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20 Years Later, Here's What the Iconic Cast of The Princess Diaries Is Up To
It's hard to believe 2021 marks 20 years since Mia Thermopolis was crowned Princess of Genovia. Iconic teen movie The Princess Diaries kicked off the A-list careers of Anne Hathaway, Sandra Oh, and Mandy Moore, all while teaching us how the significance of a foot-popping kiss. And let's be real: who isn't quoting the movie on a daily basis?
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Zoning Commission approves Thurston renovations, resident displacement plans
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SA President SJ Matthews testified at the hearing that the renovations to Thurston Hall will address students' complaints that the hall lacks communal spaces in which first-year students can bond and that the building severely needs repairs.
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By Avi Bajpai Dec 3, 2019 1:13 AM
The D.C. Zoning Commission unanimously approved officials' proposed renovations to Thurston Hall and a temporary housing plan to accommodate displaced Thurston residents at a public hearing Monday.
The five-member commission approved three zoning applications the University filed this summer to allow 550 undergraduates to live in The Aston, One Washington Circle Hotel and 1959 E St. during Thurston's two-year renovation process. The Commission also approved specific renovation plans, like an overhead canopy to cover the hall's courtyard year-round, additional common spaces and a dining facility within the hall.
Zoning Commission members asked Alicia Knight, the senior associate vice president for operations, and University attorney David Avitabile why renovations to Thurston were necessary despite officials' plans to reduce undergraduate enrollment by 20 percent over the next five years.
Knight said the University pledged to renovate Thurston, which is expected to cost nearly $80 million, because the hall is a "cornerstone" of residential life for first-year students.
"The University is committed to Thurston Hall given its, I would say, stature and its relevance to the student experience at GW," she said. "It still feels like this is a very worthwhile project for our undergraduate population and first-year students, specifically."
Knight said the University is confident that renovations will be completed within the two-year time frame negotiated with the Foggy Bottom and West End Advisory Neighborhood Commission. The University has agreed to pay a $1 million fine for each semester renovations continue past the scheduled fall 2022 finish date.
ANC commissioners and West End Citizens Association leaders testified at the hearing to support the University's plan.
ANC chair William Kennedy Smith said commissioners were initially skeptical of officials' plans to temporarily house students in One Washington Circle Hotel and the decision to nix construction of a residence hall on 20th and H Streets – to instead expedite Thurston renovations – just three months after proposing the project.
But Smith said officials "went the extra mile" to keep community members apprised of construction plans and involve residents and local leaders in the development processes.
"We've never seen this level of support from every community organization, and frankly, every senior community activist, for a project involving GW before," Smith said.
Student Association President SJ Matthews said Thurston's renovations will address students' complaints that the hall lacks communal spaces in which first-year students can bond and that the building severely needs repairs. Thurston residents have complained about mold, damaged floors and dysfunctional elevators present in the hall.
"Their complaints all stem from the fact that the needs of the student body have changed over the years, but Thurston has not," Matthews said. "This renovation will ensure that GW is able to meet the needs of its first-year students and provide them with a great first-year experience."
Trinity Diaz, president of the Residence Hall Association, said the proposed gathering spaces will foster a greater sense of community when freshmen arrive on campus.
"Renovating Thurston would have a direct impact on the ability of students to feel welcome and at home in Foggy Bottom," Diaz said.

