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Strong financial sector may be driver of BD economy: ADB
18th-Jul-2019
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UNB, Dhaka :
Bangladesh needs to be serious to get the fourth pillar for its growing economy giving much importance to financial sector development to successfully make the country one of the top 20 economies of the world, says Asian Development Bank (ADB). "Financial sector development can be the fourth pillar of the Bangladesh economy," said ADB Country Director Manmohan Parkash in an interview with UNB noting that Bangladesh economy is largely driven by domestic consumption, remittance and trade.
He said preparing a 10-year roadmap for financial sector development based on three pillars of financial integration, fiscal transparency and financial resilience could help further catalyse Bangladesh economy, and financial markets.
"It'll also protect the economy against external shocks," ADB Country Director said adding that if there is a better financial integration any
crisis can easily be dealt with because of the same standards and similar rules in place.
Citing the examples of Singapore and Hong Kong, he said their GDP is more than that of Bangladesh despite being very small countries because they have a very strong financial sector. "If you can have a strong financial sector, it can actually become another driver to the Bangladesh economy."
Parkash, however, said developing a strong financial sector is not something that Bangladesh can achieve in six months or one year, and there are lots of international experiences that can be brought in.
"Probably, you need a 10-year roadmap that can help you take full advantage of the financial sector," he said adding that the openness of information brings confidence among all.
Parkash, who joined the ADB in 2002, said Bangladesh is seen as a model for growth today even in difficult global economic outlook and Bangladesh will stand out by growing at record 8 percent in 2019 and 2020.
The growth is expected to moderate across most of the developing Asia at 5.7 percent in 2019 and 5.6 percent in 2020. However, according to the ADB, South Asia will buck this trend growing at 6.8 percent in 2019 and 6.9 percent in 2020.
"This is actually very good news (Bangladesh growth) - which also means that the continued political calm, sound macroeconomic policies of the government, pragmatic steps that have been taken and right development priorities are contributing to this whole thing," said the ADB Country Director.
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Parkash, who oversees the implementation of the ADB Country Partnership Strategy for Bangladesh (2016-2020), said the country's GDP crossed $300 billion this year and the ADB wishes it reaches $1 trillion by 2030.
To achieve this, Parkash said, Bangladesh will have to take full advantage of its demographic dividend, exploit its locational advantage by enhancing its connectivity with east, west and north, and promote trade and investment by developing a resilient and strong financial sector.
"A strong financial sector helps regional and international market integrate, attract long-term investments, PPPs, and deepen and broaden economic integrations," he said.
Domestically, Parkash said, it helps improve financial sector stability, increase the efficiency and liquidity of markets, and strengthen the regulatory environment.
Responding to a question, the ADB Country Director said Bangladesh has done very well as far as trade integration is concerned but one thing Bangladesh needs to do more is financial integration.
Talking about young population, Parkash laid emphasis on making them a skilled labour force and making them employable so that they can contribute to the economy.
The ADB Country Director said Bangladesh's remittance inflow is currently on the low-end as its skill base is low.
He said, almost 12 million Bangladeshis are living abroad and they are remitting $ 15 billion annually. "With the same number of people by 2030, I hope, you can get almost $ 100 billion worth of remittances."
Parkash said Bangladesh capital market is developing after stocks market debacles in late 2010 and early 2011.
"Fortunately, after that, some good measures and actions have been taken," he said recalling the time the government had requested the ADB to provide assistance.
Parkash said today not many people are coming from outside and investing because they do not know whether and how they will get the money back and whether the companies are adopting good corporate governance.
With better financial integration, there will be lower amount of remittances coming through informal channels, he said. "Also, the cost of doing business will go down. The cost will be largely dependent on how the financial structuring has been done."
The ADB Country Director said financial literacy promotes sustainable market development.
He said more informed and rational individual decisions develop a more competitive and fair market. "It incentivises financial industries to be more innovative to develop new products and services to meet clients' new demand."
Parkash said financial literacy helps create new wealth and benefits individual citizens who must manage longevity risk with better wealth management.
He said, to gain a full advantage of new regulatory regimes, financial education is necessary to encourage people to change their behaviours and become more serious about their wealth management using these new financial instruments.
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Federal Govt Approves N26bn, $286m, €9m To Boost Power Supply
In a bid to significantly increase power supply, the federal government has approved all 16 memos on power projects presented by Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu.
The minister disclosed this to State House correspondents after the extraordinary Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting which was presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at Council Chambers of the State House, Abuja on Thursday.
Some of the project costs are in different local and foreign currencies. They are $65,606,420, €15,152,651 and N31,360,272,397.
Speaking on the memo he presented, Aliyu stated: "Today, I presented to council 16 memos, which I seek for council's approval and the council graciously approved all of them. At this point, let me say what these approvals will do to the nation's electricity supply.
"As we're all aware, the major problem we're having in the Electricity Supply Industry is to be able to evacuate sufficient electricity and distribute them.
"That is to say, we have a very weak transmission grid and distribution segment of the value chain.
"We may not be having much problem with generation. So, unless we're able to strengthen the electricity grid, which is nationwide, and to expand, and to be able to evacuate, what the grid can take to consumers, we will have a lot of problems ahead of us.
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"So, what we're doing currently through various and several interventions is to be able to repair the grid by constructing new transmission lines, bringing in new equipments to replace the old ones at our substations. So, that will release more capacity to the distribution and leading to the customers.
"So, the operational capacity, as you all know now is hovering around 5,000 megawatts and the transmission and distribution.
"So, these projects that we brought to council today and got approvals are all geared towards strengthening the willing capacity of the transmission and towards distribution, even though as you all know, the distribution segment of the NESI (Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry) is been privatized, but we cannot fold our arms and allow them to continue not to do much in order to evacuate what the transmission can bring.
"But as as it is now, even the transmission is not that strong. So, we need to put more investment into the transmission so that we can improve the willing capacity of the TCN to be able to take up enough electricity from the generation.
"So, these memos, although 16 of them but they're all geared towards achieving what I've just explained. So I'm going to read them out for you for purpose of records and information.
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"The approval was given for award of contract for the construction of a 2X60MVA 132/33 KVA substation at Ikare-Akoko and 2×132 KV Lines Bay Extension at Oke-Agbe, Ondo State at the cost of $9,9928,912.80 and N2,037,076,700.00.
"Supply of 65 Hilux vehicle and 20 SUVs nationwide at the cost of N2,741,787,500.00. Procurement of 1,500 drums of transformer 001 nation wide at N322,500,000.00.
"Supply of 19 Sergi transformer explosion and fire protection devices nationwide at €5,326,663,70 and N347,629,092.57..
"Construction of 142KV double circuit line in Ikere-Ijesa-Isu-Ilupeju towns, Ado-Ekiti State, $30,880,393.82 and N8,344,898,490.86.
"Construction of New National Control Center at Osogbo, Osun State at N1,168,318,638.68.
Construction of New National Control Center at Gwagwalada, FCT at N1,161,915,489.76
Supply of 180 of Grounding Equipment nationwide at €686,043.50 and N41,378,244.25.
Additional work on 330KV double line to Mando substation in Kaduna at N893,011,356.42.
"Construction of 2X60MVA, 132/33KV substation at Ogbomosho and 2X 132KVLine Bags Extension at Ganmo substation at Ilorin at €5,274,245.00 and N457,708,341.02.
"Contracts for design, manufacture, supply at N4,325,652,643.50.
Installation and commissioning of transmission lines of 330/132/33 KV Lekki, Lagos. LOT 1 and LOT 2, at N2,812,767,499.00.
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"Augmentation for the construction of 2X60MVA 132/33 KVA substation at Malumfashi and 4X132KV Line Bats at Kankara at Katsina at N176,517,897.88.
"Supply and delivering of 40 each of primary and secondary injection test sets nationwide at €3,865,700.00 and N212,386,640.00."
Aliyu also blamed the epileptic power supply in the country on the lack of attention paid to the development of the sector in the past.
He said the present administration has done more than any other to ensure that Nigerians enjoy improved supply of electricity.
He said contrary to the impression that nothing was being down to tackle epileptic power supply, the government was doing a lot to remedy the situation with more investments in the sector which he said had manifested in the less system collapsed being witnessed in the country.
While noting that the federal government has placed order for power equipment, the minister assured that Nigerians will soon see the outcome of the ongoing investments.
Aliyu noted that the present power generation in the country is about 5,000mw as he decried what he termed the weak transmission grid.
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I just love it when Stampin' Up! products have multiple uses. This Berry Basket is a die cut that creates the most adorable basket. I've posted photos on my blog. But, here I cut the die and used just half of it to create this adorable and springy card using the Mixed Bunch stamp set with coordinating punch.
I created this card with two of the members of Kim's Paper Krafters, sisters Beth and Kathy. I met them in Tucson for a stamping-filled weekend. We made lots and lots of fun things and used lots and lots of paper. Here's a picture of Beth and Kathy. Thanks to Beth and her husband for their hospitality.
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from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, generators, nested_scopes, print_function,
                        unicode_literals, with_statement)

