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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
using Newtonsoft.Json;
using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
using Umbraco.Cms.Core.Configuration.Models;
using Umbraco.Cms.Core.Hosting;
using Umbraco.Cms.Core.Manifest;
using Umbraco.Cms.Core.PropertyEditors;
using Umbraco.Cms.Core.WebAssets;
using Umbraco.Extensions;

namespace Umbraco.Cms.Infrastructure.WebAssets
{
    public class BackOfficeWebAssets
    {
        public const string UmbracoPreviewJsBundleName = "umbraco-preview-js";
        public const string UmbracoPreviewCssBundleName = "umbraco-preview-css";
        public const string UmbracoCssBundleName = "umbraco-backoffice-css";
        public const string UmbracoInitCssBundleName = "umbraco-backoffice-init-css";
        public const string UmbracoCoreJsBundleName = "umbraco-backoffice-js";
        public const string UmbracoExtensionsJsBundleName = "umbraco-backoffice-extensions-js";
        public const string UmbracoNonOptimizedPackageJsBundleName = "umbraco-backoffice-non-optimized-js";
        public const string UmbracoNonOptimizedPackageCssBundleName = "umbraco-backoffice-non-optimized-css";
        public const string UmbracoTinyMceJsBundleName = "umbraco-tinymce-js";
        public const string UmbracoUpgradeCssBundleName = "umbraco-authorize-upgrade-css";

        private readonly IRuntimeMinifier _runtimeMinifier;
        private readonly IManifestParser _parser;
        private GlobalSettings _globalSettings;
        private readonly CustomBackOfficeAssetsCollection _customBackOfficeAssetsCollection;
        private readonly IHostingEnvironment _hostingEnvironment;
        private readonly PropertyEditorCollection _propertyEditorCollection;

        public BackOfficeWebAssets(
            IRuntimeMinifier runtimeMinifier,
            IManifestParser parser,
            PropertyEditorCollection propertyEditorCollection,
            IHostingEnvironment hostingEnvironment,
            IOptionsMonitor<GlobalSettings> globalSettings,
            CustomBackOfficeAssetsCollection customBackOfficeAssetsCollection)
        {
            _runtimeMinifier = runtimeMinifier;
            _parser = parser;
            _propertyEditorCollection = propertyEditorCollection;
            _hostingEnvironment = hostingEnvironment;
            _globalSettings = globalSettings.CurrentValue;
            _customBackOfficeAssetsCollection = customBackOfficeAssetsCollection;

            globalSettings.OnChange(x => _globalSettings = x);
        }

        public void CreateBundles()
        {
            // Create bundles

            _runtimeMinifier.CreateCssBundle(UmbracoInitCssBundleName,
                BundlingOptions.NotOptimizedAndComposite,
                FormatPaths(
                    "assets/css/umbraco.min.css",
                    "lib/bootstrap-social/bootstrap-social.css",
                    "lib/font-awesome/css/font-awesome.min.css"));

            _runtimeMinifier.CreateCssBundle(UmbracoUpgradeCssBundleName,
                BundlingOptions.NotOptimizedAndComposite,
                FormatPaths(
                    "assets/css/umbraco.min.css",
                    "lib/bootstrap-social/bootstrap-social.css",
                    "lib/font-awesome/css/font-awesome.min.css"));

            _runtimeMinifier.CreateCssBundle(UmbracoPreviewCssBundleName,
                BundlingOptions.NotOptimizedAndComposite,
                FormatPaths("assets/css/canvasdesigner.min.css"));

            _runtimeMinifier.CreateJsBundle(UmbracoPreviewJsBundleName,
                BundlingOptions.NotOptimizedAndComposite,
                FormatPaths(GetScriptsForPreview()));

            _runtimeMinifier.CreateJsBundle(UmbracoTinyMceJsBundleName,
                BundlingOptions.NotOptimizedAndComposite,
                FormatPaths(GetScriptsForTinyMce()));

            _runtimeMinifier.CreateJsBundle(UmbracoCoreJsBundleName,
                BundlingOptions.NotOptimizedAndComposite,
                FormatPaths(GetScriptsForBackOfficeCore()));

            // get the property editor assets
            var propertyEditorAssets = ScanPropertyEditors()
                .GroupBy(x => x.AssetType)
                .ToDictionary(x => x.Key, x => x.Select(c => c.FilePath));

            // get the back office custom assets
            var customAssets = _customBackOfficeAssetsCollection.GroupBy(x => x.DependencyType).ToDictionary(x => x.Key, x => x.Select(c => c.FilePath));

            // This bundle includes all scripts from property editor assets,
            // custom back office assets, and any scripts found in package manifests
            // that have the default bundle options.

            IEnumerable<string?> jsAssets = (customAssets.TryGetValue(AssetType.Javascript, out IEnumerable<string?>? customScripts) ? customScripts : Enumerable.Empty<string>())
                .Union(propertyEditorAssets.TryGetValue(AssetType.Javascript, out IEnumerable<string>? scripts) ? scripts : Enumerable.Empty<string>());

            _runtimeMinifier.CreateJsBundle(
                UmbracoExtensionsJsBundleName,
                BundlingOptions.OptimizedAndComposite,
                FormatPaths(
                    GetScriptsForBackOfficeExtensions(jsAssets)));

            // Create a bundle per package manifest that is declaring an Independent bundle type
            RegisterPackageBundlesForIndependentOptions(_parser.CombinedManifest?.Scripts, AssetType.Javascript);

            // Create a single non-optimized (no file processing) bundle for all manifests declaring None as a bundle option
            RegisterPackageBundlesForNoneOption(_parser.CombinedManifest?.Scripts, UmbracoNonOptimizedPackageJsBundleName);

            // This bundle includes all CSS from property editor assets,
            // custom back office assets, and any CSS found in package manifests
            // that have the default bundle options.

            IEnumerable<string?> cssAssets = (customAssets.TryGetValue(AssetType.Css, out IEnumerable<string?>? customStyles) ? customStyles : Enumerable.Empty<string>())
                .Union(propertyEditorAssets.TryGetValue(AssetType.Css, out IEnumerable<string>? styles) ? styles : Enumerable.Empty<string>());

            _runtimeMinifier.CreateCssBundle(
                UmbracoCssBundleName,
                BundlingOptions.OptimizedAndComposite,
                FormatPaths(
                    GetStylesheetsForBackOffice(cssAssets)));

            // Create a bundle per package manifest that is declaring an Independent bundle type
            RegisterPackageBundlesForIndependentOptions(_parser.CombinedManifest?.Stylesheets, AssetType.Css);

            // Create a single non-optimized (no file processing) bundle for all manifests declaring None as a bundle option
            RegisterPackageBundlesForNoneOption(_parser.CombinedManifest?.Stylesheets, UmbracoNonOptimizedPackageCssBundleName);
        }

        public static string GetIndependentPackageBundleName(ManifestAssets manifestAssets, AssetType assetType)
            => $"{manifestAssets.PackageName.ToLowerInvariant()}-{(assetType == AssetType.Css ? "css" : "js")}";

        private void RegisterPackageBundlesForNoneOption(
            IReadOnlyDictionary<BundleOptions, IReadOnlyList<ManifestAssets>>? combinedPackageManifestAssets,
            string bundleName)
        {
            var assets = new HashSet<string>(StringComparer.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase);

