Speaking another language is a great skill to have but it does take time, patience and money. Here are 10 simple resources I found really helpful for learning Spanish for FREE! They are really easy to find or organise and each will help you to understand and speak Spanish quickly if you cant afford to take lessons.
If you are moving to Spain or planning to spend some time traveling here, I really recommend that you learn some Spanish. Not everyone speaks English and it's really helpful to know at least some Spanish language basics.
I took a beginners class at language school when I moved to Madrid but also used all of these resources and they really made a difference. If you want to learn Spanish (but have little or no cash) check out the list below for my top 10 ways you can learn Spanish for free and really immerse yourself into Spanish life.
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There are lots of really good, free applications you can download to your phone for learning Spanish. I think Mondly is one of the best app's out there. You can work your way through the different sections easily for just 5-15 mins per day. It helps you to build up your vocabulary and learn phrases in an easy an interesting way. Duolingo is another great app and Quizlet has games and flashcard based learning.
This is a handy way to quickly figure out how to say things in Spanish or for translating what a word means. You can save stuff for offline reading to remind yourself later and even translate text messages. You can upload photos of text you need translated, translate text messages or use the voice recognition if your not sure how a phrase is spelt.
Reading a book, magazine or newspaper in Spanish is a great way to test what you have been learning already or push yourself to learn new words. When you get stuck on a word or sentence just grab a Spanish dictionary or use that translation app. Head to your nearest library or read online articles in Spanish. Amazon offer some free e-book downloads so if you have an account, check out what Spanish language books they have. Start with the simple books aimed at children and teenagers.
Watching a Spanish language show or movie is perfect for helping you to pick up what people are saying and understand different accents. There are some amazing Spanish language movies and series on Netflix. I personally loved watching Chicas de Cables, Casa del Papiel and Elite. On Netflix you can choose to add English or Spanish subtitles which also helps. Or maybe watch a movie that you are really familiar with that's been dubbed in Spanish. You already know the plot so can just concentrate on what they are saying and how they pronounce the words.
You can watch free videos with language teachers online from companies like SpanishDict or find lessons on YouTube. These short bursts of grammar are great if you don't have much time to spare on learning Spanish or get easily distracted. I really liked Butterfly Spanish YouTube videos. You just need to set aside 10-20 minutes to sit in front of your laptop, phone or tablet and follow a video lesson. There are also great Spanish language podcasts. Coffee Break Spanish is very popular and is a short 15 minute audio lesson that you can easily listen to during a coffee break.
Ask a Spanish friend to help you improve. Even if your friend speaks great English remind them that you want to learn Spanish and encourage them to speak to you in Spanish. Ask them questions about words or phrases you are unsure of. Practice your pronunciation and ask them to be honest and correct you when you go wrong.
If you are lucky enough to be in Spain already, take advantage of your surroundings. Read signs and posters that you see walking down the street. If you can't translate it into English or have never seen the word before, look it up and add it to your vocabulary. Listen to people speaking around you, public transport announcements and how locals interact with each other.
Look out for adverts from new Spanish language teachers who are in training and need volunteers to be part of a test classroom environment. You get the benefit of learning some Spanish for free and they are grateful for your participation. Facebooks groups for expats or students often advertise teacher training lessons and keep your eyes peeled for posters in the local area.
You can find a likeminded person who wants to meet up over coffee and learn your language in exchange for them teaching you some Spanish. You take it in turns to have a conversation in each language, correcting and perfecting each other's grammar and pronunciation. Or you can join organised social gatherings of people who hang out in a café or bar and speak conversational Spanish in a relaxed informal group environment. Look out for adverts in facebook groups, on hostel notice boards or in the windows of bars and cafes.
Lots of online courses offer a free trial. These are great if you pay attention to the terms and conditions and make sure you cancel any subscription before payments are due. Don't forget these companies are trying to persuade you to sign up for the full paid course.
If you want to learn Spanish quickly, have already tried some of the above free resources or maybe have some cash to spare but want a cost effective option. Let me share some of the paid-for resources I have tried.
I joined a language school course in Madrid when I first arrived. After quite a bit of research, because there were so many, I found InHispania. They offer quite flexible options for classes which is helpful if you need to take evening classes or can only join for a few weeks. The classes were lead by very friendly, professional teachers and there was lots of support, social activities and learning resources offered outside the classroom. Prices start from around €35 per lesson, find out more here.
I also took part in a great language learning initiative called SPEAK. Its relatively new and slowly being set up in big cities across Europe. The idea is, that for a €29 fee you can join a group of like minded people who want to learn a language in a relaxed environment. The "buddy" who leads the group may have little teaching experience but the discussions are more conversation based and helpful for real life interaction and learning cultural differences. Find out more here.
If you want to stick with the language app on your phone but need to step up to the next level of vocabulary then sign up for the paid premium version of Mondly. Upgrades from the free version include… over 200 more lessons, access to a "chat bot" for practicing conversations and over a 1000 daily quizzes and challenges. We found the paid version much more fun and challenging but still a fraction of the price compared to a full online Spanish course.
Mondly have offered our readers 20% off an annual subscription to learn Spanish, so its less than €40!
If you are planning to travel or move to Spain you might be interested in our FREE checklists….


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Bumyrtjärnen, Dalarna, sjö i Malung-Sälens kommun,
Bumyrtjärnen, Hälsingland, sjö i Härjedalens kommun,

