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Christmas Memories from Around the World
Diane Fietje / Monday, December 13, 2021
Christmas is a special time of the year because we celebrate the birth of our Saviour, Jesus Christ! There are so many memories and traditions tied to this celebration adding to the wonder and anticipation of Jesus' birth and His coming again.
Our staff at MORE have lived all over the world, and they have shared some of their favourite Christmas memories. We hope you will enjoy reading them!
Cassie (Nepal)
At the school I went to in Nepal we used to put on a Christmas play every year. We'd practice for weeks, and I loved learning so many new songs each time!
One special Christmas my parents gave my sisters and I a puppy! We'd been begging for one for so long. Our family was finally feeling settled in Nepal after an intense year of travelling and transition. So, it was time! We named her Angel and she was our dog for 16 years. We were even able to bring her back to Canada with us.
Every year my mom gets a children's picture book about Christmas and reads it to us on Christmas Day. Even though we are all grown up now, it's still a family tradition. I never get tired of hearing the Christmas story!
Paul (India)
As a 5-year-old MK in northern India, I remember peeking into one of the 45-gallon barrels that Dad and Mom used to pack all our things in and seeing a treasure trove of gifts for Christmas. I had never dreamed of such beautiful gifts.
Reminiscing years later, it spoke to me about how they had planned years in advance for special events and reminded me of their sacrificial lifestyle in caring for us kids. Mom and Dad took 2 furloughs in 22 years. The first furlough was after 8 years on the field, and the second was after 6 years so that was a lot of foresight and planning!
Malik (Senegal)
One Christmas tradition my family had in Senegal was to eat watermelon during the holiday season. It turns out that in Senegal pastèque (French for watermelon) is in season in December! Because it's red and green, it makes a great Christmas food!
Mark & Ruth
This Christmas will be, I believe, the 60th straight year that I will watch the 1951 version of 'A Christmas Carol' with Alastair Sim as Scrooge. Ruth has joined me for the last 45.
We received a little paper manger diorama one Christmas in the first years of our marriage. It has been lovingly placed in the centre of our Christmas tree each year in a bald spot among the branches - we MAKE one if the tree is unfortunately too regular - and our kids (now grown adults) still look for it. Christ must be at the centre.
My favourite Christmas memory is putting up our wooden Nativity set. We would also bring a few favourite Christmas ornaments with us no matter where we lived and put those around our apartment to remind us of "home" and it helped to have continuity of tradition. If possible, we would buy an artificial Christmas tree and decorate it.
We were overseas and Dec 25th was not celebrated, but New Year's on January 1 was certainly celebrated. One of the first Christmases we didn't have a lot of decorations, so we traced the handprint of our son, who was young at the time, multiple times and colored them and cut them out and made a make shift tree on cardboard, using his handprints as the needles. We made other home-made decorations and still have a few of them. It was fun to use creative ways to come up with simple and inexpensive things to brighten up our place. We felt a long way away from family and needed to be creative to assist us in our putting down roots in our new country.
Wilma (Austria)
My favourite memory is of Christkindle Markt in most Austrian towns during Advent, and the electric advent wreaths strung in some street intersections.
Virginia (South America)
Navidad is the MOST IMPORTANT yearly event in South America. It is not Santa Claus who is believed to bring the presents but "El Niñito Dios" (Baby Jesus). Everybody leaves a pair of shoes by the windowsill or in a corridor in the house and, after midnight, you are sure to find one (or two, max) presents on top of every pair of shoes!
We don't have to leave cookies or milk for Baby Jesus, but we do have to go to the midnight mass to church for the "La Misa de Gallo" ("Rooster's Mass"/"Shepherds' Mass;") in which we are reminded of the REAL gift of Christmas!
At midnight, the church sounds its bells in celebratory mode while townsfolk set off their biggest and best fireworks and we go home to the hosting family, among bells and sparkling skies to celebrate Baby Jesus being born, family and love.
We start with a toast of cider and the kids are included, although most don't really like it, and we eat different kinds of asado meats (barbecue), salads and deserts. The most important desert is the Pan Dulce (Panettone).
Since this is THE MOST important gathering in our culture, the number of family members gathering at one place, travelling from all corners of the world, can be from 20 to 50 or more! While adults get to catch up about the family events and news, after we all opened our presents, we eat and drink until 4 or 5 in the morning while the children play with their new presents or try on their new clothing and go on the street to launch their baby fireworks or fall asleep due to tiredness and too much sugar! All this against a warm summer backdrop, flooded by fireworks smells, floating paper lanterns and the constant singing of the cicadas....
Judy (Philippines)
My first-born child (daughter) was born in December of 1994. I truly identified with Mary that year and was impacted by the concept of "Mary, did you know". I can only imagine her joy and sorrow at being the mother of the King of Kings, Son of God.
A more humorous overseas memory is from 1986 when I was living in the Philippines, hearing Christmas carols over the store speaker system of the one major department store in Manila in July! The whole "Christmas in July" was not a popular concept back then!
Mike (Thailand)
Growing up in Central Thailand in the seventies there was absolutely nothing in the culture to remind us of Christmas, so my parents invited some fellow missionaries over for an advent wreath once a week for 4 times before Christmas. We sang Christmas hymns, read Scriptures, and reminded each other of Jesus' birth. We continued that tradition even once back in countries where it was a lot more obvious that Christmas was nearing and now our family keeps it up also.
Diane (Peru)
It's hard to pick just one Christmas memory! Over the years we established different traditions in our family which have led to fond memories.
In Peru, some of my favourite memories were when our kids would join their other MK friends from school to come carol at our house and when our family joined the other families for the Christmas program at their school. Also, each year about half an hour before midnight we would climb on top of our flat roof and spin around 360 degrees to watch the spectacular show of fireworks going on all around us until just after midnight.
A favourite memory and tradition that we have been able to bring with us and continue is having advent services once a week before Christmas. Each week in December we light a candle to represent Jesus as the light of the world. By the fourth week all four candles are lit. The increasing brightness of the light as we light more candles reminds us that His return is nearer. We have enjoyed sharing this time with friends and family over the years.
Your Christmas Memories & Traditions
We've enjoyed collecting and sharing these memories with you! What about you? What is your favourite Christmas memory? What traditions do you celebrate in this season? How has where you lived, or your family story affected your Christmas traditions and celebrations? As we celebrate and anticipate the coming of Christmas celebrations, let's remember to wonder at Jesus' birth and anticipate His coming again!
Diane Fieje collected these Christmas traditions & memories from our MORE Network team! Diane serves with the MORE Network as a part-time administrator and full-time MK champion. Along with her husband Mike and their children, they spent 20 years in Peru with a mission organization serving children at risk. Having experienced transition back to Canada, first Mike after growing up as a missionary kid in SE Asia, and then as a whole family returning from Peru, they know how hard it can be to readjust to life in North America and are delighted to be able to help others in similar circumstances.
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Trump said he may cut Palestinians' aid if they won't negotiate shortly after Israel's Knesset made it harder to give away Jerusalem in a peace deal.
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On Tuesday, President Donald Trump threatened to end monetary aid to Palestinians if they are "no longer willing to talk peace." He tweeted, "We pay the Palestinians HUNDRED OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS a year and get no appreciation or respect."
Trump's administration championed a peace deal in his early days in office. But Palestinian leadership asked the United Nations to take over peace talks after Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital, saying the U.S. was too biased.
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Organised by Global Justice Now and the Critical Education Project. The course is free - to apply download the application form and email it to demandimpossible2016@gmail.com. Protest, political activism and ideas to change the world Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world —from The Second Coming, by W.B. The world is in crisis. The old order of cut-throat capitalism, inherited privilege, sexism and racism is crumbling. What are the causes of the many crises in the world – economic, social, environmental? Demand the Impossible will include Interactive sessions on topics such as: Brexit Britain, London's housing crisis, migration and its causes, capitalism and alternative systems, mental health, Trump vs Clinton and more.
