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Cuomo runs silent in the New York Governor's race…..
Well we ALL expected that he would have declared by now….
But he hasn't….
Paterson has shut down……
And I'm sure no major decisions are being made with without a query to the AG……
The guy has the Governorship locked up right now…..
I guess he doesn't want to make any mistakes…..
Funny how quiet it is for a New York race, Huh?
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"Andrew Cuomo's path to the governor's mansion once occupied by his father suddenly looks like a superhighway express lane," the Washington Post reports.
"His flawlessly orchestrated non-campaign has hit just one pothole: Some reporters are miffed that the state attorney general is studiously avoiding their favorite subject, the upcoming race."
"What a shock that they're grumbling," Cuomo says in an interview. "I do press conferences all the time all over the state. I'm in newspapers and on TV with tremendous frequency. I don't talk to them about what they want to talk about, however. The political guys want to talk politics. I understand what they want — but I don't want to do it," he says, laughing.
The reason, with Election Day less than seven months away? Attorney general "is not a political job," the Democrat says. "The combination of politics and law enforcement is not a good combination."
Cuomo is hardly hiding in the shadows. He held a conference call with 100 reporters last week after filing a civil suit against the state Senate's majority leader, Pedro Espada Jr., on charges of siphoning more than $14 million from health clinics he founded for vacations, campaign expenses and $20,000 in takeout sushi. For good measure, Cuomo held a news conference on the case the next day. But he is strictly business at such media events, and that, says Fred Dicker, the New York Post's state editor, can get frustrating.
"Every time we see him, the press corps generally asks him, 'What's the latest with your political timetable?' " Dicker says. "He just ducks it."
Bob Hardt, political director of NY1, says it is "kind of depressing" that Cuomo hasn't given the cable channel an interview for several years.
"Over the years he's recognized he can be his own worst enemy," Hardt says. "By curtailing his press availabilities, he limits the ability to damage himself. . . . A lot of people regard Andrew Cuomo as a governor-in-waiting, and we don't know what his positions are on key issues."
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James B, Jerry Brown tried this tactic earlier when he was facing serious tough work as California State Attorney General with the Michael Jackson and Brittany Murphy death investigations, but that plan BACKFIRED leading his poll numbers to suffer.
Will Cuomo suffer the same fate because it's only a matter of time before the GOP candidates for governor start launching TV ads ?
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Lazio is not going to be a problem for him…he's damaged goods
Even the party isn't high on him….
Levy seems like he's not going to get out of the gate….
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The friend who generously shares her expensive French cheeses deserves a proper token of gratitude.
Consider a holiday gift that speaks to her interest in all things creamy, cultured and excessively smelly.
We've got 25 options that'll melt any cheese lover's cheddar-block heart into fondue.
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James D. Smith III (ThD, Harvard) is associate professor of Church History at Bethel Seminary – San Diego, as well an adjunct professor of religion at the University of San Diego. A member of the Baptist General Conference, he is a former teaching assistant to Henri Nouwen at Harvard, and lectures frequently on Nouwen's spirituality and related topics.
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Walter W. Wessel was professor of New Testament and Greek studies at Bethel Theological Seminary. He received his PhD from the Universtiy of Edinburgh, Scotland.
Herbert Wolf was associate professor of theological studies at Wheaton College, Illinois. His area of expertise was Old Testament studies. Dr. Wolf held degrees from Wheaton College, Dallas Seminary, and Brandeis University. He was the author of Haggai and Malachi: Redemption and Renewal.
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One of the oldest buildings in the nation's capital is nearing the end of a $300 million renovation. The original Patent Office is considered one of the best examples of Greek revival architecture in the country. It now houses two Smithsonian museums, the National Portrait Gallery and the American Art Museum. Museum officials are hoping that the building itself will be as big an attraction as the exhibits.
NPR's Lynn Neary got a tour of the renovation. It's still a work in progress.
LYNN NEARY: The Patent Office was a pivotal part of President Andrew Jackson's plan to turn Washington into a great world capital. Jackson enlisted Robert Mils, the original architect of the Washington Monument, to design three neoGreek buildings that would symbolize the sprit of the American people.
The Patent Office building was one of them. Now home to the two museums, it take up two square city blocks. Each of its four wings is adorned with a majestic portico. Marc Pachter, director of the National Portrait Gallery, says the building was meant to look like a temple.
MARC PACHTER: It was the temple of the American spirit, temple of the useful arts. The word temple was actually used in those days.
NEARY: Closed to the public for the last six years, the two museums are only partially finished, with much of the space still a construction site.
The building has gone through many changes over the years. Several architects contributed to the final design. Parts of it were rebuilt after being damaged by a fire in 1877. In the 1950s it was slated for demolition to make way for a parking lot. After a successful campaign to save it, the building was renovated and transformed into a museum space. Windows were covered up in order to protect the artwork from light. Large sections of the building were turned into offices and closed to the public. The two museums had separate entrances and it was impossible to move easily from one to the other.
American Art Museum director Elizabeth Broun says all this altered the nature of the original design.
ELIZABETH BROUN: This was one of the most elegantly designed buildings from the perspective of circulation of people and circulation of light. We didn't really know that until we started pulling out all the accretions of the decades. We really felt we were liberating the building when we realized what was happening.
NEARY: Broun says Mills used pillars and vaulted ceilings instead of massive load bearing walls to create an airy, lightfilled space. To avoid taking up too much of the lobby space in the south wing, he designed a semicircular staircase set beneath a vaulted archway.
BROUN: He was designing at a time there was no electric light, no gas light, not even kerosene. So he only had whale oil lamps and candles. So for him, natural light and allowing the natural light to permeate the space was critical and in order to do that he started using these vaults. They'd never done in America. He got them from pattern books. He was criticized by people who said they're gonna fall down, you don't know what you're doing. These are untried and untested and, in fact, there were, we hear, individual Congressman would come through and say put another pillar there, that needs more support.
NEARY: Just behind the staircase, a door leads into a massive openair courtyard surrounded by the four wings of the building.
BROUN: Okay, we're gonna walk straight through the courtyard, you'll be able to see they're constructing, putting in place the large columns.
NEARY: Perhaps the most audacious part of the renovation is the plan to enclose this courtyard with a glass ceiling.
BROUN: It's a glass and steel structure, it's almost like a coffered ceiling with steel coffers and glass in between, it's very elegant and it ripples.
NEARY: About two city blocks long, the ceiling will be held up by eight steel pillars that are being installed along the walls of the building's four wings. Designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Norman Foster, this transparent canopy that looks like waves of glass and steel has an ethereal feel that will allow light in, but keep nature out.
BROUN: We're gonna go up and stand and look in the Great Hall.
NEARY: The Great Hall on the third floor is two stories high. Four galleries off the center hallway will display a permanent collection of contemporary portraits.
The hall itself is a masterpiece of interior design. Lit by skylights, it is filled with ornate details that have been lovingly restored.
BROUN: We have real marble, faux marble, scaglioa columns. We have bronze and brass railings. We have etched glass. If you could go into the center, there's a lot of stained glass in the cupola above and above all of the windows in the central lobby area. The colorful floor. It's a riot of color and decorative effects beyond breathtaking. Never looked better.
Now we're going into the Luce Foundation Center for American Arts.
NEARY: The renovation of the Luce Center, once the museum library, is almost complete. Here, museum-goers will have the opportunity to see artwork that until now has been in storage, viewable only by appointment. Tucked in alcoves on the mezzanine level, visitors will find row after row of glass cases filled with a fantastic jumble of art treasures, everything from a magnificent Ruben's Madonna to folk art.
