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The Air Force's Heritage Flight demonstration will flyover Super Bowl LII on Sunday. (USAF)
MINNEAPOLIS — The power of the United States Air Force's Heritage Flight will soar above the frozen tundra surrounding U.S. Bank Stadium on Sunday in the minutes prior to kick-off of Super Bowl LII.
One F-16 Fighting Falcon from Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina; two A-10C Thunderbolt IIs from Davis-Monthan AFB in Arizona; and a P-51 Mustang nicknamed Sierra Sue II of the Air Force Heritage Flight Foundation, will come together to fly in a diamond formation to represent the Heritage Flight.
"We are fortunate enough to be able to represent the professionalism and dedication of our Air Force to millions of spectators across the globe," F-16 Viper Demonstration Team commander Maj. John Waters said on Wednesday. "I think everyone is excited to see flyovers. To be flying in formation with a P-51 and two A-10s across the biggest game in football is hard to top in my opinion."
F-16 Viper Demonstration Team commander Maj. John "Rain" Waters will pilot the Viper during Sunday's Heritage Flight. (USAF)
The concept of the Heritage Flight was developed and first flown in 1997 as a way for Airmen to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Air Force. Today, the Heritage Flight has become a crowd favorite at nearly every air show across America, and continues to grow in popularity.
For two decades, the Heritage Flight has honored "the sacrifices of those who have served or are currently serving in the Air Force through participation in these flight displays," said Senior Airman Betty Chevalier.
Veteran A-10 pilot Major Chad Rudolph will fly one of the two Warthogs on Sunday.
"This fly over flight is more than just a simple high-speed pass over a professional sports stadium," Major Rudolph. "This flight is a representation of the Air Force's dedication to preserving the past of those that have executed the same missions long before us. For the A-10, this flight is especially symbolic of the men and women who have stood by the world's only dedicated close air support airframe in order to continue its legacy in fiscally constrained times."
Major Chad Rudolph will pilot one of the two A-10C Thunderbolt IIs from Davis-Monthan AFB during Sunday's Heritage Flight. (USAF)
During 2018, the A-10 Demo Team will perform at 20 air shows for the first time in seven years demonstrating the capabilities of the A-10C "Warthog". The F-16 Viper Demo Team will visit no fewer than 16 show sites across 2018 in the U.S. and Canada.
"The F-16 demo team is important because it allows us to go out there and interact with the comunity," Maj. Waters added. "It allows the comunity to get up close and personal to their Air Force and their Department of Defense, and to see the people that are defending their nation and the freedoms that we love."
P-51D Mustang pilot Steve Hinton will lead the four aircraft flyover. The aircraft Sierra Sue II is an actual 1944 warbird which served in the European Theater for the Army Air Force.
The iconic fighter is owned by Wings of the North Air Museum located southwest of Minneapolis. The museum explained this Mustang includes "working World War II era radios and full armor plating among other authentic details".
Super Bowl attendees inside U.S. Bank Stadium will likely see a portion of the maneuver through the stadium's closed, translucent roof with large glass wall panels as the national anthem concludes at about 5:27 p.m. CST.
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Both Coca-Cola and PepsiCo have been trying to push affordable packs in order to boost consumption in a category that's been posting back-to-back low single digit growth.ET Bureau | November 04, 2016, 20:37 IST
New Delhi: The Indian Beverage Association (IBA), which represents fizzy drinks makers PepsiCo and Coca-Cola, said late on Friday that they were 'disappointed' at the re-categorization of aerated drinks in the luxury category under the GST rate slabs announced by the GST Council on Thursday. "The viability of the industry could be in grave danger because of such an adversarial tax approach," the statement said.
Existing applicable tax rates on fizzy drinks average 30-31%. "If there is an additional cess on the category over and above the 28% GST rate, it's going to have a severe impact, as that will lead to consumer price hikes of as much as 20% and kill the industry," a cola industry official said.
Both Coca-Cola and PepsiCo have been trying to push affordable packs in order to boost consumption in a category that's been posting back-to-back low single digit growth, amid growing health concerns of the beverages contributing to obesity.
"At Rs 10 for 200 ml, aerated drinks are neither luxury goods nor do they carry the kind of health hazards attributed to them. Aerated drinks are not 'sin' goods as the Union Government itself had accepted earlier and there are observations by the court on the basis of the report of an expert panel that the ingredients present in aerated drinks do not pose any health hazard," IBA's statement added.
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Kirichuk also discusses the junta's roots in the "Maidan," an anti-government protest movement in Kiev taken over by neo-Nazi and other far-right elements. The new "Berkut," or political police, is the fascist Right Sector itself.
The article originally appeared on the Ukrainian leftist website Liva.com.ua, and was translated by Workers World contributing editor Greg Butterfield.
Everything is decided by Kalashnikovs [automatic rifles]. The dictates of the politicians who took power rest precisely on the force of arms. Maidan initially positioned itself as a movement for democracy and received new impetus from protests against police violence after demonstrators were dispersed by the Kiev "Berkut." However, the form it spawned is completely opposite the expectations of the democratically inclined part of its participants.
Of course, Maidan never put forward a clear anti-oligarchic program — but the removal of the richest people in the country from governance and the democratization of public life were implied by their slogans. But now the oligarchs — appointed governors of the eastern regions — give bloodthirsty speeches and wear blue and yellow ribbons to the applause of professional patriots. The media are rigidly edited and censored, and there is no longer any question of real freedom of speech.
Ukrainians are killing each other in the Donbass. Thousands of Ukrainian citizens have moved to Russia's Rostov region or to other Ukrainian regions, fleeing the so-called "anti-terrorist operation." Meanwhile, the Nazis from the Right Sector made the bravura statement of creating a private army for the president. The Right Sector's representative said on a live radio show: "We have held talks with the president and now he has his own army." On what legal basis these "negotiations" were held is anyone's guess. "From tomorrow we will start to help the president in the process of dissolution of Parliament — it will be dissolved," adds the representative of the Right Sector.
It is quite obvious that what is being discussed is building a new mechanism of rigid autocracy or dictatorship, in which parliamentary power and administrative power will be tied to a single person, based on his executive committee of billionaire partners. Of course, the Kiev junta cannot immediately abandon the formal attributes of democracy. But now it sees nothing wrong with prohibiting certain parties or just throwing out parliamentary deputies who do not go along with this new totalitarian understanding of democratic freedoms.
However, we can see the formation of the people's alternative to the regime. Not only the eastern regions rise to fight — people in western Ukraine come into the streets and conduct protest rallies against the forced mobilization of their relatives. Residents of Lutsk and Rivne publish demands to stop the war. Of course, the "objective" media will not pay much attention to the rallies of soldiers' mothers – you will not find an oligarch's son in their ranks — but the poor Ukrainian families whose loved ones are forcibly kept in the army continue to protest and speak out.
It is believed that the natives of Galicia and Volyn should mindlessly go into battle, sacrificing their lives "for the sake of a unified Ukraine." But these people do not want either to kill or be killed by their counterparts from the Donbass. From the front, there is little support for the bloodthirsty posts of Facebook authors demanding expansion of the military operation. Those who have to go to the slaughter try to escape from the army.
The paradigm of confrontation between East and West of the country, which was cultivated for many years in all forms by the regimes in Kiev, has resulted in the current civil war. Leftists for years talked about the dangers of this political tactic, splitting the lower classes and helping the oligarchs retain their dominance. But the ruling class brought this policy to its logical conclusion.
The only hope for the people of Ukraine today is that the war between the "West" and "East" becomes a united front of Ukrainians — from the Carpathians to Lugansk — against a handful of cynical thieves robbing our country and all its citizens, regardless of the language they speak.


