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author: Karu Jayasuriya
Reforms Must Strengthen Democracy
By Karu Jayasuriya –
Karu Jayasuriya
It is my pleasure to send good wishes to the 9th Parliament that was declared open yesterday (August 20th). The new Parliament embodies the strong mandate given to the government. It is also welcome that more than a third of the Parliamentarians are first-time members, reflecting the people's wish for a fresh start.
The observations made here in good faith are based on the 2/3 mandate sought and received by the Government at the Parliamentary elections held this month.
In his policy speech, His Excellency Gotabaya Rajapaksa announced the wish of his government to abolish the 19th Amendment to the Constitution and, subsequently, to introduce new constitution to the country. The 19th Amendment was a near-unanimous amendment to the Constitution. It was passed with an unprecedented 215 votes in favour.
As person who has dedicated the whole political career to the cause of strengthening Sri Lanka's democracy, I would like to draw the attention of H.E. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Hon. Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and the government to the need to protect and enhance the essence of democracy embedded in the 19th Amendment.
The 19th Amendment to the Constitution embodies the democratic aspirations of the people at the time of its adoption. The only progressive reform before the 19th Amendment was the 17th Amendment to the Constitution that was passed in 2001.
The 17th amendment was born as a result of the public outcry during the famous Wayamba Elections where several malpractices, killings, arson and harassment took place. Members of the clergy of all faiths, academics and members of the opposition, civil society and professionals voluntarily formed in to a 'citizens committee' that drafted the first document. The committee was chaired by me when I served as the Mayor of Colombo. The JVP agreed to support the then PA/SLFP government on the basis that 17th Amendment was introduced. Although independent commissions were formed the Elections Commission did not function due to the disagreement with regard to the Chair. Then President was not agreeable to appoint the suggested name. The Elections Commission was established in 2015.
As envisioned by Most Venerable Maduluwawe Sobitha thero, the 19th Amendment could build on that and strengthened the Parliament, reduced excessive powers accumulated in Presidency, re-introduced independent commission to ensure that critical institutes of the country such as public service, judiciary, electoral system, human rights and Police etc. are protected from political influence. It also introduced the Constitutional Council, with the membership of the government, Opposition, and the civil society to have a process by which appointments to important positions and independent commissions are made with a national consensus.
In the spirit of the 19th Amendment, it is welcoming to note that the President appointed 26 Ministers to the Cabinet, thereby following the 30-member limit introduced under 19A. Further, the Right to Information act, which is considered as one of the best in the world, has been integrated into the 19A, by way of recognizing Right to Information as a fundamental right. This is the only improvement to the fundamental rights introduced under the 1978 constitution.
These reforms have been enacted after wide consultation and negotiation within the Parliament and the civil society. In fact, the majority of the approving votes came from the UPFA members, led by President Maithripala Sirisena in 2015. Besides, even the present Parliament consists of a majority of members who have voted for the 19th Amendment.
In this situation, if the government abolishes the 19th Amendment, and a new Constitution is passed, that must be done after wide consultation with all stakeholders, including all political parties, citizens' organizations, and eminent individuals and general public.
Democracy is a much-valued legacy of Sri Lanka and people treasure the freedoms they have. 19th Amendment symbolizes this democratic spirit. I request H.E. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Hon. Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa to undertake to properly analyze and evaluate any technical shortcomings of the 19th Amendment while respecting and upholding the essence of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution in future reforms. As the proverb goes, one should not 'throw the baby away with the bath water'. As such, respect for democracy and rule of law is mandatory for us to rise as a proud nation in the world.
As a responsible and concerned citizen, I wish good luck to the new government and the proposed constitution-making process, with the sincere hope that it will strengthen Sri Lanka's democracy and provide an inclusive platform for the country to achieve prosperity for all.
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leelagemalli / August 22, 2020
Mr Jaysooriya thank you for your article.
What do you make of the composition of new parliament ? What is your opinion about man who threw human/cow urine on to your parliamentary seat – Prasanna Ranaweera/ one another condom supporter of Mahinda Rajakashes is now a state minister in the incumbent adminstration ?
I always thought you were one of the best speakers we ever had in srilanken parliamentary history. On very day bitch s sons attacked you with Miriskudu/Chili powder and physical objects that caused srilankens to loose almost their image that the former leader had maintained. Following that brutal acts of RAJAKSPHE supporters in the parliament, International community questioned how could the srilankens ever be buddhists ? Buddhism according to them is known as one of the great philosohies that promote non-violence.
There I happened to share some of my friends that srilanka is practising not buddhism, but a religion based on JATHAKA STORIES (myths as they described in Mahanwansha) rather than the true teachings of lord buddha. Not even 1% of so called buddhist monks in the country today are real buddhist monks. For some reasons they may have entered to MONKHOOD, but as of today, they have been destroying the buddhadama as no times in the past.
Naman / August 26, 2020
LM's comment is what most right minded SL citizens think of SL situation. The choice of M.Sirisena was a MEGA-BLUNDER by CBK and others. Second blunder was to appoint Ranil. W as PM as he had obligations to Mahinda R for allowing him to Lead the UNP &prevented Sajith P or any others to take over the Lead of UNP. I simply fail to understand why TNA was supporting him in 2018 october. They should have supported Mahinda R as PM after getting somethings to alleviate TAMILS PLIGHT. Now the minorities are at the mercy of Sinhala Buddhists. I too want to keep all the good things of the 19th amendment.Do not chuck them as they were not the cause of failure of the previous regime.
a14455 / August 22, 2020
yes Karu people voted against the endless commissions' and the 19th amendment.
So keep your opinions.
Dilshan / August 23, 2020
People did not vote against the commission. They did bot vote for pohotuwa. They voted against Sirisena RW mal administration
They were so angry that they did not know what they were doing
Karu is trying to tell them what they have done.
Thank you Karu for that noble thought
Pamankada Kochchiya / August 23, 2020
This must be based on advice given by Prasad Kariyawasam, paid for by USAID!
What more discussion does 19 A need? There was five years of its operation with the result of paralysis of the country, forced to keep 225 rogues in parliament due to the limits it imposed, preventing a change in October 208.
Bugger that. People have given a mandate, virtually a referendum on 19A.
I did not know it was referendum on 19A. It was a general election. What an ignorant fellow I have been
rj1952 / August 23, 2020
All these power greedy mentally sick SLPP/SLFP inept nitwits will soon automatically fall into the Jayawardena Oya which is if I am right falls on the road to the parliament.
Forgive me, I think that I have got the name of the river wrong.
These power-crazy mostly with a criminal low-class background eve since their landslide victory have enabled the tone of quality of the present rank and file.
Only the opposition has got a decent good breed of MP's.
Even the reduced 26 cabinet ministers along with the extra 38 so-called State Ministers are mainly of dubious character swabasha specialists with many a gamma ganankarraya trait's.
With this blend of acharu MP's can one ever except the concept of democracy to be preserved.?
Unless a miracle happens this sad sorry a Rajapuka creation shitty country will continue in every facet to be the globe's best pariah beggar colony about to expand its current status as these present rulers who without a cent in the coffers of the government will take more and more loans especially from China at very high rates of interest to survive for their day to day existence.?


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Ukraine's industrial production fell by 3.3% YoY in January, representing a second straight month of notable decline following December's 3.6% YoY drop, the State Statistics Committee (UkrStat) reported last week.
Ukraine has reported a balance of payments (BoP) surplus of USD 2.88bn for full-year 2018, which is 12% YoY higher than in 2017.
The National Bank of Ukraine left its main refinancing rate unchanged at 18.00% after its board meeting on Jan 31, according to an official statement that said the rate was held at the same level in order to push inflation down toward the target of 5% in 2020.
US Secretary of Defense James Mattis was forced by US President Trump to leave his post ahead of schedule on Jan 1 after he wrote a letter of resignation criticizing Trump's approach to foreign affairs.
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Ukraine's foreign currency reserves increased by USD 975mn (+5.8%) to USD 17.71bn in November, the National Bank of Ukraine said on Dec 5.


