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-wah) is an alternative to pasta and rice. It has a lot of protein, a hearty texture, and a nutty flavor. It can be eaten hot or cold, as in this quick dish, Confetti Quinoa. This recipe calls for frozen veggies, but feel free to use fresh if you prefer. Just saute them until tender crisp and add to cooked quinoa.
Cool as a cucumber, that's what these Cream Cheesy Cucumber Sandwiches are. You can find different varieties of cucumbers at the grocery store or farmer's market. Or if you're not in a cucumber mood, substitute with thin slices of raw zucchini.
Take chips and dip to a whole new level with Lean Green Pita Dippers. First, you make your own crunchy pita chips. Then you dip them in this cool, creamy green dip. Will you share with other people at the lunch table? Probably not.


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Hosting a gathering is not an easy task, not by a long shot. What with having to keep everybody comfortable, entertained, and happy throughout the duration of the party, everything can become a tad difficult.
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There have never been truer words spoken, especially when it comes to hosting a gathering. Of course, hosting a party and getting things as perfect as you can for all of your guests is always going to be a heavy load to carry, but stressing is only going to hinder your ability to carry it. To the point, by stressing, you're going to make everything worse, for yourself and your guests, so don't do it!
Advice on how to host a small gathering in as stress-free a way as possible includes making as much of the meal as you can in advance, keeping the cost of the whole venture down, and mastering the art of being able to clean-up as you go.
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Aw, come on! Give me a break! These bureaucrats and politicians remind me of the child who's covered in cookie crumbs but swears he never got into the cookie jar.
I don't care which side of the political spectrum you fall on, don't you want to know the facts? Aren't we, as American citizens, entitled to the truth of what our government employees are up to? It may be a case of "you can't handle the truth," but I think we owe future generations to find out what the truth is.
I remember watching Dragnet as a child, and for many years after I had to deal with being called "Officer Gannon" (which was my maiden name).
The thing about Joe Friday and Bill Gannon was that they were interested only in the facts. They wanted to know what happened and they weren't interested in any kind of spin their witnesses, victims, and suspects had to sell.
We need to toughen up and hold our government responsible not only for whatever cookie jars they've had their hands in, (and every day there's another one), we also have to hold them responsible for their lies. There are some who think that it's not a big deal to lie, and that everyone does it, and that it's as natural to a politician to lie as it is to breathe.
Well, then, maybe we need some new kind of politicians. People who are interested in running the government in an honest way, where they don't have to lie about what they do. A lie is a lie is a lie. It shouldn't matter if it's being told by a Republican or a Democrat, both are liars, and both need to go.


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Claire Potter is a Professor of History and Executive Editor of the web publication Public Seminar. She's the author of War on Crime: Bandits, G-Men and the Politics of Mass Culture (Rutgers UP, 1998); Doing Recent History (University of Georgia Press, 2012); and Digital U (forthcoming from the University of North Carolina Press, 2017). Her writing can be found in Jacobin, Dissent, Inside Higher Education, Chronicle of Higher Education, The New York Times and CNN.com.
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The search for the best historical fiction debut of the year is on as the Historical Writers' Association join forces with Goldsboro Books to launch their 2016 Debut Crown award.
Goldsboro Books have come on board to sponsor the award just weeks after Ben Fergusson was presented with the 2015 Debut Crown for The Spring Of Kasper Meier at the Harrogate International Festival's Harrogate History Festival. The independent bookseller has a stellar reputation as a purveyor of collectable books, top titles and for showcasing and supporting new talent.
The HWA Goldsboro Debut Crown is awarded to the best historical novel by a first-time fiction author published in the UK during the judging period. The trophy, as well as prize money of £1,000, will be presented at the 2016 Harrogate History Festival, which will take place on 20th – 23rd October.
The HWA and the Harrogate History Festival team are excited to welcome Goldsboro Books as the new sponsor of the award. With their passion and enthusiasm for the genre, they are the perfect partner for this special award.


"the saint's bones were enshrined in the cathedral"
Many pilgrims worship at the shrine.
Mark Twain's birth place is visited as a shrine.
They bowed down before the shrine.
He put the promise in the shrine beside the tablet of O-Tei.
The Greeks dedicated a shrine to the god.
The Matsu Temple, Penghu, is the oldest shrine to Matsu in Taiwan and exhibits carved woodwork of a very high standard.
Islam's most sacred shrine is at Mecca in Saudi Arabia.
A blind man at Saint Albans shrine..hath receiv'd his sight.
He put down..both knees before the desolate shrine.