Demand the Impossible is for 16-25 year-olds. Frequently asked questions Exploring ideas. London's post-war reconstruction plan promised 'new order and dignity' The County of London Plan, Patrick Abercrombie and JH Forshaw's proposal for the postwar reconstruction of London, was exhibited at Westminster Hall for a week in July 1943.
The London County Council (LCC) was ambivalent as to whether to put on an exhibition, whether there would be enough interest to justify expenditure, but decided to go ahead anyway. Individual invitations were issued to government officials and professionals and in a few instances, invitees replied to the council's surprise, asking if they might bring their wives along. In the end the exhibition received more than 10,000 visitors, including officials, dignitaries and interested members of the public. The exhibition at Westminster Hall proved such a success that the LCC decided to relocate it to the Royal Arts Society to extend its run for another few months, where it was seen by a further 50,000 visitors. The photo raises some questions.
Find out more about the project at Picturing Place. New Tools For Resolving Wicked Problems. The County of London Plan: Amazon.co.uk: E. J. Carter and Erno Goldfinger: Books. RSA Animate. Londonmapper. Glossopoly. Image used in Glossopoly Banner Introduction Glossopoly emerged out of research conducted as part of an AHRC research project on senses of community in the town of Glossop.
It is acts variously as a method for conducting research on community, as a method of illustrating the outcome of the research, and as a method for stimulating wider debates about community amongst community members, community practioners and community policy makers and planners. Creation The game uses images drawn in creative workshops held with secondary school pupils from Glossop and surrounding areas. Image of school drawing session From these drawings, Paul Gent, who is an artist associated with High Peaks Community Arts, constructed a board which reflects that of the board game 'Monopoly', albeit with a new focus of community and the local area. Glossopoly being played at London showcase event It is hoped to further develop this game as a tool for community research and reflection. Londoners: The Board Game. Londoners: The Board Game is a concept for a London-focused Risk-style game, currently being crowdfunded on Kickstarter by "Stef and Ollie" (no relation!)
We like this because the game is focused around a map of London. The definition of London for the game unusually uses the M25 "ring" as the border, which means Watford and Staines get included. It is also necessarily simplified, splitting London into six sectors radiating around the centre. There are also some topological quirks, but to complain about these would be missing the point – this is all about fitting London into a Risk-style conquest!
We really like the bright colours used in the map – they correspond loosely to the tube lines dominant in each area (which is why, for example, the northern sector is black). As well as the main game, which involves missions for your character, such as buying up the football stadiums or the City, the area cards that will come with the board can make a mini "top trumps" style game. London Treasure Hunt - HiddenCity.
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Southeast Asia's solar industry thrives amidst dimming market expectations
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The solar boom may be fizzling out in some countries, but definitely not in Southeast Asia.
When forecasters proclaimed slower solar photovoltaic (PV) installations worldwide this year as developed markets near saturation, it put investors under even more pressure to determine whether Southeast Asia would be the next fountain of solar growth. Analysts see the potential of this region of roughly 600 million people, especially as governments and developers have started to untangle the web of strict regulations, outdated technology and poor infrastructure that has been constricting investment in Southeast Asian solar projects. But the sheer amount of work to be done puts the region a long way off from reaching a solar renaissance.
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EIA forecasts less power generation from natural gas as a result of rising fuel costs
In its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), released on January 12, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecasts that generation from natural gas-fired power plants in the U.S. electric power sector will decline by about 8% in 2021. This decline would be the first annual decline in natural gas-fired generation since 2017. Forecast generation from coal-fired power plants will increase by 14% in 2021, after declining by 20% in 2020. EIA forecasts that generation from nonhydropower renewable energy sources, such as solar and wind, will grow by 18% in 2021—the fastest annual growth rate since 2010.
The shift from coal to natural gas marked a significant change in the energy sources used to generate electricity in the United States in the past decade. This shift was driven primarily by the sustained low natural gas price. In 2020, natural gas prices were the lowest in decades: the nominal price of natural gas delivered to electric generators averaged $2.37 per million British thermal units (Btu). For 2021, EIA forecasts the average nominal price of natural gas for power generation will rise by 41% to an average of $3.35 per million Btu, about where it was in 2017. In contrast, EIA expects nominal coal prices will rise just 6% in 2021.
The large expected rise in natural gas prices is the primary driver in EIA's forecast that less electricity will be generated from natural gas and more electricity will come from coal-fired power plants in 2021 than in recent years. EIA expects about 36% of total U.S. electricity generation in 2021 will be fueled by natural gas, down from 39% in 2020. The forecast coal-fired generation share in 2021 rises to 22% from 20% last year. However, these forecast generation shares are still different from 2017, when natural gas and coal each fueled 31% of total U.S. electricity generation.
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Ongoing efforts to avoid the spread of Xylella in mainland Spain
The results of the surveys for Xylella fastidiosa conducted in the demarcated area in Alicante province have been updated on December 2017, with 20 new almond orchards declared positive. For the first time, spittlebugs Philaenus spumarius individuals have been found positive to the pathogen. With more than 9.000 plant samples examined so far in the province, 106 almond orchards positive to X. fastidiosa have been detected.
On 22th December 2017, the Regional Government of Comunitat Valenciana updated the results of the surveys being conducted in the demarcated area for Xylella fastidiosa in Alicante province, mainland Spain. The pathogen has been detected in another 20 almond orchards located in the municipalities of Altea, Benissa, Callosa d'En Sarrià, Gata de Gorgos, Llíber, Parcent i Xaló. For the first time, Philaenus spumarius individuals collected in the demarcated area were positive for X. fastidiosa, as detected by the Bacteriology laboratory at Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA) and Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible (IAS-CSIC).
A total of 11.622 plant samples were collected in the Comunitat Valenciana region as a whole, 2.879 of them from nurseries, 7.532 from regular crops, 854 from natural areas, and 357 from gardens. By provinces, 482 plant samples were collected in Castellón, 2.127 in Valencia and 9.013 in Alicante. To date, 8.126 plant samples from the demarcated area in Alicante province have been taken. Results (until December 22th) yielded a total of 106 almond orchards positive for X. fastidiosa in the analysed samples. Only the ST6 of the subsp. multiplex has been detected up to now.
In the demarcated area in Alicante, 143 orchards with a total of 45 hectares were sprayed with authorized insecticides. Furthermore, 26 almond orchards and 975 trees have been already destroyed. The new Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/2352 has just been adopted by the Regional Government of Comunitat Valenciana. This new EU regulation reduces the demarcated area from 10 to 5 km radius. In addition to the EU legislation on X. fastidiosa, the Regional Government of Comunitat Valenciana has also implemented the Spanish national plant heath regulation (Ley 43/2002), to destroy all the abandoned and neglected orchards in the demarcated area.
These measures all together represent a huge effort for the Regional authorities, with a considerable investment in personnel and resources, to eradicate the pathogen in the demarcated area and avoid its spread to other regions in Spain. Subsidies for the affected growers as well as the program to restore the area are also under the responsibility of the Regional Government of Comunitat Valenciana.
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Q: How do I create a hashing algorithim based on a combination of two variables in a dataframe? Im new to python and working on hashing algo.
I have a dataframe-
df2
Out[55]:
         CID                 SID
0        2094825             141
1        2327668             583
2        2259956             155
3        1985370             100
4        2417177              47
         ...             ...
1030748  2262027             100
1030749  2232061             100
1030750  2027795             169
1030751  2474609             100
1030752  2335654             169

