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March 2017 File Photo/Austin American-Statesman
Texas Senate tentatively OKs private-school vouchers for disabled students
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AUSTIN — A school-finance bill that also would create tax credit scholarships to help disabled students attend private schools won tentative approval from the Senate on Monday.
Opponents warn it's the first step toward a school voucher-type program in Texas.
Bill author Sen. Larry Taylor, the Senate's chief public school policy writer, though, said that under the bill, relatively few disabled children would switch to private schools.
"Just a fraction of a fraction" of Texas' more than 5 million public school students — about 6,000 — would receive the scholarships donated by insurance companies, he stressed.
All of the chamber's 11 Democrats, except for Brownsville's Eddie Lucio Jr., voted against. All Republican senators except Robert Nichols of Jacksonville and Charles Perry of Lubbock supported the bill, which advanced, 19-12.
The Senate is expected to give it final approval Tuesday and send it to the House. There, it faces very uncertain prospects.
Taylor, a Friendswood Republican, said it would supplement, not injure, what public schools are doing for special education students.
However, Senate Democratic Caucus Chairman José Rodríguez of El Paso predicted only affluent families would be able to take advantage. Scholarships would be capped at $10,000 per student annually, he noted.
Last week, an administrator at a Catholic school in Austin testified that for a high schooler with dyslexia, the tab for tuition and services each year exceeds $13,000, Rodríguez recounted.
"Are you not concerned that a lot of these parents ... will not be able to come up with the money to cover the whole cost?" he said.
Taylor replied that a coalition of Texas private schools has reported that the median cost for high school tuition is $8,500; and for elementary school, $5,800.
"If it doesn't quite cover it all, I guarantee you some of these parents will go the extra mile," he said. They would take extra jobs if needed to cover the private school's cost, he said.
Texas senators' debate over private-school vouchers gets heated
Under the bill, insurers would donate money to a nonprofit "education service organization." They could write off up to $75 million of their gifts annually by taking credits on their insurance premium tax payments to the state.
Of the money, $60 million would go to the scholarships for students who spent the previous year in public school but want to switch to a private or religious school. The remaining $15 million would be parceled out in $500-per-year "educational expense assistance" stipends to an estimated 26,000 disabled students who would stay in public schools.
Public money, private schools
The money could be used for transportation to other programs in a school district, after-school care and educational materials. Future annual stipends would increase by 5 percent a year.
All special education students would be eligible for scholarships and the public-school stipends, as well as children who under Section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act receive accommodations for disabilities, but don't have an "individualized education plan."
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The bill also would spend $270 million over the next two years on school finance tweaks.
In one, $150 million in "hardship grants" would go to some of the financially strapped school districts that on Aug. 31 are scheduled to lose Additional State Aid for Tax Reduction. The program helped districts that otherwise would have lost funding after lawmakers in 2006 required districts to cut their maintenance and operation property tax rates by one-third.
Also, open-enrollment charter schools for the first time would receive money for facilities. The $60 million for charters would be matched by $60 million more for buildings and debt costs of public schools in the Existing Debt Allotment program. Taylor said that money would help "our fast-growth schools."
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick proposes millions in bonuses for Texas teachers
The $270 million for schools would be financed through an accounting trick — delaying by one month payments to Medicaid managed-care insurers.
Sen. Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo, warned against using the maneuver to pay for teacher pay raises and school finance increases, as proposed by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick. Doing so will create a $1.8 billion Medicaid IOU that lawmakers will have to pay in a stopgap spending bill next session, she warned.
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Until summer 2014, the family vehicle was a 1996 Ford Taurus hatchback in the 13th round of a 12th round boxing match with the US highway system. My mom's philosophy was to never, and I mean never, walk into a dealership when desperate. Emotional buying leads to impulsive purchases. So, we actually started looking for a new car as early as January 2013. At that stage, my mom's search was really vague. Her famous line was "a car is four wheels that gets you from point A to B". At the beginning of our car hunt, I liked cars in a detached sense but I wasn't nearly as versed in their vocabulary and models as I am now. Throughout the course of our car search, I fell in love with cars of every make and model.
Even as I grew more comfortable with the vernacular of car dealerships, it was still a stressful and difficult experience until the second we put the keys into the car we actually purchased -- about one and a half years after the day we first walked onto a lot. We ended up getting a 2013 Mazda 6 in the summer of 2014. Even as late as 2014, electric vehicles and hybrids were not as common or popular as they have grown to be today.
Yet, electrics and hybrids can still be more expensive than your average sedan/small SUV; as such, the question most people ask themselves on the lot is: is the higher price of an electric/hybrid vehicle worth the higher initial price? (or MSRP).
This guide is aimed at helping to answer some of those questions by comparing the 5 Year Cost to Own of popular gas-powered cars with premier electric and hybrid models. I have taken all 5 Year Cost to Own data from Kelley Blue Book's tool on their website.
We are going to compare popular car models on the basis of their initial MSRP off the lot and how much it costs to own them for a five year period, once you include costs like maintenance, fuel/electricity, repairs, and depreciation.
According to Kelley Blue Book, fuel accounts for up to 26% (over 1/4) of out-of-pocket expenses for car owners in a five year period. On that note, let's investigate the savings of cars that fun on less or no gas!
How is Fuel Cost Estimated?
Kelley Blue Book estimates 5 Year Fuel Cost "based on 15,000 miles per year (or the customized mileage you provided) and reflecting 45% highway driving and 55% city driving".
* Data based off of the Camry LE - the lowest priced style, All data courtesy of KBB 5 Year Cost to Own Tool, Costs DO NOT include projected interest from financing, as there is no reliable way for me to estimate your APR or down payment.
* Data based off of the Prius Two - the lowest priced style, All data courtesy of KBB 5 Year Cost to Own Tool, Costs DO NOT include projected interest from financing, as there is no reliable way for me to estimate your APR or down payment.
* Data based off of the Focus Sedan S - the lowest priced style, All data courtesy of KBB 5 Year Cost to Own Tool, Costs DO NOT include projected interest from financing, as there is no reliable way for me to estimate your APR or down payment.
* Data based off of the Volt LT - the lowest priced style, All data courtesy of KBB 5 Year Cost to Own Tool, Costs DO NOT include projected interest from financing, as there is no reliable way for me to estimate your APR or down payment.
