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Vision is a native BeOS/Haiku IRC client.
In addition, a number of the Unix clients, such as irssi have been ported to Haiku.
The mTCP suite of applications includes IRCjr, a basic IRC client for MS-DOS systems, which can even run within DOSBox.


Child Support Calculation: Does My Income Only Include My Salary?
The first step while determining the amount of child support payments is the calculation of the parental income. The income of both of the parents will be calculated, and a number of different types of income will be considered. Child support obligations will be investigated by using the gross earnings per month of each parent.
Sometimes, parents mistakenly believe that only the monthly salary is considered income. Apart from the salary, your overtime payments as well as commissions and tips that you earn as part of your job may also be considered income.
Any benefits that you're receiving from federal or state programs like the Social Security Disability Insurance program or the Workers' Compensation Insurance program are also considered as earnings. Investment income, business profits, and rental earnings will also be factored in.
However, certain types of investment earnings may not be included in your income calculations. To understand what types of income will be included in the calculations, discuss your case with a Leadville family lawyer. These calculations can be difficult to make, and may be confusing for a layperson.
Calculation of parental earnings is a critically important step in the determination of child support payments. Whether you are the one receiving the payments, or the one who will have to make payments, it is important to discuss your situation with a Leadville family lawyer to protect your rights.
Divorce, even when it is an amicable one or one that is mutually agreed to by both parties, is often a complicated process. Some of the most important elements of a divorce have to do with child support determination. Remember, that your children have the right to full parental support, and any mistakes that you make can prove expensive for you and for your children. Discuss your situation with a Leadville family lawyer.
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One of the most unique features of the site is that models appear in different outfits with a product to show shoppers different ways it can be worn. Custom development The dedicated team of any prestaShop development service would be well equipped to handle complex issues and offer efficient website through custom development. I believe that having chosen your target audience, you can create very specific and cost-effective online marketing campaigns with banners and text ads. A single shopping app for the entire internet, or in other words a fashion e-commerce aggregator, can potentially solve this problem by allowing users to shop for products across multiple retailers on their mobile phones. These changes stem from different directions — globalization, technology e-commerce, digitization and sustainability social and environmental concerns — and are in many ways interconnected. I came across a similar article; Hope it will add value to you target audience. Best Fashion Ecommerce Sites Fashion brands face stiff competition online.
Our team can discuss your custom functionality needs and tailor a solution that matches your online brand and eCommerce goals. Suddenly, the Internet not only offered possibilities to display products and services, but products could also be increasingly ordered online. Consequently, the number of brands has increased manifold in recent years. Product Reviews Reviews from real customers can increase sales significantly. Browsing each one of those websites are time consuming — choose same size, same style, same pattern, etc… That is why e-commerce aggregators are becoming so popular.
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Assessing the Viability of Social Media for Disseminating Evidence-Based Nutrition Practice Guideline Through Content Analysis of Twitter Messages and Health Professional Interviews: An Observational Study
A healthcare social media research article published in Journal of Medical Internet Research, November 14, 2016
Deric Kenne, Jenica K Abram, Michael Fleming, Rosa K. Hand, Taylor M Wolfram
10.2196/jmir.5811
Given the high penetration of social media use, social media has been proposed as a method for the dissemination of information to health professionals and patients. This study explored the potential for social media dissemination of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Evidence-Based Nutrition Practice Guideline (EBNPG) for Heart Failure (HF). The objectives were to (1) describe the existing social media content on HF, including message content, source, and target audience, and (2) describe the attitude of physicians and registered dietitian nutritionists (RDNs) who care for outpatient HF patients toward the use of social media as a method to obtain information for themselves and to share this information with patients. The methods were divided into 2 parts. Part 1 involved conducting a content analysis of tweets related to HF, which were downloaded from Twitonomy and assigned codes for message content (19 codes), source (9 codes), and target audience (9 codes); code frequency was described. A comparison in the popularity of tweets (those marked as favorites or retweeted) based on applied codes was made using t tests. Part 2 involved conducting phone interviews with RDNs and physicians to describe health professionals' attitude toward the use of social media to communicate general health information and information specifically related to the HF EBNPG. Interviews were transcribed and coded; exemplar quotes representing frequent themes are presented. The sample included 294 original tweets with the hashtag "#heartfailure." The most frequent message content codes were "HF awareness" (166/294, 56.5%) and "patient support" (97/294, 33.0%). The most frequent source codes were "professional, government, patient advocacy organization, or charity" (112/277, 40.4%) and "patient or family" (105/277, 37.9%). The most frequent target audience codes were "unable to identify" (111/277, 40.1%) and "other" (55/277, 19.9%). Significant differences were found in the popularity of tweets with (mean 1, SD 1.3 favorites) or without (mean 0.7, SD 1.3 favorites), the content code being "HF research" (P=.049). Tweets with the source code "professional, government, patient advocacy organizations, or charities" were significantly more likely to be marked as a favorite and retweeted than those without this source code (mean 1.2, SD 1.4 vs mean 0.8, SD 1.2, P=.03) and (mean 1.5, SD 1.8 vs mean 0.9, SD 2.0, P=.03). Interview participants believed that social media was a useful way to gather professional information. They did not believe that social media was useful for communicating with patients due to privacy concerns and the fact that the information had to be kept general rather than be tailored for a specific patient and the belief that their patients did not use social media or technology. Existing Twitter content related to HF comes from a combination of patients and evidence-based organizations; however, there is little nutrition content. That gap may present an opportunity for EBNPG dissemination. Health professionals use social media to gather information for themselves but are skeptical of its value when communicating with patients, particularly due to privacy concerns and misconceptions about the characteristics of social media users.

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Posted on: 05 Sep 2012 | Tags: 2012 London Olympics Games , France Tourism , France Tourist Visa , Paris , Visit Visa , Visitor Visa ,
Paris was upset to lose the 2012 Olympic Games to London, but it may have won the tourism contest as it expects a record number of visitors this year. While London hoteliers fretted that tourists without Olympic tickets had avoided the city, the Paris tourism office said the numbers of people coming to the French capital were up, with foreign visits growing strongly in the first half of the year – including a surge from Britain. During the two weeks of the games themselves, hotel occupancy in Paris did slip by 2.3 percentage points to just above 70 per cent, compared with the same period last year, the tourism office said. But Paul Roll, director-general, said overall Paris – the original favourite to win the Olympics – suffered no negative effect because the Olympics went to London instead. "We said from the beginning we didn't feel we would have any problems and we didn't," he told the Financial Times. Industry officials said it was difficult to measure the effect of the games on tourists' decision-making, pointing out that while some might have chosen to visit Paris and other destinations instead of London, other long-haul holidaymakers might have decided to skip a European trip in 2012 altogether. But JacTravel, a British wholesale accommodation provider that books hotel rooms across Europe, said Paris and other cities such as Berlin and Dublin appeared to have benefited from a "displacement effect". It said its bookings in Paris were up 26 per cent during the two weeks of the Olympics compared with the same period last year – helped by hoteliers who were prepared to lower their rates, having initially increased prices in anticipation of cashing in on the Olympics. "Paris stood out as doing particularly well," said Angela Skelly, online director at JacTravel. Whatever the exact effect, the Paris tourism office said that after a strong start to the year it now expected the overall number of hotel stays to surpass last year's record of 15.6m. Business travel accounts for 45 per cent of these stays. According to figures it released this week, hotel nights in Paris in the first half of the year were up 1.4 per cent at 7.8m and the average nightly room price rose by 7 per cent to €164 compared with a year ago. The effects of the eurozone crisis were evident in a 3.2 per cent fall in domestic visits – and a whopping 22 per cent fall in Spanish visitors. But that was more than compensated for by a 15 per cent rise in US tourists – at 670,000, the biggest foreign share – and an 8 per cent jump to 503,000 in those coming across the English channel. Mr Roll said the declining value of the euro against the US dollar and sterling was an important factor driving these increases. Source: Hugh Carnegy Link: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dda56ffe-ede7-11e1-8d72-00144feab49a.html#axzz25aADRS3M
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Shake gently to chill, top with prosecco, pour into coupe, express orange peel and run along glass, discard.
Pour over ice and seltzer. Garnish with orange and mint.
Stir, strain into chilled coupe. Garnish with lemon peel.
Stir to chill and dilute. Garnish with orange peel.
Garnihs with a slice of orange.