BROUN: We have sections for 19th century painting, 20th century painting, 19th century sculpture, 20th century sculpture, folk art, crafts, Catalans and so forth. We also have drawers for our metals collections, never before on view.
NEARY: The gallery that perhaps best shows off a philosophy underlying this renovation is the Lincoln Gallery.
BROUN: So this will be a permanent collection for 20th Century.
NEARY: Tall pillars and vaulted arches give the space an open feeling, like a ballroom, and indeed President Lincoln's inaugural ball was held in this gallery.
Here windows were once covered completely with ply wood providing extra walls to hang artwork. Now this vast, brightly lit space will be used to exhibit large sculptures. It's a great example, says Broun, of how the renovation has been used to create a stunning gallery for the display of art.
BROUN: Obviously there has been a lot of thinking about the extent to which this should be reverential historic preservation at the expense of the museums, or the extent to which the need for the museums to present their collections should predominate. And what we hope we've done is to strike the balance.
NEARY: The renovation work continues with the two museums scheduled to open just in time for a fitting celebration, the Fourth of July.
Lynn Neary, NPR News, Washington.
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The simplistic tutorial is not much help and only highlights the lack of concern for its customers on solidworks part. There seems to be no good tutorials or other documentation available from solidworks or other vendors. This issue is much less a problem with, say, Autodesk Inventor. Solidworks should make this information available to all its paying customers, not just the ones who pay additional ransom.
At any rate, my first problem is getting multiple connectors into a harness assembly and mating them to their respective components. These custom connectors do not have mate references, so after dropping one in from the design library I have to cancel out of the incontext assembly edit mode so I can mate it. After mating it up, how am I supposed to add the other connectors? If I drag&drop from the desing lib, it wants to start a new harness assembly. This I obviously dont want because all the connectors are part of the same harness. So, I tried editing the harness assembly (in context of the main assembly). I can bring in another connector at this point, but cannot mate it to its component. Is it mandatory for all connectors to have mate references? The tutorial and helpless file seem to assume so. I dont see this stated anywhere, and in my case is very impracticle.
If I follow the workflow of the tutorial and place all the connectors (without mating them) I can run the routes but afterwords am unable to mate the connectors to where they should be, even after "floating" the sub-assembly.
Another problem, when two routes start from the same connector but terminate at different connectors, if they are routed through a clip the two segments nearest the common start point seem to merge into one route. At this point, if I try to "add wire" to one of the routes its a problem because it appears I have a single route from the first connector that splits into two as it passes through the clip. If I try to detach the routes from the clip, I get an error message saying the selected route does not pass through a clip, obviously wrong.
If I follow the other workflow shown in the documents and put all the connectors in the top level assembly (which I dont want), I can mate them to their components but when I try to put in the wires theres more problems. I can click "start route" and pick one c-point and then I am not allowed to pick any other c-points to terminate the route to. What good is that? If I start routing by just using 3D-splines, the beginning and end of the splines do not want to mate to C-points. So how does the spline know that its an electrical route with connector "A" at one end and connector "B" at the other. I also assume that when "flattening" such a harness for a drawing that none of the connectors are accounted for because they are not in the harness sub-assembly?
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Steam's publisher weekends are always filled with great deals for the customers of a particular company, but they're also a great time for gamers to jump into a new series or single game. From February 5th to February 9th, Square Enix games are going on sale as this weekend's publisher of choice. With deals up to 85% off, it's worth taking a look at some of the titles to expand your game library. Square Enix is primarily known for their huge Japanese RPG franchises of Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest (unfortunately, without PC ports), but the 2009 takeover of Eidos by the RPG juggernaut means that you can also find mega hits like the Tomb Raider series and everyone's favorite numbered assassin with the Hitman games. Everyone is on a budget, so let's take a look at some of the best deals.
1. The Edios Anthology: ($31.19 at 85% off)
It's hardly fair to put this on the list, but it's clearly the best deal you're going to find in this sale. With 34 different games, including Tomb Raider, Hitman, Deus Ex, Just Cause, and more, you're going to get your bang for your buck. Older games published before Square Enix's acquisition of Eidos are included in this bundle, so you can get your old-school Lara Croft in next to some Legacy of Kain alongside the 2010 and up games.
Bundles have always been some of Steam's strongest deals, even if they haven't made a prominent appearance during their summer/winter sales in recent years. However, if you're a fan of even one or two of the franchises listed in this pack, you should give serious thought to picking this one up.
2. Quantum Conundrum: ($2.24 at 75% off)
Did you like Portal? Have a thing for platforming-puzzle games? Do you find yourself mesmerized by the enchanting voice of John de Lancie? Well, why haven't you been playing Quantum Conundrum? Playing as a young boy who visits his rather eccentric uncle, you find yourself wielding his newest invention: a device that allows you to switch between dimensions to solve puzzles as you make your way through this mansion of a crazy scientist. Quantum Conundrum is a lighthearted game, and it's really fun to exploit the dimensions to pick up a floor safe in the fluffy and soft dimension, then hurl it and switch back to normal to see the increased weight have its effect. Definitely worth the buy for that alone, but the key to this game is in the narration.
While GLaDOS insults and taunts the player at every turn, your uncle takes a much more dry and sarcastic approach as you break your way through his home. Noted actor John de Lancie lends his fantastic voice to the missing uncle, who is there with you every step of the way to make sure you know how much of a genius he is for making these inventions or how he really liked that window you just broke. It's a fantastic playthrough and a great deal at the current sale price.
3. Final Fantasy XIII-2: ($9.99 at 50% off)
While all of Square Enix's Final Fantasy games are 50% off right now (the ones on Steam, anyway), Final Fantasy XIII-2 was too new to receive more than a minor discount during the 2014 Holiday Sale. With this sale though, it finally drops below 10 dollars! Unfortunately, the game's status as a direct sequel to Final Fantasy XIII means that it is very difficult to discuss the story without spoilers. Focusing more on specs, I can say the game is praised for some refinements to the first game's gameplay and a less linear storyline than XIII, and the Steam version includes a great deal of the console downloadable content for free.
However, if you've not played Final Fantasy XIII yet, never fear. It is on sale for $7.99 along with Final Fantasy III and Final Fantasy IV, and you can pick up the classics from the Sony PlayStation era, Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy VIII, for $5.99. My opinion is that while all are certainly good games, the quality of III and IV are lacking due to being ported to PC based off of their mobile releases. Pick these two up for Nintendo DS or on the PlayStation Network instead, while giving the other steam releases a try during the sale. You're going to get your money's worth in playtime, believe me.
4. The Last Remnant ($4.99 at 50% off)
The Last Remnant is something wholly unique from most Square Enix titles. I went into the game expecting something very similar to a Final Fantasy game, simply because it was a pretty Square Enix game. Not what I got by any means. The Last Remnant is set in a world with four different races: the humanoid Mitra, the large and bulky Yama, the small, amphibious-looking Qsiti, and the four-armed, feline Sovani. Scattered across the world are Remnants, ancient artifacts that can be bound to one individual with amazing power. You play as Rush Sykes, a boy who is drawn into a world-spanning conflict due to the kidnapping of your sister.