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A Symbol of Survival and Hope Returns to the Parkway
March 10, 2021 | by Stacia Friedman
Maja was installed on March 5 in a newly designed park in front of Park Towne Place on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. | Photo: Meredith Edlow, courtesy of the Association for Public Art
A beautiful, statuesque woman with a storied past never entirely fades from public memory. But after nearly 30 years in hiding, the reappearance of Maja, a seven-foot female nude sculpture, requires a deep dive into her complex history.
Maja (pronounced Mai-uh) was created by German sculptor, printmaker, and designer Gerhard Marcks. An instructor at the Bauhaus, an incubator of experimental art, Marcks was not a Communist or a Jew. Still, the Nazis labeled him a "degenerate artist" due to his anti-fascist politics and support of Jewish art students at the Bauhaus.
In 1933, Marcks was removed from his teaching position and was not allowed to exhibit or sell his art work. He was forced to surrender his bronze sculptures to be melted down for the war effort. Marcks was not intimidated. "Any loafer can destroy a work of art, but he cannot undo the intellectual act," he once said.
In 1937, the artist's work was included in the Nazis' infamous exhibition Entartete Kunst (Degenerate Art), along with works by Picasso, Mondrian, and Chagall. These artists were considered an "insult to German women, farmers, and soldiers" as well as displaying qualities of "mental disease and racial impurity," according to exhibition notes. Insulted or not, over three million people attended the exhibition. While all of the so-called degenerate artists are revered today, the Hitler-approved artists who participated in a competing exhibition, Great German Art, were lost to the dustbin of history.
Fellow Bauhaus artists Paul Klee and Wassily Kandinsky left Germany. Marcks remained. He never cooperated with the Nazi Party and managed to set up a new studio where he created Maja in bronze in 1942. The following year, when his studio was bombed, Maja miraculously survived. She became a symbol of all that the Third Reich had despised due to her modernist style and sensual form.
Gerhard Marcks in his studio in Germany. Date unknown. | Photo: Gerhard-Marcks-Stiftung, Bremen
In 1949, Maja arrived in Philadelphia as part of the Third Sculpture International Exhibition hosted by the Fairmount Park Art Association, now the Association for Public Art (APA). The APA is the nation's first private nonprofit organization dedicated to creating a "Museum Without Walls."
The exhibition was organized to introduce the public to contemporary sculpture from around the world, including Alexander Calder, Jacques Lipchitz, and Pablo Picasso. Maja was installed on the terrace of the Philadelphia Museum of Art from the 1950s until 1992 when she was removed for renovation of the museum's iconic open space.
In 1952, Maja put on her traveling shoes as part of an exhibition, Sculpture of the Twentieth Century, organized by the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). The Philadelphia Museum of Art was the first venue for the exhibition, which then traveled to the Art Institute of Chicago, and culminated at MoMA in 1953. Additional casts of Maja are located at the Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden on the UCLA campus, outside Kunsthalle Emden in Germany, and at the Kunst Museum Winterthur in Switzerland.
After nearly 30 years in storage, Maja recently received extensive conservation, including state-of-the-art laser treatment to delicately and meticulously remove surface corrosion and a special wax coating was applied to protect the work from further deterioration. On March 5 Maja was installed in her own newly redesigned park, Maja Park, at 22nd Street in front of the Park Towne Place apartment complex.
The park is a public space developed in a private/public partnership between AIR Communities, which owns the adjacent Park Towne Place Museum District Residences and Philadelphia Parks & Recreation, with support from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The story of Maja and her creator will be told through interpretive signage at the park, online on the APA website, and through the Museum Without Walls audio program.
Maja was on display on the terrace of the Philadlephia Museum of Art from 1950s until 1992. | Photo: Image courtesy of Temple University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center
Paul B. Jaskot, professor of Art, Art History and Visual Studies at Duke University, was commissioned to write an essay on Marcks commemorating Maja Park. "Maja, a sculpture that is both conventional in its subject and modestly modernist in its slight distortions of the body, points to the long history behind Marcks' persecution. The sculpture reveals the very real and difficult choices made by any citizen in Nazi Germany confronted by powerful conditions of growing authoritarianism and increasing oppression," wrote Jascot.
"Marcks was a very brave man in a very racist and reactionary time," said Penny Balkin Bach, APA executive director & chief curator. "Despite persecution for speaking out against antisemitism, despite countless setbacks that would understandably lead others to give up, Marcks continued to create work. He continued to remind us of the importance of art and the role of the artist in society."
As Philadelphians emerge from their pandemic seclusion and rediscover the pleasures of the Parkway, Maja awaits them with her message of tolerance, survival, and hope.
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Stacia Friedman Stacia Friedman is a Philadephia freelance writer and visual artist who tried New York and LA on for size and came home to roost. Her articles have appeared in WHYY's Newsworks, the Inquirer, New York Times, Broad Street Review and Chestnut Hill Local. She loves the city's architecture, history and vibrant arts scene.
L David Chappelle says:
I love the art's and the art scene.Igrew up in Philadelphia Pa.and walking on the drive to view the statues was a favorite past time of mine.Plesse keep me updated.
Suzanne Hagner says:
Great to read about this sculpture and the artist…now I will go to see it…
Wonderful to know the history! Looking forward to seeking this sculpture out and revering. Thank you for making me aware!
Judah Rosenthal says:
The art historian's name is Jaskot, not Jascot.
Delaney says:
Lovely to have Maja restored and on display for all of us to view. Thanks to author Stacia Frieman for re-introducing us to this marvelous sculpture and scultor.
Thank you Stacia for the story and the history. I was born and raised in Philadelphia and spent considerable time at the museum. I don't remember that piece. But I'm glad it's on display now.
Lee Voss says:
I find this statue quite ugly.
Kevin OReilly says:
Maja is wonderful example of how true beauty will transcend the darkest of times only to emerge and expose the light and strength of the soul. Philadelphia is blessed to have such a gift.


