or trigger weird bugs (e.g. old IE is known to have incompetent security policies that are undocumented and not compatible with "the web" and can cause semi-random things to fail sometimes).
This is marked as "High major", so I assume that the fix will be deployed by someone on Monday?
It wasn't backported in the end :( The fix will roll out with 1.24wmf22.


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This document is an application to the Potomac Vally Pekingese Club, Inc., (PVPC) to serve as a Rescue Foster. Rescue fosters temporarily shelter and care for rescue Pekingese in their homes until such time as PVPC locates a suitable adopter and deems the rescued Pekingese ready for adoption. Because PVPC Rescue acquires Pekingese that otherwise face an intolerable future, or no future at all, it is imperative for us to ensure that appropriate temporary care and environment are provided. We also need to know what level of foster/rescue activities each home is prepared to offer.
The Potomac Valley Pekingese Club, Inc., is tax-exempt, not-for-profit organization whose members donate there time, expertise, and money to help Pekingese enter permanent, loving homes. The foster program is a vital, central part of our work.
Foster parents receive Pekes in all conditions, from barely recognizable stray Pekes in need of rehabilitation. They give the wary pets an opportunity to relax and get over their insecurity, in some cases nurturing them back to robust health and polite behavior patterns.
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La Anunciación, una obra inicialmente destinada al retablo lateral derecho de los Retablos del Hospital Tavera, es un lienzo empezado por El Greco en 1609 y completado por su hijo, Jorge Manuel Theotocópuli. Consta con el número 44-A en el catálogo razonado realizado por el profesor e historiador del arte Harold Wethey, especializado en el maestro cretense.

Tema de la obra
Según el Evangelio de Lucas [Lc 1:26-38], la Anunciación es el relato de la aparición del arcángel Gabriel, para anunciar a la Virgen María que sería madre de Jesús, por obra del Espíritu Santo.

Introducción
La Anunciación es una de las temáticas más populares en el corpus pictórico de El Greco. Según Harold Wethey, este artista lo pintó al menos doce veces (tres en la etapa italiana y nueve en la española) con mayor o menor participación de su taller. Este lienzo, destinado a uno de los retablos de la iglesia del Hospital de Tavera es la última versión de este tema y, de hecho, es una de las últimas obras en las que participó el maestro cretense. Estaba destinado originalmente al retablo lateral derecho del conjunto de la iglesia del Hospital pero, debido a la muerte del maestro y los problemas de Jorge Manuel, puede que nunca fuera colocado allí. A finales del siglo XIX fue mutilado en su parte superior, que actualmente es conocida como Concierto de ángeles, actualmente en la Pinacoteca Nacional de Atenas. El presente lienzo quedó formado por la escena de la Anunciación stricto sensu y por la parte inferior de un rompimiento de gloria.

Análisis

 Pintura al óleo sobre lienzo; 294 x 209 cm.; Fundación Banco Santander.

 Esbozado e iniciado por El Greco, completado por Jorge Manuel Theotocópuli.

Esta versión es muy diferente de la anterior La anunciación (Retablo de María de Aragón). En la parte inferior, vestido con una túnica blanca y paños amarillos, el arcángel Gabriel pone los pies en el suelo por primera vez en las Anunciaciones de El Greco. El arcángel se dirige a la Virgen con su brazo derecho extendido y con la palma de su mano derecha abierta hacia el Cielo -una actitud similar a la del Cristo resucitado del Tabernáculo del Hospital Tavera-. El pavimento y la puerta resaltan la profundidad de la sala, pero el escenario es mucho más sencillo que el de la versión anterior, como si El Greco volviera a sus primeras variantes de este tema. Se han eliminado todos los elementos simbólicos, y la única indicación ambiental es el reclinatorio y el soporte. La Virgen presenta una figura muy alargada y una cabeza pequeña, vistiendo una túnica rosa y un manto azul, que parece flotar sobre su cuerpo.

En la parte superior, El Greco también introduce variaciones con respecto a la versión anterior. También representa un coro de ángeles, pero elimina los querubines que acompañaban al Espíritu Santo. En su lugar, introduce un rompimiento de gloria de gran profundidad, encima de la paloma del Espíritu Santo y a la derecha de los ángeles, donde un ángel vestido de rojo y las virtudes: caridad, prudencia, templanza, aparecen listas para ayudar a la Virgen.

