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100 best jokes in the world
By James Mullinger
"See, the problem is that God gives men a brain and a penis, and only enough blood to run one at a time." - Robin Williams "I've given up asking rhetorical questions. What's the point?" - Alexei Sayle "I doubt there's a heaven; I think the people from hell have probably bought it for a timeshare." - Victoria Wood "A government survey reveals the prime minister is doing the work of two men. Laurel and Hardy." - Ronnie Corbett "Roses are red, violets are blue, I'm a schizophrenic, and so am I." - Billy Connolly "Specialisation means that everyone becomes better and better at less and less and eventually someone will be superb at f***-all." - Kenneth Williams "I'm not addicted to cocaine. I just like the way it smells." - Richard PryorRex/Shutterstock
In need of a quick comedic pick-me-up? Want a one-liner to impress your mates with? Look no further than our pick of the best jokes in the world. Howl as Garry Shandling delves into his 'personal stash' for us. Snort at Dave Chappelle's smartest routine. Guffaw at Tommy Cooper's classics. And gird your sides for a rip-roaring hysterical hit list. Assembled without recourse to taste or decency from the grandest old masters and hippest young gag slingers, here's our guide to the best jokes in the world.
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"When people say, 'Can I borrow your pen?' I want to say, 'Absolutely not! Get your own pen, this is mine!'"
"I'm not willing to say how I feel about anything. But that's just because I'm British."
"There's one of those adverts that sort of says, 'There are more germs on your chopping board than on your loo seat.' To which the answer is, 'Well, clearly that's fine, then.'"
"If there's one thing that really pisses me off... I call that a good day."
"I knelt to pick a buttercup. Why people leave buttocks lying around I'll never know..."
"An original idea. That can't be too hard. The library must be full of them."
"My favourite road sign is 'Falling rocks'. What exactly am I supposed to do with that information? They may as well have a sign saying, 'Random accidents ahead'; 'Life's a lottery, be lucky.'"
"Swimming is good for you, especially if you're drowning. Not only do you get a cardiovascular workout, but you also don't die."
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Sara Pascoe
"You can't lose a homing pigeon. If your homing pigeon doesn't come back, then what you've lost is a pigeon."
"We live in a society that considers any relationship that doesn't last until your death a failure. But you shouldn't worry about the ending at the beginning, it ruins everything and it's illogical. It's like giving birth to a baby dressed as the grim reaper."
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Frankie Boyle
"Scientists have just built the world's biggest supercollider and they're doing experiments to see what makes up protons. I hope that if the experiment's successful, the whole of our reality will dissolve and a big sign will up come that says: 'Level Two'."
Jon Richardson
"My favourite pub game is snooker. Any game whose rules basically amount to finding a table covered in mess and slowly and methodically putting it all away out of sight is one with which I can empathise emphatically."
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Nish Kumar
"There's only one thing I can't do that white people can do and that's play pranks at international airports."
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Wanda Sykes
"It's harder being gay than it is being black. I didn't have to come out to my parents as black."
"I do all the exercises every morning in front of the television - up, down, up, down, up, down. Then the other eyelid."
"Twenty years ago we had Johnny Cash, Bob Hope and Steve Jobs. Now we have no Cash, no Hope and no Jobs. Please don't let Kevin Bacon die."
"I keep saying I gotta start working out. But I just don't have the time, which is odd. Because I have the time to go out to dinner. And watch TV. And get a bone density test. And try to figure out what my phone number spells in words."
"My mixed family looks like a ghost and a shadow made love and I was the result. The Sears family photo was always a little tricky for us. The first few takes and my father would come out just eyes and teeth in the background. Then they'd adjust the lighting and my dad would be beautifully lit, but my mom looked like an apparition."
On Donald Trump:
"Monday July 16th was maybe the strangest of all 542 bizarre days of Donald Trump's reign of error. The president's been to Europe, insulting our allies and rubbing his nipples up against our enemies.
"On Friday he had tea with the Queen – and on Friday, it seemed like a big deal that he walked in front of the Queen, which is apparently a no-no, a royal faux pas. You're not supposed to turn your back on the Queen, or pour ketchup in her tea, or take the hat off her head and swat a fly with it. You're not supposed to do any of those things.
"Trump and Putin met one-on-one with only their interpreters in the room for more than two hours. Reportedly, Trump wanted to meet with Putin alone because he didn't want his advisers to see him naked, which is natural. And we probably should have known how this was going to go, based on this, because right off the bat [shows clip] you can see here Trump looks over at Putin as they sit down in front of the media and gives him a little wink. Yeah, there you go – 'Thanks for keeping that tape between us guys.'
"After Trump was asked to weigh in on Russia's role as hack master in the 2016 election – something the FBI, the Justice Department and even Trump's own secretary of state say happened, without question – Trump finally had the chance to publicly castigate Putin for trying to disrupt our democracy. This is what our commander-in-chief chose to do. 'My people came to me, Dan Coats and some others. They said they think it's Russia. President Putin just said it's not Russia. I will say this: I don't see any reason why it would be.' Well, I guess that settles it!
"If you're wondering whether Vladimir Putin has an incriminating video of Donald Trump, we now know beyond a treasonable doubt that he does.
"This wasn't a good day for Donald Trump. We haven't seen an American so owned by a Russian since Rocky IV."
"My friend asked me if I wanted a frozen banana, but I said "No... but I want a regular banana later, so yeah."
"The depressing thing about tennis is that no matter how much I play, I'll never be as good as a wall. I played a wall once. They're relentless."
"I like rice. Rice is great when you're hungry and you want 2,000 of something."
"Every book is a children's book if the kid can read."
"How to make a million dollars: First, get a million dollars."
Courtesy of Bridget Christie.
"Feminism is not a fad. It's not like Angry Birds. Although it does involve a lot of Angry Birds. Bad example."
"It's fun telling people you go to McDonald's. They always give you that look like, 'Oh, I didn't know I was better than you.'"
"I do love our excuses [for eating dessert]. 'I have a sweet tooth.' Oh, so you're ordering it for your tooth, that's interesting. Because it's going straight to your ass. I think your ass owes your tooth an explanation."
On misogyny:
"I used to do shows for drug dealers that wanted to clean their money up. One time I did a real good set and these motherfuckers called me into the back room. They gave me $25,000 in cash. I jumped on the subway and started heading towards Brooklyn at one o'clock in the morning. Never been that terrified in my life. I'd never in my life had something that somebody else would want. I thought to myself, 'Jesus Christ, if motherfuckers knew much money I had in this backpack, they'd kill me for it.' Then I thought: 'Holy shit, what if I had a pussy on me all the time? That's what women are dealing with.'"
"Women want to come. Of course we want to come! What girl is like, 'Oh no, it's cool. I'm just honoured to be witnessing your process?' No, I don't want to feel the one good thing we're allowed as humans. Just you. Please. Anywhere!'"
On race inequality in the US: "Here's the amazing part. For South Africa to achieve that kind of black-white wealth gap, we had to construct an entire apartheid state denying blacks the right to vote or own property. But you, you did it without even trying. We trained for decades and you just waltzed in and won the gold medal."
On flying in to the UK: "You have one of the most stressful border controls I've ever come into in my life. They ask you so many questions. The guy looks at me as says: 'So you're a comedian, you don't look funny.' So at one point I stopped and I said: 'Look man I've given you the paperwork, I've told you why I'm here, why don't you believe me?' He said: "Well, the truth is, we can't just believe everybody that comes into the UK, we can't just believe that you're gonna do what you say you're here to do, you might do something totally different'. I thought: 'Fair enough, that makes sense.' I just wish, as Africans, we'd thought of that when the British arrived. That would have served us well."
"If you arrive fashionably late in Crocs, you're just late."
"People who like trance music are very persistent. They don't techno for an answer." – Joel Dommett
"My wife told me: 'Sex is better on holiday.' That wasn't a nice postcard to receive." - Joe Bor
"My friend got a personal trainer a year before his wedding. I thought: 'Bloody hell, how long's the aisle going to be'." Paul McCaffrey
"My therapist says I have a preoccupation with vengeance. We'll see about that." Adam Hills
"I was in my car driving back from work. A police officer pulled me over and knocked on my window. I said, 'One minute I'm on the phone.'" - Alan Carr
"Ain't no pickpocket trying to steal my suitcase. It could be an expensive laptop computer or it could be the end of their life. It's too much of a gamble." - Imran Yusuf
"With stand-up in Britain, what you have to do is bloody swearing. In Germany, we don't have to swear. Reason being, things work." - Henning When
"The easiest time to add insult to injury is when you're signing somebody's cast." - Demetri Martin
"I was playing chess with my friend and he said, 'Let's make this interesting.' So we stopped playing chess." - Matt Kirshen
"I've written a letter to the Royal Mail to complain about my post being stolen. To make sure they see it, I've put it inside a birthday card." - Gary Delaney
"I went down the street to the 24-hour grocery. When I got there, the guy was locking the front door. I said, 'Hey, the sign says you're open 24 hours.' He said, 'Yes, but not in a row.'"
