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Endless Eight – Ten Years On: An Anime Origin Story
Posted by Daryl Harding | Apr 26, 2019 | Editorials, Featured, Origin Stories |
Tags: haruhi, kyoto animation, origin stories, the melancholy of haruhi suzumiya
If you were to ask most fans, myself included, about when they first got into anime, you'd likely hear many respond that they discovered anime when they were teenagers. I remember getting back into the anime scene when I was fourteen, re-watching Dragon Ball Z via the newly released, yet always terrible Orange Brick sets. We passed the box sets around like a drug at school: I bought one set, my friend bought another, and so on. To be fair, it was 2007. How else would we watch this new anime drug?
My Introduction to Anime
In the late 2000s, it was much harder to be an anime fan than it is today, especially in Australia. The best sources were DVDs that could be purchased at JB Hi-Fi. Blu-Ray weren't a thing, and legal streaming was in its earliest days, with only a few choice shows being available via the Madman Screening Room. That is, if your Australian internet could even handle streaming.
For a poor teenager that went broke buying Dragon Ball Z, that only left one option: downloading. I should note that I don't advocate illegally downloading in 2019, thanks to the availability of simulcasts for every major series within an hour of airing in Japan. Back in 2008, though, the world wasn't so blessed. Fansubs ran rampant, the subculture was rife with drama revolving around whether speedsubs or quality subs were better, and failsubs were hidden landmines in the latest episodes of Clannad.
A popular example of a failsub
Luckily for me, I found a little show called The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya while looking for more … let's call them risque shows. Technically, Haruhi was the third anime series I watched, other than what I saw as a kid. The first two were Girl's High and Please Twins. Don't judge me, I was a teenager.
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya was an eye opener for me. It was already super popular in the wider fandom at the time. For me, a naïve teenager, the series was my true introduction to the anime world.
Haruhi: A History
Haruhi was produced at Kyoto Animation, and debuted in 2006. At the time, the studio was known for the second and third seasons of Full Metal Panic!, as well as the anime adaptation of Key's popular visual novel Air. They were contracted by Kadokawa to adapt Nagaru Tanigawa's popular Haruhi light novel series. Under the helm of director Tetsuya Ishihara, the show famously aired out of order in the first season, with the first episode being the odd "The Adventures of Mikuru Asahina Episode 00".
After the first season aired, the Haruhi anime saw an interesting lead up to its second season. The new season saw a unique announcement in a national newspaper in Japan on Tanabata 2007 (something that Kyoto Animation still does). Haruhi Suzumiya's second season was delayed due to production issues. This opened the gates for more intriguing ways to keep the series in the public consciousness. Among these were:
a live action teaser to Bamboo Leaf Rhapsody,
the disappearance of the haruhi.tv website, mirroring The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya book,
hidden code within the website that you could only see if you looked at the source code.
These teases for something greater made everyone raving mad, myself included. I'd just watched the first season of the show in 2008, and knowing there was a second season coming was aching.
The Second Season of Haruhi Suzumiya
A glimmer of hope shot through the community when it was announced that The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya was going to be rebroadcast in 2009. Was it possible that the new season would air after the rebroadcast, a common practice, or that we'd at least get more news on what's to come?
Sadly, the details never came. In fact, the Kadokawa Shoten Animation Group, who did the advertising for the franchise, went out of their way to claim there was nothing to announce, making fans like myself quite sad. Strangely, the rebroadcast started with "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya I", the second episode of the original series, which cemented a new broadcast order.
Our hopes were realized when Japanese TV station Teletama updated its website, listing the series for 28 episodes. While Kadokawa wasn't announcing anything, this was our first real proof of new Haruhi Suzumiya content.
At this time though, I had no idea that any of this was occurring. I was a fan of the series, yet didn't have the resources to be in the know for all of its going-ons. The only shows I was keeping up with at the time, news-wise, were Smallville and Doctor Who. I had no way to know when a a new episode was coming out.
Nowadays, if a new series is airing, you'll know about it well ahead of time. In 2009, Twitter wasn't as widespread, Facebook was still just friends from school, and YouTube was just vlogs about life. Add onto that the fact that the series wasn't being streamed, because that only occurred if it was a popular ongoing series like Naruto, and you could easily miss the news.
Until I didn't.
I learned about the new episode via an illegal anime streaming site while searching for something to watch. I quickly put on "Bamboo Leaf Rhapsody" and watched the episode in god-awful 240p, buffering every couple of minutes.
It. Was. Hell.
I'd been waiting for so long for a new episode, and this was how I was going to watch it? No way! I had to find a better way.
That's when I turned to fansubs. I wanted to watch more of the show that I fell in love with a year and a half prior. Whatever it took.
The Excruciating Endless Eight
The rebroadcast of Haruhi Suzumiya continued on after "Bamboo Leaf Rhapsody," with season one episodes airing until that one fateful day in June 2009. The first episode of "Endless Eight" was about to hit the airwaves. For those unaware, "Endless Eight" was a short story from the light novel, much the same length of previous short stories in the franchise. It should have been adapted into one, maybe two episodes. But, no, it was eight painful episodes, which aired weekly with no knowledge of when it was ending.
Spoiler Warning for the plot of Endless Eight
"Endless Eight" is the story of Kyon reliving the last two weeks of summer vacation. This occurs because the titular character of the show, Haruhi, subconsciously feels like she's wasted the vacation and doesn't want it to finish. It only comes to an end when Kyon finishes his homework with the rest of the group. While most of the characters "reset" to the start of the two weeks, Yuki, being an "humanoid interface", felt all 15,532 loops.
To the credit of Ishihara and the team at Kyoto Animation, the staff animated every episode uniquely. This meant having different animation, storyboards, and vocal performances. It also meant that they would have to make each episode, while having the same base content, feel refreshing for all eight episodes. To put that in real-life terms, for two months – eight weeks – The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya season 2 aired the same content, just remixed. That meant downloading 8 episodes, while praying that the loops would end.
"Endless Eight" is the reason I got so invested into anime and its fandom. While yes, the whole idea behind "Endless Eight" is crazy, the fact that a company (well, several companies, which formed the production committee) pulled it off was astounding to me. I needed to know why. As I'm sure everyone else did.
With every "Kyon-kun, denwa!" ("Kyon! Phone!") uttered, more and more people jumped on (and off) the endless train. Memes were created and spread, including an alternate version of the Downfall meme, and theories were crafted. Some thought the arc would only last 3 episodes, others thought 9 was a good number. Both 4chan and 2ch were going off their rockers at the limitless episodes. It was both glorious and frustrating at the same time.
But I was invested. I participated in the conversations. I cried when others cried. I laughed when others laughed. I loved Mikuru's hair in the 15th episode. We all survived the biggest troll from an anime series ever. And we did it together.
I didn't learn how "Endless Eight" came about until a few years later. Thanks to a translated interview from UltimateMegaX with the directors of the series, "Endless Eight" was only supposed to be three episodes with "The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya" adapted within the second season. When the higher ups wanted the arc to be a feature film, there was nothing left to adapt from the light novels that wouldn't make sense without having already seen "Disappearance", so the eight-episode "Endless Eight" was born.
I'll never forget the end of Endless Eight. Not only was it odd that a sixteen-year-old high schooler was wishing for some homework to be done, but I was actually on holiday when the last episode was released. My family was staying in a caravan park outside the Gold Coast, and the concept of 'free Wi-Fi' didn't exist at the time. So, I had to fork over $20 of my hard earned pizza driver money just to access the internet to be able to watch the final episode. I'd been on edge for eight weeks waiting for the arc to end, after being excited for over a year waiting for a new season. I was going to watch the episode, whatever it took.
I admit that it wasn't my finest anime moment. Still, it sure felt great to see that homework finished.
Finishing the Endless Homework
Ten years on from "Endless Eight", I look back on those eight weeks with fond memories of a simpler time. Thanks to the arc, I learned how to source anime news, started participating within the community, and even started my own anime blog. This turned into a YouTube channel, which gave the opportunity to move to Japan, where I am now, writing this feature. I'm sure that without "Endless Eight," I would be here as well, it just helped to accelerate the momentum.
I appreciate "Endless Eight" for what it was. I've watched it again in its entirety three more times. Once it came out on DVD, and twice to force others through it. I still feel that watching the whole of "Endless Eight" gives you a greater understanding of Yuki's character in The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya film, which makes a fantastic film even better.
I can't help but wonder how others remember Endless Eight and what it meant to them, because, as you can tell, it meant a whole lot to me.
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Bahrain, alternativt Bahrein (svenskt uttal ;  al-Baḥrayn , lokalt uttal ), formellt Konungariket Bahrain ( Mamlakat al-Baḥrayn), är en östat belägen i Persiska viken med omkring 1,4 miljoner invånare. Landet består av 33 öar, varav den största, Bahrain, utgör cirka sju åttondelar av landets totala yta och där även landets huvudstad Manama ligger. Bahrain har en maritim gräns mot Qatar och Saudiarabien.