Critics are hailing Captain Phillips as featuring one of Tom Hanks' greatest performances. He will likely receive his sixth Oscar nomination for Best Actor if not also his first win in 18 years. But will it be anyone's favorite Tom Hanks movie or role? Sure, one of his most beloved performances is his second to be honored with an Academy Award -- Forrest Gump -- but many of us will still always have a soft spot for that loud, wacky comic actor who bobbled his skinny little head around in movies like Bachelor Party and Volunteers.
He's gotten more serious as his head has gotten bigger (I mean more physically than egotistically), even when he's playing ridiculous parts, like those in The Terminal and Cloud Atlas. I was dying for him to make some sort of return to his '80s acting style up until I realized Charlie Wilson's War was as close as we'll probably ever get (it's like the guys from Bachelor Party and Volunteers grew up, merged and became a congressman). And it wasn't very enjoyable.
Still, he's been good in more than he's been bad in, and he has a ton of great forgotten performances in stuff like Punchline, The Money Pit and Nothing in Common. But most of you may prefer his more popular movies, which according to box office numbers includes Gump, The Da Vinci Code and Cast Away.
1. The Toy Story franchise - Yes, it's technically more than one movie -- more than three movies if you count the shorts and the upcoming Halloween special -- but it's hard to pin his exceptional voice-acting work on just one installment. Unlike most celebrity hires for animated features, Hanks has really given life to Woody in a way where, even though he doesn't mask his own voice at all, we don't firstly hear Hanks when watching the little cowboy in action and in speech.
2. Road to Perdition - When America's supposed sweetheart took on this darker role, many saw it as a stretch. I thought it was a perfect evolution, though it is truly a part and performance that stands alone. I'm still hoping he goes to an even darker place at some point in the future.
3. Splash - Maybe it's because I've know it the longest, but the way Tom Hanks looks and acts in this movie (which I also included in my Ron Howard Top Three) is how I picture the actor when he pops into my mind for any reason. His clothes, his voice, his serious and his goofy expressions, all of it is the true Hanks, then and forever.
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5 things you must know to kick off World Ozone Day this year
Today is World Ozone Day! In 1994, the UN General Assembly proclaimed 16 September the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, commemorating the date of the signing, in 1987, of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (resolution 49/114).
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The Montreal protocol is a model of cooperation. It is a product of the recognition and international consensus that ozone depletion is a global problem, both in terms of its causes and its effects. The protocol is the result of an extraordinary process of scientific study, negotiations among representatives of the business and environmental communities, and international diplomacy. It is a monumental achievement.
PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN, 1988
This year's theme is the Montreal Protocol – Keeping us, our food, and vaccines cool. The refrigeration cold chain is absolutely essential for all countries and it has a direct relationship on reducing food loss and food waste, protecting public health, and supporting the economy.
The Montreal Protocol is closely linked to this critical sector and WOD is an excellent time to shine the spotlight on this often-overlooked sector.
On this special day, we highlight 5 things you should know:
The scientists who discovered Ozone layer depletion by CFCs were heavily criticised
(From left to right) F. Sherwood Rowland, Paul J. Crutzen, Mario J. Molin. Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive.
In 1974, Mario Molina and Sherwood Rowland, two chemists at the University of California, Irvine, published an article in Nature detailing threats to the ozone layer from long-lived organic halogen compounds, such as chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) gases. They warned that CFCs have a life of 40-150 years and that sunlight breaks them down, producing chlorine atoms that can destroy ozone in the stratosphere.
When they told the world in 1974 that aerosol hairsprays damaged the part of the atmosphere that protects us from solar ultraviolet radiation, it garnered controversy in the scientific community. A senior chemist at DuPont called the Rowland-Molina hypothesis a "science fiction tale," "a load of rubbish" and "utter nonsense."
The groundbreaking research, for which they, along with scientist Paul Crutzen were awarded the 1995 Nobel Prize in chemistry—concluded that the atmosphere had a "finite capacity for absorbing chlorine" atoms in the stratosphere.
The Ozone Hole in 1985
Joseph Farman (left) with his 1985 co-authors, Brian Gardiner and Jonathan Shanklin, and a spectrophotometer used to measure stratospheric ozone concentrations.
Scientists at the British Antarctic Survey have discovered that the ozone layer over Antarctica suffers a large hole every spring which lasts for several months. Rowland and Molina's hypothesis proved valid.
Why only in Antarctica? Because only in Antarctica, polar stratospheric clouds develop during the Winter. In these clouds, chemical reactions cause ozone depletion to surge to the point where a "hole" is created. Although it isn't really a hole, the ozone layer becomes extremely thin, only 2 millimeters thick.
The Montreal Protocol has evolved: Kigali Amendment
The agreement is expected to reduce HFC use by 85 per cent by 2045 (Courtesy: IISD)
On October 15, 2016, Parties to the Montreal Protocol adopted the Kigali Amendment aims for the phase-down of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) by cutting their production and consumption. Given their zero impact on the depletion of the ozone layer, HFCs are widely used alternatives to ODS such as hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), which are already controlled under the Protocol.
With the Kigali Amendment, the Montreal Protocol will be an even more powerful instrument against global warming. It calls on all countries to gradually phase down their production and consumption of HFCs in the coming decades. This amendment creates market certainty and opens international markets to new technology that is better for the environment, without compromising performance.
What if the Montreal Protocol didn't exist?
Martyn Chipperfield, an atmospheric chemist at the University of Leeds quoted,
The good news is that without the Montreal Protocol things would have been a great deal worse.
The Montreal Protocol, in force since 1989, is often regarded as the most successful multilateral environmental agreement in history. According to the UN, it remains the only UN treaty that has been ratified by all 197 member states.
According to a simulation published by the Goddard Space Flight Center, if the Montreal Protocol did not exist, by 2065 two-thirds of the atmospheric ozone would have disappeared, ultraviolet rays would be strong enough to cause severe burns in 5 minutes, and radiation mutagenic to DNA would be 650% higher, causing cancer in plants, animals and humans.
We are not in the clear!
In terms of harmful gases from coolants, the world is still far from being clear. Some hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), transitional substitutes, although less damaging, are very much harmful and are still in use.
Developing countries need funding from the Montreal Protocol's Multilateral Fund to eliminate the most widely used of these, the refrigerant R-22. Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), the next generation of coolants, do not deplete the ozone layer, but they are powerful greenhouse gases that trap heat, contributing to climate change.
If emissions of uncontrolled ozone-depleting chemicals such as DCM continue rising, then the gains could be lost. It remains an ongoing technological challenge to find practical ways to cool ourselves and propel our aerosols without depleting the ozone layer or aggravating climate change.
View the latest status of the ozone layer over the Antarctic, with a focus on the ozone hole here: https://ozonewatch.gsfc.nasa.gov/
Ozone layer over the Antarctic as of 13 September 2021.
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William Bradley "Brad" Pitt (born December 18, 1963) is an American actor and film producer. He has received multiple awards, including two Golden Globe Awards and an Academy Award for his acting, in addition to another Academy Award and a Primetime Emmy Award as producer under his production company, Plan B Entertainment. Pitt first gained recognition as a cowboy hitchhiker in the road movie Thelma & Louise (1991). His first leading roles in big-budget productions came with the drama films A River Runs Through It (1992) and Legends of the Fall (1994), and the horror film Interview with the Vampire (1994). He gave critically acclaimed performances in the crime thriller Seven (1995) and the science fiction film 12 Monkeys (1995), the latter earning him a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor and an Academy Award nomination. Pitt starred in Fight Club (1999) and the heist film Ocean's Eleven (2001), as well as its sequels, Ocean's Twelve (2004) and Ocean's Thirteen (2007). His greatest commercial successes have been Ocean's Eleven (2001), Troy (2004), Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), World War Z (2013), and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), for which he won a second Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Pitt's other Academy Award nominated performances were in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) and Moneyball (2011). He produced The Departed (2006) and 12 Years a Slave (2013), both of which won the Academy Award for Best Picture, and also The Tree of Life (2011), Moneyball (2011), and The Big Short (2015), all of which were nominated for Best Picture.
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The full line up of films have been announced for the 15th Anniversary Edition of the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival. Visit our schedule to learn more about the films. Visit our ticketing page for information on how to buy tickets.
From November 8 to 19, 2011, the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival will present more than 55 films and videos from 12 countries, including Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, China, the U.S. and Vietnam. This year, the festival will celebrate its 15th anniversary with a series of new initiatives including free screenings, larger venues to accommodate growing audiences, a multi-venue media art installation, special guest filmmakers from across Asia and the world, and a major expansion into Richmond Hill.
Visit our schedule to learn more about the films. Visit our ticketing page for information on how to buy tickets.
Reel Asian's 6th Annual Pitch Competition—So You Think You Can Pitch?—is back for 2011! A collaboration between Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival and Charles Street Video (CSV), this competition features prizes worth a combined value of more than $35,000. Teams of filmmakers will have six minutes each to pitch their projects to vie for $2,000 in cash; distribution through Ouat Media; $10,000 (emerging category) and $18,000 (professional category) worth of production, post services and artist's fees at CSV.
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Is this coincidence? Vic and the treasure hunter overlapped which makes collecting items from vic easier because of the treasure hunter event and a reason to buy rs accounts!
Vic the old man with strange mustache is back to runescape! He is here to trade your unwanted experience points in exchange of items for your runescape accounts!
Visit Vic to have a chance to get rare items such as: rune ethereal divination skilling outfit, fletching and nimble outfits, starborn diamonds.
Vic is the master of RNG. If he does not like you, he won't give you what you like, so be nice to Vic even though he has a weird mustache. Furthermore, don't insult his mustache, for him, mustache is life.
Vic does not only offer a limited number of items, he also offers items from the past. This is your chance if you have missed something important in the past you can recover it from Vic the trader through trading your hard earned experience. Just remember not to mock his mustache and you will be able to get a good stuff.
Some of his items are formed through fragments. Meaning you have to collect a certain amount of items before turning it into gold. We don't have an idea yet if these things will be tradable or not.
Aside from vic, there is an event that allows players to get more experience through collecting meteorites and space dust which will complement Vic a lot more because Vic needs these experience and in exchange you will receive something from Vic.
These two events are stringed together. We have the treasure hunter event for getting experience and we have Vic to give us items for our unwanted experience.
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Existing transaction monitoring solutions are either platform-specific or rely on instrumentation techniques, which limit their applicability. Consequently, transaction monitoring in enterprise environments often involves the manual collation of information spread across a variety of infrastructure elements and applications, and is a time- consuming and labor-intensive task. To facilitate self- governance in enterprise environments, we present an online, non-intrusive and platform-agnostic solution for transaction monitoring, where the only inputs required are (a) system log files in which footprints left by ongoing transaction instances are recorded, and (b) a model of the transaction, in terms of the valid sequences of steps that a transaction instance may execute and the expected footprint patterns at each step. Given these, our solution generates a dynamic execution profile of ongoing transaction instances that allows their status to be tracked at individual and aggregate levels, even when transaction footprints do not necessarily carry correlating identifiers as injected through instrumentation. We describe our monitoring architecture and algorithms, results from an empirical study, ongoing work on run-time transaction model validation and directions for future research.