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Sandstone water features offer a natural and durable option for those looking for a show stopping water feature in their garden. Available in columns and spheres in various different sizes, I am sure we will have something for you. You can use the filters on the left to narrow you search or call our helpful specialists for advice.
Indian rainbow sandstone is used for the majority of the sandstone fountains we sell. When wet these features really come alive as the water shows of the unique colours and contours of this natural stone.


The original Fussingø castle was built around 1555 by Albert Skeel. It was located in Gammelhaven at the bank of Fussing Lake.
The present Fussingø Castle was built in 1795 by Count Christian Ludvig Scheel von Plessen.
At present, Fussingø is owned by the Danish state. During the summer it is possible to visit the castle on guided tours and special events.


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Q: NetGraph/Model for BERT? Does anyone know of a way to get the BERT model working for word embeddings in Mathematica? Doesn't seem to be available on GitHub or the Wolfram Net Repo...

A: As Wolfram Language 12 is just released so are the following new relevant models compatible with it. They were just added to the Wolfram Neural Network repository:

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*BERT Trained on BookCorpus and English Wikipedia Data - Represent text as a sequence of vectors

*GPT Transformer Trained on BookCorpus Data - Generate text in English and represent text as a sequence of vectors
There are more updates in Neural Nets Repo that can be quickly scanned at:
https://resources.wolframcloud.com/NeuralNetRepository/all
There is more to come of course, stay tuned !

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This cup will remind you about healthy drinks only .
Such as 8 cups of water a day , herbs drink and green tea.
NOT for soft drinks or sugar filled drinks. Mind for Life logo at the bottom of the cup and special message to remind you for healthy drinks.
The Slimmer Meal Plate provides a simple way to plan meals for you and your family. You don't have to count anything or read long lists of foods. You can use our plate to fill it up with the right amounts of vegetable, starch and protein. The sizes are drawn on the plate and a picture representing each type of food is represented on the plate.
This set of cup and plate will help you to achieve your ideal healthy goal, through your meals and drinks.
at Ryde- Parramatta Golf club on Saturday 25th June, 2016.
Includes Light Lunch ( Gourmet Sandwiches), Coffee and Tea Provided. If you can't come to this seminar you will have the option to change your ticket for our next seminar on the Sunday 21st August. Located in Hornsby.
You'll receive a table seat closer to the stage including attendance to the 4 workshops that will follow the main seminar. Runs 11 am to 4pm at Ryde- Parramatta Golf club on Saturday 25th June, 2016. Includes: Light Lunch ( Gourmet Sandwiches), Coffee and Tea Provided. If you can't come to this seminar you will have the option to change your ticket for our next seminar on the Sunday 21st August. Located in Hornsby.
Have you been struggling with maintaining a healthy weight? Are you too busy to find time to exercise or cook healthy meals? Are your kids or family members putting on weight slowly and maybe you feel helpless in helping them?
The information that is available about healthy life style is conflicting and confusing. One day you hear about fats as not being healthy, the next day they are healthy and this is only one example.
Have you tried a hundred different programs and diets to try to lose the weight? Are you being tempted constantly by the unhealthy rich food that is on offer anywhere? No wonder that 64% of adult population is overweight or obese. On top of that you have to struggle with your own mind the lack of motivation to be active and avoid the temptations to binge and emotional eat.
Where to start? What to do? And how to maintain what you doing?
We are a new charity that works with a team of health professionals to help people overcome the overweight and obesity problem.
We want to help individuals that are in need of support, advice, help and coaching to be able to switch to a healthy life style that can be maintained for good. A healthy life style that can fit in with your busy schedule and a mindset that will give you the motivation to be active and make the right choices. We do this through advanced Neuro science methods that help you change habits in a way that is easy and permanent.
We can give you the right information, exercise tips that are effective and easy to follow and incorporate into you busy life style. The problem is that information and advice need to be individualised, for each person experiences the problem in a different way.
Each person will have to have a food plan and exercise plan that are right for them and we aim to address that as well.
To introduce what we do to the public and to educate as many people as possible as well as start to create the shift we are going to run a series of health seminars. This seminar will be different that what you have experienced before.
You will have the chance to hear from the experts and also participate in hands on workshops that will help you start shifting your current life style.
Get the latest information about what to eat, how to plan you meals and how to make sure your digestion is working properly. Is sugar good for you? Find out the latest information about sugar and its affects and how to replace it or stop craving it. How much excersize do you really need? How can exercise be incorporated into your busy lives?
Get tips for exercise routines that are effective in getting you the results you want.
How does stress affect your ability to lose weight and what to do about it. Learn some effective relaxation and meditation techniques to deal with stress. Experience relaxation in the workshop.
The workshop will provide you with 2 experiential techniques that you can take away and use at home as well to relieve stress and improve well-being instantly. You will know what are your current level of stress and you will be able to feel calmer and more energised.
Learn how to stop junk food cravings and overcome emotional eating through Neuro Science.
You will leave with a better understanding of your unhealthy food habits and with tools to manage those cravings. You might even experience a change in attitude towards certain junk food in the workshop. You will also get a bag of goodies offered by companies supporting our cause and you will be able to access some great offers and discounts.
Get to network and buddy with other people that have the same issues. Team up and create great connections that can help with your changing your lifestyle.
Start now by joining our August workshops & pledging on a Mind for Life reward here!


