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TOKYO (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar slipped from near a one-week peak versus major peers on Wednesday, with traders on tenterhooks before a looming Federal Reserve rate decision that should also give clues on the future policy path.
The yen outperformed, seeing a sudden burst of strength mid-morning Japan time, with traders on alert for possible intervention around the Fed meeting.
The dollar index – which gauges the greenback against a basket of six counterparts that includes the yen, euro and sterling – eased 0.14% to 111.33, but still not far below Tuesday's high of 111.78, which was the strongest level since Oct. 25.
The index rode a yo-yo overnight, dropping fast in the European open only to recover those losses after U.S. data pointed to continued price pressures, dampening speculation of a Fed pivot this year. U.S. job openings unexpectedly rose, suggesting wage growth remains elevated, while construction spending staged a surprise rebound.
Investors widely expect the Fed to raise its benchmark interest rate by 75 basis points (bps) on Wednesday, the fourth such increase in a row. But for the December meeting, the futures market is split on the odds of a 75- or 50-bps increase amid recent suggestions from Fed officials of a potential slowdown in the tightening pace.
"In the Fed's view, putting the U.S. into a recession is still a lesser evil than not tackling entrenched price pressures," Chris Weston, head of research at Pepperstone, wrote in a client note.
"It seems highly unlikely that the Fed will want to promote a positive reaction in risky assets, and the risks to markets in my mind are skewed to a hawkish reaction – equity up, bond yields and the USD lower."
The dollar index has surged more than 15% this year as the Fed has hiked rates hard, crushing other currencies and heaping pressure on the global economy.
The yen has been particularly vulnerable to dollar strength, spurring the Ministry of Finance and Bank of Japan to intervene to support the currency in September for the first time since 1998. Japanese authorities are widely considered to have waded in several times again in October to pull the yen back from 32-year lows just shy of 152 per dollar, although they declined to confirm any action.
On Wednesday, the Japanese currency jumped suddenly by about half a yen to 147.4 per dollar. It then extended those gains, with the dollar last down 0.55% at 147.40 yen.
"This doesn't look like intervention to me," said Ray Attrill, head of FX strategy at National Australia Bank.
"On the three occasions that we know about, the BOJ intervened in enormous size and repeatedly, and if we were seeing intervention now – unless the pattern has changed – I would expect we would see much more significant movements that would be continuing now."
The euro edged up 0.15% to $0.9888, but still close to the previous session's one-week low at $0.98535.
Sterling rose 0.17% to $1.1505, but remained not far from Tuesday's one-week low of $1.14365.
The Bank of England announces its policy decision on Thursday, and markets expect a 75-bps increase there as well, followed by a slowdown to a 50-bps pace in December.
The Australian dollar was little changed at $0.63945, consolidating near a one-week low. The Reserve Bank of Australia opted to keep its pace of rate hikes at 25bps on Tuesday, despite consumer inflation running at a 32-year high.
The kiwi dollar rose 0.16% to $0.58485, garnering support after an upbeat jobs report reinforced the case for a super-sized increase in interest rates this month from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand.
(Reporting by Kevin Buckland. Editing by Gerry Doyle)
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Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has visited those injured in a suicide attack on a Shia mosque in eastern Nangarhar province at the Sardar Daud Khan Hospital in Kabul, a statement said Sunday.
The doctors and officials of the hospital briefed the president about the health condition of the injured, his office said.
Ghani wished speedy recovery to the injured and said he had expressed his heart-felt condolences to the victims' families over the telephone and had assured them of rebuilding the mosque.
According to the statement, the president ordered the hospital officials to provide adequate treatment and take serious care of the injured.
In the same context, the Afghan Ulemas, religious scholars, have urged the Afghan government and the Taliban militants group to declare a permanent ceasefire.


