The human form is the most important element in my work and it exists as an anonymous representation of the self. The figure dominates the work and it is depicted as a shadow, aura, ghost or energy light. I am not interested in developing the social, political or historical characteristics of the figure. Rather, I am more interested in the human and universal appeal of the figure. Objects and places are not necessarily important and rarely have a dominant part in my work. In fact, they may be absent all together.
The figures exist in condensed fields of color and texture that often resemble nature forms. It is unknown whether the human figures are indoors or outdoors, perceived or remembered, standing or floating, alive or dead. In my artwork, presence overrides identity.
I am interested in the human and spiritual experience throughout the cycles of life. The human figures stand still, observe, communicate and/or listen, as they exist in their physical state. Overall, I appeal for a sense of human awareness and spiritual consciousness.


Mr. Kobi Altman has been serving as ICL CFO since April 2015. Prior to joining ICL, Mr. Altman held a number of senior executive positions at Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd., both in the US and Israel, the last one was Senior Vice President and CFO, Global Generics Medicine. Prior to that, he served in various financial executive positions at Amdocs Limited.Mr.
Altman holds a BA in Accounting and Economics and an MA in Economics, both from Bar Ilan University, Israel, and he is a CPA in Israel.


A move-up buyer is just as the name describes – someone who owns their home currently and wants to sell it to buy something bigger or better. Many move-up buyers plan to use all of the proceeds from the sale of their current home towards the down payment on their new home. The goal is to borrow less and therefore have a smaller mortgage payment.
A mortgage is the only good kind of debt out there.
Your mortgage is only one component of your total expenses each month.
Unless your salary is increasing, you need to keep your total outflow of cash similar to what it is now.
Car Loan = pretty bad debt.
Student Loans = bad debt.
Credit Cards = really bad debt.
A mortgage is considered a good debt, because the interest is tax deductible. Plus, it's an investment that earns you returns in the form of amortization (equity gained by making your payment) and appreciation (equity gained by values in your neighborhood increasing). So, depending on what your total debt picture looks like, borrowing the least amount in terms of your mortgage might not be the best goal.
Estimate your net profit from selling your home. Then look at your debts.
This is where I get promoted from loan officer to mortgage advisor. Let's look at how much money you will have to work with after selling your home. Then we'll play with putting all of that down on the new house and see how much the mortgage payment plus all of your other debts add up to.
Next, let's try putting less down on the new house. We pay off your auto loan and two credit cards instead. Ok, add up all the monthly bills again. Is the number less? If yes, this could be our strategy.
The key is that we need to look down the line – what do the upcoming years hold for you? Will your income be increasing and will you have other opportunities to pay off your debts? If so, we can make a larger down payment now. If not, we need to get creative with this big opportunity we have now. It's all about researching the best possible strategy to accomplish all of your goals – not just your housing expense.


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var m = new MyModel();
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//Other application/process might add document with same object id.
m.save();

m has _id set. Does mongoose guarantee it's unique by querying mongo while creating model object?

A: The mongodb docs specify how the ObjectId is generated (http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/object-id/#ObjectIDs-BSONObjectIDSpecification).
ObjectId is a 12-byte BSON type, constructed using:

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*a 4-byte value representing the seconds since the Unix epoch,

*a 3-byte machine identifier,

*a 2-byte process id, and

*a 3-byte counter, starting with a random value.

The ObjectId is generated in the client side MongoDb Driver Code, running on the client machine.
-> For most real world cases this can be considered unique.
(if it is not unique enough for your application, you probably have a large enough staff on your team to have an expert on unique ids:  https://stackoverflow.com/a/5694803/2766511)
MongoDb also automatically creates an index with property "unique: true" on each collection for this field, to ensure that no two documents have the same objectId. (http://docs.mongodb.org/master/core/index-single/#index-type-id, http://docs.mongodb.org/master/tutorial/create-a-unique-index/)

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Children – particularly babies, toddlers and preschoolers – are curious by nature. They want to touch, smell and – yes, taste – everything they can get their hands on. That curiosity can lead to dangerous situations when they accidentally swallow something not meant to be eaten.
Most objects swallowed by a child can pass through the gastrointestinal tract without any issue. However, some items such as button batteries, magnets or sharp objects can cause serious internal damage.
Ricardo Medina, M.D., a gastroenterologist at Children's Health℠ and Assistant Professor at UT Southwestern, shares his advice on what parents need to know – and do – if they think their child has swallowed a foreign object.
How do I know if my child swallowed something?
It can be a scary moment when you glance at your little one across the room and realize she has put something small in her mouth. Other times, it's not clear if your child has swallowed something. You may notice a small item missing, or your child may also start experiencing telltale signs.
The most common way parents can tell if their child has swallowed something is by acute symptoms, such as sudden drooling, vomiting, coughing or chest pain.
Will my child need surgery to remove a penny or other object?
Some foreign objects can pass through the digestive system without any issue. Other times, an object may get stuck in the esophagus. In these cases, a doctor will need to remove the object through an endoscopic procedure. Ingestion of certain objects requires emergent endoscopy.
"Button batteries or magnets – particularly when there is more than one magnet – calls for endoscopy as soon as possible," says Dr. Medina. Those objects can cause serious damage to a child's esophagus and gastrointestinal tract.
If the swallowed object is not a button battery or multiple magnets, and your child does not display any symptoms, your doctor may prescribe a "wait and see" approach and monitor the object's progress using X-rays or other imaging tests. Foreign objects usually take about one to two weeks to pass through the system. If the object is not out by four weeks, your child's doctor may refer to a pediatric gastroenterologist for further evaluation. Depending on the item's location, endoscopic removal may be recommended.
How are foreign objects removed endoscopically?
In most cases, items swallowed by children can be removed with an endoscopic procedure. During this minimally-invasive procedure, a thin, flexible tube with a tiny camera and light attached at the end is carefully inserted in the child's mouth and into the gastrointestinal tract.
The camera and light allow the surgeon to visualize the gastrointestinal tract as it advances through the esophagus and to the foreign object. Tiny instruments can be inserted into the tube to gently remove the object. The gastroenterologist also examines the gastrointestinal tract for any damage.
Dr. Medina encourages parents to look around the home at their child's eye level to find ways to childproof the home. "You'll notice things you hadn't seen before – items that need to be moved out of reach of children or out of the room completely."
Take special care to keep loose change out of reach. Pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters make up the most objects that are swallowed by children and need to be removed with surgery.
Dr. Medina cautions that certain times of year can carry added risk. "We see a lot of kids in the emergency room around the holidays," Dr. Medina says. "Many small toys, decorations and even greeting cards contain button batteries or small objects.
It's also important to remember that emergencies can happen in the blink of an eye. Never leave your little one unattended – even if you're just running into the next room or heading to the bathroom.
One final piece of advice from Dr. Medina is to keep up the conversation with children all through their teenage years, too, about the dangers of swallowing anything that's not food.
"Teenagers need to be reminded about the hazards of swallowing toxic substances," says Dr. Medina. "There's no time like today to talk with them about the dangers of blindly following the latest harmful internet challenge or ingesting dangerous items on purpose. Every day, casual conversations help foster an open relationship with your child and lets them know you're there for them – even when they act like they don't want to hear it."
The Pediatric Gastroenterology program at Children's Health offers minimally invasive diagnostic techniques and the latest treatments to deliver peace of mind to parents and children. Learn more about the gastroenterology program and services.


