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Canada June Employment, Earnings and Hours Report (Text)
The following is the text of Canada's employment, earnings, and hours report for June released by Statistics Canada.
Average weekly earnings of non-farm payroll employees were $898.00 in June, up 0.6% from the previous month. On a year-over-year basis, earnings increased 3.0%.
The 3.0% increase during the 12 months to June reflects a number of factors, including wage growth, changes in the composition of employment, as well as average hours worked per week. In June, non-farm payroll employees worked an average of 33.2 hours per week, up from 32.9 hours from both the month before and 12 months earlier.
Average weekly earnings by sector
Year-over-year growth in average weekly earnings outpaced the national average of 3.0% in four of the largest industrial sectors: manufacturing; educational services; construction; as well as accommodation and food services. In contrast, earnings declined in administrative and support services.
In manufacturing, weekly earnings increased 5.9% to $1,011.16 in the 12 months to June, with the most notable growth among manufacturers of transport equipment; plastics and rubber products; machinery; food; and wood products.
Average weekly earnings in educational services increased 4.9% to $1,004.80 over the same period. The highest growth was in elementary and secondary schools.
In construction, weekly earnings rose 4.9% to $1,145.20. Growth was widespread across most industries in this sector.
Weekly earnings in accommodation and food services were up 4.0% to $372.14 in the 12 months to June. Increases were most notable in special food services and limited-service eating places.
Weekly earnings of payroll employees in administrative and support services fell 1.6% to $713.79. Earnings declined in investigation and security services and in office administrative services.
Average weekly earnings up in every province
Average weekly earnings of non-farm payroll employees increased in every province in the 12 months to June. Growth was highest in Newfoundland and Labrador, Saskatchewan and Prince Edward Island.
In Newfoundland and Labrador, average weekly earnings increased 7.0% to $924.42, the second highest wage level among the provinces after Alberta.
In Saskatchewan, average weekly earnings were $914.27 in June, up 6.6% from 12 months earlier. Earnings in the province have been higher than the national average since August 2011.
In Prince Edward Island, average weekly earnings increased 5.9% to $760.74.
The lowest year-over-year increase occurred in Quebec, where average weekly earnings rose 0.4% to $812.47.
Non-farm payroll employment by sector
Total non-farm payroll employment rose by 35,100 between May and June, the fourth consecutive monthly increase. Most sectors showed job gains in June.
On a year-over-year basis, non-farm payroll employment increased 2.0% (+296,500), with most of these gains since February 2012 (+219,000).
Among all sectors, mining, quarrying and oil and gas extraction (+8.5%) posted the highest 12-month employment growth rate. It was followed by the construction sector (+5.2%) and accommodation and food services (+3.5%).
Note to readers
The Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours (SEPH) is a business census of non-farm payroll employees. Its key objective is to provide a monthly portrait of the level of earnings, the number of jobs and hours worked by detailed industry at the national, provincial and territorial level.
Statistics Canada also produces employment estimates from its monthly Labour Force Survey (LFS). The LFS is a household survey, the main objective of which is to divide the working-age population into three mutually exclusive groups: the employed (including the self-employed), unemployed and not in the labour force. This survey is the official source for the unemployment rate and collects data on the socio-demographic characteristics of all those in the labour market.
As a result of conceptual and methodological differences, estimates of changes from SEPH and LFS do differ from time to time. However, the trends in the data are quite similar.
Unless otherwise stated, this release presents seasonally adjusted data, which facilitates comparisons by removing the effects of seasonal variations. For more information on seasonal adjustment, see Seasonal adjustment and identifying economic trends (http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/11-010-x/2010003/part-partie3-eng.htm) .
Non-farm payroll employment data are for all hourly and salaried employees, as well as the "other employees" category, which includes piece-rate and commission-only employees.
Average weekly hours data are for hourly and salaried employees only and exclude businesses that could not be classified to a North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code.
All earnings data include overtime pay and exclude businesses that could not be classified to a NAICS code. Earnings data are based on gross taxable payroll before source deductions.
Average weekly earnings are derived by dividing total weekly earnings by the number of employees.
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Children are expensive critters. To help feed and clothe them, I'm taking on commissions. To make it easy, I've put up a simple website that gives you the rundown. PLEASE, don't send me requests here. Go to the website.
Here it is: acetrac.wix.com/sonic-fan-draw…!
Do as the website says and nobody gets hurt.
Tracy Yardley! Commissions!!! by YardleyWatch
©2013-2016 Yardley
Question. How long will it take for you to get back to someone if you approved a commission or not?
YES!!! Where's my idea list!?
I'm actually excited Yardley is definitely on my top 5 favorite artists! I already sent the email, but when can a reply be expected?
I've sent you a mail a few seconds ago and I totally hope that they're not closed again D:
Your children can rot for all I care. Seriously, a professional asking for money like a pauper? You shouldn't have had kids in the first place! It's not like it's a necessity for life!
By the way, porn and violence is awesome. If we want it, you should draw it for us if you want cash that badly.
News flash for you, plenty of professional artists take commissions all the time.
Dude, what the hell?!! Tracey hasn't been featured in the comics for a while now, the only time I see his artwork is if it is on here, a previous comic he has done, or a random cover done by him. Plus if he wants to do commissions then fucking let him. It is his life, NOT YOURS. "Professional's asking for money like a pauper" So what if he is? At least he has the decency to ask nicely and make it witty as well unlike your shit stained response. "You shouldn't have had kids in the first place", OK well in that case your father shouldn't have paid to fuck that prostitute, oh wait, that's right... that prostitute was your mother. In any case you should have been aborted for you are a disgusting, degenerate that really needs to learn his manners AND before you even try to state that I should learn some "respect", realize I'm actually standing up for Tracey, so that people like you won't get to him and turn his artwork to shit. "By the way, porn and violence is awesome", if you want porn, violence, or violent porn, go watch gay porn, THEN GO TO FUCKING GOOGLE!!!!! Don't get on here and fucking bitch and gripe about how you can't find porn all and can't have your jollies fulfilled! If he doesn't want to include porn in his artwork, THEN SUCK IT UP, GROW UP, AND GET THE HELL OVER IT! Besides this is an ART website that deals with ARTWORK, NOT PORN. Yeah, he needs the money. GET OVER IT. If he's not the type of person that doesn't do pornographic commissions, get over it and move on. Plain and simple.
You don't even know me, Soapy. I do what I want and I have the right to my thoughts. Perhaps I did take it too far, but I wasn't talking to you anyway. I was talking to Tracy.
By the way you do a bad job at talking back to people. XD Lectures just put me to sleep.
Alright, everybody. SmithsonianAgain has apologized for his remarks so lets let it drop. Now. Thank you.
"Tracy hasn't been featured on the comic for a while"
Huh? Tracy literally just got done drawing act 2 of Worlds Collide
Huh? Tracy literally just got done drawing act 2 of Worlds Collide
Wow, very reasonably priced--especially from a professional such as yourself!
Unfortunately I don't particularly have any Sonic fan characters, nor do I have a lot of money. Is this going to be going on for awhile? If so, I'm certain I can think of something and scrape together a semblance of money.
Ding it! can't do it.
but I have another question:
has any fan characters been able to make it to the Sonic comics?
but I have another question:
has any fan characters been able to make it to the Sonic comics?
question! do we need like a FULL, front back and side reference of the character? or will a good just front view work?
Good front view is fine, but more views is better.
any idea how long these will be open? I might have to wait a week or 2 before I can get the money in PayPal, because I have a debit card, and I would have to pay my mother because its her PayPal.