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Today marks the anniversary of the deaths of two monumental figures in the history of American Catholicism. In Chicago on this date in 1917, died Italian-born, but naturalized American citizen, Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, the patron saint of immigrants. (In the pre-conciliar calendar, today was celebrated in the United States as her feast day, which has since been inexplicably moved to November 13.)
Also, Servant of God Isaac Hecker, the founder of the Paulist Fathers (and the bicentennial of whose birth we are commemorating this coming year), died 130 years ago today, December 22, 1888.
Hecker's last years were marked by illness. Nonetheless, he continued writing for the Paulist magazine, The Catholic World, and summarized his mature thought in his final book, The Church and the Age, published in 1887. His brother George died in February 1888, and as the year drew to a close Isaac too drew nearer to his end. At his funeral on December 26, a eulogy was given by the Provincial of the Jesuits' New York-Maryland Province, Thomas Campbell, SJ, who had grown up in the parish and who then recounted the now famous story of Hecker's deathbed.
As the community gathered at his bedside, Hecker's close colleague and soon-to-be successor asked, "Shall I bless them for you, Father?" According to Campbell's account, Hecker "aroused himself from the depth of pain and exhaustion, and his ashen lips which death was sealing pronounced the singular words: 'No, I will give it in the shadow of death.' His feeble hands were raised, and like a soldier dying on the field of battle, he reconsecrated his followers in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost for the struggle in which they had chosen him as Leader."
(Photo: Bicentennial Hecker Quilt, created by the Immaculate Conception Women's Quilting Group, the "ICBees," to hang in Immaculate Conception Church, Knoxville, TN.)
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Abstract. The Danube River in the lower sector in two hydrological hypostases-high and low waters. The lower sector of the Danube, with the exception of the Iron Gates gorge, is characterized through an asymmetric development under morpho-hydrographical aspect, with a floodplain, developed on the left (between Drobeta-Turnu Severin and Calaraşi) in Romania, with unequal extensions of 5 km at Greaca, 12 km at Calaraşi and fragmented by narrowing at Islaz, Zimnicea, Giurgiu, Olteniţa. From Calaraşi to Brăila, the floodplain has the largest expansion, being between the arms of the Danube, which form, in natural conditions, two wetlands of Mesopotamian type, known as Romanian hydronyms Balta Ialomiţei (Borcea) and Balta Brăilei. The total area of the Danube floodplain including the delta is 9230 km2, respective 4% from the Romanian territory. In natural conditions, before the embankment and drainage works (1960), the Danube floodplain and delta was an amphibious territory consisting of lakes, streams, backwater, eutrophic marshes, willow and poplar forests on fluvial banks being flooded at spring-summer high water 93% (hydrograde 8). It is estimated that at 1.5 m thick layer of accumulated water for 1-2 months a year, the volume of water stored was about 4.3 km3, contributing to attenuation of floods and at the same time to water renewal of lakes, alluvial and cleaning of ecotonal area. Also, the Danube floodplain and delta is an important area of genetic capital for reproduction of many fish species. The famous hydrobiologist Grigore Antipa studied the floodplain and the delta, scientifically arguing through its work from 1910 (The flooding region of the Danube) the role of this flooded area in biological functionality and productivity.
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Two New Dispensaries in Berkeley, CA
On the night of Sept 21, the Berkeley City Council just approved the licenses of the city's fifth and sixth dispensaries, just four months after approving their fourth. As of now, the Berkeley Compassionate Care Collective (BCCC) and the Apothecarium are now free to establish themselves in the city to distribute medicinal cannabis. This decision came after a three hour session with the council members listening to testimony from the applicants for the two dispensaries as well as public support for their establishment.
The applicants thoroughly outlined their professional services and employee treatment while the council members considered the dispensaries' locations and compatibility with surrounding neighborhoods. The co-founder of the Apothecarium, Ryan Hudson, assured the council by citing how the San Francisco establishment has promoted a safe environment and how 30% of its patient base is comprised of senior citizens. "In…more than five years, we've never had to call the police," Hudson explains. "Our dispensary is so safe that Girl Scouts regularly come and sell Girl Scout Cookies outside of our store."
The BCCC plans to set up shop inside Amoeba Music, the city's historical record store which has had ailing business as of late. However, one council member expressed concern about BCCC setting up so close to another dispensary nearby and bringing unfair competition, which he likened it to "setting up a Walmart half a block from a neighborhood business." Other council members disagreed by emphasizing how Amoeba has long been a part of Berkeley's history by setting the benchmark as a respectable business.
With these two new dispensaries plus the fourth one, iCann, on its way, Berkeley is expected to gain hundreds of thousands more in annual tax revenue. Should Prop 64 be approved come this November, dispensaries may indeed become commonplace throughout California.
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Pregnant and undocumented: taking work into account as a social determinant of health
Jill Hanley (Department of Social Work, McGill University, Montreal, Canada)
Lindsay Larios (Department of Political Science, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada)
Alexandra Ricard-Guay (European University Institute, Fiesole, Italy)
Francesca Meloni (Department of Childhood and Youth Studies, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK)
Cécile Rousseau (Department of Social and Cultural Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada)
International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care
Article publication date: 8 April 2020
Issue publication date: 8 June 2020
It is well understood that women's work situations are critical to their well-being during pregnancy and in terms of potential risks to the fetus. It has also long been known that undocumented women workers face particularly difficult work conditions and being undocumented precludes access to key social benefits (i.e. public health insurance, paid maternity leave, child benefits and subsidized daycare) that support pregnant women and new mothers. Yet, this paper aims to write about the intersection of undocumented women's pregnancy with work experiences.
Drawing on the results of a broader qualitative study that was focussed on access to healthcare for undocumented (and therefore, uninsured) women who were pregnant and gave birth in Montreal, Canada, the authors begin this paper with a review of the relevant literature for this topic related to the work conditions of undocumented women, how work exacerbates barriers to accessing healthcare and the resulting health outcomes, particularly in relation to pregnancy. The authors highlight the social determinants of health human rights framework (Solar and Irwin, 2010), before presenting methodology. In conclusion, the authors discuss how an understanding of undocumented women's work situations sheds light on their pregnancy experiences.
The authors then present participants' work conditions before becoming pregnant, working conditions while pregnant and employment options and pressures after giving birth.
The authors emphasize that attention to undocumented pregnant women's work situations might help health and social service practitioners to better serve their needs at this critical point in a woman's life and at the beginning of the life of their children, born as full citizens.
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Hanley, J., Larios, L., Ricard-Guay, A., Meloni, F. and Rousseau, C. (2020), "Pregnant and undocumented: taking work into account as a social determinant of health", International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, Vol. 16 No. 2, pp. 189-199. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJMHSC-04-2019-0046