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89-year-old woman in Quebec City care home becomes first in country to receive COVID-19 vaccine
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MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) — An Ontario caregiver and an octogenarian in Quebec on Monday became the first people vaccinated against COVID-19 in Canada.
Gisèle Lévesque, a resident of a long-term care home in Quebec City, has become the first Quebecer to receive a COVID-19 vaccination. Quebec's vaccine rollout began Monday at the Saint-Antoione residence in Quebec City and the Maimonides Geriatric Centre in Montreal.
Another woman,Anita Quidangen was televised receiving the injection at a hospital in Toronto as part of a major vaccination campaign in Canada, less than a week after the Pfizer-BioNTech shot was granted approval in the country.
"I'm okay," Quidangen told the press.
The employee of a long-term care centre for seniors in Toronto said she was "excited" about receiving the vaccine so quickly.
"Today, we really turned the corner," said Dr Kevin Smith, president of the University Health Network in Toronto, in congratulating the first five caregivers who received the vaccine.
Ontario, Canada's most populous province and one of the hardest hit by the pandemic, had 1,940 new cases and 23 deaths on Monday.
The province is expected to give its next doses to nursing home workers as a priority, according to media reports.
Quebec was also scheduled to vaccinate staff and residents of two retirement homes in Montreal and Quebec City.
In both provinces, most of the deaths in the first wave occurred in retirement homes.
Canada, the third country to approve the Pfizer vaccine after the United Kingdom and Bahrain, is expected to receive up to 249,000 doses by the end of the month.
Authorities expect to receive six million doses of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines — the latter currently awaiting approval — in the first quarter of 2021, making it possible to vaccinate three million people with two doses.
Most Canadians should be vaccinated by September 2021, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has promised.
Nearly one in two Canadians (48 per cent) want to be vaccinated "as soon as possible," up from 40 per cent a month ago, according to an online survey of 1,603 Canadians conducted by the Angus Reid Institute from December 8 to 11.
One in seven Canadians (14 per cent) do not want to be vaccinated.
The second wave of the pandemic has accelerated in recent weeks across the country, with 464,313 cases of coronavirus and 13,479 deaths reported in Canada on Monday
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COVID-19 Vaccination Incentives: Restrictions that Come with Rewards
By Denise M. Keyser and Edward I. Leeds on October 6, 2021 Posted in Employer Mandate/Shared Responsibility (Pay or Play), Employer Responsibilities, Plan Design Requirements, Wellness Programs
A set of Frequently Asked Questions addresses several issues of vital interest to employers in assessing the connection between COVID-19 vaccinations and their health plans.
The FAQs confirm that the preventive care rules under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) require health plans to cover the full cost of vaccinations that have received an emergency use authorization from the CDC or have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
Drawing on HIPAA's nondiscrimination rules, the FAQs provide that, if an incentive program requires unvaccinated employees to contribute more toward the cost of health coverage than vaccinated employees, the program must meet the detailed requirements applicable to health-contingent wellness programs. They also provide that health plans may not exclude individuals from coverage based on their vaccination status.
The FAQs describe the effect that health plan contribution incentives may have on the Affordable Care Act employer mandate, which establishes standards for the affordability of coverage. For purposes of these affordability standards, the cost of coverage to an employee will not take into account any wellness incentive that reduces premiums, but will take into account any surcharge that might apply.
Employers contemplating health plan incentives for those who remain unvaccinated will need to consider these restrictions.
Many employers have considered ways of encouraging employees to receive COVID-19 vaccinations, including incentives related to employee contributions toward the cost of health coverage. The Departments of Labor, the Treasury, and Health and Human Services have jointly issued a set of Frequently Asked Questions that addresses several issues of vital interest to employers in assessing the connection between COVID-19 vaccinations and their health plans.
First, the FAQs confirm that the preventive care rules under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) require health plans to cover the full cost of vaccinations that have received an emergency use authorization from the Centers for Disease Control or approval of a biologics license application from the Food and Drug Administration.
Second, the FAQs address HIPAA's nondiscrimination rules, stating clearly that health plans may not exclude individuals based on their vaccination status. More significantly, the FAQs address HIPAA's nondiscrimination rules governing wellness programs. They assert that incentives offered with regard to employee health plan contributions must satisfy the detailed requirements applicable to health-contingent wellness programs, treating the vaccination as an activity related to an individual's health condition. This characterization of the program means that the incentive program must:
Be available to all similarly situated individuals and that individuals must have the right to qualify for the incentive at least once per year.
Be reasonably designed to promote health or prevent disease.
Make available a reasonable alternative for those who cannot be vaccinated for medical reasons (for example, a plan may waive the vaccination requirement for those who are unable to receive the vaccine for medical reasons or require them to attest that they follow other COVID protocols, like mask-wearing).
Provide notice of the availability of a reasonable alternative.
Limit the value of the incentive, generally to no more than 30% of the total cost of employee-only coverage.
Finally, the FAQs describe the effect that health plan contribution incentives may have on the Affordable Care Act employer mandate, which establishes standards for the affordability of coverage. For purposes of these affordability standards, the cost of coverage to an employee will not take into account any wellness incentive that reduces premiums, but will take into account any surcharge that might apply. The only exception to this rule is for incentives related to tobacco use, which will not apply to a COVID-19 vaccination incentive.
Employers contemplating health plan incentives for those who remain unvaccinated will need to consider these restrictions. They may find that the employer mandate rules impose a more significant limit on the value of an incentive than the HIPAA nondiscrimination requirements.
As the FAQs observe, the new guidance does not speak to other rules that might apply. For example, the FAQs do not address how incentive programs will be treated under the Americans with Disabilities Act. By the same token, they do not apply (and their restrictions will not extend) to employment-based incentives that employers may offer outside of their health plans.


