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HCM CITY — With its price more than doubling since early last year and trading at around VNĐ145,000 (US$6.38) now, the Phú Nhuận Jewelry Joint Stock Company's share became one of the highest gainers on the Vietnamese stock market last year.
This was partly due to the strong growth of the stock market itself, but more importantly because of PNJ continuing to assert its leading position in the jewellery market with high growth in terms of revenues and brand value.
In a bulletin it has sent to investors, the HCM City Securities Corporation (HSC) continues to be bullish on the PNJ stock thanks to its outstanding business performance. PNJ has no notable competitors in the industry and will continue to expand its operations to retain its position as one of the best modern retail chains in Việt Nam.
The company has just announced its results for last year: sales topped VNĐ10.97 trillion ($483.5 million), a year-on-year increase of 28 per cent, of which jewellery retail sales accounted for nearly VNĐ5.78 trillion, up 39 per cent.
Thanks to the huge sales growth, its gross profit margin went up from 16.48 per cent in 2016 to 17.42 per cent last year.
Its gross profit last year was nearly VNĐ1.91 trillion, up 36 per cent.
It reported a consolidated pre-tax profit of VNĐ908.11 billion, a 54 per cent rise and 121 per cent of the target. Its after-tax profit increased sharply thanks to a significant decrease in expenses from previous years.
The results exceeded the expectations of many investors and analysts, and the price of the PNJ share rose dramatically. HSC believes that the fair value of the share is VNĐ160,625, which is higher than the current value of VNĐ145,000 and equivalent to a forward P/E of 20 times for this year.
It is known that the Việt Nam gold market involves the participation of many agents and retail stores, totally estimated at more than 10,000. Việt Nam has around 10 brands selling gold jewellery. Of them, PNJ ranks first with a 27 per cent of market share, far ahead of other competitors like SJC, Doji and Bảo Tín Minh Châu (which have a market share of less than 10 per cent each).
In addition to its success in terms of finance, PNJ also marked a significant development through the expansion of its operations. Last year, the company expanded its retail network nation-wide by 50 stores, or 125 per cent of the initial plan, raising the number of its stores to 270.
Lê Trí Thông, PNJ's vice chairman, said the company would continue to open more stores this year and expects to hit the 300 mark by the time of its 30th anniversary on April 28 this year.
At the current growth rate, analysts forecast PNJ's market share to rise to 28 per cent this year and 30.4 per cent by 2020. The 30 stores opened in 2016 are particularly expected to deliver steady returns. The stores opened in 2017 will also significantly contribute to overall growth. This will be the driving force for PNJ's jewellery business in 2018-19.
The goal of reaching 300 stores by early 2018 indicates the company's board's great drive for development. The rapid development of its retail system, along with improvements in the supply chain, has given PNJ very positive results in the past few years and promises to do so in the foreseeable future.
Sharing the company's plans for this year, Thông said it would set up new distribution channels including online so that young customers can have a tailor-made shopping experience.
PNJ will also carry out customer segmentation to offer tailor-made designs that meet the needs of every single customer, thereby offering them beautiful products and also enhancing their experience.
With the company's outstanding performance last year and plans for this year, HSC expects PNJ's net revenues as well as after-tax profit to grow by more than 30 per cent in fiscal 2018.
Its revenues and after-tax profit could top VNĐ14.3 trillion and VNĐ964 billion, equivalent to an EPS of VNĐ8,032 per share this year.
According to analysts, the strong recovery in the economy will provide a boost to the jewellery industry.
With its strategy of constantly expanding its network combined with the clear targets for revenue growth for each store, PNJ is likely to maintain a high growth rate in terms of revenues and profits in the coming years. — VNS


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Having a sensitive skin is a very big pain and one has to take very special are of the skin. Sensitive skin is very prone to a lot of skin problems like infection, acne, allergy etc. The person has to take special care all the time for maintaining the health of the sensitive skin. It therefore becomes very important to take care of sensitive skin for proper treatment and you can use the following home remedies for getting relief from the problems that are faced by sensitive skin.
List Of Best Effective Home Remedies For Sensitive Skin
Milk is a very good product for maintaining the health of the sensitive skin. The natural properties of milk help in cleansing the skin and also help in treating the problems like acne and pimples. You should therefore use milk to cleanse your sensitive skin and to prevent the pain faced.
Aloe Vera Gel
Aloe vera gel is also very useful in reducing the sensitivity of the skin. The risk properties of aloe vera are very useful in treating all the problems that are caused due to sensitive skin. Not only this, the application of aloe vera gel also helps in making the skin smooth and healthy.
Clay Mask
Clay mask is often used to get rid of the problem faced due to sensitive skin. The natural properties of clay help in reducing the problems such as pimples and acnes by clearing the skin pores. Not only this, clay mask is also very effective in making the skin beautiful.
Rose Water
Rose water is very useful for the health of the skin and being very gently on the skin it can be used to take care of sensitive skin very effectively. Use rose water to clean your skin every day. This helps in reducing the deposition of dust and dirt in the skin pores and improves the overall health of the skin and makes the maintenance easy.
Honey is also very widely used and is very effective for treating the problem of sensitive skin. It is very useful in providing relief from the skin problems and help in treating all the issues faced due to the sensitive skin. Use raw honey for applying on the skin and repeat the remedy frequently for easy maintenance of the skin.

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Throughout the last five or six years the popularity of Esports Competitions has increased significantly. Besides many different eSports events that are being organized all over the world in arenas with thousands of players in the audience, there are also online platforms that enable professional video game players to participate at online eSports tournaments. One of the biggest advantages of these platforms is the fact that people from all over the world can enter the competition without traveling long distances in order to be present at the event. This article will deal exactly with those online platforms and will present the most popular ones.
Gfinity is one of the most popular online platforms that players and teams can use in order to participate in the eSports tournaments that are played online. This online eSports gaming platform provides users with the opportunity to play many different games that have been developed either for Xbox or for PC. This platform and many other similar platforms have been a great starting point for many professional teams and individual players that later became some of the best professional video gaming teams and individuals in the world. Gfinity gaming platform has also moved from online gaming to the real world gaming as well because it collaborated with many other similar companies to bring the world of professional video gaming to the arenas where fans can see the action live.
Major League Gaming
Major League Gaming or MLG is the world's leading provider of eSports events. During the last several years, MLG has been introducing fans to the professional video gaming world through many different eSports competitions that they organized in many cities all over the world. However, MLG is also providing those players that are not able to travel to the locations a chance to participate at the tournaments by playing these tournaments online. MLG is actually organizing many qualification rounds for the real location eSports tournaments online and the winners of those qualifications will eventually travel to the city where the main eSports event is being held. Whether you are an individual or a team of players it does not matter, what you need to do is to sign up with Major League Gaming and your adventure of professional video gaming may start.
UMG or UMG Online
UMG is yet another platform that provides possibilities for the players to experience the world of professional video gaming without having to travel to physical locations. Instead, these platforms are enabling them to participate at the eSports tournaments online. UMG is providing their users with the opportunity to play many different tournaments that involve games such as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare , Madden 16 as well as Gears of War 4 . As it can be noticed, these are all some of the most popular games in the world currently. The first requirement that the players needs to do is to sign up with this platform and the further instructions will be provided for him or her.
To Sum it Up
Since eSports tournaments are getting more and more popular with every single year it can get really hard to gather big number of teams to participate at these tournaments. Because of that, we are witnessing the development of many different online gaming platforms that organize the qualification rounds that teams from all parts of the world can participate in. The winners of those qualification rounds later travel to the physical locations for the final rounds of certain eSports tournament. One thing that these online platforms have actually done is to further increase the popularity and the number of active players that get involve with the eSports world.