"If toast always lands butter-side down and cats always land on their feet, what happens if you strap toast to the back of a cat and drop it?"
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"Belinda Carlisle sings, 'We dream the same dream.' But I can't believe that every night Belinda Carlisle has a wet dream about Wilma Flintstone."
Steve Hall's favourite joke
"A friend will help you move. A best friend will help you move a body."
Ken Jeong's favourite joke
"I go through customs and the guy asks me, 'Do you have any alcohol? Any drugs?' Is this an effective interrogation? Is anyone going, 'Bingo, you got me, I didn't see that question coming. 20 kilos right there.'"
"I had glasses at 10, braces at 12. I said to my parents, 'Let's not stop now. How about a hearing aid? Orthopedic shoes? I'm thinking about talking to a girl for the very first time in my life. I want as much corrective apparatus on my head as I can possibly get. I think that's what women like.' "
"I'm left-handed. Left-handed people do not like that the word 'left' is so often associated with negative things: Two left feet, left-handed compliments, 'What are we having for dinner?' 'Leftovers.' You go to a party, there's nobody there. 'Where'd they go?' 'They left.'"
"You know you're getting old when you get that one candle on the cake. It's like, 'See if you can blow this out.'"
"Men want the same thing from their underwear that they want from women: a little bit of support, and a little bit of freedom."
"According to most studies, people's No.1 fear is public speaking. No.2 is death. Death is No.2. Does that sound right? This means, to the average person, if you go to a funeral, you're better off in the casket than doing the eulogy."
"Men don't care what's on TV. They only care what else is on TV."
"I will never understand why they cook on TV. I can't smell it, can't eat it, can't taste it. The end of the show they hold it up to the camera, 'Well, here it is. You can't have any. Thanks for watching. Goodbye.'"
"Somebody just gave me a shower radio. Thanks a lot. Do you really want music in the shower? I guess there's no better place to dance than a slick surface next to a glass door."
"See, the problem is that God gives men a brain and a penis, and only enough blood to run one at a time." - Robin Williams
"I've given up asking rhetorical questions. What's the point?" - Alexei Sayle
"I doubt there's a heaven; I think the people from hell have probably bought it for a timeshare." - Victoria Wood
"A government survey reveals the prime minister is doing the work of two men. Laurel and Hardy." - Ronnie Corbett
"Roses are red, violets are blue, I'm a schizophrenic, and so am I." - Billy Connolly
"Specialisation means that everyone becomes better and better at less and less and eventually someone will be superb at f***-all." - Kenneth Williams
"I'm not addicted to cocaine. I just like the way it smells." - Richard Pryor
"I was just offered a job in Palestine. They offered me half a million dollars plus funeral expenses."
"It is easy to tell the difference between Jews and Gentiles. After the show, all the Gentiles are saying, 'Have a drink. Want a drink? Let's have a drink!' While all the Jews are saying, 'Have you eaten yet? Want a piece of cake? Let's have some cake!'"
"I was in bed with this woman and she said, 'Hey, not in the ass.' And I said, 'Hey it's my thumb, it's my ass. If you don't like it, go in the other room.'"
"I wrote a suicide note once and it said: 'I'm not mad at anybody, this is just something I wanted to do for myself.'"
"I don't like the word 'f***'. I think it's disrespectful and sort of has a bad connotation to it. So I was making love to this woman in the ass..."
"I went to the doctor and he said, 'You've got hypochondria.' I said, 'Not that as well.'"
"Nothing funny happened to me on the way to the theatre tonight. So good night."
"I went to buy some camouflage trousers the other day, but I couldn't find any."
"A man walked into the doctor's. He said, 'I've hurt my arm in several places.' The doctor said, 'Well don't go there any more.'"
"Police arrested two kids yesterday. One was drinking battery acid, the other was eating fireworks. They charged one and let the other one off."
"A woman told her doctor, 'I've got a bad back.' The doctor said, 'It's old age.' The woman said, 'I want a second opinion. 'The doctor says, 'OK, you're ugly as well.'"
"A man walked into the doctor's. The doctor said, 'I haven't seen you in a long time.' The man replied, 'I know. I've been ill.'"
"I had a meal last night. I ordered everything in French, surprised everybody; it was a Chinese restaurant. I said to this Chinese waiter, 'Look, this chicken I got here is cold.' He said, 'It should be; it's been dead two weeks.' I said, 'Not only that,' I said. I said... I said it twice, I said, 'He's got one leg shorter than the other.' He said, 'What do you wanna do with it, eat it or dance with it?' I said, 'Forget the chicken; give me a lobster. And he brought me this lobster. I said, 'Just a minute, he's only got one claw.' He said, 'Well he's been in a fight.' I said, 'Well give me the winner.'"
"I had no idea about the global financial crisis. Watching it unfold was like watching my father being molested by a clown. I knew it was going to affect me, I just wasn't entirely sure how."
"Don't Man City and Man United sound a bit like gay clubs? 'Where you off to tonight? Man City? We're off to Man United. And a bit later we're off to the MEN Arena.'"
"My wife and I both made a list of five people we could sleep with. She read hers out: 'One, George Clooney; two, Brad Pitt; three, Justin Timberlake; four, Jake Gyllenhaal; five, Johnny Depp.' I thought, I've got the better deal here: 'One, your sister...'"
"A Geordie said to me, 'Are yous looking at us?' How many mistakes can you make in one sentence?"
"I picked up a hitchhiker. You gotta when you hit them."
"Once I beat up the school bully with a baseball bat. Both his arms were completely broken. Which is what gave me the courage to do it."
"I got a letter from the IRS. Apparently I owe them $800. So I sent them a letter back. I said, "If you'll remember, I fastened my return with a paper clip, which according to your very own latest government pentagon spending figures will more than make up for the difference."
"Trains in Britain can be late for all sorts of reasons: speed restrictions, livestock on the track, or a totally substandard rail infrastructure that's publicly funded, privately run and answerable to no one. All sorts of reasons."
"Someone showed me a photograph of my local MP the other day. 'Would you buy a second-hand car from this man?' they asked. 'Would you buy a second-hand car?' I replied."
"'Confidence is half the battle,' they say. I shouldn't imagine that's official military advice. 'Sorry, the guns have jammed and we've lost all our armour, but we still have positive body language; that ought to see us through some desert combat.'"
"If you mention the idea of homebirth to someone of an older generation, they're always instantly mistrustful. But that's just a generational thing, like racism and never indicating."
"I'm posh but I don't take any stick for it. It's like I always say, sticks and stones may break my bones but f*** it, I'm with Bupa."
"I'm sure wherever my father is, he's looking down on us. He's not dead, just very condescending."
"If God had written the Bible, the first line should have been 'It's round.'" – Eddie Izzard
"I'm not a fan of the new pound coin, but then again, I hate all change." – Ken Cheng
"You can't lose a homing pigeon. If your homing pigeon doesn't come back, then what you've lost is a pigeon." – Sara Pascoe
"I have downloaded this new app. It's great, it tells you what to wear, what to eat and if you've put on weight. It's called the Daily Mail." – Hayley Ellis
"Plagiarism is the highest form of art, just as theft is the highest form of commerce." – Simon Munnery
"I was watching the London Marathon and saw one runner dressed as a chicken and another runner dressed as an egg. I thought, 'This could be interesting.'" – Paddy Lennox
"A spa hotel? It's like a normal hotel, only in reception there's a picture of a pebble." – Rhod Gilbert
"My husband's penis is like a semicolon. I can't remember what it's for and I never use it anyway." – Mary Bourke
"The worst time to have a heart attack is during a game of charades." – Demetri Martin
"My wife said, 'Rob, I'd love to have children.' Now, I'll be honest. I wasn't sure. Did I want to go through it all again? The lifting, the carrying, the mopping up of the spillages? And that's just when you're making love trying to have the child." – Rob Brydon
"I heard a rumour that Cadbury is bringing out an oriental chocolate bar. Could be a Chinese Wispa." – Rob Auton
"I really wish ISIS would stop playing violent video games and listening to Marilyn Manson." – Eric Lampaert
"There's only one thing I can't do that white people can do, and that's play pranks at international airports." – Nish Kumar
"Trump's nothing like Hitler. There's no way he could write a book." – Frankie Boyle
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A new investigation of a decade of pay data from state agencies shows that white men get paid more than women and minorities – a trend that's growing.
New analysis reveals a stark difference in pay between white men and just about everyone else employed at state agencies.
Perhaps it's not surprising that women and minorities employed by the state of Texas make less money than white men who work similar jobs. But does the fact it's gotten worse over the last decade give you pause?
David McSwane, enterprise reporter for the Dallas Morning News, compared thousands of state workers' pay and found the gap between pay for white men and everyone else is growing.
At the top levels of government employment, McSwane says men are twice as likely to have six-figure jobs as women. The state employees' union wasn't surprised by the findings, he says.
The Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, passed in 2009, extended the timeframe for an employee to file a lawsuit that they've been discriminated against based on race or gender. In 2013 Texas Gov. Rick Perry vetoed legislation that addressed similar concerns, saying it was redundant.
McSwane says reaction among state agencies and public officials has been mixed. Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar told McSwane "there's nuance" in differing pay among his employees because of their varied levels of experience, but Hegar has said he wants to look at the issue.


