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Former presidential adviser McCracken dies at 96
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Paul W. McCracken, a former economic adviser to several U.S. presidents, has died at age 96.
Retired University of Michigan business professor and longtime friend Herbert Hildebrandt says he was told Friday of McCracken's death by Linda Langer, one of McCracken's daughters.
Hildebrandt says McCracken was a member of President Dwight Eisenhower's Council of Economic Advisers and was asked in 1968 by President Richard Nixon to chair the council. He resigned in 1971.
He says McCracken had "great respect" for Nixon, Eisenhower and "Democratic presidents that asked him to sit on committees and give advice."
McCracken also taught at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, retiring in 1986.
He is survived by two daughters, Langer and Paula McCracken.


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A delicious mix of gossip and darker narrative, The Secrets We Keep is a brilliant look at life in the social media age, friendship, and the stigma of mental illness.
Elizabeth Mavery understands that sometimes, the people who seem the happiest have the most to hide.
But it's imperative she forget the past, so when she's not going to Costco or day-drinking with her best friend, she's trying to create a new, drama-free life in the suburbs. And it seems to work – until an anonymous gossip blog begins spilling the women of Waterford's darkest secrets.
Now, the blurred conversations and blank spots in Elizabeth's mind give way to panic and anxiety. If her secrets – like a hospitalization for bipolar disorder and a suicide attempt – don't stay buried, she faces social shunning. Because after all, life in Waterford must look Instagram perfect at all times.
With her mental health in tatters and her marriage on the brink of imploding, Elizabeth fights to protect her family, her reputation, and her sanity. The past, however, has a way of not being forgotten.
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Not all broken things are ruined.
Then: Ellison Brooks – PTA President, real estate agent extraordinaire, and Head Bitch in Charge with endless friends and parties to attend.
Now: Ellison Brooks – divorced, single mother of two, financially reliant on her awful ex-husband, and utterly lacking self-confidence.
One month after her divorce is final, Ellison's ex-husband marries the woman he left her for, sending Ellison spiraling into despair. Her friends have abandoned her, her job is in the tank, and she's lonely for human connection.
The woman who once had everything now does little more than drink wine and focus on the time she has with her kids. She's a mess and has no idea how to fix herself.
But then Ellison meets Luke, an intriguing stranger who is only in town for the weekend. Determined to break out of her rut, Ellison jumps at the chance for a hot, one-night stand. When it's over, she walks away from Mr. One Night Only with no idea how to ever reach him again…
…Until the first day of school when Luke turns out to be her son's new teacher. Despite their electric connection, Luke is off-limits according to school board rules and everyone around Ellison. But she just can't stay away.
As the town of Waterford buzzes about her possible romance, Ellison tries to figure out how to navigate the bitchy world of frenemies, town gossips, and a petty ex-husband while piecing herself back together.
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If you can't be you, who can you be?
That's the question Veronica White asks herself in the wake of her husband's very public affair. For years, she's been known as the prettiest member of the Bitch Brigade and Pete's wife, and she has used social media to present her messy life as picture perfect.
But those days are over.
Leaving her Waterford life behind, Veronica lands in Marrakech, Morocco. There, she plans to regroup and convince everyone she's having the time of her life without Pete. First step: post endless fun pictures on Instagram. She believes that if she can convince others she's okay, then maybe the pain will cease.
Enter Oz, an engaging young man who is traveling the world and chasing the endless summer. He regales Veronica with stories of his adventures, and intrigued, she throws caution to the wind and joins him on a trip to the Sahara Desert. Soon, Veronica finds herself following Oz to Croatia and France, where she tries reinventing herself.
As she grows closer to Oz, Veronica realizes she may not be the only one who's playing a manipulation game, and that sometimes what we want to see gets in the way of reality.
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Abortion and unintended pregnancy in six Indian states: findings and implications for policies and programs
This report summarizes 2015 state-level findings from a large-scale study of six Indian states titled Unintended Pregnancy and Abortion in India (UPAI). Focusing on Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, the report estimates the incidence of abortions occurring in facility and nonfacility settings. …
The sexual and reproductive health and rights of young people in India: a review of the situation
This paper synthesises the evidence on sexual and reproductive health situation of young people in India, sheds light on those sub-populations of young people who are most vulnerable to adverse sexual and reproductive outcomes, and assesses the barriers that compromise the sexual and reproductive health and rights of young people at the individual and family levels, as well as at the programme delivery level.
Scaling up of life skills based education in Pakistan: a case study
Young people between the ages of 10 and 19 make up 23% of Pakistan's population. In Pakistan, young people face many challenges in terms of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) issues. These include early marriage and pregnancy, low use of contraception, use of unsafe abortion, lack of relevant information and poor knowledge about bodily development including puberty and menstruation, sexuality, reproduction and HIV. …
The sexual and reproductive health of young Victorians
The Sexual and Reproductive Health of Young Victorians is a report resulting from a collaborative project between the Family Planning Victoria, the Royal Women's Hospital and the Centre for Adolescent Health in Victoria, Australia. The goal of the project was to further the community's understanding of young Victorians' sexual and reproductive health - and to propose ways in which it might be improved. …
Towards adulthood : exploring the sexual and reproductive health of adolescents in South Asia
The publication provides a comprehensive overview of the socio-demographic and sexual and reproductive health situation of adolescents in South Asia, including available evidence about the health risks and challenges that young people face in South Asian countries.
Adolescent and youth reproductive health in Indonesia: status, issues, policies, and programs
This assessment of adolescent reproductive health in Indonesia is part of a series of assessments in 13 countries in Asia and the Near East. The purpose of the assessments is to highlight the reproductive health status of adolescents in each country, within the context of the lives of adolescent boys and girls. The report begins with the social context and gender socialization that set girls and boys on separate lifetime paths in terms of life expectations, educational attainment, job prospects, labour force participation, reproduction, and duties in the household. …
Adolescent and youth reproductive health in Nepal: status, issues, policies, and programs
This assessment of adolescent reproductive health in Nepal is part of a series of assessments in 13 countries in Asia and the Near East. The purpose of the assessments is to highlight the reproductive health status of adolescents in each country, within the context of the lives of adolescent boys and girls. The report begins with the social context and gender socialization that set girls and boys on separate lifetime paths in terms of life expectations, educational attainment, job prospects, labour force participation, reproduction, and duties in the household. …
Contraceptive practice in Quirino Province, Philippines: experiences of side effects
The qualitative research study examines the contraceptive practices and understanding of women in Quirino Province, Philippines that have led many women to discontinue use of contraception even though they do not wish to become pregnant. Three factors are examined for their impact on contraceptive use behaviour; occurrence of side effects, spousal relations, and quality of care.
Demographic profile
This booklet describes the adolescent population of fourteen countries in terms of their demographic profile such as their poulation size, age of marriage, educational attainment, employment, and health, among others. This followed by an overall picture of the reproductive and sexual health characteristics of the adolescents through their fertility practices, teen pregnancy/childbearing abortion, HIV/AIDS and STDs, family planning and contraception. …
Communication and advocacy strategies, adolescent reproductive and sexual health: case study, Lao PDR
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Merely talking, with zoning, you can determine which areas obtain cooled as well as which areas do not. With a non-ductless cooling system, you're cooling down a whole home. This can be ineffective– and sometimes, wasteful.
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Don't know yet where to watch the Full Live Video Streaming, Telecast or Coverage of the 57th Presidential Inauguration on Monday January 21, 2012.
I listed below the full guide list of time, schedules and popular Websites covering, streaming live online the Second Inauguration of President Obama.
ABC News-Yahoo! News live-streamed coverage that will start on Sunday, January 20, at 11:55 a.m. ET, followed by continuous coverage on Monday, January 21, from 9:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. ET, anchored by ABC News' Dan Harris along with Yahoo! News' Olivier Knox.
The White House is also going to stream the inauguration live on YouTube on Monday, starting at 11 a.m. ET.
ABC News will live stream the entire inauguration ceremony on its site, starting on Monday at 9:30 a.m. ET.
NBC News will feature a live stream on its site and its iOS app starting Monday at 10 a.m. ET.
CBS News is going to stream Monday's event on Ustream, starting at 9 a.m. ET.
Fox News will begin its online live coverage Monday at 10:30 a.m.
Univision's Spanish-language live stream of the inauguration starts Monday at 11 a.m. on YouTube.
CNN is not only streaming Monday's events starting at 11:30 a.m. ET, but also Sunday's official swearing-in of President Obama (11:55 a.m.) and Vice-President Biden (8:15 a.m.).
MSN News will stream the inauguration live on its site.
Hulu is featuring live streams from Fox News, ABC and Yahoo News, the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times. For detailed times, check Hulu's live streaming page.
C-SPAN will stream pretty much everything on its site, starting Sunday at 7:30 a.m. ET.
The Wall Street Journal will be on YouTube with a live stream as well, which will also be available through its WSJ live apps on the iPad, on Android devices and various Smart TV platforms.