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Why This New Study On Arctic Permafrost Is So Scary
April 9, 2015 sndden
by Emily Atkin
Greenland's permafrost could be melting faster than expected due to active microbes, according to new research.
Scientists might have to change their projected timelines for when Greenland's permafrost will completely melt due to man-made climate change, now that new research from Denmark has shown it could be thawing faster than expected.
Published Monday in the journal Nature Climate Change, the research shows that tiny microbes trapped in Greenland's permafrost are becoming active as the climate warms and the permafrost begins to thaw. As those microbes become active, they are feeding on previously-frozen organic matter, producing heat, and threatening to thaw the permafrost even further.
In other words, according to the research, permafrost thaw could be accelerating permafrost thaw to a "potentially critical" level.
"The accompanying heat production from microbial metabolism of organic material has been recognized as a potential positive-feedback mechanism that would enhance permafrost thawing and the release of carbon," the study, conducted by researchers at the University of Copenhagen's Center for Permafrost, said. "This internal heat production is poorly understood, however, and the strength of this effect remains unclear."
The big worry climate scientists have about thawing permafrost is that the frozen soil is chock-full of carbon. That carbon is supposed to be strongly trapped inside the soil, precisely because it's supposed to be permanently frozen — hence, "permafrost."
However, as temperatures in the Arctic have risen due to human-caused climate change, permafrost is thawing, and therefore releasing some of that trapped carbon into the atmosphere. It's yet another feedback loop manifesting itself in Arctic permafrost regions — as climate change causes it to thaw, the thawing causes more climate change, which causes more thawing, et cetera, et cetera.
What makes this new research so important is that it adds to the urgency of stemming permafrost thaw. Because even without this new discovery of heat-producing microbes, estimates for carbon releases from thawing permafrost have been alarmingly large. According to the National Snow & Ice Data Center, there are about 1,700 gigatons of carbon currently frozen in permafrost — more than the total amount in the atmosphere now (Earth's atmosphere contains about 850 gigatons of carbon, according to the Center).
Without considering microbes, the average estimate is that 120 gigatons of carbon will be released from thawing permafrost by 2100, which would raise the average global temperature 0.29 degrees. After 2100, if climate change worsens, total permafrost emissions roughly double. That's confirmed by National Snow and Ice Data Center research scientist Kevin Schaefer's research, which took the average of 15 peer-reviewed estimates of future carbon releases from thawing permafrost.
Schaefer, who was also one of the reviewers of the microbe study, told ThinkProgress that this is particularly alarming because emissions from permafrost are "completely irreversible."
"These are permanent emissions," he said. "Once you thaw out that material, there's no way to put that organic matter back into the permafrost … you can't re-freeze the permafrost."
It's also unclear whether the carbon that gets released once permafrost thaws will manifest itself as carbon dioxide or methane, which has a much greater impact on climate change — specifically, for each pound emitted compared with carbon dioxide, methane has a 20 times greater impact on atmospheric warming over a 100-year period, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. The New Scientist reports that if the Arctic gets warmer and drier, the microbes trapped within the permafrost can be expected to produce carbon dioxide. But if the environment gets warmer and wetter, the microbes that thrive will tend to produce methane.
The discovery of heat-producing microbes only threatens to add more uncertainty to permafrost emissions projections. Because even though we do know they can accelerate thaw, we don't know how much.
"One of the biggest uncertainties is how much heat do the microbes generate as they eat the organic material," Schaefer said. "It will accelerate thaw, but the question is how much. I don't think that has been answered yet."
So, that's a lot of bad news when it comes to global climate change. But the good news, Schaefer said, is that accelerated thawing of Arctic permafrost can be prevented if warming is limited to a global average of 2 degrees Celsius. That 2 degree limit is, incidentally, the objective of international climate negotiations scheduled to take place at the end of this year.
"If we limit the warming to 2 degrees, it will also limit the emissions from thawing permafrost," Schaefer said. "But the more we dump into the atmosphere, the greater the emissions from permafrost will be."
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Romy Camps is een Belgisch voetbalspeelster.

Camps begon op zesjarige leeftijd bij de jongens van Zelzate, hier speelde ze tien jaar. Vervolgens ging ze naar het tweede team van KAA Gent Ladies. In seizoen 2020/21 speelt ze in het eerste team van SV Zulte Waregem in de Belgische Super League.

Statistieken

Laatste update: november 2020

Interlands
Camps komt uit voor het Belgisch nationale team O19.

Privé
Camps is lid van de Katholieke Landelijke Jeugd.

Belgisch voetballer


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Het Sundsvalls museum is een museum in de Zweedse stad Sundsvall.

Het museum werd in 1956 in een voormalig bankgebouw gesticht. In 1986 verhuisde het naar zijn huidige locatie in het Kulturmagasinet-gebouw. Het Sundsvall museum richt zich voornamelijk op de geschiedenis van de streek maar toont ook werk van jonge Zweedse kunstenaars. Bij het museum zit ook een fotografiemuseum dat een van de grootste collecties antieke camera's ter wereld bezit. In 1989 werd het uitgeroepen tot Europees museum van het jaar.

Externe link
  Website van het museum

Kunstmuseum in Zweden
European Museum of the Year
Bouwwerk in Västernorrlands län


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Live And Let Live - The Definitive Edition - 2021 version
Artist: Twelfth Night
CatNo: TNCD21
Twelfth Night Live And Let Live-The Definitive 2CD
2021 edition of the remastered and expanded edition of Live And Let Live chronicles Geoff Mann's last ever November 1983 performances with Twelfth Night.
Includes the legendary 20 minute piece, The Collector.
2CD in jewel case with 24-page booklet.
1. THE CEILING SPEAKS (8:17)
2. HUMAN BEING (7:54)
3. THE END OF THE ENDLESS MAJORITY (3:18)
4. WE ARE SANE (12:01)
5. DEEP IN THE HEARTLAND (4:28)
6. FACT AND FICTION (5:26)
7. THE POET SNIFFS A FLOWER (4:09)
8. THE COLLECTOR (19:42)
1. AFGHAN RED (11:00)
2. SEQUENCES (17:16)LYRICS
3. CREEPSHOW (12:27)
4. ART AND ILLUSION (4:03)
5. EAST OF EDEN (5:21)
6. ASPIDENTROPY (9:51)
7. LOVE SONG (8:37)
Tracks 1, 2 & 4 recorded 4th November 1983.
Tracks 3, 5, 6 & 7 recorded 5th November 1983.
Track 8 recorded 27th October 1983
Tracks 1, 4, 6 & 7 first released on the original Live And Let Live vinyl album in 1984
Tracks 2, 3, 5 & 8 previously unreleased. (Track 3 is an previously unreleased remix)
Track 1 recorded 4th November 1983.
Tracks 2-7 recorded 5th November 1983
Track 1 previously unreleased
Track 2 first released on the original Live And Let Live vinyl album in 1984
Tracks 3, 5 & 7 first released on the CD reissue of Live And Let Live in 1996
Tracks 4 & 6 first released on Geoff Mann's Recorded Delivery CD in 2003.
Fact And Fiction - The Definitive Edition
Artist: Opeth


Eileen Bailey has been a freelance writer for over 15 years with a focus on learning disabilities and special education.
Decoding skills help a child learn to read and develop fluency in reading. Some of the major decoding skills include recognizing sounds and sound blends, deciphering the meaning of a word through recognition or context and understanding the role of each word within a sentence. The following activities help a student build decoding skills.
This exercise helps teach and reinforce that letters can sound different depending on the letters around them, for example, the "a" in "hat" sounds different than the "a" in "cake" because of the silent "e" at the end of the word. Use pictures of clowns; each clown represents a different sound for the same letter, for example, the letter a sounds differently in many different words. One clown can represent a long "a," one can represent short "a." Children are given balloons with words containing the letter "a" and must decide which clown gets the balloon.
Use letters or letter blends and make one sound the sound of the week. Have students practice recognizing this sound in daily reading, picking out objects in the room that have the sound in them and coming up with a list of words that contain the sound. Be sure to keep the letter or letter blend on the board or in a place that is highly visible in the classroom throughout the week.
This activity can be used for different ages, using simple words and clues for young children and more difficult for older children. Create a crossword puzzle; students need to find a synonym for the clue. For example, your clue might be blanket and the word covers can be put into the crossword puzzle. You can also create a crossword puzzle using antonyms.
Provide students with a short story, maybe a paragraph long, and have them change as many words as they can without changing the meaning of the story very much. For example, the first sentence might read, John went running through the park. Students might change the sentence to read, John moved quickly through the playground.
Have students bring in a picture of something from home. This can be a picture of a pet, a vacation, their home or a favorite toy. Students trade pictures with another class member and write as many adjectives as they can about the picture. For example, a picture of a pet dog can include words such as: brown, little, sleepy, spotted, playful, and curious, depending on the picture. Have students trade pictures again and compare the adjectives they found.
Use vocabulary words and write each word on two cards. Divide the class into two teams and give each team one set of the words, face down. The first member of each team picks up a card (should be the same word on both cards) and runs to the board and write a sentence using the word. The first person with a correct sentence gets one point for their team.
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Glory built on selfish principles is shame and guilt.
About William Cowper
William Cowper ( KOO-pər; 26 November 1731 – 25 April 1800) was an English poet and hymnodist. One of the most popular poets of his time, Cowper changed the direction of 18th century nature poetry by writing of everyday life and scenes of the English countryside. In many ways, he was one of the forerunners of Romantic poetry. Samuel Taylor Coleridge called him "the best modern poet", whilst William Wordsworth particularly admired his poem Yardley-Oak.After being institutionalised for insanity, Cowper found refuge in a fervent evangelical Christianity. He continued to suffer doubt and, after a dream in 1773, believed that he was doomed to eternal damnation. He recovered and wrote more religious hymns.
You may find more from William Cowper on Wikiquote
More quotations from William Cowper
And for the season it was winter, and they that know the winters of that country know them to be sharp and violent, and subject to cruel and fierce storms.
Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.
growth plants gardens
Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.
God nature naming
More quotations tagged with "guilt"
Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt.
—Titus Maccius Plautus
When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not guilty.
Many people weigh the guilt they will feel against the pleasure of the forbidden action they want to take.
—Peter McWilliams
Guilt is anger directed at ourselves--at what we did or did not do.
Peace visits not the guilty mind.
(Nemo Malus Felix)