Home>Sports> Lonzo Ball Hints At Leaving BBB For Nike: "Moving On To Bigger And Better"
LeBron says he'd "obviously" welcome Lonzo on Team Nike.
Lonzo Ball cut ties with Big Baller Brand co-founder Alan Foster over the weekend, after it was revealed that Foster allegedly stole $1.5 million from the Lakers' point guard.
Shortly thereafter, Ball posted a photo on instagram containing Nike's "It's only a crazy dream until you do it" tagline, along with the caption "Moving on to bigger and better #MyOwnMan." Naturally, this led to rumors that LaVar Ball's first-born son is ready to ditch BBB in favor of The Swoosh.
Ball's teammate and Nike lifer, LeBron James, spoke with The Los Angeles Times' Tania Ganguli about the recent developments regarding Big Baller Brand, as well as the Nike rumors.
Of course, LeBron says he would welcome Lonzo aboard Team Nike if that's what he chooses to do.
According to ESPN, Lonzo owns 51% of Big Baller Brand. His father owns 16.4%, while his mother and Foster each own 16.3%. It's unclear what will happen to Foster's stake now that his connection to the brand has been severed.
Adding to the Nike speculation, Ball's manager just shared a video of him getting rid of his BBB sneakers.
SPORTS Lonzo Ball Hints At Leaving BBB For Nike: "Moving On To Bigger And Better"


Gopichand is back after a long gap of one and half year. His last outing "Soukhyam" was disaster at box office and another film "Oxygen" is still lying in the cans waiting for the release. In all this mess, 'Goutham Nanda' result would make a strong impact in Gopichand's career. Let's see whether this stylish commercial entertainer gives this "Macho Hero" much needed break.
Vishnu Prasad (Sachin Khedekar), owner of Ghattamaneni groups, wants his son Goutham Ghattamaneni (Gopichand) to take over his billion-dollar company. But, before that he asks Goutham to learn about the world. Goutham one day meets his doppelganger Nanda Kishore (Gopichand), who tries to commit suicide in front of Goutham's car because of his financial troubles.
Audience had been accustomed to watching stories of Hero playing dual role and swapping each other places from 1960's "Ramudu Bheemudu". There had been many movies which came with similar plot and "Goutham Nanda" is also one such film which revolves around same concept.
Director Sampath Nandi tried to highlight this old story with new presentation by making doppelganger as the villian, but instead of becoming interesting, it became tedious watch because of poor handling. The story revolves around the concept "Dhanam Mulam Idham Jagath". Except couple of twists and songs, the movie appears boring in most of the places.
Gopichand tried to do justice to his dual role by undergoing makeover to look both as stylish billionaire and also as bad guy with negative shades. Catherine Tresa entertained audience with her oomph factor in the glamorous role whereas Hansika Motwani did not impress in the de-glamourised role of Borabanda basthi girl Spoorthi.
In summary, Goutham Nanda's routine storyline, weak screenplay and age old sentiment scenes outweighed the positives of Gopichand's performance that turned the movie into regular commercial outing with nothing new to offer.