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Championship Sunday Open Thread
Today is the final day of the season during which a team at any level can lose and still get to play another day.
By Jon Morse@jonfmorse Mar 16, 2014, 9:00am CDT
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Congratulations to our Farmageddon brothers.
So over here in Big 12 Country, and specifically in #EMAW Nation, we're just kickin' back with an adult beverage and enjoying the show today. There's a ton of action on tap, including some fun outside of Division I if you have the wherewithal to partake.
First, the Undercard
NCAA Division II steams toward the Elite Eight today as seven of the eight pairs of men's regional semifinals (all but the West, who held their semifinals yesterday) take place, along with one pair of women's regional semifinals (the Midwest Region, where Drury was the host for both the men and women by virtue of holding the top seed on both sides).
NCAA Division III is off today, having finalized their Final Four pairings last night. Next Thursday in Salem, Virginia, Wisconsin-Whitewater will meet Illinois Wesleyan, and NESCAC conference foes Amherst and Williams will renew their ancient and bitter rivalry in the other men's semifinal. In Stevens Point, Wisconsin, the women take the court Thursday with Montclair State meeting Tufts and Wisconsin-Whitewater facing Whitman. Both finals are on Friday.
NAIA Division I is also quiet today; the men's tournament begins on Wednesday at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City while the women get together on Wednesday in Frankfort, Kentucky. Both tournaments are 32-team fields playing over the course of a week on one court. One of the greatest events in sports, and sadly underappreciated.
Finally, NAIA Division II is off today, the standard off day between the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds. Tomorrow in Point Lookout, Missouri, the Indiana Wesleyan men take on Southeastern (FL) while Midland (NE) meets Robert Morris (IL). The women's semifinals, in Sioux City, Iowa, feature Saint Francis (IN) against Cardinal Stritch (WI) and Davenport (MI) taking on a surprise opponent, the seventh-seeded College of the Ozarks.
Now, the Main Events
There are six women's championship games today, most of them minor league bid-deciders. At 11am CT, Delaware takes on James Madison for the Colonial title, while at noon on ESPNU Wright State faces Wisconsin-Green Bay in the Horizon League final. Also at noon, Stephen F. Austin's women try to join their male colleagues in the NCAA Tournament, taking on their eternal rivals Northwestern State. In the Northeast Conference, Robert Morris (PA) meets Saint Francis (PA) at 2pm on ESPNU, and Florida Gulf Coast clashes with Stetson in the Atlantic Sun on ESPN3. At 3:07, the ladies' version of Arch Madness tips off on ESPN3 with Indiana State squaring off against Wichita State.
Which leaves us, finally, with the five games you really care about.
At noon on ESPN, Duke and Virginia clash for the ACC title. Also at noon, the Atlantic 10 final tips off on CBS, with Virginia Commonwealth meeting Saint Joseph's, and Georgia State takes on Louisiana-Lafayette for the Sun Belt championship on ESPN2. At 2pm on ESPN, Florida and Kentucky go after the SEC championship; finally, at 2:30, Michigan and Michigan State do battle for the Big 10 crown on CBS.
There you have it. All sorts of basketball, and here's your open thread to hang out and party on.
Note: We will NOT have a separate open thread for Selection Sunday. We'll have a post up shortly after K-State's draw is revealed, at which time you can all migrate to discuss the bracket.
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Gautama Swami fue el ganadhara (discípulo principal) de Mahavira, el 24º y último tirthankara jainista. También se le conoce como Indrabhuti Gautama, Guru Gautama y Gautama Swami Ganadhara.

