It's a modern world with modern problems, and one of the most significant issues that we live with comes from the continuous hacking of technology. The thing is, it's not just our computers that get hacked, it's phones, car key fobs, tablets, and laptops.
All of our electronic devices want our personal information, but that information is vulnerable. No matter how many passwords you add to your belongings, there will always be someone who has developed something to try and overcome those barriers to access your personal information. It's for this reason that protecting your privacy properly is essential. Hacking is one of the easiest, non-violent ways to ruin your life. Criminals use these routes to watch your moves and extort money from you, and it's a crime on the rise.
With the rise of crime in this area, you need to be on guard as best you can, and the best way to do that is to invest in a device called a Faraday bag. It's not always a handbag, either. You can invest in a waterproof backpack, wallets, and purses to shield your devices from influences from the outside. These faraday bags work like a portable safe; except that a safe is massive, obvious and usually buried in the walls of a building.
Faraday bags, wallets and purses are smaller, lightweight and easy to transport discreetly while being affordable to those who want them the most. Police departments and law enforcement officers use faraday bags as part of their uniform, as they help to keep secrets and maintain privacy. Most faraday bags on the market are military grade, too, so you know you're getting the highest level of quality and protection there is.
Faraday bags are a hand-me-down idea invented by Michael Faraday, a British scientist who built a 'cage' that could block electromagnetic fields. Initially, he did this by coating an entire room in metallic foil, and he proved his theory by shooting high-voltage charges at the room.
He realized that the foil acted as a shield from electricity and radio waves, and since then, these cages have evolved into the bags, wallets, and purses we see on the market today, as well as other items. They can stop digital pickpocketing from occurring, keeping your belongings safe at all times.
Released in 2016, the X2 Faraday duffel bag is a versatile addition to the shielding products list. The Faraday bag has a detachable pocket, with the primary purpose being a secondary shielding compartment when it's combined with the duffel bag. It can also attach to other packs on the market.
The X2 duffel has been built with durability in mind, with double paired seams and materials of high quality. This is a bag that can shield 5th generation devices, meaning that this faraday bag can represent the newest innovations of shielding for military and civilian life.
This is a military grade duffel bag, and for military operators, it is a lightweight solution to shield devices in the field. To give you an idea of the capacity of the main pocket, this faraday bag can hold around 15 cell phones, which is big enough for daily operations. If you're not using the bag, it can fold flat and small, which helps to cut some of the space taken up in your main backpack.
Both the detachable pocket and the main bag can shield from outside interference, and it's well worth the money spent!
Military-grade faraday duffel bag with MOLLE webbing on front side, unshielded outer zipper compartment, and detachable MOLLE faraday pouch with quick snap straps.
Shields multiple laptops, cell phones, tablets, GPS units, electronic toll collection transponders (like E-ZPass), keyfobs, or other small to large devices from ALL wireless signals. EMI shielding & RFI shielding. Primarily designed for law enforcement forensic investigators, also used for military, executive travel, personal security, EMP protection, and solar flare protection.
Blocks WiFi (2.4 & 5GHz), Bluetooth, cell signals (4G LTE+), GPS, RFID, and radio signals with 60-80dB average attenuation. Two layers of high-shielding fabric on all sides with dual paired seam construction.
Main Duffel Dimensions: 26" x 13" x 13" | Detachable MOLLE Faraday Pouch Dimensions: 8" x 6" x 2"
Uniquely serialized for asset tracking. Closable pocket on back to place company/agency information. Water-resistant ballistic nylon outer materials.
It could be the best backpack you have ever invested in; the Silent Pocket Faraday Waterproof Backpack is designed to be clean and discreet. It's one of the only backpacks on the market that can block all wireless signals while also preventing water.
You can't control much of the 71% of water on the planet, but you can control how affected your electronic devices are by the water around you. This is a backpack that gives you complete peace of mind wherever you happen to travel. The 2-way roll down and clip design for the sides and top help to add to the security of this waterproof wonder. Not only will this waterproof backpack stop signals from hitting your devices, but it also prevents your devices from emitting any signals to others.
We may be in a world of electronics, but that doesn't mean that you can't step off the grid now and then. This is a backpack that shields against EMR radiation and static shock as well as the signal from smart keys and GPS tracking.
Think Silent Pocket Faraday Waterproof Backpack when you need a waterproof safety net while you travel.
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DURABLE AND CONVENIENT: Made from the highest quality Rip Stop 400D Nylon TPU with RF welded seams and high-tension thread. Measures 15" x 15" x 3", providing 20L of space. Fits large laptops, tablets, and most electronic devices. Extremely durable roll down and clip seal and dual opening pocket. All while providing you comfort with premium cushioned shoulder straps.
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It's not often that people consider the need to protect their phone from outside signals, but with the Mission Darkness Non-Window Faraday Bag for Phones, this is never going to be an issue. It's a bag that blocks all wireless signals completely, and it can mean the difference between your phone being hacked or not.
Some people worry about their phone being tracked, but with this non-window faraday bag, phones are properly enclosed, with no entry for malicious code or other interfering signals. These bags are mostly used for law enforcement individuals, as well as those under protection and those in the military.
The Mission Darkness Non-Window Faraday Bag for Phones is designed to stay dry and protected, as it's been constructed with water-resistant nylon. It's so much easier to travel safely with this faraday phone bag because you can preserve your privacy wherever you are visiting. Users can also download an app to test the signal blocking strength of any of the Mission Darkness Non-Window Faraday Bag for Phones on the market. There is also a pocket on the back of the bag so that the company and personal information can be added.
As it's an asset, it comes with unique serialization to be tracked if necessary. It's a bag worth investing in.
Outer dimensions: 9.75" x 9.5" | Inner usage dimensions: 5.5" x 9" | Double roll and Velcro closure.
Cars are stolen all too often, and with a lot of vehicles going keyless entry, the risk of theft is even higher than you expect it to be. Thieves aren't just breaking in with hammers and screwdrivers anymore, but with relay devices to hack a smart system without even using a key fob.
This is where the Wisdompro RFID Signal Blocking faraday bag comes in. It's a signal blocking bag that works to protect chip technology such as credit cards, cell phones, and keyless entry key fobs.
The inner silver layer of the bag blocks signals and the outer layer of Oxford cloth makes the whole thing look discreet and sleek. As long as you ensure that your belongings are put inside the silver layer of the bag, you're going to be able to keep your belongings safe from hacking, tracking, and theft. It's the modern option for those who are looking for those wanting the most security for their belongings.
The smarter that we get with our technology, the smarter thieves get. This Faraday Bag, Wisdompro RFID Signal Blocking is a way to be one step ahead at all times. It's a must for the modern traveler.
In a world of contactless payments, we need wallets and purses that are going to protect our belongings as much as possible. Contactless technology makes our wallets smarter, and wallets such as the Mt. Eston RFID Blocking Trifold Bifold Mens Wallet make us more intelligent when we buy them.
This is a wallet of the future. Not only does it hold 11 cards at one time in the traditional sense, but it also has four extra slots behind each of the card sections. This can hold receipts, travel tickets and as a bonus, this is a wallet that comes with a lifetime warranty.
This RFID wallet has security and assurance through the RFID blocking technology that is built right in. It can prevent thieves from scanning your wallet and skimming your bank accounts and credit cards with ease. For quality, it is made of 100% pebble grain leather, finished in black and is hand-stitched for that luxury touch. It's the perfect gift for the safety conscious who also love a little security with their belongings.
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Just a day after being crowned Fifa World Player of the Year and claiming that he was happy to stay at Manchester United, the Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid story is back with a vengeance.
Respected Spanish football writer Guillem Balague has claimed to have got wind of a £105m bid for C-Ron by the La Liga giants. The rumoured deal would see the Portugal winger earn a whopping £210,000 per week in wages.
While it looks like this story will never be put to bed, the chances of United selling Ronaldo with Ferguson still at the helm look slim to none, especially after the deterioration of relations between the two clubs last month when the Scot claimed that he wouldn't sell Real a virus.