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If dark matter is really axions, we could find out soon
An overview of the promising experiments searching for axions as dark matter.
Xaq Rzetelny - Jan 23, 2015 3:00 pm UTC
An axion detector gets a once-over from some physicists.
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From observations of the Milky Way galaxy, we've learned that in any given cubic meter of space, even the particular cubic meter that snugly fits your seated form as you read this article, there's a small amount of matter—only about 50 proton masses worth—passing through in any given moment. But unlike the particles that make up your seated form, this matter doesn't interact. It doesn't reflect light, it isn't repelled by solid objects, it passes right through walls. This mysterious substance is known as dark matter.
Since there's so little of it in each cubic meter, you would never notice its presence. But over the vast distances of space, there's a lot of cubic meters, and all that dark matter adds up. It's only when you zoom out and look at the big picture that dark matter's gravitational influence becomes apparent. It's the main source of gravity holding every galaxy together; it binds galaxies to one another in clusters; and it warps space around galaxy clusters, creating a lensing effect.
But despite its importance to the large-scale structure of the Universe, we still don't know what dark matter really is. Currently, the best candidate is WIMPs, or Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (Which makes sense, now that we know it's not MAssive Compact Halo Objects, or MACHOs). But WIMPs are not the only option—there are quite a few other possibilities being investigated. Some of them are other kinds of massive particles, which would constitute cold dark matter, while others aren't particles at all.
Could dark matter be hiding in plain sight in existing experiments?
Axions, theoretical particles that were originally predicted to solve a tricky problem involving the strong nuclear force, happen to have just the right properties to be a good candidate for dark matter. Leslie Rosenberg, a physicist at the University of Washington, Seattle, recently wrote an overview of the experiments being done to investigate the possibility of axions being dark matter for the journal PNAS.
Among the various models of dark matter, there are two overarching categories: Hot (HDM) and Cold Dark Matter (CDM). The hot variety gets its name because its particles would be whipping around at incredibly high speeds, up to significant fractions of the speed of light. But hot dark matter seems to be a dead end as a possibility. If particles were traveling that fast, most of them would be able to escape the gravitational pull of their host galaxy. Instead, dark matter forms into nice, spherical halos around every galaxy—which means that it's probably cold.
The physical difference between HDM and CDM is mass. If dark matter is composed of low-mass particles, then it would be easy for the particles to accelerate, and since the particles interact so little with other particles, it would be very hard to slow them down; hence the relativistic speeds of HDM. CDM, then, would have to be a higher-mass particle, because those aren't as easy to accelerate. WIMPs would fall into this category.
Axions, meanwhile, occupy a unique sort of middle ground between HDM and CDM. They are low-mass particles, low enough that they might have been HDM, except that they would have been slowed down gravitationally in the very early Universe. In effect, they now behave like CDM, moving slowly and thus potentially forming the dark matter halos we observe, even though they have the mass of HDM. Crucially, axions interact weakly enough with light and other matter that they fulfill the 'dark' part of dark matter.
One advantage to axions as dark matter is that there's only a very specific mass range of axions that would be consistent with the dark matter we observe. If the axions were much lighter or much heavier, they would produce observable differences—sufficiently observable that we would have already seen them. For example, the supernova explosion sn1987a would have lost energy as axions transported it out of the exploding star, which would have resulted in a noticeably different neutrino flash than the one recorded on Earth.
That narrow range of possibilities makes the axion hypothesis very easy to conclusively test. Since it's such a narrow range, a test that turns up negative could rule out axions as a possibility altogether. (They might still exist, but they would be ruled out as a dark matter candidate). And in science, testability makes a hypothesis very attractive (at least until the test rules out your favorite model).
So how do we find it?
Another advantage of axions is that they can spontaneously decay into things that might be observed. An axion can turn into two photons, and that light could hypothetically be detected. The reverse process, light turning into an axion, is also possible—and it may even play a role in the propagation of light. The light would briefly become an axion, which would then decay back into two photons, with the briefly-existing axion being considered a virtual axion.
Another effect axions could have would be on the Sun—its seismic activity and energy output could be affected by the interactions of axions. And those Solar axions could scatter off a germanium crystal, producing X-rays that could be observed. Additionally, the dark matter axions in the halos around astronomical objects, like other galaxies, could spontaneously decay and produce photons that we might see in telescopes.
Unfortunately, none of these tests are sensitive enough to detect the expected mass range of axions that would be dark matter. To find axions in the right range, there are a few methods that might work—and some of them are being tried in experiments right now.
Astronomical axions
Astronomical objects can provide an opportunity to observe axions. Supernovae should produce them (as noted above), as should other astronomical objects such as the Sun.
In the core of the Sun, light scatters off of the particles it encounters there, bouncing around from particle to particle until its random path allows it to escape the Sun (some 170,000 years after the light was produced). As the light scatters in this process, it can be converted into an axion. That axion might then turn back into two photons while still inside the Sun. Since the axion was produced in the Sun's hot core, the photons ultimately observed here on Earth would be in the form of X-rays. Alternatively, we could potentially detect the axions themselves, should they escape the Sun.
But it would be difficult to distinguish whether the axions detected this way are dark matter or simply part of a normal physics process. More energetic events, like supernovae, would also fall short of producing unambiguously detectable dark matter axions.
The best experiment using this method right now is the CERN Axion Solar Telescope. Using a dipole magnet from the Large Hadron Collider on a steerable mount, this device could achieve good sensitivity to axions escaping the Sun—but it's just barely more sensitive to dark matter axions than observations of the supernova sn1987a were. So, while this experiment could not rule out axions by itself, it might further constrain the properties of axion dark matter.
A more sensitive version is being conceived, however, which might provide better insight.
Shining light through walls!
Another technique with a chance of detecting dark matter axions is the "Shining light through walls" technique, which is just what it sounds like. (A name we didn't make up, in case you were wondering). As we've seen, light can convert into axions and axions can be converted into light. So if researchers wanted to create axions in the lab, they might start with some light.
By sending some polarized light through a dipole magnet, some of the light can be converted into axions. The axions would then be able to pass right through a wall, as though it weren't there, and appear on the other side. If they encounter a second dipole magnet, it will convert the axions back into photons, which are then detected. To be fair, this isn't a measurement of pre-existing axions, so it doesn't demonstrate that the dark matter we're observing is composed of axions—only that axions in the right mass range exist. But that by itself would provide a strong argument that dark matter is axions.
The problem with this technique is that the process happens very infrequently—so infrequently that it would be very hard to tell such a light burst from the surrounding noise. As a result, the technique wouldn't be sensitive enough to detect axions in the dark matter mass range.
But there are some experiments being constructed that have addressed that problem by adding devices called Fabry-Perot optical resonators to both sides of the wall. This has the effect of increasing the number of photons that decay into axions and vice versa, which should make it a vastly stronger signal—strong enough to stand out from the noise. But despite the improvements, these experiments probably still won't be sensitive enough to detect axion dark matter, though they might be able to find other forms of axions.
Catching axions
Another approach is known as the Radio Frequency (RF) technique. This relies on an axion's ability to decay into light, and could allow researchers to catch one. Axions that are part of the Milky Way's dark matter halo should be passing through the Earth at all times, putting them within reach. The only thing that's needed is the right catcher's mitt. Like other dark matter candidates, axions pass right through solid matter, so it's tricky to devise a device to catch one. But unlike other dark matter candidates, axions might interact with a magnetic field. If so, the axion could be stimulated to decay into microwave photons. Those photons could then be detected.
The catcher's mitt, in this case, is a device called an RF cavity, a metal cylinder which serves as a resonator, keeping the electromagnetic waves it catches inside.
This approach has been taken by the Axion Dark Matter eXperiment (ADMX). That RF cavity device is four meters tall, but the actual cavity itself, the part where the axion's photons will be caught, is only about half a meter tall, and surrounded by a powerful, wrap-around magnet. The main difficulty with this experiment, as with so many experiments in astronomy, is reducing noise. Axions that are part of the Milky Way's halo should produce some extremely weak photons, which are very difficult to distinguish from the background noise.
To deal with this issue, the ADMX device has recently been refitted, replacing its transistor amplifiers with Superconducting QUantum Interference Devices (SQUIDs). The SQUIDs are more effective at amplifying the signal of the microwave photons the device catches, helping them to stand out from the noise. The ADMX, enhanced with the SQUIDs, is sensitive enough that it should be able to detect axions from the Milky Way's dark matter halo with a high degree of certainty. Over the next few years, this experiment could conclusively rule out axions as the identity of dark matter—or it could confirm this hypothesis.
The possibilities raised by these experiments—especially by ADMX—are exciting, as they represent clear progress toward solving the puzzle that is dark matter. And that's no trivial puzzle, as an understanding of dark matter is important to our understandings of the Universe as a whole.
But in science, things are often more complicated than they seem at first, as the author cautions in the paper. "it may be that the relation between axion mass and couplings is loosened. In such a case, there could well be surprises," he writes. Nonetheless, he doesn't downplay the potential significance of ADMX: "sensitivity to dark matter QCD axions has at last been achieved with the RF cavity technique, and we may know soon whether the dark matter is made of axions."