            // Create a bundle per package manifest that is declaring the matching BundleOptions
            if (combinedPackageManifestAssets?.TryGetValue(BundleOptions.None, out IReadOnlyList<ManifestAssets>? manifestAssetList) ?? false)
            {
                foreach(var asset in manifestAssetList.SelectMany(x => x.Assets))
                {
                    assets.Add(asset);
                }
            }

            _runtimeMinifier.CreateJsBundle(
                bundleName,
                // no optimization, no composite files, just render individual files
                BundlingOptions.NotOptimizedNotComposite,
                FormatPaths(assets.ToArray()));
        }

        private void RegisterPackageBundlesForIndependentOptions(
            IReadOnlyDictionary<BundleOptions, IReadOnlyList<ManifestAssets>>? combinedPackageManifestAssets,
            AssetType assetType)
        {
            // Create a bundle per package manifest that is declaring the matching BundleOptions
            if (combinedPackageManifestAssets?.TryGetValue(BundleOptions.Independent, out IReadOnlyList<ManifestAssets>? manifestAssetList) ?? false)
            {
                foreach (ManifestAssets manifestAssets in manifestAssetList)
                {
                    string bundleName = GetIndependentPackageBundleName(manifestAssets, assetType);
                    string[]? filePaths = FormatPaths(manifestAssets.Assets.ToArray());

                    switch (assetType)
                    {
                        case AssetType.Javascript:
                            _runtimeMinifier.CreateJsBundle(bundleName, BundlingOptions.OptimizedAndComposite, filePaths);
                            break;
                        case AssetType.Css:
                            _runtimeMinifier.CreateCssBundle(bundleName, BundlingOptions.OptimizedAndComposite, filePaths);
                            break;
                        default:
                            throw new IndexOutOfRangeException();
                    }
                }
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Returns scripts used to load the back office
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns></returns>
        private string[] GetScriptsForBackOfficeExtensions(IEnumerable<string?> propertyEditorScripts)
        {
            var scripts = new HashSet<string>(StringComparer.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase);

            // only include scripts with the default bundle options here
            if (_parser.CombinedManifest?.Scripts.TryGetValue(BundleOptions.Default, out IReadOnlyList<ManifestAssets>? manifestAssets) ?? false)
            {
                foreach (string script in manifestAssets.SelectMany(x => x.Assets))
                {
                    scripts.Add(script);
                }
            }

            foreach (string? script in propertyEditorScripts)
            {
                if (script is not null)
                {
                    scripts.Add(script);
                }
            }

            return scripts.ToArray();
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Returns the list of scripts for back office initialization
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns></returns>
        private string[]? GetScriptsForBackOfficeCore()
        {
            var resources = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<JArray>(Resources.JsInitialize);
            return resources?.Where(x => x.Type == JTokenType.String).Select(x => x.ToString()).ToArray();
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Returns stylesheets used to load the back office
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns></returns>
        private string[] GetStylesheetsForBackOffice(IEnumerable<string?> propertyEditorStyles)
        {
            var stylesheets = new HashSet<string>(StringComparer.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase);

            // only include css with the default bundle options here
            if (_parser.CombinedManifest?.Stylesheets.TryGetValue(BundleOptions.Default, out IReadOnlyList<ManifestAssets>? manifestAssets) ?? false)
            {
                foreach (string script in manifestAssets.SelectMany(x => x.Assets))
                {
                    stylesheets.Add(script);
                }
            }

            foreach (string? stylesheet in propertyEditorStyles)
            {
                if (stylesheet is not null)
                {
                    stylesheets.Add(stylesheet);
                }
            }

            return stylesheets.ToArray();
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Returns the scripts used for tinymce
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns></returns>
        private string[]? GetScriptsForTinyMce()
        {
            var resources = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<JArray>(Resources.TinyMceInitialize);
            return resources?.Where(x => x.Type == JTokenType.String).Select(x => x.ToString()).ToArray();
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Returns the scripts used for preview
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns></returns>
        private string[]? GetScriptsForPreview()
        {
            var resources = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<JArray>(Resources.PreviewInitialize);
            return resources?.Where(x => x.Type == JTokenType.String).Select(x => x.ToString()).ToArray();
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Re-format asset paths to be absolute paths
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="assets"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        private string[]? FormatPaths(params string[]? assets)
        {
            var umbracoPath = _globalSettings.GetUmbracoMvcArea(_hostingEnvironment);

            return assets?
                .Where(x => x.IsNullOrWhiteSpace() == false)
                .Select(x => !x.StartsWith("/") && Uri.IsWellFormedUriString(x, UriKind.Relative)
                    // most declarations with be made relative to the /umbraco folder, so things
                    // like lib/blah/blah.js so we need to turn them into absolutes here
                    ? umbracoPath.EnsureStartsWith('/').TrimEnd("/") + x.EnsureStartsWith('/')
                    : x).ToArray();
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Returns the web asset paths to load for property editors that have the <see cref="PropertyEditorAssetAttribute"/> attribute applied
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns></returns>
        private IEnumerable<PropertyEditorAssetAttribute> ScanPropertyEditors()
        {
            return _propertyEditorCollection
                .SelectMany(x => x.GetType().GetCustomAttributes<PropertyEditorAssetAttribute>(false));
        }
    }
}


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Malinsky's sketches find the dark clown
Charles Malinsky loves clowns, but if clowns bring to mind cheerful entertainers in face paint who make balloon animals, think again. Malinsky's work looks at the dark flip-side of the archetypal jester figure.
Throughout the ages, the jester and the clown have had important roles in society. These were voices for the dark side of humanity who told the truth in jest. Jesters were given the freedom to say what everyone else was thinking, and behaved as everyone else wished they could.
Malinsky, a former Calgary resident and graduate of Alberta College of Art and Design, has received increased attention over the past few years. After spending over 10 years as an instructor at ACAD to make ends meet, the artist was discovered by European buyers. After several extremely successful shows in Germany and the us, Malinsky and his wife moved to Madrid, Spain.
Art is Vital is currently showing twelve of the large graphite sketches Malinsky did for this and later series. They are figure studies, and are remarkable in their rendering. Each model has a distinct personality that shines through. Especially interesting are the "Bird Man" and "Fallen Angel," studies that are self-portraits of the artist. Malinsky's light touch, which transfers well to his oil paintings, is even stronger here. The sketches have a real sense of action and movement.
The masked figures are freakish and overtly sexual, both in their positions and costuming. They are dressed in rubber, leather and corsets. They're amusing and disturbing, erotic and repulsive all at once. Lines of gender are blurred by women in masculine military uniforms and men in high heels. The characters wear smirks and smiles that imply special knowledge of darkness.
Unlike the artist's finished paintings, that portray dozens of figures at a time, the studies only deal with one or two subjects which gives them a different feel.
The artist's chaotic vision of a hellish world of fallen angels and gleeful pranksters is fascinating and appealing. Like that horrified compulsion that causes us to gawk at a car crash on the side of the road, Malinsky's sketches tap into our fascination with the shadowy side of human nature. One cannot help but stare.
Published February 17, 2000 By Masoud
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The founder and president of Cincinnati Etiquette & Leadership Institute (CELI) discusses the importance of face-to-face communication.
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"Why are Mench and Wilkerson playing tonight?" my brother protested. My response was that the managerial habit is to play veterans against the knuckleballer. Does experience make you any better against him? Who knows.
The fact is, when Wake is on, he's as dominant as the better fastball pitchers, and a red-hot Jays team that has been taking down conventional pitchers like Gavin Floyd is not necessarily going to be any good against Wake.