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For the last eleven years, the gallery has curated an end-of-season finale investigating the abiding attributes of great Texas art, posing the perennial question for all who care: "What makes Texas art, "Texas" art? The Texas Aesthetic series has been the gallery's effort to engage viewers in an examination and celebration of the long tradition of Texas painting.
This year's Texas Aesthetic has been thoughtfully crafted to bring patrons the summer's most complete Texas art opportunity. Besides a stunning array of exceptional Texas artwork, the gallery rolls out the red carpet in a series of "Saturday Soirees" featuring the best of Texas literature, music, film and libations.Co-sponsored with Texas Monthly, Reaves | Foltz have partnered with the likes of Texas A&M University Press (and their Texas Book Consortium), KTRU's radio host Joey McKeel, and a host of museum collaborations including the Grace Museum in Abilene, and Midland's Haley Memorial Library to create a fun-filled, riveting art adventure. All of this pushing the exhibitions central thesis—"the finding of 'Texas' in Texas art"—to new heights and popular appeal. Check the William Reaves | Sarah Foltz Fine Art website often for schedule and further developments.
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A 'let me get this straight' moment
By Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog / February 16, 2011
Every now and then I have what I call a "let me get this straight" moment. I never know when one will hit, but I had one today as I was thinking about the WikiLeaks postings, President Obama's earlier statement that we had no choice but to attack Afghanistan (to justify his escalation of that war), and the recent effort to extend some provisions in the USA PATRIOT Act.
About nine and a half years ago, a small group of militant, suicidal jihadists succeeded in killing about 3,000 people in the U.S. (some weren't Americans, but their lives are as important as are American lives). Our leaders, in order to be seen as leaders, attacked Afghanistan, the country where the jihadist leaders of the terrorism of 9/11/01 were believed to be living.
The attack on Afghanistan occurred after President Bush demanded that the Afghan government, controlled by the Taliban, turn over to us Osama bin Laden and his henchmen. Such demands had been made for several years by the U.S. because of earlier acts of terror believed to have been perpetrated by bin Laden.
The Afghan government responded to the 2001 and earlier entreaties with several offers. They were willing to prosecute bin Laden if we would supply the evidence that bin Laden was responsible for the terrorist acts.
In another gesture indicating a willingness to cooperate, the Taliban offered to turn bin Laden over to a neutral, Muslim third country for prosecution. Another proposal was for bin Laden to be prosecuted before a tribunal of Islamic jurists. Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, and the United States would each choose one of the jurists.
A subsequent proposal called for only one Islamic jurist on the panel. Other proposals included one to rely on some Saudi clerics to approve turning over bin Laden for prosecution. None of the proposals was acceptable to the U.S.
Diplomatic efforts to prosecute bin Laden in this country began under Clinton in 1996 after bin Laden was suspected of terrorist activity. Efforts were renewed in 1998 after bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were attributed to bin Laden. In 1999, the UN demanded, at U.S. insistence, that bin Laden be surrendered so that he could be tried somewhere else besides the U.S.
These and other efforts never bore fruit before the bombing started about four weeks after 9/11 because Presidents Clinton and Bush would not provide the requested evidence of bin Laden's transgressions.
Part of the problem was the lack of appreciation by U.S. diplomats of the Afghan culture, dominated by the Pashtuns. Taliban leader Mohammad Omar told U.S. officials that bin Laden was a guest and they were honor-bound to protect him unless just cause was shown to expel him; even so, over several years of negotiations, the Afghans may have provided opportunities to get bin Laden that U.S. officials missed.
Twice Taliban officials indicated that they were not then protecting bin Laden, but the hints that these were openings to allow the U.S to get bin Laden without Afghan interference were missed by the State Department, probably because of cultural insensitivity, normally a requisite for diplomatic work.
On other occasions, the Taliban wanted documentary evidence of bin Laden's responsibility for 9/11 to be reviewed by Islamic legal scholars, a reasonable desire for those attuned to Islamic sensibilities, but rejected by the Bush administration.
Reports about these activities appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the Guardian, and elsewhere before the bombing of Afghanistan began. But most Americans did not read or learn of this information, or care about it, at a time when the Bush administration wanted desperately to go to war to take advantage of the appetite for revenge that permeated the country.
Bush's attitude was that there was "no need to discuss innocence or guilt (because) we know he's guilty." Even after the bombing started, the Taliban was willing to negotiate turning over bin Laden to a third country that could not be controlled by the U.S.
So, if I have this straight, in retaliation for the deaths of 3,000 people on U.S. soil, the impatience of our President, and the failure of our diplomatic corps, President Bush started a war with Afghanistan that has resulted in the deaths of over 2,300 coalition military service men and women, over 300 contractors, 19 journalists, over 8,800 Afghan civilians, and over 8,500 Afghan troops.
All together, the Afghan War has resulted in nearly 20,000 deaths (and I have omitted the "collateral damage" in Pakistan) to avenge the killing of 3,000 people, and Osama bin Laden has not been killed or captured so far as we know. All of this has cost the American taxpayers in borrowed money about $380 billion.
And before we forget, we have President Ronald Reagan (along with Donald Rumsfeld, Reagan's Special Envoy to the Middle East) to thank for creating the terrorist capability of Osama bin Laden and the fighting capability of the Taliban as Reagan fought a proxy war with the former Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s. Reagan trained, armed, equipped, and funded Islamist mujahidin fighters to oppose the Soviets, giving them top-secret intelligence and sophisticated weapons with the help of the Pakistani intelligence service.
Osama bin Laden became a prominent mujahidin commander during the Soviets' Afghan war. Reagan even continued the war after the Soviets were ready to retreat so that he could cause them additional economic and military damage, a move that increased bin Laden's prominence in Afghanistan and throughout the Muslim world.
In the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorism, some of our political leaders pumped up the patriotic emotions that are never far below the surface for most Americans. It was reminiscent of what President John Adams did in 1798 during some conflicts with France as he pumped up support for the Alien and Sedition Acts, which banned opposition to government policies and forbade speaking ill of the president.
He used a series of slogans: "National dishonor was a greater evil than war!" – "It was cowardice to shrink from war!" – "The national character would be ruined if the populace failed to resist tyranny!" – "This generation would betray its colonial forefathers if it proved to be spineless!"
The same intensity of propaganda was used by the Bush administration to take us to war in Afghanistan and secure the passage of the USA PATRIOT Act, an act that severely curtailed our rights to be free from unreasonable search and seizure and to enjoy the benefits of privacy that we the once took for granted.
President Obama is now in the midst of an escalation of the Afghan War at a time when documents obtained through WikiLeaks indicate most military leaders involved with the Afghan War realize that it is a lost cause, an impossible mission. Brian Becker, the Director of the American anti-war A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition, explained the significance of the leaked documents:
In its broadest context these documents prove that the war in Afghanistan cannot be won and that the leaders of the U.S. government know that it cannot be won, but they don't want to tell the American people the truth because they don't want to take responsibility. They don't want it to be known in history that, on our watch — Obama or Petraeus — the great United States lost a war against an armed insurgency in Afghanistan.
In a real sense, the Afghan War is yet another war begun on false pretenses because we could have solved the problem of Osama bin Laden and his group if we had been better diplomats and had restrained our desire for revenge. Once again, we chose war, partly to satisfy the desire of George W. Bush to fulfill his dream of playing a Commander in Chief role, and partly to satisfy the American appetite for war — the dark, camouflaged part of the American character that we don't like to acknowledge.
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Ep.521 – Guns N Roses @ The Palladium – Hollywood, CA – 3/09/12
Mar 12th, 2012 | By Poppinoff
Category: Guns N' Roses, Los Angeles, Palladium, The, Video Concert Reviews
Guns N Roses @ The Palladium Video Concert Review
Guns N Roses @ The Palladium Concert Review
I had seen Guns N' Roses a few times before. The first time I saw them was in 2002 on the "Chinese Democracy Tour." The tour was scheduled to kick-off in Vancouver, but due to a riot in the parking lot, it was canceled. That made the Tacoma, WA show the start to their tour. The show was horrible. Axl was overweight, sounded awful and used prompters to remember lyrics throughout the show. The tour only made it a few more stops before the remaining dates were canceled.
I def had a sour taste in my mouth after that show and never spoke all that highly of Guns N' Roses. In 2006, I decided to give Guns N' Roses another chance, and have to say, I was pretty impressed. Axl had lost a lot of weight and was on top of his game. The show was rocking. It had been several years since I had seen Guns N' Roses and after missing their show at the Forum, I was pretty darn excited to get to see them at the Palladium.
I have to start off this review by saying that I had a really great time at this show and think that Guns N' Roses put on one hell of a performance. I def want to see them again. I do, however, have a fair amount of criticisms about this show.
First off, the cost of tickets for this show were at a ridiculous price of $125. There were only about 3K people in attendance and had the tickets even been $30 cheaper, I am sure this show would have gotten closer to selling out.
The show was scheduled to start at 11:30pm, but from the get-go I know there was no way that was going to happen. Around 12:20 or so, Guns N' Roses took the stage. The show started off a bit sloppy. During "Chinese Democracy" and "Welcome To The Jungle," it was kind of hard to hear Axl, and it seemed as if the background vocals were a bit heavy in the mix. Three songs into the set Axl's voice was warmed up, and the show continued to get better from there.
Guns N' Roses performed a 34-song set list that included hits such as "November Rain,""Sweet Child O' Mine,""Rocket Queen,""Mr. Brownstone,""Used to Love Her" and "You're Crazy," plus a handful of covers including, Bob Dylan's "Knocking on Heaven's Door,"AC/DC's "Riff Raff," and Paul McCartney's "Live and Let Die."
The one annoying thing about the set was that there were several solos from Axl's backing band. All of the musicians onstage were no doubt incredibly talented, but in the end, everyone came to see Axl. We didn't need an hour worth of solos from dudes I had never heard of before.
Around 2am, the crowd at the Palladium began to dwindle, but Axl and company were still hitting it full force. I stuck it out until 2:50 am or so and made my exit during "Knocking on Heaven's Door." At that point in time, I'd say there was only about 1,200 people left in the venue. I thought to myself, 'had Axl just went on a little earlier, he would not had to perform for a half house at 3am.' I think had Axl even just cut out all the BS back-up band solos, the show would have ended at a more reasonable hour.
I really would have loved to caught this entire show, because it really was a good performance. Semi-bummed that I missed "Paradise City" and "Patience," but all in all, I was fairly satisfied with this show. I think that Axl has a unique voice, and I'm am glad that I have got to see him a few times. There is one thing that is for sure, if you go to see Gun N' Roses, you are going to see a show! These guys really do deliver. I just wish they would tighten up their routine a bit.
If you were at this show, or have ever seen Guns N' Roses, make sure to comment on this post and let us know what you think…Because this is You Tell Concerts, and "When You Tell Concerts, It's Cooler." – poppinoff
Guns N Roses @ The Palladium Setlist
You're Crazy
Richard Fortus Guitar Solo(James Bond Theme)
Live and Let Die (Paul McCartney & Wings cover)
Motivation(Tommy Stinson song) (Tommy Stinson on lead vocals, with band introductions)
DJ Ashba Guitar Solo
Instrumental Jam (Another Brick In The Wall Pt. 2)
Axl Rose Piano Solo (Gran Torino/Goodbye Yellow … more)
Bumblefoot Guitar Solo(Pink Panther Theme)
Riff Raff (AC/DC cover)
Shackler's Revenge
Knockin' On Heaven's Door(Bob Dylan cover)
Instrumental Jam
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She started as a role model and mentor to teenagers at Covenant House. More than a decade ago, she transitioned St. Mary's Academy, offering a different set of services to young children there.
Every school day, Ms. Shirley spends time with the children at St. Mary, helping them not only with their schoolwork, but also with manners, behavior and so much more. She helps them read, write and do math. Ms. Shirley jokes that math looks a little different now and her students often have different methods of solving the problems, but they get to the same answer in the end.
Ms. Shirley believes that her work as a foster grandparent is important because some children may not get enough of the things they need to mature and grow at home – attention, empathy, opportunities to socialize, etc. She knows their parents work hard and just may need an extra helping hand to teach their children the little things.
Some of her original foster grandchildren from her time at Covenant House have grown up to be doctors, nurses and successful adults – but they all still remember their Grandma Shirley.
For years, she's told each and every child, "Whatever you do, do your best. Never give up." One of her foster grandchildren even wrote it on a poster and hung it in her home as a constant reminder!
Ms. Shirley credits her connection with and positive impact on the children to her good intentions. "They can tell when you have a good heart – they're drawn to that," she says of the children.
After 25 years of service and counting, Ms. Shirley has no plans to slow down any time soon. "I love what I do, my children love me and I'll keep going until I can't go anymore," she shares.
Thank you for your many years of service, Ms. Shirley – and here's to many more!
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VERITY LA POETRY PODCAST Episode 7: David Stavanger
DAVID STAVANGER: In this edition of the Verity La Poetry Podcast, our Podcast Producer Alice Allan and Clozapine Clinic Editor Tim Heffernan talk with David Stavanger about the launch of the 2017 Queensland Poetry Festival along with his poem The Electric Journal, published as part of our Clozapine Clinic project.
Ahead of the Clozapine Clinic's presence at QPF this year, we also talk about the question of writing as therapy and whether such writing has, or needs to have, 'merit' (and who gets to decide what that means).
Listen to the episode here.
Missed our earlier episodes? Listen here!
David Stavanger is a poet, performer and cultural producer. In 2013 he won the Arts Queensland Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize, resulting in the release of The Special (UQP), his first full-length collection of poetry which was also awarded the 2015 Wesley Michel Wright Poetry Prize. David is the Co-Director of the Queensland Poetry Festival. His recent prose-poem 'The Electric Journal' was a finalist of the 2016 Newcastle Poetry prize. At the 2014 Queensland Literary Awards he received a Queensland Writing Fellowship. He is also sometimes known as pioneering Green Room-nominated 'spoken weird' artist Ghostboy, winning the 2005 Nimbin Performance Poetry World Cup and establishing poetry slam in QLD via his work with the State Library and Woodford Folk Festival.
Tim Heffernan lives in Wollongong. He was born in Hay, on the banks of the Murrumbidgee and after spending most of his life swimming upstream, has mysteriously ended up on the coast.
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Crystal Dynamics hit with lay-offs, Tomb Raider sequel unaffected
Crystal Dynamics has been forced to lay-off a number of its employees who working on an unannounced project, Square Enix reps told Kotaku today.
Tomb Raider sequel officially confirmed
Comic book writer Gail Simone accidentally let the cat out of the bag early when she mentioned a new Tomb Raider game at San Diego Comic-Con a few weeks ago, and now we finally have official confirmation from Square Enix that a next-gen sequel is indeed …
Tomb Raider comic writer confirms that another game is in development
The future of the Tomb Raider series was in doubt after Square Enix execs publicly blamed the supposedly disappointing sales of this year's reboot for the company's recent financial shortfall, but in true Lara Croft fashion, it appears that the series is hanging on for another …
Best Buy sale offers discounts on games & an unwelcome reminder that summer is almost over
I'm not sure how discounted video games are supposed to help you get ready for the upcoming school year, but Best Buy's annual Back to School sale is marking the end of summer with some pretty decent deals on some great games.
Square Enix planning less console titles, more smartphone games
2012 was a catastrophically bad year for Square Enix: despite the release of a few critically acclaimed games like Tomb Raider and Sleeping Dogs, the company posted an "extraordinary loss" of about $134 million dollars. Following the resignation of Square's former CEO Yoichi Wada, the company …
Tomb Raider and Quantum Conundrum together for $29.99 on PSN this weekend
Square-Enix is holding a weekend sale for two of their best recent releases on PSN: from now until noon on Monday, PS3 users can buy a special Tomb Raider/Quantum Conundrum bundle for only $29.99.
March NPD: BioShock Infinite soars as overall industry sales nosedive
The NPD Group has released their monthly sales listings for March, and despite strong performances from big triple-A titles like BioShock Infinite and Tomb Raider, overall industry revenue has continued to decline as the current generation of consoles winds down.
Square-Enix CEO resigns as company posts "extraordinary loss" for fiscal year [UPDATE]
Things aren't going well for Square-Enix: the Japanese mega-publisher behind Final Fantasy, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, and Tomb Raider announced today that they expect to close the fiscal year with record losses.
A Touchdown from Half-court Tomb Raider Developer: Crystal Dynamics Publisher: Square Enix MSRP: $59.99 Platforms: PC, PS3, Xbox 360 A survivor is born. That's the important theme behind Crystal Dynamic's attempt at reinvigorating the Tomb Raider franchise with their much-anticipated reboot. But is this fresh take …
Watch All of Tomb Raider: The Final Hours Right Here!
We've nearly reached the much-anticipated launch date for Crystal Dynamic's reboot of the Tomb Raider franchise, featuring everyone's favorite female adventurer, Lara Croft. For those who don't know, Crystal Dynamics has been releasing a series of behind-the-scenes featurettes on their official YouTube page detailing the development …
Halo kicks off Xbox 360's Ultimate Game Sale
Today marks the beginning of a week of Steam-esque deep discounts on the Xbox 360's Games on Demand service, and Microsoft is kicking the sale off with their flagship franchise, Halo.
11-Minute Tomb Raider Walkthrough Shows Off Combat and Survival Tactics
As much as I love the sound of my own voice, I'm going to let Crystal Dynamics do most of the talking this time around. The official Square Enix YouTube channel has released a new gameplay walkthrough for the upcoming Tomb Raider reboot. The video features …