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Oracle ADF Interview Questions and Answers
Q.What is Oracle ADF?
Ans: Oracle ADF is an commercial java/j2ee framework, which is used to build enterprise applications.
It is one of the most comprehensive and advanced framework in market for J2EE
Q.What are the advantages of using ADF?
Ans: Following are the advantages of using:
- It supports Rapid Application Development.
- It is based on MVC architecture
- Declarative Approach (XML Driven)
- Secure
- Reduces maintenance cost and time
- SOA Enabled
Q.What are various components in ADF?
Ans: Oracle ADF has following components
- ADF Business Components(Model)
- ADF Faces (View)
- ADF Task flows(Controller)
Q.What is the return type of Service Methods?
Ans: Service Methods can return Scalar or Primitive Data types.
Q.Can Service Methods return type Void?
Ans: Yes, Service Methods can Return type Void
Q.Can Service Methods return Complex Data types?
Ans: No, service methods can return only primitive/scalar data types.
Q.Which component in ADF BC manages transaction ?
Ans: Application Module, manages transaction.
Q.Can an entity object be based on two Database Objects(tables/views) or two Web services ?
Ans: No entity objects will always have one to one relationship with a database object or web service.
Q.Where is that we write business rules/validations in ADF and why?
Ans: We should be writing validations at Entity Object level, because they provide highest degree of reuse.
Q.What is Managed Bean?
Ans: Managed bean is a java class, which is initialized by JSF framework. It is primarily used to hold view and controller logic. It is also used to execute java code to be executed on a user action like Button Click.
Q.What are Backing Bean?
Ans: Backing beans are those managed beans which have 1:1 mapping with a page. They have getters and setters
for all the components in the related page.
Q.What is difference between managed and backing beans?
Ans: Backing bean has 1:1 relation with page whereas managed beans can be used in multiple pages.
Backing beans scope is limited to the page whereas managed beans can have other scopes too.
Q.What is a Task flow?
Ans: Task flow is the controller of an ADF application, it provides us an declarative approach to define the control flow. It is used to define the navigation between pages and various task flow activites.
Q.What are the different types/categories of Task flows ?
Ans: Task flows are of two categories: Bounded and Unbounded.
Q.What is the difference between Bounded and Unbounded task flows?
Ans: Differences between Bounded and Unbounded task flows :
- Bounded task flows can be secured but Unbounded can't.
- Bounded taskflows can accept parameter and return values but unbounded taskflows don't support parameters
- Bounded taskflows has a single entry point or a default activity but unbounded taskflows have multiple entry points.
- Bounded taskflows can be called from other bounded/unbounded taskflows but unbounded cannot be called or reused.
- Bounded taskflows support transactions unbounded don't
Q.What are the various access scopes supported by ADF?
Ans: ADF Faces supports the following scopes
- Application Scope
- Session Scope
- PageFlow Scope
- Request Scope
- Backing Bean Scope.
Q.Describe life cycle of a ADF Page?
Ans: ADF page is an extension of JSF and has following phases in its lifecycle
- Initialize Context: In this phase the adf page initializes the LifecycleContext with information that will be used during the Lifecycle.
- Prepare Model: In this phase ui model is prepared and initialized. In this phase page parameters are set and methods in the executable section of the page definition of the ADF page are executed.
- Apply Input Values: This phase handles the request parameters. The values from the HTML are sent to the server and applied to the page binding in page definitions.
- Validate Input Values: This phase validates the values that were built in the Apply input values phase
- Update Model: Validated values supplied from user are sent to ADF business components data model
- Validate Model Updates: In this phase the business components will validate user supplied values.
- Invoke Application: This phase will process the ui events stack built during the life cycle of page and also fire navigational events
- Prepare Render: This is the final phase where HTML code is generated from the view tree.
Q.What is PPR and how do you enable Partial Page Rendering (PPR)?
Ans: PPR is a feature supported by ADF Faces, using which we can render a small portion of a HTML Page, without refreshing the complete page.
It is enabled by.
- Setting AutoSubmitproperty to true on the triggering element.
- Setting the PartialTriggersproperty of target component to refer to component id of the triggering element.
Q.What is Action Listener?
Ans: An action listener is a class that wants to be notified when a command component
Fires an action event. An action listener contains an action listener method that
Processes the action event object passed to it by the command component
Q.What are businesses Component In ADF. Describe them?
Ans: All of these features can be summarized by saying that using ADF Business
Components for your J2EE business service layer makes your life a lot easier. The key
ADF Business Components that cooperate to provide the business service
Implementations are:
■ Entity Object
An entity object represents a row in a database table and simplifies modifying its
data by handling all DML operations for you. It can encapsulate business logic for
the row to ensure your business rules are consistently enforced. You associate an
entity object with others to reflect relationships in the underlying database schema
to create a layer of business domain objects to reuse in multiple applications.
■ Application Module
An application module is the transactional component that UI clients use to work
with application data. It defines an up datable data model and top-level
Procedures and functions (called service methods) related to a logical unit of work
Related to an end-user task.
■ View Object
A view object represents a SQL query and simplifies working with its results. You
use the full power of the familiar SQL language to join, project, filter, sort, and
Aggregate data into exactly the "shape" required by the end-user task at hand. This
Includes the ability to link a view object with others to create master/detail
Hierarchies of any complexity. When end users modify data in the user interface,
Your view objects collaborate with entity objects to consistently validate and save
The changes
Q.What is Top Link?
Top Link is an Object-Relational Mapping layer that provides a map between the Java objects that the model uses and the database that is the source of their data.
By default, a session is created named default. In the following steps, you create a new session
Q.What is Managed Bean?
Ans: JavaBean objects managed by a JSF implementation are called managed beans. A managed bean describes how a bean is created and managed. It has nothing to do with the bean's functionality.
Managed bean is about how the bean is created and initialized. As you know, jsf uses the lazy initialization model. It means that the bean in the particular scope is created and initialized not at the moment when the scope is started, but on-demand, i.e. when the bean is first time required.
Q.What is Backing Bean?
Ans: Backing beans are JavaBeans components associated with UI components used in a page. Backing-bean management separates the definition of UI component objects from objects that perform application-specific processing and hold data.
Backing bean is about the role a particular managed bean plays. This is a role to be a server-side representation of the components located on the page. Usually, the backing beans have a request scope, but it is not a restriction.
The backing bean defines properties and handling-logics associated with the UI components used on the page. Each backing-bean property is bound to either a component instance or its value. A backing bean also defines a set of methods that perform functions for the component, such as validating the component's data, handling events that the component fires and performing processing associated with navigation when the component activates.
Q.What is view object?
Ans :A view object is a model object used specifically in the presentation tier. It contains the data that must display in the view layer and the logic to validate user input, handle events, and interact with the business-logic tier. The backing bean is the view object in a JSF-based application. Backing bean and view object are interchangeable terms
Q.Difference between Backing Bean and Managed Bean?
|Backing Beans
|Managed Beans
|A backing bean is any bean that is referenced by a form.
|A managed bean is a backing bean that has been registered with JSF (in faces-config.xml) and it automatically created (and optionally initialized) by JSF when it is needed.
|The advantage of managed beans is that the JSF framework will automatically create these beans, optionally initialize them with parameters you specify in faces-config.xml,
|Backing Beans should be defined only in the request scope
|The managed beans that are created by JSF can be stored within the request, session, or application scopes
Q.What do you mean by Bean Scope?
Ans; Bean Scope typically holds beans and other objects that need to be available in the different components of a web application.
Q.What are the different kinds of Bean Scopes in JSF?
Ans: JSF supports three Bean Scopes. viz.,
Request Scope: The request scope is short-lived. It starts when an HTTP request is submitted and ends when the response is sent back to the client.
Session Scope: The session scope persists from the time that a session is established until session termination.
Application Scope: The application scope persists for the entire duration of the web application. This scope is shared among all the requests and sessions.
Q.What is the difference between JSP-EL and JSF-EL?
|In JSP-EL the value expressions are delimited by ${…}.
|In JSf-EL the value expressions are delimited by #{…}.
|The ${…} delimiter denotes the immediate evaluation of the expressions, at the time that the application server processes the page.
|The #{…} delimiter denotes deferred evaluation. With deferred evaluation, the application server retains the expression and evaluates it whenever a value is needed.
Q.How to declare the page navigation (navigation rules) in faces-config.xml file in ADF 10g?
Ans: Navigation rules tells JSF implementation which page to send back to the browser after a form has been submitted. We can declare the page navigation as follows:
This declaration states that the login action navigates to /welcome.jsp, if it occurred inside /index.jsp.
Q.Setting the range of table
Q.Which component in ADF BC manages transaction ?
Ans: Application Module, manages transaction.
Q.Can an entity object be based on two Database Objects(tables/views) or two Web services ?
Ans: No entity objects will always have one to one relationship with a database object or web service
Q.Where is that we write business rules/validations in ADF and why?
Ans: We should ideally be writing validations at Entity Object level, because they provide highest degree of reuse.
Q.What are the JSF life-cycle phases?
Ans: The six phases of the JSF application lifecycle are as follows (note the event processing at each phase):
- Restore view
2.Apply request values; process events
3. Process validations; process events
4. Update model values; process events
5. Invoke application; process events
6. Render response
Q.Explain briefly the life-cycle phases of JSF?
- Restore View: A request comes through the FacesServlet controller. The controller examines the request and extracts the view ID, which is determined by the name of the JSP page.
2. Apply request values: The purpose of the apply request values phase is for each component to retrieve its current state. The components must first be retrieved or created from the FacesContext object, followed by their values.
3. Process validations: In this phase, each component will have its values validated against the application's validation rules.
4. Update model values: In this phase JSF updates the actual values of the server-side model ,by updating the properties of your backing beans.
5. Invoke application: In this phase the JSF controller invokes the application to handle Form submissions.
6. Render response: In this phase JSF displays the view with all of its components in their current state.
Q.What is setActionListener?
Ans: SetActionListener – The setActionListener tag is a declarative way to allow an action source ( , , etc.) to set a value before navigation. It is perhaps most useful in conjunction with the "process Scope" EL scope provided b ADF Faces, as it makes it possible to pass details from one page to another without writing any Java code. This tag can be used both with ADF Faces commands and JSF standard tags.
Example of this can be as follows. Suppose we have a table "employee". We want to fetch the salary of an employee of some particular row and want to send this salary in
Next page in process scope or request scope etc.So using this we can do this.
It have two attributes:
From – the source of the value; can be an EL expression or a constant value
To – the target for the value; must be an EL expression
This setActionListener will pick value of salary of that row and store this value into salary1 variable.So anyone can use this salary
As processScope.salary1 . It is very simple to use. And very useful.
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In certain parts of the country, people struggle to find food that is healthy, nutritious, and affordable. These individuals often live in low-income, rural communities and don't have access to supermarkets or reliable transportation. These areas are known as food deserts.
What Is a Food Desert?
Often present in impoverished areas, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) defines a food desert as an area without access to fresh fruit, vegetables, and other healthy, whole foods. In 2010, the USDA reported that 23.5 percent of Americans live in a food desert, which equates to about 76 million people.
Nearly half of all food deserts are in low-income communities and communities of color.1 Residents in impoverished food deserts often don't have cars or access to suitable public transportation, and many rely on convenience stores or fast-food restaurants for nutrition.
The USDA Food Access Research Atlas is an interactive map that shows the areas in the U.S. that qualify as food deserts.
Not surprisingly, diet-related health problems are disproportionately higher in food deserts than in regions served by mainstream grocers.2 Nearly 70 percent of U.S. adults are at least overweight based on BMI, and food deserts may be a factor in this epidemic, especially in low-income communities.3 When people have little or no access to nutritious food, they are likely to have unbalanced diets or skip meals. Additionally, the meals they do get are often made up of processed foods full of fat, sodium, and sugar. Food deserts help to explain the connection between hunger, poverty, and obesity in low-income communities.4
A Troubling New Trend
Fifty years ago, locally owned markets were common in urban and rural areas. As local markets were replaced by large chain supermarkets, grocery retailers moved out of impoverished areas, leaving residents without fresh-food retailers.2 Some assume that stores in impoverished areas aren't as profitable, which holds true to some extent. Both rural and urban food deserts have a hard time attracting and keeping commercial grocery stores. For example, in Kansas, one in five grocery stores in communities of fewer than 2,500 people went out of business between 2006 and 2010.5
The USDA estimates that groceries sold in food deserts are 10 percent more expensive than groceries sold in suburban markets. Because larger grocery stores are typically more profitable in wealthy areas, grocery prices are driven up for the impoverished, making it even harder for those affected to afford fresh, healthy, whole foods.2
A Minneapolis survey revealed that 94 percent of residents would purchase more fresh produce if it were available at convenience stores.6 Because selling healthier options isn't viewed as economically viable for retailers, several solutions have been established over the years to help afflicted residents.
One way to provide fresh food in food deserts is through urban community gardening. In many cities, empty lots have been turned into miniature farms where residents exchange their time and labor for freshly grown fruits and vegetables. Other cities have mobile fresh-food trucks that deliver produce to underserved communities. Other ways to alleviate food deserts are for cities to improve public transportation so residents can access grocery stores and supermarkets or to provide incentives for fresh-food retailers to move into certain areas.
Creating Healthy Mindsets
It's important to understand that enabling access to a grocery store is not enough to change dietary habits. Unfortunately, many individuals don't have nutrition education, don't know how to prepare food, or don't have much time in the day to prepare food for their family. In some cases, fresh produce might be more expensive than convenience store foods.
Providing healthy food is the first step to changing unhealthy eating habits and needs to be followed by education and support to empower people to transition into healthy lifestyles.
- http://americannutritionassociation.org/newsletter/usda-defines-food-deserts
- https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science/food-desert1.htm
- https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db288.pdf
- https://www.stanforddaily.com/2015/05/03/food-deserts-hunger-and-obesity/
- http://files.cfra.org/pdf/rural-grocery-stores.pdf
- http://www.minneapolismn.gov/www/groups/public/@health/documents/webcontent/wcms1p-095276.pdf