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Research Article| November 01 2020
Steps toward a Study of Symeon the Stylite the Younger and His Saint's Cult*
Dina Boero,
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Charles Kuper
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Dina Boero is the author of the introduction, conclusion, and sections on the archaeological materials. Charles Kuper is the author of the sections on the textual materials. We thank Philip Forness for reading a draft of this article and Catherine Conybeare for aiding with references during the pandemic. We thank Lucy Parker and Ayşe Belgin-Henry for being partners in conversation about Symeon the Younger; their research will substantially move forward scholarship, as we note throughout the article. We are grateful to the editors at Studies in Late Antiquity for facilitating the process of pairing our article and the article by Joseph Glynias. Finally, the comments of the two anonymous reviewers greatly improved the quality of this article.
Studies in Late Antiquity (2020) 4 (4): 370–407.
https://doi.org/10.1525/sla.2020.4.4.370
Dina Boero, Charles Kuper; Steps toward a Study of Symeon the Stylite the Younger and His Saint's Cult. Studies in Late Antiquity 1 November 2020; 4 (4): 370–407. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/sla.2020.4.4.370
A large dossier of primary sources survives for Symeon the Stylite the Younger from Late Antiquity. These sources include not only hagiographical evidence, but also archaeological remains from his cult site, homilies, and at least one letter. They offer insight into the varied voices which shaped Symeon's identity, sanctity, and ministry in the sixth and early seventh centuries CE. The state of scholarship on these sources is uneven, however, with the result that scholars have primarily studied the saint and his cult through the lens of the hagiographic material, the Life of Symeon Stylites the Younger in particular. In order to lay the foundation for a full inquiry into the saint and his cult, this article disentangles the dossier of evidence on Symeon in Late Antiquity. It introduces each source in chronological order; provides an overview of authorship, date, and the state of scholarship for each source; and makes preliminary recommendations for paths forward. It is meant to be a guide for art historians and archaeologists unfamiliar with the sizeable literary corpus, textual scholars who do not often work with material sources, and, for both groups, an introduction to problems in the dossier. It encourages scholars to treat each source on its own terms and re-evaluate the rich interconnections between the textual and archaeological evidence.
Stylites, Symeon the Younger, pilgrimage, pilgrimage tokens, Antioch (on the Orontes), late antique Syria, monasticism, monastic architecture, hagiography, Christian cult site
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For producing parts with excellent surface quality, stereolithography processes (SLA) perform by far the best. However, the big disadvantage of these technologies are the traditional material systems. Classical photopolymers are brittle and have a low heat distortion temperature. Hence, they are subjected only to a limited extent for technical applications.
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We often call players who leave a significant impact "great", and we call the greatest of the greats "The G.O.A.T." (Greatest Of All Time). The players are legends, icons, extraordinary, almost invulnerable… we usually use them as the rubric to grade others by. These players set the bar of precedence. Only few players are even considered to enter "the conversation" and even at that point you will get heavily ridiculed. So what does it take to be considered the greatest, the best to ever do it, The G.O.A.T.??? What does it take to even be mentioned in "The Conversation"??? If you can't even enter the debate, then you have been disqualified for the greatest throne.
How do you enter "The Conversation"? There has to be some guidelines right? (A sign that says "you have to be this tall" like at Six Flags or something). Lets break it down!
Do these individuals have the stats? We all heard the phrase "men lie, women lie, numbers don't". For the most part that's true, and that's the part we're going to focus on right now. These players has to put up numbers superior to their piers. They should have the ability to rank in the top 10 in multiple statistical categories.
Anybody can put up incredible numbers for a season or 2 but can they do it over the longevity of their careers? These individuals have to preform on a nightly basis. They have to average staggering numbers while playing at an elite level over several seasons.
How many times were these players named to the all star team and/or all pro? Awards like Rookie of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, Most Valuable Player, and even the team awards are vital. And of course winning championships are an important factor.
Clutch Factor
Can these players perform when it counts? They have to have the ability to close out games, make game saving plays, and make the impossible happen at times.
When its all said and done, will these individuals be enshrined? These players have to be good enough to make it to Canton, Ohio, to Cooperstown, to "The Hall".
So with those factors to consider, that will eliminate almost everybody. Once we get down to the smallest of smallest pools, we can only then enter them into "The Conversation".
Once you enter "The Conversation", it's survival of the fittest. These are the likes of Barry Sanders, Jerry Rice, Joe Montana, Willie Mays, Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio, Pele, Wayne Gretzky, Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, Floyd Mayweather, Bill Russell, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, and the list goes on. So how do we separate the greatest from the greats? There are other factors, deeper factors, we will have to consider:
All great players can make plays that show up on the score box but what about the plays and the characteristics that you will remember? "The Catch" by Willie Mays, "The Drive" by John Elway, "The Shot" over Craig Ehlo by Michael Jordan, "The Rumble In The Jungle" with Muhammad Ali, are prime examples of what this category is all about. It was their willingness to win plus the enchanted moment that lives on forever. You can't teach heart and a desire to win. Only some players have that gene inside of them.
Did these players change the way you play the game or the game itself? Were other players or teams have to alternate their game plans to try to deflect the greatness of one individual? Were the rules of a sport ever altered because of one's dominance? This category will eliminate majority of the remaining participants.
When these players still be remember generations from now? Could people from all over the world still remember who you are and your greatness 20 years after retirement? Are people owning their memorabilia?
Will everything they have ever achieved, earned, accomplished, live on forever? Can something that has taken a whole career to build be demolished by any negativity? The legacy is a players ultimate portfolio, resume and transcript. ALL tangible and intangible factors are weighed and utilized to determine your rank amongst the field.
Only the strongest survive. Having debates over the greatest will forever live on. My plan wasn't to pick the greatest but to give you all a template on how to pick one yourselves. With that being said, let the debates begin!!!
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Q: How to set placeholder for InputText with bind-Value for formsubmit? I am trying to build a InputText for Blazor which holds a placeholder if the skill is yet null so is created as a new one, since I want to use the same razor component for edit and create new skill.
my code is

        Skillname
        @if (Skill == null)
        {
          <InputText class="form-control" placeholder="Enter Skillname" @bind-Value="Skill.Name"/>
        }
        else
        {
          <InputText @bind-Value="Skill.Name" class="form-control"/>
        }

I tried to set placeholder=.".." without having any effect. After research I found that they were using placeholder here even though it is not working for me.
I only found this possibility with telerik front end framework.
I was not able to find any reference to placeholder in the documentation.
Andy idea why placeholder is not working here or if there is any other workaround to achieve this?

A: There is no intellisense and that is what confuses people.
However, if you just use the placeholder attribute it will work.
<InputText id="lastName" class="form-control" placeholder="Last Name" @bind-Value="EmployeeVM.LastName"></InputText>

A: You're binding to @bind-Value="Skill.Name" so I'm assuming Skill isn't null.  Your test is on skill, not skill.Name, so is never null you always hit the else option.  Try:
  @if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(skill.Name))
    {
        ......
    }

And you get:

However, you don't need to do any of this as the placeholder will only display when the field is empty.