Listor över Sveriges insjöar baserat på namn

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GIEFF Online Screening
In Situ - Collaborative Research with Vulnerable Communities in Argentina, Nuhu Yãg Mu Yõg Hãm: This Land Is Our Land!, Cherán, In Search of Bidesia, Rumba Rules, New Genealogies, My Rembetika Blues - A Film About Love, Life and Music, Danse Macabre, Belina - Music For Peace, Hitch, an Iranian story, Resisters, Slow Return, The Seed, the Particles and the Moon, Under Blue Skies, Voices of Kula, Ophir
GIEFF received many impressive films which were very long.
The selection committee and the film festival directors decided to offer the filmmakers to make their selected films available online.
To be able to watch these films you have to have a festival ticket or an online ticket.
The films will be online between May 25 and June 7, 2022.
In Situ - Collaborative Research with Vulnerable Communities in Argentina
Argentina, 2021, 99 min
A Film by: Natalia Luxardo, Fernando Sassetti, Marcel Kolvenbach and others
The documentary draws from findings of a long-term community-based participatory study carried out in low-income rural and peri-urban areas of Argentina. Its goal was to provide insights into the role played by social determinants of health in cancer inequity. "In Situ" is a transformative documentary with an ethnographic and participatory approach around a team of researchers and communities that intervene in health issues. Its collaborative design raises vital methodological questions for research and action on health.
Website: https://www.khm.de/termine/news.5166.in-situ-dokumentarfilmprojekt-zu-den-sozialen-determinanten-von-gesundheit/
Trailer of Film: https://vimeo.com/524433855
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Nuhu Yãg Mu Yõg Hãm: This Land Is Our Land!
Brazil, 2020, 70 min
Location: Brazil
A Film by: Isael Maxakali, Sueli Maxakali, Carolina Canguçu, Roberto Romero
In the past, when white people did not exist, we used to hunt with our Yãmĩyxop spirits. The whites came, cut down the trees, dried up the rivers and scared the animals away. Today, our tall trees are over, the whites surrounded us and our lands are tiny. But our Yãmĩyxop are very strong and taught us the stories and chants from our ancients who walked around here.
Cherán
Mexico, 2020, 70 min
A Film by: Victor Arroyo
A quiet revolution is taking place in the P'urhépecha forest of Michoacán in Mexico, resulting in the consolidation of an Indigenous autonomous government. The P'urhépecha People have been battling for decades against illegal logging, narco-cartels and various forms of extraction and colonial violence. In the tradition of cinema vérité, this ethnographic film follows various activists and community members in their struggle for territorial jurisdiction and political autonomy after the 2011 P'urhépecha uprising in Cherán – from campesinos and local activists to Indigenous local militia.
Website: https://victor-arroyo.com/film/cheran/
In Search of Bidesia
India, 2020, 65,5 min
A Film by: Simit Bhagat
"In Search of Bidesia" is a documentary on Bhojpuri folk music that connects the history of indentured labor migration from the states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar to the last living musicians in these states, who are now struggling to ensure these songs of love and longing do not slip into oblivion. Scripted during a solo bike journey across 1,200 kilometers in 2017, the film explores how actual events in history and personal experiences find artistic expressions in various art forms including music. Through this journey, the filmmaker is trying to tell the story of this dying culture that migration from the Bhojpuri region gave rise to.
Trailer of Film: https://youtu.be/CV6Dmc8rpCM
Rumba Rules, New Genealogies
Belgium, 2020, 107 min
Location: Congo, the Democratic Republic of the
A Film by: David Nadeau-Bernatchez, Sammy Baloji
Permeating the daily life of one of the great orchestras of the current generation, "Rumba Rules" proposes an incursion into the arcanes of monumental African music. An essay on the meaning of self and rootedness, the film culminates in an urban polyphony of voices past and present. Nearly thirty artists feed the creative life of the Brigade Sarbati Orchestra. By entering the group and the city of Kinshasa, the film gets into the rumba as if it was penetrating a rootstock. Through studio work, rehearsals and concerts, different portraits offer a foray into the dynamics and stories of this highly acclaimed Congolese music.
My Rembetika Blues - A Film About Love, Life and Music
Australia, 2021, 83 min
Location: Australia, Greece, United States
A Film by: M.Zournazi
Rembetika music or the Greek blues is a music born of exile and the streets and has its roots in the mass migration of people in the early twentieth century. Filmmaker M. Zournazi traces the journey of her ancestors from Smyrna in Turkey to Sydney in Australia. In the process, she discovers not only family history, but also how music connects people in times of struggle and crisis. By weaving together different stories of music and migration, she documents experiences that are often not mentioned in the chronicles of history. This film is a universal story about love, life and what makes us human.
Website: https://www.paxproductions.org/my-rembetika-blues
Screening: 31.05.2022 09:35
Thailand, 2021, 89,5 min
Location: Thailand
A Film by: Thunska Pansittivorakul, Phassarawin Kulsomboon
Danse Macabre, or Dance of Death, is an artistic, allegorical genre of the Late Dark Ages. Although this period was known for its strict religious virtues, it was also the most degenerate in European history. Danse Macabre is a dance ritual for people of all classes – from kings to beggars – serving as a reminder that death can happen at any time and to everyone. "Danse Macabre" explores deaths that are remembered and forgotten in history, including those of kings, citizens, and stateless people. People's deaths are as different as the social class they belong to, in a country where social inequality strongly persists.
Belina - Music For Peace
Germany, 2021, 94 min
Location: France, Germany
A Film by: Marc Boettcher
With a varied repertoire focusing on folk music, the Polish-Jewish singer Lea-Nina Rodzynek (1925–2006) known as Belina was a performer able to build bridges between nations and cultures. Together with the world-famous Berlin-born guitarist Siegfried Behrend, she undertook a series of world tours in the early 1960s representing Germany. Traumatized by the murder of her family and an adventurous flight from Warsaw to Hamburg, she set out on the road to reconciliation, championing tolerance and equal rights between Germans, Jews and the other nations of this earth. Her desire to unite and mediate remains acutely relevant today.
Website: https://en.boettcher-film.de/belina
Trailer of Film: https://youtu.be/1361Qpf9vD8
Hitch, an Iranian story
France, 2019, 71 min
Location: France, Iran
A Film by: Chowra Makaremi
In 1981, when the filmmaker was 8 months old, her mother was arrested, a dissident to the Islamic Republic of Iran. She was imprisoned and tortured. Seven years later she disappeared, during the 1988 massacre of political prisoners that claimed thousands. In Iran, this remains taboo. Examining this history of violence and denial, the filmmaker wonders: How does an absence of physical bodies restrain our memories, in cases when politics touches upon the most intimate aspects of human life and personal experience is the only thing to bear witness to politics?
Resisters
United Kingdom, 2021, 60 min
A Film by: Jill Daniels
Framed through a letter to the Marxist revolutionary Rosa Luxemburg, "Resisters" celebrates 100 years of resistance to fascism. Taking a geographical and psychic journey through Berlin to bring the past into the present, Jill Daniels reflects on Berlin's turbulent history and the present growth of the AfD, a nationalist party in Germany. She follows the activities of 'Omas Gegen Rechts' who organize to fight nationalism. In poetic vignettes, her voice recounts the stories of resisters to fascism before and during the Third Reich. Her fictionalized re-imagining as witness to resistance brings to light what may still be repressed and hidden.
Website: http://www.jilldanielsfilms.com/
Slow Return
United States, 2021, 80 min
Location: France, Switzerland
A Film by: Philip Cartelli
A river flows out to sea through a network of wetlands, salt marshes, and petrochemical plants. A melting glacier, its surface covered in protective cloth, still attracts tourists. "Slow Return" bridges the Rhone River's extremities, exploring shared legacies of dependence and exploitation embedded in their landscapes. The film interrogates the role played by visual technology in apprehending the landscape and fixing it in time, while recording technology's traces upon the landscape itself. Within this framework of beginnings and ends, an elegy to a body of water enters into conversation with the practices and people who live alongside it.
Website: https://pcartelli.com/
The Seed, the Particles and the Moon
A Film by: Dune Dupuy
Planet Earth is suffering, and Bouba has just been dumped. It was then that she met a group of biodynamic farmers, taking into account the action of invisible forces. This is the start of a poetic quest that takes Bouba to unsuspected worlds, to meet humans who propose to broaden our perception of living things. Just because love is invisible does not mean it does not exist.
Website: https://fr.ulule.com/monde-autre/
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Under Blue Skies
Switzerland, 2020, 72 min
A Film by: Ivo Zen
Throughout the 1980s, the breathtaking scenery of the Engadine was the setting of a social tragedy. The local youth rejects the rigid rules of traditional society. Along with juvenile get-togethers, heroin makes its appearance in the mountain valley. As more and more die from overdose, society reacts to the crisis by looking away. A self-imposed culture of silence is widely upheld up to the present day. "Under Blue Skies" lifts the veil on the stories parents, friends and survivors have kept to themselves for many years. Can the memories of this bleak past become part of the acknowledged heritage of the Engadine?
Website: https://www.underblueskies.ch/
Voices of Kula
Canada, 2021, 87 min
Location: Papua New Guinea
A Film by: Gina Knapp
"Voices of Kula" is a feature-length ethnographic film that tells a story of empowerment, local responses to cultural and economic changes and the strive to revitalize cultural heritage. A group of elders from Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea, and a cooperating anthropologist set out on a journey in the South Pacific to strengthen kula, a traditional system of exchanging shell-valuables around a 'ring' of approximately 40 islands. Fearing the destructive impacts of cash-economy on kula, the team takes action to fight misconduct and the corruption of the system. The film takes the viewer into an inter-island network of exchange-relationships.
Website: http://blog.wennergren.org/2021/04/fejos-postdoctoral-fellowship-gina-knapp/
Trailer of Film: https://youtu.be/DuD7qOCLIys
France, 2020, 97,5 min
A Film by: Alexandre Berman, Olivier Pollet
"Ophir" tells the story of an extraordinary indigenous revolution for life, land and culture, opening up the path for the creation of the world's newest nation in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. A poetic yet dramatic ode to the indelible thirst for freedom, culture and sovereignty; the film sheds light on the biggest conflict of the Pacific since the second World War, revealing the visible and invisible chains of colonization and its enduring cycles of physical and psychological warfare. The film is complemented by an educational/outreach multimedia platform launched in November 2020: https://www.colonialsyndrome.org/
Website: https://www.ophir-film.com/
Trailer of Film: https://youtu.be/fH-NbfOYH3s

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import gw.internal.gosu.parser.statements.BlockInvocationStatement;
import gw.internal.gosu.ir.transform.ExpressionTransformer;
import gw.internal.gosu.ir.transform.TopLevelTransformationContext;
import gw.lang.ir.IRStatement;

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public class BlockInvocationStatementTransformer extends AbstractStatementTransformer<BlockInvocationStatement>
{
  public static IRStatement compile( TopLevelTransformationContext cc, BlockInvocationStatement stmt )
  {
    BlockInvocationStatementTransformer compiler = new BlockInvocationStatementTransformer( cc, stmt );
    return compiler.compile();
  }

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    super( cc, stmt );
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DR Subhash Chandra speaks about the expectation that audience do from news media. To know more about it, watch the full show. Zee News always stay ahead in bringing current affairs from all the valley of National interest, Politics, Entertainment, Sports and International happenings. We takes you to the depth of every matter by providing every small details and makes you familiar with all the happening around you. Zee News is the highly popular Hindi News channel of India's largest television network ZMCL.


by Mrs Dorrian's 4th Class.
The children were delighted to welcome some special guests to the school this week. On Wednesday morning members of the MacCumhaill's Senior Hurling Team along with their Physio Kevin Gallagher arrived at the school with the cup which they won when they were crowned County Champions.
The hurlers were greeted with a guard of honour made by the sixth class students. They received a warm welcome from all classes and were very impressed with all the decorations made by the children to welcome them to St.Mary's.
They gave many interesting answers to the questions posed by the children. Many of the children showed their support by wearing MacCumhaills jerseys and hats and waving their green and white flags.
All of the visitors were past pupils of St.Mary's and in fact some are now parents of present pupils.
This is only their second time winning the county title. They defeated Burt in doing so with a score of 2-13 to 2-09.
Everybody in St.Mary's would like to wish them well in the Ulster quarter final which takes place this Sunday in Derry.
Thank you to Justin McGhee, Paddy Hannigan, Lee Henderson, Anthony Patton, Jamsie Donnelly and Kevin Gallagher for giving up their time to join us in the school.


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Iraqi Army Repels Attack On Base
Iraqi security forces have repelled an attack by Islamic State (IS) fighters on an air base in the western province of Anbar.
The militants attacked on February 13 the Ain al-Asad base, where some 300 U.S. military personnel are training Iraqi troops.
U.S. and Iraqi officials said eight militants were killed in the attack.
The Pentagon said no U.S. troops were involved in the fighting.
The attack came hours after IS militants launched an offensive on the nearby town of al-Baghdadi, one of the few in the Sunni province still under government control.
There are conflicting reports on whether the militants are in control of the town.
The U.S. marines at Ain al-Asad are part of a force President Obama sent to Iraq to train and advise local security forces in their battle Islamic State fighters.
Based on reporting by Reuters and AP
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Q: Deploying the asp.net code without publishing on a server Can I use an asp.net web application without publishing it.?
My problem is I have an application on a server which i access using URL such as 192.168.1.2 or something like that. Do I have to compulsorily publish it or I can use my normal build also for hosting a website on a server and let it be used in a LAN.?