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California Rate Adjustment
Providing safe and reliable natural gas service to California has long been a part of our continued investment in the communities we live and serve.
On March 25, 2021, the California Public Utilities Commission (Commission) approved an all-party settlement agreement in Southwest Gas' general rate case application (A.19-08-015). The authorized rate adjustments will be effective April 1, 2021.
The Commission authorized an overall increase in California revenues of $6.4 million. Please reference the chart below for the proposed versus authorized adjustment in your jurisdiction.
Jurisdiction Proposed Adjustment Authorized Adjustment
Southern California $6.8 million $3 million
Northern California $1.5 million $0
South Lake Tahoe $4.5 million $3.4 million
The Commission approved the following Southwest Gas proposals to minimize customer bill impact and bill volatility:
Three new Conservation & Energy Efficiency (CEE) programs to help customers conserve energy and save on their energy bills.
Residential Equipment Direct-Install (RED) and New Home Rebates (Due to a lower authorized CEE program budget than requested, Southwest Gas plans to implement these programs in 2023/2024.)
Solar Thermal Rebates
Increase the basic service charge to better reflect customer-related costs and to assist in decreasing peak winter monthly bills.
Increasing the number of residential baseline seasons from two to three, by adding a Winter Off-Peak residential baseline season. This additional third season will be displayed on customer bills as Spring/Fall.
Southwest Gas is also authorized to make annual revenue adjustments of 2.75% for years 2022 through 2025 in each rate jurisdiction.
Application 19-08-015
A.19-08-015 – Volume II-A Southern California
A.19-08-015 – Volume II-B Northern California
A.19-08-015 – Volume II-C South Lake Tahoe
A.19-08-015 – Volume III Testimony
Bill Notice - Application Filing
Southern California Bill Notice
Northern California Bill Notice
South Lake Tahoe Bill Notice
Bill Notice - Approved Margin Rates
The typical average monthly bills for residential customers based on authorized revenues will be (for a copy of current and historical Statement of Rates, click here ):
Southern California Residential Customers
Season Number of Therms $Increase/($Decrease) Typical Monthly Bill*
(see months listed below)
16 $2.33 $28.19 to $30.52
Spring/Fall
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*Actual bills may be higher or lower than this amount, depending on your usage and other rate adjustments.
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Ongoing Thursday Morning Open Studio sessions every Thursday morning 10 am – noon.
Bring your current art project to work on. No instruction — just time to create on your own and enjoy fellowship with other artists. Led by artist Darlene Godfrey. Feel free to stay all day!