The party and battle system is one of my favorites, because it's very different from most RPGs. You have an extraordinary amount of party options through generic and unique soldiers, whom you place in unions for battles (up to five people in a union). Because of this group, your commands are limited to generic commands (use combat skills, mystic skills, items) or union-leader specific commands; one leader, David, can use the remnant he is bound to to unleash a gigantic magical cannon. Other leaders can call mighty summons to the battleground that you don't control. Your placement in battles is important, because when a union attacks an enemy union, both sides are vulnerable to flank attacks. It's certainly not the old formula of clicking attack – magic – item.
While I've seen The Last Remnant at a lower price on Steam in the past, it did not dip below the current sale price on the 2014 Winter Sale, so this could be as low as it goes. It's a fantastic game though, and easily one of my favorites. The PC port also gives you more party options than the console release; it can use a few .ini tweaks (noted on the store page by Curators), but it's the superior release in my opinion. If you've only got five bucks for this sale and you're an RPG man like me, pick this one up! It even has a fantastic wiki to help you learn the game and keep you from missing sidequests.
Of course, there's other deals on this sale: individual Eidos packages, Sleeping Dogs, the Dungeon Siege games, etc. These four sales are the stand out deals in my opinion, but when there's a Steam sale, everyone wins! Especially when we're trying to feed our gaming habits on a budget. Played any of these games before? Wanna point out something better during the sale? You know the drill; leave me a comment down below.


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ONLY eight per cent of children here are currently formally educated in an integrated environment – and the new Principal of a North Belfast school wants that to change.
Bill Fletcher took over the reins at Cliftonville Integrated Primary School less than two weeks ago, bringing over 20 years of experience back to North Belfast, where he grew up. Bill previously spent 12 years in Nettlefield Primary School in East Belfast and most recently a nine-year spell at Hollybank Primary School in Monkstown – six years as Vice-Principal and three years as Principal.
Bill told the North Belfast News his passion for integrated education attracted him back to his roots.
"I strongly believe if we ever want true peace here then our children need to be educated in the same setting so the integrated sector has always appealed to me," he said.
"I genuinely think that if we are to get anywhere, our pupils need to be educated in the same classroom where there is no prejudice and everyone is seen for who they are without any baggage.
"We should be celebrating our cultural diversity instead of segregating it."
Early in his new job, Bill has been taken aback by the kindness of parents, staff and pupils at the school and says he has settled in well
"My first week or so has been really good. The kids are lovely. I spent the first few mornings in the playground with them and I also spent some time on the Cliftonville Road with the lollipop lady where I got to meet many parents.
"The staff are highly skilled and extremely friendly. I think it's a fantastic school. I've been blown away by the kindness and warmth of the pupils and staff in welcoming me to the school."
Bill already has a vision for the school which he is keen to implement.
"I want to build on our strong community ethos and make it even more of a community-based school. I know children are coming from all over Belfast and further afield, but I also want the school to be at the heart of the community in which we sit. I believe schools in the past have been seen as an institution, with the parents reluctant to walk beyond the gate. Cliftonville Integrated is a welcoming school and we want all of our parents to be involved in their children's education."
Bill said better outcomes for children involve cooperation between staff, parents and community
"I have a vision of where I think the school should be and I shall be sharing this with parents once I have established myself here.
"One of the priorities I have is to work in partnership with the Education Authority and guarantee that we maximise the support that we get during difficult economic times.
"The school is a listed building and I want to make sure that we build on the fantastic facilities that we already have whilst ensuring that all the space is utilised to the maximum. I am very approachable and I want this to continue here at Cliftonville Integrated. I want people to come to me if they have a problem. I want to be hands-on and be in and out of the classrooms as much as I can.
"I also think it is important to get to know other schools in the area and make those connections with the local community. We are very fortunate to have schools from all sectors within close proximity of the school."
Right now, much of Bill's time is taken up with the school's open day in two weeks' time.
"We are a growing school with a great ethos, high quality teaching and tremendous children. It is no surprise that the number of applications outweighs the number of places, and long may that continue. Our open day takes place at the end of the month and I would love to welcome everyone for a showcase of our wonderful school."
The open day for the nursery and P1 September 2018 intake takes place on Wednesday, November 29 from 5.30pm to 7.30pm. Principal's address is at 6pm. All welcome.
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ONLY eight per cent of children here are currently formally educated in an integrated environment – and the new Principal of a North Belfast school wants that to change.


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The calendar is considered as the record, is used for tracking the dates and days appear in a year. Although we know we know very well that we can't get live a proper life without using the calendar 2019.
In early days calendars were prepared on a sheet, which appears worth updated format at the beginning of every year. Here we will discuss the various type of calendars taken in use in recent days. These days calendars appear with word format, PDF format, Excel format, etc. You can use this calendar as your personal calendar. You can fill your personal details in these calendars and can use this calendar as an event reminder.
Free October 2019 Calendar Template
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The most important part of these calendars that they are available in your mobile phone and laptops. Digital calendars are created with lots of features and used very easily. It includes property of editing, after downloading these calendar you can make changes within this calendar.
Calendar templates spread all over the world on the digital platform. These calendar templates are provided with different sizes and formats. The weekly, monthly and yearly calendar templates are also available, use these formats as per your requirement. Here are some regularly used calendar templates of October 2019 are provided with all formats. It consists of all kind of images and important dates.
Free October Printable Calendar 2019
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October is the Tenth month of the year, 2019 comes to an end and if you did not reach your yearly goal, try this monthly calendar template to make your work worth. You can use this calendar as your personal recorder which consists of all the important dates going to appear in October month.
This planner will organize your work and make your time more productive. With this organized and productive work, you will surely be reached to your goal along with a positive attitude.
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Starting any work without planing it properly will never give you a better result. So must make plans before starting any work related to your professional or personal life, the calendars are quite an easy way to plan our dates.
This will make sure about time consumption for particular work, you can save time using the calendar as your planner. These calendar templates with different formats are very helpful for this planning. You can use this blank calendar of October 2019 as your planner. It appears with lots of options.
The fresh image of the Excel calendar template of 2019 are given here you can download and edit these images as per your convenience.
October 2019 Calendar Word Templates
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The blank tem[plate calendar of October 2019 are given on this page if you are willing to prepare you a time table for day to day life use this sample of template calendar after saving this image of the calendar.
2019 October Blank Calendar Template
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The blank template calendar appears with Microsoft word formats and it provides an option for us to add personal information in the calendar. You can use this word template calendar as your reminder after downloading this image.
Free October 2019 Calendar Printable
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The printable calendars are widely used calendar of the recent days, people like office going person, homemaker, college-going person, or school going students all of them use this calendar to organize their time. This calendar appears with the versatile feature, you can make an advance calendar using a printable calendar template.
Template calendar of 2019 is provided here with the download button. If you wanted to use this calendar as you office calendar downloads this image and after editing t you can use it.


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Genesis 46 has Jacob (Israel) deciding it was ok to make the trip to see his lost and dead son Joseph. At least that is what he had been convinced was the case. This is a big deal as Jacob and the entire family have to leave everything that was familiar to them. "God spoke to Israel in visions of the night….Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for there I will make you into a great nation. I myself will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also bring you up again, and Joseph's hand shall close your eyes". God directly communicated with Jacob that it is the right thing to do – to go to Egypt with all his family and livestock as Joseph had requested. God makes that very clear to him.
Before leaving, Jacob offers sacrifices to God. He doesn't ask for anything but gives God praise that his son Joseph is alive. We get a list of how many are going to make the trip here:
Sons of Leah – 33
Sons of Zilpah – 16
Sons of Rachel – 14
Sons of Bilhah – 7
"All the persons of the house of Jacob who came into Egypt were seventy". This is quite a batch of people to move from Canaan to Egypt.