To be honest, I was not expecting the electric and hybrid vehicles considered here to have such a high 5 year cost. It is a well known and accepted fact that hybrids and electric vehicles are more expensive off the lot than their gas-fueled counterparts of similar size, but the 5 year cost to own seriously shocked me.
With that said, the highest single cost on the electric and hybrid cars was depreciation. That makes sense, as the MSRP of Evs and hybrids is inflated by manufacturers right now. Additionally, since all EV and most hybrid cars are so new to market, it is really hard to find pre-owned models, forcing you to purchase a new model... and any new car is going to have significant depreciation the second you drive it off the lot.
You also have to consider that if you keep your car longer than a five year period, the fuel savings amplify further as there is less depreciation and other costs in year 6+. However, once you get around year 10+, you're going to be facing increased maintenance costs, so the "fuel savings are more in later years" statement is kind of a double-edged sword.
If you have more questions about electric vehicles vs traditional gas fueled cars, feel free to ask questions in the comments section. Also, I found this AMAZING Consumer Reports article with a wealth of information on "Electric Cars 101".


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Like a situation comedy, "JayJay" uses several cameras that shift the audience's point of view. "We're shooting 11 minutes of production animation a day said Douglas Rask, the show's producer. "It's a volume unheard of in animation."
Modern Cartoons falls short of the Holy Grail of animation :the simulation of human motion naturally. "JayJay" characters relie only on actors faces; their bodies are airplanes. But Mr. Walker thinks the show has achieved a breakthrough. "We've industrialized cartoon production with motion-capture." he said "I have been working toward this for 12 years."
The cable network owned by discovery communications and distributed to 70 million homes, has licensed 26 episodes for each of three years. The partners hope to turn a profit by selling foreign broadcast rights and merchandising. It's a path well trod by characters like Barney and Teletubbies, and "JayJay" has an advantage they lacked. Even before his first regular series, the character was well known to the preschool set.
In the last four years Mr. Michel has sold 250,000 "JayJay" videos that feature some of the same production techniques, mostly using direct-response advertising on two children's cable channels, Viacom's Nickelodeon and Time Warner's Cartoons Network. The learning Channel "is not a destination point for preschoolers" Mr. .Michel said "They have made a big commitment in giving us a time slot."
qualities animators strive for, said Joan Collins Carey, a visual effects producer who is assembling a documentary on computer animation.
"The direction Chris is going is leading the rest of the industry," she said "This is very good for studios who want to kick out content."
To orchestrate all the "JayJay" elements - seven character performers, two walk-on live-action characters, miniature sets and seven model airplanes - meant spending $1 million during the last year converting a missile plant in Oxnard Calif. into a studio. Proprietary software that synchronizes 35 Compaq Alpha NT computers does the job.
films such as the figures who dangled from ropes in "Titanic." Animated films like "Ants" from Dreamworls SKG get there three dimensional quality through the costly, time-consuming process of adding realistic lighting and backgrounds by computer.
Motion-capture makes animation more affordable by speeding production and lowering costs; it also improves production values by giving characters the humanistic
Computer animation is pushing into new territory on the wings of an unlikely fleet of cartoon airplanes - characters in a series for preschoolers that began Nov. 2nd on the Learning Channel on cable television.
Animators who create two-dimensional characters like those in the shows "SouthPark" and "Rugrats" routinely use computer graphics to replicate the hundreds of frames needed to make a character move. But the creators of the new show "JayJay the Jet Plane", are using a method called real-time performance animation in which the facial expressions of as many as seven actors are detected by sensors and fed into computers, giving expressive vitality to animated characters.
The so-called motion-capture technique has never been used for an entire 24 minute show, according to Bruce D. Johnson, a former Hanna -Barbera executive who started Porchlight Entertainment in Los Angeles to create children's programming. "JayJay" is a joint venture of Porchlight and Chris Walker's Modern Cartoons and the characters created by David Michel, a Dallas executive who hopes to convert the airplane stories he made up for his son into al licensing franchise.
Digital motion-capture technology has existed for a decade but it's use has been limited to a single virtual character for video or CD-ROM games and for effects in feature
Breakthrough techniques at 'JayJay the Jet Plane'
By ANDREA ADELSON
Chris Walker, executive producer of 'JayJay the Jetplane', CEO of Modern Cartoons Ltd., has developed a camera system that flesh-and-blood actors wear to capture their facial expressions, which are then added to their cartoon counterparts.
Future of Animation
On a Wing and a Smile
Giving Cartoons Human Expression
The creators of "JayJay The Jetplane" have used a technique called motion capture to animate the characters and speed up the production process.
Step1 An Artist does a sketch for one of the characters
Step2 A wire-frame outline of the character is drawn on a computer
Step 3 Texture and shading are added to the wire-frame drawing.
Step 4 Using a camera, an actor films his expression, like a kiss.
Step 5 The expressions are added to the cartoons characters.
Step 6 Details are added to the face and planes to make them blend together.

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Strictly speaking…today's movie isn't a Christmas movie, but it ends at Christmastime and so I always think of it that way.
Not to ruin the plot for anyone, but this is the movie "You've Got Mail" is based off of. It is delightful, plus it's got Jimmy Stewart in it…which really can't hurt.
If you like the storyline there is another movie in the set of three. In between "The Shop Around the Corner" and "You've Got Mail" There is "In the Good Old Summertime." A musical version with Judy Garland. Not quite as good as the other two (in my opinion), but still worth the watch if you can't get enough of pen pals falling in love.


I can feel the precariousness of this…and yet, the will to continue.
A difficult place and situation to be. Hope the libration will come soon from that minefield of an existence.
I'm an artist of trapeze'.
It's strange how danger can be liberating and we can do the most amazing things without thinking about them and then the smallest things throw us out of kilter.
I love the picture you have created here Christine.
Thoughts and actions can separate people. I can see how it could be as precarious as a trapeze artist in the air.
So much in life is walking on a tightrope… but many times we don't realize that the fall won't hurt us… but there are other times when falling is lethal.
Yes, choices! 🙂 Thanks for reading.