import os
import sys

from six import StringIO

from pants.base.workunit import WorkUnitLabel
from pants.reporting.html_reporter import HtmlReporter
from pants.reporting.invalidation_report import InvalidationReport
from pants.reporting.plaintext_reporter import LabelFormat, PlainTextReporter, ToolOutputFormat
from pants.reporting.quiet_reporter import QuietReporter
from pants.reporting.report import Report
from pants.reporting.reporter import ReporterDestination
from pants.reporting.reporting_server import ReportingServerManager
from pants.subsystem.subsystem import Subsystem
from pants.util.dirutil import relative_symlink, safe_mkdir

class Reporting(Subsystem):
  options_scope = 'reporting'

  @classmethod
  def register_options(cls, register):
    super(Reporting, cls).register_options(register)
    register('--invalidation-report', type=bool,
             help='Write a formatted report on the invalid objects to the specified path.')
    register('--reports-dir', advanced=True, metavar='<dir>',
             default=os.path.join(register.bootstrap.pants_workdir, 'reports'),
             help='Write reports to this dir.')
    register('--template-dir', advanced=True, metavar='<dir>', default=None,
             help='Find templates for rendering in this dir.')
    register('--console-label-format', advanced=True, type=dict,
             default=PlainTextReporter.LABEL_FORMATTING,
             help='Controls the printing of workunit labels to the console.  Workunit types are '
                  '{workunits}.  Possible formatting values are {formats}'.format(
               workunits=WorkUnitLabel.keys(), formats=LabelFormat.keys()))
    register('--console-tool-output-format', advanced=True, type=dict,
             default=PlainTextReporter.TOOL_OUTPUT_FORMATTING,
             help='Controls the printing of workunit tool output to the console. Workunit types are '
                  '{workunits}.  Possible formatting values are {formats}'.format(
               workunits=WorkUnitLabel.keys(), formats=ToolOutputFormat.keys()))

  def initialize(self, run_tracker, start_time=None):
    """Initialize with the given RunTracker.

    TODO: See `RunTracker.start`.
    """

    run_id = run_tracker.initialize()
    run_dir = os.path.join(self.get_options().reports_dir, run_id)

    html_dir = os.path.join(run_dir, 'html')
    safe_mkdir(html_dir)
    relative_symlink(run_dir, os.path.join(self.get_options().reports_dir, 'latest'))

    report = Report()

    # Capture initial console reporting into a buffer. We'll do something with it once
    # we know what the cmd-line flag settings are.
    outfile = StringIO()
    errfile = StringIO()
    capturing_reporter_settings = PlainTextReporter.Settings(
      outfile=outfile, errfile=errfile, log_level=Report.INFO,
      color=False, indent=True, timing=False,
      cache_stats=False,
      label_format=self.get_options().console_label_format,
      tool_output_format=self.get_options().console_tool_output_format)
    capturing_reporter = PlainTextReporter(run_tracker, capturing_reporter_settings)
    report.add_reporter('capturing', capturing_reporter)

    # Set up HTML reporting. We always want that.
    html_reporter_settings = HtmlReporter.Settings(log_level=Report.INFO,
                                                   html_dir=html_dir,
                                                   template_dir=self.get_options().template_dir)
    html_reporter = HtmlReporter(run_tracker, html_reporter_settings)
    report.add_reporter('html', html_reporter)

    # Add some useful RunInfo.
    run_tracker.run_info.add_info('default_report', html_reporter.report_path())
    port = ReportingServerManager().socket
    if port:
      run_tracker.run_info.add_info('report_url', 'http://localhost:{}/run/{}'.format(port, run_id))

    # And start tracking the run.
    run_tracker.start(report, start_time)

  def _get_invalidation_report(self):
    return InvalidationReport() if self.get_options().invalidation_report else None

  @staticmethod
  def _consume_stringio(f):
    f.flush()
    buffered_output = f.getvalue()
    f.close()
    return buffered_output

  def update_reporting(self, global_options, is_quiet, run_tracker):
    """Updates reporting config once we've parsed cmd-line flags."""