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Cast Q&A at Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore IMAX NYC Screening
By Onica 4/08/2022 09:40:00 AM InterCelebs, Movie
This week, we joined a special IMAX Q&A with Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore Cast Eddie Redmayne, Jessica Williams, William Nadylam, Dan Fogler, along with Director David Yates, before watching the film!
Note: I was invited as media for movie screening and film cast interview. However any personal views expressed are always 100% my own.
Of course seeing the movie before it's official release is exciting, getting to hear the director and actors talk about the film and their roles is such a bonus!
But that's not the only bonus we received during the special screening. Before even going inside the IMAX theater, there was a fun photo booth and table gifting us Fantastic Beasts merchandise including a Secrets of Dumbledore poster, hat and wand just like Albus Dumbledore's!
Hands filled with goodies, we found our seats for the Q&A with cast and director. To get ready for their arrival, we joined in and raised our wands as a group....for a quick photo. My son was excited to join in since he's semi representing #TeamHufflepuffs.
IMAX Q&A with Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore Cast
Seeing and hearing from the cast was so fun. They shared their love of being the movie and a few behind the scene moments, like how Dan Fogler felt when his character received a wand and how David Yates feels being in the Harry Potter Universe over 7 films!
While I can't share everything, I can share a few fun highlights from the interview in the below video.
After the Q&A, we watched Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore for the FIRST TIME WORLDWIDE. Which made the whole night experience memorable.
I can't officially say more about the film till closer to it's release in US theaters on April 15th, BUT if you're a Harry Potter Universe fan or just a fan of the last two Fantastic Beasts films, then you'll enjoy The Secrets of Dumbledore.
"Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore" is the newest adventure in the Wizarding World™ created by J.K. Rowling.
Professor Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law) knows the powerful Dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald (Mads Mikkelsen) is moving to seize control of the wizarding world.
Unable to stop him alone, he entrusts Magizoologist Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) to lead an intrepid team of wizards, witches and one brave Muggle baker on a dangerous mission, where they encounter old and new beasts and clash with Grindelwald's growing legion of followers.
But with the stakes so high, how long can Dumbledore remain on the sidelines?
Ensemble cast includes Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne, two-time Oscar nominee Jude Law, Ezra Miller, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Callum Turner, Jessica Williams, Katherine Waterston, and Mads Mikkelsen.
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore – Official Trailer 2
"Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore" was directed by David Yates, from a screenplay by J.K. Rowling & Steve Kloves, based upon a screenplay by J.K. Rowling. The film was produced by David Heyman, J.K. Rowling, Steve Kloves, Lionel Wigram and Tim Lewis. Neil Blair, Danny Cohen, Josh Berger, Courtenay Valenti and Michael Sharp served as executive producers.
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Skinner, Constance Lindsay
Born 7 December 1877, Quesnal, British Columbia, Canada; died 27 March 1937, New York, New York
Daughter of Robert J. and Annie Lindsay Skinner
Constance Lindsay Skinner was profoundly influenced by her childhood at a fur trading post in the Peace River area of the Canadian Northwest where her father held a position with the Hudson's Bay Company. Her best works have dealt with this area and the historical interaction of Native Americans and traders.
Skinner began as a journalist writing drama and music criticism for Los Angeles and San Francisco newspapers. She became a freelance writer in New York, writing reviews and poetry. In 1910 her first play, David, was produced, and in 1917 her second, in New York, Good Morning, Rosamund!
Her first historical works were two volumes in the Yale Chronicles of America, a series addressed to the general reader. The two works, Pioneers of the Old Southwest (1919) and Adventurers of Oregon (1921), were praised for their "gusto" and vitality. They showed her sense of the dramatic and her highly personalized approach to historical work. They were also criticized for their impressionist quality and lack of detailed scholarship.
Skinner placed strong emphasis on the environmentalist approach to history, reflecting the influence of Frederick Jackson Turner. In Pioneers of the Old Southwest, she argues that the "spirit of the frontier was modeling out of old clay a new Adam to answer the needs of a new earth." She traces with broad appreciation the development of the various ethnic groups into commonwealth builders. In Adventurers of Oregon, she sympathetically portrayed the "romance of the fur trade" and the interaction of American, British, and Native American lifestyles.
After the chronicles, Skinner turned to poetry and fiction to reveal her understanding of the origin of the American nation and the importance of the frontier. Her dramatic sense of history found an outlet especially in the 11 adventure stories she wrote for children between 1925 and 1934. In these works she stressed the courage and perseverance of women no less than men.
Beaver, Kings, and Cabins (1933), perhaps Skinner's most ambitious historical work, is an effort to recapture the lost world of the fur trader and his interaction with the natural world and with the Native Americans. Skinner's tone is essentially poetic and romantic; at times she dramatizes her narrative, occasionally inserting dialogue. Tracing the fur traders from their Atlantic coast origins to the Alaskan wilds, she gives primary attention to the era of imperial conflicts when the beaver trade was dominant.
Interspersed in some of Skinner's works are Native American poems. These are her own concepts, not translations; they grew out of her early childhood experiences with Native American culture. In 1930 she published a volume of such poems, Songs of the Coast Dwellers; the book won considerable acclaim for Skinner's interpretations of Native American moods and her basic empathy with Native American life.
Skinner's last significant venture in American history was the editing of the Rivers of America series. In an introductory statement, reprinted in most of the early volumes and issued in 1937 as Rivers and American Folk, Skinner sets forth her concerns in writing history. What is truly important, she argues, is "folk-centered" history and "history as literature." Her aim is to "kindle imagination and to reveal American Folk to one another." While her historical works lack the closely woven texture and the considered perspectives of trained historians, Skinner succeeded in her own aim. She did indeed "kindle imagination" and portrayed dramatically the frontier experiences of the American folk.
Other Works:
Adventures in the Wilderness (with C. Wister, 1925).
Reference works:
NAW (1971).
American History Review (Oct. 1920). NYT (19 Oct. 1919, 5 Oct. 1930, 25 Sept. 1933). SR (31 May 1930, 30 Sept. 1933).
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One Of Carrie Fisher's Final 'Family Guy' Episodes Spoofs Wes Anderson, Quentin Tarantino & Michael Bay
By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 5, 2017 2:00 pm EST
Family Guy is still going strong with their 16th season currently airing on FOX. However, the show lost one of their regular guest stars late last year when screen icon Carrie Fisher passed away. The actress had already recorded dialogue for episodes that had yet to air, and one of those episodes is airing tonight on FOX. This one is particularly special since in addition to featuring some of Fisher's final work, it also serves as a tribute to directors Wes Anderson, Quentin Tarantino and Michael Bay.
The Family Guy episode in question, titled "Three Directors," finds Peter Griffin fired from his job at the Pawtucket Patriot Brewery. Since Carrie Fisher voiced Peter's boss Angela, we'll get to see this scenario played out in three different ways, all in the style of the three aforementioned directors. Watch a couple clips from one of the final Carrie Fisher Family Guy episodes below.
Here's the first clip from the "Three Directors" episode, presented in the style of Quentin Tarantino:
As you can see the extreme violence and soundtrack we've come to expect from Quentin Tarantino movies is there. This clip in particular seems to be taking cues from Reservoir Dogs, including what appears to be a reference to all the colorful character names in the form of different colored cars in the parking lot.
Here's a second clip that ventures into more Reservoir Dogs territory, as well as Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill Vol. 1:
Cleveland Brown works as a stand-in for Samuel L. Jackson's character Jules from Pulp Fiction while Peter is a makeshift Bride from Kill Bill Vol. 1. Peter appears to be out for revenge for getting fired from his job, but Angela (as O-Ren Ishii) calls upon her Tricia Takanawa 88s to dispatch with Peter, who is dressed as Ronald McDonald for some reason.
For those who might be more interested in seeing what the Wes Anderson tribute is like, check this clip out:
In addition to having voiceover provided by Stewie Griffin, there's the obligatory diorama shot of the primary setting: a house inside an army tent inside of a submarine inside of an old airplane hangar. Yeah, that sounds like Wes Anderson to me.
Unfortunately, there's no glimpse at the Michael Bay portion of the episode, though it will likely feature plenty of explosions. Hell, we've basically seen Michael Bay-style sequences whenever Peter fights his chicken nemesis.
Don't worry if you're not particularly fond of these directors, because executive producer Steve Callaghan tells TV Line, "We tried to write it in a way where even a casual movie viewer would still get a lot of the jokes and references. You don't have to be a hardcore aficionado of any of these directors to understand it."
As for Carrie Fisher, she still has some more appearances on Family Guy to come, including the next Christmas episode on December 10. Otherwise, her character's fate is said to be revealed in another episode sometime this fall.
Watch the entire episode tonight, November 5, at 9pm ET/8pm CT on FOX.