[1030753 rows x 2 columns]

How do i use the hashlib python library to get a hashing algorithm such that each combination of CID and STD gives me a unique encryption such as CID 2262027 and SID 100 is fj6x55 and CID 2232061 and SID 100 gives another unique encryption of f6223xi, etc. As long as the combinations are unique. I want unique encryptions. If they repeat then the encryption should be same.. Im open to other suggestions like one hot encoding too incase hashlib is not working. So far I am getting an error -
import hashlib
x = hashlib.md5(df2['SID'])
Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "<ipython-input-60-44772f235990>", line 1, in <module>
    x = hashlib.md5(df2['SubDiagnosisId'])

TypeError: object supporting the buffer API required

A: Here's my attempt at this one:
hashes = df2.apply(lambda x:hashlib.md5((str(x[0])+str(x[1])).encode('utf8')).hexdigest(), axis=1)
Some explanation:
df2.apply takes a function, in this case an anonymous lambda function, as well as the axis over which we want to apply the function. In this case, axis=1 applies over each row.
Breakdown of the hashing function:
The anonymous function takes one argument x, which consists of two columns.  We break down x into x[0] (the first column CID) and x[1] (the second column SID).
Here, we have two choices.  We can either convert the integers into strings and concatenate the strings as I've done here, or multiply the CID value by some constant that is at least max(SID).  However, I think string concatenation may not be unique enough for this case.  The better approach may be the following:
df.apply(lambda x:hashlib.md5(str(x[0]*1024+x[1]).encode('utf8')).hexdigest(), axis=1)
You noted that the max SID value is 583, so I chose the next available power of 2 as the multiplier.  This effectively left-shifts all CID values by 10 bits so that all 10 LSB bits are now zero. Then we fill those LSB bits with SID values using addition.
Either way, the final representation needs to be an encoded byte string, hence the str(integer_stuff).encode('utf8') part.  Finally, we enclose that result inside hashlib.md5() and call .hexdigest() to retrieve the hexadecimal string representation of the hash.
Improvements to my approach as far as Pandas itself is concerned are welcome :) but I think my hashing approach itself is quite sound.
EDIT:
In order to join the result to the original DataFrame, try the following:
# Calculate the hashes. This gives you a Series.
hashes = df2.apply(lambda x:hashlib.md5((str(x[0])+str(x[1])).encode('utf8')).hexdigest(), axis=1)
# Create a DataFrame from the above Series
df_hash = pd.DataFrame(hashes, columns=['hash'])
# Join the hashes with the original DataFrame
df2 = df2.join(df_hash)