Bahrain är formellt en konstitutionell monarki med ett tvåkammarparlament. USA har en militärbas för sin femte flotta i huvudstaden Manama.

Historia

Förhistoria till medeltid
Runt 3000 år f.Kr, då bronsåldern inleddes i Främre Orienten, var Bahrain del av en högkultur som troligtvis motsvarar det sumererna kallade Dilmuns trädgård och som var knutpunkt för handel med Induskulturen i öster och Tvåflodslandet i väster. Utgrävningarna vid Qal'at al-Bahrain visar fornlämningar från runt 2000 år f.Kr och vad som kan ha varit huvudstaden i Dilmuncivilisationen. Bahrains välstånd och betydelse minskade kraftigt i och med att Mesopotamiens handel, som en direkt följd av Induskulturens sammanbrott, bytte geografisk riktning. Från runt 500-talet f.Kr kontrollerades Bahrain av det akemenidiska Perserriket och från runt 200 f.Kr tillhörde ön Partien och var ett centrum för handeln i Persiska viken. På Alexander den stores tid ingick ön, av grekerna kallad Tylos, i den grekiska kultursfären och Zeus tillbads i formen av den arabiska solguden Shams. Enligt traditionella muslimska källor sände profeten Muhammed ett sändebud till öns härskare Munzir ibn Sawa Al Tamimi år 628 varefter rikets befolkning konverterade till islam.

Tidig modern tid
Bahrain var under långa perioder under persiskt inflytande fram till att Kungariket Portugal erövrade ön 1521. 1602 drevs portugiserna ut av shah Abbas I av det safavidiska Persien och ön hörde återigen till Persien fram till 1783, men styrdes de facto av arabiska nomadstammar. 1717 och 1738 invaderades ön av Oman. Under 1800-talet skedde återigen invasioner av dels omanierna och dels det saudiska Emiratet Diriyah. Genom ett fördrag, General Maritime Treaty, som slöts med kustschejkerna 1820 erkände britterna stammen Al Khalifa som legitima härskare av ön Bahrain. Efter att Muhammed Ali av Egypten på uppdrag av Höga porten hade krossat det saudiska riket på Arabiska halvön 1830 krävde han tribut av Bahrain, vars schejk Abdul al-Khalifa i brist på stöd från vare sig Persien eller Storbritannien tvingades att underkasta sig de egyptiska kraven.

Modern tid
1860 hotades Bahrain istället av Storbritannien och schejk Mohammad bin Khalifa al-Khalifa sökte skydd hos den persiska fursten av Fars samt Osmanska rikets guvernör i Bagdad. Båda erbjöd sitt stöd till schejken, men i slutändan uteblev den militära assistansen och 1861 tvingades schejken underkasta sig brittiskt beskydd. Fram till 1867 styrde familjen Al Khalifa också över angränsande Qatar. Bahrain ingick i de så kallade Fördragsstaterna som var ett brittiskt protektorat upprättat år 1892.

Efterhand växte oppositionen mot det brittiska styret sig allt starkare. Samtidigt blev Bahrain ett viktigt område genom den olja som på 1930-talet börjat utvinnas här. 1968 beslöt sig britterna att dra tillbaka sina trupper från Bahrain. Iran gjorde anspråk på Bahrain men accepterade Bahrains självständighet sedan en folkomröstning uttalat sig för denna.

När protektoratet upplöstes i självständiga småstater den 15 augusti 1971 valde Bahrain och Qatar (samt under några månader även Ras al-Khaimah) att inte ansluta sig till den nya förbundsstaten Förenade Arabemiraten. 1973 fick landet sin första författning och i december samma år hölls de första parlamentsvalen. Två år senare införde emiren Isa bin Salman al-Khalifa undantagstillstånd, upplöste Nationalförsamlingen och upphävde författningen. Som resultat av Iran-Irak-kriget på 1980-talet var Bahrain med att bilda Gulfstaternas samarbetsråd med övriga arabiska grannländer.

1981 genomfördes ett misslyckat kuppförsök av muslimska fundamentalister riktat mot emiren.

Landet deltog i koalitionen mot Irak i Kuwaitkriget och 1991 slöts ett militärt samarbetsavtal med USA.

1992 genomfördes vissa reformer för att öka folkets medbestämmande. Samtidigt hade oroligheterna ökat bland den shiitiska majoriteten i landet.

En ny, mer demokratisk författning infördes 2002 och de första allmänna valen hölls. Makten ligger trots det i huvudsak kvar hos den sunnidominerade regimen. Allvarliga oroligheter bröt ut i samband med den arabiska protestvågen 2011 och har sedan fortsatt.

Geografi
Bahrain ligger i Bahrainviken i Persiska viken, mellan Saudiarabien och halvön Qatar. Riket består av ön Bahrain och 32 andra öar, dels runtom Bahrain (de största är Jazirat al-Muharraq och Umm an-Na'san), dels Hawaröarna nära Qatars kust. Bara sex av öarna är bebodda.

Huvudön Bahrain är 48 kilometer lång och 18 kilometer bred, och är uppbyggd av kalksten, sandsten och märgel från krita och tertiär. Den högsta punkten är Jabal ad Dukhān som ligger 135 meter över havet och är belägen mitt på Bahrainön. Ön består till 90 procent av öken, men i söder och sydväst finns sandslätter och marskland. Ön är omgiven av korallrev.

Klimat
Klimatet är hett och torrt i Bahrain med en årsnederbörd på knappt 100 millimeter. Nederbörden kommer om vintern och våren. Trots den sparsamma nederbörden har Bahrain stora (men minskande) reservoarer av grundvatten. Medeltemperaturen är 17 °C i januari och 34 °C i augusti. De varmaste månaderna är augusti och september då temperaturen kan stiga till 40 °C.

Administrativ indelning

Bahrain består av fyra guvernement (muhafazah). Fram till och med 3 juli 2003 var Bahrain indelat i tolv kommuner.

 Huvudstadsguvernementet (al-'Asimah)
 Muharraqguvernementet (al-Muharaq)
 Norra guvernementet (ash-Shamaliyah)
 Södra guvernementet (al-Janobiyah)

Centralguvernementet (al-Wustah) avskaffades september 2014. Innan dess bestod landet av fem guvernement.

Politik och internationella relationer
Bahrain är en konstitutionell monarki där kungen av Bahrain utövar mycket stor makt enligt 2002 års författning. Kungen utser landets premiärminister samt övriga regeringsmedlemmar, är högsta befälhavare och leder domstolsväsendet. Landet har ett tvåkammarparlament, Nationalförsamlingen, där kungen utser samtliga ledamöter till överhuset medan ledamöter i underhuset väljs i allmänna val var fjärde år. Politiska partier tillåts men den shiamuslimska oppositionen har tidvis bojkottat parlamentet i protest mot vad man uppfattar vara manipulerad valkretsindelning för att begränsa dess inflytande.

Kungen av Bahrain, fram till 1999 titulerad emir, är överhuvud för den styrande dynastin Al Khalifah. Den sittande monarken är Hamad ibn Isa al-Khalifah. Premiärministern, den nuvarande kungens farbror Khalifah ibn Sulman al-Khalifah, har varit regeringschef oavbrutet ända sedan 1971 och är därmed den regeringschef som suttit på sin post längst i världen.

Bahrain är av tradition nära knutet till Saudiarabien. Landets enda landlänk är en bro till det stora grannlandet. Relationen till Iran är komplicerad och anklagelser om iransk inblandning i Bahrains inre angelägenheter har intensifierats. Efter att en diplomatisk konflikt flammade upp mellan Iran och Saudiarabien i början av januari 2016, valde Bahrain, liksom Saudiarabien och Sudan, att bryta de diplomatiska förbindelserna.