What if they gave an election and no one came?
Much has been made of the low voter turn-out at the recent local body elections, with pundits, media, bloggers, et al, trying to figure out why voters weren't motivated enough to bother filling our their ballot.
I'll start with the easy one first, and refer to "brand politics".
Quite simply, unless you happen to be follow local body politics and community issues – one is left scratching their head as to what each candidate stands for.
What are their political leanings on the Left/Right spectrum? For example, how many people in Dunedin knew that Hilary Calvert – standing for the mayoralty and Council – had previously been an ACT MP?
Calvert's political background and extremist libertarian views would have a direct bearing on any position she was elected to. For a Party that garnered only 23,889 party votes (1.07%) in the 2011 general elections, how many Dunedin voters knew they were voting for the radical, card-carrying, member of a failed ideology when they cast their vote for her?
Where do candidates stand on the issues such as "core services" vs civic involvement by Councils?
Or on contentious issues such as water flouridation? One Dunedin candidate simply listed "water flouridation" as an issue of interest on his election leaflet – without any indication where he stood. Not very helpful.
This is where party or group branding is a useful tool for voters. Standing under a group banner with specific policies makes it easier for voters to understand who to vote for.
At the same time, Madeleine Foreman from Generation Zero, referred to "a lack of information" as well as "an information overload".
The Auckland group, City Vision, gave voters – who might not otherwise be familiar with candidates – a better idea who to vote for (or not), according to their own political beliefs.
I would advocate a greater use of umbrella groups such as City Vision and Citizens & Ratepayers Association (now known as Communities and Residents).
As we lead busier lives with more constraints and demands on our time (eg, the fracturing of the country's electricity supply into a "market", meaning we now have to shop around for "cheaper" prices) , umbrella groups could make the voting process easier for those wanting to participate – but not quite knowing who to vote for.
One wonders how many Dunedin voters voted for Hilary Calvert without knowing her right wing, ACT connections?
Postal voting is a great idea for some – but not for everyone.
The problem with postal voting is that ballot papers can be misplaced; piles of other correspondence placed on top; and otherwise forgotten.
We need to run the postal voting system alongside the voting station option.
The best rationale for returning to ballot booths is that they are a visible reminder for people to vote.
I recall the very first time I ever voted. It was the Wellington local body election and I was driving past the old Wellington Children's Dental Clinic in Willis St.
Voting stations may be more expensive, but cost should not be a determinant for democracy. As well as reminding people, they are a community-oriented means by which to cast your vote. There are others around you doing the same thing and this builds a sense of social cohesion and purpose.
It is the "watering hole" for local democracy.
There's nothing much community-minded to tick a box on a piece of paper and posting it. Or sitting at your computer clicking on a box via e-voting.
Sometimes, doing things the "old fashioned way" should not be automatically dismissed as "obsolete".
The biggest fault and brick-bat for the low voter turn-out, I reserve for this current government. John Key's administration has done more to marginalise local body democracy and engender growing apathy than any other causal factor.
In April 2009, ACT MP and Minister for Local Government, Rodney Hide, refused to allow Aucklanders the chance to voice their opinion – via a referendum – whether or not to create the Auckland "super council".
"The difficulty with a referendum is it would cost a million dollars and it would just ask `yes' or `no'.
The people of Auckland had no voice in the matter.
To date, Ecan still has no elected councillors and it's governing body is appointed by John Key's government.
"...to abolish Environment Canterbury to fast-track large-scale irrigation.
Papers obtained by Forest & Bird under the Official Information Act show that from September last year briefings to Ministers and Cabinet papers focussed on the Hurunui and Rakaia rivers and how the Crown could help remove "blockages" to their progress.
It appears that National had less-than-transparent reasons for dismissing Ecan's councillors and replacing democratically elected representatives with hand-picked appointees.
The people of Canterbury had no voice in the matter.
Considering National's track record on riding rough-shod over community concerns; subverting local democracy; ignoring public opinion; and prepared to dismiss the forthcoming referendum on asset sales – Brownlee's assurances ring hollow.
In fact, National had such faith in the democratic process – including "checks and balances" – that the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Bill 2011 was rushed through under urgency in July 2011.
CERA's un-elected CEO is Roger Sutton, who is appointed and answerable solely to Minister Brownlee.
The Government is becoming increasingly heavy-handed over Auckland's housing shortage, with talk of a new Crown agency to free up more land.
Environment Minister Amy Adams has suggested stripping the Auckland Council of some planning powers for three years to allow a Crown agency to play a role increasing the city's residential land supply.
New Housing Minister Nick Smith has also released a Government report which, he says, shows a worrying trend of reduced land availability and soaring section prices.
Last week, Dr Smith vowed to break the "stranglehold" of Auckland Council's policy of containing urban sprawl – a policy he said was "killing the dreams of Aucklanders" by driving up house prices.
National's heavy-handedness on this matter was in direct response to Labour's (well-founded) accusations that the current government was not addressing a critical housing shortage in this country.
National was content to see urban sprawl for short-term political gain, with Nick Smith's outrageous hyperbole that the Unitary Plan would result in "killing the dreams of Aucklanders".
Despite the Auckland super-city being a creation of the National-ACT government, they were unwilling to allow Aucklanders the chance to solve their own problems.
One wonders if it wouldn't be cheaper to simply abolish the Auckland Council and appoint Nick Smith as Commissar for Auckland, and run directly from the Beehive? At least it would be more honest.
That's an awful lot of effort that Smith and his ministerial cronies are putting into an an issue that isn't really a crisis at all.
Earthquake recovery minister, Gerry Brownlee, has an almost 'schizophrenic' attitude when it comes to the housing crisis in Christchurch.
However, the Government was careful about how it influenced the housing market, he said.
If it had jumped in earlier, it could have artificially lowered the appetite of private investors to provide a solution that could be lucrative for investors, he said.
Christchurch City Council has been given an ultimatum – sign off the city's land use recovery plan or the government will go it alone.
Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee has lost patience with councillors and says he'll meet them on Friday in a final bid to solve the problem.
If that doesn't work he's going to use the powers parliament gave him to ratify the plan himself.
The plan allows more buildings on existing sections in urban areas and Mr Brownlee says its a vital to get house building moving.
This is what centralised government rule, from a small clique of ministers, looks like.
Interestingly, Smith never actually defined what constituted "core services".
"In narrowing their purpose clause, it may exclude them from providing those services, or at least challenge their thinking about whether those services should be provided.
So, for example, if central government decides not to house the poorest people in our communities – by reducing state housing – that evidently means that local bodies must also sit on their hands and see homelessness increase? Is that how it works under a centralised National regime?
That is what I take from Key's comments.
What voters want is apparently irrelevant.
What central government wants trumps local communities needs.
Any one or two instances of central-government interference in local body affairs could be dismissed and quickly forgotten. But taken together, there is a growing, pernicious perception (perception?!) that important decisions are emanating from The Beehive and independent local body representation is little more than illusory.
One has to wonder how motivated people are to engage in local body politics, knowing that the decisions of their locally-elected representatives can be over-ridden by a minister from central government?
If that doesn't foster apathy, what will?
Key and his henchmen/women need to keep their grubby paws of local body bodies. They should have enough on their plate with high unemployment; high debt; critical housing problems; struggling manufacturing sector; environmental problems; etc.
We don't need a Keygrad and National Politburo micro-managing our communities. This is one instance where the State (or at least central government) can – and should – stay out of our lives.
And supreme irony of ironies, it was the Nats who labelled the previous Labour-led governments as "Helengrad". In reality, Labour was a Libertarian party in comparison to this neo-Muldoonist system of centralised planning and control.
"Next time you see John Key smiling, remember he's not smiling because he likes you, he's smiling because he's giving favours to his mates while undermining your democracy.
But we have seen all this before… Robert Muldoon would recognise this Government as one after his own heart, but with better spin doctors and a smilier disposition.
This blogpost was first published on The Daily Blog on 29 November 2013.
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National's supposed earthquake recovery minister, Gerry Brownlee was on Morning Report on 2 December, complaining that the small turnout was more about apathy than a "sea change" in public opinion wanting to see a change in government.
Is that right, Mr Brownlee?
Does that mean that the same can be said of the 2011 election results, which was the lowest voter turn-out since 1887, where over 800,000 New Zealanders did not vote?
Or is it a "good result" – despite a small voter turnout – only if the Nats come out of it looking good?


