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Red Beet Salad

Red Beet Salad

Red Beet Salad Recipe

  • 3 medium sized beets, cooked
  • 1 ripe Asian pear, chopped into ½ inch pieces
  • ¼ cup walnuts, toasted
  • ¼ cup @MajesticGarlic Garlic Cream Spread
  • A few handfuls of salad greens of your choice
  • ¼-½ cup cooked quinoa (optional, for a heartier salad)
  • Micro sprouts, for garnish (also optional)
  • 1-2 Tbsp walnut oil
  • A drizzle of Coconut Vinegar
  • A drizzle of Coconut Aminos
  • Sea salt and fresh black pepper

Assemble all salad ingredients on a platter. Drizzle to taste with walnut oil, Coconut Vinegar, Coconut Aminos, salt and pepper.

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E. Frog Fights
time limit per test
2 seconds
memory limit per test
256 megabytes
standard input
standard output

Ostap Bender recently visited frog farm and was inspired to create his own frog game.

Number of frogs are places on a cyclic gameboard, divided into m cells. Cells are numbered from 1 to m, but the board is cyclic, so cell number 1 goes right after the cell number m in the direction of movement. i-th frog during its turn can jump for ai cells.

Frogs move in turns, game starts with a move by frog 1. On its turn i-th frog moves ai cells forward, knocking out all the frogs on its way. If there is a frog in the last cell of the path of the i-th frog, that frog is also knocked out. After this the value ai is decreased by the number of frogs that were knocked out during this turn. If ai is zero or goes negative, then i-th frog doesn't make moves anymore.

After frog number 1 finishes its turn, frog number 2 starts to move, then frog number 3 and so on. After the frog number n makes its move, frog 1 starts to move again, then frog 2 and so on this process goes forever. If some frog was already knocked out from the board, we consider that it skips all its moves.

Help Ostap to identify, what frogs will stay on the board at the end of a game?

First line of the input contains two integers n and m (1 ≤ n ≤ 100000, 1 ≤ m ≤ 109, n ≤ m) — number of frogs and gameboard size, respectively.

Following n lines contains frogs descriptions — two integers pi and ai (1 ≤ pi, ai ≤ m) — the number of cell occupied by i-th frog initially and initial jump length. All pi are guaranteed to be distinct.

In the first line output number of frogs on the final gameboard. In the second line output their numbers in any order.

3 5
2 1
5 3
4 3
5 6
1 2
3 4
2 5
5 1
6 1
1 4

In the first sample first frog jumps 1 cell and finishes in cell number 3. Second frog jumps for 3 cells and finishes on cell number 3, knocking out frog number 1. Current jump length for frog number 2 is now 2. Third frog jumps to cell 2, then second frog jumps to cell 5. Third frog in turn finishes in cell 5 and removes frog 2 from the gameboard. Now, it's the only remaining frog in the game.

In the second sample first frog jumps 2 cells and knocks out frogs in cells 2 and 3. Its value ai is now 0. Then fourth frog jumps and knocks out fifth frog and its ai is now 0 too. These two frogs will remains on the gameboard forever.

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Yesterday (probably the day before yesterday in some time zones), I decided to run an experiment on the "Fastest Gun In The West" phenomenon, in which early answers tend to get disproportionately rewarded compared to late answers.

My experiment involved this question, to which I posted two answers. For the first answer, in Underload, I intentionally aimed to post it as fast as possible (I had the answer ready about 10 minutes after I saw the question (I saw it about 10 minutes after it was posted)).

The second answer, in 7, was posted about 2½ hours after the first, and I had been working on it for most of that time.

I think the second answer is more or less objectively better than the first, in pretty much every dimension we care about:

  • The answers both belong to the same language family (concatenative low-level tarpit esolangs). So it's unlikely that the choice of language had a huge influence on the voting. Additionally, we can look at how well my answers in Underload and 7 normally do; Underload normally does fairly well, but 7 normally does better. So the first answer doesn't have an advantage in terms of language choice.

    Additionally, I created both of the languages in question, so there's no potential bias in terms of language creator / people-golfing-in-their-own-language; the two answers are symmetrical this way.

  • The first answer took almost no thought to write. It was a case of "what's a language where I can quickly write a quine, cat program and string printer?". The latter two are builtins in Underload, and it is trivial to modify one of the two standard Underload quines, (aS(:^)S):^ (which I have memorised, as does probably every Underload golfer), to contain a payload (or in this case, some extra useless characters). I made it even easier by picking an interpreter which (non-standardly) treats unknown characters as no-ops. Generally speaking, the recommendations are to not upvote trivial builtin-based solutions (and we should probably recommend not upvoting "trivial modification to a standard program" solutions, too).

    Contrasting with this, the second answer was much more difficult to write. Even printing a string literal has a range of subtleties in 7 (e.g. I spent a while pondering about whether there was a way to shorten it by somehow making use of the 6), and that was the easiest of the three programs to deal with. The quine took a while, because I'd never previously needed to fit a 6 into a quine before (or indeed, created a quine that wasn't just two identical halves that printed each other or where one printed the other twice), and so I spent some time working out a quine template that could make it work. The cat program was a nightmare; 7 doesn't have a builtin for this. Reusable code in 7 is sufficiently context-dependent that it's hard to define what a function even is, meaning that I would need to read standard input explicitly, and 7 can only read a character at a time. So then I needed to construct a loop, in a low-level esolang that's very unintuitive and hard to reason about (probably worse than Brain-Flak). This involved inventing entire new programming techniques that I don't think have been used in 7 before (such as polyglotting the loop body with a literal constant integer).

    Yet, despite all this, I managed to fit the cat and quine programs in using only two extra characters (a 6 for the cat program and an additional 7 for the quine program), costing only ¾ of a byte (which ends up rounding down to 0 because the original program length was slightly over a byte boundary).

    So I consider the 7 answer to be much better-crafted, both in terms of effort (a lot more work is required to write something like that), and in terms of the golfing skill demonstrated by the solution, and it seems likely that people who upvote based on how impressive a program is would prefer the 7 program.

  • The Underload answer is vaguely cheaty: it trivialises the aspect of the problem simply by defining functions that output to standard output (meaning that we can do what we like to the function's return value with the extra characters we're forced to use), so it's basically just exploiting the I/O conventions. (The type of string that the program takes as input isn't even good for anything other than eval or printing.) I needed to use an extra colon in it in order to compensate for the exclamation mark in the string (which would otherwise make the quine take an argument), but apart from that, the entire point behind the question gets ignored. In this sense, I consider it quite similar to answering a question in Lenguage (or indeed a "do X without letters" question in 7), which shouldn't be considered that interesting or funny at this point. Additionally, the answer is interpreter-specific and won't work on most Underload interpreters, due to requiring a specific handling of invalid commands.

    The 7 answer, meanwhile, complies with the spec comprehensively and in a way that fits the spirit of the question (we're reusing the characters from the string literal to write the other two programs, which is what the OP seems to have had in mind based on Sandbox comments, and indeed the quine uses up the entire supply of available 3s). There are no I/O exploits: we're writing full programs with input from standard input and output to standard output. So this is the sort of answer that, I suspect, fits the question particularly well.

  • When initially posted, the Underload answer didn't have an explanation. I added an explanation after it received 1 upvote (I didn't delay this intentionally; just tried to post as fast as possible and then started working on the explanation). The explanation is incredibly simple and straightforward and generally only helpful for people who don't already know Underload (because the programs are so simple and/or standard).

    For the 7 answer, I posted the explanation at the same time as the answer. The programs are much more complex, so there's a lot more to explain, with all three programs needing extensive explanations of what they do and descriptions of what's going on internally (in fact, with two of the programs, I needed to explain not only the program itself, but also the behaviour of various strings that were constructed and evaled during the program's execution). So there's much more that you can learn from the explanation than you can with the Underload program (and the explanation inherently needs to be much longer).