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You might have thought about pouring concrete yourself if you are thinking of starting a new concrete project. Of course, some people go this route to save money. However, you should keep in mind that it is very risky if you take on a DIY project such as concrete pouring. Instead of saving money, you might end up having a failure of a project, wasting your time, and wasting a lot of money.
Today, we are going to share with you a couple of reasons why you shouldn't pour concrete yourself and leave it to professional concreters Sydney West instead.
Improper Equipment
When pouring concrete, if you don't use the right tools, it can lead to an uneven surface filled with bumps, cracks, and holes. You require heavy-duty and durable tools that will not break while you work if you are working with concrete. Aside from that, you'll also have to ensure that you've got all of these tools ahead of time since concrete pouring is sensitive to time. You've got to be ready always.
You Don't Have Safety Precautions
There is a reason why professional concrete contractors need to follow particular OSHA regulations. You've got to take the right safety precautions if you are working with possibly hazardous tools and materials such as concrete. Aside from that, you are required to wear safety gear. This includes:
Ear protection, such as earplugs, when using heavy machinery
Rubber boots
Eye protection such as safety glasses
Alkali-resistant gloves
Proper clothing, such as pants and long sleeves
Face mask
Wrong Amount of Water
It is easy to mix the wrong amounts of water and dry concrete when doing the job yourself. For those who don't know, the ratio is vital to the look and durability of the concrete. Your wet concrete needs to have the ideal smoothness and pliable consistency, instead of being liquidy or chunky. It isn't uncommon for DIY-ers to add a lot of water to the mixture since adding more water will make the concrete easier to work with. However, you can actually ruin the strength of the concrete even if you add the smallest amount of additional water.
Wrong Preparation
If you want to prepare the site for concrete, it isn't enough to just clear off the ground of plants and debris using a shovel. You also have to level and compact evenly the soil. Else, the concrete on top will start to crumble whenever the ground settles. If you want to level the surface and pack the soil, you've got to use a plate compactor. Aside from that, you also have to create, install, and level borders.
Concrete Contractors Come with Guarantees or Warranties
This is probably one of the best reasons why you should always hire a concrete contractor. A guarantee or a warranty can ensure that the contractor will take care of any damage during a particular period. They will typically fix your concrete for free! Thus, you will save money in the long run. Obviously, you won't experience this if you pour concrete yourself.