If dark matter does turn out to be axions, it will be good news in one sense at least: physicists will be able to directly detect and experiment with dark matter, a boon for cosmology. Considering that it's not yet certain that dark matter interacts at all—and it would be essentially impossible to directly observe if it doesn't—that would be good news indeed.
PNAS, 2014. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1308788112 (About DOIs)
Xaq Rzetelny Xaq is a science writer & radio host. He joined Ars in 2014.
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A discussion of how a character's perspective on time influences their identity.
Some films to consider: Mr. Nobody (time and memory woven and re-runable), The Time Traveler's Wife (time as uncontrollable), Kate and Leopold (does ones place in time impact their identity?), Age of Adeline (the effect of aging differently), About Time (how does taking control of time impact the Characters?), and In time (Time as a limited commodity). For fun a whimsical look at the new Alice Through the Looking Glass could also be interesting.
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An examination of how color, light, and dark have been used in Tim Burton's films to reflect the view points of his characters and the observance of the mundane vs the outrageous. Specifically looking at how Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children differs from many of of Tim Burton's other films by providing more "grey" spaces that are neither colorful "dream worlds" nor colorless "realities". It would also be interesting to include an analysis of the film Edward Scissorhands and how the "normal"/suburban world is portrayed as the "dream world" through color reflecting Edwards viewpoint.
May I suggest adding Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to the article? Not only is the film bursting with color, it's simultaneously similar and different in theme to the other two. You could do the same with Alice in Wonderland. – Stephanie M. 3 years ago
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What role will the new Star Wars stories play in the unfolding expanded universe? The impact of Rogue One on the meaning and value of the data at the beginning of a New Hope may give us some idea, but there could be so much more. How will opinions of characters such as Han Solo continue to change and evolve? What about other characters such as Obi-Wan Kenobi?
Interesting topic, with recent news I think you can add in the discussion of Obi-Wan Kenobi as a standalone. Also typo on Rogue One, as you've put 'Rouge'. – Marcus Dean 3 years ago
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Great points! I wish I'd thought of some of those to include in my analysis!
Would it not also be interesting and practical to consider this piece in the context of current military conflicts in Syria?
The author concludes with "It is bittersweet to say that this episode is still relevant, because it means that we are all still living in a balance of terror." I think a nod to current events contextualizing the time in which the piece is/was written would provide valuable context.
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An interesting continuation of this topic would be to explore when an "ebook" stops being a "book" and becomes something other/more/different.
I could see a future for "digital books" that act more like self contained networks of information that take advantage of the their digital nature that still has room for the more linear format of print materials.
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I thought the approach to pulling the various fan theories together into a discussion on the role of Mystery in film was very interesting and maybe didn't go far enough?
In any case here is a quote form Hitchcock on his thoughts related to the role of suspense/mystery in film: "If the audience does know, if they have been told all the secrets that the characters do not know, they'll work like the devil for you because they know what fate is facing the poor actors. That is what is known as 'playing God.' That is suspense"
Wouldn't it be interesting if we came to the answers before the characters do and the new mystery was not her origin, but how she will find it out?
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Assange: U.S. 'witch hunt' against Wikileaks must end
Two months after Julian Assange entered the Ecuadorian embassy in London, he said today the U.S. government must end its "witch hunt" against Wikileaks.
By Charlie Osborne and Zack Whittaker for Between the Lines | August 19, 2012 -- 13:57 GMT (06:57 PDT) | Topic: Security
LONDON -- Wikileaks founder Julian Assange addressed his supporters and the media at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, exactly two months after first entering the embassy and days after receiving asylum from Quito.
Assange said the U.S.-led "witch hunt" against Wikileaks must stop, and the U.S. government must not "persecute its staff and its supporters."
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. Credit: Charlie Osborne/ZDNet.
Assange's short statement described Ecuador's move to grant him asylum as "courageous," and outlined a number of points he wished to see in the future.
But one of the stipulations of his asylum would be that he is not allowed to give political statements or face his status rescinded -- a balance he was surely careful to manage.
He said the U.S. must "dissolve its FBI investigation," and pledge not to pursue journalists against "shining the light on the secret crimes of the powerful."
"There is unity in the oppression; there must be absolute unity and determination in the response," he added.
He also thanked the people of the U.S., the U.K., Sweden, and Australia for their support, "even when their governments have not."
"And to those wider heads in government, who are still fighting for justice. Your day will come."
Two months on
Today's press conference marks two months since the Wikileaks founder entered the Ecuadorian embassy in London on June 19, breaking U.K. bail conditions ahead of his planned extradition to Sweden to face questioning over alleged sexual crimes.
Around 100 U.K. police officers remain stationed outside the embassy, surrounding the building should the Wikileaks founder attempt an escape.
Fewer protesters turned up than expected, in the region of around 150--200 protesters, many native Ecuadorians. Many donned the Anonymous masks associated with the whistleblowing and anonymity movement.
Ecuadorian embassy, London. Credit: Charlie Osborne/ZDNet.
Last week, Ecuador granted the Australian national asylum citing reasons that the Swedish or U.K. government could not guarantee he would not be transferred to a third-country, such as the United States, where he may face the death penalty under the Espionage Act.
Assange spoke today from within the walls of the embassy close to the ground floor balcony -- around six feet from the ground -- as to remain on Ecuadorian soil.
Ecuador to the 'World Court'?
Ecuadorian officials said they may appeal to the International Court of Justice, the so-called 'World Court,' to prevent Assange from being arrested by U.K. authorities if he steps out of the embassy where he remains.
The "threat" by the U.K. government to revoke the diplomatic status of the embassy and storm the building resulted in an emergency meeting of American states to discuss Britain's escalation in rhetoric.
The move to suggest the building could have its embassy status revoked by U.K. authorities -- in which it says it has the right to do -- puts the very nature of embassies abroad in jeopardy.
The U.K.'s Diplomatic and Consular Premises Act 1987 would allow the U.K. government to revoke the diplomatic immunity of an embassy in the country, but Ecuador claimed this would be a breach of the Vienna Convention that first set out the rules and rights of embassies in host nations.
William Hague said on Thursday: "There is no threat here to storm an embassy. We are talking about an Act of Parliament in this country which stresses that it must be used in full conformity with international law."
The leaks must flow
Documents and leaked information continues to flow out of Wikileaks, two years since more than 250,000 U.S. diplomatic cables were released by the whistleblowing organization.
Wikileaks' latest release, The Global Intelligence Files, saw 5 million emails by private intelligence firm Stratfor leaked onto the Web. Anonymous was thought to have been behind the attack in which the emails were stolen, and were handed to Wikileaks for publication.
The latest controversy stirred as TrapWire, a 'global' private surveillance service, was discovered in the latest cache of emails. Links were found between the TrapWire company and Anonymizer , a service used for anonymous Web browsing by activists and at-risk populations.
It follows similar releases, such as the "Spy Files" and the "Syria Files" in recent months.
In the last few weeks, denial-of-service attacks against various websites -- including Russia Today, and Wikileaks itself -- resulted in targeted sites crumbling under the sheer weight of the attacks.
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Free publishing english literature journals
This blog post aims to provide a list of free publishing English literature research journals. We checked many research journals' websites to know if they publish without APC, and found a few free publishing English literature journals.
In this blog post, we are listing five free Scopus/ESCI-indexed English literature journals. Many of these literary journals are open-access. Click on the journal title to find out more details.
Free Scopus/ESCI-indexed English Literature journals
1. Acta Neophilologica
2. AMERICAN, BRITISH AND CANADIAN STUDIES
3. BRITISH AND AMERICAN STUDIES
4. SARE-SOUTHEAST ASIAN REVIEW OF ENGLISH
5. TRANSNATIONAL LITERATURE
The journal pays special attention to the problems from the history of cultural and especially literary and theatre contacts between Slovenia and Western-European literature, as well as the problems of Slovenian emigrant literature.
Journal Title: Acta Neophilologica
Publisher: University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts
E-ISSN: 2350417X
Open Access: YES
Subject: Language and Linguistics
SJR: 0.259
Quartile: 2
Founded in 1999 and re-launched in refashioned, biannual format in 2007, American, British and Canadian Studies is an international, peer-reviewed journal that sets out to explore disciplinary developments in Anglophone Studies in the changing environment forged by the intersections of culture, technology and electronic information. The primary goal is to bring together in productive dialogue scholars conducting advanced research in the theoretical humanities.
Journal Title: American, British and Canadian Studies
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Subject: Literature and Literary Theory
SJR: 0.1
British and American Studies is a peer-reviewed academic journal whose main aim is to promote new scholarship, to facilitate the exchange of information related to the latest research findings in the fields of literatures in English, English language.
Journal Title: British and American Studies
Publisher: Universitatea de Vest din Timisoara, Facultatea de Litere, Istorie si Teologie
E-ISSN: 24577715
Open Access: NO
Citescore: 0
SARE: Southeast Asian Review of English is an international peer-reviewed journal founded in 1980. It publishes scholarly articles and reviews, interviews, and other lively and critical interventions. SARE aims to be a key critical forum for original research and fresh conversations from all over the world on the literatures, languages, and cultures of Southeast, South, and East Asia. It particularly welcomes theoretically-informed articles on the literary and other cultural productions of these regions.
Journal Title: Transnational Literature
Publisher: Bath Spa University
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Gwen Shamblin Lara (née le  à Memphis et décédée le  à Smyrna, est une autrice américaine, fondatrice d'un programme de régime chrétien  et fondatrice d'une Église : la .