They take off from Canaan and begin the rather long journey. Judah is sent ahead of the rest to show the way and to let Joseph know they are enroute. Remember that Judah is the one who had made promises earlier about protecting his family before. This shows that Jacob trusted his son, even with some of the shortcomings he has had. Grace is part of God's kingdom and needs to be part of our families. As they moved closer "Joseph prepared his chariot and went up to meet Israel his father in Goshen. He presented himself to him and fell on his neck and wept on his neck a good while".
The reunion happens and Jacob comes face to face with the son he thought he had lost 22 years earlier. The fact that he is able to be reunited gives Jacob peace and he tells Joseph that he is now ready to die. Joseph prepares his family for their encounter with Pharaoh and tells them to be completely honest – which hasn't been one of the traits that defined the family over the years. "Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we and our fathers,' in order that you may dwell in the land of Goshen, for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians". He tells them not to play any games but to be truthful and trust God to take care of the situation.


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Lionsgate TV Taps Frankel for Reality Development
Lionsgate TV, producer of AMC's Mad Men and Showtime's Nurse Jackie, is facing reality with a two-year deal with nonscripted producer Eli Frankel.
Formerly an svp of development at Top Chef producer Magical Elves, Frankel said he and Lionsgate TV Group head Kevin Beggs already are out pitching ideas both to broadcast and cable networks.
When pressed for specifics, Frankel was loathe to reveal any sort of proprietary specifics. But he noted a number of areas in which Lionsgate projects are being developed, including the skin care, food and restaurant space, re-creations space, alternative lifestyle space, dangerous jobs, the sex scandals space and, wait for it, docu-soap set in the South.
"Instead of copying formats or replicating what's already in the marketplace, we want to take each of these areas one step further," said Frankel, who added he's pitching more show ideas to cable than broadcast. "On cable, you can take more chances. Every two years or so you can basically reinvent what a particular area can be."


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Someone told me once that the brain does not understand sarcasm. It took me a long time to make sense of this because I am a very sarcastic person.
Whatever you say out loud, your brain naturally takes for fact, so when you say the opposite of what you mean to say, this registers somewhere inside the mind as truth.
Since learning this, whether it is true or not, I have tried to put it into practice for my benefit.
It usually comes into practice when speaking to my husband, and it usually drives him crazy.
Honestly, that's not my intent. Let me give an example.
When I ask what seems to be a simple enough question, like "Where would you like this to go?", "What would you like to do today?", or "What would you like for dinner?", it's often met with silence.
This could be because he's thinking about the answer. Sometimes it's because he doesn't care and the choice is mine.
Either way, he doesn't answer at all.
Sarcasm as a Coping Mechanism
Based on previous posts, you know that I don't cope well with choices. It's a symptom of the social anxiety disorder. It's a symptom of having anxiety.
It's the fear of making the wrong choice.
If I'm asking a question, it's because I need to know the answer. I need you to choose.
My husband knows this, but sometimes, he just does not answer. That could be because he's naturally quiet.
It could be his own form of anxiety kicking in, saying, "I don't care, just pick something."
No matter the reason, you can imagine how much stress this causes between us.
This is when I resort to sarcasm.
Me: "Hey, where would you like me to put this?"
Husband: "…"
Me: "The kitchen? Yes, that does sound like a good place. Thank you for answering me."
Or another example:
Me: "What would you like for dinner?"
Husband: "…"
Me: "Okay, so chicken then?"
Husband: "…"
Me: "Chicken it is. Great talk; I'm glad we could agree."
Both conversations lead to him being angry with me. Why? Because I'm clearly being sarcastic.
In fact, as sarcastic as I might be, I'm telling myself that he made the decision.
Sure, I was a little frustrated that he didn't answer, but this is how I dealt with it.
I made the decision alone, but I tricked my brain into thinking it was a joint decision.
Sarcasm is my coping mechanism.
Though I really need to try not to abuse it either. I'm not trying to be offensive. I'm not trying to step on toes. I'm just trying to cope.
Sarcasm as a Starting Point
I have a friend who doesn't suffer from any mental illness whatsoever.
He's the most confident person I know, and is probably the most sarcastic person I know as well.
I've often wondered if his sarcasm is a coping mechanism for his lack of self-confidence, which you simply can't see.
Maybe saying things you don't believe, "I am so smart. I am so beautiful. Everyone wants to be my friend," can help trick your brain into believing them.
I genuinely believe this friend is confident now. But maybe it didn't start out that way for him.
Maybe he had to build up to that by constantly masking his true feelings.
This is something I'm trying to incorporate in my life also. The more I tell myself "I can do this," the more I will start to believe it.
You try it too.
Sure, it sounds sarcastic at first, but your brain won't know any better.
Say it until it doesn't sound sarcastic anymore.


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Star Wars: The Last Jedi - Latest pictures reveal new characters and many unanswered questions
The new pictures from Star Wars: The Last Jedi feature Laura Dern's Admiral Amilyn Holdo and Benicio Del Toro
Never-seen-before pictures of characters from Star Wars: The Last Jedi were featured in the summer issue of Vanity Fair, and they will leave fans with several unanswered questions and doubts.
One of the most surprising aspects of this photoshoot is the first look of Laura Dern's Admiral Amilyn Holdo, who is seen with magenta-coloured hair.
@VanityFair Here's the first look at Benicio Del Toro and Laura Dern in 'STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI' (Source: @VanityFair) pic.twitter.com/t4er0Vk9tH
— Comic Fade (@ComicFade) May 24, 2017
Pablo Hidalgo, a creative executive at Lucasfilm Story Group has confirmed that Dern's character is a human and high-ranking officer in the film. Also featured in the pictures is Benicio Del Toro, whose characters name has not yet been revealed, and a whole bunch of new characters who seem to be dressed for a party. Human and non-human characters are seen wearing white dresses and tuxedos in one photograph.
Star Wars 8 Director Explains the 'Casino City' Canto Bight - https://t.co/BTkbLOutNH pic.twitter.com/v2c1wuvz2y — Screen Rant (@screenrant) May 24, 2017
About these characters, Hidalgo said to Vanity Fair, "What we're going to see in The Last Jedi are some people who have managed to carve out a life for themselves where they can live apart from the galactic struggle. They found a way to live above it or beyond it. There's a class of wealthy that have helped build all sorts of loopholes in society that will always ensure that they'll survive or even thrive no matter what else is happening out there."
Star Wars: The Last Jedi will most likely be darker than the last film The Force Awakens. In the trailer of the film, Luke Skywalker was seen saying, "It is time for the Jedi to end."
It is the second installment of the Star Wars trilogy, which is the third trilogy of the franchise. It is centered on Daisy Ridley's Rey, who trains to become a Jedi, as well as Resistance pilot Poe Dameron, played by Oscar Isaac and storm trooper-tuned-good-guy Finn played by John Boyega.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi is set to release on 15 December, 2017. It will mark the last appearance of Carrie Fisher as General Leia Organa in the films; the veteran actress shot for the sequel before she passed away on 27 December, 2016. Pictures of a Vanity Fair photoshoot where Fisher posed with other characters were also revealed.