It seems like our fall colors came on fast last week. I took these photos yesterday morning on the St. Olaf campus along Hwy 19 where some of the trees are have red vines wrapping their trunks and hanging like garlands from their branches.
I hope to get out again this week for more. Know of other fall color photos of areas around Northfield?
Andrea Een alerted me (again!) to Tuesday's Norsk Julegudstjeneste (Norwegian Christmas Church Service) at St. Olaf's Boe Memorial Chapel.
How do you know whether your neighbor is wearing hers ironically — or sincerely? And how do you make sure people know that you're wearing yours ironically?
I think it would be interesting to post something about St. Olaf's decision to bring in Karl Rove on October 1st to speak. I am actually quite appalled that our hometown Lutheran college would do such a thing. Ann Coulter was one thing- she's an over the top media freak who makes money by being just so. Karl Rove, kindly known as "Bush's Brain" is a criminal with little regard for the law or the betterment of our society. Frankly, I think he's evil and should be in jail!


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Afrikanska stadgan om mänskliga och folkens rättigheter (African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights) el. Banjulstadgan, är den afrikanska motsvarigheten till Europakonventionen; internationell föreskrift om de mänskliga rättigheterna som gäller för Afrika.

Stadgan undertecknades 27 juni 1981 i Nairobi, Kenya, av Afrikanska enhetsorganisationen (OAU) som sedan 2001 ersattes av Afrikanska unionen (AU). Stadgan trädde i kraft 21 oktober 1986, varför den 21 oktober firas som Afrikanska mänskliga rättigheters dag. Alla 53 medlemsländer i AU har ratificerat stadgan.

Den afrikanska stadgan tillkom, inspirerad av Europakonventionen, för att ena Afrika i kampen för de mänskliga rättigheterna och för att samla FN:s konventioner i ett dokument. I förordet hänvisas till värdena i den afrikanska civilisationen.

Den är olik Europakonventionen och FN:s universella deklaration om de mänskliga rättigheterna så till vida att den vid sidan av individers rättigheter även innehåller kollektiva rättigheter samt skyldigheter för individen (kap. II). Stadgan utgörs av 68 artiklar.

Kontrollorganet för stadgan, vars direktiv finns i densamma, är Afrikanska kommissionen för mänskliga och folkens rättigheter i Banjul, Gambia, som stiftades 1987. De länder som ratificerat stadgan erlägger årligen rapport inför kommissionen, och dessutom finns särskilda rapportörer, men kommissionen bedriver även i stor utsträckning eget arbete för att främja de mänskliga rättigheterna. 1997 stiftades Afrikanska domstolen för de mänskliga rättigheterna, men hade ännu inte trätt i kraft 2003.

AU har efter stadgans tillkomst även författat den afrikanska stadgan för barnens rättigheter och välfärd (1990), som 2002 endast hade ratificerats av 27 medlemsstater och Maputo-protokollet (2003) om kvinnors rättigheter, som 2005 endast hade.

Källor

Understanding Human Rights. Manual on Human rights education, Human Security Network, European Training and Research Centre (ETC) (Graz 2003)

1981 i Kenya
Internationella konventioner
Mänskliga rättigheter
Politik i Afrika
Politikåret 1981
Nairobi

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Velecvetna magnolija (znanstveno ime Magnolia grandiflora) je vednozeleno drevo, ki je samoniklo na jugovzhodnem delu ZDA.

Opis
Velecvetna magnolija lahko v višino deseže do 27,5 m in ima velike temnozelene liste, ki dosežejo v dolžino med 12 in 20 cm, v širino pa med 6 in 12 cm. Po spodnji strani so mehko rjavo dlakavi. Običajno ima drevo eno deblo, oblika krošnje pa je piramidasta. Cvetovi so smetanasto bele barve in imajo premer do 30 cm. Iz oplojenih cvetov se razvijejo 7,5– 10 cm dolgi in 3 –5 cm široki vijolični plodovi. Listi rastline so težki in odpadajo preko celega leta. Običajno pod drevesi naredijo debel sloj, zaradi česar pod drevesom običajno ne uspevajo druge rastline. Zgornja stran listov je zaščitena z debelo plastjo voska, zaradi česar rastlina dobro prenaša onesnaženost zraka, pa tudi sol.

Razširjenost in uporabnost
Velecvetna magnolija najbolje uspeva na rahlo kislih, dobro odcednih tleh v sončnih ali polsenčnih zavetnih legah. Je priljubljena okrasna rastlina, ki dobro prenaša obrezovanje. V Veliko Britanijo so rastlino prinesli leta 1726, kasneje pa je postala priljubljena okrasna rastlina tudi v Franciji, kamor so prišli primerki iz Louisiane. O velecvetni magnoliji je leta 1731 v svoji knjigi The Gardeners' Dictionary na široko pisal že Philip Miller.

Les velecvetne magnolije je srednje težak, srednje trd in srednje žilav. Obdelan se ne zvija preveč in je zelo trpežen, zaradi česar je priljubljen za izdelavo pohištva, škatel, palet, žaluzij in vrat, pa tudi za furnir. Beljava lesa pri velecvetni magnoliji je rumenkasto bela, jedrovina pa je svetlo do temno rjave barve s pridihom rumene ali zelene.

Rastlina vsebuje različne fenole, med katerimi so magnolol, honokiol in 3,5′-dialil-2′-hidroksi-4-metoksibifenil, ki imajo antibakterijske lastnosti. Zlasti so učinkoviti proti Gram-pozitivnim bakterijam, učinkovito pa delujejo tudi proti glivicam. Listi vsebujejo kumarine in sesquiterpenske laktone, med katerimi so costunolid, partenolid, costunolid diepoksid, santamarin in rejnozin.

Ekologija
Drevo začne proizvajati semena pri starosti 10 let, višek moči pa doseže pri starosti okoli 25 let. Kaljivost semen je okoli 50%, razširjanje pa opravijo ptice (prepelice in purani) in različni sesalci , kot so veverice in oposumi.

Taksonomija
Magnolia grandiflora je Carl Linnaeus opisal v svoji 10. izdaji Systema Naturae leta 1759, njegov opis pa je temeljil na Millerjevih zapisih. Znanstveno ime izvira iz latinskih besed grandis "velik" in flor- "cvet".