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For healthy cooking despite a chaotic schedule; for a stress-free feast; for something simply delicious—you need a slow cooker. This amazing little kitchen appliance can create hearty dishes and healthy sides, with little to no supervision. It's designed to simmer food at a low temperature, while you go about your day. Four, eight, or even 10 hours later, your house smells amazing and your meal is ready, warm and waiting to be eaten.
1. Slow cookers save time and effort.
Between work, the kids, errands and chores, finding time for healthy cooking can be challenging. Cue the slow cooker. For many dishes, the only effort is in a little bit of prep—cutting vegetables, for example, or mincing garlic. Then all the ingredients are placed in the slow cooker, and the machine works its culinary magic while you're at work or watching your kids' baseball game. For an easy-prep dinner that's loaded with flavor, try the Slow Cooker Artichoke Chicken with Potatoes and Sundried Tomatoes.
2. You can use it all year long.
Slow cookers aren't just for winter soups and stews. You can make side dishes (like Slow Cooker Garlic Herb Mashed Faux-tatoes), fillings for tacos, and even delicious breakfast bowls! And in the summer, instead of cranking up the oven and temperature in your already-hot kitchen, you can use a slow cooker, which gives off very little heat. From meatballs to applesauce, here are 6 Slow Cooker Recipes for every season.
3. It trims fat from a meal.
The traditional way to prepare a fajita is to sauté the meat in a skillet of oil. But with a slow cooker and this recipe, you can skip that step and cut down on added calories and fat, without sacrificing flavor: Slower Cooker Chicken Fajitas are made with salsa, beans and spices for a whole lot of deliciousness wrapped up in a whole wheat tortilla. Another recipe to add to your menu? Instead of searing the ground turkey in oil, just toss it in a slow cooker with tomatoes, peas, zucchini, tomato paste, squash and seasoning and let it simmer. A creative "pasta" dish, made much healthier.
4. You'll have lots of healthy leftovers.
Even if your slow cooker recipe requires a little bit of work ahead of time—like browning brisket for this Slow Cooker Brisket Chili—it's worth it when you get six servings out of the meal. And this Slow Cooker Kale and Meatball recipe yields 18 meatballs—enough to freeze for future dinners when you're short on time.
5. You can even make desserts.
That's right—satisfyingly sweet and healthy treats, courtesy of your slow cooker. This Apple Cranberry Crumble features a delicious mix of tangy Granny Smiths, fresh cranberries, maple syrup, cinnamon, rolled oats and other ingredients for only 155 calories per serving. And when you really want to indulge, without any guilt, try this Slow Cooker Pumpkin Rice Pudding. This creamy dessert is made with brown rice, unsweetened vanilla almond milk and lots of spices—serve it topped with maple syrup and pumpkin seeds for an extra bit of sweetness and crunch.


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package cloudformation

import "fmt"

type UpdateStackParameters struct {
	BaseParameters
	StackPolicyDuringUpdateBody string
	StackPolicyDuringUpdateURL  string
	UsePreviousTemplate         bool
}

func (p *UpdateStackParameters) values() Values {
	v := p.BaseParameters.values()
	v["StackPolicyDuringUpdateBody"] = p.StackPolicyDuringUpdateBody
	v["StackPolicyDuringUpdateURL"] = p.StackPolicyDuringUpdateURL
	if p.UsePreviousTemplate {
		v["UsePreviousTemplate"] = "true"
	}
	return v
}

type UpdateStackResponse struct {
	UpdateStackResult *UpdateStackResult `xml:"UpdateStackResult"`
}

type UpdateStackResult struct {
	StackId string `xml:"StackId"`
}

type UpdateStack struct {
	Parameters                  []*StackParameter
	Capabilities                []string
	StackName                   string
	StackPolicyBody             string
	StackPolicyURL              string
	TemplateBody                string
	TemplateURL                 string
	StackPolicyDuringUpdateBody string
	StackPolicyDuringUpdateURL  string
	UsePreviousTemplate         bool
}

func (update *UpdateStack) values() Values {
	v := Values{
		"StackName":                   update.StackName,
		"StackPolicyBody":             update.StackPolicyBody,
		"StackPolicyURL":              update.StackPolicyURL,
		"TemplateBody":                update.TemplateBody,
		"TemplateURL":                 update.TemplateURL,
		"StackPolicyDuringUpdateBody": update.StackPolicyDuringUpdateBody,
		"StackPolicyDuringUpdateURL":  update.StackPolicyDuringUpdateURL,
	}
	if update.UsePreviousTemplate {
		v["UsePreviousTemplate"] = "true"
	}
	v.updateCapabilities(update.Capabilities)
	v.updateParameters(update.Parameters)
	return v
}

func (update *UpdateStack) Execute(client *Client) (*UpdateStackResponse, error) {
	r := &UpdateStackResponse{}
	e := client.loadCloudFormationResource("UpdateStack", update.values(), r)
	return r, e
}

const errorNoUpdate = "No updates are to be performed."

var ErrorNoUpdate = fmt.Errorf(errorNoUpdate)

func (c *Client) UpdateStack(params UpdateStackParameters) (stackId string, e error) {
	r := &UpdateStackResponse{}
	e = c.loadCloudFormationResource("UpdateStack", params.values(), r)
	if e != nil {
		dbg.Printf("error updating stack %T: %q", e, e)
		if e.Error() == errorNoUpdate {
			return "", ErrorNoUpdate
		}
		return "", e
	}
	return r.UpdateStackResult.StackId, nil
}

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Sally Jeffcoat, the woman who has been at the helm of St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center since 2009, is being promoted to take over as executive vice president of the west/Midwest group of St. Al's parent, CHE Trinity Health, with executive oversight of hospitals in Idaho, Oregon, California and throughout the Midwest. She won't be leaving Boise. A statement from St. Al's said Jeffcoat will be commuting from her Boise home.
In May 2012, Boise Weekly sat down with Jeffcoat (BW, Citizen, "Sally Jeffcoat," May 16, 2012) to talk about her employees (nearly 5,000) and how many people walk through St. Al's doors each year (approximately 300,000).
"I see it as a sacred thing—the opportunity to live our mission, caring with dignity. I get a little philosophical about it at times and I take it quite seriously," Jeffcoat told BW. "I think it's really important to interact with as many people as possible. And part of that is being a faith-based organization. I hope that at least once every day somebody feels that I bring God's presence into the room with me."
Meanwhile, Rodney Reider, current President of St. Al's, will be assuming the role of CEO. Reider has been in the position of President since 2010.