International Rivers, a group which has long raised concerns about the social and environmental impacts of proposed hydro-power projects, describes the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) as a "flawed scheme" which is "undermining the goals of the Kyoto Protocol by generating hundreds of millions of carbon offsets from projects that are doing nothing to actually reduce emissions. More than a quarter of projects applying for the CDM are hydropower plants, including, at the latest count, 364 large hydros in China."
↑ "Treading Hot Water: Climate Negotiations in Poznan The UN Climate Change Conference in Poznan, December 1-12, 2008", International Rivers website, accessed December 2008.
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The French IAS Resource Center provides practical support to increase the effectiveness of actions on IASs. It ensures the development of methods, training, the capitalization of knowledge and the dissemination of know-how and good practices for all stakeholders: managers of natural areas, NGOs, researchers, local authorities, public institutions, state services, etc. This website offers general information on the subject, regular local, national and international news, as well as numerous legislative, technical and scientific resources.
Invasive alien species are now recognized as one of the major pressures on global biodiversity. The importance of the issues has led the Convention on Biological Diversity to include this topic as one of its major themes and to devote one of its 20 strategic objectives to 2020 (Aichi targets). Since 2014, the European Union has also adopted a regulation on the prevention and management of the introduction and spread of IAS. In France, the national strategy on this issue, published in 2017, now offers a framework to ensure the implementation of European regulations and meet our international commitments. All over France, both in metropolitan France and overseas, a large number of actors are mobilized to organize surveillance, evaluate impacts, improve knowledge, define strategies and implement prevention and management actions in the field. The development of skills and the support of the stakeholders require a considerable effort to provide information, methodologies, tools for decision support and management, management experiences and good practices.
To develop a collective learning (common culture) around the objectives of knowledge and management of IAS.
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To guide its actions, identify needs in terms of knowledge dissemination, tools development and training, the French IAS Resource Center mobilizes a steering committee and a network of scientific and technical expertise (REST). For Overseas Territories, which is particularly concerned by these issues, the Resource Center is based on the network of the IAS Initiative in overseas, led by the French IUCN Committee.
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Lessons From the Underwear Bomber: Fix The Things That Are Actually Broken
Bruce Schneier yesterday posted about the dots that weren't connected in the Christmas underwear-bomber plot. After something like this happens, it's very, very easy to point figures and assign blame, and say "the system failed". That may even be true in this case; I don't know, and neither do you.
What I do know, though, is that it really doesn't matter the least bit.
If people really wanted, they could virtually eliminate traffic deaths. How? By banning motorcycles, trucks, SUVs, and compact cars; by banning people from driving in the rain or at night or within forty-eight hours of a snowstorm. By banning people under the age of 25 from driving in groups of three or more. By banning people from driving with pre-teen children in their car. By banning people from having radios, iPods, or cellphones in their cars.
It would be grossly inconvenient. It would, in fact, be outright tyranny. It would work, though, sort of, because traffic fatalities are semi-random accidents. None of those things really address the causes of traffic deaths – they just eliminate conditions that increase their odds.
The same mentality really doesn't work with airborne terrorism, though. We can ban brown people from flying, we can ban anyone who's ever visited Yemen from flying, we can ban people from buying one-way tickets, and we can ban people from flying without luggage. That doesn't really matter, because those sorts of preventative measures are extraordinarily easy to overcome, and may actually be detrimental. (Keeping in mind that we still don't screen every piece of checked luggage, do we really want to force would-be terrorists to check luggage containing God-knows-what?)
Terror isn't random, though – it's deliberate. You can ban things left, right, and centre in the hopes of preventing it, but it won't work. If the government decided that the only people allowed to fly were anglo-saxon single-mothers under the age of 30 employed by the federal government and pregnant with their second – not first or third or fourth – child, I guarantee that al-Qaeda or some other terrorist group would find and recruit just such an individual for an attack of some sort, because that's what they do.
People like to say "the underwear bomber did this" or "the underwear bomber did that", and this should have been enough of a red flag to prevent him from flying.
Lots of people pay cash. Lots of people fly without checked luggage. That doesn't mean anything.
What could mean something is the cliched trifecta of crime: means, opportunity, and motive. Does the individual want to commit terror? (Motive.) Does the individual know how to carry out such a plan? (Means.) Does he or she have the chance to do so? (Opportunity.)
Some people think that just visiting Yemen is good enough reason to ban someone from flying, because they might have acquired dangerous skills or knowledge there. That's pretty damned tyrannical, I think. Do you know what that kind of policy would look like, applied domestically?
Remember all the bitching about government repression at the 2008 RNC and DNC conventions? And at the 2004 ones? Imagine that the government had setup roadblocks at the state borders of Minnesota and Colorado several months before the conventions, and refused entry to everyone who'd ever used the internet.
In Yemen, there are people who can teach you how to make a bomb, and wage war against the West.
On the internet, there are websites that can teach you how to make a Molotov cocktail, and wage war against the State.
Really no difference, is there?
By that pretty outlandish standard, Abdulmutallab possibly shouldn't have been allowed to board the plane. But hindsight is always 20-20, and the question really becomes "was there ample evidence beforehand that Abdulmutallab likely had the means, opportunity, and motive to commit an act of terror?" The answer to that is almost certainly "no".
The intelligence community had uncorroborated evidence that he'd become radicalized. That's motive, maybe. And, obviously, he booked a flight – that's probably as good an opportunity as any. But did he have the means to carry out an attack? Nobody knew. So he'd been to Yemen. So what? If it was known and disseminated that he'd spend a fortnight at the compound of Ali al Baksheesh bin Yusef O'Pipebomber, regional Irish-Saudi bombmaker extraordinaire, then yeah, that would have implied a high probability that he posessed the means to make a jetliner go boom, and things might have been a little different.
But, you know what? It shouldn't have fucking mattered, anyway. It's supposed to be a reasonably free world, and people should be reasonably free to travel wheresoever they damn well please.
Barring spontaneous human combustion, which may or may not exist, human beings do not blow up aeroplanes. Bombs do.
The no-fly list is a joke. A sham. A charade. Mildly Orwellian security theatre. People are not threats.
If a mafia hitman wants to board a jet, let him. If some frothing-at-the-brain college student who hates America wants to board a jet, let him. If a mild-mannered business executive for a Fortune 500 company wants to board a jet, I say let him.
Just screen them all for weapons and explosives and other dangerous items, first.
Wait… that's what we already do? Well, shit.
The underwear bombing was not an intelligence failure. It was an airport screening failure.
Nothing more, nothing less.
We put our faith in the screening system to detect dangerous items. Abdulmutallab beat that system by bringing a bomb on board the plane. It could just as easily have been someone else who the intelligence community had never heard of.
Improve the screening system, because that's what failed.
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Calathea zebra plants their bright green leaves can be boldly striped in white, yellow or pink in a striking feather-like pattern that is sure to catch the eye. Calathea zebra plants does require a warm and moist environment which encourages the foliage to thrive and look its best.
Temperature: Average room temperatures of 65-75ºF (18-24ºC) are best, and no lower than 60ºF (15ºC). Sudden temperature drops and cold drafts should be avoided.
Light: its natural habitat the Calathea dwells in forest areas shaded by trees without direct sunlight, which is why a bright but shaded spot within a warm greenhouse or conservatory suits them very well.
Watering: During the growing season water the plant thoroughly and keep the soil moist. When it's winter growing slows down or stops, reduce watering and you can allow the top soil to become slightly dry between each watering.
Soil: A peat based potting mix will be required. 2 parts peat and 1 part perlite is one mixture that will be fine.
Fertilizer: balanced liquid fertilizer every two weeks from April - October.
Humidity: This is one of the conditions which can be difficult to get right in many households and to maintain throughout the whole year for this plant.


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My friend says she looks like Melissa McCarthy in a cat costume.
/r/DelightfullychubbyTesting out the new rug!
/r/DelightfullychubbyGrant Green crossed the rainbow bridge today. His last moments were full of love and comfort. He'll be deeply missed. We'll always love you, buddy.
/r/DelightfullychubbyDelightfully chubby Java taking her afternoon nap in her special chair.
/r/DelightfullychubbyBroke into the catnip and had herself a party.
/r/DelightfullychubbyI picked him up and he decided to get comfy!
/r/DelightfullychubbyFeeling cute, might try to steal the other cat's food later, IDK.
/r/DelightfullychubbyThis is Jingles. His fluff slows him when getting on the couch.
/r/DelightfullychubbyGrant Green, you are so loved.
/r/DelightfullychubbyThis is Benjamin, or Big Ben as we call him. He does this whenever he sees you eating yogurt, cereal, or in this case, chicken nuggets.