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Guest Recital
The SIPC 2007 winner Tom Poster will give a recital in RCS Stevenson Hall on Tuesday 17 June at 12.30 pm following the announcement of the semifinalists. This recital is free of charge.
Tom will play the Bluthner piano which was part of his first prize in 2007.
Stage I, Friday 13 June 2014
While the pianists are playing, the audience is requested to be as silent as possible, since coughing, rustling and other noises are easily picked up by the sensitive recording equipment in use. There will be a pause between competitors to allow for piano change as required. Please note: All timings are approximate
10.00am - Mohammed Shams
Prelude and Fugue No.4 in c-sharp minor, BWV849 from Well-Tempered Clavier Book I
Étude in a minor 'Winter Wind', Op.25 No.11
Sonata No.52 in E-flat, Hob.XVI/52 I. Allegro (Moderato) II. Adagio III. Finale: Presto
10.35am - David Malusa
Prelude and Fugue No.2 in c minor, BWV871 from Well-Tempered Clavier Book II
Intermezzo in e-flat minor, Op.118 No.6
Totentanz, S.126
11.10am - Denis Zhdanov
Sonata No.81 in g minor, Sonata No.23 in D-flat
Étude in c-sharp minor, Op.10 No.4
2 Preludes Op.27, No.1 in G minor: Patetico, No 2 in B: Andante, 2 Poèmes, Op.32, 1. Andante cantabile 2. Allegro
Étude-tableau in D, Op.39 No.9
11.50am - HyeJin Kim
Prelude and Fugue No.12 in f minor, BWV881 from Well-Tempered Clavier Book II
Sonata in c minor, Op.29 No.4, I. Allegro molto sostenuto II. Andante assai, III. Allegro con brio, ma non leggiero
12.25pm - Kayoung An
Sonata No.31 in A-flat, Op.110
a.i.1.a.i.I. Moderato cantabile molto espressivo
a.i.1.a.i.II. Allegro molto
a.i.1.a.i.III. Adagio, ma non troppo
a.i.1.a.i.IV. Fuga, Allegro, ma non troppo
'Gnomenreigen' from Two Concert Études, S.145
2.30pm - John Fisher
Sonata No.47 in b minor, Hob.XVI:32
II. Menuetto III. Finale: Presto
Grandes études de Paganini No.6 in a minor, S.140
Islamey, Op.18
3.05pm - Beatrice Magnani
Sonata No.50 in D, H.XVI:37
I. Allegro con brio II. Largo e sostenuto
III. Finale: Presto ma non troppo
Grandes études de Paganini No.2 in E-flat S.140
Wasserklavier
Mephisto Waltz No.1, S.514
3.40pm - Liana Gevorgyan
French Overture in b minor, BWV831
I. Overture II. Courante III. Gavotte I/II
IV. Passepied I/II V. Sarabande VI. Bourrée I/II
VII. Gigue VIII. Echo
4.15pm - Daniel Ciobanu
Sonata in d minor, K.213
Sonata No.23 in f minor 'Appassionata', Op.57
Bacanale
4.50pm - Jianing Kong
Sonata in G, K.454
Sonata No.32 in c minor, Op.111
I. Maestoso – Allegro con brio ed appassionato
II. Arietta: Adagio molto, semplice e cantabile
5.25pm - Jonathan Fournel
Prelude and Fugue No.20 in a minor, BWV889 from Well-Tempered Clavier Book II
Sonata No.14 in c minor, K457
I. Molto allegro
Étude No.10 in b minor, Op.25
7.30pm - Jinhyung Park
Prelude and Fugue No.3 in c-sharp major, BWV848 from Well-Tempered Clavier Book I
Transcendental Étude No.10 in f minor, S.139
Étude in A-flat, Op.10 No.10
Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante in E flat, Op.22
8.05pm - Atsushi Imada
Prelude and Fugue No.21 in B-flat , BWV866 from Well-Tempered Clavier Book I
Grandes études de Paganini, S.141
No.2 in E-flat – Andante capriccioso
Sonata No.11 in B-flat, Op.22
I. Allegro con brio
II. Adagio con molto espressione
III. Menuetto IV. Rondo: Allegretto
8.40pm - Dinara Klinton
Sonata in f minor, K466
Sonata in G, K455
Sonata in F-sharp 'à Thérèse', Op.78
I. Adagio cantabile – Allegro ma non troppo
II. Allegro vivace
Étude-Tableau in a minor, Op.39 No.6
Transcendental Étude No.5 'Feux follets'
Stage 1 recitals
RCS – 9.25am, 2.30pm, 7.30pm
RCS – 10.00am, 2.30pm, 7.30pm
Monday 16 June
RCS Café bar
11 am – announcement of semi-finalists
Semi-final recitals
RCS – 2.00pm, 7.30pm
Friday 20 June
11 am – announcement of finalists
Concerto Final
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall


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The Iraq Surge of Credibility
The surge must indeed be working in Iraq if even the Washington Post bluntly admits it:
[I]t's looking more and more as though those in and outside of Congress who last month were assailing Gen. Petraeus's credibility and insisting that there was no letup in Iraq's bloodshed were -- to put it simply -- wrong.
Details from the Washington Post:
In September, Iraqi civilian deaths were down 52 percent from August and 77 percent from September 2006, according to the Web site icasualties.org. The Iraqi Health Ministry and the Associated Press reported similar results. U.S. soldiers killed in action numbered 43 -- down 43 percent from August and 64 percent from May, which had the highest monthly figure so far this year. The American combat death total was the lowest since July 2006 and was one of the five lowest monthly counts since the insurgency in Iraq took off in April 2004.
During the first 12 days of October the death rates of Iraqis and Americans fell still further. So far during the Muslim month of Ramadan, which began Sept. 13 and ends this weekend, 36 U.S. soldiers have been reported as killed in hostile actions. That is remarkable given that the surge has deployed more American troops in more dangerous places and that in the past al-Qaeda has staged major offensives during Ramadan. Last year, at least 97 American troops died in combat during Ramadan. Al-Qaeda tried to step up attacks this year, U.S. commanders say -- so far, with stunningly little success.
The trend could change quickly and tragically, of course. Casualties have dropped in the past for a few weeks only to spike again. There are, however, plausible reasons for a decrease in violence. Sunni tribes in Anbar province that once fueled the insurgency have switched sides and declared war on al-Qaeda. The radical Shiite leader Moqtada al-Sadr ordered a cease-fire last month by his Mahdi Army. Lt. Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, the top day-to-day commander in Iraq, says al-Qaeda's sanctuaries have been reduced 60 to 70 percent by the surge.
Update: Fresh off the presses of the Washington Post today, further confirmation that the terrorists of Al Qaeda in Iraq have been dealt devastating blows.
Gina Cobb on October 15, 2007 at 03:57 AM | Permalink
And a big, resounding THANK YOU and CONGRATULATIONS for any US and coalition troops reading this!
Posted by: 1389 | October 16, 2007 at 01:02 AM


A ball of red bean paste covered in sesame seeds surprised me.
To be perfectly honest, red bean paste ranks up there with bubble tea. But in this case, the layer of sesame seeds kind of made it alright.
We had been walking around a second burgeoning Chinatown in Brooklyn (the other is in Sunset Park) and after eating a lot of lunch, I insisted in some sweets.