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A ridge moves onto the South Island on Saturday, southerlies further north. Southerlies pick up again for the South Island on Sunday, calmer conditions further north for most.
Mostly sunny for the western North Island on Saturday, there may be a shower or two affect southern Taranaki through to Kapiti at times. Showers for much of the day along the east coast. The South Island is mostly sunny, some morning cloud Banks Peninsula northwards breaks away, perhaps a morning shower for coastal Marlborough.
A mix of sun and cloud for most North Island regions on Sunday, a few showers move through the Waikato in the morning then the Auckland region in the afternoon. The Bay Of Plenty has a mainly sunny day. Sunny for the west and north of the South Island, a southerly change pushing into Southland early morning brings showers, reaching Canterbury in the afternoon.


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Gazette Column: "Winter offers a whole new way to view and enjoy the forest"
January 19, 2008 NorthAssocAdmin
Today's Gazette features Virginia Otis's monthly column about nature…
"Go to the winter woods. There is nothing more beautiful than the forest clothed to its very hollows in snow," wrote Fiona MacLeod in "Where The Forest Murmurs." (1906) It is an invitation to go snowshoeing, skiiing, or hiking on snowmobile trails to see that clean beauty all around and to breathe the cold, purifying air into our lungs…
In winter the hardwood trees are revealed in their nakedness, their upper [limbs] a lacy pattern against the sky. In the woods the russet and pallid gold of unshed beech leaves seem colorful against the gray trunks of trees and the dead white of snow. The sun's light caresses the boles of trees and changes the hemlock's dusky foliage to a golden green…
…the ice storm is revealed in its crystalline beauty. We walk along the road in awe, studying the changing colors of frozen prisms on the twigs of bushes and trees. They are like Jewels…rubies, sapphires, and emeralds, set off by silver and gold…
Photo Essay: Our Woods in Winter
Photo Essay: Millyard Brook Swells with Water in Winter
Photo Essay: The Forest Behind View Avenue
The Nature of Northampton: Henry James and Tracy Kidder
Henry James, writing in Roderick Hudson
Rowland watched the shadows on Mount Holyoke, listened to the gurgle of the river, and sniffed the balsam of the pines. A gentle breeze had begun to tickle their summits, and brought the smell of the mown grass across from the elm-dotted river meadows. He sat up beside his companion and looked away at the far-spreading view. It seemed to him beautiful, and suddenly a strange feeling of prospective regret took possession of him. Something seemed to tell him that later, in a foreign land, he would remember it lovingly and penitently.
Tracy Kidder, interview with Marianne Doezema
In fact, continuity is one of the things I like about New England. I grew up on Long Island in the 1950s, and the place where I was raised has essentially vanished. It was bulldozed. For me it's reassuring that my "replacement" home has changed less. In fact, we know that over the last 150 years quite dramatic changes have occurred—almost every tree was cut at one time, for example—but the landscape has returned in many respects to the way it was in the early 19th century…
…[the mountains and old buildings] served as reminders that these things were here before you and will be here after you're gone. The geographic features, especially, give you a sense of your own place in the world and in time.
UMass Press: "Natural Land: Preserving and Funding Open Space"
Protecting open space is often about protecting what makes a community special and unique… At the small-town or village scale, a forested hillside or surrounding farmland helps create a unique sense of place. Furthermore, preserving open space helps to create distinct edges that stop the blurring of community boundaries that is characteristic of urban sprawl. Defining what is unique about one's community and identifying places that are special to local residents is an important part of the overall planning process (Hester 1990)…
Greening Smart Growth: The Sustainable Sites Initiative
Physiological functions, the core processes of our bodies, are positively affected by experiences with nature. For example, hospital patients who have a view of natural landscapes (as opposed to built structures) recover faster from surgery and require less pain medication.[40] In addition, heart rate, blood pressure, and other measures return to normal levels more quickly when people view natural rather than urban landscapes after a stressful experience.[41]
…Shared green spaces, particularly those with trees, provide settings for people to interact and strengthen social ties.
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AP: 2007 sales of single-family homes "plunged by the largest amount in 25 years"


ON March 11, I wrote to this paper essentially asking our local member what she meant when saying Mildura deserved better in regard to the Mildura Base Hospital.
Our member campaigned strongly on returning the hospital to being run by the government instead of private enterprise, and in her maiden speech to State Parliament reiterated her view that a publicly run the hospital would be a better deal for the health care our region.
In that speech she retold the story of Ilona Legin who it seems unfortunately received an incorrect dose of chemotherapy while being treated by/at the Mildura Base Hospital; and very sadly, subsequently passed away from her cancer sometime after this incident was discovered.
It was suggested and, if not insinuated, by our member that this extremely unfortunate death would not have occurred if our hospital had been run as a public hospital.
Without in any way wishing to denigrate the memory of Ilona, I would point out that on March 21, 2019, a Coroner's report was publicly released on the incidence of under-dosed chemotherapy administered at and by the Royal Adelaide Hospital Haematology Unit, a world recognised pre-eminent leukaemia treatment facility.
It concluded that there were four deaths as a result (and 10 patients affected). Do not let the fact that the RAH is indeed a publicly-run and government-owned hospital escape you.
If our local member and her Return Mildura Base Hospital cohorts are pushing for its return to public (government) operation, then they should carefully consider this report as it essentially pulls the rug cleanly from under their feet on this platform of their argument.
Now, can we return to the question, which is: what factual evidence can our local member provide to support her contention that a publicly-run Mildura Base Hospital would be better for this community?
At the risk of becoming repetitive Ms Cupper, better than what? And for that matter, how?
The election is over. You are our local member. It's time to drop the rhetoric of your political campaigning and come up with some facts so that the public who you represent, can at least decide the matter for themselves.