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SixHead Menu – A Steakhouse With a Focus on Six Cuts of Beef
The fixed menu has a unique design. Instead of paper and plastic, the menu is enclosed in leather and has a logo on the front. This design ties in with the restaurant's story about the 6Head cattle. There are six cuts of beef on the menu, including the famous Wagyu steak. Each cut of beef has its special taste and preparation. Include pictures and videos of the food items to make the menu more appealing.
Six cuts of beef
If you're looking for a steakhouse focusing on six cuts of beef, you've come to the right place. Located in Toronto, 6HEAD is a steakhouse that focuses on six cuts of beef. The restaurant uses locally sourced, highly respected meat purveyors to ensure the highest quality cuts of beef. While the menu is simple and uncomplicated, six cuts of beef are the stars of this Toronto establishment.
A chef who began his culinary career in South Africa was given the option of pursuing a professional career in rugby or attending culinary school. He chose the latter and is now Executive Chef at 6HEAD Sydney. Hall grew up on a farm in Johannesburg, South Africa, where he learned about raising cattle and preparing meat. His food is influenced by family traditions, which include eating delicious, nutritious foods.
The restaurant focuses on premium cuts of beef, curated wines, and bespoke architectural design to complement the historical significance of Campbells Cove. Located in a restored heritage sandstone building from the 1800s, 6HEAD is the perfect place to enjoy a steak and a view of Sydney. The menu at 6HEAD consists of six cuts of beef, each with unique flavors and textures.
When it comes to choosing a cut of beef, you have to take into consideration what your customers want. Some consumers prefer a steak that cooks quickly, while others want the flavor of a more challenging cut. While the former tends to cost more, tougher cuts may be better for those who prefer to eat flavorful meat that takes longer to cook. In addition to steaks, different cuts are used in dim sum.
Farmer's pie
The Farmer's market inspires the new menu of the 6 Head grill. Farmers' pie was originally made with ground lamb with mushrooms and vegetables on top. Today, lentils are used in place of lamb. You can also make the lentil-mushroom mixture ahead of time. Once prepared, the dish can be baked at room temperature. It can be prepared up to a week in advance.
The restaurant's name comes from the six black Cape cattle brought to Australia with the First Fleet. While unsupervised, the cattle disappeared. However, they were eventually spotted eighty miles inland from Sydney. Ever since Australia has been one of the world's leading beef producers. The steaks served at 6HEAD are dry-aged in the restaurant. The restaurant's executive chef, Sean Hall, is a native of Johannesburg, South Africa. He has extensive experience in French cooking techniques and is trained with the Jamie Oliver Group in the UK.
The 6HEAD restaurant also offers a curated wine list. There are over 250 wines to choose from. The menu features wines from six different wine regions. The wines are from different countries and regions and include French, Italian, Spanish, and South African varietals. The sixHEAD restaurant has a limited selection of Spanish and Argentinian wine. But if you are a foodie and love a wine list, the 6HEAD restaurant is for you.
The 6HEAD restaurant is located in the historic Campbell's Stores building, which was built in 1839. It features panoramic views of Sydney Harbour. The restaurant pays tribute to the space's heritage while incorporating luxurious contemporary decor. The menu features a range of meat dishes and seafood options, but the menu is also full of vegetarian and vegan options. And for dessert, there is a super sweet dessert menu.
Bone marrow burger
The top-of-the-line 28-day dry-aged Bone Marrow Burger is slathered with bone marrow and shiitake butter. Other menu items include a Fresno fig burger and a bison burger with bacon-infused jam and smoked mozzarella. The menu includes six different types of meat and a variety of sauces.
Wagyu steak
One of the best places to enjoy a good wagyu steak is at 6HEAD, a new restaurant in Sydney's Gaslamp District. This modern restaurant offers a wide range of steaks, from grass-fed to dry-aged. For example, the Wagyu rump cap ($55) is one of the menu's highlight dishes. This prime cut of beef is served with horseradish and daikon.
As meat, Wagyu is incredibly rich in fat, with its marbling score higher than any other beef. This means it is richer in flavor than other beef, making it more satisfying than other cuts. The meat is also smaller, which means it can be more filling. The fatty streaks are what make it so special. Wagyu steak is a delicious and healthy choice for anyone looking for a delicious steak.
While 6HEAD is known for its wagyu steaks, there are a wide variety of smaller dishes and bites. You can even find a special menu that offers burrata and a variety of small bites for only $25. The Wagyu rib eye MBS6+ starts at $89, and a 150-day grain-fed Shorthorn fillet costs $69!
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1.Find out the computer screen resolution. Before you begin, figure out what size the Illinois Illini picture needs to be. Fortunately, this is really easy. Just right click a blank area on your desktop and select Properties from the menu. Then, click the Settings tab on the resulting screen. Look at the Screen resolution area and write down the current setting.
2. Pick a Fighting Illini photo. Then go to your pictures file and open the photo you want to use in Paint.
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The Halcyon development in Forsyth County is starting to take shape with some tasty additions to its roster of tenants.
The mixed-use development's Market Hall food hall will welcome Gu's Dumplings, which also has stalls at Krog Street Market and SunTrust Park; Tocayo, a Mexican street food spot; Kilwin's Chocolate; and Land of a Thousand Hills Coffee Company, which has several locations in metro Atlanta and the Southeast.
New restaurants will include Butcher & Brew and Never Enough Thyme, which both have existing Alpharetta locations and will serve up homemade American fare.
The eateries will join three concepts from Chef Mark Taft that were announced earlier this year: Southern farm-to-table concept CO-OP Community Table + Bar, Feed Fried Chicken + Such (which will also have a location at The Battery at SunTrust Park) and an unnamed burger concept.
Locatedat 5490 McGinnis Village Place on the border of Alpharetta, Halcyon is set to open in 2018 and will also include 500,000 square feet of retail and office space, a dine-in movie theater, two hotels, 690 residential units and 50 acres of green space.


According to a blog post at distant creations, a Steve Jobs like character will be in the newly remodeled Spaceship Earth at Epcot. Missing will be Steve Wozniak. The character apparently won't be referenced by name. It should be noted Steve Jobs is a member of Disney's Board of Directors and the largest shareholder.


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No blog post for quite a while… part of the reason is that we gocept developers were busy preparing talks for PyCon DE 2011. As result, we presented an impressive number of 7 talks/tutorials at this lovely conference.
Curious? Here is a list of all sessions (most with video recordings). Please be aware that nearly all of this stuff is in German.


Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) joined Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and many of her House Democratic colleagues to urge Congressional Republicans to return to Washington and get to work on a range of issues that are vitally important for the American people, especially measures to spur job creation and extend for a full year the President's payroll tax cut, expanded unemployment insurance coverage, and a Medicare "doc fix." Republican Congressional leaders are keeping Congress out of session for nearly two more weeks and plan to have a limited number of session days this month.
"House Democrats are ready to work, but when it comes to job creation Republicans have been missing in action not just today, but for the entire year they've been in charge. The millions of Americans who are unemployed can't wait for Congress to pass the President's Jobs Act and to extend unemployment insurance benefits. Families all over the country can't wait for Republicans to agree to a full-year extension of the President's payroll tax cut. And doctors who serve Medicare patients deserve the reassurance of a full-year 'doc fix' that prevents a huge cut in their revenues.
"To my Republican colleagues, with all due respect, it's time to get to work and finally address these issues, which are among the most important to the American people. We can't wait any longer – and we shouldn't have to," said Maloney.