    # Get any output silently buffered in the old console reporter, and remove it.
    removed_reporter = run_tracker.report.remove_reporter('capturing')
    buffered_out = self._consume_stringio(removed_reporter.settings.outfile)
    buffered_err = self._consume_stringio(removed_reporter.settings.errfile)

    log_level = Report.log_level_from_string(global_options.level or 'info')
    # Ideally, we'd use terminfo or somesuch to discover whether a
    # terminal truly supports color, but most that don't set TERM=dumb.
    color = global_options.colors and (os.getenv('TERM') != 'dumb')
    timing = global_options.time
    cache_stats = global_options.time  # TODO: Separate flag for this?

    if is_quiet:
      console_reporter = QuietReporter(run_tracker,
                                       QuietReporter.Settings(log_level=log_level, color=color,
                                                              timing=timing, cache_stats=cache_stats))
    else:
      # Set up the new console reporter.
      settings = PlainTextReporter.Settings(log_level=log_level, outfile=sys.stdout, errfile=sys.stderr,
                                            color=color, indent=True, timing=timing, cache_stats=cache_stats,
                                            label_format=self.get_options().console_label_format,
                                            tool_output_format=self.get_options().console_tool_output_format)
      console_reporter = PlainTextReporter(run_tracker, settings)
      console_reporter.emit(buffered_out, dest=ReporterDestination.OUT)
      console_reporter.emit(buffered_err, dest=ReporterDestination.ERR)
      console_reporter.flush()
    run_tracker.report.add_reporter('console', console_reporter)

    if global_options.logdir:
      # Also write plaintext logs to a file. This is completely separate from the html reports.
      safe_mkdir(global_options.logdir)
      run_id = run_tracker.run_info.get_info('id')
      outfile = open(os.path.join(global_options.logdir, '{}.log'.format(run_id)), 'w')
      errfile = open(os.path.join(global_options.logdir, '{}.err.log'.format(run_id)), 'w')
      settings = PlainTextReporter.Settings(log_level=log_level, outfile=outfile, errfile=errfile,
                                            color=False, indent=True, timing=True, cache_stats=True,
                                            label_format=self.get_options().console_label_format,
                                            tool_output_format=self.get_options().console_tool_output_format)
      logfile_reporter = PlainTextReporter(run_tracker, settings)
      logfile_reporter.emit(buffered_out, dest=ReporterDestination.OUT)
      logfile_reporter.emit(buffered_err, dest=ReporterDestination.ERR)
      logfile_reporter.flush()
      run_tracker.report.add_reporter('logfile', logfile_reporter)

    invalidation_report = self._get_invalidation_report()
    if invalidation_report:
      run_id = run_tracker.run_info.get_info('id')
      outfile = os.path.join(self.get_options().reports_dir, run_id, 'invalidation-report.csv')
      invalidation_report.set_filename(outfile)

    return invalidation_report

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Why is "mental health" a dirty word? I don't mean it literally of course. But because of the stigma that is propagated about mental health as well as other issues, 71% of Arizona's youth who have had a major depressive episode do not receive the critical help they need.
I agree with Deborah Serani , Psy. D, a clinical psychologist who's struggled with depression , who takes a two-step approach by educating others about mental illness and leading by example.
Specifically, she teaches what mental illness is and isn't. "Mental illness is a combination of neurobiology and psychological influences, not a weakness in character."
I've been encouraged that we are taking steps to dispel the stigma about mental illness.
Many celebrities have begun to share about their own mental health challenges. They know that by sharing their stories, they can encourage others to seek help.
At Doorways, we are working to break the stigma of mental illnesses by educating people that mental challenges can happen to any of us and can they need to be looked at in a similar way to a physical illness. For instance, if you have the flu, you go to a medical provider and receive help to be healthy again.
There is nothing to be ashamed of. Our providers are there to listen, to walk alongside, and to help people feel better again. We do not judge, or criticize or point fingers. We just care! (What a great job we have!).
If someone you know is suffering from mental illness, but is afraid to get help because of the stigma, we can help you. Contact us at Doorways for a free consultation to discuss some possible solutions.
Rachael earned her doctorate degree in clinical psychology from Midwestern University. She has worked for the past 5 years in a variety of settings, both at inpatient and outpatient levels of care, treating children, adolescents and their families.
Rachael has a passion for supporting adolescents through difficult transitions in order to live a more fulfilling life aligned with their passions and values.
She utilizes a combination of solution-focused, acceptance commitment, and cognitive behavioral therapy to help individuals with depressed or anxious mood, traumatic experiences, eating disorders, and parent-child relational issues.
Fred is currently in a graduate program for Human and Family Development at Arizona State University and will be starting his Clinical Behavioral Health Counseling program with Northern Arizona University in the Spring. He moved to Phoenix from Tucson in 2015 to escape the heat.
Passionate about helping people, Fred has taken his abundance of personality and spirit from IT management, emergency medicine and finally to higher education with all three Arizona universities.
Fred works with the OCD/Social Anxiety Intensive Outpatient Program at Doorways.
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The adolescent years can be difficult, but if you have a teen with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) you are faced with additional obstacles as a parent. Know that you are not alone on this journey.
According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA), OCD affects about one in one-hundred school-age children. Once you gain an understanding of OCD, know that there are treatment options available for your adolescent.
As children grow into teenagers, Friday nights at home as a family become less frequent. Teens would like to be out exploring the world and discovering themselves with their friends, rather than spending the evening in with their parents and siblings.
As a parent, you don't want to stifle your teen's growth and independence, but you also worry about them encountering peer pressures that can lead towards reckless and potentially dangerous behavior. Like all parents, you want to make sure they are partaking in safe, yet enjoyable, activities.
"My Teen Has No Friends"
Friendships are an important part of the teen years. They help teens develop into adulthood by learning invaluable emotional and social skills. According to the Raising Children Network, having a group of good friends can help build confidence, security and provide a support system for teens.
Do you find that your teen has no friends? The damage that can be done by being unpopular at school can have lifelong consequences for one's self-esteem. As a parent, there are ways that you can help your teen develop and maintain friendships.


I've been reading an article that pushes the point that public transport is more effective than Carpooling. Mind you it's published by an Australia Public Transport Group, so it's a one sided fight. But it made me laugh and realise how very wrong they are.
Their belief that Carpooling is only promoted as a less worse measure than currently what is available is laughable. But on the other hand Public Transport in a majority of places is simply terrible, non existant or over priced.
"Small rise in carpooling would slash emissions"
A MINOR increase in carpooling would have a similar effect on carbon emissions as doubling public transport patronage in Australia's capital cities, a transport expert says.
If only 10% of the cars with solo drivers carried a passenger, the emissions reduction would be equivalent to a twofold growth in public transport patronage.
Public Transport cannot support a two fold growth in patronage, I have been travelling on trains for over 15 years and do you think I can get a seat in the mornings? No, that's right im the one standing near the doors for 1.4 hours while my train goes to Sydney each day and i still ask myself why i pay $19 for that convenience.
Public Transport has always been the inferior travel method, you're the one travelling to their departure points, travelling on a non direct route to where you are going, and drop off points are not always where you need to be. There is nothing convenient about Public Transport and it is all downhill from there when a service is running late or cancelled for the day.
They believe that Carpooling schemes eventually perish from lack of interest and energy because Carpooling negates the reasons that draws people to cars in the first place.
What attracts people to cars is the 'go anywhere anytime' convenience, that public transport does not provide and is not feasible to provide. At least with Carpooling we all stand a better chance of being able to get to Castle Hill at 1:45am on a Saturday morning.
Besides convenience, Carpooling allows you to choose who you travel with, know abit about them before travelling, and potentially make new friends while you are at it. LifeSocial Carpooling allows you to build your friends network and make new connections.
A September 2008 report by the Australia Road Research Group found that although people like the idea of carpooling, few wanted to take it up mostly because of trouble co-ordinating arrival and departure times. This just tells us that the schemes running in 2008 were not done right and lacked the volume of people needed to make it happen.
There are thousands of cars travelling to Sydney from the Central Coast each morning and the majority are all going to a similar area. Turning some of these into Carpools would be advantages. Not all drivers you carpool with will finish at the same time you do, but no one said you have to carpool back with the same person. Try Carpooling back with someone else.
The Government needs to be providing an incentive to those who Carpool in the mornings by not charging a bridge toll for cars carrying more than 1x passenger.
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using System;
using System.Text;

namespace Lucene.Net.Analysis.Tokenattributes
{
    using Lucene.Net.Util;