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Lee Ji-hye (born January 11, 1980) is a South Korean singer and actress. She was a member of the pop group Sharp. The group released six albums before their breakup in 2002, attributed to the feud between Lee and fellow female member Seo Ji-young. As a solo artist, she has released several singles. She was a cast member of the variety show Infinite Girls Season 2.

Personal life
She has been married to Moon Jae-wan since September 18, 2017. She and her husband run a YouTube channel called "Attention Seeking Unnie You Don't Hate".They welcomed their first child, a daughter in 2017. Their second child, a daughter was born on December 24, 2021.

In September 2022, she will donate 50 million won to the Rom Khiao Children Foundation, together with her husband.

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

Filmography

Television show

Web shows

References

External links

1980 births
K-pop singers
Living people
South Korean women pop singers
South Korean television actresses
South Korean female idols
South Korean film actresses
South Korean lyricists
South Korean television presenters
South Korean women television presenters
South Korean broadcasters
Dong-ah Institute of Media and Arts alumni
21st-century South Korean singers
South Korean radio presenters
South Korean women radio presenters
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Singers from Seoul
21st-century South Korean women singers

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Sad Robot Stories by Mason Johnson
November 11, 2013 November 11, 2013 dj4twinx CCLAP, David Sheridan, LGBT, Mason Johnson, Pan's Labyrinth, Robots, Sad Robot Stories, sci-fi
-Reviewed by David Sheridan-
Whew. Just let me sit down a second, catch my breath. Whew, okay, yeah. That was Mason Johnson's Sad Robot Stories, a free PDF (donation if you're feeling so inclined) published by the Chicago Centre for Literature and Photography, and absolutely nothing to do with any other sad stories featuring robots by the same author with the same title that you might have encountered elsewhere.
It's a hell of a ride, this hundred-page jaunt through the heart of the human experience. Following our eponymous sad robot through a journey both apocalyptic and messianic, this story touches issues of gender and species identity, love and affection, the forms and categories of faith and religion, the end of functioning and the desire to be ended (which Johnson doesn't hesitate to call 'death' or 'suicide').
The meaningfully nameless 'Robot' begins the story, as far as he knows, the only robot in his factory (and quite possibly his culture) to have become dissatisfied with its place. Like modern-day robots his initial purpose is simple and repetitive: to check that washers are the right shape, and discard those that aren't. We have robots that do this nowadays, but they don't have burnished bronze skin and identity issues, just a light and a flicking metal finger. It's a worthy and ancient sci-fi convention, making robots human-shaped even when they really have no need to be, and much of Johnson's book revolves around the consequences, big and small, of that hubristic decision.
A listless dreamer, Robot is shunted from one job to another, functioning just as well as his co-workers, but fundamentally unsatisfied with any of his mindless work. He befriends the human Mike, who works in the same factory, and shoots pool and the breeze with him after their shifts end. Mike is a coarse former loser reformed and redeemed by love, and bit by bit, Robot finds himself being installed in his family, reading endless pulp novels, and learning the meaning of love.
Now, unlike most, I mean that very literally. Johnson's Robot has feelings (in fact, all of the robots in this story have feelings, but seem mostly unaware). Robot, a functionally-immortal bronze colossus wracked with Marvinesque ennui, is the only one to learn the meaning of love. But love, for Robot, is a necessarily unrequited thing; he's never told how to love, because nobody even imagines the possibility. Lacking membership of that emotional paradigm, he's left alone, outside, Othered.
Exiled from human culture by his metal skin and alien mindset, and exiled from robot culture by his self-aware emotionality and longing after sensory experience, Robot is left entirely alone when the apocalypse exterminates humanity. In the hands of a less devoted author, the resulting suicide attempt – putting himself through an experience which would kill a human in moments, but surviving thanks to his own resilience – might have been darkly comic, but Johnson leads the reader through every thought. As the pain of loss wears off, the will to keep living returns. It's harrowing and awful and you just can't stop going, and that's exactly the point. Robot's life is harrowing and awful, and he just can't stop, and he doesn't even really have the language to express his sorrow.
For the most part, humans can only guess at the purpose of their existence. To fill the void in our understanding we tell stories, and it's from these (not some inner instinct, like programming) that we learn the meanings of our emotional qualia. Johnson's robots (particularly Robot himself) have picked up memes from their parents' societies, but without any offer of adoption, both of the subcultures we meet suffer from powerful, alienating uncertainty. Each has, for example, either a 'male' or a 'female' chassis, to make their masters more comfortable, but since each individual has identical programming and no education about human culture they struggle to understand what, if anything, this means.
Johnson seems to zigzag around this idea. Robot, which identifies as male, has two loves in this story: Mike the human and Denton the mostly-androform female-identifying robot. Talking about Mike, Robot's idea of his own gender seems irrelevant, and since he never confesses that love, we never really see the issue laid out. But Denton, who vividly describes her subtle, uneasy sensation of possessing the wrong chassis, obviously has an idea of her own gender as a relevant feature of her identity. I'm fairly certain that Johnson's robots possess epiprogrammatic thoughts – let's just call them 'souls' for now – but I have no idea if those souls are gendered or not.
Down each fork of this road is a different story: in one, a bisexual, species-queer protagonist struggles with the impossibility of confessing his love for his human friend. In the other, a robot adopts enough human ideas of gender to suffer dysphoria issues despite having neither gender nor sex. Both are fascinating, and both are brilliant, and like the end of Pan's Labyrinth, I don't really want to know which fork the author took. I'll gladly discuss them both down the pub.
The world is full of stories detailing how robots, in the guise of anthropoid metal golems with human minds, might feel about identity and slavery. But this novella takes the golem conceit and skates around the big-T Themes, rather than going through them in the usual way. It winks meaningfully, even flirtatiously, as it passes them by, but you're too busy with the experience to give them the attention they deserve on the way through. Only once it's over do you look back and realise, whew, quite what a journey you've just been on.
Through love and loss and the end of the world, Robot endures. But as tough as his physical body might be, his soul is filled with sorrow. He pines for the return of experiences he never felt, and feels both the loss and the lack as fresh wounds. Reading along with him, I felt much the same, and it hurt so good.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's envoy to the United Nations has requested that the Security Council convene following North Korea's rocket launch, Kyodo news agency reported.
North Korea launched a long-range rocket on Wednesday for the second time this year, and may have succeeded in putting a satellite into space, the stated aim of what critics say is a disguised ballistic missile test.
A spokeswoman at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo could not immediately confirm if Japan had requested a Security Council meeting.


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Darker than I expected, deep brown with ruby reflections. Solid head hanging around, nice lacing.
Not getting a whole lot from the aroma. Roasted malts, small hints of some spicing.
Taste is pretty good though. There's a decent amount of piney hops in there to give it a little bit of a bite on top of the roasted flavors. A bit of cocoa, molasses, perhaps some spices milling about in there, but nothing striking me at the moment.
It's not too shabby, but I might find another warmer more to my liking this season.


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Per Daniel Holm (* 11. September 1835 in Malingsbo, Dalarna, Schweden; † 7. August 1903 in Stockholm) war ein schwedischer Landschaftsmaler, Hochschullehrer und Konservator.

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Holm, Sohn des Geistlichen Alexander Holm und dessen Frau Christina Elisabeth Askergren, besuchte bis 1855 das Technische Institut (Teknologiska Institutet) in Stockholm. 1856 arbeitete er als Ingenieur bei der Eisenbahngesellschaft Köping-Hult, anschließend für kurze Zeit als Mitarbeiter des zoologischen Museums der Königlich Schwedischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Von 1858 bis 1863 studierte er an der Kunstakademie Stockholm Landschaftsmalerei. Dort war Nils Andersson (1817–1865) sein Lehrer. Während und nach der Studienzeit unternahm er Reisen nach Nordschweden und Norwegen. Für eine Landschaft aus Lappland erhielt er 1862 eine königliche Medaille. Mittels eines Stipendiums bereiste er in den Jahren 1864 bis 1867 Düsseldorf, München und Karlsruhe, wo er Schüler von Hans Fredrik Gude war. Über Mailand und die Schweiz ging er nach Paris und nahm dort 1867 an der Weltausstellung teil. Am 12. November 1871 heiratete er in Stockholm Ildegert Josefina Rosalie Stål (1824–1890), die Tochter eines Großhändlers. Im gleichen Jahr wurde Holm Mitglied der Stockholmer Akademie. Nachdem er bereits vertretungsweise ein Lehramt an der Kunstakademie Stockholm ausgeübt hatte, wurde er dort 1873 stellvertretender Professor, 1881 schließlich ordentlicher Professor. Parallel zu dieser Tätigkeit arbeitete er ab 1881 als Konservator am Schwedischen Nationalmuseum. Von beiden Funktionen zog er sich 1901 zurück. In den 1880er Jahren wirkte er außerdem als Grafiker und Illustrator. Zu seinen Schülern zählen Alfred Thörne und Olof Krumlinde.