  • When initially posted, the Underload solution was incorrect. I was the first person to notice, and it had already received 5 upvotes at that point. (I've since fixed the solution, but at the cost of two bytes.) The problem is that I'd gotten confused about function/full program distinctions and I/O conventions, and accidentally written code that only works as a snippet (which is not allowed on CGCC). The fix was trivial (just add () around each solution to make the sequence of instructions into a function literal), but it's at least mildly surprising to me that nobody noticed this. I probably would have gotten this right first time if I hadn't been rushing to make sure I got the first answer.

    As far as I'm aware, the 7 answer has been correct ever since it was posted. (An initial version had a mistake – reordering the programs to reduce byte count of the encoding, I initially forgot that 7 "virtually" pads out programs with 7 characters in order to round them up to a full byte, and thus writing a program that ends with 7 would fail to obey the requirement because it wouldn't be part of the string that was seen by the interpreter. But I caught that while writing the explanation and fixed it before pressing the post button, rearranging the programs so that they all ended with some other character. If I'd been trying to FGITW with that answer, it would have been posted with the mistake in and probably nobody would have caught it for ages.)

What I expected would happen from this experiment is that the Underload answer (having been posted first and attracting a rush of early upvotes – it was at +5 when I posted the 7 answer) would likely stay at the top for a while (it's hard to dislodge the first-posted answer), but that the 7 answer would attract upvotes faster and eventually end up overtaking it, and I was interested to see how long that would take.

What actually happened was somewhat concerning. The 7 answer started slowly catching up to the Underload answer for a while, eventually reaching +7 for Underload and +6 for 7. Then someone upvoted the Underload answer but not the 7 answer, making it +8 and +6. And then, a couple of other people's answers (first Ruby, and then JavaScript) got upvoted and managed to come in between. (Those are good answers, but a little harder to directly compare to the Underload than the 7 answer is, so it's hard to determine which of the answers "should" objectively have the top spot, but it doesn't really matter for the experiment; it's clear that regardless of which of the other three programs is better, it shouldn't be the Underload.) But the further down the page an answer is, the more difficulty it has in receiving upvotes. Because the 7, Ruby and JavaScript answers were all swapping round for the second and third spots, whereas the Underload answer was in the top spot all that time, the Underload answer has now pulled away to +10, whilst the other three answers are languishing at +8 (Ruby)/+7 (JavaScript)/+6 (7); people who are just upvoting two or three answers are going to miss good answers further down the page.

I think this phenomenon is doing actual damage to the site. Suppose that I were aiming primarily for reputation, as opposed to just golfing for fun (and/or to do experiments into how Stack Exchange behaves); note that the site tries to strongly push people into gaining reputation and/or badges. Posting answers like the Underload answer is a good way to get reputation, even though those answers don't add to the site much (indeed, I obtained a bronze badge from it even despite the community wiki mark on the post). Posting answers like the 7 answer is not a good way to get reputation, even though there was only a 2½ hour time difference! So the site is pushing people into posting answers that fulfil the question and have nothing inherently wrong with them (apart from, apparently, sloppy mistakes due to trying to post too quickly), and pushing people away from posting answers that put a lot of thought in and aim to solve the question particularly well.

(Note that one reason I community-wiki all my posts is to avoid being tempted to post answers like the Underload answer, rather than answers like the 7 answer. When there's no reputation at stake, there's no incentive to post lower-quality answers in order to gain it. I often post answers like the Underload answer anyway; but, with no reputation at stake, it makes sense to delay before posting it so that it doesn't accidentally get pinned to the top of the thread and end up distorting the voting long into the question's future.)

I'm not sure if there are any real conclusions to be drawn from all this, but I thought it was nonetheless worth posting the evidence and starting a discussion.

(EDIT: I just noticed that the question in question is on HNQ (I saw it on the site sidebar). This probably isn't too surprising, all things considered, but wanted to make note of the situation.)

UPDATE: It's now one week since the question was posted, and the scores are 11 for the Underload answer, 9 for the Ruby answer, and 8 each for the 7 and JavaScript answers. So the top four answers have had one upvote each since this post was posted. I'm actually a little surprised at the difference in the voting rate between very new posts and slightly older posts (presumably it fell off the front page?), but if late votes are rare, that gives a clear explanation of why posts that get an early lead tend to stay there.

UPDATE 2: It's now one month since the question was posted. The scores are 12 for the Underload answer, 9 for the Ruby and 7 answers, and 8 for the JavaScript answer. So only two of the top answers have been upvoted since the last update (although one of them was in third place at the time).

This makes me suspect that the underlying problem is that people aren't giving as much attention to answers on old questions as Stack Exchange's voting mechanism expects: the vast majority of votes on a question's answers altogether appear to come shortly after the question is posted. It may be that the reason why an early lead never disappears is that the number of votes an early answer collects before the better answers are posted may be higher than the total number of voters who even looked at the later answers, rather than anything to do with the choices people make as to what to look for. (Or in other words, "just upvote the good answers" may not be a workable solution; a late answer could be upvoted by 100% of the people who see it and have enough reputation, and still never catch the early answers.)

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    \$\begingroup\$ I think this is a really interesting experiment to have run, and that it somewhat confirms a lot of people's suspicions about the problem with FGITW (even if I'm not 100% sold on your conclusions/assumptions about the answers and their scores). Unfortunately, I'm not quite sure if there's any discussion to be had beyond "Yeah, this is a problem". As part of the SE network, we're prone to some of their flaws (pushing for rep/badges/etc.) and that'll never change while we're on the network. And, it's often newer users from HNQ that cause this effect, not the users who are likely to see this post \$\endgroup\$ – caird coinheringaahing Mar 15 at 19:25
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    \$\begingroup\$ Finally, as harmful as it can be, people are entirely free to vote how they want; SE just recommends voting in certain ways. If a user with the 101 rep from the association bonus stops by the site from HNQ, sees this "magic language" that can do this with only a few characters more than Hello, Permutations, clearly it deserves an upvote right? And, if someone wants to think and vote this way, they are free to do so. People who think this way aren't going to stop by Meta to see posts on how they should vote, they're just going to leave an upvote and move on \$\endgroup\$ – caird coinheringaahing Mar 15 at 19:29
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    \$\begingroup\$ I'm aware that it's probably unfixable, but I think it was still worthwhile gathering the data (even if it's only one data point). Seeing a number of different programs take the #2 slot over time is heartening, at least. FWIW, I don't think this is a CGCC-specific problem; even on other Stack Exchange sites, an early (but useful) answer will nearly always end up beating a later but better answer. \$\endgroup\$ – ais523 Mar 15 at 22:42
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    \$\begingroup\$ One more thing to consider is how intimidating the 7 answer looks. I have personally skipped it the first time I saw it because knowing how complex programming in 7 is and looking at how long the answer was, I knew it would have taken me a long time to read and understand all of it. Maybe this is part of the reason why that answer didn't receive as many upvotes as the Underload one. \$\endgroup\$ – Leo Mar 15 at 23:49
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    \$\begingroup\$ @Leo: That's an interesting point; maybe answers that took less effort to write are 'better' in some sense because they're more straightforward / easier to understand, and thus are more informative for people who are trying to learn more about golf than the higher-effort answers that confuse even the people who wrote them. I guess there's an interesting argument there about who/what we should be optimising the site for. In particular, is "spreading knowledge" seen as an important goal for CGCC, and is it more or less important than competing with each other? \$\endgroup\$ – ais523 Mar 15 at 23:53
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    \$\begingroup\$ I think a potential solution could be to try make SE have CGCC default to sorting by active rather than votes (I think that's what most experienced users here do anyway), which would also help with bandwagon voting \$\endgroup\$ – Redwolf Programs Mar 16 at 21:34
  • \$\begingroup\$ What's strange is that someone still upvoted my answer on "Minceraft" even though I (accidentally) used 1e5 instead of the correct 1e4. I also happened to be the first answerer. \$\endgroup\$ – Recursive Co. Apr 25 at 11:17

These are some very interesting and, unfortunately, not-too-surprising results. I do think the FGITW phenomenon is quite disappointing and discouraging for what I'd say are higher quality and higher effort answers; my proudest answers came months or even years after the question, not the quick 5-byte answers I wrote in a few seconds from memory of Jelly's features.