    ///
    /// The term text of a Token.
    ///
    public interface ICharTermAttribute : IAttribute, ICloneable
    {
        ///
        /// Copies the contents of buffer, starting at offset for
        ///  length characters, into the termBuffer array.
        ///  <param name="buffer"> the buffer to copy </param>
        ///  <param name="offset"> the index in the buffer of the first character to copy </param>
        ///  <param name="length"> the number of characters to copy </param>
        void CopyBuffer(char[] buffer, int offset, int length);

        ///
        /// Returns the internal termBuffer character array which
        ///  you can then directly alter.  If the array is too
        ///  small for your token, use {@link
        ///  #resizeBuffer(int)} to increase it.  After
        ///  altering the buffer be sure to call {@link
        ///  #setLength} to record the number of valid
        ///  characters that were placed into the termBuffer.
        ///

        ///  NOTE: The returned buffer may be larger than
        ///  the valid <seealso cref="#length()"/>.
        ///
        char[] Buffer();

        ///
        /// Grows the termBuffer to at least size newSize, preserving the
        ///  existing content.
        ///  <param name="newSize"> minimum size of the new termBuffer </param>
        ///  <returns> newly created termBuffer with length >= newSize </returns>
        char[] ResizeBuffer(int newSize);

        int Length { get; set; }

        ///
        /// Set number of valid characters (length of the term) in
        ///  the termBuffer array. Use this to truncate the termBuffer
        ///  or to synchronize with external manipulation of the termBuffer.
        ///  Note: to grow the size of the array,
        ///  use <seealso cref="#resizeBuffer(int)"/> first.
        ///  <param name="length"> the truncated length </param>
        ICharTermAttribute SetLength(int length);

        ///
        /// Sets the length of the termBuffer to zero.
        /// Use this method before appending contents
        /// using the <seealso cref="Appendable"/> interface.
        ///
        ICharTermAttribute SetEmpty();

        // the following methods are redefined to get rid of IOException declaration:
        ICharTermAttribute Append(string csq, int start, int end);

        ICharTermAttribute Append(char c);

        ///
        /// Appends the specified {@code String} to this character sequence.
        ///
The characters of the {@code String} argument are appended, in order, increasing the length of
        /// this sequence by the length of the argument. If argument is {@code null}, then the four
        /// characters {@code "null"} are appended.
        ///
        ICharTermAttribute Append(string s);

        ///
        /// Appends the specified {@code StringBuilder} to this character sequence.
        ///
The characters of the {@code StringBuilder} argument are appended, in order, increasing the length of
        /// this sequence by the length of the argument. If argument is {@code null}, then the four
        /// characters {@code "null"} are appended.
        ///
        ICharTermAttribute Append(StringBuilder sb);

        ///
        /// Appends the contents of the other {@code CharTermAttribute} to this character sequence.
        ///
The characters of the {@code CharTermAttribute} argument are appended, in order, increasing the length of
        /// this sequence by the length of the argument. If argument is {@code null}, then the four
        /// characters {@code "null"} are appended.
        ///
        ICharTermAttribute Append(ICharTermAttribute termAtt);
    }
}


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Sweet lemon and Sweet lime refer to groups of citrus hybrids that contain low acid pulp and juice. They are hybrids often similar to non-sweet lemons or limes, but with less citron parentage. Sweet limes and lemons are not sharply separated:

The same plant may also be known by different names:

The sweet lemons and sweet limes are not derived from either lemons or the more common limes, nor do they represent a monophyletic grouping, having arisen from distinct citrus hybridizations. Plants and fruits with the common name sweet lemon or sweet lime include:

 Citrus limetta, small and round like a common lime, with sweet juice, a citron/sour orange hybrid.
 Lumia, a large dry citron-like fruit that is pear shaped and not necessarily sweet. This is itself a mixed group: one member has been found to have resulted from a lemon crossing with a citron/pomelo hybrid, a second member is a micrantha/citron mix.
 Palestinian sweet lime, Citrus × latifolia, mainly used as a rootstock, a citron/mandarin/pomelo hybrid.
 Ujukitsu, Citrus ujukitsu, or 'lemonade fruit', likely a tangelo, a Kishu mikan crossed with a pomelo-like fruit, produced by citrus pioneer Chōzaburō Tanaka.

See also
 Citrus taxonomy

References

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Q: How can you retrieve multiple GET variables from a query string? I am passing GET variables between two ASP.NET websites. In the past I have always used HttpContext.Current.Request.QueryString["VARIABLE_NAME"] or HttpContext.Current.Request.Params["VARIABLE_NAME"] to read a variable from the query string, but I now have the need to pass two distinct variables in my query string, like so:
http://sampleurl.com/Default.aspx?VariableA=ValueA?VariableB=ValueB
My problem is that HttpContext.Current.Request.QueryString["VariableA"] will return the entire query string starting with VariableA and continuing on through VariableB.
I could get the entire query string, split it on the variable names, and then read the resulting values, but that seems sloppy. Is there a more elegant solution to reading multiple GET variables via C#?

A: Try like this
sampleurl.com/Default.aspx?VariableA=ValueA&VariableB=ValueB

You have seperate query string variable with ampersand(&). ? starts the query string, = separates a name from it's value, and & separates name/value pairs.

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Мале вештице ( -{Ojamajo Doremi}-; ) је јапанска анимирана серија настала у продукцији студија Тоеј. Састоји се од четири сезоне (201 епизода) праћених са тринаест специјала. У Србији и Црној Гори се приказивала 2013. на Хепи ТВ, синхронизована на српски језик. Синхронизацију је радила сама телевизија, и превела је само четврту и последњу сезону.

Серија је такође произвела пар манги, аниме филмова, видео игрица, ОНА серијал и лајт роман.

Радња
Осмогодишња Дореми Харуказе машта да научи да користи чаролију, рачунајући да ће јој решити све проблеме и помоћи јој да призна дечку да је заљубљена. Једног дана Дореми уђе у продавицу чаробних товара и правилно погађа да је власница продавнице - вештица. Дореми постаје њена ученица. Да би постала права вештица, мора да положи девет чаробних испита, притом скривајући своје моћи.