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Just a quick hit for you all as we wait on the beginning of the game between the New York Yankees and the Oakland Athletics. I had heard this story before on a documentary or interview with the Yankees legendary announcer Michael Kay, but in case you haven't he explained once again how he came up with his well-known home run call, "See Ya!" while on an interview with the Dan Patrick Show on Wednesday.
Pretty interesting and cool little nugget of information for you in case you had never heard the story before. Now you know, and now it is almost time for Kay to say "see ya" about six or seven times this afternoon in the Bronx. Here's to high hopes and even higher home runs. See ya!


There are many reasons to attend Fashion Camp this June! We talked to a few campers from previous years to get the details on their experience and the opportunities they received from camp. After attending fashion camp, these campers applied to show a full collection at Omaha Fashion Week and were selected to participate!
Mitchell Henderson. Mitchell debuted a fall/winter collection at Omaha Fashion Week March 2016.
At camp, Mitchell participated in several different activities such as learning the basics of hand and machine sewing. In addition, campers learned the process of constructing a garment, how to do fashion sketches in correct proportions and modeling techniques.
Grace Neary. Grace attended Fashion Camp in its first year; she showed collections in March 2015 and March 2016.
Grace had a little bit of background in sewing prior to attending camp, but had a lot of interest in the fashion industry. "Alyssa Dilts became a huge mentor for me and really helped me gain the confidence to believe that I could show in OFW. Learning about the industry and watching the Tents documentary was a huge part of it," she tells us.
At camp, participants went to Goodwill and were given $5 to purchase a garment and the objective was to completely recreate it. Campers used the techniques learned at camp to transform the garment into their own piece. "Camp definitely helped me gain resources within the fashion community to go to for advice when showing in OFW," Grace explained.
Ciara Fortun. Ciara debuted a collection in March 2016 at Omaha Fashion Week. Her collection won the $500 nightly prize provided by SAC Federal Credit Union.
Her experience with camp assisted Ciara for her runway experience. "I think camp was a great foundation for OFW because I had a grasp on what requirements there were, and how I could go about post-show with the business aspect. [OFW] was a great experience, especially as a young designer, because I felt like it got my name out there at a good time in life," she said.
Katelyn Otto. Katelyn attended Fashion Camp and was chosen to show on platforms at Omaha Fashion Week during the March 2016 shows.
Just like many campers, Katelyn attended to gain more knowledge in the fashion industry. And, like others, Katelyn had little experience before participating. "Fashion Camp gave me so much more confidence in my abilities since at the end of Fashion Camp I was one of seven chosen to have their design shown on a platform at OFW. Fashion Camp taught me how to present and organize my designs and ideas through mood boards and gave me an overview of the industry which overall boosted my confidence about the field of study I was planning to go into," she said.
At camp, Katelyn learned how to create mood boards, hand stitching techniques, modeling techniques, how to illustrate fashion sketches and how to successfully plan an event.
Don't miss out on your chance to attend Fashion Camp this summer! Fashion Camp is being held very soon, June 6 - 10! Click HERE to sign up now!


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Q: Is there a process name for an island becoming unisolated? I previously asked this on the history stack exchange but unfortunately had no good luck, and I was recommended to give this stack exchange a go, so:
Basically I would like to know if there is an official term for the process which an independent island would undertake once reaching the point in societal/technological development to travel to other islands/land masses and end their isolation by interacting with other peoples through trade/war/etc.
Just to clarify, I mean the island's isolation ending due to the island itself exploring the outside world, not other people landing on the island and colonising it (etc).
Also, if there is only an umbrella term which refers to isolated people in general making outside contact, please provide this but clarify this to be the case.
Thank you very much!

A: I think "made contact" is the best way to describe the act of breaking one's own [individual's, group's or people's] isolation. A somewhat recent example is the Pintupi Nine, a nomadic indigenous family group in outback Australia who had remained isolated from the modern world until 1984. Wikipedia has an explanation and external links.

A: For the end of seclusion/isolationism/autarky, you may refer to:
The opening of the island [to the world].

For example:  Once in Edo, Perry strongly demanded and achieved the
  opening of Japan to the world.  One year later, the Kanagawa Treaty
  was signed between the United States and Japan, ushering in the end of
  Japan's isolationist policies.

A: Although not a single word nor an official process name, the phrase "{to} venture off" could be an idiomatic way of implying that the phenomenon was "due to the island itself [/islanders themselves] exploring the outside world, not other people landing on the island and colonising it (etc)."

They would be the first to venture off this island and repopulate the
  world.

(quoted example from 'The Pilgrims of Rayne' by D.J. MacHale, via 'Google Books')

venture
  noun
     1A risky or daring journey or undertaking:
      "pioneering
  ventures into little-known waters"
   Verb  [no object]
    1 Dare to
  do something or go somewhere that may be dangerous or unpleasant:
  "she ventured out into the blizzard"

(from  'Oxford Dictionaries')

A: Not a official term but perhaps you'd consider something like ...

The island like a dubutante was ready to come out to the international community.

debutante

A debutante or deb (from the French débutante, "female beginner") is a girl or young lady from an aristocratic or upper classfamily who has reached the age of maturity and, as a new adult, is introduced to society at a formal "debut" presentation. – Wikipedia

come out
vb (intr, adverb)

1. to be made public or revealed: the news of her death came out last week.
  2. to make a debut in society or on stage – Collins English Dictionary


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Q: What are good examples to demonstrate Einstein's mass-energy relation According to Einstein's mass-energy relation mass and energy are interchangeable. Can you provide some examples where:

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*Mass gets converted into energy.

*Energy gets converted into mass.

A: A slightly different perspective, showing a bit more insight into the mass-energy equivalence.
We ask what happens when we put energy inside a box.
Modern physics tends to think of everything - matter and energy as "stuff of the universe", the amount of "stuff" in a system is its total energy content, and "stuff" with a total energy $E$ always has the same mass $m$ given by $\frac{E}{c^2}$: mass is a particular property of "stuff" that defines (i) how it responds to force (i.e. its inertia) and (ii) how it affects and is affected by gravitational fields. These two masses are equal, by the Eötvös experiment and the equivalence principle of general relativity.
So, for instance, consider a photon, a normally "massless" particle (i.e. it has zero rest mass, which also means it is always moving at speed $c$). Now we trap it in a perfect, weighless resonant cavity.

At first we are at rest with respect to the cavity and there is light trapped within(easiest to think of it as a standing wave photon, but the reasoning applies to a general waveform). Then, at $t=0$, we shove the cavity, instantly increasing its velocity from nought to $v$ metres per second rightwards, and then keep pushing at constant velocity. Of course, the light is blue shifted by the left hand mirror and red shifted by the right hand mirror. There is in general a complicated sequence of collisions, but what you find is this: the total impulse needed to achieve a steady velocity of $v$ is $E v / c^2$. In other words, the system has an inertia given by $E / c^2$.
You can do the analysis by (i) thinking of one photon in the box, calculating the Doppler shift at either end and then finding the difference between the red and blue photon momentums by the standard formula $h\,\nu/c$, or (ii) you can do the full classical calculation by applying the Lorentz transformation to the electromagnetic field tensor and working out how the left-to-right and right-to-left fields transform. In the second calculation, the system takes some time to reach steady state, but the total impulse required is still $E v / c^2$.
So, by confining the photon, you give it "rest mass" - the photon's energy manifests its inertia by being confined in a box.
Continuing along this line of thought.
Let's look at the difference between the electron (or other massive fermion) and the photon. The curl Maxwell equations in freespace can be written:
$\left(c^{-1}\partial_t + \sigma_1 \partial_x + \sigma_2 \partial_y + \sigma_3 \partial_z\right) \,\Psi_+ = {\bf 0}$
$\left(c^{-1}\partial_t - \sigma_1 \partial_x - \sigma_2 \partial_y - \sigma_3 \partial_z\right) \,\Psi_- = {\bf 0}$
where $\sigma_j$ are the Pauli spin matrices and the electromagnetic field components are:
$\begin{array}{lcl}\Psi_\pm &=& \left(\begin{array}{cc}E_z & E_x - i E_y\\E_x + i E_y & -E_z\end{array}\right) \pm i \,c\,\left(\begin{array}{cc}B_z & B_x - i B_y\\B_x + i B_y & -B_z\end{array}\right)\\
& =& E_x \sigma_1 + E_y \sigma_2+E_z\sigma_3 + i\,c\,\left(B_x \sigma_1 + B_y \sigma_2+B_z\sigma_3\right)\end{array}$
and represent the left and right-hand polarized light field whereas the Dirac equation for a massive Fermion can be written:
$\left(c^{-1}\partial_t + \sigma_1 \partial_x + \sigma_2 \partial_y + \sigma_3 \partial_z\right) \, \Psi_+ = \frac{m\,c}{i\,\hbar} \Psi_-$
$\left(c^{-1}\partial_t - \sigma_1 \partial_x - \sigma_2 \partial_y - \sigma_3 \partial_z\right) \, \Psi_- = \frac{m\,c}{i\,\hbar} \Psi_+$
where now the $\Psi_\pm$ are $2\times1$ complex column vectors rather than $2\times2$ matrices (and also they are not quite the same as the so called spinors wontedly used to write the Dirac equation: they are sums and differences of the more usual spinors, but this need not worry us here). The main point of these fancy equations, even if you don't fully understand all their meaning is that they are exactly the same but for one thing: the Maxwell equations are two uncoupled equations for the left and right polarized light fields: the Dirac equations are the same, but now there is a mass term on the right that couples the otherwise uncoupled equations. One can think of an electron as two massless particles (Roger Penrose quaintly calls these "Zig" and "Zag") that are bound to one another such that the electron's state oscillates back and forth between the two (indeed I rather believe Penrose with his cute names might be playing on Schrödinger's word for this "jitteriness" of the electron: the Zitterbewegung).
This mutual coupling begets the mass of the twin-particle system. The coupling constant $m$ is like a tether between the two otherwise massless particles. The massless particles mutually partially confine one another, thus begetting the electron's inertia in exactly the same way as the confining resonator made the photon's inertia manifest.
Actually this idea is how we know neutrinos have mass - they oscillate between flavours and therefore the flavours must be coupled. Therefore, there must be a nonzero coupling term between them, therefore there is this tethering effect and so we know that the neutrino must have a very small rest mass, even if we can't yet say exactly what it is.