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Novak Djokovic succumbed to his nerves in the crucial moments of his first Grand Slam final tonight, letting five set points slip away in the opening set and wasting another two set points in the second set. Ultimately, it was top-ranked Roger Federer who played his best when it mattered most, defeating his 20-year-old Serbian opponent 7-6, 7-6, 6-4.
For the first set and a half, Djokovic outplayed Federer from the baseline. Federer, however, weathered the storm and found an extra gear on his serve to close out the match in straight sets. The victory marks his 12th major title, only two off of Pete Sampras's record 14 Grand Slam titles.
Despite the loss, Djokovic has clearly entered the upper echelon of men's tennis and will almost certainly win his first major in 2008. He joins second-ranked Rafael Nadal as the truest threats to Federer's continued dominance. It is only a matter of time until Federer breaks the Sampras record; however, judging from the tennis we've seen in New York this week, lucky number 13 may be a bit harder to come by. --Wyman Meers
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After all this time, finally a new post!
I couldn't decide between a fresh, bright color for springtime and a cool, frosty color for the neverending winter we seem to be stuck in, so I ended up going for a nail art look that went for both. The base is Le Polish "Succulent Stargazer," a creamy turquoise/mint with irregular silver flakies. I can never resist flakies like this, so I'm always pulling this shade out of my Helmer to wear.
Over "Succulent Stargazer," I'm using Glam Polish "Wheeeeee!" as a topper. The base for this polish is just silvery holo particles in a clear base, so it works well on it's own as well. For this look, I dabbed a bit on at the base of my nails, scraped all the polish off the brush, and then brushed down from my base to create an ombre effect. When I was satisfied that the holo was distributed properly, I went back and poked around in the bottle for some more fun glitter and added that. If there's stars in the bottle, I'm sure as heck going to make sure there's precisely one per each of my nails.
Personally, I love the idea of a glitter fade as a way of extending the life of my mani for a few more days (or a week…just slick on another layer of top coat and you're good to go). Plus, now I get the joy of holo glitter as I sit under my fluorescent office lights. Who's a pretty, pretty princess? Me!
For you enjoyment, I've taken the pictures in a couple of different lights, so you can see how the holo looks in different scenarios. I've tried to color correct as much as possible, but this is just one of those blue-green-mint-turquoise shades that truly does transform under different light conditions.
What's your stance on a glitter face (or what would you call this look?)? Do you have a visceral reaction to star glitter? How about mini stars that don't poke up all over the place? Do you live in a climate that hasn't decided which season we're in like me?


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On Monday, Feb. 18, at approximately 9:40 p.m., Burin Peninsula RCMP received a report of a single-vehicle motor vehicle collision on Route 220 near Point May.
A 35-year-old man, who was not wearing a seat belt, was thrown from the vehicle and died on scene.
A collision reconstructionist from RCMP Traffic Services attended the scene. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has been engaged. The investigation is continuing into what factor, if any, alcohol may have contributed to this collision.


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Q: How to add text to image and save as new image I'm trying to create an Android app that adds a random quote to images.
The general process is this:

*

*Start from a custom given image that shows when starting the app.

*From this image all the user can do is tap on it and generate a new random "quote" that get overlaid on the image.

*The user can save the newly created image with the quote he chose and set it as wallpaper.

I have got to the point where I can display the image in an ImageView.
My list of quotes is stored in my strings.xml file.

A: I do something like this in an app. Use Canvas.
I edited down a piece of my code, which actually adds a couple of other images on the background and stuff too.
Meat of code:
private static Bitmap getPoster(...) {
    Bitmap background = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(res, background_id)
        .copy(Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888, true);
    Canvas canvas = new Canvas(background);
    Typeface font = Typeface.createFromAsset(res.getAssets(), FONT_PATH);
    font = Typeface.create(font, Typeface.BOLD);
    Paint paint = new Paint();
    paint.setTypeface(font);
    paint.setAntiAlias(true);
    paint.setColor(Color.WHITE);
    paint.setStyle(Style.FILL);
    paint.setShadowLayer(2.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f, Color.BLACK);
    float fontSize = getFontSize(background.getWidth(), THE_QUOTE, paint); //You'll have to define a way to find a size that fits, or just use a constant size.

    paint.setTextSize(fontSize);
    canvas.drawText(THE_QUOTE, (background.getWidth() - paint.measureText(THE_QUOTE)) / 2,
        background.getHeight() - FILLER_HEIGHT, paint); //You might want to do something different. In my case every image has a filler in the bottom which is 50px.
    return background;
}

Put your own version of that in a class and feed it the image id and anything else. It returns a bitmap for you to do whatever you want with (display it in an imageview, let the user save it and set as wallpape).

A: I know i did this for the PC with imagemagick a few years ago(save image with text on)
Seems like imagemagick have been ported to android, so I would start digging into thier documentation.
https://github.com/lilac/Android-ImageMagick

A: Ok! Francesco my friend, I've an idea although not a working code ('cuz I'm not really good at it). So, here it is:
Implement an onClickListener() on your ImageView like below:
ImageView iv = (ImageView)findViewById(R.id.imageview1);
iv.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener()
    {
        public void onClick(View v)
        {
            /** When I say do your stuff here, I mean read the user input and set your wallpaper here. I'm sorry that I don't really know how to save/set the wallpaper */
        }
    });

When it comes to reading user input/generating random quotes, you can do this:
You said you already have the quotes saved in the strings.xml file. Using the ids of those strings, I think you can implement a switch case scenario where it uses java imports - java.util.Scanner and java.util.Random. Ultimately, using these in your ImageView onClickListener could/should result in the desired output.
I know my answer is too vague, but I've a faint hope that it has given you a minute lead as to what you can implement. I seriously hope there are better answers than this. If not, then I hope this helps you some, and I also hope that I'm not leading you in the wrong direction since this is just a mere speculation. Sorry, but this is all I've got.