Referencias

Bibliografía

 Wethey, Harold E. ; El Greco y su Escuela (Volumen-II) ; Ediciones Guadarrama; Madrid-1967.
 Álvarez Lopera, José; El Greco, La Obra esencial; Editorial Sílex; Madrid-2014; ISBN 978-84-7737-8600
 Álvarez Lopera, José, El Greco, Madrid, Arlanza, 2005, Biblioteca «Descubrir el Arte», (colección «Grandes maestros»). ISBN 84-955503-44.
 Gudiol, José ; Doménikos Theotokópoulos, El Greco ; Ediciones Polígrafa, S.A.; Barcelona-1982; ISBN 84-343-0031-1
 Scholz-Hänzel, Michael, El Greco, Colonia, Taschen, 2003. ISBN 978-3-8228-3173-1.

Enlaces externos

ArteHistoria.com. «Anunciación». [Consulta: 09.01.2011].

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C.H. (Corky) Evans, Jr. died June 23, 2016, at Baylor Hospital in Dallas. Memorial services were held at Northaven United Methodist Church on Saturday, July 2, 2016. He was 85 years old.
C.H. was born in Olney, Texas. He was preceded in death by his father, Clester Evans, Sr., and his mother, Winnie Dunagan Evans. C.H. is survived by his partner of 55 years, George Harris, in Dallas, and his sister, Neva McClatchy, of Olney. Also, nephews Jeff McClatchy and wife Theresa of Olney, Scott McClatchy and wife Barbara of Ft. Worth and Kent McClatchy and wife Syndal of Olney.
Grand nieces are Kaci Creel, Michelle Mueller (Seth) and Meredith Tilton (Ronnie). Grand nephews are Mace McClatchy (Celeste), Cole McClatchy and Chase McClatchy (Carrie). Great grand nieces are Harper Creel, Stella McClatchy and Evelyn McClatchy.
C.H. and George spent 38 years in the real estate business in Dallas owning Evans and Harris Real Estate and later working for other real estate firms. C.H. loved the people side of the real estate business. His passion was meeting people and the process of finding the right home for each.
C.H. was an artist and a photographer. His work has been sold at fund-raisers and auctions for the community. He loved beauty in all forms and to experiment with different color combinations in his works.
He was a member of the Northaven United Methodist Church in Dallas. He also served in the U.S. Coast Guard after graduating from the University of North Texas in Denton. He was also a graduate of Olney High School.
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The Best Subscription Box To Gift The Traveler In Your Life
Feb 15, 2021 by Jillian Giandurco
We can all agree that we've all dealt with our fair share of stir craziness at home this past year. We're all itching to get back out into the world, to see the sites we've always wanted to see, and do the things we've always wanted to do. It's been a really difficult time for travel lovers everywhere to find an alternative that nurtures that part of their curiosity. Until now, that is! By subscribing to the Bokksu Subscription Box, you can experience all the best snacks that Japan has to offer without ever leaving your home.
The Bokksu monthly subscription box includes 20-24 Japanese snacks, candies, and a tea pairing, as well as a 16-page Culture Guide Magazine that details the origin, flavor palette, and possible allergens of each product. Each box following your first will be curated with a specific theme in mind. Past box themes have been inspired by festivals, while others have seen influence from seasons and prefectures. And if that isn't enough, subscribers have access to more than just a candy box every month. Subscribing to Bokksu also gets you a Membership-exclusive discount to the Bokksu Boutique, access to member-only sales, and more!
Speaking of the market, we have so much more to offer at the Bokksu Boutique than you might think. Many of the products sold at the market are sourced directly from Japanese artisanal makers, making it easier than ever to try the authentic Asian snacks only found in Japan! So if the traveler in your life is anxious to get back on a plane, here are some snack suggestions to hold them over just a little while longer:
● Recreate the alluring aroma of the streets of Japan with Takoyaki Tei Corn Puffs! Takoyaki, a classic Japanese street food, are little fried balls consisting of a tako (octopus) center. The batter is pan-fried and prepared right on the street for everyone to see, and generates a lingering neighborhood scent that smells out of this world. These corn puffs are the perfect blend of sweet and savory, and are sure to transport you and your loved ones right back to the street where you first fell in love with takoyaki!
● Chocolate lovers are destined to devour the White Black Thunder bar! Black Thunder is one of Japan's most beloved candy bars. Made with the unbeatable combo that is white chocolate, chocolate cookies, and puffed rice, it's not hard to see why! The makers of Black Thunder have certainly perfected the balance between light and crunchy, and each bite is bound to bring out the child in you! The White Black Thunder flavor is primarily limited to the Japanese prefecture of Hokkaido, so broaden your horizons with this familiar favorite!
● Take a trip down Japan's memory lane with Mike Popcorn: Butter Soy Sauce Flavor! In 1957, Japan welcomed Mike Popcorn, the very first domestic popcorn brand, to the country and made its products available exclusively at amusement parks. Since then, Mike Popcorn has become a favorite across the nation, thanks to the company's irresistible recipes and adventurous flavorings. The Butter Soy Sauce gets its flavor with butter from Japan's premier dairy region, Hokkaido, so you know you're getting the best of the best.
● Once again, Hokkaido takes the spotlight with our next treat. Shiroi Koibito: White and
Black are filled with fun, flavor, and are a prefecture favorite. These langue de chat snacks consist of both a white chocolate and milk chocolate center sweetly sandwiched between two butter cookies. Whether it's your first time having shiroi koibito or your first time having it outside of Japan, the sugary sensations that dance across your tongue are sure to be equally as memorable as your next trip to Hokkaido.
It's impossible to imagine a world without travel, even in times like these. That's why we at Bokksu are determined to keep your passion for travel alive, no matter how challenging it may be. Whether you subscribe to our subscription box or turn to the market for your fill of Asian snacks, Bokksu is guaranteed to satisfy the traveler within you.
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# PHP-Image-Compare
A light weight PHP class that can compare two (jpg/png) images to find if they are similar.