Ликови

Мале вештице
 Дореми Харуказе је доброћудна, но трапава девојчица.
 Поп Харуказе је Доремина млађа сестра и 4. вештица. Њено понашање много нервира Дореми, јер Поп тврди да је много паметнија од своје старије сестре.
 Хазуки Фуџивара је Доремина другарица. Паметна је, културна и стидљива девојчица.
 Аико Сеноо је Доремина другарица. Аико је пре живела у Осаки, али се преселила у Мисору. Обожава спорт.
 Онпу Сегава је пета вештица. Онпу је популарна певачица, и на почетку се чинило као да је баш арогантна и себична девојчица. Касније се испоставило да су она и остале вештице у истом разреду и спријатељиле су се.
 Хана Макихатајама је магична беба која се родила из плаве руже почетком друге сезоне. Мале вештице су добиле задатак да се брину о њој.
 Момоко Аска је седма вештица. Кад је имала око пет година се преселила у Њујорк и тамо је упознала своју вештицу. У трећој сезони се вратила у Јапан.

Вештице и виле
 Мађорика / Рика Макихатајама је вештица, коју је Дореми грешком претворила у зелену жабицу.
 Лала је Мађорикина вила, која воли вештичарење.
 Мађорука је вештица коју је Онпу претворила у жабицу, јер ју је ухватила на плажи како користи магију. У почетку су се Рика и Рука стално свађале, али су се помириле и постале су најбоље другарице у каснијим сезонама.
 Хехе је Мађорукина вила. Млађа је од Лале.
 Додо, Рере, Мими, Фафа, Роро, Нини и Тото су виле од малих вештица.