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|Title: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Surface Coating of Metal Cans and Surface Coating of Metal Coil Residual Risk and Technology Review
This final action will address the agency's residual risk and technology review (RTR) of the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for the Surface Coating of Metal Cans and the NESHAP for the Surface Coating of Metal Coil. These NESHAP were promulgated pursuant to section 112(d) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) and established emission limitations and work practice requirements based on maximum achievable control technology (MACT) for controlling emissions of hazardous air pollutants (HAP). The Surface Coating of Metal Cans NESHAP, subpart KKKK, was promulgated on November 13, 2003. The NESHAP controls emissions of organic HAP from can coating operations, including the storage, mixing and conveying of coating, thinners and cleaning materials used in, and the waste materials generated by, the coating operation. Metal can coating operations include the coating of metal cans, ends, metal crowns and closures. Due to the different types of coatings employed by the industry, the NESHAP includes emission limits for several separate subcategories, including: one- and two-piece draw and iron can body coating, sheet coating, three-piece can body assembly coating and end coating. The HAP emitted from the can coating operations primarily include glycol ethers, xylenes, hexane and methyl isobutyl ketone. The Surface Coating of Metal Coil NESHAP, subpart SSSS, was promulgated on June 10, 2002. The NESHAP controls emissions of organic HAP from metal coil coating operations. A coil coating operation is defined as the application system used to apply an organic coating to the surface of any continuous metal strip (at least 0.006 inch thick) that is packaged in a roll or coil, which includes the web unwind or feed station; the series of one or more coating stations and any associated curing ovens; the wet section/pretreatment operations; equipment and parts cleaning operations; the quenching operations; the mixing/thinning operations; and the storage and wastewater operations. The NESHAP regulates organic HAP and includes emission limits and operating limits that apply to the coating application stations, the curing ovens and the associated capture systems and control devices. The HAP emitted from the metal coil coating application operations and curing ovens include glycol ethers, xylenes, toluene and isophorone. This final action implements the residual risk review requirements of CAA section 112(f)(2) and the technology review requirements of CAA section 112(d)(6). CAA section 112(f)(2) directs EPA to revise the NESHAP if such revisions are required to provide an ample margin of safety to protect public health or to prevent, taking relevant factors into account, an adverse environmental effect. CAA section 112(d)(6) requires the EPA to review and revise the MACT standards as necessary, taking into account developments in practices, processes and control technologies, no less often than every 8 years. Pursuant to a court order, the EPA is obligated to complete the final action for both of these RTR by March 13, 2020. In consideration of this deadline, which also applies to 18 other RTR source categories, we established an internal schedule for this RTR to be proposed and finalized prior to the consent decree deadline.
|Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)
|Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
|RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda
|Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage
|Major: No
|Unfunded Mandates: No
|EO 13771 Designation: Not subject to, not significant
|CFR Citation: 40 CFR 63
|Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq., Clean Air Act
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|Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
|Government Levels Affected: None
|Small Entities Affected: Businesses
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"Don't be such a downer." No, this isn't a Saturday Night Live sketch where trombone slides abound. This is the world of We Happy Few. Society has become hooked on a special brand of literal happy pills, aptly named Joy, and if you're not willing to indulge, you're going to ruin everyone's buzz. With the entire countryside locked in a drug-induced euphoria, the harsh realities of the post-war world are masked from the population. That's when Arthur decides to go off of his medication and things get a bit more interesting.
The Fog has Lifted
Free of the shackles of his own mind, long-repressed memories come flooding back to Arthur. Most prominently amongst these brief windows into the past is the loss of his brother during the war. Grief stricken, he sets off to find his missing sibling. Due to his excessive Joy use over the years, his memories come back in bursts. These exposition dumps play out primarily through voiceovers, set against a rotating set of still frame images. These scenes are nothing exceptionally compelling, but they sufficiently perform the task of filling in gaps in the intentionally spotty narrative.
Arthur's story is just the first part of a three-headed narrative. Two other characters, Sally and Ollie respectively, also become playable once Arthur's core storyline has been wrapped up. The plots of all three characters intertwine at different points, which in turn provide alternate perspectives on the events of the campaign, further elaborating upon this dynamic dystopia. A common desire to escape is what brings the triumvirate together, along with a handful of other narrative-driven reasons that I won't touch on to avoid excessive spoilers.
All three of We Happy Few's characters have their own unique quirks and special abilities. For one, Sally leans more heavily on the stealth mechanics than the other two, as well as her need to keep a certain balance to her character traits. Ollie, on the other hand, operates on the polar opposite end of the spectrum, acting as the explosive specialist of the trio. His personality is about as understated as a shotgun blast and has an endearingly insane character design.
Evolutionary Design
Each playable avatar also dips heavily into the game's original roots in the survival RPG genre. First conceived as exclusively a survival experience, the developers tirelessly worked to expand the single player narrative, in response to the Early Access audience's desire to further explore the game's world. As a result, there are numerous systems in place that you wouldn't traditionally find in an exploration-centric game. Hunger, sleep, thirst, and wound management are all key factors to the survival of the player.
On the surface level these survival mechanics actually help to flesh out the realism, creating an intense need to constantly keep an eye on the character's specific needs. A perfect example of this is Ollie's blood sugar, which needs to be managed at all times in order to prevent it from impacting his overall health. However, after hours of balancing these teetering scales, it becomes tedious at best and downright irritating at worst. And this isn't even considering the collect-a-polooza aspect of the design, which further slows down the progression of the storyline.
Crafting items from elements found in the environment also proves to be a constant grind. When not monotonously gathering enough materials to cobble together a health salve or lock pick, players are required to create unique clothing to maintain consistency with each new area they are visiting. If the locals perceive that something is off, whether it be a wardrobe that is too fancy for the borough or players acting as if they are off of their Joy, it will draw unwanted attention that manifests itself in increasingly violent ways. Oddly enough, the random passers-by are just as passionate about keeping you medicated as the law enforcement.
The whole point of taking Joy is to fit in with the rest of the populous. Once players have popped a pill or inadvertently drank from a water faucet that is laced with the chemical, the entire bleak and barren world is transformed into a beautiful inversion in virtually every respect. It's almost like you are looking at the photographic negative, only it results in something far more positive. The impact is so substantial that the on-screen character will even start to gleefully swing their arms to exaggerate their movements. Only happy people do that, right?
Turn That Frown Upside Down
Despite being stuck behind the most literal interpretation of rose-colored glasses in history, characters still keep their wits about themselves. They realize everything that is going on, and also have to deal with the physical ramifications of coming down off of the drug, including hallucinations, bouts of blurred vision, or even vomiting. Taking Joy is not something that should be performed flippantly, as it can also have a long-term impact thanks to the cumulative total of all doses being tracked. Let's just say that you won't want to see what happens when you cap out that meter.
One area where We Happy Few really thrives are the shifting environments. Dark and bland settings are completely transformed under the effects of the drug into a psychedelic wonderland of rainbows and roses. The otherwise haunting atmosphere is key in making the shift believable. Everything from the physical appearance of NPCs to the way they interact will be transformed instantly. When not high, the desolate surroundings tend to be punctuated by either an understated background soundtrack or the uneasy, tinny tone of a record playing from somewhere on the map. I got the distinct feeling that the developer was trying to define the tone of each area through their song selections, ala BioShock, which worked to varying levels of success.
Speaking of mixed bags, let's take a moment to touch on the combat mechanics for a second. If hard pressed, a single word could effectively describe the melee-heavy brawling: garbage. Sorry if that sounds excessively harsh, but when a core pillar of a game's mechanics revolve around fisticuffs, I would have expected the fighting to be far more polished and streamlined. For one, there is an energy bar that slowly recharges, but essentially limits the number of strikes or blocks that can be performed over a period of time. There's no sort of a lock-on that would help to keep shots on track. Most conflicts ended up feeling like a glorified slap fight, because there were far more punches thrown than blows landed. At no point did I actually feel any sense of genuine control or precision. Sadly, this doesn't get much better when weapons are introduced.
Further adding to the frustration is the fact that all weapons will actually sustain damage and degrade over time. Just what we needed, another instance of the survival mechanics rearing its ugly head! However, if you are a fan of tirelessly crafting weapons that would make a caveman cringe, you will be in heaven. On another amusing note, enemies stick to the standard melee combat as well, despite the fact that they have muskets in their hands. Sorry guys, one throwaway line about soldiers preferring to use their bayonets over firearms isn't enough to explain away this very obvious lapse in logic.
Putting the veritable bow on the top of the combat shit casserole are status ailments that will not stop damaging the player during cinematics. That's right. If you're bleeding out badly from a fight, but somehow manage to emerge victorious, there is a very good chance that you could still die during the post-battle exposition dump. In most cases you won't even have the control necessary to apply a bandage and stop the descent into the afterlife. Plus, thanks to the mediocre auto-save feature (which you might as well just ignore and constantly manually save through the menu), most deaths will result in you needing to complete the entire battle all over again. I mean, what could be more fun than replaying a difficult mission that you barely survived the first time around? It ranks right up there with getting a cavity filled, rectally.
The Fog Returns
Easily the most disappointing aspect of We Happy Few would have to be the lackluster visual presentation on the PlayStation 4. I cannot speak to what you will see on a PS4 Pro, but my launch console left something to be desired. After seeing a year's worth of pristinely crisp and incredibly detailed screenshots, this level of graphic fidelity is nowhere to be found. Textures were constantly popping in, NPCs suffered from a chronic case of "Vaseline face" until they were just a few feet in front of the player, and closeups of the primary characters looked fuzzy at best.
Additionally, there were many instances of NPCs that clipped through environmental objects, became stuck in the floor with only the upper half of their torso showing and even times where collectibles would be indicated on the HUD that simply were not populated into the world. To be fair, invisible objects could still be found if you were willing to scan over the area in search of where items were supposed to be, then happen to luck upon the on-screen prompt to pick-up the item.
I genuinely appreciated what We Happy Few was trying to accomplish. Its unique perspective to storytelling and compelling setting kept frustrations at bay for far longer than they had any right to. I even think that the game has the potential to course-correct though their future DLC. However, this doesn't change the fact that the game has serious issues that make this full retail release feel more like a second round of Early Access. I cannot in good conscience encourage anyone to purchase the game in its current state. It would be best to revisit the game in a few months to see if things have improved. Now if you will excuse me, I have to pop a pill and pray to God that my entire memory of this game will just go away.
We Happy Few review code provided by publisher. Version 1.1.69541 reviewed on a standard PlayStation 4. For more information on scoring please see our Review Policy here.