Biographie

Jeunesse
Gwen Shamblin Lara obtient un diplôme de premier cycle en diététique et une maîtrise en alimentation et nutrition avec une spécialisation en biochimie de l'Université du Tennessee, à Knoxville. Elle est diététicienne, consultante et professeur de l'Université d'État de Memphis pendant cinq ans. Elle travaille également au département de la santé du Tennessee pendant cinq ans. Elle est élevée dans une famille de l'Église du Christ. Elle a deux enfants et sept petits-enfants.

Atelier sur le poids et les régimes
Gwen Shamblin Lara commence a donné des conseils en contrôle du poids en 1980. Elle avait elle-même des problèmes de poids à l'université. Elle amène l'idée que la génétique, le métabolisme et la modification du comportement n'expliquent pas pourquoi certaines personnes étaient minces tandis que d'autres étaient en surpoids. Elle fonde le Weigh Down Workshop, un programme de perte de poids sans restriction alimentaire, régime d'exercice, pesée et comptage de calories en 1986. Certains experts se sont dits préoccupés par le fait que le programme ait éliminé de ses recommandations des éléments classiques comme l'activité physique et le tri des aliments, comme le recommande l'Académie de nutrition et de diététique.

Elle développe Weigh Down Workshop tout en travaillant sur sa maîtrise à l'Université d'État de Memphis. Dans le cadre d'un centre de conseil, elle accueille sa première classe d'étudiants dans un centre commercial à Memphis, Tennessee. Elle commence à animer le programme à l'église baptiste Bellevue près de Memphis dans les années 1990. Le programme consiste en des séminaires de 12 semaines guidés par des bandes vidéo et audio mettant en vedette Gwen Shamblin Lara.

Gagnant en popularité d'année en année, le programme est présent dans plus de 1 000 églises dans 49 États, en Grande-Bretagne et au Canada en . Le programme est passé à environ 5 000 églises, dont environ  situées dans son État d'origine, le Tennessee, en juillet 1996. En 1996,  compte  et un siège social établi à Franklin, dans le Tennessee. Elle commence également à organiser une convention estivale annuelle, , dans la région de Nashville. En , des cours sont organisés dans tous les États américains ainsi qu'au Canada et en Europe. Weigh Down Workshop accueille plus de  avec plus de  dans le monde.

Église Remnant Fellowship
Shamblin fonde la Remnant Fellowship Church à Franklin, Tennessee en 1999. La construction de l'église a été achevée en 2004 sur  que Lara a achetés.

À sa mort en 2021, son testament ne laissait rien de sa fortune de plusieurs millions de dollars à l'église.

Écrits
Gwen Shamblin publie , un livre qui conseillait aux lecteurs d'utiliser la spiritualité pour éviter de trop manger, en 1997. Le livre s'est vendu à plus de . Ce régime enseigne que l'amour de la nourriture doit être transféré en amour de Dieu, et à couper les portions de nourriture en deux tout en mangeant que lorsqu'on a faim.

Shamblin a écrit  (2000) et  (2002).

Le , Shamblin envoie un e-mail à ses partisans disant qu'elle croyait que la doctrine de la Trinité n'était pas biblique. En réponse, certaines églises évangéliques ont abandonné son programme et son éditeur, Thomas Nelson Publishers, a annulé la publication de son prochain livre. Elle a aussi été enlevée du site Web Women of Faith et certains employés ont quitté l'entreprise.

Apparitions dans divers médias et magazines
Shamblin est apparue dans des programmes télévisés tels que BBC, 20/20, , , et  (Australie), ainsi que dans des magazines tels que , , , et de nombreux articles de journaux . Elle a été présentée sur ,  de CNN, DaySide, et . Les participants de l'atelier Weigh Down ont été présentés sur la couverture de , dans le , dans , le magazine , , et dans nombreux articles de journaux. En 2007,  a consacré un programme d'une heure à Gwen, au Weigh Down Diet, à la Remnant Fellowship et aux participants des programmes Weigh Down.

Gwen et Weigh Down ont été présentés dans des programmes télévisés tels que  de WeTV et  de CBS en 2009. Elle a commencé à produire une émission en direct sur Internet, , fin 2011. Une mini-série HBO en cinq parties intitulée  a été diffusée en 2021.

Vie privée
En 1978, elle épouse David Shamblin, avec qui elle aura deux enfants. En 2018, ils divorcent et elle épouse Joe Lara.

Gwen Shamblin Lara vit avec son mari et ses enfants à Ashlawn, un manoir historique à Brentwood, Tennessee, qui a été construit en 1838.

Décès
Gwen et six chefs d'église, dont son mari Joe et son gendre Brandon Hannah, sont tués lorsque son jet privé Cessna Citation 501 de 1982, à destination de Palm Beach, en Floride, s'est écrasé dans le lac Percy Priest près de Smyrna, Tennessee, peu après le décollage. le .

Le rapport préliminaire du Conseil national de la sécurité des transports indique que l'accident s'est produit dans des conditions météorologiques de vol aux instruments, que le temps était couvert avec une visibilité de 10 miles () et que les plafonds les plus bas étaient à 1 300 pi () au-dessus du niveau du sol. Le pilote, que l'on pense être Joe Lara, détenait un certificat de pilote professionnel avec une qualification de vol aux instruments, son dernier certificat médical de deuxième classe de la Federal Aviation Administration ayant été délivré le . Peu de temps après, le pilote a accusé réception des instructions de maintenir une altitude de 3,000 pi (910 m) au-dessus du niveau moyen de la mer et effectuer un virage, le contrôle de la circulation aérienne a ordonné au pilote de monter, mais le pilote a cessé de répondre. Les retours radar montrent que l'avion a effectué une série de changements de cap et plusieurs montées et descentes avant d'entrer dans un virage à gauche raide et descendant et de percuter une zone peu profonde du lac Percy Priest environ 2 à 8 pieds (0,6 à 2,4 mètres) de profondeur.

Accusations d'abus
Gwen Shamblin Lara a été critiquée pour avoir utilisé l'étiquette de christianisme lors de la création de son entreprise. En 2001, l'affilié de Nashville CBS, WTVF, a enquêté sur la manière dont les dirigeants de Weigh Down Workshop dépensaient de l'argent. Elle déclare que la moitié du produit de l'entreprise est versée sous forme d'impôts et que l'autre moitié est réinjectée dans le programme. Une docu-série en 5 parties de HBO Max 2021  explore certaines des accusations portées contre Gwen Shamblin Lara et Remnant Fellowship Church au fil des ans. L'église a publié une réponse à la série sur son site.

Joseph et Sonya Smith sont des adhérents de Shamblin. Ils ont un enfant de huit ans, Josef. Sonya et Joseph ont régulièrement battu leur fils, Josef, en le frappant avec des bâtons de colle, des ceintures et des cintres chauffants ; l'enfermant dans des espaces confinés pendant de longues périodes ; et lui attachant les mains avec une corde.  Smith a déclaré à la police qu'elle donnait  des coups de fouet aux enfants par tranches de dix coups chacun, et que Josef avait eu plusieurs de ces séances de fouet le jour de sa mort. La police a rapporté que les Smith ont enfermé Josef dans sa chambre pour prier une image de Jésus au plafond et dans un placard pendant des jours, voire des semaines. Il n'a reçu qu'un seau pour les toilettes. Un fils aîné maintenait parfois Josef pendant que ses parents le battaient avec des outils.

Au cours de la journée du , Joseph a battu Josef à plusieurs reprises, le frappant à plusieurs reprises avec un bâton de colle. Les médecins légistes du comté ont conclu que Josef Smith, huit ans, était décédé des suites d'abus « aigus et chroniques ». Les membres de l'Église Remnant dirigée par Shamblin ont payé pour la défense des Smith. Ils ont été condamnés dans Géorgie c. Smith . Après avoir été reconnus coupables, les Smith ont ensuite été condamnés le  à la perpétuité plus 30 ans de prison, la peine maximale, par le juge de la Cour supérieure du comté de Cobb, James Bodiford.