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Sundress Publications Debuts Les Kay's Poetry Collection, The Bureau
July 24, 2015 July 23, 2015 Superstition Review
Issue 15 Superstition Review contributor, Les Kay, recently released a poetry collection, The Bureau, with Sundress Publications, and it is announced here in a press release.
Enter a daring dystopian high-rise where revolutionary language craves a new kind of survival. The high stakes these poems ante up beneath fluorescent heat to forge addictive identities. Imaginative traps and creeping Stockholm syndrome throughout are signed, sealed, and delivered fresh from the mail room in Kay's potent arrival.
"Les Kay's The Bureau is unlike anything I (or you) have ever read. A brilliant series of interconnected poems, it's like Kafka and Berryman drinking poison tea while discussing the new normal. Funny, strange, and horrifying. Visionary. Bartleby the Scrivener on acid. Rimbaud's appearance in these poems seems completely natural, inevitable really. Kay has his finger on the pulse of a monster here—a monster called The Bureau." -Jim Daniels, author of Birth Marks and Eight Mile High
Les Kay holds a PhD with a focus on Creative Writing from the University of Cincinnati and an MFA from the University of Miami,where he was a James Michener Fellow.After he survived the dot-com boom of the early 2000s, his poetry appeared widely in journals such as decomP, PANK, Redactions, South Dakota Review, Southern Humanities Review, Sugar House Review, Whiskey Island, and The White Review. The two maybe related. He is also an Associate Editor for Stirring: A Literary Collection. He currently lives in Cincinnati, teaching writing, caring for three very small dogs, and contemplating the distribution of systemic power and misinformation. The Bureau loves him.
The Bureau is available for free download at http://sundresspublications.com/
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Read Kay's poems in Superstition Review
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Guest Post, Gregory J. Wolos: Getting in the Mood
March 19, 2015 March 17, 2015 Gregory Wolos
I'm starting my writing day, and just about everything is ready: coffee mug and banana are on the table beside me; my notebook's open to my last feverish jottings; laptop's aglow— as Hemingway advises, I left off yesterday in mid-sentence. I've even drawn the shade to my study window, heeding Annie Dillard's counsel to avoid a room with a view "so imagination can meet memory in the dark." But I'm still not ready to begin work—and I'm momentarily paralyzed by the fear that overnight I was transformed from a real writer into a clueless "wanna-be."
How do I condition myself to begin? If writing were a 5K race, I'd know how to warm up—light jogging, stretches, a few sprints. But once I've coerced imagination and memory to join me at my desk, how do I induce them to converse? How do I create the mood for writing?
This final stage of my daily writing prep is highly personal—I'm sure all writers have "getting started" tricks of their own, and I offer mine only as an example, not as a prescription. (Can you sense that I'm delaying, tip-toeing around my revelation?) Okay—what I do to get started is dig into my vast store of humiliating moments, pull one out, and relive it until I feel my fingertips quiver and the blood rush to my cheeks. When I've exposed myself to myself—when I'm as raw and as honest as I'll ever get, I'm ready to write.
Kafka wrote that a work of literary art "must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us." My practice, when beginning to write, is to polish to transparency a patch of my own ice-covered sea—and peer down into the dark waters for a familiar flash of scales that makes me squirm. The feeling I'm looking for—the sense of heightened awareness—is something like Rosencrantz's in Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead when the Player challenges the character to "[t]hink, in your head, now, think of the most . . . private . . . secret . . . intimate thing you have ever done secure in the knowledge of its privacy. . . . Are you thinking of it? Well, I saw you do it!"
What I'm describing is the use of my catalogue of personal humiliations as a stimulus, not as a source of subjects. (With the understanding that this catalogue is always available when I am at the subject-searching stage.) And I should make it clear that by "humiliations," "embarrassments," and "mortifications," I'm not talking about revisiting the tragedies we encounter in life. Tragedies are too grand in scope to suit my purpose—I can't contemplate a personal, historical, or literary tragedy quick enough for a useful warm-up exercise. And the relief that comes from catharsis, the purging of pity and fear that Aristotle claims to be the end result of literary tragedy, is the opposite of what I'm looking for when I'm beginning my writing day. Bring on Rosencrantz's shock at being caught—at something.
What about happy moments? Not for me—too warm and fuzzy. Like Tolstoy's happy families, happy times are basically all the same—picture the cast of Disney on Ice skating to canned cartoon melodies, performers and audience blissfully unaware that Mickey and Minnie's glittering blades threaten to slash through the surface of Kafka's frozen sea.
Exhuming a past humiliation requires not warmth, but a tolerance for a kind of lonely coldness — I choose a mortifying moment to suspend in memory, and its icicles drip onto my cheeks. When my chill blush seeps down my neck to my shoulders, my shiver tells me I'm prepared for work: by daring to hide from nothing, I'm free to write about anything.
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Guest Blog Post, Darrin Doyle: What's Not to Like?
December 15, 2012 April 5, 2013 Darrin Doyle
One of the first (of many) rejections of my novel Revenge of the Teacher's Pet was from an editor who wrote, "I fear that not even Nabokov's literary skills could make Mr. Portwit into a likable character." The character he referred to was Dale Portwit, one of the protagonists of my novel. Mr. Portwit is a 50-year-old middle-school teacher who is, to put it kindly, self-serving, obnoxious, and stubborn. One of his quirks, for example, is insisting that everyone refer to him as "Mr. Portwit" instead of "Dale" because he believes "first-name usage is a privilege, not a right."
When my second novel, The Girl Who Ate Kalamazoo, was released, it received some fine praise in a few local newspapers and literary blogs. But the Publisher's Weekly review was the one I had been waiting eagerly to read. They called my book "relentlessly inventive." I was thrilled. However, the PW review went on to assert that my characters were "irredeemably unlikable," which made it difficult to care about the "bizarre goings-on."
Suddenly all the positive comments I had received didn't matter: What stuck in my craw was that phrase – "irredeemably unlikable." I pondered it: Are my characters really that unlikable? In what way? What makes a character likable, anyway? Is it essential to readers that they "like" the protagonists of the books they read? What does it even mean to "like" a character? The concept felt foreign to me.
In 7th grade, I read To Build a Fire by Jack London. It was life-changing. I loved the story so much that I even read it aloud for a class presentation. To Build a Fire is the story of a man (known only as "the man") who is trekking in the Arctic on his way to another research outpost. The temperature is so cold, however, that all of the "old-timers" have warned him not to venture out alone. He ignores their advice, believing himself to be a capable enough outdoorsman to make it easily. Spoiler alert: the man makes a few crucial mistakes and ends up freezing to death in the snowy wasteland. His supersized ego, his belief that his intelligence and rational thinking are more powerful than nature, ultimately leads to his downfall.
In retrospect, I realize that To Build a Fire was a template for the type of story I loved. Nothing touchy-feely or overly sentimental, yet packing a powerful emotional punch. Something that pushes us to question our role on Earth, the very essence of human existence. No feeling of closeness or affection for the main character; "the man" is not someone I idolized or felt a kinship with or "liked" in any specific fashion. But certainly I was invested in him. Certainly I enjoyed living briefly in his skin. My 8th grade was spent blazing through Stephen King's novels (and Peter Straub and Dean Koontz – I liked horror). By high school, I had moved on to more so-called "literary" authors: Kafka, Poe, John Kennedy Toole, Dostoevsky, Camus.
The opening passage of The Stranger encapsulates the personality of the narrator, Muersault: "Mother died today; or maybe yesterday." This is only the beginning of Mersault's journey of detachment through the novel. He ends up confronting and killing a man on a public beach, apparently for no reason. When Muersault is brought to trial, he offers no defense whatsoever for his actions. In other words, a loveable guy!
Fitzgerald's Great Gatsby, Twain's Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur's Court, Wright's Native Son, Nabokov's Lolita, Shirley Jackson's We Have Always Lived in the Castle, Frank Norris's McTeague – the hall of my literary heroes, when I step back and catalogue it, is a rogue's gallery of unlikable characters. I doubt that most people, myself included, would want to spend an afternoon with any of these folks if they were made of flesh and blood. So what does this say about me, as a person? Am I a miscreant, a misanthrope, a misfit?
The honest and boring answer is that I'm none of these things. I don't like to use the word "average," but I'm a pretty average guy, at least on the surface. But maybe it's because I'm a fairly average person that I'm drawn to these unsavory characters. Fiction allows me to walk in the shoes of people who are nothing like me; to observe from a safe distance as characters explore the dark, the absurd, the tragic, and the comically misguided aspects of the self. I can safely live inside the mind of an oddball, a criminal, a buffoon, and then retreat into my own drab routine. The truth is that I read and write stories, in part, in order to live things – people, places, philosophies, beliefs, fears, desires – that I don't get to experience during my daily grind.
So if my characters are "irredeemably unlikable," if they are grotesque or "weird," I can be OK with that – as long as they aren't predictable or flat. Above all, they must be capable of redemption. Their likability may be "irredeemable," but I hope their souls aren't. I'm not interested in perfect characters. I'm not looking for drinking buddies or racquetball partners. I'm not interested in someone like me. Lord knows, I get enough of myself seven days a week.
I don't seek repellant characters. I don't set out to create monsters. But I do seek difficult, flawed characters that will push me out of my comfort zone. Three-dimensional people, warts and all; people that are good and bad, ugly and beautiful, sinful and heroic; characters in need of grace.
Don't misunderstand: there's nothing wrong with likable characters. I love a charming, personable narrator as much as the next person. I love Scout and Bilbo Baggins and all those adorable and valiant rabbits from Watership Down. Readers seek camaraderie and friendship in the novels they love; or a feeling of connection to experiences and personalities that are familiar.
But as I continue to write, I'll remind myself that there's no way to predict what readers want. It's impossible, and it's a losing game. The amazing thing about storytelling is that it's a two-way street; the reader brings their own life to every text they pick up, and they actively help create the characters on the page. All I can do is keep seeing the world the way I see it, trying to push myself and write characters that are living, breathing people, and raise the unanswerable questions about why we're here.
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Guest Post, John Gist: Confessions of a Book Burner
May 22, 2012 April 18, 2013 John Gist
Confessions of a Book Burner by John M. Gist
I am a burner of books. The blasphemers Nietzsche and Rimbaud. The madmen Kafka and Borges. I have burned them all.
It started on a jaunt into the wilderness. A day off from working at the Old Faithful Inn in Yellowstone National Park. I was the maître d' of the restaurant, an odd job for a rural teenager just off the high plains of nowhere Wyoming. I seated customers from Europe, Asia, and towns like Gallup, New Mexico. I didn't like it. I hadn't read Sartre yet, but already had an inkling that hell is other people. I craved silence.
When the chance came to get away into the woods for a day, I jumped on it. A work acquaintance (I can't remember his name or where he came from) drove to a trailhead and, daypacks slung on our backs, we set off into the woods. Blue sky. Quiet. The makings of a good day. I brought some books to read.
We hiked the trail for a couple of hours following the neon orange markers tacked seven or eight feet high on the trunks of pine trees. I assumed the markers had been placed so high for the benefit of snowmobilers. It was Yellowstone, after all, and the snow really piled up in winter. Yellowstone Park was a snowmobiler's dream.
Suddenly, the trail was covered with snowpack. It was early May, if I recall correctly, and though we had been steadily climbing, we didn't expect it. We stopped and consulted the map (no GPS in those days). According to the topographic, the trail looped back around and down to the main road in a few more miles. We decided to risk it. We walked into the snow.
The going was tough. Our feet got cold. We had failed to bring coats and shivered in plaid flannel shirts. We were stupid and we knew it. We had made up our minds, though, and the way forward, according to the map, was shorter than the way back. We kept at it, feet breaking through four-foot drifts.
I had just wanted to get away for the day. Find a spot under a pine or in a meadow and sit and read and bask in quiet.
A bank of metal gray clouds, intrepid and menacing, appeared out of nowhere muffling the light. Cold breeze. By dusk we were in trouble. Snow fell from a sky we could no longer see. The neon markers on the trees became less and less visible. My companion wanted to go on. I disagreed. We needed fire and daylight. Then, like good boys, we'd turn around and head back the way we came.
By the time the decision was made, it was almost dark. We gathered wood by breaking dead twigs and branches from nearby pines. There wasn't any kindling so I did what I had to do. I tore pages from Thus Spake Zarathustra and wadded them up and lit them. Snow fell thick. We warmed our stiff fingers and curled next to the meager flames.
By the time morning dawned, blue and icy, I had burned all four of the books in my daypack. I rolled the pages into tight little cylinders and fed them to the fire.
When we made it back to the Old Faithful Inn, I locked myself in my room and soaked in a hot bath. Blisters covered my thighs and shins, so close had I been to the fire of burning words.
I refused to go to work that evening, exhausted from exposure. The manger fired me and told me to leave by the next day.
I replaced the books upon returning to civilization. It was the least I could do.
Every now and then, when backpacking in the Gila Wilderness, I burn a book in my campfire after I finish reading it. I burn only those books that I deem well written and deep. The others I donate to the used bookstore back in town. Ceremony. A way with words.
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Subtraction quick facts game for 2nd grade for extra practice.
In this subtraction fishing game, children will practice essential second grade subtraction skills. Kids will learn taking away with two numbers and get ready to start tackling harder problems that entail mixed operations, subtraction logic problems and subtraction word problems. This math game is an interactive online test with 15 multiple choice questions. Children should solve each problem and choose the correct answer among the set of choices. It is also important for kids to develop skills in rapidly answering questions by mental constructions of solutions. This subtraction quiz is free and always available online, making it a useful resource for teachers in the classroom and for parents at home who need to give their kids extra practice. Children can also use this before hand to prepare for their exams on any device be it mobile tablet PC's or Desktop computers. Please also remember that kidsmathtv also offers other resources to go along each activity. There are subtraction worksheets, videos and workbooks which you can use alongside each math topic. Have fun.