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Q: WebRTC Client side can not display remote stream on video element I am trying to test a WebRTC application for video calling whose signalling server is written in Spring Boot. This is the client code that I am running.
However in case of an offer, the local stream on the remote window gets opened and I can see the cam view in the local view video element but the remote view element is just blank. I think i have made some obvious mistakes in my code. Please help me out.
Client code :
navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia(constraints).
  then(function(stream) {
      pc.addStream(stream);
      var selfView = document.getElementById("selfView");
          selfView.srcObject = stream;
    }).catch(function(err) { console.log("Media not found", err) });

// once remote stream arrives, show it in the remote video element
pc.onaddStream = function (evt) {
    var remoteView = document.getElementById("remoteView");
    remoteView.srcObject = evt.stream;
};

}
This is where I am dealing with the local and remote streams.
[please comment if you need more information/part of the code segment for more information]
Output console :
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Self-fulfilling prophecies: The Bible, Zionism and the Palestinians
The Bible contains quite a few prophesies about the Jews returning to Israel. Some of them related to the Babylonians and the first exile, which ended in the Sixth century BCE, but others came from later.
My favorite is Ezekiel 37 (Yehezkel in Hebrew), whose "Dry Bones" prophesy, in which a valley full of dry bones slide together to make an army of skeletons, sounds like the script for a Hollywood movie:
: 1 The hand of the Lord came upon me and brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord, and set me down in the midst of the valley; and it was full of bones. 2 Then He caused me to pass by them all around, and behold, there were very many in the open valley; and indeed they were very dry.
3 And He said to me, "Son of man, can these bones live?"
So I answered, "O Lord God, You know."
4 Again He said to me, "Prophesy to these bones, and say to them, 'O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord! 5 Thus says the Lord God to these bones: "Surely I will cause breath to enter into you, and you shall live. 6 I will put sinews on you and bring flesh upon you, cover you with skin and put breath in you; and you shall live. Then you shall know that I am the Lord."'"
7 So I prophesied as I was commanded; and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and suddenly a rattling; and the bones came together, bone to bone. 8 Indeed, as I looked, the sinews and the flesh came upon them, and the skin covered them over; but there was no breath in them.
9 Also He said to me, "Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, 'Thus says the Lord God: "Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live."'" 10 So I prophesied as He commanded me, and breath came into them, and they lived, and stood upon their feet, an exceedingly great army.
11 Then He said to me, "Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They indeed say, 'Our bones are dry, our hope is lost, and we ourselves are cut off!' 12 Therefore prophesy and say to them, 'Thus says the Lord God: "Behold, O My people, I will open your graves and cause you to come up from your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
When these words were written, 2600 years ago, I don't suppose any more than a handful of people noticed them, but over the next three millenia the Bible became the most influential book ever created, and such powerful writing was no longer some obscure prophesy, but a statement with the power to move Empires - in this case the British Empire, the largest empire ever created, leading to the 1917 Balfour Declaration.
Without the biblical prophesies, neither the Jews nor the Christians who facilitated their return, would have considered such a drastic action as a return to a country abandoned more than a thousand years earlier.
There are other examples of self-fulfilling prophesies, though perhaps none quite so impressive. Karl Marx prophesized class-warfare, claiming all human history was simply a tale of class-warfare. He made the point so effectively, that for next century people motivated by his writings engaged in class-warfare. Although class conflict existed before Marx, the affect of his prophesies was to turn class conflict into one of the dominant forms of social conflict for the next century (and possibly beyond).
There is another type of self-fulfilling prophesy and that's when you predict that someone will become your enemy, and in the process of pre-empting that eventuality, turn them against you. After the Balfour declaration The Palestinians started claiming that the Jews' objective was to drive them out. In fact, although most Jews wanted a state with a Jewish majority, even the most radical, Jabotinsky wanted a democratic state and assumed the Arabs would remain. Jabotinsky had no qualms about using force to achieve Jewish control of Palestine, but he assumed that Jewish migrants could easily outnumber the Arabs.
The Mufti in his efforts to prevent a Jewish majority met with Hitler, who favored expelling the Jews from Europe, and helped persuade him to exterminate them instead.
When the UN partitioned Palestine the Mufti insisted on an all or nothing policy ultimately resulting in the departure of a large chunk of Palestine's Arab population, thus fulfilling his own prophecy. Had the Palestinians embraced the Jews and welcomed them in, it is likely both the Holocaust and the Nakba would have been averted.
The Israeli right, today, claim to be concerned about the loyalty of Israeli Arabs. So they are trying to pass legislation defining Israel as a Jewish state, giving preference to former soldiers in state employment tribunals (most Arabs don't serve in the Army) and preventing teaching of the Nakba in state schools. Needless to say Arab disloyalty is a self-fulfilling prophecy, if we cannot make allowances to the needs of our Arab citizens then we should not be surprised if they question their allegiances. Perhaps the right doesn't really care whether or not the Arab-Israelis are loyal, its just popular with the voters to put them on the spot.
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The very title of 1997's So Much for the Afterglow announced that Everclear would address head on the swelling expectations established by the breakout success of 1995's Sparkle and Fade. The tunes sketch out this theme completely, with songs like "One Hit Wonder," "White Men in Black Suits," and of course the title track, "So Much for the Afterglow."
So Much for the Afterglow is the rare follow-up that bested the original in both critical acclaim and sales, going double platinum, yielding three top-five hits and landing the band a Billboard Modern Rock Artist of the Year award in 1998.
Everclear remains one of the few elite acts to emerge from the post-Nirvana grunge explosion, rockers that could not only match the crunch and aggression of Seattle's finest, but the hooks and emotional honesty. Everclear's Art Alexakis wrote songs that were a mature but hard rocking brand of power pop with gritty, achingly true lyrics about addiction, failed relationships and loneliness.
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Pandemic fallout in D.C., Maryland and Virginia includes fresh rush of cash for governments
Virginia Finance Secretary Aubrey Layne, seen in 2017, told lawmakers to expect a surplus of $500 million or more at the end of this budget year. (Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post)
By Gregory S. Schneider
Ovetta Wiggins
Michael Brice-Saddler
May 19, 2021 at 4:00 p.m. EDT
Government leaders in Richmond, Annapolis and the District are wrestling with a side effect of the coronavirus pandemic that they did not anticipate: excess revenue.