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This article originally appeared in The Signpost of Weber State University. Thanks to author Matt Handy, it is reprinted here with permission.
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By MATT HANDY
A group of Weber State University students are following in the footsteps of some of the most influential men in history — not with revolutionary ideas, but with beards. Men such as King Henry VIII, Ulysses S. Grant and Abraham Lincoln all wore beards to add to their scholarly prestige and to distinguish nobility.
WSU student Jeremy Burgener took historical references into account when he decided to grow his unique beard, which he refers to as "the modern Lincoln."
"I didn't want to do the chin strap," Burgener said about his beard. "I wanted to have something no one else had."
Expressing oneself as an individual is a common reason a man decides to grow a beard, according to WSU student Isaac VonLeu. VonLeu has a partial goatee, has been able to grow facial hair since grade school, and began shaving at age 12.
"To keep my facial hair down I have to shave twice a day," VonLeu said. "It is so irritating to have to constantly shave, so that is one reason I have facial hair."
VonLeu first gave up shaving in high school and was quickly given the nickname "Wolf Man" by his peers. Since then, VonLeu has worn nearly every style of beard, mixing and matching the full beard with and without sideburns, and experimenting with what he thinks looks good on his face.
"I love having chin hair because it has become part of my personality, but it might not be for everybody," VonLeu said. "Experiment with it, find out what looks good on you and do it."
Female students Brooke Estes and Stephanie Healey have their own take on guys with beards, and what it is like to be a female and unable to grow a beard.
"I have to admit I am a little jealous that I don't get to experiment with facial hair, because it mixes up your appearance and identity," Estes said.
Both Estes and Healey agree that facial hair can drastically affect a man's appearance.
"I used to be turned off by guys with beards, but lately I have seen quite a few attractive guys with beards," Estes said. "I'm being converted."
Healey has mixed feelings.
"I look at some guys and think they would look good with sideburns, but I have never seen a guy and thought to myself 'He would look good with a big beard,'" Healey said.
Twenty-year-old WSU student Rodney Sharp likes to remain cleanshaven but sports a thin strip of facial hair under his bottom lip known as a "soul patch."
"I wear it because I think I look better with facial hair," Sharp said. "I have a rounded chin and this is a way to elongate my chin, and it also makes me look older."
Sharp is not alone in the belief that facial hair gives off the appearance of looking older. Twenty-three-year-old [name deleted] decided to grow a full goatee eight months ago and has noticed that people treat him differently now that he has facial hair.
"I think that having a goatee makes me look my age, and people take me more seriously," [name deleted] said. "Some people don't like it. My mother for instance, she doesn't think I look good with one, even though my dad has a beard."
WSU student Niels Lund has a neatly trimmed short beard that he only shaves off about twice a year. Lund has had a beard since he was a sophomore in high school and thinks of it as second nature.
Lund believes there are no downsides to having a beard and wants people to know that it is a misconception that beards are rough.
"Mine is really soft, actually," Lund said. "It also is great for snowboarding and the winters here in Utah. Without a beard, the cold stings your face."
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What's That Tree?
What's That Tree?
Have you always wondered what that purple-flowering tree was, down the street? Or the one by the post office that turns bright yellow in fall?
Turn to a new book by Matt Ritter, a botany professor at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, and you should have the answer in short order.
"A Californian's Guide to the Trees Among Us" features 150 of the most common trees growing in urban and suburban areas across the state.
"Ninety-five percent of the trees are covered," Ritter said, noting that these are trees that have been planted in neighborhoods, gardens, parks and along streets. There are a handful of California natives. But most of the trees living in what arborists call our "urban forest" are from Australia, East Asia and other temperate and subtropical regions of the world.
A Unique Approach
Valley oak (Quercus lobata)
Plenty of books have been written about trees. However, what makes Ritter's distinct is the approach he offers to identify trees.
Readers can take two paths: flip through the pages until they find a photo that resembles what they're trying to figure out. That's generally an easy route, as each of the 150 trees gets a full page treatment, with more than 500 photos and illustrations of mature specimens and close-ups of leaves, bark, cones, flowers, seeds and other pertinent details.
Or the more scientifically inclined might follow Ritter's keys.
Keys are well-known in botany. Books about native plants — the encyclopedic Jepson Manual in particular — go to great lengths to "key" individual species by posing a series of either/or questions that narrow the choices until an identification is made.
But according to Ritter, no book about commonly planted trees has ever done that.
"There are no keys for regular trees," he said. "It's difficult to do (create the keys) because you have to first of all know what you would see. .. It's training as a botanist that got me the ability to do that."
Female cone of a Cook pine (Araucaria columnaris).
Ritter's keys include such deceptively simple either/or questions as "Are the leaves lighter green on the lower surfaces?" or "Are the leaves the same color on the upper and lower surfaces; fruit smooth?" Based on the answers, he identifies the species or refers the reader to increasingly specific keys, where the identification is ultimately made.
When you reach that moment for a particular eucalyptus, for example, he said, "Now all of a sudden, you know it's a sugar gum, with smooth bark, orange blotches and a lighter color on the leaf. You can be confident you are looking at the same thing, because on page 57 you can see it."
To make the process easier for novices, he suggests first keying a tree whose identity you already know. He even provides a ruler along the edge of the back cover to measure various attributes of mystery trees.
"I wanted the book to be readable and interesting for the beginner, people who are just starting to look at trees, all the way to a person who's a curator of an herbarium who wants to know esoteric differences between acacias. I was trying to strike the balance," Ritter said.
A Light-Hearted Touch
The many shades of sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua).
As a professor, Ritter knows his way around thick, technical botanic tomes. He's also editor-in-chief of Madroño, an academic quarterly journal published by the California Botanical Society, a group comprised of university professors and researchers.
Yet he has taken a decidedly light — but sincere — tone with this book. Early on, Ritter writes, "This is a book about trees, made from the bodies of dead trees, and reading it is a poor substitute at best for experiencing these wonderful organisms directly and personally. Take it with you and walk out among the trees in your neighborhood."
He tucks in tidbits about natural history, quotes and tongue-in-cheek lists.
For instance, "Magnolias are an ancient and primitive group of flowering plants that evolved at a time when Earth was covered primarily with ferns and conifers… These flowers evolved prior to butterflies and bees and were originally pollinated by beetles and other ancient insects."
The many quotes include this one from humorist Jack Handy, "I think people tend to forget that trees are living creatures. They're sort of like dogs. Huge, quiet, motionless dogs, with bark instead of fur."
And this from French historian and educator Charles Rollin: "The highest and most lofty trees have the most reason to dread the thunder."
Ritter has fun with his lists, too, such as "Hobo Trees: Common Trees along California's Roadways and Railroad Tracks" and "The Ten Trees Most Likely to Trip You on the Sidewalk."
Then there's "California's 'Old-Timey' Trees: Trees planted in California long ago and now regularly found near old home sites and missions." The old-timers include such imposing giants as tree of heaven, bunya bunya tree, blue gum and Monterey cypress.
"Another whole goal is to look at things in a different way," Ritter said. "That's a plant palette that existed then that doesn't exist anymore… Now, when you see an area on the side of a hill with an old blue gum and a Monterey pine, even though any evidence of a structure is long gone, you'll know that an old house existed there because old timey trees are still there."
What Else is Inside
Ginkgo or maidenhair tree (Ginkgo biloba)
Each plant entry starts with the tree's botanic name and common name, along with its Latin translation, pronunciation, plant family, native location, leaf type, habit, shape, sex and height.
"The thing there on every page, the plant morphology, that came from a lot of observation," Ritter said.
The descriptions benefit from his observations as well. For example, about the tulip tree, which grows more than 80 feet tall, he writes, "A long pole trimmer, brave climb, jet pack, or view from a three-story building may be necessary to observe these majestic blooms closely, but they are well worth the effort."
What you won't find, though, are planting instructions or pest and disease diagnoses. Ritter said he didn't want to duplicate information readily available from other sources.
"As a botanist, the two questions are, 'What is that thing in my yard?' and 'What's wrong with it?' Many other books address the second question. This book addresses that first question."
He added, "My audience is people in urban and suburban environments in California who will pick up the book, flip through it, instantly recognize something around them… Then they'll get sucked in. A lay person who has a burgeoning curiosity about trees. I want them to become more interested in trees, I want them to become defenders of trees, I want them to plant trees, I want them ultimately to be more interested in general about organisms and conservation and diversity."
About Matt Ritter
Author Matt Ritter ensnared in the massive, above-ground roots of the Moreton Bay fig tree that sits near the Santa Barbara Amtrak station.
Author of "A Californian's Guide to the Trees Among Us," Matt Ritter is a botany professor at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. He is editor-in-chief of the California Botanic Society's quarterly journal. He writes about lesser-known but worthy trees for Pacific Horticulture Magazine; has written natural history and field trip guides about San Luis Obispo, and numerous scientific papers; and contributed to botanical references, including the upcoming second edition of the "Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California" and the "Flora of North America Project."
He is also chair of the City of San Luis Obispo Tree Committee.
Ritter shot all of the photographs for this new book. He is particularly proud that while he featured many street trees, not a single automobile is pictured.
Ritter is a lively speaker. His next appearance on the Central Coast will be February 20 at the Morro Bay Museum of Natural History.
In addition to his work as a botanist, Ritter describes himself as "a woodworker, athlete, musician, gardener, and all-around likable guy."
"A Californian's Guide to the Trees Among Us", by Matt Ritter, 2011, costs $18.95. It is available at most independent bookstores, including The Book Loft in Solvang, and online at www.heydaybooks.com.
Copyright, Joan S. Bolton. All rights reserved. Reproduction of text or photos in any form is prohibited without written permission.
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hi Joan, this is such a great post – and an excellent resource! It's nice to see what you're writing these days – I miss you!
Joan S. Bolton says:
How great to hear from you. Our loss is Seattle's gain!
Kim Ramseyer says:
Really well written, fun-reading article! Makes me want to get the book. (I think I'll forward the link to "Santa" . . :+)
I think you'll enjoy it. Santa should definitely put one in his bag for you!
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We fucked against the wall.
The sofa sat on the dog.
Your lies coated my teeth.
Afterwards, we ate spaghetti with our fingers.
You smiled with your elbow.
The twilight spilled ashen daylight.
I could see veins in your bones.
We slept with our toes open.
I found your tongue in the bathroom.
My back speaks best in sunlight.
After you left, I hid in the refrigerator.
The dog ate the table.
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The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) is delighted to announce the shortlist for the Research in Film Awards 2020.
The awards are the only film awards dedicated to celebrating and recognising arts and humanities research through film.
Hundreds of entries
The prestigious judging panel whittled down hundreds of entries this year to a shortlist of the best films made during the course of, as result of, or that are inspired by arts and humanities research.
Many of the films are available to watch online, including short clips and trailers.
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Unbelievably it has been almost exactly 10 months since news first broke that Kathryn was lined up to star in a remake of classic horror movie Alice Sweet Alice (aka Communion and Holy Terror).
These things take time. Until relatively recently most people outside the industry would not know what was going on until everything was finalised. Nowadays we find out so much more information, so much more quickly. Finally we are beginning to see some signs of progress. Mere hints they may be, but they are not insignificant.
In the past few days IMDb, the great (flawed) oracle of all things film and television, has gained a page devoted to the remake. Anyone can submit changes to pages, which need to go through an approval process, but I believe it takes more than that to create a new page like this.
Writer/director Dante Tomaselli is listed in both those roles, though he will actual share the writing credit with Michael Gingold, and as being responsible for the music. Dante has created music for all his films and recently released a CD of horror film-like music called Scream In The Dark. Prior to the release of another future frightening feature film called The Doll he plans to make a concept album of music for it. Dante's most recent project, Torture Chamber, was recently launched on DVD.
No cast or other crew members are listed on the IMDb page as of yet. One other key piece of information that is there is Kathryn's Revival House is attached as the production company. Well, sort of. It says "Revival House Productions" and links it to two other projects, neither of which had anything to do with Kathryn and pre-date the setting up of the company by some years. Just another IMDb glitch which will no doubt be fixed at some point.
IMDb's page for the Alice Sweet Alice remake is HERE.
KM UK will be keeping a close watch for developments.
Coincidently this past week saw the original 1976 Alice Sweet Alice re-released on DVD in the UK. Alfred Sole (Dante's cousin) directed and co-wrote the film. Linda Miller was the mother, the role Kathryn is tipped to take in the remake, Paula Sheppard is Alice, and Brooke Shields (in her first role) is the victim. Alfred is now the production designer on the TV show Castle.
Website The Inquisitr.com reported yesterday (15th April 2013) that Kathryn has been cast in a lead role in a remake of the 1970s horror film Alice Sweet Alice.
Also, Kathryn's production company Revival House will be co-producing along with the company that manages her career, Mosaic Media Group.
The original Alice Sweet Alice (aka Communion) was a 1976 film by director/writer Alfred Sole and writer Rosemary Ritvo. The plot involved the murder of a young girl called Karen and the suspicion that her older sister Alice was responsible. Further deaths occur and Alice is increasingly thought to be the killer. It starred Brooke Shields (Suddenly Susan) in her first film role as Karen and Paula E Sheppard as Alice. Linda Miller (The Mississippi) was Catherine Spages, the girls' mother.
Kathryn is described as taking the role of the mother, Catherine.
New Jersey born Dante Tomaselli has been working on remaking Alice for some time with a teaser poster being released last October. He wrote initial drafts of the script and brought in Michael Gingold of Fangoria Magazine to co-write the screenplay. Dante will be directing. Dante has four feature films to his name, all in the horror genre. What else could a man called Dante do but make horror films?
It looks like Alfred Sole (now a production designer on Castle) was responsible for getting Kathryn involved. She agreed to executive produce and brought Mosaic Media Group to the table. They are, apparently, targeting a cinematic release of the remake.
Dante gave an interview to the Aric Mitchell at the Inquistr website, which is where news of this development first broke. You can read Aric's piece in full HERE. Aric has a lot of connections to the original film himself.
Kathryn Morris will star as Catherine Spages, Alice's mother. Kathryn was the lead in the CBS series Cold Case and had a role as Tom Cruise's wife in Steven Spielberg's Minority Report. She's like a chameleon — totally versatile. Slips right into a role. Her character in Alice is modelled after the original Catherine Spages, played by Linda Miller. In keeping with the spirit of the original, Kathryn's character will look and feel similar, strikingly beautiful, perfectly sculpted dark hair, fiercely protective of her children and plagued by deep Catholic guilt.
The casting of the other roles has not yet taken place.
What we don't know at this stage is the timing of the production. Kathryn clearly has other things to deal with at the moment including babies and a possible TV show due for delivery in September of this year. If Surgeon General goes ahead with a full season order then it could be next year before she has enough free time to make a film. It is quite common for actors tied to series to use the short time in the summer between filming seasons to take on other projects like film roles. These projects can take a while to get off the ground and such time scales are common.
Hopefully we'll hear more on this soon and can look forward to another very different role for Kathryn, both in front of and behind the camera. And, it is good to see that Kathryn's production company Revival House is alive and well.
The trailer and some concept art images are now in the Gallery.
Thank you to Kathy for the heads-up.