A: *

*Mass to energy: Nuclear bomb, such as the ones used on Japan in World War 2.

*Energy to mass: Two photons may combine into an electron and a positron, which possess mass.

A: Mass to energy: The sun, which is mostly hydrogen fusing to make helium.


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import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
import java.util.Objects;
import java.util.Set;

public class Script {

    private final String source;
    private final Set<String> targets;

    public Script(String source, Iterable<String> targets) {
        this.source = source;
        this.targets = ImmutableSet.copyOf(targets);
    }

    public String source() {
        return source;
    }

    public Set<String> targets() {
        return targets;
    }

    @Override
    public int hashCode() {
        return Objects.hash(this.source(), this.targets());
    }

    @Override
    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
        if (obj == null) {
            return false;
        }
        if (getClass() != obj.getClass()) {
            return false;
        }
        final Script other = (Script) obj;
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hmmm, not sure i like all the tacked on looking parts.
I must admit those rims look pretty sweet. The rest I could do without. I do think it's a matter of when Toyota decides to introduce a more powerful version of the Supra. I think they've heard enough complaints from people who are upset that it is lacking in power compared to the Z4.
I still somehow think that eventually they may introduce some kind of hybrid powertrain to give it that extra horsepower. They've been really leaning into making hybrids the sportier version of their offerings (case in point the new RAV4 where the hybrid version was tested by MotorTrend to be 7.5 seconds to 60 whereas the regular version was 8.5 seconds).
I'm pretty confident that Carbon door ganish has absolutely no aerodynamic advantage. And I'm thinking it's just going to add more drag.
I bet it does have some advantage, however small. Remember these are Toyota parts, not from some aftermarket tuner so they've been developed with all Toyota's R&D and expertise.
I think it makes no real difference, at all. Even it's "measurable" it will have zero impact on the cars performance. And, it looks awful. The car's form design is already pretty complex and adding crap to it doesn't enhance the looks at all. This would be moot, though, if that wasted "vent" hadn't been there in the first place.
Still can't get past the BMW drivetrain. I *know* Toyota engineers are pissed about it, too. Here's to hoping the new owners of the Supra don't have to deal with BMW's incredibly frustrating lack of daily reliability (but I'll bet a dollar they will). It's some kind of organizational cultural flaw. We have a 2016 2 bought new and – with only 30K miles on it! – it's been in the shop a dozen times for really stupid, and some dangerous, problems. Puts itself in park while waiting at a light, alarm goes off regularly for no reason, get inconsistent readings for things like tire pressure, had to reboot the computer several times because of several notifications and instrument readings, a persistent noise from the front end even after re-doing the front brakes (just in case, they said…) – all of which two dealerships have NOT been able to find the cause of.
This it the family's 3rd BMW and most definitely the last. Good luck Supra buyers.
A mighty wing I might add.
It probably wouldn't fit on such a tiny trunk.
The cosmetic-only updates have begun.
It's not to late to rename this car Celica and introduce a "real" Supra.
I agree! This would have gone down better if it was named a celica with starting price of $30k starting price for the 4cyl turbo.. everyone would have been on board.. instead they pissed off everyone by using the iconic Supra name and slapping BMW internals.. what a shame!
Yeah, should have stuck with the old cast iron anchor block and the fixed timing twin camshaft heads with PI!
I think it's born as an Austrian, not a Polish……..
Too bad TRD only eliminated two fake scoops/vents.
Nice wheels. I bet they are made by Rays.
Not surprised to be honest. I was expecting an appearance package from TRD.
It's pretty pathetic and sad when Toyota can't even make the Supra themselves anymore that they have to get BMW to make it for them. Pretty soon half of all Toyotas will be outsourced from different manufacturers with different sheetmetal slapped with a Toyota badge on them because Toyota is too scared to make their own cars nowadays. This new Supra is a boring looking car and it's no where near as exciting as the 93-2002 Supra.
Its called making money. Like if I sell a popular drug called cocaine(SUV) and you retards keep buying, why would I want to spend my precious cash developing the unpopular drug acid(sports car) for 10 people to buy?
This new Supra will flop and flop hard.
Love it. Liking this Supra more as I continue to see it. Would love to see weight reduction and/or real power upgrade.
So they made an accessory to cover the fake opening/intake on the door which they shouldn't have opened in the first place?
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package software.amazon.awssdk.enhanced.dynamodb.model;

import static software.amazon.awssdk.enhanced.dynamodb.internal.EnhancedClientUtils.createKeyFromMap;
import static software.amazon.awssdk.enhanced.dynamodb.internal.EnhancedClientUtils.readAndTransformSingleItem;

import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;
import software.amazon.awssdk.annotations.NotThreadSafe;
import software.amazon.awssdk.annotations.SdkPublicApi;
import software.amazon.awssdk.annotations.ThreadSafe;
import software.amazon.awssdk.enhanced.dynamodb.DynamoDbEnhancedClient;
import software.amazon.awssdk.enhanced.dynamodb.Key;
import software.amazon.awssdk.enhanced.dynamodb.MappedTableResource;
import software.amazon.awssdk.enhanced.dynamodb.TableMetadata;
import software.amazon.awssdk.enhanced.dynamodb.internal.operations.DefaultOperationContext;
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.dynamodb.model.DeleteRequest;
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.dynamodb.model.PutRequest;
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.dynamodb.model.WriteRequest;

/**
 * Defines the result of the batchWriteItem() operation, such as
 * {@link DynamoDbEnhancedClient#batchWriteItem(BatchWriteItemEnhancedRequest)}. The result describes any unprocessed items
 * after the operation completes.
 *

 *
Use the {@link #unprocessedPutItemsForTable(MappedTableResource)} method once for each table present in the request
 *  to get any unprocessed items from a put action on that table.

 *
Use the {@link #unprocessedDeleteItemsForTable(MappedTableResource)} method once for each table present in the request
 *  to get any unprocessed items from a delete action on that table.

 *

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@SdkPublicApi
@ThreadSafe
public final class BatchWriteResult {
    private final Map<String, List<WriteRequest>> unprocessedRequests;

    private BatchWriteResult(Builder builder) {
        this.unprocessedRequests = Collections.unmodifiableMap(builder.unprocessedRequests);
    }

    /**
     * Creates a newly initialized builder for a request object.
     */
    public static Builder builder() {
        return new Builder();
    }

    /**
     * Retrieve any unprocessed put action items belonging to the supplied table from the result .
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     *
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     * @param <T> the type of the table items
     * @return a list of items
     */
    public <T> List<T> unprocessedPutItemsForTable(MappedTableResource<T> mappedTable) {
        List<WriteRequest> writeRequests =
            unprocessedRequests.getOrDefault(mappedTable.tableName(),
                                             Collections.emptyList());

        return writeRequests.stream()
                            .filter(writeRequest -> writeRequest.putRequest() != null)
                            .map(WriteRequest::putRequest)
                            .map(PutRequest::item)
                            .map(item -> readAndTransformSingleItem(item,
                                                                    mappedTable.tableSchema(),
                                                                    DefaultOperationContext.create(mappedTable.tableName()),
                                                                    mappedTable.mapperExtension()))
                            .collect(Collectors.toList());
    }

    /**
     * Retrieve any unprocessed delete action keys belonging to the supplied table from the result.
     * Call this method once for each table present in the batch request.
     *
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     * @return a list of keys that were not processed as part of the batch request.
     */
    public List<Key> unprocessedDeleteItemsForTable(MappedTableResource<?> mappedTable) {
        List<WriteRequest> writeRequests =
            unprocessedRequests.getOrDefault(mappedTable.tableName(),
                                             Collections.emptyList());

        return writeRequests.stream()
                            .filter(writeRequest -> writeRequest.deleteRequest() != null)
                            .map(WriteRequest::deleteRequest)
                            .map(DeleteRequest::key)
                            .map(itemMap -> createKeyFromMap(itemMap,
                                                             mappedTable.tableSchema(),
                                                             TableMetadata.primaryIndexName()))
                            .collect(Collectors.toList());
    }

    /**
     * A builder that is used to create a result with the desired parameters.
     */
    @NotThreadSafe
    public static final class Builder {
        private Map<String, List<WriteRequest>> unprocessedRequests;

        private Builder() {
        }

        /**
         * Add a map of unprocessed requests to this result object.
         *
         * @param unprocessedRequests the map of table to write request representing the unprocessed requests
         * @return a builder of this type
         */
        public Builder unprocessedRequests(Map<String, List<WriteRequest>> unprocessedRequests) {
            this.unprocessedRequests =
                unprocessedRequests.entrySet()
                                   .stream()
                                   .collect(Collectors.toMap(
                                       Map.Entry::getKey,
                                       entry -> Collections.unmodifiableList(entry.getValue())));
            return this;
        }

        public BatchWriteResult build() {
            return new BatchWriteResult(this);
        }
    }
}


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Hagasjön är en sjö i Vetlanda kommun i Småland och ingår i . Sjön är  meter djup, har en yta på  kvadratkilometer och är belägen  meter över havet. Sjön avvattnas av vattendraget Gårdvedaån. Vid provfiske har abborre, gädda och mört fångats i sjön.