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Notes et références

Liens externes

 Remnant Fellowship Church Website

Femme de lettres américaine
Écrivain chrétien
Étudiant de l'université du Tennessee
Naissance en février 1955
Décès en mai 2021
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Décès à 66 ans

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ELKTON, Ky. (4/12/19) — Behind the batting of Alyssa Brewer, visiting Muhlenberg County doubled up Todd County Central 12-6 in a high school softball game on Thursday.
Todd County Central dropped to 2-7 with the loss.
Brewer led Muhlenberg County at the plate, finishing 4-for-5 with two home runs and five RBIs.
Muhlenberg County outhit Todd County Central 14-9.
Courtney Hale went 3-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs for the Lady Mustangs. Aiding Muhlenberg County offensively, Emma Rose finished 2-for-5 woth a double and two RBIs.
Josie Davis earned the pitching win for the Lady Mustangs. Helping her pitching cause at the plate, Davis drilled a double.
Each high school softball team committed two errors.


Just in case you are in desperate need of summer vacation I am posting bright color outfits by the sea. Psarou beach, in Mykonos, on an extremely windy summer day is the perfect place to be. Nammos Restaurant-Bar is the hottest meeting spot of trendy mostly young stylish people around the world and the must visit place, if you want to be around celebrities. Loud music, champagne cocktails and beautiful people…and yes, top fashion blogger Chiara and Richie where there too. She told me she had to fly back in two hours and that she really enjoyed her time in Greece.
Nammos at Psarou Beach is known for its awesome beach parties.
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While at Psarou, I suggest you eat at Nammos Restaurant because the food is amazing and the overall ambiance is great.
Psarou Beach is known to bring in the very wealthy Athenians who all have their yachts parked just a few feet away from the beach.
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Kendrick Lamar Recalls Having A Vision Of Tupac Shakur In His Sleep
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In the beginning of the video for "HiiiPoWeR," Kendrick Lamar shows a message that explains he "got a visit from Lesane Parish Crooks," the birth name of Tupac Shakur. Speaking with Home Grown Radio, the West Coast spitter explained that saw a vision of the fallen rapper in his sleep and it encouraged him to carry on his name.
"It's a crazy true story, actually. You know one of them things when you really delirious in your sleep? It's a real situation where I was sleeping one night and a silhouette [came] and he said, 'Keep doing what you doing, don't let my music die,'" he said. "The shit scared the shit out of me! Just off the fact that prior to that, a day before, my mom bringing up, 'You know, you and Tupac, y'all like days apart, y'all birthdays.' I never knew that shit, that's some wild shit. Once she said that shit – and I'm really big on shit like that – somebody comes in your dreams and relays a message, you gotta listen to it because I've got past family relatives that's been coming to my dreams forever and been talking to me."
The experience inspired the track, featured on his latest release #Section80. "I just really wanted to share that message and I felt like that was something I couldn't keep to myself. I want to put it out to the world and let 'em know this shit is real for me. I'm not doing it for myself anymore. I'm doing it for the people around me, my city of course and a bigger power, and that's to continue the message that he tried to carry."
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Institute of Banking Personnel (IBPS) has released an advertisement for the recruitment of Specialist Officers (SO) under the Common Recruitment Process (CRP SPL-VIII) in various participating organizations from all over India. Total No. of Post is 1599. IBPS invites eligible candidates for the recruitment of Specialist Officer (SO). Candidates can apply online from 06 Nov to 26 Nov 2018.
Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale I) Post Graduate Degree in Hindi with English as a subject at the degree (graduation) level OR Post graduate degree in Sanskrit with English and Hindi as subjects at the degree (graduation) level.
The selection of candidates will be on the basis of Prelim, Mains Examination conducted by IBPS. Qualifying students will further be called for the interview. After which final selection will be declared.
Note: Candidates have to qualify in each of the three tests by securing min. cut-off marks to be decided by IBPS.
Interview: Candidates who have been shortlisted in the Online Main Examination for CRP SPL-VIII will subsequently be called for an Interview.
Candidates are required to register themselves online through official website www.ibps.in from 06th Nov to 26th Nov 2018. No other means/mode of application will be accepted. After registration candidates are required to pay the requisite application fee through online mode.
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For the past five bonkers seasons, Camren Bicondova and her incredible hair have played Selina Kyle on Gotham. But for the last episode, airing next week, she's being replaced.
Not exactly the most delightful theme week for the World's Finest.