There unfortunately isn't much we can do about it. Especially for HNQ questions, since most people sort by vote (because except PPCG and Puzzling, basically every other site uses votes to determine quality, and thus higher voted = better), high voted questions get attention and get upvoted again. This is pretty much uniquely unhealthy on these two non-Q&A sites.

We could always bring back the contest for underappreciated / under-upvoted answers. I organized this a couple years back because I was noticing the same issue wherein voting seemed almost inversely proportional to effort - low-effort meme challenges were getting hundreds of upvotes, compared to higher effort and much more thought-provoking challenges only getting a handful, and quick 5-byte (or even 0-byte) answers getting to the top of the scoreboard early and never losing their #1 spot (no offense to any of the challenge or answer writers who benefited from this of course - it's a phenomenon of the system and the way people vote, and I believe that people are acting in good will and not intentionally gaming the system for reputation or anything like that).

Of course, we could encourage people to sort by active/new or scroll more and look for higher quality answers to upvote. In fact, I feel like we already have. But especially with HNQ attention, people have the right to vote how they want and for most people that's just popping into a question page and upvoting the top three answers and leaving.

Unfortunately, last time I tried, it ended after just a couple of runs because there just weren't many people interested in it - offering bounties, finding and nominating answers, etc. But, if there's enough support for a similar contest to find and bounty underrated answers that took effort but never got the hype or attention, I'd definitely be open to organizing it again.

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    \$\begingroup\$ I want to highlight the recommendation to sort by active. I've had a better experience on CGCC since I made the switch. With new posts at the top automatically, it's easy to see new answers and golfs, and voting for them comes naturally. \$\endgroup\$ – xnor Mar 16 at 3:16
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    \$\begingroup\$ Underappreciated Answers contest sounds interesting. But given that the existing form takes almost the same amount of community effort as the annual Best Of, we could simplify the process somewhat, e.g. just announce an endless bounty to accept candidates, and anyone who thinks a candidate deserves more attention can give out a bounty on it. \$\endgroup\$ – Bubbler Mar 16 at 8:43

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Valley susceptibility of interacting electrons and composite fermions

N. C. Bishop, M. Padmanabhan, O. Gunawan, T. Gokmen, E. P. De Poortere, Y. P. Shkolnikov, E. Tutuc, K. Vakili, M. Shayegan

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We report magnetotransport measurements of integer and fractional quantum Hall states in an AlAs quantum well where two conduction band valleys are occupied. By monitoring the valley level crossings for these states as a function of applied symmetry-breaking strain, we determine the "valley susceptibility" (the change of valley population with strain) for both electrons and composite Fermions. The data reveal that these valley susceptibilities are significantly enhanced over the band values, reflecting the role of strong interaction. Moreover, the measured valley susceptibilities are quite similar to the values of spin susceptibility, establishing the analogy between the spin and valley degrees of freedom.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)986-989
Number of pages4
JournalPhysica E: Low-Dimensional Systems and Nanostructures
Issue number5
StatePublished - Mar 2008

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Condensed Matter Physics

  • Composite fermion
  • Multi-valley semi-conductor
  • Valley susceptibility

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CP S12 EP19 2018

One of the most popular hits in classic rock history, Dream On by Aerosmith, came out three years before some disc jockey decided to play it on the radio – and the rest, as they say, is history.

I’m not saying the same thing is happening this week, but I want to draw your attention to two (D) tracks in this week’s show that came out a year ago and to this point never made it to the show – one from the Motet, and one from a “new” band out of Colorado Springs – Audible.  Let me know what you think of them in this week’s MMMM.

Another (D) track this week is from Andreas Devalera who I shared a stage with several months ago – and whose new release is the work, not of an 18 year old HS grad, but of someone many years older with greater life experiences and time spent on his multiple instruments.

Already proficient on 10 instruments, Andreas is one of those kids voted on as most likely to succeed – and evidenced by such a stunning debut, I’m inclined to agree.  Sorry I don’t have an embed for the song I played.  His cd release show was last night in Denver – so it may take a little while longer before the album is uploaded to your favorite new music streaming site.

What you’ll find below are new songs on the show this week … listen  and let me know which ones you think I should keep in the Colorado Playlist, and which I should delete.

NOTE:  In order to be included in the MMMM poll, the band/artist must have an embeddable file on Soundcloud, BandCamp, Reverbnation or YouTube.

(D) = debut of lp, ep or single
(N) = new cut from previously debuted lp or ep

Acoustic Junction “Broken Mirrors” from Acoustic Junction (1996)
(D) Andreas DeValera “Falling” from Andreas DeValera (2018)
Coal Town Reunion “eden” from Thought I’d Die In This Place (2017)
(D) Vermillion Road “Gasoline” from Escape EP (2018)

Ivory Circle “Never Let Me Go” from Scalene EP (2018)
Megan Burtt “Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet” from The Bargain (2015)
Big Head Todd & The Monsters “Everything About You” from Black Beehive (2014)
(D) The Motet “Supernova” (2017)

Dubskin “That Day Will Come” from Light the Dark (2017)
The Dominant 7 “South Corea” from 14 Channels (2010)

The Fluid “On My Feet” from purplemetalflakemusic (1993)
Retrofette “Skeletons” (2016)
Blue Rider “Sungazer” from Year Of The Horse (2016)
Slim Cessna’s Auto Club “No Doubt About It” from Unentitled (2011)
(D) Audible “Whoa” (2017)

Kyle Emerson “In My Mind” from Dorothy Alice (2017)
Katey Laurel “Only Human” from Periscope (2014)
Monocle Band “As Fast as I Can” from Monocle Band (2013)
(D) Thunder And Rain “Start Believing” from Start Believing (2018)

Antonio A. Lopez “Bluebird” from Cloud 9000 Vol. 2: The Alamosa EP (2016)
Gasoline Lollipops “Mustangs” from Soul Mine (2018)
Jon Wirtz “Watching the World Wake Up” from Tourist (2013)

June 3– Avogadro’s Number (Fort Collins)
June 9 – Laughing Goat (Boulder)
June 12 – Chris K solo at Your Mom’s House (Denver)

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This is a very exciting time to be in Kagawa, and for people who are interested in art, it is particularly interesting. The Setouchi Triennale (a HUGE art festival) is unfolding now as 2019 quickly approaches. There is not a lot of quality information out there in English so I will do what I can to introduce the upcoming exhibits as the information comes in.

So as the time gets closer, make sure to get yourself booked in the accommodations that are available in Takamatsu. There are a few more guesthouses than there were the last time around so check out and book early.

What I am very excited about some of the developments that are coming. In particular, the Kitahama Alley, which is a pretty cool hip place to be for food and beverages, will be more involved than before. There will also be a lot of live performances too, so it’ll be important to check and recheck the available schedules as your possible visiting dates draw near.

What we are going to do on this site is to also give you some detailed information on some of the artists who are coming in 2019, and some who have been regular contributors as well. It’s going to be fun, and as a long time fan of all forms of art it is a great pleasure to be a guide for you as you make your way here to sunny Kagawa next year!

The official website is run in Japanese and English, with promise of more languages to be added soon. Here is the link for them:

A few things to keep in mind about the Setouchi Triennale is that you can purchase an ART PASSPORT which will get you into a whole lot of exhibits for one price. There may be a few exceptions, especially with a couple of the big galleries. The other passport you can purchase is a 3 day pass for the ferries. This may be ideal if you plan on having a three day art blow out. I’ll let you know the details as I find out.

It is going to be a very interesting 2019!

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Day 3 of this course on microbudget moviemaking deals with how to direct actors, organize a crew, and keep them all happy without anybody making any money. Panelists include Valerie Perez (producer/star, Paula Peril-Midnight Whistle), Nick Murphy (writer/director, Pizza and Bullets), Jack Conway (writer/producer, Fear News), Vera Vanguard (producer/star, GothGirl), and Sean Rourke (writer of Ballistica) and actors Susan Smythe, Brian Stevenson, Kat Steel, and Brad Upton.