I may commission you here is a sec! XD or email and ask, just got to get my mom to help m set up my card, I'm not the best with PayPal. I want to get right if I buy something, so we will see when she gets home.
I take it that Yardley's not gonna close this commission set anytime soon..
No, I plan to leave it open for the forseeable future. I've already got 40 or more requests, so it will take some time to get to the later ones. Just sayin'
$20 or $40? Man, that's a lot of mullah, but I can understand why!!!
Good luck with all of this!
That's actually pretty cheap for a professional. Some artists' prices start at $60 or even $100 for commissions.
You're just used to 'internet commission prices' from hobby artists.
the picture you're suppose to send me still hasn't come to me yet.
Hmm. Was it the Shondraya picture? If so, I must have forgotten or thought I sent it and didn't. I'm sorry about that. I'll dig it up and send it your way. Just send me your address again in a note, please. Sorry again for the oversight.
I guess it takes a while.
Let's see Tracy draw Mario! OwO
If I could afford it I'd get a bunch of art from ya, but I have a severe shortage of money at this point due to prepping to move back home ways and finding work and an apartment.
Hope this offer lasts until I get back from work. I know its a 2 character per picture limit, but can I ask for 4 separate pictures of single characters, or is there a limit of how many pictures I can ask for?
As soon as I get 30 bucks I'm deffinetly going to get one! I am so excited and amazed that the ledgendary Tracy Yardley is taking commissions! As an Avid Sonic fan and Artist this is going to be the pinnacle of my Sonic collection/life
The site doesn't appear to be working
Ohhhhhh snap! Hopefully you won't close 'em in like one day.
Say if I was gonna get a commission (Im gonna hurt my wallet but who cares >3<), does it cost extra for you to sign it or do we have to pay extra? Or will you sign it at all?
*eagerly clicks*
Gladly! I just hope for the sake of your sanity that most customers can follow your very simple directions.
My Mom said I may be able to get a commission from you sometime. Only thing is I'm uncertain if I have any Fan Characters I would like to see in your amazing talent or not as I don't use them too often anymore. But good luck with your family! I love your art in Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic Universe!
Definitely checking this out on payday!
Just a quick question, do you charge extra for characters with a lot of detail(for example, a robian)? It's totally fair if you do, I'd just like to know if I should budget a little extra
Alright, time to bust out the wallet.
If only I could commission, but perhaps one day when I can I will definitely hope I remember this...and hopefully they will still be available....XD. Good luck with those kids!
I can't commission but DANG I wish I could! Goode luck with your kids, Tracy!
Oh wow, dude. I loved the commission I got from you at the con back in June. Do you know how long you're gonna have these opened?
Totally would love to commission you again.
I see a certain commission of mine on the page!
I highly approve of this. However, I might be biased.
I highly approve of this. However, I might be biased.
This is the best thing ever. As soon as I can I'm freaking buying some stuff.
I wish I was old enough to buy one or two from you and help you raise money for your family. I wish you and your family well~ Good luck on your commissions, hope you have fun~
What if you can't and it won't let you?
Umm never done this, but what a paypal?

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In 1986 after enormous obstacles the Gurdwara Committee purchased a small building on White Road. Within a few months the Gurdwara Committee realized that the building was too small for Sangat. In 1990 the Gurdwara Committee purchased a parcel of land at 2785 Quimby Road, and then bought other two adjacent parcels over the next few years, which brought the total land owned by Gurdwara to about 5 acres. In 1993-94 the Gurdwara Committee under the leadership of Jit Singh Bainiwal and Bhuphindar (BOB) Singh Dhillon along with other committee members determined that it would not be efficient due to the future growth of the Sadh Sangat. Keeping things in perspective the resident's surroundings and the future needs of a larger Divan Hall and parking for the sadh Sangat was a must. There were also City and County requirements that would not have met the needs of the Gurdwara.
Mr. Bhuphindar Singh Dhillon's vision came a reality after looking at many properties Bob Dhillon the current General Secretary found our current home which is located at 3636 Murillo Avenue. The property is located in the Evergreen Hills of San Jose, California. This property sits on forty acres and has beautiful views of the bay and city lights at night. This will be the largest Gurdwara in North America.
The First phase was completed in 2004 with the entire infrastructure for 12 Million Dollars. The Second Phase is now completed with cost of 20 Million Dollars. Bhupinder Singh Dhillon along with the current committee member are thankful for all of the support of the Sadh Sangat to make this the most beautiful Gurdwara in the world.
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After hauling in a career-high four passes for 70 yards and scoring the game's first touchdown on a 60-yard bomb, Mississippi State junior Malcolm Johnson has been tabbed as the College Football Performance Awards Tight End of the Week.
Johnson, who hauled in the long ball from Dak Prescott, put the Bulldogs ahead of Kentucky 7-0 nearly four minutes into the contest last Thursday night and helped MSU to a 28-22 victory, the program's fifth-straight triumph against the Wildcats. The win pushed Mississippi State to 4-3, and the program owns back-to-back campaigns with a winning record through seven games for the first time since 1999-2000.
The touchdown reception in the first quarter was Johnson's first of the season and the second-longest pass play of the season for MSU. Three of Johnson's four catches versus the Wildcats were good for first downs.
This season, the Tuscaloosa, Ala., native stands third on the team with 14 receptions for 191 yards for an average of 13.6 yards per grab.
Joining Johnson on the CFPA awards this week is junior wide receiver Jameon Lewis, who caught a touchdown pass, ran for a ground score and threw a TD pass during Thursday night's game against Kentucky.
Johnson, Lewis and the Bulldogs return to action Saturday at No. 14 South Carolina. The game is slated for an 11:21 a.m. CT kickoff and will be broadcast on SEC TV.


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Patient Comments: Taste Disorders - Causes
Question:What were the causes of your taste disorders?
Comment from: lost4years, 35-44 Female (Patient) Published: July 30
I am a 45 year old woman with systemic lupus. I am under treatment with the medication Thalomid. About 2 weeks after starting medication my taste slowly started changing. Things became less appealing and I didn't catch on right away. Then I noticed I was putting more sugar in my coffee to taste it. Now I very seldom can taste sweet and even things we don't really consider sweet such as bell peppers and pizza sauce. Many things we eat have some layer of sugar to them and taking that out of the mix can really foul a recipe. Stopping the medication is not an option as they are my last resort now. I should mention that I am a chef and this is mentally and physically devastating. I am losing weight. Without taste, food is not as appealing and almost an affront. I know what it should taste like and to put it in my mouth and for it to taste so wrong is a quick put off. So I seem to avoid eating to not suffer the heart break. I am hoping that if I am able to ever stop medications I will get my taste back� please, oh please!
Comment from: e98186johnsonusmc, 75 or over Male (Patient) Published: February 06
I am a 77 year old male who experienced a loss of taste. It went from a sour taste to little or no taste. After a period of 3 months with no medical treatment, my taste returned. With 3 or more month of experiencing the taste of food, the lack of taste returned! No medication has been added or deleted. Thus far, I have not sought any medical help from doctors.
Comment from: Tizzy, 75 or over Female (Patient) Published: May 28
I have no idea why I have a taste disorder. My ENT specialist said it could be an allergy, but could not give me allergy tests because I am allergic to something in the tests themselves. I am 80 years old and can't taste most foods.