Reference

Dodatni viri

Zunanje povezave

 United States Department of Agriculture Plants Profile for Magnolia grandiflora (southern magnolia)
 Magnolia grandiflora Magnolia Grandiflora v Audubonovi Birds of America
 Magnolia grandiflora fotografije na bioimages.vanderbilt.edu

Magnolijevke
Okrasna drevesa
Flora Severne Amerike
Taksoni, opisani leta 1759
Zdravilne rastline
Rastline z belimi cvetovi in več kot šestimi venčnimi listi


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Fu Yichen used his hand to grab Leng Qianshang's arm, the other arm went around him and embraced his shoulder.
The moment Fu Yichen touched Leng Qianshang's body, he realized that the other person's body was abnormally hot.
He could even feel it through all his clothes.
"Qianshang, you… what's going on?" In order to show his intimacy, Fu Yichen called him Qianshang instead of Qian Wang.
Sometimes Xuanyuan Canye would call the Male Lead so kindly in order to show the royal family's favor for the Male Lead.
"Bastards! How bold! Even daring to lay their hands on Qian Wang!" Fu Yichen's face suddenly became terrifyingly gloomy, showing a look of anger.
Those who came from the palace were well accustomed to this kind of scene.
So it would be inappropriate for Fu Yichen to pretend to be stupid at this time.
"Please quell your anger, Your Majesty." Su Zhan could only clench his teeth and cooperate with the emperor's performance.
"Zhen will help you find a woman first." Fu Yichen guided Leng Qianshang back to the chair to sit down.
But after those words left his mouth, he felt a little strange in his heart.
Looking at Su Zhan's arrogant image in the entertainment industry, he couldn't imagine what his embarrassing state would look like.
This was simply an insult to Su Zhan's image.
If it was Shen Tianyu, the eldest young master, with his nostrils raised up to his forehead would disdain this kind of thing.
In short, Fu Yichen also felt that this matter was quite inappropriate and he unexpectedly became upset by his own words.
But he couldn't let the Male Lead go back.
It wasn't confirmed if the Female Lead was tied up yet or not.
Just as Fu Yichen hesitated, a hot hand suddenly grabbed his wrist.
He saw that Leng Qianshang's long and slender fingers became pale from how hard he was enduring what he was feeling.
He still controlled the strength he was using to grab Fu Yichen's wrist, which showed that his self-control was extraordinary.
"Your Majesty," Su Zhan tried to stand up straight.
Not only was his body a little weak, but most importantly, the man in front of him was pressing hard on his shoulder, "There's no need to trouble Your Majesty, Chen… Just allow Chen to go back to Chen's manor." At this time, Su Zhan could no longer care about maintaining the details of his performance.
This was his limit till what he could do and continue to perform.
But obviously, Fu Yichen couldn't let him go, "Qianshang, how can Zhen trust you to go back safely when you look like this?" He said with a worried look on his face, "Zhen will go and find someone nearby for you.
Please bear with me for a while." Truthfully, Fu Yichen was well aware that this evil prince was actually a virgin.
After he fell in love with the Female Lead, he guarded his body like jade for her and dissipated his backyard1.
"No." Su Zhan grabbed the emperor's hand again and said with a sincere and a little pleading look on his face, "Your Majesty, there are so many beauties in Chen's Wangfu.
Just allow Chen to go back and solve it." Su Zhan felt that his body was about to explode.
He could only continue to suppress the feeling.
In fact, from what he was feeling now, Su Zhan was really worried that he would combust and die, which was not worth putting up an act for.
He is a worldwide famous superstar but he lived for 27 years without falling in love until death.
He hasn't met the person he likes, how could he be reconciled? His parents, elder brother and other people who love him, are waiting for him to return.
He was very unwilling to die like this.
However, looking for a woman? What kind of woman can this person find for him? He was someone who was born a pure zero.
Not only did he not feel relieved, he was also very disgusted by the thought of it.
He couldn't do it!
However, Fu Yichen didn't give him a chance to do anything, "Zhen understands." Fu Yichen suddenly nodded, "Zhen knows that the people here are unclean, but you can't go back to your manor in this state.
So let's think of a way to relieve yourself first."
"What?" Su Zhan didn't know what this guy knew and what he was going to do.
He could only see the other person gesture to a guard who then walked out of the room.
Su Zhan, who was close to losing his mind, immediately became tense.
His body involuntarily stretched taut.
His spirit became highly nervous and at the same time, he forced himself to be more vigilant.
Not long after, Su Zhan saw a few people walk into the room with a big wooden barrel.
Probably because the water was too cold, the cold air that hit his face instantly made him a lot more awake.
At this moment, Su Zhan almost disregarded his previous suspicions and thanked the black-bellied emperor.
Fu Yichen ordered people to pour buckets of cold water into the tub and gestured at them to go outside and guard the room.
Only then did he seriously talk to Leng Qianshang, "Qianshang, you'll be wronged for a while.
I'll definitely take care of this soon and find that ignorant thing who dares to do this to you."
"Many thanks, Your Majesty." Su Zhan thanked him from the bottom of his heart.
He then rushed to the wooden barrel impatiently but soon felt that something was wrong.
There was a strong gaze coming from behind him.
With a sudden turn of his head, Su Zhan immediately felt that the other person was a pain in the *ss.
Everyone else went out, but why is the emperor still standing there?
How could he feel relieved if he doesn't keep the Male Lead under his nose? Fu Yichen sat beside him expressionlessly with a look of 'you can continue' on his face.
But soon he found that Leng Qianshang was still holding onto the barrel but didn't take the next step.
From Fu Yichen's point of view, he could see the man's long silver hair hanging on his back.
He couldn't see any intentions of the other person wanting to lift his legs and stepping in.
The barrel was about one meter high.
It was easy for a man who was one meter eighty to step in.
But Fu Yichen took into account Leng Qianshang's current state.
As a man, Fu Yichen couldn't understand it more.
He just wanted to prevent the physical relationship between the Male and Female Lead from happening.
He had no intention of embarrassing Leng Qianshang.
So Fu Yichen got up quickly and walked over, "Why aren't you going in? What if you hurt your body by suppressing all of this?"
Su Zhan froze.
He didn't know how the Male Lead returned back to his manor after he was drugged in the original text.
But currently, his body was out of control and he couldn't lift his legs.
This scene became embarrassing.
In fact, Fu Yichen had thought of something the moment he held the other person's shoulder.
In addition to the abnormal heat, his body was slightly shaking and his pale face was covered in beads of sweat that were rolling down one by one.
Fu Yichen immediately understood that the other person needed help.
"Zhen will help you." Fu Yichen couldn't help but help him take off his robe as soon as he finished speaking.
Su Zhan was immediately startled.
All his reason and self-control instantly turned into a paste and his mind was in chaos.
When he finally reacted, he was only left in his underwear, "Your Majesty," Su Zhan held the arm that was helping him take off his clothes.
His words sounded extremely sincere, "Enough, that… that's enough." Implying that there was no need to take off any more clothing.
Fu Yichen was momentarily stunned before nodding his head, "Okay." Leng Qianshang's face looked like he was in pain.
His eyes seemed out of focus, but in a blink of an eye he returned back to normal.
They were a bit too close.
Fu Yichen was stunned for two seconds and his body was unexpectedly agitated.
Fu Yichen hurriedly shook his head and came back to his senses.
He then suddenly bent over without warning and hugged the other person by his waist.
Fu Yichen regretted his actions the moment he picked the other person up.
It would be very inappropriate for an emperor to hold a prince like this while the other was only wearing a robe.
But he had already picked the other person up, so he couldn't just put him back down.
Sure enough, it was unusual.
Listening to Leng Qianshang's cry of surprise, he seemed to be extremely frightened and his eyes widened visibly.
His body froze for a moment like some animal that was going to be attacked and quickly entered a state of suspended animation.
Fu Yichen could clearly feel the other person's stiffness and it was a bit embarrassing for a while.
"You…" Su Zhan was so shocked by his actions that he lost the ability to think.
Even the impact from the drug wasn't as strong as Fu Yichen's hug that he actually forgot his own name.
Fortunately for him, Fu Yichen was also absent-minded at this time.
So while the embarrassing moment continued, before Leng Qianshang could finish his words, Fu Yichen suddenly let go of him.
Then he only heard a muffled sound and water splashed all over the place, flowing on the ground.
Fu Yichen threw the other person into the tub, *ss first.
Fortunately the tub was big enough.
Fu Yichen pretended to pat the water droplets on his body casually.
Pretending to cover up the previous embarrassment.
"Zhen just wanted to help you.
Are you feeling better now?" He asked very seriously after a while.
"Many thanks, Your Majesty.
Chen is feeling better now." Su Zhan wiped a handful of cold water that splashed all over his face, gnashing his teeth.
He had to admit that the icy stimulation from all directions really made him sober up.
His body was also relieved for a while.
But the momentary cold and hot feeling circulating on his body also made his body tremble uncontrollably.
A cold shower ah, how stimulating indeed.
"That's good." Then, Fu Yichen walked back to his seat and sat down, without showing any intentions of leaving.
Su Zhan waited for two or three minutes, hoping that the other person would leave but saw no movement from him.
So he gritted his teeth and said, "It's getting late.
Your Majesty might as well go back to the palace first.
There's no need for Your Majesty to be worried about Chen here."
"How is that possible," Fu Yichen disagreed with him, "How could Zhen leave and be at ease with you looking like this?"
"Your Majesty…"
Leng Qianshang seemed to want to say something, "Okay," Fu Yichen interrupted him without another word, "Don't worry, Qianshang.
Zhen will be here to watch over you."
Admittedly, Fu Yichen was acting completely shameless and was obviously dragging others down, but he still showed the face of 'I'm doing this for your own good'.
Fu Yichen admitted that he must seem very annoying right now.
But what else could he do? He had to prevent the Male and Female Leads from having a relationship.
So all he could do was just fight hard.
So during this time, when the system kept on prompting [The favorability of the Male Lead towards the Second Male -1], Fu Yichen got used to it and expressed complete understanding.
Fu Yichen sat back on his chair.
The guards that he had sent to tie up the Female Lead still hadn't come back yet, which made Fu Yichen even more vigilant.
Two martial arts experts couldn't deal with a little girl.
This showed that the Female Lead's halo was too strong.
That is to say, he couldn't deal with her by force.
Fu Yichen had been sitting for a while and he didn't really look at the person sitting in the wooden barrel not far away.
He just glanced at him from time to time and found that the person who was facing him a while ago had turned his back to him.
He didn't even hear the sound of water moving.
Fu Yichen couldn't help but raise the corners of his lips, thinking to himself that the other person was very interesting.
As interesting as Shen Tianyu from the previous world.
'Laji, Are you sure he isn't Shen Tianyu?' Taking advantage of the situation, Fu Yichen released the system to talk with it, as a result…
[Ah! Male God.
Host quickly go to the other side.
The front side, look at the front side of the Male God! The Male God is taking a bath! Ah ah ah! I can die happy now…]
Fu Yichen's mouth twitched: … 'Believe it or not, I will block you immediately?' He didn't expect the vocabulary of this thing to be quite rich.
[Ying, ying, ying.
I was wrong host, please don't block me.
I promise to not make a sound and focus on looking at the Male God.]
Fu Yichen just wanted to slap his forehead at this time, 'Just answer the question.'
Truthfully, Fu Yichen didn't look too bad.
But he didn't have many opportunities to show his face in the entertainment industry, so he never had much popularity.
So the system didn't really know about him.
[That's impossible, host.
Each Mary Sue world is an independent Mary Sue novel.
They are like two parallel lines.
It is absolutely impossible for the two to have an intersection.] On this part, the system was certain.
Truthfully, Fu Yichen was gradually dispelling his suspicions.
After all, Leng Qianshang and Shen Tianyu are two completely different extremes.