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Q: What's a good comeback to "obviously"? If someone tries to sound smart in repartee by saying,

Well obviously blah blah blah

but what they said is actually wrong, then what's a good comeback to that, or what's a good way to phrase the comeback?

A: Someone overeager to sound intelligent is likely to enjoy going into depth. Simply asking "What do you mean?" or "Can you explain it further?" is a good way to keep them talking. If the details in their obvious point start breaking down it should open the discussion up for a direct counterpoint or counterexample:

Obviously blah blah.
What do you mean?
Blah blah blah.
What about [example]?
Blah blah blah.
And [point]?
[Backpedalling goes here.]

The real wit here is that a group of intelligent listeners will likely notice the inconsistency before the speaker does. If they care enough, they will continue the line of questioning for you and the original statement will be dismissed as a falsehood.

A: If what they said is wrong, there no need for a witty comeback, LH. Simply point out that they are mistaken and be prepared to substantiate that.

A:
Well obviously you're clearly mistaken

or

Well obviously you've not checked your
  facts

A: If you're sure they're wrong, then stare them in the eye and say

Obviously Not, ...

or you could be nasty with

"Yeah, obvious to one who talks out of
  his a$$, but for the rest of us .."

A: The right response depends crucially on what you want to achieve. The most common mistake people make in this situation is to miss the big picture and want the wrong thing.
You asked for a comeback, which suggests that you want to look good, gain the admiration of other listeners, and puncture the speaker's ego. I don't know the context, but I'm guessing what you should want in this situation is either to quit wasting time in an argument that nobody is going to learn anything from, or else to cool off the discussion and get it pointed in a productive direction.
To do that, first check to make sure your body language, facial expressions, and tone are friendly and not confrontational. Then, ignore the word obviously and politely address the substance of the argument instead.
(This question is tagged repartee, which suggests a totally different goal. But repartee is a witty exchange; it takes two to tango, and your stereotypical obviously speaker is not going to be a good dance partner. Judging by these answers, a global community of StackExchange users is not a very good dance partner, either. Zing! ;-)

A: Another one to kind of stop them in their tracks might be to simply interject prior to them finalizing their assertion with:

Actually... or Not quite...

If we take into account different circumstances, for example, in an instance where what is being considered might seem obvious even if in fact incorrect, then a less abrasive approach might be:

Well, naturally one might think so, however...

Each of which is to be followed by a short, concise flurry of information that makes 'no bones about it.'
Come to think of it, there's another reply you could use based on the above reference; maybe witty, albeit a little irrelevant to the target given that it might not be read into:

I see bones in it... (or some variation of)

An overview from the above link:

This is a reference to the unwelcome
  discovery of bones in soup - bones =
  bad, no bones = good. If you found 'no
  bones' in your meal you were able to
  swallow it without any difficulty or
  objection.

A:
What makes it obvious?

Ask them to explain further, and question until they realize that their point is NOT obvious, and even incorrect. Ask in a non-sarcastic manner, as one truly not understanding why it is obvious.

A:
Obviously?

Simply questioning the statement comes right to the point.  You didn't actually say that you were looking for a witty comeback.  Just that you wanted a good response.
You can always add:

How can it be obvious, seeing it is
  false?

A: My favorite:

And I would agree with you, except we would both be wrong.

Zing!

A:
Well, obviously blah blah blah…

Such and such may seem obvious to you, but [counter point].

A: You say, "I don't believe that you know what 'obviously' means."

A: A polite and productive answer could be
"I hear what you're saying and agree it sounds obvious, but what about if..."
After validating the person's ego like this, he/she is more likely to respect you and listen willingly.