Sedan september 2014 ingår Bahrain i den internationella koalitionens flygangrepp mot Islamiska statens fästen i Syrien och sedan mars 2015 även i den saudiledda offensiven mot Huthi-rebeller och andra grupper i Jemen. Bahrain är också hemmahamn för USA:s femte flotta och i december 2014 tillkännagav Storbritannien planer på att bygga en brittisk flottbas – Mina Salman Port – i arablandet.

Revolten 2011

Som en följd av jasminrevolutionen i Tunisien och övriga revolter runt om i arabvärlden som utgjorde arabiska våren inleddes i februari 2011 även demonstrationer i Bahrain. Protesterna syftade inledningsvis till att uppnå större politisk frihet och jämlikhet för den shiitiska majoriteten i landet men utvidgades till att kräva ett slut på monarkin. Myndigheterna reagerade med massarresteringar och slog våldsamt ner alla protestyttringar samtidigt som militärstyrkor från grannländerna i Gulfstaternas samarbetsråd skickades för att bistå kungahuset. Trots löften från bland annat kronprinsen om reformer rapporterade Amnesty International i april 2012 att tortyr av arresterade demonstranter fortsatte.

Ekonomi

Petroleum är Bahrains viktigaste exportprodukt och står för 60 procent av statens inkomster och 30 procent av BNP. Landets välstånd grundar sig på goda olje- och naturgasfyndigheter och Bahrain blev Mellanösterns första stora exportör av olja. Denna upptäcktes 1932 och exploaterades främst av amerikanska företag men förstatligades senare. Här finns ett av regionens största raffinaderier, som även tar emot saudiarabisk olja. Landet har försökt bredda sitt näringsliv och bli ett finanscentrum i arabvärlden, för att locka utländska investeringar tas ingen inkomstskatt eller bolagsskatt.

Förutom oljeindustrin finns bland annat aluminiumverk, skeppsvarv för oljetankers och den stora frihamnen Mina Sulman. USA:s femte flotta är baserad i Manama och drygt 6000 amerikanska soldater tjänstgör i landet. 2004 slöt Bahrain ett frihandelsavtal med USA.

I norr finns konstbevattnat jordbruk (dadlar, frukt och grönsaker). Med oljeinkomsterna har en social välfärdsstat skapats, som bland annat ger fri sjukvård och undervisning för alla medborgare. Oljan börjar dock ta slut vilket är ett allvarligt hot mot Bahrains ekonomi. Man satsar hårt på turism och år 2004 öppnades landets racerbana, Bahrain International Circuit, ritad av den tyska banarkitekten Hermann Tilke. Banan arrangerar bland annat Bahrains Grand Prix i Formel 1 och före oroligheterna 2011 besökte runt 40 000 personer om året landet för att se tävlingarna.

Demografi
Den senaste folkräkningen hölls den 27 april 2010 och avsåg den folkbokförda (de jure) befolkningen i Bahrain, som uppgick till 1 234 571 invånare (varav 768 414 män och 466 157 kvinnor). Tidigare folkräkningar hade hållits 2001, 1990, 1981, 1971, 1965, 1959 och 1950. Invånartalet i Bahrain uppskattades i juli 2017 av The World Factbook till 1 410 942 invånare, av Förenta nationerna (befolkning den 1 juli 2016) till 1 397 000, av Internationella valutafonden till 1 700 000 (för år 2017) samt av Världsbanken (juli 2016) till 1 425 171 invånare. En officiell befolkningsprognos utgiven 2013 av Bahrains statistikbyrå beräknade befolkningen till 1 451 200 invånare i juli 2017, och att befolkningen skulle öka till 2 247 600 invånare i juli 2032.

I folkräkningen 2010 hade Bahrain en befolkning på över 1,2 miljoner invånare varav runt 560 000 var bahrainska medborgare (46 %) och 660 000 utlänningar (54 %), varav den absoluta merparten är gästarbetare. Landet är ett av de mest tättbefolkade i världen. Större delen av Bahrains befolkning bor i någon av de två största städerna, Manama och Muharraq. Till de större minoriteterna hör européer och sydostasiater. Det finns också en stor persisk minoritet, varav vissa härstammar från släkt som har bott i landet sedan medeltiden medan andra har flyttat dit i samband med den iranska revolutionen och Iran-Irak-kriget.

Arabiska är officiellt språk men de flesta förstår också engelska.

Religion

Islam är statsreligion i landet och den tro som nästan alla bahrainier bekänner sig till, ca 65-75 % är shiamuslimer. Ca 98 % av alla bahrainska medborgare bekänner sig till islam och 2 % tillhör religiösa minoriteter inklusive drygt 1000 kristna med Grekisk-ortodoxa kyrkan som största samfund, en inhemsk judisk minoritet på 30-50 personer samt runt 1 000 invånare som bekänner sig till Bahá'í-tron. Drygt hälften av alla gästarbetare i landet tillhör religiösa minoriteter inklusive kristna, hinduer, buddhister och sikher. Av den totala befolkningen är 70 % muslimer och 30 % övriga.

Bahrains författning slår ej fast religionsfrihet men individers möjlighet att utöva sin religion respekteras i allmänhet av myndigheterna. Härskarfamiljen Al Khalifa och det ledande skiktet i samhället är sunnimuslimer och många ur den shiamuslimska majoriteten känner sig diskriminerade av de styrande. Shiitiska imamer behandlas strängt, mässor kan censureras och sunnimuslimer åtnjuter i praktiken fördelaktig samhällsstatus.