Supported files: "png","jpg".

Usage:

Install via composer

```"vajiral/php-image-compare": "1.0.1"```

In your PHP file

```php
<?php

use BigV\ImageCompare;

require __DIR__ . "/../vendor/autoload.php";

/**
 * These two images are almost the same so the hammered distance will be less than 10
 * Try it with images like below:
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 * 2. Two completely different images
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$image = new ImageCompare();
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Since 2014, the statistics of the 'read and publish deals' have been updated nationally on openaccess.nl.
On 14 February 2019 the DataverseNL community organises a seminar about DataverseNL at DANS in The Hague.
DANS (Data Archiving and Networked Services) organizes an "Open day on Open Science: Love to share data" on February 14, 2019, 12:00-17:00h CET at NWO, The Hague.
The Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU) and information analytics business Elsevier are to extend their current agreement by six months.
On Friday 23 November the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) was officially launched in Vienna at an event hosted by the Austrian Presidency of the European Union.
On 28 November, the prize-giving ceremony for the Dutch Data Prize 2018 will take place at NWO in The Hague. With the title "Celebrating Data!
The Second EOSC Stakeholders Forum "A community-empowered EOSC" will take place in Vienna on 21 and 22 November 2018.


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No, it's not some Japanese reality show; Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor (hereafter referred to as SMT: DS for love of convenience) is the newest member of Atlus's Shin Megami Tensei family of RPGs.
Which includes a main numbered series that currently stands at three entries (the most recent being 2004's SMT: Nocturne for the Playstation 2) and multiple spin-off series, including Persona, Devil Summoner, and Digital Devil Saga. SMT: DS falls into the latter category, pioneering its own offshoot of the SMT family tree. True to the
legacy of its kin, however, it features myriad demons that have been lovingly adopted from cultures and mythologies the world over. Ah, demons. Bridging cultural gaps and bringing the world together since time immemorial.
Such a rich ensemble of demons deserves an interesting setting to back it up. Fortunately, SMT: DS definitely delivers on that front. The story is a clash between the amenities and culture of modern-day Tokyo and the timeless struggle between gods, demons, and those eternal in-betweeners, humans. Mythological mayhem abounds as a unique modern take on the Tower of Babel story unfolds; this time around, it's not humanity building a tower that reaches to the heavens that has rubbed The Powers that Be the wrong way, but rather the existence of the Internet and its limitless capacity for sharing ideas and information. It's about time, then, for a heavenly ordeal, and you're going to have to survive it. The story of this ordeal is told through the game's seven days of increasing intensity. Each day is broken up into half-hour periods, and time moves ever forward as you take part in various conversations and battles, some optional and some required.
With a modern Tokyo setting, a story built around the idea of a week-long tribulation, and even a shared sense of fashion between the main characters, you might be reminded of a certain other DS RPG that came out no so long ago, Square Enix's The World Ends With You. However, while that title chiefly featured personal struggles against inner demons, SMT:DS places the emphasis squarely on the nasty visible kind that want to skip past the psychological warfare and just rend you to bits. The game is aptly named, and the theme of survival makes itself apparent at every turn as you defend yourself and others from the horrors of the Tokyo lockdown and attempt to find a way past the blockade that the decidedly unhelpful government has built around the entirety of Tokyo's Yamanote Line.
Normally, humans and demons aren't exactly going to be fighting on equal terms, but thanks to the modified COMPs (COMmunication Players) given to you by your enigmatic cousin Naoya-- which bear more than a passing resemblance to the handheld gaming device that SMT:DS is played on--the playing field is levelled. Along with e-mail and all that good stuff, these custom-made portables feature programs that can summon demons, fuse them into more powerful ones, and even allow the user to make contracts with them by placing bids through the demonic equivalent of eBay.
Movement in battles relies on the tried-and-true grid-based system of most strategy RPGs in the vein of Final Fantasy Tactics, Disgaea and so forth, but the actual process of trading blows with your opponents is not so typical; think more along the lines of Dragon Quest. Battles allow you to send up to four teams (as resources allow) into the fray, each consisting of a human leader and up to two contracted demons. You'll move the human characters around the battle map, and their demon buddies will provide support through skills that help in and/or out of battle. Exploiting each enemy's elemental weakness is absolutely vital to your success, and you won't make it very far if you pay weaknesses and immunities no attention. On the surface it may seem like a simple matching game, but don't be fooled; this is a challenging game that requires you to build teams with synergy, with each member covering the weaknesses of their enemies and allies as required. Fortunately for those who just want to see the story without immersing themselves too deeply in skin-of-your-teeth strategy, there's almost always at least one free battle available at any given time, and these fights allow you to earn extra money and experience at your leisure.