Virginia expects a budget surplus of at least $500 million at the end of this fiscal year, and Maryland and D.C. are looking at smaller but significant bumps in finances.
The windfalls are the last thing fiscal planners expected a year ago, when the region's biggest jurisdictions were mired in terrifying projections of budget shortfalls and a cratering economy because of shutdowns and job losses related to the pandemic.
But massive federal stimulus spending helped states cover the costs of addressing the coronavirus and its impact on society, then turbocharged a surprisingly quick economic turnaround, leading to surges in tax revenue. Now, billions in aid from the federal American Rescue Plan Act are about to land in state and municipal coffers, providing unprecedented extra resources.
Virginia reports $730 million budget windfall as economy weathers pandemic better than expected
"I don't think anybody thought that the upside would be anything like this," said Aubrey Layne, secretary of finance for Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam.
"If you're looking at just the numbers, it's like covid never occurred. It's remarkable," said Andrew M. Schaufele, director of Maryland's Bureau of Revenue Estimates.
The flip side is that thousands of jobs lost during the pandemic have yet to return, and many individuals — especially those in lower income brackets — continue to suffer financially. Evictions that had been postponed during the worst of the public emergency are once again a looming threat. The economic boom has been driven by big corporations and the wealthy, who benefited as stocks stayed strong and assets such as real estate zoomed to new heights of value, according to regional finance experts.
While every Republican in Congress voted against the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, it has proved popular nationally among governors and lawmakers of both major parties because of its support for individuals, businesses and infrastructure projects. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) has joined Northam and D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser, both Democrats, in praising the relief program.
Virginia's economy has rebounded with particular strength. Layne told lawmakers this week that the state performed "extraordinarily well" in revenue collections in April, with proceeds from income, sales and corporate taxes up almost 42 percent from the year before, an unprecedented jump.
State revenue is running $2.65 billion ahead of last year and $1.7 billion ahead of forecasts, Layne said.
Last year, he had warned Northam and lawmakers of the potential for a $2 billion shortfall because the state's economy was brought to a standstill by the pandemic. The General Assembly had just passed a historically generous budget. Lawmakers had to come back to Richmond for a special session to freeze all new spending and propose cuts in the event that revenue did not return.
Virginia considers delaying raises, minimum wage increase as coronavirus blows huge hole in state budget
That austere budget was largely restored to full levels during the General Assembly's regular session this year. Then this week, Layne told lawmakers that he expects to end the fiscal year Sept. 30 with a surplus of $500 million — or more.
"We're very fortunate," Layne said, crediting both the rebounding state economy and the effects of federal stimulus money.
As prices of commodities and real estate have gone up during the recovery, that has boosted state revenue from sales and real estate taxes, he said. Surges in stock prices have led to big jumps in non-withholding tax revenue. And as the coronavirus vaccines lead to society opening up, people are spending more on services instead of just goods, further boosting tax revenue.
The General Assembly will return to Richmond sometime this summer for another special session, this time to allocate federal relief money. Layne urged lawmakers to consider any extra funds as a once-in-a-lifetime chance to help solve long-standing problems, such as the opioid addiction crisis and a statewide shortage of mental health treatment facilities.
All told, Virginia has received or is slated to receive about $26.5 billion in federal aid to state and local governments, Layne said — an amount roughly equivalent to the state's general fund. The total includes money from last year's Cares Act and upcoming deposits of about $7.2 billion from the American Rescue Plan.
In addition to that relief, individuals and businesses have received or will soon get a total of nearly $51 billion in federal stimulus money, he said: "All together, that's about $77 billion flowing through the economy."
At the same time, about 182,000 of the 440,000 jobs Virginia lost during the pandemic downturn have not been replaced, Layne said. Most of them are in lower-wage service industries, he said.
After fears of cuts and layoffs last year, Maryland passes record $52 billion budget flush with cash
In Maryland, the state lost 400,000 jobs during the pandemic, but the doomsday scenario that analysts also feared never materialized. Schaufele, director of the Bureau of Revenue Estimates, said the picture is rosier than anyone could have predicted.
"We knew [covid-19] was going to directly impact the service industry and retail, but we thought that it would spread out to other industries, which is what happens in most recessions," Schaufele said. But those sectors remained resilient.
Last May, analysts predicted Maryland would lose at least $925 million in state revenue by the end of June. In July, the Board of Public Works cut $413 million from the state's budget, slashing funding to universities, community colleges, crime initiatives and dozens of other state programs.
The next step would have been layoffs for state workers. But by late September, analysts said Maryland had enough cash to avert the cuts. They cited federal stimulus spending, expanded unemployment benefits and job losses concentrated in lower-
paying industries with helping to keep money circulating in the economy.
By last month, the turnaround was complete. The General Assembly passed a record $52.4 billion state budget that included bonuses for state workers and money for education restructuring. Schaufele said projections now call for a $161 million surplus over expectations for next year's revenue.
He credited robust tax collections, which he said are growing as if the pandemic never happened. That's all at the upper end, however. Low-wage jobs have still not recovered, Schaufele said, but they account for just 6.1 percent of Maryland's income tax revenue.
Schaufele said this week that Maryland is expected to receive $55 billion to $60 billion in total from federal stimulus spending, about $10 billion more than was estimated in March. The amount is equivalent to about 11 percent of the state's entire economy and similar to the revenue generated by the state's largest industry — professional and business services, which includes attorneys, architects and engineers.
"It's like we created another industry in our state. The amount of money is staggering," Schaufele said.
Analysts said the ability of the federal government to move quickly on the recovery package and businesses making adjustments during the pandemic to continue operations helped to minimize the economic toll covid-19 could have had on the state economy.
"They actually got the money out the door," Schaufele said of the stimulus checks from the federal government. "It stemmed the tide. If that money had leaked out slowly, the recession would have leaked out and impacted other sectors, almost certainly."
The District's financial outlook has improved since earlier this year, as well, and is expected to rebound to pre-pandemic levels by fiscal 2022, D.C.'s interim chief financial officer, Fitzroy Lee, said in revenue projections published Friday. Lee credited improved business tax collections, a boost in the stock market and federal aid.