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New Sho Murase Batgirl DC Universe Variant: 2 of 1000

Got my new DC Universe exclusive Batgirl today and wanted to share my excitement.

I opened it up and was about to take it out when I saw that it was number 2 of 1000! I carefully put it back in the box.

I might have to buy another one now!

Side-note: I live hundreds of miles from any relatives so this was a wonderful Christmas surprise!

And I already bought another one for display… =)

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Score! That is awesome, if you can, post a pic of the box

not quite as awesome: I pre-ordered the red/black version first day it was available–Sideshow sent me #3,220 of 3,350 in a damaged and opened original package :exploding_head:

Sure! Here’s the box.

The shipping box was slightly larger than the statue’s box so no padding (if that’s a consideration for anyone). But honestly, the statue box was in near perfect condition on arrival.

I’m stoked to get my second one so I can actually display this awesome looking piece!

whew, that is dang good-lookin’ :sunglasses:

can’t believe you got #0002! You are absolutely collecting correctly

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Fix Basic Viewer App so that Legends Appear Correctly

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There is a known issues whereby legends in the print output using the Basic Viewer Application do not display correctly.

(see BUG-000094164 and BUG-000086442). The issue is that the legend displays values as "Override X" when the default symbology is not used (ie. Styling is done in ArcGIS online)

ESRI have no plans to fix the issue as they believe a satisfactory workaround is to republish the data with the desired symbology from ArcMap desktop.

Legends are a fundamental part of every map, and something that users expect to be able to have work correctly. This 'workaround' does not seem to be a satisfactory solution for a number of reasons:

  1.  Not all users will be using ArcGIS desktop (you can upload directly to AGOL as a zip file) and this is a key element of many users choosing AGOL - that they do not require a ArcGIS desktop license in order to use it. For these users, the only option they have for styling, is within AGOL
  2. Organisations may want to use the same data in multiple different maps, styled different ways. It makes no sense to have to publish multiple times (and hence use multiple storage credits) just to get legends to appear as expected.
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This would be great.


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Make Separate Services for Basemap Annotation

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I'd like to see the annotation for basemaps set up as separate services so that they can be placed separately within the layer tree. That would allow someone to choose whether or not their data covers them up.
It would also allow for the use of just the basemap, without annotation, or just the basemap annotation iteslf, which I could see being potentially useful.
I agree. The annotations for the Ocean Basemap and the new National Geographic Basemap are very good quality, and it would be very nice to be able to overlay these on top of my own basemaps. The seafloor feature names are especially useful to me.

I like how the "Light Gray Reference" is set up as a separate map service:

It would be nice if a similar overlay service contained the country/admin boundaries as well as the seafloor feature names, like the Ocean and NatGeo maps.

I agree. The basemaps with labels are nice, but it is difficult to work around them if you have your own labels that you wish to add to the map. You have to look at the individual basemaps and their scale dependencies and then remove your own labels ... a complex process. It would be better if you could simply turn the annotation off. See example below with name of Minnesota.


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polygon gemetry method angleAndDistanceTo used against another polygon geometry?

02-06-2019 01:41 PM
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i don't have license for near analysis and am trying to use arcpy to create a tool that accepts two polygon feature classes (input and source) and then for each geometry in the input feature, calculates the closest distance and angle to the source geometry. i was thinking of using spatial join first then search cursor on the input feature then use angleAndDistsanceTo method but it only accepts point geometry as input. So i'm wondering if there's a way around this? other solutions to get the distance/angle output is definitely appreciated as well.

thank you!

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To give you an idea of what would be involved to code it... consider the following

import numpy as np

def pnt_on_poly(pnt, poly):
"""Find closest point location on a polygon/polyline.

pnt : 1D ndarray array
XY pair representing the point coordinates.
poly : 2D ndarray array
A sequence of XY pairs in clockwise order is expected. The first and
last points may or may not be duplicates, signifying sequence closure.

A list of [x, y, distance] for the intersection point on the line

e_dist is represented by _e_2d and pnt_on_seg by its equivalent below.

This may be as simple as finding the closest point on the edge, but if
needed, an orthogonal projection onto a polygon/line edge will be done.
This situation arises when the distance to two sequential points is the

def _e_2d_(a, p):
""" array points to point distance... mini e_dist"""
diff = a - p[np.newaxis, :]
return np.sqrt(np.einsum('ij,ij->i', diff, diff))
def _pnt_on_seg_(seg, pnt):
"""mini pnt_on_seg function normally required by pnt_on_poly"""
x0, y0, x1, y1, dx, dy = *pnt, *seg[0], *(seg[1] - seg[0])
dist_ = dx*dx + dy*dy # squared length
u = ((x0 - x1)*dx + (y0 - y1)*dy)/dist_
u = max(min(u, 1), 0) # u must be between 0 and 1
xy = np.array([dx, dy])*u + [x1, y1]
return xy
def _line_dir_(orig, dest):
"""mini line direction function"""
orig = np.atleast_2d(orig)
dest = np.atleast_2d(dest)
dxy = dest - orig
ang = np.degrees(np.arctan2(dxy[:, 1], dxy[:, 0]))
return ang
pnt = np.asarray(pnt)
poly = np.asarray(poly)
if np.all(poly[0] == poly[-1]): # strip off any duplicate
poly = poly[:-1]
# ---- determine the distances
d = _e_2d_(poly, pnt) # abbreviated edist => d = e_dist(poly, pnt)
key = np.argsort(d)[0] # dist = d[key]
if key == 0:
seg = np.vstack((poly[-1:], poly[:3]))
elif (key + 1) >= len(poly):
seg = np.vstack((poly[-2:], poly[:1]))
seg = poly[key-1:key+2] # grab the before and after closest
n1 = _pnt_on_seg_(seg[:-1], pnt) # abbreviated pnt_on_seg
d1 = np.linalg.norm(n1 - pnt)
n2 = _pnt_on_seg_(seg[1:], pnt) # abbreviated pnt_on_seg
d2 = np.linalg.norm(n2 - pnt)
if d1 <= d2:
dest = [n1[0], n1[1]]
ang = _line_dir_(pnt, dest)
return [n1[0], n1[1], np.asscalar(d1), np.asscalar(ang)]
dest = [n2[0], n2[1]]
ang = _line_dir_(pnt, dest)
return [n2[0], n2[1], np.asscalar(d2), np.asscalar(ang)]

a = np.array([[0, 0], [0, 100], [100, 100], [100, 80], [20, 80],
[20, 20], [100, 20], [100, 0], [0, 0]]) # the letter C

pnt = [150, 150]

pnt_on_poly(pnt, a) # ---- [100, 100, 70.71067811865476, -135.0]

# ---- point on polygon (100, 100), distance 70.7, angle -135

but you would have to do a general sort of the closest point in one polygon to the extent of the other, then limit your candidate points before doing the calculation.  One gains a greater appreciation of what goes on behinds the scenes for such a 'simple' question

New Contributor III

Thanks for the quick response Dan! I was really hoping to find a solution that's a lot simpler, something that's built-in in arcpy, hidden somewhere that i haven't found.

but thanks anyways, i guess that's why near analysis is only included in the advanced license

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Yes... the extra cost is sometimes not "extra" depending on what you want to do

Good luck, I am sure you can cobble a workaround or revisit the importance of your desired requirements

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I do have some workarounds... like a 'near-ish' tool in

depending on the data you are using, it is a good substitute especially if you can deal with a 'close enough' scenario, rather than "I need the exact closest location on the polygon"

Have a look... tools are for ArcGIS Pro only though.  I do most of my work in numpy and python and use the tools in Pro to put a 'shell' around the calculations obviating the need for an advanced license (although I have one, so I can check my results )

New Contributor III

Sweet. Much appreciated Dan!

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MVP Frequent Contributor

You could try exploding the polygon vertices into a point layer and then use angleAndDistanceTo?

Be aware that this approach would not find the closest point on the polygon boundary. You could reduce that issue by densifying the boundary first.