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Column: B.C.'s new premier faces tough challenges, makes big promises
David Eby has promised to tackle housing affordability and social problems of DTES.
Tracy Sherlock Nov 26, 2022 1:00 PM
B.C. Premier David Eby at his oath of office ceremony Nov. 18, 2022. Graeme Wood
B.C. is facing several serious crises — housing, healthcare, inflation, opioids — and strong leadership is needed to get us through.
The province's new Premier, David Eby, promised to deliver a stronger, better, cleaner and fairer British Columbia for generations to come during his swearing-in ceremony. The ceremony was held at the Musqueam Community Centre, in Eby's riding of Point Grey — the first-ever hosted by a First Nation in B.C.
Eby is known as a man of action, with a history of advocacy, particularly for vulnerable people. Before unseating then-premier Christy Clark in Vancouver's Point Grey riding in 2013, Eby was a lawyer who worked for the B.C. Civil Liberties Association and before that for Pivot Legal Society. He's 46 and is married with two young children.
At Eby's swearing-in ceremony outgoing Premier John Horgan joked that he'd given the toughest jobs to "the tallest person I could find," referring to Eby, who, Horgan said, always handled those challenging tasks with enthusiasm and compassion.
Eby paid tribute in return, saying, "I'm not as tall as I look because I'm standing on the shoulders of John Horgan."
Musqueam Chief Wayne Sparrow called on Eby to make reconciliation more than a buzzword.
"We want action that creates substantial, positive change for Musqueam and all Indigenous people in B.C.," Sparrow said. "We will be looking to Premier Eby to provide the leadership needed to truly implement Indigenous rights and create a prosperous future for every British Columbian."
A prosperous future for every British Columbian won't be easy to achieve and Eby will have to listen to many, while acting boldly, but carefully to make progress.
During Horgan's NDP government, Eby served as Attorney General. He also had responsibility, at various times, for housing and the Insurance Corporation of B.C. He spearheaded two of the NDP government's biggest investigations — one into ICBC, which he called a "dumpster fire" and another into money laundering, a strategy for which became internationally known as the "Vancouver model."
Eby has promised to tackle two of B.C.'s thorniest problems, which happen to be linked: housing affordability and the social problems of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.
On housing, his promises are ambitious and there are so many of them, it's hard to keep track. They include doubling funding to non-profits to build housing, expanding government's role in building middle-class homes, and using public lands and favourable lending rates to build both rental and purchased homes. He's going to create a standalone housing ministry.
He also promised to bring in a flipping tax, to stop people from buying houses and selling them within a short period for a much higher price, to seize properties bought with the proceeds of crime, to curtail large corporations buying up rental real estate and to require short-term rental companies to disclose information to cities and regions about rental units.
That seems like a lot, but he didn't stop there. Eby also promised to allow homebuilders to build three units on single-family lots in urban centres, as long as they meet existing requirements. He pledged to make secondary suites legal throughout the province and to remove age restrictions on strata properties (except those for seniors).
If Eby can make all of those changes, one can only hope that it will make a dent in our province's astronomical housing costs. The young people need a chance to make a life here, with secure housing.
Eby has also said the province will take on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, a neighbourhood that has grown absolutely desperate in the past decade, facing homelessness, mental health problems, addiction and crime. There are dozens, if not hundreds, of people living in tents on the sidewalks along Hastings Street, struggling every day to survive. It won't be easy to ameliorate the issues facing Vancouver's oldest community, but I hope Eby is successful in a way that honours the people living there.
As if those weren't enough challenges, B.C.'s healthcare system is in a crisis, reconciliation with Indigenous people is precarious, yet essential, the global economy is fragile and the world is facing an increasingly dire climate crisis. It doesn't look like the next few years are going to be a walk in the park.
"These are massive challenges. If the pandemic taught us anything, it's that we can't solve these problems alone. We need to solve them together," Eby said at his swearing-in ceremony.
Given the divisive nature of politics these days, it's going to be a tall order to work together, but Eby's right. Working together is the only way progress is made, and it's a two-way street. Eby will also have to listen carefully and collaborate to reach his goals.
Tracy Sherlock is a freelance journalist who writes about education and social issues. Read her blog or email her tracy.sherlock@gmail.com.
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Release of Sea Turtle Marks New Year, and New Tradition, for Seri People
By admin - 5 Jul 2011
The Seri are a tribe of expert fishers and crafts people inhabiting parts of Sonora, Mexico, where the desert meets the sea. For centuries, the people have celebrated their New Year, on July 1st, with songs, dance, games and a feast of delicious Seri food. Traditionally, the Seri New Year's feast has included caguama – sea turtle – a delicacy in the local diet.
This year, in Punta Chueca, Sonora, the Seri people opened their celebrations to the outside world, and many foreigners were able to witness their ancestral traditions. According to a Seri creation myth, after the Great Flood the sea turtle went to the bottom of the water and brought up earth to restore the land. This year, in deference to a species that has been important to their culture for centuries, but which is now struggling to survive, Seri women released a sea turtle into the Gulf of California, marking an important shift in the New Year's tradition, and a step forward for sea turtle conservation.


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Q: Make mulitdimensional array unique and keep its structure I got a multidimensional array that holds multiple session ID's and an array of field data and looks like this:
Array
(
    [102] => Array
        (
            [session_id] => A11.. etc
            [fields] => Array
                (
                    [0] => Array
                        (
                            [date_time] => 2013-03-25 16:28:56
                            [ip_address] => xx.xxx.x.xxx
                            [user_name] => public.static
                            [session_type] => Start
                        )

                    [1] => Array
                        (
                            [date_time] => 2013-03-25 16:28:56
                            [ip_address] => xx.xxx.x.xxx
                            [user_name] => public.static
                            [session_type] => Start
                        )

As you can see, the first 2 field array records hold the same data. So far I have written the following piece of PHP code to make it unique and sort it by date.
for($i = 0; $i<count($unsortedOutput); $i++) {
    usort($unsortedOutput[$i]['fields'], 'sortFunction');
    $unique[] = array_map('unserialize', array_unique(array_map('serialize', $unsortedOutput[$i]['fields'])));
}

This works but when i print the $unique array, it (as expected) removes the [session_id] and [fields] keys:
Array
(
    [102] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [date_time] => 2013-03-25 16:28:56
                    [ip_address] => 94.229.1.233
                    [user_name] => public.static
                    [session_type] => Start
                )

My question is:
How do I make my multidimensional array unique while keeping the whole structure. I feel I'm close, but can't figure out the rest.