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Managing Add-Ons in Internet Explorer 11
by Scott Orgera
Scott Orgera has been a tech journalist since 2007. He has 25+ years' experience as a programmer and QA leader and several Microsoft certifications.
This tutorial is only intended for users running the Internet Explorer 11 Web browser on Windows operating systems.
Internet Explorer 11 provides an easy-to-use interface that lets you enable, disable, and in some cases delete any browser add-ons that are installed. You can also view detailed information about each add-on such as publisher, type, and file name. This tutorial shows you how to do all of this and more.
First, open your IE11 browser. Click on the Gear icon, located in the upper right-hand corner of your browser window. When the drop-down menu appears, click on Manage Add-ons. IE11's Manage Add-ons interface should now be displayed, overlaying the main browser window.
Found in the left menu pane, labeled Add-on Types, is a list of different categories such as Search Providers and Accelerators. Selecting a particular type will display all respective add-ons from that group on the right side of the window. Accompanying each add-on is the following information.
Add-On Details
Toolbars and Extensions
Name: The full name of the add-on is displayed in this column. These names can be sorted alphabetically by clicking on the column header.
Publisher: The publisher's name (i.e., Microsoft Corporation) of the respective add-on is displayed in this column.
Status: The current status of the respective add-on is displayed in this column — Enabled, Disabled, New or Default. When an add-on is Disabled, its functionality is unavailable.
Architecture: 32-bit, 64-bit or both.
Load time: Represented in seconds, displays the amount of time it takes to load the respective add-on into memory.
Navigation time: Whenever IE renders a new web page, active add-ons can add to the amount of time the process takes. Navigation time represents the average amount of time the individual add-on appends to that overall process.
Search Providers
Name: The search engine's name, accompanied by its icon.
Status: Notes whether or not the individual search engine is configured as the default option within IE.
Listing order: Displays the order of preference in which the installed search providers are displayed within the browser. This value is editable by using the Move Up and Move Down links found in the bottom section of the window.
Search suggestions: When enabled, suggested search keywords from this provider will be displayed as you type in the address bar or search box. This functionality can be turned off using the Disable suggestions link.
Name: Shows the name of the accelerator, broken up into categories such as Email and Translate.
Address: The domain where the accelerator originated (i.e., bing.com).
Category: The aforementioned category value is shown in this column.
More information about each add-on is displayed at the bottom of the window whenever that respective add-on is selected. This includes its version number, date/timestamp, and type.
Show Add-Ons
Also found in the left menu pane is a drop-down menu labeled Show, containing the following options.
Currently, loaded add-ons: The default selection, shows only those add-ons which are actively running.
All add-ons: Displays all add-ons installed within IE11, no matter their current status.
Run without permission: Lists add-ons which are allowed to run without explicit user permission, such as Microsoft's XSL Template.
Downloaded controls: Shows all downloaded ActiveX controls.
Enable/Disable Add-Ons
Each time an individual add-on is selected, buttons are displayed in the bottom right-hand corner labeled Enable and/or Disable. To toggle a respective add-on's functionality on and off, select these buttons accordingly. The new Status should be automatically reflected in the details section above.
Find More Add-Ons
To find more add-ons to download for IE11, click on the Find more... link located at the bottom of the window. You will now be taken to the Add-ons section of the Internet Explorer Gallery website. Here you will find a large selection of add-ons for your browser.
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Santa Maria della Salute is located at the Bacino di San Marco, with its Baroque architecture visible when approaching Piazza San Marco from the water. This site was selected as it allowed for an easy procession from Piazza San Marco during the Festa della Madonna della Salute, which saw the city's officials parade to the church in gratitude for deliverance from the plague. This is still a major event in Venice, taking place on November 21 each year.
Santa Maria della Salute was designed in an octagonal shape by Baldassare Longhena using Istrian stone and marmorino, with a pair of bell towers at the back. A statue of the Virgin Mary is seen at the apex of the pediment, while the facade is decorated with figures of Saint George, the Evangelists and Saint Theodore. The dome of Santa Maria dell Salute has become an iconic landmark in Venice and depicted in the works of artists such as Canaletto, John Singer Sargent and Francesco Guardi.
The interior is also octagonal, with eight radiating chapels and three altars decorated with scenes from the Virgin Mary's life. It features a Baroque high altar with an iconic Byzantine Madonna and Child that dates to the 12th or 13th centuries, having been brought from Candia (now Heraklion, Crete) in the 17th century when it fell to the Ottomans.