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Welcome to the Criminal Lawyers Association of the NT
The Criminal Lawyers Association of the Northern Territory (CLANT) has almost 100 members in the NT. Through our biennial conference – "the Bali Conference" – we have welcomed many hundreds more criminal lawyers from every jurisdiction in Australia to join us. One of the key features of this website is CLANT's archive of papers, presentations and play-readings given at our biennial conferences over the years.
For over 25 years, CLANT has been an effective and powerful voice for the improvement of the criminal justice system in the Northern Territory, representing both defence lawyers and prosecutors, practitioners from the public sector, the private profession and the independent bar.
In a jurisdiction where offending rates, incarceration rates and recidivism rates are higher, and growing faster, than anywhere else in Australia, there are enormous challenges for the criminal justice system.
The Criminal Lawyers Association of the Northern Territory is strongly committed to addressing these problems. Among our Objects and Purposes are:
- to promote and advance the administration of the criminal justice system and development and improvement of criminal law throughout the Northern Territory
- to actively contribute in public debates in issues relating to the criminal justice system
- to promote and encourage the protection of human rights and compliance with international human rights principles in the Northern Territory
- to promote the professional discourse, development and social interaction amongst the profession
In pursuit of these Objects, CLANT is proud to promote and support a range of campaigns, programs and causes.
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How to put this optimistically? The Atlanta Dream might have a roster that could elevate the newest franchise into becoming a playoff contender in its second season.
How to put this pessimistically? The Atlanta Dream have left too much to chance with their mix of personalities, and might not have any true leader in that regard.
How to put this delicately? Is Marynell Meadors totally sure of what she's getting into here?
In Thursday's WNBA draft, Meadors chose Louisville's Angel McCoughtry with the No. 1 pick. That was certainly one of the directions everyone thought the Dream might go. In a conference call last week, a lot of what Meadors said seemed to indicate that McCoughtry would be her choice.
But there was a lot of chatter in the 24-48 hours before the draft about Atlanta's leaning more toward Connecticut's Renee Montgomery.
McCoughtry is a 6-foot-1 guard/forward who offers pro-level defense right away, plus rebounding and an ability to get to the rim. Her outside shooting has been more suspect, especially her final two years of college. But you're still talking about someone who averaged 23. 5 points per game this past college season.
Still, there was Montgomery's poise and leadership on a 39-0 team. Her ability to do everything you need from a point guard, and do it well. Plus the track record of UConn players in the WNBA -- it's exceptional.
It seemed like many folks thought, in the final analysis, Montgomery would end up proving too valuable to pass up for Atlanta. But the Dream went the other direction, because players of McCoughtry's skill level are also agonizing to bypass.
Admittedly, some people still have questions about McCoughtry. As much as she has worked on improving body language, facial expression and on-court demeanor, she still doesn't exactly have a poker face.
This isn't a criticism of McCoughtry. She's a mix of mercurial, theatric and passionate, and none of those things need be considered detrimental. Angel needs to be Angel. The issue is, will she fit in well with the mix of players that Atlanta expects to have?
The Dream are taking a gamble that Chamique Holdsclaw, who was the WNBA's No. 1 pick a decade ago, really is committed to playing a full season in the league again and will be at the top of her game. Holdsclaw "retired" from the game in June 2007 but then returned in December 2008 after a two-season hiatus. Atlanta acquired her from Los Angeles in exchange for the 13th pick Thursday.
Atlanta also signed free agents Nikki Teasley and Michelle Snow. Teasley didn't play last season as she gave birth to a daughter in June. Snow, who spent all seven previous WNBA seasons with now-defunct Houston, averaged 9.9 points and 6.8 rebounds last season.
One of the things that is very hard for an outsider to do with any team is guess how personalities will mesh. It's even difficult for those directly involved to know. In the case of the Dream, the team is in only its second season. And, obviously, McCoughtry, Holdsclaw, Teasley and Snow weren't there last year.
But if all four do indeed play together as expected, will they jell or will they get on each other's nerves?
Holdsclaw is one of the most talented players to ever compete in women's basketball. But she also has seemed to have somewhat of a lone-wolf personality. In her WNBA career, she left both the Mystics and the Sparks during the season. She has battled depression in the past, and you have to empathize with her in that struggle. But it's being neither unfair nor unkind to say we just don't know what to expect from her.
Teasley had her issues in college at North Carolina, but that was a long time ago. She was able to fit in and be successful in her four seasons in Los Angeles. She then played two seasons in Washington, and I'm not sure I really want to judge anyone on how she handled the Mystics' circus.
Snow can be a strong defensive presence, and she has been consistent offensively in her time in the league. But she also still has that scowl that, if taken the wrong way by teammates, could be problematic.
What's also problematic is even trying to gauge any of this. Sometimes, players get along better and understand each other more than anyone outside the team could ever guess. And sometimes a group that looks like it would get along really doesn't. Until the Dream get into camp and start playing, it's impossible to tell.
But let's put that aside to evaluate McCoughtry individually.
During the course of the NCAA tournament, she mentioned that she'd heard a lot of people comparing her to Sheryl Swoopes. She's not old enough to have seen Swoopes' 47-point national championship game in 1993, nor did she watch enough of Swoopes during her best years of the WNBA to truly understand what a compliment that is.
One way for sure the two players remind me of each other is how they both have that instinctive ability to get in the passing lanes and turn steals into layups before the other team knows what hit it.
Swoopes had a purer stroke as a perimeter shooter, but McCoughtry is a bit taller and might rebound better at the pro level.
And as for McCoughtry's maturity and on-court demeanor, let's give her credit for how she has worked on it. It does matter a lot to McCoughtry to be respected for more than just her talent. She wants to be regarded as a dependable teammate and student of the game.
"I always thought I was a good teammate off the court -- someone who was funny and goofy, and that people liked being around me," she said. "But on the court, it was different. Because I didn't always know how to channel my energy and my anger, when things didn't go well, in the right way.
"I didn't realize people looked to me, and that how I said things wasn't always the appropriate way to say them. It took some growing up from me for people to respect me on court."
McCoughtry thinks that she has made significant gains in that regard, and the fact that she led Louisville to the program's first appearance in the NCAA title game gives credence to that.
"I feel like I can adjust to anything at this point," she said. "I can play with anybody, and I can be coached by anybody."
Also consider whom she looks to as one of her role models. A player who virtually always kept her cool on court, was a great teammate and leader, and who is now a top collegiate coach.
That's Dawn Staley, who coached McCoughtry a couple of years ago on the gold-winning Pan Am Games team.
"She taught me a lot and gave me so much advice," McCoughtry said of Staley. "I had so much fun learning from her. I admire her a lot. If she told me the sky was red, I would believe her."
McCoughtry likes to watch NBA star Dwyane Wade and model her game after his, and she's aware there are things she needs to improve now that she's a professional.
"I know the next level is more physical, and I have to get stronger," she said. "And another difference is you have to do the little things. If I can do those things that may not be on the stat sheet, that will help me help my team."
If McCoughtry -- taking that quick journey from college star to pro rookie -- can keep that attitude, she'll be doing her part to make the mix in Atlanta work the way Meadors is hoping it will.
Mechelle Voepel, a regular contributor to ESPN.com, can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. Read her blog at http://voepel.wordpress.com.


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Crazy Substitute Teachers
Enjoy, NG4.03 / 5.00 1,251 Views
Vacuum Salesman
This dude and his Megazord vacuum cleaner3.97 / 5.00 2,350 Views
Markiplier Animated | Mark Of The Survey Corps
This took far too long to make...3.88 / 5.00 3,193 Views
Well done; I love Holy Mountain; heck I love just about anything from Alejandro Jodorowsky; Hbu?
nice intro
i wish it wasnt called a movie though, before i read your own intro i was thinking it was to short and unfinished, but its a great intro.