You know that feeling of just being so overwhelmed with everything, that you think it might be easier to do nothing instead? You're so over-scheduled with activities, appointments, works events, chores, just everything, that you feel like you don't have a single moment to yourself, let alone any free time for your family? After years of a crazy-busy lifestyle, kids and owing a business, I'm there. I hit the point where I felt like I just couldn't do it any more – something had to change.
It's definitely taken some time for me to come to that conclusion. It's easy to just keep going and going until you completely burn yourself out. And after coming to the conclusion that something needed to change, it still took me months to really figure out how to make those changes and apply them to my every day life. It's still a work in progress.
I've been consciously trying to find ways to simplify my life. Little things, here and there that can help to make me feel less stressed and less overwhelmed in my day to day living. I'm finding that I'm so used to feeling busy and hectic that slowing down is a very foreign feeling. It feels wrong and that's not OK. So finding ways to make changes has become something pretty important.
Slow Your Morning. Sit down and enjoy your coffee in the morning. Or in my case, hot chocolate since I'm not a coffee fan. But, the idea is the same. More often than not, I spend those fifteen minutes in the morning answering work emails and planning my to do list for the day while my hot chocolate goes cold beside me. I'm in "work mode" right away, then that usually means I can't get myself out of work mode until I'm done teaching at 9-9:30 at night. I'm lucky enough to have this time in the mornings after I get the kids on the bus since I don't go to work until later in the day, but if you don't, try waking up a few minutes early. It's important to take that time to declutter your mind and not start your day rushed and stressed. Take a bit of time for yourself before the chaos of the day begins.
Clean Out & Declutter. I've been steadily working my way through the closets in the house, and the amount of stuff I've been getting rid of is somewhat amazing. And the feeling of all that stuff going out the door! Decluttering a space can really lift a weight off your shoulders, and it goes a long way in simplifying your life.
Put down the phone. I can't tell you how many times I've said to my husband, "I don't know why I'm still looking at my phone, I ran out of things to look at a long time ago." I'm just on it for the sake of being on it. It's a time sucker, and when I think about the amount of time I've spent on my phone during the day when I could have been doing something more productive and more meaningful, I usually feel pretty disappointed in myself. I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels this way, or the only one who feels lost without their phone. Imagine if your phone didn't rule your day to day life?
Get outside. I've been making a real effort with this, despite the ridiculous temperatures we've had over the last couple of weeks. We all know that getting outside is good for us, but sometimes getting outside is too easily put aside for other more "important" things. I know for me, I drag my feet getting outside, but once I'm out there, whatever activity I'm doing usually ends up being the highlight of my day. It's time to make getting outdoors a priority.
Don't Multitask.I'm terrible for this. I have too much on my plate, I try to get it all done at the same time, and the result is that I feel like I accomplish nothing. Or, I can't let myself relax and just enjoy what I'm doing. I can't watch tv without also being on my laptop, or I'm working on a craft project but I'm also answering work emails and checking Instagram. My goal is to either chose one thing and complete it before moving on to the next, or give myself permission to just enjoy what I'm doing without having to feel "busy".
Opt out of emails. As I type this, the new emails on my phone number 558. Yeah. The few minutes it would take to opt out of most of those emails are definitely worth the peace of mind I would get not having new emails come through every ten minutes.
Learn to Say No. And it's partner, learn to delegate. I am getting so much better at this, but it's still a work in progress. I am slowly taking my Sundays back as a day for me and my family, and I find it make such a difference through the rest of the week if my Sundays are stress free and unbusy.
Stop & Enjoy the Moment. It's so easy in our busy lives to go, go, go and sometimes we forget to stop and enjoy the little things. Whether it's story time with your kids, playing outside with the dog, stopping to watch the sunset, or even just to think about something good that happened to you that day – it's so important to stay in the moment and enjoy those little things, instead of letting them fly by as you think about the next thing on your to do list.
These are just a few of the things I'm working on incorporating into my everyday life right now in an effort to live a little more simply. Do you feel like you need to simplify and slow down in your day to day life? What are some of the little things you do each day as you try to achieve this?
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The Finite Element Analysis & Simulation (FEAS) Centre was ceremonially opened by Minister of Plantations Navin Dissanayake on 23 August at the Rubber Research Institute in Ratmalana, Sri Lanka. FEAS is one of the 25 projects included in the 'Sri Lanka Rubber Industry Master Plan 2017-2026', a national agenda for the development of the rubber industry.
The Sri Lanka Association of Manufacturers and Exporters of Rubber Products (SLAMERP) welcomed this new project, that has brought the promise of significant aid to the rubber and plastic industry including other cross sections of industries, specifically in terms of high-end research and development (R&D) along with intensive product development via the utilisation of the latest technologies in 3D modelling and the constructing of prototypes that can be offered to global buyers of moulded products.
"We appreciate the commitment made by the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) and the minister and the ministry officials for allocating Rs. 50 million towards the initial capital of this project in the National Budget of 2017," said SLAMERP Chairman Prabhash Subasinghe. "The SLAMERP is also proud to have aided in the funding of this noteworthy project, towards the development of our local industry, its stakeholders and the nation. This is the idealistic form of a public-private partnership, and I have utmost confidence that together we will continue to succeed as partners in the development of the export industry."
The FEAS Centre is a high-tech establishment, created with the aim of providing the rubber industry with the ability to engage in computer simulation to design advanced rubber products within the country. This project will support in enhancing the rubber industry's technical capabilities to produce high value-added products and improve annual export earnings from $ 1 billion to $ 3 billion by 2025. Subasinghe further stated that the performance of rubber products in the global arena largely depends upon breakthroughs in raw materials, products, technology and brands. Technological advancements have led the way to the increased offering of value-added commodities in place of conventional products, while product innovation is an essential component in the attainment and sustainment of global markets. Rapid and superior economical design capabilities aligned with the pursuit of unrelenting improvement is of utmost importance when responding to constantly changing market needs.
The SLAMERP Chairman further stated that the industry at current, envisions to thrive as a catalyst for the next generation of growth, with the desire to provide the right impetus for continuous progress and the achievement of new heights in the rubber industry of Sri Lanka. The industry looks towards to the pioneering FEAS Centre to advance the sectors' diversification and advancement, onto the path of innovation, modernisation and overall economic development. The sheer advantage this Centre will deliver to our nation, in terms of efficiency and effectiveness in product enhancements will warrant respect to all value-added rubber and related industry exports of Sri Lanka. SLAMERP also commended all those who contributed in making the FEAS Centre a reality.
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Mr Ryan Sim with products funded through Kickstarter at We The People Store.
Mr Ryan Sim and Mr Joel Liew raised A$130,000 despite asking for only A$5,000 with their third wallet design Aki (above).
Mr Ryan Sim, 28, went from being a digital agency salesman to successful wallet designer on Kickstarter and, now, co-owner of a chain of retail shops that has expanded to South Korea.
We The People Store, which he says is the world's first Kickstarter product-centric retail outlet, opened here last August and has been so successful, the fourth store was launched three days ago at OUE Downtown Gallery 2.
He and his partners have also launched a store in Seoul, South Korea, and are thinking of expanding to Jeju Island in South Korea, Taiwan and Melbourne by the end of this year. Next year, they plan to take the store to the United States.
Mr Sim says: "As a creator myself, I know the difficulties behind getting funded on Kickstarter. There's not enough trust or media presence. We just want to help creators get as much funding as possible because an online presence is just not enough. At We The People, you can meet the creators and touch the products."
His own Kickstarter experience started with the Kisetsu slim wallet in 2015. He and one of his childhood friends, former art teacher Joel Liew, 28, jumped into the project with no product design background, but with a lot of resolve.
They used the Australian Kickstarter site because the Singapore site was not launched yet.
For their first wallet, they asked for A$2,000, but raised A$5,000 on the crowd-funding platform. Realising the power of crowd-funding, they decided to launch two more Kisetsu wallet designs. The third was a huge success, receiving A$130,000, way more than their A$5,000 target.
Since then, they have sold about 20,000 wallets.
The idea for the store was birthed when Mr Sim noticed that sales of the Kisetsu wallets at an art fair surged about threefold after he put up a small sign that read "Funded by Kickstarter", complete with the Kickstarter logo.
"Every time I tell people our wallets are funded with Kickstarter, they'll be like 'wow' and the response is always positive, so I decided to advertise that. That little signboard was the turning point," he says.
The art fair also brought him and Mr Liew into contact with their two partners for We The People: Mr Jay Kang, 47, founder of Soozip, the largest design association in Seoul; and Mr Nison Chan, 28, founder of Talking Toes inspirational socks.
Mr Kang, who ran the fair where Mr Sim was selling his wallets, noticed how much business the Kickstarter sign brought in and approached Mr Sim and Mr Liew with the business idea of opening a store selling crowd-funded products. Mr Chan, who was selling his Talking Toes socks at the fair, hopped aboard too.
Six months later, they had their first We The People store, a pop-up, at Orchard Central, followed soon by a permanent outlet at the same mall.
Mr Sim, who dropped out of his bachelor's degree course in communications at private school Kaplan, says: "People want to be cool. People like new things and want to stay ahead. But most importantly, crowd-funding offers people the opportunity to be part of something bigger. You can be directly involved with a creator or company's growth, enabling them to start when they were nothing and there's a lot of intrinsic value in that."
Today, the flagship store at Millenia Walk spans 5,000 sq ft and houses about 200 products from about 60 brands. There is another outlet at West Coast Plaza.
Mr Sim declines to reveal the amount of money he and his partners have invested in We The People.
Products brought in are curated by Mr Chan, head of procurement for the stores.
Products must be successfully funded, backers must have already received the products and the items must have had positive reviews. Some items are bought from Kickstarter creators, while others are on consignment.
The best-selling items so far include the Mogics Power Bagel, a bagel-sized travel power strip with four universal sockets for different electrical plugs, an adapter and an extension cord. Designed by Singapore University of Technology and Design graduate Asa Lin, at least 300 pieces have been sold at We The People Stores each month since its introduction last year.
"How do you back and pay hundreds of dollars for a product that you cannot test and feel with your own hands? We're here to provide what e-commerce cannot do: a face to tie the product to, and warranty and after-sales support," Mr Sim says.
"We're also going to ask the people to tell We The People what to bring in. If we do bring in that product, we will give that person two of that product for the price of one."