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using Microsoft.Azure.Commands.ResourceManager.Common.Tags;
using Microsoft.Azure.Commands.Sql.Common;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Management.Automation;
using System.Security;

namespace Microsoft.Azure.Commands.Sql.Server.Cmdlet
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Defines the Get-AzureRmSqlServer cmdlet
    /// </summary>
    [Cmdlet(VerbsCommon.Set, "AzureRmSqlServer",
        SupportsShouldProcess = true,
        ConfirmImpact = ConfirmImpact.Medium)]
    public class SetAzureSqlServer : AzureSqlServerCmdletBase
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Gets or sets the name of the database server to use.
        /// </summary>
        [Parameter(Mandatory = true,
            ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = true,
            Position = 1,
            HelpMessage = "SQL Database server name.")]
        [Alias("Name")]
        [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty]
        public string ServerName { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// The new SQL administrator password for the server.
        /// </summary>
        [Parameter(Mandatory = false,
            HelpMessage = "The new SQL administrator password for the server.")]
        [ValidateNotNull]
        public SecureString SqlAdministratorPassword { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// The tags to associate with the server.
        /// </summary>
        [Parameter(Mandatory = false,
            HelpMessage = "The tags to associate with the server.")]
        [Alias("Tag")]
        public Hashtable Tags { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets or sets the server version
        /// </summary>
        [Parameter(Mandatory = false,
            HelpMessage = "Which server version to change to.")]
        [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty]
        public string ServerVersion { get; set; }