I didn't call it a movie, but even for a intro, it's still kinda short.
Nice style:
The obligatory: "Thanks for using my audio in your flash 10/10" review.
But, I actually liked this. You obviously know what your doing. I need to critique nothing. I would like to see movie its based on. I brought it up in 'Google' and read a bit about it. It sounds like something I'd enjoy for sure:
IMDB: "A Christlike figure wanders through bizarre, grotesque scenarios filled with religious and sacrilegious imagery"
I think it would be cool animated in your style though. I like your art!
i really like it
this is really nice, your showing what can be done with flash in a new and artistic short. Original design, smooth animation, and the music added a very nice effect. 5/5 9/10
Nice effects and all. That drawing style of your always astounds me. It's fantastic!


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Can you please help me with the following:
I received this message via Webmaster tools on 03/18: We were unable to read your Sitemap. It may contain an entry we are unable to recognize. Please validate your Sitemap before resubmitting.
When I went to investigate the plugin on the site I notice:
That when I manually generated an xml Sitemaps for (post-tags, category, and pages) all was ok.
But when I generated a post Sitemap xml - a new tab opened but it was blank.
Any suggestions why this is happening?
WordPress SEO by Yoast is one of my essential plugin.
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Building a WordPress website for a non-profit.
I am looking for a high rated plug-in that will collect a contact database name,organization, email,phone,address,website,etc...) into a file. Ideally that can be exported to excel, or some other useful format. To expand on this... I'd like to use this contact list to manage e-blasts, mailers, etc...
I'd even consider something that works like paypal, where you drop html code into a WordPress page, and then the code feeds the info to the contact management website.


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Computability in Europe 2008
Logic and Theory of Algorithms
Regular Talk:
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|Michiel De Smet and Andreas Weiermann
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Motivated by the classical Ramsey for pairs problem in reverse mathematics we investigate the recursion-theoretic complexity of certain assertions which are related to the Erdös-Szekeres theorem. We show that resulting density principles give rise to Ackermannian growth. We then parameterize these assertions with respect to a number-theoretic function f and investigate for which functions f Ackermannian growth is still preserved. We show that this is the case for f(i) = sqrt[d](i) but not for f(i) = log(i).
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Could the gravitational force be what holds the charge of the electron together? It seems to be the only obvious possibility; what other ideas have been proposed besides side-stepping the issue and assuming a "point charge"? How would this affect the electron "self-energy" problem? The question is related to the idea of geons.
This was an idea Einstein had soon after developing GR, and it is developed in the classical unified field literature, with the starting point being Einstein's "Do Gravitational Fields Play a Role in the Constitution of the Elementary Particles?" This is one of the defining program papers of the unified field framework.
This idea is also discussed off and on within heuristic models of charges throughout the 1950s-80s. The essential points are that as you make the electron smaller, at some point, gravity will become dominant. The problem with such ideas is that they generally do not have a good idea of quantum gravity to make the microscopic model precise.
All these classically inspired ideas are obsoleted by string theory and subsumed into it. Within string theory, the fundamental objects are dual to black holes, so that their classical limit is identifiable as a recognizable extremally charged black hole of the classical limit supergravity theory. Aside from identifiable black holes, there is no other matter (arguably--- there is the question of whether orbifolds count as "matter"). So for example, for the M-theory, the objects are the extremally charged M2-branes which are the extremally charged black holes you can make using the 3 form gauge field, and their 5-brane magnetic duals (the magnetically extremally charged black holes). That's it for M theory. The brane-spectrum of a theory is the answer to classical question "what extremal black hole can I form?"
The identification of black holes with matter is important, because the internal construction of strings is fully specified by the theory. So that the electron, if it is a string theory excitation, is an object whose internal structure is completely known, because you know the scattering off the electron at arbitrarily high energies. Further, in the strong scattering case, we can continuously link the electron to both netural and extremally charged black holes, so that the theory is a full realization of Einstein's program.
Since I believe string theory is the correct theory of everything, I don't think there is much point in investigating these types of ideas in a different direction. But some people who like loops disagree.
Yes, it can. Here is a toy model using Newtonian gravity.
V/c^2 = e^2/mc^2r - /\r^2
e^2/mc^2 = rc (classical electron radius)
with SSS metric
g00 = 1 + 2V/c^2 = - 1/grr
g/c^2 = -dV/dr = + rs/r + 2/\r
We can get g = 0 with /\ < 0 i.e. AdS metric
In a vacuum where the w = -1 virtual electron positron pairs surrounding the bare charge have higher density than the w = -1 virtual photons, we can have /\ < 0.
The equilibrium will also be stable looking at d^2V/dr^2.
This neglects spin, but we can model that with the centrifugal potential
The short answer... we do not know. (Were 'we' is humanity or physicists - take your pick.)
A more interesting answer is... The electron size is known to be 10^-18 meters or smaller. If gravity was holding it together then it might be at the Schwarzschild radius.
Rs = 2GM/c^2
so with values substituted it would be
2 x 6.67300x10^-11 x 9.10938291x10^−31 / (3x10^8)^2 = 1.35x10^-57 meters
However, this is less than the Plank length (10^-33 m). Therefore, if it is held by gravity then it would likely have a radius near the plank length. Supersymmetry (SUSY), for example, has gravity increasing to have all forces equal at the plank length.
If you check out Lenard Susskind's lectures on ER=EPR and GR you will find that he thinks that physics is leading us towards the idea that elementary particles and black holes might be related. Black holes have only three properties angular momentum (spin) mass, and charge. Sounds like an elementary particle.
This is a hint not a theory. It is very early to say.


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A coastal flood advisory has been issued through 6 a.m. tomorrow by the National Weather Service, with a coastal flood watch in effect until tomorrow afternoon, according to a Riverhead Police Department news release.
The Riverhead Police Department collected more than 100 pounds of prescriptions and over-the-counter medications during a "drug take-back" day Saturday.
Felony and misdemeanor charges against the Rocky Point woman who had been accused of skimming nearly $2,000 from the Jamesport Post Office in 2014 have been dropped. READ
A guy walks into a bar and steals some beer.
Change 'bar' to 'brewery' and you have a scenario that occurred in Riverhead recently, according to police. (more…)
The Riverhead Police Department collected 102 pounds of prescription and over-the-counter drugs at the first annual Drug Take-Back Drive-Through Event on Saturday at police department headquarters.
Coordinated by the Riverhead Community Coalition for Safe and Drug-Free Youth, the event builds on the department's recent addition of a permanent drug drop box last August. This drop box is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. (more…)
Members of the Suffolk County Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution presented the Riverhead Police Department a check for $350 to purchase a bulletproof vest. (more…)
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The victim — a 43-year-old man — went to Peconic Bay Medical Center after he was stabbed in left shoulder while on Lewis Street, police said. Cops were called to the hospital about 11:40 p.m. to investigate. The man was treated for a single stab wound and released, according to a news release.
Police have not released information about the description of the attacker and said the investigation is active. No arrests have been made.
Riverhead detectives have asked anyone with information about the alleged incident to contact the department at (631) 727-4500 ext. 327. All calls will be kept confidential.