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Your face was doll-like
in death, the rest of you the
woman I came to
love. Early I found
I could make you come by gent-
ly sucking your nose,
which was shapely, pro-
minent on that exquisite
face. Is it a sin
to want to die? You
didn't believe in sin, let
others answer that.
Not suicide, real-
ly – complictions of wine
over monstrous pain.
I could not stop it
as you became the nothing
that is beyond love.


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Luis R. Pino-Fan, Adriana Assis y Juan D. Godino
Abstract: In this paper, we explore the coupling between the intended and implemented meanings by the teachers and the meanings achieved by the students in the context of an exploratory- investigative task on patterns, implemented in a class of the 7th grade of the basic education in Brazil. For this, we use the theoretical model known as Onto-Semiotic Approach (osa) of mathematical knowledge and instruction, which allowed us to describe and interpret the interaction processes in the classroom and establish relations between the facets that, according to this model, compose the process of teaching and learning. As a result, we emphasize the complexity of the teacher's work, which should be able to recognize and negotiate the
meanings produced by the students –not always contemplated in her initial planning– making decisions about the type of performance that should be adopted, moment-to-moment, throughout the process of study to ensure the optimization of learning.
Key words: Instructional process analysis. Patterns. Classroom interaction. Onto-semiotic


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Sometimes less is more. Except when it comes to time. In which case, more is always more. But just like money, time can't be created. It simply has to be saved. And as a vital ingredient to any truly productive workday, an extra few hours here and there can accumulate into big bucks.
6 Best Podcasts Business Owners Should be Listening to
For a digital marketing agency, we sure do talk a lot about radio, especially podcasts. Last week, we were practically pushy about the ways starting a podcast can boost your business and improve your SEO ranking. So, have you recorded one yet? Great! Let us know where to subscribe.
Behind the Scenes: The 9-5 of a GR Creative Director Pt. 2
Sometimes it takes more than one top dog to run a successful creative marketing campaign. Meet Brett Dougall, part two of the dynamic duo of Globe Runner Creative Directors helping launch our clients' traditional and digital marketing campaigns. He and creative counterpart, Eddie Hale, are largely responsible for the artistic output at our agency. Here's a brief look at what life's like behind the director's desk. About Brett Though he was born in Las Vegas, Brett escaped Sin City and got …
Behind the Scenes: The 9-5 of a GR Creative Director Pt. 1
Today we're giving readers an inside look at the Globe Runner Creative Directors that are helping us thread the online marketing needle. Meet Eddie Hale, former big dog at Black Lab Creative.
Grateful Globe Runners Give Thanks
At Globe Runner, we take this season of thanks seriously. If you're reading this, we're grateful for you! To our clients (and future clients), it is because of you we're able to fulfill our mission of taking brands beyond. To our entire network, you help us provide the out-of-this-world digital marketing services that launch business to new heights.
Consciousness Takes Form at Gary Perrone's Gallery 550 Exhibition
About once a quarter, Globe Runner, an Addison, Texas-based full-service agency, opens its doors to the public and offers all who enter a bit of culture.
Spooky Good Halloween Activities for the Workplace
All of us have an inner child. It's practically guaranteed that he or she loves Halloween. Appealing to them in the workplace may sound counterintuitive at first, but in truth it can be a great way to motivate your team.
Dallas Agency To Host Art Exhibit That Captures Thoughts in Form
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Hilda Lafleur Exhibition Dazzles Globe Runner HQ
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Grocery Shopping at an Amazon Store
If you're anything like me, you love new stuff, and Amazon has really done it this time. I'm really excited about this. You may have heard about it. It's called the "Amazon Go" store that just opened in Seattle. It will be open to the public sometime in 2017. What does this mean? It's kind of the blending of online and offline retail. At that store, I can walk in, grab the goods that I want, and walk right out. …
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text: On 21 June the German translation of a book on history, politics and culture in Abkhazia/Georgia was presented at the Georgian Embassy. In the controversial discussion, Programme Director Oliver Wolleh stressed the importance of critical self-reflection to a process of reconciliation between Georgians and Abkhaz. In regards to conflict causes and escalating factors he appealed not to focus on the Russian factor only but to also consider other reasons. For future Georgian-Abkhaz relations sincerity would be essential. Subsuming he expressed trust in the younger generations of Georgia, who are ready to include also other perspectives in their perception of history.


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Rumors are swirling that Apple is working on new touch and display driver microprocessors that could allow on-screen fingerprint scanning. Bringing the Touch ID system onto the touchscreen itself would effectively eliminate the need for a home button.
The latest rumbling came out of a DigiTimes report, and while that outlet is said to have "a poor track record" in its predictions about future Apple technology, the rumors are supported by previous interest that Apple has displayed in this area with its patent filings.
The most obvious benefit of removing the home button would be the extra space made available for a larger screen. The big screens of the iPhone 6 Plus have proven highly appealing to consumers, but with the growing importance of Apple Pay and its reliance on biometric authentication, Apple probably wouldn't dare to remove the Touch ID system just to free up more screen space. The system purportedly in development now would resolve that dilemma.
It could also have implications for the next version of the Apple Watch, which, of course, has even less real estate available for fingerprint sensors on its hardware. Allowing for on-screen fingerprint scanning could throw open the door for Apple Pay transactions via the smartwatch, which would be a boon to both the mPayment platform and the Apple Watch.
Source: AppleInsider
(Originally posted on Mobile ID World)