Go behind-the-scenes on one of Carrie Fisher's final #StarWars photoshoots https://t.co/1E52IEg7fN pic.twitter.com/Wm70uJsVZ6
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Check out these beautiful pictures of Carrie Fisher and her family. 💖✊🏾via Vanity Fair. #TheLastJedi pic.twitter.com/FOCqBzaNcW — Geeks of Color (@GeeksOfColor) May 24, 2017
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(I think every Winnie the Pooh story takes place during spring. Unless it's the ones during winter. Or if they go to Eeyore's place, then it'smysteriously fall.)
Instead of doing this monthly like last year, I thought I'd be super pretentious and do them for every change of season. So today, on the day of 2018's Spring Equinox, here are the books I've read so far.
The Fate of the Tearling by Erika Johansen
The way this series ends is BOLD. I've never read anything like it. There are a couple of things about the ending that bother me (like if they changed history so drastically I don't think the same people would all exist hundreds of years later), but I'll gladly set them aside to have the book end the way it does (because it's necessary to see everyone we already know living drastically different lives in order for it to have as real an impact as it does, even if it's silly) because it is so different from and more honest and thoughtful than 100% of the high fantasy I've ever read.
Get started on this series if you like fantasy. Here's three's review of the first book in the trilogy if you need a push.
Indexing: Reflections by Seanan McGuire
I loved it. The sequel was much easier to get into than the first one, and Sloane gets a bunch of point-of-view chapters which is pretty much all I want out of the year. Sloane is a living embodiment of a Wicked Stepsister archetype constantly fighting the urge to murder everyone around her, in case you needed to be sold on this series.
Let's Talk About Love by Claire Kahn
Asexual romance where the protagonist is adorable and confused and questioning, and her love interest is the best ever. The one little problem I have is with the conflict resolution with Alice's BFF, because it ends with Alice apologizing and her friend… not. She says, "You need to tell me if something bothers you," and that's what serves as her reciprocating Alice's apology and I'm not really a fan of that. I did like the version of this in Tash Hearts Tolstoy which I read last year. Tash has an in-your-face female BFF and they have a huge fight, and though Tash is certainly at fault for some of it, it's not entirely on her to smooth things over in their friendship. But it's a relatively small problem. More like this, thanks.
Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire
I didn't like it as much as the two previous books in the series, with Down Among the Sticks and Bones (which was book 2) still being my obvious favourite.
Knit One Girl Two by Shira Glassman
Short, sweet, well-done. There was a cat occasionally.
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
I wrote a whole long thing about this one.
The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
It's amazing. Know a kid? Get them this book. And read it yourself.
Suicide Sex Club by C.M. Blackwood
I think this is the first straight smut I've ever read. It was a little much (and by "a little" I mean "a lot") but it's also surprisingly sweet much of the time, or, maybe not really that surprisingly sweet, because I've read a murder mystery/lesbian romance by Blackwood before and it was similarly cute. Though with a lot less sex.
I'd be cautious reading this one if you're sensitive to self-harm and abusive/disassociation-style sex and rape. There's also one brief mention of pedophilia. I'd also note that it doesn't portray sex work in the greatest light – Tory is a sex worker and she's lovely but the titular "Suicide Sex Club" is an exploitative sex trafficking type place. It also doesn't portray BDSM in the greatest light, but no one who participates in BDSM acts are doing so conscientiously or not as a way to self-harm, so, by not suggesting that this is the way to do that stuff properly, it's way less misrepresentative of BDSM than 50 Shades is.
Your Favorite Superhero Sucks by Noah Berlatsky
Admittedly, the latest superhero mega blockbusters are getting to me. I loved Guardians of the Galaxy: Volume 2, Thor: Ragnarok, and Black Panther. Obviously I also loved Wonder Woman. Each of these movies has its flaws, or, in Black Panther's case, maybe "slight limitations" might be a better term, but they're still important and more interesting than most of what else Marvel and DC have been serving up lately.
Still, superheroes are kind of a weird thing, and considering how they're dominating the pop culture scene right now, I think it's really important to critique them at every available opportunity.
This book is a good place to start. I found a couple of the essays ridiculously funny, especially "Our Batman, Ourselves." I didn't agree with absolutely everything, but even where I have differing opinions I think Berlatsky makes a lot of really good points. And really important ones. Pop culture needs scrutiny.
even this page is white by Vivek Shraya
A collection of poems, mainly dealing with racism. Shraya confronts white privilege head on. She spotlights white peoples' reluctance to confront our own privilege, racism, and racist assumptions in such a searing way that I really think every white person, especially every white person in Canada, should have to read it. I'm not saying it's the cure to our own special Canadian-brand antipathy, because no, but finding ourselves listening to people saying things that make us uncomfortable more and more often is the only way forward, and this book does its part.


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Paul Pierce clearly thinks the Nets have the upper-hand in New York.
In running through the list of contenders in the Eastern Conference during Thursday's introductory press conference for himself, Kevin Garnett and Jason Terry, Pierce conspicuously left the Knicks out of a list of contenders to challenge the defending champion Heat in the East.
"I think we're going to be right up there with the best of them," Pierce said when asked where the Nets stack up in the East. "Right now, you have to talk about Miami, obviously. They're the champs. And you look at what Chicago and Indiana and then I think you really have to take a close look at what we've been able to put together.
"When you put this type of talent on the floor, in order for it to come together, for us to be one of those top teams, that's what has to happen. Me, Kevin and Jet, along with Jason, we don't have any egos. We want to be one of those teams. We feel like with the talent we've got, we're definitely going to compete in the Eastern Conference, and hopefully a championship."
When asked by WFAN if that was done intentionally, Pierce said, "Definitely."
When asked specifically about the rivalry between the two teams in the city at the press conference, the three new players all declined to say which team was better, leaving that to Jason Kidd, who played for them last year before becoming the new coach of the Nets last month.
"I think we're talking about a championship. No matter if it's Miami, Chicago, Indiana, New York, too … it's a nice rivalry here between the two of us, and hopefully we can get the better of them this year, but the big picture is that championship trophy, and that's why we're all up here and that's what we stand for. The side is that rivalry, and hopefully we can win more games … we tied last year, so hopefully we can win that rivalry, but the gold trophy is what we're here for," Kidd said.


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As public relations professionals, social media is an unavoidable and inevitable part of the job. While many despise it, social media is really one of the greatest tools you can have at your disposal as a PR professional. It is a cost-efficient way to create a favorable image for your client, promote events. Most importantly, … Continue reading Three Reasons To Follow Netflix's Social Media Model
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The Benefits of Using Canva
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Five Easy Tricks & Treats to Keep Your Social Media Professional
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The Intersection of PR, Voting and Taylor Swift
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Getting "Kicked Off" the PR List
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Four Tips for Successfully Using Social Media as a PR Platform
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Next Wave of NBA Influencers
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At Echo Lakes, a Sierra paradise is open for summer
At the shore of Echo Lakes this weekend, it might have felt as if you were standing on the threshold of paradise. If you were there, that's because you were.
Echo Lakes are free of ice, the lake levels again full, the hikers' boat taxi to the Pacific Crest Trail is a go, and the boat docks, lodge and store at Echo Chalet are again open. On Sunday, a youngster and her parents walked out of the store with milkshakes and sat on a rock to take in the scenery. For owner Kathleen Fashinell, it seemed like a dream that the good times are back for summer.
"It was just a month ago, the beginning of June, where we started digging through 20 feet of snow to get here," she said. "You can't believe what we had to go through. You look out now and it feels special."
That's because it is.
Echo Lakes is a testament to many high-mountain recreation lakes in the Sierra Nevada. Access and facilities are clearing of snow, and the lakes are full and beautiful.