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Although these are nice enough looking lamps the colors shocked me when I opened the box. In the photo the base appears to be black when in fact it is a metallic cornflowerish blue. The circles on the shade appear to be some darker, maybe a grey and some lighter. In reality the shade is off white and all of the circles are very very shiny silver. This misrepresentation was disappointing as the true colors don't work for my room and I was so looking forward to receiving them! I love the good deals to be found on Overstock but I am weary of ordering a different set of lamps for fear they will not be as they appear...I have heard from others that this is a common problem on this sight so read the reviews before purchasing!!
- How did the color on site compare with the actual product? Colors of lamp are completely misrepresented by the photo
- Please tell us about the quality of the product. The lamps look to be of good quality
- How accurate was the on site description of the product? There was no mention of the colors in the description
As I said, the picture is not a good representation of these lamps when they are not lit. I knew that because I had read the existing review when I ordered, but I still thought they would work. The shade is white, and all the circles are silver. The difference in appearance of the circles when the lamp is lit happens because of the variations in the thickness or width of the silver in the individual circles. The silver will actually reflect the wall color or other colors in the room when the lamp is turned off, if they are close enough. The base is a blue steel color, but attractive; it is not anywhere near black. They are a bit larger than I was expecting, but I think the dimensions in the description are accurate. I just had a smaller picture of them in my head. Overall, I like this lamps. All the parts fit together correctly out of the box, and they are a fun addition to my room, which has a couch covered in a geometric/maze-like design.
- How did the color on site compare with the actual product? When lit, close. The shades look the same when lit, but the bases look black in the photo, and they are really what I would call a blue steel color. When not lit, they do not look like the picture much at all. The shades are definitely white with silver circles.
- Please tell us about the quality of the product. Very good
- How accurate was the on site description of the product? Accurate, but it would have been helpful if the acutal colors of the base and shade were stated.
The quality is good, these are nice looking lamps. But the color of the shade is pure white with silver circles which is not what the picture looks like.
- How did the color on site compare with the actual product? Not accurate
Didn't say how shiny they were Looks cheap Donated them
Love the lamps and everyone who visit my home love them also. Matches my decor perfectly.
These lamps are so cool and funky. Look great in an urban style bedroom. Love them
not the same color as on page
The Zebrano 31-inch Table Lamps are beautiful and beautifully priced.
Love these lamps. Love the cornflower blue color and the silver circles on the lampshade. I am very happy with them and get compliments when people come over.
Th lamp are well made and exactly what I had been looking for.
Yes, they're metallic blue and silver despite the pic. I love them. I get compliments on their uniqueness. They really add interest and fun to my mid-century modern/geometric LR.


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I need SubEdit Player to run under Windows 7.
But every time I try to start I get "Class not registered" error. Yes, I tried to install the Vista Patch, but doesn't work under Win 7.
Anybody got any idea?
You could try using VLC instead, it has pretty decent support for playing movies with subtitles. Works fine on my Windows 7 64-bit install.
If I may suggest another program, Subtitle Workshop is quite easy to use and has a wide range of features. One of the features I love is converting from different FPS rates if you, for example, get a video that plays at 24 FPS but your subtitles were created at 25 FPS.
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Homestead Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church) 1911-1914, in Benzie County, Michigan, now extinct, was organized by Bishop J. P. Miller of Kent County, Michigan, who placed Deacon Harvey Sarver in charge of the congregation. The membership was fifteen, mostly from Middlebury, Indiana, and Kenmare, North Dakota. Sarver served a year, 1912-1913; and was succeeded by John M. Yoder who served in 1913-1914 as minister and then also moved away. The Homestead congregation participated in union Sunday school and church services and had no building of its own, although organized as a congregation. The year 1918 marked the departure of the last Mennonite family from the area.
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Painting I did today in about 4-5 hours in Photoshop. Critique and slay away.
Here's a speedpaint of it too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHHbSeGB-dg
Painting I did today in about 4-5 hours in Photoshop. Critique and slay away.
Here's a speedpaint of it too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHHbSeGB-dg
I can't really offer a professional opinion since I'm still a novice myself, so what follows is more of an opinion and less of a clear-cut 'do this'. ^^
One thing that immediately stood out to me was the saturation. The vividness is a little overwhelming. There isn't really a clear resting point for the eye because all the colors are screaming 'look at me, I'm important!' It might be beneficial to have some areas that are a little more washed-out. This will help direct the eye to the parts of the image that are still full saturation.
I would also experiment with using colors other than black for the shadows. The black looks unnecessarily harsh and at odds with the bright colors. Sometimes in real life the shadows are nearly black, but surface details can usually be seen. Because the viewer is to some extent looking directly at the sun, there should also be more fuzziness or halo around the elements that cross it. For example, in this photo, you can see how the tree branches that 'cover' the sun are nearly invisible in its glow, and there's a heavy loss of detail on the branches nearest the light.
The composition has some good continuity, leading the eye down the path. To that extent I find the hills in the background very distracting. I'm never sure whether to read them as hills or as part of the sky. Focal dropoff is very important. As things go farther away from the viewer, they become lighter, less saturated, and often more out of focus. I also feel like the darkness of the sky in the corner is competing heavily for attention.
I would also like to see some more fullness and softness in the trees. The tops seem squished and the leaves too sharp, like paper. In comparison, the grass has a softer, fuller appearance and is quite detailed. It might be beneficial to add some branches to the tree trunks for a more varied and tree-like appearance.
Some of the edges could be sharpened up a bit as well, notably the fence posts nearest the viewer.
Sorry for the wall of text, I hope it wasn't discouraging or unnecessarily harsh! I think this piece has potential and I like the idea a lot ^^
I agree with most of what you said, and some of it unfortunately slipped my mind while working on it. Believe it or not, the shadows aren't actually black, but a very dark purple, but may not appear so. I've made strong habits to avoid direct neutral colors as much as possible unless they're absolutely needed.
The tree leaves and branches could use some work, and think they're a bit glossed over compared to the grass on the right. Leaves are one thing I'm trying to get better at and currently use specific leaf brushes, but am interested in a more intimate approach to doing them by hand if there's a better way.
The distant mountains are definitely something I could've kept working on. In the video, you can see me going over them at least 2-3 times during the development. I've done better with distances and landscapes in the past, and I slipped on this. The dark sky was a little rash, since I thought it was going to be an even lower light scene. I ended putting some stars in the top right, but you might not be able to see them. I also meant to texture the wood a bit more
If there's any other pointers on an approach to some of these elements, I'm all ears.
Haha, funny that you would mention the shadows are actually purple! I was going to suggest using purple for the shadows ^^ My monitor does tend to make darks darker so that might be part of my issue.
I agree that leaves are very tricky to paint. However, with a semi-realistic style like this one, it's often more effective to have a full shape with just a suggestion of leaves on the edges and highlights, rather than trying to show every leaf individually. I'll usually take a big rough brush that looks like a paint splatter and block in the shapes and colors of the canopy. I'll get my lighting and shadows in there. And only then will I take a leaf or small brush and add details. When using the blocking method, this also allows you to create depth by simply not adding any leaf detail. Those with detail will naturally come forward, while those without will recede. Of course, a lot of this is subject to personal style and the nature of the piece, so take from it what you will ^^
Texture on the wood and bark would add a nice polish to the piece, for sure! As for the mountains, even making them a bit softer and a bit grayer would likely help. I think part of it is also that the highlights on the mountains are nearly the same color and strength as the ones on the field. This flattens the scene because it places the background and the mid-ground on the same plane.