At least for now, he couldn't find anything in common between them.
'Then what about Su Zhan? Could it be Su Zhan?' As soon as he saw this face in the previous world, Fu Yichen was also suspicious.
But this fact was rejected by the system.
What the system said was not unreasonable.
But in this world, the Male Lead still had Su Zhan's face.
So Fu Yichen began to question the system's words.
There is no other system in this world.
Without being bound by a system, it's impossible for others to enter the world of Mary Sue.
The reason why the Male Lead has Zhan Zhan's face is because of those shameless Mary Sue who always YY2 Zhan Zhan.
Why don't all Mary Sues go die!]
The more the system said, the more excited it became.
This wasn't the first time Fu Yichen heard this explanation, but he was still a little puzzled.
Especially because Laji often had problems with the favorability prompts, so it's credibility in his heart was a bit low.
But assuming the other person was actually Su Zhan, Fu Yichen looked at the person sitting in the wooden barrel.
His long hair was out of the barrel and hung down on the ground.
It was very strange.
It was simply… a wonder to look at.
[Host, you can't mess around.
The world will collapse!] The system repeatedly told Fu Yichen about it because it was always worried that Fu Yichen would directly ask questions about Su Zhan.
It mentioned the fact to Fu Yichen more than once that influential people like Su Zhan who had popularity in the real world couldn't appear in the illusory world as this would cause the illusory world to be unstable and collapse.
Of course, Fu Yichen, who didn't have much influence in the real world, was another matter.
Fu Yichen was too lazy to pay attention to it, so he blocked the system once more.
Although the system only mentioned that it was impossible, Fu Yichen still had to be cautious.
Otherwise he would be wasting the opportunity to get along alone with the Male Lead.
When Fu Yichen was a little distracted, he suddenly heard a low hum coming from the wooden barrel.
His scattered thoughts came back in an instant.
When he looked up, he saw that the person who had his back facing him had slightly raised his head.
The half of his face that could be seen was stained with a blush.
It seemed that the effects of the drug hadn't retreated at all, but had escalated now.
Fu Yichen was startled.
Only then did he realize how powerful the drug was.
He was afraid that soaking in cold water couldn't relieve the effects at all.
Sure enough, when Fu Yichen got up to take a look, he saw Leng Qianshang gasping for breath with pain.
His lips were not only pale, but also slightly stained with blood due to how hard the other person was biting them.
"How is it? Is it not working?" This time Fu Yichen was a little worried.
At first, he had thought that the drug's reaction described in the novel was a bit exaggerated.
After all, it was all from the imaginations of a little girl.
Turns out, it's not that simple at all.
"Yeah." Su Zhan no longer cared about names or etiquette.
He was feeling uncomfortable, very uncomfortable.
In fact, it didn't take long for him to realize that soaking in cold water couldn't help solve the problem at all.
Soon after he had gotten in, his body began to heat up and was going completely out of control.
But he couldn't have a relationship with a woman.
In fact, taking a cold bath was the only way he could think of to solve the problem.
However, even if he asked the emperor behind him to let him go back, there was no way the other person was letting him go.
Su Zhan was anxious and uncomfortable.
In the end, he planned to solve the matter with his hands.
But he was afraid of being discovered by the person behind him.
So he gritted his teeth and didn't let himself make a sound.
Not even the sound of water moving was heard.
It was shameful enough that he was doing this sort of thing.
But there was a man behind him.
A good-looking one at that.
Su Zhan couldn't control the shameful feeling at all.
Especially his restless pure gay heart.
It felt exciting and it made him ashamed.
However, even this didn't solve the problem.
Su Zhan was so anxious that he almost cried.
Probably because his road in the entertainment industry was so smooth and that his parents and brother were also enlightened people, Su Zhan had hardly encountered too many setbacks in all his 27-years of life.
So now, Su Zhan was a little desperate.
Especially when the emperor's eyes fell on him, his heart almost collapsed.
It wasn't that Fu Yichen was deliberately peeping on him.
Leng Qianshang raised his head in pain.
Although he had been in the cold bath for a while, it didn't seem to be of any use.
Moreover, he could see the situation underwater unintentionally.
After all, the water was quite clear.
Fu Yichen's heart almost burst, "*Cough**Cough*~" He took a deep breath, "Zhen will go find someone for you." Solving it like this wouldn't work.
But what Fu Yichen didn't expect was that when he turned around, his wrist was grabbed.
A bit of cold water fell on his body and the hand that held his wrist was even colder.
Fu Yichen turned his head and saw that Leng Qianshang was holding onto his arm, his eyes a little red, "No, Your Majesty.
Chen doesn't need it."
No need? In this state, he still didn't want to? Fu Yichen suddenly thought about it.
Could it be that this person's cleanliness addiction was too serious? Why couldn't he touch women other than the Female Lead? But if it goes on like this, at this rate he will die.
"You can't continue like this." Fu Yichen was serious.
"I'm fine." Su Zhan gritted his teeth to stay sane.
Although he felt a little uncomfortable, the cold water wasn't all that useless.
At least it could stimulate his brain to stay awake.
Seeing him going on like this wasn't a solution.
As a man who could understand his pain, Fu Yichen was afraid that the other person couldn't solve the problem if he didn't relieve it.
Although Fu Yichen had never done this kind of thing for others, he still had to do it.
Of course he had no hobby of doing it to others.
It can be said that a human life was at stake right now, especially when the other person was forced to stay here beside him.
So he held responsibility.
Fu Yichen gave up thinking, "Zhen will help you then." He said without hesitation.
He couldn't just let the other person die.
What Fu Yichen didn't see was that the moment his voice fell, the person in the tub almost collapsed.
Do… Do… Do what?
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The Secret Lives of Animals: PETA & the community
This sound book shows the sounds animals really make in today's world through six powerful, shocking tales.
Cora Perez
Director assistente criativo — the community
Tell us about your role in the creation of this work.
I worked as Associate Creative Director for this project, creating and executing this campaign. But "The Secret Lives of Animals" is the result of teamwork. Everyone involved put their hearts into it, and that was key to making this campaign happen.
Give us an overview of the campaign, what is it about?
This sound book shows the sounds animals really make in today's world through six powerful, shocking tales. These sounds aren't exactly easy listening, even for adults. Everything in the book, from the stories to the sounds, is real.
Tell us about the details creative brief, what did it ask?
PETA's main goal is to stop animal cruelty. We all know where leather comes from and what nuggets are made of, but it's way easier to keep thinking that animals still live happily and freely than face the reality. This campaign needed to break that mental barrier and remind people of the horror animals face.
Which insight led to the creation of this piece of work?
Animal sounds are one of the first things we learn in life. Some of us have kids and, now that it's time for them to read an animal sounds book, realized they are all wrong. Today, a world where pigs run free going oink oink and cows go moo on the farm is simply fiction. We thought that, to start putting an end to animal cruelty, we needed to tell the true story of how animals really live and sound nowadays. In a way, we believe that it's important that parents face the world that they are leaving for their kids.
What was the greatest challenge that you and your team faced during development?
The biggest challenge we faced was finding the animal sounds because all of them are real. They were recorded on industrial farms, aquariums, labs, etc. Most of them were recorded undercover by PETA activists or just ordinary people.
What did you enjoy most about seeing this campaign through? Did you learn anything new from the experience?
Bringing this campaign to life has been an emotional rollercoaster. On the one hand, we had to go deep into all kind of tortures that animals suffer today at human hands. That's not pleasant; sometimes, you are tempted to just look away or stop digging into reality.
On the other hand, we knew we were doing something good, collaborating to put an end to animal cruelty. Putting out a piece of work that you like is always great and, in this case, we like the work and love the cause, so even better. We're 100% committed to PETA, and I guess that is what leaves us with this good feeling in seeing the book published.
View a digital copy of the book here. PETA is also selling hard copies of the book on PETA.org here.
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Facebook Releases Their Top Games of 2011 List
Social gaming has been huge this year, from Facebook launching new game features to Google+ adding gaming to their social network. It will be both fun and interesting to see what 2012 has in store for game play within our favorite online social hangouts.
Facebook released their Top Games of 2011 list yesterday (December 21). I was very surprised to see that Gardens of Times earned the top spot. I fully expected to see CityVille, but given the way Facebook pulled together this list, it explains why it wasn't number one.
Facebook said, "This list was compiled by looking at the top games on Facebook with more than 100,000 monthly active users and giving priority to those games with the highest user satisfaction scores. The result is a list of the games that received the most user recommendations in 2011."
Here are Facebook's Top Games of 2011:
Gardens of Time (by Playdom)
The Sims Social (by EA)
Cityville (by Zynga)
DoubleDown Casino (by DoubleDown Entertainment)
Indiana Jones Adventure World (by Zynga)
Words With Friends (by Zynga)
Bingo Blitz (by Buffalo Studios)
Empires & Allies (by Zynga)
Slotomania-Slot Machines (by Playtika)
Diamond Dash (by wooga)
Which Facebook game is your favorite and sucks the most time out of your day?
Facebook - Social Gaming
Facebook Wants a Broader Range of Game Choices
Facebook's recently added gaming features sounds like just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to their dreams and desires for their gaming platform.
In an interview with MCV, Sean Ryan – Facebook's head of game partnerships, says he wants a broader selection of gaming choices such as the ones found on consoles. He wants a little bit of everything offered on Facebook "from sports to core shooters to family games and social games."
Ryan says when you look at their platform, they don't have the type of breadth gaming consoles do. Why is that? He believes it's because they are still so young.
"That's because we are young – we are only three and a half years old. We are a pure platform – we don't invest in games or make them. But we ask ourselves how we can make games like a football manager title rise up and become a success. There is a range of sophisticated games we want to get on our platform."
Facebook has definitely taken a step forward into the console market with Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony already using the the Facebook Social Graph API.
"Everybody games, just at different levels. What Facebook does through social games, as Apple and Google have done in mobile, is broadening the types of users who play games. So is this a challenge for the traditional companies? It's an opportunity."
Ryan says their goal is to have more people playing games on Facebook or the games that use the Facebook Social Graph.
Now that Google+ has games, can you see some major competition between the two companies for the attention of gamers? It will be interesting to see how far Google+ wants to take their gaming platform.
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Google+ Gradually Rolling Out Games
Google made an announcement on their official blog today regarding the games we've all been hearing about. They are gradually rolling out games on Google+ and so far, they seem to have a decent selection to get you started.
Google+ is all about sharing, but as they pointed out, sharing is more than just having a conversation. It's also about playing and having fun, which is where Google+ games comes into the picture. Google wants to "make playing games online just as fun, and just as meaningful, as playing in real life".
Google+ games gives you complete control over when you see them and who you share them with. Not interested in playing games? No problem. They've made them easy for you to ignore.
For a list of games and how to get started, visit the Google blog. Now, pardon me while I go play some Angry Birds. Are you planning on giving Google+ games a whirl?