Kampala. Former Finance minister Syda Bumba has asked government to amend the Islamic Banking and Finance Regulations to realign them to the sector needs and new innovations.
For instance, she cited the failure of the current regulations to capture some components such as Islamic Insurance and how Muslims should participate in the activities of the stock exchange in regard to Islamic norms.
"Some of the things they are saying in the regulations cannot work under Islamic Banking for instance, the Central Bank, is the lender of the last resort, commercial banks under Islamic Banking cannot go to the Central Bank when it is charging interest," she said.
Dr Tasha Ahmed Kasule, the Islamic Finance Consultants chief executive officer, said the challenge is not with the Central Bank being the lender of last resort, but the need for Bank of Uganda to define clearly, how they can capitalise the banks while following the Sharia compliant terms.
He also disagreed with Ms Bumba on the argument that Islamic Banking should have its own regulator.
Mr Fabian Kasi, the Centenary Bank managing director, expressed interest in Islamic Banking, saying the bank is innovative and will incorporate the new form of operation, once the regulations are fully operational and at the request of its customers.
Bank of Uganda issued regulations on Islamic Banking in February.


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Q: BabylonJS Radial vs Rectangular Textures (Conversion or Code Change) I am working with the planetary textures from this site. They are all in rectangular form.

However, in my BabylonJS application, textures are expected to be like this.

I have tried setting the coordinates mode, but it doesn't seem to do anything.
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material.diffuseTexture.coordinatesMode = BABYLON.Texture.SPHERICAL_MODE;
material.diffuseTexture.coordinatesMode = BABYLON.Texture.EXPLICIT_MODE;
material.diffuseTexture.coordinatesMode = BABYLON.Texture.SPHERICAL_MODE;
material.diffuseTexture.coordinatesMode = BABYLON.Texture.PLANAR_MODE;
material.diffuseTexture.coordinatesMode = BABYLON.Texture.CUBIC_MODE;
material.diffuseTexture.coordinatesMode = BABYLON.Texture.PROJECTION_MODE;
material.diffuseTexture.coordinatesMode = BABYLON.Texture.SKYBOX_MODE;

Is there a way to convert between these two kinds of textures? Alternatively, are their planet textures like the bottom.

A: In fact this is related to the texture coordinates embedded into your mesh. You should use Blender to export different coordinates or you can also play with texture.uOffset, texture.vOffset, texture.uScale and texture.vScale to move your texture on your mesh

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Inflation: How much more are you spending for that breakfast these days?
Hannah Morse
Consumer reporter Hannah Morse explores how price increases are impacting our daily lives, from shopping to entertainment to meals and more.
The breakfast quiche at Lisa Cavanagh's home was once a welcome part of her weekend routine.
But these days, the savory medley of ham, tomatoes, hashbrowns and, most crucial, fluffy eggs is more like a delicacy.
"Eggs are crazy expensive," Cavanagh said after a recent trip to Publix in Boynton Beach. "I make less things that require a lot of eggs."
A dollar today doesn't go as far as it once did even a year ago, influencing to varying degrees how consumers spend their money across all facets of life.
Breakfast is no exception.
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Egg prices across the U.S. up by almost 60% in the last year
The cost hikes are painstakingly documented in government surveys. Egg prices across the United States, for instance, went up by almost 60% in the last year, the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics' Consumer Price Index said.
But the changes are visible before our very eyes, our receipts, and our wallets.
Publix, for one, currently sells a 30-count tray of eggs for $13.03, an 18-egg carton for $8.40, a dozen for $6 and $4.17 for a half-dozen. Down the street at Walmart, shoppers can save a buck or two with a dozen eggs going for $4.64 and an 18-count for $6.91.
Say you're seeking out the classic breakfast essentials at once at Publix. Sans coupons, you could look at your cost two ways: either by the overall lowest sticker price on the product or the lowest unit price on each item.
While the lowest sticker price will help you stay within the budget during a shopping trip, the unit price — the number in the corner of the shelf label that breaks down the cost per weight or number in the package — might not mean immediate savings, but rather savings over the long term.
But, for simplicities' sake, let's use the sticker price.
On this list: eggs, bacon, bread, coffee, orange juice, milk and cereal.
Depending on your needs, eggs will run you between $4 and $13. Add in a 12- or 16-ounce package of bacon at $9.99 or $5.29, respectively, whether it's Black Label or Publix brand. A loaf of Publix's white enriched bread sells for $2.39 and the fresh bakery bread costs roughly $4.39.
Coffee choice is definitely a matter of taste. A 12-ounce bag of Starbucks coffee went for $11.99, but Canada's own Tim Hortons went for a deal at $7.99. On the other end, specialty brands like Death Wish, which calls itself the "World's Strongest Coffee," can run you $19.99 a bag.
A 1.6 quart of Tropicana orange juice, less than a half gallon, was $4.79, but Publix's brands had offerings at either end of the spectrum, $3.79 for a half gallon from concentrate or $5.49 for its Greenwise organic option.
Milk was $4.95 for a gallon of the store's brand, or $7.19 for organic. And cereal went for $2.40 for certain Publix brands like Bran Flakes or Almonds & Oats, or $7.09 for a "Giant Size" of Honey Bunches of Oats.
The total? Anywhere between $30.98 and $67.17.
It's a rarity that Peggy Tomasino was even shopping at Publix, with Aldi, Walmart and Costco higher in her rotation because of their cheaper prices. But that Tuesday in mid-January, she needed specific ingredients for a chicken soup and the grocer was closest by.
While Tomasino doesn't necessarily bill herself as a "breakfast person," she usually keeps some eggs at home at all times. She refrained from restocking this time, though.
"Normally if I only had a few left, I'd be buying another dozen eggs," she said while loading the trunk of her car. "Guess what? I didn't buy them because I couldn't bring myself to spend $7 on a dozen eggs."
Despite soaring egg prices making headlines across the country, that product wasn't the most costly breakfast item for Cavanagh.
This trip, she said "no" to English muffins. The Thomas brand goes for $5.29, roughly $2 more than it used to be, she said. But since cereal is one of her typical breakfast purchases, she grabbed a box of Wheat Chex for $5.
Aside from the Publix brands, it was tough to find anything cheaper than that, she said.
"I just think that eating at home is still more cost-effective. I don't not buy what I know that we will eat, but maybe I just don't buy as much of it," she said.
When planning for meals, Cavanagh forgoes the list and lets Publix decide. She'll seek out BOGO deals, where you purchase an item and you get a second free item, too, "even if it's stuff I don't love, just because you get more for your money."
"I kind of base my meals around what the cost is, rather than writing a list and knowing what I'm going to get," she said, noting she took advantage of the sale on meatballs that day. "I wait until I get to the store to see what is a good buy."
At a nearby Walmart, Iza Gonzalez finished her shopping trip with a carton of eggs in tow.
"I think I try to keep buying what I usually buy," she said. "I just try to go to different places to get a better price."
Like others, she's keenly aware of price increases, not only with groceries but with entertainment and insurance, too.
Frank Ventura, just a few lanes away in the parking lot, said he has noticed the cost of his breakfast going up, particularly for Cheerios and the Coffee-Mate for his cup of joe.
But that hasn't stopped him from buying his essentials, and doesn't have him scouring several stores to get the best price.
"I don't pay any attention. I buy it and that's it. Do we have a choice?" he said. "It'll cost me more gas to shop around."
While some might not pay too much mind to what goes into their shopping cart, others are doing more mental math and changing their habits.
"It makes you stop and think of what you need to buy and what you don't need," Tomasino added. "You stick with your priorities."
This story is part of an occasional series that explores how price increases are impacting our daily lives, from shopping to entertainment to meals and more. If there is a category of your spending that has been impacted by price increases, no matter how small or large, reach out to Palm Beach Post consumer reporter Hannah Morse at hmorse@pbpost.com or 561-820-4833. Follow her on Twitter @mannahhorse.