A: As an alternative, you could also use foreach with & reference to each copy to make changes:
foreach($unsortedOutput as &$o) {
    usort($o['fields'], 'sortFunction');
    $o['fields'] = array_map('unserialize', array_unique(array_map('serialize', $o['fields'])));
}


Ridley Scott's gamble appears to be paying off. After faster-than-fast reshoots over Thanksgiving to replace Kevin Spacey — after the actor was accused of sexual misconduct by multiple men — with Christopher Plummer in All the Money in the World, the just made the Dec. 4 deadline to be screened for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. This morning, it was rewarded with three nominations for Scott, Plummer and and star Michelle Williams.
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Edvard Munch's summer retreat recreated
Excavations begin on the site of the painter's summer house with a view to recreating Munch's working habitat
The Yellow Log (1912) by Edvard Munch
Archaeological digs tend to provide insights into what life was like centuries, or sometimes even millennia ago. However, one current dig near the small coastal city of Hvitsten in Southern Norway is reaching just over 100 years back, in an attempt to recreate the summer retreat once owned by Edvard Munch (1863 – 1944), where the artist spent much of his time from 1910 until his death.
Munch's retreat as it was in 1910
Ramme Gaard, the country estate which includes the plot where Munch's property stands, is owned by the shipping magnate and Munch enthusiast, Petter Olsen. The estate plans to restore Munch's home, reconstruct his pier-side studio, and reintroduce the plants and farm animals once kept here, and to mount tours this summer, as part of the 150th anniversary celebrations of Munch's birth.
Items dug from the site of Munch's old retreat
As The Art Newspaper reports, this holistic recreation of Munch's retreat also involves an archaeological-style dig, to determine the exact sites of certain buildings; however, the excavations have thrown up some exhibit worthy items too.
"The pieces, which include paint tubes, roof tiles and garbage, are now being registered. We plan to exhibit the most interesting ones," Stefan Docksjö, managing director of Ramme Gaard, told the paper.
Munch's old house, as it stands today
While it is always hard to disentangle the artist's inspiration from the influence of his surrounds, we certainly applaud this historic approach to one of the great pioneers of modernism. To discover more, view The Art Newspaper piece, or visit the Munch 150 site. To learn more about the painter, and to browse through his great works, take a look at our fine introduction to his work.
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Edward Hopper comes to the silver screen
Austrian director Gustav Deutsch reassembles 13 Edward Hopper paintings into a single movie


We describe our study of II--VI alloy ZnSe[sub 0.5]Te[sub 0.5] in search of spontaneous ordering. Samples were prepared by molecular beam epitaxy in a variety of structure configurations and growth temperatures, in order to scan a wide range of parameters and identify a favorable condition for ordering. Transmission electron microscopy was carried out on these samples and revealed indications of spontaneous ordering in several samples, where regions with stacking of atoms that appear to be different from the zinc-blende structure were observed. Preliminary study shows that such regions have the CuAu [i.e., the (100) superlattice] structure.
Luo, H., Samarth, N., Short, S.W., Xin, S.H., Furdyna, J.K., Ahrenkiel, P., Bode, M.H., and Al-Jassim, M.M.. First indications of spontaneous ordering in ZnSe[sub 0. 50]Te[sub 0. 50] alloy. United States: N. p., 1994. Web. doi:10.1116/1.587067.
Luo, H., Samarth, N., Short, S.W., Xin, S.H., Furdyna, J.K., Ahrenkiel, P., Bode, M.H., & Al-Jassim, M.M.. First indications of spontaneous ordering in ZnSe[sub 0. 50]Te[sub 0. 50] alloy. United States. doi:10.1116/1.587067.
Luo, H., Samarth, N., Short, S.W., Xin, S.H., Furdyna, J.K., Ahrenkiel, P., Bode, M.H., and Al-Jassim, M.M.. Tue . "First indications of spontaneous ordering in ZnSe[sub 0. 50]Te[sub 0. 50] alloy". United States. doi:10.1116/1.587067.
A study is made of the distribution of the basic components and carbon as well as the photoelectric characteristics of the n-PbSe/sub 0.08/Te/sub 0.92/-p-Pb/sub 0.8/Sn/sub 0.2/Te-p-PbSe/sub 0.08/Te/sub 0.92/ heterostructures. The existence of junction layers of a variable composition, 6 /sup +/m in thickness and increased carbon content in them, is established. Carbon, dissolved in the epitaxial layers, is an electrically neutral impurity. The layer of a variable composition, matched in the unit-cell parameter, does not affect the photoelectric properties of the p-n junction.
Two new iron(IV) oxides have been prepared using high oxygen pressure: SrLaM/sub 0.50/Fe(IV)/sub 0.50/O/sub 4/ (M = Mg, Zn). In both phases with a K/sub 2/NiF/sub 4/-type-derived structure the elongation of the (FeO/sub 6/) octahedron is sufficient to stabilize a high-spin state (t/sub 2g//sup 3/d/sub z//sup 1/2). The electronic configuration has been characterized by structural, magnetic, and Moessbauer spectroscopic investigations.