        [Parameter(Mandatory = false,
            HelpMessage = "Generate and assign an Azure Active Directory Identity for this server for use with key management services like Azure KeyVault.")]
        public SwitchParameter AssignIdentity { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Defines whether it is ok to skip the requesting of rule removal confirmation
        /// </summary>
        [Parameter(HelpMessage = "Skip confirmation message for performing the action")]
        public SwitchParameter Force { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Get the server to update
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>The server being updated</returns>
        protected override IEnumerable<Model.AzureSqlServerModel> GetEntity()
        {
            return new List<Model.AzureSqlServerModel>() { ModelAdapter.GetServer(this.ResourceGroupName, this.ServerName) };
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Constructs the model to send to the update API
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="model">The result of the get operation</param>
        /// <returns>The model to send to the update</returns>
        protected override IEnumerable<Model.AzureSqlServerModel> ApplyUserInputToModel(IEnumerable<Model.AzureSqlServerModel> model)
        {
            // Construct a new entity so we only send the relevant data to the server
            List<Model.AzureSqlServerModel> updateData = new List<Model.AzureSqlServerModel>();
            updateData.Add(new Model.AzureSqlServerModel()
            {
                ResourceGroupName = this.ResourceGroupName,
                ServerName = this.ServerName,
                SqlAdministratorPassword = this.SqlAdministratorPassword,
                Tags = TagsConversionHelper.ReadOrFetchTags(this, model.FirstOrDefault().Tags),
                ServerVersion = this.ServerVersion,
                Location = model.FirstOrDefault().Location,
                Identity = model.FirstOrDefault().Identity ?? ResourceIdentityHelper.GetIdentityObjectFromType(this.AssignIdentity.IsPresent),
            });
            return updateData;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Sends the server update request to the service
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="entity">The update parameters</param>
        /// <returns>The response object from the service</returns>
        protected override IEnumerable<Model.AzureSqlServerModel> PersistChanges(IEnumerable<Model.AzureSqlServerModel> entity)
        {
            return new List<Model.AzureSqlServerModel>() { ModelAdapter.UpsertServer(entity.First()) };
        }
    }
}

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Do you ever wonder what goes through the mind of a four-year-old?
This dad was curious what his son thought and said during his hockey practices, so he "mic'd him up" to capture those thoughts that came out of his mouth.
Yes, it's as adorable as you think.
Obviously, the kid just learned and is still learning how to skate as he counts to himself, "One, two. One, two." He also falls a lot, sees/calls out to his friend, and even lets everyone know that Amy isn't there today.
Other highlights include yelling, "Happy Halloween" even though it's February, and really wanting to go to "BaDonald's" for a baby happy meal.


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Q: The name of which.min and which.max output the same due to missing value I have the following data with Korea with a missing value between two columns:
canada <- c(100, 0, 100)
korea <- c(100, "", 100)
brazil <- c(100, 90, 100)
fruit <- rbind(canada, korea, brazil)
colnames(fruit) <- c("apple", "orange", "banana")
fruit

I need to print the names of fruits from the minimum value to maximum value. I have this:
price <- function(val){
  # General Functions ----
  val <- tolower(val)
  myrow <- fruit[val,]
  nation <- tools::toTitleCase(val)

  name.min <- names(myrow)[which.min(c(myrow))]
  name.max <- names(myrow)[which.max(c(myrow))]

    cat(paste0("There is an 'NA' between two columns: ", name.min, " ", name.max))
}

The problem is that because there is a missing value between Korea's apple and banana, this is what it prints:
> price("korea")
There is an NA between two columns: apple apple

I want it to look like this:
> price("korea")
There is an NA between two columns? No problem: apple banana

A: This is ugly but should do what you are looking for:
price <- function(x) {
    temp <- data.frame(val = as.numeric(fruit[rownames(fruit)==x,]),
                    name = colnames(fruit))
    ind <- which(is.na(temp[,1]))
    if (length(ind!=0)) temp <- temp[-ind,]
    temp[order(temp[,1]),2]
}

price("korea")

A: price <- function(val){
  val <- tolower(val)
  myrow <- fruit[val,]
  nation <- tools::toTitleCase(val)

  name.min <- names(myrow)[which.min(c(myrow))]
  name.max <- names(which(myrow == max(myrow)))

  cat(paste0(name.max))
}

> price("korea")
apple banana

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Susan Reid has been at King Arthur Flour since 2001, combining her dual passions for words and food. After careers in advertising, in high-end restaurants, and as a Chef-Instructor at the New England Culinary Institute, she spends her time at King Arthur writing and editing the baking newsletter, The Baking Sheet, and teaching both on the road and at The Baking Education Center. She's a contributor to the award-winning King Arthur Flour Baker's Companion and The King Arthur Flour Cookie Companion, and co-author of King Arthur Flour Whole Grain Baking.


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Q: Accessibility: Talkback for TabLayout Scenario
I am creating one application that has bottom navigation. For 1 bottom navigation item, I have a Fragment with a ViewPager and TabLayout
Let say I have 3 bottom navigation item A, B and C
For C we have fragment FragmentC. And in FragmentC there are again 3 TabItem, X, Y and Z.
With default implementation, when talkback reads any of tab(X, Y OR Z), it says "X tab, 1 of 3"
Requirement
I want tab X, Y and Z to be read differently as
"X in C, tab 1 of 3"
Code
This is what I did
    override fun onViewCreated(view: View, savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        viewPager.adapter?.let { adapter ->
            for (i in 0..adapter.count) {
                tabs.getTabAt(i)
                    ?.let {
                        it.contentDescription = setAccessibilityForTabs(i, adapter.count)
                    }
            }
        }
    }

    private fun setAccessibilityForTabs(pos: Int, size: Int) = when (pos) {
        0 -> "X in C, tab 1 of 3"
        1 -> "Y in X, tab 2 of 3"
        else -> "Z in X, tab 3 of 3"
    }

After this, talkback read it as
"X in C, tab 1 of 3, tab X 1 of 3"
So I changed above method as
    private fun setAccessibilityForTabs(pos: Int, size: Int) = when (pos) {
        0 -> "X in C"
        1 -> "Y in X"
        else -> "Z in X"
    }

Now, outcome of this is
"X in C, tab X 1 of 3"
Is there any way I can make this read as "X in C, tab 1 of 3" ?


The prestigious Dutch Musical Rights Society "BUMA" has decided to award Spanish composer Oscar Navarro (Novelda, Alicante) for his great career and popularity within the field of music for Symphonic Band, Symphonic Orchestra and Music for Films.
In addition, the BUMA rights society itself will extend the composer's stay by inviting him to hold a series of conferences in several Dutch cities, where he will talk about his professional career and upcoming projects.
"It is a pleasure and an honor to receive this great international recognition from BUMA. Holland is the cradle of great musicians, a country with a lot of cultural richness, and the fact of having chosen me for this award is fantastic news that I will never forget, "says Navarro.
Among the next projects for 2019, we should highlight the new commission for French Horn Concerto by the Spanish National Orchestra that will be released in April 2019, as well as the premiere of his First Symphony "Hell and Heaven" commissioned by the "Primitiva de Lliria Wind Band" for the International Competition of Valencia 2019, and also the composition of the Original Soundtrack of the movie "The name partner" (director: Rene Rhi, USA) , and also a new concert tour with his Symphony Orchestra Orchestra "Oscar Navarro Symphony Orchestra" 2019.