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The Dobie Team consists of four highly intelligent and obedient Dobermans who love to show off all of the skills they've learned. You won't believe your eyes! Breed of dog, named for the creator of the breed, Louis Dobermann. Mr. Dobermann was a tax collector in Germany and wanted a good protection dog.
Dobermans are truly a man-made breed. Some of the breeds thought to have contributed to the Doberman are German Pinschers, Manchester terriers, Weimeraners, and Rottweiler.
The Doberman Pinscher was developed in Germany during the late 19th century, primarily as a guard dog. His exact ancestry is unknown, but he's believed to be a mixture of many dog breeds, including the Rottweiler, Black and Tan Terrier, and German Pinscher. With his sleek coat, athletic build, and characteristic cropped ears and docked tail, the Doberman Pinscher looks like an aristocrat. He is a highly energetic and intelligent dog, suited for police and military work, canine sports, and as a family guardian and companion.


A theorem proved by J.-P. Serre in 1965 about the cohomology of pro- -groups which has important consequences in group cohomology and representation theory (cf. also Pro- -group; Cohomology of groups). The original proof appeared in [a7], a proof in the context of finite group cohomology appears in [a1].
Let denote a fixed prime number and a pro- -group, that is, an inverse limit of finite -groups (cf. also -group). Assume that is not an elementary Abelian -group (i.e. it is not isomorphic to for some indexing set , where is cyclic of order ). Then Serre's theorem asserts that there exist non-trivial cohomology classes such that the product , where is the Bockstein operation associated to the exact coefficient sequence (see [a9] and Cohomology operation). Note that for this is simply the squaring operation.
which the theorem asserts to be the trivial extension class.
The original application of Serre's result was for proving that if is a profinite group without elements of order , then the -cohomological dimension of is equal to the -cohomological dimension of for any open subgroup (see [a8] for more on this; cf. also Cohomological dimension).
However, it is also a basic technical result used in proving the landmark result (see [a5] and [a6]) that the Krull dimension (cf. Dimension) of the cohomology of a finite group is equal to the rank of the largest elementary Abelian -subgroup in . More precisely, Serre's theorem can be used to verify that for a finite non-Abelian -group , the Krull dimension of (the maximal rank of a polynomial subalgebra) is determined on maximal proper subgroups, hence leading to an inductive argument which can be reduced to elementary Abelian subgroups.
This, in turn, can be extended to arbitrary finite groups and to cohomology with coefficients in a modular representation. Indeed, it is a basic result in the theory of complexity and cohomological varieties in representation theory. This is explained [a2], [a3] and [a4].