Printable Kindergarten English Language Arts Worksheets and Study Guides.
K.L.1. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
K.L.1.b. Use frequently occurring nouns and verbs.
K.L.1.c. Form regular plural nouns orally by adding /s/ or /es/ (e.g., dog, dogs; wish, wishes).
K.L.2. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
K.L.2.a. Capitalize the first word in a sentence and the pronoun I.
K.L.2.c. Write a letter or letters for most consonant and short-vowel sounds (phonemes).
K.L.2.d. Spell simple words phonetically, drawing on knowledge of sound-letter relationships.
K.L.5. With guidance and support from adults, explore word relationships and nuances in word meanings.
K.L.5.a. Sort common objects into categories (e.g., shapes, foods) to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent.
K.RF.3. Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
K.RF.3.b. Associate the long and short sounds with common spellings (graphemes) for the five major vowels.
K.RF.3.c. Read common high-frequency words by sight (e.g., the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does).
K.RF.2. Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).
K.RF.2.a. Recognize and produce rhyming words.
K.RF.1. Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print.
K.RF.1.a. Follow words from left to right, top to bottom, and page by page.
K.RI.5. Identify the front cover, back cover, and title page of a book.
K.RI.2. With prompting and support, identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.
K.RL.2. With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details.
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A Credit Card is nothing but a plastic card which allows you to but things that you need, now and pay for them later. This is why they are so popular. However, you just cannot go out there and start shopping with the credit card with out any limit. You have something called as the credit limit. You can make purchases using your credit card only till you reach your credit limit.
The credit card companies will charge you interest on the credit balance that you have with the card. So, as long as you pay those interests properly and on time and also you do not reach your limit, every thing is fine.
But it is always better for you to have a proper understanding about the technicalities of the credit card. Below are few of the most frequently asked questions regarding the basics of the card.
It is nothing but money that you have to pay to your creditors for the money that they have given you.
2) What are these percentages and "interest rates"?
"Interest Rate" determines how much extra money you have got to pay to the credit card company for the credit that you availed from them. It is a percentage relating with the outstanding balance that you have. It is mostly called as the Annual Percentage Rate or APR. The lesser the rate, the lower the interest you have to pay.
3) Why should any body choose to use credit card that has a high APR?
Most people do not make such a choice. It is the bank that decides the interest rate based on your credit report. If you pose higher risk then you will have to pay a high interest rate and vice versa. This is why having a good credit report is very important.
One reason why people themselves choose a card charging high interest rates is because such cards offer privileges or rewards which will benefit the holder. Therefore, these special perks will cancel out the effect of the high interest rates. However, this is not suitable for most of the people.
4) What is "Outstanding Balance"?
It is the total amount owed by you to the credit card company. It includes the money that you actually spent and also, the interest that is charged by the credit card company for what you spent.
5) If I pay the thing called as "Minimum Payment", then is I ok?
That something, is the lowest payment which you have to make to the credit card company towards your credit balance. It varies every month as it depends on your credit balance. Paying just the minimum balance is legally fine but habitually very dangerous. Most part of the payment will go towards the interest and therefore, your credit balance will decrease only very lightly. Therefore, try to pay much more than the minimum payment or even better, pay your entire credit balance and become debt free.