Delavrinningsområde
Hagasjön ingår i det delavrinningsområde (634463-146600) som SMHI kallar för Inloppet i Säljen. Avrinningsområdets medelhöjd är  meter över havet och ytan är  kvadratkilometer. Det finns inga delavrinningsområden uppströms utan avrinningsområdet är högsta punkten. Gårdvedaån som avvattnar avrinningsområdet har biflödesordning 2, vilket innebär att vattnet flödar genom totalt 2 vattendrag innan det når havet efter  kilometer. Delavrinningsområdet består mestadels av skog (86 procent). Avrinningsområdet har  kvadratkilometer vattenytor vilket ger det en sjöprocent på  procent.

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Осип Евсеевич Чёрный (имя при рождении Иосиф; 2 января 1899, Минск — 4 мая 1981, Москва) — русский советский писатель, музыковед и дирижёр.

Биография
Родился 21 декабря 1898 года (по старому стилю) в Минске, в семье Овсея Хаимовича и Голды Исеровны Чёрных. У него был старший брат Моисей (1895). Семья жила в собственном доме на Коломенской улице, № 4.

В 1919—1920 годах — боец агитпоезда «Красноармеец». С 1921 года работал музыкантом, был директором Самарского и Саратовского музыкальных техникумов. В 1930 году окончил Московскую консерваторию. До 1937 года работал дирижёром симфонического оркестра.

5 июля 1941 года призван в ополчение, с августа — военный корреспондент в газете «Защитник Родины» 43-й армии, с июля 1942 года в газете «За Родину» 64-й армии, интендант 3-го ранга, был тяжело ранен, награждён орденом Красной Звезды (1943). После Великой Отечественной войны занимался сбором и литературной обработкой материалов для «Чёрной книги».

Публиковался с 1928 года. Член Союза писателей с 1940 года. Автор романов и повестей на музыкальную тематику, главным образом жизнеописаний русских композиторов. Написал несколько повестей о войне, а также для юношества: «На других участках поиски разведчиков», «Во втором эшелоне», «Хозяева», «Забытые мотивы», большие циклы рассказов «Высокое искусство», «Смерть Лухманова», «Женихи моей дочери».

Похоронен в Москве на Введенском кладбище (7 уч.).

Семья
 Жена — музыковед Елена Семёновна Берлянд-Чёрная. С 1967 года они жили в ЖСК «Советский писатель»: Красноармейская улица, д. 21 (до 1969: 1-я Аэропортовская ул., д. 20).
 Дочь — Галина Иосифовна Чёрная (род. 1938), выпускница дирижёрско-хорового отделения Московской консерватории (1959).

Книги
 Музыканты: роман. М.: Советский писатель, 1940 и 1948. — 533 с.
 Франц Шуберт: художественно-биографическая повесть. М.: Советский писатель, 1941.
 Пётр Ильич Чайковский (с Е. С. Чёрной). Серия «Жизнь замечательных людей». М.: Молодая гвардия, 1944.
 Хозяева: повесть. М.: Издательство ВЦСПС, 1948. — 216 с.
 Опера Снегина. М.: Советский писатель, 1953 и 1956. — 659 с.
 Мусоргский: повесть. М.: Государственное издательство детской литературы, 1956 и 1961. — 300 с.
 Пути творчества. М.: Советский писатель, 1957. — 416 с.
 Римский-Корсаков: повесть. М.: Детгиз, 1959. — 310 с.
 Пути жизни: роман. М.: Советский писатель, 1961. — 550 с.
 Повести о русских музыкантах. М.: Издательство детской литературы, 1963. — 395 с.
 Забытые мотивы: повести и рассказы. М.: Советский писатель, 1963. — 440 с.
 Три жизни: повести и рассказы. М.: Советский писатель, 1971. — 452 с.
 Немецкая трагедия: повесть о К. Либкнехте. М.: Издательство политической литературы, 1971 и 1982. — 480 с.
 Книга судеб. Амстердам: Фонд Александра Герцена, 1974. — 342 с.
 Молодой Скрябин: повесть. М.: Советский композитор, 1974. — 230 с.
 Рождественское. В антологии «Рождественские сны». М.: Издательство сестричества во имя Святителя Игнатия Ставропольского, 2011.

Примечания

Литература

Русские писатели по алфавиту
Члены Союза писателей СССР
Выпускники Московской консерватории
Фронтовые корреспонденты Великой Отечественной войны
Кавалеры ордена Красной Звезды
Похороненные на Введенском кладбище


Perhaps one of the most important aspects of Life on the Ledge is the pulse and vibe you feel throughout our campus, starting as early as pre-school, and continuing through high school. By way of both grade specific traditions and campus-wide celebrations, student life at SMSA is engaging, inclusive and vibrant. School dances. Homecoming assemblies. Clubs/co-curriculars. Performing and visual arts. St. Mary's Springs Academy offers a variety of options for students to feel a part of something (or a lot of things) and experience Ledger Life.
SMSA has a number of clubs and extra-curricular activities for students, at all grade levels, to participate in.
All students are encouraged to explore the world of music. Beginning with music classes in grades K-4, band and choir offered starting in the 5th grade, and extra offerings such as vocal jazz and jazz band.
Each year, SMSA puts on two performances at the high school level (a fall play and spring musical), as well as a middle school musical for students in grades 5-8.
SMSA provides students with ample opportunities to both explore their inner-artist and expand their creativity.
As our arts booster club, PPA offers parents an opportunity to get involved with helping to support and strengthen our arts programs.


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Clear Space Theatre is requesting proposals from parties interested in acquiring and relocating the Joseph House. Acquisition includes the building only and does not include any portion of the lot the building sits on. The building is offered in as is condition. The building is located at 413 Rehoboth Ave., Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971. The Theatre purchased this property and must clear the site as part a project to construct a new theatre building. As part of a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Delaware State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), and Clear Space Theatre (Theatre), before the property can be cleared, the Theatre must attempt to market this home. The Theatre desires to see the building relocated from the site, restored and reused.
The deadline for submitting proposals (including required documentation and proposal security) is 4:00 PM, April 27, 2020.
Due to the COVID-19 virus, the Joseph House can only be inspected by appointment. Please call 302-227-2270. Click here for a photo album of the interior and exterior of the house.
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Ubisoft announced that Tom Clancy's The Division 2 is available now on the Xbox One family of devices including the Xbox One X, PlayStation 4 computer entertainment system and Windows PC, including Standard, Gold, Ultimate and Collector's editions.
As a veteran Agent of The Division, players will be able take back a post-pandemic Washington D.C solo or in 4-player coop through a compelling campaign. As they will fight their way through a 1:1 scale transformed Washington D.C. where roving factions are fighting for control of the city, players will discover a true living and breathing world, filled with people and many activities to engage in. Agents will drive enemy factions out and reduce their zone of influence, allowing civilians to gain in strength and provide more help to the players. To complete this massive scope, Agents can also get into the two PvP modes of Conflict and the unique Dark Zone experience, which combines the fun of PvE with constant threat and potential of exciting PvP combat.
After completing the main campaign, the world will be invaded by the most challenging faction players will have to face, the Black Tusk, opening up a whole new range of tools and activities, as part of the game's endgame-first philosophy.
Episode 3, releasing in Winter 2019 will close the first chapter of The Division 2 story and pave the way for more content to come.
Exclusive cosmetics and additional in-game activities, such as base of operations projects and bounties.
Devil May Cry 5 Review: Bang Bang Bang, JACKPOT!


In some ways, Hong Kong combines the best of both Western and Chinese culture -- it was under British rule for many years and reverted to Chinese rule in 1997. Hong Kong is a modern city bustling with people and offering many activities and attractions including regional cruises and a Disney theme park.
Hong Kong offers opportunities for romantic dining.
Petrus, located in the Island Shangri-La Hotel, is 56 floors up and offers a spectacular view of Hong Kong's skyline and harbor. Live piano music sets a quiet, relaxed mood with a menu of French dishes. Recommended by Frommer's as the best spot in Hong Kong to enjoy a romantic dinner, Petrus is bedecked with soft-glowing crystal chandeliers, cloud-painted ceilings and large windows. Two private rooms are available for private parties or couples.
Located in the Wan Chai region of Hong Kong, the OVOlogue offers Cantonese cuisine in an elegant, relaxed atmosphere. Balconies, columns, French windows and high ceilings supported by sturdy wooden beams combine with traditional Chinese arches to create a historical setting. Recommended by Fodor's as one of Hong Kong's most romantic restaurants, OVOlogue is set in one of Hong Kong's few remaining colonial buildings and features 1920s Shanghai-style decor. The menu includes dim sum and a selection of Cantonese dishes such as braised beef in Sichuan hot sauce or stir-fried wild mushrooms in truffle oil.
The Pearl on the Peak offers Australian cuisine atop one of Hong Kong's most popular attractions -- the Peak, a mountain on the island. The restaurant offers a 270-degree view of the city below through floor-to-ceiling windows. Chef Geoff Lindsay and the Maxim Group teamed up to create the restaurant that features dishes such as mother of pearl meat fried with shitake mushroom and tiger prawn with scampi custard. The restaurant has 11 window seats. Expect to pay for the view -- as of 2011, the average price is $500 per person for dinner. This restaurant was named by Fodor's as one of Hong Kong's finest for lovers.
Schmoll, Nicole. "Romantic Restaurants in Hong Kong." Dating Tips - Match.com, https://datingtips.match.com/romantic-restaurants-hong-kong-7790960.html. Accessed 19 April 2019.


Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) has scooped a top prize at the design industry's most prestigious awards – yet another success of the company's unique collaboration with LEGO Technic.
The Volvo CE team with the iF Design gold award (from left) Joakim Unnebäck, Mats Bredborg, Gustavo Guerra and Arvid Rinaldo.
One of a handful of gold trophy winners, the concept was picked from thousands of entries placing it among the best of the best in the design world. Born from a fully-functioning LEGO® Technic play set created by multi-disciplinary teams from LEGO® Technic and Volvo CE, it has been hailed as a realistic next step in the exciting evolution of construction machines.
The winning Volvo Concept Wheel Loader Zeux.
The iF Design Awards are now in their 66th year and hold the enviable position of being the oldest and most celebrated design competitions in the world, welcoming more than 5,000 submissions each year from over 70 countries. Volvo CE's winning entry will be presented in the 'Design Excellence' section of the iF World Design Guide, the world's largest design portal, and will also be displayed at the iF design exhibition in Hamburg this Spring.


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Q: Delete specific token GCM I have an InstanceID. I get two differentt tokens for a different app server:
token1 = instanceID.getToken()
token2 = instandeID.getToken()

Can I delete a specific token, for example token1?

A: You could with deleteInstanceId. Although this would resort in the InstanceId service to generate a new one.
It's intended behavior for each server to generate it's own Registration token for each app instance.


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« Carnival in Germany, Rhenish carnival
Autumn holidays in Europe »
12 fabulous festivals, visit one of which means to live a life not in vain.
February 28, begins one of the most ambitious, elegant and fabulous festivals in the world — the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro.
Don't have new photos, forcing eyes climb on a forehead from the beauty, we decided to recall how the Carnival in previous years. But at the same time — enjoy scenes of the most exciting holidays of the world that trigger the desire at least once in your life go on one of them.
The carnival in Rio de Janeiro
Carnival in Rio is one of the most anticipated festivals in the world. This is a crazy cocktail of colours, costumes, music, dancers.
In fact, the Carnival in Rio — the parade of the Samba schools, which is organized by the Ministry of tourism of the city, the League of Samba Schools and TV stations that broadcast the show.
Each school chooses a theme and prepares its moving platform, the costumes, the sets, the dancing, makes the presentation. At the end of the Carnival selects one school-the winner of which is awarded a cash prize. To study in this school is considered very prestigious.
Holi — festival of colors in India
Holi, the festival of spring and the blossoming of nature in India, is celebrated in February or March. These days Indians are stirring up trouble between men and women jump over the fire and swing on the swings statues of the gods.
But certainly the most talked about event of the festival is the sprinkling each other with colored inks and dousing with water. All these colored powders are made from herbs, which in this period to help fight the spread of different spring virus.
Venice carnival
Every year Venice for 12 days turns into a giant stage with decorations for one of the grandest and most dazzling carnivals in the world. Unrestrained fantasy, non-stop music, sleepless nights, a parade of decorated boats and masks, masks, masks.
In Piazza San Marco, theatrical performances are staged, and then the celebration results in narrow streets, accompanied by music, dancing and massive fun.
The carnival ends with a costume parade and an amazing fireworks display over the lagoon in front of the Piazza San Marco, the burning of the straw effigy and dance. And the bells of the Church of San Francesco della Vigna indicates the beginning of lent.
Spring festival in China
Actually, the Spring festival is the Chinese New year. It begins in late January and lasts 40 days. These days are launched into the sky thousands of fireworks, are large-scale processions and carnivals. The Chinese carefully decorate their homes for the holiday, and the shops and restaurants offer traditional new year's dishes.
Festival of snow and ice in Harbin
The Chinese city of Harbin is one of the centers of ice and snow culture in the world. International festival starts January 5th and lasts one month.
Ice sculptures made in the form of buildings and monuments, animals, people and mythical creatures. For illumination use lasers and lights, created variations in light on the background of the sculptures, which at night looks especially beautiful.
The Burning Man Festival
Art festival Burning Man takes place in the last week of August in the heart of the desert of Nevada. The name of the event derives from the tradition of burning a large wooden sculptures in the form of a man. Everything is possible here, there's a mixture of music, dance, follies and extravagance, a huge number of the most incredible art objects and bright ideas.
The important thing to Burning Man is a fantastic sculptures, which are arranged before the festival on the territory allocated for action. In the end all works of art are burned under marches naked people, concerts of famous musicians and DJs.
During the festival, on-site Parking is completely prohibited the circulation of money and travel and transport. After on-site should not be anything that would remind of him. The participants argue that the energy close event does not exist in the world.
The festival of lights Diwali in India
Diwali — the festival of lights, celebrated in India in October-November and symbolizes the victory of light over darkness, good over evil.
Diwali is dedicated to the Goddess of wealth and fertility Lakshmi. House thoroughly clean, all the lights are lit, because the Goddess doesn't like the dark, turning to her with a prayer, bring her milk, which lowered the coins, and at night leave doors and Windows open, so that it was easier to get into the house.
The floating lanterns festival in Hawaii
Every year in Hawaii spend memorial Day. On this day, residents and many tourists come to the ocean to see thousands of floating lanterns and launch your.
Released into the ocean lights take prayers for the dead and living, of the victims of conflicts, disasters, diseases, and keep the hope of universal happiness.
Flower festival in Thailand
Once a year the Chiang Mai provincial transformed. Crowds of tourists eager to participate in the unusual procession of men and women, children, musicians.
The holiday begins on the first Friday of February and lasts for three days. At this time there are so many colors that it is hard to understand where they come from. Girls sew for this event exotic national costumes, and at the end of the festival the most beautiful of them becomes the Queen of flowers.
The festival sky lanterns in Thailand
In the heart of the holiday is the legend that when you run the flashlight man gains the ability to cleanse the soul, to get in touch with the ancestors, to strengthen family ties or kindle extinct feeling of love.
Fire symbolizes purification and flying lantern — the desire for higher. It is therefore considered that with the lanterns in the sky fly all the troubles, problems and worries, leaving only light and good feelings.
Independent festival of cinema and music Boomtown
Film and music festival Boomtown in South East Texas collects the best independent films of national and global production and provides associates the opportunity to network and discuss creative ideas.
The festival is known for his stunning DJ scenes, every year is different.
Snow festival in Sapporo
In 1950 in honor of children's party high school students of a school in Sapporo has established six snow animal figures. It made such an impression on passers-by, who oversaw the work, since the inhabitants of the city every year in early February, began to build shapes out of snow and ice.
First, the holiday was known only to the Japanese, but after the 11th Winter Olympic games 1972 in Sapporo festival has gained worldwide popularity.
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Congratulations! You have accepted a contract, the buyer has turned in the earnest money (always a good sign!), and the home inspection has been scheduled. Let's review your responsibilities and rights as a seller when it comes to the inspection and any repairs.
If you are aware of any material defect(s) with your property, the law requires you to disclose them to buyers. That's the fair and ethical thing to do, of course! Once notified, the buyer can then make an informed decision about whether to move ahead on the purchase.
You might think that *any* material defect will be the death blow for a sale…but that's not the case at all. In many cases, the buyer may be satisfied with a price adjustment that takes the issue into account.
NOTE: Colorado requires sellers to disclose any material defects currently existing as well as any such defects they are aware *ever* existed (see the Colorado Seller's Property Disclosure Form here. The Colorado residential form has sections regarding structural conditions; the roof; appliances; electrical and telecommunications; mechanical; ventilation/air/heat; water; sewer; flooding and drainage; use, zoning, and legal issues; access and parking; environmental conditions; common interest community/HOA; and more.
A heads-up on potential deal-breakers, as well as the chance to fix them first. A pre-listing inspection will cost between $200-$500 depending on the size of your home. That's money well spent if it helps you uncover major issues – foundation problems, water/mold issues, etc. – that could send buyers running. Knowing about the problems in advance may also give you the opportunity to have them fixed at a better price, since tight deadlines always seem to carry higher prices.
It can be a positive in marketing your home. Knowing that you've already had a pre-listing inspection can contribute to a buyer's peace of mind, as can letting them know that the listing price has been set with any outstanding repairs in mind.
It can save you time in negotiations. A pre-listing inspection can cut down on or potentially even eliminate back-and-forth negotiations.
Be aware, though, that doing your own pre-listing inspection doesn't completely remove home inspection worries. There's always a chance that the buyer's inspection will reveal things yours didn't find.
Required: These are ones that must be addressed, or the lender will not release funds to finance the deal. If the issue relates to structural defects, safety issues, or building code violations, you'll have to fix it before the sale can proceed. "Fixing" can mean literally getting the issue fixed or – in some cases – offering the buyer a credit that allows them to pay for the repair themselves.
Not required/negotiable: These are generally items that have reached or exceeded their expected lifespan but are still functioning properly. Examples include a 20 year-old roof with no damage or a 25 year-old furnace in safe working condition. How you handle issues like these depends to some degree on the market cycle when you sell. You're in a stronger position in a hot seller's market. You can also consider offering to purchase a home warranty to allay buyer concerns. Alternatively, you can offer something of value to the buyer, such as offering to leave the washer and dryer or certain pieces of furniture so they won't have to purchase these items.
Ignore: Some buyers will send over an entire punchlist but this doesn't mean it is a carved-in-stone "to do" list. Some buyers are just pickier than others so don't take it personally if they ask for that kitchen sprayer to be fixed or if the bathtub is missing its stopper. You can always say no to items like these, or choose to do them because they are easy to do. Remember you always have a choice and I am here to walk you through the process!
In all cases, it's wise to seek the advice of your Realtor®. After all, you're already pretty far along the path to a sale by this point. Depending on your needs in terms of timelines and price, it may be to your advantage to accommodate some repairs rather than watching the buyer walk away.