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Biden's Energy Plan Could Kill 5 Million Blue-Collar Jobs
By Stephen Moore
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Joe Biden just can't get his story straight on his green energy promises.
In Pittsburgh, in front of union workers last month, he declared: "I am not banning fracking. Let me say that again. I am not banning fracking. No matter how many times Donald Trump lies about me."
But that is far from what he was saying earlier this year. During a March Democratic primary debate exchange between Sen. Bernie Sanders and Biden, Sanders started by saying: "I'm talking about stopping fracking as soon as we possibly can. I'm talking about telling the fossil fuel industry that they are going to stop destroying this planet -- no ifs, buts and maybes about it."
"So am I," Biden replied.
After that famous Biden-Sanders debate, the Biden campaign issued a retraction, meaning this isn't really what the former vice president meant to say. And, admittedly, he's old; he loses his train of thought; he can't be expected to remember his latest official position on fracking every week. His latest flip and flop is no drilling permits on federal lands.
But what is unambiguous and in big, bold writing in the Biden "buy America" plan is his signature pledge to the climate change crusaders to end fossil fuel use in America by 2035. This, of course, is a de facto ban on fracking, because if we aren't going to use the energy, why would anyone drill for it?
That Biden zero-carbon emissions target requires a glide path to no fossil fuel production and consumption 15 years from now. Given that we currently get about 80% of our energy from oil, gas and coal, according to Daniel Yergin, a world expert on energy, getting down to zero is going to be a gut-wrenching experience for blue-collar workers.
There are a lot of them. The oil, gas and coal industry accounts for somewhere between 5 and 10 million jobs, depending on how you count them. These are almost all high-paying blue-collar jobs -- the kind that Biden laughably says he wants to bring back home to America -- and hundreds of thousands of them are in battleground states such as Ohio, Pennsylvania and Colorado. How the left ever thinks it will turn Texas blue by promising to ban oil is one of life's great mysteries. Liberals must really believe Texans are stupid people.
The Wall Street Journal reports that, in 2019, the U.S. led the world in oil and gas production. Because of fracking, we passed Saudi Arabia in output. In other words, oil and gas IS made in America now, thanks, in no small part, to President Donald Trump's all-in strategy of making the USA energy dominant.
So, Biden is telling us we are going to bring jobs back home by decapitation of our energy industry. Wind and solar account for about 5% of our energy consumption today, so even if we double their output, we still need to have access to other energy. Under the Biden plan, it sure looks like we will have to get it from Russia, Saudi Arabia and even China, which is planning to build hundreds of coal plants over the next decade.
The leaders of Beijing could care less about climate change. What they do care about is global economic domination by knocking America off our pedestal. Biden's energy plan would give President Xi Jinping and his fellow communists a big assist.
Stephen Moore is co-founder of the Committee to Unleash Prosperity and a member of President Trump's Economic Recovery Task Force.
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I Had a Random Thought (About Video Games)
By tegan, June 21, 2014 in Video Gaming
Ninety-Three
I just spent ten minutes clearing out my Steam inventory by selling off dozens of stupid Steam Trading cards for a few cents each. Then I went to the next tab of my inventory and found this.
Hot damn. Apparently the hat economy is still going strong.
Great Axe of Social Justice +1
Over the last 5 years, there have probably been more 60-80 score games I've loved than 80-100 score games, but there's still a lot of trash in the 60-80, so it's a more or less meaningless number for me. My current obsession, Warframe, scores a 68 on Metacritic, mostly because it's a game that been actively developed for around 3 years and all the reviews are from much earlier in the development period.
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The play of games to come
Location: SF
The idea of paying for characters in a game that's designed to be competitive is such a mind boggling concept to me. I've never been into the competitive scene for any game so maybe I'm just making things up but what Twig says makes a lot of sense to me. Take the classic EVO moment 37 when Daigo perfectly parries Justin Wong's entire super. That kind of technique requires intimate knowledge of the other character's moveset. Imagine if he had to pay for Chun-li, he might not have been able to pull of one of gaming's most iconic moments. Players like that might main a small number of characters, but I'm sure they've at least tried them all to figure out their strengths and weaknesses.
Gaming is weird.
Yeah I think this is exactly right. I've found the fastest way to learn how to play against a hero I have difficulty dealing with in DOTA is to play that hero a couple of times, and see how other people stomp me. Restricting off characters like that strikes me as anti-competitive, and just generally kind of a bad deal for your community.
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Generally the games that hit the 80-100 are incredibly safe, and have incredibly broad appeal. There are some pretty boring games in that range - like Dragon Age Inquisition.
I can't think of any 50-80 games that I love though, but I also don't know my favourite games' metacritic scores.
Just having a quick look, Wonderful 101 and Driveclub are enjoyable games in the 70s. I also own Alien isolation, but I've not played past the 3rd chapter. Should not have started that game on hard. It's crazy hard!
I know that Deadly Premonition had a pretty terrible Metacritic score, and it's high on my list of fav games ever. I'm one of those people who tend to seek out others opinions on a game after I've finished it, and have noticed over the last couple of years that a lot of games I liked scored in the low to mid 70s.
Holy fuck, someone not only found Driveclub enjoyable, but enough someones found it enjoyable to give it the 7/10 of approval?
I'm Blown Away.
Do you all like data? Do you like analysis of data? Prompted by this discussion, I just went through my two hundred-some Steam library and noted everything's Metacritic rating, plus whether or not I loved the game. Would anyone be interested in a post about what I learned?
I love datas both big and small.
I've never really used Meta Critic or Rotten Tomato. But I will use steam user reviews. I like to see how the opinions balance easily one or two funny reviews, and how many people are posting their thoughts and how many hours they have played.
I'm not sure if it's the best though, plenty of reviews either end up with "this sux" or a novel length meditation on what it means to be a new entry in x series as thought by TrueRedditGamer#92020.
Anyway it seems super weird to even want all the champions from League. Maybe I'm the weird one here but I thought most people pick one or two roles to specialise in, pick those heroes, grow that pool, and then start buying some of the cheaper heroes of other roles for diversity. Like my partner only plays mages and supports, while I mostly play the same with a few top fighters and junglers thrown in. I don't like how slow it is to get a new champ that's for sure.
That new Hots hero Cho'gall seems pretty fun but he's a single hero with two ability sets split between two players and only controlled by one player. That sounds pretty chaotic and fun but I have no idea how you'd go about having to buy, or queue as him.
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I use Metacritic exclusively for movies, because Metacritic can differentiate between polarising and mediocre movies much better than Rotten Tomatoes can. I still read reviews.
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Quit gettin' mad
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They're currently running a thing where you can ride along with someone who owns cho'gall as the other head even if you don't have him, and if you win two games together you also get the hero for your account.
Once you have him, the quest turns into a big chunk of gold reward for spreading the love to two other players. It looks like they really want to push this guy. I can't blame them, it's a very unique and fun design. I had a lot of fun (and some frustration) earning him with a friend.
The problem with Metacritic is that it pulls from a load of different sites and weights them differently, but a) pulls from some really crappy sites, and sunglasses) does not disclose that weighting.
Oh that's super nice! He's pretty much the only thing that is making me want to dip back into Hots right now so maybe I'll just bug my boyfriend to get him so he'll be the mage and I'll be the legs. Then we can talk to our pro gamer friends and become elite Cho'gall comp gamers
The legs are doing the hard part btw. Positioning is king in all LoMas.
Does that mean you have fewer lords on the field, or are there more players per team? That's a huge mechanical change.
There's fewer lords on the field, but one of the lords is ~2x as strong as a regular one. It costs some mobility but makes for great pushing power.
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I do used to check metacritc not because the scores but just because it was a quick way to check several reviews of the same game.
I do think that several games which I enjoy or like are mostly like stay in the 70% below (or slight higher) on metacritic such FF type 0 HD, FF XIII, Elminage Gothic, Dynasty Warriors (and Samurai Warriors) but maybe for differente reasons, such few outlets doing a review of it per exemple. But anyway, I don´t mind this scores at all - even on steam, where player reviews are more dynamic (FFXIII start at very low but rised up to positive) some games such Attila, which have mixed reviews is one of the Total Wars which I liked a lot.
Sure, go for it. That's the kind of thing I would think about doing if I didn't have any games I'd rather play right now.
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My other head is Waluigi
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... but none of them really clicked for me until I ended up getting Singed at some point....
Man, Singed is the one thing I miss most about LoL. Sometimes I wish I could just import him directly into Dota. I know people (myself included) like to give LoL a hard time for making all their lords clones of each other, but is there another character in LoL or really any LoMa that plays like that glorious goofball? You spend the entire game running in circles near enemy players and if they ever try to kill you you can just walk away and they can't even chase you. Seriously, if I remember right you spend 20% of the game tossing people into your team and the other 80% running around farting purple shit in the general vicinity of the enemy. It's hilarious, and it almost makes me want to install League again.
Bristleback maybe kind of if you squint?
Yeah BB has a BIT of what Singed has, and when he was first released I was stoked to have a Singe-alike, but alas.
He is legit my absolute favorite League champ for all the reasons you mention. ):
(I also like Rammus a lot, just because GOTTA GO FAST!
And Sona because I love being a roaming healing bomb.
And Kog'maw, mostly just cause he's a cool gross monster. And I bought the butterfly skin and it was hilarious.)
BB is great fun for sure, and I don't want to imply he is a less fun version of singed, but he's really only similar enough to remind me of what I once had.
I'm glad we are all on the same page on this.
I went through my Steam Library, which by pure coincidence, contains exactly 200 games with Metacritic ratings. I labeled each one as "Love it" or not. My definition of "Love it" is vague and completely arbitrary, but suffice it to say there are lots of games I've liked, and plenty I've played for dozens of hours, that didn't make "Love it".
70 games were marked "Love it", 130 weren't. The average Metacritic score of beloved games was 82.4, and the average score of unloved games was 79.2. The distribution of the data is best illustrated by this graph:
I'm quite surprised by how clean the graph is, it makes things very easy to interpret. Clearly Metacritic score is linearly correlated with whether or not I will like a game, but that correlation is very weak.
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InBetween is a game for two players, competing against each other to either protect or devour the inhabitants of Upsideville in a tug-of-war between the Human and Creature dimensions.
During a game of InBetween, the Creature player is trying to devour the inhabitants of Upsideville by drawing them ever deeper into its home dimension, while the Town player is trying to increase the safety of the inhabitants in the Human dimension until they are secured from the Creature's depredations. Players take turns playing cards and using abilities that will draw the Characters further into their dimension. At the same time they are trying to increase their Awareness of their opponent so as to enhance a powerful one-time ability that may affect the game's outcome. There are several routes to victory in InBetween; a player can win by drawing enough Characters into their dimension, or by increasing their Awareness to its highest level.
The fate of Upsideville is in the hands of the players. Will the Town and its people be able to win and walk peacefully once again around? Or will the darkness triumph, and the horrifying creature will walk freely between the alleys?