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Leighton Alfred (born 27 August 1962) is a British tennis coach and former professional player. As a coach he has worked with many British tennis players, including Dan Evans.

A left-handed player from Wales, Alfred competed on the professional tour in the 1980s. He featured as a wildcard in the singles main draw of the 1985 Wimbledon Championships, losing in the first round to Leif Shiras.

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Book Review - Butterflies of Sri Lanka
by Himesh Dilruwan Jayasinghe
A friend from Sri Lanka, Malinga Prabhasara, recently sent me a book that was hot off the press. Titled "Common Butterflies of Sri Lanka" by Himesh Dilruwan Jayasinghe, this 175-page A5 sized book features 100 species of butterflies that are commonly found in Sri Lanka. Sponsored and published by the Ceylon Tea Services PLC the book is a project backed by the Dilmah Conservation (the famous Sri Lankan tea brand known all around the world)
Map of Sri Lanka showing major towns (left) and topographical map (right)
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country near the south-east of India in South Asia. Sri Lanka is a republic, governed by a presidential system. The legislative capital, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, is a suburb of the commercial capital, and largest city, of Colombo. It is also an important producer of tea, coffee, gemstones, coconuts, rubber, and the native cinnamon, the island contains tropical forests and diverse landscapes with a high amount of biodiversity.
Blue Tiger (Tirumala limniace) ; Joker (Biblia ilithyia) ; Ceylon Lacewing (Cethosia nietneri)
Covering a land mass of 65,525 sq km, this island nation has a population of about 21 million residents. It is a country that is well known for its rich history and culture, having been once a colony of the Portuguese, Dutch and English at different times in the past. Lying within the Indomalaya ecozone, although the country is relatively small in size, it has the highest biodiversity density in Asia. A remarkably high proportion of the species among its flora and fauna, 27% of the 3,210 flowering plants and 22% of the mammals, are endemic.
One of the endemic species of Sri Lanka, the Jewel Four-Ring (Ypthima singala)
There are about 245 species of butterflies in Sri Lanka. The amazing fact is that there are about 26 species that are endemic to Sri Lanka! Being classified as endemic means a species is unique to a defined geographic location, such as an island, nation, country or other defined zone, or habitat type, and occurs nowhere else in the world.
The Common Butterflies of Sri Lanka is quite logically organised, not unlike many books of this genre. Starting with the usual foreword, preface and acknowledgements, the book has the requisite basic introduction to butterflies, covering the life history from egg to adult, adult diet, protective mechanisms, mating and so on. There is a full checklist of the butterflies of Sri Lanka with good information about their distribution.
The useful "how to use this book" pages - featuring the keys and symbols used for each species page
The organisation of each species page contains a lot of information, starting with size - large, medium, small and tiny (with reference sizes), the status of each species based on the IUCN convention and whether it is endemic. The six butterfly families are organised taxonomically into the six known family groups.
Typical species pages featuring the families Papilionidae, Pieridae and Nymphalidae
The description on each page is detailed, covering the physical attributes of the butterfly species, their behaviour and distribution. Information on the larval food plants (what we call here as caterpillar host plants) accompanies each species. Each species page features a page-width picture of the butterfly and a smaller inset of either the female or upper/underside of the species.
The Lycaenidae page (bottom) featuring the Monkey Puzzle (Rathinda amor) a pretty hairstreak that is on my hit list!
Each species has its English common name in bold text, followed by the scientific name up to species level only. A nice feature on the page is a small map of Sri Lanka, illustrating the species' distribution on the island - more abundant, less abundant and absent and colour coded for easy reference.
Hesperiidae pages from the book
Personally, I find that the text font used is a bit thin and hard to read. Perhaps the author could have used a bolder text to make the book easier to read (particularly by the more senior members of our community). The pictures for the species are large enough to show their distinguishing features and many are of high quality. However, the pictures could be adjusted slightly brighter, as there is a general perception of the shots being a tad dark when I flipped through the book.
Crossover between Lycaenidae and Riodinidae pages. Sri Lanka has only one species of Riodinidae
The six families are featured one after another, without a break or separation between the families. Although the families are colour-coded, it would have been better to at least have a break between the families so that a reader is aware when one family ends and another starts. However, it is acknowledged that this may be impractical, particularly for the Riodinidae, where there is only one known species in Sri Lanka.
Featuring the endemic species of Sri Lanka - these species are found only in Sri Lanka and nowhere else
At the end of the book is a section showcasing the endemic species of Sri Lanka. It is also noteworthy that the acknowledged National Butterfly of Sri Lanka, is the Sri Lankan Birdwing (Troides darsius), an endemic species that can be found nowhere else but in Sri Lanka.
Larval host plants section showing photos of the plants featured in the species pages
The special section on larval host plants is useful as an aid to identify these plants in the field and as additional knowledge for the enthusiast to be aware of which butterfly species' caterpillars uses these plants as their host plant.
Sri Lanka's National Butterfly, the Sri Lankan Birdwing (Troides darsius), an endemic species that is found only in Sri Lanka and nowhere else in the world, a valid claim that no other country can contest!
All in all, I found the book informative and useful. Though it only features less than half of the total number of species found in Sri Lanka, I am sure the book will be useful for beginners and the amateur enthusiast who may encounter these butterflies in the field. My heartiest congratulations to the author for a job well done, and for adding new knowledge and information to our butterfly world!
Book Review by Khew SK : Photos by Malinga Prabhasara and scans of the book courtesy of the author Himesh Jayasinghe.
Common Butterflies of Sri Lanka, Himesh Jayasinghe, Ceylon Tea Services PLC, 2015
A Pocket Guide to the Butterflies of Sri Lanka, H Jayasinghe, C De Alwis and S Rajapaksha, Chamitha de Alwis, 2013
Special thanks to Malinga Prabhasara for taking the extra trouble to send me the two books on Sri Lankan butterflies, and for his photos featured on this blog article