Für seinen Stil wurde insbesondere die Landschaftsmalerei der Düsseldorfer Schule prägend. Wie Axel Nordgren blieb er nordischen Landschaftsmotiven und dem Stil der Düsseldorfer Landschaftsmalerei verbunden, während die meisten schwedischen Landschaftsmaler sich anderen Sujets und künstlerischen Idealen zuwandten, die sie seit den 1870er und 1880er Jahren vor allem in Frankreich fanden. Sein Œuvre umfasst 114 bekannte Ölgemälde, die zwischen 1853 und 1903 entstanden sind, sowie 53 Aquarelle, zusätzlich Skizzen und Karikaturen.

Literatur

 Jonas Gavel: P Daniel Holm. In: Svenskt biografiskt lexikon. Band 19: Heurlin–Inge. Bonnier, Stockholm 1973, S. 203 (sok.riksarkivet.se).

Weblinks

 Per Daniel Holm, Datenblatt im Portal rkd.nl (Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie)
 Per Daniel Holm, Kurzbiografie im Portal collection.nationalmuseum.se (Schwedisches Nationalmuseum)
 Per Daniel Holm, artnet.de

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The world is in a clever/dumb balance. For every clever thing that happens, a dumb thing happens at exactly the same time. As Ivysaur won the fourth series of PokéMole, the BBC commissioned a new series of Robin Hood.
Ivysaur was the winner and Hitmonlee was the PokéMole. But which human being won the series? A bigger question than ever, now that Phil is ineligible (we both agreed this would go down as my victory).
I announced last year that PokéMole 4 would never happen, but during an MSN conversation, the idea of possibly including a secret PokéMole struck me, and from then I knew I had to write it. Yet if I'm being honest, the whole idea wasn't used as well as it could have been - the end of the series especially was slightly rushed since college restraints have been greater this year than ever before. I preferred Series 3, but I still think Series 4 was a success, although not as much as it could have been.
I was in two minds which PokéMole would work well this year - the quiet ones were always the most successful, as Jumpluff proved in beating Phil, but I knew that was what everybody would be looking for, and so tried to go for a PokéMole who although was quite quiet, was sometimes at the center of the trouble.
Challenge 3 - In the Battle Dome challenge, Hitmonlee was knocked out straight away, although this wasn't strictly sabotage. As the diary entry in Episode 2 read, the PokéMole's plan did not work - Hitmonlee planned to stay to the end and then end the hopes of someone likely to win the challenge before losing himself, but plans do not always go to plan.
Challenge 4 - Hitmonlee wastes one of the lives in the number challenge.
Challenge 5 - In forcing the issue of the phone being dismantled straight away, Hitmonlee straight away takes control. It was part of a large plan of the series, to ensure Hitmonlee was always viewed as one of the most prominent members of the group.
Challenge 8 - Hitmonlee was originally going to be the one who threw this challenge, but there was a huge suspicion surrounding Hitmonlee following the start of the series, and I didn't want to tilt the boat too much, so this was removed before the episode went online.
Challenge 10 - Hitmonlee gets his question wrong.
Challenge 11 - I just liked the name "Ready, Aim, Liar". Even I was confused by what the hell the challenge was about.
Challenge 13 - Lunatone knocks over the bowl of jelly, Lunatone being the enemy dealt with by Hitmonlee.
Challenge 14 - Hitmonlee takes a 50/50 gamble in the hope of winning the lower value.
Challenge 15 - Hitmonlee gets knocked out and loses the challenge.
Challenge 16 - Hitmonlee makes a few references to the time issue, encouraging the other contestants not to return the lost Pokéblock case.
Challenge 18 - Hitmonlee loses his battle.
Challenge 19 - Read the challenge carefully. Hitmonlee doesn't say one thing. Hardly helpful.
Challenge 20 - Hitmonlee loses his battle, therefore leaving the other contestants with less time.
Challenge 22 - Hitmonlee gets one of his questions wrong.
Challenge 23 - I really wanted to write something more substantial, but couldn't be bothered. Sorry!
Let's start off with the crossword, which was a sort of double bluff attempt. You were told "The PokéMole Is Male" and I was surprised by the amount of people who thought that was all there was too it, although it truth, it was. I think this sums it up the best.
Secondly, the Spaghetti Junction. Yet again, I think this sums it up best - a clue as to who the secret PokéMole was.
Lastly, the equation. Solve it, replacing the ??? with the number appearing on the Elimination computer in Episode 1, and you get a number, which when translated using the original key in the equation, gives you KICKER - an obvious reference to Hitmonlee.
Episode 1 - 17428396158200421426 - see above.
Episode 3 - 174 and 2/3 - This was a little bit unfair; when the series was written, this was the mean number of all three of Hitmonlee's Pokédex numbers before the DP information was released.
Episode 5 - 2.718281828 - This number is known as "e" in mathematical terms, and Hitmonlee's codename in the same episode was "Vowel".
Episode 7 - 8192 - This is a perfect number, and in the same episode, Hitmonlee was a perfection reference in one of his diary entries.
1. Clicking the link in my signature played some morse code to you, which translated says "The PokéMole is Hitmonlee".
- The opening to Episode 5 claiming "this episode harbours one of your biggest clues"
3. The PokéMole's diary in Episode 2 claimed about Electrike: "he spent too little time concentrating and too much time chasing the ladies", hinting the PokéMole was male.
4. In Episode 7, the Presenter mentions "Fists of Fury" - a famous film which Bruce Lee appeared in, Bruce Lee being the person the name Hitmonlee is based on.
"Presenter: And with that, Hitmonlee leads the way, prodding any protruding moles out of the way, to create a path through the field."
Hitmonlee is prodding moles. Prodding is another word for poking. Poking Moles? PokeMoles? Come on, you have to admit that's amazing.
To quote the opening of Episode 5, "Maybe you're following something you thought you picked up on in Episode One? Just make sure you're not wasting your time...". Did anybody try piecing together the first words of each episode, as was a clue last year? There is a sentence there ;).
And now, the end. Will there be a PokéMole 5? The answer is this: maybe. I think I might write one one day, but not next year. PokéMole may make a return one day, but right now it's going into the cupboard.


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"Women of Color Celebration Dinner" Is March 4
February 13, 2009 — by Hope PR
Testimonials by outstanding senior students reflecting on their experiences at Hope College will be featured during the 12th annual "Hope College Women of Color Celebration Dinner" on Wednesday, March 4, at 5 p.m. in the Maas Center auditorium.
The students scheduled to speak are seniors Sarah Brower of Montague, Leticia Parker of Holland, Barbra Rubio of Holland and Carmen Ruffino of Holland. Also included in the evening celebration will be a senior recognition for all graduating students of color.
Tickets are $7 for the general public, $5 for members of the college's faculty and staff, and $2 for Hope students, and are available through the office of multicultural education at Hope. Open weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., the office is located on the first floor of the Martha Miller Center for Global Communication, and can be e-mailed at ome@hope.edu or called at (616) 395-7867.
The Maas Center is located at 264 Columbia Ave., on Columbia Avenue at 11th Street. The Martha Miller Center for Global Communication is located at 257 Columbia Ave., on Columbia Avenue at 10th Street.
Flying Dutch to Observe "Think Pink" Day
The Hope College women's basketball team and the student organization Athletes Coming Together will team up with the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) in the fight against breast cancer when the Flying Dutch host Adrian on Saturday (Feb. 14). The game at DeVos Fieldhouse will tipoff at 3 p.m.
Events Explore Eastern Orthodox Christian Tradition
The faith and practice of the Eastern Orthodox Church will be the focus of a series of presentations at Hope College on Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 23-24.