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Posts Tagged 'Amy Reeder'
Women & NB Creators at Marvel Comics Watch, November 2018 Solicits: 29 Creators on 28 Books
When the November solicits were released last month, it looked like Marvel was taking a big step in terms of representation and were moving toward finishing the year on a high note. Then things changed. The numbers didn't crater by any means, but a big jump got noticeably smaller. It's an odd set of circumstances, and we'll dig into it all after we look at who was originally scheduled to do what at Marvel in November:
Afua Richardson: Shuri #2 (variant cover)
Aud Koch: The Vision #1 (interior art)
Chelsea Cain: The Vision #1 (co-writer)
Elizabeth Torque: Captain America #5 (variant cover), Spider-Geddon #3 (variant cover)
Elsa Charretier: Star Wars: Han Solo – Imperial Cadet #1 (variant cover)
Gail Simone: Domino #8 (writer)
Jen Bartel: Black Panther #6 (interior art), Ironheart #1 (variant cover), Uncanny X-Men #1 (variant cover)
Jody Houser: Spider-Girls #2 (writer)
Kelly Thompson: Mr. and Mrs. X #5 (writer), Uncanny X-Men #1 (co-writer), Uncanny X-Men #2 (co-writer), Uncanny X-Men #3 (co-writer), West Coast Avengers #4 (writer)
Margaret Stohl: The Life of Captain Marvel #5 (writer)
Marguerite Sauvage: The Life of Captain Marvel #5 (interior art)
Mariko Tamaki: Infinity Wars: Infinity Warps #1 (co-writer), X-23 #6 (writer)
Natacha Bustos: Infinity Wars: Infinity Warps #1 (interior art), Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #37 (cover)
Rosi Kampe: Spider-Gwen: Ghost Spider #2 (interior art)
Sara Pichelli: Fantastic Four #4 (interior art)
Seanan McGuire: Marvel Super Hero Adventures: Captain Marvel – Mealtime Mayhem #1 (co-writer), Spider-Gwen: Ghost Spider #2 (writer)
Stephanie Hans: Ironheart #1 (variant cover)
All together, 29 female creators were scheduled to work on 28 different books at Marvel this November, 4 more creators than in October and 5 more books. As best as I can tell, there are no non-binary creators in this round of solicits. This is a very solid gain, and a good beginning to the end of a year that has seen some troubling lows at Marvel. But then Marvel decided to cancel The Vision, without releasing a single issue. Apparently the book didn't fit with the publisher's new plans for the character or some such. So while Chelsea Cain and Aud Koch are listed in the solicits, their book isn't coming out and that 4 creator gain is now only 2. Now, 2 isn't terrible; any gain is a plus in the superhero comic business. But wow, after an already very rough year for gender representation at Marvel, this cancellation is bizarre.
We do have a new name, though. Eve Ewing is writing the new Ironheart series, which should be rad. That's about it, though. Everyone else we've seen before, last month or in the recent past. But shout out to my pal Kelly Thompson, who's writing or co-writing FIVE books for Marvel this month. She's blowing up and I'm loving it because she is super excellent at what she does.
In terms of female characters, we've got the aforementioned Ironheart series starring Riri Williams. And we've got some group books, too. It looks like every mutant ever is going to be in Uncanny X-Men, so look for your favourite ladies there, while Proxima Midnight is part of a new Black Order series. Everything else is dudes, though. The Vision would have featured Viv, but it is no more.
Overall, November's looking to be kind of a weird month for Marvel. The Vision situation is just odd, and takes what looked to be some solid growth down to something a bit more humdrum. I suppose they're not going backwards, at least. That's good to see after the publisher's disastrous performances earlier this year. Growth is growth, however slow. But dang, Marvel needs to learn to stop shooting themselves in the foot.
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Women & NB Creators at Marvel Comics Watch, October 2018 Solicits: 25 Creators on 23 Books
Marvel has A LOT going on in October. A ton of new series and minis, an array of one-shots, a big "Spider-geddon" event, plus all of their usual fare. Their output is in the ballpark of 85 new comic books for the month, about 10 more than they usually release. The increase in production hasn't come with an increase in representation, though. Female and non-binary creator numbers are set to hold steady at a level that, while better than their recent lows, remains well off their recent highs. Let's take a look at who is doing what at Marvel this October:
Amy Reeder: Spider-Girls #1 (variant cover)
Becky Cloonan: Moon Knight #200 (cover)
Gurihiru: The Unstoppable Wasp #1 (interior art, cover)
Jen Bartel: The Life and Times of Captain Marvel #4 (variant cover)
Jenny Frison: X-Men Red #9 (cover)
Kelly Thompson: Mr. and Mrs. X #4 (writer), West Coast Avengers #3 (writer)
Leah Williams: What If? Magik #1 (writer), X-Men Black – Emma Frost #1 (writer)
Margaret Stohl: The Life and Times of Captain Marvel #4 (writer)
Rosi Kampe: Spider-Gwen a.k.a. Ghost Spider #1 (interior art)
Seanan McGuire: Spider-Gwen a.k.a. Ghost Spider #1 (writer), X-Men Black: Mystique #1 (writer)
Stephanie Hans: Asgardians of the Galaxy #2 (variant cover)
The Soska Sisters: Avengers Halloween Special #1 (co-writers)
Yasmine Putri: Shatterstar #1 (cover), Spider-Girls #1 (cover), The Unstoppable Wasp #1 (variant cover)
All together, there are 25 different female creators scheduled to work on 23 different books at Marvel in October, 1 fewer creator than in September but 2 more books. To the best of my knowledge, there are no non-binary creators in this round of solicits. Now, holding steady in the mid-20s isn't a terrible place for Marvel to be. We've seen terrible earlier this year, when the publisher's numbers were in the low teens. But we've also seen them in the high 30s before, so Marvel is still pretty far behind the level they're capable of hitting. Plus, with a slew of new books, you'd hope for a bit of a jump overall. None is a little disappointing.
That doesn't mean there aren't some new names in the mix, though. We've got Seanan McGuire writing a new Spider-Gwen series and a Mystique one-shot, and the Soska Sisters (Jen and Sylvia) co-penning a story in the Avengers Halloween Special. There are some returning favourites, too: I think it's been a couple years since we've seen Rosi Kampe, who's doing interior art for the Spider-Gwen book, and Nnedi Okorafor is back with a new Shuri series that should be super cool.
Also, I should point out that the publisher is doing a bunch of Marvel Battle Lines variant covers in October, many of which feature Korean artists who seem to have little to no English web presence. While I did my best to track each of them down, I've still got a couple of question marks, and those folks could possibly be female or non-binary creators.
In terms of fictional characters, ladies are set to have a big month with this October bonanza. Spider-Geddon is set to feature Spider-Gwen and "every Spider-Woman ever," plus we've got new minis like Spider-Force with Jessica Drew and Ashley Barton, Spider-Girls with Mayday, Spiderling, and two Spider-Girls, and the new Spider-Gwen a.k.a. Ghost Spider series. Elsewhere, Shuri has a new book, The Unstoppable Wasp is back, and we've got a What If? oneshot starring Magik and two X-Men Black oneshots that focus on Emma Frost and Mystique. It's a busy month!
Overall, while there are some new names at Marvel and that's always fun, the new names aren't enough to counter the lack of holdovers from last month and the numbers are remaining relatively steady. Less than steady, frankly, when you consider how many new books there are in October, each of them an opportunity to introduce new creative teams. Marvel's picked themselves up from their poor start to 2018, but now they've been treading water for a few months at a level far below what they're capable of achieving, establishing given the breadth of talent from female and non-binary creators out there making comics right now.
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It is believed that this school house was built circa 1870 to serve the community of Moss Glen. Originally, many families in the area were employed at the local saw mill. The mill burned in 1900, which caused many to move in search of new employment, but the school still maintained a healthy number of students. 37 pupils were enrolled as of 1908. The school was closed in 1951. It was renovated to be the home of Sydney Baxter and his wife, who lived there for many years. It is now maintained by there son, and has recently undergone further restoration and renovations.