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Beyonce "Definitely" Wants More Children
Beyonce Knowles has revealed that she wants more children in the future.
"I definitely want to have more. I don't know how many. God knows, I don't know yet," she said. "I have such a full life. I feel like now I know the reason that I was born," Beyonce told Entertainment Tonight at the Met Gala in New York City on Monday night.
The singer admits she has had a hard time getting to the gym now that she is a mom.
"I haven't had much time in the gym [since the baby was born]," she said. "I've been rehearsing, I have a show coming up and it's my first show in a year."
Johnny Depp: "I Was Angry And Frustrated Until I Started My Own Family"
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Beyonce Shares New Photos Of 18-Month-Old Twins Rumi And Sir Carter
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TravelinMan1 thanks for your information. That makes me feel a lot better. I am excited about Ambergris Caye. I am looking forward to coming down to look at AC later this year.
I assume that the condos are designed to withstand hurricanes. Is that the case?
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More importantly, adequate building insurance is always a feature of the best run condominium communities on the island and it is this which should give you most peace of mind.
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Confederate monument on Tyler square vandalized
The monument on the square in downtown Tyler was defaced sometime Tuesday night or Wednesday morning.
By Stephanie Frazier | April 24, 2019 at 3:35 PM CDT - Updated April 25 at 11:25 AM
TYLER, TX (KLTV) - A historic Smith County monument on the Tyler square has been defaced.
The Smith County CSA Confederate monument has been tagged with the initials M.R. or M.B., and a corner brick was taken from the base. At the time KLTV reported the damage to Smith County Sheriff's Office, they had not received prior reports of the damage. The damage was not present on the monument as of Tuesday evening.
Thursday morning a Smith County public information officer said a facility services crew will clean the monument.
Monument defaced (Source: KLTV)
Tiffany Wright with the Smith County Historical Society said that the monument was placed on the square in 1936 as part of the Texas Centennial Celebration. Several other monuments were placed around Tyler at that time, including at Oakwood Cemetery, near Goodman Museum, and at Camp Ford.
The text on the monument reads:
SMITH COUNTY CSA
Major center of Confederate Activity during Civil War. Many distinguished men and military units served south of the largest ordnance plant, west of the Mississippi River. Manufactured "Tyler Rifles" near here. Camp Ford, located east of town, was the largest prisoner of war compound in the western confederacy. Other military activities here included a quartermaster depot, training camps, transportation depot foundry, general hospital, and medical laboratories. Two large salt works produced daily thousands of pounds of this vital commodity. At home, women, children, old men, loyal slaves raised cotton and grain for Army. Women made all their own clothes, used parched okra and yams for coffee, and made hats out of shucks and straw.
Traffic diverted on Old Jacksonville Highway following multiple-vehicle wreck
Traffic is being diverted off of Old Jacksonville Highway following a wreck involving an overturned vehicle in the area of FM 346.
Report: City of Tyler making progress on improvement projects
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Here's how much Bafana players pocketed for beating Libya
A bigger bonus could be waiting for Bafana at the end of the Afcon tournament in Egypt.
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Kamohelo Mokotjo of South Africa and teammates thanking the fans during the 2019 African Cup Of Nations Qualifier match between South Africa and Libya at the Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban on 08 September 2018 ©Muzi Ntombela/BackpagePix
Bafana Bafana achieved what was arguably their biggest result in recent years as they beat Libya 2-1 to qualify for the African Cup of Nations to be held in Egypt in three months time.
Qualification for the tournament would have been high on the agenda for the side and, as it's usually the case, a cash incentive will have been placed on the table.
However, as SowetanLive reports, the players will not get bonuses for qualifying for the tournament, but their victory against the Mediterranean Knights still guarantees them a big payday nonetheless.
Safa acting chief executive Russell Paul revealed to the publication that they could rake in more moola based on how they fare in Egypt.
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"The players knew they had a job to do and were not focused on money before qualifying," Paul said.
"Now that they qualified, it's a different situation, and there will be a bonus structure in terms of Afcon itself. They will receive the normal bonus for the win."
Russell Paul
How much Bafana players received for Libya win
Despite not getting an added bonus for qualification itself, Bafana players are still getting their usual commission for triumphing on the day.
According to SowetanLive, that fee is set at R60 000 for each player.
Bafana are still waiting to find out who they will be facing in the group stages of the tournament, and the draw will take place on Friday, 12 April.
Progressing beyond the first round will have quite the lucrative reward for the squad, with each quarterfinalist set to pocket R11 million in prize money. This should bump up the bonus fee each player gets at the end of the campaign.
Should they go all the way and win their second Afcon crown, Bafana are set to claim R60 million.
The tournament kicks off on Friday, 21 June with the final set to be played on 19 July.
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we will discuss the Image Lifecycle with the addition of ImageContent.
Creating images and generating scaled ImageContent.
Getting ImageContent URL from an image.
And deleting an image, along with its ImageContent copies.
creating an image along with the scaled ImageContent.
to generate for standard ultimate sizes and save all files.
only check basically that this five content size is success.
More detail test will be done later.
I'm looking at the spec in spec/requests/image_contents_spec.rb.
I initialize the overall spec with a db_cleanup context.
four to six seconds on my Mac to generate the four copies and process them.
to when we create them and when we can hold on to them.
the test sections decide for themselves what cleanups are necessary.
And then I had a new database cleaner context called db_clean_after.
assets basically with that says, when I'm done I'm going to clean up after myself.
image sizes for some efficiency, okay.
image_props to the controller, caption ImageContent, content_type, etc.
a pay load that contains the id of the image.
We have more test that it'll go in deeper.
to the server so that we can see that.
But if you notice this except content that I have here.
That's another helper class that I put into the support area.
And so if you remember our images are attentionally a megger cell in size.
With base64 encoding, they're about one and a half times that size.
that otherwise, it'll just take over our screen.
It knows what an image payload document contains.
And it's basically logging, a redacted form of that hash.
of bytes that are in that hash.
haven't implemented anything but it's nice to keep us on track.
what we're doing is we're printing out the fact that we have this caption.
We have this needless creator_id.
That's going to be assigned on the server.
So consider that to be trash.
1.3 megs of bytes in the payload.
then in fact was created with a URL and the organizer roles.
it never created the image content.
it just ignored it as much as it ignore this extra creator_id let's fix all that.
this that we need to know start worrying about image content.
original copy from parameters that came in from the request.
And here is a helper method that we still need to define.
what we're saying is that if you're going to have image_content.
then of cause white list the content type and content so we can process it.
So at this point we should now have our original.
standard set of contents for us.
let's use the form of save where we want it to throw an exception if it fails.
front of us when we started of assigning the user_role and saving the role.
And notice, anyone of our saves are going to throw an exception.
And that will roll back our transaction.
correctly doing happy path I think we should get ourselves some image content.
actually see that our image content has been created.
Okay, we should be feeling pretty good now, right?
All right, well, except for one thing.
we have part of our payload is about over megs worth of bit 64 in code content data.
information and just told you is how many bits this was.
We couldn't do the same for the server logs, all right let's do that now.
our image content as if it were a password and we would like that reduced.
So if we remove log/test.log and we run our test.
you'll see that image content is labeled filtered okay?
because technically is not part of the image.
In summary, we create an image content along with the image metadata.
plus it will build and save four additional scaled sizes.
we need to address that.
And we did that in a couple of ways.
We filtered out the image content from showing up in our debug, and server logs.
tool added to our server logs, especially and overwhelming our screens.
I also added an additional database cleaner.
One that would clean up everything after a scope finished.
the start of a context and reuse them across follow on tests.
This is especially helpful in query tests.
then run several task that query different things.
probably adds a few seconds to every test and those seconds add up.
you want to make sure that you're able to run them often.
Image Content API Lifecycle- Part II: Getting Content.
to getting the content back from the image and displaying it on a browser.