En los relatos tradicionales jainistas, se cree que Gautama obtuvo el Kevala Jnana (omnisciencia) inmediatamente después de la moksha (liberación) de Mahavira. Fue sucedido por Sudharma Swami, quien se cree que ganó omnisciencia después de otros 12 años.

Según los textos de los Svetambara, Gautama tuvo un encuentro con Keśī (ganadhara de Parshvanatha). Los Svetambaras escriben el nombre de Gautama en los nuevos libros de cuentas como señal de buenos augurios en el nuevo año.

Gautama está conectado con la prosperidad ya que alimentó a algunos monjes usando sus poderes mágicos. Gautama es mencionado en la Exposición de Explicaciones, como intérprete de Mahavira.

Referencias

Monjes jainistas de India
Monjes
Indios
Santos jainas

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The remains were reported to be found near 118th Court, a quarter mile south of West 117th St. on Wanamaker Rd.
CARBONDALE—Human remains found near Carbondale Saturday have not been identified as of Tuesday, and officials don't know the gender or age of the person or how long the remains have been there.
Osage County Sheriff Laurie Dunn said a woman hunting for mushrooms near 118th Court, about four miles northwest of Carbondale, found human bones lying on the ground Saturday evening. The sheriff's office received a report of the remains about 7:50 p.m., and responded by beginning a search of the area.
"We have no identification of who it is. We're not aware of whether the remains are male or female. We have no idea of the cause of death," Dunn said Monday afternoon.
She said that because the cause of death is unknown, the case is being handled as a homicide.
Dunn said Monday that she had called in the Capital Area Major Case Squad, or the M-Squad, to assist in searching the area. The M-Squad is made up of numerous area law enforcement agencies that assist each other in major cases.
"We've got 30 to 40 people walking fields trying to find more remains," Dunn said.
Throughout Sunday and Monday, additional searches were conducted, with no other suspected human remains found. Late Monday, search and rescue dogs from Missouri Search and Rescue were used to investigate the area.
By Tuesday afternoon, the search of the area was called off. Dunn said in addition to the ground search, two nearby ponds were drained and a burn pile was excavated.
Dunn said although other bones and bone fragments were found during the search, they were not suspected to be human, but a coroner's determination will be necessary to be sure.
The original remains found have been turned over to First Call Morgue, the sheriff said. That company, based in Kansas City, will examine the remains to determine the gender, age, and cause and time of death.
Dunn said she hoped to learn some of that information within a few days, but DNA testing to try to determine identity of the person could take weeks or months to complete.
In the meantime, the investigation will continue, she said.
She said several properties in the area were searched, some with search warrants and other areas with landowners' permission.