Some actions are purely instinctive, and some instincts purely dormant before actuated in a passion. To me, photography came just like an instinct – hibernating at first and eventually habituating, more or less as a profession. Fortunately, it didn't lay dormant for long and I have been experimenting and perfecting my instincts, for quite a few years now. A photograph is not merely an instant documented close to reality; it is more of a drama encapsulated in a single frame. Just as a poet adopts a word-approach to portray drama and emotions of instances, a photographer reflects on his interpretations of a subject in a photograph which may have been inspired by muses galore.
Social life is what I mostly reflect on in my photography. A major part of my work is based on protagonists of daily life instances, the people – the drama of whom is verily worth musing.
As for my professional résumé, I have photographed for several brands like Forbes Asia Magazine & CFO Asia Magazine.


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Double Whammy – Weds 4th Feb 2015
By Jeannette | March 4, 2015
Poor, poor D.
Not only was it injection time this morning, which – understandably – she's gets very anxious about, but she also got pushed over in the playground after lunch and, as a result has very poorly, bloodied knees.
She's extremely visual so the sight of the abrasions and bruises coming up is making her even more fragile.
School phoned me after it happened and said she was "fine" and that she'd said she didn't want to do dance club after school, at which I thought "well done D, for saying that you didn't want to go, for speaking up".
What they didn't say what an absolute state her knees were in and that they were only cleaned up before her leggings went back on …. so you can imagine that the wounds were full of tiny little material fibres, all stuck to the dried blood, which is going to definitely hinder the healing process.
D has a severe allergy to plasters so it's gauze and micropore tape on occasions like these. I would have been only too happy to have gone into school and dressed her knees if they'd said. They're also hurting her too. Slightly miffed Mumma here.
But it could be worse, I'm grateful it's not.
She understands that the wounds need to be looked after and there will be ouchie bits from the tape going on and off and the cleaning. Something I'll be doing at home with her tomorrow, with a duvet day. Bunny will be in for a lot of cuddle-duties too.
T wasn't too pleased at plans changing at the last minute, we normally have some coffee shop 1:1 time whilst D is at after school club, he's been okay with her though thankfully.
I hope everyone's day has gone well Jx
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Karen Sellers on 10th March 2015 at 8:01 pm.
You would think that school could have used micropore tape, that's hardly an expensive item to keep in the first aid kit *frowns*
Jeannette on 22nd November 2015 at 10:50 am.
I know, very strange, esp as I've seen it all in the cupboards when she has her injections *frowns back* x
Mamaasp on 18th March 2015 at 9:06 pm.
Oh dear, hope it gets better soon xxx
Thanks, it always does but it's frustrating that with nurses etc, they can't cover it with gauze x


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We are HUGE Jason's Deli fans in our family, and eat there 3-4 times a month. The boys love the kids' meals, the muffins, and of course the ice cream. We love the food and the organic ingredients (and the fact that the boys eat well there), and how friendly everyone is at our local location.
When I heard about an opportunity to help promote their Sandwich Shuffle competition, I couldn't pass that up. This is a fun contest where you design your own sandwich at SandwichShuffle.com and then enter to win. Win what, you ask?
Pretty good reason to play, right? Each week four $100 gift cards will be awarded to the contestants that have submitted their entry. There will also be a $5,000 grand prize winner (the sandwich that receives the most votes), a $2,000 prize & a $1,000 prize.
It's really easy (and fun) to enter. Just build your dream sandwich, then share with friends and family and get them to vote for your creation!
I included Herbed Foccacia bread, meatballs, pepperoni, asiago & provolone cheeses, Roma tomatoes, and basil pesto on my sandwich – it sounds like something Brian would choose.
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Earle, Fontaine Richard
Fontaine Richard Earle was a major in the Thirty-fourth Arkansas Infantry (CSA) from Cane Hill (Washington County). He fought in a number of Civil War battles in the Trans-Mississippi Theater and later served northwest Arkansas as a legislator (1866–1867), minister, teacher, administrator, and author. Fontaine R. Earle was born on January 9, 1831, in Pond River, Kentucky. His parents, Samuel Baylis Earle and Jane Woodson Earle, were farmers in Pond River; he had eight siblings. Earle received bachelor's degrees in arts and divinity from Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee, in 1858. He moved to Boonsboro (now Cane Hill) in 1859 to become president of Cane Hill College and a Cumberland Presbyterian minister. During the Civil War, he became engaged to …
Eastham, Alan, Jr.
Alan Eastham Jr. was a career Foreign Service officer. Over the course of thirty-five years, he held posts in countries all over the globe, establishing a special expertise and serving his longest stints in countries on the African continent. Upon his retirement from the Foreign Service, he returned to Arkansas and became a member of the faculty at his alma mater, Hendrix College. Alan Eastham Jr. was born on October 16, 1951, in Dumas (Desha County). He received his early education in the local schools and spent much of his time at the local public library. In 1973, he earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Hendrix College in Conway (Faulkner County). He later earned a law degree from Georgetown …
Eaves, Thomas Cary Duncan
Thomas Cary Duncan Eaves taught in the English Department at the University of Arkansas (UA) in Fayetteville (Washington County) for thirty-seven years, ultimately being named a UA University Professor. Along with fellow UA professor Ben Drew Kimpel, Eaves wrote the definitive biography of eighteenth-century novelist Samuel Richardson; they also published numerous articles on Richardson and the works of twentieth-century poet Ezra Pound. Highly regarded as a scholar, Eaves was also renowned for the liveliness of his lectures and was a favorite among students in his department. Born in Union, South Carolina, on October 11, 1918, Duncan Eaves (who published under the name T. C. Duncan Eaves) was the only child of Donald Matheson Eaves and Louisa Duncan Eaves. He attended …
Elam, Lloyd Charles
Lloyd C. Elam was a groundbreaking psychiatrist and college administrator who founded the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee, and later served as that college's president. He was inducted into the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame in 1997. Lloyd Charles Elam was born on October 27, 1928, in Little Rock (Pulaski County) to Harry Elam and Ruth Davis Elam. Elam was baptized at age seven at Christ Temple Church of Christ (Holiness) USA in Little Rock; he was active in Sunday school, becoming superintendent of the Sunday school at age seventeen. He attended Stephens Elementary School, then Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, where he graduated at the age of fifteen in 1944. Elam …
Elrod, Ben
Ben Moody Elrod was a prominent educational and civic leader in the latter part of the twentieth century. A minister, fundraiser, and educator dedicated to expanding students' worldview, he played a central role in the growth and development of what is now Ouachita Baptist University (OBU). Ben M. Elrod was born on October 13, 1930, in Rison (Cleveland County). The second son of Searcy Elrod and Frances Sadler Elrod, he got his early education in Rison, but beginning at age fifteen he spent part of two years serving as a page in the U.S. House of Representatives. It was during his time in Washington DC that he first felt called to the ministry. After returning to Rison in time to …
Evans, David L.
David L. Evans worked as an engineer on the Saturn rockets and Apollo moon landing missions but became best known later for his recruitment efforts on behalf of Harvard University, where his work led to greater diversity in the student body. He was inducted into the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame in 2005. David L. Evans was born in 1939 in Wabash (Phillips County), near Helena (Phillips County), to sharecropper parents; he was the fourth of seven children. His father died when he was ten years old. Family members encouraged his mother, pregnant with her seventh child, to move to Chicago, Illinois, or Cleveland, Ohio. Instead, his mother left tenant farming and became a maid. When Evans was sixteen, his …