One more thing that I forgot to mention is the light rays. They work really well in a forest because trees and leaves will naturally split the light like that. Out in the open field it doesn't read quite as well. They should probably be a little bit softer and less opaque. They're also sitting right on top of the mountain, which may be where some of the depth issues are coming from. It's almost like the rays are dragging the mountains into close association with the end of the ray, which is in the field.
That being said, I like the meadow more every time I look at it. I can easily imagine an animated film being set there! Very whimsical ^^
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Good call on the sunrays. I kind of overdo those sometimes and need to constrain myself. It's a cheap trick. I actually did texture the trees a little, but didn't do the fence. Perhaps I should take it further and deeper. As far as the leaves, I suppose old methods are still tried and true. It sounds like you're doing a Bob Ross method of painting trees (which I've done before), but have tried to get snazzy and use some digital brushes in Photoshop. I'll have to figure out what works best. The mountains could've been hazier too. I did make the base of them hazy, but not their entire figure.
Anyway, thanks for the help and comments.
Ooooh yeah, I hear you. I've used so many sunrays in past paintings it's not even funny It's really hard not to when they make everything bright and shiny and magical...
I do use a lot of stamp-type brushes as well, just don't find them useful for painting the base shape of whatever the thing happens to be ^^ I have a horrible time with painting trees and if I can get away with less detail I usually feel better about the end result, haha.
No problem! It's always a pleasure to offer crits to someone who genuinely wants them!
If you truly want to get better, you're focusing on the wrong things. Artistic style isn't high on the list of things you should worry about. Getting your light to affect your scene believably is. That takes knowledge of perspective and practice painting light from real life.
You've got light coming from all directions and a super bright light source that indicates clearly where the light should be coming from. Take a moment and look at the fence. The diagonal poles are top-lit, the vertical poles are lit from the front. Then the cast shadow of the fence is coming from a light source close to the sun. You've also got a tree canopy shadow coming from directly above (regardless of the lines leading to the bases of the trees.) This shadow is pasted directly over the fence and the dirt, and is flattening out your image. Finally notice where the light hitting the trees is coming from. It's coming from a lower right direction. The clouds are top-lit, and the mountain thing looks side or front lit. And the big tree thing below the sun is top-lit. Finally, the grass seems to be top-lit as well.
Hi fxscreamer, here is a review of your piece with some suggestions for improvement.
First, some of the main issues that I spotted
- The use of vivid color and contrast is uncontrolled in this piece. That may be okay for a more abstract painting style, but for a conceptual design, youd want to use vivid colors and higher contrast up close and more faded colors for things farther away. This creates a sense of distance between parts of the scene and helps the viewer better understand the 3D world they are looking at.
- Your use of light and dark appears to be somewhat arbitrary. Instead of using it primarily to communicate the 3D forms of the landscape, there is just light and dark all over the place. I think this may be partly due to having chosen a difficult lighting situation. Consider something simpler, like an overcast day, or a sunny day with less going on in the scene, or a sunny day but draw the scene from far away instead of up close.
- The trees on the left have a very unnatural, man-made look. A lot of them are leaning to the right slightly, as if in some kind of orchestrated bow, and none of them have much in the way of texture or branches, even up close. This is inconsistent with the grass, which has a lot of detail in it up close. The leaves of the trees also appear to just be hanging right off of the trunks, as opposed to spanning out in bunches.
- I feel that the fence diminishes a bit too much in the distance. The foreshortening between the posts looks right, but the height of each post would not shrink quite so much I dont think. I would make sure they still have some height to them as they wrap over the hill. Also, I think you may be missing one post up close on the very left. Lastly, they are leaning to the right and lack texture just like the trees.
- When you take a photo of something against the sun, the subjects tend to get silhouetted. Youve missed that effect in your painting.
- The far background feels very disconnected from the foreground. I can sort of tell that its two hills, but the shapes are very unclear, so it lacks any depth. Its actually almost abstract looking and could very well be a painting on a giant wall just over the hill. It has no visible connection with the foreground, which does not help.
- The subject in this piece is unclear. The main focal point seems to be a road that leads to nowhere. Even if the technical aspects of the painting were executed perfectly, it would still not be as good as it could be, because theres quite simply nothing interesting being captured in the scene. When you have an idea, its critical to think about how best to represent it. I would argue, whatever the idea was in this case, there are better ways to show it. Thumbnails may help with this.
The time-lapse video helped to see your process, so thanks for posting that. Here are some additional comments based on the video
- You are applying texture far too soon, and without consideration for lighting, creating those arbitrary dark areas I was talking about. Get the lighting right first, then add the texture. Or even forget about textures for now, just make sure the shapes in the scene are lit properly and the light curves around their 3D forms as it should. Use reference where needed.
- One major flaw in your technique that I would recommend putting an end to immediately is using the soft brush to draw over top of textures and other details. It makes everything look foggy or muddy and thus very unclear. Its a bad technique that produces a very unprofessional result. You then end up covering it up with more of the same, and by the time youre done, all readability of shapes has gone out the window. I really cant stress it enough, you should never do that.
Lastly, I would like to recommend a more common process for you to follow
- Think about what super interesting focal point you want to show.
- Create quick thumbnails to figure out the best way to frame that focal point. Pick one that is interesting yet simple to paint.
- Start the painting with large blocks of solid color, making sure the major 3D forms are correctly lit by the light source and there is a sense of scale and distance by using less and less contrast and more and more muted colors as you get farther into the distance. Have at least three levels of contrastone for foreground, one for stuff sorta far away, and another for far background.
- Apply layers of rough details across the piece by hand, not through textures, using still fairly bulky brushes. Ensure that the background stays far by adding fewer details and sticking to lower contrast and saturation as mentioned previously. You can also sparingly use a soft, very large, sky colored brush at about 5% opacity to push things just that little bit farther into the background if needed, masking off foreground areas with the selection tool.
- Continue applying additional layers of detail, adding it mostly to things that are closer and/or part of the focal point of the painting.
- (Optional) Once you reach a point where drawing certain textural details by hand would get too tedious, consider very carefully how you might apply and blend photo textures into the piece (hint: not with a large soft high opacity round brush).
Apply this process carefully, and I will be damned if your painting does not look at least a bit better
Good luck to you!
Thank you for the very in depth critique. I can tell you definitely took your time. It amazes me how many things can be glossed over on one's own work because you're staring at it all day. There's some things you said that I kind of knew (shame on me), but there's a lot I haven't thought of either. I definitely know what you're saying about the round soft brushes. In the video I ended up erasing the originals because I knew it was blurring out detail. I did it again, thinking it was better, but in fact is simply a big "nono" haha. I'll definitely keep a lot of your tips in mind when attempting my next landscape painting.
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|This article is about the untradeable in-game item. For the tradeable item, see Bond. For details on the system, see RuneScape Bonds.
An untradeable RuneScape Bond is a special type of RuneScape Bond that has already been traded. It can either be redeemed for select account-related or out-of-game benefits - see the table below - or converted to a tradeable RuneScape Bond for a small fee.
Players use the 'Convert Bonds' button in the manage bonds interface in order to convert their RuneScape Bonds. A player can convert multiple untradeable RuneScape Bonds at once, should they wish. The conversion fee is 10% of a RuneScape Bond's value on the Grand Exchange at the time of conversion.