In 2014 I relocated from Sydney to take up employment with an architecture practice in Shanghai, China. In the following 3 years I spent much time designing mainly retail projects in China, Japan, South Korea and the Philippines, and as one does, spent considerable time in Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore and other Asian nations for various work-related reasons. There is obviously a considerable difference in how Asian and Australian retail developments are shaped by the culture within which they sit, along with, at times, some surprising similarities. Some of my observations from this pretty exciting part of my life are the gist of this article, along with the caveat that due to my time spent in Shanghai, it is largely China-centric.
Cultural and socio-economic differences between Asia and Australia account for much of how retail centres take shape and the experiences they offer. China and most of Asia's high-density living, coupled with (at times ludicrously) expensive land prices account for their tendency to build vertical mixed-use shopping centre developments, or vertical cities if you will. Australia's urban sprawl means the country has the propensity to plan outwards, creating spread-out shopping complexes that act as a destination for suburban residents to gather; there is a much lower population density and cheaper land so we can afford to build horizontal centres between single and three stories in height with occasionally some cinemas and possibly other entertainment functions above that to add some excitement to the mix. We are, as of yet, exceedingly reliant on car transport, hence we still tend towards the aircraft carrier in a sea of asphalt parking model; by comparison increased reliance on public transport and higher densities tend to result in retail centres above some form of transport hub in most Asian circumstances, although this is by no means the only model.
Despite these differences, there is ample opportunity for the beneficial cross cultivation of Australian and Asian retail design to be adopted by the other. Having said this, without understanding the circumstances that drive design forms in different environments, the opportunity to make a mess of such concepts is dangerously high.
As a precursor to all of this, one of the first assumptions to throw away is the concept of an overall "Asian" retail environment. Every country in Asia is as unique from each other as Australia is from China, with their own distinct cultures, politics, socio-economic circumstances and just about every other social indicator possible. Japan is a completely different culture to China; Singapore is a different (although increasingly similar) culture to China, as is Hong Kong. All Asian cultures are unique; we can draw parallels and similarities between them, but they are not the same. Japan, in particular, has parallels in design parameters (high density, building up, transport-oriented developments), but a different way of life to, say, China and as such how the Japanese use retail centres, what they shop for and why is not the same. As my time was spent very largely in China, this is reflected heavily in my experiences written about here.
Chinese, Hong Kong and Singaporean cultures appear to have a tendency to shop for the purpose of buying goods, rather than external experiential reasons – the buying of stuff is the experience. This market still very much has a preference for products (particularly fashion) from Europe due to a perception of exclusivity, prestige and cache; the Chanel handbag is direct proof of your ability to afford it! Even if you can't! Australian shopping centres lean towards national chain stores with a smattering of some international offerings. Chinese shopping centres will showcase brands such as Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Balmain, Burberry and so on. European luxury brands are at street level with second and third tier luxury and/or casual apparel brands on the subsequent first and second floors. In a not insubstantial number of cases (particularly in China), the appropriateness of such brands in the local market catchment is considered less relevant than the prestige of them being there, leading to a vexing sameness across retail offerings which seems at odds with the diversity and richness of the culture surrounding the centre. Often paired with pristine white finishes, glossy surfaces and bright, uniform lighting, the result is somewhat of a showroom effect where everything looks too good to touch and seems almost only for display purposes.
The iAPM Mall, which was basically my local in China, is characterised by an enormous atrium, which, while better curated than most, is often a vast empty space; even when there are functions or events there is a danger of it being swamped by the enormity of their venue. Luxury stores gathered around the edges of this vast atrium makes for a beautiful space that feels somewhat devoid of life. Perhaps the giant unused space is there to further the idea of luxury but between the cost of land and the sparse population of customers, it is hard to see the economic benefit if any. None of this takes away from the fact that iAPM is a beautiful building; it just seems to run the danger of overwhelming its customers.
This approach to retail design in Asia, and particularly mainland China is becoming increasingly questioned by younger customers. China has one of the fastest growing middle classes in the world. Young people are becoming tired of the constant barrage of conspicuous consumption and are starting to seek "moments" rather than "stuff" on which to spend their discretionary income. While this behaviour is in its early stages, addressing this change in consumer attitude is seen as a way of being the point of difference between one retail experience and the one next door (often literally). New World Development was amongst the first to acknowledge this trend with their K11 Art Malls. K11 Shanghai has a very serious art gallery as an integral part of its offer, and amongst other constant events, ran a Monet exhibition in 2014. While competitors questioned the benefit of such an event there is little doubt that the foot traffic through the centre during this period grew phenomenally. The company also host a variety of cultural events in their shopping centres such as fashion shows, bands and other art exhibitions. Similar to this, Parkview Green in Beijing appears, at times, to be more public art gallery than retail mall, in a rather pleasant way notwithstanding.
What we do well in Australia is to judge the appropriate scale and character for the target customers of our shopping centres. There is a fine balance between space and crowdedness that creates buzz and excitement; people are attracted to people, which contributes greatly to the vibrant ambience of the best shopping centres in Australia. The best of our centres manage to feel busy when there aren't huge crowds, but not claustrophobic when there are. We have largely eschewed the "centre court" for smaller more diverse spaces to offer customers a range of experiences rather than the dog and pony show from years ago.
Australia seems to be leading the way in terms of experiential shopping. For a small and dispersed population, we have an abundance of retail offers, both in shopping centres and in urban hubs, hence the desire to provide a unique experience. Many Asian cultures have the tendency to attract customers due to product; conversely, many Australians are drawn to the shopping centre for experiences. Australian centres have grown past thinking a cinema and a restaurant defines an entertainment offer, and are increasingly turning to seasonal or unique events and genuine environmental experiences rather than a couple of restaurants at the entry. Entertainment offers extend beyond the cinemas, with increasing attention towards wellbeing and health pop-up stores and curated experiences to bring excitement to customers – there is something new each time you visit, so there is a reason to come back. As of yet, this approach is not gaining much traction in Asian markets with most concepts looking fairly half-hearted in execution, so it is a field in which Australia has something to offer for the rest of our region, if not the rest of the world.
Asian retail malls have always had extensive food and beverage offers within retail centres, being home to restaurants usually located on their top floors, often several top floors. Most Asian cultures have a huge emphasis on food, communally and socially; as a family event. The restaurants within retail centres attract customers from business, family, friends; all social activities are enhanced by dining experiences. While this creates a degree of buzz and excitement the restaurants are invariably on the uppermost floors, usually totally unaccompanied by any other form of retail offering. This segregation, along with a tendency for the tenancies to be shut off from the public space, with the kitchens hidden somewhere out the back, results in an absence of food theatre and any form of ambience or excitement in the mall. More than likely this results in poor cross shopping between dining and retailers. Australia has traditionally gravitated towards the "food court" dining experience, however it is probably safe to say that the traditional food court is on shaky ground with increasing numbers of customers looking for, and expecting a more sophisticated offer, with the "café court" rapidly supplanting the ring of fast food take away stores around a sea of seats and tables. Again, as Asian customers increasingly supplant consumption with experience, our approach towards food in centres could be exactly what these people will be looking for.
While the food and beverage options are in a sense, "world class", often the offerings are not very diverse, consisting of large, enclosed restaurants, maybe a Pizza/Italian/possibly a steakhouse restaurant, sometimes even Mexican. Australia offers a different kind of food and beverage experience, often with an emphasis on the freshness and healthiness of the produce available, always with a range of cuisines represented. Having said this, there is a tendency towards the usual range of national chains which, while are mostly a good offer, on their own don't give any particular centre an advantage over another in terms of the hunter-gatherer's delight in seeking out what is new and unique. Food culture in Asia is huge, and the sheer volume and quality of food available might be an indicator of where we might be looking, in future, to add the experiences people seek to augment their retail visits.
Perhaps the most fundamental general difference is that almost all Asian malls do not rely upon majors for their foot traffic. Malls in China and most other countries might have a supermarket, invariably buried in the basement for convenience to transport, but generally speaking, with the exception of an occasional Lang Crawford, or a state-owned department store which may act as a detractor rather than an anchor, there is nothing analogous to what we would describe as a major store. They have had to learn to use other methods of driving foot traffic; certainly, any Apple Store, considered a must in any mall above a suburban level will be packed at all times, along with H&M and Uniqlo and a smattering of others. In a retail environment where the traditional role of the major anchors is coming under pressure, here, there are undoubtedly lessons to be learnt about how to attract customers and encourage their flow around the retail space.
As we continue to discuss the demise of the private car in favour of a shared system of some sort, along with the increasing urbanisation of our major cities, we are moving into a future environment increasingly resembling Asian cities. We are progressively moving into apartments, price and affordability are driving us towards smaller spaces less conducive to home entertaining and as a result, those retail experiences anticipating the social changes that will come from this will be ahead, and may benefit from studying the various Asian models for a forward look at centres with a huge emphasis on dining and a very small emphasis on traditional retailers. As successive generations of young Asians continue to grow away from the clichéd desire for luxury goods and towards life experience, tapping into our ability to go beyond the traditional shopping mall typology and seek out a way of creating the environment for the Instagram moment may prove to be what will give Asian developers the advantage over the huge glossy white spaceship next door.
This article was originally published in the May 2018 edition of Shopping Centre News.