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Citi has already been working with the ADB since 2009 on its trade finance programme to support trade in developing Asia.
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Convert to HEX
Copy HEX
Instantly convert HSV color value to HEX color value using a simple online HSV to HEX color converter tool
How to convert the HSV color values to HEX color values using an online HSV to HEX color converter?
For converting the HSV color value to the HEX color value, do the following steps.
Open the HSV to HEX color converter online tool. (link this to HSV to HEX color converter tool)
Enter the HSV (Hue, Saturation, and Value) values in H, S, and V sections.
Click on the "Convert to HEX" button.
It will convert the HSV color value to HEX color value and gives you the result in the form of HEX color format.
Click on the "Copy HEX" button.
Please paste the HEX color value to the desired location.
In the end, a list of a wide range of commonly used colors is given—their name, HEX, RGB, HSV, and CMYK color codes are shown in front of each color.
The search facility is also provided to search the color by using its color name, or HEX, or RGB, or HSV, or CMYK color codes value.
What is HSV?
As we all know, the RGB color model is a famous and popular way to mix and create colors. However, it is relatively challenging to blend the correct RGB color values to get the desired color. Therefore, artists have developed new ways to define the color more intuitively and instinctively. One popular method is HSV.
However, unlike the RGB and CMYK color models, the HSV color model is closer to how humans perceive and relate to colors, and it is easy for people to understand HSV value.
HSV refers to Hue, Saturation, and Value. Moreover, it is an alternative representation of the RGB color model.
Alvy Ray Smith created this color model in 1978.
Hue: Hue represents an angel with vertical axes. All the six colors that represent the color Hexagon and are separated by 60 degrees.
In other words, it is the color portion of the model that each color from the six colors in color Hexagon occupied, and is expressed from 0 to 360 degrees.
Saturation: Saturation is the ratio of purity of Hue. It also represents the intensity and Chroma. It refers to the supremacy of Hue in the color wheel. It ranges from 0 to 100 percent.
Value: Value represents the brightness of the color. It is the representation of lightness or darkness. It represents the overall intensity of light. It ranges from 0 to 100 percent (from black to white). Value 0 means full black (depending upon the saturation); the more you move away from 0, the more brightness will be added in color and display various colors.
What are the six significant colors in the HSV color model?
The six significant colors are Red, Yellow, Green, Cyan, Blue, and Magenta. Each color is expressed from 0 to 360 degrees range, in which it falls.
Red falls from 0 and 60 degrees range in the color Hexagon
Yellow falls from 60 and 120 degrees range in the color Hexagon
Green falls from 120 and 180 degrees range in the color Hexagon
Cyan falls from 180 and 240 degrees range in the color Hexagon
Blue falls from 240 and 300 degrees range in the color Hexagon
Magenta falls from 300 and 360 degrees range in the color Hexagon
What is the use of HSV?
HSV is an alternative representation of the RGB color model and is used in graphics and painting. HSV may also be called and referred to as HSB (Hue, Saturation, and Brightness). Many illustrations and photo editing software have an HSV color model approach in their software because HSV represents color in a more perceived way, in a better way how the people relate to color than RGB. People find it easy to read the HSV value than RGB.
What is HEX color?
HEX color is the Hexadecimal (words, numbers, or combination of both) representation of the color, concerning its mix in Red, Green, and Blue.
HEX color codes start with the hashtag (#) sign, followed by six letters or numbers. These six letters/numbers are the representation of the mixture of red, green, and blue. The first two letters/numbers represent red, the second two letters/number represent green, and the last two letters/numbers represent Blue.
Hexadecimal code is used to define the color on web pages. These Hexadecimal color codes are HTML color codes.
HSV vs. HEX
It is essential to know the difference between different color modes because they help plan and optimize your design process stage.
The HSV color model is used to generate high-quality graphics. Various graphic editing software uses that color approach in their software.
On the other hand, the HEX color model is used in web pages. HEX colors are web-safe colors. So no matter, what the browser or the device you will use, it will render and display the same color on all browsers and devices.
HSV to HEX conversion
Several online tools are available that facilitate you to convert HSV color value to HEX color value.
Note: You can also convert HEX color value to HSV color value using the HEX to HSV color converter tool.


"My grandmother had a store in St Thomas - 19 Queen Street in Morant Bay. It was called Phidd's Furniture Store. I would go there to stay with her on holidays. I loved it! That was my first exposure to retail, and watching how my grandmother interacted with people always stayed with me... She would go out and sit on the piazza and everyone who passed by, she would say hello to them. I would wonder why she was going out of her way to reach out to people, and she would tell me that everyone is a potential customer. She would say, 'They might not be shopping now, but one day they will and they will remember me.'" A favorite saying of her grandmother's has continued to resonate with her since she was a girl: "Whatever you do, do to the best of your ability."
Beginning with Home Depot as a cashier while in college, in her current role Ann-Marie oversees three operating divisions, which includes roughly 400,000 associates across 2,000 stores in the United States.


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Q: How is instagram.com web-version able to ignore its CORS when requesting to i.instagram.com? I'm trying to finish up a simple browser extension. It'll do some stuff at instagram.com, that is, at the web version.
I haven't succeeded in making requests to i.instagram.com due to CORS restrictions. Whereas instagram itself, from the browser, is always able to make the same types of requests (Ajax). How?
Whereas my browser extension, doing seemingly the same request, in the same manner -- not.
//fetch("https://www.instagram.com/api/v1/{some_api_point}", {
fetch("https://i.instagram.com/api/v1/{some_api_point}", {

    method: 'POST',
    redirect: 'follow',      //!
    mode: 'cors',
    credentials: 'include',  //!
    headers: {
        'content-type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
        'Alt-Used': 'i.instagram.com',
        'Origin': 'https://www.instagram.com',
        'Referer': 'https://www.instagram.com',
        'Sec-fetch-dest': 'empty',
        'Sec-fetch-mode': 'cors',
        'Sec-fetch-site': 'same-site',

        'x-asbd-id': '<...>',
        'x-csrftoken': '<...>',
        'x-ig-app-id': '<...>',
        'x-ig-www-claim': '<hardcoded>',
        'x-instagram-ajax': '<...>',
    }

Another thing -- I replayed some of the made requests of Instagram in Firefox via DevTool and they also worked. That is,  I'd send requests  to i.instagram.com and receive responses in JSON with no problem, no error.
What's the matter? How's the browser able to send ajax request to i.instagram.com insite  CORS restrictions, but my extension, via fetch, from the same browser and same page - not?
P.S.
I think that I send along the correct headers. I also include cookies (credentials: 'include')
browser and instagram #1 (the 1st 'create' is called by my extension)
browser and instagram #2
extension

More specifically, when I send a request to www.instagram.com/api/... it won't fail, but it won't return any data either:

Failed to load response data: No content available because this request was redirected

A: < Chrome 73
In your manifest.json file, add
"permissions": [
    "*://*.instagram.com/*"
],

This will allow CORS with Instagram.