Current usages for Bonds
|14× days Membership
|29× days Membership
|45× days Membership
|15× Treasure Hunter keys
|195× RuneCoins
|1× name change
|Change character name without the cooldown period
|Rent Presets from the Gear interface
|1 or 2
|Rent a preset slot for 16 weeks with 1 Bond or 32 weeks for 2 Bonds, with 5 slots maximum for renting
|Buy Presets from the Gear interface
|Purchase a preset slot permanently for 3 Bonds, with 5 slots maximum for purchase
|1× Top Trumps pack
|Rent Wealth evaluator for 12 weeks
|Rent Wealth evaluator for 25 weeks
|Permanently unlock the Wealth evaluator
Bond history
28th of July 2014 - 11th of October 2014
Bonds could be used, by RuneFest 2014 ticket-holders, to purchase Crystal Coins which could be spent on food, drinks and all merchandise at RuneFest 2014. [1]
- 10× RuneFest Crystal Coins - 1 bond
- 50× RuneFest Crystal Coins - 10 bonds
- 200× RuneFest Crystal Coins - 20 bonds
28th of July 2014 - 9th of September 2014
Bonds could be used to purchase RuneFest 2014 tickets until the 9th September, when they sold out. Each ticket would cost 35 Bonds to purchase. Players were also able to buy hotel rooms for RuneFest.
- 1 × RuneFest Ticket - 35 bonds
- 2 × RuneFest Ticket - 70 bonds
- 1 × RuneFest Hotel Room (Twin Room on 10th October 2014) - 55 bonds
- 1 × RuneFest Hotel Room (Twin Room on 11th October 2014) - 55 bonds
- 2 × RuneFest Tickets plus Hotel Room (Twin Room on 10th October 2014) - 125 bonds
- 2 × RuneFest Tickets plus Hotel Room (Twin Room on 11th October 2014) - 125 bonds
- 2 × RuneFest Tickets plus Hotel Room (Twin Room on 10th and 11th October 2014) - 180 bonds
Main article: RuneFest 2013
Bonds could be used to purchase RuneFest 2013 tickets from the 25th of September until around (or just before) the 2nd of November, 2013. Each ticket would cost 35 Bonds to purchase. RuneFest tickets were purchased by sending a message to the billing support team with details on the purchase. Runefest 2013 is now over, therefore Bonds cannot be used to purchase Runefest 2013 tickets any longer.
Premier Club
3rd of December 2013 - 2nd of February 2014
Bonds could be used to purchase 2013 Premier Club Membership packages. This promotion ran from the 3rd of December 2013 to the 2nd of February 2014. Bonds could be used for purchasing packages starting Wednesday the 11th of December 2013. There were 3 package types available; Bronze, Silver & Gold costing 6, 12 or 24 bonds respectively.
Bonds saw a big price increase shortly after the Premier Club was announced, going from a Grand Exchange price of 7 million coins to almost 10 million coins. The 2013 Premier Club Packages are no longer available to be purchased.
1st December 2014 - 2nd February 2015
The 2014 Premier Club commenced on the 1st of December 2014, ending on the 3rd of February 2015 at 23:59 GMT. There were three different type of packages to be purchased; Bronze, Silver & Gold. These packages could be bought for the same amount of bonds the year before, 6, 12 and 24 respectively. For the first time in Premier Club's history, players could obtain a Samurai outfit and sword along with a Kirin pet through Paypal. They were unable to be acquired through bonds. Bonds did not see as big of a fluctuation in price as the previous year.
Well of Goodwill
Main article: Well of Goodwill
Bonds can be donated to the Well of Goodwill, located south of the Grand Exchange. During charity openings, a certain amount of money will be donated to a worthy cause for every bond given. The Well of Goodwill was released on the 30th of October 2013 and it has been possible to donate bonds at every time the well has been open since then. Players can obtain titles depending on the amount of money they donate. For more information, see the main article.
- There was a charity event involving the Well of Goodwill during the month of November 2014. It started on the 1st of November and ended on the 30th of November. Players could donate as many bonds (or coins) as they would like to the well, each bond worth US$4.70. The money would go to three organizations; AbleGamers, DonateGames and YoungMinds. Players could gain titles depending on how much they donated. [2]
- There was a charity event involving the Well of Goodwill during a week in February, 2015 called GameBlast15. Between 12:00 noon UTC time 20th of February 2015 - 12:00 noon UTC time 21th February 2015, players could donate coins, items and Bonds to the Well of Goodwill to raise funds for the SpecialEffect charity. Each bond dontaed was worth the usual amount; $US4.70.
Note: Players can only donate Bonds when a charity event for the Well of Goodwill is running.
Oxfam Bond Donation
1st December 2014 - 31st December 2014
The Oxfam Bond Donation was a worthwhile cause to raise funds for the Oxfam charity. It started on the 1st of December 2014 and ended on the 31st of December 2014. Players would get rewards for donating bonds to Thorvar Crittersmash who was near the Lumbridge, Edgeville, Burthorpe and Prifddinas lodestones throughout the event. See the news article for the full list of rewards. All proceeds went directly to Oxfam. Players could donate as many bonds as they wish.
Summer Special Membership Package
Main article: Summer in RuneScape
28th of May 2014 - 28th of July 2014
Bonds could be used to purchase a Summer Special Membership. The promotion ran from the 28th of May 2014 to the 28th of July 2014. Purchasing the package gave players 3 months RuneScape membership (25% off), the enlightenment aura and a crystal amulet. See the main article for more information. This package cost 5 Bonds.
This promotion is now over, hence the package can no longer be purchased.
Bond Price Increase
On the 25th of November 2014, Jagex announced changes in membership prices which would begin 1st March 2015 onwards. It therefore affected bond prices. Jagex revealed the new prices on the 23rd of January 2015, with a bond costing £3.59. The full prices for several currencies can be found on the Membership Price Changes news article. The amount of Treasure Hunter keys and Runecoins increased from 12 to 15 and 160 to 195 respectively. The amount of membership time did not increase. Before the price increase, the prices of a bond was £3, US$5 or €4.25. The update reflected the increase in price of bonds on the Grand Exchange.
- 1 News post: Come to RuneFest for Free with Bonds!
- 2 News post: Well of Goodwill Opens 1st November with New Charities
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The impact of extreme weather events on budget balances and implications for fiscal policy
This paper explores implications of climate change for fiscal policy by assessing the impact of large scale extreme weather events on changes in public budgets. We apply alternative measures for large scale extreme weather events and conclude that the budgetary impact of such events ranges between 0.23% and 1.1% of GDP depending on the country group. Developing countries face a much larger effect on changes in budget balances following an extreme weather event than do advanced economies. Based on these findings, we discuss implications for fiscal policy and publiclyprovided disaster insurance. Our policy conclusions point to the enhanced need to reach and maintain sound fiscal positions given that climate change is expected to cause an increase in the frequency and severity of natural disasters. JEL Classification: Q54, Q58, F59, H87
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You'll need to make a simple application for iPad in Unity3D. Inside the application, there is one button (assets ready). When I tap it, the button should get pressed + some effects should be played. Simple as that.
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* The press and unpress animations should be smooth and natural. Shouldn't be just linear. Feeling is important.
* When the button is pressed, it should get some cool animation (particles or flash or something).
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Give Us Your Geniuses: Why Seeking Smart Immigrants Is a No-Brainer
Adam Ozimek is an associate at an economics consulting firm and a blogger with Modeled Behavior. Noah Smith, a PhD Candidate in Economics at the University of Michigan, blogs at Noahpinion.
"From the very beginning, the United States has enjoyed a unique advantage held by almost no other country on the planet: the ability to attract and retain a huge number of the world's best and brightest. Before independence, for example, America was the beneficiary of perhaps the most elite immigrant group in history."