Genetic variants of the IL22 promoter associate to onset of psoriasis before puberty and increased IL-22 production in T cells.
Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm.
Most psoriasis susceptibility genes were identified in cohorts of mixed clinical phenotypes and the exploration of genes in clinical subtypes is scarce. IL-22 has an established role in host defense and in psoriasis skin pathology, reflecting the delicate balance between control of infection and immunopathology. In a case-control study, we compared the genetic association to IL22 in psoriasis onset in patients between 0-9 (n=207), 10-20 (n=394), and 21-40 (n=468) years with healthy controls (n=1,529). Logistic regression analysis revealed association to regulatory elements in the IL22 promoter confined to onset of psoriasis before puberty (odds ratio=1.45, P<0.0007). The associated variants contain putative binding sites for AhR, a potent inducer of IL-22 expression. In a luciferase assay, transcriptional activity of a high-risk gene variant resulted in 80% higher promoter activity (P=0.012) compared with a low-risk variant. Ex vivo stimulated T cells from peripheral blood were analyzed with flow cytometry. Children with psoriasis carrying a high-risk variant produced 1.7 times more IL-22 compared with low-risk variants (P=0.042). Our combined genetic and functional data support the notion that a genetic IL22 variant that promotes epithelial barrier defense is preferentially enriched in and may precipitate the onset of psoriasis at an early age.


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LAPUTA: CASTLE IN THE SKY
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dir. Miyazaki Hayao
Then again the film should be more accurately called Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta in at least one transliteration, but anyway: Miyazaki is turning into one of those pleasureable 'catch-up' experiences for me where I don't regret not having watched sooner in that I get the joy of seeing them all for the first time, never something to be knocked. In this case a friend had the recent release on DVD in the States — her young kids were already fans and she all but insisted I watch it, which is only fair since I was razzing her for not having yet seen Spirited Away in turn. So after a fine meal with friends the other night we sat down and watched it, with good friend Stripey and I particularly interested — Stripey was from the first extremely deeply moved by Spirited Away in ways that the more cynical might dismiss as soppy emotionalism. But that's their loss.
I admit I was feeling a bit bothered by the fact that we'd be watching the English dub — so I'm a purist, but I actually want to hear the characters with the voices that were intended, not with something that, even if it is a good approximation, is still just that. However, as mentioned, the kids were very young and asking them to pay attention to the subtitles would be most unfair, and so the dub it was. It's part of the Pixar-overseen effort to get a reasonably good voice cast together for the Ghibli releases, though, and while I'm no Pixar cultist I'm sure grateful John Lasseter is a Ghibli cultist, because he did a good job in voice selection and direction. And I never thought I'd say that about a production where the lead male role went to James van der Beek. (Mark Hamill as the bad guy was spot on as well, his voiceover work in the past standing him in good stead throughout.)
That all said — well, yeah, it's pretty easy to see why Miyazaki and company were so revered for years, considering this came out in 1986, and why what must have seemed so enjoyably new and different to many in the wake of Spirited Away was already well established with films like this — Joe Hisaishi's music (it's really something how he almost could be bathetic but instead is *just* right, it's a marriage of musical and directing talents as good as any example you might care to name), the sense of how sudden awe and wonder can be delicately conveyed in the looks of the characters, the strong sense of morals that for the most part steers clear of moralizing (one or two speeches towards the end are a bit clunky but otherwise no complaints).
I would say, though, that if Spirited Away's true heart was in that sense of emotional tension, loss and then joy, then here it is less that (though still present) than grandeur. And I don't mean that lightly — it's a lovely move that the story as filmed (the original manga might have a different structure) opens in medias res, where it's taken for granted that there are airships in a post-Victorian alternate future but not so many automobiles anymore, and from the start the sky is the setting and stage for much that follows. And what set pieces they are! The whirring of the military ship Goliath as it proceeds towards its destination, the kite flying high above the pirate ship, the mass clouds of a hurricane that loom ever more dangerously closer, and certainly above all the castle in the sky itself, something between an Escheresque maze and a Maxfield Parrish fantasy in Western terms, perhaps.
A good time had by all. But the younger daughter really wanted to see Totoro again after that but we were all terribly tired. Another time.
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1. Open the Project screen.
2. Select the project to which you want to apply late fee rules.
3. On the Details tab you can set your percentage rate as well as the number of days before you consider your invoice to be late. After these fields are filled, remember to save your changes.
1. Go to Settings menu, Global Settings.
2. On the Billing panel, set the percentage rate you want to charge as well as the number of days before you consider the invoice to be late.
There are two options under these fields. "Apply to Blank/Zero Rate" will update all projects that do not currently have any rates applied on the Detail tab of the Project screen. "Apply to Non-Blank Rate" will update projects that have existing rates applied on the Detail tab.
Note: If you are unsure about the rates applied to individual projects but would like to have all projects using the same rates, apply both the blank and non-blank settings to update all projects regardless of previous settings.
3. After you pick the proper options, click Apply. When you will get a confirmation message, click Yes.
Now that we have late fees set for our projects, we can now apply late fee to outstanding invoices via the Invoice Review screen.
1. In the Invoice Review screen, check the Open filter to view only open invoices with current balances. Refresh the invoice list.
2. Highlight any invoice to which you want to apply a late fee.
3. Select Create Late Fee Invoices from the Tools dropdown button. You will see a box where you can enter your Late Fee Upto date. Typically, this is today's date; however you can set this to any date you like.
4. Once selected, click the "Create Late Fee Invoices" button.
5. BillQuick will now calculate late fee invoices for all the selected rows. To print statements with calculated late fee, click the "Print Statement" button under the Tools button.
Note: When you receive a payment on an invoice having late fee associated to it, you can apply a portion of that payment to the late fee and then apply the balance to the invoice value. You cannot create late fee invoices for posted or partially paid invoices.