His character's arrival on the Square spells trouble for the Taylor family in the BBC1 soap.
A new face is arriving in Albert Square.
Roger Griffiths, known for his roles in Casualty, Doctors and Holby City, will play Mitch Baker for a short stint in March.
And the BBC1 soap says his arrival on the Square spells trouble for the Taylor family.
Griffiths said: "The Taylors are an established tight-knit family on the square, so coming in as Mitch – the wild card – meant I had to hit the ground running.
Viewers will meet Mitch next month when he turns up at The Arches, saying he happened to be in Walford when his van needed to be repaired, and it is revealed that he is Karen Taylor's ex.
He will appear in a handful of episodes from March 12.


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It is well established that the long-term solution to mental and emotional problems and the pain they cause cannot be solved solely by medication. Instead of just treating the symptom, therapy addresses the cause of our distress and the behavior patterns that curb our progress. You can best achieve sustainable growth and a greater sense of well-being with an integrative approach to wellness. By working with your medical doctor, you can determine what's best for you, and in some cases, a combination of medication and therapy is the right course of action.
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Q: How can println print an object {
  List list= new ArrayList();
  list.add("one");
  list.add("second");
  System.out.println(list);
}

How can the object "list" be used like it has been in the print statement? Don't we need to use the object to access a method to print the list?

A: prinln(someObject) will print out whatever is implemented in someObject's toString() method.

A: You can use toString() which is (supposed) to be implemented for all objects:
System.out.println(list.toString())

Note that you ought not to use the returned string as anything you can actually parse; it's really for a visual representation. It also doesn't need to uniquely represent the object.
When you write
System.out.println(list)

you are, in fact, using the toString() method implicitly.

A: Docs Says about toString() in Collections:

Returns a string representation of this collection. The string representation consists of a list of the collection's elements in the order they are returned by its iterator, enclosed in square brackets ("[]"). Adjacent elements are separated by the characters ", " (comma and space). Elements are converted to strings as by String.valueOf(Object).

A: When we pass any object to println() method, it will implicitly call that object's toString() method. So, what is actually executed is
System.out.println( list.toString() );

ArrayList is inherited from the class java.util.AbstractCollection and that class has toString() method. So, in your case, that toString() should be executed.
That toString() method returns a string representation of this collection. The string representation consists of a list of the collection's elements in the order they are returned by its iterator, enclosed in square brackets ("[]"). Adjacent elements are separated by the characters ", " (comma and space). Elements are converted to strings as by String.valueOf(Object).

A: Looking at your question and comments, I think your confusion ultimately stems from you being unsure how printing works. In general in such cases, I recommend to get the JDK sources and simply take look inside.
In this case, we would first go to the System class and check out the out member (because println is called on System.out):
public final class System {
     ...
     public final static PrintStream out = null;

Since we know now that out is a PrintStream, let's check out that class:
public class PrintStream extends FilterOutputStream
    implements Appendable, Closeable
{
    ...
    public void println(Object x) {
        String s = String.valueOf(x);
        synchronized (this) {
            print(s);
            newLine();
        }
    }

(we know it's calling this method, since the other println signatures don't match the type List)
OK, so we see that println converts the given Object (your List in this case) to a String using String.valueOf(Object). Let's check out that method:
public final class String {
    ...
    public static String valueOf(Object obj) {
        return (obj == null) ? "null" : obj.toString();
    }

So now we know that your List's toString() method is used to generate the output. As others have pointed out, it is overriden in ArrayList to provide the output you see.

A: It can be used like this because class List inherits the Object class, and the Object class has the toString() method, which means every object can be turned into a String.

A: printing a list directly will give the the string representation of the list.
If you want to access the objects in the list you need to use iterator or loops or advanced for loops for collections.
e.g.
for(String s : list){
    System.out.println(s);
  }

Well you can study and try out all the list methods to modify it. e.g. add, remove.
Also if you are printing an object, then toString() method is implicitly called.

A: You can loop through all the items in the list in order to print them out. you can do this using a while loop of a for loop.
while (list.hasNext) {
  System.out.println((String) list.next());

}
for(String i in list){
   System.out.println(i) ;

}
Not sure if this is what your looking for but its an option.

A: Yo need toString() method. when you print object Reference , by default toString() method is called. If you look at toString() method  by default it prints
 getClass().getName() + '@' + Integer.toHexString(hashCode())

Now as per your requirements you can override this to print the values in list(String Class overrides it too)

A: Here you are creating List interface.So it will allow to add duplicate values in list also.Also we can directly print object like System.out.println(obj);
And inside the List class the, toString method is being overridden so that it will print all its contents rather than the address of the object.

A: System.out.println(Arrays.toString(myList.toArray()));

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Portland Timbers Transfers and Rumors
Breaking: Steve Clark to Portland
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
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Twenty-seven seconds into the 2015 MLS Cup Final, then-Columbus Crew goalkeeper Steve Clark's downfall began. Portland Timber's Diego Valeri punished his gaffe with a goal, scoring the fastest goal in MLS Cup history. That same Steve Clark is now a Portland Timber.
Washington Post soccer writer Steven Goff tweeted earlier today that Portland was interested in Steve Clark, following up soon after with confirmation that the Timbers had claimed the keeper.
Portland Timbers have claimed Steve Clark.
— Steven Goff (@SoccerInsider) August 16, 2018
Clark was named The Crew's 2014 defender of the year, playing all 34 games and boasting 8 shutouts and a 1.24 goals against average. He had a solid performance in 2015 up until the MLS Cup Final, but the Crew declined the option on his contract after the 2016 season.
Last summer, after playing out the 2017 season with AC Horsens in the Danish Superliga, Clark returned to MLS, signing with DC United, where he played only five matches last year and three this year.
Competing this season with David Ousted for starting goalkeeper, he was ousted in favor of returning U.S. international Bill Hamid.
With Jeff Attinella playing the bulk of the games this year for the Timbers, and Jake Gleeson backing him up while healthy (Kendall McIntosh has been on the bench recently as Gleeson has been injured), Timbers fans will have to wait and see where Clark winds up in the pecking order.