"Historical anecdotes aside, the economic benefits of HSI are clear. "Human capital" -- economist jargon for the skills and knowledge of the labor force -- is one of the key inputs of GDP. Put in more human capital, and your nation produces more. And high-skilled immigrants are bursting with human capital, like an oil field waiting to be tapped."
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The Birthday Ball (Compact Disc)
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Bored, bored, bored. It's all Princess Patricia Priscilla can think as her sixteenth birthday approaches. It's less than a week before the Birthday Ball, where she will choose her husband from a group of unappealing suitors.
But things around the kingdom get pretty interesting when Princess Patricia Priscilla disguises herself as a peasant and starts attending the village school. She may not be spending her days in the comfort of the castle, clothed in silk, but at least life in the village is fun. It doesn t hurt that the new schoolmaster is young and handsome.
In this tale of mistaken identity, creamed pigeons, and young love, the two-time Newbery Medal winner Lois Lowry compares princesses to peasants and finds them to be exactly the same in all the important ways.
About the Author
Lois Lowry is the author of more than thirty books for young adults, including the popular Anastasia Krupnik series. She has received countless honors, among them the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award, the California Young Reader s Medal, and the Mark Twain Award. She received Newbery Medals for two of her novels, NUMBER THE STARS and THE GIVER. Her first novel, A SUMMER TO DIE, was awarded the International Reading Association s Children s Book Award. Ms. Lowry now divides her time between Cambridge and an 1840s farmhouse in Maine. To learn more about Lois Lowry, see her website at www.loislowry.com.


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The American Anti-Vivisection Society
Rating: 4.92 stars 266 266 reviews 3,947
801 Old York Road Suite 204 Jenkintown PA 19046 USA
The missionof the American Anti-Vivisection Society is tounequivocally oppose and work to end experimentation on animals and to opposeall other forms of cruelty to animals.
The missionof the American Anti-Vivisection Society is tounequivocally oppose and work to end experimentation on animals and to opposeall other forms of cruelty to animals.
Animalearn is AAVS' education division and focuses on ending vivisection and dissection in the classroom from elementary through college levels. Animalearn operates The Science Bank, a dissection alternatives lending library, which provides alternatives to using animals, from basic dissection to psychology experiments. By participating in national teacher conferences, hosting workshops and in-service days and providing information to individuals who request assistance, Animalearn helps countless students, teachers, parents and other community members make their classrooms more humane.AAVS' Outreach division educates the public about animal issues through our award winning quarterly publication AV Magazine and bimonthly newsletter ActiVate For Animals, both of which are sent to all members and provide comprehensive, up-to-date information on animal experiments and alternatives. Outreach staff also speak at conferences and place advertisements to reach a large audience, exposing what occurs behind laboratory doors.The Alternatives Research and Development Foundation (ARDF) is AAVS' scientific affiliate. ARDF awards grants to scientists and educators working to develop non-animal methods and promotes alternatives through seminars and workshops as well as writing articles for various scientific publications.
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I have been a lifetime member of AAVS for over 40 years. I believe they are doing a fabulous job in their commitment to end animal experimentation as well as end animal cruelty wherever it exists. I would not continue to donate my funds to them if I did not believe in their work. With the great staff and supporters of AAVS real change has come about in reducing live animal experiments and instead using alternatives such as computer models. I highly encourage support of AAVS by those who would like to see an end to the cruel and often useless practice of animal experimentation.
have donated to and followed this org. works for awhile and signed petitions, etc. and consider it a premier org for the challenging of the use of animals in testing, experimenting etc. and their goal of the complete abatement of animals used for testing of all sorts of items.the excellent informing of the public of alternatives for non-animal testing and how the public can obtain and use products of all sorts that were not tested for whatever reason on animals, here in the usa and wherever.
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I am a big supporter of AAVS. They do really important work saving the lives of animals and making the world a better place for everyone.
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aavs is an organization i can truly stand behind. i fully support their values and goals, as well as their methods.
AAVS is a wonderful organization that really helps speak out for our non human friends
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I am so grateful to this organization for keeping me up-to-date on a topic that is near and dear to my heart, for doing it in a very professional way, and for the work they do to save our precious little furry friends from biologists who can't get their act together enough to use the latest advancements for testing.
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I recently discovered AAVS, and I'm glad I did. They share their information in a way that I can better digest than several other animal rights organizations. I appreciate what they do and will continue to follow and support them because I believe ALL life is precious and because I don't understand how people can be so cruel and uncaring about others beings that just want thrive and share this world with us. Thank you, AAVS.
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The AAVS are terrific. They manage a well-designed and informative website; they do a great deal in promoting pro-animal education, and especially in helping young people negotiate alternatives to required tasks in their science programs which are cruel to animals; and they are involved in getting cruelty-free alternatives to animal testing accepted in many laboratories around the country.
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With a small staff and headquarters (their office is not far from where my late mother lived, so I have a good idea of their situation), this historic and venerable nonprofit organization has maintained an outsize presence and authority in our society's moral progress. Their publications are always highly informative, including good insights into the state of laboratory research on animals, good reporting on developments in law, businesses and schools, and essays by leaders in anti-vivisection, or animal protection more generally. They have achieved noteworthy successes in educating and engaging students, and assisting them in finding alternatives to the use of animals in their own biology lab courses. They have recommended lines of cosmetics and health-care products that are produced by cruelty-free processes. They have recently redesigned their website, so that now it is an especially beautiful and elegant resource for learning about who the different kinds of animals used/abused in lab testing are, and how they are used/abused, and by whom. E.g., I am especially interested in learning about the use/abuse of rats and mice, the most overlooked, taken-for-granted and friendless of these animals, and now I am pleased at how easy it is to do that.
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AAVS is the best nonprofit organization I know of as they have the best mission. I highly support everything they do to advocate for animal welfare and I try to use every opportunity they give me to take action on behalf of the animals.
Please donate. Great humaine service to animals. It is a shame that instead of being their protector and guardian we kill them and use them for [ur food. Please be VEGAN.
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They have amazing newsletters that bring light to new developments and methods of testing and research that replaces the unnecessary use of animals in labs. They have petitions to sign to help bring these methods to use. It's come time to make these changes because there are extreme improvements in the accuracy of these tests and their results.


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Don't You Wish (Paperback)
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Alternate universes exist Perfect for moviegoers who loved "17 Again, Sliding Doors, " and "The Family Man, " as well as the novel "Before I Fall."
When plain and unpopular Annie Nutter gets zapped by one of her dad's whacked-out inventions, she lands in a parallel universe where her life becomes picture-perfect. Now she's Ayla Monroe, daughter of the same mother but a different father and she's the gorgeous, rich queen bee of her high school.
In this universe, Ayla lives in glitzy Miami instead of dreary Pittsburgh and has beaucoup bucks, courtesy of her billionaire if usually absent father. Her friends hit the clubs, party backstage at concerts, and take risks that are exhilirating . . . and illegal. Here she's got a date to lose her V-card with the hottest guy she's ever seen.
But on the insde, Ayla is still Annie.
So when she's offered the chance to leave the dream life and head home to Pittsburgh, will she take it?
The choice isn't as simple as you think.
About the Author
Roxanne St. Claire left her PR career to write full time. She lives in Florida with her husband and children.
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"A charming tale that will especially appeal to kids who feel themselves to be Invisible, tormented, and in need of empowerment skills."