Internationella rankningar

Referenser

Externa länkar

Asiens länder
Mellanösterns länder
Östater
Monarkier

Asiens mikrostater

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Philadelphia's cultural powerhouse and preeminent boulevard, the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, will begins its 14-month-long, 100th birthday celebration, "Parkway 100," on September 8.
The celebration, which will take place both inside the many institutions that line the thoroughfare and outside among its fountains, gardens and public art, will end November 16, 2018.
The diagonal Benjamin Franklin Parkway stretches one mile from near City Hall to the Philadelphia Museum of Art at the edge of Fairmount Park. Planner Paul Philippe Cret and designer Jacques Gréber, both French, modeled the thoroughfare after the Champs-Élysées in Paris. After a long, drawn-out planning and construction process, it officially opened in October 1918. The arduous yet bold vision ushered in a new era of urban design in America: the City Beautiful Movement.
For the last century, the attractions, green spaces and public art of the Parkway Museums District have captivated residents and visitors. The stretch is also the site of events such as the Fourth of July concert, Budweiser Made In America Festival and Thanksgiving Day Parade; even Pope Francis delivered Sunday mass here during his 2015 visit.
Kicking the celebration off will be the Parkway 100 We Are Connected Festival, which will take place from 4 to 10 p.m. on September 8 and feature 100 activities, including giant connect-the-dots puzzles, indoor and outdoor performances, a mural dedication, a hand-painting area around Swann Memorial Fountain, tours and free or pay-what-you-wish admission to five museums, the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Barnes Foundation, the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia Museum of Art, and Rodin Museum.
The Association for Public Art has enlisted notable artist Cai Guo-Qiang to create a memorable experience for the parkway called "Fireflies," which will take place Thursdays through Sundays September 14-October 8. For four hours each night, people will be able to board 27 pedal-powered vehicles, similar to pedicabs, that will be adorned with lanterns and ride up and down the parkway.
Artist Jennifer Steinkamp has created Parkway 100's centerpiece exhibition, which will light the boulevard at night this winter. Inspired by the Parkway's fountains and horticulture, dramatic video scenes will be projected onto five large domes measuring 13 feet high and 26 feet wide from December 1 until mid-March 2018.
In addition, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Barnes Foundation, the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, the Franklin Institute, the Parkway Central Library of the Free Library of Philadelphia, the Rodin Museum and other organizations will contribute to the centennial celebration with special exhibitions and displays that will honor the Parkway spirit. The closing party will take place on November 16, 2018.
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Trump wonders why Biden has not secured Obama's support for presidency [Video]
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President Donald Trump wonders why former President Obama has not endorsed Joe Biden for presidency.
Trump was suspicious on Senator Bernie Sanders' withdrawal on the democratic nominee race while still retaining his delegates. The president described it "a weird deal."
Trump urged Sanders' followers to flip and support the republican party and his campaign manager, Brad Parscale, also encouraged the senator's supporters to reelect Trump.
President Donald Trump on Wednesday asked why former President Barack Obama did not endorse presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden, his former vice president.
As an answer to a question asked during a coronavirus briefing, Trump told the press "I don't know why President Obama hasn't supported Joe Biden a long time ago. He feels something is wrong… It does amaze me that President Obama hasn't supported Sleepy Joe. It just hasn't happened. When's it gonna happen? Why isn't he? He knows something that you don't know, that I think I know, that you don't know."
Obama noted before that he would not promote a candidate until there's a final nominee. Trump said that Obama has to react at some point, knowing that the former president does not want him to be reelected and serve for another four years.
Currently, NBC News is presuming Biden as the apparent democratic presidential nominee.
Trump added that he was also suspicious on Senator Bernie Sanders' action — quitting the race but still keeping his delegates. The president described it as a "weird deal."
The president tweeted on Wednesday and blamed Sanders' primary loss on Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. He asserted that Sanders would have swept Super Tuesday if only Warren dropped out earlier.
Trump's tweet came moments after Sanders declared his withdrawal from the presidential nominee race. "Bernie Sanders is OUT! Thank you to Elizabeth Warren. If not for her, Bernie would have won almost every state on Super Tuesday!"
The president even appealed for the senator's followers to flip and support his party. "The Bernie people should come to the Republican Party, TRADE!" Trump tweeted.
Following the president's call to Sanders' supporters, his campaign manager, Brad Parscale, also urged them to reelect Trump.
In his statement, Parscale said, "President Trump is still disrupting Washington, DC, while Biden represents the old, tired way and continuing to coddle the communist regime in China. Democrat elites shoved Bernie Sanders to the side for a second time, leaving many of his supporters looking for a new home."
In 2016, around 12 percent of Bernie supporters voted for Trump.
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There is a continued need for employers to keep their employee's safe behind the wheel.
A prohibition ban on texting and hand-held phone use.
A prohibition on driving while under the influence of any amount of alcohol, illegal drugs or certain prescription and over-the counter medications that may impact driving.
Training on safe driving strategies and discuss changes in road rules.
Allow workers to take short naps — 45 minutes or less — in a safe location if and when they are tired while driving.
Information on sleep disorders and other illnesses that may impact drowsiness.
Young workers have the highest crash rate based on miles driven, largely due to their inexperience. They are typically less able than other workers to recognize and respond to traffic risks.
There are several steps employers should take to prevent accidents among the youngest workers.
1) Know the law. Young workers are restricted in terms of whether, when and how long they can drive for work and check and verify the conditions on which they are driving.
2) Do background checks. Before hiring a young worker to drive, make sure he has a valid state license and has no record of any moving violations.
3) Take precautions. Before sending the worker out on the road, make sure the assignment follows the laws for such things as driving restrictions and transporting others or certain products.
While older workers are more likely to adhere to safety regulations – such as wearing seatbelts, due to a decline in their physical and mental abilities that coincide with the aging process, they have twice the risk of dying when they do get into a work-related accident compared to younger workers. Employers should consider the needs of older workers in their safety and health programs.
4) Reconsider your options. Reducing the amount of time older workers are driving can prevent accidents.
5) Be Flexible. Allow drivers to talk with their supervisors to adjust their driving hours if they have problems with night vision, for example, or if they are too tired or uncomfortable driving in bad weather (rain or snow).
6) Test Ability. Conduct periodic assessments of drivers to determine their proficiency, and restrict driving based on the results.
7) Gather Information. Older workers who take a variety of medications may be unaware of the effects they can have. Obtain the medication list and information about the potential effects of prescriptions.
Keep your workers safe by eliminating risks.


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Randy Turner of The Turner Report says Brian Nieves' claim that Governor Jay Nixon is a liar shows that Nieves plays fast-and-loose with the English language, coining "a new definition for liar – "Someone who vetoes one of sen. Nieves' ridiculous bills." Turner is referring to Nieves outrage that Governor Nixon vetoed his baby, SB 267, a bill that tries to be clever by banning Muslim sharia law, a total non-threat, under the rubric of banning the influence of "foreign law."
Nieves said that, based on the reasons Nixon cites for his veto in a statement addressed to the Secretary of State, the Governor was lying about the bill's potential for negative blowback and/or (it's not clear which Nieves means to imply) that Nixon could not have actually read the bill.
Indeed, if you look at the text of the bill, you will find that Nieves and whoever else helped draft the bill tried to the best of their small abilities to answer objections to similar bills in the past. There's an obligatory nod of the head to religious freedom, and the bill states, that it cannot preempt federal treaties or agreements with foreign powers that take precedence over state law. It also exempts corporations and similar legal entities from the act when they enter into agreements subject to foreign jurisdiction. One can imagine that Nieves' outraged howls stem precisely from his conviction that he had taken every pain to insure that he could counter all the possible objections to his silly little exercise in pandering and bigotry.
However, the real bone of contention identified by Governor Nixon and, presumably, his legal advisors, seems to lie in the terms that exempt Missourians from the legal influence of any foreign legal system or code that is deemed "inconsistent" with the Missouri or United States' constitutions, or, otherwise, "repugnant." We know that the former concept is often nebulous must frequently be determined by courts, which can be a time-consuming and expensive exercise; it is not clear who is the judge of what constitutes "repugnant" in this instance. And it is precisely the chilling effect of the uncertainty engendered by such language that forms the focus of Nixon's arguments:
… . Because all foreign legal systems can be deemed inconsistent with our state and federal constitutions, Senate Substitute Bill No. 267 would needlessly cast doubt upon important legal instruments including wills, trusts, marriage and divorce decrees and contracts that involve foreign law … "
As you can see, it is not simply foreign adoptions, the point stressed in media accounts of Nixon's veto, that could be endangered, but almost all international legal issues. Nixon's rationale gives greater emphasis to adoption because the process is excessively fraught, what Nixon calls "an already challenging process."
Further proof of Nixon's careful and serious reading of the bill lies in his identification of a potential conflict with the Article 1, Section 13 of the Missouri constitution, which says "no … law impairing the obligation of contracts … can be enacted." Further, SB 267 can also be interpreted as in conflict with the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the U.S. Constitution that "requires that states respect the 'public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state'" – including contracts based wholly or in part on just those foreign legal systems that are called into question by Nieves' little exercise in lawmaking.
I would take issue with Randy Turner's characterization of Nieves' boneheaded response only to the extent that it fails to note that Nieves is probably totally sincere, and truly believes that Governor Nixon could not possibly have read his masterpiece, or that, indeed, he is lying about its legal implications. After all, Nieves is not to blame because the nuanced reasoning contained in Nixon's veto is far too complex for somebody who thinks that SB 267 could ultimately pass legal muster without harming the complex network of international legal relations. No, the folks to blame for this veto, along with all the expense and wasted time occasioned by SB 267, are the voters who sent this nimrod to Jefferson City in the first place.
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Will iPad 2 on iOS5 increase in value?
Discussion in 'iPad' started by Appl'd, Sep 22, 2012.
Due to a great degree of discontent, and given the irreversibility of the switch to iOS6 on iPad2, do you expect non-jailbroken iPad2/iPhone 3GS/4/4S to increase in value over the short-term, from demand from users hoping to return their device to its former functionality? Think not only about the thousands on MacRumors, but also the tens of millions who may prefer comfortability with feature set to being on the bleeding edge of operating system updates.
I don't expect them to become beanie babies a la 1992, but when my girlfriend almost accepted the iOS6 update on my studio iPad, crippling hundreds of dollars of music production software unusable or unstable on iOS6 at present, my first thought was: "oh man, I'm going to need to find someone on Craigslist who hasn't updated their iPad yet [even if I have to pay a premium for it]". It would be kinda funny if it was Apple's own planned obsolescence strategy that led to the development of a hot secondary market for legacy devices that such strategy was designed to prevent. Thoughts?
I don't think it will increase in value just because of iOS 5 but I have learned over the years of building computers and using electronic gadgets that just because there IS an update for your device doesn't mean YOU have to have it.
I have learned from experience that not ALL updates are GOOD. I have not installed iOS 6 on either my iPad 2 or iPad 3 and have NO intentions too unless i'm 100% sure it makes for a much better experience. Sorry but if SJ were alive I have no doubt he would have b*tch slapped whoever released Maps in it's current form. Apple is getting sloppy post SJ.
I have a spiffy and awesome running iPad 2 if you're interested, j/k.
Well, seeing as how anybody jailbroken on ios 5 can downgrade at their conviencience, i'm not sure it will go up too much.