Tested with a short set of data, so it should work for you too :)

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Wow, A Guy Plummeted 60km/h Off A 30m Cliff And Survived
May 23, 2013, 4:00am
Don't watch this video. No, seriously, it's really rough. The best thing is that Matthew Gough, the guy who plummets while base jumping, actually survived the fall with only minor injuries. He hit the ground at 60km/h from a 30m cliff because his parachute malfunctioned. The footage is taken from his helmet cam.
Daredevil Matthew Gough was base-jumping in Lake Garda, Italy, when his parachute opened backwards and became twisted and tangled. He floated for a moment and then smashed into the rocks and came tumbling down to the ground. It's absolutely brutal to watch.
You think there's absolutely no chance of survival, but Gough, who has performed over 180 base jumps, only had minor injuries to his knees and ankles. He spent a short stint at the hospital and went home. He said:
"Due to the twists I couldn't control it, I did the best I could with the situation and tried to avoid the cliff but I didn't have the time or the space to avoid the impact.
When I impacted the first time I started spinning which made the situation worse, the parachute twisted even more before going into a dive and then spiralled towards the ground while I was smashing against the cliff."
On the way down, he managed to avoid smashing into some metal spikes too. Incredibly lucky to have avoided any long term injury or death. [SWNS, Digg Videos, Huffington Post]