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Bristol House is a historic home located at Lima in Livingston County, New York. It was built between 1870 and 1875 and is a two-story, three bay wide by two bay deep, Italianate style frame dwelling.  The front facade is dominated by the elaborate canopy above the slightly recessed, paneled wooden doors of the side hall entrance.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

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Q: How to hide server controls untill angular load custom multi select dropdown i am working with asp.net webform and angular.i have few asp.net server side controls in page and i have used a angular multi select dropdown which invoke server side function to get data. so when i am running my application then server side controls comes so fast but later angular multi select display which look odd.
so please see my code and suggest me how to refactor my code to sync the server side and client side UI appear at same time.
here is bit of my server side code
public ActionResult MultiSelectCountry()
        {
            ViewBag.Countries = GetCountries();
            return View();
        }

        [NonAction]
        public JsonResult GetCountries()
        {
            List<Country> oList = new List<Country>()
           {
                new Country {ID=1,Name="United Kingdom"},
                new Country {ID=1,Name="United States"},
                new Country {ID=1,Name="Italy"},
                new Country {ID=1,Name="Germany"},
                new Country {ID=1,Name="India"}
           };
            return Json(oList);
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here is bit of my client side code

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app.js code
app.controller('MainCtrl', function ($scope, appSettings) {
    $scope.CountryList = appSettings.Settings.CountryList;
    $scope.SelectedCountryList = [];

    $scope.addLanguageToUser = function (country) {
        $scope.SelectedCountryList.push(country)
    };

    $scope.removeLanguageFromUser = function (country) {
        var idx = $scope.SelectedCountryList.indexOf(country);
        $scope.SelectedCountryList.splice(idx, 1);
    };
});

app.directive("searchableMultiselect", function ($timeout, appSettings) {
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        templateUrl: appSettings.Settings.BaseUrl + 'Angular/Directives/searchableMultiselect.html',
        restrict: 'AE',
        scope: {
            displayAttr: '@',
            selectedItems: '=',
            allItems: '=',
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            addItem: '&',
            removeItem: '&'
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            scope.width = element[0].getBoundingClientRect();

            scope.updateSelectedItems = function (obj) {
                var selectedObj;
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                    }
                }
                if (typeof selectedObj === 'undefined') {
                    scope.addItem({ item: obj });
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            scope.isItemSelected = function (item) {
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                var tmpItem;
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                    if (typeof tmpItem !== 'undefined'
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                    && typeof item[scope.displayAttr] !== 'undefined'
                    && tmpItem[scope.displayAttr].toUpperCase() === item[scope.displayAttr].toUpperCase()) {
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                    }
                }

                return false;
            };

            scope.commaDelimitedSelected = function () {
                var list = "";
                angular.forEach(scope.selectedItems, function (item, index) {
                    list += item[scope.displayAttr];
                    if (index < scope.selectedItems.length - 1) list += ', ';
                });
                return list.length ? list : "Nothing Selected";
            }
        }
    }
});

my request is modify my code in such way as a result server side controls will be visible only when multi select is ready to show. all UI related things should be visible at same time. thanks

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The Senate ad hoc committee on maize crisis has rejected the KSh 2,300 shillings per 90 kilograms bag price that was approved by Cabinet.
The committee led by Uasin Gishu Senator Prof. Margaret Kamar now wants the government to increase the price to 3000 shillings.
The committee wondered how the government lowered the price to 2300 from last year's 3,200 per 90 kg bag yet the cost of living has skyrocketed.
"From last year, the cost of living and inflation have shot up. Instead of the government increasing the price of maize, it's reducing it. This does not make sense," said Kamar who chairs the committee.
Kamar asked President Uhuru Kenyatta to intervene and reconsider the price to end farmers woes.
"We are calling on President Kenyatta to intervene and reconsider this decision as the strategic food reserve is in danger due to the continued oppression of the farmers,"she added.
According to Kamar, the committee will table its report in the Senate next week. The report recommends the price of maize to be set at a minimum of KSh3,000.
Those in the committee include; Senate Leader of Minority Moses Wetangula, Bomet Senator Christopher Langat, Trans Nzoia's Michael Mbito and Nominated Senator Mary Seneta.