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Separatists Hold Snap Secession Vote in Rebel-Held Eastern Ukraine
Image: Evgeny Feldman
By Christopher Miller 2014-05-11 13:59:50 UTC
UPDATED: 4:40 p.m. ET
Highlights: 3 things you need to know now
Luhansk's regional governor said referendum failed. "Luhansk Oblast has said firmly 'No!' to the illegal 'referendum.'"
Some people in Donetsk were allowed to vote without identification, and other reportedly voted multiple times.
Ukraine National Guardsmen open fire on crowd outside a town hall. Deaths reported.
DONETSK, Ukraine — As the sun rose early Sunday morning over the slag heaps that dot this industrial region, separatist leaders were still hammering away on hastily erected voting booths in which residents of Donetsk would soon cast ballots in a haphazard referendum on seceding from Ukraine and creating a new, quasi-independent republic.
Ballot boxes used in past presidential elections and adorned with the Ukrainian crest were redecorated with the separatist flag of the self-proclaimed "Donetsk People's Republic." In at least one centrally-located Donetsk office, volunteers frantically stacked and sorted printed explainers and poorly photocopied ballots that asked: "Do you support the act of state sovereignty of the Donetsk People's Republic?" Voters could chose between just two options: "Yes" or "No."
See also: In Pictures, Eastern Ukraine Votes in 'Self-Rule' Referendum
They did so in defiance of interim Ukrainian President Oleksandr Turchynov, who called it "illegal" and warned that it would be a "step into the abyss." Perhaps their most prominent backer, Russian President Vladimir Putin, recommending earlier in the week that the referendum be postponed.
Donbas residents swarm polling stations across east #Ukraine to vote in referendum (PHOTOS) http://t.co/mAdEnhyiJP pic.twitter.com/Y7EtPDj9Nr
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) May 11, 2014
The vote comes as Ukraine teeters on the precipice of civil war and while pro-Russian separatists occupy more than 25 government buildings of strategic importance in more than a dozen eastern Ukrainian cities across the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. They have engaged in all-out gun battles in recent weeks with Ukraine's armed forces, who have tried to purge them from the buildings and stop preparations for Sunday's referendum.
The latest violence occurred Sunday in Krasnoarmeisk when Ukrainian national guardsmen opened fire Sunday on a crowd outside a town hall. An official for the region's pro-Russian insurgents said there were fatalities. The shootings came hours after dozens of guardsmen shut down voting in the referendum.
An Associated Press photographer who witnessed the shooting said two people were seen lying unmoving on the ground. Insurgent leader Denis Pushilin was quoted by the ITAR-Tass news agency as saying there were an unspecified number of deaths. This video shows the shooting:
Much earlier on Sunday a gunfight broke out overnight on Sunday in Sloviansk, where armed Kremlin-backed rebels clashed with Ukrainian forces in an attempt to capture the city's TV tower, apparently in a bid to control programming on referendum day. The shootout reportedly kept many there away from voting booths. Ukrainian online news website Insider reported that less than a third of residents had cast their ballots in Sloviansk by midday.
In Mariupol, the eastern port city on the Sea of Azov where separatists clashed with Ukrainian armed forces last Friday, leaving at least seven dead, there were only eight polling stations for the city's almost half a million people. Lines stretched for blocks as people waited to vote at makeshift outdoor polling stations.
One Mariupol resident Mashable spoke with on Saturday, a factory worker, said he had been "on the fence" about how he'd vote in the referendum. But after the violence, during which several unarmed people were shot and seriously injured, he said he was "absolutely voting 'Yes'" on Sunday.
"I think after the killings we are 90 percent to 10 percent in favor of the referendum [to secede from Ukraine]," he added.
Briefly, the city council building there caught fire, reportedly after being struck by Molotov cocktails. Fireman doused the building in flames, but it continued to smolder through the afternoon.
Meanwhile, throngs of people flocked to the nearly 3,000 polling stations elsewhere in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk and Luhansk regions to cast their votes in the slapdash referendum arranged by separatist activists with no prior experience, a handful of Xerox machines for printing ballots and two-year-old voter lists. The whole operation, their volunteers told Mashable, cost less than $2,000.
Huge crowds at polling stations in #Donetsk. No order, total chaos. Referendum organizer Mikhail sweating profusely. pic.twitter.com/Wr7wtUrIwz
No security markings adorned the ballots, making them vulnerable to manipulation and fraud. Also, no international observers were present to confirm the legitimacy of the referendum.
But that didn't mean the vote couldn't be fair, according to the separatists' head election official, Roman Liahin, a 33-year-old former advisor to the ousted President Viktor Yanukovych's Party of Regions. "Anyone who wants to observe the referendum can do so," he said in an interview with Mashable. "That's free and fair."
However, in an interview with Reuters, Liahin confessed that the referendum was illegal. "Okay, it's not really in line with the law, but I think that's the only way out," the news agency quoted him as saying.
Turnout in Donetsk Region had already exceeded 30 percent by midday, Liahin told Russian state news agency ITAR-TASS, calling it "off the charts."
"We think that by around midday, this figure may be about 35 percent, but we are expecting things to really pick up towards the evening."
Polling stations visited by Mashable in Donetsk teemed with people. Several people, however, expressed confusion and said they believed the vote was not for independence, but for more autonomy within greater Ukraine.
Most ballots seen in the clear ballot boxes showed "yes" votes. But two "no" votes stuck out like sore thumbs. Commenting on one visible "no" ballot, a middle-aged woman with bouffant hair grumbled, "Foo!" and scrunched her face.
With lines snaking out the school's doors, many opted simply to check their ballots on windowsills and against walls before dropping them into ballot boxes. Mashable observed several voters casting ballots without presenting passports to referendum organizers, in violation of all election norms. Moreover, several instances of people voting multiple times were reported by local news website Novosti Donbass, which also said that one of its reporters had voted three times in the referendum and would continue to vote "no" as many times as he would be allowed.
Several acts of intimidation were also reported. Novosti Donbass said that its reporters witnessed referendum officials tearing apart those ballots marked with "no," while several foreign photojournalists told Mashable that at the polling station inside Donetsk's School No. 1 two men with a pistol and shotgun stormed in and ordered media to stop filming and photographing the voting process. They left after a few minutes and without further incident.
A referendum organizer named Mikhail told Mashable at the polling station inside Donetsk's School No. 17 that more than 50 percent of voters had come out by 3 p.m. local time. Voting is due to end tonight at 10 p.m. local time and officials say they expect a the total turnout "will be around 70 percent and preliminary results will be announced a few hours after the polls close." Liahin said he expected a final tally of the votes sometime on Monday and that the results can't be challenged.
Meanwhile, in Luhansk Oblast, the referendum has failed, according to interim regional governor Iryna Verygina. In a statement on the regional administration's website, Verygina said, "We can strongly state now that Luhansk Oblast has said firmly 'No!' to the illegal 'referendum' of so called 'Luhansk People's Republic.'" She said that most people in the region were boycotting the vote, while others turned out to cast votes of "no" to separating from Ukraine.
The continuing turmoil that has engulfed the Luhansk region and led to a steep rise in criminal activity, there, has had a profound effect on the population, Verygina added. In recent weeks, the region has been plagued by looting, armed robberies and brutal murders.
But no matter the outcome, Kiev as well as the West already condemned the referendum as illegitimate.
President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry in the weeks leading up to the referendum said they would not recognize the results. They also have not recognized the results of a similar referendum held in the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea in March that led to the Kremlin bringing it into its fold. Germany and other European Union nations have expressed similar sentiments. All have slapped Russia with sanctions against high-ranking officials and business entities for Moscow's role in fomenting unrest in Ukraine and for its support of the secession vote in Crimea while under control of Russian soldiers.
In a statement issued on Saturday, State Department Spokesperson Jen Psaki reiterated the U.S. position, saying, "As the United States has said, the referenda being planned for May 11 in portions of eastern Ukraine by armed separatist groups are illegal under Ukrainian law and are an attempt to create further division and disorder. If these referenda go forward, they will violate international law and the territorial integrity of Ukraine. The United States will not recognize the results of these illegal referenda."
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The rapid emergence of multi- and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR/XDR-TB) has created a pressing public health problem, which mostly affects regions with HIV/AIDS prevalence and represents a new constraint in the already challenging disease management of tuberculosis (TB). The present work responds to the need to reduce the number of contagious MDR/XRD-TB patients, protect their immediate environment, and interrupt the rapid spread by laying the groundwork for an inhalation therapy based on anti-TB-active constituents of the essential oil (EO) of Eucalyptus citriodora. In order to address the metabolomic complexity of EO constituents and active principles in botanicals, this study applied biochemometrics, a 3-D analytical approach that involves high-resolution CCC fractionation, GC-MS analysis, bioactivity measurements, and chemometric analysis. Thus, 32 airborne anti-TB-active compounds were identified in E. citriodora EO: the monoterpenes citronellol (1), linalool (3), isopulegol (5), andα-terpineol (7) and the sesquiterpenoids spathulenol (11), β-eudesmol (23), and τ-cadinol (25). The impact of the interaction of multiple components in EOs was studied using various artificial mixtures (AMxs) of the active monoterpenes 1, 2, and 5 and the inactive eucalyptol (33). Both neat 1 andthe AMx containing 1, 2, and 33 showed airborne TB inhibition of>90%, while the major E. citriodora EO component, 2, was only weakly active, at 18% inhibition.