D.C. mayor proposes more education spending as she calls for schools to fully reopen in the fall
The city's revenue for fiscal 2021 is expected to be about $8.1 billion, a $125.3 million increase from February, according to estimates sent to Bowser and D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D). In February, the city projected a $235 million deficit between 2021 and 2024; new estimates predict a $65 million surplus during this period.
Lee said the American Rescue Plan boosted the city's economic outlook by injecting federal dollars into public health and rental assistance programs. In all, D.C. expects to get about $3.2 billion in federal relief, with more than two-thirds of that already received.
Bowser, who is expected to submit her proposed fiscal 2022 budget to the council late next week, said Monday that her outlook is positive. "This is going to be an important budget for how we come back from covid," she said.
But Lee also wrote that moratoriums on certain types of payments such as utility bills, put in place because of the pandemic, could hurt the recovery when they end, if they push residents deeper into financial turmoil. He said rental and utility relief programs being offered to residents now should help mitigate this problem.
Lower income from hotels, apartments and office properties is also expected to be a drag on revenue growth in the coming years, as businesses weigh whether workers need to be in the office at all.
"As the pandemic recedes, the long-lasting effects will become more apparent," Lee wrote.


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The vary of gym fitness equipment obtainable nowadays is staggering, and it can be hard to understand which type of home exercise equipment you really need. What is best for weight loss? Toning? What's the most effective for cardiovascular health? Let's concentrate on cardio exercises here, because it's one factor everyone ought to be involved about. Maybe your doctor has told you that you wish to get your heart in higher shape. Maybe you have been motivated by somebody else who unexpectedly developed issues and you do not need to be next. Even if it's just a desire to "get healthier," cardio exercise equipment could be a good manner to begin traveling to a healthier lifestyle.
What Specifically Makes It "Cardio" Equipment?
A cardio workout's primary purpose is to boost your heart rate to some extent so as to improve heart health and function. There might be alternative advantages to some types of gym and home fitness equipment (exercise bikes, for instance, can additionally strengthen and tone leg muscles), but cardio equipment's primary goal is to raise the heart rate and break a sweat.
A further facet benefit of these sorts of home workouts is that you'll conjointly shed some weight as you burn off fat. It is a win-win state of affairs for many individuals investing in gym fitness and exercise equipment.
There are several kinds of home exercise and gym equipment that you'll be able to use for your workouts that can offer you real cardiovascular benefits. Every of these has pros and cons hooked up with them, and you'll want to make a decision for yourself which exercise most accurately fits your fitness regimen.
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First Hyatt-Branded Hotel in Malta to Open in 2021
by Benedict Carrizzo |
St. Julian's, Malta // Photo by iStock / Getty Images Plus / Karina Movsesyan
Hyatt Hotels Corporation says a Hyatt affiliate has entered into a franchise agreement with Bay Street Holdings Limited to develop the first Hyatt-branded hotel in Malta. The 153-room resort, located on the coastal destination of St. Julian's, is slated to launch in 2021.
Hyatt says Malta's tourist numbers have doubled since 2010 due to the destination's increased popularity among leisure guests and high-end business travelers. Because of its proximity to shopping, restaurants and entertainment, more and more visitors are staying at the coastal destination of St. Julian's. Hyatt Regency Malta will be a short walk away from the beach and marina, and less than 20 minutes from Malta's international airport and the UNESCO World Heritage City of Valletta.
Services and amenities include notable culinary experiences, flexible spaces to work, collaborate or relax, and tools to stay connected for meetings and events. The hotel will offer event spaces and a five-story underground car park, ideal for corporate events, social gatherings and weddings.
Hyatt Regency Malta will add to the growing Hyatt Regency brand portfolio in Europe, joining Hyatt Regency Nice Palais de la Méditerranée, the soon to open Hyatt Regency Barcelona Fira and Hyatt Regency Hesperia Madrid, and the recently announced Hyatt Regency Lisbon.
In other Hyatt Hotels news, the company is setting its sights on the Caribbean. An upcoming hotel, Andaz Turks & Caicos at Grace Bay, is slated to open in 2021. This will be the Andaz brand's first property in the Caribbean.
For more information, visit: https://www.hyatt.com/brands/hyatt-regency
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Flyers' Success in Metro Division Bodes Well For Playoff Push
By Max Nason February 25th, 2020
The 2018-19 season was a major disappointment for the Philadelphia Flyers. With a 37-37-8 record and 82 points, they finished sixth in the Metropolitan Division and missed the postseason for the fourth time in seven seasons.
Heading into 2019-20, however, things were bound to change. The Flyers had a new general manager running the behind-the-scenes action and a new head coach manning the bench. Even with young stars like Carter Hart, Travis Konecny, and Ivan Provorov ready to take the reins, management gave Kevin Hayes a boatload of money to step in as the second-line center.
Even with all that in mind, the story of the season is about something different. It's not about the emergence of their young core or new faces on the ice, in the front office, or on the coaching staff. No, the Flyers' success is about the way they've played against their most familiar opponents.
Divisional Performance
How a team performs against division rivals plays a major part in making or breaking a season. For the Flyers, games against their Metropolitan opponents only make up 28 of their 82 games, but you won't find many teams with horrible divisional records thriving in the postseason.
Luckily, that hasn't been an issue for Philadelphia this season. Last season, the Flyers held a grim 10-16-2 record against Metropolitan teams. With 20 games remaining, eight against divisional opponents, they have a 12-4-4 record against their division.
Ivan Provorov, Philadelphia Flyers (Jess Starr/The Hockey Writers)
The improvement is noticeable. They've stolen 28 points from the Columbus Blue Jackets, Washington Capitals, New Jersey Devils, Carolina Hurricanes, New York Islanders, New York Rangers, and bitter rival Pittsburgh Penguins. They earned 22 through 28 games last season. With another 16 possible points on the board against Metropolitan opponents and already sitting in third, the Flyers' postseason fate rests within those final eight games.
Up to this point in the season, there have been notable trends in the Flyers' success. It's not a 10-game winning streak or a colossal losing streak, but the success they've had against teams that have buried them in the past.
As far as struggles within the division go, the Flyers have only run into problems with the Islanders. Their 0-2-1 record is the worst against any Metropolitan team this year. However, with one game remaining versus the Isles, they can still manage a decent head-to-head record.