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Environmental Values Volume 9, 2000This contents list does not include book reviews, editorials, etc.
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Vol.9, No.1, February 2000Humean Nature Alan Carter
Human Development - Friend or Foe to Environmental Ethics? Nigel Dower
Does the Convention on Biodiversity Safeguard Biological Diversity? Frank G. Mueller
The Naive Argument against Moral Vegetarianism. Peter Alward
The Birth of a Research Animal: Ibsen's The Wild Duck and the Origin of a New Animal Science. H.A.E. Zwart
Vol.9, No.2, May 2000The Ethicist Conception of Environmental Problems Barnabas Dickson
The Disvalue of 'Contingent Valuation' and the Problem of the 'Expectation Gap' Laura Westra
Environmental Justice through Improved Efficiency Peter S. Wenz
Immigration and Environment: Settling the Moral Boundaries Robert L. Chapman
The Dynamics of Framing Environmental Values and Policy: Four Models of Societal Processes Clark A. Miller
Environmental Economics: The Meaning of an 'Objective' Policy Science Marian K. Deblonde
Vol.9, No.3, August 2000Nature, Purity, Ontology Piers H.G. Stephens
Sustainable Development and Social Justice: Expanding the Rawlsian Framework of Global Justice Oluf Langhelle
Population: Time-Bomb or Smoke-Screen? Mario Petrucci
The Value of Nature's Otherness Simon A. Hailwood
Sustainability, Systems and Meaning Joachim Schuetz
Teleological Presuppositions, and the 'Expectation Gap': A Response to Laura Westra Peter Lucas
Vol.9, No.4, November 2000From the Inside Out Ronan Palmer
Decisions vs. Willingness-to-Pay in Social Choice Paul Anand
Preferences in their Place James Lenman
Ethical Motives and Charitable Contributions in Contingent Valuation: Empirical Evidence from Social Psychology and Economics Clive L. Spash
The WTP/WTA Discrepancy: A Preliminary Qualitative Examination Anthony C. Burton, Susan M. Chilton and Martin K. Jones
The Environment as a Commodity Arild Vatn
Is Valuing Nature Contributing to Policy Development? Jonathan Burney
Conceptions of Value in Environmental Decision-Making John O'Neill and Clive L. Spash
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7 Things I Felt When I Saw My Ex-Husband After 11 Years Apart
My first husband and I were together four years before officially throwing in the proverbial towel. It came after a lot of thought and consideration, realizing we shouldn't have married right out of high school and that, maybe, we'd be happier apart. Turns out, it was the best decision we ever made as a couple. While it took some time for the divorce to finalize, we didn't see one another from then on and until he showed up at my Gram's funeral viewing. Of all the things I felt when I saw my ex-husband after 11 years apart, regret wasn't one of them. I know, now more than ever, that initial decision was the right one.
The day of the viewing, I wasn't sure he'd be there. Honestly, though, I'm glad he came. A huge part of my life — our lives together — revolved around living with Gram. Before I had children, or really even grew up, he was close to her and cared for her, too, so to see this face from my past felt less like a ghost and more like a much needed comfort at a time when I was on my knees and feeling broken. At the time, my current husband (whom I've been with since 2004) and my son were at my side. I introduced them and while awkward for a moment, the overall feelings I had were pleasant. In the end, it was a validation in every decision I've made since that relationship ended.
It's never ideal to have a relationship end, but I can honestly say I wish my ex-husband the best and hope he finds love again. With that, here are some things I felt the moment I saw his face on a night I was anything but prepared to feel all the feelings (aside from grief).
Initially, when my ex-husband walked into that funeral home, it caught me off guard. Already swirling in grief, it was difficult to deal with much of anything and he was the last person I'd expected to see. Days beforehand, he'd messaged me online, asking if it'd be OK, but I didn't think he'd actually show up. My brain couldn't process this man I once loved so much, whom I hand't seen in over a decade, standing mere feet away.
Considering I was in the thick of missing my Gram, it's probably a normal reaction.
Who would've thought seeing someone from your past could manifest so violently with cold sweats, shaking hands, and dry mouth? My ex-husband and I left things on good terms and even still, just seeing him standing there felt more stressful than anything I could've anticipated. Maybe it was combined with the shock, maybe it brought up memories — some not so great, like actually reaching the decision to divorce — but either way, I momentarily was a wreck. Thankfully, my current husband was there to remind me it would be OK.
Once I settled, my feelings turned to confusion. At the root, I understood why he was there — to say goodbye to a woman who'd been part of his life — but beyond that, there were lingering questions. Why wait 10 years, after she'd passed, to see her? It shouldn't have bothered me, but for as much as he claimed to care, divorce or not, he should've been part of her life more, and not just her death.
Of course I also wondered all the usual things. I wanted to know what he'd been up to, if he'd re-married, how he's doing.
For a long time, he was the center of my universe. When our love failed to evolve and we accepted our fate, the feelings didn't just disappear. As a re-married woman and mother of two now, I'll always have a small part of me that cares for that man in some general form. Especially being together through our teen years, there's a lot we went through together and those memories can't be replicated. At the end of it, I just wanted to know he was happy. It matters.
Through the course of an hour or so, I became increasingly grateful that my ex-husband came to pay his respects. The more I thought about it, the more I realized we hadn't been part of each other's lives for so long, he didn't have to acknowledge this loss. He showed up with the understanding my Gram was the most important person throughout my entire life and that, without her, I'd need all the comfort and compassion available.
Regardless of those divorce papers or 10+ years, he showed up. That's what I remember most he showed up.
I have to admit, being surrounded by both my ex and current husband was really weird but, in a messed-up way, I was comforted by it. Two different men from different periods of my life with one common thread — their love for me. When I got the news my Gram passed, I was devastated and felt all alone in my pain. See either one of them to each side of me made those feelings a little less.
By the time my ex-husband and I said our goodbyes, I watched the back of him fade beyond the funeral home's double doors and felt a slight pang in my chest. We were so young when we said "I do," it felt like a lifetime ago. Watching him go was strange, though. It wasn't that I missed being married to him (I didn't, and I don't) or wished we'd stuck it out (I'm glad we didn't), but that him being there solidified our choice to live different lives.
We're not friends but we're friendly; we're not lovers but there's love. Mostly, there's no regrets, only gratitude, for the time we shared — good and bad — because he helped mold me into who I am today. For that, I'm infinitely thankful.


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C++ Developer/Programmer
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About my client:
My financial client is based in the Prague area of Czech Republic. They are currently looking for several external resources with skills and abilities as stated here above.
About the role:
The IT project team located in Prague is maintaining and developing a Real Time system for risk management calculations. The system runs on Linux, utilizes GPUs for massive parallel computations and is written predominately in C++, but Python and Java are likewise used. The initial contract will run from January 2nd 2013 for 6 months (with an option to extend after).


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Location: New York City, New York
Whenever I have some free time on my travels, I try to visit something unique to the area. I spent an afternoon biking across the Golden Gate bridge and wandering around Sausolito when I was in San Francisco and I visited the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building memorial and museum when I was in Oklahoma City. I also love to eat in local places and I have enjoyed all sorts of wonderful delicacies, feeling it is my duty to compare Philly's hoagies to Madison's cheese curds to Cape Cod's lobster rolls. I often spend my free time in New York City going to a show or catching up with friends and relatives, but today I opted to do something I have been meaning to do for a long time. I grabbed a quick breakfast with Hannah, who spent the night in my hotel room with me (sleepovers with the girls when I find myself in their neck of the woods are always highlights of my trips) and then when she headed off for her last week of classes at the Atlantic Acting School, I walked across town to the National 9/11 Memorial and museum.
Any walk in New York city is an adventure in itself. I love seeing the hustle and bustle of so many different lives and occupations intersecting. The smells of the street carts (with the occasional far less pleasant smell of whatever happened on that pavement the night before), the inevitable bleeping of horns, and the way tourists and native New Yorkers jabber away in every language imaginable. I also find it deeply disturbing to see so many homeless people, with this country's mental health and opioid crisis on full display. Even more distressing is the way so many passerby seem to be oblivious to it, often stepping over someone completely sprawled across the sidewalk without even breaking stride. I will say that I am never bored on my New York City walks, and I do not need headphones to listen to NPR because there is always plenty to interest me and distract me on my walks.
This morning was bright and sunny and everything looked a little cleaner and fresher thanks to last night's rain. I walked from the lights and chaos of Times Square through Greenwich Village and then head towards the water. My phone tells me I am almost there and I feel my heart begin to race a bit, turning my attention away from how much my knees are protesting the long walk and instead reflecting on what it must have been like to have been in the city on that morning, let alone in one of the Twin Towers or on one of the planes. But before my somber mood fully takes hold, I cross the street and walk along a vibrant and colorful wall of grafitti, emblazoned with tons of hearts and a message about embracing our differces. (I don't remember the exact wording. I wish I could still blame chemo brain for my terrible memory, but my kids will tell you it was horrible before I had the Big C to blame. I just know it was something about getting along and appreciating how we are all different but the same.) The wall is part of a city-wide graffiti project and this particular mural, on the steel wall visitors must walk by to get to the memorial, is almost jarring in its cheerfulness. It doesn't seem to offer the right degree of reverence for the memorial people are on their way to see. I then reach one of the two enormous reflecting pools, lined in black granite that is etched with all of the 3,000 people who lost their lives that day. It is incredibly powerful and sobering, and more in keeping with what I expected to see and feel at the memorial.
But as I wait in a very long line to enter the museum (wondering if I will again be offered the senior citizen discount that has been offered to me – unsolicited! – multiple times in the last few months!), I take in all of the different languages spoken all around me. I see an Italian family puzzling over a map and a couple from Australia lean over and offer their two cents. I see Muslims waiting next to a large group of teens from somewhere in the Midwest and couples and friends and families from all across the globe waiting patiently to see this commemoration of the day the United States was under attack. And as I walk through the museum, and even after I leave it, that is what stays with me. Not the twisted steel that was all that was left of one of the towers or the video tributes, photographs and mementos that make it impossible to ignore the scores of families that were ripped apart that day. Not the artwork commissioned to commemorate the buildings and the lives that are now gone or the placards with gripping quotes about what it was like to be there that day.
What I remember from today is that bright message of hope and love. And then the way it was embodied by the crowd waiting with me to see how we are continuing to process and grieve what was lost on 9/11. The overall takeaway is in keeping with this blog. There is more good than bad. There is more celebration of difference than destruction in its name. It seems oddly fitting that the image that most sticks with me on my walk back to midtown is the wall of colorful hearts and the message of hope. Terrible things have happened and will continue to devastate us, but we will also continue to come together.