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Letter: Supporters of LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy write to the school board
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PUBLISHED: October 25, 2013 at 12:00 a.m. | UPDATED: August 28, 2017 at 8:02 a.m.
A group of supporters of Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent John Deasy have written a letter to the school board in the wake of reports that Deasy is planning to resign.


Once again this year, the display cases on the Hublot stand, designed by Dietlin Artisans in Romanel, were a star attraction at Baselworld 2012 right from the start of the exhibition.
Specially designed for the event and located at the main entrance to the stand, one display in particular reflected the image of Hublot watches. It was an event all on its own. Even a world first.
"Puzzled and questioning" visitors crowded around the display to marvel at a Tourbillon carbon watch levitating in space, "carried by the wind", with no fixtures or supports, in the centre of an illuminated case.
But how was the watch supported? This was the first time a levitating watch had been displayed. On closer inspection, components (body, face, winder) could also be observed orbiting around the product. The objects moved slowly, with a kind of contemplative poetry, perfectly showcasing the innovative materials and technologies demanded by Hublot.
"They're using pressurised gas to make the objects levitate" (this was the red herring published by Business Montres that gave the security staff at Baselworld such a scare).
We could quote many more "theories", however extremely few visitors came up with the correct solution for the "mysterious" traditional timepieces and watches in which the mechanism is replaced by invisible sapphire crystals.
The Levitation display case will be appearing in some exclusive Hublot stores throughout the world.
On the strength of the amazing success of this world first, Dietlin Artisans is now working on some new concepts for Hublot: the huge works in the new Hall 1 at Baselworld and Hublot's new stand for next year are paving the way for innovative display techniques. Visitors to Hublot's stand at Baselworld 2013 will not be disappointed.


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Floristic diversity in the Kashmir Himalaya: progress, problems and prospects
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The Kashmir Himalaya, being nestled within north-western folds of the Himalaya, harbours a rich floristic diversity of immense scientific interest and enormous economic potential. Though scientific studies on the floristic diversity in the Kashmir Himalaya have been started about two centuries ago, yet they fall short of the requirements needed urgently in the post-Rio Summit. In fact, at the spatial scale, many far flung areas and difficult terrains in the hinterland are still either least- or totally-unexplored; and at the taxon scale, floristic studies especially with regard to the lower plants are insufficient, thus posing serious problems in assessing the floristic diversity in the region. With such a perspective in hindsight, the present paper dilates upon the progress achieved so far, highlights the problems being faced and envisages the future prospects with regard to floristic diversity in this region. First, a broad overview of the current status of floristic diversity in this Himalayan region is presented, followed by a critical analysis of the knowledge base presently available on various taxonomic groups of plants. The yawing gaps in our knowledge of floristic diversity in this region are identified and an action plan to bridge these gaps is also outlined. Hopefully, addressing these challenges in the immediate future could facilitate the documentation, conservation and sustainable use of plant resources in this region, so as to steer this 'Himalayan Paradise' towards the path of sustainable development
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John II the Younger () (26 March 1584 – 9 August 1635) was the Duke of Zweibrücken from 1604 until 1635.

Life
John was born in Bergzabern in 1584 as the eldest son of John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken and his wife, Magdalene of Jülich-Cleves-Berg. He succeeded his father in 1604 and in 1606 he took back possession of the lordship of Bischweiler in Alsace for the House of Wittelsbach from a vassal, Flach von Schwanzenberg. In 1611 he executed his late father's dispositions in favour of his younger brothers, Friedrich Casimir and Johann Casimir, giving them, respectively, the appanages of Landsberg and Neukastell, retaining for his own realm most of Zweibrücken.

From 1610 until 1612 he was the guardian of Frederick V, Elector Palatine. In this function he was briefly the deputy of the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolph II in 1612, and he minted coins with the Imperial two-headed eagle on reverse.

His first wife having died in 1607, he remarried a cousin, daughter of the Elector Palatine at Heidelberg in May and two months later purchased the estate of Birlenbach (Bas-Rhin), which included dependent manors from Eberhard, Count of Ribeaupierre.

John died in 1635 in Metz and is buried alongside other counts/dukes of the house's line, in the crypt of Alexander's Church () in Zweibrücken, built in 1493 by his ancestor Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken.

Family and children
John married Catherine de Rohan (20 June 1578 - 10 May 1607), daughter of René II, Viscount of Rohan on 26 August 1604 and had the following daughter:
Magdalena Catherine (26 April 1607 - 20 January 1648), married to Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler
John married Louise Juliana (16 July 1594 - 28 April 1640), daughter of Frederick IV, Elector Palatine, on 13 May 1612 and had the following children:
Elizabeth Louise Juliana (16 July 1613 - 29 March 1667), Abbess of Herford
Catherine Elizabeth Charlotte (11 January 1615 - 21 March 1651), married to Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg
Frederick (5 April 1616 - 9 July 1661)
Anne Sybille (20 July 1617 - 9 November 1641)
John Louis (22 July 1619 - 15 October 1647)
Juliana Magdalena (23 April 1621 - 25 March 1672), married to Frederick Louis, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
Maria Amalie (19 October 1622 - 11 June 1641)

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Q: Color recoginition in iTunes? When Selecting the Album View in iTunes and clicking on a cover art, iTunes expands a colored band, that matches the cover art. Interestingly, font colors and highlight colors are also chosen to create a good match to the cover. I am working on an algorithm that does the same, but did not come up with a good solution to automatically find dominant colors in an image. My best solution is to take the respective median values of r, g and b. Any better ideas?