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Query: United States. National Herbarium
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Folders 1-7 Typescript, with handwritten corrections of "Report on the Diatoms of the Albatross voyages in the Pacific Ocean, 1888-1904," by Albert Mann and Percy LeRoy Ricker. (Contributions From The U. S. National Herbarium, Vol. X, part 5, 1907).
Record Unit 55
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Records / HISTORICAL RESEARCH FILE, 1897-1918. / Box 22 / Folders 1-7 Typescript, with handwritten corrections of "Report on the Diatoms of the Albatross voyages in the Pacific Ocean, 1888-1904," by Albert Mann and Percy LeRoy Ricker. (Contributions From The U. S. National Herbarium, Vol. X, part 5, 1907).
Rose, Joseph Nelson (1908 and undated). Includes notes, lists and Excerpts concerning the administration and space needs of the National Herbarium.
Record Unit 221
Records / Incoming and Occasional Outgoing Correspondence (after 1910), 1886-1928. Arranged alphabetically and in most instances chronologically thereunder. / Box 19 / Rose, Joseph Nelson (1908 and undated). Includes notes, lists and Excerpts concerning the administration and space needs of the National Herbarium.
Folder 10 (Adelaide) State Herbarium of South Australia
Records / EXCHANGE RECORDS, 1920-1969. / Box 18 / Folder 10 (Adelaide) State Herbarium of South Australia
706812, Joy Dell Mastrogiuseppe, Marion Ownbey Herbarium, Washington State University, FY 1977
Records / Box 11 / 706812, Joy Dell Mastrogiuseppe, Marion Ownbey Herbarium, Washington State University, FY 1977
#73527 - #73750. Includes correspondence regarding gifts from the USNM to Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, 1921, 1934 (#73636); correspondence regarding the sale of the Frank S. Collins herbarium and library, 1920-1922 (#73649).
Permanent Administrative Files / Box 239 / #73527 - #73750. Includes correspondence regarding gifts from the USNM to Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, 1921, 1934 (#73636); correspondence regarding the sale of the Frank S. Collins herbarium and library, 1920-1922 (#73649).
Maxon, William R. Request for herbarium cases to accommodate bamboo material (1944).
Records / Miscellaneous Correspondence and Memoranda, Expenditures and Liabilities, Manuscripts and Notes, and Annual Reports, 1896-1969. / Box 40 / Maxon, William R. Request for herbarium cases to accommodate bamboo material (1944).
Maxon, William R. Correspondence on Buchtien Herbarium (1921-1922).
Records / Miscellaneous Correspondence and Memoranda, Expenditures and Liabilities, Manuscripts and Notes, and Annual Reports, 1896-1969. / Box 40 / Maxon, William R. Correspondence on Buchtien Herbarium (1921-1922).
Chickering, John W. Jr. Herbarium (1944).
Records / Miscellaneous Correspondence and Memoranda, Expenditures and Liabilities, Manuscripts and Notes, and Annual Reports, 1896-1969. / Box 40 / Chickering, John W. Jr. Herbarium (1944).
Maxon, William R. Correspondence on Philippine Herbarium (most of the papers are with Mr. Coville) (1914-1927).
Records / Miscellaneous Correspondence and Memoranda, Expenditures and Liabilities, Manuscripts and Notes, and Annual Reports, 1896-1969. / Box 40 / Maxon, William R. Correspondence on Philippine Herbarium (most of the papers are with Mr. Coville) (1914-1927).
Maxon, William R. Correspondence on Greene Herbarium (1914-1915).
Records / Miscellaneous Correspondence and Memoranda, Expenditures and Liabilities, Manuscripts and Notes, and Annual Reports, 1896-1969. / Box 40 / Maxon, William R. Correspondence on Greene Herbarium (1914-1915).