With a brand that has a lot to offer, from events to workshops, to lodging and even an e-commerce store, sometimes it was difficult to focus the messaging. However since this was an ad placement in the Antique Show guide, we knew the audience would be most interested in lodging options during the show as well as how the space could be utilized after the show vendors have all packed up and the town returned to its small-town roots.
Below you'll see some of the iterations I created, with the final advertisement above! You'll notice many similarities between the drafts, and I believe the final product is a nice mix of all. It was interesting to create different ideas, and be able to pull together my favorite aspects from each to create a final product that we were all excited for and proud of!


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Special Report: Mavericks' 'Pants DJ' retained job despite porn use in office, co-workers say
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Dallas Mavericks interim CEO Cynthia Marshall addresses the room next to Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban during a press conference at American Airlines Center in Dallas on Monday, February 26, 2018. Marshall has been hired by the Mavericks to help clean up after the recent sexual harassment scandal in the front office. (Vernon Bryant/The Dallas Morning News)
By Brandon George and Eddie Sefko
His co-workers called him "Pants DJ." He would sit at his desk in the Dallas Mavericks ticket sales office, stare at pornographic images on his cellphone or computer and rub himself below his belt line.
He'd often call co-workers over to show them pictures on his phone that he'd taken of women in lingerie, topless or naked. He once dropped a used condom onto the office floor.
This pattern of behavior, described by seven current and former Mavericks employees who spoke to The Dallas Morning News on the condition of anonymity, continued for six years despite a warning from owner Mark Cuban that he stop viewing pornography on his office computer.
The senior account executive, who worked for the Mavericks for 15 years, was one of the central figures who helped cultivate a sexually charged work environment in the NBA franchise's corporate office, according to the current and former employees interviewed by The News.
Despite this behavior, five of the former employees said they never formally complained to human resources because they believed the actions were common knowledge and generally accepted by superiors.
The story of Chris Hyde's tenure with the Mavericks, which ended when he was fired in 2014, provides more insight into misbehavior first exposed by a Sports Illustrated report in February. It also shows that Cuban knew more about misconduct in the workplace than had been previously reported.
Cuban declined to comment on the record about the allegations against Hyde, citing a continuing investigation initiated by the Mavericks in the wake of the SI report. He referred questions to new CEO Cynthia Marshall.
'I think Mark knew': Former Mavericks employee details organization's toxic workplace
"As readers of the DMN know, we cannot comment because of the ongoing investigation," Marshall said by email. "It has been previously stated that the employee referenced was terminated years ago."
After the SI report, the Mavericks quickly hired Marshall, a 58-year-old, high-profile human resources executive who had a 36-year career at AT&T, to clean up the non-basketball operations side of the organization.
The Mavericks also made two other hires: Tarsha LaCour, a Houston native and product of Texas A&M, as senior vice president of human resources; and Cyndee Wales, a Californian who has been in Texas for 10 years, as chief ethics and compliance officer.
"As I mentioned in the February 26th press conference, we will respond swiftly to the investigators' findings," Marshall said. "They are conducting a thorough investigation and we are anxiously awaiting their report. In the meantime, we are executing on our 100-day plan and ensuring that the Dallas Mavericks is a great place to work for all."
Hyde did not respond to repeated phone messages requesting comment for this story. A reporter from The News twice went to Hyde's Dallas apartment and left messages that went unreturned. Additionally, The News mailed a letter to Hyde's home address asking for comment on the allegations against him.
Jeff Anderson, a Dallas-area lawyer who said he is advising Hyde, would not comment on Hyde's behavior. He issued the following statement in response to the The News' letter:
"Mr. Hyde has always been treated fairly by the Mavericks. That did not stop during or after the process of his separation from the organization."
Workplace misconduct
Three former employees with firsthand knowledge of Hyde's behavior told The News that he showed them pornography on his computer or cellphone multiple times, from as far back as the early 2000s until just before he left the franchise in 2014.
In early 2008, Hyde told a former employee whom he had worked with for more than a decade that Cuban had warned Hyde he'd be fired if he continued to possess erotic photos on his office computer. Hyde also told the former co-worker that he had apologized to Cuban and promised there would be no further incidents.
For several months, according to the former employee, Hyde seemed to heed Cuban's warning. But Hyde -- now 57 -- eventually returned to his earlier behavior.
One former employee explained the "Pants DJ" nickname as "like what a DJ does on a turntable because it looks like he's kind of rubbing his leg."
Two former male employees said Hyde continued to show them photos and videos of topless or naked women on his cellphone while at work for years after Cuban's 2008 warning.
How on earth could Mark Cuban have completely missed the scandal at Mavericks HQ?
One of the men said Hyde showed him erotic photos and videos on his phone as many as 30 times, with about half of those occurrences coming after the warning. The former employee said it "might have slowed him down for six months, but it didn't stop him."
The other former employee said Hyde went as far as to bring in his own external hard drive so he could view pornography at work and avoid going through the Mavericks' computer system.
A woman who worked for the Mavericks in the early 2000s described the job as "70 percent dream job, 30 percent sexual comments, jokes and advances."
The woman, whose cubicle was close to Hyde's, said he would often get her attention so she'd look over the partition separating their desks and see pornography on his computer screen. This carried on over the course of three years, she said.
Until now, the only Mavericks employees named in allegations reported by SI, Deadspin and The News have been former president and CEO Terdema Ussery and since-fired Mavs.com reporter Earl K. Sneed. During The News' more than two-month investigation into sexual harassment and, allegedly in Sneed's case, domestic violence, former employees also alleged inaction by some Mavericks executives.
Marshall, the Mavericks-hired investigative team led by lawyers Evan Krutoy and Anne Milgram, and the NBA are tasked with determining if the alleged actions of Ussery, Sneed and Hyde are symptomatic of a "corporate culture rife with misogyny and predatory behavior," as described by SI, or isolated examples among the estimated 200 people who have worked for the Mavericks during Cuban's 18-year ownership.
Team's top salesman
Despite common knowledge around the office of Hyde's lewd behavior, he was allowed to keep his job until 2014. His firing was not related to his porn-viewing habits in the office or the condom incident, according to four sources.
Hyde regularly finished as the top earner in ticket sales, according to five of the former co-workers interviewed by The News. On his personal LinkedIn page, Hyde described himself as the Mavericks' "number one sales generator for 15 straight years which produced $75 million in revenue."
The co-workers said that while they were scraping by on minimal salaries, Hyde drove a Maserati. He would brag to co-workers about hosting parties at a luxury apartment across the street from American Airlines Center that he shared with a longtime Mavericks season-ticket holder. Hyde also maintained a four-bedroom home with a pool and spa near Riverchase Golf Course in Coppell that he sold in June for $432,000, according to property records.
In many cases, according to two former employees, the photos Hyde would show male co-workers at the office had been taken by him at the apartment. One of the former employees visited the apartment with Hyde, although he said nothing out of the ordinary took place that night.
The condom incident
Three former employees said they spotted a used condom on the office floor shortly after Hyde walked out of a bathroom near the front of the Mavs' sales office after lunch in early 2011. One of the employees said he had seen the condom fall from Hyde's pants leg as he was walking.
Two of the co-workers said they had witnessed Buddy Pittman, the Mavericks vice president of human resources, pick up the used condom with a paper towel before disposing of it.
Cuban was alerted about the condom incident, two sources said, but Hyde kept his job for three more years.
National reaction: Mark Cuban needs to be suspended next season; Mavs should lose draft picks
Pittman, who was suspended by Cuban in response to the SI story, did not respond to multiple phone calls from The News requesting comment for this story. A reporter from The News went to Pittman's home and knocked on his door and was told by Pittman's wife that he did not wish to comment.
Six current and former employees said the organization tried to put a Band-Aid on the Hyde situation about a year after the condom incident by moving the desks of several employees in the sales department in early 2012. Hyde was moved from close to the front of the ticket sales office to near the back, "where it was much more secluded," one source added.
Until October, the Mavericks business offices were located a few miles from American Airlines Center in a large warehouse converted into an office space that left little room for privacy because of the chest-high cubicle walls.
Response to report
Four former employees said they were surprised that some Mavericks executives in charge of the departments in question remain employed as allegations and details continue to surface.
The Mavericks didn't fire Ussery, the longtime team president and focal point of the SI report, despite multiple accusations of sexual harassment and inappropriate comments by him during his 18 years with the organization. Ussery left the franchise in 2015 for an executive position at Under Armour, only to resign less than two months into that job. Cuban told SI he had had no previous knowledge of the allegations against Ussery.
Sneed, the writer for the team website, remained employed despite two domestic violence incidents, one of which involved a co-worker. Cuban, who fired Sneed when the SI report was published, admitted to ESPN that the decision to keep Sneed had been a "horrible mistake in hindsight."
The investigation could wrap up as early as the end of this month, Marshall recently told The News.
She beat cancer, domestic abuse and racial barriers, but can she save the Dallas Mavericks?
"It's been incredibly thorough," NBA commissioner Adam Silver said of the investigation at a board of governors meeting in mid-April in New York. "It includes interviewing every single employee of the Mavericks organization, plus every former employee who is willing to make themselves available to the investigators.
"From everything I've heard directly from the investigators, everyone has been completely cooperative," he said. "And by the way, it doesn't just include interviews. It includes documents, it includes emails.
"And that's come directly from Mark Cuban. He's told the investigators that and he's told the league office that as well, that he is open book, and he's demanding himself a thorough investigation. So we're waiting for the outcome of that."
None of the former employees interviewed by The News have spoken to the investigators hired by the Mavericks, but all have expressed a willingness to cooperate.
Staff writer Brad Townsend contributed to this report.
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I could watch this over and over an over. So very good. The colors, the edit, the animation. Love, love, love it!
As an opening for this international design event, we wanted to create a credit sequence that felt like a short film. The result is a stark and post-apocalyptic sequence, shot with a hand held camera and augmented by 3D animation. Barren landscapes are juxtaposed with solid type, understated graphics, and a constant stream of altered details that are both subtle and unexpected.
"For me it's perfect... photography, frame composition, landscape chosen, typo integration, special effects, color, "costumes", music... But the best of all is this effect of infinite... It means there is a universe beyond, it's endless, it's Star Wars..."
"I have seen this a thousand times or more, and I just can`t get tired, it truly transports me to new dimensions, the best of the best."