A: There was an excellent blog post recently about finding dominant colors in images by using k-means clustering.  I'm not sure how well it will apply to your situation, but it might be a great starting point.
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Disney Announces Star Wars: XI Release, Lion King, and Others
Riley Sinclair
Six of Disney's upcoming, big name movies just got release dates.
Star Wars: Episode IX, easily the most anticipated of the three films, is slated for May 24, 2019, Memorial Day weekend. This also happens to be exactly one year after the Han Solo standalone movie's release. The date breaks the pattern set by The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi of Christmas release dates and returns to the old Star Wars standard of summer release dates (just like the first six movies). We don't know much about the plot yet but they'll be leaving plenty of time to dole out hints while fans wait. And at least the Han Solo movie will be in there to break up the wait.
Upcoming Disney Sequels
Sequels seems to be a big priority right now if these announcements are to be any indication. Three releases grouped up with Star Wars may be met with excitement or groans depending who hears the titles: Frozen 2, Indiana Jones 5, and Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2. It's hard to imagine any groans following the Wreck-it-Ralph, but fans won't be happy to hear that the release has been delayed from March of 2018 to November of the same year. Frozen 2 will be met with more excitement than not, despite the oversaturation following the debut of sisters Elsa and Anna, and fans will be flocking to the theater for another installement on November 27, 2019. The final sequel announcement, Indiana Jones, may not get quite the reaction Disney was hoping for, seeing as The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was just a bit far fetched for fans (apparently the leap from Holy Relics to Aliens Artifacts was farther than some were willing to go). Also with Harrison Ford now in his 70s, fans have concerns as to who will be taking up the mantle. For better or worse the fifth installment of the is slated to open in theaters July 10, 2020, a year later than originally estimated.
Keeping with recent trends, Disney also announced the date of the upcoming live-action Lion King musical, produced by Jon Favreau. He was producer behind the successful Jungle Book live-action movie from last year so fans can have high hopes for this fan favorite series. That will be coming out July 19, 2019.
The last announcement was for the animated story Gigantic, originally scheduled for November of 2018, now slotted for November 25, 2020. The movie will follow the story of a teen and his discovery of a beanstalk and the world of the giants in the clouds. He makes friends with a 60-foot 10 year old and has to help her to find her way home. It seems to be more than just a Jack and the Beanstalk retelling, so here's hoping for something spectacular from Disney.
There are plenty more movies on the docket so fans can expect many more announcements coming, and hopefully soon. Until then, the excitement from these will just have to hold them over.
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This means that logos that contain photographs will not always produce the same results with every application. Sure, a logo that utilizes a photograph can look phenomenal on a business card and really help to captivate an audience when uploaded to a website. However, when you re-size it and place it on something other than paper (perhaps on the side of a building or on sheet metal), you probably won't get the same stellar results.
You want a logo that can easily be scaled up or down if needed without compromising the quality of the design, and logos that contain photographs can present some major challenges when making these modifications. Make sure your logo is 100% vector.
Avoid the temptation to use a photograph in your logo design. Photographs have a tendency to date your brand to specified period in time, which can be evidenced by the style of clothing that people are wearing, prevalent colors in the photo, hairstyles, and more.
So what really makes logo design timeless? Typically, the more neutral your logo is, the more timeless it will be. This usually means a symmetrical design with clean lines and a modernist structure. These are not qualities that a photograph can offer.
A brandable logo design catches the eye and establishes a positive lasting impression of your business with your audience. The best logo designs are simple, scalable, memorable, versatile, and relevant. These are the characteristics that make your logo design brandable.
When photographs are used in logos, they negate the qualities that make for a good, brandable logo design. Photographs can make it more difficult for your audience to identify with your brand and run the risk of making your logo too generic. This could possibly cause your audience to confuse your brand for being representative of something else.
Your logo design could easily be the single most important aspect of your marketing. Rather than go about it alone and make a rookie mistake like using a photograph in your design, put your best foot forward and try hiring a professional graphic designer to create a logo that will help you stand apart from your competition.


In addition to a seasonal outdoor pool, Le Grande Plaza provides a health club, a spa tub, and a sauna. Dining is available at one of the hotel's 3 restaurants and guests can grab coffee at the coffee shop/café. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast each morning. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access.
This Tashkent hotel also offers tour/ticket assistance, multilingual staff, and gift shops/newsstands. For a surcharge, a roundtrip airport shuttle (available on request) is offered to guests. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
Le Grande Plaza is a smoke-free property.
Located in the heart of Tashkent, this hotel is within a 15-minute walk of Amir Timur Museum, Fine Arts Museum of Uzbekistan, and Amir Timur Monument. Navoi Opera Theater and History Museum are also within 1 mi (2 km).
3 restaurants, a health club, and a bar/lounge are available at this smoke-free hotel. Free buffet breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking are also provided. Additionally, a coffee shop/café, a spa tub, and a sauna are onsite.
All 167 rooms feature thoughtful touches like bathrobes and slippers, along with free WiFi and 24-hour room service. Other amenities available to guests include TVs, minibars, and coffee makers.
Le Grande Plaza offers 167 air-conditioned accommodations with minibars and safes. This Tashkent hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Bathrooms include showers, bathrobes, slippers, and complimentary toiletries. Business-friendly amenities include phones along with free local calls (restrictions may apply). Additionally, rooms include coffee/tea makers and hair dryers. Housekeeping is offered daily and irons/ironing boards can be requested.
Brasserie La Rotonde - This restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, dinner, and light fare. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. Open daily.
Raaj Kapur - This restaurant specializes in Indian cuisine and serves lunch and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. Open daily.
Myung Ga - This restaurant specializes in Asian cuisine and serves lunch and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. Open daily.
Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 27 per night.
A tax is imposed by the city: USD 5.60 per person, per night. This tax does not apply to children under 16 years of age.


"Being on a boat is one of the best ways to access the wellness benefits of the water."
We now know, thanks to science, that the mere sight and sound of water promotes wellness by lowering cortisol, increasing serotonin and inducing relaxation.
Boating triggers a restful, "Blue Mind" state of mind. It provides the means to get outside of daily routines, allowing our brains to reset. Being on a boat promotes physiological and psychological changes spanning health and wellness, awe and wonder, creativity and play, happiness and relaxation.
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This post originally appeared on the Discover Boating website. You can find it here.


Café Amici is now open for Weekend Brunch!
Stop by for a Mimosa, dive into a stack of fluffy pancakes with berries and cream or try our version of a brunch classic like our Avocado on toast topped with a fried egg and red pepper flakes. If you are in the mood for the more lunch side of brunch you can still get the famous Carciofi (baby artichoke salad) or Chef Viktor's house made Gnocchi (fluffy little pillows of potato and pasta).
With an on emphasis on artisanal Italian food and a relaxed ambience our little restaurant has always been a neighborhood favorite, so stop by for a Mimosa on our garden patio or enjoy a Bloody Mary in the rustic dining room.


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Q: How to call a Java program from a Clojure program ? package javaCodes;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileWriter;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.PrintWriter;

public class interm3parse {
public static boolean checkGroup(String str)throws IOException
{
    FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(path);
    BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(fis));
    String line = null;
    while((line=br.readLine())!=null)
    {
        if(line.contains(str))
        {
            return true;
        }
    }
    br.close();
    return false;

}
public static boolean checkPresence(String str) throws IOException
{
    FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(filepath);
    BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(fis));
    String line = null;
    while((line=br.readLine())!=null)
    {
        if(line.startsWith(str))
        {
            return true;
        }
    }
    br.close();
    return false;

}

public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(new       FileWriter("filepath"));
    FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream("filepath");
    BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(fis));
    String line = null;
    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
    String s=new String();
    while ((line = br.readLine()) != null)
    {
        s="";
        if(!line.startsWith("defmeasure")||(line==null))
         {
         String[] splitArray = line.split("\\s");
         s=s+splitArray[0];
         //System.out.println(splitArray[0]);
         for(int i=1;i<splitArray.length;i++)
          {
            if(splitArray[i].contains("/"))
            {
                String[] alias = splitArray[i].split("/");
                if(checkPresence(alias[1])||checkGroup(alias[1]))
                {
                    s=s+" "+alias[1];
                }
            }
            else
            {
                s=s+" "+splitArray[i];
            }
          }
         pw.write(s);
         pw.println();
         System.out.println(s);