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Social Media. We all use it, and its been both a blessing and a curse in many ways. However, sites like Twitter and YouTube have begun suspending accounts, banning users, and demonetizing videos. Are these sites a threat to free speech?
Freedom of the press does not grant every citizen the right to have their thoughts published by the New York Times. Freedom of speech does not grant a person the right to say whatever they want in someone else's house. Having a Twitter account or a YouTube channel is not a right guaranteed by the Constitution.
Do these companies have a monopoly? No. In fact, most people complaining about social media censorship aren't even customers of the companies. YouTube's viewers are not its customers. People who publish content on YouTube are not its customer either. Its customers are the advertisers who PAY YouTube, and for them – social media certainly doesn't have a monopoly on advertising.
In other news, Houston Texans' owner Bob McNair is in hot water after saying "We can't have the inmates running the prison." Bad analogy, and he didn't even get it right. Is it anything to be offended by though? Those tough NFL players sure have their panties in a bunch over this.


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Kristin Rapp 1959 Sweden
With a stroke of mathematics and music, Kristin Rapp takes over the urban space during this year's OpenART. Rapp has had a long career making art for the public environment. Her Bebop is printed and cut-out window film that dances along the façade of Sweco's architecture offices on Drottninggatan. If the title of the work is any indication, this dancing takes place to the music of the most energetic form of jazz – bebop.
Kristin Rapp's public artworks have often involved the adornment of flat glass through blasting and painting, or through print on larger laminated glass panels. Her art, both that exhibited in public spaces and her individual sculptures and paintings, is characterized by a refined simplicity. It deals exclusively with abstract figurations that emerge from basic mathematical figures.
Rapp trained as a musician when she was young but then changed course and became an artist. Music and mathematics are intimately connected, and the artist has incorporated this connection into her distinctive imagery.
Her artistic process is about finding the individual work's intrinsic rhythm and how the constituent shape elements arrange themselves into a dynamic whole with amplified resonance.
But it's not only the shape that's important. The colours are the musical sound pattern Rapp had been practising so long as a musician and which she has now let stream into her art to form a harmonic unit of form and colour.
It is often said these days that human beings long for reality – even though digital technology offers every opportunity for an escape from it. From this perspective, Rapp's abstract figures may seem to be an intangible contradiction to those yearning for representational images.
In actuality, it is the opposite. Her Bebop is reality at its most basic – the building blocks from which our world is composed. They are no less real than a face in a portrait. Instead, these are images on an even more basic level, conveyed with an imagery closely linked with the fundamental mathematical principles on which everything from atoms to humans are constructed. They are puzzle pieces of us all, these colourful images. Of you, of me, dancing along to beautiful music on the building of Storgatan.


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GREENVILLE, Ill. - The men's volleyball team concluded the home portion of their schedule with a three-set sweep over Trine to win their first MCVL match of the season.
Greenville opened the match with an incredible first set, ending with 10 kills in 20 attacks and a .500 hitting percentage. The Panthers ran off seven straight points to give them a 16-8 lead and scored six of the next seven points to take a 21-9 advantage and force a timeout by Trine.
GU closed the set with a 25-12 win, capped by a kill by Johnny Milabu. Milabu led the Panthers after one set with four kills.
In the second set, Greenville fell behind 14-12 but were able to straighten things out after a time out. GU went on a 8-1 run to take a 20-15 advantage when Trine called a time out. Greenville ended the set with a 25-21 victory.
The Panthers produced 15 kills, one error, 29 attacks, and .483 hitting percentage in the second set. Milabu added four more kills.
Greenville maintained their momentum with 11-5 lead in the final set, putting them on top by six. The Panthers finished the match on a block by Tim Neff to take the 25-19 victory in set three and gain their second win over Trine this season.
GU ended the third set with 11 kills, six errors, 26 attacks, and hitting percentage of .192.
Overall, Greenville produced an attack line of 37/7/76/.395.
The Panthers were led by Milabu with 11 kills in his final match in H.J. Long Gymnasium. He produced a .688 hitting percentage with 11 kills in 16 attacks.
Ryan Nelson received the start at libero and finished with 12 digs.
Neff was a force at the net with two solo blocks and four block assists.
Tanner Smith ended his career at home with 30 set assists.
The Panthers (13-14, 1-6 MCVL) travel to Adrian for a match on Friday at 6 p.m. CT.


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Adrian Clarke looks at tactical battles set to take place in Matchweek 10.
Roy Hodgson has constructed a strong, well-organised Crystal Palace side, but as an attacking entity they lack imagination and a cutting edge.
The Eagles have found it difficult to find the net this season.
Their five goals is the second-lowest return in the Premier League and they have drawn frustrating blanks in all four of their matches at Selhurst Park.
To stand any chance of upsetting an in-form Arsenal this Sunday they must improve in this area and increase their lowly 6.8 per cent conversion rate.
While it may appear to make sense to use the lively Wilfried Zaha and Andros Townsend as a strike partnership, given their pace and movement, that strategy has its drawbacks, as we saw against Everton last time out.
The pair tend to get sucked towards their more natural habitats out wide, thereby emptying the penalty area when balls are delivered into the danger zone.
Neither attacker is a specialist in the air either, which places extra responsibility on central midfielders Luka Milivojevic and James McArthur to make runs into the area, which is not their forte.
Palace have missed a target man who attacks crosses.
Until recently Townsend was being selected as a wide man, with either Christian Benteke or Jordan Ayew assuming the striker role, but both centre-forwards have struggled to find form.
Ayew has failed to register a shot on target in five starts, while Benteke has passed up a series of chances. Neither player has scored a Premier League goal in 2018/19.
With the exception of Benteke, Hodgson's forwards are not firing enough efforts on goal. The formula is not quite right.
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Part of Palace's problem is a lack of productivity on the left-hand side.
Hodgson has shown consistent faith in full-back Patrick van Aanholt and winger Jeffrey Schlupp; a well-balanced duo who work hard down that flank.
However, they have contributed only three accurate crosses and five key passes between them all season.
By contrast, on the opposite side, right-back Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Townsend have produced a combined 15 accurate open-play crosses and 17 key passes.
As a result, the route of Crystal Palace's best attacks has become predictable.
The Eagles are still missing a player capable of unlocking defences with a clever pass.
They have pace in abundance, and Townsend is one of the division's best crossers. The former Spurs wide man has made the third-most accurate open-play deliveries.
However, they lack a playmaker.
Perhaps this is the role that will eventually be given to Max Meyer.
The 23-year-old German has only made fleeting appearances this season, but in 174 minutes of action he has laid on five chances at a rate of one every 34.8 minutes.
Extracting the best from Meyer, and one of his centre-forwards, could be the answer as Hodgson tries to ignite Crystal Palace's campaign.
Part 2: Diop brings steely resolve to West Ham defence
Part 3: Mobile Martial can take Man Utd in right direction
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At one point or another, everyone is a new mover. Whether it's striking out on your own from the family home and into that first apartment, or moving up to a single-family residence with your spouse and new baby, or trading in that empty nest for a chic condo in a warmer climate—it's not often that you find a life-stage event that touches so many consumers' lives. Every month—in fact every week—there are new movers packing up boxes in one locale, only to put down roots in another, be it two blocks away or on the other coast of the United States.
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Noiy sets his pace for the year 2018 as he unleashes his latest soundtrack dotted "Show No Sympathy". The Copperbelt based rapper who is also known as Mr. Rap Smasher continues to keep his name in the hip hop conversation with this incredible performance.
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Well, if I had just waited two days I could have gotten some '09 Topps without all the excitement of my previous trip to Wal Mart.
I've been reading on various blogs that people are finding '09 Upper Deck at Wal Mart. Since I was off today and needed to run some errands (ie. get gas and take out the trash) I figured I'd go see if I could pick up some new UD.
Turns out the local Wal Mart didn't have UD, but they did have Topps. Woohoo, that's what I was really after, so I bought five packs. I'll open these a pack at a time and post some scans.
Also in the mail when I got home was another surprise, but that's a post for later this afternoon.
2009 Topps pack 1
124 Reed Johnson
241 David Newhan
75 Rich Harden
147 NL RBI Leaders
157 Classic Combos (Webb/Harden)
TTT15 Alfonso Soriano - I actually like these cards. They're not as much of a waste of space as most advertisement inserts.
10 Dan Uggla
6 Francisco Cervelli
75 Trey Hillman
3 Andy Marte
182 Daniel Murphy
49 Kazuo Matsui - So far this is the best picture. His face says it all: "Oh god, my bat just hit an old lady in the teeth."
First impression: Pretty good. In terms of design, these are infinitely better than '08's. The photography is vastly superior. I've still got mixed feelings about '09 UD, so we'll have to wait until I get my hands on a few packs of that, but I think '09 base Topps is going to be my set for the year (maybe Heritage as well, we'll see when it comes).
They didn't over use foil on the front. The design reminds me a bit of a combination of the 1987 and 1994 Topps sets.
The back of the cards are actually interesting and easy to read. I like the little trivia facts above the player's name. The "6 Degrees of Mantle" reminds me of the Oracle of Baseball at Baseball Reference.
Thus far I can't really many any decision. We'll see how I feel after a few more packs.
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Darren Criss says he's done playing gay roles, despite the fact that doing just that is arguably what made him famous. Criss first got our attention playing Blaine Anderson on Glee and later adopted a much darker persona as Andrew Cunanan in The Assassination of Gianni Versace. Criss also took a trans turn on Broadway as Hedwig in Hedwig and the Angry Inch.
Criss told Bustle: "There are certain [queer] roles that I'll see that are just wonderful. But I want to make sure I won't be another straight boy taking a gay man's role."
Criss added that he felt it was "unfortunate" because "getting to play those characters is inherently a wonderful dramatic experience. It has made for very, very compelling and interesting people."
Criss spoke with Seth Meyers shortly after Versace aired about the process of getting into Cunanan's head: "People tend to forget that people's lives are much greater than the worst things they've ever done…He was a famously likable guy early in his life…I've met so many people that have met him throughout his life that really were quite fond of him and he was famously affable…And that's when you go, 'okay, we're playing a person who has gone down this destructive path and how does something so promising become something so horrible?"
Criss was also asked during his Glee days if feels the need to externalize his heterosexuality because he was playing gay on TV:
Said Criss: "No. I know who I am. I feel bad for guys who have to flex their muscles. But hey, if that's the way to make yourself feel comfortable as a man—as long as it isn't antagonizing anybody—go for it. I'm okay with your getting a Miata to feel like a dude; just don't be a dick about it."