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Sexual Harassment At Four Barrel Coffee: What Happened, And What Happens Next
by RJ Joseph
Industry, San Francisco, Staff Picks
Photo by Bruce Damonte
As the #metoo movement continues to open space for women to speak out about assault and harassment, a tidal wave of men from various industries have found themselves suddenly accountable for unprofessional and often illegal behavior. In the months since #metoo went viral, the specialty coffee community has waited for its own first allegations to break, and in the first week of 2018, due to the courage of several women in the Bay Area, they did. On January 5, two former employees of Four Barrel Coffee filed suit against the company itself, as well as one of its three owners, Jeremy Tooker. The response has been astonishing: within a week, multiple wholesale accounts ended their relationship with Four Barrel, the company itself declared intent to change its name and move to an employee-owned model, and the specialty coffee community spoke a loud, clear #timesup, widely condemning sexual assault and harassment. The lawsuit itself, which settled after just a week, and the dramatic response from the specialty coffee community stand as a powerful example of the cultural shift taking place nationwide, in coffee and in other industries, and the change that comes next.
The Lawsuit
The lawsuit against Tooker and Four Barrel went live on January 5th, the first Friday of 2018. The 19-page suit—which details allegations from eight former employees—runs the full spectrum from casual sexism in the workplace to silencing complaints to attempted rape. Reporter Justin Phillips of the SF Chronicle coordinated reportage as part of a wider Chronicle investigation into harassment in the Bay Area's food, beverage, and tech industries. According to the allegations in the suit, the acts of sexual assault were not actions in a vacuum by a single person, but rather one element of a company culture where baristas were placed in a setting that encouraged sexual humor and objectification—a "toxic workplace" is referenced in the suit, as per CBS Bay Area. The suit also alleges that employees who brought up their discomfort with the environment at Four Barrel, and with specific incidents, were told not to "start drama" and "talk shit." According to the suit, several employees who defied those mores were fired.
Four Barrel's Initial Response
After the lawsuit, Four Barrel closed its doors for the weekend of January 6th and 7th. Following a short silence, co-owners Jodi Geren and Tal Mor issued a statement in response to the suit. While the owners expressed sadness and concern over the contents of the suit, they also "took issue" with certain claims, specifically "the mischaracterization of our current culture." They announced that Tooker had stepped down as CEO in November and was divesting his remaining ownership in the company; they also stated that they had retained an outside HR firm to investigate and allow extant employees to report concerns. "We will continue to take prompt action to address any and all employee concerns, as we have done in the past," wrote Geren and Mor, who did not directly address the allegations that they had discouraged previous employee complaints.
The Specialty Coffee Community Reacts
In the wake of the lawsuit and Four Barrel's initial response statement, multiple wholesale clients made the decision to sever their partnerships with the company, including Socola Chocolatier and Barista, Red Rock Coffee, Le Marais Bakery, Spiller Park Coffee, Strange Matter Coffee Co., Boba Guys, and several more.
Social media presented a central hub for the specialty coffee community to voice their anger, frustration, and disgust with the allegations laid out in the lawsuit, as well as with sexual assault and harassment in the larger industry in general. Prominent activist voices in coffee spoke out against the company and called for broader change and real accountability, including Jasper Wilde of Ritual Coffee Roasters and Boss Barista Podcast, Liz Dean of The Wing, and WINCC founder Becky Reeves.
Three days after the suit was filed, Four Barrel put out a second statement declaring intentions toward several next steps. First, they said, they intend to allocate Tooker's 50% shares to Four Barrel employees; second, they changed their name to The Tide and retire the Four Barrel brand; third, Mor & Geren intend to make available increasing shares of their remaining ownership, until they've completely divested and the new business is 100% employee-owned. At the end of the statement, they asked customers, both retail and wholesale, to keep purchasing coffee from them so they can have a chance to execute that change.
As reported in Eater SF, while some responses gave the company credit for their accountability and positive intentions, others felt that the statements' emphasis on Tooker's actions were a deflection from the fact that Four Barrel itself was being sued as well, and that specific allegations detailed harassment and silencing from Geren and Mor, not just Tooker. Some also criticized the lack of a direct action plan, and pointed out that if the same people were involved in The Tide as Four Barrel, then a name change felt more like a PR move, as per Eater.
We reached out to Geren and Mor for comment on a variety of questions pertaining to this article, including the point of divestment. At what point would Geren and Mor turn over their shares in the company? "All of our time and energy right now is going into our customers, employees and stabilizing our business," they told Sprudge in a joint email. "We've lost 50-60% of our wholesale business in the last week and for us to have a viable business to offer employee ownership, we need to first stabilize and then figure out the best model for our new structure."
As for the name change, Four Barrel's remaining owners have re-evaluated this decision since announcing The Tide on January 8th. "We realized that in the emotion and shock of this past week that changing our name was a mistake," Geren and Mor tell Sprudge. "Our customers have been vocal about us keeping the name Four Barrel and we want to own it and make it right, rather than walking away. This is a company that we and all of our employees built ourselves and although this past week has been heartbreaking, we have put everything into Four Barrel and stand by not only our coffees, but our ability to change and make things right."
The Coffee Community Responds
From the announcement of the lawsuit through its swift settlement, several groups within the specialty coffee community have come together to show their support.
Bay Area Coffee Community compiled a list of companies that were hiring, with Jasper Wilde leading the charge to get workers placed in new companies if they wanted to leave Four Barrel. Molly Flynn, creator of anti-harassment and discrimination group Coffee Too, joined the effort and is working with Wilde and others to cover all vulnerable parties' needs through this difficult time. Several businesses stepped up to voice support, both for the ex-employees who filed the lawsuit, and for current Four Barrel employees who wish to leave the company and wish to continue working in the Bay Area specialty coffee industry.
"I was so relieved to see the community reaching out to support folks who needed or were looking for other work," Umeko Motoyoshi, one of the former employees involved in the lawsuit, told Sprudge. "We all had a lot of concern for Four Barrel's current employees, and it was good to see people step up." While the offers of material support were crucial, what Motoyoshi appreciated even more deeply was just being believed.
As of press time all three Four Barrel Coffee locations in San Francisco are open for business, and the company currently employs some sixty-one total employees, as per Geren and Mor. Numerous wholesale accounts have severed ties with the brand, and Mor and Geren have yet to divest, though they stress that this is the goal they're working towards now. "It's an ongoing conversation," they told Sprudge. "We first need to stabilize and will then work out a new structure that benefits everyone. Our employees will then be able to decide on an individual basis if the new structure is the right fit for them."
We asked Mor and Geren if they could comment on the outcome of the settlement. They did not discuss specifics, but did offer comment on the current state of the company. "We're glad to have resolved the lawsuit quickly but none of this has been easy for any of the parties involved," Geren and Mor tell Sprudge. "Tal [Mor] has met with the women involved in the lawsuit and some very helpful dialogue has come from it. A few have even expressed their support and belief in our ability to change, which means everything to us. Above all, we commend them for coming forward."
We also asked Mor and Geren about charges, outlined in the original lawsuit and elsewhere, that the ownership and management at Four Barrel were complicit in silencing victims. "We can see now how the systems that we had in place failed to create an environment where women were heard or felt that they could talk to us directly and we take full responsibility for that," they said, adding: "The most important thing for us moving forward is ensuring that nothing like this will ever happen again."
Coffee Too and Coffee's Future
On January 8th, Coffee Too teamed up with Boss Barista to launch a GoFundMe to fight sexual harassment and discrimination in the coffee industry, pointing to the tremendous power found in speaking up and collectively organizing. "Faced with evidence and multiple witnesses, Tooker immediately divested his shares and left the company. Geren and Mor…publicly apologized, and announced that they too would leave the company…[and] they announced a plan to relinquish their shares in the business to their employees," wrote Ashley Rodriguez of Boss Barista, who created the GoFundMe page. "This is the power of talking shit. This is the power of starting drama. In support of these eight women, #coffeetoo is fundraising to continue this work."
The fund is nearing its original $5000 goal as of press time. "I'm moved to tears by the generosity of our community," says Flynn, founder of Coffee Too, who has been quoted widely in ongoing press coverage of the lawsuit. Originally conceived with the idea of supporting current and past Four Barrel employees affected by the suit, Flynn found from talking to them that their greatest desire was to raise money not for themselves, but to create support systems and educational resources for fighting harassment and discrimination in the coffee industry. Going forward, Coffee Too wants to create a legal fund for workers who need to file suit against employers.
If the rapid saga of Four Barrel/The Tide has shown anything, it's that many in the coffee community are no longer willing to overlook harassment. In the wake of these events, coffee companies will need to look with fresh eyes at their company culture and policy structures, and the greater coffee community will need to look at itself and root out complicity to bring real, structural change. "I know as a community we can continue this work," says Umeko Motoyoshi. "Continue to grow, to look at ourselves and lend our voices where they have the most impact. Continue to do better."
RJ Joseph (@RJ_Sproseph) is a Sprudge staff writer, publisher of Queer Cup, and coffee professional based in the Bay Area. Read more RJ Joseph on Sprudge Media Network.
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Ponting named Australia assistant coach for World Cup
Posted on February 8, 2019 by bimalmirwani
Ricky Ponting will serve as an assistant coach for Australia during the World Cup
Legendary Australia captain Ricky Ponting has been appointed as the national team's assistant coach for the World Cup later this year.
Cricket Australia confirmed that Ponting will work closely with head coach Justin Langer, while batting coach Graeme Hick will primarily focus on the Ashes series that follows.
Ponting's appointment comes just a day after bowling coach David Saker handed in his resignation.
Explaining the decision to make Ponting an assistant coach for the World Cup, Cricket Australia said it is part of the "changes to the coaching structure (that) will see him focus on working closely with the ODI batting group".
"This appointment also provides an opportunity for Graeme Hick to focus on preparation for the Ashes," interim High Performance Executive General Manager Belinda Clark was quoted as saying by cricket.com.au. "With two major events back to back we believe it is important to focus a number of staff specifically on one event. The appointment of Ricky is a part of this overall strategy.
"Ricky will assist Justin across a number of key areas including strategy and game-plan, but he will also work closely with and mentor the batting group as they prepare for the English conditions."
Ponting captained Australia to World Cup glory in 2003 and 2007, and was also part of the side that triumphed in 1999.
"Ricky knows what's required to win World Cups, and I know he will be a valuable mentor to not just the batting group, but the broader squad as we focus our attention on defending our World Cup title," Langer said in a statement.
Ponting will coach the Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League (IPL) in April and May before joining Australia's squad and preparing the team for the World Cup.
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However, after the revolution, the Bolsheviks came to power, and one of their ideologies was state atheism. Therefore, during this time, many churches were destroyed or used for other purposes. However, in recent times, due to political change, religion has experienced a revival, and many churches have been saved. A famous example of this is the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour. After the revolution, it was destroyed, and the land was used for a giant swimming pool. Now it has been rebuilt as a close replica of what it used to be.
There are many beautiful churches to see in the city. St Basil's Cathedral is the most recognisable building in Russia, and is definitely worth a visit to see the maze of small churches inside. Other impressive churches include the Donskoy Monastery, which was originally part of the city's fortifications, the Church of the Resurrection in Kadashi, and the Church of Pope Clement.
The Kremlin houses many churches, including three cathedrals, which were used by the Russian Tsars. Another sight to see is the Church of Saint Nicholas in Izmailovo, which is a modern wooden church, and is the highest wooden church in Russia at 46 metres high.
Other interesting religious sites include the Novodevichy Cemetery, which is where many famous people are buried, such as Chekhov, Stalin's wife, Mayakovsky, Gogol, Khrushchev and Yeltsin.