Constantly upgrading your roster of monstrous buddies is just about the most addicting thing ever, and thanks to an in-game search feature that facilitates the fusion process (one thing that the Persona series really could have used), building a team of your favourite mythological critters is easier than ever.
While the graphics don't push the DS in any way, they generally do justice to its capabilities. Character and demon artwork is detailed, colourful, and creative, and you may find yourself wanting to fuse as many demons as possible just to see the gamut of cool creatures that the monster design veteran for the SMT series, Kazuma Kaneko, has created. However, the in-battle graphics aren't quite as sharp as they could be, and they're static images; it would have been nice to have seen them brought to life through the magic of animation. As the recent DS Dragon Quest remakes have shown, a bit of enemy animation can really turn up the charm.
The game makes heavy use of electric guitar riffs to hit home the tense atmosphere of survival and apocalyptic drama. The game does an excellent job overall at capturing the growing tension and uncertainty, and this is due in no small part to the overall tone of the music. Unfortunately, there are only 21 tracks. What's more, only a handful of them are used regularly; there are a few used for interactions, a few for battles, and the rest are saved for special occasions. A bit more song diversity--especially in terms of battle tracks--would have gone a long way, catchy though the few that there are can be.
Added Value:
There's a good amount of replay value to be had here, thanks to multiple story paths that lead to six possible endings and the New Game Plus feature that allows you to properly enjoy your replays, carrying over the skills that you earned and demon buddies that you had when you finished the game and removing the limit that prevents you from fusing demons that are at a higher level than the main character. Then there's Lucifer, the resident optional boss extraordinaire who awaits your challenge in New Game Plus and who will wipe the floor with you faster than you can say "Paradise Lost" unless you know exactly what you're doing. Topping it off with all of the dialogue choices that are presented to you throughout the game, both trivial and nontrivial, there's plenty of room for varied and interesting replays.
The Conclusion, in handy Q&A format:
Q: "Why might SMT:DS not be my cup of demonic tea?"
A: Don't come into the game expecting to sightsee in Tokyo: exploration is entirely menu-based and dialogue-driven (in all fairness, there's not much to do during a blackout anyway). If you're only interested in the story and want to breeze through battles without any strategic fiddling, you're going to have to invest some effort in pumping yourself up through fusion and free battles. You should also be aware of the pacing: the first few days take the time to build up the atmosphere of uncertainty and tension before all hell really breaks loose, so patience is a must if you're in it for the twists and turns.
Q: "Why might SMT:DS be a worthy addition to my DS's library?
A: If the game's unique blend of strategy and turn-based RPGs sounds appealing to you, chances are very good that you're in for a treat. With a compelling, thoughtful, and well-crafted story, addictive game mechanics, and good reasons to revisit this week from hell a few times, SMT:DS is sure to make itself comfortable in your DS for a good while.
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Q: Ask someone's help to explain the performance issue of C# code I am a C# developer and I am training my coding and algorithm skills on LeetCode.
And now I am handling the problem 5: longest palindromic substring.
I want someone can explain the reason.
My solution version 1 to this problem was:
public string LongestPalindrome(string s)
{
    // Step 0: Handles invalid or special cases.
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        s.Length == 1 ||
        s.Distinct().Count() == 1 ||
        s.Reverse().SequenceEqual(s))
        {
            return s;
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        if (s.Length == 2)
        {
            return s.First().Equals(s.Last()) ? s : s.First().ToString();
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        if (s.Distinct().Count() == s.Length)
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            return s.First().ToString();
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        // Step 1: Handles normal cases.
        var longestPalindromeSubstring = string.Empty;

        for (var index = 0; index < s.Length && s.Length - index > longestPalindromeSubstring.Length; index++)
        {
            var currentChar = s[index];
            var currentCharLastIndex = s.LastIndexOf(currentChar);

            if (index == currentCharLastIndex)
            {
                if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(longestPalindromeSubstring) ||
                        longestPalindromeSubstring.Length > 1)
                {
                    continue;
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                longestPalindromeSubstring = currentChar.ToString();
            }

            var currentCharIndexes = new Stack<int>();