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CEVA's 2018 Technology Symposium Series Coming to Taiwan, China and Japan
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CEVA's product specialists, ecosystem partners and leading industry experts will join together for a full day of visionary and technical sessions. Topics covered include:
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Q: Is Meta really being re-designed? There have been many, many discussions about how some aspects of the Stack Overflow engine don't really translate perfectly in Meta—so, what does rep mean here; why is my question being downvoted; etc.
This question is not intended to re-hash any of that, but rather to ask whether there really are rumors—and more importantly whether they're true—of meta being re-designed, as speculated in this answer

A: Yes.  Meta is going to be shut down and we're going to conduct all future meta business in Lounge<c++>.

A: There will always be rumors, speculation, fond wishes and hopes...
But we're about problem-solving here, so let's look at the actual problems:

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*Meta sucks for extended discussion
This is less of an issue now than it used to be. Extended discussion is sometimes necessary, but when your goal is to work through problems and come to an actual consensus, keeping it all together on one page (threaded or otherwise) ends up causing problems since few people will actually bother to read through it all! Fortunately, we have chat now - when it's actually necessary to have a lengthy discussion with someone, this tends to work far better than a traditional forum anyway. Meanwhile, the unsuitability of Meta to discussion helps keep threads on controversial topics under a manageable length.

*The need for reputation to participate, coupled with the loss of reputation for posting stuff folks disagree with
This is increasingly a pain-point for folks who come to the site for support - new users tend to encounter the same issues over and over again, and often show up here with predictably negative reactions. At the same time, it actually works fairly well in keeping folks who refuse to read or learn from continually disrupting the site.
Most of the sites on SE have their own associated Meta sites where reputation is determined by their participation on the main site - this works pretty well for support issues, and we're considering going the same route for such activity on Stack Overflow.

*Voting is non-intuitive for folks used to how it works on Stack Overflow
This is mostly a myth. The real story here is that the content being voted on is totally different from what's on SO. When it does align, there's quite a bit of similarity: folks asking how to implement an unsafe, user-unfriendly feature in their software are often met with the very same hostility and down-voting that awaits poor feature-requests here.
The other part to this - one poorly-considered post destroying your ability to participate on the site - is really a problem with the reputation system (above).

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Q: show value if multiple y values on xAxis are used I have multiple y values for same x-value, Everything works fine except mousehovering. With the code above, it shows just the value of one point, instead of a value for each point. I think they had a similar problem here https://github.com/highcharts/highcharts/issues/6231.
library("highcharter")
df1 <- data.frame(x = c(0,0,1,2,2,3,4),
              y = c(50,100,100,105,150,110,120),
              name = c("A","A","A","A","A","A","A"),
              findNearestPointBy= 'xy')

df2 <- data.frame(x = c(3:6),
              y = c(80,90,98,105),
              name = c("B","B","B","B"),
              findNearestPointBy= 'xy')
series_list <- list(df1, df2)

hc2 <- highchart()
for (k in 1:length(series_list)) {
hc2 <- hc2 %>%
hc_add_series(series_list[[k]])
}
hc2

so if the curser is around x=0, tooltip always shows 100 and never 50, is it not possible to show 50 if I'm close to 50 with my cursor?
Appreciate any help!

A: I have it:
library("highcharter")
df1 <- data.frame(x = c(0,0,1,2,2,3,4),
              y = c(50,100,100,105,150,110,120),
              name = c("A","A","A","A","A","A","A"),
              findNearestPointBy= 'xy')

df2 <- data.frame(x = c(3:6),
              y = c(80,90,98,105),
              name = c("B","B","B","B"),
              findNearestPointBy= 'xy')
series_list <- list(df1, df2)

hc2 <- highchart()%>%
hc_plotOptions(line = list(findNearestPointBy = 'xy'))
for (k in 1:length(series_list)) {
    hc2 <- hc2 %>%
    hc_add_series(series_list[[k]])

}
hc2

Maybe somebody else had the same problem in the past!


PATTON — The Cambria Heights boys basketball team is headed back to the District 6 playoffs and will finish the regular season with at least a .500 record for the first time since the 2012-2013 season.
That's quite the accomplishment considering the Highlanders had won a combined 12 games in the three seasons prior to this one, and head coach Eric Nagel was petitioned to be removed from the job he's held for the past 13 seasons this past offseason.
After winning just three games two years ago, the Highlanders doubled that total last year before winning 11 of their first 21 games this season.
Cambria Heights has had a pair of four-game winning streaks this season and has been competitive in most of its losses while competing in the Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference, widely regarded as one of the top leagues in Central Pennsylvania.
One of the biggest factors in the Highlanders' turnaround has been the play of senior point guard Liam Wholaver, who recently scored his 1,000th career point.
Wholaver said a combination of offseason events and the disappointment of last year played a role.
Along with Nathan Lamb and Wholaver, the Highlanders are getting big contributions from senior forward Damon Maul along with underclassmen Preston Lamb and Hunter Yeckley.
The family atmosphere has led to a mentoring program from the team's older players.
The Highlanders, who will enter the District 6 Class 3A playoffs as the No. 7 seed, have shown the ability to win close games. Earlier this month, Cambria Heights edged Portage, 54-53, in a showcase game at Mount Aloysius.
Nagel, who led Cambria Heights to a District 6 championship in 2009, has been getting some help from one of his former players. Isaac Vescovi, a 2018 University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown graduate, is an assistant coach this year, following in the footsteps his older brothers Ben (who coached the Huntingdon girls) and Dom, the current Forest Hills boys coach.
Nathan Lamb also pointed out a change in the play-calling.
The Highlanders will be the underdog in their first-round playoff game, but they've been in that position all season, and they know anything can happen in the postseason.


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Q: How do I fix null is not an object React Native Splash Screen I have followed the instructions from this exactly: https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-native-splash-screen
As well as watching a youtube video that goes over the same steps.
My code is:
import * as React from 'react';
import SplashScreen from 'react-native-splash-screen';
import HomePage from './src/Home';
import {navigationRef} from './RootNavigation';
import * as RootNavigation from './RootNavigation.js';

const Stack = createStackNavigator();

export default class App extends React.Component {
  componentDidMount() {
    setTimeout(1000);
    SplashScreen.hide();
  }
  render() {
    return (
      <NavigationContainer ref={navigationRef}>
        <Stack.Navigator>
          <Stack.Screen
            name="Home"
            component={HomePage}
          />
        </Stack.Navigator>
      </NavigationContainer>
    );
  }
}

The app runs exactly how it should, but only web I remove the componentDidMount method. The line where I set SplashScreen.hide(); is what is causing the error.
The error I am getting is:
TypeError: null is not an object (evaluating '_reactNativeSplashScreen.default.hide')

This error is located at:
    in App (at renderApplication.js:45)
    in RCTView (at AppContainer.js:109)
    in RCTView (at AppContainer.js:135)
    in AppContainer (at renderApplication.js:39)

componentDidMount
    App.js:47:4

I have tried doing the manual installation, making sure the react-native-splash-screen is installed and running npm install, but nothing seems to work.

A: After running react-native run-ios
I found that I was manually linking react-native-splash-screen package when the version of react-native I am using supports autolinking.
After running react-native unlink react-native-splash-screen and then react-native run-ios this fixed my issue.

A: What I'm thinking is that you should call the SplashScreen.hide() function in the callback of your setTimeout() function. Here:
componentDidMount() {
    setTimeout(1000, () => SplashScreen.hide());
}

If this doesn't work, please try checking what value does the SplashScreen object hold.