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: Trails From Zero (PS4) – The classic JRPG finally arrives in the West, and the wait has been worth it
For the longest time we thought this review would never happen. Originally a 2010 title for the PSP, Trails From Zero never left Japan, despite a lot of hype by Western fans. The demand for Xero only increased after the Trails boom a few years ago, when the sequel series Trails of Cold Steel was localized on PS3, Vita, and later on PS4. Given that Falcom's long-running The Legend of Heroes franchise has an overarching storyline that ties all the games together, it's easy to understand why invested fans might want to get their hands on each installment.
Thankfully, NIS America is on publishing duty, with Western enthusiasts' dreams finally coming true. it's taken one long time to get here – and we still have one long Way to go – but the trails from Xero have been well worth the wait. There are a few problems with this PS4 remaster, but they aren't enough to detract from a brilliant Japanese RPG.
Trails from Zero comes from an era when Falcom was still dealing with character sprites and fixed camera angles. If you're moving from the aforementioned Cold Steel games to Zero — which are entirely 3D — you might find the graphical downgrade jarring. But despite its obvious technical limitations, there's an old-school charm to the Xero that's hard to ignore. In its art direction and expressive characterization, Falcom has been able to deliver a gripping experience.
You play as Lloyd Bannings, a freshly certified detective moving back to Crossbell, the city-state where he grew up. Lloyd's goal of becoming a top-class instrument of justice is quickly derailed, however, as he is not transferred to a newly formed and experimental police division known as the Special Assistance Section – or SSS for short. goes.
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Traces of Xero's story is about the rise of this off-brand organization. A ragtag group of gangsters to begin with, the SSS quickly finds itself at the mercy of Crossbell's criminal underbelly, as rampant corruption in the police department and government threatens to jeopardize the city-state's already uncertain future. gives.
As expected from Falcom at this point, the game does an amazing job of placing bets. Comprehensive exposure over many conversations and searches is slowly provided, and it's hard not to be completely invested. The Japanese developer's talent for world building is undeniable, with Crossbell itself one of the property's most memorable settings.
Actually, Absolute Zero takes place in and around a technologically advanced city. During this 50-hour adventure, you'll get to know its streets, shops and nearby landmarks like the back of your hand. As is the case with Kamurocho in the Yakuza/Like a Dragon games, Crossbell can almost be considered the star of the show.
But at least for us, these are the characters who steal the spotlight in Zero. Lloyd is joined by three main party members in the SSS: prominent and proper Allie McDowell, 14-year-old genius Teo Plato, and fallback rookie Randy Orlando. Lloyd himself borders on your classic anime hero – righteous and friendly to a fault, and arguably a bit bland – but his allies bring out his best qualities as a leader and as an effective detective.
The main cast bounced off each other exceptionally well. Compared to what you'll find in Cold Steel games, it's a relatively small party—but it allows each character to have a meaningful say in every story. As such, there is a subtlety to the dialogue writing that is perhaps lost in Cold Steel's character cacophony.
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and there is very Dialogue in Trails From Zero. Trails is nothing new to the title, but again, if you're coming from Cold Steel games, the lack of dynamic camera angles during cutscenes means you can only see static character sprite sprite reams and reams of text. are. minutes at a time. It can all get a touch monotone, especially when long stretches of investigative police work keep you away from dungeon exploration and fighting.
In fact, the tedious side quests are probably Xero's biggest problem. Jobs in which you're trekking from one side of a crossbowl to the other and back again just to chat with an NPC or collect a specific item are frustratingly common. Questions that make you revisit previously cleared dungeons are also an annoyance. These optional objectives start out looking like padding, but if you leave them on, you're going to miss out on unique dialogue, some extra world building, and rare equipment. Again, we're grateful for the option to speed up gameplay with L2's push, which certainly makes backtracking more bearable.
But when you take a knee in the game's main story, you'll forget about those side quest grips. There's a bit of a stop-start to the plot in the first few chapters – mainly because the game is so keen to establish the setting, characters, and concepts of the universe – but it really starts once the foundations are laid. The title's final story is notably a barnstormer, bringing everything together for a frantic finale.
Likewise, Zero's combat system gets better as the game progresses. With Lloyd and the gang only having access to a limited pool of crafts (character specific abilities) and arts (elemental magic spells), turn-based combat starts out rather basic, but as you collect increasingly rare quartz, your options increase. Expand rapidly (Giving Art – Equipment) and level up your heroes.
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There's a tactical edge to combat trails, and Zero's take is no different. Each craft and art has its own sphere of influence, and you have to constantly think about how to best use your attacks, whether that's capturing multiple enemies in one strike, or inflicting maximum damage on a boss. You'll also need to consider buffs, debuffs, and status effects, all of which add some much-needed spice to a system that would otherwise make it more difficult to kill enemies than they kill you.
Fights are mostly entertaining affairs when your enemies present a substantial threat; There is satisfaction in defeating them in the most efficient way. But it's the boss battles that stand out – especially the latter – demanding a more cautious approach, and a greater reliance on your all-out super craft, which can also be used for obstacles. Charming stuff, even if it isn't as flashy or as attractive as it was about to come in the Cold Steel series.
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Metro Vancouver transit users will see a new fleet of double-decker buses hitting the streets by mid-2019.
The move was announced at Thursday's TransLink board meeting and follows a four-month pilot project with two buses on seven routes throughout the region.
There will be 32 buses in total: 27 of them will be replacements and five will be new.
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ADV acquires Xenosaga series
ADV ACQUIRES NEW SERIES
The RPG Classic Comes To Anime!
HOUSTON, June 20, 2007 — ADV Films, the number one producer-distributor of anime outside of Japan, confirmed today that it has acquired exclusive home video and broadcast rights in North America for Xenosaga, the sci-fi anime based on the popular PlayStation 2 game series.
From acclaimed studio Toei Animation (Yu-Gi-Oh!, Air Gear) comes a 12 episode series that gamers and anime fans are sure to enjoy. The Xenosaga anime is inspired by the first installment of the Xenosaga video game trilogy for the PlayStation 2, Episode One: Der Wille zur Macht. The Xenosaga games gained great acclaim from fans and critics alike, ranking as one of the most popular role-playing game series of its generation. Whether you enjoyed the video game series or pulse-pounding space adventures, Xenosaga will have you feeling right at home!
Synopsis: Over four thousand years have passed since humans abandoned the planet Earth. Humanity is now on the brink of destruction, hunted down by a vicious alien race known as the Gnosis. The last hope of mankind rests in the hands of scientist Shion Uzuki and KOS-MOS, a battling android with unfathomable capabilities. Unbeknownst to Shion, the battleship they're traveling in holds a mysterious object that attracts the Gnosis. When the Woglinde is attacked by the Gnosis, KOS-MOS is activated and begins to pursue her own mysterious plans.
Xenosaga will be presented over three DVDs, with the first volume reaching stores September 11.
About ADV Films:
In the 15 years since its inception, ADV Films has become the #1 producer-distributor of Japanese animation ("anime") outside of Japan and has the largest English-language anime library in the world. With best-selling titles such as Neon Genesis Evangelion, RahXephon, Robotech, Full Metal Panic, Hello Kitty and Azumanga Daioh, ADV Films' extensive catalog is fueling the popularity of anime around the globe. Always on the forefront, ADV is introducing North America to bold new anime franchises such as the new Guyver, Le Chevalier D'Eon, Gantz, and Elfen Lied. ADV Films' library also includes popular live-action science fiction programs such as The Jim Henson Company's Farscape, the nationally syndicated Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda and the Saturn Award-nominated Mutant X. In 2005 ADV Films was voted "Best Anime Company" in the SPJA awards, presented at Anime Expo, North America's largest anime convention. The readers of Anime News Network designated ADV Films "Overall Favorite Anime Company" in both 2004 and 2005.
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Q: Why does apps like Duo, whatsapp, skype has entries in the RawContact table of native Contacts I am using ContactContracts API to fetch the entries in RawContacts table
private void fetchRawContactEntries() {
        String [] mProjectionColumns = new String [] {
            RawContacts.CONTACT_ID, RawContacts.ACCOUNT_NAME, RawContacts.ACCOUNT_TYPE, RawContacts.DISPLAY_NAME_PRIMARY
        };

        Cursor c = getContentResolver().query(RawContacts.CONTENT_URI, mProjectionColumns, null, null,
                RawContacts.DISPLAY_NAME_PRIMARY + " ASC");
        if(c != null) {
            while(c.moveToNext()) {
                long contactId = c.getLong(0);
                String accountName = c.getString(1);
                String accountType = c.getString(2);
                String displayName = c.getString(3);

                Log.d("Logs", contactId +  ", accountName:" + accountName + ", Display Name : " + displayName);
            }
        }
    }

I observe that each contact has multiple entries in the raw_contacts table. (Gmail, Duo etc)

2019-05-28 19:21:15.483 5458-5458/com.example.kartikaysingh.cs D/Logs: 2227, accountName:kartikayemail@gmail.com, Display Name : Abhay Y
2019-05-28 19:21:15.483 5458-5458/com.example.kartikaysingh.cs D/Logs: 2227, accountName:WhatsApp, Display Name : Abhay Y
2019-05-28 19:21:15.483 5458-5458/com.example.kartikaysingh.cs D/Logs: 2227, accountName:Duo, Display Name : Abhay Y
2019-05-28 19:21:15.483 5458-5458/com.example.kartikaysingh.cs D/Logs: 2227, accountName:Duo, Display Name : Abhay Y
2019-05-28 19:21:15.483 5458-5458/com.example.kartikaysingh.cs D/Logs: 2140, accountName:kartik@gmail.com, Display Name : Abhayuday
2019-05-28 19:21:15.483 5458-5458/com.example.kartikaysingh.cs D/Logs: 2140, accountName:WhatsApp, Display Name : Abhayuday
2019-05-28 19:21:15.484 5458-5458/com.example.kartikaysingh.cs D/Logs: 2140, accountName:Duo, Display Name : Abhayuday
2019-05-28 19:21:15.484 5458-5458/com.example.kartikaysingh.cs D/Logs: 2140, accountName:Duo, Display Name : Abhayuday