Echo Lakes is nestled in a deep mountain valley at 7,500 feet, located a short distance off Highway 50 (near Echo Summit) on the route to South Lake Tahoe.
There are two lakes, connected by a small isthmus, where a narrow channel, navigable for boats with shallow drafts, pretzels through the strip of land.
From the dock at Echo Chalet, you again can take a shuttle-boat ride to the head of Upper Echo Lake and a trailhead for the Pacific Crest Trail into Desolation Wilderness.
At Lower Echo Lake, a monolith called Cracked Crag looms overhead to your right. At the isthmus, the ride through the channel feels like entering a portal. You then emerge into Upper Echo Lake. Ralston Peak, at 9,238 feet, towers over the basin.
If you hike the PCT, you will find that Tamarack Lake, about one-third frozen Saturday, will be ice-free by Monday. Aloha Lakes, 3.4 miles one way, are still frozen solid.
On the PCT, though, you can climb high enough on the slope to turn for the amazing panorama of the Echo Lakes Basin.
Echo Chalet still has lodging available, two-night minimum, for late July and August. Info: (530) 659-7207, www.echochalet.com.
Tom Stienstra is The San Francisco Chronicle's outdoors writer. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com Twitter: @StienstraTom


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RELATIVE unknown Azahara Munoz holds the first-round lead at the HSBC Women's Champions.
The Spanish golfer fired a brilliant seven-under 65 and is two strokes ahead of a five-strong chasing pack which includes American world No. 4 Stacy Lewis.
"I hit a lot of really good second shots so I gave myself a lot of opportunities, and obviously I converted most of them," said the 25-year-old Munoz, who is ranked 16th in the world and has one LPGA Tour title to her name.
Lewis, 28, a five-time LPGA Tour winner, was pleased to stay within touching distance at the top. She said: "My putter just kind of went cold on me but other than that, I played fine. It's all about staying patient and giving yourself a chance on Sunday."
World No. 1 Tseng Ya-ni of Taiwan recovered from a slow start to card a 68, putting her in tied-seventh spot.
Singapore's Christabel Goh, however, struggled on Sentosa Golf Club's Serapong course, shooting an 80 that leaves her in last place among the 62-strong field.
The 23-year-old Florida resident said: "The heat was really getting to me. I had trouble getting into the groove, getting some momentum going. I also had trouble breathing, but now it's all good."
The US$1.4 million (S$1.74 million) event continues from Friday to Sunday.


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Ignite The Dreams is still in testing mode - more features will be added, for example fire effects (this is confirmed by Steve Davison in person).
Send your construction pics to uploads @ themeparx.com
Ignite The Dreams is still in testing mode - more features will be added, for example fire effects (this is confirmed by Steve Davison in person).
This video was posted last month but I only just found it. The tarzan show full show including English subtitles. It's about a 30 minute show and the video isn't great but it gives a good idea of what to expect from the show. Looks very much like a Cirque Du Soleil style show with music and acrobatics.
It seems like SHDL POTC has two different endings! One is Jack Sparrow gets the real treasure (He will sing Yo-Ho Yo-Ho), the other is he gets the fake treasure. http://www.bilibili.com/mobile/video/av4798593.html
Some new photos from Wonderandcompany.com
Challenge Trails looks like a proper ropes course which requires harness etc.
Costumes for the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train.
Close up of the "Dumbo" style ride on tomorrowland
Royal Banquet Dining Hall
Source: http://www.wonderandcompany.com/shanghai-disneyland-photos/
In regards to the possible Toy Story Land coming to Shanghai Disneyland, Screamscape says:Source: http://www.screamscape.com/html/shanghai_disneyland.htm#Phase2that the previously announced but then forgotten Toy Story Land will be the first new attractions added to the park after it opens.
From the sound of things it wont be a big land, but will instead consist of only two attractions (Rex's Racer and Slink Dog Spin) along with a Woody's Roundup carnival / midway style area, and a couple of food options. Rex's Racer should be the same bright-orange half-pipe looking ride that we've seen at other parks under the "RC Racer" name and Slinky Dog Spin will also be the exact same circular flat ride that was used at Hong Kong Disneyland and in Paris.
I'm not sure why the old "RC Racer" is being replaced with a "Rex" theme in Shanghai, but I'm told that the pieces for the ride are already already on-site in the backstage area somewhere, so once the park opens we should see construction begin on this right away.
Another new "on-ride" video. Not quite a ride but the Alice in Wonderland Maze.
Front seat on-ride video from Seven Dwarfs Mine-Train.
There are some discussions about the possible Toy Story Land which will be built at Shanghai. It does make sense as it was included on the original map and as they have the hotel it doesn't make much sense to then have nothing in the park.
This could be the building for Parachute Drop.
If we compare with these pictures of the Toy Soldiers Parachute Drop ride at HKDL and DLP WDS there is no doubt that the one on picture above looks indeed the same, though with a few differences, and with a giant bucket for Toy Soldiers nearby.
Source: http://disneyandmore.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/shanghai-disneyland-week-end-update-is.html


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'Pale Bloom' Is an Assertion of Sarah Davachi's Stature as a Composer
Sarah Davachi asserts herself as a composer rather than a mere ambient artist on these four ghostly tracks that comprise Pale Bloom.
Pale Bloom
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Much of Sarah Davachi's music could be called "ambient", but that's a nebulous term even some of its OGs, like Harold Budd, despise. Ambient is less a genre than a set of traits developed through convergent evolution. An artist who came out of the conservatory, an artist raised on dance clubs and chill-out rooms, and a reformed punk could all feasibly channel their influences into near-identical, droning, beat-free music if they stumble across the right mindset. Though Davachi shares more DNA with drone masters like Phill Niblock and Éliane Radigue than the Enos and Budds of the world, it didn't seem too much of a disservice to slap the term on her music. Pale Bloom, which tells us exactly where Davachi stands. Though it sounds great swirling around your head like leaves in a gust of wind, Pale Bloom is composer's music, precise and formidable.
The piano-centric record consists of four tracks: three "Perfumes" and the drone piece "If It Pleased Me to Appear to You Wrapped in This Drapery", which matches the length of the other three tracks by itself. This is not the kind of album where every piece is part of the whole; its four songs are islands in themselves, each showcasing something Davachi can do. "Perfumes 1" is all spidery piano melodies that resolve in odd and unexpected ways, her playing always returning to a portentous half-note plod on a single key. Halfway through, the back-masked ghost of the piece joins her unadorned instrument, and the two incarnations of the music—one corporeal, one weightless and otherworldly—sing an eerie duet together.
"Perfumes 2" is based on the same repeated single note as its predecessor. The difference is this time around, the voice of singer Fausto Dayap Daos appears, androgynous and ghostly, hovering at the margins of the piece. As on "Perfumes 1", the melody is doubled by more distant, processed layers of voice until we seem to be hearing a small choir, or perhaps one sad song echoing endlessly in space. At the dead center of the mix sits the piano, like the vessel from which these spirits spring.
"Perfumes 3" is dense and misty, all organ chords and light piano pinpricks. It's the shortest of the "Perfumes" tracks, and it feels like a breather before what comes next: the 21-minute "Drapery", which seems to be played on some type of bellows instrument. Davachi cites the soundtrack to Tarkovsky's Solaris as an inspiration for Pale Bloom, but "Drapery" more closely resembles the ancient pagan magic of the Third Ear Band's soundtrack to Roman Polanski's Macbeth. Davachi's influences from liturgical music, prominent on last year's excellent Gave in Rest, means her work has a way of sounding somehow greater than itself—as if it's conjuring a presence whose size and power dwarfs that of the actual music being played.