         }
        else
        {
            //fw.write(line);
            //fw.write("\n");
            System.out.println(line);
            pw.write(line);
            pw.println();
        }
        }
    pw.flush();
    pw.close();

}//main

}//end of class

I have a user defined Java program (interm3parse.java) ;I want to call that program(functions) from clojure program ....Both the codes are working fine individually ..Java code is in javaCodes package........................clojure code is in anothernamespace.................................
Clojure code

(ns javaCodes.generalizedmeasuretocomp )

(defn output-Measure-Criterias-Final []
;;;Java program to replace all group components and remove aliases

)

A: You can call Java code from Clojure (assuming Java code classes are on Clojure application's classpath):
As your Java class defines static methods you can call them like that:
(ns javaCodes.generalizedmeasuretocomp
  (:import javaCodes.interm3parse))

(defn output-Measure-Criterias-Final []
  (javaCodes.interm3parse/checkGroup "some string"))

By the way I noticed that your Java code might not work correcly (but I guess it is only for illustration purposes). It uses some undefined names (e.g. filepath) and it might leak resources (when it returns true it won't close the input stream).
I think you should wrap your resources into try-with-resources statement, or write that code in Clojure using with-open:
(defn file-line-starts-with-str? [filename s]
  (with-open [reader (clojure.java.io/reader filename)]
    (->> reader
      (line-seq)
      (some #(clojure.string/starts-with? % s)))))


Also, and I don't know how easy this is to fix, but sometimes Illyana will attack something after it's dead -- for example, using a triple attack on two monsters, but slashing the first one twice, killing it on the first blow, and then hitting the second monster only once. I'm not sure how intelligently this bit of battle can be coded from your end, but it looks really weird for the end-user.
The issue with Illyana is something I do plan to fix sometime soon. As far as the get out monster, I wanted to lock that part of the game off to a player until they advanced enough in the story to access that area. It was a fun creative way to do so. Making an enemy that isn't killable, but also doesn't attack. The music chosen for that fight and the fact even at 0 health it doesn't die should be a sign to run as it's an unwinnable fight. My playtesters, to my surprise kept fighting it, thinking there would be something that would happen. An easteregg of sorts. Nothing was planned like that for this fight, but due to several people expecting something like that, I added in something special. A one hit kill move easter egg. Granted you'd have to be fighting it for a long while for this to happen. I recommend just running from it until you reach the point you can access that area.
OH, okay. I thought it was a bug, and I was super frustrated that the game was so broken. Cool. I look forward to updates!


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Video: Panthers announcer's pop culture reference experiment
Even though we watch the Florida Panthers with measurable indifference a keen eye for detail, we were unaware that radio play-by-play man Randy Moller was in fact the Randy Moller, former defenseman for the Quebec Nordiques, the New York Rangers, the Buffalo Sabres and the Panthers. Which is pretty cool.
Moller and Dan Le Batard, who hosts a sports-talk show on 790 The Ticket, conspired on a little experiment this season: Callers to Le Batard's show would suggest pop culture references for Moller, and he would then use them during his goal-calls for Panthers games. The following video put together by Le Barard's producers shows just how far this experiment has gone, and how hilarious its results have been:
Contrived, you say? Killjoys. For those keeping score at home, and in no particular order, we've got references to "Forrest Gump," "48 Hours," "Anchorman," "Old School," "Wedding Crashers," "Dumb and Dumber," Fozzie Bear, "Rounders," Def Leppard, "Se7en," "Kindergarten Cop" and "The Terminator" among many others.
From Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald last December, the inside scoop on Moller's goal calls:
Moller takes suggestions from listeners during a crossover with Le Batard and Weiner on nights of Panthers games, jots down the best, and uses them at moments he deems appropriate. He saves some that he likes but has no opportunity to use that night. He said hundreds of fans have e-mailed him with suggestions, including some from Western Canada who hear the broadcasts on satellite radio.
"We're having a blast with it," Moller said. "I take the position very seriously, but I don't take myself too seriously. But if we're down 5-0 with two minutes left and score a goal, I'm not going to do something. It doesn't fit the situation."
The Panthers have been supportive -- team president Michael Yormark "knows I won't go over the line," Moller said -- and Moller is careful to show restraint. "I absolutely stay away from anything that could be perceived as controversial or racial or derogatory," he said. "And I don't think we need the goal calls to become bigger than the goal itself. I don't want it to become a sideshow. If the mood and timing are right, I will continue this."
If he's still taking requests: "The Princess Bride." Preferably something from the Sicilian.
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Growing up as an anxious child, one of the biggest conflicts between my parents and me was my tendency to procrastinate on absolutely everything. It wasn't until I finally sought help for my anxiety many years later, that I learned that procrastination is actually a relatively common symptom of anxiety. It is something I still struggle with to this day, which is why I was particularly interested when I came across a new study, published in the Journal of Personality, where researchers examined this very phenomenon.
Neuroticism is classified as one of the "Big 5" personality traits, along with openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, and agreeableness. Neurotic people are more likely to experience anxiety disorders, depression, anger, irritability, and feelings of guilt. They are also more likely to become frustrated and overwhelmed by everyday situations, and to struggle with taking action.
The new study — a collaboration by researchers from Texas Tech University, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and the Battelle Center for Analytics and Public Health – surveyed nearly 4,000 participants from 19 countries on their mental health, their feelings on individualism vs. collectivism, and their feelings on action vs. inaction.
The researchers found that neurotic people largely have negative feelings toward action, and that anxiety is the primary reason for this. Additionally, more collectivist-minded people (who are more likely to consider the social consequences of their actions) also preferred inaction.
Procrastination and inaction due to anxiety can have an incredibly destructive effect on a person. I learned this firsthand during my struggles – I would feel too overwhelmed and anxious to take action, and then the consequences of my procrastination would lead to even more anxiety, and that cycle perpetuated itself until my life felt completely out of my control. I finally reached a place where I had to accept that my procrastination habit was only compounding my stress and anxiety, even though I was procrastinating in order to avoid stress and anxiety in the first place. This may seem fairly obvious to many people, but it's a familiar story to those who could be classified as neurotic.
While it is hard work, the researchers believe that it's possible for neurotic people to learn to become more proactive and willing to take action. In fact, studies have shown that when neurotic people also rank highly in the Big 5 trait of conscientiousness (characterized by being thorough, disciplined, and organized), they may actually have an advantage in the areas of physical and mental health.
If you're like me and would like to become more conscientious, a great place to start is by reading Dr. Alice Boyes' tips on overcoming inaction due to anxiety. In her Psychology Today article, she outlines six different kinds of anxiety-related procrastination, with strategies for how to get through them and how to be kinder to yourself in the process.
Thanks for the article. I really want to do something to overcome procrastination…..I found a self-help class at the local community college, but…mehhh…maybe take it it next year….


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