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Q: How to display fragment in container when selected from an action bar? My app right now consists of a Google maps implementation with an action bar spinner. How do I make a fragment instantiation when I select an item on the navigation bar? Simply put, I'm trying to display a screen when I click on one of the selections. I already sort of have an onNavigationItemSelected() function implemented but I don't know where to take it from here. Here's my code.
package com.example.andrew.ubair4;
import android.app.FragmentManager;
import android.app.FragmentTransaction;
import android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBar;
import android.support.v4.app.Fragment;
import android.content.Context;
import android.os.Build;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.Toast;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.TextView;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.GoogleMap;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.CameraUpdateFactory;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.MapFragment;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.SupportMapFragment;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.model.LatLng;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.model.MarkerOptions;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.OnMapReadyCallback;

public class Ubair extends ActionBarActivity implements ActionBar.OnNavigationListener, OnMapReadyCallback{

    /**
     * The serialization (saved instance state) Bundle key representing the
     * current dropdown position.
     */
    private static final String STATE_SELECTED_NAVIGATION_ITEM = "selected_navigation_item";
    private GoogleMap googleMap; // Might be null if Google Play services APK is not available.
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_ubair);

        // Set up the action bar to show a dropdown list.
        final ActionBar actionBar = getSupportActionBar();
        actionBar.setDisplayShowTitleEnabled(false);
        actionBar.setNavigationMode(ActionBar.NAVIGATION_MODE_LIST);

        // Set up the dropdown list navigation in the action bar.
        actionBar.setListNavigationCallbacks(
                // Specify a SpinnerAdapter to populate the dropdown list.
                new ArrayAdapter<String>(
                        actionBar.getThemedContext(),
                        android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1,
                        android.R.id.text1,
                        new String[]{
                                getString(R.string.title_section1),
                                getString(R.string.title_section2),
                                getString(R.string.title_section3),
                        }),
                this);
        driverOrdersList.newInstance("hi","hi");

        SupportMapFragment  nMap = ((SupportMapFragment) getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.map));
        googleMap = nMap.getMap();
        googleMap.setMyLocationEnabled(true);

    }

    @Override
    public void onRestoreInstanceState(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        // Restore the previously serialized current dropdown position.
        if (savedInstanceState.containsKey(STATE_SELECTED_NAVIGATION_ITEM)) {
            getSupportActionBar().setSelectedNavigationItem(
                    savedInstanceState.getInt(STATE_SELECTED_NAVIGATION_ITEM));
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void onSaveInstanceState(Bundle outState) {
        // Serialize the current dropdown position.
        outState.putInt(STATE_SELECTED_NAVIGATION_ITEM,
                getSupportActionBar().getSelectedNavigationIndex());
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_ubair, menu);
        return true;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
        // Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will
        // automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long
        // as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.
        int id = item.getItemId();

        //noinspection SimplifiableIfStatement
        if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
            return true;
        }

        return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onNavigationItemSelected(int position, long id) {
        // When the given dropdown item is selected, show its contents in the
        // container view.
        getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction()
                .replace(R.id.container, PlaceholderFragment.newInstance(position + 1))
                .commit();
        return true;
    }

    @Override
    public void onMapReady(GoogleMap map) {
        LatLng sydney = new LatLng(-33.867, 151.206);

        map.setMyLocationEnabled(true);
        map.moveCamera(CameraUpdateFactory.newLatLngZoom(sydney, 13));

        map.addMarker(new MarkerOptions()
                .title("Sydney")
                .snippet("The most populous city in Australia.")
                .position(sydney));
    }
    /**
     * A placeholder fragment containing a simple view.
     */
    public static class PlaceholderFragment extends Fragment {
        /**
         * The fragment argument representing the section number for this
         * fragment.
         */
        private static final String ARG_SECTION_NUMBER = "section_number";

        /**
         * Returns a new instance of this fragment for the given section
         * number.
         */
        public static PlaceholderFragment newInstance(int sectionNumber) {
            PlaceholderFragment fragment = new PlaceholderFragment();
            Bundle args = new Bundle();
            args.putInt(ARG_SECTION_NUMBER, sectionNumber);
            fragment.setArguments(args);
            return fragment;
        }

        public PlaceholderFragment() {
        }
/*
        @Override
        public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
                                 Bundle savedInstanceState) {
            View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_ubair, container, false);
            return rootView;
        }
*/

    }

}

Here's my xml
<FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:id="@+id/container"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context=".Ubair"
    tools:ignore="MergeRootFrame" >

    <fragment xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        android:name="com.google.android.gms.maps.SupportMapFragment"
        android:id="@+id/map"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"/>
</FrameLayout>

A: Hi in xml I usually build fragments this way:
<FrameLayout
 xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
 xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
 android:id="@+id/container"
 android:layout_width="match_parent"
 android:layout_height="match_parent"
 tools:ignore="MergeRootFrame" />

and then in the activity:
phf = PlaceHolderFragment.newInstance();
if (savedInstanceState == null)
{
    getFragmentManager().beginTransaction().add(R.id.container, phf).commit();
}

but in your case you want to replace them, so in your spinner listener you can do:
phf = AccountFragment.newInstance(position, this);
fragmentManager.beginTransaction().replace(R.id.container, accountFragment).commit();

I edit in response of your commnent:
@Override
public boolean onNavigationItemSelected(int position, long id) {

    switch(position)
    {
        case 0:
        fragment0 = Fragment0.newInstance();
        fragmentManager.beginTransaction().replace(R.id.container, fragment0).commit();
        break;

        case 1:
        fragment1 = Fragment1.newInstance();
        fragmentManager.beginTransaction().replace(R.id.container, fragment1).commit();
        break;

        //etc...
    }

    return true;
}

or you can declare your fragments with your activity's attributes and only replace them in the callback.