Chrome 73+
CORS is not allowed in newer versions of chrome, even after adding the permissions array. However, CORS is allowed in background scripts.
Therefore, add background scripts to the manifest.json file
"background": {
  "scripts": ["backgroundTasks.js"],
  "persistent": false
}

In your background.js file, add
chrome.runtime.onMessage.addListener(
    function(url, sender, onSuccess) {
        fetch("https://i.instagram.com/api/v1/{some_api_point}", {

    method: 'POST',
    redirect: 'follow',      //!
    mode: 'cors',
    credentials: 'include',  //!
    headers: {
        'content-type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
        'Alt-Used': 'i.instagram.com',
        'Origin': 'https://www.instagram.com',
        'Referer': 'https://www.instagram.com',
        'Sec-fetch-dest': 'empty',
        'Sec-fetch-mode': 'cors',
        'Sec-fetch-site': 'same-site',

        'x-asbd-id': '<...>',
        'x-csrftoken': '<...>',
        'x-ig-app-id': '<...>',
        'x-ig-www-claim': '<hardcoded>',
        'x-instagram-ajax': '<...>',
    })
            .then(response => response.text())
            .then(responseText => onSuccess(responseText))

        return true;  // Will respond asynchronously.
    }
);

and finally, in your main.js file, add
chrome.runtime.sendMessage(
      'https://i.instagram.com/api/v1/{some_api_point}',
      data => (data) { //use your data here }
);

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Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor Episode 4: What's Old is New-Duck Tales, Thundercats, Wildthings, Toasters and Even Gravity Falls
Jason Eatmon
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In a "Fine Tooning" that's sure to be controversial, Drew Taylor & Jim Hill wonder why animation fans were so quick to embrace Disney's "DuckTales" reboot but then rejected Cartoon Network's new take on "Thundercats." These two also talk about John Lasseter's attempts to get Walt Disney Animation Studios to produce CG versions of "Where the Wild Things Are" & "The Brave Little Toaster" back in the early 1980s.
Hosts: Drew Taylor and Jim Hill


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Location: Jalpaiguri
Capacity: 5HP
Department: WBWRIDD
Purpose: Irrigation
The 3HP, 2HP Solar Water Pumping solution with a surface centrifugal pump located in Coochbehar is a rescuer for people who chose agriculture to be their livelihood. The solar pump helps in effective irrigation of the area and are well distributed throughout the entire length of the agricultural fields. In these areas where the generation of electricity would otherwise have been a far cry, the solar water pump with the help of solar energy has made the task easier than ever thought.
The most important technical system in this pump is the presence of a manual dual-axis tracking system. The user can change the angles of the axis to the desired measure so as to face the sun. The handling is swiftly and easily done by simply loosening the nuts and bolts and holding the panels in proper positions. The tracker is cost-effective and has reduced operation time in comparison to the single-pole dual-axis manual tracker. The separate AC -DC multilayer protection is an added feature provided by SunShell Power in their water pumping systems which is not otherwise found in many solar water pumps in India.
An IP 54 enclosure is a hallmark of SunShell Power's water pumping system. This helps to sustain the safety of the users and there remain no requirements for opening the pump controlling box. It has a solar remote monitoring system that is highly proficient and user friendly. These are added features of products developed by SunShell. It reduces pollution and is a very environment-friendly option to be availed.
The efficiency level is increased by using this type of pump of SunShell power. There is another advantage of SunShell Power over other water pump companies in India is that it uses load changing switches.
North Bengal University – 225kWp On-Grid Solar Rooftop Power Plant
In the present time, the world is adapting renewable solar energy at a rapid rate. India is also emerging in this global arena as the second-largest country in terms of solar energy generation globally. In its efforts to move further towards sustainable energy, the Indian Government has set a target to achieve 175 GW of installed capacity of renewable solar power by the end of the year 2022.
21st Dec, 2020
7.5 HP Solar Water Pumping System With Dual Axis Tracker & Sprinkler
SunShell powers integrated the 7.5 HP solar water pumping system in the Chitmahal area in the Coochbihar district. This system aims to lift water from the nearby river and distribute it to the 8 hectares of land through sprinklers. This project was a first of its kind and was closely monitored by the Chief Minister's office. The whole structure used 24 numbers of 72 Cells 325Wp Poly-Crystalline Solar Panels with a dual-axis tracker, operated manually by a single person. The dual-axis tracker helps track the sun's changing positions due to the earth's rotation and revolution movements and, in turn, helps capture the maximum amount of sun's energy to be used for the system. One axis is azimuth, which allows the solar panel to move left and right. The other axis is elevation and allows the panel to turn up and down.
13th Dec, 2020
6.6 KWp On-Grid Domestic Rooftop Solar PV Power Plant: First Domestic project under CESC
Dr. Rajen Kumar Pandey, a renowned doctor and renewable energy enthusiast were the first to introduce a domestic net metering system for his residential solar rooftop power plant under CESC. Net metering is a billing mechanism that credits solar energy system owners for the electricity they add to the grid. If a home is net-metered, the electricity meter will run backward to provide a credit against what electricity is consumed at night or other periods when the home's electricity use exceeds the system's output.
20th Nov, 2020
Rajpur Sonarpur Municipality: Grid Connect Solar PV Rooftop Power Plant
SunShell power facilitated the 10 kWp solar rooftop power plant in BRWS hospital, notably the first solar plant under this municipality in West Bengal to get SPV (solar photovoltaic ) plant with net metering. The historical event witnessed the arrival of Hon. Minister of Power, WB, Sri Manish Gupta, who inaugurated the project. The project was executed with the utmost care and attention, which brought about huge media attention. It was published in leading newspapers like Ananda Bazar Patrika and was simultaneously telecasted by Kolkata TV in West Bengal.