Are universities preparing students for the workforce?
Today's world, characterized by the fast-paced evolution of information technology, rapid industrialization, and modernization, demands an efficient workforce to ensure the systematic functioning of economies. University and college education is the most integral part of an individual's learning process since exposure to formal education is minimized in subsequent years.Governments allow a significant proportion of the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) towards higher education because they believe that these students will become the driving force of the country's economy. While focussing on students' career and creating an effective workforce is a major purpose of higher education, is it justified to neglect all other aspects attached to the role of higher education? Is valuing economic gains over social welfare a wise option for the modern-day education system?
How to derive an efficient workforce?
The desire to have an efficient workforce has completely transformed the education system such that the primary purpose of universities and colleges is focusing more on preparing employees for the future workforce. Notwithstanding the importance of university and college education in preparing students for the workforce, the lack of focus on intellectual development, negligence towards the civic engagement of students and establishment of hierarchy amongst different academic subjects is destroying the true essence of higher education.
One of the primary purposes of higher education is to maximize the intellectual potential of individuals. A key ingredient in intellectual development is to ingrain in students the practice of critical thinking. Critical thinking refers to the ability of an individual to carefully analyse and evaluate issues from various perspectives, before constructing a rational conclusion. "Even when all experts agree, they may well be mistaken." (Russell 2). Students should be capable enough to challenge the ideas and beliefs directly taught to them. While universities and colleges are focussing on preparing students for workforce, they are restricting their focus towards the intellectual development of students. Is it justified to segment students on the mere basis of their academic performance where the only criterion is to score good marks in standardized tests? The mind-set that academic success is a criterion for the students to enter the workforce is not going to spark imagination and create passion and perseverance for learning amongst students.
If students know that they are only attaining a higher education to be a part of the workforce, then they would not try to question things which are being taught to them. The basic difference between knowledge and understanding requires us to achieve a lot more through education than just the ability to recall certain facts at a given time. A survey conducted by UCLA Higher Education Research Institute stated that 99.6% of university teachers agreed on the importance of critical thinking and how it should be a primary goal if education (Burke, Sears, Kraus and Roberts-Cady 2). Hence, universities and colleges should focus on grooming students and mentally prepare them to be able to adapt to varying scenarios rather than just train them for professional careers.
Additionally, universities and colleges should have a civic mission of preparing students for their future participation in the community. Civic engagement refers to the participation in the community to improve the overall well-being of the members of the society. This participation can take various forms from helping the fellow members of the community to fulfilling our own duties. If education will not make the students realize their responsibility towards the society, then it will be highly unlikely for them to think in terms of social welfare and the common good. Professor Fred D'Agostino of the University of Queensland argues that two of the key ideas related to higher education is related to the creation of a robust democracy and a civilized society (''Higher education''). An educated person with an inquiring mind can help to strengthen a country's democracy.
The ability of an individual to better understand the dynamics of democracy and analyze the impacts of various governmental decision can ensure that governments are accountable to their citizens. The importance of an educated population becomes more vital when this population votes to decide who will govern them for the next few years. A well-educated society can decide who will be the best person to represent their interests at the national and international level. Additionally, integrating community service into the regular curriculum will provide more opportunities for the students to interact with their people and make a positive difference in their lives. Community service and volunteering activities can redefine students' sense of civic responsibility and can help them to develop a strong passion to work for others. Therefore, universities and colleges should educate students in such a way that they leave the academia not just as mere spectators in the community, but as better and responsible citizens.
Lastly, universities and colleges should focus on diversifying their educational approach rather than creating a hierarchy between different subjects. When colleges and universities focus on preparing students for the workforce, they tend to limit their academic focus to certain subjects. An internationally established hierarchy amongst subjects can be seen where Mathematics and Sciences are preferred over Arts and Humanities. The education system tends to focus on meeting the demand of the industrial world and fails to recognize the exceptional talents possessed by many students. Pablo Picasso said that "All children are artists, the problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up" (qtd.in Stewart 185).
Lack of opportunities to study Arts and Humanities mean universities and colleges are squandering individual talents ruthlessly. The restricted focus on certain subjects does not allow students to be creative and think of something new since they are always afraid to make any mistakes. Students tend to follow the already set academic criteria and try to be amongst the top few students because this is how universities and colleges are training students for the workforce. Many students often give up on their dream and decide not to pursue their hobbies and subjects they like just because of the set notion that this is not what the industries demand. Hence, the primary mission of universities and colleges should not be to prepare students for workforce as it prioritizes certain subjects over the others.
Conversely, proponents believe that primary mission of universities and colleges should be to prepare students for the workforce. Given the existing financial uncertainty and cutthroat competition in economies, firms hire students with valuable skills necessary for employment. Also, after making a strenuous effort throughout their higher education years and investing a notable sum of money as their tuition fee, students expect to get good jobs once they graduate. However, what such critics need to realize is that apart from the profession and technical skills, there are other qualities which employers want to see in their employees.
A person who can think critically and argue rationally will get priority over a person who just has specialized knowledge in a certain subject area. Moreover, for economies to prosper it is necessary that prudent economic policies are implemented which can encourage economic growth in a country. Sufficient emphasis on the social aspect of education can prepare an educated electorate which is more likely to elect competent leaders and policymakers. Lastly, students must be more concerned about their overall intellectual development rather than their future job prospects because it will help to create in them a curiosity for learning and will prepare them to adapt to all challenging circumstances.
In conclusion, the role of universities and colleges cannot be disregarded in preparing students for workforce; however, this should not be the primary purpose of higher education. Education is likely to have a micro and macro aspect attached to it. At micro level, it will help the individuals to get financial stability and plays a role in their intellectual development and at macro level it will provides a skilled workforce and responsible citizens for the society. The education system today must not have conformity where everyone is ranked per their academic performance but it should encourage diversity and help them to realise their roles as the members of the society. When universities and colleges are successful in developing critical thinking abilities, mentoring responsible citizens and encouraging multiple talents in academia, then only they will do justice to the existing educational systems.
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D'Agostino, Fred. "Higher Education Is Not about Getting a Job." YouTube. YouTube, 25 May 2014. Web. 01 Nov. 2016.