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Private Nick Parilli was both physically and emotionally scarred when he returned from the Korean War to his Chicago home. Disillusioned with big-city life, he traveled to a small town in the Deep South, where he became involved in an improbable romance and several sinister events that forever changed his life.
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Financial gain is less important to me than the completeness I feel when creating something. As an artist, I enjoy rendering expressive landscapes. In an abstract sense, painting and writing are very similar in nature: While the painter uses colorful pigments, the author employs the use of descriptive words and expressions to create his desired image. I experience the same exhilarating emotions when I am involved in either of these expressive art forms.
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I intend to write a sequel to the existing novel, 'Southern Sanctuary'.
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First I offer my apologies if I have unintentionally mischaracterized him. I then point out to him that I have attempted to conceal his true identity by using fictitious names in the story. I then let the story stand as it is. If I am to maintain integrity, it is essential that I represent each character in the story with my own perception of that character—not as he perceives himself. Unfortunately, although I have honorable intentions, I sometimes characterize people differently from the way they would have me portray them. We seldom see ourselves as others see us.
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The biggest risk in writing stories about actual people and historical events is the possibility of my misrepresentation of an event or of a person. If I am mistaken about any date or sequence of historical events, I will have to live with the consequences. Even worse is my risk of mischaracterizing the characters in the story. Although I frequently use fictitious names, the character in the story can usually recognize his presence in the narrative.
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I like to write true-life novels, mostly about conditions that exist within families and their reactions to unusual experiences and hardships. The contrasting emotions generated by family love, sibling rivalries, and complex family issues have always inspired me. I enjoy writing true stories with a strong moral conclusion in which the characters face great challenges and overcome obstacles to become better people.
I have written six books in twelve years, which averages two years for each book.. Blossoms of Winter and Maiden Harvest are true-life novels; Tom, Dick, and Harriet is a comical and sometimes poignant account of the challenges of aging; Southern Sanctuary and its sequel Southern Storm are historical fiction mysteries; and Random Reflections is a collection of short stories and whimsical poetry.
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"The Perfect Drug" este un cântec din 1997 al formației Nine Inch Nails. A fost compus pentru coloana sonoră a filmului Lost Highway al lui David Lynch. Remixuri ale cântecului au apărut pe EP-ul "The Perfect Drug" Versions

Deși "The Perfect Drug" Versions este single-ul pentru The Perfect Drug, varianta originala a acestui cântec nu apare pe disc în versiunea americană. În schimb, versiunea internatională pentru acesta și cele pentru "We're in This Together" și "Into the Void" o includ.

Cântecul
Deși un single, "The Perfect Drug" nu a fost niciodată cântat live.

Videoclipul
Videoclipul a fost regizat de Mark Romanek si a fost lansat pe 18 ianuarie 1997. Acesta arată, într-un cadru gotic, un tată disperat (interpretat de Trent Reznor) care plânge moartea unui copil și se pierde în consumul de Absint. Tema a fost inspirată de stilul artistic al lui Edward Gorey iar videoclipul se aseamănă cu cel pentru "Closer", regizat tot de Romanek.

EP-ul
"The Perfect Drug" Versions conține cinci remixuri ale cântecului iar versiunea pe vinil are un al șaselea remix:
 "The Perfect Drug (Remixed by Meat Beat Manifesto)" - [7:24]
 "The Perfect Drug (Remixed by Plug)" - [6:53]
 "The Perfect Drug (Remixed by Nine Inch Nails)" - [8:19]
 "The Perfect Drug (Remixed by Spacetime Continuum)" - [5:42]
 "The Perfect Drug (Remixed by The Orb)" - [6:12]
 "The Perfect Drug (Remixed by Aphrodite)" - [6:04]

Cântece din 1997


This chapter was originally posted on http://www.rebirth.online/novel/jikuu-mahou/31.
Using【Teleportation】we returned to the front door of our home, the two won't stop shivering but I can't move while the two are hugging me.
Because there's no helping it, I let the two hug me for a while longer and stroke their heads slowly.
I have the two sit on the front door while still hugging and take their shoes off one by one.
Then I used【Teleportation】to move onto the couch in the living room while still in the same state.
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Even as we moved on the couch, we remained in each other's arms.
They're so scared to this extent.
From the inventory I took out two mugs. I poured【Milk】and put 1 spoon of【Sugar】in each.
I copied Aya's【Warm Dryer magic】but only the heating element part using【Lightning magic】and warmed the【Milk】.
The two nod weakly and drank the milk I prepared.
Finally the two seemed to have calmed down after drinking a hot milk.
When I noticed, Elena『Kiss』the wound on my cheek.
When I noticed, Aya『Kiss』my other cheek.
Aya chuckled, it feels unpleasant.
Stop making fun of me, damn.
Elena wore a serious look, placing her hand on the wound on my cheek and begin to concentrate.
However, I have【Appraisal】and as far as it show, Elena doesn't have magic that can cure wounds.
The area around the wound feel somewhat warm.
You mean, the magic is starting to take effect!?
Furthermore, as time passed by, the area around the wound had become ticklish.
This feeling meant that there is something really happening!
Aya peeked and told me so.
So the ticklish feeling was due to the scab forming.
Elena continued to use her magic and concentrate even further, from my cheek, peeled off scab fell one by one, the wound that should've been there was completely healed!
Elena held back her drowsiness.
【Recovery magic】went up to level 2 and a newly acquired magic.
Aya, stood up and straighten her back.
With Aya this serious, I couldn't say anything.


There's nothing flashy about child's pose. It's unlikely to ever grace the cover of Yoga Journal magazine. No one ever gets all excited about how awesome their child posture is either.
But child's pose is the rock of a home practice. Its the place we turn to when there is no other place to go, it's the place we go when we want to come home to ourselves, and it's the place when we find our internal source of power.
This week, I've been experiencing grief and sorrow. It always amazes me how much energy this takes us, and how exhausted and worn out I feel as a result. It's these time where we need to be kind to ourselves, and recognise that spending ten minutes in child is a beautiful home practice.
Of course, when we allow ourselves the gift of surrendering into child, just for a moment, just for five minutes, something magical happens.
The very act of stopping, and breathing, and being with our own infinite wisdom, feels so pleasurable and so delicious that we want to stay.
This is the magic of child's pose.
And this is why I'm chosen it as the second exploration in this series. It doesn't matter if you've never done yoga before. Child is always there, waiting for you to come home.