Usually, that's enough. The appeal of Pale Bloom, though, is as much in the way the notes move, resolve, and jostle against each other as in how they add up to a listenable whole. Pale Bloom might be alienating to ambient fans who aren't familiar with how classical music works and would prefer appreciation not stand in the way of simple pleasure. It's easy to enjoy, a little harder to lose yourself in. It's above all else an assertion of the Canadian's stature as a composer, a purveyor of serious music, rather than a piddly ambient artist. If that means we have to stand back a little more to get a good glimpse of her music, so be it.


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Flexible and high-efficiency Sb2S3/solid carrier solar cell at low light intensity
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AuthorsLojpur, Vesna
Krstić, Jelena I.
Kačarević-Popović, Zorica M.
Filipović, Nenad
Validžić, Ivana Lj.
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Producing green and efficient energy sources is a major challenge. As a consequence, the use of photovoltaic devices for conversion of light into electricity is growing worldwide. A lot of effort had been invested to create high-efficient solar cells, but their durability, stability, flexibility and efficiency at low light intensities are still unexplored. Here, we built a flexible solar cell made of p-doped, amorphized a-undoped and n-doped Sb2S3 solid carrier loaded with electrolyte. Indium tin oxide glass was the working electrode, and aluminium was the counter electrode. Every (p-a-n) flexible Sb2S3/solid carrier layers were obtained using a cheap casting/solvent evaporation technique, from a blend consisted of chitosan, polyethylene glycol and electrolyte containing 0.5 M potassium iodide and 0.05 M iodine, and corresponding synthesized amorphized a-undoped and p and n-doped Sb2S3 semiconductor. Results show that flexible Sb2S3 solar cell possesses good stability and efficiency of... about 10% at 5% sun. Overall, our findings demonstrate for the first time that flexible solar cell can be made and used for low light intensity applications.
Keywords:solar energy materials / Sb2S3 / solar cell / low light intensity / optics/lens
Source:Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2018, 16, 2, 659-664
DOI: 10.1007/s10311-017-0702-7
ISSN: 1610-3653 (print); 1610-3661 (electronic)
WoS: 000432519600027
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The all-new Whitetail Legend is a nod to the classic Whitetail Hunter bow first introduced by our founder Fred Bear in the 1970s. The Whitetail Legend is exactly what you need to grab before you head off to the woods to bring home your next trophy or supply of meat. Every time you draw back, you'll feel our new draw stop giving you the most solid back wall experience of a single cam on the market. Upon release, you'll experience the blazing fast speeds of 320 feet per second. This 31" axle-to-axle, single cam bow features an all-new and improved RTH (ready-to-hunt) kit including a Trophy Ridge Fix 5 sight, Quick Shot Whisker Biscuit, Static 6" Stabilizer, No-Tie Peep sight and D-loop.
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The ongoing feud between Rays pitcher Chris Archer and Astros mascot Orbit continues to escalate.
The rivalry between the two dates back to at least 2015, when Orbit compared Archer to Jaden Smith, noting both their similar appearances and Twitter habits. Then, just a few days ago, Archer issued Orbit a
"Declaration of Unfriendliness" in which he resolved to carry out "a campaign of PRANKS, GAGS AND HIGH JINKS (sic)" on the mascot.
Archer wasted no time in making good on his promise. On Wednesday night, Archer approached Orbit with what looked like a playful peace offering — a framed diploma from the University of Raymond, implying that he had learned everything he knew from the Rays' mascot.
But it was all a setup. As soon as Orbit stood for a series of photos with his diploma, he was ambushed by some of Archer's foot soldiers who were hiding in the dug out wielding water balloons. Orbit took a few good shots, but was prepared for the uprising, tearing off his jersey to reveal a second jersey protected by a poncho. He also scrambled to pick up a water gun which he used to douse some watery revenge on the Rays.
You can watch video of the exchange shared by the Astros below.
The Rays and Astros wrap up their season series Thursday night, and there's no doubt that both Archer and Orbit will want to get the best of each other in their last interaction of the season.
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Here's another crazy creation from the guys over at Crabfu, the Putter Bot.
The Putter Bot is a radio controlled golfer robot, it features a built in laser so you can line up your shot.
PutterBot uses 2 standard size servos for the tracks, each with the potentiometer popped out, and servo taped to the top of the servo. This is an easy way to make the servos continuous, and you can adjust the trim with the potentiometer or with the radio. The tank chassis is a kit from Tamiya, and directly driven from
the servo horns.
Here's a video of it in action.
As you can see from the video it certainly looks like a lot of fun, I wonder if I would be able to use this when playing golf, it would certainly improve my game.
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This is the website for Mark B. Wilson, historian and writer.
I teach ancient civilizations, ancient Greece, ancient Rome, and women in antiquity at Lehman College.
For information about my courses click on the Courses tab above. Current students can also find syllabi, assignment schedules, requirements, resources, and other course materials there.
If you're looking for my alphabetical catalog of online versions of classical texts by author, as published in their original Latin and Greek and as translated into English and French, that can be found here. The page also has a directory of various online archives of classical texts. Additions, updates, and corrections are welcome.
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Build a Better World - Summer Reading Program 2017 Kicks Off June 1st
Join Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System as we kick-off our annual Summer Reading Program with an amazing new celebration at Woodruff Park. For the first time ever, come "Build a Better World" with storytelling, a special visit from Word Girl from PBS Kids, Rocky the Reading Raccoon, face painting, balloon art, crafts and plenty of entertainment for the whole family. The Bookmobile will also be onsite and ready to get you signed up for a library card and check out materials (books, movies, DVDs, CDs). Register for the 2017 Summer Reading Program and while you're there, you can also Build a Better You, when you participate in our fitness activities, including yoga, obstacle course, dancing and more. Snacks will be provided, or you can bring a picnic and enjoy an afternoon in the park with your family. All ages welcome.
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Under 5:
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Happy in Our Skin by Fran Manushkin
My Garden by Kevin Henkes
Sam & Dave Dig a Hole by Mac Barnett
We Are Extremely Very Good Recyclers by Lauren Child
Picture Books:
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Emeraldalicious by Victoria Kann
The Night Gardener by Terry Fan
Pipsie the Nature Detective: The Disappearing Caterpillar by Rick Dedonato
Robo-Sauce by Adam Rubin
Strictly No Elephants by Lisa Mantchev
The Three Little Aliens and the Big Bad Robot by Margaret McNamara
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Hi All,
I usually use Adobe "After Effects" to add Logos, Text etc to movies, animation etc.
Its also great for blending 3D models with their pointclouds.
I found a really nice "open-source • cross platform • nodal • compositing software" package called "Natron"
( http://natron.inria.fr/ )
Give it a try !
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Yes, thanks Mike! We tried this out yesterday and I was surprised it is free software as powerful as it is. We are still trying to figure out how to use it properly, but I am hoping it can help us compile multiple 4k videos. It is surprising how difficult that is and how most software is incapable of handling the task. The Blender integration also looks intriguing.
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I played with this a little bit last summer, before the 1.0 release. They definitely had a ways to go before being able to compete head to head with Nuke, but they've been adding features and stability amazingly quickly. The developers seem to be really pragmatic and have a solid handle on what the user requirements are for this type of software. Hopefully they'll continue to be successful, having more software options is always good.