New Contributor III

that's an awesome idea! thank you Duncan!

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Spotify does not sign me in through Facebook

Spotify does not sign me in through Facebook

Hi there,

Spotify has auto logged out on my computer and now I cannot log in. Usually log in through facebook account but it comes up with a error.

Deleted email address is the email address to the facebook account that were are subscribed with.

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Welcome to the Spotify Community.

If you could answer the questions below we can get a better idea of what's happening here and help.

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3. How long have you been experiencing this issue?

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Playlists keep getting un-downloaded

Playlists keep getting un-downloaded

I have Premium Family. My daughter & husband haven't had any trouble but my playlists all got un-downloaded. I am fairly new to Spotify so I may be(probably am) doing something wrong but 2 hrs after I made my payment on Sept 2nd all of my playlists quit working, none of the songs will play & I can't even get it to start downloading again. I even tried to switch over to offline mode, wouldn't work. Idk what to do but I really need this fixed, I haven't been this long without my music since I opened my Spotify acct.. I'm going crazy😬
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Hi ceysky.

Are you connected to WiFi?

There is an option in Settings > Music Quality > Dowload Using Cellular > Move the switch to on. Is OFF by default,

If this does not resolve the problem, try to do it in a computer, if it worked this way, then the problem might be the app, try to uninstall it 😉 Hope it works.


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utag.track() method

Bronze Contributor
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Hi Team,

I want to understand the functionality of utag.track. To my understanding ,for web applications we use utag.link for link tracking and utag.view to see page views. Can you confirm if utag.track is necessary for tracking mobile applications ?

utag.track() method

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Hi @astharawal,

In reality, utag.view and utag.link are just wrappers around utag.track.

The function definitions are effectively:

utag.view  = function(payload, callback, tag_ids){ ... };
utag.link  = function(payload, callback, tag_ids){ ...};
utag.track = function(event_type, payload, callback){ ... };

So utag.track("view",utag.data) is equivalent to utag.view(utag.data). The only difference is if you want to pass a set of tag IDs into utag.track, in which case you need to invoke it thus:

  event: event_type,
  data: payload,
  cfg: {
    cb: callback,
    uids: tag_ids

So if you wanted to create event types outside of view and link, you could use utag.track to invoke those.

utag.track() method

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OOOOooooo @astharawal. I'd accept @UnknownJ's answer as a solution! #hinthint #winkwink

If you liked it then you should have put a kudo on it!


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The Socialist Party of Albania (Albanian: Partia Socialiste e Shqipërisë), is a centre-left, social democratic[1] and socially liberal[2] political party in Albania, it is currently the leading opposition party in Albania. It seats 66 MPs in the 2009 Albanian parliament (out of a total of 140).[3] It achieved power in 1997 after a political crisis and governmental realignment. In the 2001 General Election it secured 73 seats in the Parliament, which enabled it to form the Government. In the General Election of 3 July 2005, the Socialist Party lost its majority and the Democratic Party of Albania formed the new Government, having secured, with its allies, a majority of 81 seats.

The Albanian Labor Party during its Tenth Congress in June 1991 changed its name to the Socialist Party of Albania, and also changed its ideology from communism to social democracy.[4] Fatos Nano a man from the intelligencia was elected its first Chairman.[5] Nano helped to reformed the old communist party and made it a member of the Socialist International. On 1 September 2005 Nano resigned as the chairman of the Socialist Party, after losing the elections. He was succeeded by Edi Rama, who altered the party ideology to Social liberalism.[2] The Socialist Party of Albania is a member of the Socialist International. Its newspaper is Zëri i Popullit.

Fatos Nano was the head of SPA 1991-2005. In 2005, after a defeat in the national elections, he resigned from his post. Currently, SPA's leader is Edi Rama, the mayor of Tirana. Gramoz Ruçi, former Interior Minister and well-known for his loyalty to the party, is the head of the Socialist Group, which has 64 MP's. Vice-coordinators of the group are Erjon Brace, Vasilika Hysi, Saimir Tahiri, Eduard Shalsi and Taulant Balla. Arta Dade is the party secretary for international affairs, and she is assisted by Arben Ahmetaj, Taulant Balla, Olta Xhacka, Ditmir Bushati and Qemal Minxhozi. Ahmetaj and Balla usually deal with SPA relationships with the other left parties in Europe, especially with the Greek PASOK, with whom SPA is very close.[citation needed] Blendi Klosi (former Culture minister and SPA organizative secretary), is also seen as a very important politician in SPA, as well as Fatmir Xhafaj (lawyer and former Justice Minister). Ben Blushi is a very interesting party official.

This is the list of the Socialist MPs (the names in bold are the Committee coordinators for the party).

  • Committee for Economy and Finance
    • Albert Çaçi, Andis Harasani, Arben Ahmetaj, Arben Malaj, Erion Braçe, Ervin Koçi, Gjovalin Kadeli, Ilir Bejtja, Mimi Kodheli, Rudina Seseri
  • Committee for Foreign Affairs
  • Committee for European Integration
    • Ditmir Bushati, Gramoz Ruçi, Taulant Balla, Ermelinda Meksi
  • Committee for National Security
    • Ilir Gjoni, Arben Çako, Prenga, Asllan Dogjani, Ben Blushi, Gazmir Bizhga, Skënder Hasa, Xhemal Qefaliaj
  • Committee for Health and Social Security
    • Eglantina Gjermani, Eltar Deda Klodiana Spahiu, Vangjel Tavo, Ethem Ruka
  • Committee for Trade and Environment
    • Artan Gaci, Besnik Baraj, Blendi Klosi, Eduard Shalsi, Hazir Gashi, Ilir Beqja, Ndue Kolaj, Sabri Abazi
  • Committee for Education
    • Agim Leka, Alfred Dalipi, Ledi Shkreli, Fatmir Toçi, Fidel Ylli, Kastriot Islami, Luiza Xhuvani, Valentina Leskaj, Marko Bello

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April 7

How To Stop Self-Doubt In Its Tracks

By Alison

April 7, 2021

Learn how to stop self-doubt with these four tips.

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Whenever you start questioning yourself or even your ability to get things done, you start putting the brakes on progress. After all, if you’re only going to fail, why even try?

The key to learning how to stop self-doubt in its tracks is to get out of your own way immediately.

Read on to find out how with four great tips.

 1.  Stop Self-Doubt By Reminding Yourself No One is Looking

At times it can feel as if you are under the microscope.  You think everybody is watching your every move.  And because you worry about how others perceive you, you allow self-doubt to hold you back.

Your fear is due to a belief that everyone is watching to see you fail.

I hate to break it to you, but although something may be hugely important to you, it will not be important to others.

People are generally so caught up in their own lives, and the issues they are working through that few people pay attention to anyone else.

To put it bluntly, we are all far too self-centred.

This quote from Ann Landers, the agony aunt, sums it all up beautifully.

 ‘At age 20, we worry about what others think of us. At age 40, we don’t care what they think of us. At age 60, we discover they haven’t been thinking of us at all’.

Such a shame that, for most people, this discovery doesn’t happen until later in life!

3 women laughing together is a way for how to stop self-doubt

Talking with those you trust can help put any thoughts of self-doubt into perspective

2.  Have a Conversation (outside of your head!)

We all have an internal dialogue going on.  At times it feels like a lot is going on in your head.  You know, that little voice whispering in your ear constantly telling you you’re not good enough.  If you want to learn how to stop self-doubt, well, it’s time to put it to bed.

For more information on how to stop negative self-talk, this article which gives 5 quick tips is useful.

All of us are prone to negative self-talk, and it’s very destructive.  The problem is the doubts sound so believable.  You’ve probably been saying the same thing to yourself for years.

If you listen to those negative messages, they can derail you completely.  But these negative messages are based on old beliefs, probably picked up during your formative years.

The best way to handle this is to talk to a friend or someone you trust.  Bring your concerns into the open.  When spoken out loud, doubts can be less frightening.

Explore the nature of the doubt, find out what is at the root of it.  When you talk to someone else, you discover clarity about the doubt and where it comes from.  Talking to someone else offers you a different perspective.