The Golf d'Hardelot les Pins ("Pines" in English) Club is overshadowed by nearby Le Touquet, sometimes being dismissed as just a place for Les Anglais, but the Pins course defies this stereotype. English architect Tom Simpson designed this intriguing layout in the 1930s, and it has suffered very little in the way of alterations over the intervening years. Simpson made the most of the woodland setting, and while his course here is not particularly demanding, it does reward strategic and cautious play even as it offers the opportunity to beat one's handicap, a lure that naturally keeps players coming back. Not at all lengthy in comparison to a modern course, the Pins all the same is nicely balanced, and every one of the diminutive greens has its own bunkering. The upkeep here is top-notch, so players can expect to find exquisitely groomed greens and fairways regardless of the season.
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Vidyo Brings HD Videoconferencing Integration to IBM Lotus Sametime
Vidyo has launched a new plugin that enables HD video conferencing on IBM Lotus Sametime, a communications and collaboration platform that offers presence-awareness, document sharing, screen sharing, and application sharing, as well as text, voice, and video communications.
The new plugin lets Sametime users launch the H.264-based VidyoDesktop software from within a Sametime session (such as a chat session) and use it for point-to-point or multipoint video conferencing.
The software encodes up to 720p/30 and decodes up to 1,440p/30 (depending on hardware) while offering the ability to personalize screen layout and orientation. Control options include the ability to change the number of viewed participants, a self view option, the ability to toggle between participants, and the ability to toggle between multiple shared applications.
Other features include acoustic echo cancellation and a privacy mode that mutes audio.
The plugin supports IBM Lotus Sametime Connect Client versions 8.0.2 and 7.5.1, as well as IBM Lotus Domino Community Server version 7.5.1. Supported operating systems include Mac OS X (10.5 or higher) and Windows XP, Vista, and 7.
Further information is available here.
Dan Thompson is a freelance writer based in Brea, CA. He can be reached here.
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Our History/About Us
The Ben Franklin building has been a part of our community for the past 120 years. The store initially began a The Walter Scott & Co. Mercantile store in 1896.
This picture is of the old original store building of 1896.
The old store after renovations but before it burned down in 1933.
At the time the building was purchased from the Walter Scott Company to the Sandstone Cooperative Company. There was a sign on the side of the building that claimed they carried, "Everything for Everybody." The building which also housed the Gust Larson Drug Store, Gaumnitz Hardware, Rubisuhle Tire and Repair Shop and the Rubinell Cafe with a miniature golf course in the basement was destroyed by fire in 1933.Within 5 Months they completely rebuilt a brand new store! The new building was built on the same site and was made out of Sandstone, and brick which is what you still see today.
The Old Store (1950's)
Over the years the building had a variety of uses. It was originally divided into four separate storefronts and stores.
For the last 47 out of the last 49 years it has been a Ben Franklin, initially only occupying one section of the four.
The Ben Franklin Store from around the (1970's- Spring 2015)
1974 was when the last major renovation occurred, and that is when they expanded the Ben Franklin into all four sections.
The Ben Franklin Store before opening after major renovations. (Spring 2016)
The Franklin family ironically enough, (no relation) to Benjamin Franklin purchased the building Spring 2015 in a foreclosure sale. It has taken a lot of work and renovations, but we are finally back up and ready to serve the community!
Thank you for supporting and buying local!
The Ben Franklin Store opening July 22, 2016
Franklin's Ben Franklin as of March 2017
Franklin's Ben Franklin
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Motiv Co. > News
Male.V
Motiv Co. collaborates with MALE.V, a graphic artist active in Seoul, Korea to create an exclusive hand painted denim jacket. By reinterpreting the poetry with geometrical designs using bold brush strokes, Male.V aims to emphasize emotional value beyond just the meaning of letters.
The Blame – The Rising Pop Punk Duo
Motiv Co. presents The Blame–a rising electro pop punk duo. Get to know the members Rhett Wellington and Matt Booher behind the scenes as Stylist/MUA Joseph Jericho interviews them during their makeover for a fashion battle. Look no further to satiate your next melodic rock craving as The Blame dropped their latest release "So Dead." Don't forget to check out the song and support these amazing artists.
Noelle Marsh – So You Think You Can Dance
Marsh, who is perhaps most widely recognized for earning a spot as a top 10 finalist in the first season of SYTYCD in 2005, has since gone on to perform and tour across the U.S. Over the last 11 years, she's appeared on TV in episodes for Glee, The Voice, The X Factor, House, Parks and Recreation, Dancing with the Stars, Bones and Ellen DeGeneres. She's performed in various award shows, including The Oscars, the Billboard Music Awards and the MTV Video Music Awards. Marsh has even danced alongside Beyoncé, J-Lo and Gwen Stefani – to name a few.
The Best Street Style From Seoul Fashion Week Fall '18
What's trending in South Korea? This street style coverage of Seoul Fashion Week is a showcase of what the most experimental locals are wearing now. We're seeing tons of statement sunglasses, streetwear, and combat boots, and chunky sneakers are as popular here as they are in other fashion capitals. Twinning is also a major fascination, with matching pairs in embroidered motorcycle jackets, identical trenchcoats, and pink Balenciaga Triple S sneakers. Alex Finch is on the ground at the Zaha Hadid–designed Dongdaemun Design Plaza to shoot all of the best looks.
Original article at Vogue.com.
March for Our Lives – All the Celebrities Who Showed Up
Celebrities across the nation came out in support of the March for Our Lives today, joining protestors in the fight for stricter American gun laws. In cities such as New York City, Los Angeles, and Washington (just a few of many), stars participated in the movement by either performing onstage or taking to the streets with homemade signs. Attendees included George and Amal Clooney, Kim Kardashian West, Miley Cyrus, Lady Gaga, Paul McCartney, Common, Ariana Grande, Demi Lovato, Sheryl Crow, Jennifer Hudson, Cher, Will Smith, Justin Timberlake, Amy Poehler, and many more.
Rhett Wellington – LA Model, Actor, Photographer Who's Got It All
Interview: Rhett bares some soul and releases new song "So Dead"
This good looking man is a true artist and gem in Los Angeles. He is an actor, singer, actor, writer, producer, and model. Look no further to satiate your next melodic rock craving. He just dropped his latest release with his band, The Blame, called "So Dead." Don't forget to check out the song and support this amazing artist.
The Chainsmokers adds LA remix by Sistek on Spotify
Congratulations Sistek and the team!
Motiv Co.'s featured talent, Sistek, and his collaborators' – Rosie Darling and OKO – remix of "L.A." has been added by The Chainsmokers on Spotify. You can listen to the full song below. In the meantime, check out Sistek's interview with the Motiv Co. The background music is Sistek's very own remix of L.A. which perfectly compliments his soothing voice.
Valentine's Day Giveaway
As we get ready for our #SS18 collection, we are GIFTING a lucky #fashionista out there our Motiv Co. exclusive #croptop
To enter our contest, follow the steps below:
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Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey Team Up with Target to Debut Performance of New Single 'The Middle'
Dress like you're a pop star at dance rehearsal: "It all started in dance rehearsal," Rihanna explains of her now-iconic sweats-with-heels look. "When you're on tour, you go to rehearse wearing sweats and sneaks. Then you practice your song in the heels you are going to wear that night. I realized, Wow, that looks cool! I have a friend who is literally searching for cool T-shirts for me all the time because I'm obsessed." Also, employ someone whose sole job is to "find cool t-shirts" for you.
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Q: Use mongoose in an angular project I try to integrate MongoDB in my project angular 6. I want to use the ODM Mongoose.
npm install mongoose --save
I created this service which must manage the connection with the database

import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
import { mongoose } from 'mongoose';
@Injectable()
export class BD {

    private bd;
    public test: string;

    constructor(mongoose: mongoose){}
    Test(){
        mongoose('the url of the database')
        this.bd = mongoose.connection;
        this.bd.on('error', console.error.bind(console, 'error: impossible connection to the database'));
        this.bd.once('open', ()=>{console.log('connected to the DB :}')})
    }
}

When I launch the application in my browser I have this erreur:
SCRIPT5009: 'global' is not defined
What does this error mean?
Is this how I have to import mongoose?
Thank you in advance for your help

A: Mongoose is a library designed specially for node.js and won't work in the browser environment. In order to be able to connect the db - you need to establish node.js back-end server, for example express.js. Then you will be able access your resources through the REST api.
Also, you cannot establish connection to the database directly, because you need somehow secure the data inside those database. When you connecting to the database directly - everyone who can take a look at your code will gain acess to the data and this is serious security problem.