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An Irresistible Force for Women's Rights
Françoise Girard
After two weeks of fierce negotiations at the United Nations' annual Commission on the Status of Women, on March 15 more than 130 governments committed to ending violence against women and girls, and reached strong agreements to promote gender equality and ensure access to sexual and reproductive health services.
The International Women's Health Coalition and our amazing partners from around the world came out in force to the UN for the negotiations. Our agenda was clear: push governments to commit to concrete strategies to empower women and girls and end gender-based violence.
We met with instant opposition from conservative governments. Countries such as Iran, Russia, Egypt, and Syria joined with the Vatican in what The New York Times called "an unholy alliance." IWHC staff and our women's rights caucus of more than 100 activists worked around the clock to support progressive delegations to stand strong and not to cave in to pressure. We would not let a small but vocal minority use culture and religion as excuses to deny women their rights.
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In a sign of just how much was at stake, this year's meeting received an unprecedented amount of media coverage after the Muslim Brotherhood condemned (and mischaracterized) the negotiations. IWHC featured prominently in many news articles, including in The Washington Post, The Guardian, Associated Press, ABC News, The Globe and Mail, Radio Free Europe, O Estado de S. Paulo, and Reuters.
Once again, we women have shown we're an irresistible force. But our work is far from over. Now we must be vigilant to ensure that the agreements made at the UN are put into practice in local communities worldwide.
For that to happen, we must continue to support women's groups to hold their own leaders to account.
PresidentIWHC
Françoise Girard is President of the International Women's Health Coalition and a highly regarded advocate for women's rights and sexual and reproductive rights and health. @FrancoiseGirard |
Tagged with: Child Marriage, Commission on the Status of Women, comprehensive sexuality education, Turkey, United Nations
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This hard fought outcome gives us a good platform for the upcoming opportunities to shape the Post 2015 development agenda. Good omen for the ICPD review. Great to see the Coalition so strong!!!
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YK-11 acts as a potent Myostatin inhibitor in the body, allowing for muscular development far exceeding one's genetic potential.
How it works is it attaches itself to the androgen receptor, and induces the muscle cells to produce more Follistatin, consequently inhibiting Myostatin in the body, which then results in more overall muscle growth.
If you have never heard of Follistatin, it is a Myostatin inhibitor that has been proposed as the end all be all of muscle growth.
99.9999999999% of Follistatin is fake though, so DO NOT waste your money buying vials of Follistatin from research chemical websites.
It is always bunk, and is just a cutting edge new ploy to cut and run with your money.
Myostatin acts as a regulator of skeletal muscle mass, limiting how much muscle the body can grow.
Interestingly enough, genetically gifted bodybuilders have been found to have very low levels of Myostatin in their bodies, which we can surmise is the reason why they have such a remarkable ability to pack on muscle.
What Is A Myostatin Inhibitor?
As Myostatin essentially keeps your body from growing too much muscle, a Myostatin Inhibitor would be a compound that could inhibit how much Myostatin is in your body, thereby allowing you to far surpass your previous muscle-building threshold.
This is all theoretical of course, but the science is sound, and there is no denying the coincidence that the most muscular individuals seem to have the least Myostatin in their bodies.
Consequently, it seems that if YK-11 can successfully increase Follistatin to such a great degree like it is supposed to, then YK-11 could actually produce significant gains in lean muscle mass that would otherwise be unattainable.
How Does YK-11 Compare To Other SARMs?
YK-11 selectively binds to the androgen receptors in muscle and bone in a similar way to SARMs, which is most likely why some assert that it is a SARM.
After binding to the androgen receptors, it exerts tissue selective anabolic activity that promotes lean mass gains.
It seems to produce lean, dry gains, as opposed to LGD-4033 and RAD-140, which are more "wet" and have a higher propensity for resulting in water retention.
However, YK-11's chemical structure differs greatly from that of SARMs, and in fact, resembles the chemical structure of DHT (dihydrotestosterone) very closely.
It would be more correct to say YK-11 is a steroid or a derivative of one then to say it is a SARM.
Unfortunately, it is pretty unclear exactly what it is, as it is very new on the scene, and most conclusions being drawn about this compound are just based on personal opinion rather than true science.
One thing is for sure though (based on science don't worry) YK-11's unique effect on Follistatin production is completely unlike any SARM, and it is proposed to increase Follistatin levels several times higher than even most traditional Anabolic Steroids that convert to DHT.
YK-11 isn't necessarily better or worse than any SARMs, but this is because it operates via a completely separate mechanism of inducing muscle growth.
Because YK-11 potentiates muscle growth via a completely separate pathway, it would be more productive to figure out what would work best alongside it, rather than if it's stronger or weaker than other Anabolics that cause muscle growth in a totally different manner.
It's like comparing apples to oranges with YK-11, because nothing is even remotely in the same category as it currently, you can't compare it to other muscle building agents.
YK-11 does have a methyl ester, and as you may or may not know with methylated compounds, they can be liver toxic.
However, I can personally attest to YK-11 being very mild in regards to liver toxicity, as I've seen over a handful of blood work lab results done on YK-11 users, with minimal difference whatsoever in their liver enzymes.
Any elevation was negligible at most, and posed no cause for concern.
Obviously the possibility of liver toxicity should still be considered though if research is undertaken.
Other than that, as YK-11 is so new and has no thorough testing other than anecdotal logs of bro-scientists who can only surmise what this stuff will and won't do, there are no other definitive side effects that can be listed out.
I have some experience with YK-11, although limited, and I found that 10mg was sufficient to produce the benefits that I was expecting from this compound.
However, I did not play around with the dose, or increase it from that point to see if I could achieve a greater effect without any side effects.
The level of diminishing returns with YK-11 (which I would love to tell you if I knew it) is essentially undetermined.
There is no set in stone dosing protocol for YK-11, and in fact, it is literally through anecdotal research where it will be determined what the "best" dose is.
You will have to be your own judge, although, 10mg seems to be a very good starting point for most researchers, and my personal experience corresponded with this too.
I have friends who have gone as high as 30mg per day with no negative side effects though, and they definitely made substantial gains in lean muscle mass.
The average being around 10-15 pounds with no apparent increase in their body fat %.
The half-life of Yk-11 is unknown, so I split all my dosages up as much as I could (I did two 5mg doses per day, once in the morning, once at night).
Nobody knows how long YK-11 stays in the blood stream, so keeping levels elevated in the blood as consistently as possible via a multiple dosing strategy spread throughout each day would be ideal.
Does YK-11 Require A PCT?
It seems to cause slight suppression, so the approach you take to PCT should be the same you would take towards traditional steroid cycles, or harsher SARM cycles.
I will outline my PCT in my hypothetical stacks below.
What Is The Highest Quality Source Of YK-11?
As far as I know, there are VERY few sources that are selling legitimate YK-11 at the moment.
However, my go-to company Magnus Pharmaceuticals seems to have stepped up to the plate on this one and has put out a YK-11 product.
I was pretty skeptical at first to say the least; especially with how much more difficult it is to procure YK-11 than any other SARM product on the market.
But, after pulling the trigger, I was very pleasantly surprised, as it seems that they are in fact putting out a reliable YK-11 product with consistent quality.
All others I know who have given Magnus YK-11 a try were just as satisfied as I was.