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Get out of the negative mood self-doubt puts you in by listening to uplifting music

3.  Take a More Optimistic Approach To Stop Self-Doubt

Self-doubt is a negative state. When you find yourself doing more tearing down than building up internally, it’s time to change the mood.

You can learn how to stop self-doubt by focusing on doing things to build a more positive mood and mindset. Self-doubt can’t touch you when you are optimistic.

You can build positivity by adopting one of the following techniques:

  • Change the scenery and take a walk
  • Listen to some uplifting music
  • Clear your mind by practising mindfulness or meditate

The idea is to clear your head from the negative self-talk and replace it with a can-do approach.

I often wind myself up with self-doubt, and the best approach for me is to have a playlist of my favourite songs.  Believe me; you can’t feel negative after listening to Happy by Pharrell Williams.  It works for me every time!

But a study in 2012 (reported in the Journal Of Positive Psychology) discovered that listening to positive music as a mood enhancer worked best when intentionally trying to be happier rather than not making any attempt to change their mood.  So, if you put your music on, embrace it with an open mind and the intention to lift your mood.

4.  Stop Making Comparisons

Comparison is the thief of joy, and you’re never going to be happy when you start looking at what other people have done.

Comparison is a nasty source of self-doubt, especially in this era of social media.  But remember, everyone shares the best of what they have or are going through.  You are only ever going to see the success and glory, not the dreadful mistakes.

Rather than compare yourself to other people, why not take a different approach? Instead, compare your situation today to where you were last month or last year.

Look at how far you’ve come.  You’ll likely discover that you’ve come a long way!

One of the best ways to do this is to record your achievements.  You could use a journal or keep a list as a word document on your PC.  Creating a list is an excellent technique on how to stop self-doubt.  Refer to it often and focus on this instead.  Your journal, or list, will provide you with a good old dose of reality and solid examples of things you’ve achieved.

For more guidance on how to stop comparing yourself to others, you might find this article useful.

Final Thoughts On How To Stop Self-Doubt

In the end, the quickest way to put an end to self-doubt is to only pay attention to it long enough to derail it entirely with a new thought.

There is no room in your life for self-doubt. Once you learn how to stop self-doubt, the sky is the limit, and you’re ready to experience success like you never have before.

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Here are some quick action points you can put into practice to help manage your self-doubt, or hopefully, how to stop self-doubt completely.

  • The next time you are having self-doubt thoughts, write them down.  A journal will work well for this.  Once you have been doing this for a while, you may start to see a pattern.  Perhaps similar words or phrases you repeat to yourself.  Please make a list of these words or phrases and then try to figure out where they’ve come from.  Is it a phrase you often heard from a particular person?  If so, ask yourself if their words are important to you now and whether they are still valid.
  • Make a list of friends or colleagues who are supportive of you.  Promise yourself you will contact someone from the list to talk it through the next time you doubt yourself.
  • Create a music list for upbeat tunes that leave you in a positive mindset.  Add them to your iPod so you can play them when you need them.
  • Take a break from social media.  If you find the people you follow make you feel bad about yourself, then unsubscribe.
  • Start a journal – a particular favourite of mine.  Writing out your self-doubts can be therapeutic.  Write at the top of a page the doubt you have and then challenge it.  Write down all the ways you disagree with it.  Another technique I’ve found helpful is to ask myself why five times.  Why do I think this – note the answer.  Then ask why of that answer and so on.  Using this technique will help you get to the root cause of your doubt.

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For years, despite career success, I was plagued with inner doubt. I worried about what other people thought. I became anxious about doing things wrong, felt out of my depth, and struggled with imposter syndrome. Above all, I feared failing. So, I worked long hours to prove myself worthy. It was exhausting, and it took a toll. My relationships suffered - my husband and I were becoming virtual strangers - and I had no social life. When the ravages of my doubts began to affect my health, I knew something had to change. I know there is a better way to live. Let me show you how.

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“… For in him we live and move and have our being… “ –  Acts 17: 28

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Whatever we do shall be godly,  both in content and intent

“…whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure,whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable- if anything is excellent or praiseworthy- think about such things” – Phil 4:8

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“Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but instead even expose them – Eph 5: 11 NAS

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“… and whatever is not from faith is sin.”  Rom 14:23 NAS

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“…for I don’t want to cause another believer to stumble…”  1 Cor 8:13 NIV

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In God, we are free to do all things!

“For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another ” Gal 5 : 13

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Given an extremely steep site, Convic helped the City of Parramatta technically refine their Master Plan to fit the various active and passive programming into the difficult site, including a playground, exercise equipment, stage and amphitheatre, dog park, swales, skate park and a full-size multipurpose court.

The topography for the site has influenced the ‘layering’ thematic colour response to the steep terrain as the facility steps its way down the site and reveals and conceals active recreation in earthy tones that are ‘cut out’ of the hill side.  A full size multi court sits above the skate park with basketball, netball, futsal, four square and a hit up wall for various types of youth activation.

Generous terracing forms plentiful spectator viewing areas into the skate park. The skate park has a unique intermediate bowl, beginner mini ramp and a contemporary street plaza including combination manual pad, hip to jersey barrier, slappy kerbs and tiered ledges; all of which cut into the hill side theming.


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Located on the Mandurah waterfront in a prominent location and drawing inspiration from the Peel Harvey Estuary and its constantly shifting form an change through coastal processes and erosion, the 5000 sqm Mandurah Skate Park facility is a welcome addition to the community.

The facility has four key zones that terrace down towards the esturary. An advanced competition bowl is at the rear of the site that forms level pedestrian access to the iconic Mandurah Bridge. This benched platform creates views across the facility with the scenic estuary as the backdrop.An intermediate transition flow area is located centrally, and a low-level street plaza and half basketball court sits at ground level and allows open views through to the estuary.

Key elements include an organic accessible pedestrian pathway that snakes around the facility and allows spectators to be involved in the action. Recycled jetty posts that pay homage to the old Mandurah bridge, ‘blue manna’ crab skate rails, limestone terraced amphitheater and custom shade shelters.

Convic have been involved from the outset and formed a special relationship with the local community with ongoing consultation through concept design, documentation, construction and now activating the space upon opening.

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Working Capital Loan

The bank finances working capital needs of cooperatives of any type. Accordingly, such loans are designed for cooperatives engaged in various kinds of production activities such as coffee farming and production, animal husbandry, grain trade, agro-processing, dairy, animal husbandry, honey production, fisheries, consumer goods, SACCOs, and others. In this regard, working capital loans are designed to cover such costs as the purchase of fertilizers and pesticides, seeds, fuel and various fixtures, shipment, marketing, repair and maintenance, purchase of live animals, purchase of milk cooling tanks and other equipment, harvesting and marketing operations, purchase vehicles for the transport needs of their businesses, irrigation equipment, and other costs.

Agriculture Mechanization

The bank renders loans specifically designed for mechanization of agriculture including for purchase of agricultural machineries and equipment according to business studies in line with agricultural production requirements and capacities. Accordingly, financings will be made to purchase tractors, combiner harvester, thrasher, irrigation equipment, and truckers, among others. Terms and conditions stipulated to the product including loan interest rate, term and payment modalities is very attractive.

Agriculture Processing

The bank fosters and stimulates cooperatives to augment opportunities along the agriculture value-chain till processing and trading of farm produces. Accordingly, in order to promote setting-up of modern dairy farms, for the production of clean milk, and to upgrade milk production on a commercial scale, the bank renders financing facilities for cooperatives engaged in milk processing industries. Likewise, by considering the importance of processing in enhancing the quality and value of coffee, the bank finances coffee cooperatives for purchase of coffee washing machines, dry hulling as well large-scale processing plant. In a similar tone, the bank renders attractive and affordable loan facilities for cooperatives engaged in other agricultural processing businesses like flour factory, malt factory and others. Under this product, additionally, the bank offers loans for food oil processing, malt-barely factory, horticulture, apiculture, and poultry.