Memorial Day marks the unofficial kickoff of summer and, according to the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council, the beginning of peak hot dog season (Americans consumed some 7 billion dogs between Memorial Day and Labor Day in 2013). And while the humble hot dog will never be considered gourmet or glamorous, it is pretty tasty, and with the right toppings can be crazy delicious. Here are several inventive hot dog recipes to try this holiday weekend.
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Long-awaited, the re-vamp of Helmut Lang has finally arrived. Or, rather, we now know lies in store for the legendary fashion house, with a new Editor-In-Residence Isabella Burley recently appointed who has brought to the table her own cast of figures in fashion and the intention to do all she can to investigate both the brand's history and invigorate a fresh presence in contemporary couture. The first major announcement in regards to the specific plans that Lang will be rolling out as a multi-part initiative was the release of six campaign images, photographed by Ethan James Green.
The entire campaign, to be released over the next few days, will include a full roster of cutting-edge creatives ranging from musicians, activists, models... First up is Traci Lords, Alek Wek, Shayne himself, and street-cast subjects. With Larry Clark alongside Ian Isiah on the docket, as well as many more, the next series should be quite the culture shock that the style industry is seeking. Little has been revealed as far as the line itself, other than that it will heavily focus on re-editions of Lang's original designs, providing a new context for the heritage pieces that once were so revolutionary for fashion.
As well as the clothing and campaign, the label has announced a project that will continue the legacy Lang had begun in incorporating artists of alternative mediums into the fashion world, with an 'Artist Series' featuring a dozen "cult" artists who will create special products monthly. The collaborators include Carrie Mae Weems, Martine Syms, Walter Pfeiffer, and nine others that the fashion house will weave into their limited-edition items.
For the full list of announced artists, designers and collaborators visit the Helmut Lang site.
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Q: App crashes when using two setText instead of one Not sure why this is happening when I added this line it started crashing the app:
    total = total + add;
    tvMoney.setText("Your Total is $" + total);

Here is the full section of code and when I remove (or comment out) the above code it works fine. The app is supposed to update one section while also updating another text that has the overall total.
// What happens when the "+" button is pressed.
public void sendAdd(View view) {
    llMoney = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.llMoney);
    etMoney = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.etMoney);
    String message = etMoney.getText().toString();
    if (message == null || message.isEmpty()){
        add = 0.0;
    } else {
        add = Double.parseDouble(etMoney.getText().toString());
    }

    total = total + add;
    tvMoney.setText("Your Total is $" + total);

    TextView text = new TextView(this);
    text.setText("You've added money! + " + message);
    text.setTextSize(20);
    text.setTextColor(Color.GREEN);
    text.setGravity(Gravity.RIGHT);
    llMoney.addView(text);

Here is the declaration of variables:
//declaring items
LinearLayout llNotes, llMoney;
Button butNotes, butAdd, butSub;
EditText etNotes, etMoney;
TextView tvMoney;

//To update the total amount of money variable
double total, add, sub;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

    total = 0.0;
    add = 0.0;
    sub = 0.0;

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05-11 17:54:20.477: D/AndroidRuntime(23918): Shutting down VM
05-11 17:54:20.477: W/dalvikvm(23918): threadid=1: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x4145c360)
05-11 17:54:20.497: E/AndroidRuntime(23918): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
05-11 17:54:20.497: E/AndroidRuntime(23918): java.lang.IllegalStateException: Could not execute method of the activity
05-11 17:54:20.497: E/AndroidRuntime(23918):    at android.view.View$1.onClick(View.java:3690)
05-11 17:54:20.497: E/AndroidRuntime(23918):    at android.view.View.performClick(View.java:4192)
05-11 17:54:20.497: E/AndroidRuntime(23918):    at android.view.View$PerformClick.run(View.java:17254)
05-11 17:54:20.497: E/AndroidRuntime(23918):    at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:615)
05-11 17:54:20.497: E/AndroidRuntime(23918):    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:92)
05-11 17:54:20.497: E/AndroidRuntime(23918):    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
05-11 17:54:20.497: E/AndroidRuntime(23918):    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4950)
05-11 17:54:20.497: E/AndroidRuntime(23918):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
05-11 17:54:20.497: E/AndroidRuntime(23918):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
05-11 17:54:20.497: E/AndroidRuntime(23918):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1004)
05-11 17:54:20.497: E/AndroidRuntime(23918):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:771)
05-11 17:54:20.497: E/AndroidRuntime(23918):    at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
05-11 17:54:20.497: E/AndroidRuntime(23918): Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
05-11 17:54:20.497: E/AndroidRuntime(23918):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
05-11 17:54:20.497: E/AndroidRuntime(23918):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
05-11 17:54:20.497: E/AndroidRuntime(23918):    at android.view.View$1.onClick(View.java:3685)
05-11 17:54:20.497: E/AndroidRuntime(23918):    ... 11 more
05-11 17:54:20.497: E/AndroidRuntime(23918): Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
05-11 17:54:20.497: E/AndroidRuntime(23918):    at net.tagyoureit.heykeepup.MainActivity.sendAdd(MainActivity.java:123)
05-11 17:54:20.497: E/AndroidRuntime(23918):    ... 14 more

A: You're not initializeing tvMoney.
If you don't initialize a member variable (like tvMoney) your code will compile, but you'll have problems at runtime.