Morgan Frost, Philadelphia Flyers (Amy Irvin / The Hockey Writers)
There are three teams to focus on in terms of the Flyers' success: the Blue Jackets, Capitals, and Hurricanes. Last season, the Flyers weren't able to solve any of them. Like most of the negatives from last year, they have turned things around this season. They've earned five points off the Hurricanes and Capitals in three games apiece along with a crucial series sweep over the Blue Jackets. Considering all three are either in a playoff spot or fighting for one, it's hard to articulate just how important those wins are.
The Flyers are 8-0-2 against the Capitals, Hurricanes and Blue Jackets.
In 2018-19, they were 0-10-2 against those divisional foes.
— Jordan Hall (@JHallNBCS) February 21, 2020
Lastly, and generally speaking, the Flyers' success against the Metro has been the best trend of their season. Without their commendable division record, they wouldn't have 77 points (just five short of last year's season total) and would likely be missing the postseason again.
For a lack of a better phrase, it's crunch time. The Flyers in the final quarter of the season and caught up in one of the tightest and most talented playoff races you'll see. While their remaining 20 games will decide their postseason fate, it's the eight against Metropolitan teams that matter the most.
Based on the way they've played against those rivals, the Flyers deserve to be in the position they're in. They've battled through their fair share of adversity in the league's strongest division, yet still find themselves in perfect position to clinch a playoff berth. Throughout the organization's changes over the past year, it's impressive that the team has managed to clean up one of the most glaring issues of seasons past.
Carter Hart Sean Couturier, Philadelphia Flyers (Amy Irvin / The Hockey Writers)
Over the next six weeks, the 2019-20 Flyers will have to prove their worth, and that starts with continuing the dominance of their Metro counterparts. If they can manage some wins in their final eight divisional matchups, they should have no problem locking down a postseason berth.
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Istra () – miasto w Rosji, w obwodzie moskiewskim, 56 km na zachód od Moskwy. Prawa miejskie od 1781 r., w latach 1781–1930 nosiło nazwę Woskriesieńsk.
W 2020 liczyło 33 558 mieszkańców.

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  Bad Orb, Niemcy
  Rakovník, Czechy
  Diurtiuli, Rosja
  Pińsk, Białoruś
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Well, don't be mislead by the title. I am neither going to talk about the 'ideal' husband nor give you insights about obtaining one. To start with there is nothing 'ideal.' One can dream, fantasise and even imagine that there exists something 'ideal' but then I am sorry to have punctured your rosy little dream-world. Wasn't that a fitting exposition to this post. You may have to agree with me here as now comes the 'real' post.
If you have been enamoured by somebody called Oscar Wilde then you would have probably guessed that the title belongs to one of his plays. When I browsed through the television pages for picking a good movie, the title of this movie caught my eye: 'An Ideal Husband.' I must confess that in spite of having read other plays by Mr. Wilde, I haven't read this one and to add to the treat was Rupert Everett in the cast. I had liked and almost adored Everett's role in 'The Importance of Being Earnest.' As Algernon Moncreiff or the lovable Algy, he did complete justice to the character. Similarly his lines in 'An Ideal Husband' were also swimming and witty. I know that these were Wilde's lines but then Everett can be seen as a slice of Wilde himself.
The play/movie talks about the romantic notions of 'an ideal husband' and takes careful steps to break them one by one. While the focus of the play is on the 'ideal husband,' I could connect the theme to anything that is considered 'ideal.' These days we have many lovely gifts which say 'To my ideal wife,' or 'To my ideal daughter,' but does the complete 'ideal' exist? One can attribute the ideal qualities to super-humans or even perhaps the divine but in the mortal race, can we strive for the 'idle?' Well, feet of clay is part of every individual. Isn't it?
It's amazing how Wilde manages to break the tinted vision of many individuals through his plays which are high on humour and witty repartees but at the same time drive home the crude realities of life. Probably that is why he employs liberal dosages of humour to the truths of life that many want to rubbish away. Even in 'The Importance of Being Earnest,' he breaks the ideals of class and gender.
Taking examples from his own life, he was no way close to the ideal. His wild ways and wilder dressing habits brought about sharp criticisms from many sections of the people. But then if he chose to be 'ideal' we wouldn't have had such lovely plays and memorable lines.
To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance. (An Ideal Husband) One of my favourites. I dedicate this splendid quote to all my readers.
Welcome to the Meanderings. Glad to have you stop by. Read Wilde at 14!!! Ah! that was quite young a age to read Wilde. Well said: Things are much the same and further worse than what it was.
Nice of you to have taken the time. Come by often.
Once again, a truly wonderful post from you! so enjoyed reading this dear Susan.
And Oscar Wilde! Ah yes, my favorite man!
I also like this quote from him: "I can resist anything but temptation" and he is Irish like your Irish man.
Joy and much love always.
My my.. We seem to have a Gayathri Spivak in Chennai..
U changed ur Profile pic! I liked the other one somehow, matched ur profile description.
I love Mr. Wilde. the attachment started with the Selfish Giant at an age when authors didn't matter at all, and then it went on to the Happy Prince and when I started reading Wilde seriously after we had a text in school The importance of Being Earnest and we staged the play! I was the avaricious lady, the mother of Gwendeline! heee..
Just into Act 1 of the Ideal Husband... truly Wilde!
Did you understand what I wrote? If yes, then I am NOT Spivak. You and your comments. AHHHHHHHH. Anyway this is your first comment on a recent post so you are forgiven. The Lady forgives the Lord.
Nice to see a comment from you. You have already started reading!!!??? Hilarious isn't it? Ah! you were Lady Bracknell. Such a snob was she.
Reached here thru ur comment:)& enjoyed reading ur posts!
Thanks for the return visit and glad that you enjoyed your time here. Would love to see more of you in the meanderings.
The last quote in your very interesting post is also my favourite. I believe that to To love oneself is the key and starting point to the love of others.
I remember doing "The Importance of Being Earnest" in Drama class when I was in high school. It was amazing! And since then, Wilde has stuck with me. I do have to admit, Susan, of the lines you've selected, I like this one best: All sins, except a sin against itself, Love should forgive. All lives, save loveless lives, true Love should pardon. Maybe I'm just a believer in the power of true love like that.