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Dopo aver conseguito nel 2003 il dottorato di Scienze Industriali all'Università di Herisau, in Svizzera, ha iniziato ad occuparsi delle aziende di famiglia. Insieme ai fratelli Marco è proprietario di Cartiere Carrara, azienda fondata dal padre Mario. Vive a Pistoia.

Tesserato di Forza Italia, viene candidato alla Camera dei Deputati nelle elezioni del 4 marzo 2018.

Eletto nel Collegio uninominale 6 (Pistoia) nelle file del Centro-Destra per Forza Italia. Dal 23 marzo 2018 è iscritto al gruppo parlamentare di Forza Italia e per il partito è anche responsabile per l'Industria. Dal 21 giugno 2018 è membro della Commissione permanente X Attività Produttive, mentre dal 15 marzo 2019 è componente della Commissione Parlamentare per la Semplificazione.
Il 19 novembre 2020 lascia Forza Italia e aderisce alla Lega per Salvini Premier. Tuttavia abbandona anche questo partito nell'agosto del 2022 dopo la mancata ricandidatura alle elezioni politiche anticipate.

La sua famiglia è legata al mondo del basket Pistoiese. Suo padre Mario e suo fratello Massimo sono stati Presidente e sponsor dell'Olimpia Basket a marchio Kleenex.

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Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Deputati della XVIII legislatura della Repubblica Italiana
Politici di Forza Italia (2013)
Politici della Lega per Salvini Premier

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School Climate and Wellness Foundations: Strategic Goals for Improved Teaching and Learning
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School climate and wellness are essential aspects of school improvement efforts that can lead to increased student engagement, attendance, achievement, and success. But cultivating and sustaining a positive school climate that creates the necessary conditions for learning and teaching can be challenging.
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HIIT or Endurance Training? Both for Good Health
High-Intensity Exercise or Endurance? For the Most Health Benefits, Do Both
HIIT and SIT workouts can get you fit fast, but for lasting health benefits, you need moderate-intensity exercise, too.
By Selene Yeager Published: Mar 9, 2021
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Recent research in the journal Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise found that high-intensity exercise (HIIE) was more effective for improving aerobic fitness and cardiovascular health, and moderate-intensity continuous training (MICT) was better for long-term blood sugar control.
This study adds to recent evidence that one exercise intensity is not superior to another, and there are good reasons to do both for overall health benefits.
High-intensity interval exercise (HIIE) has been the darling of the fitness world for the better part of the past decade, because these quick, hard intervals can help you get fit fast. But a recent meta-analysis published in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise is a good reminder that for longterm metabolic health benefits, you need moderate-intensity endurance training, too.
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As a refresher, a tall stack of studies shows that high-intensity exercise, such as high-intensity interval training (near-maximum efforts) and sprint-interval training ("all out" efforts)—brief bursts of hard exercise followed by a short period of rest—is a time-efficient way to boost your aerobic and anaerobic fitness, making you stronger and faster on a run.
HIIE also has myriad health benefits, such as improving insulin sensitivity, improving brain function, lowering your risk of cancer, and burning fat while helping you maintain lean muscle mass.
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The scientists analyzed the results of 55 studies that examined the effects of HIIE and moderate-intensity continuous training (MICT) on seven different health outcomes:
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The meta-analysis found HIIE was more effective for improving both aerobic fitness and cardiovascular health. For long-term blood sugar control, however, moderate, steady-state exercise was superior.
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It's also important to note that, though it appears that HIIE may have some advantages for fitness, these studies alone aren't enough to draw that conclusion, says exercise training researcher Jamie Burr, Ph.D., associate professor at University of Guelph, HHNS, Ontario.
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Red Flag is simply one of the largest and more realistic exercises in world, designed to simulate the first 10 days of a modern conflict.
Hundred of combat aircraft along with pilots, ground forces, intelligence analysts, cyber and space operators take regularly part in RF exercises at Nellis AFB, just outside of Las Vegas, Nevada, to validate tactics and weapon systems employment within the context of the Nevada Test and Training Range.
As already explained the RF scenario continuously changes in order to adapt to the real world threats: the old "fixed" battlefields, where the location of the enemy was known and remained pretty much unchanged until the aircraft reached the target area, have evolved in a more dynamic and unknown battlespace that requires real-time data coordinators able to disseminate information on the threats and targets gathered from a variety of assets and sensors. In such new "networked" scenarios, stealth technology (capability to survive and operate effectively where others cannot) combined with 5th Generation features (sensor fusing), are extremely important to achieve the "Information Superiority" required to geo-locate the threats and target them effectively.
That's why the presence of 5th Gen. aircraft teaming with and "orchestrating" 4th Gen. combat planes (lacking the Low Observability feature but able to carry more ordnance) will become the leit motiv of the future Red Flags.
For instance, Red Flag 17-3, underway at Nellis from Jul. 10 to 28, sees two F-35 Lightning II squadrons (and as many JSF variants) participating in the drills together for the very first time: the Marine Corps' F-35B STOVL (Short Take Off Vertical Landing) aircraft from VMFA-211 based at MCAS Yuma and the Air Force's F-35A CTOL (Conventional Take Off and Landing) from 33rd Wing from Eglin AFB, Fla. Furthermore, during RF 17-3, the two different variants of the JSF (Joint Strike Fighter) operate alongside the F-22 Raptors from Tyndall AFB, also taking part in the exercise.
The cooperation of the three radar-evading aircraft, including the controversial F-35s, is going to be particularly interesting.
According to the USMC, VMFA-211 will conduct defensive counter air (DCA); offensive counter air (OCA); suppression of enemy air defense (SEAD); destruction of enemy air defense; dynamic taskings, which involve finding a time-sensitive target or series of targets and eliminating them; electronic warfare (EW); preplanned strikes; and combat search and rescue (CSAR).
Interestingly, even though it will probably not embed simulated shipborne or remote base operations (that are what the F-35Bs, in spite of the limited range and internal weapons capacity, was somehow designed to conduct) the Marine Corps will expand the role of the 5th Gen. aircraft in RF, covering also EW and CSAR support tasks.
"It's … important to practice integrating assets from all across the [Armed Forces'] inventory because if we go to conflict, we don't want that to be the first time we all integrate with each other," said Maj. Paul Holst, VMFA-211's executive officer, in a public release.
According to Holst, Red Flag allows each service and subordinate unit to understand the capabilities of other services, units and their equipment.
The F-35s of both variants should play a dual role: "combat battlefield coordinators," collecting, managing and distributing intelligence data while also acting as "kinetic attack platforms," able to drop their ordnance on the targets and pass targeting data to older 4th Gen. aircraft via Link-16, if needed. More or less what done by the USMC F-35B in exercises against high-end threats carried out last year with some jets configured as "bomb trucks" and others carrying only internal weapons.
As a side note it's worth mentioning that the integration of the F-35A and B variants is something another partner nation is going to explore in the future. In fact, Italy will have both A and B variants, with the STOVL (Short Take Off Vertical Landing) ones serving both the Air Force (that has already taken on charge its first 7 F-35As with the eight example that has recently performed its maiden flight at Cameri FACO) and the Italian Navy, that will use them on the Cavour aircraft carrier. One day we will analyse (again) whether the F-35B was really needed by the ItAF, but this is going to be another story.