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            while (currentCharIndexes.Any())
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                var relatedIndex = currentCharIndexes.Pop();
                var possibleStr = s.Substring(index, relatedIndex - index + 1);
                var reversedPossibleStr = new string(possibleStr.Reverse().ToArray());

                if (!possibleStr.Equals(reversedPossibleStr) ||
                    possibleStr.Length < longestPalindromeSubstring.Length ||
                    possibleStr.Equals(longestPalindromeSubstring))
                {
                    continue;
                }

                longestPalindromeSubstring = possibleStr;
            }
        }

        return longestPalindromeSubstring;
    }

However this solution above was failed to pass the LeetCode validation since the issue: Time Limit Exceeded.
Then I just made a small update, and the solution version 2 passed, the changed part was only adding ToCharArray() method before invoking Reverse() method:
var reversedPossibleStr = new string(possibleStr.ToCharArray().Reverse().ToArray());

if (!possibleStr.Equals(reversedPossibleStr) ||
     possibleStr.Length < longestPalindromeSubstring.Length ||
     possibleStr.Equals(longestPalindromeSubstring))
{
     continue;
}
…………

But I am not sure the reason why it can work, I just guessed that the data in an array will be arranged in a sequence memory space, it may help to improve the performance, could someone explain more detail.
Thank you in advance.

A: The Reverse method uses EnumerableHelpers.ToArray to fetch the count of the input enumerable. If the enumerable doesn't implement ICollection<T> interface, it will use a list-like approach to creates an array which will extend the array many times. Unfortunately string doesn't implement ICollection<char>, though it knows how many characters it contains, so string.Reverse() is slower than string.ToCharArray().Reverse().

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Wikner är ett svenskt efternamn, som burits av bland andra:

 Ann-Marie Wikner (född 1954), svensk basketbollspelerska
 Bengt Wikner (1923–2014), svensk friidrottare (diskuskastare)
 Ernst Wikner (1873–1953), svensk läkare
 Hugo Wikner (1872–1928), svensk militär
 Jan Wikner (1924–1990), svensk teckningslärare, målare och tecknare.
 Lisbet Wikner (född 1946), svensk filmproducent
 Pontus Wikner (1837–1888), svensk filosof
 Valfrid Wikner (1911–1994), svensk skogsvårdskonsulent och politiker

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The Center For Natural Wellness School of Massage Therapy - Is Massage Therapy School for Veterans?
Home » Massage » Is Massage Therapy School for Veterans?
People may think massage therapy school isn't a natural course of action for retired Military. As a veteran – and someone who served for 30 years in the Military – I disagree. Here's why.
I served in the Navy. After that, the Army National Guard. Prior to my active duty tour in Iraq, I accrued 250 credit hours at a local community college. After my tour of duty, I accumulated more educational benefits.
Bob Mackey during active Military duty.
Following my military retirement, I contemplated how to best make use of these benefits. I noticed an advertisement on social media for a massage therapy seminar in my area. My curiosity was peeked, so I decided to attend the seminar. The enthusiasm of the presenters from the Center for Natural Wellness, School of Massage Therapy (CNWSMT) was infectious. I was sold. I was impressed with the quality of the instructors, and with the school's reputation for excellence.
I contacted my Veteran's Administration representative, and started the process of applying to the school. My only regret is that I hadn't thought of massage therapy as a career when I was younger! As I enthusiastically read the materials provided at the seminar, I realized that massage therapy was so much more than just a 1 hour relaxation session at a spa. The art of bodywork and massage – and its overall benefits to mental and physical health – would help my future clients and also help me.
The school has so many excellent and diverse instructors, with varying expertise, that I couldn't wait until the first day of classes. One of the instructors had even published a textbook that is being used around the country in other massage therapy schools.
Bob Mackey performing Swedish massage during a CNWSMT class.
What better subject to learn, and be trained on, but your own body? The journey you embark on will transform you, enhancing your awareness of the body's magnificence. One can choose massage therapy as a full-time vocation, or as a sideline to your primary occupation. A parent of young children can stay at home, yet still be able to have a part-time career. I am retiring from my current full-time career as an electronics technician in a few years, and I look forward to starting a new chapter in my life. I can set up my own business in my home, or right in my community. The possibilities are endless.
The educational benefits that are accrued in the military are invaluable and should not be wasted. Military educational benefits are helping to pay for my massage therapy school, and I'm glad CNW is a school that supports veterans who may be returning to civilian life after their term of service. It would be a shame to let your veteran's educational benefits lapse when you can enhance your life with the skill of massage therapy. Your experience as a hardworking, motivated individual will actually be a benefit in your massage school studies.
If you're worried about how you'll have the time to attend school, CNW has flexible programs to accommodate most individual's lifestyles. I attend the part-time program, with a straight 3 ½ hours of classes per day, and one Saturday every month – and in 14 months, I will graduate.
Although it was a challenge to return to the classroom, and to study in a field that is far removed from current job as an electronics technician – the community here is amazing. My fellow students are like family. The dedication of the instructors, and their intense interest in the individual student's success, is reassuring.
Every completed chapter in my textbook, and each test that I do well on, increases my confidence. The positive transformation I am experiencing is affecting all aspects of my life. I would like to encourage my fellow veterans that are searching for a way to use their educational benefits to explore the field of Massage Therapy. I am extremely glad that I did!