Export Financing Facilities

It is well known that Ethiopia is commonly recognized as the birthplace of coffee, and produces some of the most exceptional and dramatic coffees. Currently an estimated 15 million Ethiopians are employed by the coffee industry, and the country is hugely reliant of coffee as a major source of export earnings. Accordingly, farmer cooperatives are hugely engaged in the production, processing and marketing of coffee. The Coopbank, therefore, is well known ally and trademarked financer of coffee cooperatives from production till export to global market. The bank offers export financings and trade facilities including preshipment loans, export term-loans, advance payments, letter of credit and cash against document facilities for coffee exporting cooperatives. Likewise, the bank finances and offers export facilities for cooperatives on pulses, sesame, khat, grain, spices, horticulture, and other exportable items.

The bank also offers various ranges of products for cooperatives of any type with appropriate support, advisory and attractive facilities. The following financing facilities are also offered by the bank.

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Unfortunately, it is necessary to cancel Coppers Classic again this year.  We are working on refunding all moneys paid and expect that to happen within the week.  We remain optimistic that we will once again be able to hold this event in 2022.  Please watch for announcements.

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Copy That Pops: Writing Tips and Psychology Hacks for Business

Apr 24, 2018

Perfection is not everything. Perfection isn’t real. I’m so excited to be celebrating my 2 year Podcast Anniversary!

Today I am going to give you 8 lessons I’ve learned over the last 2 years that have helped me get away from the idea of chasing perfection!

Check out my Itunes reviews and feel free to leave one...

Apr 18, 2018

Ready to nerd out about all the fun details of the power of handwritten notes, tips for managing your email inbox, how to pitch influencers, and why the Oxford Comma reigns supreme?!

A few exciting highlights include:

- Do details matter in writing? In experiences for clients and others close to us

- The power of...

Apr 10, 2018

How to apply psychology tips and writing hacks for more business success?
Does understanding people's personalities help choose business partners and clients?

If these topics pique your interest, you are in the right place!

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- Eli Natoli LIVE on Amazon with her book right now
- Who is a...

Apr 3, 2018

Let’s break down some real life examples of psychology sales, networking, and more with Travis Chappell of Build Your Network podcast.

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Google+ Running in Cork, Ireland: Looking back at the World Indoor Athletic Championships last weekend...Fri 7th - Sun 9th Mar 2014

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Looking back at the World Indoor Athletic Championships last weekend...Fri 7th - Sun 9th Mar 2014

The IAAF World Athletics Indoor Championships were held in Sopot, Poland last weekend...Fri 7th to Sun 9th of March 2014. Irish interest in the competition ended on the Friday when the five Irish athletes competing went out in the heats.

One of the big suprises in the following two days was the defeat of the Olympic champion Sally Pearson from Australia. It was almost taken as a given that she would win the final but it wasn't to be. (Click forward to 3 minutes)

1 Nia ALI    USA 7.80     PB    0.140
2 Sally PEARSON    AUS 7.85     0.129
3 Tiffany PORTER    GBR  7.86 SB       0.163
4 Cindy BILLAUD    FRA 7.89        0.164
5 Janay DELOACH SOUKUP USA 7.90 0.172
6 Cindy ROLEDER    GER      8.01     0.148
7 Nadine HILDEBRAND GER  8.02     0.166
8 Yuliya KONDAKOVA RUS  8.08     0.152

One interesting aspect of this final is to compare the times to what Irish athlete Derval O'Rourke might have done, especially in light of her recent funding cut.

In March 2013, Derval O'Rourke recorded these times in seconds in the European Indoor Championships in Gotenburg, Sweden....
Womens 60m hurdles...Heats = 8.05, Semi-final = 8:00, Final = 7.95

Due to an operation on her achilles in 2013, Derval O'Rourke was never going to get to the championships in Poland but her times from last year certainly show the potential. When she won the World indoors in Moscow in 2006, she ran 7.84 seconds. It's obvious that in this particular event at least, she is up there with the best in the world. In that light, the recent funding cut seems all the more unfortunate.

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Re athletes funding, year after year over 100 Aosdana artists and writers get tax free €17,180 plus access to a subsididised pension fund plus a tax credit of € 40,000 per year. They decide themselves who gets the money and since the scheme began 12 years ago, some have got in excess of € 100,000 in addition to any Local Authority funding any may have received. Compare this extraordinary lavish funding to how athletes are treated and the standards they have to meet and be measured against. And it isnt going to change until people start to express some sense of outrage at how politicians favour their own vested interest groups.


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With the boom in online shopping – and more and more people looking to Amazon to fill their Christmas lists – the question is: what to do with all those unused boxes? Well, Amazon is taking part in a program to recycle all those empty Amazon boxes as well as help get donations to the […]

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Goodwill Year End Haul

Happy Sunday!   I cleaned my closet this weekend and filled five garbage bags with clothes to donate. While I was cleaning, I realized that I have way too many clothes.  But I’m a woman and we can never have too many clothes, kind of the same way  we feel about shoes.

Since it’s officially winter here in Wisconsin, I was jonesing for some different sweaters, so off I went to Goodwill.  It’s snowing today, so the store was hardly busy at all, yeah!  No screaming kids! I scored lots of good stuff. Of course I need nothing, but that never stops me.

For a whopping $22, I got two pairs of pants, four sweaters, two tee shirts, a tank top and a hippy blouse.

All of the items were name brand and in excellent condition.  I got 8 items for 50% off the tag price, then 25% off of my entire purchase.

Here are my sweaters.  I especially like the paisley print cardigan.

The tee shirts and tank top will look great under sweaters I already own.

And this cute hippy blouse. Super comfy.

I also got a pair of Dockers trouser jeans and some black Levi corduroys. Now I’m all set, at least until I lose the 30 pounds hanging off my arse.

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Thrift Store Haul & Tips

Here are a few things from a recent trip to my favorite Goodwill store.  I didn’t pay more than $3 for any one item.  I scored some NYDJ (Not Your Daughter’s Jeans) NYDJ on Amazon jeans for $3.50, this style sells for over $100!

I’ve gained a few pounds lately, so I was looking for some shorts.  I couldn’t find any so I bought four pairs of jeans to cut off.  The NYDJ brand fits perfectly.  My friend swears by them, but I would never pay over $100 for a pair of jeans, I don’t care how good they might make my butt look.  I just want my butt to look smaller.

A few of the items are for winter, but who cares! I’ll be more than set once the cold weather rolls around.  It is truly amazing what you can find.  My wardrobe just keeps getting better, and I’m keeping more money in my pocket.

Here are some tips for successful shopping at a thrift store:

  1. Give yourself plenty of time to shop. I’ve found men’s clothing mixed in with the women’s. Also you need to look in a size up or down from what you normally wear. It’s common to find other sizes mixed in with yours.
  2. Look at labels first. I could never afford to wear designer clothes before, now I can. I also find deals on items from our local department stores, as well as nationwide stores such as Kohl’s.
  3. Sign up for store rewards cards. I get advance notices of sales and coupons as well.
  4. Shopping on half price tag day. Usually on Sunday and Monday a particular color of price tag will be 50% off.  Sunday is probably the best time to shop because most people donate on Saturday.
  5. If you have lost weight or are losing weight, it’s the best place to go to reward yourself. When you have lost some weight and your old clothes are getting too baggy, shop Goodwill. Who wants to spend a lot of money on clothes, only to have them not fit in a month or so.
  6. Go outside your comfort zone. Before I discovered Goodwill, the colors of my wardrobe were indicative of my exciting occupation. I didn’t own anything pink, purple or coral.  Now I have all the colors of the rainbow in my closet.
  7. Go often. You will be amazed at the amount of brand new with the tag items you will find.
  8. Last but not least. Find out when your local department is having a Goodwill sale. When you donate items to the store they will give you a coupon good for that store. A week after the sale is over, go to your local Goodwill.  You will be amazed at the selection.  January 1st is great also; as many people (including myself) wait until the last minute to donate for the previous year.
  9. And the most important thing, donate regularly to your local thrift store. They help many people in the community, and it’s a great tax write off.