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Wednesday Nov 20, 2019
World Champions lined up to host Scotland and Georgia for incoming tours next year
The newly crowned World Champion Springboks will have Scotland and Georgia in three home Tests in July 2020, as the incoming series match schedule was confirmed today.
The newly-crowned Rugby World Cup champions, now ranked number 1 in the world, are scheduled to play two Tests against Scotland (ranked 9th), on 4 and 11 July, before hosting Georgia (ranked 14th) in a historical first home Test, on Saturday, 18 July.
It will be the Scots' first visit to South Africa since June 2014, when the Boks beat them by 55-6 in Port Elizabeth.
The Springboks and Georgia have only met once before, in a pool match at the Rugby World Cup in 2003 in Sydney, when SA won 46-19.
SA Rugby will confirm the venues and kick-off times of the three matches at a later stage.
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Archer is turning back the clock for its (presumed) third-to-last season.
Along with the series' move to FXX for Season 8, the animated comedy is also shifting its setting to 1940s Los Angeles, a world full of machine guns, old-timey hats and — in Lana's case — really bad jokes.
Archer's new season kicks off Wednesday, April 5 at 10/9c on FXX.
Hit PLAY on the trailer above, then drop a comment with your thoughts below. Plus: Check out TVLine's interview with the cast from Comic-Con!


The science of sleep has become a whole lot more high-tech in recent years with a focus on latex and the use of more natural fibres for beds and bedding. New babies are particularly sensitive to their sleep environments so that's why the Pebble Mattress has been created.
Pebble is not just a pretty face – it's a highly engineered marvel of a mattress designed to promote airflow and comfort. It has a latex core to allow air to pass through, as well as an organic wool layer for coolness when it counts and warmth when it's chilly.
The organic cotton and eucalyptus cover is infused with zinc so moisture is drawn away from your baby and temperature is regulated. We love the pebbled texture of the cover. It's such a beautiful and logical way of maximising air circulation, it seems a pity to cover it up with a sheet… however the sheets are pretty lovely!
Indulge in the whole system with the Pebble Wrap, fitted sheets, sleep bag, blanket and toddler pillow. Cocoon your baby in the most comforting, least toxic sleep system! The mattress is US$610, from Nook Sleep Systems.


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Is This the Most Empowering Way to Try Oral Sex?
Suzannah Weiss
How Big of an Age Gap Is Too Big in Relationships?
Ashley Ross
Why Men Love Porn, by Jake
Guys are into it--this you know. Now Jake explains how on earth you're not supposed to flip out about that.
For my May column, I attempted to abstain from all sex for a month, which had me thinking about (and often watching) porn. So I figured now might be a good time to explain guys' relationship to the weird world of recorded, artificial sex, which is a sort of cherished one. (Don't worry—next month I'll get back to more wholesome topics.) I wish I could write a column about how I don't care for pornography and how it has no effect on me, but I'd just get distracted and start googling "boob sex boss dominatrix." The fact is, I look at porn, and if the billions of dollars Americans spend on it each year are any indication, your boyfriend probably does too. My gal pals tell me this offends them more than razor stubble in the sink and dirty socks combined. They find porn a little lame and unarousing at best, and disgusting, exploitative and potentially harmful to the relationship at worst. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Let me clear a few things up:
Porn stars do interesting things, but that doesn't mean you should feel you have to.
Women's biggest question when it comes to their guy's porn consumption: Does he want me to do that? Simple answer: No. As my banker friend Faisal* puts it, "I wouldn't want my girlfriend to act like that in bed. It's not how I like to think of someone I love." Just as you dream about a Brontë hero's brutishness but in real life want a guy who won't use the Brillo pad on the nonstick pan, men like to fantasize about threesomes with strippers but date real women. That said, there's a reason Jenna Jameson's How to Make Love Like a Porn Star is a best-seller. As my friend Dave says: "It gives me ideas for things that I might ask my girlfriend if she'd want to try."
Porn stars are often attractive, but no one's saying you have to try to look like that.
The second question women ask me about porn: If he's spent much of his adult life gawking at lithe, top-heavy, super-orgasmic bombshells, how can I compete? You shouldn't. We know we're looking at actors whose tanning, depilating and cosmetic surgery regimens are extreme. When I'm with a woman, I want to touch her skin, look in her eyes and, yes, even feel some hair. No one wants to be with a faker, and at some point, all that stuff is faking.
It's his dirty little secret.
Confession: I find most pornography foul and unsupportable, but I make an exception for the post-it-yourself youporn.com variety, which offers me a regular dose of harmless voyeurism, courtesy of exhibitionists. But the women I date don't know this. The only reason I'm telling you is because this is an anonymous column. Guys have been conditioned to be ashamed of our pals Masturbation and Pornography since we met them, and our impulse is to conceal our filthy sexual fantasy life. So don't take it personally if he hides his porn favorites on his toggle screen under password protection—everyone's entitled to their privacy. However…
Porn can be an opportunity.
If you raise the idea of watching it with him, porn can serve as lighter fluid on the slow burn of a monogamous relationship. "Watching together can be a way of conveying your fantasies without having to have that awkward conversation," says my friend Joseph. Dave's GF welcomed the addition of porn to the bedroom. "It got her in the mood, like a surrogate act of foreplay," he says. But if you're going to go down this road, find something that turns you on, not just your boyfriend. Every dude's different: For one guy, an Aerosmith video is the height of eroticism; for another, anything less than double penetration leaves him cold. If he's pushing the gonzo stuff and you're not feeling it, tell him "That's not for me, but I'll meet you halfway. Got anything with more plot, less degradation?"
But it can also be a bit of a lubed-up slippery slope.
How much porn is too much? If he's too spent from watching Barely Legal 7 to pay attention to your actual, better-than-HD self, that's a problem. If he needs to cue up one of the Spice Networks to get off, that's a problem. If his tastes run to the illegal, that's definitely a problem. Most of us aren't like that, though. Like you, we crave connection and caring alongside our crazy sex, but now and then we simply want a quick release, and we may get it from the gross, dumb but somehow arousing stuff that we relied on before we found you. It's separate from the relationship and in no way equal. The thinking, feeling, warm, soft, sexy real women in our lives are just that: real. And there's not a glowing screen in the world that comes close.
*Names have been changed.
Jake is a real, live single guy dating in New York City.
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Here are a couple of pet food deals that I wanted to make sure you are aware of.
Have you spied any other pet deals recently?
wow perfect timing!! Just went into the closet to get my 'backup' dog food and somehow we're all out! TY!


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Different Configurations can be used to suit your needs.
We offer several different-sized garage overhead storage systems to use depending on which one best suits your needs.
Our systems range from our very large 4' x 8' unit to our smallest 2' x 4' wall unit. Our most common installation is two 4' x 8' ceiling mounted units in a row which creates an overhead storage system 16 feet long and 4 feet wide and can hold up to 1500 lbs.
This installation is typically the best configuration in a two car garage because the units fit perfectly within the width of the garage. A three car garage typically will accommodate three 4' x 8' units.
The added benefit is that these overhead storage units can be hooked together in a seamless row, creating the overhead storage space most clients need. Each unit is adjustable, coming 14 to 44 inches from the ceiling and can easily accommodate double-stacked standard plastic storage containers and lots of boxes. Accessories are available for Ladders, Bikes and Golf Bags etc.