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- A report out Thursday indicated the White House considered extraditing Fethullah Gulen, an influential cleric who Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan blames for a 2016 coup attempt, with the goal of stopping Ankara's investigation into Jamal Khashoggi's death.
- But a senior Turkish official on Friday said such a move wouldn't work, telling Reuters: "We have no intention to intervene in the Khashoggi investigation in return for any political or legal favor."
- The White House denied looking into extraditing Gulen, though Turkey has several times demanded that it do so.
- Turkey is furious at Saudi Arabia for carrying out the killing in Turkey and has for weeks challenged Riyadh's version of events and leaked key details of the Turkish investigation.
- Turkey's slow drip of leaks from the Khashoggi investigation have implicated Saudi Arabia's top leadership in a cover-up, putting pressure on the US to punish the kingdom.
Turkey on Friday said any US attempt to suppress its investigation into the journalist Jamal Khashoggi's death wouldn't work, a response to a report indicating the White House had considered extraditing an influential Turkish cleric with the goal of quieting the investigation.
NBC News reported on Thursday that the White House was looking for legal ways to deport Fethullah Gulen, the exiled Turkish cleric who President Recep Tayyip Erdogan blames for a 2016 coup attempt, in exchange for Turkey taking pressure off the Saudi government over Khashoggi's killing.
Experts in US national security and foreign policy were stunned by the report.
"This is the Trump administration seeking to barter away a US resident who has lived here legally for years," the former National Security Council senior director Ned Price told INSIDER, adding that such a move would be "seeking to skirt the rule of law."
The State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert rejected the NBC News report on Thursday, saying, "The White House has not been involved in any discussions related to the extradition of Fethullah Gulen."
Read more: Report that Trump administration sought to 'barter' a US resident to persuade Turkey to wind down Khashoggi probe stuns foreign-policy veterans
Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist who wrote critical articles about his government for The Washington Post, died inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on October 2. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is widely believed to be responsible for the death, though Saudi officials have gone to great lengths to absolve him of the crime.
But Ankara, which has provided the news media with a steady drip of leaks from the Turkish investigation implicating Saudi leadership in Khashoggi's death, has ruled out any sort of cooperation with the US to wind down its investigation.
"At no point did Turkey offer to hold back on the Khashoggi investigation in return for Fethullah Gulen's extradition," an unnamed senior Turkish official told Reuters on Friday. "We have no intention to intervene in the Khashoggi investigation in return for any political or legal favor."
An unnamed Turkish official also told NBC News on Thursday that the government did not link its investigation into Khashoggi's death with Gulen's extradition case.
"We definitely see no connection between the two," the official said. "We want to see action on the end of the United States in terms of the extradition of Gulen. And we're going to continue our investigation on behalf of the Khashoggi case."
Gulen is a legal US resident and a green-card holder who has been living in Pennsylvania since the late 1990s. He commands a large network of followers around the world, whom Erdogan has referred to as "terrorists."
Turkey has for weeks contradicted Saudi Arabia's often-changing narrative of the killing and leaked details of the investigation to US and Turkish state-run media outlets.
Earlier this month Erdogan accused the "highest levels" of the Saudi leadership of being behind the killing — heavily pointing fingers at, but without naming, Crown Prince Mohammed.
The Turkish president has long emphasized the importance of national security. Experts say he most likely saw Khashoggi's killing in Istanbul as a personal affront.
Read more: Analysis: Crown Prince Mohammed comes out on top of Khashoggi case that could see 5 others killed
President Donald Trump's administration has been under pressure to punish Saudi Arabia, a difficult scenario given the kingdom's importance to the administration's policy in the Middle East.
On Thursday, the Treasury Department sanctioned 17 Saudi officials — including one of Crown Prince Mohammed's top aides — over Khashoggi's killing.
Senators also introduced a bipartisan legislation on the same day that would suspend the sale of weapons to Riyadh and block the refueling of Saudi coalition warplanes involved in the deadly civil war in Yemen.


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Pullip Alice Series + Pullip Steampunk Series = ?
Alice In Steampunk World, of course!
Are you in love with this girl? If so visit eBay.
On May 7, 2015 Groove Inc posted images of their Spring Doll Show 43 booth.
On display was Alice In Steampunk World.
And then BAM!
On May 8, 2015 Japan hobby shops began accepting pre-orders for Alice In Steampunk World.
The Pullip Alice series & Pullip Steampunk series have been done many times before so, it's only nature for Groove Inc. to combine 2 of their most popular series, right?
For me these variations, alternatives or whatever you want to call them have lost their charm.
But I'll admit I'm a bit jaded with these types of Pullip dolls (variations/alternatives) however that doesn't mean newbies or fans of Alice In Wonderland or Steampunk won't find this series lovely and worthy of their collection.
Granted, it's kind of difficult not to like an Alice themed doll (I did say kind of difficult but not impossible).
I really like the dress without the apron. The color combo is quite nice (I'll have to see about the quality but I'm a wee bit tempted to buy the doll for the outfit alone).
As far as everything else . . . (silence) Let's move on to something else.
I didn't expect the Alice In Steampunk World announcement so soon after appearing at Spring Doll Show 43 and on to top of that she's a June 2015 release. (Talk about someone whipping out a doll quickly. That's not a complaint just an observation).
I may be getting a head of myself but I wonder when the other Pullip and Dal featured at the doll show will make their world début?
Look at that, we are at the end.
Yay, I'm so proud of you. You made to the final destination, Congrats! 🙂
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Houthis of Yemen handed over control of port city of Hodeidah
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Around 70% of the imports to Yemen used to come through Hodeidah. The fighting has killed off thousands of people and millions have been driven to hunger. The UN has called it the world's worst humanitarian disaster.
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