I loved the first and the fifth one the most.
DUTA: Very true. Loving oneself is the starting point. I believe that Wilde knew the human nature quite well and that he wonderfully unravels in his works laced with humour and wit.
Nevine: Many of us have memories of reading Wilde either in school or University. Nevine, I know for sure that you are a believer in the power of love. All your writings reflect that.
Sameera: Very well. The others are also not all that bad. Don't you think so?
Joy always and thanks for coming by and leaving your imprints. It is invaluable.
How true! "Ideal" does not exist. But that shouldn't stop anybody (husband or wife) from making efforts to move towards ideal. The sad part is, many couples do not understand that it takes efforts from both sides to achieve this aim.
Loved the Oscar Wilde quotes. The only time I read Oscar Wilde, was in school, when some play of his was a part of our curriculum.
Vinay: I guess nearly everyone (the ones who have been 'educated') strive to reach the ideal little knowing that it simply does not exist. And there are some who search a lifetime for it and die unsatisfied while some realise that everyday is a process and live happily with that knowledge. I guess the second ones are the intelligent ones.
Hope the quotes prod you to read some of his works which I am sure you will enjoy and savour.
Thanks for coming by. Been long. He does think and never fails to convey what he thinks. Quite a brilliant and clever man, that Wilde.
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First: Accept my apologies for not coming by your blog quite often. Second: It is a pleasure to have you here and thanks for coming by. Its a joy!
Yeah, all the comments are quite interesting and engaging. You should read some of the blogs of these lovely people. I am sure it will succinctly amuse and enrich you.
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Oberfest joined MySpace as VP of biz dev in July last year, as part of the previous regime at MySpace. Since then, he was promoted to SVP, and was also the GM of the MySpace Open Platform, leading all operations and products for the division. Prior to that, he was MD of Business Development and Product Management for LATimes.com. Earlier this year, former Sega of America President and COO Simon Jeffery joined ngmoco to run its publishing division.


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Mark Alves (born 19 December 1956) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

He is the younger brother of Stan Alves.

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Voids Fill in the Voids About Universal Expansion
byChristopher Wanjek
The large-scale structure of the universe consists of a complex web of dark matter, galaxies and the gaps, or voids, in between. [NASA, ESA, and E. Hallman (University of Colorado, Boulder)]
This article was originally published in the Summer 2019 (vol. 48, no. 3) issue of Mercury magazine, an ASP members-only quarterly publication.
"All is possible when emptiness is possible." So said Nagarjuna, among the most revered Buddhist philosophers, some 18 centuries ago.
It seems that Nagarjuna was on to something. The answer to one of the most profound questions in cosmology—how fast is the universe expanding, or, more to the point, where is this crazy thing headed—may lie in emptiness, those lonely stretches of space called cosmic voids with nearly no stars or gas.
A paper published in July in the journal Physical Review D further matures this exciting new field of void cosmology and the measurement of the expansion rate of the universe, the cosmological constant (or, the vacuum energy of space), and dark energy, the hypothesized force thought to be accelerating the expansion of the universe.
In this regard, the darkest parts of the universe may be the most illuminating.
Astronomers describe the universe as a cosmic web with bright galaxies strung along filaments of matter separated by dark voids. These voids were chiseled out by gravity—or lack thereof. When the dust settled after the Big Bang some 13.8 billion years ago, matter began to coalesce under the attractive force of gravity. Regions slightly more dense pulled in matter from regions slightly less dense.
In short, the rich got richer and the poor got poorer. Within a few hundred million years, brilliant galaxies formed, glowing like jewels along these filaments of matter, leaving the voids bereft of any matter to form many stars, let alone whole galaxies. Fast-forward 13 billion years or so. Astronomers now see revelatory information in the distorted shape of these voids and how they change over time, as their shape is a product of cosmic expansion.
Our primary understanding of cosmic expansion comes from studying the redshift of so-called standard candles, such as Type Ia supernovae, thought to glow at a uniform rate; and thus their distance can be determined by how dim they appear to us. Data from the first detectable light in the universe, the cosmic microwave background (CMB), also establishes important parameters, such as the amount of matter and energy in the universe.
Nevertheless, studying voids as a cosmological tool dates back several decades. One important paper in the field was published in 2016, in Physical Review letters, succinctly titled "Constraints on Cosmology and Gravity from the Dynamics of Voids" by Nico Hamaus, Alice Pisani, Paul M. Sutter and others.
Tapping into data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), the team analyzed the spatial distributions of galaxies near cosmic voids. What little matter that does remain in the voids pines for the edges, where the dense matter is; and meanwhile, the vacuum energy in the void pushes the boundaries farther and farther apart. The team's analysis revealed a four-times improvement in precision in the modeling of matter density and the growth of cosmological structure.
The latest work, led by Seshadri Nadathur of the University of Portsmouth, builds on this SDSS analysis by incorporating a new theoretical modelling of distortions in voids that Nadathur says is more accurate and has been tested using simulations.
His group looked at numerous voids at an average distance of 5.5 billion light years, an era when dark energy appears to have kicked into action to accelerate cosmic expansion. They also applied a measurement technique called "velocity field reconstruction" and combined this with data from galaxy clustering (a cosmology mainstay) and baryon acoustic oscillations (a relic imprint from sound wave in the hot plasma of the early universe). This combined effort lowered the uncertainty of these cosmological measurements by a factor of two, Nadathur said.
"Void studies have been a little on the periphery of the field of cosmology," Nadathur said. "We think our new result will bring it front and center and make voids one of the standard tools of future studies."
Much more needs to be understood in this type of modeling, however, to be sure astronomers aren't making predictions based on false assumptions. As Nagarjuna also said, "Emptiness wrongly grasped is like picking up a poisonous snake by the wrong end."
Christopher Wanjek is a health and science writer based in Baltimore. He is the author of "Spacefarers: How Humans Will Settle the Moon, Mars and Beyond," from Harvard University Press, Spring 2020. Read more articles by Chris.


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Astrology and all aspects that it presumes (the impact of planets, luminaries, and everything in between) can be a good choice for everyone who wants to discover something about his life, and this even applies to those who possess some level of skepticism.