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Nordic Outlook: Continued recovery – greater downside risks
Accelerating global growth is the most probable world economic scenario in 2015, helped by an improved outlook in such key countries as the United States, the United Kingdom, China and India, writes SEB Economic Research in the latest issue of its quarterly report Nordic Outlook.
Due to such factors as heightened geopolitical uncertainty and weather effects, growth forecasts for this year and for 2015 are lower than those presented by the SEB economists in the May 2014 issue.
Overall, the 34 countries of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) will show GDP growth of 1.9 per cent this year. This is up from 1.4 per cent in 2013. Next year, growth will be 2.5 per cent, followed by 2.4 per cent in 2016, but the SEB economists warn that there is a higher probability that these figures may need to be revised downward than upward. There is a greater risk of actual growth falling short of their forecasts than of the economy turning out better than expected.
On their current scale, the trade sanctions between Western countries and Russia will have relatively little direct impact on growth, although their effects on such economies as Finland and the Baltic countries will be more noticeable.
"In a long-term perspective we can expect a fading of the stimulative effects that were generated by decades of relaxed tensions due to increased trade, as well as destabilising medium-term economic, financial and political developments in Russia," says Robert Bergqvist, Chief Economist at SEB.
Overall global monetary policy will remain highly expansionary during Nordic Outlook's forecast period – which runs until the end of 2016 – even though the Bank of England (BoE) and the US Federal Reserve (Fed) will take their first cautious steps towards normalisation of key interest rates in the spring of 2015.
"Looking ahead, central banks face difficult trade-offs. In particular, there is uncertainty about the interest rate sensitivity of their economies and how monetary policy will interact with new macroprudential supervision policies. There are many indications that the normal key rate has shifted significantly downward and that central banks may carry out their rate hikes at a cautious pace," says Håkan Frisén, Head of Economic Forecasting at SEB and Editor-in-Chief of Nordic Outlook.
The outlook for the Nordic countries is divergent. The Norwegian economy is dominated by forces that are pulling in different directions. The headwind is coming from lower capital spending in the oil and gas sector as well as weak residential investments. But the labour market has stabilised, along with the housing market, and good real income increases are providing support to consumption.
In Denmark, there are increasingly clear signs that the recovery will gain a stronger foothold due to falling unemployment, rising home prices and stronger optimism. However, the Finnish economy faces major challenges. Structural problems connected to the forest product industry and the information and communications technology (ICT) sector, as well as relatively large exposure to Russia, are squeezing growth. The Finnish economy cannot avoid a recession in 2014.
Sweden's economic recovery is proving more sluggish than anticipated, but growth is still expected to be somewhat above trend this year and during 2015 and 2016. Growth is being driven by private consumption, which is benefiting from rising real incomes and asset prices and from lower saving.
An unclear parliamentary situation is expected after the election. A minority government of Social Democrats and the Green Party is the most likely outcome based on the current voter opinion situation. This makes future economic policy difficult to assess.
"The gap between the number of seats won by the ruling Alliance and the red-green opposition bloc, the outcome for the Social Democrats compared to the 2010 election, party leader Stefan Löfven's choice between leftist or centrist policies, the strength of the anti-immigrant Sweden Democrats and the relative parliamentary strengths of the Alliance parties after the election will affect the chances of putting together a credible, sustainable support base for a government," Mr Bergqvist says.
The SEB economists believe that the Riksbank will cut its key interest rate again in October to 0.15 per cent due to low and falling inflation expectations, a slow economic recovery and further ECB stimulus measures. Not until early 2016 – once the BoE and Fed have made some headway in their respective rate hiking cycles – is the Riksbank expected to begin raising its key interest rate. By the end of 2016, the repo rate is expected to stand at 1.00 per cent.
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Product Alert: Please note that if you are running iOS 10, Michael Kors Access Touchscreen Smartwatch requires the iOS 10.0.2+ software update from Apple.
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Technology meets jet-set style with the Michael Kors Access Bradshaw rose goldtone display smartwatch. Powered with Wear OS by Google, this smartwatch connects with your favorite apps and is compatible with Apple and Android smartphones. With built-in fitness tracking through Google Fit, you can view calories burned, steps and distance traveled. Receive notifications, such as calls and alerts, at a glance as well. Fully personalize your watch by selecting or customizing the watch face of your choice and changing out the straps to match your activity or look. Wear OS by Google works with phones running Android 4.4+ (excluding Go edition) or iOS 9.3+.
2. The watch charger doesn't have a strong magnet so it can slip off easily and won't be charging the watch so if it moves during the charging time your watch may not be ready to wear when you wake up.
I do love the look of the watch and the way it interacts with my phone.
I have gotten a response from the technician at MK and he has been very helpful. I will try some of his suggestions and see if i can extend the battery length.
I really wanted to love this watch. It's similar to a regular MK watch I already own. The watch never connected to the MK access app. The initial reviews on the google play store were complaining of the same issue. The screen is very low resolution. The blacks look washed out and the colors are not sharp. It frequently disconnects from the phone. The phone is literally right next to the watch and I would get a disconnect signal. Android wear open and running and it shows disconnected. I paired with both an iPhone 6 and a galaxy note 5. The touchscreen is slow to respond at times. The flat tire look makes some watch faces look weird, like the bottom of the screen is cutoff. The low resolution screen is a turnoff compared to the Apple Watch. The only area it beats the Apple Watch is the nice band. It doesn't even have a heart rate monitor. I think Michael Kors thought he could get by on his name alone when he released this watch. Definitely not worth the $350. I have read reviews stating the cheaper Fossil Q watch is better. I would rather have the stainless steel Apple Watch with the Milanese loop, that would be a nice watch to show off. This one is nice until the display turns on.
5.0 out of 5 starsLove my watch!
Amazing watch, works great with my andriod, holds battery a full day, I charge daily. Had links taken out at jewler I have a pretty small wrist. Great quality.
My daughter loves this watch. She saved up her babysitting money and bought this a few weeks ago. We did have to bring it to the jewelers to get sized as it was way too big but it fits perfect now. The jewler remarked on how good the quality of the materials was. She had no problem syncing it to her Samsung Galaxy phone and had not experienced the charging issues other have reported. The watch itself is much better quality then her brother's iPhone watch which is constantly in need of repair and much nicer to look at.
this watch is beautiful and was easy to wear. I was able to set it up with google wear os fairly easily. I was able to send and receive texts and phone calls. it was a little cumbersome that the watch has to be on the charger for set up and upgrades and syncing. the band that came with it was much too large for my wrist but I ordered a silicone band at the time of ordering the watch as I know that would most likely be a problem and I wanted to be able to wear it right away. unfortunately I had to return the watch due to a manufacture defect that the google play store was not pre loaded on the watch so I was unable to get all the functions of the watch and for over $200 that was no ok with me. I did wear it for 1 day and the battery life seemed to fail in comparison to the Misfit Vapor I had previously owned.
The watch was beautiful. The charger leaves a lot to be desired. I had it on charge it went from 70 to 55 to 41 restarted the watch read 60 percent charged dropped to 40% this was all within an hour after opening it. Then after 5 hours went to 73% and would not go any higher. If the company can fix the charger issue this would be the perfect watch.
1.0 out of 5 starsDoes not stay connected to phone!
It is very pretty and stylish, but that's it. The watch does not stay connected to your phone regardless if you are on WiFi or not. Notifications only show up 10% of the time no matter your settings or watch or phone. When the watch is connected to the phone, you will not receive a notification or sound on your phone. For instance: receive a text- no notification on watch or an alert on phone or badge icon on app. If it wasn't a birthday present, I would have returned it. Definitely not worth the money!! The description makes it sound compatible with an iPhone, but it really isn't. If you don't have a google account, the preloaded apps are worthless.
The box & watch was sent dirty and USED even though when I bought it, it was listed as NEW! Extremely dirty with grease and finger prints all over the box and watch. Doesnt appear to be real either. Watch was loose inside box as a new watch would not be.