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Dr. Armen Aboulian performing surgery at the Goris Medical Center
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An LA Doctor Describes Serving in Goris Hospital during the Artsakh War
Ani Duzdabanyan
LOS ANGELES / YEREVAN – In mid-October, when the war in Artsakh was intensifying, Dr. Armen Aboulian, a general and colorectal surgery specialist in Los Angeles, was one of the doctors who rushed to Armenia to save lives. This wasn't his first visit to homeland though. For five years in a row, Dr. Aboulian was teaching innovative practices of laparoscopic colon cancer surgery to his colleagues at the Astghik Medical Center in Yerevan.
This time, when he arrived to Yerevan, the Armenian Ministry of Health gave him the option of volunteering in one of two hospitals in the capital city: Erebuni Medical Center or Astghik, where many soldiers from Artsakh were already admitted. Aboulian chose Astghik Medical Center, where he stayed for two and a half days. However, after a few days, he realized that most of the patients who were receiving treatments there had already undergone surgeries in hospitals in Stepanakert or other regions. Dr. Aboulian soon realized that he could contribute more if he was closer to the frontline.
Moving to Goris Medical Center in Goris, Armenia, Aboulian joined a group of doctors and other medical professionals from diaspora and local medical facilities. The days were full of events, sometimes filled with the horrors of war and sometimes with the pure joy of a saved life.
Dr. Armen Aboulian, furthest left in third row from front (with cap), and his colleagues at the Goris Medical Center
"Unfortunately, we would see all types of injuries. The majority of them were from explosions; a lot were penetrated shrapnel injuries. In fact, when we would see a gunshot wound, we would be relieved in a sense in that at least some of the soldiers were in a gunfight. They would have been able to see where the attacks were coming from. Unfortunately, with the explosions, drones and aircraft bombs launched against Artsakh, most soldiers didn't have a chance to defend themselves," explains Aboulian.
"At one point, we even encountered a few soldiers with issues that we had a very hard time to figure out. The soldiers had evidence of a severe lung injury, almost a burn-type injury to the lungs, but there was no sign of a burn on the outside of the body. I'm assuming there was a chemical or barotrarumatic injury that had been caused to the lungs that manifested itself similar to a burn injury. That was the first time that I encountered something like this in my career." In retrospect, having had a chance to have researched the topic, Dr. Aboulian thinks this was a thermobaric weapon which uses oxygen from surrounding air to generate a high temperature explosion.
Goris Medical Center was admitting patients directly from the frontline and others who were being transferred from the different regional hospitals. They were using Goris Medical Center as a stopping point in order to be transferred again to Yerevan. Doctors in the hospital could check the intensity of military actions with the frequency of arriving ambulance vehicles. "There would be times that three or four hours would go by, and we wouldn't have a single patient. And there would be times when three ambulances would come with three or four patients in each ambulance," remembers Aboulian.
Goris Medical Center, like many other hospitals in Armenia, was not prepared to treat soldiers as patients during active war time. They weren't trauma centers and quite naturally could have been lacking some medical supplies needed in the situations like war. But Dr. Aboulian asserted that he did not experience a major lack of immediate medical supplies. He is certain that they received a lot of medical supplies from the diaspora that was directed to the medical center. However, he is very practical when it comes to the collaboration and support of the diaspora.
"When the diaspora is sending some help to various hospitals in Armenia, it has to make sure to send what is needed and not what is available to send. And if the Ministry of Health [of Armenia] decides that there is a higher need and better utility of the donated material at another hospital, then that item needs to go there," he said. During his time in Armenia, Dr. Aboulian encountered some serious issues related to the use of donated medical supplies, such as items arriving without the appropriate parts, or without anyone knowing how to safely use a product. "Here, in the United States, we would never expect health care professionals to use a new equipment without proper education and training. We have to use a similar approach when we ship equipment to Armenia," he observed.
Aboulian finds the solution in systemic changes that can be implemented during the war and peace as well. "For example, when someone has a massive injury on his abdomen and can't use his intestine, and can't eat, he can be fed by intravenous nutrition [Total Parenteral Nutrition- TPN]. In Armenia, that is not a well-established option and it's quite expensive. As a result of the war and possible collaboration with the diaspora, I would love to see a few pharmacies become experts in providing TPN to patients and hospitals. This would be an example of a useful systemic change for Armenia. Sending bandages and gauze pads may look good in pictures for social media, but real change is needed, which comes with systemic improvements to add to the capabilities of the local Armenian people," he declared.
One thing that the hospital seemed to have was a healthy supply of dedicated manpower. All the volunteers from Armenia and diaspora collaborated at full capacity to help the soldiers. Dr. Aboulian is certain that lives were not lost due to lack of a specific medical supply in the immediate time period after arrival to the medical center. However, the picture was different in the front line, where there were often challenges in transporting the injured from the front lines to safer zones. "The diaspora can continue to be helpful, and this is the time to further increase all efforts. Once such example is in the assistance with wound care, rehabilitation and eventual prosthesis fitting and retraining of the soldiers who suffered limb amputations. This is where the diaspora can come together and help our soldiers to go back to a functional life, get back to work and be a part of a society. Just because the war is over, we can't let our soldiers feel abandoned," Aboulian remarked.
During his two weeks in Armenia, he was moved by the maturity of the young soldiers – boys who didn't break even when severely injured. "Our soldiers, even though they were only 18-years old, were able to appropriately recognize the gravity of the situation and willingly put their lives on the line for their country. This is unique to the Armenian nation. A lot of soldiers that were injured, were saying 'Doc, when am I going to get better, so I can go back. My friends are over there, the guys are still there. Or my friend passed away next to me, I have to go visit his family and then I can go back to help other ones.. When I think back and compare myself at that age their level of maturity, I see a world of difference. They are impressive," Aboulian says proudly.
Dr. Aboulian was part of an "international" group of medical professionals, who had arrived to collaborate despite their different backgrounds. Overall, the goal was clear: help the soldiers as fast and effective as possible and send them to Yerevan. "Whatever difficulties we faced, I would expect to face anywhere a war has broken out and a new collaboration is created. In my group, there was a thoracic surgeon from Saratov, Russia, the orthopedic surgeon was from Yerevan, neurosurgeon from Goris, and another general surgeon besides me came from the US. The head of our team was a surgeon with military surgery experience from Russia. Obviously, we had different styles, medication and orders, and the medical language was different, but overall, we had no major issues for collaboration," he concluded. Aboulian can't let his colleagues from Armenia stay unrecognized: "I was very impressed by the willingness of the physicians from several Yerevan hospitals that had come to Goris to assist without any reservations, without any effort spared, and often without an end date."
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Unfortunately, Covid-19 didn't spare Armenia and Artsakh during the 44 days of war. According to Aboulian, it was present at the frontline and in the hospitals too. In fact, he states that a large number of medical professionals in the Goris Medical Center were infected. "With the surge of helping soldiers, the hospitals now have a bigger burden to deal with Covid too. Fortunately, most of the soldiers were young and healthy otherwise, and most of them recovered quickly from Covid," he said.
Dr. Aboulian is planning to return to Armenia to be able to help soldiers in post-war surgeries, where his skills will be needed mostly as a colorectal surgeon. "My efforts, everyone's efforts in the diaspora need to be doubled down to help Armenia get back where it was before the war and even beyond," he stressed.
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But many people say that information about the current ballot initiatives has been conflicting and confusing, especially for those who are not proficient in English. As a result, many people of color are not voting on initiatives.
This is something founder and coordinator of Sea Beez Julie Pham and Norman Sigler, of the Urban Enterprise Center, are trying to remedy.
They organized a candidates meet-and-greet and two debates on controversial initiatives currently on the ballot, Initiative 1098 (regarding a state income tax) and Initiatives 1100 and 1105 (regarding liquor sales in the state). The event took place on Oct. 15 at the Life Enrichment Bookstore, a Black-owned small business that has been in the Rainier Valley for 16 years.
I-1098 is a measure that would tax the adjusted gross income of individuals who make more than $200,000 annually or a couple (joint-filers) who make more than $400,000, beginning in 2012. Those affected would be taxed 5 percent over the amount of $200,000 or $400,000.
The measure would also cut the state portion of everyone's property taxes by 20 percent.
I-1098 is projected to net $1 billion annually ($2 billion according to some estimates), which will be dedicated to funding K–12 schooling, college tuition, health care, and long-term care for seniors.
Could the tax extend to everyone in the future?
McIlwain is wary of giving up too much power to the state legislature. If the initiative passes, after two years, lawmakers could change the law with a simple majority vote. McIlwain said this means the tax could extend to everyone. Additionally, he said, income tax rates could eventually go up.
McIlwain pointed out that Connecticut's state income tax originally applied to high-income earners.
However, it currently applies to anyone who makes $13,000 or more.
"I'm still paying off student loans," said debater Alex Porter, a general surgeon and entrepreneur. "I'm still paying back for every opportunity that I've gotten. I came from neighborhoods just like this all my life. So [I get upset] when I hear people talking about, 'We need a hand out. We need this.' " Porter was raised by a single mom who worked three jobs. He thinks that people should not be forced into a state income tax, that it should be left to individuals to decide how to distribute their wealth. He cautioned citizens against giving legislators too much power.
"Next thing you know, every person will be paying a state income tax," said Porter.
Jayapal was referring to a recent study by the Sightline Institute, which ranked Washington state last (out of 50 states) in tax fairness. "So what we're saying is that 1098 offers us an opportunity to level the playing field," said Jayapal.
Neither McIllwain and Porter argued against tax reform, but they did argue that I-1098 wasn't the right course.
Gates and Jayapal put emphasis on educating youth and helping small businesses as the best way to bolster the economy. Under I-1098, the B&O tax will be eliminated for the smallest 81 percent of businesses in Washington.
"We're talking about something that involves a very small number of people on a relatively small tax. All the good that would come from the immense amount of money when it gets banded all together, we're talking about a couple billion dollars," said Gates.
"We don't have fairness in our system. And our kids are the ones that constantly get screwed by the system that we have. …  is an opportunity for us to see our dreams come true. To see our kids graduate from high school, to see our families be able to have health care," said Jayapal.
However, those who oppose I-1098 worry that a state income tax will result in fewer new jobs.
"The seven states that don't have an income tax right now are the fastest growing in terms of job creation and economic growth. … Ironically, those states are the ones that generate the most tax revenue in the [United States]," said McIlwain, referring to Alaska, Florida, Nevada, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming, and Washington.
Stacy Nguyen can be reached at info@nwasianeekly.com.
Income tax obviously is a vehicle to generate more funds for the state. If they get more $$ then they'll spent more. Consider California, it has both state sale tax around 10% and a ten percent income tax–it's currently seethed in deep financial problems. I think the fault lies in basis financial management.


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Welcome to Day 9 of 31 Ways to Embrace Lopsided Living!
Happy Sunday! As with last week, I won't be writing a long post. Instead I'm sharing another verse I've found encouraging in my Lopsided Living journey.
God is doing a good work in the lives of His children.
That good work will not be completed until we see Jesus in glory.
We are, quite honestly, works in progress. All of us.
This concept is especially reassuring to me during this season of finishing up my book manuscript. Several times over the past weeks I've felt frustrated with the writing process, and even wondered if I could finish. My wise and gracious friend Lisa-Jo Baker spoke a great truth into my weary soul about a week ago.
Finishing is the hardest part. But it's the best part! Because it's there you find God is most faithful, when you reach the end of your words, you find it's been His words all along.
It's been His words all along.
Paul also knew it was God who had given him the strength and endurance to fight the fight and finish the race. It was Christ who had strengthened him to keep his faith.
Finishing is the hardest part. But it is the best part. Staying the course in your faith will push you into the heart of God like nothing else! And as you abide in Him, as you find Him to be your source of strength, as you see His power in your weakness, as you rest in His sufficient grace — it's right there you find it was His work all along!
We are works in progress and that is okay!
In fact, it's necessary. Because the moment we start to believe we can do this work on our own, the moment we forget it is Christ in us who is our hope in glory (Colossians 1:27), that's when we start striving to do it on our own. And we can't.
But He can … and He does.
Today, I want to offer you this prayer as a simple way to embrace lopsided living.
Father, You are the Author of my life, the One who numbers my days. You are the beginning and end. Teach me to rest in Your sovereignty and Your sufficiency.
Help me remember that I am, in fact, undone. But You are at work in me and through me, doing what is necessary for my good and for Your glory. Thank You for the stretching You do in me.
Yesterday's post: Lopsided living values progress over perfection.
Coming tomorrow: Adding anything affects everything.