Thanks to a successful partnership funding bid, work has been completed on a new play area in Upper Tean.
Sutcliffe Play Ltd were selected to supply and install the new equipment.
10th February 2016 – Initial meeting with the team at SMDC who are going to help us obtain the S106 funding and hopefully other grants.
24th February 2016 – Wentlows Improvement questionnaire live.
28th April 2016 – Catch up meeting with SMDC team.
3rd June 2016 – Funding bid submitted to Tesco's – Unfortunately our bid was unsuccessful.
December 2016 – Bid or Veolia UK grant was unfortunately unsuccessful.
December 2016 – Our project has been shortlisted for the public vote in the Tesco Bags of Help initiative.
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drop off at Smytheman Architectual Services, Great Wood Community Hall or 3 Redhill Drive, Tean.
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Okay, well, THAT was just gorgeous. I already loved "Little Knife," "The Too-Clever Fox," and "The Witch of Duva," but the other three stories were absolutely enchanting, and the illustrations added a surprisingly fun visual element.
Leigh's writing is just getting better and better, in my opinion. Maybe it's because she had more time to think about the non-Ravkan tales or that they could be longer, but I thought "Ayama and the Thorn Wood," "The Soldier Prince," and "When Water Sang Fire" were more strongly developed and the writing even more captivating. Every word is lush, dripping with honey and vinegar and sugar and spice. This collection of tales is incredibly sensory; in every tale I felt drawn in, like I could see, hear, feel, smell, and taste everything from the quince flowers in the wood to the witch's feasts to the cool waters off Fjerda. I really appreciate when a book contains such allure!
I love that this collection is a throwback to the original dark fairy tales. I think a lot of us grew up with the prettified versions of most fairy tales (*sarcasm* thanks, Disney!) (*unsarcasm* okay, but I did LOVE Disney's versions, obviously), but The Language of Thorns recreates the dark, eerie feel of Hansel and Gretel and The Little Mermaid. The tales were still recognizable—for instance, I knew "The Soldier Prince" was The Nutcracker immediately—but they're dark and twisty, a little malevolent, a little misunderstood, a lot morally gray. And in my opinion, that's where Leigh really shines. She's SO GOOD at exploring characters who are a little bit wicked, a little bit honorable.
It was awesome to flip each page and search for the new addition to the overall picture and try to guess how the final product would look. Sometimes the change was super subtle so it was like a fairy tale where's Waldo! I feel like sometimes YA and adult don't have those clever, engaging elements that are super common in picture books. It was absolutely a fun surprise to see the illustrations evolve throughout the story until it became one massive illustration at the end. And although the two-toned orange and blue did not work for me in Wires & Nerve, I was totally cool with the blue and red two-toned illustrations in Thorns. That might be because Thorns is merely an illustrated book of tales while Wires is a full-length graphic novel, but it could also be because the blue and teal are just more pleasing to the eye.
All in all, Grisha fans are going to love this book because duh, but anyone who enjoys fairy tales should like Leigh's reimaginings. I think the only way the collection as a whole could be better is if there were more stories. I would have loved more tales for each land as well as at least one story for the Wandering Isle and Shu Han. Also some Suli influence because YOU KNOW they have some tales to tell! I'll forgive Leigh and Macmillan this oversight if they agree to The Language of Thorns Part II.
Leigh Bardugo is the #1 New York Times bestselling and USA Today bestselling author of the Six of Crows duology and the Shadow and Bone trilogy, as well as the upcoming Wonder Woman: Warbringer (Aug 2017) and The Language of Thorns (Sept 2017).
She was born in Jerusalem, grew up in Los Angeles, and graduated from Yale University. These days, she lives and writes in Hollywood where she can occasionally be heard singing with her band.
She would be delighted if you followed her on Twitter, elated if you visited her web site, and fairly giddy if you liked her selfies on Instagram.
This sounds like an interesting world of dangerous magic!


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Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES)
The RSES measures self-esteem using ten items answered on a four-point Likert-type scale
– from strongly agree to strongly disagree. The RSES is one of the most widely used measures of self-esteem (Sinclair et al., 2010). Self-esteem is not a unitary construct and has been divided equally to measure two 5-item facets; self-competence and self-liking.
– Self-competence (SC) is understood as one's instrumental value. Schmitt and Allik (2005) defined self-competence as "feeling you are confident, capable and efficacious" (p. 625).
– Self-liking (SL) is defined as one's sense of intrinsic self value (Sinclair et al., 2010). Schmitt and Allik (2005) defined self-liking as "feeling you are good and socially relevant" (p. 625).
A central assumption in psychology has been that high self-esteem is beneficial and low self-esteem is detrimental (Crocker & Park, 2004). However, a more nuanced view of self-esteem is emerging, suggesting the benefits of high trait self-esteem are restricted to enhanced initiative and happiness (Baumiester, Campbell, Krueger, & Vohs, 2003). Crocker and Park (2004) point out that self-esteem is associated with self-focus interpersonal and achievement goals, and high self-esteem can produce costs in terms of loss of relatedness, increased competitiveness and lower concern for group wellbeing. These researchers arguepsychologists should be less concerned in fostering the amount of self-esteem and more concerned with the processes by which individuals pursue it.
The scale has good predictive validity, as well as internal consistency and test-retest reliability (Schmitt & Allik, 2005; Torrey, Mueser, McHugo, & Drake, 2000). Cronbach coefficient has been shown to be high (M = 0.81) supporting the internal coherence of the scale. Sinclair et al. (2010) suggest that self-esteem scores are highly dependent on temporal affect, and therefore the scale may not capture trait based self-esteem adequately. Despite this, test-retest reliability over a period of 2 weeks reveals correlations of .85 and .88, indicating excellent stability. The RSES demonstrates a Guttman scale coefficient of reproducibility of .92, indicating excellent internal consistency.
The minimum total score is 0 and the maximum is 30, with higher scores representing higher self-esteem. Results consist of four raw scores and four percentiles: Total self-esteem, self- competence (sum of first five items), self-liking (sum of second five items) and self- competence minus self liking (SC-SL). Percentiles indicate how the client's self-esteem compares to Sinclair's adult sample. Sinclair et al. (2010) found that among a sample of 503 adults (M = 44.7 years, SD = 16.3) the average self-esteem score was 22.62 (SD = 5.8). The self-competence subscale had a mean of 12.01 (SD=2.82). The mean for self-liking was 10.62 (SD = 3.35). Additionally, when the raw self-liking score was taken away from the raw self-competence score (SC-SL), the average difference was 1.39 (SD=2.15). Despite higher self-esteem not always being more adaptive, evidence shows that self-esteem is negatively and linearly related to disorders of mood and anxiety (Greenberg et al., 1992; Lightsey et al., 2006; Neustadt et al., 2006; Torrey et al., 2000), so higher self-esteem has been shown to be protective against some mental disorders.
Rosenberg, M. (1965). Rosenberg self-esteem scale (RSE). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Measures Package, 61.
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Transmission: 3 speed with overdrive.
Studebaker's top of the line for 1948. Looks, runs and drives like 1948. All original condition except for re-paint in original Tulip Cream #2 a few years ago. Very straight body, no rust issues. Electric top in good condition. Odometer shows 62,000+ miles which I believe to be the true mileage. The 3 speed on the column shifts smoothly and the overdrive works great. It has 1947 license plate since Washington didn't make any plates in 1948. The Commander featured a longer wheelbase, more powerful engine, bigger tires, more chrome and a much nicer dash than the more common Champion. A similar convertible but in the lower Champion model sold for $45,000 last year at Mecum in Portland. I'm a reasonable man and my reserve is much lower than that.
1952 Studebaker Champion Regal Convertible - One of 1,575 Produced RARE!!!
1948 Studebaker Champion Convertible - Fully Restored!