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Q: Ruby: the yield inside of a block Here is an example of scan:
"abcdeabcabc".scan("a")

So it returns an array of 3 a's. Another example of scan:
"abcdeabcabc".scan("a") {|x| puts x}

which just output each "a", but still output an array, and this time it is actually the original string that it returns.
So from the documentation and the behavior above, the scan either returns an array (no block is given), or returns the original string before which some side-effects take place. The point is that both cases returns something.
Then what will happen if I put a "yield" inside of the block? What will be returned? Or, none? What will be the type of the return value?
"abcdeabcabc".scan("a") {|x| yield x}

The above will not work as Ruby complains that no block is given. Which makes some sense to me. But if it is part of a class method, say, self-implemented "each", then the following works:
class Test
  def my_each
    "abcdeabcabc".scan("a") {|x| yield x}
  end
end
# => :my_each

t = Test.new
# => #<Test:0x007ff00a8d79b0>

t.my_each {|x| puts "so this is #{x}"}
# it works. Outpus 3 a's then return the original string.

So, what is the return value of the my_each method of Test class? Is that a list of yield's or something? But as discussed before "abcdeabcabc".scan("a") {|x| yield x} segment will be complained by Ruby until a block is given. What happened internally to give the block of my_each to the segment inside of my_each implementation?

A: The block is passed similarly to the argument of that function. This can be specified explicitly, like so:
class Test
  def my_each(&block)
    "abcdeabcabc".scan("a") do |x|
      puts "!!! block"
      yield x
      # Could be replaced with: block.call(x)
    end
  end
end

Technically, it's exactly the same (puts put in there for clarification), its presence is not checked the way it is usually done for arguments. Should you forget to give it a block, the function will halt on the first yield it has to execute with exactly the same LocalJumpError (at least, that's what I get on Rubinius). However, notice the "!!! block" in the console before it happens.
It works like that for a reason. You could check whether your function is given a block, if it is specified explicitly as above, using if block, and then skip the yields. A good example of that is a content_tag helper for Rails. Calls of this helper can be block-nested. A simplistic example:
content_tag :div do
  content_tag :div
end

...to produce output like:

So, the block is executed "on top" (in terms of call stack) of your method. It is called each time a yield happens as some sort of function call on a block. It's not accumulated anywhere to execute the block afterwards.
UPD:
The Enumerator returned by many eaches is explicitly constructed by many iterators to save context of what should happen.
It could be implemented like this on my_each:
class Test
  def my_each(&block)
    if block
      "abcdeabcabc".scan("a") { |x| yield x }
    else
      Enumerator.new(self, :my_each)
    end
  end
end

A: Since a block is given to scan, the original string is returned. It does not matter what is done inside the block.

A: "abcdeabcabc".scan("a") {|x| yield x}
In the above case, #scan is passing the each matched character to the block associated to it.
Now inside the block of #scan, you are calling yield, which actually then calling the block you passed to the method my_each. Value of x is passed to the block you passed with the method my_each call.
It is too simple, no confusions.

what is the return value of the my_each method of Test class?

As per your current code, the return value should be the #scan method return value, which in turn causes the result of the last statement of the block associated with the method #my_each (if called) or the receiver on which you called the method #scan.

Is that a list of yield's or something?

Yes, yield will be called, as many matches will be found by the #scan method.
Consider the below example :-
"abcdeabcabc".scan("w") {|x| yield x}

Here the block associated with the method #scan will not be called, as #scan didn't find any match, that's why yield wouldn't be called also and as a result method #my_each wouldn't output block expression(passed with the method) result, but "abcdeabcabc".


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Chasing the sun: Sombre Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield arrive in chilly LA from the even colder East Coast
By Amelia Proud
Published: 01:00 EST, 17 November 2012 | Updated: 03:04 EST, 19 November 2012
They had just flown in from New York, but if cute couple Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield thought they were going to be able to rip their winter coats off upon arriving in LA... they were wrong.
24-year-old Emma and 29-year-old Andrew looked sombre as they arrived in the unusually chilly City of Angeles, though the latter at least had his beard to keep him warm.
We didn't sign up for this! Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield discover it's chillier in LA than they may have imagined as they arrive into the city on Friday night
Emma wore a casual ensemble of jeans, boots, and a thick dark wool coat to keep her warm.
And The Help star scraped her blonde locks back into a messy (but still wonderfully flattering) ponytail.
Meanwhile The Social Network star Andrew wore dark jeans and boots, and a checked lilac and white shirt under a grey hoodie.
Andrew sweetly took the lead for his girlfriend as they negotiated their way through the throng of people the busy airport.
'Get me a pool cabana!' Brit Andrew wants some sun and he wants it now
The couple met on the set of The Amazing Spider-Man, which is out on DVD now.
Emma's plays love interest Gwen Stacy to Andrew's Peter Parker, and the pair quickly developed an off-screen romance too.
Andrew rebooted the role previously played by Tobey Maguire in the latest Spider-Man movie, which sees his character struggle with his everyday problems as a human as well as his super powers.
Emma recently spoke out about her on-screen kiss with her beau.
She told Access Hollywood:' There is a nice first kiss and it's different than the upside down one [with Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst]. And we liked it,'
Sombre Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield arrive in chilly LA from the even colder East Coast
Simon Cowell showcases his slimline figure and tan as he puffs on a cigarette while leaving the first day of the Britain's Got Talent auditions
April Love Geary wows in white go-go boots as she steps out for dinner with fiancé Robin Thicke in Santa Monica
'We're flattered to have you... but we don't want to pay for your security': Canadian press reacts to...
Video 'proves' grandfather dangled toddler out of Royal Caribbean window for THIRTY SECONDS before fatally...