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Robots: This Week's League Assignment
Danger! Danger! Danger! Pacific Rim has finally hit the theaters, and it seems like everyone is now an expert on giant monster-fighting robots. I thought it would be fun to talk about all the different mechanical wonders that have appeared in our pop culture. This week's assignment for the League of Extraordinary Bloggers…
Not exactly a thing of mine, but something did come to mind when I read this week's assignment: the robot called Hymie on the 1960s spy-spoof sitcom "Get Smart," created by Mel Brooks. I remember seeing reruns of the show on a TV station in San Francisco in the 1980s and on Nick at Nite and TV Land in the 1990s and 2000s. I also saw the 2008 movie based on "Get Smart" that year on opening day and recently rented the disc from Netflix. I also recently rented from Netflix (just before the "Get Smart" movie) the 1989 TV movie "Get Smart, Again!" which reunited most of the TV show cast.
This made me think of the character Hymie, who was only on the show in six episodes over a five-year run and was only in the film briefly as well. Yet many who remember the show will remember how Hymie always interpreted commands literally. Like being told to "grab a waiter" at a restaurant and arriving with the maitre d' carried over his head. Or firing a gun at a light switch when told to "kill the lights." Or preparing to literally "drive [Maxwell Smart} up the wall" (in the 1989 Tv movie), but Max stops Hymie from doing so. The character was also impervious to bullets, weighed 982 pounds and had an IQ of over 200. He also came with rechargeable batteries. He was created by the evil organization KAOS, but later taken over by CONTROL [link].
Hymie was played By Dick Gautier on the show and by Patrick Warburton in the 2008 movie.
Other bloggers participating this week so far:
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My Turn: 'Sesame Street' now brought to you by the letters HBO and $$$
Naeemah Clark
We were late to the first day of kindergarten. Not only had my mother gotten the time wrong, but also the date. When I joined my fellow classmates an hour and two days after the start of the school year, Mrs. Zimmerman was going through the day's lesson. The students were repeating the names of U.S. presidents with long, curly white hair as they looked at a border tacked over the chalkboard.
I may not have understood the fashions of the founding fathers, but I could do what many of the children in my class could not. I could read all by myself and could write my letters and numbers. I was kindergarten ready because my first three teachers were in my home: mom, dad, television.
Mom taught me how to color inside of the lines and the phonetics of each letter of the alphabet (aah, aah, buh, buh. . . ). And I remember Dad putting his beefy fingers into the child-sized holes of my red scissors to demonstrate proper cutting technique even though he was a lefty and the handle was righty.
Also a reliable educator in the house was our 27-inch Sylvania television that sat on the shag carpet in our rec room. After breakfast, I'd walk downstairs, pull the button on the top of the console, and turn the dial to channel 13. That's where "Sesame Street" was. Every single sunny day. Songs taught letters and numbers and Muppets taught life lessons such as sharing and cooperation.
The entertaining, edifying program began airing in 1969 after documentary film producer Joan Ganz Cooney created the Children's Television Workshop to make quality television for children. "Sesame Street" was intended to close the gap between kids whose parents worked to prepare them for school and those who did not or could not. Often these divisions were along racial and economic lines.
Setting the program on an inner city street with rich racial (and species) diversity invited children from different backgrounds to engage with the lessons and the community.
And that community captured the American heart in a gentle but honest child-centered way. In 1983, when Big Bird learned of the death of his friend Mr. Hooper (played by Will Lee), children were taught how to mourn the passing of a loved one. In 2001, when a hurricane hit the street, stories of rebuilding illustrated that hope comes after loss. And the joyful and exceptionally pink Abby Cadabby has divorced parents.
Soon, there will be a new lesson that "Sesame Street" will teach its young audience. It's called the "knowledge gap." Scholars Philip J. Tichenor, George A. Donohue, and Clarice N. Olien determined that people with higher socioeconomic status have greater access to media information than those of a lower socioeconomic class. Therefore, those with more money gain valuable information faster, increasing the gap between the economic classes.
This fall "Sesame Street" will begin its partnership with premium cable network HBO. In this deal, HBO will have exclusive rights to first run episodes of "Sesame Street," with the newer episodes airing nine months later on PBS — where it always used to be.
While the partnership brings a much-needed infusion of cash to the financially hampered children's television mainstay, the embargo signals that the financial haves are the teachers' pets.
The lag of nine months, the length of a typical school year, means that children whose parents don't pay for HBO will not have access to the same pre-school and pro-social preparation that their tiny contemporaries have.
Undoubtedly, those with HBO will benefit from the deal. The cable network, which costs between $10 and $16 on top of the basic cable bill, will offer subscribers 35 30-minute episodes; PBS aired 18 hour-long episodes for most of its 45 years. The truncated programs will make for more desirable viewing on HBO Go, the network's online streaming service costing $15 a month.
In a media world where kids are turning to handheld devices and not 27-inch Sylvania screens, the relationship between HBO and "Sesame Street" is a sign of the future.
Perhaps it's naïve to hope that HBO would show some benevolence and equal the playing field by shortening — or eliminating — the delay that comes with its exclusive rights to Oscar the Grouch. However, the social capital it could gain by demonstrating its concern for the education of all children would be significant.
Still, in the darkest parts of my mind, I do wonder if losing the first run of "Sesame Street" is akin to the Children's Television Workshop sending America to the corner for not giving money to public television. The control was, after all, in our hands, but we didn't do our part.
Parents prepare their kids for school by filling shopping carts with pens and protractors, but most don't pledge to their public television stations. My parents placed a high priority on my being ready for school, but they never gave money to Channel 13.
For my part, I give a small amount every month and answer phones during the March pledge drive at UNC-TV in Durham. I don't do it for the tote bag, the Grover mug, or for my kids because I don't have any.
I do it for the students like the ones in my kindergarten class whose parents can't spend the time teaching letters and numbers, but still hope that their children are ready for the first day of school.
Naeemah Clark is an associate professor of communications at Elon University who researches economic, programming and diversity issues related to the media and entertainment industries. You can send email to her at nclark3@elon.edu.


Agricamp Picobello is situated in the municipality of Montelparo. This ancient small town with less than 900 inhabitants is perched on a hilltop from where one has a spectacular view of the rolling hills of Le Marche and the mountains of the Monti Sibillini National Park.
Bicycle Museum: The museum has many beautifully restored and presented bicycles. See how the knife grinder, the tailor, the cobbler and many other craftsmen used their bicycles as mobile workshops.
Herb workshop: How to make your own cosmetics or medicine; a workshop at the organic farm 'Indaco Foods' (our neighbours). You'll start with a tour on the farm and after that the workshops begins. You're going to make 3 different product based on organic grow herbs. The workshops are planned during the season of 2016 starting in June.
Catering: There are two bars in the village where you can enjoy refreshments, a cup of genuine and always good cappuccino or espresso and where the term "slow life" was invented centuries ago.
Square: At the end of the main street there is a beautiful large "piazza". From here you can enjoy an unrestricted view of the Apennines, more specifically: the Monti Sibillini National Park. On a clear day you can see the Corno Grande, at 2912 meters, the highest mountain of the Apennines and easily recognizable by its distinctive shape. In the summer months, July and August, the piazza is often "the place to be" during village festivals.
Churches: Montelparo has 5 beautiful old churches. They are well worth a visit and every church is a "gem" in itself.
Summer Festivals: Village festivals are organized regularly during the summer months. There is the classic cycle race, the 'sagra della polenta' and 'pizza in piazza'. A special event and highly recommended is the blues evening in the courtyard of the old monastery. As we all sit down together to eat we can enjoy listening to some excellent and original blues music. Agricamp Picobello is a sponsor of various festivals.
Horseback riding: A short distance away from Agricamp Picobello is a riding centre where, under expert guidance, rideouts can be arranged. A great way to discover the local country side.
Tennis: Tennis players can book a court nearby to show off their talents. We are happy to arrange it for you.
Dining Out: There are many small restaurants, osterias and trattorias which offer special Picobello menus. Great food and good wine for a fixed price. We will book you a table and all you have to do is 'sit down' and you'll be surprised by the excellent quality of the Le Marche cuisine.
Lunch and swimming: We have made arrangements with a few agriturismi in the area for you to have lunch there and also use their swimming pool.
What else? All of the nearby villages and towns are worth visiting. Stroll into a bar for a cup of coffee or taste the real Italian ice cream and before you know it you will get a taste of local life as you fall into conversation with the locals.


The 1960 Edsel tail fin was completely restyled in 1960. Gone were the horizontal fins of 1958 and 1959. New nearly vertical tail fins were part of the restyled 1960 Edsel.
Only the Ranger and a few station wagons were built in 1960.
Less than 3,000 Edsels were built and sold before they were branded a failure and production stopped in 1960.


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In addition to the main campus in Islamabad, National Officers academy has established another branch in Karachi where our most sought after faculty from both Islamabad and Karachi has been imparting the most effective guidance to candidates of the css exams. Our competent and renowned faculty is busy day and night in imparting a real guidance to the candidates through their meticulously prepared lectures painstakingly devised notes, circumspectly selected books and other resource material in more than 30 subjects . NOa is pioneer in preparing candidates for the competitive exams in period of just 90 days.
Largest CSS Faculty Holder Institution in the country.
The only institution where not only CSS Topper but CSS Record holder guides, Coaches, trains and teaches.
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The only CSS Preparation Institution that has ever and for the first time in the history of CSS has produced such a huge result of CSS written examination.
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The only institution of the country thats helps candidates set their realistic targets and complete package to achieve your desired targets.
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Pioneer of three months preparation of CSS examination in the country.
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Q: CSS Background Image Distorted on Mobile I'm trying to display a background image with the following CSS code in the header.
body {
        background-image: url("./image.jpg");
        background-repeat: no-repeat;
        background-attachment: fixed;
        background-size: 100% 100%;
       }

It works perfectly on desktop, even when I resize the browser window but when I try to access it on mobile, the image gets distorted and stretched to no more than a few pixels at the top of the screen.
Thanks in advance!

A: Use background-size: 100vw 100vh

body {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  background-image: url("https://www.highreshdwallpapers.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Large-Format-HD-Wallpaper.jpg");
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  background-attachment: fixed;
  background-size: 100vw 100vh;
}
<body>
</body>


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