Despite the snow storm that whirlled around London yesterday ~ as a planet we are in sooooo much trouble ~ and the fact that I'm sat in my coat as I type this, I am looking forward to Spring. When and if it ever does arrive I will no doubt try and pile on all my prints, get my legs and arms out, drown myself in jewellery and don a turban and a straw hat all at the same time. Bring it. Me & my white legs are ready.
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Sherri Shepherd still legal mother of boy born to surrogate
by Miller & Associates, Attorneys LLP | Mar 9, 2016 | Child Support, Firm News
Actress Sherri Shepherd, who many Californians remember as being former co-host of "The View", has been ordered to continue to pay child support for her son who is legally, but not biologically, her child. Her ex-husband was granted full custody of the child, but Shepherd had balked at paying child support and wanted to be taken off the child's birth certificate, which listed her as the mother. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has refused to overturn the decision of a lower Pennsylvania court and ordered Shepherd to continue paying child support until the boy is 13 years old.
At the time the child was conceived using a donor egg, Shepherd and her ex-husband were married and planned to raise the child together. The couple separated while the surrogate was pregnant, and then Shepherd attempted to legally dissolve her relationship with the child. While her ex-husband, who is the biological father, agreed to raise the child, Shepherd refused to see the boy or provide financial support.
Shepherd's name was added to the birth certificate in 2015 after a Pennsylvania judge ruled that she is legally the mother. Shepherd was also involved in a custody dispute with the father of her older son, who had filed complaints of neglect. A judge ruled that the complaints were unfounded, and Shepherd continues to have primary custody of her 9-year-old son.
Child support and child custody can be emotional issues. People who are involved in such disputes will often be advised by their family law attorneys to remember that the primary focus of a court in these types of situations is the child's best interest.
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Florida Appeals Court Says Trial Court Abused Discretion in Sexual Abuse Case
In a case heard by the Florida First District Court of Appeal, a man challenged his conviction for capital sexual battery and lewd molestation. He argued that the convictions should be thrown out because the trial court improperly prevented evidence from being admitted. All convictions must be supported by evidence. However, there are strict rules about what can and cannot be admitted into evidence in a criminal trial. If the evidence that supported the conviction is thrown out, the conviction may also be overturned if there is not enough remaining evidence to sustain it. That's why it's common for Florida sex crimes defense attorneys to challenge the evidence admitted into court as they did here.
Abuse of Discretion Standard
The appeals court hears cases after they have already been decided by the trial court. In deciding whether or not to allow the decision of the trial court to stand, the appeals courts use different standards depending on the issue. For example, some elements are looked at "de novo," which means the appeals court does not have to give any deference to the findings of the lower court and can instead make their own decision as if they are looking at it for the first time.
In this case, the appeals court used an abuse of discretion standard to determine whether the evidence should have been admitted or not. In other words, they need to allow the decision of the lower court to stand unless they find that the decision was not permissible under the law.
Facts and Analysis
Florida law states that all relevant evidence is admissible unless it is specifically prohibited under statutory or case law. Thus, the first step is to look at the evidence and what the law says about what is and is not admissible.
This case stems from the alleged child sexual abuse by the defendant. In her pre-trial statement, one of the alleged victims stated that she was abused at the same time as another child while they were in each other's presence. At trial she testified that both of them were there when the abuse occurred, but the defendant was not allowed to bring up the fact that the other child denied being abused by the defendant. The defendant argued here that it was misleading to the jury to not let him present this evidence.
The appeals court here agreed with the defendant. They held that the law specifically permits evidence that attacks the credibility of a witness. Therefore, the trial court abused their discretion by not allowing this evidence to be heard. Thus, the original conviction was reversed and the case was remanded (sent back to the trial court) for a new trial that complies with the law as laid out in this decision.
Contact an Experienced Clearwater Sex Crimes Defense Attorney
If you are convicted of a sex crime, you could face lifelong consequences, including life in prison. That's why you need to contact a knowledgeable Clearwater sex crimes attorney as soon as possible after an arrest. Call the experienced Clearwater sex crime defense attorneys at Hanlon law firm at (727) 897-5413 or contacted us online using the form on the website. Contact us today for your free consultation!
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I'm meeting with a paranormal group tomorrow to discuss with them doing an investigation on Harold. From my point of view, I don't need them to "prove" what I already know, which is that the doll is "haunted." I just want more evidence showing that.
I've also written a "treatment" (proposal) for a documentary that I'll be presenting to a movie production company in the next day or two; after I've had a chance to let it sit, and can look at it with fresh eyes.
Is Harold the Haunted Doll demonic?
Harold the Haunted Doll isn't happy.


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Q: Find $\lim_{n\to\infty}{\sqrt{n+1}-\sqrt{n}}$ with basic methods I need to find simple limit:
$$\lim_{n\to\infty}{\sqrt{n+1}-\sqrt{n}}$$
I can't use L'Hôpital's rule, which I think is natural for such problems. How to calculate such limit using only basic methods (definition and simple transformations etc.)?
It's one problem (from 50 problems) I don't know how to solve from my homework.
Thanks for help.

A: If you really mean what's on the post, you can show the limit diverges to $+\infty$. I'm pretty sure you mean $$\lim \;\sqrt{n+1}-\sqrt n$$
Then note that
$$\sqrt{n+1}-\sqrt n=\frac 1 {\sqrt{n+1}+\sqrt n}$$
The rest is pretty straightforward.

A: Multiply by the radical conjugate:
$$\lim_{n\to\infty}\left(\frac{(\sqrt{n+1}-\sqrt{n})\cdot(\sqrt{n+1}+\sqrt{n})}{(\sqrt{n+1}+\sqrt{n})}\right)$$
$$\lim_{n\to\infty}\left(\frac{n+1-n}{(\sqrt{n+1}+\sqrt{n})}\right)$$

A: Try conjugate multiplication - $\sqrt{n+1}+\sqrt n$. I assume, that you mean $\sqrt{n+1}-\sqrt n$, otherwise it's $ \infty $.