In a case of such a person, the Astrology may be a good idea for expanding his views.
Everyone can find information that can change their lives, and you do not have to be a believer to see the value and the symbolical trustworthiness of astrology. It has it, and even if you can include imagination in the process of learning about the Zodiac signs, some things are given.
Today we are focusing our attention on just one aspect of Astrology, that, as many say is the most interesting and influential aspect of the natal chart -the luminaries (the Sun and Moon).
In this case, they are located in the signs Scorpio and Libra, and by the end of this piece (at the moment you reach the part that we call the Summary) you will learn so much about this person.
This is the person who always struggles with the impulses of his subconsciousness, and he can be successful only if he ultimately rebounds against these impulses.
He must master so many things in life, and one of them is mastering his phobias, so that he can reach self-knowledge and enjoy a sort of lucid happiness, somewhat naively, but inclined to the development of a personal philosophy of life. If he achieves this, and he has every opportunity to do so, it will bring him an active elasticity of character in conflict with difficulties.
So, a person who has Sun and Moon located in the Scorpio and Libra sign can succeed in overcoming his problems, and he can hope to extract great things from himself. And he usually does.
In some deeper introspective, we can say that this person always tries to balance things mentally and emotionally (the Moon that is located in the Libra sign).
But, when he really wants something, he is decisive and able to make things go to the end. He is strong, and in that sense, he is able to conquer, show the skills he has, and make some concessions to make it easier to impose his hidden wishes (the impact that comes from the Sun in the Scorpio).
Also, he instinctively knows how to present himself in the best light and, although he is ambitious, and not ready to break his principles to achieve his goals.
Here the biggest problem lies in the fact that the person who has Sun and Moon located in the Scorpio and Libra find very difficult to hesitate to use stronger means when they are necessary.
Something in him that is stronger than good intentions and reassuring desires makes him turn away on the other side that can be darker than it should be, so this also the constant struggle that is even worse because the Moon in Libra want that he is more balanced in life, and he just cannot make it sometimes. What makes this even more problematic is the fact that he cannot stop if he sees that his methods are not working, but he pushes even harder.
This is the person who often struggles to adapt to his way of life and all of this is what complicates the situation, even more, is that he gives the extravagant effort, hoping that it will lead him to the perfection that he strives for in pursuit of complete harmony.
He is under many challenges in this way, and he throws himself so passionately in them that he makes an even bigger mess that often hinders its development.
On the one hand, when we are talking about love relations in the life of a person who has luminaries located in the Scorpio and Libra connection may lack strength and aggressiveness, but on the other, he can become very wild when he falls in love.
In this way, you never know what you expect from this human being, cause in everyday life, as well as in feelings, there can be great disharmony.
We are talking about the expressed passion that can craft an awkward fate (when it comes to the emotions) and greatly alter the life circumstances – this can affect other areas of his life.
However, the conflict can lead to the realisation of other aspirations, because such person carries and develops the enormous abilities that direct as much too practical as spiritual goals.
So for these two goals to be fulfilled he needs to find a person who can help him achieve both, the task that is not very easy, but it is not impossible.
It's as if this person has to either want to be different from others, but still wants to be constantly noticed, and loved to the core. The virtue of this person lies in his exceptional perceptiveness, but also humanity -this person wants to cooperate, help, etc. And the major benefits will have his lover, and he will gain all of this if he only shows the deep emotions.
What also makes this person different from the rest of the Scorpio world is the fact that this one with the Moon in Libra sign enjoys being in the company of others, he is kind enough to impose himself, and to be a little in the centre of attention, he can love celebrations, and is surprisingly very cheerful.
However, with a diplomatic way, he often changes plans quickly; he likes to be chosen in society, to have more significant freedom than his lovers, although he often encounters unusual emotional situations. In the first place, the Sun in the Scorpio is the aspect that directs his behavior toward possessiveness and jealousy.
He strives for reputation and material security in his relationships and this sometimes coincides with emotional desires; he can become more conservative as time passes, and he even becomes inclined to idealism.
This person simply does not hold the place emotionally, and he needs a person who will constantly motivate, understand, and give him freedom and leisure.
There is no doubt that this is the person who loves to live a comfortable life, and he needs a lover who will be ready to work hard to have this life, and in a way, they can be a perfect match.
He does not love to be in strict or limited circumstances, but he may put his lovers in such position; so he will certainly pay much attention to his personal appearance and can be very convincing when he likes it.
He is the best match for active people and persons who will motivate him, but he often has little problem finding harmony in love, especially marital relationships.
So, who can be the perfect lover that will be compatible with this Scorpio with the Moon in Libra sign?
Maybe the Virgo lover? If you look at things, realistically these two can be very compatible and perfectly agree with one another.
The Virgo lover has little passion for a powerful Scorpio, but here enters the Moon in Libra – he is able to be persistent and will ask the Virgo lover to wake up. This relationship is primarily friendly, and then it can go in a deep and meaningful love; they need to learn to compromise.
Without it, this love story will remain just a friendly or even platonic relation, and this is indeed not something that will please both lovers in the long run.
As a friend, this person is much stronger and more efficient than some other people; he is an experienced diplomat who has a peace of mind, and a strong sense of justice, and the development of relationships with other people.
He will tell you the truth, he will try to provide you with the good advice and because of this trait, and he is loved among his small circle of close people. In that circle, he is the one that speaks and acts as he seems to want to give an example.
To really get something done, he is the type of person who truly needs a partnership, and he often can find this support among his closest friends.
He has an extraordinary sense of understanding reality, and maybe we can say that he is a much better friend to others than to himself.
It is not easy, to sum up, the story about the complex person like in the case of the one who has Sun and Moon in Scorpio and Libra sign, but we will try to do it.
He is one very loyal human being, and despite all of his flaws, he is able to have long-lasting emotional connections in his life. Of course, as we have said in the previous sections, he needs to learn the art of open communication and compromise if he wants to maintain those relations.
Although at first glance this combination carries an interesting personality that feels pleasant to the first contact, it is however very difficult for this person to find meaning, in the right way of life – he often chooses some darker way (the Sun in the Scorpio).
Because of this, often there can be many problems at the social level, and the person himself seems to have a lot of unresolved personal levels in front of him, in order to feel "comfortable in his skin".