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Se muestran los artículos pertenecientes a Marzo de 2012.
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Present continuous HERE and HERE (1 ESO - difficult - MY ACTIVITIES)
Click HERE, as well
Cross out (cross out) the information about the song that is incorrect. Assume that the "I" in the song is "the singer".
The singer is sitting at the diner at 5pm. She is waiting for the man to pour the coffee. He serves her coffee and milk. She is not happy when he fills the cup only half way. The man doesn't pay attention to her because he sees somebody coming in. When this costumer comes in, he says, "It's nice to meet you." The woman shakes her umbrella. The man and the woman kiss and say "hello."
The singer opens up a magazine and sees the story of an actress who had died while she was eating. It was her favorite actress. Then, she looked for the horoscope and the finantial section. Then, she raises her head because a woman on the outside is looking at her. The woman says hello. The woman is wearing a dress and stockings.
It continues to rain. She can hear the sound of the train and remembers her mother's voice. She also remembers a picnic one afternoon some time ago. Later, she finishes up her tea and it's time to take the train.
HERE Activity for 1 ESO - Drawing Tom's Diner
FOOD AND DRINK (some-any-much-many)
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CLICK HERE AND HERE.
Video about meals, utensils, cuisines....HERE and exercise HERE..
Videos "At a restaurant" HERE, HERE and HERE
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HERE Irregular verbs in El Tinglado blog.
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"As soon as I got a microphone in my hand, when I was about 14, I realised I wanted to do this," Adele says.
Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (born 5 May 1988), better known simply as Adele, is an English recording artist and songwriter. Adele was offered a recording contract from XL Recordings after a friend posted her demo on MySpace in 2006. The next year she received the Brit Awards "Critics' Choice" and won the BBC Sound of 2008. Her debut album,19, was released in 2008 to much commercial and critical success in the UK. 19 was certified four times platinum in the UK. Her career in the US was boosted by a Saturday Night Live appearance in late 2008. At the 2009 Grammy Awards, Adele received the awards for Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.
Adele released her second album, 21, in early 2011. The album was well received critically and surpassed the success of her debut. 21 helped Adele earn six Grammy Awards in 2012 including Album of the Year, equalling the record for most Grammy Awards won by a female artist in one night. The album has also helped her receive numerous other awards, including two Brit Awards and three American Music Awards. The album has been certified 15 times platinum in the UK; in the US the album has held the top position longer than any other album since 1985.
The success of 21 earned Adele numerous mentions in the Guinness Book Of World Records. She is the first artist to sell more than 3 million copies of an album in a year in the UK. With her two albums and the first two singles from 21, "Rolling in the Deep" and "Someone Like You", Adele became the first living artist to achieve the feat of two top five hits in both the UK Official Singles Chart and the Official Albums Chart simultaneously since the Beatles in 1964. With her third release from the album, "Set Fire to the Rain", becoming her third number one single in the US, Adele became the first artist in history to lead the Billboard 200 concurrently with three Billboard Hot 100 number ones. Adele is also the first female artist to have three singles in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 at the same time, and the first female artist to have two albums in the top five of the Billboard 200 and two singles in the top five of the Billboard Hot 100 simultaneously. 21 is the longest running number one album by a female solo artist on the UK Albums Chart and is the longest running number one album by a female in Billboard history. In 2011, Billboard named Adele artist of the year.
My students are going to listen to the first two singles from 21, Someone like you and Rolling in the Deep, and to do some listening comprehension exercises (on top, under the videos).
1 ESO D - MODELS ON THE CATWALK
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As you probably know if you are a regular follower of this blog (CLICK HERE), some of my 1st ESO D students are going to be models on the catwalk (the others are going to describe what their classmates are wearing). We have already learnt vocabulary and the present continuous ("he/she IS WEARING"). Below you have what the "speakers" have written to describe what their classmates are going to wear. I have recorded their texts so that my 1st ESO D "speakers" can listen to them and practise the pronunciation. Soon the video on this blog!!!!!!


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Jordan Peele's star-packed Twilight Zone reboot adds Steven Yeun to the charismatic pile
Photo: Dia Dipasupil (Getty Images)
Jordan Peele continues to fail to fuck around when it comes to casting parts for his upcoming CBS All Access anthology series The Twilight Zone; Collider reports that Steven Yeun has now signed on to star in the title role of the series' fourth episode, "The Traveler."
Yeun is having a hell of a year; he co-starred in Burning, one of our favorite movies of 2018, plus Boots Riley's fantastically strange Sorry To Bother You. (Also, he doesn't have to be on The Walking Dead anymore, which we have to assume is something of a plus.)
Meanwhile, Peele's casting on his series—which he's also hosting, and which is expected to debut some time in 2019—has been borderline ridiculous. John Cho, Kumail Nanjiani, Allison Tolman, Adam Scott, Jacob Tremblay, and Sanaa Lathan have all already signed on for roles in the latest reboot of the Rod Serling classic, ensuring that whatever awful, ironic things Peele and his team cook up for the show's protagonists, at least they'll be happening to a whole bumper crop of people that we inevitably like.
A bunch of major names just joined Jordan Peele's Twilight Zone
Kumail Nanjiani is getting his own Twilight Zone episode
Jordan Peele will host the new Twilight Zone, shares first teaser


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Cruise News P&O Cruises Carnival Orders Another New LNG Ship for P&O Cruises
Carnival Orders Another New LNG Ship for P&O Cruises
A second new generation LNG ship ordered for P&O Cruises by parent company Carnival Corporation. Will be built by Meyer Werft in Germany.
Carnival Corp has announced an order of another new cruise ship for British-based P&O Cruises. An agreement has been signed with well-known shipbuilding company Meyer Werft based in Papenburg, Germany. The ship will arrive in 2022 and will be the second in its class.
P&O Cruises already has one new class cruise ship on order and arriving in 2020 and the ship in today's announcement will be the sister ship arriving in 2022. The vessel will be purpose-built for the UK market and a giant 180,000 gross tons, the largest class ship ever built for the British market. both of the future P&O ships will have a passenger capacity of 5,200 each and they will even be registered in the UK.
Read details about the first new P&O new generation cruise ship here.
Added P&O Cruises senior vice president Paul Ludlow:
"We have a bold and ambitious vision for P&O Cruises to become Britain's number one holiday choice and we can only do that by increasing our fleet. The build for our 2020 ship begins this spring and it will offer all generations of British guests the holiday of a lifetime on the next generation of P&O Cruises ships.
"In four years' time when her sister ship is launched, adding an additional 22 percent capacity, we will see an even greater rise in the popularity of cruising across all demographics and all age ranges including both Millennials and Generation Xers. Many of them have already learned to appreciate cruising by going on cruises with their families while growing up. Additionally, there are millions more we will attract in the future by retaining the amazing onboard and on-shore experiences and itinerary choices P&O Cruises is known for, while reflecting forward-thinking trends and tastes of British holidaymakers.
"This evolution of the guest experience will be evident over the next few years but will be underpinned throughout with in-depth market insight and feedback we receive from the best source: our current, past and prospective guests.
"The first of our new ships will go on sale in September and we will be announcing key elements of the design and build this year. Our P&O Cruises signature features in dining and entertainment will be across all our ships, but the space and build of the two new ships allows us to have innovative new experiences to create the most memorable holidays."
The future P&O cruise ship ordered by parent company Carnival Corporation will be built at the Papenburg shipyard in Germany and will be powered by Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). Bookings for the first ship will be open from September 2018 and the British cruise line will reveal specific details this year. We'll have to wait much longer for the second new cruise ship details to be revealed.
Rendering By: P&O Cruises
In total, Carnival Corporation has agreements in place with leading German and Finnish shipbuilders Meyer Werft and Meyer Turku to build eight LNG-powered cruise ships across four of its 10 global cruise brands with delivery dates between 2018 and 2022 – two for AIDA Cruises with expected delivery dates in 2018 and 2021, two for Costa Cruises with expected delivery dates in 2019 and 2021, two for P&O Cruises UK with expected delivery dates in 2020 and 2022 and two for Carnival Cruise Line with expected delivery dates in 2020 and 2022.
Largest Ever P&O Cruise Ship Reaches Construction Milestone
Emrys Thakkar - Jun 16, 2019
P&O Iona which will be the largest ever cruise ship built for the UK has reached a major construction milestone.
New Details Unveiled for Biggest Ever P&O Cruise Ship
Emrys Thakkar - Jul 12, 2018
Anything about the biggest ever P&O cruise ship is important news so here we are with some new exciting features unveiled by the British cruise line.
P&O Iona Will Be Largest Ever for the British Cruise Line
Emrys Thakkar - May 27, 2018
The largest ever cruise ship which is being built for P&O Cruises will be named as "Iona". It is the first of two new class vessels ordered by parent company Carnival. The ship name was just recently revealed which comes after the recent steel cutting event at the shipyard.