A: You don't appear to be instantiating your tvMoney variable anywhere, like this:
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

tvMoney = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.tvMoney);

total = 0.0;
add = 0.0;
sub = 0.0;

A: when I added this line it started crashing the app:

tvMoney is null when your trying to set a text . You need to find the instance of the TextView before accessing it. i believe you have a TextView id as tvMoney in Activity layout , then change it
tvMoney = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.tvMoney);

tvMoney.setText("Your Total is $" + total);


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Q: Can you have 2 tables with identical structure in a good DB schema? 2 tables:
- views
- downloads
Identical structure:
item_id, user_id, time
Should I be worried?

A: These tables are the same NOW but may schema change in the future.  If they represent 2 different concepts it is good to keep them separate.  What if you wanted to have a foreign key from another table to the downloads table but not the views table, if they were that same table you could not do this.

A: From a E/R modelling point of view I don't see a problem with that, as long as they represent two semantically different entities.
From an implementation point of view, it really depends on how you plan to query that data:

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*If you plan to query those tables independently from each other, keeping them separate is a good choice

*If you plan to query those tables together (maybe with a UNION of a JOIN operation) you should consider storing them in a single table with a discriminator column to distinguish their type

When considering whether to consolidate them into a single table you should also take into account other factors like:

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*The amount of data stored in each table

*The rate at which data grows in each table

*The ratio of read/write operations executed on each table

A: I think the answer has to be "it depends". As someone else pointed out, if the schema of one or both tables is likely to evolve then no. I can think of other cases well (simplifying the security model by allow apps/users access to one or the other).
Having said this, I work with a legacy DB where this is a problem. We have multiple identical tables for customer invoices. Data is actually moved between then at different stages in the processing life-cycle. It makes for a complicated mess when trying to access data. It would have been easily solved by a state flag in the original schema, but we now have 20+ years of code written against the multi-table version.
Short answer: depends on why they are the same schema :).

A: I don't think that there is a problem, per se.
When designing a DB there are lots of different parameters, and some (e.g.: performance) may take precedence.
Case in point: even if the structures (and I suppose indexing) are identical, maybe "views" has more records and will be accessed more often.
This alone could be a good reason not to burden it with records from the downloads.
Also, the fact that they are indentical now does not mean they will be in the future: views and downloads are different, after all, so sooner or later one or both could grow an extra field or two.

A: Chris Date and Dave McGoveran formalised the "Principle of Orthogonal Design". Roughly speaking it means that in database design you should avoid the possibility of allowing the same tuple in two different relvars. The aim being to avoid certain types of redundancy and ambiguity that could result.
Arguably it isn't always totally practical to do that and it isn't necessarily clear cut exactly when the principle is being broken. However, I do think it's a good guiding rule, if only because it avoids the problem of duplicate logic in data access code or constraints, i.e. it's a good DRY principle. Avoid having tables with potentially overlapping meanings unless there is some database constraint that prevents duplication between them.

A: It depends on the context - what is a View and what is a Download? Does a Download imply a View (how else would it be downloaded)?
It's possible that you have well-defined, separate concepts there - but it is a smell I'd want to investigate further. It seems likely that a View and a Download are related somehow, but your model doesn't show anything.

A: Are you saying that both tables have an 'item_id' Primary Key? In this case, the fields have the same name, but do not have the same meaning. One is a 'view_id', and the other one is a 'download_id'. You should rename your fields consequently to avoid this kind of misunderstanding.


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Hitch climate tax to the actual climate, says top economist
The warmer the planet, the higher the green taxes get
By Andrew Orlowski 4 Jul 2013 at 14:03
Comment A Canadian economist has an idea to tackle global warming so simple, it's stunning no one has thought of it before.
Ross McKitrick, Professor of Economics at the University of Guelph in Ontario, an IPCC expert reviewer and one of its leading critics, proposes a carbon tax with the rate tied to climate response. He explained the idea at the House of Lords yesterday before an audience that included the architect of the UK's Climate Change Act.
The idea of an evidence-based tax alarmed some in the audience. And it was fascinating to see who was most alarmed by it.
McKitrick's plan replaces the piecemeal regulation and taxes, which are arbitrary and random (ranging from patio heater bans to a "carbon floor price") with a tax linked to the temperature of the troposphere. According to IPCC scientists this is the "fingerprint" of greenhouse gas-induced global warming and the most rapid indicator of climate change. If temperatures go up, then so does the tax.
With the introduction of tradeable emissions certifications alongside the new, evidence-based tax then powerful incentives are in place to be right. "Nobody will benefit from using false or exaggerated science," McKitrick said.
"Sceptics who do not believe in global warming will not expect the tax to go up, and might even expect it to go down. Those convinced we are in for rapid warming will expect the tax to rise quickly in the years ahead," McKitrick explains in a paper outlining the idea.
"Companies managing factories and power plants will have to figure out who is more likely to be right, because billions of dollars of potential tax liabilities will depend on what is going to happen."
As he elaborated at Westminster yesterday:
Nobody has an incentive to ignore the forecasts – while everyone has an incentive to check them for accuracy… As a scientist, instead of complaining that nobody's listening to you, you could put your pension in it. If a scientist can't persuade himself to put his pension on his own science, he shouldn't try to persuade other people to.
Sounds reasonable.
He also ran through some of the pitfalls and objections. Was it backward looking? No, he thought, since investors were placing big bets on future investment by factoring in the tax. A futures market in emissions certificates would allow traders to treat "climate lags" as an arbitrage opportunity.
So did he think markets are smarter than scientists, asked one questioner?
"Markets are just people, and they're making use of the information," he said. "Markets may be more objective than scientists - each scientist is going to have their own bias and their own agenda. But the market will not make correct predictions."
But if scientists are mistaken then the public doesn't pay for the wrong policy – since it won't be paying to mitigate a climate "problem" that doesn't exist.
Climate models have exaggerated the response of the troposphere: temperature time trends against pressure (degrees per decade) vs 22 averaged model predictions; Douglass et al (2007) (PDF, 9 pages)
Attending the talk, arranged by the Global Warming Policy Foundation, a think tank critical of climate mitigation policy, were Chris Rapley and Bryony (now Baroness) Worthington (BA, Eng.Lit.), the climate activist seconded to DEFRA from Greenpeace to write the UK's Climate Change Act for Ed Miliband, then DEFRA minister. Both asked the same question of McKitrick: why not use a different measure of climate response? Worthington suggested using Arctic ice melt figures.
McKitrick responded that the Arctic was "a tiny geographical area" and less reliable as an indicator of climate change. It has an amplified response to changes in the Sun, he said, "which makes it noisy for our purposes".
Much of the Arctic melt a few years ago can be attributed to circulation changes rather than a warmer Arctic. The troposphere, on the other hand, was half of the Earth's free atmosphere.
"90 per cent of the energy inbalance goes into ocean so why not use that?" asked Chris Rapley, a former head of the Antarctic Survey. McKitrick said that it risked being too slow.
What about sea levels instead? Rapley said the rate of sea level rise had been constant for 2,000 years and suddenly shot up, while oceans provided a rapid indicator of global warming. (Which must be why that elusive ocean warming is so hard to find)
For McKitrick, a tax represents the least costly means of curbing emissions. However, for it to work it must displace other taxes, otherwise the deadweight costs make the exercise expensive and pointless. And there's the rub. Politicians rarely repeal taxes, and love to pile them up.
Adding a footnote, Lord Lawson acknowledged the political challenge facing anyone introducing a carbon tax. Yet it wasn't impossible to imagine politicians seizing on the idea as a face-saving ay out of suicidal green taxes and regulations, when the planet isn't warming on the scale predicted.
McKitrick's evidence-based proposal might prove too grounded in reality for others to stomach.
You can find a 16-page summary of his paper here. ®
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