My neighbor, Dustin, said I should write about the big corn sculpture. For a moment, I was a little confused.
But then I recalled going for a walk with my wife on Christmas Day and seeing it in the distance — a cluster of massive metal stalks in the middle of a roundabout on 35th Street in Marion. That's just a scone's throw from my English Glen neighborhood, where such change is greeted with a raised eyebrow and a stiff upper lip. I consider it to be the Downton Abbey of subdivisions.
So I called my City Council member, Joe Spinks, who happens to live down the street.
Spinks explained that the $1.5 million, federal stimulus-funded 35th Street extension, including a roundabout at its future intersection with Tower Terrace Road, ate up a fair slice of farmland. The roundabout's middle also presented the city with a blank canvass for public art.
The Vaughn family, which contributed land for the road project, backed the art idea and wanted to chip in. They also hoped that whatever art was picked for the spot would reflect the heritage of the land. The family, now scattered in several states, once homesteaded on adjoining land to the south.
There was a call for proposals, whittled down to a final four concepts by a selection committee. The winning design was turned in by Dale Merrill ofLiberty Iron Works in Mount Vernon — a patch of thick, steel cornstalks rising up with polished stainless steel tassels on top. It cost $100,000, with the Vaughns chipping in $20,000 and the city covering the rest.
The sculpture is lighted at night and will be surrounded by a stand of native grasses when warmth returns. The stalks are designed to oxidize over time, while the tassels will remain polished. Spinks and Merrill said the early reviews have been positive.
Spinks said he expected complaints about spending public money on art. "It's been the opposite. People say 'That is really, really nice,'" Spinks said.
Now, I know some of you out there are probably feeling a little snarky about Iowa, corn and stereotypes. Your inner Stephen Bloom is itching to pounce. One online commenter referred to the sculpture as "cornhenge." Snort. I've been known to peddle some snark myself.
But I like it, mainly because I envision it within the context of the big planned development Marion has slated for the land surrounding the roundabout. Houses, parks and retail will sprout from those farm fields in the coming years and decades. The rolling rural landscape will be unrecognizable.
And in the midst of all that, Merrill's sculpture will stand. It will likely be the only Iowa corn visible for miles — a steel kernel of Iowa heritage in all our sprawling progress.


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Newmarket Publishing and Communications Company, and its publishing arm Newmarket Press, was founded in 1981 by President and Publisher Esther Margolis. Newmarket published about 20-30 mainly non-fiction books a year, primarily in the areas of childcare & parenting, film & performing arts, psychology, health & nutrition, biography, history, business & personal finance, and popular self-help & reference. It was acquired by HarperCollins' It Books in 2011. In 2014, Margolis left HarperCollins to start a new venture, regaining control of the Newmarket Press name and logo.

Newmarket's list included such popular and acclaimed books as the 2 million-copy bestselling What's Happening To My Body? series of puberty education books for boys and girls by Lynda Madaras; Suze Orman's You've Earned It, Don't Lose It; biographies of Condoleezza Rice and Buster Keaton; Daphne Oz's The Dorm Room Diet; Dr Georgia Witkin's The Female Stress Syndrome and The Male Stress Syndrome; Gene Hackman & Daniel Lenihan's first novel Wake of the Perdido Star; Stuart Avery Gold's international bestseller Ping: A Frog in Search of a New Pond; and Shalom, Friend: The Life and Legacy Of Yitzhak Rabin winner of the 1996 National Jewish Book Award in nonfiction.

In addition, Newmarket created a successful niche in publishing books on film, theater and performing arts. Its entertainment list included over 100 film books, tying into 301 Oscar nominations, and 96 Oscar wins. Newmarket Press was especially noted for the illustrated moviebooks on such films as The Matrix; Dreamgirls; X2 and X-Men: The Last Stand; Gladiator; Moulin Rouge!; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; Chicago; Sense and Sensibility; Saving Private Ryan; and Dances With Wolves; and for its acclaimed Newmarket Shooting Script Series, including screenplay books for Todd Field's Little Children, Paul Thomas Anderson's Magnolia, Steven Soderbergh's Traffic and Erin Brockovich, Little Miss Sunshine, Alexander Payne's Sideways,  Charlie Kaufman's Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Allan Ball's American Beauty, and Frank Darabont's The Shawshank Redemption, among others.

Leadership
Esther Margolis is an American publisher, and president and majority owner of Newmarket Publishing and Communications and Newmarket Press, which she founded. Prior to Newmarket, Margolis spent 17 years at Bantam Books where she served as its first senior vice president for marketing, publicity and communications. Margolis was born in Detroit, Michigan. She earned her B.A. in Education and M.A. in English from the University of Michigan. She was married to Dr. Stanley Fisher—a psychologist and the author of Discovering The Power of Self-Hypnosis—until his death in 2009. Margolis currently resides in both New York City and Amagansett, Long Island.

See also
Peace is Possible, book by S. Daniel Abraham with foreword by President Bill Clinton

References

Book publishing companies based in New York (state)
Publishing companies established in 1981
1981 establishments in New York (state)
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