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Minimum Wage: Wike to Pay N30,000 If FG Agrees
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The Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has promised to pay the proposed N30,000 as minimum wage if approved by the Federal Government.
Wike stated this on Saturday during the foundation laying of an ultra-modern secretariat for the Trade Union Congress in the state, performed by the group's national president.
He, however, says labour must realize that they are part of the building process of the country and should understand that all government's revenue cannot be used to pay wages.
"We make promises and we fulfil them. The only one left which you are contending with at the national level is the minimum wage.
"If you people agree, we will pay, but I'm not one of those who made that promise.
"The party that made the promise should solve the problem. I'm not here to solve anybody's problem. (But) if you people agree we will do it. But I will not come and begin to stay in a meeting for 15 hours… that, I will not do but I'm in support. It's just that your demands are so many.
"Today it is secretariat, the next day it is increment, the next it is pensions," Wike said.
Wike's promise comes after weeks of disagreement between FG and labour leaders over the amount to be paid as minimum wage.
While FG insists on paying N24,000 as against labour's demands of N30,000, President Buhari says he is working hard to ensure that the nation gets a new National Minimum Wage Act as soon as possible.
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using Microsoft.Win32;

namespace Dragonium
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Contains all the program versions available
    /// </summary>
    public enum ProgramVersion : byte
    {
        NotSelected = 0,
        Metro = 1,
        Classic = 2,
        OldFashioned = 3
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// The form that the user selects the program's version from
    /// </summary>
    public partial class frmSelectVersion : MetroFramework.Forms.MetroForm
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// The currently selected program version.
        /// Initial value is ProgramVersion.NotSelected
        /// </summary>
        public ProgramVersion SelectedVersion { get; private set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// The thread that automatically selects the program version if user doesn't
        /// </summary>
        public Thread SelectionThread { get; private set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes the selection form
        /// </summary>
        public frmSelectVersion()
        {
            InitializeComponent();

            Initialize();
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes the Select Version Form
        /// </summary>
        private void Initialize()
        {
            // Do some generic UI work here

            this.PostInitialize();
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes all the rest of the shit
        /// </summary>
        private void PostInitialize()
        {
            var recommended = ProgramVersion.NotSelected;

            try
            {
                var windowsVersion = Registry.GetValue(@"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\", "ProductName", "Windows x").ToString();

                if (windowsVersion.Contains("Windows 8") || windowsVersion.Contains("Windows 10"))
                    recommended = ProgramVersion.Metro;
                else if (windowsVersion.Contains("Windows 7") || windowsVersion.Contains("Windows Vista"))
                    recommended = ProgramVersion.Classic;
                else
                    recommended = ProgramVersion.OldFashioned;
            }
            catch (System.Security.SecurityException)
            {
                MessageBox.Show("DRAGONIUM got a Security Exception while trying to read the Windows-version from the Registry.\n\n" +
                                "Please make sure that you are running DRAGONIUM with full admin privileges\n\n" +
                                "Defaulting recommended program version to Old Fashioned.",
                                "Security Exception",
                                MessageBoxButtons.OK,
                                MessageBoxIcon.Error);

                recommended = ProgramVersion.OldFashioned;
            }
            catch (System.IO.IOException)
            {
                MessageBox.Show("DRAGONIUM got an IO Exception while trying to read the Windows-version from the Registry.\n\n" +
                                "Defaulting recommended program version to Old Fashioned.",
                                "IO Exception",
                                MessageBoxButtons.OK,
                                MessageBoxIcon.Error);

                recommended = ProgramVersion.OldFashioned;
            }
            catch (ArgumentException)
            {
                MessageBox.Show("DRAGONIUM got an Argument Exception while trying to read the Windows-version from the Registry.\n\n" +
                                "PLEASE REPORT THIS TO THE DEVELOPER.\n\n" +
                                "Defaulting recommended program version to Old Fashioned.",
                                "Argument Exception",
                                MessageBoxButtons.OK,
                                MessageBoxIcon.Error);

                recommended = ProgramVersion.OldFashioned;
            }

            switch (recommended)
            {
                case ProgramVersion.Metro:
                    this.Style = this.tileMetro.Style;
                    this.tileMetro.Focus();
                    break;
                case ProgramVersion.Classic:
                    this.Style = this.tileClassic.Style;
                    this.tileClassic.Focus();
                    break;
                case ProgramVersion.OldFashioned:
                    this.Style = this.tileOldFashioned.Style;
                    this.tileOldFashioned.Focus();
                    break;
                case ProgramVersion.NotSelected:
                default:
                    this.Style = this.tileOldFashioned.Style;
                    this.tileOldFashioned.Focus();
                    break;
            }

            var recommendedString = (recommended == ProgramVersion.OldFashioned) ? "Old Fashioned" : recommended.ToString();

            var defText = this.lblRecommended.Text;
            this.lblRecommended.Text = string.Format(this.lblRecommended.Text, recommendedString, "10");

            try
            {
                this.SelectionThread = new Thread(() =>
                {
                    var val = 10;

                    while (val > 1)
                    {
                        val--;

                        this.lblRecommended.Invoke(new MethodInvoker(() => this.lblRecommended.Text = string.Format(defText, recommendedString, val.ToString())));

                        Thread.Sleep(1000);
                    }

                    this.SelectedVersion = recommended;
                });

                this.SelectionThread.Start();
            }
            catch (ThreadAbortException)
            { /* Do absolutely nothing */ }

        }

        private void FinalizeAndClose()
        {
            this.SelectionThread.Abort();
            this.Close();
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Event that fires when the DRAGONIUM Metro tile has been clicked
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="sender">The tileMetro control</param>
        /// <param name="e">The event arguments</param>
        private void tileMetro_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            this.SelectedVersion = ProgramVersion.Metro;

            this.FinalizeAndClose();
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Event that fires when the DRAGONIUM Classic tile has been clicked
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="sender">The tileClassic control</param>
        /// <param name="e">The event arguments</param>
        private void tileClassic_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            this.SelectedVersion = ProgramVersion.Classic;

            this.FinalizeAndClose();
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Event that fires when the DRAGONIUM Old Fashioned tile has been clicked
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="sender">The tileOldFashioned control</param>
        /// <param name="e">The event arguments</param>
        private void tileOldFashioned_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            this.SelectedVersion = ProgramVersion.OldFashioned;

            this.FinalizeAndClose();
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Handles the label realigning after its text has been changed
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="sender">The lblRecommended control</param>
        /// <param name="e">The event arguments</param>
        private void lblRecommended_TextChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            var lbl = (MetroFramework.Controls.MetroLabel)sender;

            var lblPoint = new Point((this.Size.Width / 2) - (lbl.Size.Width / 2), lbl.Location.Y);
            lbl.Location = lblPoint;
        }
    }
}


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Złoto
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Srebro
 Daniela Pešková - strzelectwo, karabin 3 postawy indywidualnie
 Dana Veldáková - lekkoatletyka, trójskok

Brąz
 Jozef Hupka - strzelectwo, trap indywidualnie
 Zuzana Štefečeková - strzelectwo, trap podwójny indywidualnie