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Wernliella es un género de foraminífero bentónico de la familia Oberhauserellidae, de la superfamilia Duostominoidea, del suborden Robertinina y del orden Robertinida. Su especie tipo es Wernliella toarcensis. Su rango cronoestratigráfico abarca desde el Rhaetiense (Triásico superior) hasta el Hettangiense (Toarciense inferior).

Clasificación
Algunas clasificaciones han incluido Wernliella en la superfamilia Rotaliporoidea, del suborden Globigerinina y del orden Globigerinida.

Clasificación
Wernliella incluye a las siguientes especies:

 Wernliella explanata †
 Wernliella toarcensis †

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Civic Engagement 101
Peter Freeman
When public school began earlier this month, some parents were wary of the idea of President Barack Obama's likeness appearing on Orwellian viewscreens in their children's classrooms. While the presidential address might have captured the banality of Big Brother's compulsory public health announcements, the speech itself contained little that was politically alarming.
Of greater concern, however, was that the Department of Education had developed a class assignment (to be used in tandem with the address, but later scrapped) asking students to compose a letter detailing how they would personally help the president solve the country's problems. To right-wing noses, the lesson plan reeked of propaganda, but it smelled rosy enough to modern pedagogues professionally trained in the latest academic trend: the civic-engagement curriculum.
It is hard to define civic engagement from a pedagogical standpoint; most attempts trail off in ambiguity. The American Psychological Association, whose guidelines are used by education departments in colleges across the country, attempts to lock down the nebulous conglomeration of activities that falls under the term:
One useful definition of civic engagement is the following: individual and collective actions designed to identify and address issues of public concern. Civic engagement can take many forms, from individual voluntarism to organizational involvement to electoral participation. It can include efforts to directly address an issue, work with others in a community to solve a problem or interact with the institutions of representative democracy. Civic engagement encompasses a range of specific activities such as working in a soup kitchen, serving on a neighborhood association, writing a letter to an elected official or voting. Indeed, an underlying principal of our approach is that an engaged citizen should have the ability, agency and opportunity to move comfortably among these various types of civic acts.
Most definitions read in equally ambiguous, open-ended terms. What is clear, however, is that many professors are enthusiastic about the idea of forcing students to "get involved" as political creatures. As Harvard Professor Harry Lewis wrote in The Chronicle of Higher Education:
Harvard's recently voted curriculum expects all students to study American institutions to prepare them for "civic engagement." It is too soon to know what courses will fulfill that requirement. But I cautiously hope that we are stepping back from our relentless relativism and indifference to civic responsibility.
The problem with "stepping back" from relativism and indifference, however, is that personal preference complicates academic objectivity. A number of headlines from the last academic year reveal how civic engagement can be anything but civil or impartial.
Take the case of Andrew Hallam, an instructor who allegedly required his students to identify their political ideology before compelling them to write papers against Sarah Palin. Or Jonathan Lopez, a Los Angeles City College student, who took his professor John Matteson to court when Matteson criticized his stance against gay marriage during a public-speaking class. After witnessing his student become "civically engaged" in his state's Proposition 8 debate, the teacher referred to Lopez as a "fascist bastard." And who can forget twelve-year-old Lia from Toronto, whose pro-life defense of the unborn during a speech contest caused consternation among her teachers, led a judge to quit in protest, and eventually made international news?
These may be rare occurrences, but civic engagement pedagogy invites them. In such a climate, it is no wonder that the Department of Education's proposed letter-writing campaign appeared politically suspicious.
Operating as it does between the minefields of politics, morality, free speech, and political correctness, why are civic-engagement programs increasingly popular, or at least more vocal, at institutions of higher learning? First, because they are an easy sell — especially to liberal arts programs.
Consider how difficult it is for the average philosophy or literature class to justify its existence. The immortal student inquiry, "Why are we reading this?" echoes in the halls of most liberal-arts institutions, where the students are more interested in a degree (and future employment) than in the fruits of Wisdom. Professors, trained for decades now to value the social over the transcendent, struggle to respond; once intellectualism embraces materialism, there is little reason to pursue art.
As a result, professors would usually be cornered into stammering out the response that reading great literature exercises critical thinking skills, teaches students how to improve writing, or develops some other ability useful to non-liberal arts majors. Meanwhile, materialists advocating civic engagement can point to tangible, documentable results — like pictures of smiling students in a soup kitchen — proving that learning has taken place. After all, how else can an institution quantify something as ethereal as a student's spiritual growth for an outcome assessments report (the other new trend in higher learning)?