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by: DAVID KEYTON, Associated Press
Posted: Jul 11, 2019 / 03:40 PM CDT / Updated: Jul 13, 2019 / 03:51 AM CDT
The competitors of the first Heavy Metal Knitting world championship react on stage, Thursday, July 11, 2019 in Joensuu, Finland. With stage names such as 'Woolfumes,' 'Bunny Bandit' and '9″ Needles,' the goal was quite simple: to showcase their knitting skills whilst dancing to heavy metal music in the most outlandish way possible. (AP Photo/David Keyton)
JOENSUU, Finland (AP) — Armed with needles and a yarn of wool, teams of avid knitters danced Thursday to the deafening sounds of drums beating and guitars slashing at the first-ever Heavy Metal Knitting World Championship in eastern Finland.
With stage names such as Woolfumes, Bunny Bandit and 9″ Needles, the participants shared a simple goal: to showcase their knitting skills while dancing to heavy metal music in the most outlandish way possible.
"It's ridiculous but it's so much fun," said Heather McLaren, an engineering PhD student who traveled from Scotland for a shot at the "world title." "When I saw there was a combination of heavy metal and knitting, I thought 'that's my niche.'"
The competition took place in a packed square in the small town of Joensuu close to the Russian border. An eclectic group of around 200 people watched the performances, from families with young children and elderly to the less conspicuous heavy metal fans donning leather-jackets and swirling their long hair to the fast-paced rhythm of the music.
A niche musical genre in many countries, heavy metal is more mainstream in Finland, with several bands household names frequently played on the radio. Its popularity grew further in 2006 when the Finnish band Lordi won the Eurovision Song Contest dressed as monsters.
Today, Finland has the highest number of heavy metal bands per capita in the world with over 50 bands per 100,000 people. Even former U.S. President Barack Obama commented on this rich tradition while welcoming his Finnish counterpart to the White House in 2016.
"In Finland it's very dark in the wintertime, so maybe it's in our roots. We're a bit melancholic, like the rhythm," said Mark Pyykkonen, one of three people judging the competition.
While combining heavy metal music with knitting might not seem an obvious match, the organizers say it's similar to other unusual events in Finland, such as world championships in air guitar, swamp soccer, and wife carrying — Finnish ways of goofing around and making the most of the long summer nights in these northern latitudes.
"We have such dark and long winters," said Mari Karjalainen, one of the founders of the event. "This really gives us lots of time to plan for our short summers and come up with silly ideas."
Thursday's competition saw participants from nine countries, including the United States, Japan, and Russia, put on inspired performances full of theatrics, passion and drama and the jury struggled to agree upon a winner.
Finally, it was a Japanese performance by the five-person Giga Body Metal team that clinched the title with a show featuring crazy sumo wrestlers and a man dressed in a traditional Japanese kimono.
"It's a great release," said Elise Schut, a 35-year-old nurse from Michigan who performed with her 71-year-old mother and 64-year-old family friend, Beth Everson, who added that "knitting is such a meditative activity but now it's energetic and heart pumping."
After the success and fun of this first championship, the organizers announced they would repeat it next summer, adding Heavy Metal Knitting to the already long list of weird and yet hilarious Finland summer gatherings.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — The U.S. Air Force has warned people against participating in an internet joke suggesting a large crowd of people "storm Area 51," the top-secret Cold War test site in the Nevada desert.
A prank event on Facebook that's attracted more than 1 million interested people suggests that a mass of people attempt to run into the mysterious site at 3 a.m. on Sept. 20.
ROME (AP) — A brown bear in Italy has eluded capture for a third day, following its escape from an electrified enclosure in a forested Alpine region. Appeals mounted urging authorities not to shoot it.
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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Feb. 19, 2015) - Lucara Diamond Corp. ("Lucara" or the "Company") (TSX:LUC) (BOTSWANA:LUC) (NASDAQ OMX Stockholm:LUC) is pleased to report full year revenues of $266 million and a year-end cash balance of $101 million.
Revenues: During the year the Company had sales totaling 412,136 carats for gross proceeds of $265.5 million at an average price of $644 per carat. The increase in revenues of 47% or $85.0 million compared to the prior year was due to higher prices received for the Karowe diamonds and a larger number of carats being sold in the large exceptional stones tenders, which contributed $135.6 million to revenues. The exceptional stone sales resulted in an average price of $32,471 per carat in 2014 (2013: $24,290 per carat, with the remaining tenders achieving $318 per carat (2013: $249 per carat).
Cash flows and operating margins: The Company's EBITDA for the year was $173.4 million compared to the previous year of $102.9 million. The strong operating margins were largely due to the exceptional stone sales and the Company's focus on cost control, which resulted in a cost per tonne treated of $28 compared to guidance of $31-$33 per tonne.
Net cash position: The Company's year-end cash balance was $100.8 million compared to a cash balance of $49.4 million at the end of 2013. The increase in the Company's cash balance was due to its strong operating cash flows, which more than financed the Company's plant optimization expenditure of $35 million and its dividend payment to shareholders of $27 million during the year. The Company's Scotiabank $50 million credit facility remains undrawn.
Karowe operating performance: Karowe's performance was in line with forecast for the year in terms of ore and waste mined and carats recovered. Karowe recovered 815 special stones (+10.8 carats; 2013 recovery of 732 specials) during the year. This included 27 stones greater than 100 carats (2013: 17 stones) and 4 stones over 200 carats (2013: 4 stones). The plant optimization program is advancing to plan and the plant is expected be commissioned during Q2 2015 within the $55 million forecast cost.
Adjusted Earnings per share and Return on Capital Employed: Adjusted earnings per share was $0.24 per share for the year ended December 31, 2014 (2013: adjusted earnings per share was $0.17) and $0.05 per share for the quarter ended December 31, 2014 (2013: adjusted earnings per share was $0.05).
The Companies strong earnings have resulted in the Company achieving a return on capital employed ('ROCE') of 63% during the year. ROCE increased from 37% in 2013 following the increase in sales from the exceptional stone tender and the Companies operating and capital cost discipline.
Dividends: In 2014, the Company paid a special dividend of CA$ 0.04 per share in addition to its regular dividend of CA$ 0.04 per share. The total dividend paid in 2014 by the Company of US$27 million was equivalent to a dividend yield of 3.7% based on the TSX closing price on December 31, 2014 and a dividend cover of 3.4x using adjusted net income.
Mothae divestment: On December 22, 2014, the Company announced it would divest of the Mothae project based on the Company's development strategy and the extensive work conducted on understanding the economics of the asset. The Company does not believe that sufficient shareholder value can be gained through expenditure of current cash reserves on further assessment and development of this project.
Botswana Prospecting Licenses: The Company was awarded two precious stone prospecting licenses within the Orapa Kimberlite field in close proximity to the Karowe Diamond mine during the year. The Company has ordered a bulk sampling plant and will commence work programs on the two prospecting licenses during 2015.
William Lamb, President and Chief Executive Officer commented "We are very pleased that our second full year of operations saw us deliver on our major commitments to our shareholders through operational delivery which resulted in us selling over 412,000 carats for $266 million at an operating margin in excess of 80%.
We remain disciplined with our deployment of capital focusing on completing our plant optimization program to enhance our recovery of diamonds from Karowe, advancing our exploration program in Botswana and making the decision to dispose of Mothae based on our strict investment criteria. Our focus on return on capital is driving the right behaviors and at an average return on capital of 50% over the past two years we have built a strong balance sheet while rewarding shareholders with the payment of our first dividend during 2014. We are pleased that the continued recovery of exceptional diamonds at Karowe during the year allowed us to increase our return to shareholders with our special dividend.
Following a period of weakening diamond prices during the end of 2014, we saw improved market conditions and firmer prices at our first sale of 2015. The long term fundamentals for the rough diamond market continue to be strong. As a Company, we remain focused on our delivery of optimal results at the Karowe mine and anticipate an exciting 2015, which will see us complete our plant optimization program during the second quarter. We will also be advancing into the higher value south lobe on a sustainable basis during the second half of the year."
(1) Revenue is presented based on cash receipts received during the period and excludes tender proceeds received after each quarter end. See results of operations in MD&A (page 3) for reconciliation of revenue and total proceeds for tenders received for each quarter.
(2) Net loss in Q4 2014 was mainly generated by the Mothae impairment and restoration charge: $21.2 million in the period.
The second full year of operations at Karowe was a success with all operational and cost targets either being met or exceeded. Safety and Health LTIFR for 2014 was 0.99 (measured per 1,000,000 hours), and 500,000 LTI free hours had been worked on the plant optimization project. At year-end, Karowe reported 1,064,481 LTI free hours. No reportable environmental incidents occurred during the year.
Mining and process production at Karowe were in line with forecast for 2014. Tonnes of ore mined were in line with forecast, and at a slightly higher grade. Waste stripping was also in line with the mine plan achieving three months of exposed ore for plant feed at year-end. The process plant has dealt with processing the increasingly harder ore encountered at depth and the plant upgrade project has progressed well and delivered two new circuits and the large diamond recovery within 2014 as per schedule.
The Mothae project is located in northeast Lesotho. On December 22, 2014, the Company announced it would divest of the Mothae project. The Company does not believe that sufficient shareholder value can be gained through expenditure of current cash reserves on further assessment and development of this project.
The Company's decision to cease development resulted in an impairment charge of $18.8 million in 2014, which is included in other expenses and reflects a write-down of Mothae project's carrying value of $18.8 million. The Company also incurred a $2.4 million restoration charge to increase its Mothae closure cost provisions to $2.9 million.
The plant upgrade project to modify the process plant to treat harder, more dense ore at depth is well advanced. The Company has spent approximately $35 million of the forecasted $55 million. A bleed screen circuit and secondary gyratory crusher have been commissioned along with the large diamond recovery circuit, which has been installed and in operation since September 2014.
Karowe is forecast to process 2.3-2.5 million tonnes of ore and to sell 400,000 to 420,000 carats of diamond in 2015. Revenue is forecast between $230 and $240 million.
Ore mined is forecast between 2.5-2.8 million tonnes and waste mined is expected to be between 12.0-12.5 million tonnes.
Capital expenditures include the completion of the Karowe's plant optimization project during the second quarter of 2015 for a total cost of $55 million and sustaining capital expenditure is forecast between $7.5-$8.5 million in 2015. This includes a mill relining machine for a full cost of $5 million of which $3 million will be send in 2014.
The Company has also forecast exploration expenditures of $7.0-$8.0 million for work on its two Botswana prospecting licenses, of which $2.0 million of a forecast total cost of $4.5 million on a bulk sample plant has been spent in 2014.
A full copy of our Financial Statements and Management's Discussion and Analysis ("MD&A") has been filed on our website at www.lucaradiamond.com and under our profile on: (i) SEDAR at www.sedar.com; and; (ii) the Botswana Stock Exchange's website at www.bse.co.bw.
Information in this release is price sensitive and has been made public in accordance with the Swedish Securities Market Act (2077:528).
Forward looking statements are based on the opinions and estimates of management as of the date such statements are made, and they are subject to a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievement expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The Company believes that expectations reflected in this forward-looking information are reasonable but no assurance can be given that these expectations will prove to be correct and such forward-looking information included herein should not be unduly relied upon. In particular, this release may contain forward looking information pertaining to the following: the estimates of the Company's mineral reserve and resources; estimates of the Company's production and sales volumes for the Karowe Mine; estimated costs to complete the Karowe Mine optimization, start-up, exploration and development plans and objectives, production costs, exploration and development expenditures and reclamation costs; expectation of diamond price and changes to foreign currency exchange rate; expectations regarding the need to raise capital; possible impacts of disputes or litigation and other risks and uncertainties describe under Risks and Uncertainties disclosed in the Company's Annual Information Form.