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Shi Lei is one of the descendants of Chinese Jews in Kaifeng, China. He is the first Jewish descendant from Kaifeng ever sent by a rabbi to study Judaism and Hebrew in Israel. Since he was back in China, Shi Lei has been working as a licensed Jewish Tour Operator, arranging tours of Kaifeng,Shanghai and Harbin,Beijing and so on. Shi Lei is also frequent lecturer on Chinese Jews of Kaifeng. In his hometown Kaifeng, he has set up his own family's Mini-Jewish Museum about Kaifeng Jewry to preserve this related valuable history. During his spare time, he volunteers to teach whoever is interested among Kaifeng Jews Hebrew, English and Jewish traditions.
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By Adam Pawlus — Sunday, July 14, 2019
1. I've read a rumor about an upcoming X-Wing release, presumably Luke's, and presumably for The Vintage Collection. I would think it would probably be the same mold as the Biggs X-Wing that was sold at Toys R Us several years ago, but that's just an assumption. I have not heard if it will include a Luke and/or R2-D2 figure. If you were to choose the "best" R2-D2 figure to use with this X-Wing, which one do you think is the best for the job? (I would personally prefer a "clean" R2-D2 figure for it.)
--Greg
Rumors are fun! And so is Comic-Con, which has a Hasbro Star Wars panel happening July 19. Will we see a lot? I really don't know - the bizarre secrecy seems to be backfiring as the Disney era continues and these things go from being the toast of the town to something people kind of ignore. There is no confirmed X-Wing, but we did get a few TIE Fighters lest year, so let's have fun and speculate. It's good to fill space. So what might we see if Hasbro ever did another X-Wing?
We are in an era where "sure things" are less of a sure thing - 10 years ago I would assume every new toy vehicle would likely be a reissue, because that would be the easiest route. And then they started having labor and material prices skyrocket, so we saw redesigned, smaller vehicles. I was really quite taken with the Solo Force Link 2.0 TIE Fighter, which was a blast in so many ways, but we haven't seen a lot of new Original Trilogy molds since the Disney buyout.
Assuming the tooling is good, and Hasbro has an outlet to sell it at the modern pricing required to make such a beast, that old non-electronic FX X-Wing mold is probably the way to go. The current crop at Hasbro is very keen on old mold use, and I assume until the next hike in factory wages we would be most likely to see things that exist and already work before anything new. Although I would be delighted to see Hasbro bring back the 1978-size mold with a functioning astromech droid socket for once!
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2. What do you think the impact to the hobby would be if exclusives simply went away? Imagine a world where everyone had an equal opportunity to buy every item produced by Hasbro, period. I'm talking Sail Barge approach, where anyone who threw down would be guaranteed to get it. Would this be Star Wars collector Utopia or would it kill demand and interest in the hobby?
20 years ago, I would have considered the end of exclusives to have been great. During the Power of the Force era of the 1990s, we saw tons of 12-inch figures come out and scalped to high heaven. A $50 Tauntaun would show up for $250-$300 at a toy show or online auction, because back then exclusives were frequently produced in quantities lower than the main line. Some items would get second (and third) runs before pricing would level out, and some people just stopped caring about over time.
Since late 2005, I'd say exclusives are usually easier to get. Comic-Con being the exception, but generally speaking even those pesky Walmart exclusives would show up on clearance somewhere else, or on Walmart.com, or be findable later. There are always exceptions depending on location and whatnot. And sometimes it takes a while for the items to end up online.
I think Hasbro would be thrilled if the line was all exclusives. The store has to agree to a quantity, and will generally always take that entire quantity. It's real support - you don't have to worry about a dud being manufactured and stores simply not needing to reorder. It has tremendous advantages to go the exclusive route provided the numbers produced make sense for the market, and that's not always the case. (See: Target's Force Link exclusives.)
Of course, that's for collectors - the clued-in class who checks fan sites every week would likely be on cloud nine. Fans seeking a souvenir or kids would be left out, and that's where a lot of the money is these days. (I assume that group will be moving on before the Ides of March.) Masters of the Universe Classics was sold on Matty Collector as an "all-in" subscription that also left out a few items - it's hard to make anything perfect.
There are absolute advantages to exclusivity, but you need to capture new customers or your line dies. Without impulse purchases, the customer base stagnates. Everybody buying figures to the reportedly large and unsubstantiated tune of 250,000 per figure in the 1990s won't stick around forever. Eventually people grow up, decide to move on, or just get sick and tired of whatever the thing they want is not being made. I'm sure someone could do very well by trying a MattyCollector-style program where you could buy an entire wave in a case, but keep in mind that Hasbro's bread is buttered on the 6-inch side these days when it comes to action figures. The 3 3/4-inch line has been not exactly a fan darling in years, mostly due to character selection getting less and less fresh and the aforementioned fans growing out of it. It's just not fun to collect when you can buy a year's worth of figures and nobody seems to go together especially well.
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San Diego Comic-Con is this week! Will you see lots of exciting new reveals from Rise of the Skywalker, the movie whose title you can't remember and keep saying Episode IX instead? Probably not!
HasLab announced its next exclusive - a Cookie Monster Photo Puppet! This is a pretty big deal - and I know you're not happy about it. But read on.
HasLab was never intended to be all Star Wars, or necessarily all crowd funding. There are lots of teams with lots of ideas for the unusual "store," and Star Wars was fortunate enough to be the first one. With G.I. Joe, Marvel, and Transformers alone, there has been a lot of speculation as to what could be next. As Hasbro is a promotions-driven toy company and not a collector-driven one, these things serve a variety of purposes including broadening the market, delivering holy grails, getting media coverage, and exploring product types we don't see very often. It's experimental - "lab" is right there in the name.
Master Replicas made some Muppets as Photo Puppets about a decade ago - Kermit, Gonzo, and Animal. Kermit saw about 2,500 units - not far off from Cookie Monster's 3,000 target and also from an era where high-end stuff was a lot more unusual - while Gonzo wound up on closeout. The prices were significantly higher than what Hasbro is asking, and some of the pieces were a little more complex. The current secondary market prices on those tend to be quite high at $500 or more. Believe it or not there is an enthusiastic adult collector market for Muppet stuff with very little product aimed at that audience. With the 50th anniversary of Sesame Street, just be glad it's Cookie Monster and not Elmo.
Toys aren't for everybody. Not everything is for us, not everything is for the kids, and not everything is for anybody. This might make it - it might not! I didn't think the Sail Barge would make it as we neared the final weeks, and then all of a sudden it smashed the goal. Attempts to make collector-grade Sesame Street stuff have frequently fallen flat, with concepts rejected by the licensor (it breaks the heart) or going unmade due to bankruptcies. Hasbro is doing something many have tried and all have failed. It's a toy based on a show for preschoolers, marketed squarely at rich adults. I completely understand why everyone is upset it's not a Death Star, but have a little perspective - a $300 preschool character for adult collectors may well the ballsiest thing anybody has done for the world of licensed collectibles in quite some time.
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The Black Crowes is a blues-oriented hard rock jam band formed 1989 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States that has sold over 15 million albums and were hailed by Melody Maker as "The Most Rock N' Roll Rock N' Roll Band In The World" The band has toured with acts such as Aerosmith, ZZ Top, Jimmy Page, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Oasis and Lenny Kravitz. The Crowes are listed at #92 on VH1's "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock". At the time of their 1990 debut, the kind of rock & roll the Black Crowes specialize in was out of style. Only Guns N&… read more
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XO-2Nb (or rarely XO-2Bb) is an extrasolar planet orbiting the star XO-2N, the fainter component of XO-2 wide binary star in the constellation Lynx. This planet was found by the transit method in 2007 by Burke et al. This was the second such planet found by the XO telescope.

Like most planets found by the transit method, it is a roughly Jupiter sized planet that orbits very close to its host star; in this case, it has a surface temperature of about 1200 K, so it belongs to a group of exoplanets known as hot Jupiters. The planet takes 2.6 days to orbit the star at the average distance of 0.0369 AU. The planet has mass of 57% of Jupiter and radius of 97% of Jupiter. The radius is relatively large for its mass, probably due to its intense heating from its nearby star that bloats the planet's atmosphere. The large radius for its mass gives a low density of 820 kg/m3.

See also
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Android News / All News / Europe And India May Soon Get Budget-Friendly Honor 5C
Europe And India May Soon Get Budget-Friendly Honor 5C
By Jorge Sanchez
As far as budget-friendly phones go, Honor is definitely doing something right. Packing in features found on modern high-end devices, yet selling them only for a fraction of the price. Honor's latest offering, the Honor 5C, may be heading to some new regions very soon. The official Twitter account for both Europe and India are tweeting about a device that's "coming soon", while an online only event is scheduled for the 20th of June over on Facebook. The reason for the event is more-than-likely to introduce an already released phone into new regions—in this case Europe and India. The India account mentioned that details on the device they teased would be coming on June 22nd.
Packing in a 5.2-inch Full HD display, the powerful Kirin octa-core 650 processor, a Mali-T830 GPU, and 2GB of RAM, the entry-level Honor 5C offers up great performance for a great price. Throw in a few "premium features" such as a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor and dual-SIM support, as well as a pretty hefty 3,000 mAh battery and microSD Card support, and the Honor 5C far exceeds in the budget-friendly arena. To top it all off, it also runs on Android 6.0 Marshmallow. In the camera department, the Honor 5C comes equipped with a 13 MP rear sensor and an 8 MP front-facing sensor. Also included is support for FM radio. The Honor 5C is currently available in three colors: silver, black and gold. The latest region to officially receive the entry-level phone was China, and it launched there with a price of 899 Yuan which is equal to about $139 USD.
Official details should become available on June 20th for Europe, and confirmation for India is all set for June 22nd. Since this is a teaser for a device which is currently unreleased in Europe and India, initial impressions should be reserved until something more official is available. In the meantime, the Honor 5C does stand as a prime example of just how far companies can push their affordability, while maintaining a beefy spec sheet and premium design. Currently there is no official word on if the Honor 5C will come to the U.S. or other international markets.
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Samsung Electronics started executing its $8 billion share buyback plan on Wednesday after the company's Board of Directors approved of the decision the day before, South Korean outlets report. The first phase of the plan will last until late April. During the next three months, the Seoul-based tech giant will repurchase 1.02 million of common shares and approximately 255,000 of its preferred shares. Once they're bought back, all reacquired shares will be canceled in an effort to increase shareholder value.
In total, Samsung Electronics is planning to buy back $7.97 billion worth of its shares in 2017. The figure corresponds to the all of the remaining return resources of the company's shareholders. The entire plan will be executed in three to four stages. Apart from greenlighting this initiative, the conglomerate's Board of Directors also confirmed a year-end dividend on Tuesday. The latest dividend for common shares of the company will amount to $23.57 while owners of preferred stocks will receive $23.62 per share. This decision marks a significant step for the company as its year-on-year dividend increase for 2016 amounts to 36 percent, interim dividend included. The total shareholder return will now reach almost half of the firm's yearly free cash flow of $21.35 billion and approximately $3.43 billion of it will be paid out as dividends, Samsung Electronics confirmed.
This latest turn of events is directly related to the fact that investors have recently been pressuring the company to increase shareholder value, claiming that its stock is undervalued by as much as 70-percent. The most recent calls for Samsung Electronics to unlock additional shareholder value have been spearheaded by Elliott Associates, a U.S. hedge fund that owns a minor stake in the South Korean tech giant. Last year, the hedge fund proposed the company to split into two and take a number of other measures to give its shareholders a better return on their investment. Samsung's efforts to repurchase its shares and its decision to significantly increase dividends are likely a direct response to that recommendation but as things stand right now, the Seoul-based conglomerate won't be splitting its operations anytime soon. It remains to be seen if Elliott Associates and other dissatisfied shareholders will think that's enough.