By marrying our various arts and sciences with active improvement in the community, the modern argument goes, and by enabling students to see how they can "make the world a better place," we can attach value to that which is perceived as otherwise valueless — not only to students, but to administrators, benefactors, and grant-giving institutions.
Obviously, I'm not suggesting that students shouldn't volunteer to feed the hungry. As Catholics who can boast a tidy list of Corporal Works of Mercy, we have a religious obligation to be at the forefront of service initiatives. But the civic-engagement curriculum tends to blur the distinction between religious and secular duties. We are told to
take care not to perform righteous deeds in order that people may see them; otherwise, you will have no recompense from your heavenly Father . . . . When you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right is doing, so that your almsgiving may be secret. And your Father who sees in secret will repay you (Mt 6:1-4).
Meanwhile, the pedagogy of civic engagement shouts out our service from the rooftop and inevitably makes our motives appear questionable. This breeds a cynicism regarding the intentions of civic engagement and even the purpose of higher education.
There is another, more disturbing aspect of civic engagement: By its own slippery definition, this approach ought to have tangible effects outside of the institutions of higher learning. We have seen those ultimate effects firsthand in the election of our current president. Among the last year's headlines in The Chronicle of Higher Education, one proclaimed that "Young Voters Overwhelmingly Favored Obama, Swinging Some Battleground States." Civic engagement turned into a Democratic pep rally:
On Election Day, [Chontay Combs, a freshman at Indiana University at Bloomington] distributed "I rocked the vote" stickers on the campus, but by 10:15 a.m., she had run out. "Everyone wanted to show that they had voted," she said. That night, after the results were known, everyone wanted to celebrate, Ms. Combs said: "For hours on end, students were driving around campus honking horns and screaming, 'Obama!'"
One could easily find cynical motivations here. Whether it is due to the hopeful (or rebellious) nature of youth, implicit or explicit indoctrination by professors, or other more complex social factors, college students have a tendency to lean left politically. Colleges and universities — and the politicians who visit them — know this; in the case of last year's election, civic engagement's call to arms succeeded in motivating an otherwise indifferent and sluggish population to usher in a particularly liberal president.
Of course, if civic engagement is part of some kind of vast left-wing political machination, it could also backfire. Just before Obamania hit campuses, The Chronicle of Higher Education had reported:
[T]he fact is that conservatives have been making inroads into academe for decades, at least among students. While liberals outnumber conservatives on many college faculties, students have been slowly shifting rightward, even as young voters continue to favor Democrats.
According to a 2006 study by the University of Maryland's Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement, 26 percent of students now describe themselves as conservative, compared with 24 percent who describe themselves as liberal. Four years ago, those percentages were 21 and 36, respectively.
With the current excitement over Tea Parties and a countercultural reaction emerging against the liberal status quo, colleges might find more students wanting to use their service options to work at pro-life maternity clinics, to write letters to their local representatives condemning health-care plans that jeopardize life, and to make films exposing corruption in socially "progressive" institutions. The question will be whether their statistically liberal professors will tolerate a new, socially conservative form of civic engagement.
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By Peter Freeman
Peter Freeman is an assistant professor of Renaissance English Literature at a liberal arts college in the United States.
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Party Planning Tips from the Scenes of Your Favorite Novels
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Summer is a time for outdoor gatherings—barbecues, picnics, backyard parties—and we know that such events can so easily go wrong. What's better than learning from your own mistakes? Learning from someone else's. Here are eight novels with memorable party scenes and "Do and Don't" tips that will make you the host with the most.
by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
It's fitting that a family on the brink of self-fueled collapse sees one of its central characters first destabilized at the scene of a wedding. Nothing exacerbates relationships in turmoil faster than cocaine and a festive occasion.
DO: Find yourself at a beach club party at sunset.
DON'T: Avoid your wife at your cousin's wedding and then leave with one of the waitresses after having too much to drink.
Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
We would be remiss not to include a novel that centers around a barbecue. In TRULY MADLY GUITLY, an impromptu backyard roast between neighbors sets up a series of before and after chapters that point toward a terrible incident lodged somewhere between beautiful lawn ornaments and tasty dishes.