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Liz Cheney’s future in Republican leadership to be decided by secret ballot in closed-door meeting

WASHINGTON – The expected vote Wednesday on Rep. Liz Cheney’s future as a member of House Republican leadership will be conducted by secret ballot behind closed doors.

Even Cheney, who will be in the room, won’t know everyone who may vote to oust her as the chair of the House Republican Conference, and who could vote to keep her as the chamber’s third most-powerful Republican.

Under long-standing conference rules, votes will be cast in secret by the members who physically show up to the morning meeting in the Capitol. No proxy voting is allowed. When it’s over, the top House Republican, Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is expected to come out of the meeting and announce the results to the press.

A simple majority of those voting will decide Cheney’s fate.

That’s what happened in February when some Republicans sought to strip Cheney of he leadership post following the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump that she supported. The vote was 145-61 (with one abstention) by secret ballot to keep Cheney on as conference chair.

Rep. Liz Cheney heads to the House floor to vote at the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 3, 2021 in Washington, DC.

At the time, Cheney benefitted from McCarthy’s backing and the lack of a clear alternative. But her support from those in GOP leadership is running dry. Some members including McCarthy, the House’s No. 2 Republican Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., and Indiana Rep. Jim Banks, who chairs the chamber’s largest GOP caucus, the Republican Study Committee, all have come out against Cheney.

Congressional votes on official business, such as bills, resolutions and nominations, are open and recorded, forcing lawmakers to go on the record with their positions. Party machinations are different, often hidden from public view.

Because of the secret ballot it won’t be immediately clear who voted with Cheney or against her. Though a few lawmakers might make short speeches or signal their preference in another way.

Cheney will have some allies in the room. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., who also voted to impeach Trump, has come out in favor of the Wyoming Republican.

“I think the reality is that we as a party need to have an internal look and a full accounting as to what led to January 6,” he said Sunday on CBS News’ “Face the Nation”. I mean, right now it’s basically like we’re the Titanic. We’re in the middle of this slow sink, there’s a band on deck telling everyone it’s fine, meanwhile Donald Trump is looking for women’s clothing trying to get on the first life boat.”

Cheney’s vote to impeach Trump in January and her continued pushback against Trump’s baseless claims that widespread voter fraud cost him the November election have fueled the momentum to remove her from leadership.

Trump has endorsed her ouster, slamming Cheney as a “warmongering fool who has no business in Republican Party Leadership” in a statement issued last week through his Save America PAC.

“We want leaders who believe in the Make America Great Again movement, and prioritize the values of America First,” the former president said.

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The Clock’s Ticking: Best Buy Reveals ‘Nick of Time’ Sale

Starting Friday and only available through Sunday, shoppers will be able to save big on favorite brands like Apple, Samsung and LG to cross remaining names off their holiday gift lists.

20 Days of Doorbusters continues with one secret doorbuster, each guaranteed to be the lowest price of the season, revealed daily now through Dec. 20.

MINNEAPOLIS – Dec. 13, 2018 – It’s a race against time to finish holiday shopping, and Best Buy is helping last-minute shoppers save big with its Nick of Time sale. Starting tomorrow, customers will find huge deals on the season’s hottest tech – including laptops, headphones, TVs, smartphones and more – for three days only. Almost all of the deals will be available on BestBuy.com and in stores.

Best Buy’s Nick of Time deals include:

  • Save up to $150 on iPhone X, iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus with qualified activation
  • Save up to $200 on MacBook Pro Touchbar
  • Beats by Dr. Dre urBeats³ Earphones for $39.99 (Save $60)
  • Samsung 65-inch Smart 4K UHD TV with HDR for $599.99 (Save $200)
  • Save $400 on Lenovo Yoga 920 2-in-1 13.9-inch Touch-Screen Laptop (Sale price: $899.99)
  • Save $300 to $500 on the Samsung Galaxy Note8, S8 or S8+ with qualified activation
  • Neato Botvac D5 Robot Vacuum for $349 (Save $250)
  • Save $15 on Instax Cameras
  • LG 300W Sound Bar for $119.99 (Save $160)
  • HP Pavilion Gaming Desktop 690-0024 for $729.99 (Save $100)
  • 25-inch Alienware LED FHD Monitor for $349.99 (Save $250)
  • Buy three Philips Hue White & Color Ambiance A19 Wi-Fi Smart LED Bulbs for $99.99

20 Days of Doorbusters continues

Continuing through Dec. 20, one secret doorbuster will be revealed each day, and it’s guaranteed to be the lowest price of the season. Each day also includes other deals on hot tech. But shoppers need to act fast – deals are only available on the day it’s revealed. Doorbusters will be revealed on the Best Buy app and BestBuy.com and, new this year, customers can sign up for text alert reminders*. Upcoming doorbusters include a Microsoft Surface, a video doorbell, wireless headphones and more.

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The Secret To Katy Perry’s Super-Fast Costume Changes? This Duo Of Circus Stars

This is seriously magic.

If you’ve ever seen Katy Perry perform live, you may have noticed that girl changes clothes like that dude in “Hot N Cold” changes his mind. The secret behind her lightning-fast dressing up and dressing down? That would be David Michael Maas and Dania Kaseeva, a duo of quick-change artists who grew up in the circus and, seriously, are more than a little magical.

David & Dania

“Her management saw us and asked if we would be interested in setting up a meeting with Katy to talk about the possibility of doing some changes in her show,” Maas told MTV News. “She had in mind to do all those changes in one particular song, which was ‘Hot N Cold.’ She fell in love with the whole idea and ended up doing a whole bunch of changes on her tour with that song and it became a very big and popular part of the show.”

Let’s all take a moment to marvel at Katy’s super-quick magic changes in the below performance of “Hot N Cold,” off of One of the Boys:

Pretty incredible, right? Maas told us that initially Perry was set to do only four changes, but soon ratcheted that up to about seven.

“I can’t share, magically, [what we do],” he said. “It’s not easy. It’s a lengthy, long process that we worked on for years and years and years. To teach her, you have to go in and you have to be with her physically — because they’re made specifically for her body.”

According to the duo’s website, Maas and Kaseeva initially spent more than $100,000 in costumes, material designers, music editing and more to put together their act — a mingling of ballroom dancing, magic and eye-popping illusion.

The process is so hard, Maas said, that not everyone who has reached out to them has been able to cut it. “We’ve had many others call us in and consult with us and once they see what’s actually involved and the work that has to be done, we’ve had several people tell us that they decided against it,” he said. “But Katy was absolutely terrific. She’s a go-getter. There’s no saying no with her.”

Now, not to throw shade or anything — it takes me five minutes to get all the buttons right on my flannels — but if you think Katy’s good at quick-change magic, you’ve obviously never seen Maas and Kaseeva take the stage.

I have — around 15 years ago at the Big Apple Circus — and let me tell you: Best performance I have ever seen. Anywhere. Hands-down. And I’ve seen Katy Perry’s Prismatic tour in full and basically 1,000 punk shows per week.

It was mind-blowing, in the truest sense of the word. I vividly remember my mom turning to me mid-perfomance — after Kaseeva changed behind a fall of glitter — and breathlessly saying, “That’s real magic.” I had to agree. And you will, too, after watching the below video of that very performance:

Did you watch it? All 6-plus minutes? Does your face currently look like this?

That’s what I thought.

Having performed for queens, presidents and Oprah, this duo has been honing their craft and entertaining the big wigs for decades now, but, according to Maas, working with Perry was one of the highlights on their career. And, it seems, they could be reunited with Katy soon enough; Perry’s team has been in touch about a brand-new project. “Of course we said yes,” Maas said.

“I was hoping she would utilize some of the ideas that we taught her with the instantaneous changes [during the Super Bowl],” Maas added. “But it didn’t turn out that way. I would love for her to come back to us and redesign some stuff for another song.”

I think I speak for all of us KatyCats when I say: So would we.

Senior writer/editor at MTV News. Former Mashable associate editor & CNN columnist. "Stuff Hipsters Hate" co-writer. Moshpit fan.

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