Linki zewnętrzne
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By Nick Campanella
Avaya Acquires Spoken Communications
Avaya is officially on board the customer experience bandwagon, announcing it has finalized its acquisition of Spoken Communications — a top company in Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS) solutions with a focus on customer experience built around conversational AI. This acquisition is huge because it improves not only goes in line with Avaya's new cloud-based approach, but also shows the provider is putting the customer first.
Cloud-based software is a significant trend, as we all know, in 2018 — and Avaya is jumping on board. By delivering their services through the cloud, Avaya can offer users the flexibility for businesses to tailor the solutions in ways that cater to their specific needs. When combined with AI, which is expected to advance SaaS, CCaaS, CRM, and VoIP services significantly, Avaya is showing its customers they're committed to offering the best possible technology that will put them in a position to be a leader again.
What Spoken Communications Brings
Spoken Communications offers a cloud-first contact center solution. However, their platform offers a simplified contact center, and requires users to piece together other solutions and third-party integrations, for full functionality. This ultimately makes it much harder to implement than standard cloud-based communications software.
So how does this fit in to Avaya? Well, according to the Avaya themselves, "With over 170 patents and patent applications, Spoken's intellectual property will supercharge Avaya's move into Big Data, Machine Learning and AI, as well."
Many CCaaS providers are still behind and are only looking into how AI can transform their solutions. This isn't necessarily a bad thing because the use of AI is still in its infancy; however, providers like Avaya who want to "supercharge" their way to the top are setting themselves up to dictate how CCaaS providers do business in 2018.
Avaya also says:
"Spoken's cloud-native, multitenant architecture is already fully integrated with Avaya customer experience technologies, providing a robust cloud architecture for Avaya's omnichannel offerings. And because Avaya and Spoken have been working in a co-development partnership for more than a year, several flexible cloud solutions are market-ready today."
Avaya is Pushing Into the Cloud
This makes the acquisition such a significant one for Avaya. Avaya customers can now take advantage of some of Spoken Communications' unique platform features without a significant learning curve, without a big wait period, and without worrying about how to incorporate these powerful integrations seamlessly into their call center services.
This acquisition will allow businesses to integrate Spoken's features at a slower pace, which, in one way, will improve customer experience naturally. Businesses will not be thrown tons of features and integrations all at once. That could actually be a bad thing for SMBs who might need more time to adjust and learn how to incorporate AI-powered CCaaS solutions into their business strategy.
Spoken Communications also brings with it "specialized agent quality software applications and services, and Spoken's IntelligentWire contact center automation solutions." Automations in CCaaS solutions will arguably benefit the most from AI because of predictive analytic capabilities that make it easier to personalize every customer experience at a rapid and consistent pace, constantly learning as it goes. So the more the automations are put into place, the better — in theory — they will become.
Jim Chirico, President and CEO of Avaya, says:
"This acquisition is the latest example of how Avaya is now moving at cloud speed and investing for the future to provide our customers and partners with the innovative cloud solutions they need."
This deal has to be more exciting for Avaya than they appear to be. Avaya is obviously recognizing that they're improving their cloud-based solutions at an incredibly fast pace. Considering Avaya not too long ago was in significant trouble, Chirico's words hold much more weight to those who've been following them from the time they filed for bankruptcy to today.
We're one of those who have followed Avaya through all their troubles, so we understand the significance of Avaya's rapid rise to the top more than most. We first heard about the acquisition at Avaya Engage. Chirico uses the words "latest example" to describe the Spoken Communications acquisition. This implies — correctly — that there are other examples of Avaya's most recent successes, which suggests they're nowhere near close to done.
Avaya is clearly confident in their cloud-based solutions. They're also aware of the fact that the customer experience will continue to be the most prioritized business trend in 2018 and beyond. AI solutions are a powerful way to personalize every customer's experience and Spoken Communications brings so many unique features to the table.
By "investing in the future," Avaya is not just looking to become one of the most talked about CCaaS solutions today, but for years to come. They're making all the right moves to make them a leader again. We believe their past mistakes play a major role in their success today.
Investing in the future is always a smart business move, especially in today's trust economy, because doing so naturally puts the customer over the business first. As AI and cloud-based solutions become more normalized, we can expect to see Avaya's name more as well.
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Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of Bremen
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The Town Hall of Bremen is the seat of the President of the Senate and Mayor of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. It is one of the most important examples of Brick Gothic architecture in Europe. Since 1973, it is protected by the monument protection act. In July 2004, along with the Bremen Roland, the building was added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
The city hall stands on the market square of the historic town centre. Directly in front of it is the statue of Roland, mentioned above. Opposite the square the Chamber of Commerce is located, to the right are Bremen Cathedral and the modern parliament building, whilst to the left is Our Lady's Church. On the west side of the square the sculpture The Town Musicians of Bremen by Gerhard Marcks is displayed.
The Bremer Schaffermahl is a traditional banquet held in the Town Hall annually.
The Town Hall of Bremen is the seat of the President of the Senate and Mayor of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen.
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Parco Nazionale del Cilento, Vallo di Diano e Alburni
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If you'd like more information about home staging to sell your house quickly in Plantation, contact The Greater Florida Realty Team at Coral Shores Realty and I'll help you with promoting the best image for your home.
Prior to listing your real estate for sale, consider a surefire way to sell your house: careful home staging. Some advantages to home staging include fewer days on the market and better offers. If your goal is to sell your house quickly, consider a well-planned approach to home staging.
Home staging is part of preparing your home for an Open House. Staging concentrates energy on your home's presentation to buyers and buyers' agents while showing off the details of your home with thoughtfully placed furniture and photos so that your home looks bigger and buyers can picture their lives in your home.
Curb appeal is your first chance to create a strong first impression on buyers from a street perspective. The pluses and minuses that jump out at buyers shape their initial thoughts about your home and how you keep up your house's regular maintenance.Acknowledging this helps us to decide what measures we can take to entice buyers from the street and into your house. If your house isn't the best it can look on the outside with retouched paint and colorful garden plants it's time to get those things done. Follow the Curb Appeal Checklist and increase your home's final selling price.
Could a buyer picture themselves enjoying game night in your living area, unwinding in your reading nook or getting work done in your home office? I want your house to welcome buyers and offer them a sense of contentment. I'll help you accomplish this by recommending small improvements that highlight your home's features. I'll help you get rid of anything that gives the appearance of clutter. Tabletops should be cleared off. Kitschy sculptures, sentimental items, family photos, and refrigerator works of art should get stored away too. You need to give mass appeal to the home so buyers can perceive it as their new house.
I know instantly where a room's best features are and how to show them off. I'll note the pieces of furniture that should be put in storage, rooms that need a fresh coat of paint, rugs needing to be changed, fixtures that need polishing, and any other improvement that can easily be made to positively influence the sale.
I'll ensure your home has mass appeal and that it's inviting, avoiding "loud" or "personalized" shades on the walls and furniture. And if you've already moved out, you can try borrowing furnishings. You want your house to look lived in as opposed to bare and uninhabited.
You'll know when for the Open House, because all of the changes come together to set the stage for what buyers can look forward to when they consider buying your house. Dark rooms can be a real mood killer, so we'll do things like draw back curtains and reduce shadows where needed to show off your home. Together we'll enhance the ambiance with enjoyable music to listen to while guests take a walk-through of your home and ensure a nice scent flows from every room. We'll add cozy-looking throws, and pillows on your love seat and bed. We want buyers to feel like your home has the potential to be.


The gang's all here on this darling one sheet -- Alice, Mad Hatter, Caterpillar, March Hare, Tweedle Dee and Dum, Dodo, and Queen of Hearts. What a fabulous crew of characters inspired by Lewis Carroll's beloved tale! Exquisitely brought to life by Walt Disney, the picture features the voices of Kathryn Beaumont, Ed Wynn, Jerry Colonna, and Sterling Holloway. One of Disney's most timeless and enduring animated films, generation after generation has experienced its magic, making original paper highly sought after. This popular piece shows pinholes in the corners and background, small tears in the image area, fold wear, cross fold separation, a scratch in the image area and extra vertical creases. Fine+.


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package de.pesse.gwt.jsinterop.threejs.examples.client;

import jsinterop.annotations.JsIgnore;
import jsinterop.annotations.JsType;
import jsinterop.core.Window;
import jsinterop.core.Window.AnimationFrameCallback;

import com.google.gwt.event.logical.shared.ResizeEvent;
import com.google.gwt.event.logical.shared.ResizeHandler;

import de.pesse.gwt.jsinterop.threeJs.cameras.PerspectiveCamera;
import de.pesse.gwt.jsinterop.threeJs.core.Geometry;
import de.pesse.gwt.jsinterop.threeJs.geometries.BoxBufferGeometry;
import de.pesse.gwt.jsinterop.threeJs.loaders.TextureLoader;
import de.pesse.gwt.jsinterop.threeJs.materials.Material;
import de.pesse.gwt.jsinterop.threeJs.materials.MeshBasicMaterial;
import de.pesse.gwt.jsinterop.threeJs.materials.MeshBasicMaterialParameters;
import de.pesse.gwt.jsinterop.threeJs.objects.Mesh;
import de.pesse.gwt.jsinterop.threeJs.renderers.WebGLRenderer;
import de.pesse.gwt.jsinterop.threeJs.renderers.WebGLRendererParameters;
import de.pesse.gwt.jsinterop.threeJs.scenes.Scene;
import de.pesse.gwt.jsinterop.threeJs.textures.Texture;

@JsType(namespace="ThreeJsExamples")
public class Box
{

	private Object canvas;
	private PerspectiveCamera cam;
	private WebGLRenderer renderer;
	private Mesh mesh;
	private Scene scene;

	private AnimationFrameCallback callback;

	@JsIgnore
	public Box()
	{
		this( null );
	}

	public Box( Object canvas )
	{

		this.canvas = canvas;

		init();
	}

	private void init()
	{

		cam = new PerspectiveCamera(70, (float) Window.getInnerWidth() / (float) Window.getInnerHeight(), 1, 1000);

		cam.position.z = 400;

		scene = new Scene();

		Texture texture = new TextureLoader().load("textures/crate.gif");

		Geometry geometry = new BoxBufferGeometry(200, 200, 200);

		Material material = new MeshBasicMaterial(new MeshBasicMaterialParameters.Builder().map(texture).build());

		mesh = new Mesh(geometry, material);

		scene.add(mesh);

		if ( canvas != null )
		{
			renderer = new WebGLRenderer( new WebGLRendererParameters.Builder()
				.canvas(canvas)
				.build() );
		}
		else
		{
			renderer = new WebGLRenderer();
			canvas = renderer.domElement;
		}
		renderer.setPixelRatio(Window.getDevicePixelRatio());
		renderer.setSize(Window.getInnerWidth(), Window.getInnerHeight());

		com.google.gwt.user.client.Window.addResizeHandler(new ResizeHandler()
		{

			@Override
			public void onResize(ResizeEvent event)
			{
				cam.aspect = (float) Window.getInnerWidth() / (float) Window.getInnerHeight();
				cam.updateProjectionMatrix();

				renderer.setSize(Window.getInnerWidth(), Window.getInnerHeight());
			}
		});

		callback = new AnimationFrameCallback()
		{

			@Override
			public void execute()
			{
				Window.requestAnimationFrame(callback);

				renderer.render(scene, cam);

				mesh.rotation.x += 0.005;
				mesh.rotation.y += 0.01;
			}
		};

		Window.requestAnimationFrame(callback);
	}

	public Object getCanvas()
	{
		return canvas;
	}
}