Infact Duo make two different entries in the RawContact table. How does native contact app differentiate between these entries.
I know they show the entries of the Contacts table but when modifying a data which raw_contact_id they choose out of Duo or Whatsapp or gmail.
From where they get these original raw_contact_id ?
Here are the things i already know :

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*Contact Id of the duplicate entries will be same irrespective of the sources which is handled by the Contact Provider. Check this one out ContactsAggregator

*Contact table has a column name_raw_contact_id which give the corresponding _ID  of the RawContacts table ( However i am not sure if this can be considered as the primary entry for the contact in RawContacts table).

Given below the list of things i want to know:

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*We can get the unique contacts from the ContactsContract.Contact table but in order to modify/delete  the data values (like phone, email etc) using Contact provider which raw_contact_id we can pick ? or can i go and modify directly in the ContactContract.Data table.

*How do whatsapp detect the addition/modification of the contact. As far as i know Contact Provider doesn't provide the _ID for new contact addition. Do they refresh their contacts list after every app launch or at equal time intervals ?

*How to get the original source for a contact (possibly gmail/native in my case) and leave out the copies created by app like Duo, skype, whatsapp using contact provider.

It would be great if anyone help me understand this. Feel free to recommend any other channel where i can ask for these questions

A: The projection is indeed incorrect.
The Contacts DB is organized in three main tables:

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*Contacts - each entry represents one contact, and groups together one or more RawContacts

*RawContacts - each entry represents data about a contact that was synced in by some SyncAdapter (e.g. Whatsapp, Google, Facebook, Viber), this groups multiple Data entries

*Data - The actual data about a contact, emails, phones, etc. each line is a single piece of data that belongs to a single RawContact
Every app on Google Play with sufficient permissions can add a new Contact or a new RawContact and aggregate it into an existing contact, just like Whatsapp / Duo, this allows each app to store information about a specific contact, like it's Whatsapp ID, or any other info that will be useful for the app.
You have a wrong assumption that there is a single "main" RawContact that is the important one, and the others are attached to it.
Instead, the list of RawContacts that represent a single contact can contain multiple Google RawContacts with equal importance, or no Google RawContacts at all, there is one distinction that can help you select a RawContact for editing, that is whether or not the RawContacts created by the app are read-only or writeable.
Here's code to iterate over all accounts on the device, and see which are read-only and which are modifiable (supportsUploading):
final SyncAdapterType[] syncs = ContentResolver.getSyncAdapterTypes();
for (SyncAdapterType sync : syncs) {
    Log.d(TAG, "found SyncAdapter: " + sync.accountType);
    if (ContactsContract.AUTHORITY.equals(sync.authority)) {
        Log.d(TAG, "found SyncAdapter that supports contacts: " + sync.accountType);
        if (sync.supportsUploading()) {
            Log.d(TAG, "found SyncAdapter that supports contacts and is not read-only: " + sync.accountType);
            // we'll now get a list of all accounts under that accountType:
            Account[] accounts = AccountManager.get(this).getAccountsByType(sync.accountType);
            for (Account account : accounts) {
               Log.d(TAG, account.type + " / " + account.name);
            }
        }
    }
}

Explore the other good stuff in SyncAdapterType like isUserVisible that you might help you as well.


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Biografia

Ha esordito adolescente nel 1992 nel cinema in Nessuno di F. Calogero e in tv nel cast fisso della prima soap targata Mediaset Camilla, regia C. Nistri. Ma era già apparsa un paio di anni prima in alcuni spot pubblicitari e nel videoclip di Claudio Baglioni Dagli il via di cui è protagonista .

È stata testimonial di importanti campagne pubblicitarie internazionali diretta negli anni da registi come Gabriele Salvatores, Jean-Jacques Annaud e Alessandro D'Alatri.

Studia canto, recitazione e danza privatamente e frequenta numerosi stage con Susan Strasberg dell'Actors Studio, Paola Quattrini e Lorenzo Salveti, Ferruccio Soleri e Alan Whoodhouse (Guildhall School di Londra).

Ha avuto ruoli di rilievo nella fiction televisiva come La squadra II serie (Rai 3) nel ruolo di Miriam Russo, in tre serie de Il bello delle donne (Canale 5) a fianco di Virna Lisi di cui interpreta la figlia Ludovica Spadoni, in due serie di Casa famiglia (Rai 1) con Massimo Dapporto nel ruolo di Daniela Manzi.

È stata co-protagonista insieme a Luca Laurenti della sit-com Don Luca nel ruolo di Chiara, ragazza-madre (Canale 5).

E in Un posto al sole X nel 2006 è subentrata al posto di Eleonora Palladini nel ruolo di Chiara Reali, personaggio intenso e duplice che si presenta al pubblico nelle falsi vesti di Laura la segretaria di Ferri per poi divenirne la partner.

Nel musical ha debuttato come cantante e performer nel 1998 come co-protagonista accanto a Massimo Ranieri nel musical di Gianni Togni e Guido Morra Hollywood - Ritratto di un divo per la regia di Giuseppe Patroni Griffi .