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Investigating slow BMC Remedy AR System API calls
If you see a performance issue in a particular operation, start by investigating slow API calls. If you see a performance issue by all operations, look for causes of overall system performance degradation.
Before you begin
Before investigating slow API call, ensure that you have performed the following tasks:
- Collect logs for a performance issue.
- Run AR System Log Analyzer to generate results in web (HTML) format.
- View AR System Log Analyzer output to assess the statistics captured.
To investigate a slow API call
- Under API Aggregates, click Top N to view the longest running individual API calls.
Click the line number for the long-running API call.
The display pane displays the log starting at that line number.
Log entries for API calls have a dark shaded background, and log entries for SQL statements have a light background, so viewing API calls and the corresponding SQL statements contained within them is easy.
Look at slow AR System API calls first. Slow bulk API calls and CMDB API calls often appear in the Top N due to slow AR System API calls or SQL statements. Click Legend under API Aggregates to see the API abbreviation legend.
- View the Timestamp column and scroll down to look for a gap of several seconds to see where the bulk of the time occurred while the API call was processed.
- Stop scrolling down when you reach the end of the API call (signified by the OK line).
The time difference should be the Execution Time reported in Top N. The general guideline is if the bulk of the time gaps occurred in SQL statements, investigate it as a slow SQL statement.
To investigate a slow SQL statement
- Identify a long-running SQL statement using the previous procedure.
Note the SQL statement.
- Under SQL Aggregates, click Top N.
- Search the list of longest-running individual SQL statements for ones similar to the SQL statement identified earlier.
The general guideline is if the statement is listed in 10 percent of the Top N longest-running SQL statements, the statement might have an issue running efficiently at the database.
- For long-running SQL statements, click the line number of a long-running SQL statement.
The log is displayed at the specified line number.
- Verify that the SQL statement is immediately followed by an OK entry.
SQL exceptions, or cases where there is no OK line indicate a false reading on the time to execute the SQL statement.
Check if the complete SQL statement is listed or if it ends with an ellipsis (...), indicating that the statement was truncated in the log.
If the SQL statement was truncated, the database administrator might not have enough information to investigate the issue.
If the SQL statement was truncated, add the following line to the AR System Administration:AR System Configuration Generic UI form, restart the server, and generate a new set of logs:
Enable-Unlimited-Log-Line-Length: T
For long-running SQL statements, send the SQL statement to the database administrator to test whether the query uses appropriate indexes.
SQL statements generally run much faster in database query tools because they use dedicated database resources, and the query is run in isolation. The objective of running the query directly at the database is not to compare performance, but to use DBMS features such as show plan/explain plan to test whether the SQL statement uses indexes already defined on the table.
To investigate slow API calls or SQL statements due to contention or blocking events
- Under API Aggregates, click Top N to view the execution times of the Top N longest running individual API calls.
- Identify similar API calls that begin at the same time.
The general guideline is to look for API calls where Start Time occurs within the same one-minute period.
- Click the line number to view the log entry at that line.
- Note the value of RPC ID in the third column.
- Scroll through the list of log entries with the same value of RPC ID, watching the Timestamp column for a gap in the time to identify which API call or SQL statement takes the most time within the long-running individual API call.
This API call or SQL statement is a potential cause of the contention.
- Under API Aggregates, click Top N to return to the list of longest-running individual API call, and repeat the procedure for a similar API call that begins at the same time.
- If the potential cause of contention is an SQL statement, perform the following actions:
- Verify optional configuration in the AR System Administration:AR System Configuration Generic UI form for the following settings:
- Next-ID-Block-Size
- Select-Query-Hint
- Send the SQL statement and Timestamp to the database administrator to check if there were any SQL deadlocks or issues at the database at the Timestamp.
- Verify optional configuration in the AR System Administration:AR System Configuration Generic UI form for the following settings:
- If the potential cause of contention is an API call, perform the following actions:
- Use the
grepcommand to identify all lines in the Filter log with the value of the RPC ID identified in the API call, and examine the filter log.
- Check for system problems reported in the armonitor.log file or on the system hosting BMC Remedy AR System.
- Use the
An administrator investigating a performance issue synchronizing from BMC Atrium Discovery and Dependency Mapping to BMC Atrium CMDB views the top 20 longest running API operations and observes:
(Click the image to expand it.)
There are six instances of the GWIN API call and six instances of the GLEWF BMC.CORE:BMC_Impact_D call, all within the same second.
This might indicate one API call is embedded within a bulk API call, so the administrator clicks Legend to view the full name of the API calls:
(Click the image to expand it.)
The legend shows:
GWIN is CMDBGraphWalkNext
GLEWF is ARGetListEntryWithFields
A slow GLEWF API call might be contained in the GWIN API call, and makes it appear slow.
Under API Aggregates, the administrator clicks Top N, and then clicks the line number to view the longest-running API call.
(Click the image to expand it.)
The administrator scrolls up a few lines to review the lines with the same value of RPC ID and observes that the GWIN API call includes the GLEWF API call, and a SQL statement within the API call takes more than 18 seconds to execute.
The administrator reviews the other six long API operations and confirms similar behavior.
The administrator sends the SQL statements and timestamp of when they ran to the database administrator to investigate if the query uses appropriate indexes, and if deadlocks were encountered at the database at the time of the timestamp values.
Where to go from here
Assessing relevance of performance issues
Analyzing thread statistics


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222: That Eureka Moment
Episode 222 · November 12th, 2019 · 36 mins 29 secs
About this Episode
On this week's episode, Steph and Chris dive into the world of crafting pull requests for optimal code review, as well as the flip side of providing code review. How can we make it easy for reviewers, and as reviewers, how can we make it easy for our teammates to incorporate our suggestions?
They also discuss the world of testing, from integration to visual to unit testing, and some of the tools an practices they use at each level.
Lastly, they discuss Steph's continued pairing adventures and possibly finding her max on the pairing front, a quick update on mechanical keyboards, and Steph shares a teaser of an upcoming workshop she'll be hosting around how to stay agile when building health tech products.
This episode of The Bike Shed is sponsored by Honeybadger.
- XKCD - Crazy Straws Fractal Subgroups
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- Brett Terpstra - Hyper Key
- Brett Terpstra - A Useful Caps Lock Key
- Vimium chrome extension
- Tuple app
- testcafe
- Cypress
- Percy.io
- Jest screenshots
- React Testing Library
- Enzyme
- React hooks
- thoughtbot Health Tech Online Workshop (hosted by Steph!)
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Wild Blue Indigo
Deep blue of indigo
Stalks reach skyward.
Magnets for the buzzing drone.
Bees drink their fill
With drunken smiles.
Sweet memories linger
With their departure.
© Donna Donabella 2012
I am continuing my spring poems with another wonderful native plant, Wild Blue Indigo or Baptisia australis. Their spikes of purple flowers rise tall each spring, drawing in dozens of pollinators for weeks on end. You can read more about this plant here, in my garden post.
The pictures here are of the Baptisia that grows in my garden each spring.
I am joining in with Poets United for their weekly poetry link up for poets who blog, and with Gillena@verses for her Monday WRites meme, and Sanaa@A Dash of Sunny for her Prompt Nights every Friday. This week's theme is "Nothing is more memorable than Scent"!
I am also linking in with Judith@Lavender Cottage who is hosting Mosaic Monday.
I leave you with a few additional words about deep blue indigo. I welcome you to download the photo and share it.
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