After the First World War expansion of the fledgling parish took place in the form of a lease on a tin building at the bottom of Nevill Road, formerly the 'Rottingdean Sanitary Laundry', which was converted to a chapel. In 1925, the Sisters opened the substantial Convent of St Martha much further up the High Street, facing The Green. These are the premises we are familiar with today.
Until the church of Our Lady of Lourdes was built in the village in 1957, the Convent chapel remained the centre of worship for Catholics from miles around. Mass is still said there two or three times a week. Sadly, only four Sisters remain on the premises today compared with, for example, eleven in a group picture taken in the 1970s. However, one of the Sisters in that photograph, Sr Cécile, returned from France to Rottingdean in October 2004 and is a link between the two phases of the Convent's development.
St Martha's Convent now offers holiday Accommodation. Please click on this link http://www.stmarthasrottingdean.co.uk/ for more details.
The centenary of the Sister's presence in the village was the subject of a feature in the diocesan paper, the A & B News, in December 2003 by Douglas d'Enno. For a detailed history of the Convent until 2001, see his book The Church in a Garden published in that year.


Every time I watch the J. Crew/Mastercard holiday commercial, I get lifestyle envy. There's "British!" style and 'Sparkly!" style, with each and every vignette featuring gorgeous people (and dog) in gorgeous J. Crew clothes. What's not to love? And maybe covet a little?


It's no surprise that encouragement from others can help you stick with an exercise program. But now, scientists say where that support comes from may be important too. In a study of more than 900 college-age people, researchers at Ohio State University in Columbus found that men were more likely to be active if they had support from their friends. Women were more likely to exercise if their family encouraged them to be active.
Though more research is needed, family support probably remains important for women later in life as well. "Having your husband and kids helping you out, asking how your routine is going, and especially exercising with you can be a big help," says lead researcher Lorraine Silver Wallace, PhD, now assistant professor at the University of Texas at Tyler. "Men benefit from having friends who want to do active pastimes such as golf with them."