Nel 2001 vince una borsa di studio per corsi di perfezionamento per attori presso il Teatro Eliseo di Roma per il progetto del regista Marco Carniti de La Nuova Compagnia di Giovani dell'Eliseo a seguito del quale il regista le assegna il ruolo di Rosalina nella commedia cantata Pene d'amor perdute di W.Shakespeare .

Nel 2003 è co-protagonista accanto a Franca Valeri ne Il giuocatore di Goldoni regia di Giuseppe Patroni Griffi prodotto dal Teatro Eliseo di Roma.

Nel 2014 interpreta la madre di Papa Giovanni Paolo II nel musical Karol Wojtyla, la vera storia per la regia di Duccio Forzano e le musiche di Noa.

Nel 2016 è in Rapunzel il musical scritto e diretto da Maurizio Colombi, con musiche di D. Magnabosco, A. Procacci e P. Barillari e prodotto dal Teatro Brancaccio di Roma.

Teatro
Accendiamo la lampada musical (1989), regia di Franca Calò
La calzolaia ammirevole (1993), regia di Massimiliano Milesi
Uccidiamo il raggio di luna (1993), regia di Bindo Toscani
Il golpe delle coscienze (1994), regia di Massimiliano Milesi
Gli amanti valgono per quello che si lasciano (1994), regia di Massimiliano Milesi
Questa sera si recita a soggetto (1995/1996/1997), regia di Giuseppe Patroni Griffi, con Alida Valli
Faide (1997), regia di R.Rigillo
Hollywood - Ritratto di un divo (1998/1999/2000), musical di Gianni Togni e Guido Morra, regia di Giuseppe Patroni Griffi
Psichosis delle 4:48 (2001), regia di M.Carniti
Cinque giorni molto caldi (2001), regia di A.Mistichelli
Pene d'amore perdute (2001/2002), regia di Marco Carniti
La bisbetica domata (2002), regia di Marco Carniti
Che fine ha fatto Cenerentola? (2003), musical con regia di Enrico Maria Lamanna
Amore di tango (2004), regia di Lindsay Kemp
Il giuocatore (2004/2005), regia di Giuseppe Patroni Griffi, con Franca Valeri
Come vi piace di W.Shakespeare (2012), brani cantati di Arturo Annecchino, regia di Marco Carniti
Karol Wojtyla la vera storia (2011), musical con regia di Duccio Forzano musiche di Noa
Rapunzel Il Musical (2015-2016), regia di Maurizio Colombi con Lorella Cuccarini

Cinema
 Nessuno (1992), regia di Francesco Calogero
 La tartaruga (2001), cortometraggio di Claudio Carafoli
 Sogni (2003), cortometraggio di Giovanni Giacobelli
 Brothers (2005), cortometraggio di Andres Arce Maldonado
 The tormented (2019), regia di Tim Pikett/Rogan Roberts, nel ruolo di Eliza

Televisione
 Camilla (1992), regia di Carlo Nistri, nel ruolo di Olga
 Una donna per amico (1998), regia di Rossella Izzo
 Don Luca (2000), regia di M.Mattolini/M.Maccaferri, nel ruolo di Chiara
 Casa famiglia 1 (2001-2002), regia di R.Donna/P.Aristarco, nel ruolo di Daniela Manzi
 La Squadra (2001-2002), regia AA.VV, nel ruolo di Miriam Russo
 Casa famiglia 2 (2003), regia di R.Donna/P.Aristarco, nel ruolo di Daniela Manzi
 Il bello delle donne 1/2/3 (2001-2002), regia di Maurizio Ponzi, Stefano Parisi, Mario Soldati, nel ruolo di Ludovica Spadoni
 Il maresciallo Rocca (2003), regia di Giorgio Capitani
 Con le unghie e con i denti (2004), regia di Pier Francesco Pingitore, nel ruolo di Commissario Federica
 Un posto al sole (2006), regia AA.VV, nel ruolo di Chiara Reali (Laura)
 Don Matteo (2011), regia di Giulio Base, nel ruolo di Linda