DO: Surprise your party guests with an array of unexpected foods like roasted hog, struklji (cheese strudel), and cremeschnitte (vanilla and custard cream cake).
DON'T: Surprise a friend with a massive and personal proposition right before heading to a party.
by Margaret Mitchell
Having GONE WITH THE WIND on this list proves that our favorite classics either offer timeless advice or that human nature continues to allow for questionable decision making. At any rate, summer is the perfect time to reread or dive in for the first time.
DO: Hire musicians to accompany the crowd on your waxed and polished dance floor.
DON'T: Accept a proposal just to make someone jealous.
The Game of Thrones and Harry Potter series are both masterworks of imaginative literature that have been thrillingly translated to the screen, but for my taste, I'll go with Gone with the Wind. Like the Stark family and the residents of Hogwarts, Scarlett and Rhett are such vivid characters on the page that you can't imagine them being portrayed adequately on film—until suddenly, there they are, each work only enhancing your enjoyment of the other.
by Robyn Harding
Think dark secrets, betrayals, and tragic consequences when you were expecting pizza, cake, and silly stories. What's meant to be a birthday sleepover filled with innocent fun quickly takes a terrible turn, prompting a couple to wonder how much they really know about their daughter and their own marriage.
DO: Attempt to tell your 16-year-old daughter and her friends to party responsibly.
DON'T: Be the cool dad and give said daughter and her friends a bottle of champagne for her birthday. Especially when your wife has mixed wine and sedatives and will likely sleep heavily through any emergency situations.
Read the full review of THE PARTY.
Robyn Harding
by Evelyn Waugh
Aloft in a bourgeois paradise one minute and tangled in wartime reality the next, this novel moves between both worlds as its narrator relives a privileged childhood that's since been colored by conflict.
DO: Construct a "life-size effigy of a swan, molded in ice and filled with caviar" as a party centerpiece. You can certainly get creative on how best to scoop out your fancy fish eggs.
DON'T: Bring a bottle of wine or champagne to your bathtub and throw yourself a solo party.
Read the full review of BRIDESHEAD REVISITED.
Evelyn Waugh
Evelyn Waugh's delicious coming-of-age tale of star-crossed lovers and sexually ambiguous pretty boys drinking their way through guilt trips over religion and lost love provided an admittedly romantic backdrop to my own rocky adolescent journey to adulthood.
Read Kerry Fiallo's review here.
Eight Hundred Grapes
by Laura Dave
Not for snacking in one sitting, we hope. But seriously, the title refers to how many grapes it takes to make one bottle of wine, and we all know what happens when too many glasses are downed in the summer heat. Plenty of secrets are kept and divulged in this family drama about a young woman who discovers she may not know her fiancé or her family as well as she thought she did.
DO: Throw a harvest party in wine country and invite some "Cork Dorks" winemakers to help you sample wine straight from the barrel.
DON'T: Crash a wedding and not expect to get punched in the face by the groom.
Read the full review of EIGHT HUNDRED GRAPES.
Laura Dave
EIGHT HUNDRED GRAPES is escapist reading at its best because not only are there sun-dappled fields to picture, a dashing neighbor vying for Georgia's attention, and behind-the-scenes winemaking (author Laura Dave took her wine research seriously!), there is also real heart.
Read Elizabeth Breeden's review here.
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Who doesn't want to live in West Egg next to an elusive Mr. Gatsby, wondering what goes on inside his estate, or why he sometimes stands in the dark reaching toward an inky lake? If you make your way into a colorful, eccentric night of near strangers sometime this summer, consider adapting this sage advice.
DO: Judge a host by their library. If the bookshelves reach the ceiling and the books are all real, you know you're in for a great night.
DON'T: Fail to recognize your host, especially if you're already engaged in conversation with him and have begun talking about the man behind the evening's spectacle. On second thought, ask to be introduced to your host as soon as you arrive at the party to be safe, and maybe don't listen to any wild speculation about men they may or may not have killed.
Some consider it "the great American novel." The story of the fabulously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his powerful love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan is an exquisitely crafted tale that has been essential reading since it was published.
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by Virginia Woolf
"Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself." Could there be a more memorable line in party-planning literature? When careful preparations of epic proportions are undertaken, the party itself should go swimmingly. But that's not always the case—especially not when you have a great many friends and acquaintances from all walks of life and a sensitive soul.
DO: Attract a crowd by inviting recognizable faces; consider Prime Ministers and Lords.
DON'T: Overcrowd the party so there's no room for dancing. Bonus—don't maintain an inner dialogue of conflicted feelings while you're hosting, parties are fun!


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Дебрецени () — венгерская фамилия. Известные носители:

 Дебрецени, Андраш (род. 1989) — венгерский футболист.
 Дебрецени, Пол (1932—2008) — американский литературовед.