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Welcome to Mild Vandals International.
The project was instigated in Leith, Scotland by me in October, 2013.
The aim of the project is to create small original works of art that are disseminated for free around the world and hung in a public space.
- Each work is unique. No multiples.
- Each work is created on a luggage or parcel tag.
- There are currently tags waiting to go up in Leith, Glasgow, Hanoi, Los Angeles and Karlsruhe.
- Participants can legitimately call themselves 'taggers' once they have taken part. This is a much nicer and softer form of vandalism then firing up a big chrome burner that pisses everyone off.
- Tags should be produced in communal settings, get some people round, get some pens out and rattle out a few. I recommend these events are lubricated with the poison of your choice. Alcohol does the trick here but I understand the urge some may have towards other more inhalable substances. Whatever floats your boat.
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Central banks 'have never been on thinner ice'
Posted by aurelius77 on October 11, 2016
Banks are in over their heads in trouble. Central banks are over their heads in trouble as well. The only thing left to bail them all out would be the IMF — which is within the realm of possibility as we enter a harsh downturn.
Sentiment at IMF annual meeting sours on Fed, BOJ, ECB
The global financial elite has soured on global central bank policy, believing that it's now counterproductive, doing more harm than good.
That was the message on the sidelines of the International Monetary Fund's annual meeting in Washington, where in informal survey of more than 100 bankers found more than 70% saying monetary policy is now part of the problem instead of a solution.
"The biggest problem that monetary policy makers face is…they've never been more powerful and more prestigious," said Paul Tucker, a former Bank of England official now at Harvard University. "They've never known less — in our lifetimes, at least) about what is going on in the real economy, and therefore they've never been on thinner ice."
Governments, Tucker said, are now content to sit on the sidelines knowing that central bankers will try stimulate economies through steps such as interest-rate setting and bond buying.
Being the only game in town, agreed former Bank of Israel head Jacob Frankel, is extremely dangerous. Keeping interest rates too low for too long, he said, "can create big problems, and they can come back to haunt us."
Low interest rates weaken the financial sector, Frankel said, boosting low-productivity sectors and hurting overall output per hour of work. He urged the Federal Reserve to raise rates as soon as possible, saying "There is no question that by any criteria, the Fed should move."
But monetary policy cannot deal with the main problems of the day — productivity, openness of markets and immigration, Frankel said.
Bank of Japan monetary policy was now somewhere between ineffective and counterproductive, Allianz Global Investors chief economic adviser Mohamed El-Erian said at a separate panel, while European Central Bank policy was somewhere between less-effective and ineffective.
There is growing recognition from economists that the remedies to slow growth "go well beyond central bank policies" but the political system is too polarized to move, El-Erian said. Central banks, he said, will not "walk away from a patient" — they'll continue to provide medicine no matter the side effects.
Full article: Central banks 'have never been on thinner ice' (MarketWatch)
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Sooner Bassooners combine musical virtuosity with fun | Entertainment
The bassoon is a complex musical instrument. It is a horn with six parts called mouthpiece, boot, bell, bore, joint and reed. The history of the bassoon dates back to the mid-16th century, but now the Sooner Bassooners are playing it hard. It is an ensemble of 15 music students led by Professor Rodney Ackmann at the University of Oklahoma School of Music.
The bassoon has been played in virtually every genre of music over the past 200 years, from Igor Stravinksy's "Rite of Spring" to British rapper Stormzy's "Gang Signs and Prayers." Interestingly, the bassoon's general reputation in the playing world is that of a sonic deceiver.
"It's not particularly accurate, but the bassoon is known as the 'clown of the orchestra,' and we hear it all the time," Ackmann said. "We often get these bouncy parts that you hear in cartoon music. The most famous would be 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice,' where it's a major feature of Walt Disney's 'Fantasia,' which puts a smile on everyone's face. It's a tuning tapper, but the bassoon can do so much more. It's a very lyrical instrument."
The bassoon is three and a half octaves and the contrabassoon a quarter octave, giving the player plenty of range to work with. Sometimes a bassoon's register can resemble the human voice.
"I really like the bassoon ensemble and what it can do musically," he said.
Ackmann is a jovial and enthusiastic guy perfectly suited to inspire students to excel in playing the bassoon. He came to OU in 2012 after teaching for seven years at the University of Missouri.
Ackmann is now the Irene and Julius J. Rothbaum Presidential Distinguished Professor in the Arts, also performs as a member of the Oklahoma Wind Quintet, the Norman Philharmonic and as principal bassoon of the Oklahoma Philharmonic City.
"I had a bassoon ensemble at MU and I walked into a situation here where there was already a Sooner Bassooners from the mid-1980s," Ackmann said. "I was very fortunate in that and Carl Rath, my predecessor, taught here for 32 years doing wonderful things. We've had some building to do in terms of numbers and quality. It comes down to recruiting that's part of the job and that I like."
In 2012 there were four Sooner Fassooner students and in 2023 there are fifteen. This academic year's ensemble was invited to perform at the prestigious Midwest Clinic International Band and Orchestra Conference in Chicago, Illinois, last month. Hundreds of schools applied and Sooner Bassooners was one of forty chosen.
"It's wonderful to have students from different backgrounds, primarily bassoons who study with me weekly, many are bassoonists from all over the state and juggling all of that with rehearsals and their diverse schedules can be challenging," Ackmann said.
Today, the Sooner Bassooners are an almost evenly split group from California to Peoria, Illinois. Some of these students have degrees in astrophysics or journalism, but they play the bassoon. Ackmann learns from them.
"That's one of the best parts," he said. "This group became more collaborative with themselves, always with the utmost respect. A freshman might raise their hand and say "I think we're too strong here," or it might be a graduate student. Everyone is intervening. We hear it, we can try it, and it usually helps. So their perspective is wonderful and they work together. My challenge is knowing when to lead and when to stay out of the way."
To date, this iteration of the Sooner Bassooners has performed publicly on four occasions. The logistics of fifteen musicians with somewhat unwieldy instruments in certain performance spaces can present opportunities for problem solving.
"They love to perform and for the School of Music's Mosaic concert they were placed on the balcony above the main stage of the Sharp Concert Hall," Ackmann said. "It presented some logistical challenges because you have to be able to see and hear yourself with a little bit of elbow room. We had to really refine it to create that arch. With the performance time we found a way to make it comfortable."
Last October, Ackmann led the Sooner Bassooners in a performance of our national anthem before an Oklahoma City Thunder NBA game (video posted on YouTube).
"It was 90 seconds of joy for all of us," he said. "These students are best friends, they have bonded socially. We do backyard bassoon shindigs or if there's a chance, we go to the Hideway and get pizza together."
The students have a high university level of musical virtuosity but it is not really a competitive atmosphere.
"Thirty percent of the group is new this year," Ackmann said. "New ones, like first-semester students come in and say, 'Oh, this is what's expected of me,' which fascinates me and gives me great joy."
Sooner Bassooners' Spring Recital is scheduled for 8:00 p.m. March 1 in the Catlett Music Center's Pitman Recital Hall (streaming live at ou.edu/fine). The concert is free and open to the public.
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Fans of SF on TV and film, meet Steve Howarth, an unassuming professional model-maker and fellow music fan I've had the pleasure of getting to know over the past year!
in fact, we have a common love for Gerry Anderson productions. But it would be years later when he saw Blade Runner, that special effects extravaganza on which he blames the re-kindling of his passion for making models!
He has built up almost 30 years' worth of experience with that, having worked on a variety of tv shows and films with industry notables like Bill Pearson, Martin Bower, and Faisal Karim, as well as contributing to Sci-Fi & Fantasy Models magazine.
Steve's work portfolio is impressive, and you'll find one gallery that especially highlights his fine sense of humor!
Steve demonstrates construction techniques in this Video on Demand. Click the image and support him in his efforts to share the craft, won't you?
I have dropped enough data on you to fill up your cache for the rest of your day, if you have the time for it. I did this for Steve because he's the "real-deal", a guy with a big heart for his craft and those who enjoy SFX, who doesn't seek the limelight and realizes the privilege it is to work among the creatives he has befriended.
When you stop in to see Steve's stuff, let him know "The Nostromo Files" sent you, will ya?


Using the iPhone App to find the best tea blend for Tiramisu Treviso Tea gave me White Ayurvedic Chai as the best tea to blend it with it. So, I did that and followed steeping instructions right on the app.
I was hoping that the medicinal/menthol essence of the white ayurvedic will be downplayed with the addition of the tiramisu treviso but I was mistaken. It was down a couple of notches but it was still strong. I had it plain but sweetened (with sugar rock) and I also had it with a splash of half and half and both were good. But you know me and I prefer anything latte. This combo is pretty good on a rainy day and I can have it again but it's not on my list of favorites.


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