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Ozersk City 40: Russia's Secret, Closed and Contaminated City
"Those in paradise were given a choice: happiness without freedom, or freedom without happiness. There was no third alternative." (From the dystopian novel We, by Yevgeny Zamyatin, 1924)
Russia has announced that they are cancelling a more or less mothballed nuclear agreement with USA to convert weapons grade Plutonium into reactor fuel unless certain conditions are met.
· Roll back North Atlantic Treaty Organization infrastructure and reduce NATO personnel to September 2000 levels;
· Repeal the Magnitsky Act, which imposed sanctions on Russian officials involved in human rights violations;
· Repeal all U.S. sanctions against Russian individuals and businesses;
· Compensate Russians for damages incurred by U.S. sanctions and by Russia's "forced countersanctions";
· Present a "clear plan of irreversible destruction" of U.S. surplus plutonium.
Putin should have also asked for Alaska to be returned and a pony.
The majority of Russia's weapons grade Plutonium is currently stored in a city on the east side of the Ural Mountains, between Chelyabinsk and Yekaterinburg. Ozersk, code named City 40 and appearing on no maps until 1991, was a top-secret closed city built by the Soviets in 1946 to house the scientists, workers and all related to develop nuclear weapons. The huge Mayak nuclear plant required 15,000 people which along with families and everything needed to create a totally closed living environment meant a city of 100,000 people.
There was an article in The Guardian back in July which caught my eye and I saved the link. Suddenly this city might be important to know about. There is a personal side to this also as I learned two days ago that Tanya's cousin, her children and grandchildren live in Ozersk. I had always thought they lived in Chelyabinsk. Even when Tanya's cousin, daughter in law and granddaughter visited here a few years ago, nothing was ever said. The habit of secrecy is never really shed, I guess.
For the first eight years, those who were relocated to City 40 simply disappeared. They were not allowed to communicated with anyone outside the city. Their records were erased. They did not exist. Even after the rules were relaxed, they were constantly spied on and anyone even slightly suspect was driven away in a Black Maria. The city is still closed to outsiders, however citizens are free to leave with permission, even permanently, if they wish. Few wish to leave.
In exchange for their freedom, Ozersk provided private apartments, plenty of food, including delicacies unheard of the Soviet times – caviar, chocolate, bananas – good schools and health care, entertainment and cultural events, churches, restaurants, grocery stores, all beside a beautiful lake surrounded by forest. All this while the rest of the citizens suffered in abject poverty. Even today, with tree lined streets, lovely flower beds and beautiful lakes, it resembles an idyllic 1950s American town.
But the inhabitants know the truth, even though for years it was kept secret even from them. The town is dangerously highly contaminated. As the Soviet Union demanded more and more nuclear bombs faster and faster, all pretense of safety regulations was swept aside. From the late 1940s on, people began to die from radiation exposure. Radioactive waste dumped into the river (the equivalent of 4 Chernobyls) sickened and killed people downstream. Lake Irtyash contains the equivalent of 2.5 Chernobyls and is dubbed the Lake of Death or Lake Plutonium.
Early statistics are hard to come by thanks to the government's continued insistence against any elevated dangers despite all evidence to the contrary. Doctors were forbidden to mention that patients in the area had radiation poisoning; instead it was called "special disease" and the infected patients were swept under the rug, often without receiving the necessary treatments. A recent study showed that Ozersk residents are more than twice as likely to develop lung, liver and skeletal cancers and astronomically more likely to develop chronic radiation syndrome. It is so accepted that to die of radiation-related illnesses is seen as a badge of honor; a sacrifice made for the good of the people.
Ozersk was the site of the third worst nuclear disaster in history, after Fukushima and Chernobyl. Known as the Kyshtym Disaster, on Sept 29, 1957, a cooling tank overheated and the resulting explosion turned the sky purple and created a huge cloud of radioactive dust which the wind spread to the North East. Only 11,000 people were evacuated, their villages, crops and livestock destroyed out of 250,000 people in the path of the cloud. No explanations were given but it was not difficult to figure out.
The disaster was kept secret from the world until 1976 when dissident scientist, Dr. Zhores Medvedev, told the world. The CIA knew about it from almost the beginning but helped cover it up, including downplaying Dr. Medvedev's disclosures. The CIA did not want anyone asking embarrassing questions about the Hanford Site in Washington state on which Ozersk had been modeled and a train wreck in its own right.
A very recent documentary, City 40, is available on Netflix, which unfortunately I do not have. The trailer is below, as is an interview with producer and director, Samira Goetschel. With the help of a "fixer" she entered the city undercover, interviewing and filming the people because she wanted to know about them, about how they thought and why they stayed. Even though Ozersk no longer manufactures Plutonium, but rather things like Cobalt 60, Iridium 192 and Carbon 14, the vow of secrecy still holds and some of the people Ms. Goetschel interviewed have had to flee the country to avoid arrest.
What struck me the hardest about the interview was her statement that Ozersk was a microcosm of all Russia. The double fence is not to keep them in but the rest of the world out. It is the only life they have ever known and they fear the outside. From the beginning the residents were indoctrinated with "You are the chosen ones; the saviours of the earth; everyone outside is an enemy".
It is difficult for outsiders to comprehend how the residents of City 40 can continue to live in a place they know is slowly killing them. But a local journalist says they are not concerned with what the outside world thinks of them and their way of life. He says the majority of his fellow residents, like him, just wish to be left alone to live in "peace". They are happy in their fenced-in paradise.
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www.environmentandsociety.org/arcadia/nuclear-disaster-kyshtym-1957-and-politics-cold-war
www.ranker.com/list/ozyorsk-russia-city-40-facts/david-sharp
www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-10-04/putin-s-ultimatum-to-the-next-u-s-president
Debra She Who Seeks October 6, 2016 at 3:05 PM
Wow, I've never heard of any of this. Very chilling.
The Blog Fodder October 6, 2016 at 3:32 PM
Me neither until this summer
yellowdoggranny October 6, 2016 at 6:54 PM
I have netflix and going to watch that..never heard of this city and that is just terrifying..but nothing Russia does surprises me..Putin is a dick..him and Trump..judas priest..don't let them win.someone needs to put putin down..and I'd like to punch Trump in the balls
I have got to figure out how to watch it. Maybe it will be available for download sometime. Putin is a very dangerous little rat.
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Boiseries: Decoration and Migration from the Eighteenth Century to the Present
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Thursday 12th & Friday 13th January 2023 Camden Place, Chislehurst (Kent)
This two-day conference investigates the cultural and commercial migrations of French eighteenth-century boiseries from their places of production in Paris and the Bâtiments du Roi to the drawing rooms of Britain and the United States. It will be the first major study of boiseries in the context of transatlantic cultural history and will build on the landmark studies of panelling as architectural salvage by Bruno Pons (1995, 2001) and the late John Harris (2007). The conference will bring together international experts and emerging scholars in the fields of art, architecture, history, and museums and heritage management and will form part of a programme of events marking the 150th anniversary of the death of Napoleon III at Camden Place.
Camden Place, where the conference will be held, is an English country house whose history and interiors have been shaped by the migration of people and decoration for over 300 years. Home to Chislehurst Golf Club, the Grade II* listed building features architectural elements by the British architects George Dance the Younger (1741–1825) and James 'Athenian' Stuart (1713–1788), and played host to the French Imperial court after the fall of the Empire in 1870. French chimney pieces, boiseries from the eighteenth-century Château de Bercy (demolished in 1862), and heavily carved oak panelling are among the elements that make up the house's many layers, testifying both to the eclectic tastes of its nineteenth-century occupants and to the multifaceted, and multinational, histories of many English country houses.
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