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Jefferson is effectively split into three sections, with much of the town's commercial activity clustered together along Main Street on the east bank. This district features a charming assortment of cafes, specialty shops, and other storefront businesses housed in beautiful historic buildings, forming a popular hangout for locals.
Jefferson is widely known around the region as the home of Jefferson County Fair Park, which hosts festivals, flea markets, car shows, and countless other community events in addition to the county fair itself. With a local rental market featuring a broad range of apartments, condos, and single-family homes, you'll find terrific options available for every taste and budget.
The City of Jefferson is centrally located in Jefferson County, and is the county seat. Located at the convergence of the Crawfish and Rock Rivers, and the intersection of two state highways (26 & 18) Jefferson is a great place to locate your business.
On December 18, 1836, at the close of the Blackhawk War, the first settlers came to a place they later named Jefferson. The frame of a house fashioned at Bark Mills (Hebron) was brought up the river on a scow and elevated on a piece of ground that is the present site of The Jefferson House. In the spring of 1839, William Sanborn, one of Jefferson's early settlers foresaw a growth pattern for Jefferson, and built a two-story frame building on Main Street to serve as a hotel. After it burned down, a nearly identical building called the Sawyer House was built at the same location, but was razed in 1911-12 to clear the site for the present First Merit Bank.
Jefferson was incorporated from a village to a city on March 19, 1878. At the time of its incorporation as a city, Jefferson had a population just under 3,000. There were kerosene lamps, coal and wood stoves, barns, hitching posts, dirt streets and a horse-watering tank in the middle of Main Street. As of 2016, Jefferson has a population of 7,900.
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ALEXANDER VREELAND: Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation Uganda Visit
Families affected by HIV and AIDS at Kawolo Hospital, Uganda
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Families affected by HIV and AIDS share stories, Kawolo Hospital, Uganda
Families share stories at EGPAF get-together, Kawolo Hospital, Uganda
Alexander Vreeland and Foundation President / CEO Pamela Barnes
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In 1993, ALEXANDER VREELAND founded Kids for Kids, an annual fund-raiser for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation, which over the years has raised over twenty-two million dollars for HIV treatment and research. He first served on the Foundation's Advisory Board, and then joined the Board of Directors for over five years. This October, Vreeland traveled to Uganda with board member and television correspondent Willow Bay and Foundation President and CEO Pamela Barnes. Vreeland wrote about his personal experience speaking with the families of HIV and AIDS patients at Uganda's Kawolo Hospital:
"At Kawolo Hospital, in a suburb outside the capital of Uganda, I looked around a group of doctors, nurses, mothers and children and I found myself surrounded by people who understood my story.
Shortly after the birth of my daughter Victoria, she was diagnosed with pneumonia. The second time that she got severely sick, Sandra and I immediately took her to the emergency room at St. Vincent's Hospital in New York City. After a preliminary examination the intern on duty told us that it looked like PCP, the AIDS pneumonia. He was right. Over the next days we discovered that Sandra, Victoria, and our older son Reed had HIV. My life changed dramatically on that fall day in 1988.
In Mukono Health Clinic #4, we sat in a cleared out maternity ward. The walls of the ward were pealing and the small windows were cracked. I shared my story with the small group that had assembled, and numerous people in the room offered us a window into their lives as well. They stood up, one after another, and in soft, broken English talked about their lives. I could relate to their stories: a tall, elegant woman in a green, tribal pattern outfit spoke about her fear of revealing her HIV status to her own family; a seventeen-year-old girl in a white and navy blue school uniform talked poignantly about choosing to change schools to avoid the social pressure and stigma that she was faced with once her classmates discovered her diagnosis; an inhibited, college-age man wearing glasses shared that he had been near death several times and that he struggled to be consistent taking his medication; a social worker talked to the group about trying to find the words to help a teenager discuss his HIV status with his girlfriend.
At the clinic I also heard the stories of those who were not able to readily express them: I saw a stunned mother, standing over her day-old twin daughters--they had just been told that they had HIV; I heard the story of a child who was caring for his mother as she was suffering from repeated cases of PCP and numerous opportunistic infections. They stood up one at a time. Most were able to speak in English, while others needed to be translated from their native tongue. Even though they were likely invited by the clinic's organizers to share with the group, I could tell from their expressions that they did not expect to be speaking to people who had actually lived very similar stories.
The stories and medical realities in these poor African Hospitals today are not so different from my first experiences in the Pediatric AIDS clinics at New York Hospital and Bellevue Hospital in the late '80s. At that time the only medicine available were capsules of AZT, and they were not yet available in children's dosages or in a child-friendly format. PCP was still a death warrant for most children. No one knew how long anyone with the virus was going to live, but we knew lists of people who were either about to pass away or had already left us.
My time in Uganda made me extremely proud of what the Foundation is doing. I can still remember attending a board meeting in the late '90s when it was announced that a research project, in part funded by the Foundation, had discovered that Nevirapine had been found to block the transmission of HIV from mother to child in about fifty percent of cases. The board embarked upon an entirely new facet of our mission. With funds from the Gates Foundation, we started to implement the treatment in the countries with the greatest need.
My concern at the time was that helping to block transmission during birth was only one small part of what we needed to do to combat the virus. It seemed inhuman to me to diagnose a mother's HIV status, help her have an HIV-free baby, and then walk away. She probably had a husband and other children who were living with HIV. They surely needed medicine, most probably counseling, and possibly even a little help to keep their kids in school.
Well today, the Foundation's program in Uganda is helping with all these issues and many more. They are confronting the complexities of this illness and bringing help to afflicted families, partly by giving families tools to help themselves." – Originally posted in The Huffington Post
Vreeland divides his time between Paris and New York with wife, Lisa, their seven-year-old daughter, Olivia, and his three grown children Reed, Victoria, and Diane.
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Kids for Kids brings together children, families, celebrities, and corporations to rally in support of the Foundation's lifesaving programs to eradicate pediatric HIV and AIDS. Attendees enjoy samplings from NY's greatest restaurants, mingle with world-class artists, photographers, and celebrities, and experience both old-fashioned and cutting-edge carnival activities.
Labels: Africa, Family, Foundation, HIV-AIDS, Philanthropy, Uganda
Britney Anne Majure said...
Many thanks for this post.
Some good work being done.
The dedicated hard work, medicines and care have created hope for the future of these children and families. Thank you for bringing it to our attention.
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Boxpark, Shoreditch is a pop-up Mall based in the heart of East London. Opened in 2011 by founder and CEO Roger Wade, BOXPARK Shoreditch will be open for the next four years. BOXPARK is cleverly and economically constructed of stripped and refitted shipping containers, creating unique, low risk pop-up stores.
Filled with a mix of fashion and lifestyle brands, galleries, cafés and restaurants – BOXPARK places local and global brands side-by-side, creating a unique shopping and dining destination. BOXPARK is a living, fertile community of brands packed with talent, innovation and attitude that puts creativity and fashion back where they belong: on the street.